Evelyn, I'm glad you enjoy my writing. I don't mean to torture my readers, honest, but sometimes the story just needs some tension.
No, wait, I really do intend to torture my readers. My mistake.
Patrick, those are all very imaginative ways to rescue Lois and Jimmy. I'll have to remember them the next time I rewrite this scene.
Michael, the producers always wanted Lex to appear creepy to the viewers but not to the characters except for Clark. If you recall the cobra scene, where Lex stared down the snake, there is a companion scene in the script which didn't make it to the pilot ep. In this lost scene, right after Superman flies away from Luthor's balcony (when he tells Luthor to look up to find him), Asabi walks in carrying scuba gear and tells Luthor that the shark tank is ready. (Apparently Lex made a habit of challenging himself.) But because there is now a worthy opponent on the scene, he doesn't need these artificial tests.
Now that would have been creepy.
Next chapter up soon!
Exciting, yes, but torture remembering some of those early days of L&C where she had such a chip on her shoulder mostly against Clark.
It's been a while since I've seen this scene of the pilot, but I didn't remember Lex being this creepy 