Michael: Catching up, slowly. Thank you for your continued patience.
Trying to curry favor so she will be…favorably disposed to him later on tonight?
Feeling guilty for kissing her in the suit and making her think that they were in a love triangle.
Possibly.
Service Lex in ways that go beyond what Mrs. Cox does for him?
LOIS: I won't cross that line for a story! Because I'll get paid for that story and that would make me a prostitute and I'll never hear the end of it from Cat. Thank you, no!
The first one seems calculating, the second one, though <<Michael likey>>
She's trying to be kind. That part of her is a bit rusty.
RALPH: Darn, I knew I should have helped out with watching Kent’s place.
RALPH:

About time!
EW: I was just joking.
CAT:

That wasn't funny.
LOIS: Yes, it was. <<said in hindsight>>
Hmmmm. Another believer in Clark's sporadic hearing.