When Clark started to wake up, I assumed that this chapter would end on a higher note than the last one. Boy, was I wrong. I think that Clark is just doing some meditation thing to slow his heart and hasn't woken back up yet, but Lois is right to worry about him being kicked by Lex.
You've done a good crazy-Lex here. He really went off the rails during the whole clone arc. I think Dr. Kelley did an incomplete job of putting his mind back together with his body. I'm not surprised that he killed Deter here; Max was, after all, manipulating Lois to fall for him. That's Lex's job.
I'm a bit sorry about the sad ending. I tried to add something a bit lighter at the end but I couln't make it work. It just didn't fit in. But I promise the last part isn't whammy.
About Lex, yes I think after what he's been through he's gone off the deep end. For me Lex has always some kind of insanity in him and Max was just a underling for him, he is expendable.
Having Max next to 'his' Lois, well it is understandable that he'd kill everyone who might come in his way. I think the first season Lex wouldn't have done the dirty work himself. If I remember correctly he said at the end of an episode that he didn't like 'killing'... or was it 'shooting' anyone, because it meant having no better idea to dispose of someone... This Lex has changed. He is still intelligent but in my mind I could see him standing there and shouting out his hatred to Clark's body.
Max Deter was more of a jerk than Dan Scardino ever was! He was selfish, arrogant and dumb. Imagine taking advantage of Lois' amnesia like that! Especially knowing she has a family and fiance who love her. In these short sentences he shows his true colors. It is a good thing Lois found out about him before they flew off to Italy, otherwise she might have harmed him much worse than a mere punch in the nose. shock
Max is a selfish idiot... I really don't know how he could think that Lois would come with him to the south of France. Even if he kept her under hypnosis she would still be Lois in a way. Apart from her good looks there would be nothing between them. But perhaps he just wanted some eyecandy... It seems to me it would be an awful lot of work just for that.
Even I would have done more to him that just punch him.
I think I'll have the last part out in the next days, but I can't promise because work will keep me busy the next 7 days.
