Warning: MAJOR SPOILERS for the Superman & Lois episode “A Common Man” are forward!
When Doomsday killed Superman and dumped his physique in downtown Smallville in Superman & Lois, he didn’t simply take away the world’s best superhero. He additionally paved the way in which for numerous individuals within the Kansas city to begin suspecting that Clark Kent was Superman given how Lois, Jonathan and Jordan reacted to that horrible sight. Now that Clark is again among the many dwelling, he, and your entire Kent household, have been having to take care of numerous neighbors and fellow residents trace, if not outright state they know this secret.
That brings us to the occasions of “A Common Man,” which simply completed airing on the 2024 TV schedule and ended with Clark making a game-changing choice that left me shook and can have main ramifications for Superman & Lois’ remaining episodes. However earlier than we get into that, let’s discuss how the DC TV present lastly launched its model of Jimmy Olsen, performed by Douglas Smith.
Clark Kent’s Previous With Jimmy Olsen Was Revealed
“A Common Day” was peppered with flashbacks to Clark Kent and Lois Lane’s Each day Planet days, once they had been working alongside Jimmy and his sister Janet. At this stage of his life, Clark had instructed Lois he’s Superman, however was in any other case doing his greatest to verify nobody else discovered. So when Jimmy invited him to hitch The Each day Planet’s softball workforce, he initially declined as a result of he didn’t need to draw consideration to himself. Nonetheless, upon some urging from Lois and realizing he might be the “bunt man,” Clark modified his thoughts, and it appeared like this is able to be the start of him and Jimmy changing into friends exterior of labor.
Nonetheless, due to numerous emergencies all over the world that required Superman’s consideration, Clark finally wasn’t capable of go to anymore softball video games. Jimmy wasn’t shopping for Clark’s excuses and initially thought this was his approach of demonstrating he didn’t need to hang around with him. However Smith’s Jimmy Olsen is a great cookie, similar to most variations of the character, and he realized that each time Clark missed a recreation, Superman was some other place on the earth saving individuals. So one evening, he confronted Clark and requested him if he was Superman. Clark denied this, and so as to promote his story, the following time there was a Each day Planet softball recreation, he simply didn’t present up, even with Superman not being wanted elsewhere.
So now we all know why Jimmy Olsen hasn’t been seen on Superman & Lois till now, as Clark went out of his strategy to make it appear to be he wasn’t desirous about being buddies with him so as to defend his secret. It’s a pointy distinction from the normal “pal” dynamic they’ve, though it was apparent Clark was disillusioned having to make this choice. Luckily, these two reunited on the finish of “A Common Man” on pleasant phrases, however I’ll get to that later.
The World Is aware of Clark Kent Is Superman
Lower to Superman & Lois’ current day story, Clark Kent was going round city trying to persuade the individuals who’ve indicated they know he’s Superman that they’re sorely mistaken. Simple sufficient, proper? Not likely. Clark was having various levels of success engaging in his objective, and there was an particularly uncomfortable scene the place him, Jonathan and Jordan had been principally gaslighting Timmy Ryan, one of many boys’ classmates, in entrance of his mother. Jonathan and Jordan additionally grew to become annoyed in any respect the lies they had been having to inform to guard a secret that was spreading
Then entered Emmitt Pergande, the abusive father of Jonathan’s girlfriend Candice whom Clark scared out of city final season for threatening his household and his felony actions. Having been knowledgeable that Clark is Superman, he confirmed up at Victoria Could’s with a gun to point out everybody the reality whereas Clark and Lois had been having dinner with Kyle Cushing and Chrissy Beppo. Emmitt fired one spherical, and left with no different alternative, the Man of Metal let the bullet deflect off his chest and allowed everybody within the diner to see him in his Superman costume. In different phrases, there was no placing the proverbial genie again within the bottle with the individuals of Smallville, however then Clark determined to take issues a big step ahead.
After getting his household’s blessing, Clark did a TV interview with Janet Olsen to disclose his secret to your entire world. There’s no going again from this, and by extension, this implies the world additionally is aware of that Jonathan and Jordan have powers. “A Common Man” ended on a shiny notice, as Clark met with Jimmy Olsen for the primary time in years, and his former colleague was completely understanding about why he hadn’t instructed him the reality again then. It appears to be like like these two are lastly going to grow to be friends!
It’ll admit, I used to be shocked {that a} game-changing transfer like this got here forward of Superman & Lois’ collection finale, which is how Supergirl dealt with Kara Zor-El revealing her secret identification to everybody. So it’ll be fascinating to see how this components into the ultimate three episodes, for higher or worse. Talking of worse, we additionally discovered that Emmitt Pergande didn’t study Clark Kent was Superman from Candice, however fairly Lex Luthor, as they met one another in jail. Luthor might have had his ass kicked by Clark final week and fled again to Metropolis, however he’s discovering different methods to screw together with his hated enemy whereas he waits for that “killer swimsuit” of his to be designed.
Superman & Lois airs Mondays at 8 pm ET on The CW, and you should utilize your Max subscription to stream the primary three seasons. Though the collection ends in only a few weeks, there are numerous upcoming DC TV reveals on the way in which that’ll preserve you entertained in its absence.