1.03 - Hothead

[Season Four, Episode 404]Chloe is working at the Torch and ends up having to cover all the pieces with Clark deciding to dial back on Torch duties due to joining the football team (thus refocusing his priorities away from her and the Torch) and her cousin still trying to get into Met U without an earned diploma by trying to get the Dean to change he admissions policy.   This sets Chloe to cover the football practices herself where she drinks a concocted kryptojuice which makes her fall head over heals -- for Clark.

Smallville, Episode 4.03: Chloe and ClarkChloe's excited about her senior year and is excited to share it with her cousin (who has to repeat a semester because she flunked out her senior year and never received her diploma and thus can't get into Metropolis University.)  Chloe perkily points out in order to graduate, her cousin is going to need to pick up extracurricular because she's behind by more than a full semester worth of credits and recommends the Torch.  Her cousin nay-says citing that it's Chloe's thing - not hers.   Chloe retorts "What could be worse than, you know, uncovering the truth and protecting the public?"  When her cousin complains about plastic surgery going on and "everyone hiding who they really are" - Chloe assigns it as her cousins first article.

Chloe and Clark figure out the connection between Lana and Brett's accidents - both have increase serotonin levels.  Chloe notes it's the word most often misspelled in her cousins "slander piece."  The go back to the Torch where they find out about the crazed doctor, Abby's kisses, and the comas.  Chloe notes that her cousin seems to be one step ahead of them - in reality, her cousin has no idea how dangerous Doctor Fine is.

Chloe's articles have already started gathering attention by the way of hate mail from some of the 'jocks' at SHS for her digging into the cheating scandal of the football team.  Clark teases her about it; she is happy because that means she's "hitting a nerve." Chloe persists on taking pictures and digging at the "cheating jockstraps" until Clark has to save her from a football.

The Clark, Chloe, and Pete trio go over to the Beanery, along the way she outlines her up-coming Torch article on the players to Clark's amusement and Pete's annoyance. While hanging out, she over hears a discussion of the players and decides to follow them.  At the football field, she hides behind th bleachers while photographing Coach Arnold's flaming sprinklers.

Chloe's first 'source' is Trevor Chapel, a student uncomfortable with the Coach and cheating on the exam.  Chloe approaches him for information and shows him the photo, telling him whether he helps her or not that it will "be on the front page of tomorrow's Torch."