Thanks, BJ!
In Lois' defense, she did get a little suspicious at the end. But remember, Lois' perspective is different than ours. Most of us probably watched the first episode with enough Superman mythos knowledge to suspect Lex was up to no good. But Lois doesn't have that background and up to now has thought he was Metropolis' biggest benefactor.
As for the kryptonite cage... well, things will be pretty different from here on out, I can assure you, but there are a few things from the original scripts that will still be included. Whether or not the k-cage is one of them... I guess you'll have to RAFO.
Sara - I didn't think you expected an answer. Which enabled me not to feel too guilty in not giving you one.
