Superman & Lois

- Previously on "Superman & Lois"...

- I'm stepping down from active duty.

- You're gonna be hard to replace.

They'll find somebody.

- John Henry's from another Earth.

- She was my wife, the mother of my daughter.

I'm gonna be right back.

- Multi-verse and parallel universes

each with its own Earth.

- Mom! - I saw you die.

I lost Natalie.

- When you and your brother were about

18 months old, I got pregnant.

And I ended up losing the baby.

We were gonna name her Natalie.

I just wonder if you needed

more time to process your grief.

It can't be.

Mom?

Mom?

Mom! - No, no, no, no.

Nat. Nat! Nat! Nat! No! Nat. No. No. No.

It's just--it's, um--

It's, um--it's complicated.

Look, that's not-- that's not your mother.

What?

She's still gone.

But then why are you here?

Let me explain, okay?

- Lois, you have to say something.

Boys, we gotta go!

Babe, do we have any Sancerre?

- We can bring a bottle of Sauv Blanc if not.

- Yeah, it's just Sancerre's Lana's favorite.

- Then swing by Lark's and get one.

Okay.

Anyone promising?

Just more of the same.

You know, Perry hired me

when I barely had any experience.

Sometimes with a cub reporter it's more about

their eagerness than anything else.

What?

Hey, where's your brother?

- Uh, I don't know, probably changing

his outfit for the millionth time.

Jordan, let's go!

Oh, whoa.

Something wrong?

Um--

You'll--wow, you'll smell.

Whew. Wow.

Interesting cologne, sweetie.

- Yeah, you put on the whole bottle there, chief?

What's that?

- Nothing. - Nothing?

It's a surprise for Sarah.

- You spending all day with her?

She's been gone a month, Mom.

Just be home for dinner.

Yeah. Yeah.

And, um...

you know, it's Natalie's first day at school today.

You think you wanna call her, wish her luck, something?

- Clark, I don't know what to tell you.

She still won't talk to me, okay?

Gotta get to these interviews.

- Dad, how long is she gonna be like this?

I don't know.

Come on, in the truck. Let's go.

Oh, windows down, please.

Is it really that bad?

- It's strong, bud. It's real strong.

Hey, come on.

Look at that bozo.

It ain't cool they're making Superman

all commercial like this.

You know, last thing we need is Smallville

becoming some sort of tourist trap

just because of what happened here with Morgan Edge.

- Well, if it's helping the local economy, who cares?

- A lot of us. - A lot of us don't.

I think that's the one.

Hey! - Hi!

Hi!

Hi, honey. Oh, I missed you.

I missed you too.

- We got a lot of people that are excited to see you.

- Yup. - Sophie, Jordan.

Yeah, me too.

So how was it?

How was camp? - Yeah, good.

I mean, it was good to be there.

It just felt a little different as a counselor.

- Better? - Yeah, everything--

everything was better.

- So you were at "The Messenger" for the last year?

- Finally got my first story published.

Before that, I was doing a lot of layouts,

proofing copy. - Oh.

Certainly use help around here with that...

among other things.

- Mainly though I was showing them

how to monetize the site.

- You know how to do all that? - Of course.

I probably make more on my blog than they do.

You have your own blog?

I'm the "WOAT or GOAT" guy.

I have, like, 40,000 Twitter followers.

Lois.

- This is our 9:30-- - Hi, I'm Michael.

- Right, the-- the "WOAT or GOAT" guy.

Thank you for coming in. It's nice to meet you.

We will be in touch. - Okay.

Thank you.

- If the rest of the interviews we have lined up for today

are more like him, then cancel.

- Lois, you didn't even talk to him.

- I didn't need to. We need somebody who cares more

about the job than about how many twits follow them.

Also, that article he wrote

was predictive journalism at its worst.

- You haven't liked a single person I've brought

in the past month. - That is correct because

none of them were good enough. - They were the best available.

Look, we're gonna have to compromise on something,

or we're never gonna get another reporter in here

and we need help badly.

Fine.

Look what just showed up.

Oh, I'm so excited.

Ooh.

Oh, these are fantastic.

What do you think?

- Ah, yeah, they're great if you like campaign T-shirts.

- Oh, you should put Daniel's face on it.

He'd make a super hot mayor.

- No, it doesn't matter what he looks like, Sarah.

He just needs to beat George Dean

and I will work as hard as possible

to make sure that happens.

- Who's that? - Oh, it's probably Jordan.

I saw him walking up.

He's here, like, now?

- He probably just wants to see you.

He didn't text me first.

- Hey. - Hey.

- Hi, I--I know I probably should have texted first,

but honestly, I--I just

couldn't wait another second to see you.

- Well, your timing kinda sucks.

My mom's got this big Daniel Hart, like,

mayoral campaign event planned

so the house is gonna be pretty crowded.

Gotcha.

Well, could you meet me

at Atlas Pond in, like, an hour?

I have something I wanna show you.

- Hey, come on. Take 'em on. Come on, Brady.

White 22.

White 22 set hut.

Good hands. Good hands.

18 on the line.

Yeah!

Come on, baby. Let's go!

Someone is coming on strong!

Good job, son.

Hey, QB number two, let's go! - Let's go.

- Come on, bring it in. It's go time!

Time to work on them running plays.

Let's go. -

- I mean, Candice, you were there. You saw it.

Literally not a single pass play this week.

Dad, did you talk to Coach Gaines yet?

Yes, I did talk to him.

He's just easing you back into things.

- Okay, yeah, but we've been practicing for two weeks.

Yeah, I know Jonathan,

but you broke your arm twice last year.

- Okay, and yeah, but it's healed.

- Listen, I'm sure Coach is just looking out

for your best interest.

Maybe you could talk to him,

let him know you're frustrated,

and see what he says.

Yeah, you're right.

I knew I was dating you for a reason.