SUPERMAN & LOIS 2.8

 

RECAP - SUPERMAN & LOIS  2.8:  "Into Oblivion"  

The Man of Steel is up against the wall right now, and so is the rest of the Kent Family, as bad things from all sides are coming their way.  Superman now has to find a rogue Lt. Anderson, who know possesses the pendant that Tag provided him after it was taken from the now-dead Bizarro.  And Anderson, now sees HIS salvation in the form of Alison Allston...who has been looking forward to obtaining it in order to complete her Ascendence.  Now, he's got Sam back to help him out.  He and Lois ALSO have to deal with the fact that Jon was taking the X-K inhalers, and is hiding who the dealer is, as he's protecting Candice and her dad.  Jordan, meanwhile, is trying to be helpful to Sarah, as well as trying to figure out what's up with his brother AND train with his grandfather to become a hero.  The Cushings are still reeling from the Kyle/Tonya affair, and now Lana has to face the town in a debate with Mayor Dean, who wants to use the affair to paint a bad picture of our little Lang.  So...just how much MORE could go wrong?

With the pendant now in her possession...so to speak...Alison has now got Anderson on her side....all powered up and ready to go.  She has him enter the alternate world in order to get ready for this Ascension thing.  Her shadow self tells Anderson that they should be ready, and soon, they will become gods.  Later on, Chrissy gets ahold of Lois, and says that Alison has gotten in touch with her, and that she's invited her to this new event.  Lois warns her to be careful, and Chrissy wants to get the answers to prove that Alison's motives are unscrupulous at best.  When she meets Alison's men, they have her put a hazmat suit on, as they head into the caves.  There, they search until they find the portal into the shadow universe.  As Anderson allows himself to be carried into the other universe, Chrissy sees something wrong, and some of the other disciples start to disappear, and there's some sense of trouble that Alison sees in this journey.  Now, at this time, Superman and Sam are trying to track Anderson and the penants, but have had no luck.  But Sam also doesn't hear from his men who're stationed at the quarry.  Superman is off to see what's up, and can't see what's going on in the tunnels, but can hear people screaming in pain.  Superman races into the tunnels and rescues Chrissy and Alison, and the portal closes...and Chrissy thanks the Man of Steel for the save.  Now, Superman can't stay long, because he was supposed to pick up Natalie and John Henry, and races off to meet them.  

Sam looks to interrogate Alison about what happened, but most to find out if Lucy was amongst those who disappeared.  Alison takes this time to take jabs at Sam as a father, and how he was just as responsible for driving Lucy away as was Lois.  Sam loses it, and Lois calms him down.  Alison refuses to say anything without a lawyer.  Sam is broken up for having lost Lucy, but Lois tells him that she made her choice.   Later on, Lucy actually shows up, and they're happy to see her.  She seems a tad out of it, and Sam offers to take her home.  Because earlier, Lois had been there trying to find out what happened to her, and she was upset that she couldn't help her...prompting Clark to be there for her.  Sam takes Lucy home, and she's just getting stuff ready, as she made her father some tea.  But she ends up drugging him, and says that she's helping Alison, and now she's using his credentials at the DoD to get access to what they need for this Ascension. 

For Clark....he's still NOT in Natalie's good graces, as she still holds HIM responsible for John Henry's head trauma and hospital stay.  John's had some brief memory lapses, but he seems to be recovering.  But Natalie is having a hard time trying to get along with the guy who LOOKS like the man who killed her mother.  Clark understands, and when he missed picking them up from the hospital, he feels he's not making any headway.  John Henry tries to assure Clark that it will take time, as she's still adapting to be on this Earth.  So, in order to make things easier on her and her dad, Clark gives her the keys to a place an old friend once had.  He tells her they can stay there long as they like until they get better settled.  Hopefully, in time, she'll warm up to him.  So, Nat and John Henry take a look at the place, and she likes it.  So, they text Clark to let them know that they'll take the place. 

We also got more in depth in regards to Natalie's journey to Earth Prime.  It turns out that when she took off from her Earth, she was caught in the Anti-Monitor's wave that destroyed all the other Earths during CRISIS, so she was in this empty void, with no sense or direction.  However, he manages to tell her pod to find her dad's signal and find her.  So, it looks like whatever events happened to her as of recent times, happened in OUR time about a couple years BACK, since THAT was when CRISIS occurred....so, wondering what in the hell happened to the timeline enough between when what's happening NOW on this show, and how it fits into CRISIS. 

Jordan checks in on Sarah, and she says she talked to her friend from camp (you know...the one she kissed and hid from Jordan), and invited her to town, to help her out, and for her to meet Jordan.  Despite Jordan's internal misgivings, he doesn't want to upset Sarah or seem like he doesn't care, so he agrees to meet her.  However, his meet gets interrupted no thanks to his brother.  Jon, you see, is now doing community service in his part in the X-K inhaler issue, and the team had to suspend the football season and forfeit every game because of what happened.  So, he's working at the convenience store.  Candice thanks him for not ratting her or her dad out, but she's got to deal with the man who was their dealer, and he wants the money, and she doesn't have it.  So, when Jon is walking her home, the dealer shows up, and he powers up with the inhaler, and tosses Jon around.  Jon manages to get ahold of Jordan, and Jordan races off and meets up with him.  Jon tells Candice to run as she does.  Jordan then roughs up the dealer, and tells him to take off and never come back, or he'll get more of the same.  When Jordan goes back to meet Sarah and her friend, he can overhear them talking about them skipping out on the meeting...something coming up possibly.  Jordan then takes off.  Jordan and Jon talk, and Jordan wishes that Jon had told him about Candice earlier, but Jon didn't want to burden him.  They're good though, and Jordan isn't going to rat out Jon or Candice.  Clark is still hard on Jon for coming home late, and Lois tells him not to take it too far.  

Lana meets up with Kyle this week, who says he's not living at the station anymore, and that he's got himself a place in town.  Lana is surprised at this, and she's busy trying to prepare for her debate with Mayor Dean.  Kyle decides to help prepare her, and the issue of their marriage is something he presses her about, and she finally gets angry and lashes out at him.  He feels that is good...she needed to get it off her chest.  But now, he's prepped her for this debate, and told her to be upfront and honest---it's how she's going to win.  

We get MORE drama piling up for the Kents, as well as the Cushings, and those around them, as Alison Allston is about to make her move, and manipulating everyone around her for her twisted means.  Lucy is so embedded, and now has drugged her own father and stolen his security clearance badge to ensure Alison is released free into the wild, and they can continue this "Ascension" thing.  Personally, I'm at this point that IF Lucy gets fooled by Alison, and is seen as expendable by the evil bitch, I'm not going to feel ONE OUNCE of sympathy for her.  For all Lois AND Sam have tried to do lately for her, it's all on deaf ears.  So, to ME, let Lucy learn the hard way.  And she will....it's gonna happen.  And I'll be smiling like the Cheshire Cat when she does.  But at this point, I feel more for Lois and Sam at this juncture.

I gotta say for Clark---for as much as he's riding Jon right now about his mistakes (as he should do...he's the father, and he's pissed AND disappointed in his boys...but they ARE teenagers), he's also taking the shade and heat he's getting from Natalie as well as he can.  He knows the impossible situation she's in, and looking like the man who killed HER mother, it doesn't help.  John Henry has done a good job of trying to smooth things over with him and her, but it's going to take time.  But, hopefully, with this new place for her and her dad to set up shop....it'll help mend that bridge, and allow Natalie to see Clark Kent of THIS Earth to be what he has been:  a hero.  But I am ALSO curious to see WHERE these events for this show lineup in accordance with CRISIS, because we KNOW that's what she got caught up in.  And hopefully, John Henry fully recovers, and BOTH get back to work on fixing the Steel suit.  

As for Kyle and Lana....they're handling separation as best they can...especially for the girls.  Lana was a bit taken aback by the fact that Kyle found new digs, but she honestly couldn't expect him to just crash at the fire station the whole time, did she?  After all, she moved all his crap out of THEIR house....so, what was he to do?  However, I felt that she DID need to get angry with him about their marriage falling apart, and knowing that's what Dean is going to focus on during the debate, as he BS' the town about "family values", when he has NO moral compass whatsoever.  But hopefully, this will embolden Lana, and it will work in her favor.  

Jon is lucky that Jordan saved his bacon this episode.  Not taking the inhaler is great, but ensuring he didn't get a royal ass kicking was better.  We're seeing Jordan start to get SOME control over his powers, and did help his brother out.  However, wasn't TOO happy that Jon hid the fact that Candice had been the one who sold him the drugs to begin with.  And while he's not going to rat his brother out, I'm sure he's also wanting Jon to dump the girl, because all she's been is bad news....something Sarah has ALWAYS known from the start.  And as for Sarah...for her to want Jordan to meet Amber, knowing how awkward it's been for him to cope with THAT little aspect of her life, and for him to be OKAY with it---nah.  I can understand why he didn't want to meet Amber---Jordan's a kid, and he's still RAW from that bit of truth from Sarah, and while he's happy he's still with her, it doesn't mean he's FORGOTTEN.  He hasn't been able to totally put that behind him.  It's still going to be a point of contention for these two going forward.  Whether it causes them to break up or not....hard to say.  But I wouldn't be surprised on the latter before the season ends. 

All in all, another solid episode, and we're starting to see the pieces fall together for Alison, and we'll see whether or not Lois and Sam can save Lucy, and if Superman can stop ALL of this before matters get worse.  Will Jon finally fess up about Candice, and how much more trouble can she be in or draw into his orbit before he's had his fill?  And will Jordan finally have enough and leave his brother to his own devices, and try to work on HIS crap with Sarah?  Wheels within wheels, and it's a little more than the halfway point, and we'll see how it plays out.  

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