Lois & Clark Forums Forums General Discussion Lois & Clark Season 2 Rewatch: Episode 5 - Church of Metropolis

Intergang is terrorizing a neighbourhood in Metropolis causing market prices in the area to plummet and Superman is unable to help after Lois, amongst others, are targeted. Lois discovers a connection between Mayson Drake and Bill Church, the man she suspects is the leader of Intergang, but has no proof. Meanwhile, Perry gives Jimmy relationship advice.

-First appearances of Farrah Forke as Mayson Drake and Peter Boyle as Bill Church.

-Favourite Quote
-Favourite Scene
-Fanfic reccomendations
-Plot bunnies to release

Quotes:
LOIS (seeing the chocolate torte): I guess I could move into my gym for a month.

LOIS: You’re entitled to losing your temper. I lose mine every…
CLARK: three or four minutes?

Clark makes an excuse before running off.
MAYSON: Does he do that a lot?
LOIS: Constantly.

LOIS (About Mayson): A little pushy maybe but she's obviously so desperate, who can blame her?

PERRY: Did you just save me from something?
SUPERMAN: Uh-huh.
PERRY: Do I want to know what?
SUPERMAN: Nah.

Perry: Think of love as a jungle river -- exotic but treacherous, beautiful but uncharted. Reach up to pick a mango off a tree, you're just as likely to get your arm ripped off by a jaguar. Now think of me as the guide who's been down that river many a time, who knows every rock, rapid and twist...

PERRY: Love is like a big casino. Flashing lights, free drinks and Wayne Newton. A lot to distract a player from what it's really all about: games of chance. Fate. Layin' your money down and hopin' luck's your lady that night. But sometimes when you roll them big dice at Casino love... you crap out.

Plot Bunnies:
What if Mayson learns about Superman impersonating a police officer and decides to prosecute him?

Details:
First (only) time Uncle Mike Lane shows up.
First appearance of Mayson Drake.
Lois has a mobile phone.
Daily Planet and Cost Mart are sponsoring a charity ball.
The “Southside” is named as a Metropolis neighborhood.
Clark uses another “generic errant” as an excuse.
Superman impersonates a police officer. That’s illegal.
Clark talks in the third person about himself and his problems.
Bill Church drives his own car.
The Charity Ball takes place at Chateau Roberge (the hotel from SL&V). It’s also where the Magic Club had its gala.

Mayson gets shirtless Clark when she visits and is pretty flummoxed.

Mayson explicitly asks Clark out, confirms it’s a date, Clark agrees, and she kisses him on the mouth with his active participation in the kiss. He can’t plead innocence in this.
MARTHA: Are you interested in Mayson?
CLARK: yes, I think so.

Lois asks Superman to dance after she got home from the charity ball. Superman takes Lois float-dancing.

Michael

I love the moment after the bombing when Clark rejoins Uncle Mike and Lois and has forgotten to put his glasses back on. I like it because it shows Clark as fallible in his disguise and it's not something we see that often. However, Baby Rage is looking in Clark's direction.... what if he figures out Clark's identity?

It's an interesting moment when Superman returns to Snell in the park and goes to pick him up again. Snell makes the remark "... you going to pick me up again?" and Superman doesn't. Clearly Superman is used to using his strength to intimidate criminals, and Snell disarms him by appearing unfazed.

When Clark answers the door with no shirt on... what if it had been Lois there? Also, Clark is clearly enjoying a flustered Mayson otherwise he would just stop and go get a shirt. I'm sure he's flattered as he's not getting much attention from someone else...

Impersonating an officer is illegal here, as is owning an authentic uniform. Memorabilia is ok, but only on display. The criminals Superman takes down then start saying it was a cop, what would the cops do? Would they put out an alert for someone impersonating an officer? Would Superman turn himself in?

What would happen if Lois blurted out to Clark that she'd seen him snogging Mayson?

Perry's advice to Jimmy is horrendous. Poor Jimmy.

Clark keeps shooting himself in the foot. He shows up as Superman when Lois is at home, still dressed up and it's not as though he can't hear music playing. What is Lois supposed to think when Superman float-dances with her and closes the window? How many months have passed since Superman stood in that same room and said he could never be in a relationship with her?

Turns out my comments are more plot bunnies than anything else

The introduction of Mayson. Oh boy! I don't know how they couldn't figure out that Snell & Church were working together. First & only introduction of Uncle Mike. I wish we would have seen him a few more times. So, it was believed that her dad & Uncle Mike were brothers, correct?