Like you I...well I didn't adore what Clark did, but I understood why he did it, and my heart just broke for our alien boy. I'm sure there will be outcry from fandom, already there are people looking forward to the day Doomsday, well you know what he does to Clark don't you?
It tore him apart to do this to her, and it killed me. The thing is she all she's lost is memory of his secret, and being his secret keeper. And I saw how much happier Chloe seemed to be. Without the burden of that on she's back to the fun Chloe that everyone fell in love with. And for once I didn't want to hit her.

It goes back to Identity, when Clark was scared that knowing his secret would place Jimmy in danger. He isn't being unreasonable when he said that. Knowing his secret has placed Chloe in danger multiple times, and finally with Brainiac. And he has learned to move on and function without her. People wanted her so much to be a part of the Superman myth, that, they were happy for her to do all the work, even if it stalled Clark's development, while all the time screaming, that Clark was being a 'BDA'.

Sorry for rambling, this is your journal, it's just it's nice to see someone who sees this episode the way I do.