The first season was great.
It seemed like smallville esque where it was a slow walk through the life and discovery of what Superman's life is like as a young family.
Then season 2 not only fell off the cliff, but took a rocket pack off of it. Just really weird. But at least there was some superhero stuff.
And then there was just a lot of the CW channel teen level plots and drama. Each with its own after school special topic. The show often feels like it's about teenage angst or divorce than a superhero show. I think those plots could be more interesting if it was written better and not drawn out forever. And it has become predictable with girls always right and guys wrong. Like Lois goes nuts on her kids, but never apologizes or is held accountable. Clark raises his voice over his kid involved in drugs and he is shown as toxic masculine must grovel for a way back in.
Seasin 3 seems to want to go back to season 2 where boys and men are all pouty over girls that dumped/divorced them. Again, it's the execution or length of the arc that seems to be dragging more than the topics themselves.
Clark/ Superman seems like a prop,...not a character in this show. No growth.
And the hero villian stuff in the show is starting to really be corny. This particular episode really felt like the black lightning show, just a lot less aggressive in its real life politics. But very present.