I have to admit that I was one of those who didn't get the depth of Lois' emotional trauma given her past with her parents. There just was never the reason to think that their loss would really have much effect on Lois' life except for moderate grief and the 'inconvenience' their deaths were going to cause her.
Then Sara came over and you were able to explain Lois' state of mind beautifully. It wasn't that Lois was mourning the loss of what she'd had with them, but the loss of the subconscious hope that someday, somehow, things would change and they could have a real parent/child relationship.
Well done.
Tank (who cautions that with the 'heavy' subject matter it will be easy to get bogged down in the angst and the depression of the situation... moments of light have to peek out from time to time to offer occasional respites from the doom and gloom)
