Out of the frying pan and into the fire! I knew nothing good would come of both Lois's parents being AWOL. And now Lucy and Uncle Mike have headed out of town, too. EEK!
Yes, I could see Clark feeling guilty about using precious seconds to get a back-up witness, but since he knew that the coach and the principal weren't on his or Lois's side he needed to do that or they'd both be in trouble. I wonder how well the principal would fare if Sam Lane became involved. He might be a self-centered egoist, but he wouldn't want his daughter treated in this manner or abused and then blamed for any assault upon her. (Or is that just my optimism?)
It's so sad that Lois's classmates care more about winning games than about the football players' education or about them cheating. Yea! Lois! Yea! Lois!
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She's showing TRUE school spirit!
After an event like this, I couldn't see Lois ever returning to her high school reunion... of course, I could see Julie and Joe's hindsight recollections of the events would be something like... "Oh, LoLo, you know that I always had your back. I'm so glad you did what you did. I was rooting for you the whole time." Yeah, right.
I'm a bit surprised that Lois didn't call Ralph to ask him about the article or tell him about the reprisals, but then again, she probably didn't want to chance losing her internship.
I wonder what will happen to Lois. After what Tom did to her in the locker room, I doubt these are just innocent pranksters breaking into her house. These are angry young men with an ax to grind. How do they plan to enact their revenge? It's scary that they knocked out her power and telephone. At least, she has actual chargeable offenses to put them away... well, at least, until she's "safe" in Ireland (but that's another story). Would her classmates change their minds about Tom if they knew how much he had hurt Lois? Would they really want to be party to assault or battery or worse? (party as in agreeing that she deserved it or that it was her fault, and not doing anything to stop the violence against her.) Don't these boys know that anything that they do outside of school, can have real-life consequences? Nah, probably not. "Daddy'll get me off," I can see Tom saying.
Will she go on the lam and go hide out with Clark? See how and where *he* lives? That would be informative. Or will he come and stay at her house? Of course, then Sam will return early and she'll get in trouble for having a boy in the house. There's no winning for Lois (or Clark), is there?
Shayne, you win Cliffy of the Week award. Two in one week.
