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* TheUnreveal: We never do find out just what that pendant is.

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* TheUnreveal: We never do find out just what that pendant is.is in this episode.
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* WorfHadTheFlu: After Bizarro's attack on the farm, John's suit is heavily damaged. Je later only just barely manages to distract Bizarro in Bolivia. After the energy runs out, John takes a hit from Bizarro and almost dies.

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* WorfHadTheFlu: After Bizarro's attack on the farm, John's suit is heavily damaged. Je He later only just barely manages to distract Bizarro in Bolivia. After the energy runs out, John takes a hit from Bizarro and almost dies.
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* BrokenPedestal: Chrissy gets seriously disappointed in Lois after seeing the EngineeredPublicConfession with the hidden cam, where Lucy goads her into admitting that she didn't include what Lucy told her about the contents of her drug-induced vision in her article. She even calls Ally at the end of the episode.

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* BrokenPedestal: Chrissy gets becomes seriously disappointed in Lois after seeing the her EngineeredPublicConfession with the hidden cam, where Lucy goads her into admitting that she didn't include what Lucy told her about the contents of her drug-induced vision in her article. She Chrissy even calls Ally at the end of the episode.episode for more info about Lois.



* GetOut: Natalie, after seeing her dad severely injured in the hospital and blaming Clark for not protecting him. She then tells him to leave the room.

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* GetOut: Natalie, after seeing her dad severely injured in the hospital and blaming hospital, blames Clark for not protecting him. She then him and tells him to leave the room.



* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Ally Allston wonders if Lois will get "cancelled" this time, referring to the infamous term "Cancel Culture" which often gets used in today's political discourse.

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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Ally Allston wonders if Lois will get "cancelled" this time, referring to the infamous term "Cancel Culture" which often gets used in today's political discourse.



* SpottingTheThread: Ally Allston easily recognizes Chrissy's attempt at playing TheMole.

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* SpottingTheThread: Ally Allston easily recognizes Chrissy's attempt at playing TheMole.



* WorfHadTheFlu: After Bizarro's attack on the farm, John's suit is heavily damaged. John later only just barely manages to distract Bizarro in Bolivia. After the energy runs out, he takes a hit from Bizarro and almost died.

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* WorfHadTheFlu: After Bizarro's attack on the farm, John's suit is heavily damaged. John Je later only just barely manages to distract Bizarro in Bolivia. After the energy runs out, he John takes a hit from Bizarro and almost died.dies.
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* BaitAndSwitch: When Kyle walks into a bar, it looks like he might be backsliding on his alcoholism. In actuality, he’s confronting a woman he had an affair with.

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* BaitAndSwitch: When Kyle walks into a bar, it looks like he might be backsliding on his alcoholism. In actuality, he’s he's confronting a woman he had an affair with.
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* MadeOfIndestructium: Whatever Bizarro's pendant is, it resists a sustained blast of Bizzaro's heat breath without a mark to show for it.

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* MadeOfIndestructium: Whatever Bizarro's pendant is, it resists a sustained blast of Bizzaro's his heat breath without a mark to show for it.



* WorfHadTheFlu: After Bizarro's attack on the farm, John's suit is heavily damaged. John later only just barely manages to distract Bizarro in Bolivia. After the energy then runs out, he almost dies after a hit from Bizarro.

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* WorfHadTheFlu: After Bizarro's attack on the farm, John's suit is heavily damaged. John later only just barely manages to distract Bizarro in Bolivia. After the energy then runs out, he almost dies after takes a hit from Bizarro.Bizarro and almost died.
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* BaitAndSwitch: When Kyle walks into a bar, it looks like he might be backsliding on his alcoholism. In actuality, he’s confronting a woman he had an affair with.

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* TheBusCameBack: Creator/JennaDewan returns as Lucy Lane for the first time since ''Series/Supergirl2015'' Season 1. Post-Crisis, she seems to have never been in the military.

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* TheBusCameBack: Creator/JennaDewan returns as Lucy Lane for the first time since ''Series/Supergirl2015'' ''[[Series/Supergirl2015 Supergirl]]'' Season 1. Post-Crisis, she seems to have never been in the military.

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* SameCharacterButDifferent: As mentioned above, Lucy Lane appears to have been affected by Crisis, and is not the same character we saw in the first season of ''Supergirl''. Possibly {{Averted}} as she mentions losing her fiancé (James Olsen) and job (soldier/media).

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* SameCharacterButDifferent: As mentioned above, Lucy Lane appears to have been affected by Crisis, and is not the same character we saw in the first season of ''Supergirl''. Possibly {{Averted}} as she mentions losing her fiancé (James Olsen) (possibly James Olsen, although on ''Supergirl'' they were only dating and not engaged) and job (soldier/media).

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* HollywoodHacking: Sam tampering with the security camera footage to cover up Jordan's reckless use of his powers would NOT be possible in real life. While the technology to do this does exist, it is not in a form that would allow Sam to do so this quickly, even more so as he does it remotely from the golf course using his personal phone

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* HollywoodHacking: Sam tampering with the security camera footage to cover up Jordan's reckless use of his powers would NOT be possible in real life. life, ex-DOD or not. While the technology to do this does exist, it is not in a form that would allow Sam to do so this quickly, even more so as he does it especially not remotely from the golf course using his personal phonephone.
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* HollywoodHacking: The above stunt by Grandpa Lane would ''not'' be possible in real life, DOD or not.

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* HollywoodHacking: The above stunt by Grandpa Lane Sam tampering with the security camera footage to cover up Jordan's reckless use of his powers would ''not'' NOT be possible in real life, DOD or not.life. While the technology to do this does exist, it is not in a form that would allow Sam to do so this quickly, even more so as he does it remotely from the golf course using his personal phone
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* ConflictBall: The only possible reason for Chrissy to take Lucy's complaint against Lois seriously is for the sake of cheap drama.
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* HateSink: Ally Allston proves to be a despicable ManipulativeBitch by managing to turn Lucy against Lois and secretly recording the sisters' argument.

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* HateSink: Ally Allston proves to be a despicable ManipulativeBitch by managing to turn both Lucy and Chrissy against Lois and secretly recording the sisters' argument.

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* BrokenPedestal: Chrissy gets seriously disappointed in Lois after seeing the EngineeredPublicConfession with the hidden cam, where Lucy goads her into admitting that she has a bias against Ally. She even calls Ally at the end of the episode.

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* BrokenPedestal: Chrissy gets seriously disappointed in Lois after seeing the EngineeredPublicConfession with the hidden cam, where Lucy goads her into admitting that she has a bias against Ally.didn't include what Lucy told her about the contents of her drug-induced vision in her article. She even calls Ally at the end of the episode.

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* TheBusCameBack: Creator/JennaDewan returns as Lucy Lane for the first time since ''Series/Supergirl2015'' Season 1. Post-Crisis, she never seems to have been in the Military.

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* TheBusCameBack: Creator/JennaDewan returns as Lucy Lane for the first time since ''Series/Supergirl2015'' Season 1. Post-Crisis, she never seems to have never been in the Military.military.
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* SameCharacterButDifferent: As mentioned above, Lucy Lane appears to have been affected by Crisis, and is not the same character we saw in the first season of ''Supergirl''. Possibly {{Averted}} as she mentions losing her fiancé (James Olsen) and career (soldier/media).

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* SameCharacterButDifferent: As mentioned above, Lucy Lane appears to have been affected by Crisis, and is not the same character we saw in the first season of ''Supergirl''. Possibly {{Averted}} as she mentions losing her fiancé (James Olsen) and career job (soldier/media).
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* SameCharacterButDifferent: As mentioned above, Lucy Lane appears to have been affected by Crisis, and is not the same character we saw in the first season of ''Supergirl''. Possibly {{Averted}} as she mentions losing her fiance (James Olsen) and career (soldier/media).

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* SameCharacterButDifferent: As mentioned above, Lucy Lane appears to have been affected by Crisis, and is not the same character we saw in the first season of ''Supergirl''. Possibly {{Averted}} as she mentions losing her fiance fiancé (James Olsen) and career (soldier/media).
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* MadeOfIndestructium: Whatever Bizarro's pendant is, it resists a sustained blast of Superman's heat vision without a mark to show for it.

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* MadeOfIndestructium: Whatever Bizarro's pendant is, it resists a sustained blast of Superman's Bizzaro's heat vision breath without a mark to show for it.

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* MadeOfIndestructium: Whatever Bizarro's pendant is, it resists a sustained blast of his fire breath without a mark to show for it.

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* MadeOfIndestructium: Whatever Bizarro's pendant is, it resists a sustained blast of his fire breath Superman's heat vision without a mark to show for it.


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* RedShirt: Of the three Supermen of America that go to confront Bizarro, only Tag (a recurring character) survives.
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* HollywoodHacking: The above stunt by Grandpa Lane would ''not'' be possible in real life, DOD or not.
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* BrokenPedestal: Chrissy gets seriously disappointed in Lois after seeing the EngineeredPublicConfession with the hidden cam, where Lucy goads her into admitting that she has a bias against Ally. She even cotnacts Ally at the end of the episode.

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* BrokenPedestal: Chrissy gets seriously disappointed in Lois after seeing the EngineeredPublicConfession with the hidden cam, where Lucy goads her into admitting that she has a bias against Ally. She even cotnacts calls Ally at the end of the episode.

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* BrokenAce: After Bizarro's attack on the farm, John's suit is heavily damaged. John later only just barely manages to distract Bizarro in Bolivia. After the energy then runs out, he almost dies after a hit from Bizarro.


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* WorfHadTheFlu: After Bizarro's attack on the farm, John's suit is heavily damaged. John later only just barely manages to distract Bizarro in Bolivia. After the energy then runs out, he almost dies after a hit from Bizarro.

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Lois tries to reconnect with her sister and the Cushing's discusses possible ramification's of Lana running for Mayor. Meanwhile, Clark's painful visions continue, as Bizarro gets confronted by Anderson's team.

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Lois tries to reconnect with her sister and the Cushing's discusses Cushings discuss possible ramification's ramifications of Lana running for Mayor. Meanwhile, Clark's painful visions continue, as Bizarro gets confronted by Anderson's team.



* HeroicSecondWind: After an initialy beatdown and being saved by John, Clark pulls himself together and uses his Heat Vision and remaining strength to pummel Bizarro and force him to retreat.

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* HeroicSecondWind: After an initialy initial beatdown and being saved by John, Clark pulls himself together and uses his Heat Vision and remaining strength to pummel Bizarro and force him to retreat.



* MadeOfIndestructium: Whatever Bizarro's pendant is, it resists a sustained blast of his fire breath without a mark to show for it.



* NeckSnap: Two of the Supermen of America die this way. With one hand, even!

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* NeckSnap: Two of the Supermen of America die this way. With one hand, way at Bizarro's hands. At the same time, even!



* TheUnreveal: We never do find out just what that pendant is.

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* TheUnreveal: We never do find out just what that pendant is.is.
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* SameCharacterButDifferent: As mentioned above, Lucy Lane appears to have been affected by Crisis, and is not the same character we saw in the first season of ''Supergirl''.

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* SameCharacterButDifferent: As mentioned above, Lucy Lane appears to have been affected by Crisis, and is not the same character we saw in the first season of ''Supergirl''. Possibly {{Averted}} as she mentions losing her fiance (James Olsen) and career (soldier/media).

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* TheBusCameBack: Lucy Lane comes back for the first time since ''Series/Supergirl2015'' Season 1. Post-Crisis, she never seems to have been in the Military.

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* TheBusCameBack: Creator/JennaDewan returns as Lucy Lane comes back for the first time since ''Series/Supergirl2015'' Season 1. Post-Crisis, she never seems to have been in the Military.


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* SameCharacterButDifferent: As mentioned above, Lucy Lane appears to have been affected by Crisis, and is not the same character we saw in the first season of ''Supergirl''.

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Lois tries to reconnect with her sister and the Cushing's discusses possible ramification's of Lana running for Mayor. Meanwhile, Clark's painful visions continue, as Bizarro gets confronted by Anderson's team.
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* CurbStompBattle: Three of the Supermen of America go to confront Bizarro in Bolivia. Two are killed instantly and only Superman's arrival spares the third.

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* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: Jordan, wanting to support his father, asks Sam to help train him.
* BringIt: Sarah is not in the least bit intimidated after hearing from her parents that Mayor Dean might target her to sabotage Lana's campaign.
* BrokenAce: After Bizarro's attack on the farm, John's suit is heavily damaged. John later only just barely manages to distract Bizarro in Bolivia. After the energy then runs out, he almost dies after a hit from Bizarro.
* BrokenPedestal: Chrissy gets seriously disappointed in Lois after seeing the EngineeredPublicConfession with the hidden cam, where Lucy goads her into admitting that she has a bias against Ally. She even cotnacts Ally at the end of the episode.
* TheBusCameBack: Lucy Lane comes back for the first time since ''Series/Supergirl2015'' Season 1. Post-Crisis, she never seems to have been in the Military.
* CurbStompBattle: Three of the The Supermen of America go to confront Bizarro in Bolivia. Two are killed instantly and only Superman's arrival spares Tag Harris.
* EveryoneHasStandards: After hearing that Mayor Dean is trying to dig up dirt on Lana by asking questions on Sarah's past suicide attempt, Kyle suggests on doing
the third.same with Dean's son. Lana however refuses to stoop down on this level.
* {{Flashback}}: To Lois and Lucy getting estranged over the latter's ties to Ally Allston.
* GetOut: Natalie, after seeing her dad severely injured in the hospital and blaming Clark for not protecting him. She then tells him to leave the room.


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* HeroicSecondWind: After an initialy beatdown and being saved by John, Clark pulls himself together and uses his Heat Vision and remaining strength to pummel Bizarro and force him to retreat.


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* MisplacedRetribution: Lucy unfairly places the blame of their mother leaving the family on Lois. Who was only 8 years old at the time.


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* OhCrap: Jordan, after foiling the shoplifting in Denise's shop, when he realizes that the cam caught him. Thankfully, Sam is able to tamper with the footage.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Ally Allston wonders if Lois will get "cancelled" this time, referring to the infamous term "Cancel Culture" which often gets used in today's political discourse.
* SensoryOverload: After taking the X-Kryptonite, Jon naturally gets a bit overwhelmed by his suddenly enhanced senses. Natalie quickly notices that something is up.
* SpottingTheThread: Ally Allston easily recognizes Chrissy's attempt at playing TheMole.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Candice encourages Jon to take the X-Kryptonite, which he unfortunately does.
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* BlaseBoast: Sam tells Jordan that hacking and scrambling a security camera video from his phone is easier than playing Candy Crush.
* CurbStompBattle: Three of the Supermen of America go to confront Bizarro in the Artic. Two are killed instantly and only Superman's arrival spares the third.

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* BlaseBoast: Sam tells Jordan that hacking and scrambling a security camera video from his phone is easier than playing Candy Crush.
''Candy Crush''.
* CurbStompBattle: Three of the Supermen of America go to confront Bizarro in the Artic.Bolivia. Two are killed instantly and only Superman's arrival spares the third.
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* MythologyGag: Lois refers to Ally as a parasite, which is her moniker in the comics.

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* CurbStompBattle: Three of the Supermen of America go to confront Bizarro in the Artic. Two are killed instantly and Superman's arrival spares the third.

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* BlaseBoast: Sam tells Jordan that hacking and scrambling a security camera video from his phone is easier than playing Candy Crush.
* CurbStompBattle: Three of the Supermen of America go to confront Bizarro in the Artic. Two are killed instantly and only Superman's arrival spares the third.



* IgnoredExpert: Superman warned Anderson multiple times that his team wasn't ready for major threats. This episode shows him to have been absolutely right.



* NeckSnap: Two of the Supermen of America die this way. With one hand, even!

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* NeckSnap: Two of the Supermen of America die this way. With one hand, even!even!
* TheUnreveal: We never do find out just what that pendant is.
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* HateSink: Ally Allston proves to be a despicable ManipulativeBitch by managing to turn Lucy against Lois and secretly recording the sisters' argument.
* ImmediateSequel: This episode picks up right where the previous one left off, with Lois confronting Ally in the diner.
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* CurbStompBattle: Three of the Supermen of America go to confront Bizarro in the Artic. Two are killed instantly and Superman's arrival spares the third.
* NeckSnap: Two of the Supermen of America die this way. With one hand, even!

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