Man Of Steel Season Four

Man Of Steel Season Four is the fourth season of Man Of Steel, that deals with a new villain a threat known as Dark Superman who rules Russia while Bruce becomes obsessed with bringing Clark back from the dead.
2016-2017
Created by Ali Adler, Vince Gilligan and David S. Goyer.
== Cast  [1]Edit ==
=== Main Cast  [2]Edit ===
* Tyler Hoechlin as Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superman- 23/23 
* Paul Wesley as Adam Kent- 23/23
* Henry Cavill as Tyler Mercer- 18/23
* David Harewood as J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter- 19/23
* Eion Bailey as Bruce Wayne / Batman- 21/23
* Gary Oldman as Alfred Pennyworth- 9/23 
* Nathalie Emmanuel as Tiffany Fox- 10/23
* Shannon Woodward as Lois Lane- 20/23 
* Zoe Kravitz as Indigo / Brainiac 8- 15/23 
=== Special appearances by Edit ===
* Bruce Campbell as Perry White- 2/23
* Grant Gustin as Winslow "Winn" Schott Jr.- 5/23
* Rami Melek as Dan Turpin- 2/23
* Susan Sarandon as Martha Kent- 4/23
* Nicholas Hoult as Barry Allen / The Flash- 2/23
* Luke Pasqualino as Cisco Ramon/Vibe- 2/23
* Charlie Hunnam as Oliver Queen / Green Arrow- 2/23 
* Morris Chestnut as Desmond Webb- 1/23
* Sharif Atkins as Walter Steele Jr. / Mr. Terrific- 1/23
* Kaley Cuoco as Sara Drake- 1/23
* Johnny Lee Miller as Mick Rory/Heat Wave- 1/23
* Laura Harrier as Fiona Webb- 2/23 
* Lea Seydoux as Caitlin Snow / Killer Frost- 1/23
* Corbin Bleue as Wally West Park- 1/23
* Unknown as M'gann M'orzz/Miss Martian
* Catherine Keener as Maria Luthor- 1/23
* Jenna DeWan Tatum as Lila Michaels- Diggle / Harbinger- 1/23 
* Brandon Routh as Jor-El
* Josh Hutcherson as Garth Ranzz / Lightning Lad
== Episodes Edit ==
# "AWOL"- Now the director of the D.E.O , Adam Kent has to cover up the death of Superman and Clark Kent through many excuses and press conferences. Feeling guilty after the death of Clark and feeling that he caused play in it. Brainiac 8 meanwhile has to deal with many members of the cult of Rao who are still out and about causing riots in protest to Superman's death. J'onn still thinks something is up with them and thinks that someone else is the object of their new form of worship. In order to figure this out, J'onn decides to shapeshift and infiltrate into their ranks to find out what is happening. Handing Adam back his title , and recruiting Batman for backup while he is gone. Winn returns to the present and discovers that Clark died and he still continues to support the D.E.O's efforts in upgrading their tech in tracking J'onn after he went in deep cover. Still bonding in the process. Later, the team defeat Black Mass as he is arrested by the MPD. Finally Tyler has visited Lex in prison. (Lex Luthor is in the shadows the whole time and we never see his face, we just hear his voice and see the silhouette of his bald head) He seeks advice on how to handle Clark's secret. As Lex knows a thing or two about that after he also tells him that Superman was never his friend and that he was Clark Kent this whole time. Tyler realizes all he is hearing is more of his insanity. He leaves while Lex yells behind him that he can't trust those aliens.
# "Eradicator"- The team continues to mourn Clark's death, however Bruce presents an idea to bring back the Man Of Steel. He and Tyler discover a way to bring back Clark: An alien creature known as Eradicator that was known to resurrect dead Kryptonians in the past on Krypton. Meanwhile, Lois Lane a journalist arrives in Metropolis to investigate Superman's disappearance and becomes intrigued when she learns that the Batman has been fighting crime. During a mission, Adam and Brainiac 8 go after Anton Lumar when he frames Dan for a murder that he didn't commit. The two do some probing as Brainiac 8 reveals that in the past Lumar was a serial killer in Smallville at the time. Adam swears to Dan that he will free him from jail and clear his name. The team, along with Batman engage Anton Lumar's crew, with Adam obtaining evidence that he used his illusion gun to frame Dan. Later, Dan gets exonerated and decides to leave Metropolis as he got a new job in National City working for the FBI. In the end, Clark gets resurrected by the E.R.A.D.I.C.A.T.O.R, confused Clark flies away and speeds to Smallville since he does not know what happened to him.
# "Superman Returns"- Clark travels to Smallville, confused about how he was brought back to life. He visits Martha, who becomes emotional since she went to his funeral the day he died. When Martha cooks Clark some food, he begins to watch the news discovering how much citizens needed Superman in their lives. Back in Metropolis, Maria Luthor gets bailed out of prison by her son Lex. Lex decides to reenter a partnership with his mother and hires an assassin with artificial kryptonian abilities to murder the Batman seeing him as a threat. When Bruce goes out to fight crime, Dissonance attacks him and nearly kills him. Adam manages to subdue her with Kryptonite and he and Bruce escape. Dissonance targets Adam, while Brainiac 8 arrives in Smallville and tells Clark that they need Superman to return. Clark suits up as Superman wearing an upgraded suit made by the Legion and flies off along with Brainiac 8. Adam and Bruce wake up in a warehouse, where Maria tortures the duo and saying that without Superman the heroes are lost and can't effectively save the city anymore. Bruce scoffs and states that they clearly don't know what they are talking about. Superman bursts in and swiftly defeats the guards as Lex tries to escape. Superman threatens to drop Lex off of the building if he doesn't own up to his crimes. He then leaves him on the building to be arrested by the DEO , as Maria escapes. Clark learns that Natasha went to Star City in order to get training from Team Arrow, and Winn joined the Legion. Clark decides to tell the press that he was away on a trip in Smallville for six months to visit his mother for a while.
# "Armageddon"-  In 1944, one of Adolf Hitler's personal soldiers known as Armageddon launched a full on invasion against the Jews and was assigned to infiltrate the United States and to steal a top-secret experimental biochemical formula, which was capable of turning human beings into hulking, berserker-type monsters that would be more effective in combat. It is presumed that the formula was a type of steroid, although again, this cannot be confirmed as all information regarding the case is still classified top secret. However, the plan was thwarted by J'onn under the alias Mr. Bones who was frozen solid. In the present, Superman returns to fighting crime and he saves the passengers from a plane that is about to crash. Adam and Clark have a "brother" night where they buy snacks, soda and a pizza to watch a football game. Winn and the Legion return and give the DEO information about a frozen Nazi named Armageddon who is destined to escape. Bruce and Winn find an empty tomb and learn that he escaped as apart of the prophesy. Armageddon targets Tyler Mercer at his gala to steal a vial of the serum. Superman rushes in and engages the super soldier, and surprisingly is able to defeat Superman. Brainiac-8 murders Armageddon before he is able to land the final blow to Clark. In the end, J'onn is revealed to be operating as a detective and investigating a murder that seems to be related to religion.
# "Divination"- Clark becomes surprised when Lois is assigned to work in the same office as him and is unable to admit his feelings for Lois. J'onn approaches the team revealing that he has been working in the Metropolis Police Department ranked detective and under the alias John Jones. J'onn explains to the team that a series of religious murders have happened because of a cult far more deadly than the Rao Cult. The murders include an elementary school teacher who was found dead in the schoolyard dressed to model 'The Whore of Babylon'. J'onn gets captured by the culprits involved in the murders, one a student and the other a teacher, and they decide to replicate an event called 'The Lake of Fire' by tying J'onn to a boat and setting fire to it. Adam becomes vengeful when that has happened and the team is able to capture the murderers in the end with Adam almost beating the professor to death. The D.E.O decides to not declare J'onn dead until they find a body and Clark is urged by Adam to live a life. Unfortunately for Clark, Lois takes a liking to Bruce when she invites him for a drink since Bruce is being pressured to do many things as the mayor of Metropolis and feels that he has not been effective in getting the job done. Tyler discovers a connection that Maria has to the late Thomas and Martha Wayne, Bruce's parents.
# "Bat"- Clark, Adam, and Bruce attend a rain forest fundraiser. Adam wonders why Lois isn't Clark's date and Clark admits that Lois is interested in a relationship with Bruce Wayne and not him. They notice Bruce arrive with Lois and take a glass of champagne. Shortly after drinking it, he begins to stumble around. Adam wonders if he's drunk, but Clark doesn't think so. He offers to take Bruce to the hospital, but Bruce refuses. He tells him he has been poisoned and has twelve hours to live. Clark and Adam call Alfred and Tiffany for help but his prognosis is grim. The culprit turns out to be Baron Reiter (Common), who lost his criminal empire years ago because of Bruce costing him his empire. Clark saves Tyler from Reiter and is able to obtain an antidote for Bruce. Bruce later gets summoned by Tyler, who tells him the truth about Maria sabotaging the Wayne's Gambit. Bruce becomes enraged by this and Clark urges Bruce to not let vengeance guide his actions by citing he has to be better than the evil he faces. In flashbacks, a young Bruce was on the Wayne's Gambit with his parents Thomas and Martha Wayne who are celebrating Thomas' succession to CEO of W-Core. Unfortunately, the Wayne's Gambit is sabotaged causing Bruce to be shipwrecked on an island called Bhutan, where Adrian Chase was previously when training with Natas. Bruce gets attacked by an unknown hooded figure dressed in black. The Asian archer who attacked Bruce was actually trying to help him; Bruce misunderstands and escapes; and is then injured. The archer nurses Bruce back to health and forces him to kill a bird for food, as well as forget his parents.
# "Mirror Image"- In the 1950s, the Soviet Union reveals its newest asset to be a version ofSuperman. The sudden revelation of a super-powered alien. Years later, Pyotr Rostov , a general in the Russian military, orders Dark Superman to steal a Kryptonian artifact from Tyler's company. Clark fights this individual with assistance from Bruce wearing an armored Bat suit only to discover that this Dark Superman is more powerful as well as more ruthless. J'onn reveals himself to still be alive to Adam only for Adam to try to help J'onn when he is traumatized by his attempted murder because of fire, which Martians have been known to fear. J'onn decides to remain on desk duty in the M.P.D. Dark Superman later meets with Roslov , who give him a spear of kryptonite that he uses to stab Clark with after tracking Clark to his apartment. Clark suspects that he is going to die only for the Dark Superman to lock Clark in a dungeon leaving behind kryptonite and against orders from Roslov , he decides to impersonate Clark to experience what his life is like. Lois and Bruce face a turn in their relationship when Bruce tries to let go of the fact that Maria Luthor caused him to have five years of suffering.
# "Bloody Russia"- While impersonating Clark, the Dark Superman manages to charm Lois Lane long enough to sleep with her behind Bruce's back. Adam realizes that Clark has been acting different and decides to investigate. Bruce obtains Intel from Alfred and Tiffany that Rostov and his Russian military network are in Metropolis which is why he attacks them at Luthor Corp. Rostov recruits Mercer to destroy Dark Superman fearing that he has disobeyed him. Tyler's first act is to cause Sputnik 2 to plummet towards Metropolis. After Dark Superman diverts the satellite away from the city, Tyler retrieves his genetic material. Clark realizes that Bruce is there and makes a noise to attract his attention long enough for Bruce to rescue him. Clark then goes to oppose his doppelganger when his doppelganger is causing pain and misery in Metropolis such as by attacking a construction company when they attempt to demolish a building that is condemned by the city to go down. When Clark is recovering at the D.E.O, Lois confesses what she has done to Bruce and Bruce, although he is angry, does not blame Clark for this and tells Clark that they will have to pretend to be against each other in order to keep up with appearances. Clark admits to Adam that he is jealous of Bruce dating Lois and wonders if the Dark Superman is a dark mirror to him. In flashbacks, in Russia, Rostov, has the Dark Superman kill a dissident couple in front of their son for printing anti-Superman propaganda.
# "Bow Down To General Kal-El"- The DEO and Clark decide to journey to Russia in order to see what Dark Superman is planning. Adam and Bruce successfully pose as Russian soldiers from America and take down Russian operatives who were on to the secret. Meanwhile, Lois Lane begins to investigate the Batman and Superman's secret identity and J'onn persuades her to drop her investigation since it would be outlandish to assume that those two individuals are superheros. Superman agrees to fight Dark Superman in order to end his reign, and General Kal-El aka Dark Superman agrees to the challenge. Superman and the Dark Superman clash in a major battle with Superman winning. However, Dark Superman begins to aim his punches at places where Clark received his other injuries. Dark Superman then prepares to deliver the final blow, until Batman shoots him with a Kryptonite batterang which weakens him temporarily just as Adam shoots and kills Pyotr Rostov. Dark Superman then speeds off with Clark taking him to his fortress where he reveals to Clark that he plans on destroying everything that he holds dear in his life. Clark swears that he will kill his evil doppelganger but he makes it known that Superman is too afraid to kill. He then speeds off back to Metropolis with Adam and Bruce needing them to find a Kryptonian artifact for him.
# "Rampage"- Clark Kent manages to escape the fortress with help from Ariana Dzerchenko, a scientist who was forced to work for the Dark Superman. Meanwhile, Dark Superman reigns over Metropolis with an iron fist and hires Kitty Faulkner to reveal Superman's secret identity. Posing as Clark once again, Dark Superman finds the Kryptonian artifact, and knocks out Bruce when he attempts to call the DEO. Adam breaks free and subdues a guard, he then presses a beacon that emits a bunch of Kryptonite from his gun that weakens Dark Superman. Adam tries to kill Dark Superman for all of the pain that he's caused realizing that this is what his brother could have become if he wasn't adopted by the Kent's. Clark as Superman arrives and persuades him not to kill his doppelganger since he believes that he should be brought to justice the right way. Adam orders his agents to lock up Dark Superman in the DEO full of Red sun light lamps which renders Dark Superman human. Later, Kitty is revealed to be addicted to a drug that Tyler developed which slowly has been turning her insane and she vows vengeance on Superman since she blames him for the death of her sister when Doomsday attacked a year ago. In the end, Tyler's project: the perfect clone of Superman and Lex Luthor has finally woke up and he breaks out of his chamber. Tyler realizes that he resembles his brothers younger self and that his Kryptonian abilities will develop later.
# "Member Of The Family"- Kitty Faulkner, a scientist working for Tyler, is working on a pollution-free energy source. Faulker demonstrates her installation until Dr. Robert Meyers decides to shut down the machine's safety systems due to believing that the project Tyler has assigned to them could be dangerous. The explosion transforms Faulkner into a huge, incredibly strong, and orange-skinned woman. Kitty has gained the ability to absorb solar energy through her skin, which makes her size and strength increase exponentially. Disoriented and confused, she goes on a rampage in Metropolis and the Daily Planet begins to dub her as "Rampage". Adam interrogates the Dark Superman about his plans only for the sinister Kal-El to taunt him. Clark then leaves to deal with Faulkner when news reports come of her rampage. When facing Clark, Kitty goes after him due to blaming him for the death of her sister. Last year, when Doomsday was a threat, he killed her sister and Kitty blamed Superman for failing to save her. Adam becomes surprised when Lois Lane's cousin Lila Michaels arrives with her husband John Diggle and ARGUS to take Faulkner into their custody. After Clark defeats Faulkner, Adam reluctantly allows ARGUS to take Faulkner despite the fact that the DEO despises them being in their turf. Tyler decides to introduce Conner into the real world while still studying his Kryptonian abilities. 
# "Torpedo"- Dark Superman escapes and manages to kill most of the agents in the DEO when they try to prevent him from escaping. Clark decides to face him only for Bruce to tell him that he needs assistance prompting Clark to ask his father Jor-El and his new team to take out Dark Superman,  after Bruce as Batman encounters Dark Superman and his Russian followers. Clark tells J'onn and Adam of his plans to kill Dark Superman feeling that killing him would have saved lives. J'onn and Adam protest to this since they wish for Clark to know what he stands for in life. Eventually, Clark, Bruce, Jor-El, and Brainiac 8 clash with Dark Superman's group. Dark Superman manages to damage Brainiac 8, angering Clark. Clark finds himself unwilling to kill his other half and Jor-El suggests that Clark imprison him into the Phantom Zone, a timeless prison dimension wormhole created to house many of the universe's worst criminals from the 28 galaxies were imprisoned and confined to the Zone by Jor-El. Some of the prisoners, such as Dark Superman, would be stripped of their physical bodies and turned into non-corporeal phantom wraiths. Clark allows this to happen. 
# "Birth Of The War World"- When Earth is threatened by a warlord named Mongul who wants to turn Earth into a battleground, Clark leads his team (Batman, J'onn, Brainiac 8, and Adam)into the streets to fight an alien who threatens the entire city. Winn returns to the year 2017 and guides the heroes through their fight.  However, a meteor shower appears and several huge aliens come out of the meteor. Superman meets with Mongul , who wants to collect the World's Greatest Heroes, in order to have them fight in a gladiator match. Clark gets Team Flash, Team Arrow, and some of the Legends to help out. Oliver (Green Arrow), Diggle (Spartan), Laurel, ( Black Canary) Walter Jr., Barry (The Flash) who resumes his mantle for one last time , Cisco (Vibe), Caitlin, Ray (The Atom), Sara (White Canary), Mick (Heatwave), and Marina (Vixen) come over to Metropolis in order to help. Meanwhile, there has been some tension between Barry and Diggle for breaking into ARGUS and Oliver reassures Barry that Diggle will eventually see that he had a good reason to. Mongul kidnaps Martha Kent and threatens to kill her if Superman doesn't consider his offer. The teams join together and engage Mongul's crew. The team manage to rescue Martha, however Mongul kidnaps Oliver, Clark, Barry, Ray, and Sara and brings them to his set-up base in an abandoned warehouse. In the end, Mongul decides to unleash his aliens on Earth since Kal-El did not live up to his end of the deal. 
# "Outcasts"- Lois convinces him to attend their ten-year high school reunion. A visit back to the home of the Crows has Clark remembering old times with Lana and Chloe while Lois is furious that no one remembers her five days as a student. Clark reunites with Lana Lang, his former high school sweetheart, and asks her out. A former student, William Burnett, returns and threatens to kill everyone in the school with a bomb after holding them hostage. It is revealed that he seeks to kill Kyle, a student at Smallville High who would always bully Burnett. Clark realizes that he has to stop Burnett without changing into Superman since he would always protect William from Kyle in his youth. Lois reasons with Burnett and Burnett is arrested by the sheriff of Smallville. Meanwhile, Adam deals with a group called the Children of Liberty, an alien hate group dedicated to establishing humans as the superior race. The group is led by Ben, a businessman who blames all of his problems on aliens and has called himself Agent Liberty. Ben offers J'onn and Adam a partnership which they decline, prompting him and his group to retaliate. Ben puts on a facade as a family man and his family convinces him to surrender after being informed of his actions. In the end, when Clark and Lois are crowned high school king and queen for what they have done, Dark Superman makes his way out of the Phantom Zone and leads a regime of criminals that Jor-El trapped years ago before Krypton exploded.
# "Supremacy"-Dark Superman and his band of criminals begin causing more havoc in Metropolis, and he has also forces Lois to do a story about him, Adam and Bruce tell Clark that Dark Superman is just baiting him to come fight, however, he can't back down when his evil doppelganger kidnaps Lois. Superman goes alone to fight him, and the duo clash in an epic battle. Dark Superman manages to gain the upper hand, when his squad of criminals attack them. Bruce contacts the Legion, who arrives with Lesla-Lar, M'gann, Winn, and Garth along joined by Brainiac 8 who engage the soldiers. Superman manages to break free and rescue Lois. Dark Superman grabs Adam and holds him in a choke hole, persuading Superman to kill him. Dark Superman then throws Adam to the ground, after realizing that he is out numbered for now. In the end, Jor-El is shown fighting remnants of New Krypton's criminals with his team. However, he finds out about a secret order who still worship General Zod. Zod's enforcers injure Jor-El before he travels back to Earth. In the end, Adam begins to investigate "Connor" discovering that Tyler Mercer created a part human- part Kryptonian which he allows Adam to take care of in case anything happens to him.
# "Fatherhood"- Clark meets with his father Jor-El, who wishes for Clark to help him stop a fraction of the followers that served General Zod due to believing in his ways. Working together, Clark and Jor-El track them down to another planet and fight them with help from Brainiac 8, whom Jor-El is hesitant to trust due to the original Brainiac being involved in Krypton's destruction years ago by keeping quiet about it. In the meantime, Adam adopts Kon-El and decides to rename him as "Conner" and makes a note to J'onn that he looks similar to Clark. Conner is a Human/Kryptonian hybrid clone made from half of Clark Kent's DNA and half of Lex Luthor's DNA. As a child, Conner was shy, easily frightened and rather sweet. He seemed to grow easily attached to Adam and even professed to love him for his kindness. Adam makes it his personal mission to prevent Conner from becoming like Lex and gets him to play with young children. Conner enjoys the party until he starts drawing on a paper plate the House of El emblem. With the stroke of memory, Conner begins to have a seizure which makes Tyler become interested in the problem. Bruce tries to be there for Lois when Lois is traumatized that she almost died. After defeating the followers of General Zod, Jor-El decides to live on Earth with Clark.
# "The Flash VS Superman"- Tyler begins to obsess over finding a way to take down Superman, realizing that he has caused so much suffering for failing to defeat Dark Superman: his evil doppelganger. Meanwhile, Mad Mod arrives in Metropolis and starts a crime spree breaking into LexCorp and stealing a device to use on Superman so he could go berserk. Meanwhile, Barry Allen, Fiona and Wyatt go to Metropolis to find another part of the separation device which would separate Wyatt and Godspeed. At the D.E.O, Adam finds some of the technology for the device and starts to test it on Wyatt. However, all of the computers become hacked into with Mad Mod appearing as he says that all of Metropolis is being mind controlled with people committing acts of random violence. Barry decides to help as The Flash and saves a bunch of citizens from harming each other. Superman arrives too and Flash tells Superman that there is some type of machine controlling them. The duo arrive at the location where they continuously evade Mad Mod's robots. One of the robots sprays Superman with a strange pheromone that mind controls him. In rage, he starts attacking Barry with The Flash's moves still not working. The Flash manages to escape heading back to the DEO base where J'onn reveals that Mad Mod used mind controlling technology that lasts longer because of Clark's Kryptonian DNA. Adam outfits Barry with a Kryptonite based Flash suit, which also grants him boosts of super strength. Tracking down Superman while he is looking for Mad Mod to kill him, The Flash arrives and tries to get him to stop. Superman refuses to listen and Barry is forced to fight an old friend. Superman gains the upper hand until Barry uses a speed punch to send Clark flying through a bunch of buildings. Barry emits his Kryptonite reactor which injures Clark. The Flash manages to distract him long enough for the DEO to cure him from the mind control. In the end, The Flash and Superman take down Mod and he is arrested. Before Team Flash leaves to go back to Central City, he has a race against Superman.
# "Kon-El"- Tyler confesses to Clark and the agents of the D.E.O about Conner being a clone. Tensions arise between Clark and Tyler since Tyler is upset at Clark for having not told him he was Superman the whole time and Clark being upset with Tyler for creating a clone of him. That begins to make Clark suspect that Tyler is following in his brother Lex's footsteps. In the meantime, an assassin powered by Kryptonite is contracted to eliminate Conner which makes Clark and Tyler put their differences aside to protect him. As Superman, Clark is injured from the kryptonite and Bruce is able to subdue the assassin long enough for Adam to capture him. Feeling upset at having been helpless, Clark goes to Jor-El requesting that he be trained in order to become a better hero for Metropolis since he does not want to be helpless again.
# "Teacher And Student"- Clark begins his training with Jor-El and he finds himself getting angry at the fact that Dark Superman has been getting in his head for months now. Jor-El tries to get him to calm his mind, and takes him to a real life simulation where Clark Kent doesn't have his abilities. Clark must fight for his life in a world where Dark Superman ruled the Earth for many centuries and he allies with an older Bruce Wayne and a band of Insurgence leaders to take back New Metropolis. Meanwhile in the normal world, a vigilante begins killing people that the Batman has saved over the years and Bruce gets attacked by him during a date with Lois. David Cain injures her, which Bruce gets defeated also. He takes her to the hospital and goes to Adam for help in stopping him revealing that his teacher from Bhutan has returned to kill Bruce for leaving the group and not accepting his destiny. Back to Clark, he manages to help the insurgency defeat Dark Superman, where Dark Superman is taken back into a portal. Clark then goes to find a diamond with an S on it, which holds the key to escaping the reality while Jor-El watches. Batman and Adam, along with DEO agents engage him while Cain was killing thugs. This time, Batman manages to gain an upper hand with Cain revealing that he was proud of Bruce. Adam prepares to shoot him, but Bruce wants David alive and forces him to leave Metropolis. In the end, Clark finds the stone waking up from his virtual reality where he and Jor-El move on to the next phase.
# "Answer The Call"- Dan Turpin returns to Metropolis where he needs protection from the DEO when a bounty hunter named Lobo is after him for investigating his illegal operations, where Lobo has been operating as a bounty hunter without a license. Dan and Adam work together, unfortunately, Adam has memories about his failed romance with Dan, who just wants to remain friends.Meanwhile, Clark and Jor-El continue their training fighting each other in a Krypton simulation. J'onn tells Adam to start seeing other people and explained that he loved M'gann even though they couldn't be together. Adam then believes that he still has feelings for Dan. In the meantime, Tyler spends the day with Conner trying to clear his mind from events that have happened recently. Clark, as Superman, and the DEO take down Lobo's gang members and he is arrested. Dan says his final goodbyes to Adam and returns to Washington where he is revealed to be working in the FBI. J'onn asks Adam if he is going to date anyone and Adam tells him that he wants things to progress naturally which is why he is willing to wait for the right person. When Clark goes to check on Tyler and Conner, he sees Dark Superman and goes after him. Unfortunately, Dark Superman is able to beat Clark and is about to kill him in front of Lois and the public. Lois becomes devastated when Bruce rushes off during the fight feeling that he has abandoned her.
# "Free Will"-  Batman arrives and uses a Kryptonite batterang which weakens Dark Superman. He then shoots him with a flash bang batterang which temporarily stuns him. Batman is able to get Clark and all of the civilians away from harm as Dark Superman destroys a Luthor Corp building in order to escape. Bruce and Jor-El take Clark to a remote location where they hope that he stands down so the DEO can handle Dark Superman. Clark wakes up in a location hidden in a secret D.E.O cell, with Jor-El explaining to him that without a plan he cannot defeat Dark Superman a plan which Adam came up with and Jor-El supports. As Dark Superman begins killing a bunch of citizens to leave as a message for Superman, Adam and the DEO along with the Batman, J'onn and Jor-El attack his criminals head on with Bruce using a frequency that weakens them. During the battle, Dark Superman beats up Adam and nearly breaks his ribs. The evil doppelganger flies away leaving the team devastated. When Clark finds out what happened, and blames his father and team for refusing to let him fight. This leaves him angry at Bruce and he declares that he doesn't trust him enough anymore. Later, Dark Superman takes Adam back to his Russian soldiers who forces him to create a national Doomsday weapon that could be headed straight to Metropolis. Lois breaks up with Bruce feeling that he has been abandoning her for months and she can't put up with it any longer. Bruce decides to not tell her his secret, since that way villains won't go after her. In the end, Clark contacts the Legion using a ring that he was given for help on waging war with Dark Superman.
# "Dark Cloud"- Using the Legion's help, Superman and Jor-El have been tracking down Adam but to no avail. Brainiac 8 tracks a beacon from Adam back in Russia which prompts the team to visit Russia. Meanwhile, Adam is forced to build a nuclear bomb that will launch the "Dark cloud" a nuclear weapon that will dispurse a virus that will wipe out all humans on the Earth except Russia. Trying to escape, Adam shoots some guards. He then manages to break out of his cell but he gets attacked by Rampage, Armageddon, and Lex Luthor who is wearing a power suit. Lex subdues Adam and swears that he will kill him if the weapon isn't made. Adam reluctantly complies when Dark Superman reveals that he knows who Dan Turpin is which makes him help build the device. Team Superman and the Legion arrive in Russia taking down as many Kryptonian creatures, Russian soldiers, and Phantom Zone criminals as they can. Lesla-Lar helps Winn safe guard them with him using a futuristic pistol. Superman subdues all of the guards and attacks his doppelganger with Jor-El. Dark Superman injures Jor-El, and Superman charges up his full power heat vision rays to which Dark Superman does the same. However, Dark Superman's rays prove to be too strong, and Clark ends up getting hit through the wall. Breaking out of the other side, he launches multiple punches but Dark Superman is able to dodge each hit. Later, the weapon gets launched just as Batman arrives to rescue Adam. Dark Superman begins to laugh and flies up in order to gain more Solar sun energy. Adam then looks on and asks: What have I done? Before the episode ends in a cliffhanger.
# "Showdown Between Good And Evil"- Sam Lane arrives in Metropolis to take control of the DEO and his first step is to evacuate Metropolis with help from Bruce while Clark and the Legion try to devise a way to destroy the weapon. Clark finally decides to use what he learned in training with him creating a solar flare which could be done with absorbing the rays of the sun. Meanwhile, Adam and Lesla-Lar realize that to beat the Dark Kal-El, he must be killed with a crystal that time displaced him in the 1950s which Tyler is able to provide. Clark fights Kal-El, with Moscow being damaged in the process. Clark then takes his doppelganger to the sky and uses the solar flare which stuns him, causing him to continuously punch Kal-El using super speed. Clark falls to the ground and realizes that he used a lot of power and has a small amount left. Conner arrives and tosses Clark the stone which prompts Jor-El and J'onn to trap the Dark Superman. Clark stabs his doppelganger in the chest causing the doppelganger's skin to become withered and broken apart. The Legion help to restore Metropolis which makes Bruce compliment them in front of the media. Brainiac 8 decides to return to the Legion permanently. Bruce resigns from the DEO feeling that he can help whenever he is needed. Clark gives up being Superman to have a relationship with Lana since Kal-El forced him to realize that things have changed. Tyler decides to take up the mantle of Superman using an armored suit that he has designed and Clark believes that Tyler can do what it takes. Adam begins to show Conner how to use his abilities. Conner asks Adam if he can become a hero like Clark. Adam then laughs telling them that Conner will become one when ready. At a federal maximum prison, Lex meets a man calling himself Desaad. Desaad tells Lex that he can help him beat Oliver Queen and several other politicians in an election to become president of the United States. When Lex asks what Desaad wants in return, Desaad tells him that he wishes for Lex to remove all vigilantes. This proposition fascinates Lex and prompts him to smile sinisterly at this.
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