Catching on like wildfire after Beauty and the Beast fizzled out, this show had the fantasy romance crowd locked in, and it worked very well indeed for a time.
Unfortunately, the show joined the ranks of Dallas, St. Elsewhere and Dynasty with one of the all-time "Screw you, audience" plots: Clark, who had been saving himself for marriage, marrying the clone of Lois instead of the real deal. It wasn't so much jumping the shark as gaffing it and serving up the baked fillets to the viewers.
Combined with the inevitable strain of shows which actually get their male and female leads together, along with much thinner plots in the show's final season (you already have Superman, you ought not NEED dei ex machina like "Mike" to make things All Better, never mind with an ep title like "Swear to God, This Time We're Not Kidding"), this put a stake in the heart of the show. 'Tis a pity.
I'd give the series 7/10 for the first couple seasons, and maybe 4/10 at best thereafter.
Unfortunately, the show joined the ranks of Dallas, St. Elsewhere and Dynasty with one of the all-time "Screw you, audience" plots: Clark, who had been saving himself for marriage, marrying the clone of Lois instead of the real deal. It wasn't so much jumping the shark as gaffing it and serving up the baked fillets to the viewers.
Combined with the inevitable strain of shows which actually get their male and female leads together, along with much thinner plots in the show's final season (you already have Superman, you ought not NEED dei ex machina like "Mike" to make things All Better, never mind with an ep title like "Swear to God, This Time We're Not Kidding"), this put a stake in the heart of the show. 'Tis a pity.
I'd give the series 7/10 for the first couple seasons, and maybe 4/10 at best thereafter.