I really enjoyed this chapter, Terry. Can I just say how much I like Rachel Harris? She's so great - if Clark's going to have romance with anyone but Lois (and it's looking more and more like he won't), the why can't it be Rachel? She deserves it.
I'm glad to see that Lois isn't losing herself while dating Luthor, both in her way of standing up for her job and in remembering that there's a slight possibility that he's a criminal mastermind. It also looks like there's some inkling in her brain of seeing Clark in a romantical way, too. Yay!
BJ