ORBzine - 2004 UK TV Review: "Lois and Clark: New Adventures of Superman"

Season 4

 67.   4- 1     465201     22 Sep 96   Lord of the Flys (1)
 68.   4- 2     465202     29 Sep 96   Battleground Earth (2)
 69.   4- 3     465203      6 Oct 96   Swear to God, This Time We're Not Kidding
 70.   4- 4     465204     13 Oct 96   Soul Mates
 71.   4- 5     465205     20 Oct 96   Brutal Youth

Lois and Clark: New Adventures of Superman [Season 4, Episode 6] The People vs. Lois Lane (1)
Shown 27 Oct 96
Shown 9th July 2007 [Monday]

Lois and Clark are settling into married boredom. Lois meets with an informant, and winds up getting framed for murder!

Alan Rachins [LA Law] is an embittered scientist who wants revenge on Lois.

 73.   4- 7     465207     10 Nov 96   Dead Lois Walking (2)
 74.   4- 8     465208     17 Nov 96   Bob and Carol and Lois and Clark
 75.   4- 9     465209     24 Nov 96   Ghosts
 76.   4-10     465210      8 Dec 96   Stop the Presses

Lois and Clark: New Adventures of Superman [Season 4, Episode 11] Twas The Night Before Myxlmas
Shown 15 Dec 96
Shown 16th July 2007 [Monday]

Mister Mixpizzle-whatever, a magical interdimensional elf, is in town. His powers allow him to defeat Superman at every move.

Luckily, the elf-sprite-fellow is just a trickster with a twisted sense of humour.

Lois and Clark: New Adventures of Superman [Season 4, Episode 12] Lethal Weapon
Shown 5 Jan 97
Shown 17th July 2007 [Tuesday]

Mr Gadget [John Spencer - West Wing] is released from jail. He wants to extort an unfeasibly large amount of money out of Metropolis City Council, but the only thing that can stop him (apart from the fact they don't have the money) is ... Superman! Luckily he has access to Red Kryptonite!

Perry White's Prodigal Son is in town. Jimmy Olsen is jealous, and investigates his rival.

Lois and Clark: New Adventures of Superman [Season 4, Episode 13] Sex, Lies and Videotape
Shown 19 Jan 97
Shown 18th July 2007 [Wednesday]

Lois and Clark are spotted canoodling by a reporter. Unfortunately Clark is dressed as Superman, and the reporter is a rival from a Tabloid. Soon, the Adultery is front-page news!

Superman refuses to deny the rumours, because technically he would be lying! Foreign Peace Envoys refuse to trust a man who might be sleeping with his friend's wife. The fact that Clark Kent doesn't seem to object in a purely private matter is ignored by all.

The Tabloid's owner is a murderous egomaniac who wants to become respectable and win an International Peace Award. With Superman smeared, the egomaniac offers his services as mediator in an international Peace negotiation. The villain's plan is laughably OTT, and the ending is a complete cop-out.

Lois and Clark: New Adventures of Superman [Season 4, Episode 14] Meet John Doe (1)
Shown 2 Mar 97
Shown 19th July 2007 [Thursday]

Tempus escapes from the Metropolis loonybin, and from custody of a TimeCop. He sets himself up as Presidential Candidate John Doe - lucky, since Metropolis seems to be Capital of the USA instead of Washington DC.

Tempus is an irritating villain, but his plan is oddly familiar. He uses a satellite network to broadcast a brainwashing signal to telephones ... An idea stolen by The Master

Lois and Clark: New Adventures of Superman [Season 4, Episode 15] Lois and Clarks (2)
Shown 9 Mar 97
Shown 20th July 2007 [Friday]

Lois is the only one who can resist Tempus' brainwashing. Until help arrives - HG Wells and the Alternate Universe's Superman.

Lois and Clark: New Adventures of Superman [Season 4, Episode 16] AKA Superman
Shown 16 Mar 97
Shown 23rd July 2007 [Monday]

Kristanna Loken uses a computer to determine who Superman's secret identity is. Jimmy Olsen is a 97% match, so she seduces him. This would have made more sense when the character was still played by Michael Landes, who was sometimes mistaken for Clark Kent's younger brother. And how come the computer ignored Clark Kent as a suspect?

Billionaire Dwight Schultz [ Babylon 5 ] wants to create world peace by putting an SDI-style superweapon in satellite. When he can't get NASA co-operation, he decides to blackmail Superman into helping.

Lois and Clark aren't getting any private time. 8 days without sex? Well, they went without it for 3 years before they got married and the Curse was lifted!

Lois and Clark: New Adventures of Superman [Season 4, Episode 17] Faster than a Speeding Vixen (1)
Shown 12 Apr 97
Shown 24th July 2007 [Tuesday]

There's a new superhero in town. Vixen, a somewhat butch spandex-clad blonde, who runs faster than Superman and can throw fireballs. She tends to use excessive force, though.

The Daily Planet has a new owner. Unfortunately some villains want to kill him ...

Lois and Clark: New Adventures of Superman [Season 4, Episode 18] Shadow of a Doubt (2)
Shown 19 Apr 97
Shown 25th July 2007 [Wednesday]

With Vixen out of the way, the villains decide to kill off everyone involved in making her. Their assassin is a shadow-man, who can pass through locked doors. Unfortunately he's allergic to direct light,

The Newspaper's new owner continues his manipulation of Lois and Clark.

The Villains are trying to rebuild LexCorp. They also want to obtain Lex Luthor's greatest prize: a tape which tells who Superman's secret identity is!

Lois and Clark: New Adventures of Superman [Season 4, Episode 19] Voice from the Past (3)
Shown 26 Apr 97
Shown 26th July 2007 [Thursday]

Lois and Clark face off against ... Lex Luthor's other son!

Lois and Clark: New Adventures of Superman [Season 4, Episode 20] I've Got You Under My Skin
Shown 31 May 97
Shown 27th July 2007 [Friday]

A small-time crook [Tim Thomerson - Trancers ] is on the run from a big-time Gangster. Yes, Superman STILL hasn't ended Organised Crime in Metropolis.

Thomerson's plan is to use a supernatural device to magically switch his soul with the Gangster's. Before that, of course, he'll have to switch with an intermediary - Clark Kent!

Lois and Clark: New Adventures of Superman [Season 4, Episode 21] Toy Story
Shown 7 Jun 97
Shown 30th July 2007 [Monday]

Orphaned kids are going missing, and Lois wants to track them down. It turns out that a toymaker who wants to be Peter Pan is behind the kidnappings. Doesn't this sound like a similar ep a couple of years ago?

Lois and Clark: New Adventures of Superman [Season 4, Episode 22] The Family Hour
Shown 14 Jun 97
Shown 31st July 2007 [Tuesday]

Clark's parents are in town, as always. Lois' parents pay a visit, too. Even though they're divorced and constantly arguing.

The villain realises he can't face Superman. However, when he discovers Clark's secret identity he then kidnaps both sets of parents!

ORBzine - Lois and Clark: New Adventures of Superman TV Review

Season 4

Lois and Clark: New Adventures of Superman