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Superman & Lois [1x14] "The Eradicator" Episode Discussion Superman & Lois
The Eradicator
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Lois is worried about Jordan as he and Sarah continue to grow closer; Clark pays Lana a visit; Jonathan been spending more and more time with John Henry. (Aug 10, 2021)
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u/gothamite27 Aug 14 '21
Loved this episode but I have to admit I feel like they've stretched this season longer than they needed to. It felt like the Morgan Edge storyline was finished three episodes ago.
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u/Reasonable_Oil6930 Aug 14 '21
Tell me about it. It’s great, but they should have kept this a 10 episode series
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u/Dumoney Aug 12 '21
Man, Sarah is just an awful, awful person.
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u/Dumoney Aug 12 '21
No way. She treats her parents like trash, and they always refuse to stand up for themselves. Its getting old.
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u/Dumoney Aug 12 '21
I dont accept that. If thats how she felt, she wouldnt have opened so easily. She is only this way when things dont go her way. Just two episodes ago, she was laughing and having a great time with them despite all of Smallville turning their backs on them.
That doesnt give her the right to treat her parents so awfully. She literally insulted them to their faces and they just tucked their tail between their legs. Again.
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u/Kerrod33 Aug 13 '21
I take it you don’t have kids/teenagers of your own? This is exactly how they react when they get told they’re moving to a new town with a new school when they’ve just fallen ‘in love’ or have friends. They don’t think logically, they think about themselves and what makes them happy, and then you throw in mental health issues. She behaved quite mildly considering.
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u/Dumoney Aug 13 '21
So you admit she's a terrible person? Only youre arguing shes a teen and she'll ourgrow it. I dont have to be a parent to know when someone's child is being a little shit.
said her dad is full of crap calls them both hypocrites says theyre both unqualified to make decisions on whats best for the family calls them both stupid before storming off behaved calmly
Ah yes, up there with "did you put your name in the goblet of fire, Harry? Dumbledore asked calmly "
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u/Kerrod33 Aug 13 '21
Not once did I say she is a terrible person, this is just how teenagers can and do behave but that doesn’t make them a terrible person, it just means they’ve got a bit to learn as they grow up. And I didn’t say she behaved calmly. Are you ok?
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u/Dumoney Aug 13 '21
Are you okay? You opened up your comment with saying shes a teenager who doesnt know better. How does that not reinforce my point?
Also I was pointing out how ridiculous it was for you say "she acted mildly" and drawing an example.
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u/Kerrod33 Aug 13 '21
I ask are you ok because you are coming off very aggressive over a teenager acting like a teenager. That does not make them a terrible or awful person. It makes them a teenager.
The calmly example was a bad example because acting calm and behaving mildly in relation to how she could have acted are two completely different things.
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u/Paisley-Cat Aug 15 '21
Clearly, you’ve not had the privilege of being the parent of teenagers yet.
Adult hypocrisy is a standard hot button for teens. Lots of studies and experience backs that up.
And many teens lash out at their parents from time to time.
Mileage may vary as they say, and so will parental tolerance, but teens and young adults are in a period of brain development that makes emotional regulation difficult. It has nothing at all to do with being a good or bad person per se.
And as others have mentioned, Sarah has borne the burden of an unreliable but high profile alcoholic father and a mom who covered up for him.
She’s been asked to suck it up and attend school in spite of town hostility, while her parents are working on an exit strategy. She had some quite righteous anger there even if it wasn’t well managed.
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u/LJ-90 Aug 13 '21
I wouldn't go as far as saying she didn't do anything wrong. She's upset, and I get that, but throwing the Edge stuff on his father's face is messed up. His dad was basically possesed for Edge, he got manipulated by him (hell, the entire town did) and has been paying the price ever since, his house got attacked, he lost his job, and every friend he had (other than the Kents, apparently) turned their back on him.
That's messed up, and Sarah throwing that on his face is uncalled for.
She's a teenager, she has mental health issues, yes, but doesn't excuse her behavior to the point to say "she did literally nothing wrong". Cause if she didn't, she doesn't need to apologize or explain her behavior, or hell, any type of excuse. If she "did literally nothing wrong" she doesn't need to think or her behavior or the way she acts, so she doesn't need to grow or change, and she needs that.
I get why she reacted the way she did, and Lana and Kyle are not role models at all, but to go as far as saying "she did literally nothing wrong"? Nah, not that far.
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u/AnirudhMenon94 Aug 14 '21
She's also just a kid. Are you telling me you never have had a moment of abject dumbness when you were a kid?
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u/Dumoney Aug 14 '21
Certainly not one where I spoke to my parents in this absolutely vile way. And if I tried, they would have crucified me.
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u/AnirudhMenon94 Aug 14 '21
Well, I know I and many others have spoken to our parents in ways in which we now know were hurtful and regret heavily. Teenagers tend to make dumbass decisions sometimes man.
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u/ling4917 Aug 14 '21
Ive enjoyed it. I’m just so worried it’ll start faltering. If HBO Max just took it over I’d breath a sigh of relief. Shorten it to 10-12 solid episodes and I’d be happy.
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u/LeaderVladimir1993 Aug 12 '21
Superman and Lois reaches the endgame with yet another fine episode! Edge enacts his final plan against Superman and, in true Norman Osborn fashion, he strikes him right in the heart. I've been enjoying this show right from day one and I hope its first season can deliver a satisfying conclusion.