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Daniel,
I love this show. Lex Luthor is a very appealing character from an Objectivist viewpoint
In a number of respects that is certainly true, though seems that by the start of the 4th season the nastier aspects of Lex's personality are really coming to the fore and his relationship with Clark seems headed down the toilet pan (you may know more than I as the UK broadcasts are a few months behind the US as bloody usual!).
I would argue though that a number of the other characters display traits that Objectivists would recognise as virtuous - Clark going ahead and testifying against Lionel in the season 3 finale despite his massive falling out with Lex because it was the right thing to do springs immediately to mind, as does Jonathan's justification for risking his own life to bring Clark back earlier in the season - seemed to me he was essentially justifying it in terms of value judgement rather than altruism. More generally Clark's determination to uncover his origins while at the same time rejecting Jor-El's "preordained" destiny in favour of charting his own course encapsulates the entire free will v determinism issue.
MH
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