My Review of Superman And Lois 4x06: "When The Lights Come On"

 

Written by Kristi Korzec And Brent Fletcher And Todd Helbing

Directed by Ian Samoil

Lex: "What are you thinking?"

Amanda: "Well, the first thing we need to do is get you a killer suit."

Now we're into the second half of this season (and it's going by so fast), you'd think losing the chance to be in his daughter and grandson's life would make Lex reevaluate his choices. Nope, he's just going to double down on them even more.

Determined to relocate LexCorp to Smallville just to antagonise the Kent family, Lex's overt fixation on getting even had even Amanda McCoy questioning his judgement. For a moment, I thought she was going to abandon him. Then that last scene happened instead.

Amanda went from trying to make Lex see some sense to actively encouraging his vendetta. She suggested a killer suit. Lex bloody well needs one because even when his strength and powers are dampened, Clark can beat the shit out of him.

That fight scene between Clark and Lex under the red lighting might be one of the best onscreen sparring we've seen with these two in Gheorghe 80+ years of history. Both of them really went for it and while Lex could partially claim a "moral" victory, he underestimated his opponent yet again. Better get that suit rather sharpish, Lex.

Of course, while Lex got his ass beat by Superman, he also made enemies out of the Smallville residents too. He couldn't get Aidy Manning to sell her farm for 10 million and his attempts to get Lana taken out by Otis failed due to a baseball bat wielding Sarah. Yeah, it really wasn't Lex's week anyway you look at it.

As for the Kents themselves, Lois had no problem filling Amanda in on Elizabeth while Clark resorted to hair dye to combat the salt and pepper look. As for the Kent Boys, they did either too much, too little and took Sarah to Greece while she planned for a life outside Smallville. I think the reduced episodes have done wonders in striking a balance with the teen stuff for this show.

- Everyone in Smallville knows that Clark's Superman and now he knows they do too. Coach Gaines even tried to get the Kent boys back on the football team.

- Amanda's clearly being written as someone who has romantic feelings for Lex. The latter's also clearly aware of it too.

- With all this talk of being human, I do wonder if this show will have Clark retire as Superman with Jonathan and Jordan sharing his legacy.

- Chronology: Not long from where the previous episode left off.

This was another strong episode. When The Lights Come On absolutely delivered with that fight scene between Clark and Lex as both Tyler Hoechlin and Michael Culditz really went for it. Im at the point of looking forward but dreading each episode as we get closer to the end.

Rating: 8 out of 10