A writer's job is to think of new plots and create characters who stay with you long after the final page has been read. If that mission is accomplished than we have done what we set out to do, which is to entertain and hopefully educate.
That was kind of a nice, homey chapter. I like the Lois/Clark affection. And even Aykira seems to be succumbing to romance. Too bad for her that Lex is terminally ill.