I'm afraid that I disagree that Mayson is too over the top; Mayson is truly evil in this, but I don't see it as that unbelievable, after all different growing up, different thought processes, different settings. And after all, she had to have been able to tell in the L&C show that Clark was more interested in Lois, but she chose to not see it and pursue him anyway. So here she is, pursuing him no matter what he tells her; actually in a way not too different, although huge that this time she doesn't care who she hurts along the way.
But she certainly seems to be even more driven now to "own" Clark because Clark has shown he doesn't want her; the plot thickens!!! Is this why she has gone "over the edge" into insanity?
Working in mental health, you see all kinds of things that motivate/drive people in unexpected ways, often almost unexplainable ways even to themselves if they have a chance to think more clearly later.
