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Quick Reference Episode Guide
The Grades, Layout and Notes are mine - John T Burt - 2001
The Summaries are from a web site called Jim's Home Page that is no longer on the web. I attemped to find it to get permission to use them and give the author credit but failed. If anyone knows how to contact the author, please email me. Thanks.
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| S.nn | GD | OK? | Title | Summary (From Jim's Home Page - no longer on the web) | Notes |
| 1.01 | OK | Pilot (part 1) | Clark Kent becomes embroiled in a story involving Lex Luthor and a plot to sabotage a space launch. | ||
| 1.02 | OK | Pilot (part 2) | The Daily Planet duo has no time to play by the rules to stop a space-transport explosion. Meanwhile, Lois lets her hair down with lothario Lex | ||
| 1.03 | OK | Strange Visitor | A probe into alien threats to national security leads to the Daily Planet---and a search for Superman | ||
| 1.04 | A | Yes | Neverending Battle | Perry White orders the Daily Planeteers to draw out Superman, but Lex may be one step ahead | |
| 1.05 | OK | I'm Looking Through You | More than one "invisible man" terrorizes Metropolis; and Lois feels invisible to Superman, whose visibility as a celebrity has its price | ||
| 1.06 | D+ | no | Requiem For A Superhero | Lois kills a story exposing a fight scandal because its publication could get her father, a sports surgeon, killed | |
| 1.07 | OK | I've Got A Crush On You | The duo goes undercover at a nightclub to stamp out a fiery reign of terror by arsonists torching a downtown area. | ||
| 1.08 | C+ | no | Smart Kids | Problem children escape from an orphanage where the overseer has been using them as guinea pigs to test a drug that ups their IQ. | |
| 1.09 | B+ | yes | The Green Green Glow Of Home | In Smallville, a farmer unearths a glowing meteorite that draws a deranged UFO inspector to the area and acts as a deadly poison to Superman. | |
| 1.10 | B- | no | The Man Of Steel Bars | As a heatwave brings a power shortage, Superman lands behind bars for causing it with his superpowers. | |
| 1.11 | B+ | yes | Pheromone, My Lovely | Love is in the air in Metropolis, where a perfumer prepares to spray a dangerous pheromone over the city and throw residents into uninhibited romantic frenzies | |
| 1.12 | A | yes | Honeymoon In Metropolis | The duo sets up surveillance in a honeymoon suite to catch a crooked Congressman and an arms dealer. | |
| 1.13 | B | no | All Shook Up | Superman loses his memory---and awareness of his superhuman abilities---in a cosmic collision with an asteroid heading straight for Earth | |
| 1.14 | B | OK | Witness | Lois witnesses the murder of a scientist whose enemies want to capitalize on his discovery of a plant that increases male potency | |
| 1.15 | B+ | OK | Illusions of Grandeur | Even Superman is drawn in by an illusionist's hypnotic powers as Lois and Clark probe child kidnappings | |
| 1.16 | B- | no | The Ides of Metropolis | Lois harbors a fugitive she believes is innocent of murdering his lover's husband | |
| 1.17 | B | OK | Foundling | Clark fears exposure after a young runaway steals a globe containing the record of his Kryptonian heritage---and the holographic image of his alien father. | |
| 1.18 | B+ | OK | The Rival | Dean Stockwell plays a rival publisher whose star reporter wants Clark to switch loyalties | |
| 1.19 | B+ | OK | Vatman | A Superman clone is a threat to the real superhero: he's assigned to kill Superman | |
| 1.20 | A- | yes | Fly Hard | The staff is taken hostage by terrorists searching for something buried in the Daily Planet building | |
| 1.21 | F | no | Barbarians at the Planet (part 1) | Lex throws Lois for a loop by proposing marriage. Meanwhile, Clark smells a rat when Lex "saves" the Daily Planet from going under. | |
| 1.22 | D | no | House of Luthor (part 2) | Lois's mom (Phyllis Coates, TV's first Lois Lane) arrives for her daughter's wedding to Lex, but Lois's pals have other plans | |
| S.nn | GD | OK? | Title | Summary (From Jim's Home Page - no longer on the web) | Notes |
| 2.01 | C | no | Madame Ex | Anti-Superman sentiment sweeps Metropolis thanks to the Planet's new psychologist---Lex's ex, who plans to exact revenge on Superman and Lois. | |
| 2.02 | B | ? | Wall of Sound | Lois and Clark race to track down a high-tech madman whose misuse of sonic vibrations has brought Superman to his knees | |
| 2.03 | B- | no | The Source | A whistle-blower leaks information to Lois about faulty parts. Then reports of her source's murder get Lois suspended from the Planet. | |
| 2.04 | B | opt+ OK | The Prankster | "The Prankster" is out to even the score with Lois, whose exposé on an illegal-arms trade landed him in prison | |
| 2.05 | C | no | Church of Metropolis | A gang equipped with smart bombs infiltrates the South Side where Lois's uncle runs a cafe | Farah Fork 1 |
| 2.06 | B | opt+ OK | Operation Blackout | A reportedly dead former classmate of Lois's turns up in Metropolis with plans to hijack a satellite | |
| 2.07 | B | yes- | That Old Gang of Mine | Bonnie and Clyde, John Dillinger and Al Capone are brought back to life by a scientist for genetic-alteration tests | |
| 2.08 | B+ | yes | A Bolt From the Blue | A second superhero shows up in Metropolis after getting his powers from Superman---but this one charges for his civic services | |
| 2.09 | B+ | yes | Seasons Greedings | Christmas shoppers turn greedy for Atomic Space Rats, the toy sensation. They're the creation of a disgruntled toymaker with help from his devoted secretary. | |
| 2.10 | D | no | Metallo | Superman meets his match in a crazed cyborg created by scientists who once worked for Lexcorp | |
| 2.11 | B- | no | Chi Of Steel | Investigating the theft of Perry's savings sends the reporters in search of a powerful ninja master | |
| 2.12 | A | yes | The Eyes Have It | Superman is blinded by an evil ophthalmologist with a light-beam device that gives him control over the world | Farah Fork |
| 2.13 | C | no | The Phoenix | Lex Luthor rises from the dead, having lost everything but his desire for Lois---and his longing to kill Superman | |
| 2.14 | A | yes | Top Copy | A telegenic temptress threatens to expose Clark as Superman | Farah Fork, Raquel Welch |
| 2.15 | B | opt+ OK | Return of the Prankster | The Prankster breaks out of jail with a plot to kidnap the President and to paralyze Metropolis with a high-tech weapon | |
| 2.16 | A | yes | Lucky Leon (sort of part 1) | Lois and Clark finally go on a date---but it's interrupted by a murder investigation and the search for nuclear warheads | Farah dies |
| 2.17 | B | no | Resurrection (sort of part 2) | A clue at a cemetery leads the reporters to a trio of "resurrected" convicts, assembled by a scientist for a deadly assignment | solving murder |
| 2.18 | A | yes | Tempus Fugitive | Clark and Lois time-travel back to 1966 in Smallville to rescue the infant Superman from a futuristic villain | |
| 2.19 | B- | Target: Jimmy Olsen | Jimmy is the unwitting subject of a doctor conducting mind-control tests to create assassins who kill on command | ||
| 2.20 | B | no | Individual Responsibility | Exposure to red kryptonite reduces Superman to apathy just as Perry needs his help more than ever | |
| 2.21 | C | no | Whine, Whine, Whine | Clark considers leaving Metropolis when he's snubbed by Lois---and when Superman is sued by a rock-star wannabe. | |
| 2.22 | no | And the Answer Is.. | A jewelry-store heir threatens to expose Clark as Superman unless Clark steals for him---and kills Lois | ||
| S.nn | GD | OK? | Title | Summary (From Jim's Home Page - no longer on the web) | Notes |
| 3.01 | B+ | yes | We Have a Lot to Talk About | Will Lois accept Clark's marriage proposal? The question lingers while Metropolis becomes strangely crime-free | |
| 3.02 | A- | yes | Ordinary People | As headless corpses begin turning up in Metropolis, Lois and Clark escape from the grisly headlines to a tropical island | |
| 3.03 | A- | yes | Contact | Lois claims to have been abducted by aliens, and Superman feels powerless to help when she slips into trances | |
| 3.04 | B- | no | When Irish Eyes are Killing | Lois believes that jealousy is prompting Clark's suspicions that her Irish friend is behind the thefts of ancient artifacts---and the ritualistic murders of women in Metropolis | |
| 3.05 | B- | no | Just Say Noah | The reporting partners go undercover at a TV therapist's marriage-counseling retreat to search for a couple who vanished | |
| 3.06 | A- | yes | Don't Tug on Superman's Cape | A couple springs a notorious criminal out of prison to aid in the capture of Superman for their collection of oddities | |
| 3.07 | A- | yes | Ultra Woman | Using a red-kryptonite laser, two evil sisters inadvertently empower Lois as Metropolis's newest superhero---Ultra Woman | |
| 3.08 | B- | no | Chip off the Old Clark | While covering a peace conference, Lois and Clark are diverted by sensational news involving a woman who claims she bore Superman's love child. | |
| 3.09 | C | no | Super Mann | Nazis preparing for a "new Reich" hold Metropolis hostage and expose Superman to a nuclear bomb that renders him radioactive | |
| 3.10 | B | opt OK | Virtually Destroyed | A computer wizard leads Lois and Clark on a death-defying tour of his virtual-reality "fun park." | |
| 3.11 | B- | no | Home is Where the Hurt Is | A surprise appearance by Lois's divorced parents and a vicious attack by a flu virus are nothing to sneeze at for Superman and Lois during the holidays | |
| 3.12 | C | no | Never on Sunday | As Lois and Clark make wedding plans, the groom begins having frightening visions that seem linked to supernatural forces---and the arrival of a voodoo-practicing illusionist. | |
| 3.13 | B | no | The Dad Who Came in From the Cold | Jimmy gets an unexpected visit from his father, a secret agent whose double life puts Jimmy in harm's way | |
| 3.14 | B- | no | Tempus Anyone? (part 0) | Time traveler Tempus returns to snatch Lois away to a parallel universe, where she links up with H.G. Wells---and a more cynical Clark | pre-wedding |
| 3.15 | B- | no | I Now Pronounce You .. (part 1) | Just before their wedding, Lois and Clark probe the theft of exotic amphibians, which leads them to a freakish biologist and a plot to assassinate the President | wedding, clones |
| 3.16 | C+ | no | Double Jeopardy (part 2) | Sparks aren't flying in Clark's marriage. Meanwhile, Lois's life plays out like a bad novel after Lex escapes from prison | clone honeymoon, Lex has Lois |
| 3.17 | B- | no | Seconds (part 3) | Superman declares war on the maniacal Lex over Lois, who is being primed to kill her superhero | Wanda and Lex, Lex and clone die |
| 3.18 | B | no | Forget Me Not (part 4) | While at a sanitarium to regain her memory, Lois becomes a candidate for a sinister doctor's behavior experiments | |
| 3.19 | C- | no | Oedipus Wrecks (part 5) | An electromagnetic surge opens a floodgate of memories for Lois just as Dr. Deter tries to purge all thoughts of Clark from her mind | |
| 3.20 | B+ | yes | It's A Small World After All | A vengeful former classmate, armed with a formula to shrink her enemies, proves no small worry for Lois at their high-school reunion | |
| 3.21 | A- | ok no | Through a Glass, Darkly (part 1) | A terrorist, together with a Planet researcher, create chaos for Superman, just as he's waxing nostalgic for a sense of permanence in his life | |
| 3.22 | B | ok no | Big Girls Don't Fly (part 2) | As the aliens bring Superman knowledge of his past and his destiny, a terrifying assassin is dispatched to dispose of the superhero. Meanwhile, Lois fears that Clark is drifting away from her | |
| S.nn | GD | OK? | Title | Summary (From Jim's Home Page - no longer on the web) | Notes |
| 4.01 | B | ok no | Lord of the Flys (part 3) | Superman leaves Earth for New Krypton to aid inhabitants of his homeland in their civil war against the sinister Lord Nor. Meanwhile, in Smallville, Nor holds Clark's parents hostage as slaves | |
| 4.02 | B- | ok no | Battleground Earth (part 4) | After Superman is unmasked as an impostor in a Kryptonian tribunal, the Man of Steel faces Nor in mortal combat | |
| 4.03 | B+ | yes | Swear To God, This Time We're Not Kidding | The Wedding Destroyer arrives as Lois and Clark prepare to settle down in marriage | |
| 4.04 | B | yes | Soul Mates | As the newlyweds are about to consummate their marriage, time traveler H.G. Wells arrives with news that a curse threatens to strike them down | |
| 4.05 | B- | no | Brutal Youth | Superman's eternal youth may intimidate Lois, but the super-power is eagerly sought by a gerontologist, an aging bank robber---and Jimmy. | |
| 4.06 | C+ | no | The People vs Lois Lane (part 1) | Lois holds the smoking gun when an informant is shot down during a meeting with her | |
| 4.07 | B | no | Dead Lois Walking (part 2) | Superman helps Lois break out of prison, only to encounter the wrath of the vengeful Prof. Cole--who plots to annihilate Metropolis | |
| 4.08 | A- | yes | Bob and Carol and Lois and Clark | The newlyweds get chummy with a new couple as Superman encounters a new adversary---known as Deathstroke | |
| 4.09 | A- | yes | Ghosts | A con artist is after the Kents' brownstone, and he summons the ghost of a woman who was murdered there to scare the couple away | |
| 4.10 | B- | no | Stop the Presses | A new editor takes over Perry's office; and a computer hacker taps into classified files to learn the source of Superman's powers---and kill him. | |
| 4.11 | B | no | 'Twas the Night Before Mxymas | An elfin visitor puts Daily Planet Christmas Eve partygoers into a time loop---and plunges the city into hopelessness and despair | |
| 4.12 | B | no | Lethal Weapon | Just as an extortionist threatens to level Metropolis, Superman's powers go haywire, thanks to exposure to red kryptonite | |
| 4.13 | C- | no | Sex, Lies, and Videotape | Superman wins a peace prize---and then sees his reputation crumble with the publication of a scandalous photo of himself with Lois | |
| 4.14 | F | no | Meet John Doe (part 1) | Tempus, the time traveler, returns to Metropolis as a Presidential candidate bent on controlling the minds of the masses | |
| 4.15 | X | no | Lois and Clarks (part 2) | With Superman lost in a time warp, an alternate Superman from another dimension helps Lois combat the diabolical Tempus, the new President-elect | |
| 4.16 | B | ok no | AKA Superman | Jimmy's new girlfriend is a Superman fan who thinks that Jimmy is the disguised Man of Steel | |
| 4.17 | B- | no | Faster Than a Speeding Vixen (part 1) | Superman contends with a tough female competitor; the Planet gets a new owner; and corporate CEOs begin disappearing | |
| 4.18 | C- | no | Shadow of a Doubt (part 2) | Clark finds evidence that someone is planning to take over Lex Luthor's empire | |
| 4.19 | D | no | Voice From the Past (part 3) | Lois and Clark move to confront Leslie about his true identity, but a power-hungry maniac suddenly begins controlling Lois's mind | |
| 4.20 | B | I've Got You Under My Skin | A robber trying to hide out from the mob switches bodies with an unsuspecting Clark and discovers that the Man of Steel's superpowers come with the package | ||
| 4.21 | C+ | no | Toy Story | Toys are involved in the abductions of orphans, Dr. Klein and the daughter of a toy-company board member | |
| 4.22 | B? | opt no | The Family Hour | In the series finale, Lois and Clark turn to Lois's father as they battle infertility problems; a telekinetic ex-con turns his mind into a deadly weapon |
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