I was trying for the idea that he's changed. That he's looking back over his behavior after talking with Clark and seeing other Kryptonians and realizing that what he'd thought his motives were at the time might not have been exactly the whole story.
Superman in L&C never seemed arrogant, partly because Dean Cain's Superman isn't overwhelming tall and I have noticed that the TV series (both the George Reeves and the Dean Cain series) focus of Clark and his co-workers more than the super-human exploits of Superman. The George Reeves Superman seems amused at the awe he evokes. And the Dean Cain Superman can definitely be seen as a character played by an actor (Clark) who ocassionally gets stage-fright (not much room for arrogance there.)
