Spoilers "Superman & Lois" Season 3

[The Realist]

Apparently, Dylan (Sam Lane) Walsh may be appearing in two episodes of S&L's final season, despite previous indications to the contrary:

https://www.kryptonsite.com/report-spoiler-to-return-for-two-episodes-in-superman-lois-season-4/

This is excellent news if true, especially since, given Sam's status at the end of last season, the most likely alternative might have been to say he was killed offscreen. I wanted better than that for the character, and for the conclusion of Walsh's great work in the role.

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

Good news--if it turns out to be the case. The Sam Lane character was one of the more serious anchors of the series, and unceremoniously getting rid of him (especially if his departure was references as an off-screen incident) would only make the final few episodes appear incomplete.

 

[The Realist]

Superman & Lois has been nominated for three Saturn Awards this year: Best Superhero Television Series, Best Actor in a Television Series (Tyler Hoechlin), and Best Actress in a Television Series (Elizabeth Tulloch).

https://www.saturnawards.org/

I'd love to see the show win all three, but Tulloch, in particular, richly deserves that shit.

 

[The Realist]

It's now being reported that Emmanuelle Chriqui will also return for an unspecified number of episodes in the final season:

https://www.kryptonsite.com/emmanuelle-chriqui-reportedly-returning-in-superman-lois-season-4/

There have been times I felt the show was giving a little too much attention to Lana, but I definitely wouldn't want her (or any of the characters) to disappear without a satisfying send-off at the very least, so this is good to hear.

(The actors who are most important to me personally to see return, besides Dylan Walsh, are Wole Parks and Tayler Buck. Very much hoping they'll both be back.)

 

[USS Firefly]

Just finished this season. First impression, good season except for the Kyle and Chrissy storyline. And I hoped against hope that they had used Rosenbaum as Luther

 

[Christopher]

And I hoped against hope that they had used Rosenbaum as Luther

It wouldn't have helped, or been fair to Rosenbaum, since the problem was that they didn't write an interesting Luthor. He was just a one-note violent thug, a huge letdown after the great, complex version of Bruno Mannheim they did.

 

[The Realist]

I'm not sold on this version of Luthor yet either, but they still have time to change my mind. The show has established that he's a billionaire giant of industry, so I feel like there have to be sides to him they haven't shown so far. This knuckle-dragger seems like he would barely know how to knot a tie, much less head up a massive business empire.

(Then again, maybe that's the point, when our modern tycoons include the likes of Trump and Musk?)

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

Controlling, intelligent billionaires come in all stripes, which more recent film/TV productions have wisely embraced as a mirror of the times we live in. Luthor from Superman and Lois was an experience-hardened, intelligent man, but the realities of prison added level of brutality to his worldview. Pretty easy to understand. Anyone attempting to write Cudlitz's Luthor interpretation off as some dumb thug have no awareness that such men--who by nature are a combination of brutality with intellect--exist in reality, making just one kind of a present-day Luthor entirely plausible, and thankfully, quite different than most adapted versions of the 20th century (or any inspired by said adaptations in this century).

 

[valkyrie013]

well, the stuff with him in prison was literally just after he was convicted, so he was quite brutal before he went in.
Just seems to me this Luthor thinks he's always right, and ANYBODY that contradicts him is a liar and que temper. But he does come off a brutal thug instead of a calculating mastermind.

Jon Cryer's Luthor is the best version i've seen in live action so far

 

[The Realist]

Cryer was indeed great (I would put him second only to Rosenbaum among live-action Lexes), but he would have had to modify the tone of his performance considerably to fit the world of Superman & Lois. Which is not to say he couldn't have done it successfully, but we'll never know now.

And given that the producers decided to go with biker-thug Lex, recasting entirely probably made the most sense.

I'm still giving Cudlitz's version the benefit of the doubt till we see how things develop in the final season.

 

[Sketcher]

For a show where the main character leads a double life, I don't think its too much of a stretch that Cudlitz's Luthor can both be a brutal thug, and a charismatic billionaire when he needs to be. Just after prison, there's little reason to hide his alter identity.

 

[Christopher]

For a show where the main character leads a double life, I don't think its too much of a stretch that Cudlitz's Luthor can both be a brutal thug, and a charismatic billionaire when he needs to be. Just after prison, there's little reason to hide his alter identity.

Then it's up to the writers to show us that, rather than leaving it to us to fill in the blanks with speculation. It's their job to tell that story, not ours. So far, they haven't done so.

 

[Sketcher]

I mean he is a regular for season 4, so I would suspect that's when they flesh out Lex's character.

 

[Christopher]

I mean he is a regular for season 4, so I would suspect that's when they flesh out Lex's character.

Yes, but the question is, how do they plan to do so? The fact that they established his character the way they did implies that they don't intend to go "Whoops, just kidding, he's actually this completely different character instead!" Like the saying goes, when people show you who they are (or in this case, who their character is), believe them.

 

[The Realist]

This seems like very well-deserved recognition:

This past Wednesday, the 2023 Sentinel Awards were given at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills, and Superman & Lois was recognized as being among the shows with “the best and brightest writing” for a powerful storyline from Season 3 of the series.

Superman & Lois showrunners Todd Helbing and Brent Fletcher went home with the recognition for “Depiction of Breast Cancer” for the show’s powerful arc of Lois Lane’s battle with breast cancer. The show was in good company, with fellow Sentinel Awards winners including scribes from Grey’s Anatomy, Station 19, Tiny Beautiful Things, Station 19, and The Diplomat.

[...]

The Sentinel Awards are given to writers for “meaningful and accurate portrayals on screen on such timely topics as abortion, systemic racism, climate change and mental health.”

https://www.kryptonsite.com/superman-lois-honored-with-writing-award-for-breast-cancer-storyline/

 

[Ovation]

This seems like very well-deserved recognition:

https://www.kryptonsite.com/superman-lois-honored-with-writing-award-for-breast-cancer-storyline/

Indeed. I can vouch for the validity of this recognition and wholeheartedly endorse it.

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

well, the stuff with him in prison was literally just after he was convicted, so he was quite brutal before he went in.
Just seems to me this Luthor thinks he's always right, and ANYBODY that contradicts him is a liar and que temper. But he does come off a brutal thug instead of a calculating mastermind.

Masterminds can be intelligent and brutal, which is a personality that fits the real world, making Cudlitz's interpretation feel real. One trait and/or ability does not cancel out the other. Superman and Lois took the refreshing route in not making some quasi-sniveling / clown (Hackman and his clone Spacey), or the stereotypical bloated (and long past its creative value shelf life) "mad scientist" type (endless Golden/Silver Age comics).

The other strong live action Luthor was Eisenberg's, who--in taking another kind of personality from reality--captured the well-known tech bro / atheist / megalomaniac who sought to reshape humanity through unethical technological campaigns fueled by the most offensive kind of arrogance / no regard for the will or freedom of humanity.

I've thoroughly enjoyed both Luthor interpretations, as they actually feel like a believable kind of threat / personality, instead of the kind of character one might find on the Get Smart TV series.

 

[Ovation]

Masterminds can be intelligent and brutal, which is a personality that fits the real world, making Cudlitz's interpretation feel real. One trait and/or ability does not cancel out the other. Superman and Lois took the refreshing route in not making some quasi-sniveling / clown (Hackman and his clone Spacey), or the stereotypical bloated (and long past its creative value shelf life) "mad scientist" type (endless Golden/Silver Age comics).

The other strong live action Luthor was Eisenberg's, who--in taking another kind of personality from reality--captured the well-known tech bro / atheist / megalomaniac who sought to reshape humanity through unethical technological campaigns fueled by the most offensive kind of arrogance / no regard for the will or freedom of humanity.

I've thoroughly enjoyed both Luthor interpretations, as they actually feel like a believable kind of threat / personality, instead of the kind of character one might find on the Get Smart TV series.

I largely concur, and will give the latest version a longer tryout before final judgement, but I think Titus Welliver’s (sp?) performance in Titans, despite its brevity, was more impressive and compelling than what I’ve seen, so far, of Cudlitz.

 

[Samurai8472]

The first episode of season four is titled "The End and The Beginning"

Latest Superman & Lois Season 4 Update Hides Neat DC Comics Doomsday Easter Egg

 

[Christopher]

Latest Superman & Lois Season 4 Update Hides Neat DC Comics Doomsday Easter Egg

Okay, that article's really stretching to claim that "The End and the Beginning" is an "Easter egg" reference to Doomsday's debut just because the issue had "The beginning of the end!" on the cover blurb. It's a very common phrase, after all, not even the actual title of the comic, and the article even acknowledges the more obvious reason why the beginning of the final season would have that title, so it could easily be coincidence. It's an even bigger stretch to claim it's evidence that Doomsday will play a major role in the season as opposed to being dealt with in the premiere; even if it is somehow a comics reference, that doesn't prove any intent for the story to go the same way (look how many MCU films and shows use comics titles in largely or entirely different ways, like The Defenders).