Well, in Vessel, Lana runs to Chloe after she sees Lex taken by the space ship--yes, it's desperation, but it highlighted to me that there is still a facade of friendship in place. Of course the substance of their relationship has been more or less completely eroded, and when Lana said 'what if he's dead', Chloe's silence felt really awful--because we know she doesn't really care and would be quite glad if he was. I guess I just feel there's been cause enough for a more overt 'falling out' between them. And Lana's being too trusting of Chloe still--leaving those Luthorcorp documents around and expecting she won't look at them. Foolish.

Yes, there is a territorialism when it comes to favourite characters which I don't understand. Personally, the more characters I enjoy watching, the better! But many people behave as if one character directly threatens another. I guess it's human, but when people argue from their emotional prejudices in a rational/analytical forum, it makes me uncomfortable. The hardcore Chlois people scare me, for example! Ah well.

Of course it's uncomfortable admitting that your favourite character isn't perfect/the most interesting at any one time--I feel Lois was wasted space in the second half of this season, and that pains me, but I just have to hope they redeem her plots a bit in S6.