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REVIEW: Superman & Lois – Season 2, Episode 2 “The Ties That Bind”
Still in the early stages of its second season, Superman & Lois continues laying the groundwork for the story arcs to come. “The Ties That Bind” is another setup episode, but it feels more productive than “What Lies Beneath.” Several plotlines grow, if only slightly, and a couple of big ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Superman & Lois – Season 2, Episode 1 “What Lies Beneath”
Now that The Flash has gone on hiatus till the spring, the up-for-sale CW has brought back its other big DC gun with the season premiere of Superman & Lois. When it debuted last year, this show breathed new life into the network’s waning superhero slate with a take on the Man of Steel that &he...
Read MoreREVIEW: Superman & Lois – Season 1, Episode 15 “Last Sons of Krypton”
Superman & Lois ends its impressive first season with “Last Sons of Krypton,” a mostly satisfying, though somewhat underwhelming, finale that succeeds more in its character payoffs than its superhero action. It brings the season’s major themes full circle and concludes some of the characte...
Read MoreREVIEW: Superman & Lois – Season 1, Episode 14 “The Eradicator”
Superman & Lois has shown flailing modern entertainment how to do several things properly since its premiere – Superman, family drama, the Arrowverse in general, to name a few. In “The Eradicator,” it shows how to subvert expectations and satisfy the viewer. For the first half of the episo...
Read MoreREVIEW: Superman & Lois – Season 1, Episode 13 “Fail Safe”
“Fail Safe” is one of those “taking stock” episodes following a big event. It isn’t flashy or exciting, and it won’t be anyone’s favorite, but it’s important to catch up with the characters and see how something as cataclysmic as humanity almost being wiped out by a psychotic alien w...
Read MoreREVIEW: Superman & Lois – Season 1, Episode 12 “Through the Valley of Death”
Superman & Lois returns from a two-week break with “Through the Valley of Death,” and it’s like it never left. Once more, the show demonstrates how well it understands the essence of Superman, not just in how it depicts him but in the effect he has on others. It also presents another compe...
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