I'm still following this. I'm especially curious to see whether or not that device can restore blocked memories as well as remove access to them. (I subscribe to the theory that no memory is ever lost, just the ability to call it to mind easily.) So I'm thinking that both Jon's and Jay's memories can be restored, but maybe it would be at the cost of the memories gained between the erasure procedure and the restore procedure.
That wouldn't impact Jon that much, but if Jay and Ellie have progressed beyond sniping at each other to sharing tender and private moments, that might be a much tougher choice. And would Ellie want to lose what she and Jay might have to restore who Jay is? What would Kaylie say, or Jon? Would either of them be for that? Of course, if Jon underwent such a procedure, he wouldn't remember any Jay-Ellie pairing, but Ellie and Kaylie would. How might Kaylie feel about that?
This is interesting speculation, of course, and totally meaningless if the machine can restore those lost memories without further damage. Then all the subject has to do is reconcile those recovered memories with the new ones.
I was glad to see that the doctor wasn't in the house when the bomb went off. And I'm not all that surprised to learn that Mrs. Cox is involved in this. I always thought she was dropped unnecessarily (like Cat Grant) and the writers lost a chance to bring back someone who could be just as evil as Lex ever was. She might even go after someone else.
So please don't let Kaylie forget Jon! And don't allow Ellie to sacrifice her memories of Jay to take pressure off him. We are all a product of our combined experiences, and taking those memories away from us takes some part of our life from us. It baffles me to think that the stupid doctor never thought about that at some point, but then I remember my college freshman algebra instructor who couldn't explain what he did without thinking to anyone not as intuitive as he was.
I think there's something still to be learned from Gertrude and her lawyer. Somebody track down that lead!
I don't see how you can wrap this up in just two more parts. So it's a good thing you have some ideas for further stories in this universe.
