I agree that Clark was sidelined in the ep especially WRT the ending fight against Icicle. Unfortunately it happens all too often when it's a "Justice League" Ep, in the cartoons or in the comics

The writers concentrate on giving the other characters importance of making them look like they're more involved in the fight rather than writing Clark as an active participant, because he IS the most powerful. So you keep him out of the fight (as they did here) or like in "Justice" you take away all his common sence and have him enter a room in his enemies property with x-raying it and getting himself felled by kryptonite.

Because as DeKnight said: when you've got a man who can do everything, why have a league in the first place?

I'm not as bothered by the Clois as I think it has gotten better, but Chloe's fate bothers me.

People took that line about her being on the same path as Fate too literally because Nelson was quite literally broken by the power. He went mad, and if Chloe was meant to recieve the helment, then J'onn's warning to her would make no sence. I worry that the show is going to martyr her and then make it all Clark's fault.

*rolls eyes*

But Lex's is soooo alive *punches air*