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I loved the finale. i just hope that Lana is not really dead. cause if she is that would be teribal. i wouldn't liek if she died cause of Clark. Clark really love her. I really think that it was all Lex's falut. he is a mean person. i don't like him in the show cause he killed a lot of people. he doesn't care about any one except himself. he is so selfish. i hope clark doesn't get hurt.

This season is awesome. I hate the idea of Chloe being kicked off and Louis taking her place. If this show ever ends I would be really disappointed because I would love to see this show progress to become Superman and his Amazing Friends!!

Chloe was a good reporter at the torch. Why did she not do the same when she was at DP at S5.Why did the stories she wrote for the DP in S5 had help from someone.And why did the DP scenes in S5 be a Dr.Phil session about Clana relationship or Chloe researching for Clark. Chloe researching for Clark and becoming his sidekick started in S5 and it was not because of Lois. Because during S5 there was a restriction on Lois and journalism in S5.
Chloe is Clark's link to journalism and DP and that is what TPTB are showing.

Whoever said this is not Superman and that it is Smallville could not have been more correct. If it were then in the real DC character’s life, Lex and Lois wouldn’t have met CK yet, there would be no meteor freaks, Lana would have married Pete, and Chloe wouldn’t have even existed let alone all the other changes they made to both CK’s family and life story. The writers though it seems are trying somewhat stick to the ultimate outcome of CK and that is he becomes Superman someday.Whether they allow Clark and the love of his life Lois together or not I guess will only see at the series end. In the Smallville Universe it may be that he ends up with Lana in the end or Chloe for all those who love her. I only know in the DC comics Superman and Clark Kents world is Lois and I would love to see it happen even if there are those who feel this Lois isn’t the iconic Lois. I personally think she plays a pretty good Lois, she has to work with what she is given, none of these characters can help it if the writing isn’t what it could be. All in all thanks to everyone for posting your comments, I enjoy reading everyone’s point of view. It is almost as entertaining as the show!---Almost… :)

Lois is ok, but she doesn't cut the iconic role. Chloe as always being a great and wonderful reporter, & yes sometimes she ask for help from her loyal friend Clark, but don't we all need help once in a while? As far as am concern, Chloe is the iconic Lois, the girl got the characters, the spunk and the humor. Why push Chloe aside in order to make the so called Lois Lane of SV the iconic one. In the near future that's if there's is going to be one for SV; Lois needs disappear 4ever. Chloe should change her name to Lois in her cousin's honor and be the iconic Lois Lane, that we all know and love. Chloe sure deserve it. Not the other way round. Lois fans, please don't hate.

"AM has seniority-- she's been with the show since the beginning..."

Pbbbt!!! Sorry, had to LOL at this one. Poor Chloe has been shown ever-decreasing respect over the last few years (especially S6); most prominently evidenced by her drop to 4th position in the opening credits. I'm so bitter about that. Hmmm...let's think. Yes, let's give a guest character with limited episodes top billing over a full-time cast member. Yup, sounds fair to me. Only not.

Honestly, i would rather put up with the pain of seeing Lana stay instead of Lois. This lois is not iconic any anyway whatso-ever, but Chloe in other hand is everything iconic lois should be. So Chloe should be given the role of Lois Lane, and not to her over the top cousin.

plain and simple... LOIS SUCKS!
she is nosey, obnoxious, and annoying and always sticks her nose where it doesn't belong. i understand that the writers are trying to make her be the "amazing icon of Lois Lane" but seriously.. in SV, THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN!!!! she is the least liked character and frankly just doesn't fit in. She's the oddball of SV who just pops her nose in places cause she has nothing better to do. She never was interested in journalism in the first place so she seriously needs to back off and let Chloe do the work because unlike Lois, Chloe is actually GOOD at what she does! and no, she does not get lucky because she knows of Clark's abilities... Ever since SV started she's always been a good reported and done her research to get her own stories! She didn't even know of Clark's powers til recently and she was always a good reporter before then! if lana or chloe die, SV is done forever. there's a reason its called SMALLVILLE and not SUPERMAN! do everyone a favor and kill lois off PLEASE!

I don't care if Erica is present for only 13 episodes as long as the all the writers can write Lois as shown in Prototype. I will take quality over quantity.

Lois being generally disliked by majority of fans - its all assumption and there is no reputable source to verify this statement. If you are going to bring online polls including the ones in K-Site - any online poll is manipulatable.

"What? Erica in all the episodes next season? AL/Miles, i beg you! Don't do this!"

I haven't seen a reputable source suggest this is going to be a problem. The actress herself mentioned the usual thirteen episodes. TPTB obviously realize that "Lois" is generally disliked by a majority of fans, and that cramming her down our throats on a weekly basis would only make the ratings worse.

"And for the love of God, i know a lot of people that won't watch this show anymore next season if from nothing Erica Durance becomes the lead actress next season, i won't accept this. Allison Mack, the best actress in this damn show, deserves being the lead after she saved so many episodes..."

And again, I haven't seen a reputable source suggest ED will be the lead actress next season. AM has seniority-- she's been with the show since the beginning, Al himself called her a "fan favorite," AND she's the only actor besides TW and MR to be in all 22 episodes a year. She's the clear choice for lead actress.

I have watched Smallville from the very beginning. The Chloe character was Lois for many years. Viewers relate to Chloe and it is really a slap in the face to relplace Chloe with Lois. If Lana dies and Lois replaces Chloe, what is there to watch on Smallville. The producers are really desperate and have no respect for the fans who have supported the show year after year. To kill a character after 6 long years is a travesty.

What? Erica in all the episodes next season? AL/Miles, i beg you! Don't do this!

And if you think that i'll buy that suddenly Lois has skills and wants revenge because her first kiss was killed, sorry but i won't buy it and i never will.
I gave my last chance this season, and i really thought we'd finally see a real Lois Lane in this show but after all that i saw this season i say: Chlois Theory will save this show of ever having EDlois as Iconic Lois Lane, because she just isn't.

And for the love of God, i know a lot of people that won't watch this show anymore next season if from nothing Erica Durance becomes the lead actress next season, i won't accept this. Allison Mack, the best actress in this damn show, deserves being the lead after she saved so many episodes and of course Chloe Sullivan, the character deserves it too, for being the best character in this show. The only one that i care, not even Clark i care about anymore.

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I enjoyed Lex. I enjoyed Clana. I didn't enjoy Lois much. I agree with those of you who say Lois is not a reporter material as of now. She's too lucky too many times. I don't want Chloe or Lana dead this finale. I wish Lois would move away and come back when Clark is working in Daily Planet.

I don't see all the hype about lana and Clark cause we all read the comic books and we know the show has to put Lois and Clark together. Lois was introduced to the show so Clark could fall in love with het. Did you hear that the people in charge say that lois and clark cannot get married in the ending because The Adventures of Lois and Clark has the copyrights to that? Isn't that so unfair. but they must put lana and Clark together. Such dumb rules don't you all agree?

In "Thirst" if Chloe has not met Lana she wouldn't have had the story. And if I go further into this topic Lex saved both Lana and Chloe after Clark told Lex that Lana was dying.

In "Exposed" Why did Chloe have to throw Lois into the stripping. Why couldn't she have handled it in a different way. The way I see it Chloe is not going to get her hands dirty if she has someone to take the fall. But that's not how Lois works. She gets her hands dirty and that was shown in Combat. In Exposed it was Lois who pointed out the details about the dead girl and it was Lois who stood up to Maggie Sawyer. She was out of her trance and had taken care of her kidnapper by the time Clark pulled down the helicopter.

In "Fade" Yes she did figure out that Graham had been in Smallville after Clark told her about their fight and how he went invisible. Until then she had no clue about Graham.
Chloe got all these stories because she is "lucky" to have Clark as her friend and know his secrets.

Lois got to see GA in action and she did get the ring from GA to unmask him. She didn't rely on Clark to get that piece of evidence for her.
Lois was kidnapped by the goons because they thought she knew more about GA. Lois did investigate and find out that GA and Oliver were one and the same with Jimmy. She didn't have the luxury of Clark revealing other people's secret. Clark and Oliver went behind her back to disprove her.
Lois did get to the fight club after she found the piece of evidence which Chloe threw away.She put her life in the line for the sake of the story. If she had not figured out the fight club you would said that even with her army background she couldn't figure out location even when her job was on the line.
In Prototype Lois paid the informant who tipped her off about the senator's whereabouts.

And I don't think this is an odd definition of legwork which Lois does when all they have shown is Chloe doing the research and not meeting/talking to sources or informants. Chloe knowing Clark's secret is a downfall for career because she and DP are mainly used by Clark for research

Wow, what an awful episode!! I'm totally glad I decided to tape it instead of watching it live... that was I could fast forward most of it!!

Another lightswitch for Lois... really is sad the way the writers have completely destroyed this character and make it a parody of the iconic Lois Lane.

I remember last year I was totally waiting for Vessel 'cause it looked like it was going to be an amazing episode, and it deliver, specially with the Chlark kiss

But now... I think I'm going to tape Phantom... 'cause it looks as boring as this one was.

Bye, Monica

Wait a second. Let's clarify things a bit.

Chloe was with Lana and that’s how she got her story in Thirst and Clark helped her.

In "Thirst", Chloe came across the sorority vampires via Lana, yes, but Clark was there because his girlfriend was in trouble, not to help Chloe with her story. The investigation into the sorority vampires, the proof about the existence of "vampires" (CDC reports, etc that Chloe gave Kahn) and the actual story was Chloe's doing.

In Exposed both Lois and Chloe saw the girl getting killed and that’s how she got her story. She didn’t do her work instead Lois did who at the time was not interested in journalism.

In "Exposed", Chloe was working at the Daily Planet and got the call from the desperate girl. "Lois" decided to tag along. When Chloe and "Lois" got caught snooping, Chloe quickly came up with the cover that "Lois" was a stripper (a cover that "Lois" saw fit to use in "Crimson"). While "Lois" stripped, Chloe photographed the license plates of the cars parked outside the strip club. There was a police raid and "Lois" stupidly went followed a stranger. Chloe and Clark tracked the embassy guy via the license plates. "Lois" was lucky she wasn't sold to the highest bidder in some remote country. Chloe wrote the article and thanked both Clark and "Lois" for their contributions to her getting the story.

In Fade she got the story because of Clark. Without Clark’s abilities she wouldn’t have known that it was Graham. So far Chloe has written stories at the DP where Lois or Clark did the leg work for her.
In "Fade" Chloe figured out that Graham had been in Smallville in the second meteor shower. "Lois" was busy preparing for her date. Yes, Clark did manage to stop Graham in the end and Chloe wrote the story after having investigated Graham.

I think you have an odd definition of "leg work". It doesn't mean stripping, dating, or generally being in the way. It certainly doesn't mean having an army background and by coincidence having every. single. story. being somehow related to said army background. It means research, interviewing people, having connections in the police department, coroners office, etc. All of which Chloe has... and "Lois" well doesn't.

So far "Lois" has either lied in her stories, stolen a story, or been lucky. That does not make for a good investigative reporter at the Daily Planet.

No, "Lois" did not arrive in full reporter mode at all. She came to look into her cousin's death buit she hated journalism at that point and no amount of coaxing could convince her to love it. What's more, she dumped it after writing one editorial for the Torch because she got her unearned entrance into Met U through Lex at Clark's request because Clark couldn't stand her and wanted to get rid of her.

Combat showed us "Lois" begging her reporter cousin for a story and stealing it from her when Chloe refused. That's not Loisy, that's a betrayal and evidence "Lois" can't do her own research at all.

Prototype showed us more of the same; "Lois" only knew who the guy who killed the senator was becasue she recognized him from her childhood, same as in Combat. She did no research at all. Remember what she did do? SHe ran to CHloe to ask HER to find out what was going on. Then she asked her dad who refused and finally Martha, who's apparently used to giving "Lois" jobs and perks and gave her another one. "Lois" has shown no journalistic skills whatsoever and I hope Al Gough relizes how much the fans dislike her and wish she was in no eps at all next year. I think the network finally does since Prototype, which was supposed to be a big ep for her, was not hyped like I expected it to be. And the ratings were awful so bottom line, the Not-at-all-like-Lois is a boring drag and a ratings disaster, just like the nauseating Clana and if the CW and the producers have any sense at all they'll minimize "Lois" appearance next year as much as they can while still having her on contract. Better yet, just get rid of her totally.

As for Chloe, she is doing what we learned is the right way to be a reporter, waiting until she has her facts straight before she accused a powerful man of a heinous crime. If "Lois" got a place at the Daily Planet with her lack of talent and experience it would be a travesty. She's a pathetic excuse for a reporter and every time she's on screen, I watch the clock. "Lois" just couldn't sell it in Prototype and I didn't buy her sadness or anything else over Wes' death for a minute. She's the worst "Lois" I've ever seen and it's no wonder so many people think Chloe is the true heir to the spirit of Lois Lane. As above, "Lois" relies on other people to do everything for her, not even able to figure out what happened to her supposedly dead cousin when we first met her. Clark did that and saved Chloe, not "Lois" although "Lois," with her egotistical attitude, claimed the credit, as she so often does. No, this "Lois" is no Lois at all and Smallville would be much better off if she were gone for good.

As a result of too little Chloe and not enough Clark and way too much "Lois," Prototype was awful and dull as dust. This girl is not Lois Lane.

Apparently she’s not someone you forget.

No matter how much ratings show that everyone wants to. :)

Most boring episode of the year. Can't believe the guy who wrote Zod and Justice wrote *that.*

You know what I loved about Prototype? It was how SDK mocked every ED fan out there - as if saying her name and her father's name would make everyone accept the character, or make the story line better, or act like we hadn't JUST seen it a few weeks ago with Chloe, her mom, and Lex.

It's a shame that the writer of Justice had to go out on a crap episode like this, but I guess that is just the way the cookie crumbles some times. At least the ratings reflect it for his work though - write about super heros, 33.1, Chloe and Clark and you'll get a season high. Write about EDLois, her drunken kisses, and show her name 50 times - and you'll get a season low.

Bad, bad episode. Deserved to be the lowest rated episode of the series; we already saw this with Chloe and her mom a few weeks ago, and it was far better.

Helps that Allison can act though.

I have watched about 6 episodes this season. I watched if the spoilers indicated that Chloe would have a good storyline. I watched Hydro thru Labyrinth and Freak and Progeny and that's it. I had to skip most of the season because between Nois being ridiculously lightswitched into a reporter and Clark moping about Lana, I couldn't stomach most of the season.

Clark hanging out with his superhero friends and doing superhero stuff was the only worthwhile part of the season.

Chloe and Allison Mack are the best part of the show and I can't stand Nois. She is a reason to skip episodes or in this case most of a season. They are getting rid of the wrong L.L. in the season finale. I could handle new dark Lana.

"Erica Durance should be in all episodes of Smallville. I hope Al Miles realize how much fans have loved her this season. It is clear that everyone (well except for a minority of some shippers or conspiracy theory supporters) have loved Erica in Prototype and fans demand more of her."

Yes, indeed, AlMiles should certainly realize this, based on the fact that "Prototype" had the lowest ratings of ANY episode of Smallville. EVER. That's the logical inference, right?

Please. If AlMiles recognize anything from this episode, it will probably be the obvious-- that fans aren't invested in this sad version of "Lois" and don't want to see more of her at all, as the ratings quite clearly indicate. Fans particularly don't want to see her supplanting Chloe as the show's reporter, when she hasn't earned that role in the slightest.

Posted by: ClarkFan: And there you've hit the nail on the head. That is exactly what Chloe's fans are complaining about. Chloe is being marginalized for "Lois". That, however, doesn't mean that Chloe isn't writing articles for the Planet (after all she is a reporter). What it does mean is that the audience isn't shown Chloe's investigations like we were for the past 5+ years. Hence the "Chloe is being marginalized" comments.

Word and frakin WORD, ClarkFan. I'm not a Chloiser, but I am a Chloe fan and to see her being marginalized pretty much shits on the character and her fans who have been invested in seeing her journey to climb the DP ladder for 5+ years. It irks me to no end.

I wouldn't mind seeing Lois and Chloe working together but to just shove Chloe out the way by turning her into a meteor freak because the powers that be FINALLY decided to turn Lois into the best gosh darn reporter there is reeks of utter bullshit.

And if Lois is the one to expose 33.1 after only a few episodes and lightswitches after Chloe has been working on this since season 1, I'm done.

SDK has captured the essence of Lois Lane in his final episode for SV. I enjoyed Lois and her character development in this episode.

I did not like the way she entered into journalism but apart from that I have enjoyed her advancement in journalism.
Being in the right place at the right time is the key for getting to your stories ahead of other journalists. Chloe was with Lana and that’s how she got her story in Thirst and Clark helped her. In Exposed both Lois and Chloe saw the girl getting killed and that’s how she got her story. She didn’t do her work instead Lois did who at the time was not interested in journalism. In Fade she got the story because of Clark. Without Clark’s abilities she wouldn’t have known that it was Graham. So far Chloe has written stories at the DP where Lois or Clark did the leg work for her.

Lois was with Martha when she encountered Green Arrow and that’s how she got that story. In Combat she did ask for a clue that she could investigate on and not borrow a story which Chloe has written. Chloe threw away the piece of evidence which was important. And mind you Chloe did not have a clue about Titan. It was sent to Clark by Oliver. Clark for cannot investigate on his own so he went to Chloe with that information. Lois stole the evidence in Noir which I was not happy about. But that’s the way the other characters are portrayed. Didn’t Clark steal the laptop from the doctor in Freak which is also an evidence that is sleeping in Chloe’s closet because Clark and Chloe decided that they can’t publish it since Lana will be in trouble. What did Chloe do with the evidence that Lois gave her in Arrow. Did she give it back to Lois once she had it.That evidence in Noir lead Lois bullying the Senator and that’s when she met Wes. Lois was sure that it was Wes who killed the Senator and she was confused as to why the hell a decorated military officer would commit such a crime. But when Chloe said Wes was killed in Afghanistan she wanted to make sure if it was true. Being an army brat she knows how difficult its to get the classified and confidential military files so she did ask her dad and Martha to verify if he was really dead or has he become insane. I don’t recall Lois asking Chloe to get the information on Wes. If at all Thirst proved something – it was taking the initiative to get the story landed Chloe her job in DP. And that’s what they are showing Lois do. She came to SV to investigate Chloe’s murder and Lois has been involved in investigations since then which proves that she is not lightswitched into investigations.

Chloe got shafted in her journalism career and she did it to herself. She was willing and excited to help Clark with the PZ and with the JL. Why did she not ask the JL to collect evidence against Lex Luthor and expose him to the world? Why does she support their actions of blowing up the 33.1 labs and what does she report back to the public. All the public knows is that some Luthorcorp building was destroyed and who is providing the explanation as to why it was destroyed. I am just wondering if DP has such high standards how is that Chloe is not reprimanded for her actions at DP?. She is the research assistant and sidekick for Clark and yet she is not writing any stories for DP and her editor doesn’t give her a hard time about it. You are ok with it as long as Chloe is helping Clark and I think Chloe is also satisfied that she was a sidekick in saving the world and doesn’t provide the awareness to the public like how an actual journalist is supposed to do. Al told in one of his interviews that Chloe was Clark’s link to DP and that is exactly what they are doing.

If you are going to post a comment please do so, and stop posting another person's comment as your own; you know yourselves.

The first thing we saw Lois do on this show was investigate her cousin's death. She came on this show with her 'reporter mode' full on. And she managed to find Chloe.

Actually Clark managed to find Chloe. "Lois" thought her father was dating Nellie Bly.

And what did she do next? Find personal interest in a story the very next episode, and the article she wrote was very successful. Proving that she has 'it', and that she's good at writing.

The article was very successful in a high school paper. Her first "real" article was rejected by all the newspapers except for the Inquisitor, who will print anything to sell papers. In fact, the editor insisted that "Lois" spin her article a different way (read: lie) and "Lois" agreed just so she could get published.

I would also like to point out that "Lois" was almost fired from the Inquisitor (a rag paper) in "Crmison" for being unable to find a story. Instead of springing into action, however, she begged her cousin for a story. When she failed to get a story that way, she lucked out when she found an image in the garbage and happened to recognize the venue.

As for the barn door everyone likes to take as the lightswitch moment, I always thought it was a cute little inside Smallville joke, to remind us of Perry White and the flying tractor. :)

Yes, I could see that. Except Perry White didn't write a story about it.

What has Chloe been doing this season? Answering the phones in the basement, making sure the obituaries are OK, and followed the leads Clark wants her to, scoring to write an article after that once. As someone pointed out she has become "Clark's shoulder to lean on".

And there you've hit the nail on the head. That is exactly what Chloe's fans are complaining about. Chloe is being marginalized for "Lois". That, however, doesn't mean that Chloe isn't writing articles for the Planet (after all she is a reporter). What it does mean is that the audience isn't shown Chloe's investigations like we were for the past 5+ years. Hence the "Chloe is being marginalized" comments.

She could be there chasing the story and trying to get it published. But she's helping Clark, she's playing the role of a sidekick. And sometimes I'm sure that means passing on stories that would have been great, but would put Clark or his actions a bit too close to spotlight. She's trying to help keep his secret, and that has become her priority.

I think you're reading way too much into what little we've been shown on screen regarding Chloe. Where is it textually acknowledged that Chloe is passing on stories to protect Clark?

I'd also like to point out that Clark and Chloe's relationship is not one-sided like you're suggesting. She helps him and is there for him when he needs it. And he helps her and is there for her when she needs him. Sometimes she's the sidekick and sometimes he's the sidekick. That's what makes their relationship the best on the show.

As for Lois knowing Wes being a contrived plot? Yes, Wes was Lois' first kiss. It made for a good storyline.

What it made was an easy way for "Lois" to get involved without doing any legwork. But then again, that's par for the course for "Lois".

Was it any more contrived than Chloe suddenly being a meteor mutant after 6 seasons?

That was not contrived. That was a pure unadulterated retcon to get Chloe out of the way so "Lois" can take her place.

I've really wanted to like "Lois" but I can't because the only thing that is iconic about her is her name, that her father is a general, that her sister is named Lucy, and that she can't spell (and can't use SpellCheck apparently). That does not scream Pulitzer-prize winning investigative reporter to me.

Here, here Clarkfan. Big fat WORD. Beyond the ridiculous suggestion of Chloe "witholding" evidence, its even more ludicrous to try to put the blame for GA/Nois breakup on Chloe. I'm not even that great of a Chloe fan, but that's a bit of twisted reasoning if I ever saw it. Some fans truly are desperate.

Here, here Clarkfan. Big fat WORD. Beyond the rudiculous suggestion of Chloe "witholding" evidence, its even more ludicrous to try to put the blame for GA/Nois breakup on Chloe. I'm not even that great of a Chloe fan, but that's a bit of twisted reasoning if I ever saw it. Some fans truly are desperate.

If Chloe had given the evidence to Lois and if Lois knew GA and Oliver are one and same maybe she would have had a mutual breakup with Oliver because their values and morals don't match and not like the breakup they had in Justice.

First of all, "Lois" had already been kidnapped when the enhanced image of the crest became available. Chloe didn't give the evidence to "Lois" because Clark deleted it before she had a chance to.

Second, I doubt "Lois" would have broken up with Oliver after finding out he was GA. If you recall, "Lois" completely forgot about GA's questionable methods after he kissed her (yes, it was Clark but it still shows that she'd overlook certain "character flaws" if the guy was a good kisser).

What happened to the comment I posted yesterday morning? :(

Shalimarfox80 and SMFan I enjoyed your episode recaps. :)

How exactly has Lois been lightswitched and is suddenly interested in journalism?
The first thing we saw Lois do on this show was investigate her cousin's death. She came on this show with her 'reporter mode' full on. And she managed to find Chloe.
And what did she do next? Find personal interest in a story the very next episode, and the article she wrote was very successful. Proving that she has 'it', and that she's good at writing.
So they dragged getting her fully into journalism for a bit, but it's what they do with all the characters on the show. Does Clark act very Superman-like?
As for the barn door everyone likes to take as the lightswitch moment, I always thought it was a cute little inside Smallville joke, to remind us of Perry White and the flying tractor. :)
She is working for the Inquisitor this season, she got the job on her own when none of her friends thought she could. And she's good at it - she got the cover story a few times. She may not be the best reporter yet, but she is still learning. Plus, she has the liberty to go after stories she wants in her free time - like the Project Ares. And a cover story in a trashy magazine is just that - cover story in a trashy magazine nobody takes seriously. But at least people are starting to hear of her.
What has Chloe been doing this season? Answering the phones in the basement, making sure the obituaries are OK, and followed the leads Clark wants her to, scoring to write an article after that once. As someone pointed out she has become "Clark's shoulder to lean on". She could be there chasing the story and trying to get it published. But she's helping Clark, she's playing the role of a sidekick. And sometimes I'm sure that means passing on stories that would have been great, but would put Clark or his actions a bit too close to spotlight. She's trying to help keep his secret, and that has become her priority.
So if you want to blame something for the change of Chloe's characterization Clark/Chloe friendship is a better place to start than Lois also investigating. Because I'm sure Chloe could handle some competition if her time wasn't so fully devoted to Clark.

As for Lois knowing Wes being a contrived plot? Yes, Wes was Lois' first kiss. It made for a good storyline.
Was it any more contrived than Chloe suddenly being a meteor mutant after 6 seasons? Or how from all the people on this planet Lex was the one Zod used as a vassal? I could go on for days. It's what they do on Smallville. They try to make every episode and storyline as personal to characters as possible.

I enjoyed Lois performance in this episode. SDK thank you for giving us the glimpse of the intrepid reporter Lois Lane.The scenes between Lois and Wes were powerful. Thanks for showing us that Lois to go any length to protect the people she loves and cares about.

I do love the way Lois is portrayed this season. Lois is on the path of becoming an intrepid reporter. She does the legwork for her stories and doesn't rely on others to do her legwork. She is working for a tabloid and TPTB did show that she is struggling in her career and made her realize that she has to move on from the tabloid reporting.

Her relationship with GA showed us the vulnerable, playful and soft side of Lois. Whether people want ot believe or not GA is an outlaw who steals from people. It would have been nice if Chloe had not hid the GA evidence to Lois which is indirectly a reason for causing Lois and Oliver's breakup.
If Chloe had given the evidence to Lois and if Lois knew GA and Oliver are one and same maybe she would have had a mutual breakup with Oliver because their values and morals don't match and not like the breakup they had in Justice.

IMO DP also has to get to higher standards.Bring in PW for that because this season Jimmy was demoted at the DP because of Lex Luthor, Clark visits DP whenever he wants Chloe to do his research, Chloe has not produced any stories this season and she is spending her time to do the research for Clark and her editor doesn't give a damn about it.

When is Clark going to get interested in journalism so that he is not running to his sidekick Chloe for information. This show is about Clark Kent and would like to the focus back on Clark.

Someone should tell Lois Smallville is not a sit-com and her lines shouldn't always be delivered with a 'zippy-do-de-dah irreverence.' This episode pretty much underscored why Smallville has hit the skid toward a rapid downward turn in ratings. Lois cannot act and is unable to carry a dramatic point. The writing team should read the scripts from past seasons. Read Accelerate in Season 2 and see how a dramatic point and acting bring together an interesting story. Season 1 to first 15 episodes of Season 5 was classic Smallville. Did key creative people leave the show during the last quarter of Season 5? Clark has been turned into a total wimp, Lana a victim and Lex a tragic character. This episode is about the worst followed closely by the Subterranean. Both are both abysmal.

Oh and by the way, before pointing out any finger on the ratings, please look at the first half of season 6, Lois featured heavily, hence excellent ratings.

Yes, "Lois" was featured heavily in the first half of season 6... as Oliver Queen's arm candy.

The second half is a glaring example that no one is interested in soap opera and in finding out about Chloe's freak mother because it has nothing to do with Clark's destiny. Progeny's pathetic ratings show that people are not interested in Chloeville!

Didn't "Prototype" get the worse ratings in the entire series run?

It is TPTB's fault that they did not promote Prototype as a Lois episode otherwise the ratings would certainly have improved.

"Justice" wasn't promoted as a "Lois" episode and it had the highest ratings of the season.

Here is hoping we see more of our real intrepid reporter Lois Lane in season seven. Team up Lois and Clark, no more wall of the wierds and vampires please. And no, we are not interested in Chloe and her freak mother.

I am very much interested in Chloe and her mother as are many other people. As far as I'm concerned this "Lois Lane" doesn't deserve the title of intrepid reporter. She is content to have lies published to get on the front page of a rag paper and earn a paycheck. So far she's reported on a barn door, insisted that Green Arrow was a bandit, went chasing after proof of the Chupacabra in the Everglades, was threatened with downsizing by the Inquisitor, begged another reporter for a story, then stole said reporter's story from the garbage, stole evidence in an attempted murder investigation, was almost killed by Lex's prototype who turned out to be, most conveniently, her first drunken kiss.

Oh, and please bring Lois Lane in Daily Planet already. We've seen enough of the interns who sit in the basement and have stories coming to them without any struggle. Lois Lane is the one who deserves to be in Daily Planet because she worked hard for it.

A tabloid reporter would never make it to the Daily Planet (see "Thirst"). And this "Lois" hasn't investigated a thing. "Stories" are conveniently dropped in her lap (see: barn door). In "Prototype", Wes was an old boyfriend of hers from her army brat days. She didn't have to do any research to know who he was. She didn't have to do any research to find him. He came after her. If this "Lois" gets into the Daily Planet it's because the Planet's standards have gone subterranean.

A great episode of Smallville after a long time. Here's hoping the season finale will also be as good as Prototype!

I guess I am one of the reasons the ratings are down. I have really stopped watching Smallville. Why? The lack of interaction between Clark and Lex, which was the reason I started watching SV in the first place.

The show is supposed to be about Clark's journey into becoming Superman and why Lex and he became enemies. And in the past 2 years it has turned into a soap opera with all the Clark/Lana and Lex/Lana plots. Very BADLY written storylines that middle school giggling girls might enjoy watching, but well-educated adult women like myself find B-O-R-I-N-G!

Now don't get me wrong, I love Chloe, but she isn't fundamental to the show like Lex and Clark are. I don't like this version of Lois Lane (I am a comic book & movie Lois fan) and have always felt Clark shouldn't have met Lois until he started working at The Daily Planet (see Lois and Clark series) and NOT here in Smallville. However, I blame the writers for that poor decision not the actress who plays Lois.

And Lana? I so hope that incredibly stupid, 4-year old-trapped-in-an-adult-women's-body dies (and stays dead) in the finale. In my esimation she has added nothing to the show since season 2.

Her death - THAT will get me to watch again next season. And I will personally kiss the writer who has the guts to kill off the Pink Princess.

My thoughts after watching Prototype: Erica Durance should be in all episodes of Smallville. I hope Al Miles realize how much fans have loved her this season. It is clear that everyone (well except for a minority of some shippers or conspiracy theory supporters) have loved Erica in Prototype and fans demand more of her.

Erica Durance rocks! Looooovvvee Lois Lane Lex is gonna pay now.

Well now. I see the shipper wars continue. I think it’s fair to suggest that SV’s rather severe downward spiral is the combined result of very poor writing, a foolish effort to cater to various ships, the soap-operish dynamics and most importantly, the utter and complete destruction of the two primary characters, Clark & Lex. You know, Superman-to-be and his arch nemesis the Criminal Mastermind. Remember them? The basis for this series? Of course this is only my opinion, but I’m going to call it as I see it. But today, I’ll only chat about the leading ladies. It’s still painful to approach to mess that has been made of Clark and Lex.

Lana Lang: Clearly a favorite of the producers since day one. Though I don’t believe her role was initially planned to be as grandiose as it has become, her popularity with her fans (and the speculative “obsessive” behavior of AlMiles) changed that. Dramatically. Why? Simply put, because she’s pretty. Lovely. Beautiful. Gorgeous. AND I’M SURE THEY MAKE A LOT OF MONEY BECAUSE OF IT. Yes, I get that. But imo, that’s just about all she brings to the screen; at least in this series. Her acting leaves a lot to be desired, though I confess I have witnessed great deal of improvement over the years. There have been certain moments when she really brought it. I applaud Kristen Kruek as a person and an actress, but I truly detest the character Lana Lang and what she has come to represent. Why? Because I’m one of those people that likes to believe in characters and enjoy sharing in their growth. Among many other things, I find this impossible to do with a hypocritical, selfish-absorbed person that has been written in such a way that had just about every male (including random stalkers/extras), and at least one female falling over themselves to “love” her. Please. If the rumors for KK’s eventual departure are true, and imo necessary, I wish her great luck and success. Personally, because of KK’s sweet nature (at least that which is conveyed to the public), I’d bet a significant portion of why she’s leaving is her own personal disgust with the character AND the difficulty of processing the high degree of hate for this character. I sincerely hope it has nothing to do with her health. Sure, there’s lots of love out there too, but from what I’ve read, it’s for KK. Love of KK that is, not Lana Lang.

Lois Lane: When I finally had the opportunity to view the first season (I started viewing in S5), I was highly suspicious (and critical) of Lex and Clark knowing each other in their youth—worse being best friends! But as I continued to watch, I applauded the producers for their boldly unique approach to their version of the Superman mythology. However, as I continued to make my way through the DVD sets I’d purchased, I was utterly shocked to discover the introduction of Lois Lane to SV. Perhaps the decision was made to do something drastic since S3 ratings dipped dramatically, but as evidenced by S4, it didn’t appear to help much. More importantly, even though I’ve long believed/supported the destiny of Clois, by this time I had already invested in the character Chloe as SV’s version of Lois Lane—a parallel, which I’m certain, was their original intent. I guess I always fancied that the childhood relationship developed between Chlark over the years is what attracted adult Clark Kent/Superman to Lois Lane. That is, the similarities in personality traits and drive. Nonetheless, I once again found myself pleased with the character. Initially. I found a lot of her mannerisms/spunk similar to Margot Kidder’s LL and I really enjoyed it. Until they made her into the T&A girl for the series. How degrading. I guess if they couldn’t get KK to fill that role to reach the male 18-34 market, they had to have ED do it. So sad. So, so, sad. It completely killed any respect I had for the character and it mustered even more disdain for the producers. I have no issues with ED’s looks or her ability to act. What I don’t like is the obvious sacrifice/assassination of Chloe’s character on her behalf. Count me among those that were offended by the horrid Lois Lane lightswitches this season; especially this episode (Prototype). To those of you that have voiced your praise for her “hard work”, are you serious? I swear, I truly don’t mean to be insulting, but seriously? I honestly didn’t see it. Blind devotion to favorite characters runs rampant on various boards I’ve visited but this is hard to swallow. If she has a bigger role next season, I pray the writers focus on developing her character as a serious reporter and not the token T&A chick.

Chloe Sullivan: Of the three main ladies, I have long enjoyed Chloe the most. In fact, AM, TW, MR & JG are my favorite characters and actors/actresses. But on to Chloe. I feel that Chloe has been steadfast in her role of support for the entire series. And by support, I mean to every character: Clark, Lana, Lois, Pete, Martha, Jonathan, Lex and even various guest stars (like Green Arrow and Cyborg). Of course, she’s also played the role of dumping grounds too, to most of the aforementioned characters. To me, Chloe is representative of that which should inspire young women today: drive, enthusiasm, strong sense of purpose, loyalty, devotion and strength of character. Even the worst Chloe critics would have to grudgingly admit that Chloe’s weathered her fair share of heartbreak throughout the series and still keeps going strong. And before you think it, yes, Chloe is far from perfect; S1 can certainly attest to that. But I’m of the opinion that she has more than atoned for those sins. I think AM is a wonderful actress, but also has room for growth and improvement. She’s also very pretty, but clearly, according to the way she’s written and made to appear, not pretty enough. I think AM’s character has been treated abominably, beginning with the bump in the opening credits to 4th position; continuing with the horrific hairstyle/makeup choices and finishing with the current character assassination as evidenced in S6. I honestly wish that Chloe would die in the finale just to put an end to this treatment, then they can move on with the Lois’ journey. With what I’ve seen so far, I have no confidence in the ability of the (current) writers to meaningfully and successfully write for two reporters.

Wow! That was an excellent episode! I hope we get more episodes like this in the future.

Erica Durance owned the episode. I throughoutly enjoyed Lois Lane. She had all the shades of the comic books Lois Lane we know. Smart, intellegent, determined, sassy, stubborn and in the end vulnerable. I was surprised by Durance's acting which was really very good. She sure is giving her best to the role of Lois Lane. Al Miles should give her more scripts like Prototype to work with because it was truly enjoyable to watch.

Wes's story was heartbreaking. He's a hero and he deserves to be acknowledged as one. I hope Lois makes sure he gets the recognition he deserved.

Apart from the almost Clana kiss scene, I enjoyed Clark in the entire episode. The little Lois and Clark teasing scenes that were missing in the last few episodes were also back and it was refreshing.

Did I mention that I loved Chloe's hair? I liked how she helped out Lois and Clark and loved the Talon moment between the cousins.

Lana's tragedy is getting on everyone's nerves now. Please stop making her the figure of pity. She walked into a relationship with Lex by her own choice. No one has any sympathies for her, specially when she always turns Clark into a jerk!

I loved Lex Luthor. He's the cold blooded villian now and boy Michael did a fanstastic job. You're gonna pay Lex, you have Lois Lane on your trial now!!

Can't wait to find out what Lionel was doing with the Kryptonian symbols? And Martha will move on to Washington now *sniff*

I loved this episode. All episodes of Smallville should be written like this.

10 out of 10.

Can't wait for Phantom and season 7 and lots of Lois, Clark, Lex and Chlo-Lo!!

PS: I miss Jimmy too! :(

would like that clark to meet young diana as wonder woman part of justice leauge feature a young sargent whose in the same unit as louis fater just to have a kick but girl superherio from maraghsweet miami

hey when are they showing the repeat of the season finale of season 6? does n e 1 noe?

I prepared/posted a rather lengthy comment yesterday yet it hasn't shown up. Is there a problem? Are email adresses required or something? If so, it should say that.
HeartbrokenSVFan

Durance rocked in this ep hands down. And I'm glad she was able to use some of her know to help with the MOTW. It helps to have a little backstory instead of lightswitch knowledge pulled out of your bumms. I think Lois centric eps are just what Season 7 needs more of. Here's hoping Erica gets a full 22 eps because I have to say it's like eating moldy bread when watching Lois-less eps. And I think with the changes happening next season if it is the last it'll be good.

I thought this was a great episode. A lot of people are bitter... wow. Lightswitches? That sure is mature. Can we all try to be adults and get over it?

Erica Durance was fan-freakin'-tastic, as usual. Lois Lane ruled this episode. You're only kidding yourself if you disagree. I'm looking forward to seeing Lois progess further as a reporter, digging up some Luthor dirt along the way. Go Durance!

Some points I did not mention in my previous post here:

Sarah, I think that Lois deserves a lot more praise for this episode than the mere few lines mentioned about her in the write up. Erica deserves applause for her amazing performance and the effort she has put into Lois Lane. I am sure if this episode was given to Chloe/Allison you would have written paragraphs of praise about her. Why so cautious about praising Lois? Come on! Erica is loved by a lot, lot more fans than you know. You need to atleast praise her wholeheartedly when she deserves it.

Once again, I hate the double standards of some of Chloe fans who post here. If Chloe had got this story, then great job but if Lois got it then come out and bash her. We can poke zillion holes in Chloe's journalistic career quite easily too, but we don't do it because it sounds stupid to fight over ficitional characters so you people should show some dignity and stop being hateful. Lois Lane is the heroine of this story, not Chloe. Period.

So Chloe supporters will now whine about why Lois is written so wonderfully because it makes Chloe look miniscule in comparison? You guys are now actually saying that the heroine of the story, i.e., Lois Lane should not be written well because that would make Chloe the sidekick look bad? Wow that's a new type of protest by Chloe people & it's hillarious too.

Oh and by the way, before pointing out any finger on the ratings, please look at the first half of season 6, Lois featured heavily, hence excellent ratings. The second half is a glaring example that no one is interested in soap opera and in finding out about Chloe's freak mother because it has nothing to do with Clark's destiny. Progeny's pathetic ratings show that people are not interested in Chloeville!

It is TPTB's fault that they did not promote Prototype as a Lois episode otherwise the ratings would certainly have improved.

Here is hoping we see more of our real intrepid reporter Lois Lane in season seven. Team up Lois and Clark, no more wall of the wierds and vampires please. And no, we are not interested in Chloe and her freak mother.

Oh, and please bring Lois Lane in Daily Planet already. We've seen enough of the interns who sit in the basement and have stories coming to them without any struggle. Lois Lane is the one who deserves to be in Daily Planet because she worked hard for it.

More Lois, more episodes like Prototype, more Lois and Clark, more Clois moments.

And Erica Durance looked very beautiful in the entire episode. I loved everything about her, and that includes her wonderful performance as Lois Lane.

Abe, you're right! There hasn't been one episode focused on Clark! Except for maybe the episode,crimson.Still this show is about how Clark Kent became superman, so the writers should be a little more focused on Clark.

"Prototype got the lowest ratings in the entire history of 6 years of Smallville. Viewers do not like Lois, do not like Green Arrow and especially do not like how the characters have been ruined to futher a phony plot. What is a 40 year old woman playing a teenage Lois? Let's get real. Kate Bosworth looks college age. This Lois looks twenty years older than Bosworth."

SO now we're resorting to bashing the actress' looks? Please! And Erica Durance is not 40 years old, shes actually younger than TW I believe, so your rude comments are uncalled for. As for the ratings... if you haven't noticed, the ratings have been going lower and lower since 'Promise' aired and its not because of Lois who was in only 3 of those episodes with very limited screen time than anyone else... if you're going to place blame on one character, then we can bring up for a Chloe episode Progeny's ratings were lower than the week before, or how Nemesis, a Clark/Lex episode got lower ratings than Progeny... the fact is, it isn't anyone character, its the stupid soap opera-ic plot line that developed in Promise that turned people off. The beginning of the season had higher ratings, and guess who was around more then? Lois, and Green Arrow, so obviously some people happen to like them. That tied in with the fact that Clark had seemed to be moving forward, over Lana, and accepting his destiny is what made the ratings higher then.. now we have a future Superman who keeps going after a married woman, almost kissing her.. its pathetic. But if theres anything to complain about in this episode, its that. Not Lois who was superb in this episode. The haters will always have something to say because its not their precious Chloe. Don't get me wrong, shes my third favorite after Clark and Lois, but you people act like just because Chloe has been investigating something, that means NO ONE ELSE IS EVER ALLOWED TO. Get real! And Get over it.

What a bunch of crap. This was the most contrived episode ever. There are over 400,000 people in the US Army, and the ONE soldier that Lex uses for Project Ares JUST SO HAPPENS to be Lois' first kiss??? Gimme a frickin break. And while it's taken 6 years to build up to a battle between Chloe/Clark vs Lex, Lois finds herself at war with him and vowing to take him down after just 2 frickin episodes?????

THAT is exactly why people complain about ridiculous lightswitches and contrived plots, because they have been so prevalent and so extreme that it just wreaks of poor/lazy writing. No wonder people stopped watching this train wreck.

"Ok.. save your comments for someone who cares.. the show was great... stoping watching it if you are going to complain about it..."

Well guess what, it looks like that's exactly what people are doing! This was the lowest rated episode in 6 years!!! Lois fans? They are still watching (they love their lightswitches). Clana fans? Also still watching. Guess who stopped watching? Clark fans and Chloe fans. TPTB have shot themselves in the foot. With numbers this low, the show cannot survive. Clark and Chloe are the two most popular characters on the show - mess with them and suffer the consequences.

First of all thank you SDK for giving us a wonderful episode. You have written Lois Lane perfectly.Lois knowing Wes was believable and I also loved how Clark believed her when she knew that it was Wes at the DP.Lois not giving up on Wes proved that she will fight till the end for the people she believes in.
Lois/Clark/Martha scenes were interesting and thoughtful. Lois/Clark/Chloe scenes at the DP were amazing.It was good to see some season 4 cousins relationship back in this episode.

Clark has been saving the world from 33.1 using Chloe's research which has been taken over by the Justice League members.We didn't see any scream foul then but why now. Lois had asked Chloe to investigate Lex in Season 5. And she had not encountered anyone to know the intensity of Lex's evilness. Was she aware of what Lex did to Chloe or her aunt - No she was not privy to that information. Even Chloe decided to write the article on Lex after what he did to her mother. So I don't see ow is that different.

As for the ratings if you have watched carefully the ratings are on the down slide ever since Promise. In Promise we did see an immoral and home wrecker person not a person who would become the future superman. And yet TPTB are playing their Clexana triangle. Lower ratings prove one thing that the viewers do not want to see the Clexana triangle which makes the future superman immoral and a home wrecker. This has been proved by the ratings from the first half of the season and Lois featured heavily if the first half of the season rather than the second half.

Boring episode :/

Prototype got the lowest ratings in the entire history of 6 years of Smallville. Viewers do not like Lois, do not like Green Arrow and especially do not like how the characters have been ruined to futher a phony plot. What is a 40 year old woman playing a teenage Lois? Let's get real. Kate Bosworth looks college age. This Lois looks twenty years older than Bosworth.

Episode was good, cant wait for z final, and season 7, and 8 and 9, jus kiddn but serious hopes we do av those seasons....SMALLVILLE "sell off"

I loved it i love clark and lana more so dont mess with them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just as Nemesis seemed to reach all the way back to Season 1 in its subject... dealing with the Clark/Lex friendship becoming antagonistic, I felt that this episode reached back to Crusade/Gone and really kind of dealt with Lois... who she is to the characters on the show, delving a bit into her backstory and also giving us a huge dose of the Lois Lane she's becoming. This episode ROCKED!

Lois was all over the place, we got a little bit of everything, investigating, Chlo/Lo, Clois banter, Clois friendship, Lois' backstory with Wes. The best part was at the end where Lois vows to MAKE LEX PAY!!! *claps hands gleefully*

I also enjoyed the continuity of the episode. In a lot of ways it branched directly out of Nemesis with Wes' wife Jodi's fatal quest. I loved the Chlark investigations and the fact that they linked the little Justice and Doom Yaris ad to the episode. I loved how Chloe and Clark working to find Lois sort of mirrored Lois and Clark looking for Chloe when Lois first arrived on the show.

They mentioned so many things: Chloe's mom, Jonathan, Clark catching Lois in the shower, Lana's gunshot wound from Noir... Fun, fun, fun.

Well. More than making me excited about the finale, this episode really gets me looking forward to Season 7. I'm REALLY hoping to see more of Lois, Clark, Chloe and maybe Jimmy *crosses fingers* running around, solving mysteries, saving lives and working to take down Lex Luthor.

Martha going to Washington... does that mean we won't see as much of her? :(

The guy that played WES did a phenomenal job. He was the heart of the episode I think. If we didn't care about him... nothing else would have worked.

I LOVED Prototype!

What have Al, Miles and SDK done to Smallville?!

What happened to Clark? He was more Superman in s1. Could he get any more pathetic and idiotic? Obsessing after (and almost kissing!!) another man's wife? Really? That's the future Superman? It's a good thing Jonathan is dead and Martha is leaving because they'd be appalled at the total lack of common decency and morals their son has shown just to get into the pants of a selfish, dumb, backstabbing, bitchy princess who has never had to suffer any consequences for her actions. How ironic that that is exactly the lesson that keeps getting drummed into Clark ad nauseum; the same lesson that that Chloe's had to deal with since her deal with Lionel; and that Lex has had to deal with all his life. But of course it doesn't apply to the beautiful Lana Lang. She will be loved.

And "Lois"? "Lois" stumbles blindly yet again into another story. Of course it took her sabotaging a police investigation by stealing evidence and having Lionel stupidly play the contents of the flash drive in front of her. But hey it's "Lois Lane". Like in "Combat" her military background (her father's a general and she's an army brat don't you know) gives her all the information she needs without having to do any real work. Yeah, that's what I want to see, Al, Miles. A Chloe-wannabe whose sole motivation is to seek revenge for the death of her first drunken kiss. I got to give "Lois" some credit though, that must have been some kiss to jog Wes out of his programming! And to make him forget his wife (who died trying to find him)!

But what would "Lois" have done if she hadn't previously known Wes in the army (because she's a general's daughter and an army brat)? My guess? Nothing. She'd probably be off chasing mythical creatures in Florida, rooting through garbage or begging for a story. That's SV's "Lois Lane" - hated journalism, never graduated high school, got kicked out of MetU for drinking, mooched off the Kents, got handed jobs she was unqualified for, and got inspired by a barn door. What a sad joke!

Eh, whatever! We've had 6+ years of Chloe and Clark investigating the meteor mutants, strange goings on in Smallville, Lex, Lionel, Level 3, Level 33.1, Zoners, and saving the world. We've had 6+ years of seeing Chloe struggle towards her goal of becoming the best investigative reporter at the Daily Planet. Being there for Clark when he needed a shoulder to lean on. But, sadly, it's all for nought because of eight letters L-O-I-S-L-A-N-E. What amazing storytelling, Al, Miles.

Lex was the only redeeming thing in this mess. well, if you don't count his being wussified because of Lana Lang and being betrayed yet again by someone he's working with and having his multi-billion dollar asset go awol and ...

Eh, this season cannot end soon enough.

Btw Dean Winchester is more Superman than Clark Kent.

Smallville fan, you are so right! If you people don't like smallville then just stop complaining and stop watching the show! Goodness! OH and by the way, this is the Smallville blog, if you have any comments about another show, then post on that shows' blog!

It was an amazing episode. Thank you Steven De Knight for telling us finally the definition of "reporter". And no, it does not mean sitting behind the desk with your laptop and merely talking about Pulitzers.

Lois Lane was truly awesome. Erica did a fanstastic job with Lois.

I loved how Lois's journey towards journalism shows a true struggle of a reporter. Her first article for the Inquisitor showed her curiousity and how she would never let go. Her Green Arrow articles showed her determination to get her hands dirty for her story and now, she has declared war on none other than Lex Luthor.

I love the fact that there are no favors from Luthors that got Lois into Daily Planet. She took a start from a tabloid and now is gradually making her way up. No vampire lightswitches to make Lois Lane a journalist, she's the one with real stories and headlines. No super hero friend who will make stories fall into her lap. She's our true intrepid reporter who does all the dirty work herself.

I love the fact that Lois doesn't like to be in the tabloid anymore. I think once she's able to write her story on Lex, she will be able to join a reputable newspaper and then she can move on to Daily Planet, where she really deserves to be.

I simply love the writers for showing Lois's real struggle for becoming an ace journalist. Loved how she followed the senator. "Lois Lane. Reporter" Thank you SDK.

The end line "Don't be sorry for me. Be sorry for Lex" was truly a Lois Lane line.

I loved everything about Lois in this episode.

There will still be bashers and naysayers but SDK has finally made one thing clear - there is and always be one true journalist with the real spirit of a reporter on Smallville and that is Lois Lane.

Great job Erica Durance and Thank you once again Steven De Knight for crushing the conspiracy theories and showing everyone what the real Lois Lane really is!!

Where is Clark? What happened to Clark in Season 6? There has not been one episode focused on him. He takes the back seat to everyone..Green Arrow, phony Lois, all knowing Chloe, wise Lionel, powerful Lex. Clark lost his girl. What the hell? Who the hell wants to see the hero and his girl lose week after week. Who wants to see Clark inept and Lana hurt? Whoever writes the scripts should read Frank Miller's concept of the projection of the human ideal and superhero. A little Ayn Rand pertaining to how art is a selective presentation of the human ideal would tell these producers and writers why they have lost 5 to 6 million viewers from the pilot to the present. The hero does not lose and he should not lose his girl to the anti-hero. She does not end up in his bed carrying his baby. The viewers have a perception of what life should be like and Season 6 is in contradiction of that vision. If Lana dies in the finale, expect about 2 million viewers in Season 7. Your viewers have spoken loud and clear...check your ratings.

I liked seeing Lex be all slinky and hot and competent. The episode wasn't much fun, though. I wish they'd do more episodes like "Justice" where there's laughs and smiles along with the action.

SO bored with Lana; memo to Clark and Lex: ditch her, already! She's making you boring.

Well Lillie, that's exactly why I stopped watching after the lame "Promise" episode (with "Progeny" being the only exception). Just look at Lois' and Chloe's respective boyfriends and that says it all! Lois & her lovers equal a Lois that's a WINNER....Chloe & her personal comic relief (especially after 6 years of exceptional character performances)...equals.....well, she's not in Lois' league. In fact she's a Romantic Joke..."the back pocket girl" as Clark so nicely put it. But when she's in Reporter Mode....Chloe was and will always be the best.

And rumor has it that the ratings declined yet again. So after all the episodes since "Promise", Smallville has not rebounded even once. And after reading the message boards about the last few episodes, and the spoilers for the finale, I must say, that I've decided to skip the Finale as well. Once you miss a one or two episodes, it get's much easier to miss....especially with this show.

The thing that saved this episode was Lois. It was great to see some backstory about her, and see her in full-on investigative mode .
It's also good to see that 33,1 hasn't been forgotten, and that Lex had a reason to collect all those meteor mutants.
Tahmoh was excellent, too bad he was only in this one episode.
But seriously - Clana? Still? I'm not even yawning, I'm so bored I'm about to fall into coma. I guess those 1,3 million viewers who stopped watching since the darn ship was resurrected in "Promise" for the millionth time must have already died of boredom.

More reporter Lois please. More evil science genius Lex!
And please - more Clark. Remember him? The guy who is supposed to turn into Superman one day? Get him to stop wracking other people's marriages, and start his training. With Lex up to no good, he might need it. And get him some screen time!

It was a solid farewell episode for DeKnight.
We're gonna miss you Steve.

Wow. What dreck. One can only hope every story EDLois ever does is linked to someone she knows/kissed and linked to the military, because as we all know her father is a general *rolls eyes* Some investigative reporter that. It's a joke when compared to what Chloe went through with Moira. Clark has no moral code anymore, and Lana, well, the sooner she's dead and stays dead the better. More lightswitching of EDLois means less Chloe which sucked - as will the finale. Thank goodness for Supernatural and a certain other finale on another channel. Everything this season since Promise has sucked and continues to do so. There's no way I'm wasting my time with the finale.

Wow did SDK capture the personality of Lois Lane perfectly. Lois was awesome in this epi.

Lois's confrontation of Senator Burke was good and I was happy when the nice little detail like Lois paying of her informant was added. Lois/Chloe/Clark scene in DP was amazing. I was expecting Clark to say that probably Lois was hallucinating. But instead all three worked together to get the info on Wes.

Lois/Clark/Martha scene where Lois mentioned about the shower scene was hilarious. Martha pulling her connection to get Wes file was a good because it just shows how much that meant to Lois. Lois doesn't give so much appreciation to just anyone and Martha understood it perfectly.

Lois fought with Wes till the last moment to get through him. The final scene with Lois and Wes was powerful. I liked when Wes asked Lois not to save him because he didn't want to be controlled by Lex Luthor. Clark's expression who was watching the scene was an added bonus. Because when I saw the preview I thought that the scene would probably be a Lana or Chloe scene.

The final scene at the DP where Lois is determined to take down Lex Luthor was wow. Just wow.

I loved how Lois went off on a tangent when trying to cheer Chloe about Jimmy

I hope whoever's in charge of this once-great, now miserably disappointing program will move mountains over the summer to conduct a major overhaul and make "Smallville" shine once again.

Step 1: Brush up on the first five seasons.

Step 2: Hire some decent writers and at least one continuity person.

Step 3: Get rid of Lana. For good.

Ok.. save your comments for someone who cares.. the show was great... stoping watching it if you are going to complain about it... Yea i see what you are saying about the whole lois thing, they are trying to make her into a reporter but it's not working because Chloe is the best at what she does. SO DON'T BE A HATER. THE SHOW IS GREAT. IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE BETTER IDEAS GO WRITE YOUR OWN SHOW...

Lillie u are right about most of it but when u talk about Clana in a bad way thats where u need to shut the hell up. The episode wasn't that bad.

IT was a pretty cool episode. I can't wait till the season finale. If you say that this season of smallville stinks then you're wron!

refer to my post on previous Prototype entry.

Well, Prototype was a bad as I thought it would be.

Lex was the only thing I really enjoyed in this episode.

Knowing that Lois was going to be lightswitched yet again before hand didn't make it any better. All of a sudden after chasing fake animal stories she wants to get revenge on Lex. PFFT Whatever. I'm really starting to see that the PTB CANNOT write 2 reporters on the same show. They are starting to push Chloe to the side to make room for Lois. I always feared it would be that way and now I'm seeing it happen. Chloe will always be the true reporter in my eyes and I'm not going to stick around seeing her dream be squashed because the bullshit that is the Goughlar have wasted 2 years on Lois doing nothing and then all of a sudden, after they have spent 6 years drilling into our heads that Chloe's the reporter and her dream is to work @ the Daily Planet, the Barn Door of Opportunity almost fell on Lois' ass and made her become a serious reporter. What the fuck ever.

Clark almost kissing Lana was horrible. SDK, that was not cool Clana buddy.

The trailer for Phantom did nothing for me. This is the first time that I'm actually dreading a season finale.

I hope that 7 is the last because season 6 is making me miss season 4. A LOT!

boring episode. disappointing. thank god for supernatural<3