Pete Ross was positioned as Smallville's childhood best ... of Pete occasionally taking advantage of Clark's weaknesses, such as slipping some red kryptonite to be in his possession.

So, when Pete, who was once Clark Kent's (Tom ... into a homicidal killer, Smallville has established that most with Kryptonite-crafted powers end up seeing red, and Pete falls into line here.

and Clark really didn't like it, I had to do scenes with Lois, who keeps saying how great the Red-Blue Blur is." Needless to say, Welling wasn't impressed with the direction that Smallville took ...