I was counting on you to make thematic sense of the whole "Chloe getting married in Clark's barn" thing.
Oh, I really really wish I could but I've thought about it every which way and can only conclude it's because they can rebuild the barn easily. ;)

plus his rather paternalistic decision last week to take away her memories of his secret, that maybe symbolic this is a shift from being her friend to being her parent?
I agree with you that that decision was paternalistic, as was the way he looked so proud to have her on his arm, but I can't really see a reason for it. And then there was the weird thing with the flower--the associations of which are distinctly NOT paternal. I can't understand what purpose that shift would serve so... no... sorry, no theory!

I think Jimmy actually was right and Clark *is* feeling more than he would admit to himself
Hmm... see, I think when Clark teases, he just teases. I don't think it's necessarily flirtation. He's teased Lois for years. And while we've seen Lois's feelings behind the teasing, we haven't seen the Clark equivalent. I *did* like when he grabbed her arm though--that made my heart skip a beat! But the dance was so odd and silent and poor Lois was trying desperately to work out if she should do something and I didn't really think Clark was thinking about anything at all! I wish I could have seen a bit more interest from Clark.

I love having Lana back too! I knew I missed her heaps because I've been vidding and it's so great to see her.