WARNING: This article includes SPOILERS for Superman & Lois Season 4, Episode 8.It turns out that an important plot point for Superman and Lois season 4 was leaked ahead of episode 8 of the DC TV show’s final season. Although Lex Luthor was the main antagonist in the Superman and Lois In the Season 4 story, he trusts Amanda McCoy a lot, the only person he can trust. However, their relationship was much more crucial, with Superman and Lois Season 4, Episode 8 confirming that their bond is more than just partners, as Amanda and Lex confessed their love for each other.
TelaRant spoke with Michael Cudlitz, who also directed this week’s episode, about the big moment between the characters. When Cudlitz was asked if he knew from the beginning that this was Lex and Amanda’s direction or if he discovered it when he received the script, he told a very interesting story about this arc having already been teased a lot – but by accident. He said:
There’s a sort of hint of that, which is really interesting. Our public relations department kind of slipped up a little bit and no one really noticed it. There’s a photo that was released of me reaching out and touching Amanda’s face that we did in two takes, when she takes me to the hotel for the first time, to my new office across from the Smallville Gazette. [When] we started [filming]I said, ‘Oh my God, should we play this?’ and we thought, ‘You know what? We’re not sure we want to play yet.’
But I reached out and touched [her] guy when I say, ‘There’s a reason I trust only you’ and that still came out, but if you see the edit of the scene, I never touch it in the scene that we actually did, because they wanted to save it for later. So when that photo came out, I was like, ‘Oh no!’ and no one said a word. So it’s absolutely underneath everything. There’s a tension there, and we don’t know what it is, but as it builds, as the season progresses, we realize what’s potentially going on there. Yvonne Chapman is honestly, once again, amazing to work with – lovely, smart, talented, [she] it was so present. Coming into a show that’s already running at 100 miles an hour, and just getting started, she’s incredibly talented. I’m so excited for what she does in the future and I can’t wait to work with her again because she was a gem.
For the most part, Superman and Lois Season 4’s Amanda and Lex story will likely have come as a surprise to most audiences. Even though some viewers caught the images that were released earlier, It’s possible that no theories about Lex and Amanda’s romantic involvement emerged until they reached episode 8. In the grand scheme of things, their feelings for each other make a lot of sense because Superman and Lois season 4 gave them a proper foundation when Amanda was first introduced.
From what Cudlitz himself said, this was a take that they ended up not using for that episode of Superman and Lois season 4. Why the photos were sent is still unclear, though it appears to have not impacted the season’s reception, nor given anyone that Lex and Amanda’s relationship was more than it first appeared. In fact, this turns out to be a funny little mistake for Superman and Lois Season 4, which happens every now and then on any TV show.
While it’s funny to know that the photo (as seen above) wasn’t technically meant to be released by The CW, not everyone keeps up with promotional releases, which hopefully left many viewers surprised by Lex and Amanda’s romance. I want Superman and Lois the ending ends with Amanda and Lex still being able to be together in whatever capacity remains to be seen. But for now, Superman and Lois The main story of season 4 is about the final war between Lex and the Man of Steel.
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