When considering why I've fallen in love with The CW's series Superman & Lois, my thoughts turn to something I've started calling The Superman Paradox. Back then, the show toggled between more cartoonish action sequences and grown-up emotional conflicts, with Hatcher's Lois figuring out Clark's secret identity before he could tell her, raising issues of trust among two characters who always served as the model comic book couple. To their credit, producers on The CW's Superman & Lois leaned into an even more realistic and emotive approach in their cancer storyline, stretching the arc of Lois' illness across most of the 13-episode season.