"What Lies Beneath"[1] is the first episode of the second season of Superman & Lois, and the sixteenth episode overall. It aired on January 11, 2022.
| “ | Lois, would you please just tell me what's bothering you? Is it the Natalie thing? Is it...? No! This is what is bothering me! That you left our 15-year-old son home alone to have sex. You're acting like I did something wrong. And you're acting like this isn't a big deal. |
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Synopsis[edit | hide | hide all]
Lois and Clark struggle as a couple; Chrissy adjusts to running The Smallville Gazette with Lois; Jonathan faces new challenges on the football team; secrets threaten to destroy Jordan and Sarah's growing relationship.[2]
Appearances[edit | hide]
Characters[edit | hide]
Protagonists[edit | hide]
- DOD
- Smallville Gazette
- Henry Johnson (John Henry Irons)
- Natalie Johnson (Natalie Lane Irons)
- Smallville High School
- Lana Lang-Cushing
- Kyle Cushing
Antagonists[edit | hide]
- Bizarro
- Morgan Edge (mentioned)
Other Characters[edit | hide]
- Lois Lane (mentioned)
- Perry White (mentioned)
- Smallville
- Victoria May (name seen)
- Sophie Cushing (mentioned)
- Michael
- Daniel Hart
- George Dean (mentioned)
- Ben Hubbard (mentioned)
- Jasper Townes
- Emily Phan
- Cobb Branden
- Aidy Manning
- Smallville High School
- Regan (mentioned)
- Annika (mentioned)
- Annika (UE-43) (mentioned)
- Sam Lane (mentioned)
- Captain Luthor's A.I.
- Lois Lane's Mother (mentioned)
- Lucy Lane (mentioned)
- Martha Kent (pictured)
- God (mentioned)
- Jessie Vance
Teams and Organizations[edit | hide]
- Empress (RV)
- Lark's (mentioned)
- Smallville High School
- Daily Planet (indirectly mentioned)
- Smallville Gazette
- Sequoia
- Mike & John's Barber Shop
- Pomono Hotel
- Victoria May's Diner
- Parker Bus Lines
- Spruceburn Camp (mentioned)
- WOAT or GOAT (mentioned)
- Twitter (mentioned)
- Metropolis High School
- Metropolis High School (UE-44) (mentioned)
- DOD
- Galaxy Holdings (mentioned)
- Lions (poster)
- Smallville Sheriff's Department (mentioned)
- Met Museum (mentioned)
- Smallville Community Bank
- Powered-Individuals School (mentioned)
- Supermen
- Karla's Kloset
- AmerTek Industries
Events[edit | hide]
Species[edit | hide]
- Humans
- Kryptonians
- Humans (UE-44)
- Kryptonian-Human Hybrids
- Artificial Intelligences
- Metahumans
- Kryptonians (Bizarro World)
Objects and Concepts[edit | hide]
- Clark Kent's Glasses
- METIT-101378
- Kent Farm Truck
- Auto-Drive RV
- The Little Things (name seen)
- The Unearthing (name seen)
- Superman Suit
- Steel War Suit (mentioned)
- ELTs
- Supermen Uniforms
- '78 Firebird
- Superman Suit
Locations[edit | hide]
- Undesignated Universe
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- Kansas
- Metropolis
- Metropolis High School
- Met Museum (mentioned)
- Rice County
- Spruceburn Camp (mentioned)
- Metropolis
- Virginia
- Kansas
- United States of America
- Sancerre (mentioned)
- North Korea (mentioned)
- North America
- Earth
- Undesignated Universe (mentioned)
- Earth (mentioned)
- Metropolis High School (mentioned)
- Earth (mentioned)
Notes[edit | hide]
- This episode opens directly after Last Sons of Krypton, with the later majority of the episode taking place three months later.
Gallery[edit | hide]
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Superman's visions
