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We saw two clark, two chloe, one lana and one oliver birthday. Never a lois one. Lois is seen the one planning and celebrating everyone’s birthdays and I love that about her. She bakes Clark a rum cake (3 cakes to get it right) and gifts him a journal engraved C.K., and says “Since you keep everything to yourself, I thought it might help”, which later makes him say she “knows him better than anyone”. She plans Chloe a whole birthday party at the barn and gifts her a beautiful vintage typewriter with Clark. She even gets Oliver to play beer pong on his birthday when his life wasn’t going great. I love this part of Lois so much because she probably never had big parties after her mom died and sister left. But she makes sure everyone feels extra special and loved on their birthdays. What a great girl.

We have no idea what happens on Lois’ birthday. I wish we had a smallville special with Lois and Clark celebrating Lois’ birthday with their kids and the old gang

As Clark Kent said:

“Brave, loyal and a force of nature” “I’ve never know someone with gentler grace or more pure of heart.”
Happy birthday to our rockstar!!

The film’s Lex had no depth, did not move me one bit. I can now understand why everyone says Michael Rosenbaum is the best ever lex. He had such a sinister charm and an incredible screen presence. He was interesting, layered, and aces the evil side. Clark and Lex dialogue is bloody brilliant in EVERY SCENE.

We also have the best Lois and Clark, the chemistry is literally out of the world. Every scene they’re in, you can see the gravity, the attraction pulling them together, whether they’re flirting or hurling insults at one another. Every little stare, every side eye, every smirk, every eye roll and annoyed look, every arm punch, every flirty banter, every kiss, screamed soulmates. If you watch the homecoming episode right after the movie, the chemistry between the leads is literally miles apart. Now you might say, we had more time with smallville Lois and Clark than in the movie, but I disagree because in smallville they had chemistry from the moment they met. Maybe tom and erica set impossibly high standards for clark and lois.

In the movie, clark and lois fight over something silly clark says ily first and lois says ilyt in the end. I was just not feeling it. When lois rescues clark from the pocket universe all he says is “you came to save me”, and they just silently walk to the air car. That’s it? That’s the dialogue that’s supposed to move me? Hell no.

If you take the homecoming episode where clark saves lois from the helicopter, though the action is awesome, what really lands is the one minute banter between them afterwards about the knocked out pilot and clarks cape and all. We see none of this excitement in the movie. There was no banter. Maybe they should’ve been written the pair with more depth. I mean just like pick any single Lois and Clark Smallville episode as a standalone film, homecoming/luthor/crossfire/pandora/gone/isis/icarus and you fill find it much better than the entire film.

Thank god for smallville’s Jonathan and Martha, they took the characters to a whole different level. The movie Kents had zero personality.
The time that Clark spends on the kent farm is so dry. I didn’t connect with jonathans actor at all, and when he tells clark, oh you are the choices you make,actions you take blah blah, it sounded so mundane, like they could’ve said what they wanted to say in a much more interesting way, but they chose to make it a cliche.

Oh and Kara calling Clark bitch and someone else calling him wuss? Cursing is the laziest form of humor writing. I know they’re trying to target genz but humor can be achieved in a clean and timeless way without turning superman into guardians of galaxy.
Tom’s Clark was such a great Clark, he had clean comedic moments with perfect timing and I enjoyed his non-verbal body language so much.

James Gunn screwed it up big time. The guy is a one trick pony and has just been making Guardians of galaxy over and over again and unsurprisingly, it doesn’t work with superman. He is making the characters suit his wacky style instead of adjusting his writing style to the characters.
Whose brilliant idea was to make this man write, direct and produce the movie? Did they think he was some know-it-all superhero? I actually liked GOTG, because it was supposed to be that way. But this just feels implanted and unnatural.

I don’t blame the actors. I just don’t think the actors were utilized well. Its the writing that was horrible. Dialogues lacked any depth and did not leave a mark in memory. It was like going through instagram comments on some trending post.

Can you even imagine if the show kept it budget after S4, Michael never left and lex turns into a supervillain menace, and there were no restrictions on Clois? (WB didn’t let Lois and Clark get together until the final seasons until superman returns got cancelled so the writers had to (and now regret) forcefully drag out the Lana arc)
In that case, Smallville would’ve broken all records.

I have the deepest gratitude for smallville writers for the legendary dialogue between all the characters. They had so many restrictions, cast exits, budget cuts, way too many episodes to write without a fully caped superman, and they still gave us a gem of a show. In S9 and 10, smallville gets a new life after S7 writers strike, even with literally only four series regulars left on the show, largely due to the incredible writing. Maybe Gunn needs to hire them for the upcoming DC films if he wants to save his reboot from being a goddamn train wreck.

Like Jonathan says “Always hold onto Smallville.”

P.s: To those bothered that I’m sharing my personal opinion on a movie with widely mixed audience reviews: I’m not invalidating your opinion if you liked the film, I am simply sharing mine. Truly brilliant scripts don’t need more than a single movie to stand out. We have many amazing films to prove it. I feel even one hour episodes watched as standalone pieces like homecoming/luthor/pilot/finale feel richer with more profound dialogue than the 2 hour forgettable movie, and that shouldn’t be the case for a massive budget highly awaited Superman reboot film. It must be RICHER OR ATLEAST ON PAR with smallville’s good episodes. But the writing fell flat to me. I love supes and I really went in wanting to love the film.

(Also, there are some toxic fans on this sub body-shaming Erica Durance because they’re still bitter that Lois is the love of Clark’s life. They’re horribly picking out and mocking Erica’s features. Try to report those awful posts made by even more awful “fans”.)

Please read this as a prologue: https://www.reddit.com/r/Smallville/s/uYXw6PQzT9

Lois is back from the future after three weeks and brings Clark Kent back to life. He can’t stop thinking about her, picturing her face during training with Jor-El. Jor-El says Clark is still tethered to humanity by someone he can’t seem to let go of. I mean, this guy got over it when his girlfriends (Alicia, Lana) died, but abandoned his life, cut off his friends who reminded him of her, and declared himself dead after Lois (a girl who isn’t even his girlfriend) left.

He is constantly lectured by Jor-El and Chloe to leave his human attachment, Lois Lane, behind. Clark blatantly ignores their advice, and lies to them, while secretly talking to Lois as the Blur; he falls deeper in love with Lois as he sees a different side of her (as he admits in Hostage). The Blur saves Lois from the she-ninja and Metallo, all while Lois misses Clark, not realizing he’s her mystery hero.

Some lines from the episodes:

Clark to Lois: “I should disappear. I’m supposed to. But I can’t”

Chloe to Clark: “For three weeks you’re completely off the radar, Lois shows up for one day, and you’re as predictable as clockwork”
“Skulking around a phone booth looking for Lois”

Clark to Chloe: “Maybe I can’t do this. Maybe I can’t completely stay away.”
Chloe to Clark: “Stay away from her (Lois), you mean?”

Clark is back at the daily planet:

Lois, after kidnapping his dog and staring at his nameplate: “I didn’t even notice you were gone.”
(Only if she knew what happened in the future lol)

Clark: “I missed you too, Lois.”
Clark has finally dropped all pretenses with her. (Well, he died when she left, so.)

Hilariously, Clark asks Lois to tell him about her helping the Blur, a story he knows all too well, since he’s already lived it, just to enjoy her totally gushing about him. He gives her the puppy-dog eyes, the lovey-dovey-only-for-Lois smile, and his full & undivided attention. So smitten. So adorable.

This is the moment Clark mentions in the S9 finale:
“Lois, I felt so lost, and when I came back, you were there waiting for me,
You jumped out of your seat, you threw your arms around me, and the way that your eyes sparkled when you smiled, I just knew. I knew you were the one I’ve always needed and I needed you to know that.”

And in his vows: “Whenever I felt lost, you brought me back”

This is absolutely brilliant and true to comic canon. Whenever Superman goes off to fight in space, he always comes home because of one person: Lois Lane. There’s a comic moment when he is trapped for 3,000 years on a distant planet, and the only thing that kept him going was seeing Lois one day. He finally comes home to her. To her, no time has passed, but to him, 3,000 years have passed waiting every day to be with her.
I wonder if Smallville’s “three weeks” is a subtle nod to this comic reference of “3,000 years.”

Season 8 is the ultimate turning point in Clark Kent’s life. Okay, I know how most of us feel about Clana return, and I absolutely agree that it is the Aos/Arc of shit.

BUT. WE ARE MISSING THE BIG PICTURE IN CLARK’S JOURNEY.

In S7, Clark doesn’t stop the Lois banter even when Lana is supposedly dead. He is at home, with his dog, happily joking with Kara, Lois, Chloe, and you even see him smile and giggle. So, Lana comes back and he gets back with her, only to realize she’s not the idealized innocent-girl-next-door version in his head, and is actually much darker. She kidnaps lionel, tries to kill lex, hurts Clark and Lois with Clark’s powers, falls more in love Clark’s opposite Bizzaro than Clark. He still stays, as she already knows his secret, he goes “not everyone can live with the double identity thing”. Even bizzaro called Clark out saying
“He lies to himself that he still loves her because he’s too worried about doing the right thing”

Clark admits that he doesn’t recognize Lana anymore, and all this while, didn’t want to look under the surface to see who she really is. When she says that he doubts that she’s the one he’s gonna end up with, the guy doesn’t even deny it, he just goes “I can’t tell you the future and I don’t know what’s gonna happen to us”, Clark is so non-committal, but he’s superman, he wants to see the good in people, and gives everyone multiple chances, Lex, Alicia, Lana, because deep down he’s scared to be alone.

Now, Lana leaves him before S8, and he is just fine. More than fine. He “gets off the farm gets a job” and actually embraces life. Gosh, he flirts with Lois for 7 months non-stop, all while still in denial of his feelings.

Some of Clark’s lines to Lois in S8:

Before AoS:
“I’m gonna be a little closer to home. Looks like we’re going to be neighbors Lane.”
“Why? Were you worried about me?”
“You think I have a charming smile?”
“I was your knight in shining armor?”
“Do you always wear so little on the first date?”

After AoS:
“Isn’t there a limit to how tight a shirt can be to meet dress code?”
“I didn’t realize there was room for introspection underneath that costume”
“I’ve searched everywhere. There’s no sign of Lois…
Home? I don’t have a home”

The flirty dynamic is consistent from Day 1
Examples:
S4 Lucy: Lois serving coffee, Clark: “It’s like a free floor show.”
S5 Exposed: Shamelessly gawks at Lois strip a sailor costume and can’t look away (while dating Lana): Clark: “Aye Aye Sailor”

The chemistry in Bride is insane. By now, all their friends, Jimmy, Chloe, Oliver and even Lana and, even villains like Maxima, Electric chair psycho and Zod’s wife, have all pointed out Clark’s buried feelings for Lois.

When Lana returns in Bride, she is still being duplicitous with Clark regarding her motivations for being back and hiding things from him. Chloe tells him to not hurt Lois in the process of closure if he doesn't know what he wants. He admits things with Lois are unsure because their relationship hadn't yet moved past harmless flirtations, Lois to this point had not admitted her true feelings for him, and she left town before they could even talk about their "almost kiss". “Don’t take your love away from me” plays as Lois’ departs, sending Clark spiraling back into the toxic, yet familiar Lana rut. The fact that she knows his secret vs having to put himself out there anew with Lois is also reason why he relapses. Clark blames himself for Lana taking the powersuit and regrets telling her his secret in a dvd scene. In Power, she actually stole it because she “needs the power” and it makes her “feel good”, but she convinces Clark she did it so they can be together. Poor guy. Clark mentions that he and Lana have been back and forth so many times that he almost feels like he owes it to their relationship to give it one more shot. This doesn't sound like a ringing endorsement of a love everlasting.

When Lana finally exits, Clark makes zero effort to get the kryponite out of her(which we know is possible from the S11 comics). The very next episode he’s back to his happy life flirting with Lois at the Daily Planet, he calls Lois “special” in Infamous, but doesn’t show up at coffee shop because he is genuinely scared to get hurt again, because his last relationship was nothing but, misery and hurt and drama. He’s actually never been in a healthy relationship, he can’t even imagine one.

Yet, the more he tries to bury his feelings for Lois, the more they surface. Chloe even comments that he hasn't brought up Lana's name once since she's left, but spends a few hours as Lois and immediately clocks how into Lois Clark actually is: his “non-stop puppy-dog eyes”, all the flirty comments, and banter. He’s literally written down and framed Lois Lane’s rules of reporting ffs. Lois is going on a date, so Clark’s jealous and wants to call her up on her date night to “see if shes available”, really clark?

And finally in stiletto, when he talks to her as the blur and sees a different side of her, he falls deeper in Love with her (as he admits in S9 Hostage), she’s the first person ever to ask him what HE needs, wanting nothing in return. The look on Clark’s face after the call shows that there’s no turning back from his feelings now.

So the point of this season is, it was never about Lana, the powersuit hastened the breakup. Even if that didn’t happen, when Lois comes back, breaking up with Lana is inevitable. The nostalgic whirlwind bubble will break and Clark will see who the “love of his life” is. He would’ve tried his best to bury his feelings for Lois and stay with Lana, until he can’t anymore, until Lois leaves with the legion ring and he realizes that Lana doesn’t fill the void that Lois left behind.

End of S8, When he thinks Lois is gone of good, he says he “doesn’t have a home” and “Clark Kent is dead”, and abandons his whole life and friends, including his mom, a mourning widow:Chloe, and a depressed Oliver. Future Clark literally considers himself to be dead without Lois.
The world is literally ending all because he refused to work with his friends who remind him of Lois and it’s “too painful”. It’s so crazy he feels this great loss for a girl he hasn’t even dated yet.

He later realizes that he cannot “live in a world where lois doesn’t love him” contrast to when in S7, he found out Lana is married with two kids in an alternate reality, (while he was dating her back in his world), and says that’s the best news he ever heard.
Lana loses her kryptonite in S11 comics, and Clark doesn’t care one bit and is fully in love with Lois.

The way that it is ultimately done may not have been the best, but I think Clark had to lose both Lana and Lois, to understand just how deeply he feels for Lois. To understand the difference between loving an image of someone vs truly loving someone.
He needed that first loss that he thought would break him, to be something he overcame, only for this other loss to completely wreck him in a way he never expected. Clark losing Lois is the slap in the face wake up call that Clark needed to fully see how important and integral to his life Lois is. She got under his skin on day 1 and she's been there ever since. And once she comes back, it brings Clark Kent back to life. And once Clark starts pursuing Lois like the confident man she has helped him become, he never looks back, and he never regrets loving her with a deep unending love that consumes him. She is “the one and always will be”. He can't “live in a world where she doesn't love him.” She's his strength, he trusts her more than anyone else. She is the love of his life and nobody compares.

Lets end this with Kristen Kreuk’s own words:

"I think that they probably would have gotten to the place eventually, i don't know but based on where this story goes they would have go to a place where they came to a conclusion that they weren't right for each other in the end"

"I think by end its clear that (lois) is his choice, that she's who he picks and she's great for him and they're great for each other. Clark and Lana never got a chance to develop a mature relationship, they were very much still in a childhood place with so much trauma they never solved”

Okay, so chloe and lana both clearly see clark and lois ending up together as soon as she shows up. Lana even goes, “the best ones always start that way”, and though Chloe never really pushed the idea as we can see the jealousy in the dunk tank scene, in season 9, she says “you’ve had feelings for Lois since the 1930s, I was wondering when you were gonna make your move”

And ollie is spot on when he first sees them together, with “If I lived under a roof with such a beautiful woman, I would’ve masked my feelings under sarcasm too” which goes perfect circle when he toasted to them in their engagement party “Congratulations on finally figuring out what we’ve all known for a VERY long time, Lois and Clark are destined to be together”

It’s so great that all the characters (hell, even villains: zod’s wife, queen maxima) who sense their undeniable chemistry early on, actually got to see them end up together.

But poor jimmy, not only did he miss his happily ever after with chloe, but he never got to see the Clark and Lois romance that he ALWAYS shipped and envisioned. I mean he’s the one who brings them together in Season FIVE crimson,
Jimmy: “You can’t deny the chemistry”

S8 Identity:
Jimmy: “Lois, did you just give Clark Kent a compliment?” grins cheekily as he can see they’re falling for eachother

S8 Bride:
Lois: Clark doesn’t like me, he likes driving me crazy.
Jimmy: Flirtation 101. That’s what a guy does when he’s into a girl. Trust me, Lois and Clark would be great together.
Even calls him “Mr. Right”

This guy shipped them for YEARS, can you imagine how much he would’ve gloated in S9 when they end up together?

Jimmy was right about doomsday, about Clarks secret AND his feelings for Lois. It’s just so tragic how it all ended. Jimmy was a wise man.

My favorite was when he said
“Clark could not be who he was on smallville without Lois, because it pushed him into different areas that he wouldn’t have gone to with Lana, cause the Lana thing was juvenile in a lot of ways”

And also how he passionately says
“I don’t think there’s a version of Clark leaving Lois for Lana”
which is spot on, as in S11 comics Lois tells Clark that Lana loses the kryponite and he’s so unbothered, he goes “cool what do you want for dinner” 😂
We love Tom for being so real!!

In general, I prefer S9 to S10 because we finally get to see the weekly adventures of the dynamic duo, Clark and Lois, at the Daily Planet. The whole vibe of it is just too cool. Every episode tops the last. Clark really opened up, and we got to see a more fun and free side of him when he’s with Lois. Even the recent Superman movies don’t delve that much into Lois and Clark working together as partners. It’s refreshing and fun, with action, romance, and comedy.
Now, I do wish S10 used the whole “Clark and Lois at the Daily Planet” dynamic more than it did, because Lois was kind of used as a plus-one to Clark in maybe 3/4 of the episodes instead of the legendary and intrepid reporter, Lois Lane. I do understand they had to slowly work Lois into Superman’s world, so they kind of pulled them away from the Daily Planet, but I do crave more of Clois as partners.
Some episodes in S10 knock it out of the park: “Homecoming,” “Harvest,” “Luthor,” “Fortune,” “Prophecy,” and “Finale.” Amazing stuff. We also get to watch iconic Clois milestones, though I wish they lasted longer than two-minute scenes. The end credits/opening song would roll just as we started gushing.
So this is why I feel “Masquerade” stands as an underrated episode in S10. Clark Kent is at his best after ten seasons. He’s finally shed the nervous and unsure image and grown into a confident young man. He has asked the love of his life to marry him. He has conquered almost all the fears and doubts he had growing up. He is even going global. Even Darkseid deems him “incorruptible” and says he is now “more self-assured, with more love in his heart.”
Just one problem, though: Clark Kent commands respect and admiration. So people are catching on that our super-confident, super-cool, super-stud might actually be superpowered. Lois is told that she is lucky to be engaged to such a super guy. So, how does he keep his secret? He doesn’t want to wear a mask. Finally, he comes to terms with adapting, or rather, going back, to a nervous and clumsy nerd persona, puts on the glasses, to be “too normal to be super.”

Incredibly selfless, yet tragic. After all these years, he’s finally grown into the self-assured, confident man he always wanted to be, and he looks amazing next to the charming Lois Lane. Yet he gives it all up to become an average Joe so he can save the world as Superman. Well, at least he gets to be himself when he’s home with Lois, I guess.
This carries on into the “Booster” episode, where he’s fully embraced his new image so people can “look down on Clark Kent to look up to the Blur.”
It ends with one of my favorite scenes, where Clark is worried about what the world will think of Lois: “The strong and incredibly sexy Lois Lane is into this new Clark Kent? How could she ever be interested in this?”
Lois replies, “We can make this work. Oh boy, can we.”

Okay, so I read an interview article that quotes Kristen saying she quit because she hates love triangles, and someone here said it’s actually because she hated being on the losing side of one (with Lois). They pointed out that she did not mind when she was on the winning side against Chloe, or when she went through the whole “Clark, tell me your secret or I’ll marry Lex” triangle.
Did she not want the Clana arc to end with Clark consciously choosing Lois (who brings out his humor and joy) and finally admitting to Lana that she’s not the one, simply because they made each other miserable instead of happy? This would dull Lana in light of Lois.
Alright, fine. Then why not have Lana and Clark both choose to end the toxic cycle? That would have been somewhat of a redemption for Lana after falling in love with Clark’s friend-turned-enemy, Lex, loving Bizarro (Clark’s opposite) more than Clark, and going behind Clark’s back for revenge and power multiple times. I don’t know why the actors, writers and showrunners wouldn’t want this happening unless there is some other unknown reason.
Even the Phantom points out that Clark is lying to himself that he loves her because he’s so worried about doing the right thing. Hell, even Lana says he doesn’t want to taint the perfect image he created of her. She tells Clark that he is having doubts that she’s the one he’s meant to be with. And Clark just goes, “I can’t tell you the future or what will happen to us.” That’s some serious foreshadowing for a final breakup because of incompatibility.
And not to forget, his new life after Lana leaves, when he joins the Daily Planet, is frankly awesome. We see him smile, laugh, and flirt all the time with Lois. (“You think I have a charming smile?” “Why, were you worried about me?” “I was your knight in shining armor?”) Contrast this with the three weeks when Lois disappears before Season 9, and he practically “dies” without her and leaves his whole life behind.
And when I thought about it, there are 101 ways Clark could realize Lana is not the one, finally grow up, and grow out of it. He could simply tell her that he will always care about her as a friend. That would have been a mature breakup, true to the character of Clark Kent across the comics and adaptations.
Because Clark would never go back to Lana after all the flirting with Lois, Zod’s wife pointing out his feelings for Lois, the non-stop chemistry, the puppy-dog eyes, and almost kissing Lois at Chloe’s wedding. It’s just so out of character for the honorable Clark Kent. And the Clana kiss at the roof of the daily planet is just a disservice to almost a 100 years of Superman where the daily planet was always lois and clark’s turf. No wonder the No 1 Erica hater, Allison Mack (chloe actress) directed that episode.

Lana was never meant to be more than a high school romance. Even the show creators stated time and time again that she should’ve left after Season 3. So if they feel that way, tom feels clana should’ve ended long before, the horrible Season 8 Clana arc, right after Clois almost kissed, whose idea was it? Fan service for Clana worshippers? Kristen refusing to go out as the girl who lost Clark Kent?
Couldn’t they just have written Clark and Kristen’s characters as growing out of it and ending things because they don’t belong together?
I know the show runners said the kryptonite thing to be a metaphor for them being toxic and those two not meant to be. But making that the reason for the breakup? Really? When so many obvious and better reasons already exist? Why resort to a metaphor when you can put it in plain and simple dialogue and actually stay true to the characters?
The thing with the Oliver, Clark, and Lois triangle is that Lois stayed true to character. She refused to get back with Oliver, stating boldly and clearly that she’s into Clark. And Oliver actually takes it okay. He gives her some space, moves on, and they even later become great friends. None of the character arcs are ruined because of this triangle.
The Clana kryptonite breakup in Season 8 was the single worst idea of the entire show.

I know the Season 11 comics show that Clark doesn’t even bother one bit that Lana has lost the kryptonite when lois tells him about it, and is fully and completely in love with Lois. But I wish that had happened in the show instead of the comics.

Maybe next time someone catches Tom Welling at a Comic Con, they could ask him whose horrible idea this was and why he didn’t protest, considering he has been a Clois shipper since day one, always affirming that lois is perfect for clark, and even stated in an interview when Season 3 was out that clark and lana “should just cut ties or become friends.” In a recent comic con when a fan asked if clark would choose lana in a parallel universe, tom says along the lines of “nowhere would clark ever choose lana instead of lois” So Tom, how did they ever get you to agree to this?

Yes, I know Lois and Clark are soulmates and “all is well that ends well,” but I’m on this rewatch, currently on Season 8. So far, Maxima tells Lois that Clark was only able to pull away because he’s attracted to Lois, and Lois admits her feelings on the lie detector test, and Zod’s wife calls Clark out with, “You have feelings for this creature.” Literally everyone on the show knows they’re into each other, including Jimmy and Chloe, and yet they fight it until the dance and almost-kiss at Chloe’s wedding.
All this incredible development is ruined when Lana comes back, and Clark regresses like 2–3 seasons. (We all hate it and know it had to happen because of Kristin’s contract for five more episodes, and even the writers regret dragging the Lana thing out for too long because it was unhealthy and annoyingly repetitive.) So Clark, being Clark, falls back into the rut of what’s known and familiar with Lana because “Lois is so Lois.” Basically, he’s not up for the challenge yet.
But what a gigantic waste of massive Clois buildup all season. Conveniently, Lois moves away for the month Lana is back (Erica signed on for a movie because they didn’t give her clarity about her contract or something), and Clark sends Lois three 10-second voicemails during this time. Once she’s back, Lois brings up the almost-kiss at the wedding and says, “Let’s get coffee… or not.” He goes, “Okay,” then stands her up.
The coffee shop scene was just awful for Lois. He could’ve just said, “No, Lois, I don’t want to get coffee,” or simply agreed with her when she suggested they should forget the almost-kiss ever happened.
After this, although Clark tells Chloe that things with Lois haven’t been smooth lately, they’re still constantly talking (with her leaving him six voicemails from the airport). Lois goes on a date with another guy in the Hex episode, and like the amazing girl boss she is, says, “Let’s keep the game on the field and bury the sparks.” You go, girl. Clark still keeps up with the “non-stop puppy dog eyes” and the flirting and all.
I know he makes up for much of it in Seasons 9 and 10, when he pines over her and woos her all the time with the whole “I died when you left,” “I can’t live in a world where you don’t love me,” and “You’re the one,” and the season 11 comics kind of fix the lana thing when lois tells clark that lana is back, and shes normal having lost all the kryptonite, clark’s so nonchalant like “cool, what do you want for dinner”

But I still think Lois let him get off too easily after the Lana drama and then immediately standing her up, especially after he himself pulled her onto the dance floor at the wedding.
I mean, the girl got so many mixed signals in Season 8, I’m shocked she didn’t just punch clark and tell him to go to hell. She remained a great friend and partner, and finally, in Season 9, when he comes back after feeling lost without her and asks her out, she says yes, and they get their happy ending.
Unlike Clark, who never tells Lana about Lois and is too much of a coward to turn Lana down, Lois turns down Oliver when he says he still loves her and actually acknowledges to Ollie that she’s into Clark. She really is holding out for her hero.

Is Lois incredibly smart to patiently wait out all the mixed signals from Clark, all while staying close to him, until he had the guts to act on his feelings? Or should she have handled things differently? Maybe an episode of Bruce Wayne dating her, like in the comics, or even just partnering up with someone else in the bullpen for a change? Or maybe an episode where clark watches lois dance with a handsome hunk and quietly regrets his every life choice? You know, like nothing big, just a moment where he realizes he might need her more than she needs him.
Lois is such a great character. She just goes, “Clark Kent, you’re back!” after all the confusing things he’s said and done. “Brave, loyal, and a force of nature,” in Clark’s own words.