By Stig Editor 
Smallville’s Biggest Injustice: The Character Who Deserved So Much More
As a lifelong Superman fan, Smallville will always hold a sacred place in my heart. It wasn’t just a show about Clark Kent’s slow-burn journey toward the cape it was a deep, layered saga about choices, friendships, legacy, and the cost of destiny. But as brilliant as Smallville was in shaping Clark’s heroic arc, there’s one character whose ending still feels like a gut-punch betrayal.
And no, it’s not Lex. It’s Chloe Sullivan.
From the very beginning, Chloe was Smallville’s secret weapon. While Clark was still fumbling with high school crushes and heat vision, Chloe was decoding mysteries, exposing meteor freaks, and risking her life for truth and justice before Clark even knew what those words meant. She was the Lois Lane we didn’t know we needed. Sharp. Loyal. Unapologetically brave.
She wasn’t just “the sidekick.” She was the emotional compass of the show. The one person who kept Clark grounded when everyone else fell away. So how did Smallville reward her?
With a rushed marriage. A soft fade-out. And a legacy that got buried beneath plot twists and fan service.
It drives me crazy because Chloe earned more. She was the first to discover Clark’s secret and she carried it with dignity. She was tortured, manipulated, resurrected, and still came back fighting. She trained heroes. She built Watchtower. She literally kept the Justice League together while Clark was still questioning who he was.
By the final season, Chloe had grown into someone who could’ve become a major force in Superman’s future. Instead, she was sidelined. Her last scene was sweet, but it was a whisper when she deserved a roar.
And maybe it hurts because it was so close to greatness. The writers clearly loved her but didn’t know how to make her fit into the canonical Superman world. And so she was gently erased, a casualty of continuity.
But Chloe Sullivan will always be our hero.
The one who saw greatness in Clark Kent before anyone else did.
And frankly, she deserved to wear the cape just once.