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Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Season 1

1. Pilot (1)  

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9.1 Superb 5
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First aired: 9/12/1993    Production Code: 475512A

Clark Kent is a super guy who has travelled the world, but his biggest dream was to someday write for the Daily Planet, one of the greatest newspapers in the world. To do this, Clark travels to Metropolis, and, even though he was rejected at first, lands a job at the Daily Planet, where he meets a sexy but feisty reporter named Lois Lane. "Don't fall for me, farmboy," she says to Clark, but, alas, he already has. The episode's "villain plot" deals with a space program of which Lex Luthor would like to take control.

2. Pilot (2)  

Community Score

9.0 Superb 2
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First aired: 9/12/1993    Production Code: 475512B

Clark Kent is a super guy who has travelled the world, but his biggest dream was to someday write for the Daily Planet, one of the greatest newspapers in the world. To do this, Clark travels to Metropolis, and, even though he was rejected at first, lands a job at the Daily Planet, where he meets a sexy but feisty reporter named Lois Lane. "Don't fall for me, farmboy," she says to Clark, but, alas, he already has. The episode's "villain plot" deals with a space program of which Lex Luthor would like to take control.

3. Strange Visitor (From Another Planet)  

Community Score

8.6 Great 2
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First aired: 9/26/1993    Production Code: 455302

Lois and Clark are the targets of a government investigation whose primary concern is that Superman is a threat to national security, and Clark begins to learn about his heritage.

4. Neverending Battle  

Community Score

8.8 Great 2
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First aired: 10/3/1993    Production Code: 455301

Is Superman faster than a speeding bullet? Is he more powerful than a locomotive? Can he leap tall buildings in a single bound? Lex Luthor wants to know, so he makes his own "disasters" to determine the extent of Superman's abilities, and Clark learns exactly how far Lois will go in order to get a story.

5. I'm Looking Through You  

Community Score

8.3 Great 1
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First aired: 10/10/1993    Production Code: 455303

There's more than one invisible man in Metropolis. One who is doing bad deeds all around Metropolis, and one who's as close as the Daily Planet--who feels invisible to Lois Lane, who seems infatuated with his alter ego.

6. Requiem for a Superhero  

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7.9 Good 1
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First aired: 10/17/1993    Production Code: 455304

When several boxers appear to have powers far beyond those of mortal men, Lois and Clark investigate--only to discover that the man behind it all is Lois's estranged father, Dr. Sam Lane a legend in the world of sports medicine.

7. I've Got a Crush on You  

Community Score

8.8 Great 1
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First aired: 10/24/1993    Production Code: 455305

Lois and Clark go undercover at a nightclub to find out about a connection between the owners of the club and a group of arsonists called the "Toasters". Superman is able to put out the "Toasters" permanently.

8. Smart Kids  

Community Score

8.3 Great 1
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First aired: 10/31/1993    Production Code: 455306

A group of children, who were being given experimental drugs to increase their IQ escape their lab along with the drug, and begin causing problems to Metropolis. Clark is doubly worried by the children, because they tell him that they have figured out that he is Superman.

9. The Green, Green Glow of Home  

Community Score

9.1 Superb 3
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First aired: 11/14/1993    Production Code: 455307

A friend of Jonathan and Martha's finds a strange meteorite which draws Jason Trask to Smallville, searching for the meteorite in hopes that it can help him to destroy Superman. Lois and Clark go to Smallville to investigate the story and Clark introduces her to his parents.

10. The Man of Steel Bars  

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9.1 Superb 2
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First aired: 11/21/1993    Production Code: 455308

Metropolis is hit with a strong heat wave in the middle of winter, and people believe that Superman is the cause. Clark decides to leave Metropolis and gives a goodbye kiss to Lois.

11. Pheromone, My Lovely  

Community Score

8.9 Great 1
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First aired: 11/28/1993    Production Code: 455309

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.

12. Honeymoon in Metropolis  

Community Score

9.1 Superb 1
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First aired: 12/12/1993    Production Code: 455311

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.

13. All Shook Up  

Community Score

8.9 Great 3
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First aired: 1/2/1994    Production Code: 455312

Superman needs to stop a giant asteroid from colliding with Earth, but when Superman collides with the asteroid, he becomes amnesiac. 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 incoming asteroid will colide with the Earth.

14. Witness  

Community Score

8.6 Great
First aired: 1/9/1994    Production Code: 455310

Lois' life is in danger when she witnesses the murder of a scientist who was claiming to know the secret to increased male potency. Now, Clark and Perry need to protect her from the murderer Mr. Make-up and from the scientist's affair from the past : Barbara Trevino.

15. Illusions of Grandeur  

Community Score

8.4 Great
First aired: 1/23/1994    Production Code: 455313

Lois and Clark need to find out the truth about the kidnapping of rich children who are disappearing in a magic box. A magician hypnotizes Superman and Lois, whose life is now at risk.

16. The Ides of Metropolis  

Community Score

7.7 Good
First aired: 2/6/1994    Production Code: 455314

Lois helps a convicted murderer (but he is innocent) allowing him to stay at her house. He is the only one with the cure for a destructive new computer virus that is a menace for Metropolis. Jonathan worries that Martha might be having an affair and comes to Clark's apartment.

17. Foundling  

Community Score

8.9 Great 5
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First aired: 2/20/1994    Production Code: 455315

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.

18. The Rival  

Community Score

8.5 Great 1
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First aired: 2/27/1994    Production Code: 455316

One of Lois' former best friends is working for another newspaper who is strangely getting the major news before the Daily Planet and Lois gets jealous when she shows an interest in Clark.

19. Vatman  

Community Score

8.8 Great 2
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First aired: 3/13/1994    Production Code: 455317

Lex Luthor builds a clone of Superman, one who will do whatever Lex wants - which is to destroy the real Superman.

20. Fly Hard  

Community Score

8.6 Great 1
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First aired: 3/27/1994    Production Code: 455318

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.

21. Barbarians at the Planet (1)  

Community Score

9.3 Superb 1
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First aired: 5/1/1994    Production Code: 455319

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 room, and hires a young just graduated man named Chip to be Perry's boss. Perry gets really mad and leaves the Planet. Lex plants a bomb in the Planet which 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 asks 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.

22. The House of Luthor (2)  

Community Score

9.4 Superb 1
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First aired: 5/8/1994    Production Code: 455320

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 lying to Lois about being in love with her and that he would say anything to keep her away from Lex (but he was crossing his fingers behind his back).

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