Since I checked the challenge first, there's not big surprises in here. Except that Lois managed to extricate herself from Luthor immediately. Wonder if this has anything to do with a bit of physical imprinting that happened before Lois went back in time into another universe
And are you sure about the lack of A-plot? /remembers a certain nfic two-parter (?) where Nigel shot Lex just for the A-plot's sake

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/Looks forward to the next part and pokes a small reminder in about Suddenly Blonde/
Michael