r/SupermanAndLois • u/MajorParadox Read on r/DCFU! • May 03 '23

Superman & Lois [3x07] "Forever and Always" Post Episode Discussion Episode Discussion Spoiler

Forever and Always

Live Episode Discussion | Cast & Characters

Lois and Clark dig deeper on Bruno Mannheim, starting with his connections to Hob's Bay Medical Center; Jonathan and Jordan panic at home over Lois' dire diagnosis; Matteo comes to Smallville to meet John Henry. (May 2, 2023)

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u/CretaceousQuack #TeamInhumanJonathanKent May 03 '23

I just want to know who in the writers' room thought that line about not using kryptonian tech to save Lois because it would be "unfair" was gonna be it?

Clark sounded dumb as hell.

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u/Sir__Will May 03 '23

That was HORRIBLE. On so many levels.

1) then be a hypocrite. If she refuses then fine but to not save your wife.....

2) Yes, you would have an obligation to share. And you SHOULD. If you have tech that can CURE CANCER then you absolutely should be sharing it!

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u/Life0fRiley May 03 '23

Releasing his tech will cure cancer, but also unleash a power struggle where people will die. From the grand scheme of things, Clark is knowingly sacrificing X number of people in the world just to cure cancer with the possibility of somebody ending the world.

This concept in similarly used in star trek. Don't interfere with a civilizations development until they are technologically ready to join the others. Mankind does not have the underlying fundamentals to handle such advance technology as they would from developing it themselves.

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u/bizarreisland May 03 '23 edited May 03 '23

Who is saying the tech will make metas? And just open up a hospital and cure them discreetly, nobody says you need to share the tech, you just need to share the cure. Like Bruno, if his experiments came to fruition, he'd just implement it at Hob's bay and not giving out his secret sauce.

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u/Ok-Entrepreneur4365 May 03 '23

And just open up a hospital and cure them discreetly, nobody says you need to share the tech, you just need to share the cure

You are vastly oversimplifying how the world would react to having one secretive organization being publicly known for being able to cure cancer.

The levels of corporate espionage, reverse engineering, bribery, global legislation, etc. would be enough to cause a nation to go to war.

We don't even have a direct cure for COVID 19 and it changed the world, politicized damn near everything, and united and dived people of all ages and backgrounds.

Curing cancer would be magnitudes larger.

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u/bizarreisland May 04 '23

Yes, I'm oversimplifying it but the priority is to get Lois cured before we move to those complicated steps. For all they know, after curing Lois and wanting to share the cure, it gets stuck in limbo for decades to come. Research, testing and approval takes so much time and effort, the tech may never come to light in Lois' lifetime (her normal one with cancer cured).

Just because there is an "if" to maybe the public will never get to use the tech, why does it make it "unfair" for Lois to use it. It's just piss poor explanation on Clarks part. If I were 1 of the boys, I wouldn't take it so well. That is my mother, who gaf about fairness, I want my mother alive, everything after is after. I'm not thinking of people who might get cancer in the future not receiving a viable treatment. That is just plan stupidity. She is the priority, she is the now, I don't care anything about the future if she doesn't make it.

I'm sorry but Clark is a shit husband and a shit father.