The big threat looming over this final season of Superman & Lois, perhaps even more than Lex Luthor (Michael Cudlitz), is Doomsday. The twisted version of Superman from another universe has already killed Clark (Tyler Hoechlin) once… And given he’s not at full strength, taking on Doomsday for round two would be a death sentence. Except in this week’s episode, “Break The Cycle,” a surprising character manages to beat Doomsday… At least for now.
Spoilers past this point, but it’s Lois Lane (Elizabeth Tulloch). While Clark monitors a heart-to-heart conversation going on between Luthor and his long-lost daughter Elizabeth (director/guest star Elizabeth Henstridge), Lois realizes she can summon Doomsday to her using the device her father used to use to summon Superman, the ELT. She also puts together that when Clark tells her Doomsday is him from another universe, killed over and over, she can appeal to him — Lois to Clark.
So, she goes to a remote location and presses the button on the ELT. The unfortunate side effect is that Jonathan (Michael Bishop) hears it as well and heads to her location. But it gets the desired effect… Doomsday shows up, but he doesn’t attack.
As Lois explains to Clark later on over a glass of wine on the porch, “I realized we were trying to get through to the wrong heart.” Not Luthor, with his daughter; but Doomsday.
Back at the Doomsday confrontation, a teary-eyed Lois appeals to the creature, as we flash back through scenes from the Bizarro Superman’s romance with his Lois. “On your world you were married,” Lois says. “On your world you had a family. I know you lost that family. And I know how much that hurt. But destroying mine won’t ever bring yours back. Please. Whatever Luthor has asked of you, don’t hurt my family.”
…And Doomsday leaves. Not just the area with Lois, but his train station enclosure where Lex has been keeping him. For now, at least, Lois successfully took Doomsday — Lex’s greatest weapon — off the board. It’s likely we aren’t done with him entirely. But it’s nice to see that Lois can beat the bad guys just as effectively, if not more so, than Superman.
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Superman & Lois Season 4 Premiere Dates And Episode Guide:
The final season of Superman & Lois premieres with two episodes on The CW on Monday, October 17, 2024 at 8 pm ET / PT. Episodes then stream the next day on The CW website and app. After the premiere, it will air once a week for 10 episodes total in Season 4, with exact air dates TBA.
Here’s the full list of episodes in Superman & Lois Season 4, with premiere dates:
- Monday, October 7, 2024: Superman & Lois, Season 4, Episode 1: “The End & The Beginning”
- Monday, October 7, 2024: Superman & Lois, Season 4, Episode 2: “A World Without”
- Monday, October 14, 2024: Superman & Lois, Season 4, Episode 3: “Always My Hero”
- Monday, October 21, 2024: Superman & Lois, Season 4, Episode 4: “A Perfectly Good Wedding”
- Monday, October 28, 2024: Superman & Lois, Season 4, Episode 5: “Break The Cycle”
- Monday, November 4, 2024: Superman & Lois, Season 4, Episode 6
- TBA: Superman & Lois, Season 4, Episode 7
- TBA: Superman & Lois, Season 4, Episode 8
- TBA: Superman & Lois, Season 4, Episode 9
- TBA: Superman & Lois, Season 4, Episode 10 *SERIES FINALE*
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