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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maerdwyn" data-source="post: 1559155" data-attributes="member: 835">Chloe:  Lionel offered Chloe a weekly column at the Daily Planet.  In return, he wanted her to spy on Clark.  She refused, until her father was threatened with the loss of his job.  So she spied on Clark, he found out, and their friendship took a hit.  She eventually broke the deal off with Lionel, resulting in the loss of her column and the the loss of her dad's job.  To get leverage against Lionel, Chloe started investigating him, which he found out about.  He had the Torch offices trashed, and all the hard drives stolen from the computers.  Late in the season, while Chloe was investigating some LuthorCorp activities, she was sprayed with a Kryptonite gas which altered her pheremones or voice in some way, forcing anyone who spoke to her to tell the truth.  She almost gets Pete to spill the beans about Clark, but her tells her he loves her instead, and kisses her, effectively changing the subject.   Later in the episode, she forces Lionel to admit that he killed his parents, but Lionel then convinces her that this would be the last chance she would ever have of learning the truth about Clark Kent, so he sends her to ask the Kents where Clark came from - another indication that Lionel thinks Clark may be an alien.  The formula, however, was quite toxic, and she passesout before she gets there - Clark saves her by administering an antidote via a large syringe stabbed into her heart.   Chloe's characterization was - a bit all over the place this season, but by the end of the season, she was pretty much back to the way she was portrayed in the first season - nice to her firends, inquisitive, loyal, etc.  She is starting to learn to let certain leads alone when it comes to her close friends. ***** Pete Ross - The actor has left the show, and I can't blame him.  Pete's character was badly abused this season.  Sometimes he was just completely absent, sometimes used exclusively for product placement, sometimes as a sounding board for Clark.  Then came an episode called "Velocity"  in which we learn that Pete is one of the most popular kids in school, with hot girls hanging on him and everything.  "ROSS IS BOSS!"  was the chant, I believe.  He has become such a stud by illegally racing cars, powered by Kryptonite gasoline, out on remote roads, almost killing Martha Kent once in the process.   Huh?  Anyway, the ring leader was a murderous criminal high school dropout, who told Pete he'd have him killed if Pete didn't throw a race.  Pete didn't, and the guy was going to kill him outright, until Clark stole Lex's Porsche and offered it up as the prize in one final drag race between the two.  Huh?  Anyway, there was a bomb in Pete's car, which Clark saved him from, but the murderous guy crashed and died.  Clark blamed Pete for getting him involved in illegal activities, and the two didn't speak for a couple episodes.   Later in the season, Pete, after telling Chloe he loved her, explained to Clark that he never told her or him how he felt because he always felt like he was living in Clark's shadow - that he could never compete with Clark for a girl, or in anything else for that matter. Finally, Pete's parents announce a divorce out of nowhere.  Some crooked FBI agents beat him up at Lionel's instigation, trying to get him to reveal information about Clark.  His last important act in the series is to convinve Clark not to tell Lana his secret(he was planning to), because of the difficulty and danger Pete has experience trying to keep it.  He has moved to Wichita with is mom, a newly appointed federal judge.</blockquote>

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