And while we're on gripes about the show, I have to say making the Clark/Lana/Lex triangle the origin of the Superman/Lex feud is terrible. For all those people out there who thought it couldn't get any dumber than "Superboy made my hair fall out", this show proves yes, it can get dumber. Yes it can.
The inability for characters to have a meaningful conversation so as to fabricate (what passes for) tension plagues a lot of these shows. A certain amount of that is inevitable in the TV convention, but after awhile it just gets teasingly stupid.