“Superman & Lois Season 3” Review
In an ongoing effort to catch up on my television watchin’ from my time in school, Season 3 of “Superman & Lois” was a frustrating slog to get through, There’s no fault to be had in any of the performances, Tyler Hoechlin is still a great Superman, Elizabeth Tullock is about a perfect Lois Lane as we’re ever going to get, and the supporting cast is still aces in my humble opinion. There’s some obvious budget cuts to the show with fewer super-antics and more angst inspired by real life topics li cancer, getting a double mastectomy, and recovering from chemotherapy. Add to all this, Jordan Elsass, the actor who played the non-powered son of Superman, left acting to pursue mental health wellness, so the first few episodes for me were getting to know the new version of the character, now played by Michael Bishop. Both actors are great in the roles, but there’s always going to be a slightly different take and it’s noticeable and takes me right out of the experience. I would honestly have preferred they send him off to Metropolis and maybe have him on the phone every now and then.
The rest of the season is filled out with the delicious deviousness of Bruno Mannheim as played by Chad Coleman, who gives me the impression of one of those types of weight lifters that look like they’re fat dudes wearing a jacket, but then it turns out they can deadlift a thousand pounds. I’m a huge fan of the storyline with the families of Mannheim and John Henry Irons and wish we had more of that instead of the way too close to home storyline of people getting cancer and having to amputate large parts of their bodies to survive it.
