Madame Ex is the first episode of the second season.
This episode was also the first part of a three-part story of the return of Lex Luthor.
Plot[]
Lex Luthor is ended...but the malady lingers on. His vengeful ex-wife use psychology, plastic surgery and Kryptonite! - in a devious plot to vanquish Lois Lane and Superman.
Plot Summary[]
Arianna Carlin, Luthor's ex-wife arrives in Metropolis seeking revenge for his death and her targets are Lois and Superman, whom she thinks responsible for it. With the help of Dr. Heller, a plastic surgeon who worked for Lex and she later kills, she creates a duplicate of Lois.
Dr Carlin used her books to get the public to hate Superman and turn against him and make Lex Luthor like a hero. The duplicate does things that Lois would never do, like accusing Superman for killing Lex or throwing a tear gas in the newsroom of the Daily Planet, to make everyone believe that Lois got crazy.
At the same time, Arianna gets hired by Perry on the Daily Planet as a therapist and pushes everyone to believe even more that Lois is not herself and she needs help. Clark decides to help Lois investigate the truth even though he is not sure if he has to believe her when she says that she is fine. Eventually, they discover the true identity of Arianna as Lex's ex-wife and they reveal the truth but not before Arianna captures Lois and attempts to kill Superman using a Kryptonite bullet making it look like Lois did it.
Lois manages to help Superman and he makes sure that Arianna and the duplicate gets arrested.
Meanwhile Dr. Gretchen Kelly, who is taking care of Lex's body that was stolen from the morgue after his death, tells him that Arianna failed but he will always have her.
Guest Cast[]
Special guest star[]
Guest starring[]
- Thomas Ryan as Detective Ryder
- Denise Crosby as Dr. Gretchen Kelly
- Earl Boen as Dr. Heller
- Jack Kruschen as Captain Keene
- Barry Livingston as Sheldon Bender
Co-starring[]
- Julie Araskog as Sandy Martin
- Tony DiBenedetto as News Stand Operator
- John Wheeler as Shop Owner
- Juan Garcia as Homeless Guy
- Joe Ochman as Male Staffer
- Bradley Weissman as Male Demonstrator
- Traylor Hall as Secretary
- Jessica Hecht as Female Staffer
- Carole Wyand as Woman Demonstrator
- Gregg Brazzell as Construction Worker
- Tony Blake as Pedestrian
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