LOIS AND CLARK: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN(1993) SEASON 2
The first really top notch superhero TV series since, well, The
Adventures Of Superman in 1952(perhaps excepting The Green Hornet)
(My appologies to Wonder Woman, Batman, The Incredible Hulk and
The Greatest American Hero)!!
Starring here are Dean Cain(as Clark Kent/Superman), Teri Hatcher
(as Lois Lane), Lane Smith(as Perry White), K Callan(as Martha Kent),
Eddie Jones(as Jonathan Kent) and John Shae(as Lex Luthor) in a much
diminished role!!
Gone are Tracy Scoggins(as Cat Grant) and Michael Landis(as Jimmy
Olsen)! We now have Justin Whalin as Jimmy!
Everyone does a great job in their roles! I wasn't sure about the
switch from Michael to Justin, but he does a great job(BTW, they
made the switch from Michael to Justin because they thought that
Micheal looked too much like Dean!!
EPISODES 1: MADAME EX(Sept. 18, 1994):
Lex Luthor's ex-wife is out after Lois and Superman after
the "death" of Lex Luthor!
Starring in order of appearance: Clark Kent/Superman, Lois Lane,
Jimmy Olsen, Perry White, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent!
No Lex Luthor!
Guest starring: Denise Crosby(Star Trek: TNG[In her first of
three guest appearances!!]), Barry Livingston(My 3 Sons)! A
EPISODE 2: WALL OF SOUND(Sept. 25, 1994):
A dude is using sound waves to put people to sleep while he
robs them blind!! Also, Clark is nominated for an award that
usually goes to Lois!
Starring in order of appearance: Clark Kent/Superman, Lois Lane,
Jimmy Olsen, Perry White,
Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent!
Lex Luthor is not in this!!
Guest starring: No known stars here! A
EPISODE 3: THE SOURCE(Oct. 02, 1994):
Lois has a man come to her with information that an accident
wasn't an accident but negligence! She prints it and things get
a little spicy, including the death of the source of the info!!
Starring in order of appearance: Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent,
Lois Lane, Clark Kent/Superman, Jimmy Olsen, Perry White!
No Lex Luthor!
This guest stars William Schallart(The Patty Duke Show, Star Trek:
TOS episode "The Trouble With Tribbles", Star Trek: DS9 episode
"Sanctuary", The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, North And South:
Book II, The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis, ) Barry Livingston(My Three
Sons), Peter Scolari(Bosom Buddies, That thing You do, Newhart)!!
EPISODE 4: THE PRANKSTER(Oct. 08, 1994):
A man calling himself - wait for it - THE PRANKSTER has just
gotten out of prison after having been put there, in part,
by Lois, and he is determined to get revenge!!!
Starring in order of appearance: Jimmy Olsen, Clark Kent/Superman,
Lois Lane, Perry White!
No Lex Luthor!
Guest starring: Bronson Pinchot(Perfect Strangers), Harold Gould
(The Sting, The Golden Girls, Rhoda!)!! A
EPISODE 5: CHURCH OF METROPOLIS(Oct. 23, 1994):
There's a new organized crime group in Metropolis, and the
head of it is looking to clean up, just after he gets rid of
Superman and his friends!!
The head of this group returns in season 3, episode entitled
"We've Got A Lot To Talk About"
Starring in order of appearance: Lois Lane, Superman/Clark Kent,
Perry White, Jimmy Olsen, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent!
No Lex Luthor!
Guest starring: Peter Boyle(Everybody Loves Raymond, Young
Frankenstein, The Adventures Of Pluto Nash)!! B+
EPISODE 6: OPERATION BLACKOUT(Oct. 30, 1994):
There's a new weapon in town, and it "goes berserk" and kills
a general running the tests!! It appears that there's someone
taking over all of the electronics in the city!! And it appears
that the perps are former friends of Lois' from college!!
Starring in order of appearance: Lois Lane, Superman/Clark Kent,
Jimmy Olsen, Perry White!
No Lex Luthor!
No known guest stars here!! A
EPISODE 7: THAT OLD GANG OF MINE(Nov. 13, 1994):
A scientist reboots several of the most notorious mobsters
from years gone by(Bonnie & Clyde, Al Copone, John Dillenger)
and they wreck havok on Metropolis!!!
Starring in order of appearance: Jimmy Olsen, Perry White,
Lois Lane, Superman/Clark Kent, Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent!
No Lex Luthor!
Guest starring William Devane(Knott's Landing, several of the
Jesse Stone movies, Space Cowboys)!! A
EPISODE 8: A BOLT FROM THE BLUE(Nov. 20, 1994):
A down on his luck man attempts to kill himself but Superman
interviens! Lightning strikes Superman and the dude has Supes
poowers transferred to him! But unknown to either, Dr. Kelly
who has the hots for Lex Luthor witnessed the whole thing and
she thinks that she now has the way to bring Lex back from the
dead!!
This is really a very silly episode!!
Starring in order of appearance: Superman/Clark Kent, Lois Lane,
Perry White, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Jimmy Olsen!!
Lex Luthor does not appear!
Guest starring: Denise Crosby and Leslie Jordan return, Cindy
Williams(Laverne and Shirley, American Graffiti, Perry Mason:
The Case Of The Poisoned Pen)!! B
EPISODE 9: SEASONS GREEDINGS(Dec. 04, 1994):
Hemsley plays a character called the Toyman(looks nothing like
the toyman from the comics who was short a pudgy!)! He's creating
toys to cause trouble for Metropolis and Superman! Reason: he was
fired from his job and it's Christmastime!!!! His big invention:
a toy that makes people greedy and adults act like children!
Starring in order of appearance: Superman/Clark Kent, Lois Lane,
Perry White, Jimmy Olsen, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent!
No Lex Luthor!
Guest starring Dick Van Patton(Eight Is Enough), Denise Richards
(The World Is Not Enough, Wild Things, Starship Troopers), Sherman
Hemsley & Isabel Sanford(The Jeffersons, All In The Family)! B+
EPISODE 10: METALLO(Jan. 01, 1995):
Lois' sister Lucy is back in town and just isn't herself(there's
a new actress playing the role! LOL)! Anyway, two scientists develope
a human/robot powered by Kryptonite! This human turns out to be
Lucy's boyfriend!!
Starring in order of appearance: Lois Lane, Superman/Clark Kent,
Perry White, Jimmy Olsen!
No Lex Luthor!
Guest starring Christian Clemenson(Boston Legal)! B+
EPISODE 11: CHI OF STEEL(Jan. 08, 1995):
Lois decides to get a little R & R and stays at the Lexor(LOL) Hotel
honeymoon suite! While there she sees a big politician apparently
making some sort of underhanded deal! This leads to her and Clark
doing a stakeout at said hotel with some humorous results!
Starring in order of appearance: Perry White, Lois Lane, Jimmy
Olsen, Superman/Clark Kent, Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent!
No Lex Luthor!
Guest starring: James Hong(Big Trouble In Little China, The
Golden Child, Blade Runner, Airplane!, Kung Fu, Chinatown, The
New Adventures Of Charlie Chan)!! A
EPISODE 12: THE EYES HAVE IT(Jan. 22, 1995):
Some scientists come up with a laser beam that can transfer
the thoughts of one person to another, and another device that
can blind Superman!!
Starring in order of appearance: Lois Lane, Superman/Clark Kent,
Jimmy Olsen, Perry White, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent!
No Lex Luthor!
Guest starring: Gerrit Graham(Babylon 5 episode: "Signs And
Portants", Star Trek: VOY episode "Death Wish", Star Trek: DS9
episode "Captive Persuit", Pretty Baby!)!! B+
EPISODE 13: THE PHOENIX(Jan. 29, 1995):
The good doctor Gretchen Kelly succeeds in bringing back Lex
Luthor from the dead! He starts making immediate plans for the
demise of Superman! Oh, and he's loosing his hair!!
Starring in order of appearance: Lex Luthor, Superman/Clark Kent,
Lois Lane, Perry White, Jimmy Olsen!
No Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent!
Guest starring: Denise Crosby, Christian Clemenson, Tony Jay
and Barry Livingston return!! B(I would give this a higher
grade but I fell that this had too much going on and really
shoud have been at the very least a two parter!!
EPISODE 14: TOP COPY(Feb. 19, 1995):
A Newspaperwoman comes up with a plan to discover Superman's
secret identity! And she plans to blab the whole thing to the
entire world!!
Starring in order of appearance: Superman/Clark Kent, Lois Lane,
Perry White, Jimmy Olsen, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent!
No Lex Luthor!
Guest starring: Robert Culp(I Spy, The Greatest American Hero,
Everbody Loves Raymond, 4 episodes of Columbo, Trackdown), Raquel
Welch(Yup, THAT Raquel Welch!, One Million Years B.C.)!! B+
EPISODE 15: RETURN OF THE PRANKSTER(Feb. 26, 1995):
You're never going to guess what this one's all about! Ah,
you peeked!!!
Starring in order of appearance: Lois Lane, Superman/Clark Kent,
Perry White, Jimmy Olsen,
Jonathan Kent, Lex Luthor, Martha Kent do not appear!
Guest starring: Cliff De Young(Star Trek: DS9 episode "Vortex",
singer), Harold Gould, Bronson Pinchot return!! B+
EPISODE 16: LUCKY LEON(Mar. 12, 1995):
Someone's out after Jimmy! No idea why!!
Starring in order of appearance: Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane, Superman/
Clark Kent, Perry White
No Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Lex Luthor!
Guest starring: Robert Culp returns!
Continued in the next episode! B+
EPISODE 17: RESURRECTION(Mar. 19, 1995):
Continued from the previous episode!!
Dead people are becoming undead!! Somehow this is tied into
the death of Mayson Drake!
Starring in order of appearance: Lois Lane, Superman/Clark Kent,
Jimmy Olsen, Perry White!
Guest starring: Curtis Armstrong(Moonlighting, Revenge Of The
Nerds, II)! B+
EPISODE 18: TEMPUS FUGITIVE(Mar. 25, 1995):
H.G. Wells pays a visit to the Daily Planeet to get Superman's
help in capturing a fugitive from the future using his time
machine!!
Starring in order of appearance: Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane, Superman/
Clark Kent, Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent!
No Perry White, Lex Luthor!
Guest starring: Don Swayze(Babylon 5: Thirdspace, brother of Patrick),
Robert Costanzo(Total Recall, City Slickers, Die Hard 2, Star Trek: TNG
episode "Manhunt")!! A-
EPISODE 19: TARGET: JIMMY OLSEN(Apr. 02, 1995):
Jimmy and some others who were in the same school together
suddenly turn to crime!!
Starring in order of appearance: Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane, Perry White,
Superman/Clark Kent!
No Lex Luthor!!
Guest starring here is Michelle Phillips(Knott's Landing, Mamas And
The Papas), Erick Avari(Babylon 5 episode "And The Rock Cried Out,
No Hiding Place", Star Trek: TNG episode "Unification Pt. 1"), Charles
Napier(Star Trek: DS9 episode "Little Green MEn", 2 episodes of The
A-Team, The Incredible Hulk[TV]), Star Trek: TOS episode "The Way To
Eden"! B+
EPISODE 20: INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY(Apr. 16, 1995):
First appearance of Red Kryptonite! And it's used to make Clark/
Superman to apparently become apathetic about, well, everything!
Starring in order of appearance: Superman/Clark Kent, Lois Lane,
Jimmy Olsen, Perry White, Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent!!
No Lex Luthor
This one has Bruce Campbell(Evil Dead)! B+
EPISODE 21: WHINE, WHINE, WHINE(May 14, 1995):
While Superman is saving a dude from a falling speaker, the said
dude apparently gets a broken wrist! He then proceeds to sue the
Man Of Steel for damages!!!
This is really silly!!!
Starring in order of appearance: Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane, Superman/
Clark Kent, Perry White, Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent!!
No Lex Luthor!!
This one has Jason Carter(Babylon 5), Martin Mull(Fernwood
Tonight, Clue, The Cool Kids, Sabrina The Teenage Witch, Mary
Hartman Mary Hartman), Frank Gorshin(Batman, Star Trek: TOS
episode "Let That Be Your Last battlefield"), Adam West(Batman)! B+
EPISODE 22: AND THE ANSWER IS...(May 21, 1995):
Remember the dude that was with H.G. Wells and ended up in
a jail in Smallville in the 1800s? Welp, he wrote a diary and
another just as bad as the other dude was and in the diary
he revealed that Clark was Superman, and he's trying to
extort Clark for 20 million in jewels!!! Meanwhile, Clark
is trying a way to tell Lois his secret!!
Starring in order of appearance: Lois Lane, Superman/Clark Kent,
Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent, Jimmy Olsen, Perry White,!!
No Lex Luthor!!
Guest starring: a returning Tony Jay! B+
This ends on a cliffhanger!!
SPECIALS ON DISCS:
COMMENTARY ON THE THE EPISODE "SEASONS GREEDINGS":
With input from Dean Cain!
SECRETS OF SEASON 2:
With input from Dean Cain, John McNamara, Randall Zisk,
Paul Jackson, Justin Whalin, Denise Crasby, John Shea,
Eddie Jones, K Callan!
MARVELING METROPOLIS:
THE FANS OF LOIS & CLARK:
With input from Randall Zisk, Denise Crosby, Justin Whalin,
Dean Cain, John McNamara, Paul Jackson, K Callan, Eddie
Jones, Chris Paterson, Diane Thompson, Margaret J. Glaser,
Kristin Wunderlich, Sarah Hernandez, Laura I. Christian,
richard M. Lapham, Nancy L. Smith, Donna Burton!
From another reviewer at IMDb.com:
Dean Cain is nothing less than perfect in the role as Clark
Kent (CK). That goes for Teri Hatcher as well, her portrait
of Lois Lane is just...SUPER!
The different directors and screenwriters have done an excellent
job of bringing Clark Kent back to the screen. The idea of giving
Clark Kent a full background and some real space to act in, is
just ingenious. Lane Smith and Justin Whalin are also worth
mentioning - they are both excellent in their roles as Perry
and Jimmy.
Now, why haven't this fantastic series come out on
DVD?(MY NOTE: THEY HAVE)!! - MartyManiac