And while I loved seeing Lois completely as her iconic self, it didn't quite make sense to me. In the real timeline, part of what sent her into reporting in the first place was Clark and that door landing by her; I'm really curious what pushed her into journalism earlier in the other timeline, early enough that she's already earned a Pulitzer.

I thought that was really interesting -- making a point that even without Clark and the barn door, Lois would still eventually go down the ace reporter road, just like Lex being a power hungry evil SOB.