Now let's get outta here. But first, where are my blue spandex tights?
Great Exchange:
Chloe: "Can you fly?"
Clark: "I may be an alien, but I'm not a cartoon."

So Clark and Chloe know that the geeky-looking kid bought it at the cave rave, and that Pete, who was also there, is now acting weird. So what does Clark do? He brings Chloe back to that cave herself. Real smart, Clark.

If Pete had that large kryptonite rock in his fist when he punched Clark outside Lana's place, then Clark should've been weakened long before Pete punched him. (But yeah, that shot of Pete punching him and Clark getting totally knocked out was cool.)

Were Chloe and Pete wearing they're seatbelts? I don't recall, but somehow, I doubt it, given their adrenaline wildstreak. (Can someone confirm?) Assuming they weren't, even if Clark caught the car, Chloe and Pete should've been killed. After all, what difference does it make if it's Clark stopping the car or the ground?

I'm glad that even though they pressed the reset button with Chloe's memory of Clark's secret, they didn't do so with Lana and Clark's relationship. They could've punked out and had Clark say something vague like "I wasn't myself," and have Lana buy that, but they're actually doing the very plausible thing by showing the effect that the events in this episode having on their relationship. Clark can't easily explain what happened without it sounding lame, so they're taking the more dramatically meatly route. Nice job.

Same with the Lex/Clark relationship. There were no apologies or easy answers there, either.

I still can't quite figure out why Clark doesn't flat out tell Lana the truth. I realize why they don't do this from a dramatic standpoint, but from Clark's perspective, I don't see his reasoning for holding out.

TUE

Well, look what happened with Pete, as Clark's parents pointed out. Having someone else know endangers not only that person, but Clark as well. The less people know, the better.

Also, red kryptonite in the comics always had a different, unpredictable effect on Supes. One exposure might make him older, another might de-age him, another might make him sprout more limbs, etc. But here, it seems that the series' premise regarding red kryptonite is that it always has the same effect, that of releasing his inhibitions.

And btw, where did Pete get a red meteor rock? And on such short notice? And such a large one, too (much too large to come from a class ring)?

Did Pete get a new car already, or was this episode supposed to air before "Suspect"?

So why can't Clark tell that the parasite got him too and almost everything will be back to "normal" with Lana?

Why didn't Clark use his X-Ray in the Cave?
He could've found these parasites within seconds.
And why didn't he found them even before.

Where was Clark during that Rave in the Cave?

Pete's wrecked car was RED.

Pete's car was wrecked in "Suspect" when it was run off the road by a big rig, after Pete and Clark had started asking questions about the shooting of Lionel. After they got out, it exploded.

I remember "Suspect"... Pete's car was most definitely red/orange.

Alas, with Whitney gone, someone else has to wreck their car every week.

Something else I noticed when watching it again last night. When Luthor holds up the bottle with the dead parasite in it, you can see a fishing line attached to the head of the creature that holds it in place.

Did Pete get a new car already, or was this episode supposed to air before "Suspect"?

As stated, definately a different car, his red Camaro blew up. Pete's folks must be from the affluent neighborhood of Smallville, much like Whitney's folks. I wonder what auto insurance costs in Smallville?

I still can't quite figure out why Clark doesn't flat out tell Lana the truth. I realize why they don't do this from a dramatic standpoint, but from Clark's perspective, I don't see his reasoning for holding out.

I wonder that myself. Ironically, in the Superman lexicon, Lana is 1 of about 5 "civilians" who know about Clark. It does seem that, if Clark took her into his confidence, the trust issues would be resolved. Would they be able to overcome the "an alien goes to my high-school and I think I love him" issue?

I really enjoy the conflict that this show embraces, and I think that TUE is right, the dramatic component is the top reason why Clark doesn't confide in her.

Sadly, Clark can't have the love of his life until he can confide his secrets in her. A great driving theme of this show.

Why assume that Lana would be okay with it if he told her? Isn't it just possible that she might totally freak out at finding out that one of her closest friends is an extraterrestrial, to say nothing of how offended she might be at the deception? Sure, Pete's accepted it, but one should not assume that how one friend will react to the revelation in the exact same way as another.

And then there are other reasons. Knowing Clark's secret puts Clark in danger, as shown in this episode, when Pete is turned into a psycho and uses his knowledge of Clark's weakness to kryptonite to hurt him.

And remember that Clark should be thinking long-term. What if one of his friends, say Pete for example, grows up to become someone important, like say, oh, I dunno......the Vice President of the U.S.? Do you really want someone in such a powerful position in the government to have that information about you?