 Even though Lana eventually marries Lex in season six , Al Gough argues that Lana still loved Clark and Clark still loved her . The only reason Lana was with Lex was because Clark forced her in that direction and she ended up getting in over her head . By contrast , writer Caroline Dries feels that Lana did love Lex , and that she did not make any hasty decisions when she agreed to marry him . Dries believes that the progression of the show demonstrates that Lex earned Lana 's love . To answer viewers that hated to see Lana marry Lex , Dries contends that as viewers we are seeing all of Lex , including how evil he truly is , while Lana only sees the portion of Lex that appears good . 
