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* CoverBlowingSuperpower: Lois finally forces Clark to come clean by falling off a building, forcing him to fly down and save her.
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* WorfHadTheFlu: Slade in PoweredArmor is the first opponent to get the better of Superman, slicing up his neck and ultimately only backing off when ordered to. However, he also has two giant robots running interference and splitting Superman's focus, and at the end of the fight Superman is more concerned about saving the people on the bridge than fighting Slade.
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* DownerEnding: The episode ends on a negative note. Superman learns that he's being hunted down by the government since he's considered a threat, and finds out Lois deduced he's Superman. When Lois calls out Clark for keeping such a big secret from her, he responds that it's because she made it a point to publicly reveal his secret to the world, and she snaps back that [[BerserkButton she hates people keeping secrets from her]], and wouldn't specifically reveal that he's Superman, and subtly declares that she no longer has romantic feelings towards him. Meanwhile, Jimmy who had been looking towards a camping trip to look for evidence of Bigfoot, realizes that [[JerkAssHasAPoint Steve, whose more popular social media pages debunking Jimmy's conspiracy theory videos, had a point]] about [[WeUsedToBeFriends how people drift apart from their close friends]] since Clark and Lois were too busy dealing their drama, and Clark fighting off Task Force-X, to notice Jimmy had been calling to get him away from Steve and to remind them of their trip. After Jimmy goes off into the woods alone, he gets captured by a gorilla, and the credits roll on [[DarkReprise a somber version of the theme]], and the final shot shows a picture of Clark, Lois, and Jimmy being ripped apart.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Clark and Lois's falling out at the end of the episode. On the one hand, Clark has every right to conceal his secret identity from Lois, given they've only known each other for a short time and Lois explicitly declared her goal to publish all of Superman's secrets (while Lois claims post-reveal she wouldn't have said that if she suspected Clark was Superman at the time, Clark had no way of knowing that since she only found out recently). On the other hand, it's also understandable why Lois reacted the way she did, given it's been made clear in both this episode and the previous one that lying is Lois's BerserkButton thanks to her father hiding the truth from her about her terminally-ill mother, not to mention Clark read her the riot act for lying in Episode 1 and promised never to keep secrets from her while simultaneously lying and keeping secrets from her, resulting in a case of tunnel vision that leads her to only look at Clark's actions and not his motives. Clark had very understandable reasons for lying, but that doesn't take away from the sting of being lied to, especially when it digs at Lois's past trauma.
* CurbStompBattle: Superman vs. Task Force X is about 5 minutes of Clark getting the crap beat out of him by the more experienced and combat trained Slade Wilson(and two giant robots).
* CurbStompBattle: Superman vs. Task Force X is about 5 minutes of Clark getting the crap beat out of him by the more experienced and combat trained Slade Wilson(and two giant robots).
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Clark and Lois's falling out at the end of the episode. On the one hand, Clark has every right to conceal his secret identity from Lois, given they've only known each other for a short time and Lois explicitly declared her goal to publish all of Superman's secrets (while Lois claims post-reveal she wouldn't have said that if she suspected Clark was Superman at the time, Clark had no way of knowing that since she only found out recently). On the other hand, it's also understandable why Lois reacted the way she did, given it's been made clear in both this episode and the previous one that lying is Lois's BerserkButton thanks to her father hiding the truth from her about her terminally-ill mother, not to mention Clark read her the riot act for lying in Episode 1 and promised never to keep secrets from her while simultaneously lying and keeping secrets from her, resulting in a case of tunnel vision that leads her to only look at Clark's actions and not his motives. Clark had very understandable reasons for lying, but that doesn't take away from the sting of being lied to, especially when it digs at Lois's it's hard to fault Lois for feeling upset given her past trauma.
* CurbStompBattle: Superman vs. Task Force X is about 5 minutes of Clark getting the crap beat out of him by the more experienced and combat trained SladeWilson(and two giant robots).Wilson. Amanda Waller even lampshades that she expected Superman to be a bigger threat.
*CurbStompCushion: Though Slade is clearly the better fighter, Superman manages to get a solid punch in that sends him flying. He also has an easier time with the robots he struggled with in the series premiere, one-shotting them with his heat vision.
* CurbStompBattle: Superman vs. Task Force X is about 5 minutes of Clark getting the crap beat out of him by the more experienced and combat trained Slade
*CurbStompCushion: Though Slade is clearly the better fighter, Superman manages to get a solid punch in that sends him flying. He also has an easier time with the robots he struggled with in the series premiere, one-shotting them with his heat vision.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: When a highway is damaged during Superman's fight with Slade, Superman attempts to save the civilians trapped on it. Although Slade basically has him dead to rights and Waller even encourages him to take the shot, the General refuses to let innocent lives be endangered and overrides Waller, ordering Slade to retreat to allow Superman to work in peace.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: When a highway is damaged during Superman's fight with Slade, Superman attempts to save the civilians trapped on it. Although Slade basically has a clean shot on him dead to rights and Waller even encourages him to take the shot, it, the General refuses to let innocent lives be endangered and overrides Waller, ordering Slade to retreat to allow Superman to work in peace.
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*SwissArmyWeapon: Slade can merge his two katanas together to form what appears to be a railgun, which he uses to take aim at Superman while he's holding up the collapsed highway.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Clark and Lois's falling out at the end of the episode. On the one hand, Clark has every right to conceal his secret identity from Lois, given they've only known each other for a short time and Lois explicitly declared her goal to publish all of Superman's secrets (while Lois claims post-reveal she wouldn't have said that if she suspected Clark was Superman at the time, Clark had no way of knowing that since she only found out recently). On the other hand, it's hard to place Lois as entirely in the wrong, given it's been made clear in both this episode and the previous one that lying is Lois's BerserkButton thanks to her father hiding the truth from her about her terminally-ill mother, not to mention Clark read her the riot act for lying in Episode 1 and promised never to keep secrets from her while simultaneously lying and keeping secrets from her, resulting in a case of tunnel vision that leads her to only look at Clark's actions and not his motives. Clark had very understandable reasons for lying, but that doesn't take away from the sting of being lied to, especially when it digs at Lois's past trauma.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Clark and Lois's falling out at the end of the episode. On the one hand, Clark has every right to conceal his secret identity from Lois, given they've only known each other for a short time and Lois explicitly declared her goal to publish all of Superman's secrets (while Lois claims post-reveal she wouldn't have said that if she suspected Clark was Superman at the time, Clark had no way of knowing that since she only found out recently). On the other hand, it's hard to place also understandable why Lois as entirely in reacted the wrong, way she did, given it's been made clear in both this episode and the previous one that lying is Lois's BerserkButton thanks to her father hiding the truth from her about her terminally-ill mother, not to mention Clark read her the riot act for lying in Episode 1 and promised never to keep secrets from her while simultaneously lying and keeping secrets from her, resulting in a case of tunnel vision that leads her to only look at Clark's actions and not his motives. Clark had very understandable reasons for lying, but that doesn't take away from the sting of being lied to, especially when it digs at Lois's past trauma.
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* CutHimselfShaving: PlayedForDrama; Clark tries to use this to explain away a large visible cut mark across the side of his neck he got from being sliced by one of Slade's katanas, but between the fact that she already knows his identity and the fact that Clark is so clearly lying, Lois doesn't buy it at all. The fact that Clark tried hiding it at all rather than coming clean makes matters even ''worse'' than they already are, as his refusal to tell Lois the truth heavily contributes to Lois's resulting anger at him.
* DarkestHour: Fitting for the midpoint of the season, this episode ends on a rather dire moment for its protagonists. Lois and Clark have an argument over Clark keeping his Superman identity a secret from Lois despite her past trauma from being lied to by her father, and when their argument reaches a boiling point, Lois declares that whatever they had is over, devastating Clark (who'd planned all day to confess his feelings to her). Meanwhile, Jimmy begins to doubt his friendship with Clark and Lois, eventually deciding he doesn't need them. Going off on his planned group outing alone, he soon gets kidnapped by a gorilla in the woods(oh, and Steve Lombard has been trolling his videos). Even the Superman side of things doesn't end well; Slade overpowers Superman in combat and only doesn't kill him because he's ordered to let Superman save civilians endangered by the fight, dealing Superman his first outright defeat and leaving Task Force X free to kidnap more tech-wielding criminals for their own mysterious goals.
* DarkestHour: Fitting for the midpoint of the season, this episode ends on a rather dire moment for its protagonists. Lois and Clark have an argument over Clark keeping his Superman identity a secret from Lois despite her past trauma from being lied to by her father, and when their argument reaches a boiling point, Lois declares that whatever they had is over, devastating Clark (who'd planned all day to confess his feelings to her). Meanwhile, Jimmy begins to doubt his friendship with Clark and Lois, eventually deciding he doesn't need them. Going off on his planned group outing alone, he soon gets kidnapped by a gorilla in the woods(oh, and Steve Lombard has been trolling his videos). Even the Superman side of things doesn't end well; Slade overpowers Superman in combat and only doesn't kill him because he's ordered to let Superman save civilians endangered by the fight, dealing Superman his first outright defeat and leaving Task Force X free to kidnap more tech-wielding criminals for their own mysterious goals.
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* CutHimselfShaving: PlayedForDrama; Clark tries to use this to explain away a large visible cut mark across the side of his neck he got from being sliced by one of Slade's katanas, but between the fact that she already knows his identity and the fact that Clark is so clearly lying, Lois doesn't buy it at all. The fact that Clark tried hiding it at all rather than coming clean makes matters even ''worse'' than they already are, as his refusal to tell Lois him downplaying the truth severity of the danger he was in heavily contributes to Lois's resulting anger at him.
him (since it's reminiscent of Lois's father doing the same about her mother's terminal illness).
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**Lois and Clark have an argument over Clark keeping his Superman identity a secret fromLois despite her Lois, with Clark's paranoia over being exposed leading to him trying to downplay the injuries Slade inflicted, poking at Lois's past trauma from being lied to by and leading her father, and when to be unable to recognize Clark's otherwise-reasonable motives for lying. When their argument reaches a boiling point, Lois declares that whatever they had is over, devastating Clark (who'd planned all day to confess his feelings to her). Meanwhile, Jimmy her).
**Jimmy begins to doubt his friendship with Clark and Lois,eventually deciding and when both keep ignoring his calls he (unaware of everything happening on their end) decides he doesn't need them. Going off on his planned group outing alone, he soon gets kidnapped by a gorilla in the woods(oh, woods. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh, and Steve Lombard has been trolling his videos). Even videos.]]
**Even the Superman side of things doesn't end well; Slade overpowers Superman in combat and only doesn't kill him because he's ordered to let Superman save civilians endangered by the fight, dealing Superman his first outright defeat and leaving Task Force X free to kidnap more tech-wielding criminals for their own mysterious goals.
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* HiddenDepths: Steve sympathizes with Jimmy and reveals that no matter how close friends may seem, eventually they drift apart, something he's personally had to go through. For the first time in the entire series he (mostly)drops the {{Jerkass}} attitude, appearing to be genuinely trying to give Jimmy advice rather than force a schism between him and his friends.
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* HiddenDepths: Steve sympathizes with Jimmy and reveals that no matter how close friends may seem, eventually they drift apart, something he's personally had to go through. For the first time in the entire series he (mostly)drops (mostly) drops the {{Jerkass}} attitude, appearing to be genuinely trying to give Jimmy advice rather than force a schism between him and his friends.
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* DarkestHour: Fitting for the midpoint of the season, this episode ends on a rather dire moment for its protagonists. Lois and Clark have an argument over Clark keeping his Superman identity a secret from Lois despite her past trauma from being lied to by her father, and when their argument reaches a boiling point, Lois declares that whatever they had is over, devastating Clark (who'd planned all day to confess his feelings to her). Meanwhile, Jimmy begins to doubt his friendship with Clark and Lois, eventually deciding he doesn't need them. Going off on his planned group outing alone, he soon gets kidnapped by a gorilla in the woods. Even the Superman side of things doesn't end well; Slade overpowers Superman in combat and only doesn't kill him because he's ordered to let Superman save civilians endangered by the fight, dealing Superman his first outright defeat and leaving Task Force X free to kidnap more tech-wielding criminals for their own mysterious goals.
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* DarkestHour: Fitting for the midpoint of the season, this episode ends on a rather dire moment for its protagonists. Lois and Clark have an argument over Clark keeping his Superman identity a secret from Lois despite her past trauma from being lied to by her father, and when their argument reaches a boiling point, Lois declares that whatever they had is over, devastating Clark (who'd planned all day to confess his feelings to her). Meanwhile, Jimmy begins to doubt his friendship with Clark and Lois, eventually deciding he doesn't need them. Going off on his planned group outing alone, he soon gets kidnapped by a gorilla in the woods.woods(oh, and Steve Lombard has been trolling his videos). Even the Superman side of things doesn't end well; Slade overpowers Superman in combat and only doesn't kill him because he's ordered to let Superman save civilians endangered by the fight, dealing Superman his first outright defeat and leaving Task Force X free to kidnap more tech-wielding criminals for their own mysterious goals.
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* HiddenDepths: Steve sympathizes with Jimmy and reveals that no matter how close friends may seem, eventually they drift apart, something he's personally had to go through. For the first time in the entire series he drops the {{Jerkass}} attitude, appearing to be genuinely trying to give Jimmy advice rather than force a schism between him and his friends.
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* HiddenDepths: Steve sympathizes with Jimmy and reveals that no matter how close friends may seem, eventually they drift apart, something he's personally had to go through. For the first time in the entire series he drops (mostly)drops the {{Jerkass}} attitude, appearing to be genuinely trying to give Jimmy advice rather than force a schism between him and his friends.
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* CurbStompBattle: Superman vs Task Force X is about 5 minutes of Clark getting the crap beat out of him by the more experienced and combat trained Slade Wilson.
* CutHimselfShaving: Played for drama; Clark tries to use this to explain away a large visible cut mark across the side of his neck he got from being sliced by one of Slade's katanas, but between the fact that she already knows his identity and the fact that Clark is so clearly lying, Lois doesn't buy it at all. The fact that Clark tried hiding it at all rather than coming clean makes matters even ''worse'' than they already are, as his refusal to tell Lois the truth heavily contributes to Lois's resulting anger at him.
* DarkestHour: Fitting for the midpoint of the season, this episode ends on a rather dire moment for its protagonists. Lois and Clark have a argument over Clark keeping his Superman identity a secret from Lois despite her past trauma from being lied to by her father, and when their argument reaches a boiling point, Lois declares that whatever they had is over, devastating Clark (who'd planned all day to confess his feelings to her). Meanwhile, Jimmy begins to doubt his friendship with Clark and Lois, eventually deciding he doesn't need them. Going off on his planned group outing alone, he soon gets kidnapped by a gorilla in the woods. Even the Superman side of things doesn't end well; Slade overpowers Superman in combat and only doesn't kill him because he's ordered to let Superman save civilians endangered by the fight, dealing Superman his first outright defeat and leaving Task Force X free to kidnap more tech-wielding criminals for their own mysterious goals.
* TheDreaded: Lois and Superman discovers that the criminals of Metropolis believe that Superman is kidnapping the crooks he's defeated in past episodes which leads them on a direct collision course with Task Force X. It's to the point that Heat Wave immediately surrenders once she thinks she has no chance of taking on Superman.
* CutHimselfShaving: Played for drama; Clark tries to use this to explain away a large visible cut mark across the side of his neck he got from being sliced by one of Slade's katanas, but between the fact that she already knows his identity and the fact that Clark is so clearly lying, Lois doesn't buy it at all. The fact that Clark tried hiding it at all rather than coming clean makes matters even ''worse'' than they already are, as his refusal to tell Lois the truth heavily contributes to Lois's resulting anger at him.
* DarkestHour: Fitting for the midpoint of the season, this episode ends on a rather dire moment for its protagonists. Lois and Clark have a argument over Clark keeping his Superman identity a secret from Lois despite her past trauma from being lied to by her father, and when their argument reaches a boiling point, Lois declares that whatever they had is over, devastating Clark (who'd planned all day to confess his feelings to her). Meanwhile, Jimmy begins to doubt his friendship with Clark and Lois, eventually deciding he doesn't need them. Going off on his planned group outing alone, he soon gets kidnapped by a gorilla in the woods. Even the Superman side of things doesn't end well; Slade overpowers Superman in combat and only doesn't kill him because he's ordered to let Superman save civilians endangered by the fight, dealing Superman his first outright defeat and leaving Task Force X free to kidnap more tech-wielding criminals for their own mysterious goals.
* TheDreaded: Lois and Superman discovers that the criminals of Metropolis believe that Superman is kidnapping the crooks he's defeated in past episodes which leads them on a direct collision course with Task Force X. It's to the point that Heat Wave immediately surrenders once she thinks she has no chance of taking on Superman.
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* CurbStompBattle: Superman vs vs. Task Force X is about 5 minutes of Clark getting the crap beat out of him by the more experienced and combat trained Slade Wilson.
* CutHimselfShaving:Played for drama; PlayedForDrama; Clark tries to use this to explain away a large visible cut mark across the side of his neck he got from being sliced by one of Slade's katanas, but between the fact that she already knows his identity and the fact that Clark is so clearly lying, Lois doesn't buy it at all. The fact that Clark tried hiding it at all rather than coming clean makes matters even ''worse'' than they already are, as his refusal to tell Lois the truth heavily contributes to Lois's resulting anger at him.
* DarkestHour: Fitting for the midpoint of the season, this episode ends on a rather dire moment for its protagonists. Lois and Clark havea an argument over Clark keeping his Superman identity a secret from Lois despite her past trauma from being lied to by her father, and when their argument reaches a boiling point, Lois declares that whatever they had is over, devastating Clark (who'd planned all day to confess his feelings to her). Meanwhile, Jimmy begins to doubt his friendship with Clark and Lois, eventually deciding he doesn't need them. Going off on his planned group outing alone, he soon gets kidnapped by a gorilla in the woods. Even the Superman side of things doesn't end well; Slade overpowers Superman in combat and only doesn't kill him because he's ordered to let Superman save civilians endangered by the fight, dealing Superman his first outright defeat and leaving Task Force X free to kidnap more tech-wielding criminals for their own mysterious goals.
* TheDreaded: Lois and Supermandiscovers discover that the criminals of Metropolis believe that Superman is kidnapping the crooks he's defeated in past episodes which leads them on a direct collision course with Task Force X. It's to the point that Heat Wave immediately surrenders once she thinks she has no chance of taking on Superman.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Clark and Lois's falling out at the end of the episode. On the one hand, Clark has every right to conceal his secret identity from Lois, given they've only known each other for a short time and Lois explicitly declared her goal to publish all of Superman's secrets (while Lois claims post-reveal she wouldn't have said that if she suspected Clark was Superman at the time, Clark had no way of knowing that since she only found out recently). On the other hand, it's hard to place Lois as entirely in the wrong, given it's been made clear in both this episode and the previous one that lying is Lois's BerserkButton thanks to her father hiding the truth from her about her terminally-ill mother, not to mention Clark read her the riot act for lying in Episode 1 and promised never to keep secrets from her while simultaneously lying and keeping secrets from her, resulting in a case of tunnel vision. Clark had very understandable reasons for lying, but that doesn't take away from the sting of being lied to, especially when it digs at Lois's past trauma.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Clark and Lois's falling out at the end of the episode. On the one hand, Clark has every right to conceal his secret identity from Lois, given they've only known each other for a short time and Lois explicitly declared her goal to publish all of Superman's secrets (while Lois claims post-reveal she wouldn't have said that if she suspected Clark was Superman at the time, Clark had no way of knowing that since she only found out recently). On the other hand, it's hard to place Lois as entirely in the wrong, given it's been made clear in both this episode and the previous one that lying is Lois's BerserkButton thanks to her father hiding the truth from her about her terminally-ill mother, not to mention Clark read her the riot act for lying in Episode 1 and promised never to keep secrets from her while simultaneously lying and keeping secrets from her, resulting in a case of tunnel vision.vision that leads her to only look at Clark's actions and not his motives. Clark had very understandable reasons for lying, but that doesn't take away from the sting of being lied to, especially when it digs at Lois's past trauma.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Steve Lombard not only correctly notes how Jimmy's relation with Clark and Lois is fracturing, but his flat dismissals of Jimmy's Flamebird videos have some merit; Jimmy isn't even giving arguments that can be engaged with, just flat assertions based on scattered bits of evidence.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Steve Lombard not only correctly notes how Jimmy's relation with Clark and Lois is fracturing, but his flat dismissals of Jimmy's Flamebird videos have some merit; Jimmy isn't even giving arguments that can be engaged with, just flat wild assertions based on scattered bits of evidence.often dubious "evidence".
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Clark's effort to run the sort of secret identity games with Lois that were a staple of the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Superman comics ends with her not only seeing through them effortlessly, but being enraged that he'd lie to her in this manner.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Clark and Lois's falling out at the end of the episode. On the one hand, Clark has every right to conceal his secret identity from Lois, given they've only known each other for a short time and Lois explicitly declared her goal to publish all of Superman's secrets (while Lois claims post-reveal she wouldn't have said that if she knew Clark was Superman from the beginning, Clark had no way of knowing that). On the other hand, it's been made clear in both this episode and the previous one that Lois hates liars thanks to her father constantly hiding the truth from her, not to mention Clark read her the riot act for lying in Episode 1 and promised never to keep secrets from her... while simultaneously lying and keeping secrets from her (including in the scene right before the argument). In short, Clark had a right to hide his identity, but Lois's feelings of betrayal are understandable given they stem from past trauma and are being exacerbated in the heat of the moment.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Clark and Lois's falling out at the end of the episode. On the one hand, Clark has every right to conceal his secret identity from Lois, given they've only known each other for a short time and Lois explicitly declared her goal to publish all of Superman's secrets (while Lois claims post-reveal she wouldn't have said that if she knew suspected Clark was Superman from at the beginning, time, Clark had no way of knowing that). that since she only found out recently). On the other hand, it's hard to place Lois as entirely in the wrong, given it's been made clear in both this episode and the previous one that Lois hates liars lying is Lois's BerserkButton thanks to her father constantly hiding the truth from her, her about her terminally-ill mother, not to mention Clark read her the riot act for lying in Episode 1 and promised never to keep secrets from her... her while simultaneously lying and keeping secrets from her (including her, resulting in the scene right before the argument). In short, a case of tunnel vision. Clark had a right to hide his identity, but Lois's feelings of betrayal are very understandable given they stem reasons for lying, but that doesn't take away from past trauma and are the sting of being exacerbated in the heat of the moment.lied to, especially when it digs at Lois's past trauma.
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* CutHimselfShaving: Clark tries to use this to explain away the injury (For reference, a large visible cut mark across the side of his neck caused by a katana strike) he got in his fight with Slade, but Lois, of course, doesn't buy it at all and it ends up triggering their big argument.
* DarkestHour: Fitting for the midpoint of the season, this episode ends on a rather dire moment for its protagonists. Lois and Clark have a argument over Clark keeping his Superman identity a secret from Lois despite her hatred of being lied to, and when their argument reaches a boiling point, Lois declares that whatever they had is over, devastating Clark (who'd planned all day to confess his feelings to her). Meanwhile, Jimmy begins to doubt his friendship with Clark and Lois, eventually deciding he doesn't need them. Going off on his planned group outing alone, he soon gets kidnapped by a gorilla in the woods. Even the Superman side of things doesn't end well; Slade overpowers Superman in combat and only doesn't kill him because he's ordered to let Superman save civilians endangered by the fight, dealing Superman his first outright defeat and leaving Task Force X free to kidnap more tech-wielding criminals for their own mysterious goals.
* DarkestHour: Fitting for the midpoint of the season, this episode ends on a rather dire moment for its protagonists. Lois and Clark have a argument over Clark keeping his Superman identity a secret from Lois despite her hatred of being lied to, and when their argument reaches a boiling point, Lois declares that whatever they had is over, devastating Clark (who'd planned all day to confess his feelings to her). Meanwhile, Jimmy begins to doubt his friendship with Clark and Lois, eventually deciding he doesn't need them. Going off on his planned group outing alone, he soon gets kidnapped by a gorilla in the woods. Even the Superman side of things doesn't end well; Slade overpowers Superman in combat and only doesn't kill him because he's ordered to let Superman save civilians endangered by the fight, dealing Superman his first outright defeat and leaving Task Force X free to kidnap more tech-wielding criminals for their own mysterious goals.
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* CutHimselfShaving: Played for drama; Clark tries to use this to explain away the injury (For reference, a large visible cut mark across the side of his neck caused by a katana strike) he got in from being sliced by one of Slade's katanas, but between the fact that she already knows his fight with Slade, but Lois, of course, identity and the fact that Clark is so clearly lying, Lois doesn't buy it at all. The fact that Clark tried hiding it at all and it ends up triggering their big argument.
rather than coming clean makes matters even ''worse'' than they already are, as his refusal to tell Lois the truth heavily contributes to Lois's resulting anger at him.
* DarkestHour: Fitting for the midpoint of the season, this episode ends on a rather dire moment for its protagonists. Lois and Clark have a argument over Clark keeping his Superman identity a secret from Lois despite herhatred of past trauma from being lied to, to by her father, and when their argument reaches a boiling point, Lois declares that whatever they had is over, devastating Clark (who'd planned all day to confess his feelings to her). Meanwhile, Jimmy begins to doubt his friendship with Clark and Lois, eventually deciding he doesn't need them. Going off on his planned group outing alone, he soon gets kidnapped by a gorilla in the woods. Even the Superman side of things doesn't end well; Slade overpowers Superman in combat and only doesn't kill him because he's ordered to let Superman save civilians endangered by the fight, dealing Superman his first outright defeat and leaving Task Force X free to kidnap more tech-wielding criminals for their own mysterious goals.
* DarkestHour: Fitting for the midpoint of the season, this episode ends on a rather dire moment for its protagonists. Lois and Clark have a argument over Clark keeping his Superman identity a secret from Lois despite her
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Clark and Lois's falling out at the end of the episode. On the one hand, Clark has every right to conceal his secret identity from Lois, given they've only known each other for a short time and Lois explicitly declared her goal to publish all of Superman's secrets (while Lois claims post-reveal she wouldn't have said that if she knew Clark was Superman from the beginning, Clark had no way of knowing that). On the other hand, it's been made clear in both this episode and the previous one that Lois hates liars thanks to her father constantly hiding the truth from her, not to mention Clark read her the riot act for lying in Episode 1 and promised never to keep secrets from her... while simultaneously lying and keeping secrets from her (including in the scene right before the argument). In short, Clark had a right to hide his identity, but Lois's feelings of betrayal (especially given her reaction is in the heat of the moment) are understandable.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Clark and Lois's falling out at the end of the episode. On the one hand, Clark has every right to conceal his secret identity from Lois, given they've only known each other for a short time and Lois explicitly declared her goal to publish all of Superman's secrets (while Lois claims post-reveal she wouldn't have said that if she knew Clark was Superman from the beginning, Clark had no way of knowing that). On the other hand, it's been made clear in both this episode and the previous one that Lois hates liars thanks to her father constantly hiding the truth from her, not to mention Clark read her the riot act for lying in Episode 1 and promised never to keep secrets from her... while simultaneously lying and keeping secrets from her (including in the scene right before the argument). In short, Clark had a right to hide his identity, but Lois's feelings of betrayal (especially are understandable given her reaction is they stem from past trauma and are being exacerbated in the heat of the moment) are understandable.moment.
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* CutHimselfShaving: Clark tries to use this to explain away the injury he got in his fight with Slade, but Lois, of course, doesn't buy it at all and it ends up triggering their big argument.
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* CutHimselfShaving: Clark tries to use this to explain away the injury (For reference, a large visible cut mark across the side of his neck caused by a katana strike) he got in his fight with Slade, but Lois, of course, doesn't buy it at all and it ends up triggering their big argument.
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* CurbStompBattle: Superman vs Task Force X is about 5 mins a Clark getting the crap beat out of him.
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*BothSidesHaveAPoint: Clark and Lois's falling out at the end of the episode. On the one hand, Clark has every right to conceal his secret identity from Lois, given they've only known each other for a short time and Lois explicitly declared her goal to publish all of Superman's secrets (while Lois claims post-reveal she wouldn't have said that if she knew Clark was Superman from the beginning, Clark had no way of knowing that). On the other hand, it's been made clear in both this episode and the previous one that Lois hates liars thanks to her father constantly hiding the truth from her, not to mention Clark read her the riot act for lying in Episode 1 and promised never to keep secrets from her... while simultaneously lying and keeping secrets from her (including in the scene right before the argument). In short, Clark had a right to hide his identity, but Lois's feelings of betrayal (especially given her reaction is in the heat of the moment) are understandable.
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* DarkestHour: Fitting for the midpoint of the season, this episode ends on a rather dire moment for its protagonists. Lois and Clark have a argument over Clark keeping his Superman identity a secret from Lois despite her hatred of being lied to, and when their argument reaches a boiling point, Lois declares that whatever they had is over, devastating Clark (who'd planned all day to confess his feelings to her). Meanwhile, Jimmy begins to doubt his friendship with Clark and Lois, eventually deciding he doesn't need them. Going off on his planned group outing alone, he soon gets kidnapped by a gorilla in the woods.
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* DarkestHour: Fitting for the midpoint of the season, this episode ends on a rather dire moment for its protagonists. Lois and Clark have a argument over Clark keeping his Superman identity a secret from Lois despite her hatred of being lied to, and when their argument reaches a boiling point, Lois declares that whatever they had is over, devastating Clark (who'd planned all day to confess his feelings to her). Meanwhile, Jimmy begins to doubt his friendship with Clark and Lois, eventually deciding he doesn't need them. Going off on his planned group outing alone, he soon gets kidnapped by a gorilla in the woods. Even the Superman side of things doesn't end well; Slade overpowers Superman in combat and only doesn't kill him because he's ordered to let Superman save civilians endangered by the fight, dealing Superman his first outright defeat and leaving Task Force X free to kidnap more tech-wielding criminals for their own mysterious goals.
*FreezeFrameBonus: The brief shot of Jimmy scrolling through Steve's Flamebird-debunking videos reveals that they have ''hundreds of thousands of views'', in sharp contrast to Jimmy's single-digit subscriber count.
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** Superman remarking on the familiarity of the alien tech used by past villains appears to confirm that the tech is related to Krypton in some way.
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** Superman Though it was heavily implied in previous episodes, Clark remarking on the familiarity of the alien tech used by past villains appears to confirm that the tech is related to Krypton in some way.
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Lois uncovers a secret in Metropolis and is determined to get to the truth. Meanwhile, Superman tracks down dangerous weapons in the city… and finds himself in the crosshairs of mysterious organization Task Force X!
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Lois uncovers a secret in Metropolis and is determined to get to the truth. Meanwhile, Superman tracks down dangerous weapons in the city… city... and finds himself in the crosshairs of mysterious organization Task Force X!
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* CutHimselfShaving: Clark tries to use this to explain away the injury he got in his fight with Slade, but Lois, of course, doesn't buy it at all and it ends up triggering their big argument.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Waller is willing to endanger hundreds of civilians for a shot at killing Superman, believing their deaths would be nothing compared to the casualties on the next hypothetical "Zero Day". The General has to talk her down from this.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Steve Lombard not only correctly notes how Jimmy's relation with Clark and Lois is fracturing, but his flat dismissals of Jimmy's Flamebird videos have some merit; Jimmy isn't even giving arguments that can be engaged with, just flat assertions based on scattered bits of evidence.
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* {{Troll}}: Steve Lombard does this to Jimmy's Flamebird stream, posting replies to nearly every video that simply state 'Nahh!'
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*AbsurdlySharpBlade: Slade's twin katanas can not only hurt Kryptonians, but cut through a highway support beam like butter.
*BaitAndSwitchBoss: Though Task Force X lurks in the background, the episode primarily seems to focus on Superman's encounter with Heat Wave, retaining the series's VillainOfTheWeek format... until Slade Wilson, donning his Deathstroke armor and wielding twin katanas, freezes Heat Wave solid midway through the fight.
*BaitAndSwitchBoss: Though Task Force X lurks in the background, the episode primarily seems to focus on Superman's encounter with Heat Wave, retaining the series's VillainOfTheWeek format... until Slade Wilson, donning his Deathstroke armor and wielding twin katanas, freezes Heat Wave solid midway through the fight.
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* DownerEnding: How the episode ends, as Lois and Clark have a argument over Clark keeping his Superman identity a secret from Lois despite her hatred of being lied to, and when their argument reaches a boiling point, Lois declares that whatever they had is over, leaving Clark sad as a result, while Jimmy not only has his troll denier, who turns out to be Steve, get away with his trolling to him scot free, but he also gets kidnapped by a gorilla in the woods.
* TheDreaded: Lois and Superman discovers that the criminals of Metropolis believe that Superman is kidnapping the crooks he's defeated in past episodes which leads them on a direct collision course with Task Force X.
* GoodCopBadCop: Superman and Lois, during their interrogation of the gang leader.
* TheDreaded: Lois and Superman discovers that the criminals of Metropolis believe that Superman is kidnapping the crooks he's defeated in past episodes which leads them on a direct collision course with Task Force X.
* GoodCopBadCop: Superman and Lois, during their interrogation of the gang leader.
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* DownerEnding: How DarkestHour: Fitting for the midpoint of the season, this episode ends, as ends on a rather dire moment for its protagonists. Lois and Clark have a argument over Clark keeping his Superman identity a secret from Lois despite her hatred of being lied to, and when their argument reaches a boiling point, Lois declares that whatever they had is over, leaving devastating Clark sad as a result, while (who'd planned all day to confess his feelings to her). Meanwhile, Jimmy not only has begins to doubt his troll denier, who turns out to be Steve, get away friendship with Clark and Lois, eventually deciding he doesn't need them. Going off on his trolling to him scot free, but planned group outing alone, he also soon gets kidnapped by a gorilla in the woods.
* TheDreaded: Lois and Superman discovers that the criminals of Metropolis believe that Superman is kidnapping the crooks he's defeated in past episodes which leads them on a direct collision course with Task ForceX.
X. It's to the point that Heat Wave immediately surrenders once she thinks she has no chance of taking on Superman.
*EveryoneHasStandards: When a highway is damaged during Superman's fight with Slade, Superman attempts to save the civilians trapped on it. Although Slade basically has him dead to rights and Waller even encourages him to take the shot, the General refuses to let innocent lives be endangered and overrides Waller, ordering Slade to retreat to allow Superman to work in peace.
* GoodCopBadCop: Superman and Lois, during their interrogation ofthe gang leader.Heat Wave.
* TheDreaded: Lois and Superman discovers that the criminals of Metropolis believe that Superman is kidnapping the crooks he's defeated in past episodes which leads them on a direct collision course with Task Force
*EveryoneHasStandards: When a highway is damaged during Superman's fight with Slade, Superman attempts to save the civilians trapped on it. Although Slade basically has him dead to rights and Waller even encourages him to take the shot, the General refuses to let innocent lives be endangered and overrides Waller, ordering Slade to retreat to allow Superman to work in peace.
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*HeroicResolve: Superman and Slade's fight damages a highway, endangering hundreds of lives. When Slade continues to attack, impeding Superman's attempts to save them, Superman's refusal to let people get hurt allows him to land the first solid hit on Slade he's gotten the entire fight, giving him time to start saving the day.
-->'''Superman:''' No... You need to ''stop''. People... need... ''help''! ''[[PunchedAcrossTheRoom (punches Slade and sends him flying)]]''
*HiddenDepths: Steve sympathizes with Jimmy and reveals that no matter how close friends may seem, eventually they drift apart, something he's personally had to go through. For the first time in the entire series he drops the {{Jerkass}} attitude, appearing to be genuinely trying to give Jimmy advice rather than force a schism between him and his friends.
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**Though the episode's plotline stems from her first catching on in the previous episode, this episode does no fake-outs and definitively confirms to Lois that Clark is Superman.
*ItIsDehumanizing: The General, aware that Superman is an alien, refers to him as "it" during their first encounter.
-->'''Superman:''' No... You need to ''stop''. People... need... ''help''! ''[[PunchedAcrossTheRoom (punches Slade and sends him flying)]]''
*HiddenDepths: Steve sympathizes with Jimmy and reveals that no matter how close friends may seem, eventually they drift apart, something he's personally had to go through. For the first time in the entire series he drops the {{Jerkass}} attitude, appearing to be genuinely trying to give Jimmy advice rather than force a schism between him and his friends.
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**Though the episode's plotline stems from her first catching on in the previous episode, this episode does no fake-outs and definitively confirms to Lois that Clark is Superman.
*ItIsDehumanizing: The General, aware that Superman is an alien, refers to him as "it" during their first encounter.
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* SpecialEditionTitle: The end credits don't feature Jimmy walking and play some somber music instead of the usual cheery upbeat tone.
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*TheReveal:
**In Episode 2, Slade interrogated Livewire about her knowledge of (among other things) something called Zero Day and Nemesis Omega. Nemesis Omega is revealed here to be ''Superman'', while Zero Day is implied to be the day alien tech (possibly including Superman's ship) fell to Earth.
**Superman remarking on the familiarity of the alien tech used by past villains appears to confirm that the tech is related to Krypton in some way.
* SpecialEditionTitle:The Reflecting the trio's split and Jimmy's kidnapping, the end credits don't feature Jimmy walking and play some somber music instead of the usual cheery upbeat tone.tone.
*WakeUpCallBoss: When Slade Wilson finally enters the fray against Superman, he proves to be a far tougher opponent than Livewire, Intergang, Parasite, or Heat Wave, lacking any exploitable weaknesses or faulty tech and forcing Superman to rely solely on his combat skill. It takes until the end of the fight for Supes to land a solid hit on Slade, and even then Slade basically has him at his mercy.
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**In Episode 2, Slade interrogated Livewire about her knowledge of (among other things) something called Zero Day and Nemesis Omega. Nemesis Omega is revealed here to be ''Superman'', while Zero Day is implied to be the day alien tech (possibly including Superman's ship) fell to Earth.
**Superman remarking on the familiarity of the alien tech used by past villains appears to confirm that the tech is related to Krypton in some way.
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*WakeUpCallBoss: When Slade Wilson finally enters the fray against Superman, he proves to be a far tougher opponent than Livewire, Intergang, Parasite, or Heat Wave, lacking any exploitable weaknesses or faulty tech and forcing Superman to rely solely on his combat skill. It takes until the end of the fight for Supes to land a solid hit on Slade, and even then Slade basically has him at his mercy.
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* GoodCopBadCop: Superman and Lois, during their interrogation of the gang leader.
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* DownerEnding: How the episode ends, As Lois and Clark have a argument over Clark keeping his superman identity a secret from Lois despite her hatred of being lied too, and when their argument reaches a boiling point, Lois declares that whatever they had is over, leaving Clark sad as a result, while Jimmy not only has his troll denier, who turns out to be Steve, get away from his trolling to him scot free, but he also gets kidnapped by a gorilla in the woodswoods.
* TheDreaded: Lois and Superman discovers that the criminals of Metropolis believe that Superman is kidnapping the crooks he's defeated in past episodes which leads them on a direct collision course with Task Force X.
* TheDreaded: Lois and Superman discovers that the criminals of Metropolis believe that Superman is kidnapping the crooks he's defeated in past episodes which leads them on a direct collision course with Task Force X.
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* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: To the iconic tagline of the 1978 ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' starring Creator/ChristopherReeve, "You'll believe a man can fly."
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* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: Clark trying to keep up his secret identity even after Lois was worried about him, plus her past with being hurt by her father keeping it a secret her mother was dying, causes Lois to declare that whatever they had going is over now.
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'''Original Air Date:''' July 27, 2023
'''Written by:''' M. Willis, Cynthia Furery and Aman Adumer
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!Tropes for this episode include:
* GrayRainOfDepression: Rain starts falling while Clark and Lois have their argument at the Daily Planet.
* SpecialEditionTitle: The end credits don't feature Jimmy walking and play some somber music instead of the usual cheery upbeat tone.
'''Written by:''' M. Willis, Cynthia Furery and Aman Adumer
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!Tropes for this episode include:
* GrayRainOfDepression: Rain starts falling while Clark and Lois have their argument at the Daily Planet.
* SpecialEditionTitle: The end credits don't feature Jimmy walking and play some somber music instead of the usual cheery upbeat tone.
