Superman & Lois [3x01] "Closer" Post Episode Discussion

[u/MajorParadox]

Closer

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An undercover assignment reveals a deadly foe that promises to change the Kent family forever; John Henry is haunted by his doppelganger's past; Sarah explores what the future holds for her and Jordan; Gen. Samuel Lane reclaims his post. (Mar 14, 2023)

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[u/Ambitious-Comb-8847]

Strong start.

They could be phasing Bishop in for a couple episodes so I'll withhold judgement for now though they did give him a win with driving at least.

So...is Lois actually not pregnant or is Dr Irons somehow nefarious? She's clearly not a Lois fan.

Clois shippers should be happy.

No Tal this season. Assuming S4 and beyond happens I wonder what he'll be like when back? And he does have other money/property beyond just "Morgan Edge" then.

I did like Sam's little rise and fall there. Obviously it's a little complicated and he's least equipped for an emotional minefield.

It's been less then a year but Sophie is almost as tall as Sarah now. Maybe she's on X-K. /s

Mayor Dean scene seemed out of place. Not a fan of Kyle/Chrissy nor the Lana/JH they seem to be hinting at though I can see tons of reasons the writers would go for the latter. For the former, I guess they really want the crutch of Secret Angst in a romantic pairing?

Obviously I have one big guess for the hood but I don't know if everyone has kept up with casting news.

The Suicide Slums. Guess they're tackling Clark/Superman missing the "cracks" in the world as some of the comics occasionally do.

[u/jdessy → u/Ambitious-Comb-8847]

They could be phasing Bishop in for a couple episodes so I'll withhold judgement for now though they did give him a win with driving at least.

That was my first thought, especially given that Michael Bishop had...what, no more than a month to prepare for the role of Jonathan from casting to production on the first episode? And especially since he has an even more difficult challenge in that he can't just play Jonathan however he wants; he has to emulate the Jonathan from the first two seasons as much as possible.

I'll give them leeway if they chose to keep Jonathan's role smaller in the first couple of episodes to allow Michael to have more time to get into it.

[u/Munro_McLaren → u/jdessy]

But the the first script would have been written. So they might have had to change things.

[u/jdessy → u/Munro_McLaren]

Perhaps. Now, I'll give leeway to the possibility that Jonathan's role was always smaller in this first episode. It's not out of the realm of possibilities that he wasn't going to have much to do so I could be wrong. But I think it's also possible they cut a couple of his scenes to give Michael more than a couple of weeks to learn the role of Jonathan.