"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
Season two opens with the dust still settling in Smallville following the shocking outcome of the confrontation between Tal-Rho and Superman. Lois and Clark struggle as a couple while Chrissy adjusts to running The Smallville Gazette with Lois. Jonathan faces new challenges on the football field, and secrets threaten to destroy Jordan and Sarah's growing relationship. Meanwhile, Kyle grows concerned over Lana's involvement with a new mayoral candidate. Lastly, John Henry Irons and his daughter Natalie attempt to make this new Earth their home.[2]
Appearances
Characters
Protagonists
- DOD
- Smallville Gazette
- Henry Johnson (John Henry Irons)
- Natalie Johnson (Natalie Lane Irons)
- Smallville High School
- Lana Lang Cushing
- Kyle Cushing
Antagonists
- Bizarro
- Morgan Edge (mentioned)
Other Characters
- 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-33) (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
- 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-34) (mentioned)
- DOD
- Galaxy Holdings (mentioned)
- Lions (poster)
- Smallville Police Department (mentioned)
- Met Museum (mentioned)
- Smallville Community Bank
- Powered-Individuals School (mentioned)
- Supermen
- Karla's Kloset
- AmerTek Industries
Events
Species
- Humans
- Kryptonians
- Humans (UE-34)
- Kryptonian-Human Hybrids
- A.I.
- Metahumans
- Kryptonians (Bizarro World)
Objects and Concepts
- 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
- Undesignated Universe
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- Kansas
- Rice County
- Spruceburn Camp (mentioned)
- New York
- Metropolis
- Metropolis High School
- Met Museum (mentioned)
- Metropolis
- DOD Headquarters
- 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
- This episode opens directly after Last Sons of Krypton, with the later majority of the episode taking place three months later.
Gallery
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Superman's visions