LOIS AND CLARK: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN(1993) SEASON 3
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), Justin Whalin as Jimmy and John Shae
(as Lex Luthor) in a much diminished role!!
Everyone does a great job in their roles! The switch from Michael
to Justin wasn't the best in my personal opinion!!
EPISODES 1: LORD OF THE FLYS(Sept. 22, 1996):
Continued from the last episode of season 3!
Kel-El goes to New Krypton and things don't go the way that
Kara and the other plan!!
Starring in order of appearance: Lois Lane, Clark Kent/Superman,
Perry White, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Jimmy Olsen!!
No Lex Luthor!
Guest starring: J.G. Hertzler(Star Trek: DS9 episode[27 episodes],
2 episodes of Enterprise, Zorro), Simon Templeman(Star Trek: TNG
episode "The Defector"), Leeza Gibbons! B+
Continues in the next episode!
EPISODE 2: BATTLEGROUND EARTH(Sept. 29, 1996):
Clark is determined to find the traitor and rid Earth of
Lord Nor!!
Starring in order of appearance: Perry White, Lois Lane, Clark
Kent/Superman, Jimmy Olsen!
Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent & Lex Luthor are not in this!!
Guest starring: J.G. Hertzler and Simon Templeman return! A
EPISODE 3: SWEAR TO GOD, THIS TIME WE'RE NOT KIDDING(Oct. 06, 1996):
So, Lois and Clark are getting married - or are they? The
woman called the wedding destroyer has broken out of the
mental hospital where Lois and Clark put her and she vows
to get even!!!
Starring in order of appearance: Lois Lane, Clark Kent/Superman,
Jimmy Olsen, Perry White, Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent!
No Lex Luthor!
This guest stars: David Doyle(Charlie's Angels), Beverly
Garland(Scarecrow and Mrs. King, My Three Sons), Delta Burke
(Designing Women, Delta)! A
EPISODE 4: SOUL MATES(Oct. 13, 1996):
H.G. Wells shows up again and says he need to stop a
terrible curse that will kill Lois if they "consumate"
their marriage on their honeymoon night! They end up in
Robin Hood's time with all characters playing counterparts
in his time, the old west, again with all the actors
playing different parts!!!
Talk about silly!!!
Starring in order of appearance: Clark Kent/Superman, Lois Lane,
Perry White, Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent, Jimmy Olsen!
No Lex Luthor!
Guest starring: Clive revill(Babylon 5 episode "Born To
The Purple", Robin Hood: Men In Tights, Star Trek: TNG
episode "Qpid")!! B
EPISODE 5: BRUTAL YOUTH(Oct. 20, 1996):
The ever-wonderful Jack Larson is in this, albeit only for
a short time, playing, who else, Jimmy Olsen! There's a mad
scientist(I don't think there are any other type!) who has
come up with a machine to de-age people! Only setback is,
it needs young people to work, and they in turn turn old!!
Starring in order of appearance: Lois Lane, Superman/Clark Kent,
Perry White, Jimmy Olsen!
No Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent, Lex Luthor!
Guest starring: Jack Larson(THE Jimmy Olsen!!!), Don Keefer
(Star Trek: TOS episode "Addsignment: Earth")!! B+
EPISODE 6: THE PEOPLE VS. LOIS LANE(Oct. 27, 1996):
Lois kills an informer and gets arrested for murder! Of course
a set-up by, welp, a real nobody! The story appears to be that
Lois helped put him behind bars!!
Starring in order of appearance: Lois Lane, Superman/Clark Kent,
Jimmy Olsen, Perry White, Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent!
No Lex Luthor!
Guest starring: No known stars! A
Continued in the next episode!
EPISODE 7: DEAD LOIS WALKKING(Nov. 10, 1996):
Continued from the previous episode!!
Superman/Clark breaks Lois out of jail and they go on the run
while trying to figure the whole thing out!!!!!
Starring in order of appearance: Perry White, Superman/Clark Kent,
Lois Lane, Jonathan Kent, Jimmy Olsen!
No Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Lex Luthor!
EPISODE 8: BOB AND CAROL AND LOIS AND CLARK(Nov. 17, 1996):
Bob and Carol and Lois and Clark are not who they seem!
Welp, no new news about Clark and Lois, but Bob is a hired
assassin, knickname Deathstroke, with a wacko wife! And
they're out after the richest man in Metropolis whom Lois
is to interview!!!
Starring in order of appearance: Lois Lane, Superman/Clark Kent,
Perry White, Jimmy Olsen
Lex Luthor, Jonathan Kent & Martha Kent do not appear!
EPISODE 9: GHOSTS(Nov. 24, 1996):
This episode does not play!!!!
A neighbor of the Kents is being visited by ghosts(what else?)
and soon the ghosts start visiting Lois and Clark!!!!
I am not a fan of stories set around Nazis!!!!!
Starring in order of appearance: Lois Lane, Superman/Clark Kent,
Jimmy Olsen, Perry White!
No Lex Luthor, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent!!
Guest starring: Drew Carey(The Drew Carey Show, Who's Line Is
It Anyway)! B
EPISODE 10: STOP THE PRESSES(Dec. 08, 1996):
This does not play!!!
A tech dude is living his life through virtual reality programs
which intails Lois loving him, him being a super-brute, and him
beating up Superman!!
Starring in order of appearance: Superman/Clark Kent, Lois Lane,
Jimmy Olsen, Perry White!
No Lex Luthor!
Guest starring No known stars! B
EPISODE 11: 'TWAS THENIGHT BEFORE MXYMAS(Dec. 15, 1996):
Mr. Mxyzptik is visitng Metropolis for Christmas! This can only
mean a stupid episode!!!
As for the story, think Groundhog Day!
This takes silly to a whole nether level!!!!
Starring in order of appearance: Lois Lane, Superman/Clark Kent,
Perry White, Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent, Jimmy Olsen!
No Lex Luthor!
Guest starring: Beverly Garland(The Scarecrow And Mrs. King),
Howie Mandell(Deal Or No Deal, St. Elsewhere), Harve Presnell
returns!! C
EPISODE 12: LETHAL WEAPON(Jan. 05, 1997):
Red Kryptonite is the star here, and Superman becomes inable
to control his powers to stop a madman from blowing up all
of the buildings in Metropolis!!
Perry's son shows up in this, making only the second time
one of his relatives is seen in the series, the first was
Perry's wife!
Starring in order of appearance: Superman/Clark Kent, Lois Lane,
Jimmy Olsen, Perry White!
No Lex Luthor, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent!
Guest starring: John Spencer(West Wing)!!! B+
EPISODE 13: SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE(Jan. 19, 1997):
A sleezy man has his sleezy employee get some dirt on Superman
because HE didn't win the Internatonal Peace Prize award and
Superman did!!
I truly do not care for these kind of stories!!
Starring in order of appearance: Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane, Superman/
Clark Kent, Perry White, Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent!
No Lex Luthor!!
Guest starring: No known stars! C
EPISODE 14: MEET JOHN DOE(Mar. 02, 1997):
Tempus returns!
The story: Tempus decides he wants to be President, and he's a
darn nice guy!!!!
Starring in order of appearance: Superman/Clark Kent, Lois Lane,
Perry White, Jimmy Olsen!
No Lex Luthor, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent!
Guest starring: Fred Willard(America 2-Night, Feernwood 2-Night,
The Jimmy Kimmell Show), William Christopher(M*A*S*H)! B+
Continued in the next episode!
EPISODE 15: LOIS AND CLARKS(Mar. 09, 1997):
Lois is fighting the whole country in trying to go up against
John Doe, a darn nice guy!! H.G. Wells returns to help her out!
Starring in order of appearance: Lois Lane, Martha Kent, Jonathan
Kent, Perry White, Superman/Clark Kent!
Jimmy Olsen, Lex Luthor do not appear!
Guest starring: Fred Willard returns! B+
EPISODE 16: AKA SUPERMAN(Mar. 16, 1997):
A fairly deranged woman thinks Jimmy is Superman, an astronaut
is vaporized when he won't go along with a plan to take over
the U.S. satallite defense system!!!
Starring in order of appearance: Superman/Clark Kent, Lois Lane,
Jimmy Olsen, Perry White!
Lex Luthor, Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent do not appear!
Guest starring: Dwight Schultz(A-Team, Star Trek: TNG, VOY
as Reginald Barclay, Babylon 5 episode "The Long Dark")!!
EPISODE 17: FASTER THAN A SPEEDING VIXEN(Apr. 12, 1997):
There's a new crimefighter in town, and she's not very
carerfull! The Planet gets sold to Leslie Luckaby! Clark
and Lois are suspicious about him, and for good reason!!
Starring in order of appearance: Lois Lane, Superman/Clark Kent,
Jimmy Olsen, Perry White,
No Lex Luthor, Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent!
Guest starring: No known stars! B+
Continued in the next episode!!
EPISODE 18: SHADOW OF A DOUBT(Apr. 19, 1997):
Continued from the previous episode!!
Now that we know who Luckaby is, it's pretty obvious what
his end game is! Help his boss destroy Lois and Clark's
marraige and take over the world!!!!
Starring in order of appearance: Superman/Clark Kent, Lois Lane,
Jimmy Olsen, Perry White, Lex Luthor(voice only)!!
No Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent!
Guest starring: No known stars!! B
Story line ends in the next episode!!
EPISODE 19: VOICE FROM THE PAST(Apr. 26, 1996):
Continued from the previous episode!
And STILL continuing with the Luckaby plan of destroying
Lois and Clark's marraige and ruling the world!!
I have never been a fan of these stories based around
Lex Luthor or in this case, his son!
Starring in order of appearance: Superman/Clark Kent, Lois Lane,
Jimmy Olsen, Perry White!
No Lex Luthor!!
Guest starring here is No known stars here!!! B-
EPISODE 20: I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN(May 31, 1997):
A man who can switch bodies with anyone(including animals) has
a price on his head but comes up with a plan to get it removed
by taking over the boss! Of course it woudn't be a Lois and
Clark show if they weren't involved, and of course the dude
goes after Clark to get near the boss!!!
Starring in order of appearance: Lois Lane, Superman/Clark Kent!
No Perry White, Jimmy Olsen, Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent, Lex Luthor!!
This one has No known stars here!! B+
EPISODE 21: TOY STORY(June 07, 1997):
There's a dude going around "kidnapping" kids! And he calls himslef
the Toyman!! Also here, there's a new invention called the reintegrator,
a machine that's pretty much the same as the transport in Star Trek!
Starring in order of appearance: Perry White, Lois Lane, Superman/
Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen, Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent!
No Lex Luthor!!
This one has Grant Shaud(Murphy Brown)! B+
EPISODE 22: THE FAMILY HOUR(June 14, 1997):
Lois and Clark find out that they can't have children together!
A dude called "bighead" gets out of prison a vows to get revenge
on all who put him there!
Starring in order of appearance: Lois Lane, Superman/Clark Kent,
Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent, Jimmy Olsen!
No Perry White, Lex Luthor!!
This one has a returning Beverly Garland & Harve Presnell, along
with Harry Anderson(Night Court, Dave's World!!)! A
SPECIALS ON DISCS:
KRYPTONIAN KRONOLOGY:
With input from Dean Cain!
JUSTICE LEAGUE HEROES:
Video game trailer!
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