by dinky on Sat Feb 18, 2006 3:55 pm
the show has been pretty clear that clark's mom is the one that got away for lionel (ala lana for lex). I would be good with that being his only motive and then lex turning into what his father was (we're pretty much there now but...), going the whole 9 and killing daddy-o.
incidentally, this was one of the little intrigues that I thought the late 90s superman cartoon pulled off very well. lex, who still harbors a sweet spot for lana (now a bigtime fashion designer) and is constantly battling superman, brings lana to metropolis for some convention or something. superman saves her and she's like "thanks clark." the typical "wha? how'd you know? blah blah blah" follows, and lana says something like "oh come on. you were always there. blah blah blah." (she's not quite so retarded as her incarnation on smallville? more empowered anyway) meanwhile, clark/supes is now all about lois, of course. iirc, it was only one 30min ep. so no epic arc or anything. just handled well.
Life ducks, and you sigh.