Superman & Lois Was Better Not Being Part Of The Arrowverse
Caution: Spoilers Ahead for Superman & Lois season 2.
Superman & Lois is not part of the Arrowverse's Earth-Prime, and the show is better off for that. Superman & Lois season 2 ends with the Man of Steel defeating Ally Allston (Rya Kihlstedt) and ending her plot to merge Earth with the Bizarro World. During Superman's efforts to stop her, his father-in-law General Sam Lane (Dylan Walsh) gives a speech to the Kent boys Jordan (Alex Garfin) and Jonathan (Jordan Elsass) that establishes Superman as the world's only superhero.
This news made it clear that Superman & Lois takes place on a different Earth and in a different universe from the shows that make up the Arrowverse. With Tyler Hoechlin having already played Superman in the Arrowverse, this revelation took some fans of both by surprise. Superman & Lois has hinted at not being an Arrowverse entity all along, but the more pertinent point is that its lack of Arrowverse connectivity is actually to the show's advantage.
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Superman & Lois has always had night and day differences with the general style of the Arrowverse, and even before the news of season 2's finale, whatever suspected connection there was between the two was never more than casual. With Superman & Lois definitely taking place in its own world, the series has a multitude of advantages on its side that it would not have as an Arrowverse series. Here are the reasons why Superman & Lois was, and still is, better off not taking place within the Arrowverse.
Superman & Lois, in its contained format, has really succeeded in its singular focus on Tyler's Hoechlin's Man of Steel and his family life. In placing Superman's heroic deeds on
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