It has been 13 minutes since the Season 1 Finale of Superman & Lois finished airing. I feel lucky enough to say that I watched it all LIVE. And I feel even luckier to say that it was one of the Greatest Episodes Of Television of ALL Time & has cemented (more than it already was), that Superman & Lois is EASILY One of The Greatest Shows of ALL Time.
This Season Finale, the 1ST Season Finale of Superman & Lois, directed by the Legendary TOM CAVANAUGH, managed to be so incredibly heart provoking that I still can't believe just happened as perfectly as it did. From the beginning of the episode. With ALEX GARFIN giving an incredible performance as. Zeta Ro, it's made abundantly clear that we're in for (someone else. Something els-wait wrong show) something incredible & special. And then throughout the Finale, we see the story of Superman & Lois trying to find Jordan. But what makes this show Incredible, is that it feels much MUCH more personal than that. It genuinely feels like Clark Kent & Lois Lane fighting with all their might for their sons. That sentence may not sound like a huge difference from the one that came before it. But it most certainly makes all the difference in the world when viewing this incredible Finale. The absolute masterclass of a performance that TYLER HOECHLIN & BITSIE TULLOCH give, along with ALEX GARFIN, JORDAN ELSASS, WOLE PARKS, DYLAN WALSH, INDE NAVARRETTE, EMMANUELLE CHIRQUI, ERIK VALDEZ, STACEY FARBER, SOFIA HASMIK. And last but certainly not the least, the one & only, ADAM RAYNER make this show what it is. Without every single one of these awesometacular actors. This show wouldn't be as perfect as it is!
I'm not going to go scene by scene of this Perfect Season Finale. Since words can't do justice to how perfect is, but I will say this. The fight scenes and CGI in this show is better than most Hollywood MOVIES coming out right now. And that's not just because of how realistic they look, but because of how imaginative and incredibly creative all of the CGI is. That shot of Irons' Hammer going through the mountain and hitting The Eradicator is one of the Greatest Shows in all of TV & Media as a whole. LIke genuinely the cinematography in this show, from start to finish, is absolutely INCREDIBLE & Jaw-Dropping.
But obviously, the incredible visuals wouldn't matter were it not for the genius storytelling this show has. The storytelling from a Man losing his daughter and his whole world, and then coming to Earth-Prime to stop Superman & Lois' world from encountering the same fate FROM Superman, to being one of Superman's most trusted allies and vice versa, to then finally finishing his mission of saving this planet, Earth-Prime from what took everything away from him, to then, in the Final moments of this perfect Season Finale. Getting his NatBug. His daughter back, after going through every thing he has gone through. Man even talking about it is giving me goosebumps of how incredible it all is. THAT level of writing IS what makes Superman & Lois, One Of The Greatest Shows Of ALL Time. And ALL of what I just said, isn't even about the 2 main characters. That's how Incredible this show is. It makes all of it's side characters more well-written than most main characters in any show or movie.
Oh and the villain of the season, TAL RHO, aka, The Eradicator, is also incredible. And while I could go on and on and on about how great of a character he is, and how great of an actor ADAM RAYNER is, and how incredibly well written the parallels are between TAL RHO & KAL-EL is, I think his character can be, and was, beautiful summarized in his last few words in the Season 1 Finale of Superman & Lois. "All I wanted was a family" or "I just wanted a family" (one of these, I don't remember exactly what it was, but I know it was delivered brilliantly by ADAM REYNER). And Superman's reply to it "And you have one. I'm your brother." (I'm paraphrasing here, I am ofcourse going to rewatch this Perfect Season Finale tonight). This villain, after everything that he did, at the end of it all, just wanted a family. And It is both brilliant & tragic, that he had one of the Greatest Brothers anyone could ask for, SUPERMAN. And yet, he wanted more.
Oh and I've said so much and I haven't even begun on the SPECTACULAR stories of LOIS LANE. God! Her being a human being, and contrasting that with the infinite power of Superman, and then showing at the end of it all, them both fighting for the same thing in their own ways is...well it's Perfect. I know I keep saying that word a lot, but well, it's the only word that's truly applicable for this Perfect Show. LOIS LANE was written so Incredibly well here, and her being a mother, trying to fight for her son, trying to give her son strength to fight for himself. Or more accurately, trying to let her son realize the incredible amount of strength that he already has within himself, was such an incredible scene that I won't be forgetting anytime soon. That run-through of all the awesometacular moments throughout Season 1 was absolutely phenomenal. It was from that point on, that this Season Finale BECAME One of THE Greatest Season Finales Of ALL Time. Oh and again, BITSIE TULLOCH'S AND ALEX GARFIN'S ACTING in that scene deserve something BEYOND an Oscar. Like I was convinced I was seeing a mother trying to fight for her son, and not just an actress doing an incredible job.
And Jonathan's perseverance and courage was incredibly well acted by JORDAN (ha the irony!) ELSASS. His story throughout Season 1 was absolutely beautiful as well. And on top of all of this perfection, the storylines of LANA LANG, KYLE CUSHING, SARAH CUSHING, CHRISSY BEPPO and last but CERTAINLY not the least, SMALLVILLE, ALL COME TOGETHER TO AN AWESOME CONCLUSION. Maan just how alive SMALLVILLE feels, is incredible in it's own right. LANA LANG stepped up to become the leader of SMALLVILLE we all knew she was, KYLE CUSHING saved a person from a burning building without hesitation like the hero we all knew he was, & SARAH became a part of a genuinely beautiful family that we all knew they all could build together, and also said "I Love You" to JORDAN WHICH WAS AWESOMETACULAR TOO! CHRISSY BEPPO, with the help of the 'World's Greatest Investigative Journalist' Lois Lane, is now going to continue to be the journalist that Smallville not only needs, but also deserves.
And last but not least, the big man in an incredible suit WITHOUT underwear on the outside this time (thankfully), One of the World's Greatest Superheroes, for now and forever, SUPERMAN. God where do I even BEGIN with his incredible writing. Should it be from his completely understandable vigorous reluctance on the government having Kryptonite, and then through slow and realistic steps, Superman himself ASKING for the government to have Kryptonite-based backup plans (7734). Or should it be from him thinking he was the Last Son Of Krypton his entire life, to realizing that he has a brother, to him having to make the painful decision of rejecting his brother over Humanity? Or maybe, and honestly probably, it should be the single greatest decision that was made to this character in the entirety of his existence. Superman being a father. Literally making one of the most Powerful Characters of ALL Time a goofy & fun Dad was one of the most brilliant character changes I've ever seen. THANK YOU ARROW, AND THANK YOU TO THE ARROWVERSE FOR THIS CHANGE!
Literally every single interaction he has with his kids, his family, elevates this show so much more higher than it ever could have been if it was JUST about him & Lois. This new dynamic changes EVERYTHING. It truly allows us to see the humanity of Clark Kent, Kal-El. Superman, in the most realistic way possible.
Him bonding with Jordan over the fact that they both have powers was absolutely beautiful. Him throwing a surprise date for the love of his life was so beautifully human that it makes me cry a little bit on the inside just thinking about it. Him trying to talk to Jonathan and help him get through his own life without powers (for now atleast haha) was incredibly beautiful as well. Superman being a Dad & Lois Lane being a Mom. Man whoever thought of bring that level of genius to The ARROWVERSE, deserves a raise for life lmao. Oh and this goes without saying, but TOM CAVANAUGH, as usual with literally anything he does, was ABSOLUTELY PERFECT as a director for this episode as well.
In short, Superman & Lois' 1st Season, follows in the path of ARROW's & The Flash's 1st Season: One of The Greatest Seasons Of Television Of ALL Time. Every single second, every single minute, every single Episode was absolutely wonderful, absolutely perfect, and absolutely beautiful. And I will NEVER stop pinching myself from time to time, when I think about the fact that SUPERMAN & LOIS LANE have their own LIVE-ACTION *TV SHOW*. The fact that I get to see all of these characters WEEKLY, and ALWAYS written ABSOLUTELY PERFECTLY by the BRILLIANT PEOPLE behind this show, and ABSOLUTELY PERFECTLY PORTRAYED BY TYLER HOECHLIN, BITSIE TULLOCH, ALEX GARFIN, JORDAN ELSASS, ADAM RAYNER, WOLE PARKS. INDE NAVARRETTE, EMMANUELLE CHIRQUI, DYLAN WALSH, STACEY FARBER & SOFIA HASMIK, is something I will cherish every single second of, for as long as I am lucky enough to, and for as long as I can.
Thank you so much to every single beautiful person behind this BEAUTIFUL Show that has genuinely made my life so much happier for having it in it. Thank you to every single person in this incredible cast, and most of all, THANK YOU TO TYLER HOECHLIN for being MY Superman, The GREATEST Version of Superman of ALL Time. THANK YOU TO BITSIE TULLOCH for being MY Lois Lane, The GREATEST Version of Lois Lane of ALL Time. And THANK YOU to JORDAN ELSASS & ALEXANDER GRIFFIN, for being the Greatest JONATHAN & JORDAN KENT there could POSSIBLY BE!
Thank you & see y'all wonderful people in Season 2 of Superman & Lois!
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