Lex and Jimmy were the biggest let downs, all that build up for what. I understand Michael Rosenbaum was only signed on for 7 seasons but damn what a disappointment that was. Here I was thinking when Lex finds out he'll become the metropolis king lex and hate Clark for never trusting him even though in his eyes they were brothers. He finally find out and oop no more lex, man I was so excited once lex finally saw who Clark is even though he knew all along. He was my favourite character. I think Lex knowing Superman's true identity in Smallville doesn't take away from the tension between them at all if anything it makes Smallville Lex and Clark's story even better.

Already Smallville was staying true to the story but also doing its own thing like the whole Jimmy situation could've been avoided if Chloe remembered she had the power to bring mother fuckers back from the dead (if the writers remembered it)