That really was fantastic! All of the Big Three were amazing, but Lana was just so spectacular. The way she took all those things that she used to use subconscious and innocently and just manipulated and covered and worked with them... it blew me away. She was so incredibly smart in this episode, too. She's always been clever, but this is the first time we got to see her think so quickly on her feet and use what she knows.

And I loved seeing the difference between Clark and Lana/Chloe's morality. Chloe brings up the idea of maybe not saving Lex. Lana sits on the info to save Lex until she needs it to save Clark. Neither of these things thrill Clark. This is a very good, solid reason why Clark and Lana could never actually work out in the end -- Clark couldn't live with the things that Lana would be willing to do.