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REVIEW: Superman & Lois – Season 2, Episode 3 “The Thing in the Mines”

AlexGherzo | Jan 27, 2022 | 0

With “The Thing in the Mines,” Superman & Lois’ second season falters. The main story suggested in the title takes a back seat to the subplots, and as they play out, it’s becoming clear that none of them are nearly as interesting as the burgeoning threat. It doesn’t help that they take...

REVIEW: Superman & Lois – Season 2, Episode 2 “The Ties That Bind”

AlexGherzo | Jan 20, 2022 | 0

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 ...

REVIEW: Superman & Lois – Season 2, Episode 1 “What Lies Beneath”

AlexGherzo | Jan 12, 2022 | 0

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...

REVIEW: Superman & Lois – Season 1, Episode 15 “Last Sons of Krypton”

AlexGherzo | Aug 18, 2021 | 2

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...

REVIEW: Superman & Lois – Season 1, Episode 14 “The Eradicator”

AlexGherzo | Aug 11, 2021 | 0

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...

REVIEW: Superman & Lois – Season 1, Episode 13 “Fail Safe”

AlexGherzo | Jul 21, 2021 | 0

“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...