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5	'''[[Recap/SupermanAndLois Recap]] of ''Series/SupermanAndLois'''''\
6	'''Season 1, Episode 7'''
7	!Man of Steel
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9	Clark works to help Jordan who is debilitated by his emerging new super power. Lois continues her investigation into Edge and his connection to the Stranger. Meanwhile, Superman is targeted by the Stranger who wields an unexpectedly formidable weapon.
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11	!!Tropes:
12	* AffectionateNickname: Irons calls his daughter "Nat-Bug".
13	* ArsonMurderAndLifesaving:
14	-->'''Clark''': Which was incredibly reckless and dangerous and irresponsible and absolutely necessary. You both saved my life tonight, so I owe you a pretty big thank you.
15	* BadLiar: Sarah immediately sees through Jonathan's initial attempts to cover for Jordan.
16	* BigDamnHeroes: Jonathan and Jordan save their father with CarFu, just short of Irons nearly about to bash his head in with his hammer.
17	* CanonCharacterAllAlong: "Captain Luthor" is actually John Henry Irons, aka Steel.
18	* CarFu: Jon rams Irons using the family truck to save their distressed father. Irons manages to stop most of the impact with his hammer, but it still takes him straight out of the fight and allows Jon to smash the red sun lights depowering Superman.
19	* CrisisMakesPerfect: After days of struggling to control his new power without success, Jordan's super hearing gets the right motivation to properly work when he realizes someone is about to kill his father.
20	* DeadAlternateCounterpart: The John Henry Irons of Earth-Prime died 6 years ago.
21	* DestructionEqualsOffSwitch: While it's perfectly logical for one red sun light to stop working when Jonathan smashes it, there's no detailed explanation for why all the ''other'' lights malfunction and turn off.
22	* EntertaininglyWrong: Clark and Lois initially suspect Irons to be a secret relative to Lex Luthor, possibly even his son.
23	* ExactWords: When Sarah calls him out on lying about Jordan's absence, Jon honestly tells her about Tag attacking Jordan and Jordan's headaches, without explicitly connecting the two as related. He lampshades it to Jordan later, noting it was ''technically'' true even though it was still a roundabout lie.
24	* {{Flashback}}: Several towards Irons's past, from the army of Supermen going rogue, over his version of Lois being incinerated by one of them, to him and his daughter building his suit and him eventually leaving to kill Kal-El of Earth-Prime.
25	* ForcedToWatch: Irons and his daughter Nat are forced to watch one of Superman incinerate Lois live on television.
26	* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Clark enters John's RV, the AI calls him "Captain Luthor" despite having no reason to do so, just reacting to his presence. This hints at the fact that the AI is flawed in some way, and wasn't referring to Irons by his real name.
27	* InternalReveal:
28	** Lois and Clark reveal everything they know about Edge and Irons to the boys.
29	** Sarah learns about Tag assaulting Jordan.
30	* JerkassRealization: At the end of the episode, Jordan apologizes for his jealous outburst towards his brother and spying on him.
31	* KidSidekick: Irons's daughter Nat helped him build his suit and was in the process of making further enhancements.
32	* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Leslie Larr overhears Superman fighting Irons with her super-hearing. Realizing he'll be distracted, she has Edge ship the X-Kryptonite so he won't be able to intercept the shipment as both men did with the first one.
33	* LuredIntoATrap: Irons arranges a meeting with Superman and goads him into attacking, having set up motion-activated red sun lamps to sap his powers on approach.
34	* ManlyTears: Irons is seen crying in his cell, thinking about his daughter.
35	* MythologyGag: Recently in the comics, [[Characters/SupermanLoisLane Lois]] used CarFu to rescue Clark and their son Jon (and also [[Franchise/WonderWoman Diana]] and [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce]]) when they were all incapacitated.
36	* NotWhatItLooksLike: Or sounds like, at any rate. Jordan uses his super-hearing to overhear a conversation between Sarah and Jon, which makes him think Jon is making a move on her since he has no other context. After a chewing out by Jon, Jordan admits he jumped to conclusions and apologizes.
37	* ParentalSexualitySquick: In one of the flashbacks, Nat is obviously annoyed at her parents being overly affectionate towards each other and sarcastically says her "childhood is ruined".
38	* PowerNullifier: Irons uses red sun lamps to weaken Superman significantly. Absent the intervention of Jon and Jordan, Lois admits that Irons nearly succeeded in killing him.
39	* PunchAWall: Jordan does this when he overhears Jon's conversation with Sarah and misinterprets it, punching straight through the drywall.
40	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Jonathan gets mad at Jordan for spying on him with his SuperHearing and accusing him of hitting on Sarah.
41	-->'''Jonathan''': Wow, I have had your back every time someone has called you dumb or weird or stupid or awkward. I never believed any of it! I never believed any of it because it's not true. You're just a terrible person! Don't ever spy on me again!
42	* RedEyesTakeWarning: After Jonathan disable the red sun lamps, Clark's eyes once again flare up in red. He then picks up Irons and prepares to punch him, but Lois stops him and brings him back to his senses.
43	* RelatedDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: In the comics, Nat is John Henry's niece, not his daughter.
44	* TheReveal: "Captain Luthor" is actually John Henry Irons, a.k.a. Steel. The reason his AI calls him that is because it is a repurposed [=LexCorp=] AI that he didn't have time to reprogram to properly recognize him.
45	* SensoryOverload: Jordan is overwhelmed by his SuperHearing through most of the episode. At the end, when he hears that his dad is in mortal danger, he finally gets the hang of it.
46	* ServileSnarker: The AI sarcastically advises Irons not to crush her to smithereens next time.
47	* ShipTease: Tegan Wickhem hits on Jonathan, though Sarah is quick to tell him that she is "out of his league".
48	* SuperPrototype: Leslie Larr is the only stable attempt to give humans Kryptonian powers.
49	* SurvivalMantra: "Forged in fire, strong as steel" is apparently the one of Irons and his daughter Nat.
50	* TakeOverTheWorld: Morgan Edge's plan with the X-Kryptonite, according to Irons.
51	* TitleDrop: Irons calls himself The Man Of Steel.
52	* UnwittingPawn: Lana's friend Emily, who is overjoyed at being chosen for Edge's "Young Executive Program". In reality, he plans to use her for X-Kryptonite trials and picked her outside of Lana's recommendations, simply because he noticed Lana meeting with her.
53	* WhamLine: "The thing of it is, his name's not Luthor. It's John Henry Irons."
54	* WhamShot: In a flashback, we see the first attack by the Superman of Irons's world. First Superman descends from the clouds. Then multiple other flying, caped figures do the same and begin attacking with heat vision.

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