"Chloe has been and always will be the lynchpin in Clark’s arc," Peterson explained. "What we’ve talked about in the writer’s room, is that for anyone who has been in the highs and lows of love over the course of their lives, there are a lot of different kinds of love. And we really see Chloe as the Mary Magdalene to Clark’s Christ. She may not have romance now, she may not have romance in the future, but how she loves him and the way she helps him grow as a character is paramount to him becoming Superman. And that is never going to change.
"As for her role this year," he added, "she has stepped out of the sidekick shadows and she has owned Watchtower and she is taking it upon herself while Clark is busy with Kandorians and Lois and being the Blur. She’s started to create the fledgling group that will eventually become the Justice League. So she’s basically in some ways running the show behind the scenes. We will start to unveil more and more of that as the season progresses. Chloe is a huge part of the back section of the season."