![]() "Sex is a big part of our marriage," she says firmly to Clark, dropping a line I've never seen in a comic book. ![]() Eventually, she explains that the double mastectomy she will have to undergo has left her wondering if she'll ever be interested in sex again. ![]() In one episode, called "The Dress," Lois wants to throw out a treasured garment Tyler Hoechlin's Clark Kent bought for her to attend a special event. And suddenly, a man who never gets ill and rarely feels pain has to try helping the person he loves most survive a life-threatening illness. You know, typical stuff for The CW's superhero series.īut this season, Elizabeth Tulloch's no-nonsense Lois Lane was diagnosed with cancer. They have two teenage sons in high school, and before the current season, they were negotiating sibling rivalry (one inherited dad's powers and the other didn't), dating and absent father issues while juggling world-threatening supervillains. The show centers on Superman/Clark Kent and Lois Lane as parents. And as the show airs its season finale Tuesday night, the series has given its superhero star a massive challenge - revealing the program's beating heart while turning him into an average guy with a battleship-size nemesis. I bring this up because Superman & Lois has offered one of the most compelling solutions to The Superman Paradox this year. But watching a regular guy tackle a superhuman problem - that's where really great stories are found. It's embodied in a passage I read many years ago from science fiction writer David Gerrold ( Star Trek's "The Trouble with Tribbles" episode), who once wrote - and I'm paraphrasing here: Watching a superhuman tackle problems isn't interesting, because, well, Superman always wins. When considering why I've fallen in love with The CW's series Superman & Lois, my thoughts turn to something I've started calling The Superman Paradox.
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