Since the very first episode aired on the CW, I have loved Superman & Lois. Coming off of what I thought was a poor portrayal of Superman in the DCEU, having this character played in such a terrific way made me so happy.

Starting a Superman show with Lois and Clark having two teenage sons was a huge risk, but it definitely paid off. While the second season is a slight dip from the other three, this was hands down the best superhero show on the CW.

Tyler Hoechlin as Clark and Bitsy Tulloch as Lois was perfect casting. The two were outstanding and everything that they crushed this year.

The key to a great Superman is having a great Clark Kent. If you don’t care about Clark, you won’t care about Superman. This show made you care about Clark. You cared about Lois. You cared about their sons Jordan and Jonathan. You cared about their family and friends and neighbors.

Going into the fourth season knowing that it was going to be their last let the riders go all out with telling the classic story of Superman versus Lex Luthor. Throwing in the wrinkle of the most comic-accurate looking Doomsday was just the icing on the cake for a fantastic final season to a great show.

I can’t recommend this show to you enough.

This was such a fun take on Lex Luthor.

I loved this portrayal of Lex Luthor. While at times he was more biker than businessman, it all made perfect sense.

This Lex was a tough guy. He spent decades in prison for a crime that he didn’t commit (even though he committed many crimes that were worthy of prison), and he held onto his grudge against Lois the entire time. You felt that in every performance. Every line dripped the barely controlled anger of a madman.

I really likes what they did here. Bravo.

I ugly-cried at the ending.

Lois getting cancer was hard. The show did what looked to me like an accurate portrayal of a woman going through cancer treatment. It was heartbreaking and hard to watch.

Then, in the epilogue, Clark reveals that her cancer came back, and it eventually killed her. I was ugly crying. That was so hard. Goodness.

Superman is about optimism.

The end of Clark’s final monologue sums up my feelings quite well.

“I came to this world alone. When I left it, I had so much, and it was all because of love. It’s the thing that makes life worth living. Do everything you can to find love. To give it. To hold onto it. Because life, it goes by so fast.”