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The first season is a little too "risky" for my family tastes. This second season is a fun, easy going season with just enough "romance" to hook you. The "bad guys" are a little dorky, but it helps to make the show easy-going and relaxing. My kids just love it and I don't have worries about them watching something inappropriate for our standards.
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Wow! This show gets more and more ammazing every time I see it. My favorite episode is "Season's Greetings" I would've liked to see how Miachael Landes would've played Jimmy in some of these, but Justin Whalin does a great job too. I'm glad to see that Lois & Clark finaly get together in this season. I wonder what's in store for season three? I just hate when they leave you hanging at the end of a season like that! But, Superman is still the greatest!
Rating:  -
Warning: Spoilers in review!
Season Two was both very similar to Season One and very different. It was different in that the show underwent some very significant cast changes. It was same in that the romantic chemistry between Lois and Clark continued to be very much at the fore front. In fact, as in Season One, the major concern in the show was the progress of their romance.
Going into Season Two, ABC decided that the show needed more of a family slant. They therefore had the show remove Tracy Scoggins, who had played the ultra sensual Catherine 'Cat' Grant in Season One, from the cast. Her hypersexual mode of behavior and dress was seen as nonconducive to creating the proper family atmosphere. My own feeling is that her character was never successfully integrated into the show and therefore her absence was not a great loss. I was more troubled by the decision to replace Michael Landes as Jimmy Olsen. The reasoning was that Landes and Dean Cain were too similar as physical types. They didn't look exactly alike, but both were tall, lean, and dark-haired. They could plausibly have passed for brothers. Nonetheless, I liked Landes and the place he occupied in the first season. Justin Whalin, who was stockier, had lighter hair, a much fuller face, and seemed to be slightly shorter, replaced him. Under no circumstances could he have been mistaken for Dean Cain's brother. While I didn't feel that Landes's dismissal from the show was justified, Whalin also did a fine job as Olsen, though all in all I think the two did an equally good job in the role. The third major cast change was the departure of John Shea from the show as a full time cast member. Watchers of the show will recall that he died at the end of the Season One finale. He was brought back briefly in Season Two, sans hair, and made a few additional appearances in the show later. But for all practical purposes, Shea was gone. The threatening presence of Lex Luthor was replaced by the crime syndicate Intergang.
But the romance was the thing. The original model for LOIS AND CLARK was always the romantic comedies of classic Hollywood. The show owed more to the interplay between Nick and Nora Charles than to any superhero show. The previous TV show that most accurately captures its spirit was MOONLIGHTING. There is no question that Teri Hatcher and Dean Cain had tremendous onscreen chemistry. They were not merely a devastatingly gorgeous couple; they were a wonderfully fun to watch. The season saw a gradual alteration in their relationship. Season One had ended with Clark first declaring his love for Lois, only to have her reject it, only then to have her return his advances after he had decided that their being together was perhaps not a good idea. In Season Two, however, the heart, as Robert Frost put it, began to cloud the mind, and Clark eventually summoned up the courage to ask Lois out on a date, and Lois summoned up the courage to accept. Their romance saw a few bumps towards the end of the season, but Season Two ended with Clark on bended knee, an engagement ring in his hand, awaiting Lois's response to his proposal. The one truly irritating moment in the season was unquestionably the words "To be continued . . . " that concluded the finale.
As in Season One, the romance between Lois and Clark always too precedent over Superman's crime fighting adventures. Nonetheless, the individual crises were a bit more compelling this year. There were several compelling adventures. My favorite--and the romantic highlight of the year--was the episode "Tempus Fugitive," in which H. G. Wells in his time machine enables a criminal from the future to return in time to a point where he can undo Superman and prevent the future utopia that resulted from the union of Superman and Lois Lane. The criminal, Tempus, played with great gusto by Lane Davies, reveals to Lois just who Superman really is. Much of the episode deals with Lois's intense anger at Clark/Superman for not having been honest with her and asking him how she could ever come to trust him again. Meanwhile they frustrate Tempus in his goal of undoing Utopia and Wells returns them to their own time to the point at which they will not remember what had just happened, telling them that it wasn't yet the right time for Lois to learn about Clark (implying that there would come such a time in the future). The episode was so successful that both Wells and Tempus would make additional appearances on the show, Tempus several times.
So, the second season of the show came to an end, this time with the cliffhanger of what Lois was going to say to Clark. Makes you wish that the next set in the series was being released sooner rather than later, doesn't it?
Rating:  -
I love this show! I love the guest stars on it too. Jimmy Olson in this season was more of a cutty, then the last one. I had a problam with the red krypanight in the season. They said that the red one is for makeing superman eazy going, but really it make him do whatever he want to do. and where wes cat? I wanna see that (...) again.
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First of all, I myself fell in love with this show about three years ago watching it in reruns over one summer. I could not possibly be more excited that it is finally coming out on DVD.
That being said, it does have its flaws. I would be the first to admit that Dean Cain (though I love him and his character dearly) is not the most fantastic actor in the world. His lines and expressions occasionally seem forced, and he has this sort of stock gesture he makes with his hand that feels fake -- but despite all that, one can't help falling in love with his Clark. Once you get to know the character, you can ignore these minor details. And besides, of all of the various actors I know of who have ever played Superman, Dean Cain is the only one who (in my opinion) actually fits in both sides of the character. He makes sense as Superman, and he makes equal sense as Clark.
Also, granted, there is a note of cheesiness to the series -- but it's an intentional sort of cheesiness, really. The show pokes fun at itself and the genre from whence it springs simply by playing into the cliches and pointing out the general weirdness of the Superman universe. Yet, despite the cheesiness of the plotlines, the characters and their relationships are treated with sincerity.
Teri Hatcher's performance is impeccable, and she and Cain balance each other out perfectly. The mild feminist undertones (mainly with respect to Lois's character) and the emphasis on the fact that Clark is the real character and Superman is the alter ego (which, to me, is one of the most interesting aspects of all Superman lore -- Clark's dilemma) combine to make this the only Superman series I genuinely like (much less love...). In general, the show contains a wonderful assortment of humor and heart, and I would reccommend it to any and all that I see.
(P.S. Though I have to say, the third season is easily my favorite...)
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