Lois and Clark: Taping the Adventures of Superman

[DisneyBoy]

After recently upgrading to a new satelite tv system, I was thrilled beyond words to discover that I could now watch two back-to-back episodes of Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. When the series first aired, my parents (and their curfews) often prevented me from seeing the show, and by the time I was a regular viewer, the series was well into it's third season, and well out of clever episode ideas.

This Monday morning, I awoke prepared with a blank tape, and recorded the two-hour pilot episode, only to be discovered by my mother, who expressed great frustration that I was using the VCR to record television shows. For those you of you who weren't around when I began posting about this a year or so ago in the Cafe, my parents hate...HATE...when I use the VCR to record ANYTHING on television. They find it excessive, unnecessary ("Why would anyone want to watch the same episode twice?") and obsessive...opinions which no doubt formed during my years of taping Ally McBeal. After Ally ended, I stopped recording anything on a weekly or even monthly basis, in the hopes that they might calm down and rethink their stance. My father doesn't seem to mind me taping Lois and Clark, but my mother isn't likely to change her mind, it seems.

So, today, when I taped the next two episodes, I covered up the little red light that turns on with black electrical tape, hoping she wouldn't notice (clever, hun ). I was lucky today. I foresee many problems should they catch on to the fact that I'm running down to the TV every weekday morning at 8.

But back to the show. It is for this reason that I only want to tape the best episodes of the series, starting with the first season. Basically, I'm wondering which episodes fans most enjoyed, as well as those which built on the overall continuity of the series, so that I can have Lois and Clark on tape without the unnecessary, "fluff" episodes. I've had difficulty tracking down a conprehensive episode review/guide for the series online, aside from the one I've included below (from SupermanHomepage.com) If anyone can suggest a good site, please let me know.

So, aside from the first three episodes (listed here as Pilot, 2 and 3), which I already have, which other first season episodes do you think are keepers? The ones I'm most considering taping have been highlighted in bold...

Many thanks, fellow Lois and Clark fans, and Toonzoners alike!

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1) Premiere (September 12, 1993)
In Metropolis, Perry White hires Clark as a new reporter at the Daily Planet, after Clark writes a story about an elderly actress. Clark, with his parents' help, designs his public identity as Superman. Clark meets fellow Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane, as well as Jimmy Olsen and columnist Cat Grant. Lois and Clark investigate possible sabotage of a space shuttle, and Superman debuts saving another shuttle which Lois has hidden in. Superman confronts Lex Luthor after learning of his involvement with the sabotage.

2) Strange Visitor (From Another Planet) (September 26, 1993)
Lois and Clark are interrogated by supposed government agents about the new Superman. After later learning the men were bogus agents, Lois and Clark's investigation lead them to a warehouse where Clark finds the stolen remains of his kryptonian rocketship. The warehouse has been kept by a now rogue agency named Bureau 39 led by Jason Trask (Terence Knox). After escaping from an abduction by Trask, Lois and Clark later find the warehouse empty.

3) Neverending Battle (October 3, 1993)
Note: this episode was aired after Strange Visitor, but is the second episode of the storyline.
Clark gets an apartment. After Lex Luthor endangers the public to test Superman's abilities, Clark briefly considers not being Superman. After Lois has stolen a story from Clark, he pulls a practical joke on her involving a phony map to the buried remains of Superman's rocketship.

4) I'm Looking Through You (October 10, 1993)
After Metropolis celebrates Superman Day, Clark worries about what people think of Clark Kent. Lois and Clark help an inventor, Alan Morris (Leslie Jordan), who has invented a suit that makes the wearer invisible. A crook has stolen some of the invisibility suits and it's up to Superman to catch the gang at the Metropolis Gold Repository.

5) Requiem For a Super Hero (October 17, 1993)
Lois and Clark uncover a plot to use Lois' estranged father, Dr. Sam Lane, to surgically alter a group of boxers using implants. The plan is secretly financed by Lex Luthor. In this episode, Perry decides Lois and Clark should be a reporting team.

6) I've Got a Crush on You (October 24, 1993)
Lois and Clark are rivals during an undercover investigation, at a bar run by the Metro gang, about a series of arson attacks done by The Toasters in Metropolis' West River district.

7) Smart Kids (October 31, 1993)
At the Beckworth State School, Dr. Carlton has been using the resident orphans to research a drug that temporarily boosts IQ. The research is secretly funded by Lex Luthor. A group of orphans runaway and try to get more of the drug by threatening Metropolis and then Luthor, before Superman talks to their leader.

8) The Green, Green Glow of Home (November 14, 1993)
Wayne Irig, a neighbor of the Kents in Smallville, tells them he has found a mysterious green rock and that after having it tested government agents questioned him. Perry assigns Lois and Clark to investigate, after hearing the story. They go to Smallville where Lois meets Clark's parents. After Pa shows Clark the rock, Clark is ill and weak for several hours. An EPA investigator is being used by Trask and Bureau 39. Trask believes the rock is from Krypton and will be dangerous to Superman, so he wants to find it. At a climatic confrontation with Clark at the Kent farm, after learning Clark is Superman and again exposing him to the rock, Trask is shot by the sheriff after pulling a gun on Clark. Later, Clark dubs the now shattered rock, kryptonite.

9) The Man of Steel Bars (November 21, 1993)
When a heatwave hits Metropolis in November, and a scientist claims the heatwave on Superman using his powers, an injunction is placed on him to stop using his powers. When Superman uses his powers to stop an escaping criminal, he is arrested temporarily. After using his powers to save a train causes more heat, Clark decides to stop being Superman and to leave Metropolis. Lois discovers the heat is caused by a nuclear power plant owned by Luthor. Superman saves the city when a leak at the plant threatens disaster.

10) Pheromone, My Lovely (November 28, 1993)
After being spurned by Lex Luthor, a scientist Miranda (Morgan Fairchild) sprays a new perfume (Exclusive) at the Daily Planet that causes the staff to act out their romantic desires. This causes Lois to reveal her attraction to Clark. Later, Miranda sprays Luthor which causes him to reveal his love to Lois at a dinner. Finally, as revenge Miranda plans to spray Metropolis with an undiluted spray, and Lex has to warn Superman to stop her.

11) Honeymoon in Metropolis (December 12, 1993)
Lois and Clark spend time together in a honeymoon suite as part of a stakeout where they uncover a plot to sabotage a test of a new defense system developed by one of Luthor's companies. Superman saves the day when the sabotage causes a tidal wave.

12) All Shook Up (January 2, 1994)
At a news conference, a recent eclipse is revealed to have been caused by an approaching asteroid dubbed Nightfall. The asteroid's path will collide with the Earth. Superman flies off and collides with it apparently destroying it. The explosion stuns Superman who crashes in Metropolis's Suicide Slum area, and is later found as Clark Kent with amnesia by the police. Lois and later Ma and Pa Kent work to restore his memory. While trying to help Clark, Lois again admits she is growing close to Clark. Finally, Superman recovers just in time to stop a remaining fragment of Nightfall from hitting the Earth.

13) Witness (January 9, 1994)
After Lois witnesses a disguised hitman kill Dr. Vincent Winninger, Clark acts as a bodyguard while they investigate, uncovering a plot to strip mine a Brazillian forest for rich mineral deposits. Dr. Winninger had discovered the deposits when discovering a plant that could be used to increase male virility.

14) Illusions of Grandeur (January 23, 1994)
Someone is kidnapping the children of rich people for ransom. Lois and Clark investigate suspecting an illusionist Darren Romick (Penn Jillette) who uses hypnosis. During an attempt to recover a child, the villain manages to hypnotize Superman. Eventually the villain is revealed to be the illusionist's assistant Constance, and Superman manages to shake off her hypnosis and stop a sattelite from broadcasting her hypnotic Magic Channel.

15) The Ides of Metropolis (February 6, 1994)
Lois aided by a skeptical Clark prove that Eugene Latterman, a computer programmer accused of killing Henry Harrison because Eugene was having an affair with Harrison's wife, is innocent. They eventually learn Harrison is still alive and framed Eugene, so that Harrison could safely release a computer virus (the Ides of Metropolis) to disrupt computers worldwide.

16) Foundling (February 20, 1994)
One night Clark awakens in his apartment and experiences a message from a globe he found with the remains of his kryptonian rocketship (from Strange Visitor). The message is from his biological father Jor-El (David Warner) and is the first of five. But before any more messages occur, the next day Clark returns to his apartment and finds someone has broken in and stolen stuff, including the globe. The thief is a boy named Jack, who when triggering a partial message decides the globe must be valuable, and eventually sells it to someone. The person is Nigel, Luthor's assistant. Luthor plans to keep the globe in a hidden museum and triggers further messages and so learns of Superman's alien origins. Lois and Clark track down Jack and his brother, and Clark learns Jack has sold the globe. Luthor has Jack's brother (Denny) kidnapped to learn where the globe came from. Superman eventually saves Denny at Luthor's museum and gets the globe back, but is unaware the museum is Luthor's. Now both Clark and Luthor know of Superman's alien origins. Jack gets a job at the Daily Planet.

17) The Rival (February 27, 1994)
The Daily Planet's rival the Metropolis Star is regularly scooping the Planet. Clark goes undercover working at the Star and working with Linda King, a former college friend of Lois, uncovers a plot by the Star's publisher Preston Carpenter (Dean Stockwell) to create news stories which his reporters can scoop so that he can become a media mogul (inspired by the movie Citizen Kane). Lois is jealous of King being with Clark, especially when at first she doesnt know why Clark is working with King.

18)Vatman (March 13, 1994)
Clark discovers an imposter Superman is helping people around the world. As Superman, Clark confronts the impostor who flies off eluding Superman. The impostor goes to his "father" Lex Luthor. Luthor has hired Dr. Leak, a clone researcher, to clone Superman using a stolen hair sample. Luthor trains the impostor to think Superman is the enemy. When Dr. Leak tells Luthor the clone is dying, Luthor has the clone kidnap Lois to lure Superman into a final confrontation. But the clone is attracted to Lois, and after fighting with Superman is convinced Superman is not his enemy. Knowing he is dying the clone goes to Luthor and gets the hair sample, then persuades Superman to take him to the sun to die.

19) Fly Hard (March 27, 1994)
On a weekend night at the Daily Planet, Clark, Jack, Perry and Jimmy are working. Lois arrives with Luthor, who she will be going out with on a date. While Jimmy is at a supply room, a gang storm into the office and hold the group at gunpoint. It turns out the gang are working for a night watchman at the Daily Planet, who is really Bill Roberson. Roberson years ago was betrayed by gangster Dragon Eddie, who had hidden a vault in the building. The gang's leader betrays Roberson. Eventually, Clark gets an opportunity to stop the gang without revealing he is Superman.

20) Barbarians At the Planet (May 1, 1994)
On board one of Luthor's jets, Luthor proposes to Lois, but she puts off deciding whether to accept. Luthor gets a phone call from someone who has somehow arranged a theft of a piece of kryptonite. The next day at the Daily Planet, the staff learns the newspaper being in financial trouble has been bought out by Luthor. Lois defends Luthor's reputation and reveals he has proposed to her. Luthor demotes Perry, Jimmy, and Jack. After Jack insults Luthor, Luthor arranges to frame Jack by having evidence linked to him when a planted explosive causes a fire in the building. Because of the fire, Luthor shuts down the newspaper, and Perry decides to retire. Lois starts working at a tv network owned by Luthor, where Clark tells her he loves her. She replies she loves him as a friend. Luthor obtains the kryptonite and has the supplier killed. After another argument about Luthor with Clark, Lois talks with Luthor at his home, and accepts his proposal. Superman secretly observing them flies off distressed.

21) The House of Luthor (May 8, 1994)
Clark, Perry, Jimmy, and Jack (who has escaped custody) begin investigating how Jack was framed and the Daily Planet's sale. Luthor's new assistant arranges a test at a bank to verify the purchased kryptonite is genuine. Meanwhile, Lois is having doubts about getting married and missing her old friends. Lois asks Clark to attend the wedding but he declines, and suggests she check into what insurance Luthor had for the Planet. Luthor later arranges Superman to meet with him, and in a basement drops a cage trap including kryptonite on Superman. Meanwhile, Perry, Jimmy, and Jack now have evidence that Luthor had a large insurance policy on the Planet building, and how Jack was framed. When Clark doesn't show up, Perry talks to financier Franklin Stern (James Earl Jones) about buying the Daily Planet. Lois is having growing doubts and at the wedding ceremony declines to marry Luthor. Then Perry and the police arrive with an arrest warrant. Lex manages to escape and goes to the basement and finds Superman missing, having managed to recently escape. Luthor then flees to his penthouse where he apparently commits suicide leaping from his terrace. Clark, now outside with Lois, is too weak to catch Luthor. Later, newspaper headlines say Luthor's body is missing. Later, Lois and Clark talk about their relationship, and Clark lies telling Lois he wants them to be just friends.

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[From the sounds of this guide, these are the episodes that interest me most:

(Pilot, 2, 3) 5, 6 (Does Lois sing in this one?), 8, 9, 10, 12, 16, 18, 20 and 21.]

Suggestions? Thoughts? Fond Memories?

[RKillian]

As someone who's made this mistake before, I can off only two words of advice:

Get everything.

You never know when your tastes will change or you'll discover an episode nobody told you about, and you'll kick yourself over and over for missing it. The extra $2.99 for the tape and any bad encounters you have with your parents will pale in comparison.

[M'ral]

All I can say is that it's great to find another Lois and Clark fan! This show has been maligned and mudslung so often, I thought of it as a guilty pleasure until yesterday morning, when I saw the pilot again for the first time since its premiere in 1993. It was just so good, so utterly enjoyable, I fell in love with the series all over again.

I'm with RKillian on this...if at all possible, get everything. Even the fluff episodes had great moments. But if you have to pick and choose, unfortunately I can't help you much...I was pretty young when the show originally aired, and I don't remember a lot of the first season. I do remember The Green, Green Glow of Home and The Man of Steel Bars, though...they were great, definitely worth taping. I don't know about Lois singing (the only time I remember her singing was much later when Lex wiped her memory and made her act out her romance novel), but if I remember correctly, Pheromone, My Lovely was the one when she put on that blue gauzy harem outfit and tried to seduce Clark--that scene alone made the episode worth taping, it was so hilarious! Most of the other episodes I remember were from much later in the series, and not all of them were stellar, though I would recommend Swear to God, This Time We're Not Kidding! (Lois and Clark finally got married) and Don't Tug on Superman's Cape (Not an Earth-shattering, can't miss episode, but a personal favorite...Lois and Clark, whose wedding is drawing near, both experience nightmarish flashes of married life {styled after such classic TV shows and movies as I Love Lucy, James Bond, and Dragnet} as they investigate filthy rich and supremely lovey-dovey couple Tim and Amber Lake {played by guest star Jonathan Frakes and his real-life wife whose name I've temporarily forgotten}). Never on Sunday was interesting, too, and brought a very cool magic element to the show. Ordinary People, in which Lois and Clark are drawn into a trap by rich and reclusive Spencer Spencer, was a dog...I wouldn't reccommend that one, despite some very sweet romantic scenes with Lois and Clark. Sorry, that's all the episodes I really remember.

One more thing, and I hope you'll forgive me for saying it...your mom is nuts! I'm not sure if you can do this with satellite TV (I have cable), but is there a way you could put another VCR in your room or something, where your mom can't stop you from recording your shows? If you can't get them yourself, you could probably find somebody else who's recording them who'd be willing to send you copies (heck, I'd be willing to do it if you want, but progress is going to be slow as I've only just started taping this run). It's just so sad that you can only get "the best" of the series--like I said, even the fluff episodes had moments that made them great.

[The Penguin]

I totally agree that if you can get them all DB that is definately the way to go. I have actually thought about doing it a few times myself, never actually done it though.

If you absolutely cannot though, I came up with a couple other ones for you. The ones you currently have bolded btw I think are all great calls.

Honeymoon in Metropolis
As I recall there is a lot of great tension between Lois and Clark in this episode and lays some of the groundwork for these two being attracted to each other, but neither one willing to admit it to the other one.

Illusions of Grandeur
Maybe it's just because I like Penn (of Penn & Teller) but some of the magic aspects of this episode are kind of cool. Sure you can argue all day long about Superman getting hypnotized, but I still like this one.

Fly Hard
I suppose if you look at this critically the flashbacks using Lois, Clark, Lex and some of the others is a bit much, but I really enjoy the scenes with everyone being held captive in the Planet office though. You don't often get all the characters (well except for Cat Grant) together like that and it's cool seeing them interact and how Luthor behaves in this situation. Plus Star Trek: Voyager's Commander Chakotay is the bad guy! How can you go wrong with that?


Seriously though DB, get them all if you can, but think about these others if you can't and be sure to hit us up for ideas when season 2 starts (unless you tape them all).

[M'ral]

ARGH!! I missed today's episodes! My usually extremely reliable VCR decided to go bonkers the one day I forgot to set my alarm clock! Damn it, Damn it, DAMN IT!!!

...

Sorry about that.

[Steven C]

Disneyboy - i got a suggestion for you.

Even though my parents could have cared less if I used the VCR or not, I still had my own TV/VCR but didnt have cable in my room. Actually cable was only downstairs (I was 16 at the time, now Im 27) but w/ the help of 3 friends we spliced the cable and ran the wires inside the walls to my house (tri level house) and ran it upstairs to my room. It was well worth it. Cable TV late night used to be good.

Actually my parents found out and had us splice it again and hook it up in my bro's and their room.

[Meow]

I'm a Lois and Clark fan too! I'm glad to see that I'm not the only person on this board who likes that show. It does seem to get bashed quite a bit. Yes, it can be a bit cheesy at times, but overall I think it's still a very enjoyable show. I actually got into it fairly recently. (during it's run on TNT) I have almost all the episodes on tape. I wish they'd release the show on DVD...but I think it's safe to say that's not gonna happen.

I honestly don't know what on earth is wrong with your parents. Are they opposed to buying DVDs or VHS tapes of movies as well?

[Russkafin]

DisneyBoy, the entire first season of Lois and Clark rocks, man. It was like the show could do no wrong. There was some kind of magic in the air during that whole first year, I love every single episode. The rest of the series was often hit-or-miss, but the first season totally got it right. What did you think of the Pilot??

Just wait 'til you see Barbarians at the Planet and House of Luthor... I envy you man, I wish I was just seeing those episodes for the first time.

Oh yeah - And am I the only one who thought Mike Landes was a way better Jimmy Olsen than Justin Whalen??

[M'ral]

Originally Posted by Russkafin

Oh yeah - And am I the only one who thought Mike Landes was a way better Jimmy Olsen than Justin Whalen??

I didn't used to think so, but now that I'm getting to see the first season again, I'm beginning to think you're right. When I was a kid I loved Justin Whalen, but after seeing an early episode the other day (Was it the Pilot? I'm not sure...lousy memory) when Perry was having Jimmy doing all these stupid things like run for doughnuts and fix his foot massager, I had to change my mind about Landes. He was so good...he played up Jimmy's indignation and frustration just enough that I could feel the tension, but he never overplayed it, and when he finally exploded, it was just as I imagined how Jimmy Olsen would react: still terrified of confronting the Chief, but pushed well beyond his boiling point. I just can't remember Whalen ever handling a scene so carefully, let alone playing an entire episode teetering on the edge. Like I said, I don't remember that much, and I may change my mind again as the series progresses and I get to see Whalen again, but in the few later episodes I do have on tape, Whalen's performance seemed a little flat.

[DisneyBoy]

WOW!


I'm really surprised by all the pleasant feedback...I thought for sure that this thread would get lost in the back pages within minutes!

Yes, I too, am a huge fan of Lois and Clark, and sadly taping the entire first season is now not going to happen, as I've already missed yesterday's two (my mom was sleeping downstairs, by the tv, so there was no way for me to record without her noticing). Oddly enough, as I type this, she just walked by and, thinking that I was taping L+C at the same time, asked me when I'd have time to watch it...Is she OK with me taping or not? (Sigh) Parents....

Anyway, I was so completely thrilled to see the pilot! When it premiered, I was sent to bed (I had an early curfew) and always wondered exactly what I'd missed, especially since all of my pals were buzzing about it the next day. I was really pleased with the handling of all the characters, from the honest, determined and sweet Clark (who cared enough to listen to that poor actress as her theatre was being torn down, and then write a real story about it), to the frantic, lonely and one-track minded Lois (whose reactions to both Clark and Lex proved interesting). I was surprised that Terry Hatcher could "cry" for beans though. In the later episodes, I think she got better at it.

And I must agree about everyone's comments regarding the two Jimmy's. Landes portrays a much more mature character than Whalin ever did. I never expected that the first actor could bring so much more to the character. Kinda makes you wonder why he was replaced. I will say this for Whalin, though - visually, he blended better with the cast. He looked more like a kid...I suspect Landes would have out-grown the part too quickly. When he and Dean are next to each other they look like brothers.

And here's a head scratcher: Where does Kat Grant go? I know she isn't on later seasons...does she have a "final" episode? And at what point does Nigel (Tony Jay) officially become Luthor's right-hand man? Presently, some Indian dude is always by his side....And while I'm asking questions, who is the dope they hired to play Lois' father? He had no impact on me whatsoever...glad to know he'll be replaced by a better actor...when exactly does that happen?

Technically speaking, Russkafin, I did see the some of these episodes via reruns ages ago, but all I can remember is bits and pieces (Drugged Lois flirting with Clark...Lex taking a plunge from his penthouse), so I guess in a way I am seeing these again for the first time.

I've watched all the episodes, thus far, except the one with the Kid Geniuses, since it's on now and sounded really hokey. There have been so many nice touches...in the pilot, you can see clear links to the comics history (in which Clark first publically used his powers to save a space-plane that Lois was on) to even S:TAS (the final rooftop Lex/Superman chat). And the best part was how the writers continued to build on the "Superman is New in Town" thread throughout the first few episodes. It seemed to have ended, however, in yesterday's "I'm Looking Through You", which was vastly superior to "Requiem" (I didn't tape either of them). This is such a thrill! I can see Lois and Clark - YAY!


So, to keep you all afloat, this is what I've got taped thus far:

Pilot, Neverending Battle, Strange Visitor and I've Got a Crush on You. I don't think L+C will air tomorrow, so I'll have to wait until next week to see the kryptonite episode. If they replay the series again on TNT, I'll do my best to fill in the blanks in my collection. And you bet I'll be asking for Season Two suggestions, Pengy!

Ciao!

[peterparker05]

A comprehensive Episode Guide can be found for Lois and Clark at the Showguide on www.tvguide.com, as well as episode guides for many other series. Enjoy!

[DisneyBoy]

A random thought just crossed my mind, and I thought I'd post it. I've certainly done my share of complaining about things which are unnavailable to me. I want you guys to know that I didn't start this thread to rub in the fact that I can see reruns of something many can't...

...although, to be honest, I don't really know how many people catch TNT, but nonetheless...

...I hope we do get this series on DVD (wasn't there a recent rumour that the WB was considering it, in order to capitalize on Smallville popularity?) and soon.

Oh...and one more question. I'm six episodes + the pilot into the first season, and Lois' sister, Lucy has seemingly vanished. Does she pop back up again in season one, or at least get some mention? I hate it when shows just drop characters without a single mention.

(glances to the left)

And what's this?



MMMM. Me Likes!!!

Oh and thanks for that link. I guess it just disappoints me when I can find reviews for other shows like the ones at World's Finest. They're so thorough, here.

[The Penguin]

Originally Posted by DisneyBoy

Oh...and one more question. I'm six episodes + the pilot into the first season, and Lois' sister, Lucy has seemingly vanished. Does she pop back up again in season one, or at least get some mention? I hate it when shows just drop characters without a single mention.

I think her name might pop up again, but Lucy pretty much disappears if I remember correctly.

[M'ral]

Originally Posted by The Penguin

I think her name might pop up again, but Lucy pretty much disappears if I remember correctly.

I know Lucy was in the episode with Metallo...Corbin was her no-good bum of a boyfriend. I think that was season two...I'll have to check the episode guide to make sure. Other than that, I don't know what happened to her.

[Nightwing]

Originally Posted by DisneyBoy

A random thought just crossed my mind, and I thought I'd post it. I've certainly done my share of complaining about things which are unnavailable to me. I want you guys to know that I didn't start this thread to rub in the fact that I can see reruns of something many can't...

Nonsense. You're just appreciating something that you wanted to enjoy but couldn't before, and are able to now. Nothing bad about that, in my opinion, just so long as your happy. And we all get babbly and goofy when we're enthused about something. Ask any 6 year old who's really really really into Yu Gi Oh, to site my most recent example (oh god please kill me, I have to go away to South Dakota for a wedding on the last weekend of September and he's going to be there!! That's why I bought a Gameboy Advance SP though, it will be my only weapon against the evil boredom, and ducking from HIM).

Ahem! Anyway! Let me get straight to the point even though I want to babble a lot more. Get as much of the show down as you can. That is my opinion but I didn't think of how one's taste might change, like the other opinions in this thread have. MY reason was because you want as much of a particular season as you can get, because in one way or another it all connects. That way while watching you're always in the know. Besides, there were a few good episodes after the show went downhill (AKA Clark and Lois got together).

As for the other babble part I just wanted to include how much I was laughing when I read your first post, DB. Your parents would NOT like me. I tape lots of things, just to have them, like a few Angel season premiere's, the Smallville premiere and whatever else I may have taped because I might miss it, or because it's a big event. And since the start of July, I've decided to tape every single episode of the anime Trigun, on Adult Swim. I've been looking forever for a character who was as much like me as possible so I would have someone to relate to. It's been a thing of mine ten years in the running.

Anyway, the point is that the obsession level is high. I have all the tapes lined up, I've been taping it manually so I could cut out the commercials, and in the beginning of every tape I'll include the 30 second Adult Swim promotion of the show, as kind of an intro. I also made and printed out my own tape labels in Photoshop.

I'm sorry your folks feel that way but I'm sure they have their valid reasons. In fact I'd say you both do, since two different sides of one issue almost always do. Anyway, Enjoy Lois & Clark!! I hope to catch up with the reruns myself sometime around.

[justicefan61]

I'm a big fan of anything to do with Superman. Lois and Clark was great as a different take on the Superman universe. I would like to see it on DVD and any other Superman series like the old Superman series from the Fifties and even the eighties Superboy show that came out after the superman movies. Smallville is the current series and since it's out on DVD ,we may see some older series like "lois and Clark" .

[Russkafin]

To answer a few questions...

-Lucy does pretty much disappear after the first few episodes. She returns in the season two episode "Metallo," albiet played by a different actress. She is occasionally mentioned after that, but never seen again.

-Lois's parents go through cast changes as well. Her dad appears in Requiem For A Superhero, and her mom appears in The House of Luthor (played by former TV Lois Phyllis Coates). By the time her parents become semi-regular guest stars in the third season, both are replaced with different actors.

-Tracy Scoggins' (Cat Grant) contract ran out at the end of the first season, and she chose not to come back. They were going to explain her departure by having Cat run off with her ex-husband in the season finale, but Scoggins' contract technically ran out with Fly Hard for some reason. Fly Hard is her final episode, though I believe she is seen in a photograph in either Barbarians at the Planet or House of Luthor. No explanation is given and no mention of her is made again.

-No official reason has ever really been given for the change from Landes to Whalen. Some people say it was because they wanted to "hip up" the character, other say it was because he and Dean Cain looked too much alike. (I personally still refer to Landes as "the real Jimmy" and Whalen as "the fake Jimmy").

-Nigel first appears in Neverending Battle. There is no definitive point where he officially becomes Lex's right hand man, it sort of happens gradually, though he plays a very prominant role in The Foundling and in the two-part season finale.

[DisneyBoy]

Thanks so much for the info, Russkafin. Neat little tidbits like that make the viewing experience much more enjoyable. And Nightwing, I really wish my parents could meet you, just so that they'd rethink their stance on this....especially after what happened this morning...



...Brace yourselves....


I went down to the tv five minutes before the start of "The Green, Green Glow of Home"...only to find my mother half-asleep on the couch. Oy. She mumbled that she didn't want me to use the tv, but I told her I could pop a tape in, start recording and then shut off the screen, so she could sleep in peace, and I could get to see my program.



We've probably been in this situation a million times before, but...and I don't know quite why...I thought it might go differently this time. She sat up, fully awake and completely furious to order me not to touch the television or VCR. I had already found the right channel, so I pressed record and turned off the tv, turning to her. I'm honestly fed up with their "rule": DisneyBoy isn't allowed to record - ever! Yes, I was defiant, I suppose, but I didn't get upset, thankfully. She, on the other hand, raged towards me and the set, unplugged everything from the nearest outlet (the lamp, Tv, Satellite Box, VCR and phone) and started yelling that I wasn't allowed to videotape anything, and that she'd cancel the satellite, etc...



...and then my barely-awake father came down to hear what the noise was all about. My mother told him that I had tried to tape, and he repeated it to me (along with some other words) and left for his morning cup of coffee.

So there I sat, frustrated that even though I have a job, bought my own cassette and knew I wasn't "obsessed" with anything, my parents wouldn't let me record anything on the VCR.

How completely absurd.

I realize they have their reasons, just as I have mine, but the worst part is that this has been going on for years. What do I have to do - buy my own TV, VCR and Satellite dish in order to tape this show? Or Anything for that matter? I love me parents, but they treat me like like an ex-mental patient, incapable of discerning the "real-world" from Disney World.

Maybe I should have posted this in the Cafe....and you can go there to read my bizarre recounting of the events surrounding my first job...but for the moment being, I remain utterly and overwhelmingly frustrated.

Thank goodness for my sister's tv, or I wouldn't be able to see the show at all. Then again...after what's happened, they may try to block the channel...



Yes. I'm mad. And tired. And ....arggggg......

[Russkafin]

Wow. I'm a little scared of your mom right now, DB.

Do any of your friends get the same Satellite channels? Maybe you could pay off a buddy to tape the shows for you in secret.

Flash forward to DB and a shadowy figure meeting on a street corner.

"You got the money?"

"Yeah, I got the money, you got the stuff?"

Anyways, why was I posting again? Oh yeah...

There is a really great episode guide for the whole series at http://www.kryptonsite.com/loisclark/ ...Yes, our same friends at Kryptonsite that give us all the dirt on Smallville nowadays! It started out as a Lois & Clark fanclub, don't ya know!

[Patrick Bateman]

Dude, move out. A.S.A.P.