Written by Jake Wyatt
Directed by Jen Bennett
Lois: "I love you, Clark Kent."
Superman: "I will always love you, Lois Lane."
After the previous episode, we had Superman taken over by Brainiac and Lois decided to take on the Black Mercy herself. Needless to say, it wsnt her brightest idea, given that it totally took over Superman.
Inside the Black Mercy, Superman found himself reunited with Jor-El and Lara, but a much colder version of his birth parents. A version that seemed very determined to suppress both his free will and memories as best they could. What they hadn't banked on was Lois and how impossible getting rid of her would turn out to be.
Lois being a spanner in the works of couldxwoukd proof to be essential. No matter how much Jor-El and Lara tried to remove her, the more her influence grew on Clark. Yet again, we got another big moment of love being declared between Superman and Lois. It was also vital in breaking the Black Mercy from the both of them.
The last act of the episode was an invasion on Metropolis by Brainiac and its done pretty well here. It was also a good way of showing how utterly ineffectual Amanda Waller's plan for the city's protection with Brainiac easily taking control of her robots and then there was the team up of Superman and Kara to take out Brainiac.
With this being the penultimate episode, of course Brainiac managed to temporarily defeat both Superman and Kara, mainly through the use of Kryptonite. Right now, things aren't looking good for the citizens of Metropolis.
- I did like having the Daily Planet team and Vicki Vale band together to distract Waller in order to rescue Jimmy and Kara.
- Superman got a nice new suit after Brainiac's hold on him was broken. Now we have to get Kara out of that Brainiac warrior look.
- Even in his mind, Clark's so nice he won't even kill a Sun Eater.
- Chronology: From where the previous episode left off.
A rather strong penultimate episode. Pierce The Heavens, Superman had some really great characters moments and action sequences. I've enjoyed this Brainisc arc and I can't wait to see how next week's finale will conclude it.
Rating: 8 out of 10
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