Veritas makes sense

[MBrittan]

There is such a thing as "suspending disbelief" in movies and television. Story-telling isn't always going to be 100% without error. With regard to the Veritas storyline, I thought it was an intriguing way of tying up a series of "loose ends" with regard to the guest stars on the show over the past several seasons (just as "Justice" was helpful in bringing together the various super heroes that had popped up). Season 3 introduced Virgil Swan. Season 4 introduced the Teagues. Season 6 introduced the Queens. All three families were wealthy and extremely powerful in their own way. Together with the Luthors, one trait they all share is curiosity. It makes sense that they'd be interested in learning all they could about extraterrestrial life, especially since they had the resources (money) to dedicate to that end. As is common in situations where powerful entities are all after the same thing, they sometimes combine their efforts. Better to ensure you don't get "cut out" of the big prize, even if it means you have to share whatever it turns out to be. Surprised you didn't see a Swann/Teague/Queen/Luthor alliance coming? Don't be. That's one thing that CAN be easily explained. It's a secret society. You're not SUPPOSED to be aware of it. It isn't how the members interact with each other publicly that's important. It's how they interact privately. Public displays of animosity can, in fact, be done intentionally to throw off suspicion. And even though each of the member families are supposed to be working together as part of Veritas, it doesn't mean they don't each have their own separate agendas. There's always going to be that Alpha Dog who wants to take control of every situation (in this case, Lionel Luthor). Anyway, I'm starting to ramble so I'll stop. But I guess what I'm trying to say is that I don't think the Veritas storyline was all that far-fetched at all.
-M-