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i really think lois kicks ass, she is great, she kicks butt she is always ahead of chloe because she is independent and chloe doesnt do anything if she doesnt have clark's help, i mean she is a great reporter i give you that, but lois is good too, in combat she found the place where the fight club was before clark and chloe did, she is smart and quick in her own way,she has a great personality and great chemistry with clark, this lois doesnt have to be like the other past lois' from the other shows and comics, people are so close minded they are stuck with what already is and do no accept new fresh personalities in the show, i think lois is great and interesting she doesnt play victim like lana does all the time, she goes with her heart and instincts and she has passion, i think lois digging into chloe's trash for a story was actually a casualty she didnt even go through chloe's computer so didnt steal anything, it was not right that she got that story from the trash but she's not perfect she's growing to be a reporter but lois is very passionate and smart and she always gets what she wants..... i love her character... she is super great and sexy lana she is just getting soooo boring, just get her out of that show already.. i'm getting sick of her already her and her stupid dramatic life that she chose sooo pleaseeeeeeeee spice it up a little we wanna see clark and lois getting it on already!! i love smallville!

well i love lois personally..she is the bomb, like it or not she is a strong character woman that has lead clark to believe that she is trustworthy and they actually have a lot of chemistry and i think she is the kind of woman that follows her instincts and if she is almost always getting into trouble just like clark is because maybe she is destined to form part of clarks life forever...i think they will end up together she is not perfect but chloe isnt either if i well remember chloe in one of last seasons betrayed clark by giving lionel luthor info about him, so chloe isnt perfect either.. i respect lois for the outgoing person that she is and in the valentines day episode clark told her bout his powers and showed her, even thoug he was under the effects of red krypto but that doesnt mean he does thinks he doesnt want to, red krypto provokes him to do the things that he normally doesnt do, it releases all his inhibitions, so think about that maybe one of his inhibitions was showing lois his powers because deep down he trusts her like he never did with lana, by the way for me lana is a very very boring character, she plays victim all the time and she is totally dull and boring, i cant wait for clark to fall for lois, she is very interesting and fun.

Actually, "Lois" didn't save Chloe in Crusade at all. In Gone, I believe it was, after misinterpreting the info on her dad's schedule book about Nellie Bly, it was Clark who knew who Nellie Bly was and correctly interpreted that to mean that's where Chloe was although he arrived too late to save her. Subsequently, Clark found Chloe and saved her.

"Lois" did not get Chloe's byline for her nor did she get justice for the murdered girl. Chloe did that when everyone else, including the police, had given up on catching the perp.

Chloe was not really jealous of "Lois" becasue "Lois" wrote an article that was so bad even the tabloid Inquisitor made her change and lie it up in order to print it. Sadly, "Lois" had no problem with that and that makes her no Lois Lane I can ever recall. The real Lois Lane doesn't lie and doesn't have to BEG her cousin, the real reporter in the family for help all the time. She doesn't have to steal her cousin's trash nor consider invading Chloe's privacy by looking on her computer. Plus, there is no evidence whatsoever that "Lois" is supporting Chloe. And let's not forget that it was "Lois" who invited herself into the Kent's house and took Clark's room, expecting them to house and feed her when she could have lived on base with her dad. "Lois" had no problem with freeloading off the Kents so I wouldn't be too quick to make a claim that Chloe is wrong to stay with "Lois" in any case.

Honestly, the real Lois Lane would never behave as the girl with the name does. Far from being just like Lois Lanein the comics this girl is nothing like her. She's a fake, and can't do anything but sponge off of others and wait to get handouts of jobs and college entrancesfrom others, none of which she is in any way qualified for.

Chloe has gotten her job at the DP fair and square and has studied and practiced her craft for years. she is the legitimate reporter and "Lois" is nothing but a no talent hack. No wonder many people think Chloe is the real Lois after all.

"Chloe fans really need to get a life and come to terms with the fact that Lois was perfect in Combat."

First rule in debate: You do not insult the other person. It only shows bad form and doesn't benefit your cause.

As for Lois, she is obviously not perfect in that episode. Owing her cousin a favor just for a lead? Not perfect. Getting caught and thrown into a deathmatch? Not perfect.

"Lois is always shown to be smarter and quicker than Chloe, whereas Chloe doesn't do anything without her computer and without help of Clark."

Smarter and quicker? Lois is being portrayed as dumb as ever! With Combat as our reference episode:

If she was smarter, she would've asked for help instead of going solo. She could've gotten killed if she wasn't pitted against Clark. And if she was smarter and quicker, she would've figured out Clark by now.

Now don't get me wrong, I love the character, just not her portrayal in SV. And no, I don't hate Erica or her acting. I think she's doing her best with what's been given to her. The show has been known to disregard some facts and established storylines. So although I don't like her in this timeline, it doesn't mean I swore her off forever.

Regarding Chloe using her computer, it's called getting the right tools and utilizing resources. And it doesn't hurt to ask for help. Besides, Clark could always refuse, but he chooses to help anyway.

"Plus, you guys talk about Chloe as if she is a top reporter at Daily Planet or something whereas she is just an internee. Lois has a real job, that is why she has to worry about finding a headline and getting her paycheck."

Yes, she may just be an intern, but she's in the Daily Planet. Lois works for the Inquisitor, a paper that has been called a rag in the same sentence. And in keeping with the "Lois being perfect in this episode" theme, rooting around in the trash [even if it's hers] and resorting to begging her cousin for a headline is not being "perfect".

"I am sure Lois will be in Daily Planet soon and way ahead of Chloe."

According to canon, yes, Lois will be in the Daily Planet and exceed expectations. But you have to remember that what's happening is within the SV timeline, not exactly canon timeline. Lois isn't even supposed to be in Smallville, let alone know Clark without his glasses. In this Smallville, Chloe has the edge over Lois who is struggling to find a firm foothold in the industry. That is the premise on which this show's characters are based on.

Do remember that SV canon doesn't always jive with comic canon. In this version, Chloe is supposed to trump Lois. She is shown to be a proto-Lois, a precursor. And Lois is supposed to still have a long way to go before landing a job in DP.

So I tried posting this before, and it doesn't seem to have gone up for some reason, so I'll try again: I hope this blog doesn't change in any significant respect. Who would want to read it if all it did was parrot the CW party line? I'm glad that this blog seems to recognize that there are problems with the show.

And make no mistake, there are problems. "Combat," with 4.2 million viewers according the overnights, and 4.067 million according to the finals, was not only the lowest-rated episode of the season, it was one of the lowest-rated of the series. Now, it was preempted in Chicago, and that no doubt hurt, but (and this will surprise no one) I think the poor ratings were mostly a negative reaction to the execrable preceeding episode "Promise."

Which is unfortunate, because I thought "Combat" was actually not bad. I really liked that Clark defeated a deadly Zoner without any help. No tricking him with a magic crystal, no getting saved by the Martian Manhunter, just Clark Kent reaching down deep and finding it within himself to prevail. And it was perhaps the best fight scene ever done on Smallville. It was also nice to see Clark being proactive about hunting down the Zoners. Also, while no one will ever mistake me for a fan of Lana or Kreuk, I thought Kreuk gave a good performance in this episode, particularly in the scene where she learned of the miscarriage. Of course, it should go without saying that the interactions between Clark and Chloë were a highlight of the episode.

Of course, I cannot close this post without adding my opinion on the Chloë vs. Lois debate. Firstly, some of the statements by Lois-supporters seem almost to be caricatures or parodies of pro-Lois statements. Consider these remarks from Rachel:

Oh my God, bashing Erica's acting? For Heaven's sake, if you had any respect for the iconic character of Lois Lane, you would have never said that. Erica sticks to the canon like no one else, she's not playing a whiny or pining woman. She plays LOIS LANE. Period.
If you guys have a problem with Lois's character, go complain to Al and Miles. Or better. Go straight to DC Comics. Yeah, sure, they'll hear you....First, her name is "Lois". As in "Lois-Lane-the-iconic-character-from-the-Comic-Books-who-is-meant-to-become-you-all-know-what-by-you-all-know-who's-side-and-that's-what's-really-bugging-you".
Second, you won't see her stealing a story, specially from Chloe's computer. Because she has values and virtues.

In other words, her name is Lois Lane; ergo, she has all the admirable traits traditionally associated with that name, regardless of what we actually see her do on our screen. What you don't seem to understand is that we criticize Durance's portrayal (both how the character is written and Durance's acting) precisely because we do respect the character. Either Rachel was engaged in a subtle parody of the pro-Lois position, or the pro-Lois position defies parody.

But let's return to a few basic facts about what happened in this episode: Chloë, given a link to a video by Clark and Oliver, was able to identify the murdered fighter and the fight announcer in the video as a Belle Reve meteor-mutant patient and as Belle Reve administrator Richter Maddox, respectively. That enabled Clark to track the fight club to Maddox and thus find Titan.

And what did Lois do? On the verge of being fired from the Inquisitor, she begged her cousin for a story. (Yeah, her critics are the ones disrespecting the character.) Then she managed to resist the temptation to look through her cousin's laptop. Then she looked through Chloë's trash and stole a lead from there. Yes, Bored!!!, that's not illegal, but it's still wrong. And then? Well, she managed to distract Clark at the outset of the fight, allowing Titan to sucker-punch him. After that, she did distract Titan long enough for Clark to recover. So her involvement in the fight was a wash.

In short, Chloë was essential to the plot of this episode: Clark would not have found Titan without her. Lois, as usual, could have been dropped from the episode without anything being lost.

Sarah, I don't think the hate is directed at you. This blog has been turned into a Chloe vs. Lois battleground, which is sad. I don't personally think there should even be a Chloe vs. Lois debate, but that's the way it goes.

That said, I felt the initial blog post could have been more carefully worded. I agree that the fans deserve better writing at the moment, for all characters and for the narrative as a whole, but some comments seem to stop just shy of character-bashing, and I'm not just talking with regard to Lois Lane. I also agree with a previous poster who said it feels like it's mainly female characters who are taking the flak for bad writing on this show when there are male characters who could just as legitimately be criticised. At the same time, there are positive points, however few and far between, to be made about writing that aren't being made.

Thank-you for taking the time to clarify your intentions, but don't hold out hope that this flame war is going to die down any time soon.

"She is gradually getting more and more successful, something that is killing Chloe fans."

But "Lois" isn't getting more successful. That's the whole point of this episode. She's on the verge of being fired from the worst newspaper in Metropolis, and only manages to barely avoid getting fired by stumbling across a picture in the trash and just being lucky enough to recognize the venue. That's not success-- it's luck. The writers showed us that Chloe knows how to research, while "Lois" depends on luck. The point was quite clear-- Chloe has the skills, and "Lois" doesn't.

You know what Soulmates, I'm tired of typing the same shit over and over. You are typing the same shit which I have responded to twice! I'm through. Anyone else want to try go ahead, I'm done.

Duece 2 ya.

All this Lois bashing is senseless. Chloe fans really need to get a life and come to terms with the fact that Lois was perfect in Combat. She asked Chloe for a little help, Chloe refused to help her cousin, but Lois found out the address of the club on her own, something Chloe was unable to figure out. Lois is always shown to be smarter and quicker than Chloe, whereas Chloe doesn't do anything without her computer and without help of Clark. Plus, you guys talk about Chloe as if she is a top reporter at Daily Planet or something whereas she is just an internee. Lois has a real job, that is why she has to worry about finding a headline and getting her paycheck. I am sure Lois will be in Daily Planet soon and way ahead of Chloe.

Once again, it is not Chloe's trash because it is Lois's appartment and she owns everything. Lois should soon kick out meteor freak Chloe from her house.

Erica Durance does not look like a teenage Lois. She looks even older than the Superman Lois. I am always a little put off by Erica's portrayal of Lois. I like the character of Lois but I don't get why the Lois is Smallville is portrayed as a low-brow, buxom, middle age woman who acts juvenile. Jessica Alba has a young, well shaped body. Erica Durance has a middle age, buxom body. A younger-looking actress, who acts with more gall and nerve and not so cartoony silly would be a good Lois for Smallville. Smallville is a show about Superman as a teenager and it is about time for the show to aim for an end run next year. Tom Welling has lost his fresh face look the last couple of years; he has gained a little too much weight and the appearance of a middle age Lois just takes away the illusion of the superman as a teenager.

"The writer's gave Chloe the whole betrayel by working for Lionel arc to show her struggle."

Ha! Chloe's betrayal becomes her "struggle" and if Lois asks Chloe for a little favor in return of so much Lois has done for Chloe from giving her her first byline to providing her food, shelter and clothing, it becomes Lois's fault??

Chloe shamelessly promised Lionel that she would give Clark's secret in return of a colomn in Daily Planet. Sorry, Lois would never do that. No friends of Clark will ever do that, except Chloe off course.

"It's not hard to admit that Lois does Chloe favors. Chloe does Lois favors too."

Really?

~ Lois saved Chloe's life - Crusade.

~ Lois got Chloe her first byline ~ Exposed.

~ Lois heartily congratulated Chloe on her byline ~ Exposed.

~ Lois is financially supporting Chloe.

What did Chloe do? "I am jealous of you Lois" and keeping information from her in "Arrow" and turning her down so rudely when all Lois asked was a little help.

I am happy Chloe didn't help Lois because Lois got her story on her own and it showed how mean Chloe can be!

"Chloe didn't pick that up because she's not a military brat. Lois was about to throw the picture back in the dumpster when she saw something that she regonized from being a military brat. She got lucky"

I am sure you would say something entirely different than "Chloe got lucky" if Chloe were the one who picked it.

And military background is not neccessary. A reporter should be keen enough to notice everything. Chloe should have caught that word and performed a google to find out. Only in this case, Lois didn't have to perform a search because she already knew, otherwise, picking up the clue was absolutely Lois's quick observation and presence of mind. Like it or not, Chloe lacks it.

"Why is that luck? Chloe got in on her own merits. She found a story, got the facts, and wrote it"

Off course, it was nothing but luck that Kahn didn't kick out Chloe after that lame vampire story. If anyone in this show finds her own stories, puts her life on the line for facts and writes it, it is Lois Lane. Arrow & now Combat are examples of her hard work. When was the last time Chloe got a byline at Daily Planet without Clark's (or Lois's) help???

"We don't know that. All we know is that she wasn't working on a story for the INQUISITOR."

If Chloe was working on a story, why didn't she publish it? All she was doing was a google search for Clark. Like she said "SIDEKICK!!

"Lois let the editor put a spin on her barn door story in "Sneeze". She allowed the editor to put lies in her story.
Lois admitted to streatching the truth to what she wrote in "Arrow". SHE LIED!"

Lois never lied. She merely mentioned that my editor put me in line. She didn't ask her editor to do anything. Reporters don't tell editors what to do.

If Lois had no integrity, she would print the article in "ReUnion" that she let go only because she didn't feel right to publish her story, that once again she got from her own effort.

Plus, in Combat, she didn't touch Chloe's PC, something Chloe would instantly do, if anyone lacks integrity, it is Chloe!!

"Have you even watched the first 3 seasons? Chloe investigates without the help of Clark. Remember " Hothead" she investigated that by HERSELF! Clark taking care of the meteor freak has absolutely nothing to do with Chloe investigating."

And Lois does her investigation herself too. Without laptops and googles. She does hard work. She gets into trouble.

And all Chloe bylines in Daily Planet are thanks to Lois (Exposed) and Clark.

And don't forget that in "Delete" Chloe got fired from Daily Planet too. Lois Lane's name saved her and she got her article printed only using Lois name. Lois saved Chloe even when she was not around.

"Reporters period have no respect for anyone's privacy, unless it's their family's. "

So you think Chloe having no regard for Clark's privacy was okay? The same Clark she calls her best friend??

Lois showed in Combat that she cares for Chloe's privacy by not touching her PC. Chloe would do that instantly. Period.

Chloe is jealous of Lois's success which she said herself. Chloe is showing a pathetic and sick attitude to Lois this year. If I were Chloe fan, I would be worried about how Chloe is written instead of bashing Lois.

"You, on the other hand, are seeing what you want to see, because most of what you typed was not fact."

All of what I have quoted is from the episodes itself. So they are nothing but the facts. Unless you choose to deny the dialogues itself, that the characters said.

Lois's struggle is shown perfectly from Smallville. Right from a small job as a waitress to a campaign manager, she got everything from hard work. She is working for a tabloid to learn hard lessons (and see the real face of someone she loves more than a sister). She is gradually getting more and more successful, something that is killing Chloe fans. Not to mention Chloe herself being pathetically jealous of Lois!!

Soulmates wrote:
Oh God! Hate, hate and nothing but hate by Chloe fans!!

Lillie writes: Please don't generalize. I don't hate Lois, I just hate that TPTB have failed yet again to show y she should be ILL. Like I said earlier this episode did Lois no favors, IMHO.

Soulmates wrote:
Why don't you guys make your lives easy and admit that Lois is better than Chloe in all respects?

Lillie writes: I would, when I'm shown that Lois is better than Chloe. Till then, she's not.

Soulmates wrote:
Lillie, how are you sure that Chloe will be back in the dorm? Come on! Don't evade! Why is it so hard to accept that Chloe would be on streets if Lois hadn't shared her appartment with Chloe?

Lillie writes:

Like I said, no one knows. Chloe makes money so I don't think she would be on the streets. She could have rented out someplace to stay.

Soulmates wrote:
And Chloe's dad got fired because of her own misdeeds!! Remember? Heck, Chloe would not even be alive if Lois hadn't saved her!!

Yes I remember her dad got fired and she lost her column for her misdeeds. But what does that have anything? O about her being homeless? We haven't seen or heard about her dad since the beginning of season 4, no one knows if he got a job or not. And I'm pretty sure that Lois and Clark killed the guy that tried to kill Chloe, not just Lois. And I remember Chloe got herself down.

Soulmates wrote:

Why is it so hard to accept that Lois does so many favors to Chloe? And why are you evading Chloe's own words:

"I would be playing point guard at pet obituary hot line if it werent for you two"

Any reply? No!!

Lois got into the club, Lois got into the trouble. LIKE IT OR NOT, CHLOE DID NOTHING!! SHE GOT HER BYLINE BECAUSE OF LOIS!!

Lillie writes:

It's not hard to admit that Lois does Chloe favors. Chloe does Lois favors too.
And I remember what Chloe said, I saw the episode. Chloe showed her appreciation to Clark and Lois for helping her out.
But you are making it seem like Lois did everything and Chloe did absolutely nothing. All Lois did was play a stripper and leave with a man she knew nothing about so she wouldn't get arrested. She knew what she was dealing with after she found the photo of the dead girl in one of the boxes in the man's room. Chloe found who the plates were registered to, Chloe found where Lois was, and Chloe wrote the story. Chloe, Clark, and Lois played their parts and Chloe appreciated them for it.

Soulmates wrote:
So if Chloe failed miserably to pick up the clue right in front of her and Lois's keen eye picked it, it is luck,

Lillie writes:
Chloe didn't pick that up because she's not a military brat. Lois was about to throw the picture back in the dumpster when she saw something that she regonized from being a military brat. She got lucky.

Soulmates wrote:
then I must say, it is also Chloe's sheer luck that she is in Daily Planet after that crap vampire article!!

Lillie writes: Why is that luck? Chloe got in on her own merits. She found a story, got the facts, and wrote it. Kahn admitted that she has talent. The article didn't get printed but she got hired @ the basement of the DP because she proved that she has the ability to write a good story with the facts to back it up.

Soulmates wrote:
Lois never lied in any of her articles. It is pure crap by Chloe fans to defend Chloe who has been reduced to sidekick eversince Lois stepped into journalism.

Lillie writes:
Lois let the editor put a spin on her barn door story in "Sneeze". She allowed the editor to put lies in her story.
Lois admitted to streatching the truth to what she wrote in "Arrow". SHE LIED!

Soulmates:
CHLOE GOT INTO DAILY PLANET BECAUSE SHE BETRAYED CLARK AND BECAME LIONEL'S PAWN!! Can you deny it!! Go ahead, find explanations, you cannot change the truth!!

Lillie writes:
I know how Chloe got her column in season 2. I didn't deny it. I said that Chloe got her internship when she was 15 from writing the story about her kidnapping. Her having an internship and her having a column are completely different. Lionel's arm twisting got her the column. Chloe's writing got her the internship. In "Thirst", her deal with Lionel played a big factor in y Kahn didn't give her the internship @ first. Chloe stood up for herself and Kahn told her to bring her a story. The rest is history.

Soulmates wrote:
CHLOE SAID HERSELF THAT SHE IS JEALOUS OF LOIS!!

And she has been showing that pathetic jealousy behavior to Lois by keeping information from her in "Arrow"

Lillie:
*groans* I ADMITTED THAT CHLOE SAID SHE WAS JEALOUS! You said Chloe said she was jealous of Lois' success @ first and I gave you the line where Chloe said she was jealous but her success has NOTHING TO DO WITH IT!!
And I already know that Chloe was not right to keep the information from Lois, but she is NOT JEALOUS OF LOIS' SUCCESS!!!
Soulmates wrote:

Chloe has never been investigating, stories fell into her lap because of Clark taking care of freaks!!

Lillie writes: Have you even watched the first 3 seasons? Chloe investigates without the help of Clark. Remember " Hothead" she investigated that by HERSELF! Clark taking care of the meteor freak has absolutely nothing to do with Chloe investigating.

Soulmates wrote:
Zero, Legacy and Truth are examples of the low morals Chloe has. She has no respect for anyone's privacy, whereas Lois didn't snoop into Chloe's PC.

Lillie: Reporters period have no respect for anyone's privacy, unless it's their family's. Chloe continued to snoop into's Clark's adoption. She made a deal with Lionel to give infomation on Clark. I KNOW THIS AND SHE WAS WRONG FOR IT! She has suffered the consequences of her actions. And she was 16 years old. In high school. If Lois had respect for anyone's privacy she wouldn't have tried to unmask the Green Arrow. Like I said reporter period have no respect for someone's privacy, they wouldn't be reporters if they did.

Soulmate wrote:
The writers gave Lois a start from a tabloid to show her really struggle towards success.

Lillie writes:
The writer's gave Chloe the whole betrayel by working for Lionel arc to show her struggle. She lost her column, her dad lost his job, her friendship with Clark was on thin ice, and she almost go killed. They showed her struggle to get her life back in order. The writer's gave Lois the tabloid so they can basically lightswitch 2 years when she didn't give journalism a second thought. She's not struggling. If she is struggling then it must be happening in Off-Screenville because I don't see it.

Soulmates wrote:
Thank God the writers didn't show her getting into Daily Planet by betraying Clark!! Iconic Lois will never betray Clark!!

Lillie writes:
AND HERE WE GO AGAIN! Chloe's deal with Lionel DID NOT GET HER INTO THE DAILY PLANET!!!!! Did you even watch "Thirst"? That deal did NOTHIN to help her. That deal with Lionel hindered her way into the DP. GOLLY FREAKIN WOLLY!! Chloe's proof that she has some kind of writing ability is what got her in!

Soulmates wrote:
If Chloe is the all smart reporter, why didn't she pick up something right in front of her?? What happened?

Lillie writes: Chloe's not a military brat.

Soulmates wrote:
Chloe's entry into Daily Planet is due to her deal with Lionel, the second time her crap article went into waste paper basket.

Lillie writes:
And for the umpteenth time...LIONEL'S DEAL HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HER GETTING INTO THE DAILY PLANET IN SEASON 5! Her crap article is what got her in. WE ALREADY KNOW IT DIDN'T GET PRINTED BUT THAT IS WHAT GOT HER IN!

Soulmates wrote: Her first byline all thanks to Lois.

Lillie writes:
Go up for my answer to that statement.

Soulmates wrote:
Her later bylines all thanks to Clark. What does Chloe do? Nothing!!

Lillie writes: PFFFT O yeah Chloe does nothing. She doesn't do the research, she doesn't get the facts, she doesn't write her own damn story, she doesn't do a damn thing! If you can't tell by now that was sarcasm.

Soulmates wrote:
AND ABOVE ALL, IT WAS LOIS HOME AND HER TRASH!!

Lillie writes: I didn't say a damn thing about her digging in the trash. I just said Lois begged.

Soulmates wrote:
AND CHLOE WASN'T WORKING ON ANY STORY,

Lillie writes:
We don't know that. All we know is that she wasn't working on a story for the INQUISITOR.

Soulmate wrote:
SHE WAS JUST BEING CLARK'S SIDEKICK!! She said it herself, are you going to deny that too, that she is just a sidekick??

Lillie writes: I know what she said. I didn't even mention the line in my first post. Chloe help with the research that got Clark into the club.

Soulmates wrote:
Lois is better than Chloe in all respects.

Lillie writes:
And when I see that shit I will say that shit.

Soulmates wrote:
She has honesty and she can get headlines that Chloe can't.

Lillie writes:
O you mean the honesty to let the editor put an alien spin on her barn door story? That kind of honesty. Or the kind of honesty where she admitted to streatching the truth to her "Green Arrow Bandit" story?
Soulmates wrote:
It is true that Chloe is always over rated and Lois is never given due credit but Lois will emerge as a winner because she is written way better and she is the true heroine of this story.

Lillie writes: When Chloe is in the wrong I will say it. Chloe fans don't deny when she is in the wrong. Take a look @ what Chloe fans had to say about her in "Promise". I will give Lois credit when she deserves it.

Soulmates wrote:
Now rant & bash as much as you want but you cannot change the truth!!

Lillie writes: I don't need to rant and bash and I don't need to change the truth. You, on the other hand, are seeing what you want to see, because most of what you typed was not fact.

"Why don't you guys make your lives easy and admit that Lois is better than Chloe in all respects?"

Here are the facts WRT "Lois" and Chloe:

Chloe did real research on the computer, managing to associate the scanty information they had with a doctor at Belle Reve. Her information allowed Clark to track down the doctor and get into the fight club. This is skill.

"Lois" found a photo in the trash and happened to recognize the venue. This is luck.

Chloe's ability to research can be applied to ANY story. That's what makes her a reporter-- she understands how to do research. "Lois's" abilities are clearly extremely limited-- she only figured out where this story was located because it was on a military base. How often is she going to run across stories set on a military base?

It's clear what the writers are showing us-- Chloe operates by skill, and "Lois" operates by luck. Chloe is a competent reporter, and "Lois" is not. That's why comments that indicate "Lois" is better than Chloe have no real basis in the show's canon. At this point, Chloe is clearly the better reporter by far.

That wasn't a bad episode. Clark had a long good fight for once in this season :). His fight with Batista should've been that long!

Plus I always predicted by the series finale Lana would be in a rubber room screaming "there's too many secrets, everyone has too many screts!!, TELL ME THEM!! TELL ME THEM!!". Anyway by the looks of her at the end of the episode my prediction may come true lol. Anyway the Lana and Lex stuff should've ended long ago. It just gets more and more depressing.

But at least because of them Clark is less whiney now and is a fighter. But Lex acting like a spoiled jackass everytime he sees Clark is annoying. Before they even got married it was annoying seeing Lex rub in to Clark that he had Lana. It's gonna be even more annoying having him rub in to Clark that he married her. Lex just isn't cool anymore. He's a whiney spoiled brat that needs to get his own way all the time.

Chloe fans are so biased and desperate that it is hillarious. If Lois had thrown the picture away and Chloe had picked it up, none of you would say that Chloe stole Lois's trash, instead you would say that Lois didn't pick up what Chloe did etc etc. But when Lois is shown to be much smarter and quicker than Chloe, you come out with your baseless hate posts.

The circumstances around what happened has much to do with the way a scene is interpreted. Let's review. Clark whizzes in and the coffee is spilt on the pic. Chloe throws the pic out and Clark and Chloe discuss what they know so far. "Lois" comes in saying that her current story didn't pan out. She tells Chloe that normally she'd be "hands off" but she's in need of a story or she'll be fired from the Inquisitor. She begs Chloe to hand her the story Chloe's working on. Chloe answers that what she's researching isn't Inquisitor material. Clark quips that after a shower and a cappuccino "Lois" will have a story in no time. They both leave.

"Lois" looks longingly at Chloe's laptop but thinks better of it. She goes to throw out a cup and sees the pic Chloe threw out. She recognizes the warehouse sign and decides to go with that story despite being told no by Chloe. In this scenario, "Lois" was desperate to keep her job and while normally she'd be hands off Chloe's story, in this instance she is willing for Chloe to hand her a story. Futhermore, she was told she couldn't have what Chloe was working on. "Lois" knew what she was doing wasn't right but she did it anyway out of desperation.

Let's contrast that scenario with another.

If the scene had played out as: "Lois" returns from her trip excited about her latest story for the Inquisitor. She makes small talk with Clark and Chloe and once they leave she comes across the pic in trash and decides to investigate. Here "Lois'" actions would not come across so negatively.

Oh yeah i'm really desperate. It was Lois who asked for a story, not Chloe. If there's someone who should be worried here is you. :)

Chloe made a mistake in season 2 and 3 and she learned from her mistakes and got into the DP because of hopw good she is. I think you all should watch "Thirst" again.

This goes out to both fans of Chloe and Lois:

Please stop with the hate. As some of you try to defend your character, you become mean, sarcastic and downright rude to each other. No wonder the "Chloe" fans and "Lois" fans have a hard time getting along. Reading through all these posts just shows how negative we can get with each other.

To each his own in their opinion, but be nice to one another. :-)

Sarah, the hate is not directed at you, it is directed at the unjust reviews that this blog gives to Lois/Erica.

Your "Vixen" info was interesting but the way it was said was not. You didn't say whether Erica can play Vixen or not, you said:

"At the same time, we hope that Lois' wrestling name "Vixen" wasn't meant to imply she becomes the DC hero of the same name."

If you are such a comic book buff, have you ever read any continuity when Lois "becomes" Vixen?? Vixen is an entire different character plus she has telepathic abilities. Speaking of which, if we follow certain Smallville spoilers, Chloe has more chances of becoming Vixen than Lois has. Plus, are we sure that it was DC's Vixen the name was referred to?

About her dressing you said:

"And finally: How many of you have an emergency stripperific red vinyl, um, outfit in your closet, just in case you need to, say, impersonate an exotic dancer in order to infiltrate a Krypto-freak fight club in an abandoned army base? Anyone? Anyone at all? Or just Lois?"

The writers didn't give explanations as to where Lois got the outfit or whether or not it was in her closet? She had an idea it was a fight club, she dressed like that otherwise we know that Lois Lane on Smallville is seen 90% of the times in her casual jeans & top "tomboyish" attire. Give me a show where the writers show the actors going to their wardrobe each time for each situation and picking up clothes. It is TV!! That is how it works.

Plus, Erica doesn't choose her clothes. We know that sometimes the writers/producers write Lois to wear revealing clothes because the producers want to flaunt the sex appeal of their actors. How many times do we crave for a shirtless Tom Welling? But if Lois wears skin tight only, instantly that is an unforgivable sin!

Then, I am sure, you would be raving about Chloe if she found out about PR 44 but for Lois you choose to say this:

"Speaking of which, we supposed we should give Lois points for resisting the siren call of Chloe's laptop, but digging through Chloe's trash for clues? That's not good."

Sarah, I am sorry but did you forget that it is Lois's apartment not Chloe's?? And do I need to list the instances where Chloe's snooping has put others into trouble and she has mocked private lives of her friends too often!!

You critisised Lois's attire but did you give her credit for fighting Titan? Did you give credit for putting her life on the line to get a story & to help Clark? Did you try to give her credit for getting her byline?

For someone as knowledgable about comics as you, you must know that Lois is not a "9 to 5 desk job" person. Her life is always surrounded by danger because she puts herself into danger to get her stories. Smallville's Lois Lane is exactly comics book Lois. She is known to pull off anything to get a story. That is iconic Lois. Anyone who doesn't do that is not anywhere near Lois. Lois is not a laptop and google person!!

I simply enjoyed Lois Lane in Combat because she was like the comics Lois. Smart, intellegent, strong and quick thinker but it seems like this blog is hellbent on always bashing Lois. If Chloe gets a byline all because of Clark & doing nothing on her own, then she is still awesome, but Lois despite of all her hard work fails to win any praise???

My humble request is to please be equal to all characters. Why single out one character for bashing?

If this blog is for Chloe fans only, then we Lois/Lana fans should stop coming here. You guys can bash Lois/Lana all you want (not that it would make any impact on anyone whatsoever) but if you guys think that this place is for everyone, then be just and equal, please.

I would really like to hear your thoughts on Chloe's obnoxious behavior with Lois throughout the season and why Chloe is suddenly behaving like this towards her cousin??

I don't know if this gets posted or not, but it is the truth & how we fans feel.

Chloe fans are so biased and desperate that it is hillarious. If Lois had thrown the picture away and Chloe had picked it up, none of you would say that Chloe stole Lois's trash, instead you would say that Lois didn't pick up what Chloe did etc etc. But when Lois is shown to be much smarter and quicker than Chloe, you come out with your baseless hate posts.

Why does it hurt so much to give Lois the credit? Why is it so hard to admit that Chloe was a failure while Lois succeeded in finding out the location of the club by looking at the picture?

Lois has always worked hard, right from her small job in the coffee shop to being the campaign winner for Jonathan, to a struggling journalist, she is succeeding in life gradually. That is what Smallville is about, a journey of Clark, Lois and Lex towards becoming their iconic selves!!

Chloe has been shown in the Daily Planet only to keep Clark in touch with investigating stuff. Otherwise she serves no purpose. Chloe has no single achievement that she has made on her own. Whereas Lois has struggled & achieved everything she has. Remember in Solitude when Martha said she was proud of Lois??

The writers are struggling to keep Chloe on the show by giving her the useless meteor freak track, otherwise if she were the reporter, why would the writers do it?

Those who are unwilling to give Lois credit will see how she reaches the top & how Chloe is left way behind. Like they say, "Slow and steady wins the race" so will Lois! Wait and watch!!

no worries Sarah, i think many of us that saw a poor representation of women in Combat agree...your post was right on.

Oh God! Hate, hate and nothing but hate by Chloe fans!!

Why don't you guys make your lives easy and admit that Lois is better than Chloe in all respects?

Lillie, how are you sure that Chloe will be back in the dorm? Come on! Don't evade! Why is it so hard to accept that Chloe would be on streets if Lois hadn't shared her appartment with Chloe?

And Chloe's dad got fired because of her own misdeeds!! Remember? Heck, Chloe would not even be alive if Lois hadn't saved her!!

Why is it so hard to accept that Lois does so many favors to Chloe? And why are you evading Chloe's own words:

"I would be playing point guard at pet obituary hot line if it werent for you two"

Any reply? No!!

Lois got into the club, Lois got into the trouble. LIKE IT OR NOT, CHLOE DID NOTHING!! SHE GOT HER BYLINE BECAUSE OF LOIS!!

So if Chloe failed miserably to pick up the clue right in front of her and Lois's keen eye picked it, it is luck, then I must say, it is also Chloe's sheer luck that she is in Daily Planet after that crap vampire article!!

Lois never lied in any of her articles. It is pure crap by Chloe fans to defend Chloe who has been reduced to sidekick eversince Lois stepped into journalism.

CHLOE GOT INTO DAILY PLANET BECAUSE SHE BETRAYED CLARK AND BECAME LIONEL'S PAWN!! Can you deny it!! Go ahead, find explanations, you cannot change the truth!!

CHLOE SAID HERSELF THAT SHE IS JEALOUS OF LOIS!!

And she has been showing that pathetic jealousy behavior to Lois by keeping information from her in "Arrow"

Chloe has never been investigating, stories fell into her lap because of Clark taking care of freaks!!

Zero, Legacy and Truth are examples of the low morals Chloe has. She has no respect for anyone's privacy, whereas Lois didn't snoop into Chloe's PC.

The writers gave Lois a start from a tabloid to show her really struggle towards success. Thank God the writers didn't show her getting into Daily Planet by betraying Clark!! Iconic Lois will never betray Clark!!

If Chloe is the all smart reporter, why didn't she pick up something right in front of her?? What happened?

Chloe's entry into Daily Planet is due to her deal with Lionel, the second time her crap article went into waste paper basket. Her first byline all thanks to Lois. Her later bylines all thanks to Clark. What does Chloe do? Nothing!!

AND ABOVE ALL, IT WAS LOIS HOME AND HER TRASH!! AND CHLOE WASN'T WORKING ON ANY STORY, SHE WAS JUST BEING CLARK'S SIDEKICK!! She said it herself, are you going to deny that too, that she is just a sidekick??

Lois is better than Chloe in all respects. She has honesty and she can get headlines that Chloe can't.

It is true that Chloe is always over rated and Lois is never given due credit but Lois will emerge as a winner because she is written way better and she is the true heroine of this story.

Now rant & bash as much as you want but you cannot change the truth!!

OOOOOO I have lots and lots to reply on! YAYA! Now lets get this party started righhhtttt.....

Superman fan wrote:

"Lois Lane is financially supporting a homeless Chloe. She is paying Chloe's bills and giving her a place to live. Yet, she has the patience to endure Chloe's rude remarks about her all the time."

Lillie wrote:
There's no canon proof showing that Lois is supporting Chloe financially in any way. Ok Chloe is living with Lois temporarily because MetU is closed down. If MetU was open again I'm pretty sure they would show Chloe back in a dorm like they did last season. No one knows if they split the bills there or what. This is pure speculation on your part.

Superman fan wrote:
"And for once, if Lois asked Chloe if she has anything newsworthy, its called begging?"

Lillie writes: Lois did beg Chloe for a story. Here's the scene:

Lois: If I don't find a story within the next 48 hours, I can say adios to my weekly paycheck. *looks @ Chloe's laptop* Is that a story?

Chloe: No *closes laptop*

Lois: Ok, look, normally I would be hands off, but this puppy needs a bone. Come on cuz, I'll owe you big.

BELIEVE IT!! IT'S TRUE! LOIS LANE HAS BEEN REDUCED TO BEGGING!!

She pressed on the matter AFTER Chloe told her what was on her laptop was not a story. LOIS BEGGED!

Superman fan wrote:"
Chloe was presented exactly as what she is supposed to be. Clark's sidekick!! Otherwise she would have picked from the picture what Lois picked up."

Lille writes:
Please that was pure LUCK on Lois' part. Chloe doesn't need luck. That's canon too!

Chloe: Wish me luck.
Clark: You don't need it.

I promise you if Lois' father was not a General and she wasn't an army brat Lois would not have picked up on that FR-44 thing either. She was lucky. Plain and simple.

Superman fan wrote:
" the writers have shown Lois Lane as the real investigator, the real hard worker, the real reporter. "

Lillie writes:
The writers have shown Chloe as the real investigator from the get go. SINCE SEASON 1. Chloe has ALWAYS been known as the real investigator, the real hard worker, and the real reporter as opposed to Lois whose only landed a job because of a flying frakin barn door. The front page because she lies in her articles. The writers showed us that Lois does not care if its the truth or not as long as she gets paid.
The writers have also showed us that hard work does pay off when it comes to Chloe. She got her internship @ the DP because of the story she wrote about her kidnapping back in S1. And I'm not talking about the column she got because of Lionel's arm twisting either. I'm talking about Chloe's own work. She got her internship @ 15 because her story was good.
We've seen Chloe's hard work pay off when she was valedvictorian of her high school class.
We've seen Chloe's hard work pay off in "Thirst" when Chloe stood up to Kahn and Kahn told Chloe to bring her a story. Her story might not have been printed, but Kahn saw that she had potential. She got the story, with all the facts to back it up, and landed her dream job.THAT'S A REAL HARD WORKER!
As oppose to Lois who has been given things on a silver platter without any kind of education or experience. Lois got back into MetU because of Lex, but got kicked out. She got the job as Johnathon's campaign manager with no kind of experience, just cause. The same goes when she became Martha's CoS. Lois' shit get handed to her on a platter.
Lois can't even keep a damn job @ Metropolis' worse newspaper. Some real reporter huh? *snorts*

Sorry,the truth is alwayz harsh boo boo.

Soulmates wrote: "Chloe turning down Lois was actually very shameless of Chloe because she owes Lois for her first byline in Daily Planet:"

Lille writes:
The hell? Y should Chloe owe Lois anything for that? If Lois wasn't there when Chloe got that call, Chloe would have gone out and done it herself. Lois TAGGED along. Chloe wrote the story, she took pictures of everything and found out where they had Lois.

Chloe didn't beg Lois to do anything. Chloe and Lois would have got caught snooping, but Chloe, being the good reporter that she is and thinking on her feet, said that Lois was stripping.
I don't remember Chloe doing any kind of begging for anything. Lois said remind her not to do anything for Chloe again and Chloe said it's not about her it's about getting to the truth. THAT'S A GOOD FRAKIN REPORTER! She doesn't need to beg for anything when it comes to getting a story.
Soulmates wrote: "Shame on Chloe for being jealous of Lois's success (as she shamlessly admitted in Sneeze that she is jealous of Lois) whereas Lois treats Chloe like her little sister"

Lillie writes:
ROFLMAO! Chloe is NOT jealous of Lois' success. You should really take a look @ that scene again.

Lois: You're just jealous because you're not the only on in the fam that has a way with words. *not accurate but something along those line*

Chloe: I'm jealous, but words have nothing to do with it.

That scene just says that Chloe does not think that Lois is her competition. It's not jealousy. Chloe was even happy for Lois when she got her first front page article. You know the one about the barn door and aliens for the Inquisitor.

Sarah..i empathize with you...with the slightest of comments, opinions or whatever, no one goes unscathed in the everlasting Chloe vs Lois wars. *rolls my eyes*

i feel sorry for Erica and Allison and hope to god that they don't read how ppl seem to absoltely despise their characters after they both work so hard to do what AL/MILES TELL THEM TO DO!!!!!!!!

How about a thought all: maybe we should direct our anger at AL/MILES. They have created all this tension for the girls based on their shoddy plots and stereotypical portrayal of women...

how about a thought for you AL and MILES: HOW ABOUT YOU COME ONTO SMALLVILLE FOR 2 MINUTES AFTER THE EPISODE IS DONE, AND TELL FANS TO STOP THIS NONSENSE....TELL THEM THAT THEY BLOW EVERY SCENE OUT OF PROPORTION....and then, when you are done with that...then YOU stop the crap.

Wow. I haven't felt this much hate directed at me since I shared my views on the existence of Santa Claus with my third-grade classmates.

First, I have to apologize for the "Who searches for chupacabra in Florida?" comment – wikipedia let me down. Next time, three sources, I promise.

Second, I mentioned the Vixen reference because I'm a comics geek, so I tend to search for meaning in even the most throw-away potential comics reference. When the announcer bestowed Clark's Man of Steel moniker on him, I wondered if him calling Lois "Vixen" was supposed to mean anything. For the record, I think that would be a bad idea, because Vixen is an African model who draws her powers from an animal talisman. While Erica Durance has many talents, changing her race is most likely not one of them. (If anyone does decide to put Vixen on-screen, I think they should go with Gina Torres – she gave Vixen the perfect voice in the Justice League Unlimited series, and she generally kicks ass. But that's another story.)

Speaking of kicking ass -- Erica Durance's Lois can, and does, do so in a fight. The "attempting to kick ass" comment wasn't in reference to Lois' skills, but to her footwear. It's a pet peeve of mine when we see women (or men, but that happens much less often) fighting in spike heels. Have you ever tried it? You'll break an ankle that way! Lois, on the other hand, was sensibly attired in ass-kicking flat heels, which she used to great effect.

As for snarking on Lois' outfit – yeah, I would have done that if it were Lois, Lana, Chloe, Lex or Clark. The characters are compelling enough that we don't have to dress them up in stripper gear. Plus, vinyl chafes something fierce.

Believe it or not, I don't have a preference in the Lois vs Chloe vs Lana debate – or the Clark vs. Lex debate, or the Oliver vs. Clark debate, or the Shelby vs. Krypto the Super Pup debate. I just like the show, the characters, and they mythology behind them. When they're written well, I praise them. When they're written poorly, I say something about it, because I think the characters – and the fans -- deserve better.

It is interesting to see how Chloe fans are trying to give her importance by belittling Lois Lane. Really you guys give a whole new meaning to the word 'frustration'

Actually, it's the SV writers who have belittled "Lois" at every opportunity, almost from the beginning, by showing her to be: a high-school dropout who couldn't even last one semester in college after someone else bought her way in; a moocher who had no qualms about accepting room and board with the Kents while continually insulting their son Clark; and a slacker who held no jobs at all until the Kents handed her one. This season, especially, the writers seem to have gone out of their way to use her character as comic relief, and to play her supposed "iconic" interest in journalism as a joke (it's hard for me to believe that the "barn door" incident could be intended as anything else). In "Combat," she openly begs her younger cousin to save her from being fired from the *worst* newspaper in town, which is something the real ILL should never have to do.

It seems, from some of the posts I've read here, that most of the "belittling" is being done by "Lois" fans, who apparently can't say anything nice about their favorite character without running down Chloe. That, to me, shows real "frustration."

It would be nice to hear good things about EDLois that don't require posters to also bash Chloe.

Actually, it was Chloe who inveigled "Lois" to do come with ehr to meet the girl who was killed in Exposed, it was Chloe who first realized what was going on and that there was a story worthy of investigating and it was Chloe who figured out how to get the perps arrested when Not-Lois and even the police had given up. Despite Chloe's quip, she did not owe Nois for anything. And since she is not like the real Iconic Lois Lane I feel it's appropriate to refer to her as Not-Lois or:Nois. Easier and to the point.

It's totally ludicrous to say Not-Lois is growing and so Chloe is now superfluous; Nois is not growing, she's getting worse and it's nonsense to claim she has ethics and virtue. She might have boned up ion those things had she bothered to go to school and learn about journalism or tried to get a job at a respectable newspaper instead of the tabloid but she didn't. That shot, of Nois looking pointedly at Chloe's computer was totally a set-up for her stealing a story from Chloe. Wait and see. And it would be in character for a girl who has gotten everything handed to her so far with no work or experience necessary.

Nois remains a pathetic imitation, a caricature of what the real Lois should be while Chloe is still the real reporter on deck and exactly what the real Lois Lane would and should be.

And since these characters began life in the comic books, there are certain core traits they need to have to be recognizable as the those same characters. Nois fails in every respect while Chloe has everything that would mark her as Iconic Lois Lane. If you put the two girls side by side and described them without assigning names to them, virtually everyone would pick Chloe as the real deal. And Nois would fail for the same reason.

So, no; this girl is so lacking in imagination she has to beg for stories and let's be clear here: this isn't how the world of journalism works. You work on stories, gather your own info and don't steal from your loved ones so you can keep your pathetic job at the tabloid rag. It doesn't matter tyhat Nois may be giving Chloe a couch on which to sleep; that's what close friends and relatives do. That doesn't give Nois the right to steal or snoop on Chloe andy more than it gave Lana the right to do the same thing. It was wrong and if Nois is such a great reporter she wouldn't need help from anyone and she would be on the brink of getting fired from such a pitiful job where all she has to do is lie and make things up. That is NOT how the real Lois Lane works. Not even close.

"Chloe turning down Lois was actually very shameless of Chloe because she owes Lois for her first byline in Daily Planet:

Chloe: "I would be playing point guard at the pet obituary hotline if it weren't for you two" (Exposed)

Not to forget that Chloe begged Lois to put up the act in "Exposed" so Chloe can get her story. Lois always helps out Chloe but Chloe always refuses to help Lois, like she kept information from Lois in "Arrow". Just because Lois is a better journalist than Chloe means Chloe should behave like this with her cousin? "

LOL Yeah, and she took the pictures and interviewed the girls in Exposed too?
Lois a better journalist? I haven't seen this on Smallville until now...if she is better than Chloe she wouldn't have been almost fired from the worst newspaper of Metropolis: The Inquisitor and wouldn't have asked her cousin for a story. There's a big difference between help(what Lois did in Exposed, and she asked so she could keep investigating the place while Lois was dancing) and ask for a story. Lois didn't give Chloe the Exposed story, did she?

"Lois Lane is financially supporting a homeless Chloe. She is paying Chloe's bills and giving her a place to live. "

hahaha sorry but i have to laugh. Chloe in season 5 lived alone and never needed Lois to pay anything to her. In season 6 they're sharing the apartament, both share the bills. Where did you see Lois complaining that she pays everything to Chloe? Tsc, tsc, tsc.

"Yet, she has the patience to endure Chloe's rude remarks about her all the time. And for once, if Lois asked Chloe if she has anything newsworthy, its called begging?"

When she asked Chloe the story she said: "Give the puppy a bone" What's this? And even if she hadn't begged, she asked the story to Chloe and shows how lazy she is.

"I am sorry, Chloe would not have a place to live if it wasn't for Lois so if anyone is a beggar, it's Chloe..."

Again, they share the place and the bills.

"Chloe is becoming simply useless now that the writers have shown Lois Lane as the real investigator"

[sarcasm]Oh yeah, the best and shecan't even get a story without asking her cousin[/sarcasm] IF she was the best she wouldn't be about to get fired from the worst newspaper of Metropolis: The Inquisitor.

"The real hard worker, the real reporter. Erica Durance was awesome in every scene she appeared."

Oh yeah, because the scenes asked so much skills from Erica..i'm sure she "exercised" a lot for the scenes

"Please, the writers should rid us of this redundant character named Chloe now. "

Son redundant character that the DC Comics bought her rights and she'll be appearing in the comics too next year.

"How is she contributing to the story anyway? Doing google search for Clark? "

She does that Lois should be doing but she isn't.

"Come on!! Clark can do that himself, plus he can team up with someone who is totally his match - Lois Lane!! "

Oh yeahhhh, because they they have the best chemistry !!!111

"Combat simply shows that Lois Lane is on her way to becoming the iconic reporter whereas Chloe is no longer needed."
Oh yeah, on her way taking stories from Chloe, right? Because we can argue that Lois didn't rob her story, but you can't deny that she gave a good look at Chloe's computer and thought about seeing what that story Chloe was working was about.

Shame on Chloe for being jealous of Lois's success (as she shamlessly admitted in Sneeze that she is jealous of Lois) whereas Lois treats Chloe like her little sister.

I believe the "jealous" comment was a tongue-in-cheek reply referring to "Lois"' obvious assets.

Lois Lane is financially supporting a homeless Chloe. She is paying Chloe's bills and giving her a place to live.

Financially supporting a homeless Chloe? Where is that even alluded to in the show? You've got the cousins confused, I think. "Lois" is the one who is prone to mooching. She mooched off the Kents for over a year, all the while treating their son like crap, until the Kents handed her jobs she wasn't qualified for (well, except the muffin-peddling).

Chloe is becoming simply useless now that the writers have shown Lois Lane as the real investigator, the real hard worker, the real reporter.

"Lois" was lucky that with her army brat background she recognized the army warehouse sign. She rushed to the warehouse (dressed in red pleather?) half-cocked having done no additional investigating. Her article at best would contain a mention of an abandoned warehouse used to host a fight club. There may or may not have been blood. There may or may not have been killings. There may or may not have been an impressive sound system, a wacko announcer, a lesbian security chick, and a huge fighter. "Lois" may or may not have been held at gunpoint and forced to fight. I doubt the bad guys let "Lois" keep her camera and Lex's men probably cleaned the place up to cover up the evidence of an alien (Titan). All in all a riveting article worthy of the Inquisitor. "Real investigator" indeed.

What did happen is that Chloe figured out the Belle Reeve connection and that Titan was not from Belle Reeve but a Zoner. That gave Clark the info he needed to go undercover. Without that information, the "real investigator's" body would never have been found. That's the reality.

Not to forget that Chloe begged Lois to put up the act in "Exposed" so Chloe can get her story.

As I recall, it was Chloe's quick thinking that got the girls out of trouble. "Lois" stripped because they got caught snooping. It was a put-on-an-act-or-die scenario.

Bacio83, Farhan, Soulmates, Superman Fan, Kalara, awesome posts. Agree with all of the stuff you guys have said & the facts that you guys have pointed out.

Anyways, the reason I came back here was to make a request to Claire & Sarah:

Since we'll have no new episodes for the next few weeks again (*sigh*) I was just wondering why don't we have a post about discussing the possibilities about Chloe's meteor freak ability? I have seen several theories on the net already, the one I found interesting was that "Chloe is the real Saturn Girl"

It'll be interesting to know fans' opinions about what abnormality Chloe will develop? Come on! we discuss the microscopic details about Lois all the time, how about discussing Chloe for a change?

I thought this was a good ep for Lois. As much as some hate the dark bruiting Clark I liked it. Superman as we know him isn't always sunshine and daisies. Sometimes he's had to kill.... it's happened before sure they're usually aliens or some other freaks and he does his best not to kill but it happens. And as far as those who are throwing around such phrases as "Iconic Lois Lane" and “read the comics”.... please take you're own advice. Lois Lane has been written by so many writers over the past 70 years or so but one thing remains the same. Lois will do anything and that means ANYTHING for a story. The girl isn’t too proud to beg. Especially from her own cousin, who as we all know has begged many of times for stories, whether it was stripping to help cover investigating, Lois has been there. It's what being part of a family is all about. And yes, while Chloe was trying to hide/cover Clark's secret by keeping Lois at bay, she wasn’t working on a story. But Lois found one, in HER own trash, in HER own apartment, in PLAIN sight. This is what reporters do. It's what I've seen Chloe do numerous times. And if by some recognition of an obscure acronym that she deciphers as being an abandoned army hangar then so be it. It was obviously a Lane story to tell. Leave it to Lois to spot something like what’s written on a wall of a photo and have Chloe totally miss it.

Another thing, Durance has the body, so it’s no surprise that she’d use a cover like “Stripper” while walking into a “fight club.” And of course strippers don’t go to work in a pair of sweat pants and a baggy shirt. Lois got it so she should use it. Any female reporter going undercover in a place like that that has that body, is going to give it her all. Again very Lois Lane to play up her sexuality for a story…. I’ve seen it done many of times in all forms of Superman.

What the real problem is, here we have a blog that is so biased, written on a supposed "neutral site." It seems someone has misinterpreted their job description along the way. I just hope TPTB don't take complaints seriously around here.

This is supposed to be a place where all ships, or fans can voice comments on the ep. Not a place where we tear down each other and the characters with inane comments and unsubstantiated opinions.

I love this show and this show is getting better and better with each episode and person who wrote dis review...should know that .....this is smallville not the comic books why do they keep trying to enforce comics out here....let the creators and writers do what they want to....This reviewer needs a life.....becuz this to was a great episode and Lois also did a great Job.....It showed us the future Lois who could get a scooop from any angle it gave us the Lois who got herself into a Krypto-Freak club without knowing it was a Freak Club....and it also gave us the Future reference to Clark as well....So the person who wrote the review plz.....GET A LIFE

Chloe turning down Lois was actually very shameless of Chloe because she owes Lois for her first byline in Daily Planet:

Chloe: "I would be playing point guard at the pet obituary hotline if it weren't for you two" (Exposed)

Not to forget that Chloe begged Lois to put up the act in "Exposed" so Chloe can get her story. Lois always helps out Chloe but Chloe always refuses to help Lois, like she kept information from Lois in "Arrow". Just because Lois is a better journalist than Chloe means Chloe should behave like this with her cousin?

Shame on Chloe for being jealous of Lois's success (as she shamlessly admitted in Sneeze that she is jealous of Lois) whereas Lois treats Chloe like her little sister.

It is interesting to see how Chloe fans are trying to give her importance by belittling Lois Lane. Really you guys give a whole new meaning to the word 'frustration'

Lois Lane is financially supporting a homeless Chloe. She is paying Chloe's bills and giving her a place to live. Yet, she has the patience to endure Chloe's rude remarks about her all the time. And for once, if Lois asked Chloe if she has anything newsworthy, its called begging? I am sorry, Chloe would not have a place to live if it wasn't for Lois so if anyone is a beggar, it's Chloe.

Chloe was presented exactly as what she is supposed to be. Clark's sidekick!! Otherwise she would have picked from the picture what Lois picked up.

When Lois got into that club, instantly she got blended into the situation and got herself a headline. Her fight was awesome and it was amazing to see how she helped out Clark. Exactly the reasons that has got Chloe fans panicked because Chloe isn't needed anymore.

Discussing Chloe in this episode is nonsense anyway because she was barely present. The episode could have been made without filling Chloe scenes just because Allison is signed for 22 episodes.

I am proud that Lois didn't take a look at Chloe's PC and respected Chloe's privacy whereas Chloe is illegally hacking and snooping into people's personal lives all the time!!

Chloe is becoming simply useless now that the writers have shown Lois Lane as the real investigator, the real hard worker, the real reporter. Erica Durance was awesome in every scene she appeared.

Please, the writers should rid us of this redundant character named Chloe now. How is she contributing to the story anyway? Doing google search for Clark? Come on!! Clark can do that himself, plus he can team up with someone who is totally his match - Lois Lane!!

Combat simply shows that Lois Lane is on her way to becoming the iconic reporter whereas Chloe is no longer needed.

Sorry, Chloe fans, truth is always harsh!!

I like all three women on the show, which makes me sad that so much negative attention is placed on particular females of the show. I agree with others when they say it seems that Chloe is the only one receiving positive feedback, whereas Lois and Lana are both given either (1) no attention or (2) very negative viewpoints. As the person posting the blog, a representative for the show and CW, I would think that you would have a more open and neutral blog. As the poster, you should be promoting all the things in the show. What about the men? Why focus so much on just the women? I come to the blogs and most of the time it's become a fight about which female character is better and who belongs with Clark. Why not talk about Clark's journey more? Clark's journey is not about who he ends up with but rather how he becomes Superman. The women, in all honesty, should not be the sole focus of the show. Although, the exception being Martha Kent because really, she should be the most important woman in his life at this point.

My disappointment lays mainly in the fact for an official site, there is not a more neutral post about the entire cast. Putting down characters on a show you're suppose to be promoting is doing a disservice. Why not state the positives of all of the characters? As the poster you should act neutral. You're certainly entitled to your opinion, we all are. A show will always have fans rooting for different things, that's what a show is suppose to do. However, there is a line, and the blogs here are feeding into the negativity of the fans rather then the positive.

Hopefully we'll see a change in the blogs that will promote the positive aspects of the entire show.

I liked the episode, and the fight sequence. Lois was amazing, and I really think the bloggers here are extremely biased against her. Seems it's run by either some very uninformed people, or misinformed people, as your thoughts echo word for word the thoughts of a particular group of posters who always bash Lois, and wish to see her done away with so that their favourite can take her place.

I hope our complaints against the peciliar nature of this blog are taken into account, and some sort of neutrality is exercised around here.

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"Erica's Lois is an embarrassment to all Lois Lanes, yes even KB's Lois."
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Oh my God, bashing Erica's acting? For Heaven's sake, if you had any respect for the iconic character of Lois Lane, you would have never said that. Erica sticks to the canon like no one else, she's not playing a whiny or pining woman. She plays LOIS LANE. Period.
If you guys have a problem with Lois's character, go complain to Al and Miles. Or better. Go straight to DC Comics. Yeah, sure, they'll hear you.

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"Stealing a story from Chloe? really? that is so messed up, I'm counting the episodes now when we see Nois steal some info from Chloe's computer."
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First, her name is "Lois". As in "Lois-Lane-the-iconic-character-from-the-Comic-Books-who-is-meant-to-become-you-all-know-what-by-you-all-know-who's-side-and-that's-what's-really-bugging-you".
Second, you won't see her stealing a story, specially from Chloe's computer. Because she has values and virtues.
She didn't peek on Chloe's computer, even after she asked for help and Chloe didn't give her any (she couldn't, but Lois didn't know that). Even upset, irritated and afraid of losing her job, Lois didn't do anything.
She didn't steal a story now, she won't steal a story in the future.

"Even Chloe fans are raving about how well Lois was written?" What hogwash. No one is raving about how well Nois was written because once again, she's written to look like a loser who can't even keep her job at the tabloid without asking her smarter cousin-who actually has the talent and the experience that makes for a real reporter- for help and then stealing from her when she declines to do the work for Nois. Nois is written as a no-talent hack in skanky clothes who's too lazy to do the real hard work that a true reporter does on a daily basis. Nois wants everything given to her (begging for a story) and that is NOT in any way the real Lois Lane.

I was a big fan of Lois and Clark and Erica Durance's Lois is not in any way like her. Nois is not growing or progressisng or doing what the real Lois would do. She hasn't changed from the day we met her; in fact, she's regressing. It's a good thing we have Chloe to show us how a real reporter, one who already works at the Daily Planet, whether it's in the basement or not, does it right.

People shred papers to keep unscrupulous people from stealing information from them; sadly, Chloe didn't think about her cousin doing that to her. Chloe never said she wasn't writing a story; she told Nois there was no story to keep her out of what was none of her business. Clark told her, too, and just as we should have seen Lana punished for her invasions of privacy, Nois should get what she deserves, too.

I think this blog is totally fair and in fact, if anything, it's too nice to the most pathetic and disliked characters on the CW: Lana and Nois. Keep it up!

Clark kicking butt is great but why is it all about Lana? Isn't Jonathan's death worse? Shouldn't he *want* to do this anyway?

Still Clark and Lex were great this week. Chloe was great and then was mysteriously dropped from the story to feature some faux lesbian tricks by her amoral cousin.

After Promise I hope the show goes back to where it was in Freak - evil, evil Lex; heroic and reportery Clark; manipulative and loving it Lana; and reportery and snarky Chloe. Those are the four characters I love to watch.

We were intrigued by the idea of Clark trying to shrug off his humanity after the Lang/Luthor wedding. Martha was right - he really did seem to be taking his frustrations out on all the Krypto-freaks that crossed his path. That's not the Superman way, Clark. You really are going to have to get that out of your system.

You're right. That is not the Superman way. Clark learned this lesson back in "Vengeance" when he wanted to kill the guy that mugged his mom. In "Zod" again he chose not to kill Lex and tried to find another way. But what was truly appalling is that Clark Kent is shown to be more distraught over the Lexana wedding than burying his father. The most difficult thing that Clark's done is watching Lana get married to Lex? Really? Pointless melodrama.

Lana losing the baby shocked us.

It didn't shock me. If Lana losing the baby was supposed to make her a more sympathetic character, it fell flat because it's just one more obstacle removed on the road to re-virgining Lana Lang. All decisions that Lana has done in the last year are being retconned so she can be pure and blameless. Lana was deceived into loving Lex. She was forced to marry him. She was tricked into sleeping with him, moving in with him, and accepting his proposal. She didn't willingly spend Lex's money preparing the wedding. Suddenly she's cold toward Lex like he hasn't been at her beck and call all this time. This just makes me hate Lana more.

Re: The fight. I loved the fight scenes. Well done! It was oddly satisfying to see Clark get the crap beat out of him after "Promise". I want to see a more proactive Clark, not a Clark still wallowing in self-pity for losing his "one twu lust".

Ah, Lois. We want to like her, we really do, but the writers weren't doing her any favors this episode. First of all, who looks for Chupacabra in the Florida Everglades? Puerto Rico, Mexico, sure, but Florida? Do your research! Speaking of which, we supposed we should give Lois points for resisting the siren call of Chloe's laptop, but digging through Chloe's trash for clues? That's not good.

I really dislike this version of "Lois". What a joke. She's such a good investigative reporter that she's going to be fired from her job at the Inquisitor, a tabloid rag. She's so desperate for a story that she begs her cousin to let her have a story. When her cousin refuses she stumbles across Chloe's research and runs with it. Wow! "Not good" is an understatement! This "Lois" is a disgrace to iconic Lois Lane.

As for the assertion that Chloe was not working on a story? "Lois" has no way of knowing this. Chloe refused to share any information telling her it was not Inquisitor material.

Lois begged for a story. I was a fan of Erica Durance and her Lois for two and a half seasons. I thought the Inquisitor was going to show her being disgusted with dirty journalism. But instead, she begs for stories and contemplates stealing them.

I'm not a huge Chloe fan but viva la Chlois - cause at least Chloe is competent and can do it on her own.

Erica Durance can go film a new pilot at any time; be spun off or killed off or written off, I don't care. As a character, she is dead to me now.

"You know what's not right mom? It's staying up here doing nothing when I could be out there making a difference"! Amen to that!!!! "Cause I'm not distracted by my feelings for Lana anymore? That I can finally focus on what I need to do?" They do listen!!!! I never thought I would see the day coming!!!!

Clark is very angry all through the episode and although I doubt he really believes the things he blurted out to Martha, I think that deep down he knows there is a grain of truth in them. Hence IMO the guilt that's washing over him and which leads him to work overtime to both compensate and forget. However, Martha is right; love is a natural human emotion. It's not something to feel ashamed of or guilty over. But on the same note we shouldn't put our lives on hold because of that love.

I am not a huge Lana fan but I would gladly kill Lex for her tonight!!! Regardless of whether you like or dislike the character, what he did to her was hideous, period. Yes, his actions against the woman he claims he loves are bolting him to the evil stratosphere, something we've been waiting for 6 years now but man does he need an ass whooping. He deliberately gave her something to fake a miscarriage, not only putting Lana in physical pain but endangering her as a whole as well. He patiently waited for the drug to work, keeping an eye at his watch and when he thought it was time he sought out for her.

The miscarriage part of the episode, though, leads me to believe that the writers do ZERO research before writing a script. If they had, then they would have known that apart from the fact that 5 months + along, there was no way Lana wouldn't show clinically signs that she is pregnant - especially with her small frame - but and most importantly when you lose a baby after 4 - 4 1/2 months, the fetus is not scrapped off, removed from the uterus like an abortion but you give birth to the dead child!!!! The fetus is too big for an abortion and cannot be removed surgically. Medically it is not allowed, a procedure like that would destroy the uterus along with any chance for having children again. Doctors induce labour and the child is born, which is a whole new level of traumatic experience for the mother.

Loved the performances from both Kristin and Michael but could have lived without this storyline.

Loved how Chloe is becoming comfortable with the fact that she might have some latent powers and is even making jokes about it. As well as the fact that she is no longer dictating Clark's actions. She is there to provide some info and nothing more. Clark went out on his own to do the rest.

Which brings me to the fighting part of the episode. Drool , drool , drool . Only a little bare chest could top this. I LOVED the fight scenes. Mostly because they were so nicely choreographed; It wasn't too quick nor was it easy. Clark got a nice kick in the butt before he managed to through few of his punches. Admittedly his punches were stronger but it was nice seeing Clark get his hands dirty again and actively fight crime. It was a long time since we last saw him have a really tough opponent.

Last but not least Lois. This episode was a huge momentum to why she becomes the best investigative reporter in her field. Although she is in need of a story, she refused to look through Chloe's files and doesn't actively try to research it. She does nonetheless get a clue when she sees the picture discarded in the trash can. What is very important here is that she was ready to discard it too when her eye caught up a little detail no-one else did. That is the essence of Lois Lane; nothing goes by her unnoticed. She uses the same trait later on when in an instant realises how to get past Athena and uses it to her advantage. Still don't understand why they had her dressed up like that since the get go. It would have made more sense if she entered the club dressed with her normal attire and then forced to wear the leather thingy for the cage fight, but whatever.

One more thing that has never been addressed; when did Lois stopped being Martha's Chief of Stuff? Martha was aware of her reporting gig. Last time I checked, Chloe was asking her if Senator Kent knows about it and what she's gonna do about it, back in "Arrow" I think. Minor inconsistency I guess in an episode full of attempts to show continuity with previous episodes.

Closing, Martha was right at the end. Clark needs to find a way to balance the rage. But mostly he needs to learn how to let go. Life is not always as we want it to be. Most times it doesn't turn out to be anything close to what we had planned. He cannot linger in the past, the future is more interesting if he only gives it a chance.

It's so funny seeing people around here say that Lois stole Chloe's story; the one she wasn't working on. Especially since she has got high praise everywhere for using her wits all through the episode.

Looking through a FELLOW reporters trash is a violation of Chloe's space & of journalistic ethics.

That's total crap. Ask any lawyer, they'll tell you trash are fair game. Not even a warrant is needed to search through them.

I didn't like what Martha said to Clark in the beginning of "Combat"...I was more proud of Clark for actually wanting to do more than sit around and mope about Lana.
I'm glad he addressed the worry of killing someone at the end of the episode, but, Martha needed to shut up when Clark was stepping up. :)

The Clark vs. Titan fight was AWESOME. Nice editing. Made me feel like I was right in the ring with them. The blood on the camera lens was a nice touch :)
Clark was VERY Superman-ly in the way he duked it out with the Zoner.

I think Lex knows what is up with the baby. Otherwise, he wouldn't have killed the doctor or burned the files.
He even seemed suspicious with the drink he gave Lana before her miscarriage.
He knows something, but I'm not sure what.

Oh, and Lois?
I can't believe they want me to believe LOIS LANE would BEG someone to do her work for her.
That was just outrageous.
She is NOT my Lois Lane at ALL.
I really try to like her, I do. But, the show keeps giving reasons NOT to.
Sorry, but Lois Lane shouldn't want handouts nor need them.

A Lois Lane who begs someone else to give her a story because she doesn't want to do it herself is no Lois Lane.
I mean, "this puppy needs a bone"???
That's pathetic.

I'll take Daily Planet reporter, Chloe Sullivan, over that crap any day of the week.

Other than uncomfortably watching a Lois Lane beg, "Combat" was fun because it showed a hint of Clark fighting baddies in the future and had some really cute Clark/Chloe moments mixed it with some Lex/Lana intrigue.

What an subpar episode with cheesey women filled with silicone implants. The opening was not even sexy. It may be sexy if you are in the prison population and haven't seen a woman in 20 years. Gawd awful!!! Tom Welling deserves better scripts! Ercia Durance is a silly joke as Lois. Sorry, those implants do not make for a sexy look. Margot Kidder where are you? Come back, come back, you are the LOIS. No contest!

Well, I'm totally and absolutely happy to see that Martha Kent is well and alive... I was doubting on her after the last couple of epis!! She just rocks and the way she talks to Clark?? Totally awesome.

Also I'm glad to know that Clark is getting himself a little bit together, not as much as I'll like to see him, but he's definitely in the right track to start his journey to become the "Man of Steel"

Chloe :), she always makes me smile, she's always there when she's need it and I just enjoyed with all my heart the fact that she can now joke about her "meteor infected" status, that's my Lois, all the way, intelligent, compromised and just plain awesome.

The B plot, with the Lexana... I guess I just can't used to the completely evil Lex, even as well as Michael R. plays him, I don't like the fact that I truly enjoy him being evil but I do!!! As for Lana.. I think Kristin did a better job this week 'cause she had some good drama scenes, but that's that.

As for Lois........ I wonder if she got that outfit of an Britney Spears rejected sale or something, and the way she wanted to get into the place?? And the fact that she's such a lousy reporter that she has to pick up things from her cousin's garbage?

The reality is that I'm truly sad of the way a character with the name Lois Lane is being written. I'm so happy we have Chloe, at least she's the real and iconic representation of the spirit of Lois Lane.

At the end, this episode was better than Promise, 'cause it had a good A plot, 'cause of Clark/Martha and Chloe.

I can't wait for Progeny. Be well and take care.

Actually, while Chloe did help Clark out, as the real Lois Lane would surely do, she did not tell Lois she wasn't working on a story. Both Chloe and Clark told Not-Lois that there was no Inquisitor (tabloid!) story because they didn't want her involved in something very dangerous nor getting in the way. Clark, especially, finds her annoying at best and just didn't want her underfoot causing more trouble which she did and Clark had to fix. Also noteworthy, was they didn't bother to show us Clark being distraught about her injury, as we did see when Chloe was kidnapped, injured and even, recently killed in the vision universe of Labyrinth; hardly an indication of his undying love for this pathetic excuse for Lois Lane.

The real Lois Lane doesn't get tarted up in short skirts or red leather every chance she gets. And first and foremost, the real Lois Lane doesn't have to beg anyone for an idea or ask her cousin to do research for her because she can't do it oin her own. The real Lois doesn't have to snoop through her cousin's trash (Aah-so like Lana in Fever) nor restrain herself from snooping into her cousin's computer, an action from which she was a breath away. She did show a tiny bit of restraint, although...she might still have looked after we cut away but they were obviously setting Nois up to steal from Chloe later and again, it makes Nois just Lana.2. It doesn't matter that it was in the trash, and no, Chloe didn't pitch it because she wasn't using it, she pitched the picture because coffee was spilled on it.

It's important to evaluate what this means for Nois. She has apparently been getting a paycheck from the tabloid but doing such a poor job her editor, obviously willing to accept poor writing and even made up facts and lies in lieu of actual investigating, threatens to fire her. Nois can't even do her job as pseudo-reporter for a tabloid rag and has to beg, and I mean REALLY BEG her cousin who does real work as a real reporter at the best newspaper in the world for story ideas and research. In other words, Nois cannot hack it at a tabloid, the worst excuse for a newspaper ever and had to steal from her close relative for the idea. She did no research on the story at all, just guessed where it was based on a memory from childhood. This is not the real Lois Lane.

We also see again the total double standard some viewers have for Chloe. If she does research she's Clark's research tool yet id she goes out into the fray, as she did in Whither, she'd too good and depicted as some kind of Super-Chloe. The truth is, Chloe does exactly what the real Lois LAne always does, she helps Clark, supports him no matter what yet calls him on his crap when necessary. She does not treat Clark with total lack of respect and rag on him in the most mean spirited way which is how Nois treats him most of the time.

This is why so many fans see Chloe as the real Lois of this show and I certainly do after being a Superman and Lois fan of many, many years. Nois is a mistake and I can only hope the producers realize it finally and dump the character quick before she drags the show down any further.

"And a very important point to remember here is that Chloe was NOT working on any story, and categorically told Lois this. There was research, mostly provided by Clark and Olliver, which Chloe was trying to further and decipher, but was unable to, and therefore threw in the towel by throwing the info in the dustbin.

And, ''digging through Chloe's trash?'' Did you even watch the show? Lois went to throw something in the dustbin. There, she chanced upon the crumpled paper the co-ordinates of which she immediately recognized, due to her military background. This is reflective of her investigative prowess, yet you chose to completely look at it in a negative way, propping up one character, while systematically taking down another.

And thirdly, the apartment is Lois's. Chloe is staying there, and trash is trash, which, she didnt even dig. But trash nonetheless that is neither Chloe, nor Lois domain."

HA!!

1) Clark/Oliver acted as sources. Chloe figured out it who Titan was, that he wasn't from Belle Reeve & that the ringmaster did work at belle reeve and he arranged for freak fights.

2)Chloe did not throw away the picture because she thought it worthless, Clark SPILT coffee on IT.

3) Lois only knew about what it meant because she is the generals daughter *rolls eyes* not because she has any investigative skills

4)Looking through a FELLOW reporters trash is a violation of Chloe's space & of journalistic ethics

5) the suit was completely unnecessary, a better way of putting her in exploitive wear would have been to have the ring master force her into that suit.

6) Chloe is working on the L33.1 story. With the upcoming spoilers of lois dealing w/luthors, I kind of wonder if we'll see Lois give into temptation and steal chloe's L33.1 story. Hey if the shoe fits...once a thief always a thief...

Oh man! GREAT STUFF. The stuff about Lois and her Whoops I'm Only Impersonating a Journalist Again outfit was classic.

Seriously. At this point the producers of the show should just give up trying to convice us that Lois is "THE Lois Lane". The way they give her no character development and put her in skimpy clothes for ratings ploys is sad.

Just make Chloe into Lois and call it a day. It would be less of a stretch.

first of all: Combat was good..much better than the tragedy that was Promise.

second: the whole rivalry about the Chloe/Lois story...completely blown out of proportion by fans from BOTH SIDES: Lois didn't do anything so horrendosly bad, and Chloe does indeed do real work at the Planet..thank you very much. Not because we don't hear every week about what story she does doesnt mean she doesnt do her job.

third: this constant bullsh*t where we put one female against one another is what i will call again: bullsh*t. As far as I see on this show now, Chloe and Lois dont have a problemn with their relationship...but apparently WE DO...and fans believe that the only way to put one female up is to criticize and belittle another....as a woman i find that insulting and a testament of the stereotypical real world where the only way a woman can get ahead is by stepping on another
TPTB have showed very little if any substantial rivalry to warrant making such harsh comments about either girl..but again, fans blow it up.

fourth: i do agree that some comments in this blog regarding the girls have been very unnecessary. But i will hardly agree that it constantly puts down Lois and Lana while accolading Chloe. Lana, Lois and Chloe have gotten it from this blog...perhaps in different ways. Let us all be reminded every day when we watch a Smallville CW ad that Chloe is not in the promotion...and as AM said...she wasn't even freakin asked!!!!!!...after being on the show since the pilot....giving viewers the not-so-subtle impression that she wasn't important enough????? Nice job, CW. So, how about we say that the CW needs to treat ALL their female SV actresses with some more respect.

how about we pass THAT message on to the top honchos.

oh and Lois=Vixen from the DC!Comics, hehe cool.

Erica's Lois is an embarrassment to all Lois Lanes, yes even KB's Lois.

Stealing a story from Chloe? really? that is so messed up, I'm counting the episodes now when we see Nois steal some info from Chloe's computer.

Okay, first: Lois had to beg Chloe to give her a story or she would be fired...okay, that's because the Lois fans said that she is so talented, will become the most famous journalist of the Daily Planet, but how? She can't even keep her job in the worst newspaper of Metropolis: The Inquisitor.

Second: it wasn't a coincidence. Lois gave Chloe's computer a good look and i'm sure she thought: "Now i could take a story from my cousin..." but she didn't, but the fact that she looked and of course thought about it says everything. And then she took the pic of the trash, where Chloe print her things and in some cases, like this one has to throw something important like that(of course) and then her cousin sees and takes it.

Third: I'm sure that look that Lois gave at Chloe's laptop will meant something in the future and she'll steal her story about the level 33.1. In Combat, it wasn't a news that could make Chloe's career, but what if the next story Lois steals is?

And that's because the Lois fans were saying we'd see Lois in a serious journalism in this episode...yeah, that's so ethical.
It's such a hipocrite character...she said she didn't trust Chloe in Arrow, but in the first chance she steals a story from her cousin. Do you really think that it's a coincidence that we didn't see more Chloe/Lois scenes, i mean they aren't that close anymore like in Season 5..why? Because from now on we'll see them as rivals.

After this episode i'm not worried about Lois' serious journalism anymore, because that's what the description of the episodes always say, but we see the contrary.

Since when does THE iconic Lois Lane beg for stories from anyone, and is evidently the worst reporter at the worst newspaper in Smallville? Honesly, if TPTB were not going to do the character any justice whatsoever, they should have left her off the show. Her role this episode was like most of her shoe-horned appearances... unnecessary. Way to crap on a character TPTB!

Loved the Clark fight. We need more Clark fights! And I'm glad Clark's going out and actively seeking out bad guys, although the violent tendencies need to stop. Hopefully the ending of this episode helped him work through that issue once and for all. We can't have a Supes who beats up on people just because he's feeling depressed.

Ashley was totally superfluous, but Kane was pretty good. Far and away the coolest guest star, though, was the crazy doctor/MC. Loved the way he swung from meek and geeky to wild-eyed and manic when he discovered Clark had powers. What a great guest star! Too bad he was overshadowed by the bigger names.

I'm no "Lois" fan, but even I couldn't believe how bad this episode made her look. She can't hold onto her job at the worst newspaper in Metropolis, has to beg her far more competent cousin for a story, rummages through the trash, and finally stumbles onto a story by the sheerest luck (because she just happens to recognize the venue! wow, what amazing luck!). That's certainly not the Lois Lane I know from the comics. Fortunately, we have Chloe to fill the Lois role and to do it well, so no matter.

Overall, this one was a lot better than Promise. Thank God for that!

As I didn't watch last weeks craptastic Promise, I can safely assume that Combat was much better. I just finished watching this week's episode and have some thoughts.

It was nice to see Clark finally doing something proactive in using his powers to round up the bad guys. The fight scene was cool, it was funny seeing Clark get his ass handed to him on a platter, then he says "my turn" and Whoa, the tables turn. TW looked incredibly HAWT in this episode, and he didn't have to show skin. GUH.

Um, where was I? Oh yeah.....

I was also impressed that Clark did some of his own investigating (using Chloe's sources hee) to get to the club. It may have not been for a story he could publish, but it was investigating (without relying on Chloe for all of it), and that is a step in the right direction.

The whole "I'm not human" thing was just overkill, as Clark had used this when he was in his teens. As Martha pointed out at the end of the ep, his remorse and his emotions are what make him human. A lesson that he will later use as Superman. It's funny that whenever someone close to him finds out his secret, he states, "I'm the same guy I was before", but when things don't turn out he way he would like (ie Princess Pink Martyr marrying Lex) he uses the whole "I'm not human" line. The whole conversation with Martha and he states that maybe the Princess was forced into marrying Lex and that he wanted to find out what happened, I thought "Oh crap, he just took two steps back again." And yes, I rolled my eyes.

I find that people who are claiming that Chloe did no research for this and just printed out a picture (which Clark did NOT ask her to print BTW), rather humorous. Clark brought her information to look up online, yes, could she hack into it? No. (I guess that blows the whole Chloe's power is that she's a superhacker huh? :rollseyes:) She did find out that the fighters were coming from Belle Reeve, she tracked down Maddox, and determined that Titan was not at Belle Reeve. Clark and Chloe were also bouncing ideas off of each other (determining that all the people Titan killed when he landed had the same marks, that he was a warrior, etc) Of course, this research didn't lead Clark to the fight club at all. /sarcasm

And I'm sorry, Nois stole the story. Granted, Chloe may not have been writing it, but Nois doesn't know this. Let's revisit that scene: Nois walks in complaining that her editor wouldn't publish her Chupacabra (sorry if I spelled that wrong) story without proof, and that if she didn't come up with a story she would be without her weekly paycheck. She sees that Chloe has something on her screen and asks if that is a story she's working on then asks her to give the story to her. It's obvious when Chloe clears the screen and closes her laptop, stands up and says "There's no story for the Inquisitor here, it's a dead end", that it's something that she doesn't want to share. Being as close as the two cousins are, Nois got that, especially when she says "thanks for the help" after Chloe and Clark leave. Nois then contemplates peeking into Chlo's computer after she leaves but at that moment refrains. She sees a wadded up picture in the trash and takes it from there. Yes, Chloe threw away the picture, because Clark spilled coffee on it. That doesn't mean that she was done with it.....she still had the image on her computer. There was no indication that Chloe wouldn't examine that image any further, and Nois got the message loud and clear that it wasn't something that Chloe was willing to share. It wasn't the smartest move Chloe made throwing away the picture, but funny, I get the impression that she trusts her cousin (she left her laptop sitting right there out in the open after all), and wouldn't think that she would go through the trash. Lois knew she was taking something from Chloe, look at her facial expressions while she's looking at the photo from the trash. If the writers intention was move Nois's career forward, this was a very poor way to do it. The ILL wouldn't steal someone else's story, especially someone in her own family. I just showed that scene to my husband, (who doesn't watch the show anymore, doesn't ship, doesn't really care about the show) and the scene wasn't even over, and he stated that Nois was stealing Chloe's story. Now if a non fan can glean that, I can't imagine any fan of the show not thinking the same thing.

Lana lost the baby. Big surprise, we're supposed to feel sorry for her (hence the label Princess Pink Martyr), but I don't. She made her bed, now she can lie in it. If there was a baby and she miscarried, that is a terrible thing (I should know), but the way the writers have forced Lana down my throat, I can't summon the sympathy here. Sorry. I will say that KK did a fantastic job in the hospital and in the nursery scenes. I'm not her biggest fan, but she sold it and it was one of the few times I saw her show some solid acting skills. MR killed me, and I know he had something to do with it, but he looked devastated knowing he's hurt Lana.

The Chlark interaction was cute.....they did act like an old married couple as well as partners. Chloe was snarky and didn't take any crap from Clark.

All in all a decent episode. I wouldn't watch it again though like I would with others, but it was decent.

you are absolutely right claire. clark and chloe did what real reporters do, they found a lead, they used all their resources to investigate it. "lois" knew going through and stealing chloe's story was wrong and she did it anyway.

there is no justification for that. even worse "lois lane" BEGGED for a story.

completely ridiculous. the core four (clark, chloe, lex, and lana) were good but between martha's flipflopping and "lois'" deviousness the cast other than than those four can go. i wouldn't miss them.

IT shouldn't be do your research, it should be do your own. When the hero himself says *find another story on your own* - then that means Nois should find a story on her own. Simple!

Clark was hawt and is making the DP. That was good.

Lex was evil and baby killing! Kristin did really well with her scenes last night.

Not enough Chloe and to much of her backstabbing cousin; though Chloe's not been awesome this year (it's Jimmy.)

But all in all not a terrible episode. The implication however, that Lana's wedding was worse than Jonathan's death just isn't even remotely plausible.

Oh my God, seriously?
I mean, SERIOUSLY?
Well, in my opinion, the episode could have been better. But it wasn't because of Lois - she actually made the episode much, much better. It was because Clark was still brooding over Lana, which keeps dragging him back and stops him from letting go and moving on towards his future. He was angry and un-Clark the entire episode. But when Lois walked in that arena and faced him? His alien mask fell right off.
I once (a long, long time ago) thought this blog was supposed to comment Smallville episodes, not write three paragraphs criticizing Lois's character.
First: no, "Vixen" wasn't an indication Lois will become the DC superhero. We all know exactly where she's headed to, even if some of us prefer to ignore it.
Second: You have a problem with her? Well, go complain to DC Comics. They created her in 1938, WAY before SV was even a POSSIBILITY.
Third: the Chupacabra thing? A very funny explanation to where she had been lately, since, as you probably know, Lois works for a tabloid who isn't exactly, let's say, a Daily Planet (which is, by the way, the paper where Lois is destined to work at and become the ace reporter - along with Clark).
Fourth: damn right you should give her points for not peeking at Chloe's laptop (something that, for sure, Lana and Chloe would have done without blinking an eye). She didn't dig through Chloe's trash for clues. If you were really watching the scene, you would have noticed she threw her coffee away, then saw the wrinkled picture. She's a reporter. She's curious. She has hints. She grabbed it and recognized the place right away. She didn't peek. She didn't dig. Lois has virtues and she sticks to them, even if her job is in danger.
Fifth: the costume thing wasn't explained. But that is nothing but the writers's fault. And even if it had been explained, yes, yes, Lois Lane is the only one who would dress herself as an "exotic dancer", as you'd like to call, and ran into the krypto-fight arena hidden in an abandoned army base. She walked in that arena and kicked ass. She didn't attempt to. She did. She was willing to kick Titan's too and I'm pretty sure she would have, if he wasn't taller than Tom Welling and if he wasn't a Phantom. She's the only one who'd do that for a story. That's what'll make her the top ace reporter she's destined to become.
Lois Lane is possibly one of the only characters following the canon personality. Clark became a brooding, obsessed, angsty, sad and angry person, because of Lana (let's hope he changes, he's supposed to be Superman, for Pity's sake). Lana went from High-School sweetheart to dark, sad, you-have-to-tell-me-your-secret woman. Lex and Lionel... well, I have no complaints about them, both are extremely in character. Chloe was made up, so we don't actually know where she's going. Jonathan died. Pete ran away. Martha Kent rocks. Period.

Hi, I'm back again Sarah, just to add a little more to the "research" you did on "Vixen"

Vixen was another reference to Lois's passion for 80's rock like "Whitesnake"!!

Vixen was a all-female band during the same time period! Hope that explains why Lois was called "Vixen"

Smallville isn't known best for continuity but in Lois's case, seems like continuity, consistency and progress all seem to be going well. What can we say, everything seems to be going Erica's way in Smallville!!

"EDLois showed once AGAIN why she does NOT represent the ILL:) Lois Lane is NOT suppose to be desperate enough to beg her cousin for a story, then dig through her garbage. PLUS, the ILL that I know, is NOT suppose to parade around in stripper-like outfits and act like a lesbian to land a story. This once AGAIN shows that Chloe is SV's LOIS LANE:)"
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Actually its the complete opposite... it showed us that Lois is willing to put herself in any situation to get a story, and knows how to adjust herself to whatever situation arises, like figuring out Athena was a lesbian, she used that knowledge and played along.. do you see Chloe doing something like that for a story? No, she waits until something falls on her lap or waits until Clark does something... shes the sidekick and has even referenced herself as one now. She pushed Lois in Exposed to strip for her story, Lois didn't say no, Chloe even had a pleading look on her face.. so whats the problem with Lois asking, or as you say pleading, for help? I don't understand the double standards sometimes when it comes to these two characters. And to the other anti-Lois posters below.. Lois didn't sift through Chloe's trash to get the picture, she was throwing something away and came across the picture herself... and used her armybrat experience to locate the place, whereas Chloe was clueless, she could have easily used her trusty google and searched the number on the picture... but oh well, I'm tired of having the same Lois/Chloe arguement, its really getting old.

I don't really understand why you're putting Lois down, but you might as well do it with some kind of honesty and/or integrity.

At the same time, we hope that Lois' wrestling name "Vixen" wasn't meant to imply she becomes the DC hero of the same name.Naturally if you want Chloe to be the 'real' Lois, then Lois constitutes something of an obstacle. We've already heard suggestion from this very blog that Lois may be Black Canary because she had an affair with Oliver Queen, but I wonder how badly you must want Chloe to be Lois to imply that Lois is another superhero of a completely different ethnic background with a set of powers that Lois undeniably does not have.

Ah, Lois. We want to like her, we really do, but the writers weren't doing her any favors this episode. First of all, who looks for Chupacabra in the Florida Everglades? Puerto Rico, Mexico, sure, but Florida? Do your research!Well, what fact-seeking journalist looks for the Chupacabra, a mythical creature, anywhere? If you actually pay any kind of attention to the show you would realise that Lois was incredulous about having been sent on this assignment in the first place; I seriously doubt that she chose the location any more than she chose the assignment and I'm sure that the fact that her neck was on the line over not having found any evidence for this creature was supposed to be a characterisation of the newspaper itself, and not of her own investigative skills. The fact that there have been Chupacabra 'sightings' in Florida just adds to the surreality that you even bring it up.

Speaking of which, we supposed we should give Lois points for resisting the siren call of Chloe's laptop, but digging through Chloe's trash for clues? That's not good."You're like a journalist: ah, you can cut and paste and twist," but you seem to have a real problem with accuracy. I see what you did there, though; you write "digging through Chloe's trash," and trust our agile little minds to come up with an image of Lois up-ending the bin in search of a story.

What actually happened was the writing and direction went out of its way to show that Lois would never infringe on Chloe's privacy by going into her laptop. She then went to throw her cup in the rubbish bin and stumbled upon a photograph Chloe had discarded in which there "was no story," at least, not one that Chloe apparently wanted. She went to put it back but spotted something that, once she had seen, she couldn't unsee and decided to follow it up.

If I were in the habit of putting other characters down, I'd remind you that back in Arrow Chloe deliberately withheld evidence from Lois of direct pertinance to Lois's story.

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Claire, you forgot to mention how Chloe sat at her little lapop throughout the entire episode and did nothing but what Clark asked her to do. He and Oliver got the research and she was just his little 'back poc
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Funny you say that when all Ollie did was give Clark the URL to the site and Clark gave it to Chloe. And I remember Chloe do ACTUAL RESEARCH! She was the one who found out who the person was and that he was using meteor freak from Belle Reeve. Get ya facts straight sweetie.

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And how convient of Chloe to make reference to herself and as a super!sleuth.

Oh, the irony.
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O the irony indeed.. They were mocking it. And like I said in my first post that scene erases Chloe being a super hacker!

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You know the only reason Lois even got that far was because she noticed the hanger in the picture because you know she's the General's daughter! Like I said before Chloe did do research. You should really watch that again. And we don't know if Chloe passed it up or not. She told Lois it wasn't a story for The Inquisitor, you know the garbage tabloid newspaper.

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What exactly does she do at the DP, again? Oh, right. She works in the basement doing exactly what she does in this entire episode. Pass up stories. play the role of sidekick, and make herself look all the more pa-the-tic.
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Funny how we get the characters actual saying that she has a deadline or maybe she's working on the story just in "Freak". And she did get a byline this season. You must have missed that too. We don't hear nothing about Lois when she's MIA for weeks. They could have mentioned that Lois was out on assignment or something..but NADA!

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At least Lois actually goes out and gets the stories instead of waiting for something to sent to her via email.

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If Lois actually did go out and got the stories I wouldn't think she would have reduced to BEGGING her cousing for a STORY when she was about to get fired because her story was crap. Funny that even the shittiest paper in the city was going to fire her.

The fans I've interacted so far with (including several Chloe fans) cannot stop raving about how well Lois was written in the episode & how much she was like her iconic comic book self in the otherwise stale episode "Combat"

I think it is a great time to be a Erica/Lois fan because the writers are doing an amazing job with her. Lois right now is the only character that is progressing into her iconic self on this show.

I loved that despite of the fact that Lois was desperate for a story and her job was on the line, she didn't snoop into Chloe's PC (something Chloe would have done without thinking).

It is Lois's appartment so she found the picture in her own trash and it was fully at her own discretion to do whatever she wanted with it.

I am sure the fans of "Lois and Clark: The new adventures of Superman" are aware of the term "Mad Dog Lane" used for Lois. She is crazy when she is in search of a story and yes, she stole Clark's byline once, but Smallville didn't show Lois do that. They didn't show Lois steal her byline from Chloe's PC. Not to mention that Chloe was not working on any story at all. She was doing her usual data collection for Clark, that's all!

Now for the real point, Lois found out something Chloe completely missed during her google and "sidekick" routine.

I am glad the way Lois got into the club, blended herself in, her fight with Athena was awesome. The way she tackled Titan knowing that he could easily crush her. All of this was PURE Lois Lane stuff!!

Lois earned her story, once again, by putting herself in trouble, by doing hard work for it. Proud of you Lois!!

I think the writers have made it clear with "Combat" that who the "REAL REPORTER" of the story is. Being a journalist doesn't mean typing words only. It is a whole lot more. It means having a keen eye, observation, keeping information intact and above all getting yourself into situations to bring the headline. Clearly, the one person on the show who is doing all that right now is Lois Lane.

Plus, Erica Durance looked so hot! The girl is so beautiful & I can't help but notice how wonderful her brown hair looked. Oh, another iconic Lois trait... darker hair!!

Have a nice life everyone!!

umm .....ummmm liked the episode ,i liked the fight between titan and clark ....it was something new but sure good .keep it up .

Florida is one of many places with chupacabra sightings. I suggest doing a quick web search before posting in future.
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What for??? in the name of bashing Lois all is valid, even when they end up looking like a fools of themselves

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Ooops they did again. Did you do YOUR RESEARCH????

Lois found the photo by accident, and you are making look like she was with her head into the trashcan looking for news.

She throw her coffee and notice the paper.

But hey is Lois she WAS doing a Shelby and digging the trash.

Seriously what's wrong with you people??? Aren't you representing the CW Network and have to be neutral oar at least do constructive opinions.

You are officially starting a campiang against Lana and Lois, who since the begining have been the image of the CW Network (watch the promos please) so therefore you are starting a camping agaisnt the network itself

Claire, you forgot to mention how Chloe sat at her little lapop throughout the entire episode and did nothing but what Clark asked her to do. He and Oliver got the research and she was just his little 'back pocket' super!scooper.

And how convient of Chloe to make reference to herself and as a super!sleuth.

Oh, the irony.

Once again, Lois and Clark did all the dirty work while Chloe sat at her computer (doing pretty much nothing seeing as Oliver and Clark GAVE her all the information) and did nothing. She also passed up another opportunity for a story.

What exactly does she do at the DP, again? Oh, right. She works in the basement doing exactly what she does in this entire episode. Pass up stories. play the role of sidekick, and make herself look all the more pa-the-tic.

At least Lois actually goes out and gets the stories instead of waiting for something to sent to her via email.

Dear Sarah and Claire,

I have been keeping up with your blog for a long time now, seeing as it is an official affiliate blog, and in the hopes that it will provide up-to-date info on my favourite CW shows, including Smallville. However, I have noticed a disturbing trend in the manner of your blogging for some time now. It seems as if you have some sort of prejudiced agenda against two of the female characters on the show, Lois and Lana, all the while propping up the other female character, Chloe to no end. I have no problem with the praising of a character, be it Chloe, or anyone else. Infact as a CW blog that is what you should be doing amyways. But I do have a problem with tearing down other characters, often highly unfairly so.

It has been several things that have prompted me and lots of other Lois fans out there to feel this way. The topics and comments of some of your SV related blogs are just blatantly unfair, sometimes even thoughtless, and prejudiced. Whether it was the preposterous Lois BC ''theory'', or the ''Xmas gifts'' blog where you recommended less than stellar book titles for both Lois and Lana, reflecting badly on their characters, or the blog where you insinuated that Lois had ''been around the block'' or the one where you bashed a FAN'S Clois video, or now this, where you post some pretty negative things about Lois's character, all in the garb of ''humour'' supposedly. And some of your thoughts are outright false claims, as they have been before also, in the past. Like when you proclaimed oh so ''wittily'' in one your topics, ''how many men would Lois go through'', did you even stop to think what you were implying? And about a character who has scarcely had a couple of brief dates, and only one relationship on the entire course of the show. I shudder to think of the kind of mentality behind this statement.

And to your latest round of comments. Firstly, please, by all means, dont like her, you dont have to go around saying, ''we want to like her'' as if it some sort of chore. But atleast, seeing as you are representative of the CW network on which Lois's character belongs, dont find reasons or go out of you way to insult her.

The ''Vixen'' name was merely that, just a stage name. A throwaway thing, but very typical of you to try and stir into something else.

The Chupacabra thing? In a show that is choc a bloc full of inane references and such in the name of humour and pop culture, must you single this out as some kind of slight against Lois? Shows you are literally looking for reasons to speak negatively of her.

Secondly, resisting the urge to look at Chloe's laptop? Yes, damn well she should be applauded. Lois in any incarnation in the scoop of the story WOULD be tempted, thus far it was a natural reaction and portrayal. Her choosing NOT to look yes, definitely was showing integrity on part of her character, no matter how you try to spin it. And a very important point to remember here is that Chloe was NOT working on any story, and categorically told Lois this. There was research, mostly provided by Clark and Olliver, which Chloe was trying to further and decipher, but was unable to, and therefore threw in the towel by throwing the info in the dustbin.

And, ''digging through Chloe's trash?'' Did you even watch the show? Lois went to throw something in the dustbin. There, she chanced upon the crumpled paper the co-ordinates of which she immediately recognized, due to her military background. This is reflective of her investigative prowess, yet you chose to completely look at it in a negative way, propping up one character, while systematically taking down another.

And thirdly, the apartment is Lois's. Chloe is staying there, and trash is trash, which, she didnt even dig. But trash nonetheless that is neither Chloe, nor Lois domain.

And the comment about her outfit. Again, an unnecessary dig, seeing as how Lois was undercover.

And her ''attempting to kick ass?'' I'm sorry, but how prejudiced do you have to be to say ''attempting?'' She DID kick ass, bonafide. And did in a hell of a believable and amazing way.

There are a lot of positive things you could have chosen to say about Lois, even if you wanted to retain some of this negative slant. Like how Lois kicked ass. How she went after Kane, soon as she saw him going after Clark, not fearing for her own safety. How she used her military knowledge to her advantage. How she was working on her story, even in the hospital. But you didn't.

Also, finally, I must add something. The exact phrasing of your comments is highly reminiscent, almost identical to comments by a group of people who post on a couple of websites. For a while now I, and others have been suspecting that your SV info is fed to you by these same people, either by email, or some such. The suspicion now grows.

You should try to diversify your sources, whatever they may be, because these ones, whoever they are, tend to come with a DEGINITE bias and agenda. And it's so jarring espacially, the content of your blog because your official CW boards reflect a totally different atmosphere.

Last but not least, please, I sincerely urge you to provide us, the fans with some sort of feedback email address, where we can complain against the nature of these prejudiced blogs. It is our right, I think, as readers.

Thanyou for reading. And I really hope to see some honest changes, soon.

This episode was "ok", BUT it was DEFINTELY BETTER than "Promise"! Although I was NOT thrilled that Clark took out his aggression on the people that he cared about, he did manage to accomplish one important thing: He realized that he should be out there helping others in need, instead of moping over Lana:)HOWEVER, unfortunately, I think that we are still in for some more CLANA angst, which does NOT make me a happy camper:( The first half of the season looked so promising, excuse the bad metaphor, but then all of a sudden Clark's back to square one, regressing to a whiny 14-yr-old:( What I want to know is WTH? I mean Clark really seemed to be embracing his destiny and moving on to CHLOE. What changed? I'll tell ya what happened: RE-WRITES. . .plain and simple. Why would the CW and the writers of SV want Clark to stay trapped in his adolescent fantasy world? Why not have him move on to a MATURE relationship with Chloe? We all know how much they care about each other. . .Why not give them a FAIR chance? ANYWAYS. . .BACK TO COMBAT! EDLois showed once AGAIN why she does NOT represent the ILL:) Lois Lane is NOT suppose to be desperate enough to beg her cousin for a story, then dig through her garbage. PLUS, the ILL that I know, is NOT suppose to parade around in stripper-like outfits and act like a lesbian to land a story. This once AGAIN shows that Chloe is SV's LOIS LANE:) As far as CHLARK was concerned, I was a bit disappointed in how Clark treated Chloe. He was VERY RUDE and didn't seem to care when she joked about her possible meteor power. He was so OOC. . .I just didn't particularly like him in COMBAT:( Well, I am still looking forward to PROGENY:) I'm HOPING for some good CHLARK moments!

The episode was alright for me. Kinda boring @times. Not really good but not as bad as "Promise".

I liked the fact Clark got off his ass in this episode.

I'm glad that Chloe is back to her snarky self and I liked that the SuperHacker power is now scratched off the list of potential powers. YAY! That would have been really really lame.

Lois really served no purpose in this episode. Sucks that they used up ED's 13 in this episode when she should be in other more important episodes, like "Progeny" since its dealing with her cousin and her aunt, but I guess. I wasn't too fond of Lois having to beg Chloe for a story either. You would think the PTB would use Lois' few appereances for some character development but they skipped it with this episode. Maybe we will get some in the future ones though.

The fight with Titan and Clark was the best part of the episode. I for one enjoyed seeing Clark get his ass handed to him in the beginning of the fight.

The Lois and Athena fight was too short and the whole lesbian scene...I could have lived without that.

Lexana was boring, as horrible as losing a baby is, I just can't bring myself to feel sorry for Lana. KK did tha damn thang in the hospital scene though.

The last Lexana scene was felt entirely too long. It was dragggedddd outttt.

Other things: I LOVED the announcer dude! He was off tha wall.

I enjoyed the Chlark scene @ the talon. They are like a married couple.

Needed more Chloe.

And Martha gets the STFU award yet again. Pick a side and stick with it DAMNIT!

I was kinda hoping that Clark would have knocked Lois out by tappin her on the head like he did in that one episode. I forgot the name though.

AND WHAT THE HELL IS UP WITH THE CW PROMO STAFF! Y didn't they show trailers for upcoming episodes? Do they really want ratings like this episode got. Come on now! Hop to it! Get on ya grind!
Overall this episode is a 6/10

Ok, I just want to know how many guys needed a moment alone after Lois' scene with the female wrestler? Even I thought that was hot.

The Clark fight was pretty kewl. It was good to see him doing something instead of just moping.

Lana losing the baby was just another step in an attempt to undo everything she's done this past season - that way, she's pure and virginal for her big reunion with Clark. I can't imagine why people were shocked by it. This is a show about Lana Lang and as such she cannot be tainted or sullied...or rather everyone else be damned when they writers try to make it as if everyone of her bad decisions should be overlooked and no consequences suffered.

Ah EDLois. Rooting through trash for stories. She proves yet again why she is no Iconic Lois Lane. She's at the worst paper in the show, who printed her lies about the Aliens and the Barn Door...but now they want to fire her? Just how bad is she? Those chupahcabras just aren't cutting it anymore, I guess. Yeah, her wardrobe has got to be pretty interesting to have that pleather outfit lying around. Right. Sure. Gimme more Clark fights. Make EDLois unconcious more often and give us Chloe Sullivan, Ace Reporter back.

I can't wait for Progeny!

Before I saw last night's episode I thought it would be stupid after "Promise" but it was actually pretty good. Clark is finally using his powers to stop crime and the fight scenes were pretty cool.

Only thing is, when he used his laser eyes, wasn't that on camera before they were destroyed?? I'm sure anyone who was watching the show online must have seen that before the cameras were messed up.

Lois is so ugly, and her whole part in the episode was stupid. I think they need a hotter actress to play the role so that just in case Clark and Lois actually end up together on SV, they will look good together...cause i dont really like her right now. plus her acting isnt that great.

ok so i liked last nights episode..the end was actually something u could have figured out. i really hope they end it off as clark and lana being together. they are so cute together and whats up with oliver? when will he come and sweep lois off her feet?

Let me just say I love Lois, and I want more of Lois in SV. Her scenes kicked major butt!

Lexana: I don't even know what to think anymore. Lex looked really upset and teary eyed in the end. Did he actually kill his baby? It's just weird...

Florida is one of many places with chupacabra sightings. I suggest doing a quick web search before posting in future.

Here's my review of what I thought about last night's episode Combat. First I really liked the part where Clark fought off Titan and as far as Lana and Lex are concerned, I think Lana will leave Lex after she finds out that her husband had put something in her drink and it caused her to miscarry the baby. She will be so angry with Lex that she will want out of the marriage and will probably go back to Clark. Mama Kent did make a good point on how being able to express feelings is what makes people human and that it's normal to feel rejected and angry that you care for a person that is married to someone else and that the pain will go away in time. That episode totally kicked some serious ass last night. Keep up the great work on Smallville.