Had he been unable to undo Lanas death, its not hard to imagine his grief turning into anger in the days ahead, not to mention the emotional impact this event would have had on Lex. Their While there, she met Jason Teague and in an attempt to move on from her relationship with Clark, she began a relationship with Jason. After receiving a mysterious note from a reclusive scientist named Dr.Virgil Swann played by "Superman:The Movie" legend Christopher Reeve Clark learns that he comes from Krypton, which had been destroyed years prior. But in the Visual Guide, however, Lana is "Most Likely to Marry a Billionaire". He also begins learning about his past through information he found through the press. Looking at the great, personal sacrifices that Lana made to protect Clark in Smallville season 6, the repercussions of Clark undoing her death in season 5, and other developments, the two had overcome a few too many obstacles for their relationship to end easily. Clark and Lois reached several milestone in their relationship. He then takes their guns using them to fire against Lana but thanks to Lois, who uses her vest and takes the shots by throwing herself in front of her, Lana does not get hurt. Naturally, this drives a wedge between them like the legend of Naman and Sageeth and fractures their friendship. While in Metropolis, Clark tackles the return of Brainiac who possesses Chloe on her and Jimmy's wedding day and the arrival of the Kryptonian monster called Doomsday. From Bart Allen aka Impulse (Kyle Gallner) and Arthur "A.C." Curry, aka Aquaman (Alan Ritchson), to Victor Stone, aka Cyborg (Lee Thompson Young), and Oliver Queen, aka the Green Arrow himself, Clark inspires an entire generation of heroes to stop Lex's devious schemes. Clark eventually suggests that he and Lois become a couple, Lois hesitate at first but then immediately agreed. Outside of Clark's family, Lana is one of only two main characters to figure out that Clark has powers without being told or shown by another person. Despite his personal tragedy, Clark spends years battling villains like General Zod and other prisoners called "Zoners" from the otherworldly Phantom Zone, which he accidentally freed, including a Clark-lookalike dubbed Bizarro. At the same As Clark helps Kara adjust to life on Earth, he faces increasingly powerful threats. Clark scans in space for any debris from the storm and finds none, while also revealing he has gained Gamma and Infrared Vision. Smallvilles story made Lana Langs controversial ending a necessary move for the show. Lana has shown to have died several times on the show (not counting dream sequences): she died once in an, She also possessed Clark's powers twice: she acquired his heat vision. Recognizing their world's doomed fate, Jor-El builds a small spacecraft to be piloted by artificial intelligence an A.I. Throughout Season Nine, Clark and Lois are shown to grow closer and their romantic feelings for one another become stronger. He also figures out that Lana is on the scene, when he smells gardenias. Lana walks in on Lex skinny-dipping with a girl. Superman becomes a global symbol for hope. It shouldnt be forgotten that a drunken Lex chased Lana on the road and caused her car accident to happen. Though Clark eventually gets through to Ultraman, helping him towards a noble path, the Earth-2 Lionel escapes to our world with some schemes of his own including a pact with Darkseid to resurrect LexLuthor. (3:00pm) Martha is seated at the wedding, while Oliver and Chloe take their positions as best man and maid of honor, Lois arrives in the doorway and looks around nervous, until Clark takes her by the hand, and they walk down the aisle. His favorite actors are Tyrone Power and Eleanor Parker. Perry White, meanwhile, was actively pursuing Lana to take over the Business section of the newspaper, which she eventually accepted and became the Business Editor of the Daily Planet. As Lex kills Tess, his memories of Smallville are completely erased. #Smallville #Descent Lionel's opera CDs! They are pleased and then assign him his next task: to remove Clark's powers using a gold kryptonite wedding ring. By moving Apokolips away from the Earth Clark brings hope to all Humanity and breaks their connection to Darkseid. WebA deranged boy named Gabriel Duncan, who graduated with Clark, Lana, Chloe and Pete at Smallville High School, plans to unleash a nuclear missile on the town to rid it of any meteor freaks- which is wrong in of itself, but will also kill many other non-infected, which is the majority of the town. An enraged Lana proceeds to rush Corben and hits him with a flying kick. In the choke hold, John's heart inadvertently absorbs the Kryptonite fueled nanites stored underneath Lana's skin which fused with John Corben and weapons close to him, allowing John to control them. After learning that her pregnancy was faked, Lana became a stronger and more mature woman, far from the soft and naive girl she once was. Brainiac takes over Chloe. Clark remained fixated with Lana and pursued a relationship with Lana right up until her wedding day, when he was ultimately left disappointed as she kept going through with the wedding, not knowing that she did it because Lionel threatened to kill Clark. WebSmallville is the only correct answer for which to rewrite. Suddenly they hear a very loud noise and Lana believes that someone has infiltrated her camp and so she instantly speeds outside telling Lois to try to follow her and protect as many children as she can. (Source episode: Finale, Part 1 and Part 2). Although Lois helped him by taking him to the hospital, his strange behavior clearly didn't leave a good impression. Her attraction to Lex Luthor was intensified by her belief that Lex was always honest with her and was trying to do good in the world. Later Clark is seen cleaning out his wallet, finding a picture of Lana. Lois assumes it is Clark and proceeds to thank him until she make a shocking discovery that her rescuer is Lana Lang. Lana wanted to discover if there were possibly aliens living among them, much to the dismay of Clark. The decision to force Clark and Lana apart with Kryptonite was considered by many to be the wrong way of closing the door on this chapter in Supermans life. [5] Having been attacked multiple times by meteor freaks, she became critical of metahumans and aliens:[6] at the beginning of their relationship, Lana and Lex grew close over their shared belief that humans need to be protected from dangerous aliens and metahumans. Instead of Oliver pushing Clark to leave in season 6, Clark could very well could have been in a rush to go after losing what he thought was the love of his life. Lois was noticeably sad and disappointed. Clark meets his past self in an elevator and asks him to save Lois from a helicopter crash while he needs to save Metropolis from a nuclear disaster. Between metahumans, mad inventors, and the secret government agency Checkmate, Clark, Oliver, Chloe, and their friends tackle plenty of supervillains before Clark puts on the red cape. WebLana Lang in the New 52. (Source episode: Jordan Cross, age 6, experiences his first precognitive vision at an amusement park, when he touches a woman and sees her death. As Lois and Clark are about to get married, Darkseid disrupts their nuptials. Lana is one of the few people who are aware that Superman and Clark Kent are one and the same. Losing his earthly father is a defining moment for Clark, one that allows darkness to silently creep into his heart unnoticed. And even though she previously reacted positively, he did not tell her his secret again. Instead, Lana and Clark remain close platonic friends, while Lana enters into a romantic relationship with their childhood friend Pete Ross, who she eventually Following her marriage and divorce from Lex, Lana has a net worth of around $10 million. She says that "Clark isn't hiding anything." Lois was surprised but also visibly pleased when Clark told her that he would be working there and sitting at a desk opposite to her. After Clark frustrated her by interfering with her new relationship with Arthur Curry, she confided in Lana and wondered how Lana ever put up with him. Lana is currently helping Supergirl reconnect with humanity and helping Cat Grant after Kara witnessed the murder of her mother and father (Allura and Zor-El) and the mass murder of her entire race by Reactron, Lex Luthor, Sam Lane and Lucy Lane as the superpowered villain Superwoman. After forcefully taking LuthorCorp from his father, Lex begins projects to reverse-engineer alien tech, create mind-controlled super-soldiers, and continue the company's illegal cloning programs. Lois Lane had been around Smallville for a while and even stayed with the Kents for a time, becoming part of the family long before she and Clark were an item. In Zero Year, Lana works as an electrical engineer on various projects around the world. She accepts, of course, excited for their future together but the bliss doesn't last. Even so, having a longer life could have changed numerous Smallville stories, one of which being how Lionel was used in the later seasons. Lana goes to the Talon apartment where she arrives just in time to stop Lois from falling off of a chair. Clark knew Lex was at fault, but overlooked it when he reversed time. At the Kent farm, Martha looks around in shock at all of the boxes that she sees. Lex became a man she could love. She appears working on an oil tanker, which is in the heart of a coming storm in Gotham City. On Clark's last day in the Kent house, Lana and Pete are there with Clark to help see him off at the train station. Now, the very first thing Lex sees is Superman flying by his window and saving the world from Apokolips. True to what the marketing for the episode promised, Reckoning was a game-changing story that killed off a major Smallville character. Though the series finale features a failed wedding, the ending and the 200th episode's flash-forward reminds us that Clark and Lois are meant to be. Lana often found Lois's perspective refreshing, as when she confided in Chloe, she was also close to Clark, whereas Lois was impartial. At Watchtower, Tess is desperately trying to access Watchtower's satellites, only to be blocked out at every try. (Source episodes: Tess tries to find a way to save Alexander who is aging very quickly. Although Whitney Lana showed no jealousy about this possible relationship due to her feelings for Jason. Lois then pretended that she thought the flowers were for her and teased Clark. Lois then asks Lana if she had experienced any side effects to the Kryptonite absorption. Though they first meet when Clark was in high school, it isn't until adulthood that these two see each other in a romantic light. No doubt, Lois Lane and Clark Kent just make sense together, making us wonder why it took so long after Lois' introduction for "Smallville" to figure that out. Lana has two paternal half-siblings, Tyler and Kaitlyn Small, who Lana never really got a chance to get close to since her stepmother, threatened to divorce her father if he continued to see her. The final words of Lana in the series are, Lana is the only leading female character from the. Though the show went through various phases, cast members, and even creative teams, the heart of the story was always Tom Welling's earnest portrayal of a teenage-turned-adult ClarkKent, a boy who wrestled with his destiny only to eventually embrace it. Lana's best friend in her childhood was Emily Eve Dinsmore, but Emily died trying to save Lana from drowning when they were ten. As she was important in more ways than one, Clark isnt the only person whose future would have been affected by the change. But as Clark defends his new city, a younger clone of General Zod arrives with an army of cloned Kryptonians called Kandorians, hoping to rule Earth as a New Krypton. Clark goes to the Fortress of Solitude and receives the suit Martha made for him from Jonathan who tells him not to forget his time in Smallville. While this might sound better than Smallville literally forcing them to break it off, the shows approach to their romance across seven seasons made an ordinary breakup feel like a disservice to the characters. They even encounter past heroes like the Justice Society of America and members of the futuristic Legion of Superheroes, who have been inspired by Clark's future heroics as Superman. Lois saw Lana's nametag on the table and remember the last time she saw Lana was at Jimmy and Chloe's wedding when she and Clark almost kiss and was afraid of the awkward situation it might present. Lana has a lifelong history of meteor rock coming between her and Clark. Her hair also included bangs, which were side-swept or long to the side. She found herself without any family before she graduated from high school. Lana decides to leave Lex but apparently dies. Corben's heart absorbs Lana's kryptonite nanites. After saving Lana from death via-time travel, his father Jonathan dies instead, effectively "balancing the scales." They return to Smallville, and Clark tells his parents he proposed to Lana. Contents 1 Marriages 2 Relationships 3 Friendships 4 See also Marriages Clark and After faking her death to escape and punish Lex for his betrayal, Lex found her and reassured her that she had nothing to fear from him, as well as agreed to leave her with the $10 million she had stolen from him as a form of divorce settlement. Throughout the season, Clark struggled immensely with this, knowing that Lex was manipulating her. Lois suggested that Clark get over Lana by looking for someone out of his "wheelhouse." In the unaltered timeline, Jonathan inadvertently avoided a confrontation with Lionel when Lanas accident happened. At the end between Superman's strength and Lana getting the engines working, the ship is able to escape upright and mostly intact. She tells Lois that she has a big decision to make. WebThe relationship between Clark Kent and Lois Lane has developed slowly over the years from bickering friends, dynamic partners and ultimately romantic lovers. No longer waiting to be saved or wanting help, she has taken action into her own hands to make sure that the people who have done her and others wrong pay, revealing a strong vengeful streak as well as a firm "eye for an eye" sense of justice. Laura Lang (mother, deceased)Henry Small (biological father)Lewis Lang (legal father, deceased) Tyler Small (paternal younger half-brother)Kaitlyn Small (paternal younger half-sister)Nell Potter (aunt)Dean Winters (uncle)Louise McCallum (great-aunt, deceased)Dex McCallum (great-uncle)Ezra Small (ancestor, deceased)Countess Margaret Isobel Thoreaux (ancestor, deceased)Jennifer Small (step mother) With Season Eight, romantic attraction begins to develop between them. She told him that she was going to go to Star City Hospital with Jimmy and will stay with him. In 2000, Pete became Lex Luthor's presidential running mate. Kara's powers are restored. Though Clark had been focused on Lana for most of his life, her absence allowed him to see Lois for the bright and lovable woman she is. When she questioned Clark about this, he insisted that he thought Lois was bossy, rude and that he couldn't stand her, but Lana replied by saying, "The best ones always start that way." Then some missiles appear fired against the monster and Superman decides to destroy the drone planes that fired them. With both of them acting erratically, they decided to crash Lana's engagement party, where Clark kidnap and left with Lana, Lana was shocked at his unusual behavior and ultimately rejected his advances. Whitney Fordman was simple and unassuming, but they were not soul mates. Lionel offers Chloe a deal to investigate Clark. But Clark's story doesn't end here, as Lois who has discovered Clark's secret saves him from near death. Jimmy is hospitalized in. At some point, Lana rode horses competitively, as she has dozens of riding awards. Lana watches Clark and Bart race from afar. It's at this moment that he turned into a villain,though he deceives himself into believing he is the hero of his own story. He even kills members of his own army when they fail or betray him, including the mother of his unborn child and a clone of Clark's biological father Jor-El. Lois Lane and Clark Kent are one of the most famous fictional couples of all time, but it took hundreds of episodes on Smallville before they cemented their Building on the fallout from Clark and Lanas breakup in season 5, season 6 hinged on Lanas relationship with Lex. When Clark visited a parallel universe in which he never arrived on Earth, he found out that Lana lived in Paris in 2008 and was happily married to a man named Pierre Rousseau with whom she had two children. Lana has occasionally shown that she puts her own beliefs. Lana's biological parents are Laura Lang and Henry Small, her legal father was Lewis Lang. Just as Clark's friendship was Lex was doomed from the start, so was his love affair with the girl next door,Lana Lang. Using a Kryptonian artifact called the Book of Rao, Clark is able to send the Kandorians to a "New Krypton," only to nearly die in combat with Zod. Committing himself completely to defending Metropolis as "the Blur," Clark trades in his hopeful and patriotic red and blue color scheme for a "Matrix"-inspired black trenchcoat. Lana says they must find a way to defeat him, and Lois suggests that the source of his power is his heart. Later, Clark tells to Lex that he and Lana didn't work out because he wasn't ready for that kind of relationship. In Smallville season 7, Lana started to realize that she could be holding Clark back from making the most of his abilities. John magnetizes the helicopter blades, causing it to fall from the sky. Lana made her first appearance in Superboy #10 (October, 1950), and was created by Bill Finger and John Sikela. Jonathan may have survived season 5, and perhaps even season 6, but sadly, theres a good chance that he wouldnt have lived to see Clark become Superman in the series finale no matter what happened in Reckoning. Lois was again there to support Clark, giving him a comforting hug after he watched the video and started to cry. As an energy storm tears through space, it nearly destroys the Russian Defense Platform and it's occupants, but they are saved by Superman. Darkseid arrives and Lionel trades his soul for Lex's life. Lionel spends several months in prison c. 2004. Shortly afterwards, Lana's car exploded sending Clark into a distressed fury. Lana seems to be shocked and horrified in the view of the dead creatures, who are now back to their normal form. She told Chloe, who got her reporter friend to look into it. Beyond that, Lex Luthor becomes the President-Elect of the United States, fulfilling his own dark destiny that's been hinted at and prophesied since the very beginning of "Smallville. When Lois visits Clark's apartment she finds a photograph of him with Lana and she asks him who is she and why they didn't eventually end up together living in his farm in Smallville. who conveniently looks exactly like Jimmy. Clark Kent had feelings for Lana from a very young age, but her kryptonite necklace prevented him from getting close to her. She tells Clark that he needs to remember his past and what made him when he goes into the future. Lois says to Lana that Clark gave her a watch that could be used as an alarm for him if she would ever be in danger but she realizes that she lost it apparently. He chased Lana in his car, and Lana was killed in a car crash. Lois and Lana became friends independently of Clark and organized Chloe's birthday together. Jor-El guides Clark into adulthood and warns of another T-1000-inspired A.I. After Baka returns to the Underworld with Ukur, Lana and Clark sit down together and after Clark apologizes to her for a fifth time, she tells him that it is okay if he is sad, because they have lost everything they went there for. Previously, Lana founded and managed the Isis Foundation, a non-profit devoted to helping meteor-infected metahumans, as well as also led the renovation of the Talon coffee shop. Tess destroys all the research to save Alexander. Oliver watches on amidst the crowds of Metropolis as the red and blue blur from Clarks cape flies into the sky and moves the planet away from Earth. (Source episode: Jimmy and Chloe get married. Although they try to put the pieces back together again once or twice, secrets and lies always come between them. Enraged, Lex commits patricide without remorse. It is later revealed that the self-sustaining energy globes are actually powered by the life essence of the meerkats and they are drained, painfully, to power this world. Lex finds Lionel, who reveals his captor to be Lana. Brainiac nearly manipulatesClark into becoming the vessel for a Kryptonian warlord named General Zod (played later by Callum Blue), but Clark's character triumphs. Jor-El in his rebuilt Fortress claims he isn't ready for it. An adult Lana continued to dress much more gracefully and elegantly than ever before, while still wearing jeans and sleek tops on occasion. Clark came to talk to Lois. (Source episode: Clark Kent receives his first kiss and from Chloe Sullivan (Source episode: Chloe helps an Ace Reporter at the Daily Planet on a story. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, Lana was the first person on the show to suggest the idea of Lois and Clark being together in a relationship. After battling a Darkseid-possessed Earth-2 Lionel, Clark arrives at the Fortress, ready to take up the red cape and blue tights as Superman. Lana Lang RELATED: Smallville Had A Unique Guest Star Problem. Eventually Clark tells her she is not in his way but by his side he tells her if she really wonts to call the wedding off, she will have to leave him standing at the altar. However, its important to note that his health issues would persist, so a fatal heart attack would have been on the table regardless. November 2011: Six months after Contact, Clark modifies the Superman costume to better suit his needs, and begins using more advanced technology. The Kents swear that Clark is still their son and continue to treat him as such no matter how many new abilities he develops. Clark was surprised that his mom was suggesting that he wants to kiss Lois, keep Chloe in his back pocket, while still in love with Lana, Martha tells Clark he needs to be more honest with his feelings. Lana found out about Clark's abilities when they were children when he saved her life, also most of Clark's powers activate for the first time when he is with Lana or when Lana is in danger (when they shared their first kiss it activated Clark's heat vision and when Lana was swept up in a tornado Clark flew for the first time and saved her). Lionel has Clark kidnapped. The following year, Martha takes over Jonathan's Senate seat and moves to Washington D.C., leaving Clark alone in Smallville. He bumped into Lois with some flowers for Lana. Lois also reveals that she will not write about Lana's secret in her article. Smallville Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. He also hired Otis as his personal assistant. Smallville Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. She tells him that he can stop acting as no one is looking and asks if he has their wedding rings. To guide him, the A.I. Martha miscarries, and Clark runs away. He has a degree in journalism from the University of Montevallo, and is the author of the psychological thriller and time travel novel, "A Man Against the World." However, Clark assures Lois that Lana was not coming to the reunion. She also reveals that she knows about the wedding and she is happy for both Lois and Clark. As the season unfolded, Lana went through some challenges of her own, including a miscarriage that turned out to be a trick by Lex to get her to marry him. Nicholas Raymond is a staff movies & TV features writer for Screen Rant. In a freak accident involving Kryptonian tech, Clark accidentally discovers another world dubbed Earth-2 inhabited by a villain named Ultraman, a version of himself who had been raised by an even more villainous Lionel Luthor. Tragic as many of their stories are, Clark's time battling meteor freaks help to prepare him for his destiny as Superman, giving him much-needed perspective and compassion while reminding him of the responsibility he has because of his own superpowers. Before Superman can corral them, the Ghost Soldier decides to save Lana by killing them. Lana also became a rival of Lois Lane, for Superman's affection. Though the final season takes place in 2011, the final few minutes of the series flash forward to 2018 where we see an established Clark and Lois at the Daily Planet working under PerryWhite (Michael McKean) and alongside Jimmy Olsen's younger brother who conveniently looks exactly like Jimmy. (Source episode: Chloe's meteor power manifests. (Source episode: The Fortress of Solitude is restored, but Brainiac returns and corrupts it. Lana Lang is the Business Editor at the Daily Planet. Lana returns to Smallville. Regardless, she continues doing philanthropic work in Africa, and occasionally operates as a Watchtower Network agent under the code name "Valkyrie". A bumbling Clark runs into Lois and knocks her stuff out of her hands. Published Sep 18, 2020. With no one to rely on but herself, Lana is also quite driven to pursue her goals. Well, a possessed Oliver actually, one infected by the darkness. But not everything is bad! Clark and Lois floating in mid air as their dance. In current comics continuity, Clark and Lana's relationship was portrayed as a typical mid-western high school relationship. She was a childhood friend of Clark and After that Superman fights with the Soldier, being obviously upset from all the deaths around him, which he also had a part in. They fight over friendships, ethics, and even love. Now confident in his ability to bring hope and change, Clark restores Oliver just in time to recognize Darkseid's final plan. WebPersonally, did you prefer Clark and Lana together or Clark and Lois? Swann also relays a message from Jor-El that implies that Clark is to rule the Earth "with strength." Unable to be near one another, Clark and Lana are forced to call it quits for good. Lois shows her feelings for Clark. Based on the comic book character of the same name, Lana was Clark Kents main love interest for most of the shows 10-season run. Clark decides to tell Pete his secret c. 2002. It is revealed that the dreaded monsters, that attacked Lana earlier, are little wide-eyed looking creatures. When Clark reveals his powers to Lana and then he takes her to the Fortress of Solitude and proposes to her, he tells her she doesn't have to answer right then and says he'll give her some time to think, considering that his secret is a big thing to deal with. Ukur also comments that Lana and Superman smell like a mated pair. Between Season Four and Season Seven, Clark and Suddenly, another gunshot rings out and Lana is shot from the back. Lois was forced to admit her feelings after both she and Clark were kidnapped by a jeweler and hooked up to a lie detector and electric chair. Lois seemed supportive of Lana's new relationship but also offered Clark support to adjust to life without Lana. As for why the departure had to happen, the reason is related (Source episode: Jimmy snaps a picture of Clark super-speeding to save Lois and discovers Clarks' identity. What would have happened if she had stayed dead? As he flies off to stop Apokolips from crashing into Earth, Lois takes a camera and after introducing herself begins to film the President. Lanas death would have deepened the tragic element of their romance while also making it increasingly difficult for Clark to move on. [3] Despite this, Lana developed a reputation for being a sweet girl pleasant, caring, as well as eager to help others by volunteering at Smallville Retirement Center, and running the school blooddrive. Nevertheless, once he was returned to normal by black kryptonite, she needed his help to investigate her cousin, Chloe Sullivan's, supposed death. Clark meets Lois at a LexCorp press conference and tells her they cannot prove Lex's involvement just yet. (Source episode: Images of alien beings on Apokolips begin surfacing, revealing to Mankind that aliens do exist. Smallville showrunners Al Gough and Miles Millar bodied the heck out Clana ( the fictional relationship between Clark Kent and Lana Lang on the 21-year But, after revisiting his past with a reprogrammed Brainiac 5 namely his father's death from years ago Clark overcomes his anger and pain. At the Daily Planet, Lois Lane and Clark Kent go back and forth about the Wedding Lois trying to convince Clark that they are going to call it off with Clark doing the opposite, taking her list of guests and phone to stop her from calling everyone. Clark, Lana, Jason and Lex go to China to find the, Chloe and Lana move to Metropolis to attend. Smallville, Season 7, Episode 7, Wrath, After some of Clark's powers are transferred Encouraged by his friends, his true love, his parents including the ghost of his father and even a newly resurrected Lex Luthor, Clark recognizes that it's time to publicly reveal himself and step into a role that "the Blur" could never fulfill. Clark and Lana have attempted to have a relationship several times, but for a long time he was unwilling to tell her the secret of his true origins to protect her from his enemies. Lana's response is that she had only one, meaning herself being away from Clark. She surprises him by telling him that the wedding is on. Jor-El sends Clark back through time to fix his mistake, but instead of opening himself up to Lana, Clark refuses to share his secret with her.