Perfectly right. She walks in with all the doubts in the world and Lex says the right things. Not that they were lies; I believe they were genuine. Lex is truly seeking a connection. But instead of still thinking the relationship through, Lana grabs onto his words as lifelines and is manufacturing the relationship in her head because she needs this.
And if you think about it, it's actually a fairly decent extension of what was started last week: Lana was really uncomfortable with the mansion-wide surveillance cameras. But rather than making alternate living arrangements -- which necessarily might have required her being *on her own* for a while -- she acquiesces to it even though she really doesn't like it.
Same thing this week: she's having doubts, Lex says the right things and she kind of ... ignores her gut instincts and plunges ahead. While I do think Lana cares about Lex for Lex, I also think a big part of what drives her is that she still doesn't really know how to be on her own, with no boyfriend or *back-up boyfriend* waiting in the wings. For all that Lana's changing and growing, this is one aspect of her character that really has remained consistent across the seasons -- she doesn't really know how to be/doesn't like being/doesn't want to be alone. And she'll do whatever she needs to do to keep from finding out what being alone is like.
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Date: 2006-10-16 11:46 pm (UTC)And if you think about it, it's actually a fairly decent extension of what was started last week: Lana was really uncomfortable with the mansion-wide surveillance cameras. But rather than making alternate living arrangements -- which necessarily might have required her being *on her own* for a while -- she acquiesces to it even though she really doesn't like it.
Same thing this week: she's having doubts, Lex says the right things and she kind of ... ignores her gut instincts and plunges ahead. While I do think Lana cares about Lex for Lex, I also think a big part of what drives her is that she still doesn't really know how to be on her own, with no boyfriend or *back-up boyfriend* waiting in the wings. For all that Lana's changing and growing, this is one aspect of her character that really has remained consistent across the seasons -- she doesn't really know how to be/doesn't like being/doesn't want to be alone. And she'll do whatever she needs to do to keep from finding out what being alone is like.