Last week was poor, this is a little better, though nowhere near the heights of season 1. The relationship interplay is more convincing in this, the edge has been taken off to give a little more realism, particularly the relationship between Natalie and Clark which had become so extreme it was unwatchable. Now it is dialled down to distrustful, but reasonable. Other relationships too seem to be portrayed on a more sensible footing, at least from the individual perspectives of each of the characters.