Of course, if this were an opera, Clark would refuse to listen to Lois, Lois would think that Star's hunch was nothing serious, and something bad would happen. Their friends and family would try to fix things, but something would always get messed up and their problem would only grow. They'd have a few arias about unrequited love and missed opportunities before they both died, pining for each other, on opposite sides of the stage.
Fortunately, Carol would never write something like that.
