Superman & Lois Season 2 Narrowly Avoids An Old Arrowverse Story Trap
Warning: The following contains SPOILERS for Superman and Lois season 2, episode 14.
The love story between Jordan Kent and Sarah Cortez in Superman and Lois season 2 avoided a common cliché and frequent Arrowverse story trap when Sarah finally learned about Jordan's superpowers and secret identity. In many superhero stories, the revelation that the hero lied to their loved ones about who they were frequently leads to resentment and, in some cases, friends becoming enemies. Yet Sarah and Jordan showed more maturity in how they handled their relationship and tried to be more honest with one another than the vast majority of adults in the Arrowverse.
The young romance between Sarah Cortez (Inde Navarrette) and Jordan Kent (Alexander Garfin) pushed one of the most interesting conflicts of Superman and Lois season 2. Having inherited his father's honest nature along with his powers, Jordan disliked having to hide his burgeoning superpowers in Superman & Lois from Sarah but respected his parents' wishes that he maintain their secret that Clark Kent is Superman, even if he was certain that he wanted to marry Sarah once they were old enough. This led to Sarah dumping Jordan after he missed one date too many, not knowing that his sudden unreliability was due to Jordan running off to secretly save other peoples' lives. Things were further complicated when Sarah's mother Lana Lang (Emmanuelle Chriqui) learned that Clark Kent was Superman and, unable to cope with the idea of keeping that secret from her family, elected to avoid any contact with the Kents from that moment on. Lana also directly forbid Jordan from revealing his secret identity to Sarah or hanging out with her, for fear that he would get her hurt.
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