Warning: This article contains spoilers about Tuesday’s episode ofSuperman & Lois.
Superman & Loisrevealed even more secrets from the House of El.
Clark’s Kryptonian mother Lara had Edge in her first marriage, to Zeta-Rho, before she married Jor-El.
Emmanuelle Chriqui on ‘Superman & Lois’.The CW
Lara designed the Eradicator to preserve Kryptonian culture, but Edge perverted its uses.
So, Clark turned to the only person who would know how to reverse the process: his mother.
(Meanwhile, Clark is currently powerless because powering the Eradicator used up all of his solar energy.)
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EMMANUELLE CHRIQUI:Actually, it has evolved so much!
What has surprised you the most about Lana so far?
I just love how bold she’s become.
I love that she goes from being sort of meek to suddenly being bold and fearless and full conviction.
It’s been an awesome surprise and wonderful arc to play for an actor.
That boldness definitely comes through in this week’s episode when she volunteers to be eradicated.
[Laughs] I was literally freaking out.
I was like, “Wait, hold on, what?”
I called [showrunner Todd Helbing] and I was nervous.
I was like, “Oh my God.
What am I going to do?”
I just immediately started thinking this has got to feel right and organic.
It took a little second, but it’s fun and exciting.
That’s what we as actors love to do.
“Oh, here’s a little challenge.
How are we going to do this?”
And it was really fun to explore.
What helped you figure out the transition?
It definitely was talking to Todd.
We knew that we didn’t want it to be some crazy unrecognizable situation.
So like a mother on Krypton is just not as emotional, right?
It’s way more even-keeled.
There’s still some warmth in how Lara interacts with Clark, though.
Oh yeah, 100 percent.
And a Kryptonian mother is just warm and exudes a huge amount of pride.
Both Lana and Kyle are freed from their Kryptonian visitors by the end of the episode.
Where do the Cushings go from here because they weren’t in a great spot before this happened?
I think that finally, at least, a bit of a breather.
But she couldn’t say that.
So I feel like at least now that’s all out on the table and that chapter is done.
And I do think that’s exactly what happens.
In a lot of ways, I feel like there’s a reset that happens after this.
How does Lana finding out about this Kryptonian weirdness affect her moving forward?
It’s so out of control.
It’s so weird, but this is their existence, right?
I don’t think that she’s put two-and-two together.
I don’t think she realizes this has anything to do with Clark.
It’s just like, “Wow!
They move back and s— hits the fan again?”
But I don’t think she’s placed it yet.
I don’t think it’s possible for you to un-know these things.
This has become part of the fabric of their reality.
We’re just entrenched in it now.
Superman & Loisairs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on the CW.
