Written by Aman Adumer
Directed by Kiki Manrique
Lois (to everyone): "It's time for us to save Superman."
After last week's cliffhanger, the second d part of what I thought was going to be the finale managed to keep up the pace. Lois and Jimmy lost Superman and they're desperate to find him.
They're desperate enough that they accepted help from Flo and her fellow newsroom kids and funnily enough, it was Flo who actually found Superman. Granted, it was purely by accident after he just about escaped captivity halfway through the episode.
For the first part of the episode, a captive Superman had to deal with General Sam Lane's ire. Flashbacks revealed that Lane and Amanda Waller were survivors of an attack on their army base 22 years ago. Lane genuinely believed that Superman was a weapon until the latter's crestfallen reaction sowed some doubts in him.
Superman's captivity also seemed to create doubts between Sam Lane and Amanda Waller. The latter wasted no time in orchestrating an escape for the likes of Livewire, who in turn freed Parasite. The latter wanted revenge on Superman and very nearly got their way.
In fact had it not been for Jimmy using his Flamebird account and Lois giving a pretty heartfelt speech about Superman's impact on the world, Parasite would've wiped Metropolis off the map. Superman did manage to defeat Ivo without killing him too.
As for Sam, his ambivalence cost him the upper hand as Amanda managed to get Checkmate on side and Task Force X to herself with Slade as her right hand man. Oh and now Sam has to kill Superman as well in next week's finale.
- Jimmy discovered the doomsday orb showing the killer Superman. How will he deal with that next episode?
- They finally confirmed the General was Sam Lane in the most low-key way they could've done.
- The end credits still have the darker theme after last week first adding it.
- Chronology: From where the first part left off.
Zero Day Part 2 certainly continued the strong work the first part pulled off. The Parasite attack felt similar to what the Superman: Man Of Tomorrow animated movie did a few years ago. It was effective then and it was definitely effective here too.
Rating: 9 out of 10
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