All things considered, I'm a bit relieved, too. You never know what to expect when somebody promises to kill a character. And since I can't believe for a moment that the death you warned us about was Nigel's, I'm going to assume it will be Rebecca's after all. After all, I considered her the most likely victim all along. (I really think it would be some kind of 'cheating' to make us worry about a character death only to end up killing no one but the principal villain of a story.)

I sure wasn't sorry to see Nigel die. I positively squirmed when I had to listen to his self-satisfied gloating. And because he had learned about Clark's Superman identity, he was just too supremely dangerous to be left alive.

I'm glad that it was Lex who killed Nigel, too. Even though this chapter finally convinced me that this Lex is indeed a good guy, I still don't want Clark or Lois to kill unless it is absolutely necessary. Actually, killing Nigel this time was absolutely necessary, but I'm just glad that Lex took care of it, that's all. Besides, it was fitting. Lex blamed himself for being fooled by Nigel, and rightly so. It was good to see that Lex was able to outwit Nigel in the end, even though it was probably too late to save Rebecca. She, on the other hand, saved the other three, because Nigel would have killed them all if she hadn't distracted Nigel enough for Lex to kill him. Bottom line, though, she gave her life for Clark.

And now Lex knows everything. And Rebecca, poor girl, also knows everything, although I doubt that she will be able to remember much about the connection between Lois and Ultrawoman.

In the final chapter, we will see what happens to Lois and Rebecca. If Rebecca is going to die, as I suspect, then she can either die in Lois's arms, or she can die after Lois has brought her to hospital, or most traumatic of all, she might die because Lois loses steam over the water and sinks, so that Rebecca drowns. I hope you won't do that to Lois, because that would be just too traumatic for her. How could she face Clark after letting Rebecca drown?

Anyway. One chapter to go. In the last and final chapter, we will also see what happens to Cat and Arianna Carlin, I suppose.

Ann