Yes! I must have ranted and raved for at least twenty minutes after I finally got around to watching the show this afternoon....what the hell kind of friend leaves his innocent friend at the mercy of his bastard father? I mean yes, I get that Lex has some "issues" to deal with, but that in no way means that he should be abandoned by his so-called friend. Grrr...as you can see, I'm obviously very upset by this.

I was pretty upset myself, but it was pointed out that a) how was Clark to know that Lex was going to get locked away? b) the last time Clark kidnapped somebody (Ryan) he brought said person to Lex, and where exactly could he hide *Lex* that nobody would find them? c) Lex does still have mad issues and d) it's pretty much Clark's word against everybody elses. This is not a desirable place to be right now.