Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

10 Best Episodes of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Season 1

A much more lavish version of the popular Superman television series which had first aired forty years earlier, Lois & Clark focused more on the Man of Steel's early adult years in Metropolis. With the unknowing help of Lois Lane, Clark Kent created Superman there in Metropolis after finding work at the world-famous Daily Planet newspaper, where he meets fellow reporter Lois Lane.

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Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - S1E20

#15 - Fly Hard (Season 1 - Episode 20)

A group of terrorists take Clark, Lois, Perry, Jimmy, Jack and Lex hostage in the Daily Planet and Clark is not able do anything with his Superman powers or the others will figure out his secret identity.

The episode was rated 7.61 from 51 votes.

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - S1E2

#14 - Pilot (2) (Season 1 - Episode 2)

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Clark Kent arrives in Metropolis and in his second try, he gets the job of reporter in the Daily Planet, one of the greatest newspapers in the world. In the work, he meets Perry White, Jimmy Olsen, Cat Grant and Lois Lane, a reporter with a strong genius, who doesn't like to work with partners. Perry send Lois and Clark to investigate alleged sabotage of the space program's Space Station Prometheus project. Lois and Clark also meet Lex Luthor, one of the world's richest and dangerous man. Lex is very impressed with Lois' beauty, but Clark feels that Lex is a person that they can't trust.

The episode was rated 7.69 from 55 votes.

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - S1E12

#13 - Honeymoon in Metropolis (Season 1 - Episode 12)

Lois and Clark go undercover as honeymooners to a Metropolis hotel in an attempt to find out about a possible conspiracy which seems to involve a powerful congressman. They also need to learn how to share their lives with someone.

The episode was rated 7.72 from 67 votes.

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - S1E21

#12 - Barbarians at the Planet (Season 1 - Episode 21)

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The Daily Planet is financially troubled and Lex buys the newspaper to get closer to Lois. After saving everyone's jobs, he makes some changes : Jack and Jimmy are now working downstairs in the printing of the newspaper, and hires a young just graduated man named Chip to be Perry's boss. Perry gets really mad and leaves the Planet. Lex puts a bomb in the Planet and the it explodes. He blames Jack, who gets arrested. Lex proposes to Lois, and Clark tells her he loves her, but she says that loves him too but only as a friend. When Lois ask if she and Superman have a chance to stay together, he says to Lois they can't stay together because she only loves him because he's Superman. Then, Lois accepts Lex's proposal.

The episode was rated 7.72 from 47 votes.

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - S1E17

#11 - Foundling (Season 1 - Episode 17)

The globe from Clark's spaceship begins to give him some information regarding his past, but the globe is stolen for two kids before he can learn much. Lex Luthor buys the globe from Jack and begins to learn something about Superman, but not too much.

The episode was rated 7.74 from 46 votes.

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - S1E3

#10 - Strange Visitor (from Another Planet) (Season 1 - Episode 3)

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Jason Trask, who works for the government, is obsessed with Superman and wants to study and kill him. He kidnaps Lois and Clark because he's sure that Superman has a connection with them. Clark begins to learn about Krypton when he finds the spaceship that brought him to earth.

The episode was rated 7.74 from 115 votes.

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - S1E11

#9 - Pheromone, My Lovely (Season 1 - Episode 11)

An ex-lover of Lex Luthor spreads a perfume in the Daily Planet and everybody begins to fall in love with each other. Lois falls for Clark, the only one who isn't affected by the perfume and he tries not to take advantage of her. Without the perfume effects, Lex tells Nigel that he is in love with Lois.

The episode was rated 7.79 from 53 votes.

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - S1E18

#8 - The Rival (Season 1 - Episode 18)

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A Lois' ex-colleague is working for another newspaper who is strangely getting the major news before the Daily Planet and Lois gets jealous when she shows interest on Clark.

The episode was rated 7.80 from 45 votes.

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - S1E10

#7 - The Man of Steel Bars (Season 1 - Episode 10)

Metropolis is hit with a strong heat wave in the middle of winter, and people believe that Superman is the cause. Lex Luthor is ultimately behind the heat and wants to see Superman gone. Clark decides to leave Metropolis, but Lois finds out that the Luthor nuclear plant is to blame.

The episode was rated 7.80 from 66 votes.

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - S1E13

#6 - All Shook Up (Season 1 - Episode 13)

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Superman needs to stop a giant asteroid from colliding with Earth, but when Superman collides with the asteroid, he gets amnesia. Clark goes at the Daily Planet with Lois, who is helping him with his ""new job"" and ""new friends"" that he can't remember. And Martha and Jonathan need to make Clark remember that he is Superman, otherwise, the ""still-alive"" asteroid will colide with the Earth.

The episode was rated 7.83 from 64 votes.

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - S1E19

#5 - Vatman (Season 1 - Episode 19)

Lex Luthor builds a clone of Superman, and teaches him to do what he wants, and what Lex wants is to destroy the real Superman.

The episode was rated 7.84 from 50 votes.

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - S1E9

#4 - The Green, Green Glow of Home (Season 1 - Episode 9)

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A friend of Jonathan and Martha has found a strange meteorite. Jason Trask is back and now he is in Smallville, looking for this meteorite that can destroy Superman. Lois and Clark go to Smallville to investigate the story and Clark introduces her to his parents.

The episode was rated 7.84 from 63 votes.

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - S1E4

#3 - Neverending Battle (Season 1 - Episode 4)

Lex Luthor develops several tests to see how strong Superman is. In the Daily Planet, Lois steals Clark's story about Superman. Clark moves into a new apartment.

The episode was rated 7.96 from 89 votes.

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - S1E22

#2 - The House of Luthor (Season 1 - Episode 22)

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Clark, Perry, Jack and Jimmy begin to search for the truth about the downfall of the Daily Planet. They are sure that Lex is guilty. Lex gets some Kryptonite, captures Superman, and locks him in a cage with Kryptonite bars. The wedding is about to start, but Lois has doubts about what she really wants to do. Lois realizes that Clark is the man she loves. When the Archbishop asks if she takes Lex as her husband, she says she can't, and at that moment Perry interrupts the wedding with Inspector Henderson and they tell Lex they know he is a criminal. Lex escapes, and goes to the room where Superman is trapped, but Superman has escaped. Lois walks out of the building crying, and hugs Clark (he just escaped from the cage). Lex throws himself off the top of his building, but Clark can't save him because he is weak from Kryptonite exposure. The Daily Planet is bought a by a rich man, who promises to make it better than ever. Before Lois can tell Clark she loves him, Clark says that he was lyi

The episode was rated 8.03 from 40 votes.

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - S1E1

#1 - Pilot (1) (Season 1 - Episode 1)

Clark Kent arrives in Metropolis and tries to get a job at the Daily Planet. The editor-in-chief, Perry White, is not impressed with his work from the Borneo Gazette, and therefore does not hire him. In his own time, Clark writes a story about an old theatre that is closing and Perry is blown away. He hires him on the spot. He is teamed up with with world-class journalist and egotist, Lois Lane to investigate a possible sabotage of the space program's Space Station Prometheus project.

The episode was rated 8.15 from 151 votes.

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