I began watching because a friend of mine in middle school told me about it, at the time it was the talk of the new season of 1993. Seeing the striking man in blue, and his feisty lady I could only imagine what life could be like with them around. You definitely would be living on the edge! or soaring above the clouds.
The show had the mystery, and effects of any top rate show. it held it's audience on the seat, and molded me into the viewer I am today. So what am I trying to say? Well, I had lost touch with this old favorite of mine until this very week, when I found it on Netflix I watched every episode again. Granted I was amused by the nineties styles and large cell phones, and some campy humor. But I began to realize what I loved about the show again.
It's not the effects, humor, or life and death moments...it was the quiet vulnerability of Lois and Clark. Both made of steel in a way on the outside, but genuinely looking for some love and kindness in the world on the inside. They enthralled me, and captured my heart, and they have once again.
Lois and Clark is one of those few shows that live for a short time but stay with you for much longer. You can see how they love each other, and how they touch your heart. They leave you with pearls of wisdom to carry through your own life, and give you that hope to fight through the struggle just for one more day!
It's that kind of attraction that kept the show running. I find it hard to believe that some nay sayers believe the show was cancelled because Lois married Clark, and it was pointless after. That is bull. The show was so much better after the tugging and teasing and countless struggles of the heart gave way to their true love.
Love that transcends time and space. What more can you ask of a love story? Not to have a happy ending, to continue to repeat itself and never truly have your characters unite? No! The true test of a show is it's ability to live long after the struggle is at an end. I mean really who wanted to see them fight, and continue to love from afar for another 2 years! Not me!
Can you tell me you don't get excited to hear that theme song?
This Lois and Clark made it possible for the Smallville characters to be mainstream television. Before Lois and Clark no other superman character with Lois came from movies to TV. One could say it paved the way for Smallville's success.
So if you love the show, grew up with it, found it again, or for the first time. Tell me what you loved about it. It's not hard. Lois and Clark soared into our lives with the hope of bringing a message, that love is possible and can endure. And that is what they showed me.
