"Lois and Clarks" - This is one of my favorite episodes, just because I like alt-Clark so much. We really find out a lot about him here, and how much he wants to find his own Lois.
Fred Willard is a hilarious President Garner, and I can't help but laugh at the way Lane Davies plays Tempus. Something about the way he says his lines just makes me laugh out loud.
WELLS
The power of the human spirit can't
be confined to one place or time.
It's everywhere.
TEMPUS
Oh, save that drivel for your
overrated novels.
Frankly, with regards to fanfics, I count a lot of the alt-Clark ones related to this episode, even if they're not technically about the events of the episode. Just a mention of alt-Clark searching for his alt-Lois (who we find was lost in the Congo), or hearing about his parents, who died in a car crash when he was ten years old, qualifies.
Caroline K tells us what happened when alt-Clark came home from the canon universe, in her poetic and Kerth-winning
Fly Away Home .
Various authors made posts on the boards in response to Alt-Clark, in
The Alt-Clark Letters .
Alt-Clark finds his Lois in Nan Smith's
How I Spent My Christmas Vacation , a fic up to Nan's usual quality. The best thing is that it's the first of a
series which tells us how our alt-heroes grow together. Another one of my favorite fics, where alt-Clark finds his Lois, is Kaylle's wonderful
In Dreams .
Fics where Tempus is a villain - ah, there are many and they are fun to read.
CC Aiken shows us canon Lois thrown into the alt-world, in
Through The Window . In fact, canon Lois actually marries alt-Clark. But what happens when alt-Lois shows up? And what about when canon Lois goes back to her own universe? Isn't it a little awkward to have been married to the counterpart of the man you're living with? What does he think about all that? Well, CC follows up with the excellent
And Back Again that tells us how both sets of Clarks and Loises deal with it.
In the third fic of her "Without A Superman" trilogy,
Without A Superman: Superman\'s Quest , alt-Clark finally finds his Lois. I like how ML works in canon L&C, alt-L&C, and alt-alt-L&C (here Clark is going by the name of "Charlie King".)
Speaking of fics where there are multiple versions of L&C's running around, don't miss Yvonne Connell's fine
Fear of Discovery 2 - Nowhere To Hide . It's part of a series that should not be missed.
And don't miss L's
Long, Strange Trip , where alt-Lois was taken by Tempus into a harsh world where Kal-El never left Krypton, and is a sadistic, domineering tyrant. How can Lois fall in love with alt-Clark when all her memories of the Kryptonian are horrible ones?
Virginia R. is probably the queen of alt-versions of characters in her saga,
Missing Lois . Canon Lois is pregnant and has to go hide out in the alt-dimension with alt-Clark protecting her. Virginia manages to work in canon Lois, alt-Lois, canon Clois, alt-Clois, and a few other versions of Lois! All I can do is quote Inspector Henderson in L's "Long Strange Trip" when faced with canon Lois and alt-Lois:
"But... two Lois Lanes," Henderson groaned. "Two? Won't this universe explode or something under the weight of both of these women?"
There are so many more good fics, I'm just scratching the surface. Everyone else, please make your recommendations.
In fact, I enjoyed most of President Garner's scenes.
. This is probably not an issue most people noticed, but having read a book specifically on the Amish and religious liberty I definitely had to grumble about it. John Doe goes after the Amish because they do not support him. The problem is, the Amish religiously object to voting. They do not vote, because it does not fit with their religious view. Beyond this, due to most polling being conducted on phone lines, they would generally not show up in polls. However as non-voters, those Amish who are willing to keep phones in their barns, even if they answered their phone, would say they are not planning to vote and would not get included in a poll.