Broken Trust - “You’re Stronger Than You Think You Are”

Greetings Super friends! Welcome to Superman & Lois & Pals. I’m Henry Bernstein and alongside me is my favorite super pal, Professor Sam Brody. 

We’re back! That hiatus actually flew by. I would like to say that it helped that we had Supergirl and Flash to fill in, but in my opinion both have been really frustrating. I know because of Covid and because she’s a new mom the filming of Supergirl has been difficult. But this is the LAST season of Supergirl. And the last time we get Mellissa Benoist who IMO has been a wonderful Supergirl. How can you have 7 episodes in a row where your star who’s name is the name of the show just isn’t in it? The two flashback episodes, while cute, literally didn’t have Kara in them at all. And in the most recent one she showed up at the end to hug her sister and that was it. VERY frustrating. 

But we’re not here to talk about Supergirl, we’re talking about Superman. Sam what a great episode to come back with. 

“Clark reconsiders his decision to let Jordan play football; Lois' continued investigation of Morgan Edge requires her to trust an unexpected ally.”

Nice little “previously on…” Caught us up on what’s going on. 

I’m glad they’re digging in a bit more into the powers thing. Like it’s clear that Jordan has some serious powers that might be slightly different from Clark’s. So was Hologramps just wrong about him? 

Superman flying in looked great and we got MORE POWERFUL THAN A LOCOMOTIVE! I also loved that his first instinct was to talk to Tag, not punch him. That’s my Superman. I loved how he didn’t just stop the train but got it back on track. I like when heat vision fixes things instead of just blasting a bad guy. 

I liked Lois saying “I want you focused on the boys” and Clark didn’t argue. That’s a solid marriage right there. 

Why is Metropolis high school playing Smallville? There’s two options here. 

1. Metropolis is in the midwest like on the show Smallville and is quite close 
   1. Sara does say “I’d hate to go all the way to Metropolis…”
   2. They’re in a hotel
2. Metropolis high and Smallville high have the two best football teams in the country and it was a championship game or something. 

I know they’re teenagers and they make dumb decisions but I’m getting tired of the CW trope of not telling someone something which leads to a misunderstanding. Why wouldn’t Jordan tell Clark about the headaches and heat vision boiling over?

I know we’re supposed to, but I hate Kyle and I don’t buy Lana with him AT ALL. 

How cool were all of Clarks fist marks in the tree trunk. How many times did he punch that thing growing up? “You’re stronger than you think you are”

Nice to see Jonathan finally getting a chance to shine in the game, especially with Jordan working together with him. 

Glad to see Lois suspicious of “Marcus.” The main focus of the episode seemed to be on Jordan and his powers (tag etc) but Lois really shined this episode as badass reporter Lois Lane. 

Lois pointing out the ridiculousness of dressing up in disguise was funny. 

Sara’s going to have a rough time being a parent if she can’t watch a Disney movie a THOUSAND times. I HATE seeing people hit their head on stuff in movies. Like a total parent nightmare. 

Clark “catching” Jordan’s heat vision was so cool, creative and looked like it hurt Clark! I like when we see stuff we haven’t seen before that actually makes sense. 

Are we supposed to think Clark is overreacting or that Jordan is being a stupid teenager that makes mistakes? I know teenagers do dumb stuff like going out drinking but they JUST screwed up with that in the last couple episodes. This seems ill advised. Jonathan stopping Jordan’s punch was devastating. These kids are good actors. 

“You get to be Superman! Who am i? I wanted to be good at something. I’M NOT YOU! OK!” I’m glad this isn’t how it’s going in the comics but for some reason it makes sense and I like it. 

Sarah should be dead or have a concussion.

“Don’t Run! I’m here to help you” - Superman should say that. Angry red eyes of anger are a trope but they worked here for me. “STAND DOWN” Yessir mr. superman.

Incredible speech by Clark. And he immediately feels bad. 

“Probably not the best time to tell you I almost got killed tonight” Instantly gifable!

Lois totally loises two scenes in a row, first as reporter with Lana second as super-mom with Jordan. 

Poor grammar by saying “bring me farther away.”

I LOOOOOVED Clark rocketing off with Jordan, glasses still on and then going into 2nd and then THIRD Gear

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