# Superman and Lois Season 2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [January 11, 2022, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-and-lois-season-2/957563 "2022-01-11T03:02:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-and-lois-season-2/957563/1 "2022-01-11T03:02:26Z")
Are you ready for the next season? Let’s go! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GtU6lx9VlwQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Superman & Lois Season 2 Trailer (HD) Tyler Hoechlin superhero series") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtU6lx9VlwQ) ## S02E01 What Lies Beneath **GREGORY SMITH (“EVERWOOD”) DIRECTS THE SEASON TWO PREMIERE** - _Season two opens with the dust still settling in Smallville following the shocking outcome of the confrontation between Tal-Rho and Superman. Lois and Clark struggle as a couple while Chrissy adjusts to running The Smallville Gazette with Lois. Jonathan faces new challenges on the football field, and secrets threaten to destroy Jordan and Sarah’s growing relationship. Meanwhile, Kyle grows concerned over Lana’s involvement with a new mayoral candidate. Lastly, John Henry Irons and his daughter Natalie attempt to make this new Earth their home._ ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-and-lois-season-2/957563/2 "2022-01-11T18:18:50Z")
Thanks for starting this, Looking forward to new episodes. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-and-lois-season-2/957563/3 "2022-01-12T13:59:05Z")
When the episode started, and Lois wouldn’t talk to Natalie or even talk _about_ Natalie, I was concerned that the writers had fallen back on bad habits for the sake of some artificial drama. But it turns out Lois just needed some time to process the unexpected development, as indeed did Natalie. The writers thankfully reserved the teenage drama for the actual teenagers in the show. (Notwithstanding that the actors playing said teenagers are about a decade older than they’re supposed to be.) Is it too late for Supes to trademark the House of El logo? Those DOD mooks running around with the \ on their chests are going to be no end of trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-and-lois-season-2/957563/4 "2022-01-12T20:25:54Z")
Loved the episode also. REALLY liked the mix of super-problems and just plain normal teenage problems. And the trademark issue would be an interesting one. One could almost call it public domain in that universe, but I’m not sure. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-and-lois-season-2/957563/5 "2022-01-13T17:17:47Z")
I want to know what John and Natalie have been doing for months. Hanging out (just the two of them) in that RV? Traveling? What? If he knew he was going to enroll her in Smallville High (Clark knew, so it must not be a completely last minute decision) - why not spend a little time finding a place to live or getting her involved in the community somehow. Dropping her there on the first day of school seems like bad planning. ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-and-lois-season-2/957563/6 "2022-01-13T17:27:21Z")
John enrolled Natalie at a high school in _Metropolis_ - the parallel of the one she was enrolled in on their world. He did try to prepare her - we got a scene of dialogue between them about her fitting in, and she said she was ready. But in the event it turned out to be overwhelming for her, and she didn’t even make it through the first period. When she finally shows up after that disastrous first day, John clearly realizes it was a huge mistake. After that, and after Lois finally reaches out to Natalie, they make the last minute decision to enroll her at Smallville High, where she won’t have to deal with doppelgangers of her dead friends, and where at least the Kent Boys know who she really is. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-and-lois-season-2/957563/7 "2022-01-13T22:24:14Z")
Thanks - I missed that. ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-and-lois-season-2/957563/8 "2022-01-13T23:24:07Z")
I’m curious: did you watch the over-the-air broadcast, or the streaming version? I ask because the streaming version, which is what I watch, is an “extended cut”, and it apparently contains some scenes missing from the OTA version. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-and-lois-season-2/957563/9 "2022-01-14T00:53:41Z")
The over-the-air version. We got the scene of him saying that her friends wouldn’t know her before the school day and of him picking her up after, but I missed the location (I thought they were in Smallville the whole time). That could be due to cuts or it could be due to my inattention. I wonder what (else) is in the streaming version that isn’t on air? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-and-lois-season-2/957563/10 "2022-01-14T03:57:57Z")
The OTA version established she was going to school in Metropolis. I did like the drama. Natalie’s issues seemed very natural, as did Lois’s reactions. The best part of any superhero show or movie is always when they’re not superheroing. I did not like the gung-ho army guy and his private soldiers. Too cliched and just a setup for fight scene, which I nearly always find boring. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-and-lois-season-2/957563/11 "2022-01-15T02:25:55Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > just a setup for fight scene, which I nearly always find boring. When an Inevitable Fight starts, I often say “Annnnd, fight scene…” in as bored a voice as I can, sometimes strolling to the kitchen for a snack. With the genre of movies/TV shows I watch, I say it _a lot._ ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-and-lois-season-2/957563/12 "2022-01-15T03:15:47Z")
Really liked the domestic argument between Clark and Lois - both sides have good points and no one is an idiot. Also did you see Clark throw up his hands in frustration when Jon’s girlfriend said the exact thing that Clark said - but Jon accepted it from her? Hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-and-lois-season-2/957563/13 "2022-01-15T20:47:19Z")
PS. As @Dendarii_Dame mentioned to me as we watched this episode - it’s ridiculous to have the person in charge of US relations with Superman (or even US military relations with Superman) be a lieutenant. Seems like a much more important job than that. If Clark were a different kind of person, he’d be insulted. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-and-lois-season-2/957563/14 "2022-01-15T23:50:20Z")
The guy had three stars on his uniform, so he was a lieutenant general. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-and-lois-season-2/957563/15 "2022-01-16T00:02:41Z")
Okay. That’s better, but I thought if you called a lieutenant general anything but “lieutenant general,” you’d say “General” not “Lieutenant” - maybe I missed that somehow. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2022, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-and-lois-season-2/957563/16 "2022-01-16T00:20:31Z")
Even the IMDB page just says Lieutenant ["Superman & Lois" What Lies Beneath (TV Episode 2022) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14160562/?ref_=ttep_ep1) “I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder”. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2022, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-and-lois-season-2/957563/17 "2022-01-16T00:30:51Z")
On the same IMDB page, under “Goofs” it says > Several times Superman refers to Lt. General Anderson as Lieutenant…Lt. General’s are referred to as General or in formal settings, as Lieutenant General…NEVER Lieutenant. That’s a demotion. 🤷‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2022, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-and-lois-season-2/957563/18 "2022-01-16T00:51:09Z")
Thank you again - I rarely scroll down to the “goofs” - I’m usually more interested in “Why does that guy look so familiar?” ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-and-lois-season-2/957563/19 "2022-01-18T11:51:28Z")
## S02E02 The Ties That Bind [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ScdP9MKFOhw/maxresdefault.jpg "Superman & Lois 2x02 Promo "The Ties That Bind" (HD) Tyler Hoechlin superhero series") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScdP9MKFOhw) **DAVID RAMSEY “ARROW” DIRECTS THE EPISODE** - _Clark opens up to Lois about his ongoing struggle with visions and admits that there is only one person who might be able to help. Meanwhile, Lana receives some unexpected news and tensions begin to rise between Lois and Chrissy. Lastly, Sarah breaks plans with Jordan to spend time with Natalie._ ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-and-lois-season-2/957563/20 "2022-01-19T13:49:38Z")
Some interesting developments in only the second episode of the season: - Superman having weird visions, possibly related to whatever’s going on in the mine. What do they mine there anyway, aside from kryptonite? - General Anderson has a point – maybe Supes should lay off the superheroing for a while. - I didn’t expect Tag to be part of the superhero academy, but it makes sense in retrospect. - Natalie inadvertently cock-blocking Jordan by bonding with Sarah over fixing a muscle car. Natalie seems surprisingly well-adjusted for having survived the destruction of her planet. Also, good job getting Sarah to talk to Jordan. - Sarah kissed someone else in summer camp. Was it a girl? Did she like it? - DOD has been keeping Tal-Rho on ice, who in turn has been keeping Lara’s hologram on ice. - Lucy Lane was a member of a cult. When can we expect her to arrive in Smallville? - Lana is running for mayor of Smallville. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-and-lois-season-2/957563.md?page=2)