"Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" The Rival (TV Episode 1994) Poster

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8/10
Teri Hatcher is a genius
JurijFedorov28 July 2023
Pretty fun episode that is 90% Lois Lane who is absolutely hysterically funny in all her scenes as the jealous journalist mad at her former friend who once stole her story and boyfriend. Honestly the best Lois Lane that ever will be by far. Way better than the Smallville Lois played by an actress who can't act to save her life or the dry and boring Lois in the Henry Cavill Superman movies. Clark meanwhile is more subdued here, but the mystery storyline focused on journalist work is pretty great. It could have used more runtime and a bigger budget. But frankly it's worth it for the comedy scenes alone and heavy focus on personalities.

We do notice the low budget and weird events. At many times it's extremely obvious Clark is Superman as Superman out of nowhere knows secret plans only Clark should know. And he appears the places Clark should have been at. It's quite childish and unfortunately instead of creating drama around this like in Smallville they just lazily ignore it which for a modern audience just doesn't cut it. We just need any explanation no matter what it is.
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8/10
"The Rival"
allmoviesfan15 February 2024
Warning: Spoilers
One episode after we learn more about Clark/Superman's origins, "The Rival" gives us some interesting nuggets about Lois Lane's formative years, and introduces us to a friend-turned-rival of hers, Linda King. Worse than just beating her to scoops and threatening the continued existence of The Daly Planet, Linda sets her sights on Clark.

The witty and sometimes very catty back-and-forth between Lois and the Metropolis Star journalist - they are the same person, just at different newspapers - is very well done. Some of the best acting of the season from Teri Hatcher. She delivers her lines perfectly.

Add baseball/football star Bo Jackson to the list of random but cool people making a 'Lois & Clark' cameo.
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