Nan, you are still the goddess of the adventure story wrapped around good B-plot. Once again, you told a great story that involved Ellen and made her a more positive character. You even managed to show that Lois takes after her mother. As well, you managed to tell the whole story while Lois was sitting on the couch keeping her brood safe and sound. And then Ellen and Sam learn who Clark really is.
I'm surprised that Sam doesn't admit that he figured it out. Although I realize that might not bode well with his relationship with Ellen ("You knew and didn't tell me"), I wonder how Clark and Lois would react if they knew the secret wasn't so secret.
I bow to the goddess of adventure and anxiously await the birth of the triplets under more dire circumstances,
gerry
