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Line 1: {{Short description\|Fictional character from Smallville}} ~~{\| class="infobox" style="width: 25em; font-size: 90%; text-align: left"~~ ~~[[hu~~{{DISPLAYTITLE:Lana Lang (''Smallville'')]]}}▼ \|- {{Use mdy dates\|date=September 2012}} ~~! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background-color: #D6D6FF; color: #ooo;"\| ''[[Smallville]]'' character~~ {{Infobox character \|- \| name = Lana Lang ~~\| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" \| [[Image:SmallvilleLana.jpg\|250px]]~~ \| series = [[Smallville]] \|- \| image = [[File:Lana_Lang_Smallville.jpg\|250px]] ~~! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color: #D6D6FF; color: #ooo;"\|Lana Lang~~ \| caption = [[Kristin Kreuk]] as Lana Lang▼ \|- \| first = ~~! Creators:~~ \| based_on = {{based on\|Lana Lang\|[[Bill Finger]]\|John Sikela}} ~~\| '''Character'''<br>[[Jerry Siegel]] & [[Joe Shuster]]<br>'''Developed for Television'''<br>[[Alfred Gough]] & [[Miles Millar]]~~ \| adapted_by = [[Alfred Gough]]<br>[[Miles Millar]] \|- \| portrayer = [[Kristin Kreuk]]<br>Jade Unterman ~~! First appearance:~~ \| "first_major = [[~~Pilot (~~Smallville~~)\|Pilot~~]]" \| last_major = Smallville \|- \| first_minor = [[Pilot (Smallville)\|Pilot]] ~~! Portrayed by:~~ \| last_minor = [[Smallville (season 8)#Episodes\|Requiem]] ▲\| [[Kristin Kreuk]] \| first_date = October 16, 2001 \|- \| last_date = February 5, 2009 ~~! Abilities:~~ \|}}▼ ~~\| [[List of comic book superpowers#Invulnerability\|Invulnerability]], [[Superhuman strength]], [[Super speed]], [[Kryptonite]] absorption/emission~~ '''Lana Lang''' is a [[fictional character]] on the [[television series]] ''[[Smallville]]''. She has been a series regular since the [[Pilot (Smallville)\|pilot episode]], and has been played continuously by [[Kristin Kreuk]], with two other actresses having portrayed Lana Lang as a child and as an elderly woman. The character of [[Lana Lang]], first created for [[comic book]]s by [[~~Jerry~~Bill ~~Siegel~~Finger]] and ~~[[Joe~~John ~~Shuster]]~~Sikela in the 1950s as a romantic interest for [[Superboy (Kal-El)\|Superboy]], was adapted to television in 2001 by [[Alfred Gough]] and [[Miles Millar]]. The character has also appeared in various literature based on the ''Smallville'' television series, none of which directly continues from or into the television episodes.▼ ▲\|} In ~~Gough and Millar~~'~~s series~~'Smallville'', Lana is the first main love interest for [[Clark Kent (Smallville)\|Clark Kent]], though, in the first season she is dating [[~~Characters of Smallville#Whitney Fordman\|~~Whitney Fordman]]. By season two, with Whitney's departure, Lana and Clark begin to grow closer. Clark's dishonesty over the secrets he is hiding causes their relationship to end~~, and forces~~. Lana ~~into~~then ~~the~~grows ~~arms~~closer ofto [[Lex Luthor (Smallville)\|Lex Luthor]], whom she marries and divorces in the sixth season. Eventually, Lana learns the truth about Clark and they get back together;. ~~ultimately,~~After ~~Lana~~stealing ~~leaves~~a ~~Smallville,~~kryptonite-powered ~~and~~suit ~~Clark, when putting on~~from Lex's, ~~super-suit causes her to~~Lana ~~absorb~~absorbs an enormous amount of [[~~Kryptonite~~kryptonite]] radiation, which prohibits her from getting too close to Clark, and she leaves Smallville for good, but vowed to continue to use her powers to preserve life.▼ ▲'''Lana Lang''' is a [[fictional character]] on the [[television series]] ''[[Smallville]]''. She has been a series regular since the [[Pilot (Smallville)\|pilot episode]], and has been played continuously by [[Kristin Kreuk]], with two actresses having portrayed Lana Lang as a child and as an elderly woman. The character of [[Lana Lang]], first created for [[comic book]]s by [[Jerry Siegel]] and [[Joe Shuster]] in the 1950s as a romantic interest for [[Superboy (Kal-El)\|Superboy]], was adapted to television in 2001 by [[Alfred Gough]] and [[Miles Millar]]. The character has also appeared in various literature based on the ''Smallville'' television series, none of which directly continues from or into the television episodes. Initially, Lana is characterized as the ~~gullible~~intelligent "[[girl next door]]".<ref name="Kristin">Simpson, ~~who~~Paul, is(Season ~~always~~1 ~~demanding the truth and thus believing whatever~~Companion), ~~lies are told to her~~pp.116–119</ref> She eventually becomes a tragic figure in ''Smallville'', as the decisions made by Clark and Lex change the character over the course of the show. As Gough explains, by the end of the sixth season, Lana has shown that she can beat Lex at his own game. Over the course of the show, Lana transitions from the girl next door to a more "self-reliant young woman".<ref name="Kristin"/> Kreuk has been nominated byfor various awards for her portrayal of Lana Lang. ▼ ▲In Gough and Millar's series, Lana is the love interest for [[Clark Kent (Smallville)\|Clark Kent]], though, in the first season she is dating [[Characters of Smallville#Whitney Fordman\|Whitney Fordman]]. By season two, with Whitney's departure, Lana and Clark begin to grow closer. Clark's dishonesty over the secrets he is hiding causes their relationship to end, and forces Lana into the arms of [[Lex Luthor (Smallville)\|Lex Luthor]]. Eventually, Lana learns the truth about Clark and they get back together; ultimately, Lana leaves Smallville, and Clark, when putting on Lex's super-suit causes her to absorb an enormous amount of [[Kryptonite]] radiation, which prohibits her from getting too close to Clark. ==Role in ''Smallville''== ▲Initially, Lana is characterized as the gullible "[[girl next door]]", who is always demanding the truth and thus believing whatever lies are told to her. She eventually becomes a tragic figure in ''Smallville'', as the decisions made by Clark and Lex change the character over the course of the show. Kreuk has been nominated by various awards for her portrayal of Lana Lang. In the [[Smallville (season 1)\|first season]], Lana and [[Clark Kent (Smallville)\|Clark Kent]] ([[Tom Welling]]) are just beginning their friendship, as she is a popular cheerleader dating star quarterback [[~~Characters of Smallville#Whitney Fordman\|~~Whitney Fordman]] ([[Eric Johnson (actor)\|Eric Johnson]]), and Clark cannot get near her without getting sick from the kryptonite necklace she wears.<ref name="pilot ep">{{cite episode\|title=Pilot\|series=Smallville\|credits=[[Alfred Gough]], [[Miles Millar]] (writers) & [[David Nutter]] (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=~~2001-10-~~October 16, 2001\|season=1\|number=1}}</ref> In the [[Pilot (Smallville)\|pilot episode]], when her parents are killed in the first meteor shower, Lana (Jade Unterman) is adopted by her aunt Nell ([[Sarah-Jane Redmond]]). As the first season progresses, Lana grows closer to Clark, while Whitney begins to distance himself because of his ~~father’s~~father's medical ailments.<ref name="Shimmer ep">{{cite episode\|title=Shimmer\|series=Smallville\|credits=Mark Verheiden, Michael Green (writers) & D.J. Caruso (director)\|network=[[The WB Television Network\|The WB]]\|airdate=~~2002-01-~~January 29, 2002\|season=1\|number=10}}</ref> In [[Smallville (season 2)\|season two's]] episode "Heat" Lana sends Whitney, who left Smallville for the Marines in the [[Tempest (Smallville)\|season one finale]],<ref name="Tempest ep">{{cite episode\|title=[[Tempest (Smallville)\|Tempest]]\|series=Smallville\|credits=Philip Levens, Alfred Gough (writers) & Greg Beeman (director)\|network=[[The WB Television Network\|The WB]]\|airdate=~~2002-05-~~May 21, 2002\|season=1\|number=21}}</ref> a video message breaking up with him.<ref name="Heat ep">{{cite episode\|title=Heat\|series=Smallville\|credits=Mark Verheiden (writer) & James Marshall (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=October 1, 2002~~-10-01~~\|season=2\|number=2\|minutes=42}}</ref> ~~Lana’s~~Lana's aunt Nell moves to Metropolis with her fiancé in the season two episode "Ryan", but Lana opts to move in with her friend [[Chloe Sullivan]] ([[Allison Mack]]) so that she may finish high school in Smallville.<ref>{{cite episode\|title=Ryan\|series=Smallville\|credits=Philip Levens (writer) & Terrence O'Hara (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=~~2002-~~December 12~~-12\|season=2\|number=8}}</ref> By the end of season two~~, Lana and Clark slowly try and start a romantic relationship, but fear backlash from Chloe because of her personal feelings for Clark.<ref name="Calling ep">{{cite episode\|title=Calling\|series=Smallville\|credits=Kenneth Biller (writer) & Terrence O'Hara (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=2003-05-132002\|season=2\|number=22}}</ref> Just as the two give into their feelings fully, Clark unexpectedly runs away from Smallville in the season two finale.<ref name="Exodus ep">{{cite episode\|title=Exodus\|series=Smallville\|credits=Alfred Gough, Miles Millar (writers) & Greg Beeman (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=2003-05-20\|season=2\|number=23}}</ref> At the start of [[Smallville (season 3)\|season three]], it is shown that Lana, alongside the Kents, has been spending her time searching for Clark; she ultimately finds him in Metropolis thanks to Chloe's help.<ref name="Exile ep">{{cite episode\|title=Exile\|series=Smallville\|credits=Alfred Gough, Miles Millar (writers) & Greg Beeman (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=2003-10-01\|season=3\|number=2}}</ref> Clark’s actions in Metropolis force the two to rethink their relationship in the season three episode "Phoenix",<ref name="Phoenix ep">{{cite episode\|title=Phoenix\|series=Smallville\|credits=Kelly Souders, Brian Peterson (writers) & James Marshall (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=2003-10-08\|season=3\|number=2}}</ref> and Lana eventually begins a new relationship with [[Characters of Smallville#Adam Knight\|Adam Knight]] ([[Ian Somerhalder]]), a guy she met while in [[physical therapy]] after being trampled by a horse in season three's "Asylum".<ref name="Asylum ep">{{cite episode\|title=Asylum\|series=Smallville\|credits=Todd Slavkin, Darren Swimmer (writers) & Greg Beeman (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=2004-01-14\|season=3\|number=9}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode\|title=Shattered\|series=Smallville\|credits=Kenneth Biller (writer & director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=2003-11-19\|season=3\|number=8}}</ref> By the season three episode "Crisis", it is discovered that the relationship Adam attempted to form with Lana was just a ploy so that Adam could investigate Clark.<ref name="Crisis ep">{{cite episode\|title=Crisis\|series=Smallville\|credits=Kelly Souders, Brian Peterson (writers) & Ken Biller (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=2004-03-03\|season=3\|number=16}}</ref>▼ By the end of season two, Lana and Clark slowly try and start a romantic relationship, but fear backlash from Chloe because of her personal feelings for Clark.<ref name="Calling ep">{{cite episode\|title=Calling\|series=Smallville\|credits=Kenneth Biller (writer) & Terrence O'Hara (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=May 13, 2003\|season=2\|number=22}}</ref> Just as the two give in to their feelings fully, Clark unexpectedly runs away from Smallville in the season two finale.<ref name="Exodus ep">{{cite episode\|title=Exodus\|series=Smallville\|credits=Alfred Gough, Miles Millar (writers) & Greg Beeman (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=May 20, 2003\|season=2\|number=23}}</ref> At the start of [[Smallville (season 3)\|season three]], it is shown that Lana, alongside the Kents, has been spending her time searching for Clark; she ultimately finds him in Metropolis thanks to Chloe's help.<ref name="Exile ep">{{cite episode\|title=Exile\|series=Smallville\|credits=Alfred Gough, Miles Millar (writers) & Greg Beeman (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=October 1, 2003\|season=3\|number=2}}</ref> Clark's actions in Metropolis force the two to rethink their relationship in the season three episode "Phoenix",<ref name="Phoenix ep">{{cite episode\|title=Phoenix\|series=Smallville\|credits=Kelly Souders, Brian Peterson (writers) & James Marshall (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=October 8, 2003\|season=3\|number=2}}</ref> and Lana eventually begins a new relationship with [[List of Smallville characters#Adam Knight\|Adam Knight]] ([[Ian Somerhalder]]), whom she met while in [[physical therapy]] after being trampled by a horse in season three's "Asylum".<ref name="Asylum ep">{{cite episode\|title=Asylum\|series=Smallville\|credits=Todd Slavkin, Darren Swimmer (writers) & Greg Beeman (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=January 14, 2004\|season=3\|number=9}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode\|title=Shattered\|series=Smallville\|credits=Kenneth Biller (writer & director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=November 19, 2003\|season=3\|number=8}}</ref> By the season three episode "Crisis", it is discovered that the relationship Adam attempted to form with Lana was just a ploy so that Adam could investigate Clark.<ref name="Crisis ep">{{cite episode\|title=Crisis\|series=Smallville\|credits=Kelly Souders, Brian Peterson (writers) & Ken Biller (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=March 3, 2004\|season=3\|number=16}}</ref> ~~==Appearances==~~ Lana Lang is one of the main characters who appears in the television series ''Smallville''. She has been a series regular since the pilot episode, but left the series at the end of the seventh season. Apart from her appearances on television, Lana has also appeared in the series of ''Smallville'' young-adult novels. Season three's "Forsaken" reveals that Lana, in order to move on with her life, applies and is admitted into a program to study in [[Paris, France]].<ref name="Forsaken ep">{{cite episode\|title=Forsaken\|series=Smallville\|credits=Kelly Souders, Brian Peterson (writers) & Terrence O'Hara (director)\|network=[[The WB Television Network\|The WB]]\|airdate=May 12, 2004\|season=3\|number=21}}</ref> [[Smallville (season 4)\|Season four]] shows that Lana, while in Paris, began a romantic relationship with [[Jason Teague (Smallville)\|Jason Teague]] ([[Jensen Ackles]]). At the beginning of season four, Lana returns to Smallville after receiving a mysterious tattoo on her lower back, which resembles a symbol on the local Kawatche cave walls, when she touched the tomb of Countess Margaret Isobel Theroux.<ref name="Crusade ep">{{cite episode\|title=Crusade\|series=Smallville\|credits=Miles Millar, Alfred Gough (writers) & Greg Beeman (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=September 22, 2004\|season=4\|number=1}}</ref> In season four's "Spell" and "Sacred", the tattoo acts as a doorway for the spirit of Isobel to inhabit Lana's body; each time Isobel takes over Lana's body she sets out to find the three stones of knowledge, which are also being searched for by Clark and [[Lex Luthor (Smallville)\|Lex Luthor]] ([[Michael Rosenbaum]]).<ref name="Spell ep">{{cite episode\|title=Spell\|series=Smallville\|credits=Steven S. DeKnight (writer) & Jeannot Szwarc (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=November 10, 2004\|season=4\|number=8}}</ref><ref name="Sacred ep">{{cite episode\|title=Sacred\|series=Smallville\|credits=Kelly Souders, Brian Peterson (writers) & Brad Turner (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=February 23, 2005\|season=4\|number=15}}</ref> In the season four finale "Commencement", Lana is confronted by Jason's mother Genevieve ([[Jane Seymour (actress)\|Jane Seymour]]), who is also after the three stones of knowledge, and during a struggle Isobel comes forward and kills Genevieve. The resulting death of Genevieve, who was revealed to have been the cause for Isobel's death centuries prior in the episode "Bound",<ref name="Bound ep">{{cite episode\|title=Bound\|series=Smallville\|credits=Luke Schelhaas (writer) & Terrence O'Hara (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=November 17, 2004\|season=4\|number=9}}</ref> releases Isobel's control over Lana.<ref name="Commencement ep">{{cite episode\|title=Commencement\|series=Smallville\|credits=Todd Slavkin, Darren Swimmer (writers) & Greg Beeman (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=May 18, 2005\|season=4\|number=22}}</ref> ~~===Television===~~ ▲In the [[Smallville (season 1)\|first season]], Lana and [[Clark Kent (Smallville)\|Clark Kent]] ([[Tom Welling]]) are just beginning their friendship, as she is a popular cheerleader dating star quarterback [[Characters of Smallville#Whitney Fordman\|Whitney Fordman]] ([[Eric Johnson (actor)\|Eric Johnson]]), and Clark cannot get near her without getting sick from the kryptonite necklace she wears.<ref name="pilot ep">{{cite episode\|title=Pilot\|series=Smallville\|credits=[[Alfred Gough]], [[Miles Millar]] (writers) & [[David Nutter]] (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=2001-10-16\|season=1\|number=1}}</ref> In the [[Pilot (Smallville)\|pilot episode]], when her parents are killed in the first meteor shower, Lana is adopted by her aunt Nell ([[Sarah-Jane Redmond]]). As the first season progresses, Lana grows closer to Clark, while Whitney begins to distance himself because of his father’s medical ailments.<ref name="Shimmer ep">{{cite episode\|title=Shimmer\|series=Smallville\|credits=Mark Verheiden, Michael Green (writers) & D.J. Caruso (director)\|network=[[The WB Television Network\|The WB]]\|airdate=2002-01-29\|season=1\|number=10}}</ref> In [[Smallville (season 2)\|season two's]] episode "Heat" Lana sends Whitney, who left Smallville for the Marines in the [[Tempest (Smallville)\|season one finale]],<ref name="Tempest ep">{{cite episode\|title=[[Tempest (Smallville)\|Tempest]]\|series=Smallville\|credits=Philip Levens, Alfred Gough (writers) & Greg Beeman (director)\|network=[[The WB Television Network\|The WB]]\|airdate=2002-05-21\|season=1\|number=21}}</ref> a video message breaking up with him.<ref name="Heat ep">{{cite episode\|title=Heat\|series=Smallville\|credits=Mark Verheiden (writer) & James Marshall (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=2002-10-01\|season=2\|number=2\|minutes=42}}</ref> Lana’s aunt Nell moves to Metropolis with her fiancé in the season two episode "Ryan", but Lana opts to move in with her friend [[Chloe Sullivan]] ([[Allison Mack]]) so that she may finish high school in Smallville.<ref>{{cite episode\|title=Ryan\|series=Smallville\|credits=Philip Levens (writer) & Terrence O'Hara (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=2002-12-12\|season=2\|number=8}}</ref> By the end of season two, Lana and Clark slowly try and start a romantic relationship, but fear backlash from Chloe because of her personal feelings for Clark.<ref name="Calling ep">{{cite episode\|title=Calling\|series=Smallville\|credits=Kenneth Biller (writer) & Terrence O'Hara (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=2003-05-13\|season=2\|number=22}}</ref> Just as the two give into their feelings fully, Clark unexpectedly runs away from Smallville in the season two finale.<ref name="Exodus ep">{{cite episode\|title=Exodus\|series=Smallville\|credits=Alfred Gough, Miles Millar (writers) & Greg Beeman (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=2003-05-20\|season=2\|number=23}}</ref> At the start of [[Smallville (season 3)\|season three]], it is shown that Lana, alongside the Kents, has been spending her time searching for Clark; she ultimately finds him in Metropolis thanks to Chloe's help.<ref name="Exile ep">{{cite episode\|title=Exile\|series=Smallville\|credits=Alfred Gough, Miles Millar (writers) & Greg Beeman (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=2003-10-01\|season=3\|number=2}}</ref> Clark’s actions in Metropolis force the two to rethink their relationship in the season three episode "Phoenix",<ref name="Phoenix ep">{{cite episode\|title=Phoenix\|series=Smallville\|credits=Kelly Souders, Brian Peterson (writers) & James Marshall (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=2003-10-08\|season=3\|number=2}}</ref> and Lana eventually begins a new relationship with [[Characters of Smallville#Adam Knight\|Adam Knight]] ([[Ian Somerhalder]]), a guy she met while in [[physical therapy]] after being trampled by a horse in season three's "Asylum".<ref name="Asylum ep">{{cite episode\|title=Asylum\|series=Smallville\|credits=Todd Slavkin, Darren Swimmer (writers) & Greg Beeman (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=2004-01-14\|season=3\|number=9}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode\|title=Shattered\|series=Smallville\|credits=Kenneth Biller (writer & director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=2003-11-19\|season=3\|number=8}}</ref> By the season three episode "Crisis", it is discovered that the relationship Adam attempted to form with Lana was just a ploy so that Adam could investigate Clark.<ref name="Crisis ep">{{cite episode\|title=Crisis\|series=Smallville\|credits=Kelly Souders, Brian Peterson (writers) & Ken Biller (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=2004-03-03\|season=3\|number=16}}</ref> ~~Season~~During ~~three's~~the ~~"Forsaken"~~second ~~reveals~~meteor ~~that~~shower, Lana, inwitnesses ~~order~~the tolanding ~~move~~of onan ~~with~~alien ~~her life~~spacecraft, ~~applies~~ and istwo ~~admitted~~alien ~~into~~beings aemerging ~~program~~and tokilling ~~study~~everyone in sight in the [[~~Paris,~~Smallville ~~France~~(season 5)\|season five]] premiere.<ref name="~~Forsaken~~Arrival ep">{{cite episode\|title=~~Forsaken~~Arrival\|series=Smallville\|credits=~~Kelly~~Todd ~~Souders~~Slavkin, ~~Brian~~Darren ~~Peterson~~Swimmer (writers) & ~~Terrence~~James ~~O'Hara~~Marshall (director)\|network=[[The WB ~~Television Network\|The WB]]~~\|airdate=~~2004-05-12~~September 29, 2005\|season=35\|number=211}}</ref> ~~[[Smallville~~The ~~(season~~spaceship ~~4)\|Season~~becomes ~~four]]~~Lana's ~~shows~~primary ~~that~~focus ~~Lana,~~in ~~while~~season ~~in Paris~~five, ~~began~~officially ateaming ~~romantic relationship~~up with ~~[[Characters~~Lex ofLuthor ~~Smallville#Jason~~to ~~Teague\|Jason Teague]] ([[Jensen Ackles]]). At~~discover the ~~beginning~~mystery ~~of season four, Lana returns to Smallville after receiving a mysterious tattoo on her lower back, which resembles a symbol on~~behind the ~~local~~ship ~~Kawatche cave walls, when she touched~~in the ~~tomb~~episode ~~of Countess Margaret Isobel Theroux~~"Splinter".<ref name="~~Crusade~~Splinter ep">{{cite episode\|title=~~Crusade~~Splinter\|series=Smallville\|credits=~~Miles~~Steven ~~Millar,~~S. ~~Alfred Gough~~DeKnight (~~writers~~writer) & ~~Greg~~James ~~Beeman~~Marshall (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=~~2004-09-22~~November 10, 2005\|season=45\|number=17}}</ref> InWhen ~~season~~her ~~four's~~relationship ~~"Spell"~~with ~~and~~Clark ~~"Sacred", the tattoo acts as~~hits a ~~doorway~~breaking ~~for~~point ~~the~~in ~~spirit~~season offive's ~~Isobel to inhabit Lana’s body; each time Isobel takes over Lana’s body she sets out to find the three stones of knowledge~~"Hypnotic", ~~which are also being searched for by Clark and [[Lex Luthor (Smallville)\|Lex Luthor]] ([[Michael Rosenbaum]]).~~<ref name="~~Spell~~Hypnotic ep">{{cite episode\|title=~~Spell~~Hypnotic\|series=Smallville\|credits=~~Steven~~Todd S.Slavkin, ~~DeKnight~~Darren Swimmer (~~writer~~writers) & ~~Jeannot~~Michael ~~Szwarc~~Rohl (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=~~2004-11-10~~May 30, 2006\|season=45\|number=816}}</ref> she begins to grow closer to Lex.<ref name="~~Sacred~~Oracle ep">{{cite episode\|title=~~Sacred~~Oracle\|series=Smallville\|credits=~~Kelly~~Josh ~~Souders, Brian Peterson~~Schwartz (~~writers~~writer) & ~~Brad~~Patrick ~~Turner~~Norris (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=~~2005-02-23~~May 4, 2006\|season=45\|number=1520}}</ref> InThe ~~the~~relationship ~~season~~with ~~four~~Lex ~~finale~~eventually ~~"Commencement",~~leads ~~Lana~~to ismarriage ~~confronted~~in bythe ~~Jason’s~~[[Smallville ~~mother~~(season ~~Genevieve~~6)\|season ~~([[Jane Seymour~~six]]), ~~who~~episode ~~is also after the three stones of knowledge~~"Promise", ~~and~~but ~~during~~not abefore ~~struggle~~Lana ~~Isobel~~discovers ~~comes~~Clark's ~~forward~~secret and ~~kills~~realizes ~~Genevieve.~~why ~~The~~he ~~resulting~~has ~~death~~been ~~of Genevieve, who was revealed~~lying to ~~have~~her ~~been~~all ~~the~~these ~~cause for Isobel’s death centuries prior in the episode "Bound",~~years.<ref name="~~Bound~~Promise ep">{{cite episode\|title=~~Bound~~Promise\|series=Smallville\|credits=~~Luke~~Kelly ~~Schelhaas~~Souders, Brian Peterson (~~writer~~writers) & ~~Terrence~~Rick ~~O'Hara~~Rosenthal (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=~~2004-11-17~~March 15, 2007\|season=46\|number=916}}</ref> ~~releases~~When ~~Isobel’s~~she ~~control~~learns ~~over~~that ~~Lana.<ref~~Lex ~~name="Commencement~~set ~~ep">{{cite~~up ~~episode\|title=Commencement\|series=Smallville\|credits=Todd~~a ~~Slavkin,~~fake ~~Darren~~pregnancy ~~Swimmer~~in ~~(writers)~~order &to ~~Greg~~get ~~Beeman~~her ~~(director)\|network=The~~to ~~WB\|airdate=2005-05-18\|season=4\|number=22}}</ref>~~marry him ~~During~~in the ~~second~~season ~~meteor~~six ~~shower~~finale "Phantom", Lana ~~witnesses~~effectively ends the ~~landing~~marriage ofand anfakes ~~alien~~her ~~spacecraft,~~own ~~and~~death ~~two~~to ~~alien~~escape ~~beings~~Lex ~~emerging~~after ~~and~~he ~~killing~~threatens ~~everyone~~her. inShe ~~sight~~also inframes ~~the~~Lex ~~[[Smallville~~for ~~(season~~her ~~5)\|season~~murder, ~~five]]~~to ~~premiere~~punish him for his betrayal.<ref name="~~Arrival~~Phantom ep">{{cite episode\|title=~~Arrival~~Phantom\|series=Smallville\|credits=Todd Slavkin, Darren Swimmer (writers) & James Marshall (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=~~2005-09-29~~May 17, 2007\|season=56\|number=122}}</ref> ~~The~~It ~~spaceship~~is ~~becomes~~revealed ~~Lana’s~~at ~~primary~~the ~~focus~~start inof [[Smallville (season ~~five,~~7)\|season ~~officially~~seven]] ~~teaming~~that upher ~~with~~effort ~~Lex~~fails, ~~Luthor~~but toas ~~discover~~part ~~the mystery behind~~of the ~~ship in the episode~~ "~~Splinter~~settlement"~~.<ref~~ ~~name="Splinter~~of ~~ep">{{cite~~their ~~episode\|title=Splinter\|series=Smallville\|credits=Steven~~divorce, S.Lex ~~DeKnight~~makes ~~(writer)~~sure &that ~~James~~Lana ~~Marshall~~does ~~(director)\|network=The~~not ~~WB\|airdate=2005-11-10\|season=5\|number=7}}</ref>~~go ~~When~~to ~~her~~jail ~~relationship~~for ~~with~~her ~~Clark hits a breaking point in season five's "Hypnotic",~~actions.<ref name="~~Hypnotic~~Kara ep">{{cite episode\|title=~~Hypnotic~~Kara\|series=Smallville\|credits=Todd Slavkin, Darren Swimmer (writers) & ~~Michael~~James ~~Rohl~~Conway (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=~~2006-05-30\|season=5\|number=16}}</ref>~~October ~~she~~4, ~~begins to grow closer to Lex.<ref name="Oracle ep">{{cite episode\|title=Oracle\|series=Smallville\|credits=Josh Schwartz (writer) & Patrick Norris (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=2006-05-04~~2007\|season=57\|number=202}}</ref> The relationship with Lex eventually leads to marriage in the [[Smallville (season 6)\|season six]] episode "Promise", but not before Lana discovers Clark’s secret and realizes why he has been lying to her all these years.<ref name="Promise ep">{{cite episode\|title=Promise\|series=Smallville\|credits=Kelly Souders, Brian Peterson (writers) & Rick Rosenthal (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=2007-03-15\|season=6\|number=16}}</ref> When she learns that Lex set up a fake pregnancy in order to get her to marry him in the season six finale "Phantom", Lana effectively ends the marriage and fakes her own death in order to pin the murder on Lex.<ref name="Phantom ep">{{cite episode\|title=Phantom\|series=Smallville\|credits=Todd Slavkin, Darren Swimmer (writers) & James Marshall (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=2007-05-17\|season=6\|number=22}}</ref> It is revealed at the start of [[Smallville (season 7)\|season seven]] that her effort fails, but as part of the "settlement" of their divorce, Lex makes sure that Lana does not go to jail for her actions.<ref name="Kara ep">{{cite episode\|title=Kara\|series=Smallville\|credits=Todd Slavkin, Darren Swimmer (writers) & James Conway (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=2007-10-04\|season=7\|number=2}}</ref> With ~~Clark’s~~Clark's secret no longer an issue, the two begin a real relationship in the season seven episode "Fierce".<ref name="Fierce ep">{{cite episode\|title=Fierce\|series=Smallville\|credits=Holly Harold (writer) & Whitney Ransick (director)\|network=[[The CW Television Network]]\|airdate=~~2007-10-~~October 11, 2007\|season=7\|number=3}}</ref> Lana becomes obsessed with making Lex pay for all his crimes against humanity, which causes her to develop the Isis Foundation, using $10 million she stole from Lex. The Isis Foundation is a counseling center for kryptonite -infected people, but it doubles as a front for Lana's surveillance on Lex. Her obsessions also begin to affect her relationship with Clark by the episode "Wrath".<ref name="Wrath ep">{{cite episode\|title=Wrath\|series=Smallville\|credits=Kelly Souders, Brian Peterson (writers) & Charles Beeson (director)\|network=The WB\|airdate=November 8, 2007~~-11-08~~\|season=7\|number=7}}</ref> Eventually, Lana realizes that, even though she loves him, the only way for Clark to help the world to the best of his ability would be if she left Clark and Smallville for good, which she does in the season seven finale.<ref name="Arctic ep">{{cite episode\|title=Arctic\|series=Smallville\|credits=Don Whitehead, Holly Henderson (writers) & Todd Slavkin (director)\|network=The CW\|airdate=~~2008-05-~~May 15~~\|season=7\|number=20}}</ref> In the [[Smallville (season 8)\|season eight]] episode "Bride"~~, [[Characters of Smallville#Oliver Queen\|Oliver Queen]] ([[Justin Hartley]]), believing he is tracking Lex Luthor who has been missing since the season seven finale, discovers Lana instead. Oliver convinces her to return to Smallville so that she can attend Chloe's wedding.<ref>{{cite episode\|title=Bride\|series=Smallville\|credits=Al Septien & Turi Meyer (writers) & Allison Mack (director)\|network=The CW\|airdate=2008~~-11-20~~\|season=87\|number=10}}</ref> In the season eight episode "Power", it is revealed that Lana really returned so that she could steal Lex's "Prometheus" technology, which harnesses alien DNA to give the wearer of a "super-suit" super-human abilities, for herself. By the end of the episode, the procedure is complete, and Lana becomes just as strong and invulnerable as Clark.<ref>{{cite episode\|title=Power\|series=Smallville\|credits=Al Septien & Turi Meyer (writers) & Allison Mack (director)\|network=The CW\|airdate=2009-01-29\|season=8\|number=13}}</ref> In the episode "Requiem", Lana discovers that her suit absorbs kryptonite, but also emits the radiation making her a potential danger to Clark. When [[Toyman\|Winslow Schott]] puts a kryptonite bomb on the roof of the ''Daily Planet'' Lana is forced to absorb all of the kryptonite to deactivate the bomb. As a result, she leaves Smallville as Clark can no longer get near her without the kryptonite radiation hurting him.<ref>{{cite episode\|title=Requiem\|series=Smallville\|credits=Don Whitehead & Holly Henderson (writers) & Michael Rohl (director)\|network=The CW\|airdate=2009-02-05\|season=8\|number=1420}}</ref> In the [[Smallville (season 8)\|season eight]] episode "Bride", [[Oliver Queen (Smallville)\|Oliver Queen]] ([[Justin Hartley]]), believing he is tracking Lex Luthor who has been missing since the season seven finale, discovers Lana instead. Oliver convinces her to return to Smallville so that she can attend Chloe's wedding.<ref>{{cite episode\|title=Bride\|series=Smallville\|credits=Al Septien & Turi Meyer (writers) & Allison Mack (director)\|network=The CW\|airdate=November 20, 2008\|season=8\|number=10}}</ref> In the season eight episode "Power", it is revealed that Lana really returned so that she could steal Lex's "Prometheus" technology for herself, which harnesses alien DNA into a [[nanite]] "super-suit" to give the wearer superhuman abilities. By the end of the episode, the procedure is complete, and Lana becomes just as strong and invulnerable as Clark.<ref>{{cite episode\|title=Power\|series=Smallville\|credits=Al Septien & Turi Meyer (writers) & Allison Mack (director)\|network=The CW\|airdate=January 29, 2009\|season=8\|number=13}}</ref> In the episode "Requiem", Lana discovers that her suit absorbs kryptonite, but also emits the radiation making her a potential danger to Clark. When [[Winslow Schott]] puts a kryptonite bomb on the roof of the ''Daily Planet'' under Lex's orders, Lana is forced to absorb all of the kryptonite to deactivate the bomb. As a result, she leaves Smallville to go on her own quest as Clark can no longer get near her without the kryptonite radiation hurting him.<ref>{{cite episode\|title=Requiem\|series=Smallville\|credits=Don Whitehead & Holly Henderson (writers) & Michael Rohl (director)\|network=The CW\|airdate=February 5, 2009\|season=8\|number=14}}</ref> ~~===Literature===~~ Lana makes her first literary appearance in ''Smallville: Strange Visitors'', published by [[Hachette Book Group USA#Warner Aspect\|Aspect]]. In ''Strange Visitors'', Lana attempts to organize a fund raiser for the family of a school mate, Stewart, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Her effort is rendered moot when Lex Luthor and Dr. Donald Jacobi, a con artist that comes to Smallville, pick up Stewart's medical bills after a meteor rock removes all of the malignant cancer cells in his brain.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Smallville: Strange Visitors\|author=[[Roger Stern]]\|url=http://www.amazon.com/Strange-Visitors-Smallville-Book-1/dp/0446612138\|date=[[2002-10-01]]\|publisher=[[Hachette Book Group USA#Warner Aspect\|Aspect]]\|isbn=0446612138}}</ref> In ''Smallville: Dragon'', Lana is visits an antiques dealer, Mrs. Mayfern, looking for a gift for her boyfriend, Whitney. When she leaves she breaks up with Whitney and starts dating Clark. It is eventually discovered that she was hypnotized by Mrs. Mayfern, whose homegrown herbal tea is fertilized by meteor rocks.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Smallville: Dragon\|author=[[Alan Grant (writer)\|Alan Grant]]\|url=http://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Smallville-Grant/dp/8441414750/\|date=[[2004-05-24]]\|publisher=[[Hachette Book Group USA#Warner Aspect\|Aspect]]\|isbn=8441414750}}</ref>▼ ==Portrayal== Creators [[Alfred Gough]] and [[Miles Millar]] were initially trying to find someone for the role of Clark Kent, but Kristin Kreuk was the first to be cast, as Lana Lang. Casting director Coreen Mayrs sent [[David Nutter]], the director of the [[Pilot (Smallville)\|pilot episode]], a tape of ~~sixty-nine~~69 people and the second person on the tape was Kreuk.<ref name="pilcom">{{cite video\|title="Pilot" commentary by Al Gough, Miles Millar and David Nutter\|medium=DVD\|publisher=[[Warner Bros. Television]]\|year=2002}}</ref> They loved her audition tape so much they immediately showed her to the network.<ref name="genesis"/> For one of her auditions, she read the graveyard scene with Tom Welling; the network thought they had "great chemistry".<ref name="genesis">{{cite book\|last=Simpson\|first=Paul\|title=Smallville: The Official Companion Season 1\|year=2004\|publisher=[[Titan Books]]\|location=London\|pages=8–17\|isbn=~~1840237955~~1-84023-795-3}}</ref> Jade Unterman and Louise Grant portrayed the character as a child and an elderly woman, respectively.<ref>{{cite ~~web~~news\|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/1247823/Jade-Unterman/filmography\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414150721/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1247823/Jade-Unterman/filmography\|~~title~~url-status=~~New~~dead\|archive-date=April ~~York~~14, ~~Times:~~2009\|department=Movies ~~Jade~~& ~~Unterman~~TV ~~filmography~~Dept.\|~~publisher~~work=[[The New York Times]]\|~~accessdate~~date=~~[[2008~~2009\|title=New York Times: Jade Unterman filmography\|access-~~12-07]]~~date=December 7, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://scifi.about.com/od/smallvilleepisodeguide/a/SMAL_3s_2.htm\|title=Cast listing for ''Smallville''\|publisher=[[About.com]]\|~~accessdate~~access-date=[[December 7, 2008\|url-12status=dead\|archive-~~07]]~~url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100120100731/http://scifi.about.com/od/smallvilleepisodeguide/a/SMAL_3s_2.htm\|archive-date=January 20, 2010\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> At the time she was cast as Lana, Kreuk had no idea who the character was in [[Superman]] lore. Her uncle, who owned a comic book shop, filled her in on the details and she learned more from the producers. Kreuk realized that the character in the comics and her character on the show were two different people. As a result, Kreuk ~~learns~~learned about the development of Lana as Lana is learning in the show, just as Welling does with Clark Kent.<ref name="KK1">Simpson, Paul, (Season 1 Companion), pp.116-119</ref> When asked if her being cast as a traditionally [[red hair]]ed character caused outcry from fans, Kreuk believes that whoever did "got over it pretty fast".<ref name="MetroInterview">{{~~Citation~~Cite news\|last=Williams\|first=Andrew\|title=60 Second Interview: Kristen Kreuk\|newspaper=[[Metro (Associated Metro Limited)\|Metro]]\|~~pages~~page=10~~\|year=2008~~\|date=September 15, 152008}}</ref> By [[Smallville (season 3)\|season three]], Kreuk had decided to "invest" herself less in her character, as she felt that her ~~character’s~~character's ultimate development was entirely in the hands of the producers. She no longer became frustrated when the producers had Lana doing things that Kreuk felt were out of character, instead trusting that they would find the right direction for the character.<ref name="KK3">Simpson, Paul, (Season 3 Companion) pp.116-119</ref> Kreuk enjoyed the [[Smallville (season 4)\|fourth season]] because it gave her the chance to stretch her acting abilities with ~~Lana’s~~Lana's storyline involving the spirit of Countess Margaret Isobel Thoreaux. According to the actress,: "That was a lot of fun; I thought it was funny as well […] It really was wonderful to be able to stretch and play this driven woman who has a goal and is going to reach it, and in the meantime ~~she’s~~she's going to be sexy doing it. That was a lot of fun for me because the show [sometimes] ~~isn’t~~isn't realistic so, as actors, we get to play with different types of things.".<ref name="KK4"/> Kreuk says her strangest moment on the show was playing a [[vampire]] in [[Smallville (season 5)\|season five]]'s "Thirst", an experience she remembers as "uncomfortable" due to the fake blood they covered her in.<ref name="MetroInterview"/> ~~Kreuk left the series at the end of the seventh season,~~<ref>{{cite web\|author=~~Rob~~Michael Ausiello ~~Salem~~\|url=http://~~www~~ausiellofiles.~~thestar~~ew.com/~~entertainment~~2008/~~Television~~07/~~article/417678\|title=Shaking things up in Smallville\|publisher=The Star\|date=[[2008~~ask-04ausiello-~~24]]\|accessdate=2008~~-~~05-19}}</ref> but appeared in five episodes in season eight as a guest star~~1.~~<ref~~html ~~name="aus072008">{{cite web\|author=Michael Ausiello~~\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828031340/http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2008/07/ask-ausiello--1.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=August 28, 2008 \|title=Ask Ausiello: 'CSI' Sex Shocker! Lana Back to 'Smallville'! Gay Panic at 'Grey's'! '24' Villain's Alive! \|publisher=Entertainment Weekly \|date=~~[[2008-07-~~July 23~~]]\|accessdate=~~, 2008 \|access-~~08-~~date=August 27, 2008}}</ref> ==Character development== ===Storyline progression=== One of the early turning points for the character came in season ~~one’s~~one's "X-Ray", when Lana discovers information about her parents that changes her perspective on them. It began with her ~~mother’s~~mother's graduation speech, which showed that her mother was not as happy as her aunt had led her to believe. ~~Lana’s~~Lana's perception of her mother drove the way she led her own life, which was based on the idea of everyone perceiving her in a good light.<ref name="KK1"/> In season two, Lana discovers that her mother had had an affair with a man named Henry Small, and that he was her biological father. This continued the idea established in season one that ~~Lana’s~~Lana's perception that her parents were this perfect couple was wrong. According to Kreuk, meeting her biological father allowed the character to realize that she had to create her own life, as the one she had envisioned did not actually exist.<ref name="~~KK2~~Kristin"/> Season two also showed ~~Lana’s~~Lana's transition from the "girl next door" to a more "self-reliant young woman". At the beginning of the season Lana is forced to come to terms with her diminished feelings for Whitney, as well as her growing feelings for Clark. It takes time before Lana is strong enough to finally tell Whitney the truth, in a video message, about the way she feels.<ref name="~~KK2~~Kristin"~~>Simpson, Paul, (Season 2 Companion), pp.120-123<~~/~~ref~~> The Talon, a local coffee shop co-owned by Lana, becomes her new grounding force as Whitney and her aunt have left Smallville. Kreuk thinks that it can be hard to believe that a sixteen-year -old girl could become co-owner of a coffee shop, but she believes that it helps to provide more independence for the character and establish her more within the show.<ref name="~~KK2~~Kristin"/> Eventually, in order to really get to know herself, and find her role in life, Lana leaves Smallville for Paris.<ref name="KK3"/> In season four, Kristin Kreuk felt like Lana is "going a little crazy and is uncertain about her direction, and feels people ~~aren’t~~aren't validating her beliefs".<ref name="KK5">Byrne, Craig, (Season 5 Companion) pp. 116-119</ref> ===Characterization=== At the start of the show, Lana Lang is characterized as the [[girl next door]]. As Kreuk describes her, she is the "beautiful, popular girl who is really lonely". She has a "hole in her heart", because of the loss of her parents, and feels empathy for everyone. <ref name="Kristin"~~>Simpson, Paul, (Season 1 Companion), pp.116–119<~~/~~ref~~> ~~Kristin~~Kreuk feels that deep down the character is a "tough girl", and that Lex manages to bring that side of her out more. For instance, he convinces her to fight back against a rival coffee shop that is spreading rumors about The Talon – the coffee shop that she joint owns with Lex.<ref name="KK1"/> ~~Unfortunately, that~~That tough side is not seen in the first season. According to Kreuk, the character was never placed in situations where she could show her outgoing side, because she was left to communicate primarily with Whitney and Clark. Kreuk thinks that Lana "lived in her head a little bit"; she was intelligent enough to read classical books, but would also read romantic novels "on the sly".<ref name="KK1"/> As Alfred Gough sees it, Lana is a ~~byproduct~~by-product of Clark and ~~Lex’s~~Lex's decisions. She will always love Clark, and Clark will always love her, but it was ~~Clark’s~~Clark's bad decisions, and ~~Lex’s~~Lex's "basest instincts" that make Lana the "receptacle of all of these bad decisions", marking her as a tragic figure on the show.<ref name="KK5"/> While Lana was with Clark, Kreuk characterizes her as a "wimpy, whiny kind of girl"; with Lex, Lana is "strong, powerful, and ~~doesn’t~~doesn't have to question, 'What is going on? What does he think? Does he love me? I ~~don’t~~don't know where I stand.'".<ref name="KK5"/> To clarify, ~~Lana’s~~Lana's relationship with Lex brings out a darkness that had not been seen in the character. This is evident in "Nemesis" when Lana manipulates her way into seeing Lionel, only to interrogate him about why he forced her to marry Lex, as well as leaving Lex to die in the ~~underground~~ tunnels. As Gough explains, by the end of the sixth season, Lana has shown that she can beat Lex at his own games.<ref name="KK6"/> Reviewer Jennifer Malkowski feels that Lana is one of the most gullible characters on television. According to Malkowski, Lana's strong feminist stance, and her request that people should stop protecting her and start telling her the truth, are diluted by her willingness to believe whatever pieces of information she gets, even if they are lies.<ref>{{cite news\|author=Jennifer Malkowski\|url=http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/smallvilleseason5.php\|title=Season 5 review\|publisher=DVD Verdict\|date=2006-10-16\|accessdate=2008-09-15}}</ref> Reviewer Jennifer Malkowski feels that Lana is one of the most gullible characters on television. According to Malkowski, Lana's strong feminist stance, and her request that people should stop protecting her and start telling her the truth, are diluted by her willingness to believe whatever pieces of information she gets, even if they are lies.<ref>{{cite news\|author=Jennifer Malkowski \|url=http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/smallvilleseason5.php \|title=Season 5 review \|publisher=DVD Verdict \|date=October 16, 2006 \|access-date=September 15, 2008 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206143509/http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/smallvilleseason5.php \|archive-date=December 6, 2008}}</ref> After the series ended, Gough and Millar expressed regret with Lana's characterization throughout the course of the show, which they felt damaged Lana in the audiences' mind. Gough and Millar believed that Lana's behavior toward Clark (for refusing to reveal his secret) made her come across as cold and unsympathetic.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.sundance.tv/series/the-writers-room/blog/2014/04/interview-with-smallville-creators-alfred-gough-and-miles-millar \|title=The Writers' Room - "The Writers' Room" Interview: "Smallville" creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar – SundanceTV \|access-date=September 30, 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006112413/http://www.sundance.tv/series/the-writers-room/blog/2014/04/interview-with-smallville-creators-alfred-gough-and-miles-millar \|archive-date=October 6, 2014 \|url-status=dead \|df=mdy-all}}</ref> ===Relationships=== When ''Smallville'' first began, Lana was in a romantic relationship with Whitney Fordman, the star quarterback of the football team. Kreuk believes that Lana truly was in love with Whitney when they first started dating, but by the time the audience first sees her in [[Pilot (Smallville)\|the pilot]] she is no longer in that same state of mind. Kreuk believes that by the time of the pilot Lana had grown ~~“comfortable”~~"comfortable" with Whitney, and that was where their relationship ended.<ref name="KK1"/> Though Lana had growing feelings for Clark, Kreuk feels that the producers rushed the coupling of Clark and Lana at the end of the second season. She believes that with everything that had happened throughout the season between the two characters, it seemed a bit of a stretch for Lana to just quickly fall into ~~Clark’s~~Clark's arms.<ref name="~~KK2~~Kristin"/> The next season began to develop more of the relationship between Lex and Lana. Kreuk believes that Lana cares for Lex as a friend, and that she recognizes the "undertones" that Lex may be placing on their relationship, but that Lana tends to ignore them. Kreuk recognizes that Lex is a big part of ~~Lana’s~~Lana's life, and that Lana tries to pay more attention to the good that Lex does and focus less on the darker aspects of his life.<ref name="KK3"/> The friendship that Lana shares with Chloe was deeply damaged at the start of season three, so much so that not even Kreuk realized how badly until the episode "Truth". Lana is aware that Chloe still has romantic feelings for Clark, but their friendship suffered the most when Chloe revealed that she had known where Clark had been hiding for months. The feelings of distrust for Chloe remained hidden until "Truth"—where Chloe gained the ability to have others speak the truth no matter what—when Lana finally revealed how much she cannot trust Chloe.<ref name="KK3"/> This developing friendship between Lex and Lana puts a strain on ~~Lana’s~~Lana's relationship with Clark. Just as Clark is beginning to realize the truth about Lex and his lies, Lana is starting to trust Lex more. Ultimately, it is ~~Clark’s~~Clark's own lack of honesty that forces Lana to leave Smallville and go to Paris at the end of season three. In the end, Kreuk believes that Clark is ~~Lana’s~~Lana's only true friend, as Lex is more focused on bringing his father to justice and she and Chloe have a tense relationship based on their mutual feelings for Clark.<ref name="KK3"/> While in Paris, Lana begins a new romantic relationship with Jason Teague. Kreuk believes that Lana did love Jason Teague, but she also still loved Clark at the same time. With Clark, it was the "first love" that she never had the chance to discover, and that lingered with her while she was in Paris during the space between ~~season~~seasons three and four. According to Kreuk, before Lana can experience successful relationships with other people she will need to know what it is like to truly be in a relationship with Clark, because of the "intense connection between [the] two".<ref name="KK4">Byrne, Craig, (Season 4 Companion) pp. 116-119</ref> Allison Mack shares her insight into the relationship between Clark and Lana, believing that the pair should have remained apart until they could finally be honest with each other: "~~There’s~~There's no honesty in their relationship, and ~~there’s~~there's no way that they could have a healthy relationship without that honesty […] You ~~can’t~~can't be with someone if ~~you’re~~you're not honest with them.". Kreuk echoes ~~Mack’s~~Mack's sentiments, acknowledging that Lana is not stupid, and if Clark wants a real relationship then he is going to have to be honest with her.<ref name="KK4"/> {{Quote box ~~{\|class="toccolours" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 2em; font-size: 95%; background:#c6dbf7; color:black; width:35em; max-width: 40%;" cellspacing="5"~~ \|style=background:#c6dbf7;width:35em;max-width:40%; \|~~style~~quote=~~"text-align:~~ ~~left;"\|~~"A part of me feels that she could never really love Lex, and that is why she can be with him: ~~he’s~~he's not capable of hurting her. She fully loved Clark, Jason, and Whitney. She loved those people. She can care about Lex and want the best for him, but I ~~don’t~~don't think she could fall blindly in love with him.". \|- \|~~style~~source=~~"text-align:~~ ~~left;" \|~~— Kristin Kreuk on ~~Lana’s~~Lana's relationship with Lex.<ref name="KK5"/> \|}} The beginning of season five saw, for the first time, Clark and Lana in a happy relationship together, one that was void of dishonesty and secrets. The return of ~~Clark’s~~Clark's powers in "Hidden", as well as the secrets and lies that accompany them, caused stress on their relationship. In the ~~series’~~series' 100th episode, Clark finally took a chance and told Lana the truth. When it resulted, indirectly, in her death and he was allowed to live the day over again Clark chose not to tell her his secret. In "Hypnotic", in an effort to stop hurting Lana emotionally, Clark told her that he no longer loved her. This drove Lana into ~~Lex’s~~Lex's arms. Writer Darren Swimmer explains that this was not something that just happened in the series, but something that had been hinted at for many seasons. Swimmer believes that Lana started dating Lex as a way of making Clark mad, but the relationship "turned into much more". Kreuk contends that Lana went to Lex because "she knows that she will never really love him." Kreuk believes that ~~Lana’s~~Lana's relationship with the men in her life has been motivated by a desire to fill a void in her life that was left after her parents were killed. This need to fill that emptiness was fulfilled in "Void", when Lana took a drug to induce death so that she could see her parents in the afterlife. Upon meeting her parents, Kreuk believes that Lana realized that she no longer needed someone else to fill that hole in her. Kreuk sees this filled void as the reason why Lana would gravitate toward Lex. Although she did not truly love Lex, Kreuk argues that Lex was not a rebound guy and that Lana did have feelings for him."<ref name="KK5"/> Even though Lana eventually marries Lex in season six, Al Gough argues that Lana still loved Clark and Clark still loved her. The only reason Lana was with Lex was because Clark forced her in that direction and she ended up getting in over her head.<ref name="KK6">Byrne, Craig, (Season 6 Companion) pp. 116-119</ref> By contrast, writer Caroline Dries feels that Lana did love Lex, and that she did not make any hasty decisions when she agreed to marry him. Dries believes that the progression of the show demonstrates that Lex earned ~~Lana’s~~Lana's love. To answer viewers that hated to see Lana marry Lex, Dries contends that as viewers we are seeing all of Lex, including how evil he truly is, while Lana only sees the portion of Lex that appears good.<ref name="KK6"/> ==Reception== In 2001, Kristin Kreuk was nominated for a [[Saturn Award]] for [[Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television\|Best Actress]], as well as Female Cinescape Genre Face of the Future.<ref name="awards">{{cite web\|url=http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html#tvsupportingactor \|title=Saturn Television Awards \|publisher=[[Saturn Awards]] \|~~accessdate~~access-date=May 2, 2007 \|url-05status=dead \|archive-02url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080207072429/http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html \|archive-date=February 7, 2008}}</ref> The following year, alongside co-star Tom Welling, Kreuk was nominated for a Best Actress Saturn Award again.<ref>{{cite news\|author=Eric Moro \|url=http://www.mania.com/37873.html \|title=2003 Saturn Awards \|publisher=Mania.com \|date=[[March 5, 2005~~-03-05]]~~ \|~~accessdate~~access-date=September 12, 2007 \|url-09status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012045615/http://www.mania.com/37873.html \|archive-date=October 12, 2007}}</ref> She would receive two more nominations in that category, one in 2004 and one in 2006, before she departed from the show.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Steven H Silver\|url=http://www.sfsite.com/columns/news0402.htm\|title=The 30th Annual Saturn Award Nominations \|~~publiser~~publisher=SF Site\|date=~~[[2004-02-~~February 13]], 2004\|~~accessdate~~access-date=[[December 6, 2008 \|archive-12url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080503082605/http://www.sfsite.com/columns/news0402.htm \|archive-~~06]]~~date = May 3, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.mania.com/50679.html \|title=32nd Annual Saturn Award nominees \|publisher=Mania.com \|date=~~[[2006-02-~~February 15]], 2006 \|~~accessdate~~access-date=September 12, 2007 \|url-09status=dead \|archive-12url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927021423/http://www.mania.com/50679.html \|archive-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref> In the 2003 [[Teen Choice Awards]], Kristin Kreuk was nominated for Choice TV Actress: Drama/Action Adventure.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2003_June_17/ai_103446302/pg_2 \|title=America Online and ~~TEEN~~Teen ~~PEOPLE~~People Announce Nominees for ~~THE~~The 2003 ~~TEEN~~Teen ~~CHOICE~~Choice ~~AWARDS~~Awards on ~~FOX~~Fox (page 2) \|publisher=[[Business Wire]] \|date=~~[[2003-06-~~June 17]], 2003 \|~~accessdate~~access-date=[[September 11, 2007 \|url-09status=dead \|archive-~~11]]~~url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012122601/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2003_June_17/ai_103446302/pg_2 \|archive-date=October 12, 2007}}</ref> She was nominated again in 2004,<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://74.125.19.102/translate_c?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.serieslive.com/article-53-teen-choice-awards-2004-le-vote-du-public.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3D2006%2BTeen%2BChoice%2BAward%2BChemistry%2Bkreuk%2Bwelling%26start%3D20%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN&usg=ALkJrhj1cSh4pgmct40pTf8ei8EuYlsdbw \|title=The Teen Choice Awards 2004: the voting public \|~~accessdate~~access-date=[[December 9, 2008~~-12-09]]~~ \|date=~~[[2004-08-~~August 11]], 2004 \|publisher=SeriesLive}}{{dead link\|date=June 2017 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> 2006,<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://tvdramas.about.com/od/tvshowsaz/a/2006teenchoice.htm\|title=2006 Teen Choice Award Nominees and Winners\|~~accessdate~~access-date=[[December 9, 2008~~-12-09]]~~\|author=Thomas, Rachel\|publisher=[[About.com]]\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716144356/http://tvdramas.about.com/od/tvshowsaz/a/2006teenchoice.htm\|archive-date=July 16, 2011\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> 2008 for the revised category Choice TV Actress: Action Adventure,<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.teenchoiceawards.com/pdfs/TC08nominees.pdf \|title=Teen Choice 2008 \|~~accessdate~~access-date=[[December 9, 2008~~-12-09]]~~ \|publisher=[[Teen Choice Awards]] \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218044919/http://www.teenchoiceawards.com/pdfs/TC08nominees.pdf \|archive-date=December 18, 2008}}</ref> and finally in 2009.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Kelly West\|url=http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Nominations-Posted-For-2009-Teen-Choice-Awards-18151.html\|title=Nominations Posted For 2009 Teen Choice Awards\|publisher=CinemaBlend\|date=June 15, 2009\|~~accessdate~~access-date=June 16, 2009}}</ref> Kreuk was also co-nominated with Welling at the 2006 Teen Choice Awards for Most Beautiful Couple (TV - Choice Chemistry).<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.serieslive.com/news-2698-the-teen-choice-awards-2006-le-vote-du-public.html&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=9&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D2006%2BTeen%2BChoice%2BAward%2BChemistry%2Bkreuk%2Bwelling%26start%3D20%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN\|title=The Teen Choice Awards 2006: the voting public\|~~accessdate~~access-date=[[December 9, 2008~~-12-09]]~~\|author=Jacquiau, Baptiste\|date=[[August 20, 2006~~-08-20]]~~\|publisher=SeriesLive}}</ref> DVD Verdict's Brian Byun felt that the casting of the series was "pitch-perfect";, noting that Kreuk is "painfully luminous" as Lana Lang, which makes it obvious why she is the object of ~~Clark’s~~Clark's obsession.<ref>{{cite news\|author=Brian Byun \|url=http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/smallvilleseason1.php \|title=Season 1 review \|publisher=DVD Verdict \|date=~~2003-11-~~November 24, 2003 \|~~accessdate~~access-date=September 15, 2008 \|url-09status=dead \|archive-15url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704144317/http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/smallvilleseason1.php \|archive-date=July 4, 2008}}</ref> ==Other media appearances== ~~==See also==~~ ===Young adult novels=== [[Lana Lang]] — The [[DC Comics]] version of the character ▲Lana makes her first literary appearance in ''Smallville: Strange Visitors'', published by [[Hachette Book Group USA#~~Warner~~Inactive ~~Aspect~~imprints\|Aspect]]. In ''Strange Visitors'', Lana attempts to organize a fund raiser for the family of a school mate, Stewart, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Her effort is rendered moot when Lex Luthor and Dr. Donald Jacobi, a con artist that comes to Smallville, pick up Stewart's medical bills after a meteor rock removes all of the malignant cancer cells in his brain.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Smallville: Strange Visitors\|author=[[Roger Stern]]\|~~url~~date=~~http://www.amazon.com/Strange-Visitors-Smallville-Book-~~October 1~~/dp/0446612138\|date=[[~~, 2002~~-10-01]]~~\|publisher=[[Hachette Book Group USA#~~Warner~~Inactive ~~Aspect~~imprints\|Aspect]]\|isbn=~~0446612138~~0-446-61213-8\|author-link=Roger Stern}}</ref> In ''Smallville: Dragon'', Lana is visits an antiques dealer, Mrs. Mayfern, looking for a gift for her boyfriend, Whitney. When she leaves she breaks up with Whitney and starts dating Clark. It is eventually discovered that she was hypnotized by Mrs. Mayfern, whose homegrown herbal tea is fertilized by meteor rocks.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Smallville: Dragon\|author=[[Alan Grant ~~(writer)\|Alan Grant]]\|url=http://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Smallville-Grant/dp/8441414750/~~\|date=[[May 24, 2004~~-05-24]]~~\|publisher=[[Hachette Book Group USA#~~Warner~~Inactive ~~Aspect~~imprints\|Aspect]]\|isbn=~~8441414750~~84-414-1475-0\|author-link=Alan Grant (writer)}}</ref> ===Comic books=== Lana made a non-speaking cameo appearance in the ninth issue of the show's comic book continuation ''Smallville: Season Eleven'', written by executive story editor [[Bryan Q. Miller]]. Though Clark and [[Bart Allen]] do not notice her, she watches them race over the coast of [[Cameroon]].<ref>''Smallville Season 11'' vol. 1 #9 (January 2013)</ref> Lana returns in a parallel story arc ''Valkyrie'' in which she uses the superhero alias "Angel of the Plateau" and battles terrorists in Africa. Lana also saves Lois from one of their attacks. Lana reveals that she has been using her abilities to help and protect children from people who would exploit them after Lana had settled in Africa. However, Lois tries not to reveal her relationship with Clark to Lana. Elsewhere, the terrorists seek [[Metallo\|John Corben]]'s aid in defeating Angel of the Plateau. Corben's new kryptonite heart (installed by Winslow Schott) has absorbed the nanites embedded in Lana's skin, rendering her powerless and no longer emitting the kryptonite radiation once more. After Lois helps Lana defeat Corben, Lana reveals that she had seen Lois's engagement ring, thus she already knows about Clark's relationship with Lois. Lana gives her blessing to Lois, and decides to remain in Africa as the Angel.<ref>''Smallville Season 11 Specials'' #2 (June 2013)</ref> ==References== {{~~reflist\|2~~Reflist}} ~~==External links==~~ [http://smallville.wikia.com/wiki/Lana_Lang Lana Lang] at [http://smallville.wikia.com/wiki/Smallville_Wiki ''Smallville'' Wiki] {{Smallville}} {{Superman characters}} {{Good article}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lang, Lana}} [[Category:DC Comics characters in other media]]▼ [[Category:~~Fictional~~Superman ~~cheerleaders~~in other media]] [[Category:Fictional killers]]▼ [[Category:Fictional businesspeople]]▼ [[Category:Smallville characters]]▼ [[Category:DC Comics characters with superhuman strength]]▼ [[Category:DC Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds]] ▲[[Category:DC Comics characters inwith ~~other~~superhuman ~~media~~strength]] [[Category:DC Comics characters with accelerated healing]] ▲[[Category:~~DC Comics~~Adoptee characters ~~with superhuman~~in ~~strength~~television]] ▲[[Category:Fictional businesspeople]] ▲[[hu:Lana Lang (Smallville)]] ▲[[Category:Fictional ~~killers~~cheerleaders]] ▲[[Category:Smallville characters]] [[Category:Television characters introduced in 2001]] [[Category:Fictional waiting staff]]