Iron Age

Chloe is working in the Torch* when she notices the power doesn't work, there is no one in the halls, and the only other person she can find has been turned into a plastic mannequin.  She's stuck inside a model of the Smallville High building, on the last day of class with no idea how she got there.  Eventually she runs into two other students who inform her that they're being watched.  Brendan, a photographer at SHS, comes out and reveals that he's controlling it all.  "Some of us didn't get into our dream colleges like you," he snipes at her, trying to convince her to stay 'in high school' with him so she won't be disappointed.  Brendan shows her that he turns the people into mannequins with the clear threat that if she tries to escape, she'll be one too.

Alicia is still in town, and is now sort of dating Clark.  They go to the karaoke at the Talon where they have mixed reactions from the crowd, including a bad reception from Lana.  When someone who can teleport tries to kill Lana, everyone thinks it's Alicia.  Chloe and her cousin meet Clark up at the hospital after the attack and Chloe warns him that the sheriff suspects Alicia; Clark points out about the bracelet and bout Chloe and her cousin remain skeptical.  (Clark later tries to make her a new special bracelet later in the episode but he can't.)

The story starts off with Chloe putting a bet on the football game to Mikhail Mxyzptlk* - a foreign exchange student who has the power to control the odds.  Chloe puts her money down on Smallville to win, citing that she "never bets against Clark Kent" even though she hates to admit it.  Mikhail uses his powers to make Clark trip on the field and almost loose the game - he does make Clark tackle and nearly take out an opposing team member; it brings up the issue of steroids and questioning Clark's ability to play with other people.

Lionel is meeting with his paid-off agent, Loeder who claims "I can't control some bleach-blond Pulitzer wannabe from dredging up evidence for a decades-old homicide." Meanwhile,Chloe's working in the Torch; Jonathan visits her with the tea cup that Kara used.  Jonathan asks her to run the prints as a personal favor; Chloe backs off her third degree and agrees, telling him it might take a little time.

She meets with Lex later that night; Lex reveals to her that his dad is sick and dying and she gives Lex an out to stop with the legal process.  Lex says he's not giving up; his father is a dying man with little to loose. However, he wants her to have all the facts of what's going on before she commits; she assures him that she's "not backing down."

I can't control some bleach blond Pulitzer wannabe from dredging up evidence for a decades-old homicide!

Chloe is at the Metropolis courthouse waiting for Clark to show up - in a pretty black suit.  She talks with Lex, questioning why Clark wouldn't show up at all - and notices Clark (in his standard 'Superman' SV outfit) through the crowd. Clark breezes past Lex and her; she takes off after him leaving Lex alone.

After going blind in a freak accident involving kryptonite and heat vision, Clark attempts to go back to school; sounds suddenly become amplified, specifically Chloe talking on a cellphone(unknowingly) yards away.*   She's arguing with Lionel Luthor about researching Clark yet again; she reiterates that she's done with their deal.  Lionel warns her from going back to Lex at all and tells her she will give him a new report on Clark.

Chloe visits him later in the day, clueless that he knows the truth.  Clark brings up Lionel anyway, asking her how long she's been dealing with the billionaire.  Chloe admits that it's been since last spring but she didn't tell him anything he didn't already know and he wasn't sharing anything with her.   Clark is livid that she traded him for a column and some new Torch computers regardless; she replies that Lionel caught her at a moment of weakness.   Chloe adds that once Lionel had a hold of her, he didn't want to let go; she thought of all people, Clark would of understood making a stupid decision.

Smallville, Episode 3.07: Chloe and LanaChloe and Lana go to the end of the fair to have a fun time; while there Chloe points out that Clark not wanting to get back together with Lana is his issue, not Lana's.   Seth Nelson works at the fair and sneaks her a prize; he as a crush on Lana.  Chloe tells Lana to "expand her horizons."

Later, Chloe's waiting for Clark to come help her with the Torch.  Instead, it's Lex who says he's discovered that Chloe's looking into his father's past including obscure medial records.   He also tells her that he know she's a "good reporter" and that his father pulled string to make her the youngest reporter in the history of the Daily Planet.*  Chloe tells him he can tell his father if he wants, since only by looking at them as well could he know that she visited the Metropolis County Records.

Smallville, Episode 3.05: Clark and PerryPerry White has come to Smallville in search of a story; he claims the Torch has become known in the "bug-eyed freak" circles and has Clark take him to see the Torch offices.  Perry is impressed by the Wall when Chloe enters, claiming that "it's also all true" once Clark introduces her.  Chloe balks at the idea that X-Styles will "borrow" her "ideas"; she tells him that she has a "penchant for the truth."  Clark tells Perry to leave when Chloe notices that he's "the" Perry White; Perry leaves telling the two "young lovers" to patch things up.   Chloe is disappointed that Clark has no clue who Perry was.