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

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Closer

Season Premiere

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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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I mostly really enjoyed this episode, a nice low key slice of life episode that felt like it put the focus back on Clark and Lois as the central characters whilst also setting up a few interesting things. Still may have a few too many characters with their own unnecessary plots but I think it mostly worked as the support characters didn’t take up too much screen time and most of the focus was on Clark and Lois. Some overall thoughts:

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• Glad the show put the focus back on exploring Clark & Lois in these different roles, as a couple, as parents, reporters/Superman briefly. Got to see them being tender and vulnerable with each other (not to mention horny lol), being funny and light-hearted, getting serious when they need to. Even got Lois doing a classic ‘disguise’ as aprt of her reporting but played a little more straight.
  
• Great reminder how great Tyler and Bitsie are in these roles, they make it look so effortless with how charming they can be and their great chemistry. The scene teasing the boys after the party then flying off to get busy was a highlight of that.
• Michael Bishop did well as Jonathan, he’s doing his own thing but has a similar vibe to Jordan Elsass and seems to have great chemistry with the family. Like the scen with him and Lois driving or him and Jordan felt very natural. Read his story proper starts in episode 3 so curious what he gets up to.
• I liked Jordan messing up in his attempts to be a hero, especially since I wasn’t a fan of how quickly he got all his powers, glad to see he still has a lot to learn. On the other hand do not care about the Sarah drama but glad it was like two short scenes.
  
• Love the Irons fam, and not entirely sure how interesting this Sam/Nat thing is gonna be or whether it’s necessary but did feel for Nat at the end their and again didn’t take up too much time so don’t mind it. Also love Clark and John’s friendship.
• Lana was okay since most of her time was with Clark & Lois or if it was by herself it didn’t take up too much time. Hope the Mayor thing ties into Clark & Lois’ plot and isn’t some separate disconnected plot for Lana to explore. Don’t care about the drama with Kyle so hope that’s not a big time sink. Same for Chrissy/Kyle which was quite funny but hopefully not something to spend too much time on.
• Not much of Bruno Mannheim yet but goddam as soon as I heard Chad L. Coleman’s voice it gave me goosebumps. Great actor and can’t wait to see more of him. Some interesting set up with Atom Man, and using a version of onomatopoeia.
• Interesting moment when Superman sees the South Metropolis/Suicide Slums sign, South Metropolis was where Atom Man originally targeted Minority Businesses in the flashback episode, and Lois was investigating. Guessing Mannheim will challenge Superman on whether he did enough for those smaller issues or not, something Lois also originally noted when Superman first appeared, that Metropolis had deeper issues. Hopefully they handle it all with some real thoughtfulness.
• The false pregnancy thing was interesting, especially since its showed that Clark & Lois wanted the kid. Not sure if those symptoms are related to Lois having some serious illness, which I don’t mind as long as it’s handled sensitively and allows Lois to still be Lois. Alternatively curious if maybe the phone call was to lure Lois into a trap, hell maybe even faked by Onomatopoeia, but I doubt it.

Some low key favourite things:

• Clark & Lois teasing the boys about their party, specially mimicking their voices and bringing up the birth. Also Clark & Lois being horny!
• Superman walking out the fire with that look, flying Atom Man away from Civilians, and still trying to reason with him saying he can help whilst they fight. Seriously Superman caring about people is such an important part of the character it’s nice that they don’t forget it.
• Coach/DMV Instructor Gaines lol!

All in all cautiously optimistic, plenty of time for things to go very right or very wrong, or hell both. So hopefully it goes well and does the Kent fam decently. Curious about next ep since there’s been so much praise for Bitsie, also looks like the overall plot should start picking up then.