Written by Cynthia Furey
Directed by Jen Bennett
Superman: "I'm pretty sure I told you to run, Dr Irons."
Steel: "And I thought I told you, this is my home."
If last week's double bill revealed a popular Superman who had been hiding in plain sight, then this one revealed nor one but two allies, along with the return of another enemy to boot.
The allies being both Silas Stone and Dr John Henry Irons. Both men were employees at AmbeTech where their opposition to Thomas Weston's ambition to succeed Dr Ivo with dangerous Metallo style bots put both men in harm's way. That of course led to the return of Livewire. She certainly made her presence known.
When Superman wasn't just about saving both men from being killed by Livewire, everyone else was trying to get the scoop on Weston. You had one subplot with Lois and Vicki Vale trying to outdo each other. That resulted in Lous getting an unexpected job offer that she'll likely be tempted to take.
The other involved Jimmy coming to grips with being a boss and trying to rein Flip in. He didn't really succeed there but she did lead Jimmy to meeting Dr Irons and Jimmy seemed to learn a lesson about being a boss. Personally, I think Flip was being too reckless I this episode.
As for Superman, he just about managed to stop Weston's unwise scheme but he had help. Introducing Dr Irons as Steel, who got some nice action sequences as well as some fun banter with Superman. He also got officially fired by Lex Luthor as the origins of LexCorp came into play during the last scene.
- We got a fake out where it appeared Sam Lane copped on go Clark being Superman. Instead he thought Clark was a flake.
- Despite being mentioned in the last two episodes, there was no movement on the Supergirl story this week.
- Both Natasha Irons and Victor Stone were referenced but didn't appear.
- Chronology: A few since the events of the previous episode.
Fullmetal Scientist had a great first meeting between Superman and Steel along with some great action sequences with the Metallos. The connecting subplots and Clark's article all added to the episode too.
Rating: 7 out of 10
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