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I agree about poor Roy just stuck in the background most of the time. He needs more luv! :)

Ultimatums kill a relationship.

I find it interesting, too, that Joe and Barry seem to be okay with keeping this big secret from Iris while Eddie is giving her unconscious signals that he's stressed out about it.

She's also being unfair to Eddie by letting her feelings linger for Barry. If Eddie noticed (and he did at that bowling alley disaster date), then how would she like it if he demanded to know what was going on with her and Barry? And it'll sound like I'm picking on Iris, but is she being fair to Barry's girlfriend by pulling that bowling alley stunt? Both she and Eddie were very uncomfortable while Barry and Iris talked about their good times at the alley and basically just kind of ignored their dates.

I really think it's a CW thing. They cater to the twentysomething demographic and at that age, things are very black-and-white. The issue of honesty seems to be a huge deal, not only in the latest shows but in Smallville as well. Sometimes it's not cut-and-dried about honesty. Superheroes have secret identities for a reason.

For instance, I've read a lot of people blaming Clark for not telling Lex his secret back before Lex went dark on the show. First off, it's his secret, not Lex's, and Lex kept pushing. Clark knew that he could end up a lab rat if the wrong people found out and his parents could have disappeared. Who would have found that odd in Smallville?

I always maintain both men were at fault for their rift: Lex for pushing and snooping and Clark being still pretty immature at the time. He could have told Lex, but what guarantee would he have that Lionel would not have found out, or Lex gone dark like he did? He was essentially scared, which is understandable. Lex might have become his greatest protector, or the knowledge might have worse than Kryptonite in Lex's hands. Clark doesn't have a crystal ball!

The same applies to these newer shows. Sometimes people keep secrets for good reasons, and badgering them about it is not going to make everything all right.