Superman & Lois renewed!

[Melinda Halliwell]

Would Lois and Clark rework at the Daily Planet again if they moved back to Metropolis?

With Lex after them, I think not then.

[Tim]

That could happen.

They get offered their jobs back at the Daily Planet.  Lois leaves the Gazette in Chrissy's capable hands.

[adzpower]

I have a feeling neither of them will be working if Lex is after them, they'd be sitting ducks at the paper.

[Tim]

Someone at another site was squawking about Lex having a daughter, and why didn't they use his niece, Nasty, instead.

I had no idea what this person was talking about, so I did some research.  Nasthalthia "Nasty" Luthor was a character that appeared in the Supergirl comics, and yes, she was Lex's niece.   She last appeared in 1972.

This person was upset that they didn't use a character that hasn't seen the light of day in 51 years! 

Most of the people working on the show, not to mention the audience, weren't even alive in 1972, and would have probably never even heard of this character.  Heck, I was alive in '72 and had no idea who she was either.

[Melinda Halliwell]

I have no idea that Lex had a niece himself.

I also didn't know he had a daughter either too considering I never read the comics growing up.

[Tim]

I think the daughter is original to this show.  This is the first I'm even hearing about her.

[matt]

Jun 23, 2023 16:52:06 GMT -5 Tim said:

I think the daughter is original to this show.  This is the first I'm even hearing about her.

Must be. I've never heard of her apart Lena Luthor or any ex wives. I know Lois and Clark in the 90s gave him a son. But a daughter is new.

[Tim]

We'll no doubt meet her next season.

[matt]

Jun 24, 2023 23:17:48 GMT -5 Tim said:

We'll no doubt meet her next season.

I agree. We sure will. I'm sure the S3 finale is setting up Lex for S4. S3 feels like Bizaroo Superman closure.

[Tim]

To be honest with you all, when I first heard about the budget cuts, I was worried.  One only has to look at the final season of Classic Charmed to see how a cut (or in their case, disembowelled) budget could hurt them.  One wonders how many scripts they had to reject because filming that episode was beyond their means (for example, location shooting was out of the question for S8 of Charmed, because they could not afford to shoot off the Paramount lot).

Of course, Charmed had a full twenty-six episode season.  On the other hand, S4 of Superman & Lois will only have ten.

With a reduced number of episodes and cast, more money will no doubt be available for F/X and location shooting.  That's a win.