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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maerdwyn" data-source="post: 1559601" data-attributes="member: 835">NP, guys. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> 1) Helen Bryce was actually a pretty cool character - she was doctor in town, who Lex met in an anger management class after he went ballistic on a meter maid for writing him up.(Great scene <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />).  They don't hit it off, and she's pretty antagonistic towards him.  He pursues. Martha had, at that time, the key to Clark's spaceship (the octagonal metal thing which seems to cause so much trouble, and is currently in the possession of Dr. Swann.  She goes down into the cellar and buries it, hoping no one (not even Clark) will find it.  The ship bathes her in brilliant white light, and she passes out.  At the hospital, Helen Bryce examines her, and says that she's not sure what she infected with, but also that Martha is pregnant (this was supposedly impossible, which is why they never had kids before Clark).  Disease control comes and searches the farm for the source of the infection, and in moving the ship, Clark gets sick, too.  Mainly, his super abilities are drained.  While weakened, Dr. Bryce draws his blood (which leads to all sorts of plot twists in the third season, as mentioned above).  She regognizes it as non-human, and the Kents confirm that theirs is a special case.  She agrees to keep their confidence, but wants to study the blood, so that she can maybe help Clark if any symptoms persist/return.   Everyone recovers, and Martha carries the pregancy until the end of second season, when Clark tries to destroy the ship (This is only way he can think of to get Jor-El, who want Clark to fulfill his destiny, off his back).  The resulting explosion injures both his parents slightly, but terminates the pregnancy. In the intervening episodes, Lex tries repeatedly to get Martha's medical file from Dr. Bryce, but she refuses, and she seems very ethical.  Lex is impressed by her, and continues to pursue.  He wins her over, and they date.  He eventually proposes (as a cover of "Don't Fear the Reaper" plays in the background).  As they approach the wedding, he admits to her that he stole the blood from her lab, but he gives it back to her, and the wedding goes on, with Helen still keeping the Kent's confidentiality.  Season finale of season 2 has the plane taking them to the honeymoon location crashing, with no real hints that Helen was behind it, or that she has delivered the blood to Lionel.  2) We don't know - two main theories are that Lionel blew her up in revenge for providing the evidence to have him put away, or the Lex has faked Chloe's and her Dad's deaths to protect them from Lionel.  I subscribe to the latter.</blockquote>

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