Superman and Lois – Haywire Roundtable
Welcome back to another round table review of Superman and Lois – Haywire. This week we are adding a new member to our review team. Welcome to the team Dan. Now let’s jump right in.
Superman and Lois – Haywire Synopsis
Lois (Elizabeth Tulloch) and Chrissy (guest star Sofia Hasmik) spot Morgan Edge (Adam Rayner) conversing with Mayor Dean (Eric Keenleyside) and Kyle Kushing (Eric Valdez), and the two see right through his insincere move to try to win over the town; Clark (Tyler Hoechlin) agrees to help Lois out at a town hall meeting.
What did you think of Superman and Lois – Haywire overall?
PB: Honestly, I was bugged by everyone in this episode but Clark. Lois bugged me. The boys bugged me and most of all I was bugged by Lois’s dad, General Lane (Dylan Neal). Ugh I do NOT like him one bit. I am hoping I am not the only one with this feeling.
C: I actually kinda liked this episode, mostly because it was great to see both Clark and Lois stand up to Sam Lane. I also like the fact they look to be going the metahuman/meteor infected route to give us some bad guys to play with each week.
R: I agree with Clare and Dan, I really enjoyed watching this one. There’s a fine balance between all those action scenes and finding out more about each character. In Episode 4 relationships were the main priority and it was nice seeing some people actually biting the bullet.
D: I agree with Clare in that I actually quite enjoyed this episode too. It was my favourite since the pilot. Sam Lane is starting to show what we kind of expect from him, and it was great to see both Clark and Lois stand up to him. I like the route they seem to be taking with the bad guys of the week, with the overall arcs of Morgan Edge, General Luthor and Sam Lane building up too.
General Lane Friend or Foe?
PB: This dude is a total bad guy in an official uniform. He seems to want to control Superman like he is his personal weapon. Yeah, I am not a fan of this guy at all.
C: Oh my god you’ve never heard me cheer as loud as I did when Lois finally gave him that verbal smackdown. His last scene, setting up protocol 7734 makes me say Foe. He thinks he’s doing what’s right, but he’s being a blind fool about it.
R: What can I say? In my opinion he definitely is a bad guy. 100%. There is nothing to discuss. To be honest, I had a bad feeling right from the start. Something about him just didn’t sit right with me. I agree with PB – I am not a fan of him either.
D: Total foe. Historically the character has always been controversial, though that is from the perspective of the viewer, who will always be on the side of Clark and Lois. Whilst it’s easy to understand his reasoning if you put yourself in his shoes, in the context of the show and the story they want to tell – foe.
Thoughts on the boys and their whiny teen drama?
C: I didn’t hate them this week. If I’m honest, I’m actually kinda interested to see how Jonathan (Jordan Elsass) develops after his admission that he was kinda jealous of Jordan (Alex Garfin). And I gotta say the scene towards the end when they both looked at Grandpa and totally sold his ass out to their parents rather endeared them both to me!
D: This is the first week I haven’t wanted to gauge out my own ears listening to them whine on screen. So we’ll call it a good week? They actually seemed to get a bit of character development this week, which is nice and may eventually lead to them becoming remotely likeable. I mainly liked that the writers remembered that the show is called Superman & Lois, and actually wrote a plot for those characters this week instead of focusing on the wonderless twins.
R: I never had a problem with those whiny teens as you all know, and I have to admit that this episode was one of the best, talking about their behaviour and acting in general. It was great seeing some kind of character development. Also the fact that Jonathan didn’t seem to be THAT jealous anymore (at least for now… maybe this will change again one day). Well done boys! Way to go!
PB: I am a mom of a teenage boy and he isn’t as whiny as these two. I hate their lack of respect for their dad and for Superman. I get that it’s new to them and powers are news to them but they have so little respect for their parents and what they do for them. Maybe that is normal but I wanna slap them. Haha I did love that Jonathan and Jordan seem to be getting along a little better but I feel this will be short lived.
Did Superman’s love for the boys helped him beat Haywire (Brendan Fletcher) or was he just strong enough to beat him?
R: Now that I’m reading all your responses, I have to think about it twice. Thanks for the little heads up Clare! It really is kind of strange that he’s able to hear it. I mean, yeah, he’s Superman but his ears didn’t look “healthy” at all – so how the hell did he manage this. I guess, we’ll never know. But as PB already said, I like to believe that it was his love for the boys which gave him some kind of extra power. Just thinking about them being in danger, it’s like strength running through his veins (or something similar).
C: I have questions about that scene. I figured that Haywire’s sonic gun thingy wiped out Clark’s super hearing, so how the hell did he hear the ELT and the boys? I think once he did hear them it gave him a certain boost to be able to put Haywire down (hence why he took down some bystanders too) and get out of there.
D: I’m with Clare that it was a bit questionable. I’m more inclined to say hearing that they were in trouble made him realise he had to speed up his thought process and figure it out more quickly. I think he was strong enough to do it all along, but he needed the push to figure it out and get it done ASAP.
PB: I wanna believe it was his love for his boys but then again he is Superman.
The ending scene, why is there so much Kryptonite under Smallville and how does Morgan Edge know about it?
D: How Morgan Edge knows about this is likely going to be one of the big questions hanging over us for much of the season, I imagine. I’m glad they’re going down the meteor freak route from Smallville, and to a lesser extent Supergirl, and it ties in nicely with the rest of the CWverse shows. I’m interested to see what exposure to Kryptonite might do to the whiny teenagers, but hopefully much later in the season when they aren’t quite as annoying.
C: I’m excited to see how they play this. That’s obviously what gave Tag his powers so they seem to be going down the meteor freak route like in Smallville. Extra bonus points to them for casting Brendan Fletcher as Killgrave, who previously played Parasite in season 8 of Smallville!
PB: I was a little shocked about this part and who the chick (Stacey Farber) is with Morgan. A meta-human or another alien. I have questions.
R: That’s the BIG question and I think we have to wait a bit more for someone to figure it out… or them just telling us directly. This scene left me a bit like “Wait… what?” – and in the next second it was more like “This can’t be good” – it’s going to be one hell of a ride for sure and I’m not ready for this. Morgan Edge being in possession of all this Kryptonite. Nope, that’s not good at all.
Superman and Lois – Haywire Overall Rating:
PB: 6.5 ( the .5 is for seeing Tyler in a black suit and his Clark glasses, so hot)
R: 8 – there’s a bit of everything: really enjoyed it!!
C: 8 – I actually really enjoyed this episode!
D: 7 – solid episode, best since the pilot.
