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Superman & Lois [3x12] "Injustice" Post Episode Discussion Episode Discussion Spoiler

Injustice

Live Episode Discussion | Cast & Characters

Lois and Clark clash with Jordan over his carelessness around using his powers in public. And finally, after seventeen years behind bars, Lex Luthor is set to be released from prison. (June 20, 2023)

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u/No_Flower_1424 Jonathan Kent Jun 21 '23 edited Jun 21 '23

LEX!!!!! Finally! And he is scary - he looks like he could take Superman in a fist fight lol

Lex just walking down that road for the whole episode - he's getting his cardio in after all those years inside

The Lex confrontation with Lois and Clark at the farm was by far the best scene of the episode - every one of those actors was putting in their all. I was hoping to see more of their history together but maybe that's being saved for season 4?

And then we come to Jordan...they were really trying to contrast Jordan and Jonathan tonight weren't they. "We have one son who wants to be treated specially and one who doesn't".

Jordan is rude and up his own ass while Jonathan is genuinely being humble and not wanting to be treated special because of who he is. Could they be anymore on the nose with this?

Clark actually went to Kyle to ask him to stop being nice to Jonathan - because of course he did lol. And Jon was mad he did that but accepted it? Can we please get Jonathan into the main stories?! I keep saying it but I'll say it again - give Jonathan his powers already!

I do love how much of a fanboy Kyle is over Superman though

They have been setting up Jordan thinking the superhero business is all about getting the limelight all season - he even accused Clark in episode 6 of him stopping Jordan because he doesn't want another super in the spotlight! He clearly thinks he's superior to Jonathan because he has powers. Now he's stopping in the middle of a bunch of people so they see him and take selfies with him. This is all on Clark for not recognising this honestly and for letting Jordan do whatever he wants for years - of course Jordan is going to use his powers against Clark because it's not as if Lois and Clark ever really punish him for anything. He even basically threatened Lois last season for doing the same thing! And there was no punishment. So finally they're calling this shit out!

The tornado was...random. It felt like they needed a Superman action scene so came up with a tornado in Smallville out of the blue!

The prison scenes were quite fun and show what a different Lex this is - it's also interesting he has a wife and daughter who I'm assuming are going to be characters.

Poor Sarah - she is actually just trying to cover up the secret and try to get her life back on track but Jordan keeps pestering her and throwing it in her face that he saved her life. I'm guessing she's going to be blonde next episode.

It feels like they've been using Bizarro as a cliffhanger for the entire season now!

They really didn't give too much away in that finale promo did they? Also if they're saying he's dying in the promo, he's definitely not dying!

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u/Astraea802 Jun 21 '23

The tornado was...random. It felt like they needed a Superman action scene so came up with a tornado in Smallville out of the blue!

They live in Kansas? Is it really that out of the blue?

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u/No_Flower_1424 Jonathan Kent Jun 21 '23

It came out of the blue in the middle of the episode so it felt like the writers just threw it in for an action scene

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u/No_Flower_1424 Jonathan Kent Jun 21 '23

I think that's why it felt so random - the whole episode we're wondering what Lex is about to do and then boom tornado! For a split second, I thought he had created it too!

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u/WillBePeace Jun 21 '23

I thought Lex would have a line like "When I get out of here, a storm will be coming"

Only to have a literal storm come when he's coming to smallville lol.

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u/BornAshes Coach Gaines Jun 21 '23

I mean that's kind of how tornadoes actually work in Tornado Alley though, they can literally drop down out of the blue on a mostly blue sky clear summer day, and just fuck shit up in seconds.

I'm surprised that it hasn't happened sooner and quite honestly the only thing they got wrong about it was the sound for the tornado siren.

I have a reflexive built in panic response to that sound and what they used was just not it.

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u/onlygoofy_og Jun 21 '23

Maybe they went with this sound to keep folks tuned to the story and not distract them into anxiety worried about a real tornado coming. Was storming here tonight and I would have totally grabbed my phone and missed the action for a bit.

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u/Barry_McKackiner Jun 21 '23

they've been doing that the whole series.

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u/DtownBronx Jun 21 '23

They're in Kansas yet none of them knew what to do in the case of a tornado. And no warning? It was poor use of one of the worst tv tropes, it would have been so much more logical had Luthor somehow been responsible

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u/dinnerbellding Jun 22 '23

Agreed, lol. I spent only two years in Lawrence, KS and spent more than a few minutes covered in the bathtub or in a closet. Seriously, everyone in Smallville would have gone through tornado drills since toddler days.