The Man of Steel returns to the small screen in his most dorky, wholesome self as the second season of My Adventures with Superman premieres with two brand new episodes. The spectacular first season revolved around multiple aspects of Superman’s life, notably Clark trying to reconcile with his ancestry as a Kryptonian, the camaraderie among Lois, Clark, and Jimmy as reporter colleagues, Clark learning to be the heroic figure to mankind using his newfound powers, and him struggling against the human threat posed by the covert government organization Task Force X. The second season carries the momentum forward to expand upon the established world-building by introducing new threats, iconic characters, and a whole lot of trouble for Superman and his friends to take care of.
Spoilers Ahead
What Are the Super Friends Up To?
Picking right from where the first season ended, the second season begins by letting viewers catch up with Clark, Lois, and Jimmy as they go on with their lives at present. Clark, who is still processing the whole dual identity thing, is haunted by a vision of his biological Kryptonian father, Jor El. Previously, Lois’ father, General Sam Lane, who was one of the founders of Task Force X, had managed to overcome his hatred for the invading Kryptonian aliens and spared Superman’s life after being convinced of his intentions—all thanks to Lois’ earnest appeal. At present, Lois is trying to mend her broken relationship with her father, but despite making several attempts, she fails to communicate with him. Jimmy, who became a millionaire in the finale of the last season by selling his Flamebird channel, is presently a co-owner of the Daily Planet but finds his new job to be as tough as his previous reporting gig, if not more.
What Did Jor El Reveal to His Son?
As Lois takes Clark and Jimmy to her former batchmate and STAR Labs space research division employee, Hank, to get the latest scoop, the team learns that a strange meteorite is heading towards Earth, which disappeared near Antarctica. From the footage, Clark identifies the meteorite as a Kryptonian ship, and as he reveals the information to Jimmy and Lois, the trio heads towards Antarctica to check up on the situation.
At the site, Clark gets separated from his friends as the holographic projection of his father, Jor El, gets activated by his presence near the Kryptonian ship. Reuniting with his son, Jor El’s preserved consciousness shares the truth about his identity as the last son of Krypton. Jor El mentions that Brainiac’s attack spelled doom on the conquering Kryptonians, and as the advanced race went extinct, and all those years ago Brainiac used the Kryptonian technology to launch an invasion on earth using dimensional rift. At the same time, Jor El makes a startling revelation by stating that Kal El’s cousin, Kara Zor El, was another survivor who had arrived on earth during the Kryptonian invasion, and it is up to Clark to find her. The realization that he is not alone in the universe instills a ray of hope in Clark’s mind.
However, as Jimmy and Lois venture inside the ship, they are attacked by the combined might of the ship’s defense system and Task Force X led by Amanda Waller, who had arrived to salvage Kryptonian tech to bolster their might against Superman. Jor El helps Clark deal with them and save his friends, but the situation worsens after Brainiac’s AI uses Kryptonite to pin Clark down. As Jimmy assists by containing the kryptonite, Jor El takes over the ship and eventually saves the day by transporting the ship away.
However, the existing Kryptonite has poisoned Jor El’s AI, and after converting the ship into the iconic Fortress of Solitude, he prepares to take his final leave from his son. Jor El mentions a lost beacon that could help Clark locate his cousin, Kara. After a pensive moment of regret and sorrow, Jor El reaffirms his belief in his son’s inherent goodness and says his farewell. After such an emotionally heavy moment, Clark can’t help but ask Lois whether his alien origin bothers her, and as she retorts by asking whether her human identity evokes something similar in Clark’s mind, Clark is reaffirmed in her acceptance. To relax their minds a bit, Clark flies off with Lois to marvel at the Aurora, and Lois requests him to save her father, General Lane, who is revealed to have become a captive of his former colleague and Task Force head, Amanda Waller.
Why did Amanda take Sam Lane captive?
General Sam Lane’s changed perspective about Superman didn’t sit well with his driven, obsessive colleague, Amanda Waller, who still believes Superman to be an alien threat that needs to be eliminated. Apparently, Sam, former Chief of Task Force X, has stashed away a significant amount of Kryptonian tech, and Amanda wants to gain access to it by any means to empower her battalion. Speaking of the battalion, it is also revealed that Amanda is abducting non-violent offenders on Stryker Island to turn them into metahumans using Kryptonian technology. After Lois and Clark learn about the abduction situation, they suspect Task Force X’s influence behind it and sneakily infiltrate the island prison. Clark finds the beacon of his cousin inside the Task Force X facility of the prison, and as he shares Jor El’s revelation about his cousin with Lois, she shares her concern about her. Lois ponders whether Kara, whose past on earth remains unknown, can be trusted by humans.
Could Super-Friends Save the Prisoners of Stryker Island?
Lois and Clark find Sam Lane inside a secretive wing of the prison, and the trio are confronted by Amanda Waller and her two lackeys, Atomic Skull and Slade Wilson. While fleeing, the trio comes across another secretive wing where the hapless, abducted people who are being used as test subjects by Waller and her lackeys are being held. Sam is aghast at the sight of people being forcefully weaponized, as his motive behind creating Task Force X never aligned with such nefarious schemes that Waller is now utilizing. Eventually, Lois sends a signal to Jimmy, who brings a ship to the island just in time for Sam, Lois, and all the captives to escape from right under the nose of Waller, who remains helpless as Jimmy has brought media attention to the situation.
Later, a remorseful Sam mentions laying low for a while, and while Lois asks her father to stay with her, he rejects the proposal, knowing full well that Waller can use Lois to get to him. Lois suggests he stay with Clark and Jimmy instead, and as he agrees to do so, viewers will surely speculate whether he will be able to figure out Clark’s secret identity.
On the other hand, at the Stryker Island Task Force X facility, Waller is attacked by a deranged Ivo (fused with his Parasite exo armor) who has been let loose from his confinement after the destruction of the facility. However, a timely intervention by Alex, Ivo’s former assistant, saves Waller’s life, and he chooses to ally himself with her to take down Superman. As Alex introduces himself as the iconic supervillain Lex Luthor, viewers speculate about the extent of this unholy allegiance. With finding his cousin, battling the scheming masterminds, and maintaining a work-life balance, Superman has the weight of the world upon his shoulders once again—a burden that he will carry with the help of his friends as always.
