My Review of Superman And Lois 1x07: "Man Of Steel"

 

Written by Jai Jamison

Directed by David Ramsey

John Henry Irons: "You see, Kal-El, you're not the Man of Steel, I am."

Well, I definitely didn't see that coming. I was more than fine with Wole Parks playing a Lex Luthor from a different Earth but having him as Steel, aka John Henry Irons was a very nice surprise.

We've known since the second episode this guy wasn't a villain and as we've learned that he was married to Lois on his own world, we also now know that he has a daughter named Nat that he's promised to return home to.

Wole Parks definitely gave the performance of the episode as he sort of came clean to Lois while at the same time trying to kill Superman. The latter bit didn't work out so well due to Jonathan and Jordan and now John is in the DOD's custody, pondering what to do next.

The sequences to John's world, littered with multiple evil Supermen causing destruction was epically done, especially when Lois herself became a victim of one of them. I assume there's the danger one of those Supermen will make his way to our Earth as well. I can see them doing that instead of making our Clark even.

As for the actual villain of the season, Morgan Edge has hired Lana so that she unknowingly will help him get more potential Subjekts and Leslie had fun in keeping Superman, Lois and John distracted as well for good measure.

Then there was the plot with Jordan trying to control his super hearing, which led to some conflict between him and Jonathan before the pair were able to save Superman. I really hope the show isn't planning a love triangle between the Kent boys and Sarah but it looks like they might be.

- Chrissy was back this week as Kyle was absent. I thought Morgan was gonna recommend him as a Subjekt, though he still might.

- Nat is usually the niece of Steel in the comics and other media but here she's his and Lois's daughter.

- Brilliant directing from David Ramsey, who will also appear later in the season as Diggle.

- Chronology: From where the previous episode left off.

Man Of Steel without a doubt is the best episode we have gotten so far. Brilliant character moments, wonderful flashbacks, plenty of high drama. This show just keeps on getting better and better.

Rating: 9 out of 10