John: Sorry about the delay in responding. I'm still trying to catch up.
I guess I am

about this part, but I was actually hoping we would learn more in this part than we did. I was really, really hoping Lois and Clark would get to actually really talk. silly me, thinking that could happen.
Be careful what you wish for.
Lois:Minutes to decompress is what causes stories to go cold.
Good point.
On the other hand, shouldn't she make sure that the story she was going to run from her weak source does not run?
LOIS: Ooops?
Lois:So it was like I was on the date with Linda as well.
CLARK: Well, that would have... been.... awkward.
I think that should be "reached its limit", since it is "her boss's patience" that reached a limit.
Thanks. Fixed.
Good think he can't be strangled.
LOIS: But I might enjoy trying it.
CLARK: Me too.
[excited] this means they should share their investigations about organized crime, right?
Hmmmm.
lots of former Soviet Republics were highly cash strapped in the early 1990s.
Good point.
Wait Perry forgot the "together" before sleep.

PERRY: No, I didn't. How else would Lane have gotten pregnant?
LOIS: What?
CLARK: I told you, sir, I've been a perfect gentleman.
LOIS: What? I'm *what?*
She wants to sleep with Clark before she figures out who gave these guys the nuclear bomb?

LOIS: I didn't say that!
CLARK: Out loud.
LOIS: Okay, I may have THOUGHT it, but I didn't say it.
CLARK: Then, how come I heard you?
Lois:I have now been ordered by my boss to sleep with Clark. He can't turn me down now.
CLARK: I'm telling you, Lois, that's not in my job description! You would be agreeing with me here, if he had ordered me to sleep with someone else.
LOIS:
they will be together and alone. OK, I am only half believing it will happen.
So, should this be counted as foreshadowing?

that Clark does not try at all to figure out what this new issue is.
He has his own assignment. Anyway, I don't think he's as nosy as Lois.
We should definitely consider using a pair should we ever get a real date night.”
JOHN: [a bit taken aback by Lois's suggestion]
LOIS: But he can't fly off if he's handcuffed to me.