4.12, Pariah
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 next day, Chloe's cousin berates her for spending time at the Torch; "Ever think of getting out more?" Chloe brushes it off, pointing out that her cousin ran away from college that week. Her cousin ignores her claiming that she doesn't buy into Chloe's theory at which point Chloe stops her and points out that it's not just a theory, that it's real and that Alicia is the proof. By this point they are at the lockers and Clark interrupts their conversation, he wants to know if Chloe has anyone else with the same or similar powers in her database. A op-ed writer for the Torch, Tim, hands in an article to Chloe and asks her cousin out on a date. Chloe pushes her cousin into it after seeing EDLois sing to him at the Talon the night before; she ask Tim for any leads and he points the blame at Alicia.
Action Comics #662, cover
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After getting upset with Clark for not believing her, Alicia goes to the Torch where she finds Chloe - "ace reporter." She asks why Chloe's ignoring the truth about Clark, and Chloe points out that she has no reason to trust Alicia. Alicia claims she'll prove it so Chloe can write "the story of a life time." She teleports both of them to a car and starts driving them down the road; Chloe askes what she's doing - and Alicia says that it's Chloe's next headline. Alicia calls Clark, claiming the breaks of the car are faulty, and Clark runs over. Alicia teleports them out of the car. Chloe is worried, and starts questioning what he's doing -- and watches as Clark catches the car in mid air and runs off. "Oh, my God!"*
On her date, Chloe's cousin figures out that Tim is crazy. She runs into Chloe at the Talon who is mulling over what just happened over a cup of coffee. She thinks that Clark is "probably zipping around looking for Alicia." She agrees to give her cousin a call if Clark shows up at the Talon. Chloe sits there still dumbstruck.
The next day her cousin heads back to the city, and sees Chloe studying the Wall. She questions Chloe if she's looking for signs of Tim's mutation, wondering if there were thinks that she could of done differently. Chloe is upset about starting the Wall at all, that all she's done for four years was expose people and wonders if she's seen too much. Her cousin reminds her that "you're a reporter. You investigate and expose. That's who you are." Chloe tells her that it "sucks being [her]" sometimes then. Chloe asks her for advice, if she should tell someone that she knew their secret even if that person didn't want her to know. Her cousin advises her that if the secret isn't dangerous to just be supportive and maybesomeday the person will trust her with it - after all people keep secrets for a reason. After she leaves, Chloe pulls Clark's articles off the Wall and wonders aloud why he didn't just tell her.
You're a reporter. You investigate and expose. That's who you are.
Chloe goes out to meet with Clark in the cemetery.** Chloe tells him that she's so sorry about what happened, realizing that "it must’ve been so hard being so different, having everyone judge you before they even know you, knowing that there’s some people that might never accept you." She tells him that she's there incase he ever wants to talk and he thanks her.
* The shot of Chloe's face is extremely similar to the book cover where Clark reveals his secret to Lois in the Modern Age. The car catch is from Action Comics #1.
** Playing in this scene is Deeper Water by Minnie Driver. According to Minnie's website, the song is about learning how to love again after loss and how scary that is.