My Adventures With Superman Season 3 Episode 8 Reaction
Picking up where the last episode left off, Clark and Lois reunite with Jon and his sister Lara. Lois is happy to see her future son again, but Jon has no memory of meeting them, even referring to himself by his full name, Jonathan. Lois and Clark quickly deduce that defeating Cyborg Superman and changing the future effectively rewrote their son’s entire life.
The scene then cuts to LexCorp where we see Lex preparing for a meeting with the Pentagon, having finally shaved his head to give him his iconic look and having pulled an all-nighter if the bags under his eyes are any indication. Slade asks about Lex’s new project, but Lex tells him that he doesn't need to know, rebuffing Slade's claim that they're partners. Amanda Waller then enters the room, revealing that she’s back in charge of Task Force X, much to Lex's surprise.
Back at the Kent house, Clark and Lois try to explain to Jonathan and Lara about what happened the last time around… with mixed results. Meanwhile, Kara and Jimmy are flying to Smallville, and on the way, have a long overdue talk about their relationship going forward. But before anything can come of it, Clark pulls them inside and reintroduces them to Jonathan and Lara.
Jimmy is glad to have Superboy back, but Jonathan asserts that he is Superman. Feeling frustrated, Jonathan goes outside to catch some air. Clark tries to talk to him, but Jonathan coldly shuts down Clark’s attempts to bond, telling him that he learned to use his powers on his own because no one was there to teach him. Not Clark or Kara (much to the latter’s distress, having overheard the conversation). He tells Clark to stay out of his way before flying off. Clark tries to stop him, but is interrupted by another vision of a burning landscape.
Meanwhile, Lois and Lara continue their conversation, during which Lara finally reveals why they’ve come to the past. In the future,they’ve come from, Lex Luthor rules the world with an army of mind-controlled Kryptonian clones called Eradicators. And so, they were sent back in time with one goal: change the future… by killing Lex. Even more shocking, Lara reveals that it was Lois's future self, now going by General Lane, who gave them the order.
Back at LexCorp, Waller demands that Lex reveal his latest project: Project Eradicator, which is revealed to be a Kryptonian clone created from Clark’s DNA that will be under his direct mental control thanks to it having a piece of Lex’s own brain inside it (hence why he shaved his head for the neural interface).
Waller is understandably horrified by this and declares she's shutting down not just the project, but all of LexCorp, much to Lex's dismay. Lex desperately tries to change Waller’s mind, even showing off a prototype time travel device that looks very much like the one Jon had. But Waller will hear none of it, even revealing to Lex that Slade has been spying on them all this time.
Before the conversation can continue, Lara shows up to assassinate Lex, who activates the Eradicator in desperation. The rest of the gang arrives to find Kara, only for Clark and Lois to fall into a hole created by the fight between Lara and the Eradicator.
Lois and Clark land in the sewers and run into an injured Lara hiding from the Eradicator. Meanwhile, Kara and Jonathan are trying to find them, but run into the Eradicator, who defeats them both with ease. The Eradicator then attacks Lara and the gang, but is stopped by Kara and Jonathan, leading to a fight between the Superfamily and the ever-evolving Eradicator.
Watching the battle, Waller demands that Lex bring the Eradicator under control, but Lex states that the Eradicator is now out of his control.
Back at the battle, Jonathan is having a meltdown as the Eradicator is growing too powerful for them to stop. But Kara refuses to give up and proceeds to fight the Eradicator with everything she’s got, even using her own version of Clark’s super mode. But when the Eradicator aims its eye beams at the Lane siblings, Kara takes the hit instead, presumably dying in the process.
Clark tries to help Kara, but is once again stopped by another vision, this time of the Fortress of Solitude. Meanwhile, Jonathan, enraged by Kara’s death, attacks the Eradicator. But in a worrying sign of its growing intelligence, it swipes Jonathan’s time travel device and escapes, using its first words to taunt him before escaping.
Bizarro, having seen the fight, arrives on the scene to help, but is too late. Waller has Lex arrested, and Clark tells Lois he knows how to restore his powers. To that end, Clark has Bizarro take him to the Fortress of Solitude, but just as they walk in, something takes control of Bizarro and has him knock Clark out. And on that ominous note, the episode ends.
Wow… so that’s episode 8. Honestly, it may tie with Episode 5 as one of the best episodes of the season, if not the whole show. Waller isn't my favorite character, but it was ever so satisfying to see her put Lex in his place. And that Slade has been a double agent all this time... well, pour one out for the Slade x Lex shippers, cause it looks the ship has officially sunk.
Jonathan and Lara. To be honest, I kinda liked the other Jon better.
But of course, we gotta talk about the MVP of this episode: Kara. Her fight with the Eradicator rivals the fight with Cyborg Superman as one of the best fights in the show. It was epic, brutal, and visceral. It almost felt like I was watching a kid-friendly Invincible fight scene. It actually had me on the edge of my seat. And the Eradicator growing smart enough to steal Jonathan’s time travel watch is a great way to build up its threat level and set it up as the final villain.
All in all, I can't wait for episode 9!
