Superman & Lois: The Fourth and Final Season Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		4.0
Video		4.5
Audio		4.5
Extras		0.0
Overall		3.5

Superman & Lois: The Fourth and Final Season Blu-ray Movie Review

"Enjoy the time left. It's running out..."

Reviewed by Kenneth Brown August 14, 2025

Filmmaker and sometimes-Arrowverse episode director Kevin Smith had this to say in 2016, after helming his first episode of The CW's The Flash: "[Producer Greg Berlanti and his teams] have three pillars on which they’ve built [these shows]: heart, humor and spectacle. That’s what they say. Every episode’s got to have that. With those pillars -- you can raise and lower them... sometimes you can have more of one or the other -- but you’ve got to have all three." And that's precisely what makes Superman & Lois successful, far more so than the show's first hit-or-miss incarnation, Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, which ran (and often stumbled) from 1993-97. The "heart" remains the infectious chemistry between Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch -- Supes and Ms. Lane to you, bub -- though their extended family certainly brings plenty to the family dinner table. The "humor" isn't always emphasized, particularly with such a dark season of television as this one, but the ensemble rarely if ever allows the heroics to sink into the muck of joyless melodrama. And the "spectacle"... well, I'd argue Superman & Lois's fourth season treatment of Lex Luthor, Doomsday and the infamous "Death of Superman" arc is handled with more confidence and visual flair than Zack Snyder's stab at the exact same material in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

Superman & Lois: The Complete Fourth and Final Season picks up right where Season Three left off: with Superman preparing to face down a Bizarro-turned-Doomsday monstrosity that threatens his life, his family's survival and the sanctity of Smallville, his hometown. Brought to life with impressive character design and remarkably convincing CG (especially for a lower budgeted TV show), Doomsday is all muscle, spines and vitriol, and more than happy to beat Clark to a pulp... which he has more than enough strength to do. What follows is, without delving too far into spoiler territory, an adaptation of the death and resurrection of Superman, which hews quite closely at times to 1992-93's "Death of Superman" arc from DC Comics editor Mike Carlin and his team of writers, among them Dan Jurgens, Roger Stern, Louise Simonson, Jerry Ordway and Karl Kesel. But rather than focusing on disparate heroes, clones or Supe-alikes picking up the mantle after the clash of titans, Superman & Lois spends time with Clark's kids, occasionally at-odds brothers Jonathan (Michael Bishop) and Jordan Kent (Alex Garfin), as well as Lois's father General Lane (Dylan Walsh) and once-and-future Steel, John Henry Irons (Wolé Parks). With the full Kent clan taking on Lex Luthor (a fantastically villainous Michael Cudlitz) and his corporation in one of their most dangerous iterations, hard decisions must be made, impossible battles fought, powers obtained, and evil vanquished. Are Clark, Lois and the boys up to the task? Don't be silly. We're in comicbook land. Of course they are.

But while I could expound upon what makes the fourth season of the series such a success, revealing too much in the process no doubt, I'd rather focus on the element that denotes or dooms any otherwise well-received show: the dreaded series finale. Much to my delight, Superman & Lois actually sticks its final landing, with a Lost-esque twist and turn that shouldn't work... yet does. It's not often I find myself nearing tears as a superhero show draws to a close, but Superman & Lois skip past the spectacle and jam on the heart button, offering an unexpected denouement you'll never see coming. It won't work for everyone, particularly with its treatment of Lex, but it reduces over a century of battles between two nemeses into something moving and profound, a relationship that could have been so much more had Luthor only managed to realize the error of his ways. It's a strange homecoming of sorts, mystical bordering on surreal, but it captures the essence of the entire show in a way that goes beyond its episodic structure and offers a commentary on opposing forces and the good within us all. In a world as divided and divisive as ours, it's a message that strikes with quite a bit of resonance, and one that begs several timely questions: are we all making the same mistake as Lex? Do we fancy ourselves Superman but fall prey to our baser instincts? Can we rise above our lesser selves to accomplish something together? Or do we doom ourselves, every day, to lowest common denominator survival and impulses? In a world where Superman is fiction, perhaps his example could lead us to something real and beautiful; something that could save us lifetimes of fighting the seemingly never-ending culture wars of our 21st century world.

The Blu-ray release of Superman & Lois: The Complete Fourth and Final Season features all ten fourth season episodes spread across two BD-50 discs:

• The End & The Beginning - Clark engages in a fight for his life while Lois, her boys, and the world must face an unthinkable possibility: what if Superman never returns? And so, while the Big Boy in Blue is locked in a brutal space battle with Luthor’s monster, Lois and the boys race against time to save General Lane.

• A World Without - Lana and Sarah join the fight against Luthor, who starts making dramatic moves in Smallville. Jordan and Jonathan butt heads over an important decision.

• Always My Hero - Reeling from failure, Jordan begins to spiral while Jonathan discovers newfound strength. Elsewhere, General Lane recruits John Henry and Natalie Irons to the DOD.

• A Perfectly Good Wedding - The Kents struggle to adjust to their new normal. Lois helps throw Kyle and Chrissy an impromptu wedding that doesn’t quite go as planned.

• Break the Cycle - Lois makes increasingly bold moves as she tries to stop Luthor. Jonathan struggles to balance his personal life and responsibilities, while Clark learns an unsettling truth.

• When the Lights Come On - Luthor plans to move LuthorCorp to Smallville, but finds opposition in Lana. Sarah faces a difficult decision, and Clark confronts Luthor face-to-face.

• A Regular Guy - After some concerning interactions in town, Clark is determined to protect the secret that he’s Superman; a task complicated by Jonathan and Jordan. Lois considers the future of the Gazette after Chrissy proposes something drastic.

• Sharp Dressed Guy - Lex Luthor challenges Lois to a live telecast debate, though -- surprise, surprise -- not everything is as it seems. Meanwhile, John Henry and Clark face a troubling possibility.

• To Live and Die Again - Lois struggles against the fallout of the debate. Clark uses Luthor’s tactics against him, while Jonathan and Jordan prepare for an impending battle.

• It Went By So Fast - The epic series finale brings the show to an astonishing end as the Kents fight with everything they have when Luthor makes his final move against Smallville.

Superman & Lois: The Fourth and Final Season Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Superman & Lois's fourth season Blu-ray release delivers a striking 1080p/AVC-encoded video transfer that's every bit as strong as its BD predecessors. Colors are warm and natural, skintones are lifelike, primaries pop and contrast leveling is excellent, with inky black levels to boot. Some of the battles in space get a tad muddy when Superman lures Doomsday into an asteroid field, but it appears to be in keeping with the showrunners' intentions. But goodness... when those fireballs explode and those heat vision blasts unleash, the screen erupts in a dazzling spectacle. Detail is terrific too, whether practical or CG-born. Edges are crisp without any sign of ringing, fine textures are well-resolved, and the image is clean and free of significant banding, macroblocking and other issues. (Though each flitters into view every so often. Thankfully any anomaly is kept to the barest of minimums and seems to be limited to scenes involving flashpan explosions.)

Superman & Lois: The Fourth and Final Season Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Warner's DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround track is also comparable to previous seasons' lossless mixes. Dialogue is clear, intelligible and nicely grounded in both quiet and action-heavy scenes. Prioritization is flawless, without anything in the way of overpowered voices or underwhelming effects. LFE output is heavy and hefty, adding real oomph to super punches, explosions and other things that go bump in Smallville's battles, while rear speaker activity is solid, opening up the soundscape with a variety of bolstered whip-pans and directionally precise ambience. No complaints here.

Superman & Lois: The Fourth and Final Season Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

The Blu-ray release of Superman & Lois: The Complete Fourth and Final Season doesn't include any extras.

Superman & Lois: The Fourth and Final Season Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Superman & Lois: The Complete Fourth and Final Season is ten episodes of heart, humor and spectacle done right, with a finale that goes beyond the expected and actually delivers something poignant and powerful. Warner's Blu-ray release is pretty good too, so long as you're willing to overlook the complete lack of supplements (a rarity for Arrowverse releases). Fortunately its excellent video presentation and strong DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround track carries the day, depriving the barebones nature of the disc of any serious sting.