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Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (TV Series)
Home Is Where the Hurt Is (1995)
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The best of Season 3
cria566 August 2023
This episode really gives depth to Lois's family background and how she ended up the way she did, always wanting to control everything. Clark gets a chance to meet both of her parents (although he briefly met her dad in season 1) and see firsthand the pain Lois suffered when her parents went through their divorce when she was 12. Lois's insecurities and fears of abandonment come out and Clark is able to reassure her multiple times that he is never going anywhere. And there are also opportunities for their parents to get to know each other, Ellen and Martha have some funny interactions!
The Mindy storyline feels recycled from the first episode of season 2, her playing dumb so a guy will do what she wants. And then her storyline comes to a rather abrupt end and she is never heard from again the rest of the series and neither is Intergang. What happened to the increase in crime? There really was no resolution.
But the biggest "problem" with this episode is how unbelievable it is that Lois's parents never figure out that Clark is Superman. While there is an unrealistic theme throughout the whole series that it's only a pair of glasses that hides Superman's secret identity this goes even beyond that. When Superman is sick and Lois is not only cries over him but even sleeps next to him while her dad is there it is just completely unrealistic that her parents didn't think that was odd. She was engaged to Clark but so distraught over Superman any sane person would have questioned her. And Clark's parents there hovering and caring for Superman too it just seems too unrealistic that neither of Lois's parents put the pieces together.
But overall there is so much to love about this episode, especially the role reversal that it's now Lois's turn to save Clark/Superman. And to see the relationship and intimacy grow between Lois and Clark just sums up everything there is to love about the whole series.
The Mindy storyline feels recycled from the first episode of season 2, her playing dumb so a guy will do what she wants. And then her storyline comes to a rather abrupt end and she is never heard from again the rest of the series and neither is Intergang. What happened to the increase in crime? There really was no resolution.
But the biggest "problem" with this episode is how unbelievable it is that Lois's parents never figure out that Clark is Superman. While there is an unrealistic theme throughout the whole series that it's only a pair of glasses that hides Superman's secret identity this goes even beyond that. When Superman is sick and Lois is not only cries over him but even sleeps next to him while her dad is there it is just completely unrealistic that her parents didn't think that was odd. She was engaged to Clark but so distraught over Superman any sane person would have questioned her. And Clark's parents there hovering and caring for Superman too it just seems too unrealistic that neither of Lois's parents put the pieces together.
But overall there is so much to love about this episode, especially the role reversal that it's now Lois's turn to save Clark/Superman. And to see the relationship and intimacy grow between Lois and Clark just sums up everything there is to love about the whole series.
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