Superman & Lois The Final Season
I love this show. It has consistently done a great job taking from the best of Superman adaptations that have come before and making something new. Bitsie and Tyler are such a great Lois and Clark. I truly think it’s ending too soon. At 53 episodes it is shorter than the four seasons of Superboy which got 100 episodes! I know television is very different now and I never expected a ten year 200+ Smallville-style run. Last year when it was up in the air on if we’d even get a final season Tyler was the Superman Celebration. He told the audience that he was growing his beard until he heard if they were renewed. He called it his “pickup beard”.
With the introduction of Doomsday last year it was clear we’d be doing a Death of Superman. Clearly this era of Superman was hugely influential on the creators of the show. We have Steel, got a Superboy with a leather jacket, and there was even the Eradicator (although not the same) in season one. Ten episodes gives them the opportunity to do it way better than either animated adaptation and definitely better than the DCEU.
With all that said the focus on Superman’s heart in the first two episodes was weird. It felt like it delayed them dealing with his death. Maybe it is too much of a sci-fi plot point and took away from the emotion. Lana’s realization that Superman was dead felt so removed from his actual death that it didn’t land for me.
I’m already surprised they’ve kept Clark gone as long as they have. Smallville never went 3 episodes with a powerless Clark so I figured that would be the max here too. I am pumped for where this season could go and I trust this creative team to stick the landing.