What I’m Watching: Superman and Lois (Season Premiere)

Superman and Lois: Season 2, Episode 1 “What Lies Beneath” (B+)

I had forgotten how the first season of this show ended even though the finale was just a few months ago, with Natalie arriving and seeing someone she thought was her dead mother. Her adjustment to being in Smallville has evidently not been going too well, and moving in to the Kent home might help with that. It’s a good thing that the romantically-inclined Kent brothers are technically related to her, and therefore nothing untoward is going to happen until the farm roof. Clark did a good job of giving a sex talk that his kids responded to rather well, while Lois was so thrown off by her feelings of guilt about Natalie that she reacted very harshly to finding Jonathan in bed with Candice. Jordan is much more into Sara at the moment that she is into him, and I imagine it has something to do with a summer romance at camp. It’s nice to see this nice version of Kyle, who’s able to give his daughter good love life advice and even get Lana to smile, prompting his daughter to remind them that they have their own room. While it would be hard to describe General Lane as warm, Lieutenant Anderson isn’t particularly friendly, and it’s going to be an issue that Lane’s replacement doesn’t consider Superman to be an unconditional friend. Saving a North Korean sub was an extremely human thing to do, but it’s not in America’s best interests. There’s plenty going on in Smallville that seems to be concerning, so both Clark and Superman are going to have a busy calendar.