[Admiral_Young]

An even better resolution would be that the clone didn't retain the memories of Clark's secret due to traumatic brain damage experienced when the Fortress collapsed. Lex would still remember everything else except have that gap. He would still kill Tess. People are ignoring the sub-text of the mind wipe scene had to do with Tess's last act of redemption. Yes I might be delusional that it was the important part of the scene but we shouldn't be ignoring it. Tess was protecting Clark.