S2E3
Tabula Rasa (1)
⚠ Spoiler alert This recap gives away what happens in this episode.
Episode Summary & Review
Summary
Lex Luthor controls and manipulates a powerful android named Amazo with the ability to copy and collect any superpower, posing as a father figure to it. Meanwhile, J’onn questions the nature of humans and struggles with the burden of hearing thousands of their minds in his head at the same time after performing a psychic sweep of the city of Metropolis in a failed attempt to locate Luthor.
Our Take
A solid villain episode that leans on character work over action. Luthor scheming his way into a surrogate dad role with Amazo is genuinely unsettling, and J’onn’s quiet crisis about humanity gives the B-story real weight. The animation on Amazo’s power-copying holds up nicely. Worth your time, even if the cliffhanger ending leaves you hanging.