I also thought they really did not devlop the Lone Rider sotryline nearly as much as they could have. In a lot of ways I liked the state they were at in this episode.
Yes, they face problems, but it was not Lois on Clark tension. I half wish they would have given us a little more on the Lone Rider and on Sir Charles/Lady Loisette, and done so by making this two episodes.
I do have to agree that Wells' timing is a total "what were you thinking" issue. Considering how close Lois and Clark seemed to be to consumating their relationship in "Super Mann", consdering their lines at the end of Season 3, or Lois' assigned role in "Lord of the Flies", it actually is half surprising that Wells was too late. Consdering they got engaged before Christmas, it does not make sense.
Well, it does make sense in that at some level Lois and Clark is an episodic situational comedy that generally resolves the main issues of the show within the show, written by multiple writers and so there is not overall cohesion, however it was really bad planning.
I mean, Wells has a time machine, he goes and gets the newspaper to prove that Lois will die, and then he goes back to maybe after they set the curse in motion. I mean, that makes no sense. I mean, at least he could go back so he is at Clark's apartment when they land from returning from their wedding. As it was, it never made any sense that Clark answered the door when he was about ready to make love with Lois. Who does that? Well, I guess Clark has an annoying tendency to do that.
On the other hand this episode does have the bonus of essentially not having Superman. We see Clark dressed as Superman twice, and he does use his x-ray vision to start the candles (this Clark is really big on mundane uses of Superpowers), but we never see a Superman rescue or have Superman save anyone.
That is another plot whole. Clark has not really ever dealt with what people will think if Superman stops showing up.
It was also weird that they leave from Clark's apartment but return to time at the Daily Planet. It is also odd that no one notices them just zoming in. It would have made more sense for them to return to Clark's apartment. Alternatively they could have left from the DP to start with. That was a not explained disconnect.
