History Recap / SupermanAndLoisS3E6OfSoundMind

* TheGlovesComeOff: When it appears Jordan may have been fatally injured by a Kryptonite rifle, a furious Superman blasts the rifleman with heat vision. This is a rare example of that power being deployed against an opponent who lacks heat vision himself. When Supergirl deployed heat vision on [[Series/Supergirl2015 her own show]], it usually resulted in a BeamOWar although one time she did destroy a robot/cyborg thing with it. Similarly, on ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', Clark once blasted someone with heat vision and was only prevented from killing him by the last-second arrival of another hero. It isn't clear whether the rifleman's armor enabled him to survive the blast, as Superman only hit him with a short burst rather than a sustained beam.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Creator/WoleParks (John Henry) and Tayler Buck (Natalie) are inexplicably completely absent from the episode and not even mentioned; notably, the idea of ''them'' being the ones to save Superman in the climax [[ForgotAboutHisPowers isn't brought up at all]]. Justified, since Lois knows that he is in trouble ''now''; by the time she calls John, tells him the problem, he scans for Superman, and flies over there, Clark might well already be dead.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Sophie states that everyone always forgets about her. In the context of the series, she has up until now been a SatelliteCharacter to the rest of her family, each of whom have their own individual story arcs, while she's just been kinda...there, to the point where it's likely many viewers can often forget she even exists.

* CallingTheOldManOut: Jordan calls out Clark for [[MovingTheGoalposts adding another lesson every time he finishes one]]. Lois later also calls him out on it.

* HeroicWillpower: Despite being fired at not only by Onomatopoeia, but also by ''three'' Kryptonite guns, Superman fights all the way through and they can only manage to pin him down.

* IdiotBall: Clark hearing from members of the support group presents him with a form of fear he isn't used to dealing with: helplessness, especially when it comes to a villain that he can't fight. This causes him to:
** overestimate Lois's chances of survival, ignoring her wishes to prepare for the worse, should she perish to the disease or something else.
** undervalue Jordan's progress, stating that he needs more training rather than let him go out on relatively minor heroic deeds.

* TheUnfavorite: How Sophie feels and why she runs away. Jon sympathizes with her over having felt similar in the past and convinces her to reconcile with her family.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Creator/WoleParks (John Henry) and Tayler Buck (Natalie) are inexplicably completely absent from the episode and not even mentioned; notably, the idea of ''them'' being the ones to save Superman in the climax [[ForgotAboutHisPowers isn't brought up at all]].

* TheGlovesComeOff: When it appears Jordan may have been fatally injured by a Kryptonite rifle, a furious Superman blasts the rifleman with heat vision. This is a rare example of that power being deployed against an opponent who lacks heat vision himself. When Supergirl deployed heat vision on [[Series/Supergirl2015 her own show]], it usually resulted in a BeamOWar although one time she did destroy a robot/cyborg thing with it. Similarly, on ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', Clark once blasted someone with heat vision and was only prevented from killing him by the last-second arrival of another hero. It isn't clear whether the rifleman's armor enabled him to survive the blast.

* TropaholicsAnonymous: Clark attends one for the relatives of cancer patiens, but initially doesn't plan on returning because he is refusing to consider the possibility that Lois might not make it. In the end, he returns.

* AtrociousAlias: Jordan finds the "Lil' Kent" shirt Jon receives from Kyle in the end ridiculous, comparing it to a Rapper moniker.

* CharacterDeath: Deadline asks Superman to get him to Bruno Mannheim to help, but he later still succumbs to the numerous tumors inside of him.

* HeroicWillpower: Despite being fired at not only by Onomatopoeia, but also by ''three'' Kryptonite guns, Clark fights all the way through.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Mild case, but Lois accuses Clark of trying to teach Jordan how to react in worst case scenarios, while he himself refuse to acknowledge the worst case scenario for Lois's cancer treatment. In the end, he admits that it was a coping mechanism.

* HybridPower: Jordan is less severely affected by Kryptonite than his father. Clark even muses that Jordan might potentially surpass him because of his Human ancestry rather than in spite of it.

* WhamShot: Onomatopoeia removes her mask and beneath it is Pia, Lois's fellow cancer patient and the reason Mannheim is trying to develop a SuperSerum.

* TheGlovesComeOff: When it appears Jordan may have been fatally injured by a Kryptonite rifle, a furious Superman blasts the rifleman with heat vision. This is a rare example of that power being deployed against an opponent who lacks heat vision himself. When Supergirl deployed heat vision on her own show, it usually resulted in a {{BeamOWar}} although one time she did destroy a robot/cyborg thing with it. Similarly, on Smallville, Clark once blasted someone with heat vision and was only prevented from killing him by the last-second arrival of another hero. It isn't clear whether the rifleman's armor enabled him to survive the blast.

* MadeOfIron: When Onomatopoeia takes a super-speed hit from Superman after the ambush fails, she is still able to report back to Mannheim, all the more surprising given {{TheReveal}} at the end.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Creator/WoleParks (John Henry) and Taylor Buck (Natalie) are inexplicably completely absent from the episode and not even mentioned; notably, the idea of ''them'' being the ones to save Superman in the climax [[ForgotAboutHisPowers isn't brought up at all]].

* WhamShot: Onomatopoeia removes her mask and beneath it is Tamera, Lois's fellow cancer patient and the reason Mannheim is trying to develop a SuperSerum.

* PopCultureOsmosisFailure: Lana's ''VideoGame/BurgerTime'' reference flies over Sarah's head.