Hi, Lieta.
The reason why I thought "Home is Where the Hurt is" was so important, was because Lois was important to his recovery with the "stronger than me alone" speech.
Larry is important to Kiley's recovery because of the "two halves of the same whole" speech. (And I have to thank rkn for helping me come up with that!) This is what ulitimately allows Clark to put his issues with Larry behind him.
But you do raise some good points about "Top Copy." Maybe I'll take a look at that one, too.