The BEST episodes of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman season 1

Every episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman season 1!

A much more lavish version of the popular Superman television series which had first aired forty years earlier, Lois & Clark focused more on the Man of Steel's early adult years in Metropolis. With the unknowing help of Lois Lane, Clark Kent created Superman there in Metropolis after finding work at the world-famous Daily Planet newspaper, where he meets fellow reporter Lois Lane.

Last Updated: 11/8/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
The House of Luthor
star
8.70
84 votes

#1 - The House of Luthor

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/8/1994

Clark, Perry, Jimmy and Jack try to prove Luthor guilty of the Daily Planet arson and prevent his marriage to Lois.

Directors: Alan J. Levi
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Foundling
star
7.71
206 votes

#2 - Foundling

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/20/1994

After Superman learns that the small globe retrieved from his spacecraft many years ago contains all the secrets of his alien origin, a teenage burglar, Jack Miner, sells it to Luthor.

Directors: Bill D'Elia
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Barbarians at the Planet
star
7.64
203 votes

#3 - Barbarians at the Planet

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/1/1994

Luthor buys the Daily Planet corporation and destroys the building.

Directors: James Bagdonas
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Pilot (1)
star
7.63
383 votes

#4 - Pilot (1)

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1993

After Clark gets a job at the Daily Planet, he joins Lois in investigating space shuttle sabotage, which he must thwart as Superman.

Directors: Robert Butler
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The Rival
star
7.51
178 votes

#5 - The Rival

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/27/1994

Lois and Clark investigate a rival newspaper publisher who they suspect is causing tragic accidents so his reporters can be the first to write the stories.

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Pheromone, My Lovely
star
7.39
163 votes

#6 - Pheromone, My Lovely

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/28/1993

When Luthor romantically rejects a jealous chemist, she threatens to spray Metropolis with a new perfume that will free romantic inhibitions.

Directors: Bill D'Elia
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Pilot (2)
star
7.37
133 votes

#7 - Pilot (2)

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/12/1993

Directors: Robert Butler
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Strange Visitor
star
7.36
293 votes

#8 - Strange Visitor

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/1993

Lois and Clark battle a military UFO investigator determined to destroy Superman.

Directors: Randy Zisk
Writer: Bryce Zabel
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The Green, Green Glow of Home
star
7.36
226 votes

#9 - The Green, Green Glow of Home

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/14/1993

Lois and Clark investigate a strange green crystal found in Clark's hometown that depletes Superman of his powers.

Directors: Les Landau
Writer: Bryce Zabel
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Fly Hard
star
7.34
184 votes

#10 - Fly Hard

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/27/1994

Five terrorists invade the Daily Planet building and search for a gangster's secret vault, while holding the newspaper staff hostage.

Directors: Philip Sgriccia
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I'm Looking Through You
star
7.33
272 votes

#11 - I'm Looking Through You

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/1993

An invisible man terrorizes Metropolis, staging violent robberies and helping vicious criminals escape. Superman must make the invisible visible.

Directors: Mark Sobel
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Neverending Battle
star
7.32
253 votes

#12 - Neverending Battle

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1993

The Daily Planet staff is assigned to learn more about Superman.

Directors: Gene Reynolds
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Witness
star
7.30
163 votes

#13 - Witness

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/9/1994

Lois witnesses the murder of Vincent Winninger, a reclusive scientist who reveals a powerful industrialist's scheme to destroy the Amazon rain forest.

Directors: Mel Damski
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Smart Kids
star
7.26
219 votes

#14 - Smart Kids

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/31/1993

Lois and Clark save Metropolis from the rule of several children, victims of a chemical experiment to increase their intelligence.

Directors: Robert Singer
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Illusions of Grandeur
star
7.25
155 votes

#15 - Illusions of Grandeur

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/23/1994

Lois and Clark investigate a world-famous magician whom they suspect of kidnapping the children of Metropolis' wealthiest families.

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Honeymoon in Metropolis
star
7.24
202 votes

#16 - Honeymoon in Metropolis

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/12/1993

Lois and Clark pose as a newlywed couple in a luxurious hotel suite to spy on a corrupt congressman and a greedy weapons manufacturer.

Directors: James A. Contner
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The Man of Steel Bars
star
7.24
198 votes

#17 - The Man of Steel Bars

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1993

Superman is banished when the citizens of Metropolis blame him for causing abnormally hot temperatures.

Directors: Robert Butler
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Vatman
star
7.24
182 votes

#18 - Vatman

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/13/1994

Luthor creates a Superman clone and orders him to destroy the original Superman.

Directors: Randy Zisk
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All Shook Up
star
7.23
197 votes

#19 - All Shook Up

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/2/1994

After trying to deflect a gigantic meteor on a collision course with Earth, Superman falls back to the planet in a complete state of amnesia.

Writer: Bryce Zabel
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I've Got a Crush on You
star
7.15
198 votes

#20 - I've Got a Crush on You

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/24/1993

Lois and Clark infiltrate a criminal gang they suspect of setting destructive fires throughout Metropolis.

Directors: Gene Reynolds
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The Ides of Metropolis
star
7.07
153 votes

#21 - The Ides of Metropolis

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/6/1994

Lois and Clark help a computer programmer, falsely convicted of murder, combat a software virus that is destroying the nation's computer networks.

Directors: Philip Sgriccia
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Requiem for a Superhero
star
7.02
264 votes

#22 - Requiem for a Superhero

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/17/1993

When Lois discovers that her father, Dr. Sam Lane, is helping a corrupt boxing promoter create an army of cybernetic athletes, Superman steps into the boxing ring to defeat the killer robots.

Directors: Randy Zisk
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