Episode Report Card Omar G: F | 1 USERS: F YOU GRADE IT Love Is A Many Squandered Thing
By Omar G | Season 8 | Episode 14 | Aired on 02.05.2009
Oliver's private plane, which tends to do nothing but sit on the runway these days. Chloe is using a computer there with a wide, small screen. She's pulled up the employee profile of Winslow Schott, in which he looks like a sad-sack employee, wearing a white shirt and tie and no cool tinted glasses. Chloe has a phone connected to the computer and has transferred the profile over (or at least the photo; maybe she wants it as her phone's wallpaper). A sudden whoosh. Clark is surprised to find Chloe there. She does a bad job lying, saying that Oliver asked her to come pull some files from the LuthorCorp deal. Clark, suspicious, thinks it's weird that the company couldn't spare an employee to do that for Oliver. Chloe says it's because Oliver knows he can trust her. "I thought I could, too," Clark says. Oh, here we go. The screen in front of Chloe reverts to a screensaver as Clark comes close to it. He asks if she's chasing down a bombing lead. Chloe shakes her head, averts her eyes and walks away from him. "Sorry, Clark," she says. Clark says he knows that Oliver is trying to take out Lex. He understands why Ollie would lie about it, but doesn't know why Chloe would. "Because I don't want to lose you, Clark!" she snaps. She says Lex knows Clark's weakness and could kill him. Clark says that doesn't mean he's supposed to kill Lex first. It doesn't? Well how do you want the next 50 years to go down, exactly? Clark insists that he and Lex aren't in a battle to the death. Chloe asks Clark to open his eyes. She says Lex declared war on his former farmboy lover years ago. She asks why Clark hasn't done anything since Lex learned his secret. "I'm focused on the future!" he says. Ha! That's the lamest shit I've heard all week. Clark says he's trying to help people and not live in the past. Chloe thinks Clark is definitely still living in the past. She tells him Lex isn't the same guy he saved on the bridge eight years ago. Yeah, it's a whole other actor, in fact. Chloe says that Clark isn't recognizing the monster he's become. Clark says, "So because I'm not gonna kill someone, I'm in denial?" Clark arches his eyebrows. He says that Chloe could have destroyed the world when she was taken over by Brainiac, but Clark refused to kill her. That strikes her hard. She frowns and looks sad. "Here," she says. She hands Clark the phone with the profile on it. She says the guy is supposed to lead them to Lex. Great. Can you... show me how to work this thing? Clark says he'll be careful. Chloe watches him go, shaking her head. That dumb motherfucker.