According to Max, the first episodes of the fourth season of Superman & Lois were supposed to premiere this Wednesday. Finally, this has not happened, and for a few days now, we can see the latest episodes through the subscription service of the show that aims to make an impression on the viewer despite dying prematurely. It seeks to do so in several ways, including a terrifying Lex Luthor.
We were able to see this character at the end of the third season of TheCW program, but it wasn’t until the beginning of what will be his last great adventure on television that we finally learned more about him, his motivations, and personality. The result? A ruthless millionaire with a certain talent for “science,” as he has always been, but also a threatening individual whose mere presence on screen demonstrates little mercy for those who oppose him.
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Lex Luthor.
And it’s not for nothing. In contrast to other Lex Luthors where the mere existence of Superman bothered the Metropolis businessman, this antagonist has reasons to hate the hero and, especially, Lois Lane, whom he accuses of unjustly sending him to prison based on a lie (revealed in season 3) that also caused his daughter to turn her back on him for over 15 years.
Superman’s Most Painful Death
That’s why, right after leaving prison, he set in motion a seemingly flawless plan that, like Jesse Eisenberg’s Luthor in Batman v Superman, would pit the man of tomorrow against Doomsday. The result, as always when this entity appears, is death for Superman, but this time the creature has survived and ripped out his heart for the greater torment of his loved ones and for the greater enjoyment of Lex Luthor, who demonstrates here, and in many other scenes, an innate talent for tormenting his opponents.
La muerte de Superman (DC Pocket) (Segunda edición)
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Perhaps that’s why I now understand better why TheCW didn’t want to include Supergirl’s Lex Luthor (played by Jon Cryer from Two and a Half Men) in order to choose Michael Cudlitz, a veteran of The Walking Dead universe. It’s not just that Superman & Lois is set in another universe despite having the same actors, but this villain is very, very different from the one we saw in the show starring Melissa Benoist. This Luthor is much rougher and dominant, and much more fueled by hatred and desire for vengeance. He is a millionaire villain who commands respect without a suit and without money.
Doomsday.
He is a Lex Luthor who also doesn’t seem to care about his public image. He’s not a megalomaniac like the character has been in other instances, but someone who just wants to make the journalist who imprisoned him suffer for every year he spent in prison because of her. All of this, combined with the drama of losing the hero, makes the fourth season of Superman & Lois a story full of emotions that I believe will captivate fans of the character’s more mature stories, including followers of Zack Snyder’s movies. S&L is in good shape.
The series aims to bid farewell on a high note, and I believe it will succeed. The flaws of previous seasons seem to dissipate in this powerful start, and I have faith that in the upcoming episodes, there will be great moments of action, in addition to continuing the mourning for Superman’s death, which, one way or another, will have to make a grand return before the show bids farewell for good.
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