Okay, before I start to talk about Lois & Clark’s almost wedding and their ending in the Smallville Saga, I feel the need to explain how big a Superman fan I am in general and that my Lois and Clark love crosses comic, movies and TV incarnations – not just Smallville. I’ve been hooked on Superman since my parents brought home the Chris Reeve movie for me to watch at the age of 4. I was the girl in the school yard who shunned people for watching SeaQuest over Lois & Clark. I was the girl curled up in a ball crying and trying not to get tear stains on her brother’s comic when Superman “died”. Thanks to Margot Kidder and Teri Hatcher I went through 2 phases of “I want to be a journalist when I grow up”. And I made sure my butt was home glued in front of the TV for every single wedding attempt on Lois & Clark the New Adventures of Superman. So, needless to say there is a great love of the Superman story here and my love for the characters is great. Okay, now that we have established. on to what I thought of this final episode and final moments in Lois & Clark’s Smallville journey.
So, the episode starts where we left of last week, with Lois wanting to call off the wedding because she thinks she’s holding Clark back from being the hero he’s meant to be. Clark on the other hand, insists that he needs her at his side believing in him to be that hero. Soon, however, Clark starts having some doubts. He’s already trying to let go of his past in Smallville to become that hero and he’s afraid he’ll have to let go of Lois too. Fortunately for us fans, Chloe and Oliver come to the rescue. Chloe tells Lois that Clark does need her and when Lois still has doubts, Chloe lets her hear the truth from Clark himself, by giving Lois his wedding vows to read. After reading them, Lois realizes what an idiot she’s been. Meanwhile, in the cemetery, Oliver comes across Clark at Jonathan’s grave. Clark tells Oliver his doubts and wonders if being hero means you have to walk alone. Oliver reminds him that he thought that once and all it got him was a burnt hoody.
Later, Clark heads back to the apartment to find Lois but she won’t let him because it’s bad luck before the wedding. Clark is surprised at her change of mind and she confesses she read his vows and realized they’re a perfect fit. Then she slips hers under the door. She explains her reasoning and then Clark reads her vows. Reading them makes Clark certain again that marrying Lois is the right thing to do and tells her he’ll see her at the Chapel.
At the Chapel, Lois seems a little panicked because she doesn’t see Clark at the altar but relaxes when she feels his hand go into her hers and sees him standing beside her. On their way to the altar, Clark sees Jonathan’s ghost standing beside Martha. Everything seems to be going fine as Lois and Clark make it to the altar, exchange beautiful wedding vows and are about to exchange rings as Chloe notices that Clark’s ring looks different and turns to ask Oliver what’s going on and then all hell breaks loose as Darkseid uses Oliver to get to Clark. The church is evacuated and Clark and Oliver throw each other around. Clark talks Oliver back to the light and Darkseid is exorcised from him.
After that, other than a few brief moments at the Daily Planet and Superman saving Lois and Air Force One and the two of them smiling at each other as he does it (which considering the history of Superman saving Lois from planes – loved it), we don’t really get to see them together again until the episode flash forwards seven years into the future. Clark now has his klutz act down to a tee and bumps into Lois. As Lois and Superman’s theme music from the movie is underscoring the scene and when know one is looking, he pulls out two wedding rings and they talk about secretly trying to get married again that day. Clark is of course called away to help save the day and the Superman Theme soars as Lois smiles as he runs to the rooftop and rips open his shirt revealing the suit and the S. The End or the beginning, depending on how you want to look at it.
I have to admit I loved it! I know I’ve read some comments on twitter from people who felt ripped off by not having an actual official marriage between these two occur on screen but personally, I thought it was kind of fitting. I have always felt myself torn on whether I wanted Lois and Clark to get married on the show. On one hand, I adore these two characters together on Smallville and damn it I wanted to see Erica Durance in a wedding dress and I wanted to hear these two people I have watched weave in and out of each others orbits for 6 years exchange vows. On the other hand though, I also felt that that they hadn’t earned it yet. He wasn’t Superman yet. They’d only been dating a couple of years. They hadn’t had to deal with being a couple and having Superman in their lives.
It took Lois & Clark/Superman almost 60 years to get married in the comics, it took them three weddings on L&C, and in the movies they decided they couldn’t be together because being Superman was more important and he erased her memories of the two of them to ease her pain. So, to me, the fact that their wedding was interrupted by Darkseid (with some help from Oliver) actually worked for me. They are the ultimate super couple (pun intended –lol) so having them still trying to get married in the future 7 years later, trying to overcome all the crazy in the world together just makes sense to me. This way I got to hear the vows, I got to see the dress, and I got my soapy interrupted wedding, but I was left the knowledge that these two crazy, complicated kids love each other so much that they will stay together come the end of the world or come Lex Luthor becoming president and they are going to keep trying to get married until they make it happen. The destiny of these two people was never a question they end up together because they have to. I’ll miss watching Tom Welling and Erica Durance leading me on this part of Lois & Clark’s journey, but what a fun ride it’s been!
I’ll leave you all now with Lois & Clark’s wedding vows which I thought explained perfectly why they belong together.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JY7iB94wiM
Clark:
“I, Clark Kent, take you, Lois Lane, to be my companion, forever. With you by my side I will never be alone. Though the world sees a strong and independent woman, I’ve never known someone with such gentle grace and more pure heart. When I’ve been lost you’ve always been there to bring me back, so on this day, at this moment, I pledge the rest of my life to you. You’ve always believed in me, and I believe in you. When you believe in someone it’s not for a minute, or just for now, it’s forever.”
Lois:
“I wanted these vows to be perfect, but perfection is a hard thing to get your hands on. But life is meant to be a little messy, and when it comes to love I think it’s like my dad always said about the army: You only sign up if it’s the only thing you could ever imagine doing. Clark, I can not imagine spending a moment of my life without you. I promise that I will always have your back, as you will always have mine. You’re my best friend, you’re my home, and you are my true love, and I am yours and will be forever.”
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