Originally posted by VirginiaR:
Originally posted by John Lambert:
[b] Season 3 had quite a few Martha and Jonathan free episodes. "The Dad Who Came In From the Cold" comes to mind the fastest. It in some ways represents Clark moving out of his parents shadow. He is stressing a lot about being a parent, but he never turns to his own parents to ask questions about it. I don't think we get M&J show up in "Never on a Sunday" either.
That is one possible reading. However, I think the bigger reason is that once Lois knows CK=SM, she can advise him on issues that relate to this, so structurally he does not need M&J as much.
I don't think they ever actually went all the way between commercial breaks without showing Lois and Clark. Of course in Season 1 they had a bunch of scenes that were not really connected with the show, like the start of "Pheremone My Lovely" with Clark using his eyes to cook his eggs/Superman rushing in to save the recycling from going in the trash.
I hated those Public Service Announcements non-sequators. They were annoying. "Recycle" and "Bo Knows" especially.
I am not sure I ever watched all of "Bo Knows".
Although, maybe my view is a bit skewed. When I watch some episodes I skip through the Lois and Clark free parts. That is the parts with neither Lois nor Clark.
I often skip through the Lex only parts from S1. He has a tendency to monologue.
The last time I watched the Pilot I skipped most of the Lex parts.
Come to think of it I don't think M&J show up in "Ghosts", and I am not remembering anyone else showing up in "I Got You Under My Skin" but Lois and Clark, but I may need to think harder.
According to IMDb, only Lois and Clark show up for IGYUMS.
I re-watched it, and I was right. The whole thing is on Lois and Clark's day off, so it actually makes sense.
Do M&J show up at all in the Lex Jr. arc?
Also, I am pretty sure M&J don't show up in "Smart Kids". At least they are not listed in the script.
I think Clark consults them during Lex Jr., but Smart Kids could have done with a lot less kids.
I rewatched the Lex Jr. arc, and I think we see no M&J. In that arc Dr. Klein seems to be the go to for consultations.
CANON SUPERMAN: I came in and danced with her. We met daily to discuss my rescues. It was almost like dating. - Could explain why she fell for SM over CK, though.
Except in canon, even after SM comes and dances with Lois, she choses Clark over SM. Also, that is essentially what happens in "Fall of the House of Luthor".
Actually, in BatP Lois chooses SM over CK. In HoL, SM has already says no dice, so CK wins over SM.
But isn't dancing with Lois mainly a reference to "Church of Metropolis"'s ending. So in S2 we have SM again romancing Lois. Early in "Whine, Whine, Whine" we have Dr. Friskin confronting Lois on whether she has given up on her Superman romance fantasy or not. Which is sort of odd since Dr. Friskin knows how much Superman really, really wants Lois.
So "Whine, Whine, Whine" has Lois totally reject SM in favor of CK. Which I always figure makes his claim of proposing before he tells her because he wants to know she will love him for him pretty weak.
