Superman & Lois (TV Series) Anti-Hero (2022) User Reviews

Why Can't Every Day Be Superman?

[Gislef · 8/10 · 9 March 2022]

Don't get me wrong. The "family" non-super stuff is okay. But the Superman stuff is what we're tuning in for, right? And this year the Superman plotline is up to speed. I'm not sure I buy or understand everything that's going on. Why is Bizarro from the other world all white-skinned and has reverse powers? Why is the sky red-sunned? Where the heck are John and Natalie? What was the point of making them main-credited stars if they've been absent from at least two of the first seven episodes? What's the connection between their world and Bizarro World?

But I like Adam Raynor a lot more this season than last season, where he gets to be more than just a mustache-twirling villain. And Sam, too. Jordan seems to have taken a back burner to Jon getting a major storyline, as the Jordan/Sarah romance plods along and they seem to be apart more than together. Maybe that's the point?

But watching Tal play the anti-hero is well worth the price of admission. It's a pity the Superman/U. S. government thing is a here today/gone tomorrow sort of storyline. But we got Mitch as a bad guy, now, giving Ally some oomph in the superpowers category. Hers is another storyline that I'm waiting for more explanation on. What's her family's connection between Bizarro world, and the pendants, and changing worlds? And how does it fit into the whole multiverse thing? Or does it?

Elizabeth Tulloch as Lois is both good and bad. Tulloch isn't bad, and I grok her version of Lois. I just wish they would give Lois more to do. Like in the comics, she's mostly there to "humanize" Superman. And give him a human anchor. Her whole relationship with Lucy, which connects to Ally, isn't doing anything for me. Tyler Hoechlin is also good: I liked him laying into Jon at the end, and it's the first time he seemed... involved with his sons.

But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. What do you think?

Awesomeness with one splinter

[sophiejensen-13063 · 8/10 · 5 September 2023]

This episode is chock mostly full of awesome things. Beautiful moments like hearing so much actual Kryptonian. I think it sounds a lot like Hebrew. Shuster and Sigel were both Jewish so it makes sense. Not that I'm a fan of it but seeing Anderson in this state makes a lot of sense. He sees things so perfectly clearly and is so completely sure of what he knows. Thankfully he learns the truth in a later episode. And just how wrong he was. Then again, Superman is harboring the man who killed his men and has been keeping things from him forever. The scenes at Tal's Fortress are the highlight of the episode. Especially that brief little smile on Bizzaro's face. The only real drawback is the brief scenes with Johnathan being basically punished for being honorable. And feeling so completely stuck. He's alone and scared that he won't be able to win his family back...and he literally did nothing wrong. I'm not saying those are weak scenes just, kind of sad.

The splinter that is digging into my head are the coordinates. 76.2 North Longitude 100.4 West Latitude. Generally you indicate north or west in negative numbers, rather than saying north or west. But it's still pretty cool to see, and those coordinates, once input correctly do get you pretty close to where they supposedly are.

Script points to note

[shoaqaljuhani · 7/10 · 14 August 2023]

The scene of Superman & Edge together in the cell while arguing together.. Superman said: "You attacked my son". Which should not have been written in the script to say, presumably because keeping Superman's family a secret has been going around in all episodes.. the cell when the person is watching will think for sure it has surveillance and the DOD could have listen. I hope I've been clear, I really enjoy reading and writing script, I do prefer for all events to stay on track and complete each other. I dont have any other notes, this box says i need to get it upt to 600 or something which i say should be cancel.

What the heck?

[korpake · 6/10 · 9 March 2022]

Overall I think this is a really good show, but...

The Lois in this show is a little bit crazy and a lot irrational and it seems to be getting worse over the course of the show.

She is meant to be one of the best investigative journalists in the world (or at least in the US) and she just keeps doing stupid things and saying stupid things. Just doing stuff that makes no sense whatsoever for the character.

What?

[pauli_gomez · 6/10 · 13 March 2022]

I can;t believe they killed Bizarro and in such an anodine way. I also do not like Anderson as a villain because he is stupid. Stupid villains are infuriating or boring.

But I liked the interactions between Superman and his brother. I am only wondering why the military are so stupid. Why put Superman and his brother together, knowing that they could very well fight each other (by real)? And why the heck did they talk so casually about Superman's son. I don't remember the military being aware of the existence of a son of Superman.

Now, where are John and Natalie in all this, especially when Natalie could have helped Jonathan to deal with all his drama? I feel his family did not understand that his main reason to take the drugs were jealousy about his brother's powers. I never liked that storyline because I felt it was ooc for Jon to just take drugs so casually. But it is even worse when him deciding that he would not be in a big trouble for being caught with a stack of drugs to sell. I hope his grandpa can help a little, as it seems that his parents are not going to.

When You Have Zero Imagination, Level The Playing Field By Giving Everyone Powers

[sumtim3s00n · 9 March 2022]

This has gotten so so bad after the promising first season.

The story "twists" are predictable, villain(s) are onedimensional instead of understandable/multilayered, plot is meandering like out of a poorly written textbook "Writing 101 for dummies", the melodrama has taken over Superman intrigue, everyone is acting extra emotional all the time, the conflicts are forced and so lame its absurd. Nobody EVER tries to resolve anything, everyone is just headbutting constantly and escalating things. Reminds me of the last season of Ozark.

And somewhere along the way there are some Superman moments, barely half-decent.

Just a shallow, one dimensional and 100% generic format of a show. Whoever has replaced whomever after the 1st season, please immediately sack them and pay a few classes about writing for them and bring the previous crew back on.

Disappointed and afraid

[szalai-aniko94 · 6/10 · 12 March 2022]

Why were Lois and Clark so harsh with Jonathan? Why did they not try to understand him? If they continue to treat him like that, I can definitely tell, he will be the anti-hero (hehe, get it?) of the next seasons. And I don't want that! He is totally understandeble, why he does what he does.

Ridiculous episode

[rousseaupatrick · 1/10 · 9 March 2022]

After what's been an incredible season so far they drop this completely bizarre (pun intended) episode on us. The Bizarro death was one of the most mind bogling decisions i have seen on a TV show. I get shock deaths and the effect that they can have, but this was so unnecessary it made zero sense. Especially after the brilliant tease that we got in the last episode on the shows version of Bizarro and his backstory. I'm just shocked at this decision and am really doubting the future of this show.

Anti-Hero

[Prismark10 · 6/10 · 20 November 2022]

Anti-Hero is very much Anderson's story and his lack of competence.

It is hard to believe that General Sam Lane recommended Lieutenant Mitch Anderson to take his place.

The man is out of his depth and now he is in a hole. He keeps on digging betraying all principle that US army stands for to get Bizzaro.

Anderson locks Superman up in the same cell with Tal-Rho. He then tortures Tal-Rho.

Not realising that despite their enmity, Superman and Tal-Rho cooperate to escape from the prison.

The Bizzarro story is dealt with in this episode, even though there was still some mileage in his character and Bizzaro's world. It is Anderson who kills him.

In the end Anderson becomes a villain who takes X-Kryptonite and joins up with Ally Allston.

The bizarre thing is Superman should no way be cooperating with the US army after all this. He is expendable to them.

Series on the slide

[bosporan · 5/10 · 10 March 2022]

Season one of this is fabulous and seemed to have escaped the CW poor writing trap. This season however is going downhill rapidly and this episode is the worst so far. On this season alone I would stop watching, but the credit from season one keeps me in for now.

Anti Entertaining

[man-96513 · 1/10 · 9 March 2022]

Enough! I am a major Superman fan. I finally gave up on this series halfway through this episode - and will probably never watch it again.

The writing on this show is so low, even by CW network standards, it makes it impossible to watch. This should be a show about "Heroes". Instead, it is full of "Zeroes". This should be a program of people offering hope and encouragement, people doing things us mere mortals could never hope to do. Instead, it has become a very poorly written soap opera about marital infidelity, teen drug abuse, and militant negative messages about the military. These subject have their time and their place. That place is NOT during a costumed Superhero program.

The CW has never been taken seriously as a network. This show is no exception. Total viewership is less than that of Metro Seattle. The CW needs to understand that "empowerment messages" and "color balanced" casts alone cannot carry a series. The audience needs to care about the characters - no matter what their gender, no matter what their race.

Boring season with lots of wasted potencial (so far)

[salabama91 · 5/10 · 10 March 2022]

I watched the first season twice and loved it both times, but season 2 is boring even on the first watch and that's a major problem.

Everytime Lana shows up I know that I could leave the room for a couple of minutes because nothing interesting will happen. This is supposod to be a superhero show. That's what people want to see: Superman and the Kent family, but the show wastes too much time on the Cushings. At least in the first season their story was related to the big threat but this year the whole family issues and politics stuff is just boring. They could simply cut all the Cushing family scenes and the result would be a better show. (Though the actors are great but still).

Third episode in a row withouth the Irons family which shows that the show really doesn't need them, because even when they show up they feel forced into the story.

Whenever Lois shows up she just cries and yells. She is a crybaby and it's really hard to see what Superman sees in her.

Jonathan's drug story makes sense. He is an ordinary guy in the family of superpowered beings. It's totally understandable that he wants powers too, that's why both Clark's and Lois' reactions seemed unbeliveably stupid. I get that drogs are bad and it's a must have message but it's a bit more complicated here.

Before this episode I liked Anderson. He had different perspective on things than Superman but their arguments were good. They both felt right from their own perspective. He seemed like a guy who wanted to the right thing but this episode reduced him into a primitive one dimensional villain. What a waste of potencial. Actually that's what the whole season is: wasted potencial.

Finally Bizarro. I hope his death is just "temporary", because it's such a huge letdown and disrespectful to the character.

Melodramatic episode

[markkylerussell · 1/10 · 10 March 2022]

Clark yelled at Jonathan for taking drugs made him for bad and upset just like in 1x08 when Lois screamed at him and telling him to get outta her face while Clark stood there and didn't say anything for almost getting killed made him feel worst. Man OMG plus Jordan has a better life and healthy relationship with Sarah while Jonathan on the other hand feels empty handed with nothing but problems. It's so dark and awful he's treated like a baby like he's not old enough to do the things like his dad does. Unbelievable. Man he needs a better life. For REAL.

ok

[orthodox-05809 · 1/10 · 6 January 2024]

So someone who is kryptonian for 5 seconds can defeat 3 kryptonians easily without the slightest effort? Especially someone who is an "original" Kryptonian. Someone who grew with it and developed strength day by day? Someone who trained in the fortress for years under his father's instructions? And knows best how to use powers? And someone who inhales some dust defeats him? All of them?? Yeah right. This "new age" superman can be defeated by a sack of potatoes lol. What will happen next? Will the turtle be faster than him? Probably if she inhales the miracle dust. Haha hehe hoho huhu hihi muahaha.