I assume, from context, that "back room" metaphorically refers to couples seeking a secluded area in which to do unspeakable, non-G-rated things to each other. In other words, the parts were getting steamy.
Thanks, QoC. I'd thought things were going the steamy way way as soon as Mayson did the lap thing to Clark and gave him the body rub. Plus the polygamy thing, of course.
Still curious about the use of "back room" - it must be some sort of regional idiom that we don't use here in that same sense. Here it means to do a private political or business deal outside of regular channels - "a back room deal".
Okay, moving on:
Stiffening, Lois said, "You're fantasizing again, Mr. Wells, but the fact is that my needs, both sexual and emotional, haven't been met; nor, by the way, am I an animal to be *handled* by some misogynist creep like Clark 'sleeps around' Kent, super powers or not."
