Season 2, Episode 3: "The Thing in the Mines" (SPOILERS)

Holy **** that fight. Johns intro as Steel was cool too.

 

Ok Jon I thought you were smart but I guess you still got some growing to do. So Doomsday is an alternate Clark that’s interesting I guess we’ll see where the writers take this but I trust them. Lucy storyline off to an interesting start. Really good episode tho.

 

Halfway through the episode, Darth started guessing it was an alternate Clark under the outfit. I said Bizarro first but he is trying to tear my victory from me. Alternate Clark is a category, I brought specificity

 

Ok I feel dumb for not realizing it was Bizarro lol. I think I was too hyped.

 

So you guys think Bizarro will try to turn earth into a Bizarro world? He see’s next week that this Clark has a family and he wants that so he wont be alone or something like that. Kinda like Tal-Rho.

 

Bizarro and Lucy have a sympathetic relationship in the comics. I think that Bizarro will have a vital role in helping Lucy out of the bad situation she’s in, and that she’ll keep him from going full Doomsday on the world.

 

I like how that, coming from Bizarro, means "Help me!"

 

Great episode

Loved Clarks vulnerability and his anxiety about parenting. Loved Sam apologising to Lois (I really like him, I missed him the last two episodes). Loved Clark having to burn his own hands to let the anger out. Loved John Irons suit attaching to him mid jump. Loved the whole fight scene. Loved Lois and Clarks interactions - there's just so much love, respect & understanding there. Loved both Jordan & John's scenes - they are really growing into their respective roles & I feel like we are getting a better sense of who they are.

I'm intruiged by the Lucy/Ally thread. Really curious to see where that goes and how it might intersect. I also like the Lana for Mayor subplot too, it's enjoyable enough.

So so so happy it wasn't actually Doomsday under that suit. I'm honestly just so relieved. Bizzaro isn't my favourite villain but I'm open to it, and I'm enjoying the psychic connection and how that plays out.

Not crazy about Jonathan taking XK, but there's a bit of hope in me that he's just buying it so he can bring it home & let his parents see what's going on... maybe that's denial though I'll keep an open mind, see how they handle it. It would be kind of cool to see behind Jonathan's mask of 'I'm always okay'... and it actually does really fit psychologically with the family dynamics (when one child struggles, the other one often becomes the 'good boy/girl' and never let's on they aren't okay... then they let it out in self destructive ways).

Finally, just to say... I love Tyler's portrayal of this character so much. The writing is good, but another actor in the same role would not work this well for me (give Henry Cavill these lines and I still think they'd come out wooden).

This small town, dorky, sometimes slightly naive, sometimes angry, sometimes anxious Clark, who has spent his whole life balancing how he can use his gifts to help people and how he can still have a life of his own - Tyler just wears him like a second skin, you know? It just feels so natural.

In Lois & Clark, it often felt like Dean was a bit awkward in the Superman suit. With Reeve, his Superman was incredible, but his Clark was just a disguise & I kind of hated it. Cavill... for me, as much as I adore the guy personally, neither his Clark or his Superman landed for me.

It's so incredible to be finally watching someone play Clark & Superman and be great at both

 

I hadn't thought about that, but I really like that thought. I hope they do show Clarks empathy this way

 

The best part about that scene was how unnecessary it was. We didn't need to actually see him fishing, it added nothing to anything. But they did it, bless their hearts. It looks like it took them 15 minutes to whip up, but they did it.

 

And there goes my chance of not having any nightmares later tonight.

 

Am I the only one that liked that? I guess I'd been picturing him off fishing and so seeing him was like 'heeeey, there he is!'

Does anyone have know what that pendant is?

 

I thought it was a reference to that Bizarro #1 sign he wears around his neck. Maybe it's the QR Code version.

 

Yeah I wondered that too, which also makes me think maybe we could end up with one or more characters visiting that world too.

 

Curious to see if Bizarro will be this season's main villain or if there's someone else that will be used to fill that role. I remember Todd (Producer) saying that this season will have several villains that start off with different agendas that will ultimately converge with each other.

 

I have a hard time seeing Bizzaro as a final episode showdown villain. I think they are definitely building to something bigger, and it's very exciting

Also, thanks for the Ally/Parasite info. Another tantalising possibility!

 

Yeah there are so many imaginative things you can explore when you go down that route. I'd love to see it

 

So Bizarro?

 

You may have been joking about it as a QR code, but it reminds me of the Outdsiders #0 depiction of the Eradicator…



…which makes me think that S&L’s Bizarro could be Edge’s discarded first attempt at animating the database.

 

Wild speculation time:

Bizarro #1 didn’t work properly and was buried. Now Bizarro #2, the improved model who thinks he’s the real thing, is starting to break down. The shadowy government organization that tried to clone a subservient Superman is holding the original in a red-lit cell just like Tal’s.