Superman & Lois Admits DC Repeats A Story Trick Way Too Often
Warning: SPOILERS forSuperman and Lois season 2, episode 9, " 30 Days and 30 Nights."
Superman and Lois made a joke out of one of DC's most overused plot devices, which is how often Lois Lane has been kidnapped over the years and why it has become more of an annoyance than a problem. Ever since her first appearance in Action Comics #1, it has often been Lois Lane's lot to be the damsel in distress that required Superman's help. Many stories and comic book adaptations have deconstructed this point, however, either by making Lois jaded about the prospect of being abducted after having survived so many encounters with dangerous criminals or by having Lois get into trouble as a result of her reporting rather than as a side-effect of being Superman's love interest.
The action of Superman and Lois season 2, episode 9, «30 Days and 30 Nights» found Lois Lane (Elizabeth Tulloch) and her father, General Sam Lane (Dylan Walsh), investigating the source of the X-Kryptonite drug in Smallville. Following a tip, the two discovered a site where the X-Kryptonite was being refined into the drug Yellow Mist. Unfortunately, they were discovered before they could contact the authorities.
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Once the two were tied up inside the criminals' base, Sam began trying to wiggle free of his bonds. An exasperated Lois told him not to bother, pointing out that the ropes restraining them had been tied in a fireman's chair knot, which grows tighter the more one struggles against it. She added that he could probably pull free of a hobble knot, but rope burns were all he had to gain from his efforts. Stunned by his daughter's knowledge of knots, an incredulous Sam Lane asked Lois just
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