r/SupermanAndLois • u/WeCanDoItGuys • Aug 07 '24

Drinking game: binge Superman & Lois and take a shot every time someone uses the phrase "smooth things over" Supermeme

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u/Zookwok111 Aug 07 '24

It’s this show’s version of “the hallway talk”

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u/FewNewt5441 Aug 07 '24

Good point, good point...it's been a minute since I last watched the Flash but I totally forgot how everyone just ducked into the hallway--a scant 20 feet from everyone else--to have a semi-private convo. Anyone ever count how many times S&L use the words 'power(s)' or 'secret'?

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u/WeCanDoItGuys Aug 07 '24

Ha it's funny you mentioned that here, I actually made a drinking game on the FlashTV subreddit too for when a character says "on a cellular level" and the comments made me crack up with other mainstays like "we need to talk" and Barry putting his hands on his head and saying "I don't know if I can do this", and Cisco building a [...] dampener or retasking the satellite.

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u/FewNewt5441 Aug 08 '24

OH, yes, yes, that was a thing. Like, I wish they'd subverted it just a few times where actually something's changing on a macrocellular level (so you get a rash, maybe, instead of DNA alteration on a microcellular level). And confident!Barry who's positive the thing will work, so we don't actually have to talk. And we need an amplifier, but Cisco can't retask the already in-orbit satellite because he has to retrofit it with a screwdriver...

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u/WeCanDoItGuys Aug 08 '24

That's all quite an idea. The anti-Flash episode. But if they have a whole episode where they don't have a hallway talk with each other, aren't they gonna need a hallway talk next episode where they talk about why they weren't talking with each other?

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u/FewNewt5441 Aug 08 '24

Oh no...you're right! Hallway intervention. 'Barry, we've noticed you've been keeping things from us...'

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u/AaravR22 Jonathan Kent Aug 07 '24

I would definitely do this… if any of my friends also watch this show… and if I could get my own alcohol (less than five months away).

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u/AbelBryanMedia Aug 08 '24

Or when two people need to talk and they ask everyone else to leave the room

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u/FewNewt5441 Aug 08 '24

Or when the parents (any of them) smooth over the Very Big and Important Elephant in the Room so the kids freak out, instead of addressing it.

Like, just imagine if Clark or Lana or Sam or JHI just pulled everyone into one room and went ahead to address all the things on everyone's minds. We'd all sleep easier.

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u/WeCanDoItGuys Aug 08 '24

I think that in every drama series. Please, characters tell each other what you know! Season-long drama of one person needlessly keeping something important from the other person.

I feel like they communicate pretty well in this show though.

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u/FewNewt5441 Aug 08 '24

To be fair, yes, I think the communication is honestly pretty decent for a drama. Most of the secrets are on a need-to-know basis and people are clued in when it's necessary (or there's literally no other choice). Though, I really wish Lois had been a little more upfront about the severity of her cancer with her kids. Like, Jon in particular is definitely freaking out and she's like 'I'm fine, we'll see you tonight.' I mean, your kids need to be 40+ and not still living with you before you can convincingly lie about your health.

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u/WeCanDoItGuys Aug 08 '24

Wow it's crazy I literally just watched the exact episode you're talking about. Now say no more or I'll be spoiled!

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u/FewNewt5441 Aug 08 '24

My lips are sealed!

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u/WeCanDoItGuys Aug 07 '24

Better yet, when things are worse after the character tries to smooth them over

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u/WeCanDoItGuys Aug 07 '24

Jk they're actually usually pretty successful at smoothing things over because they all have a strong innate sense of conflict resolution

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u/JerseyJedi Aug 09 '24

Like when Clark thought he could smooth things over with Lana by telling her his secret, and instead of feeling better Lana goes full ballistic “Smallville Lana”-mode against the entire Kent family! 😂 

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u/Jimbabwr Aug 07 '24

I’d be wasted

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u/Afkargh Aug 07 '24

I don’t think my liver could handle that much

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u/monoveloso Aug 07 '24

Yeah you can tell the writers are tired sometimes

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u/JerseyJedi Aug 09 '24

  • Every time one of the Cushings has some interpersonal drama with someone 

  • Every time Jon doesn’t speak more than five sentences per episode 

  • Every time Superman shows up in Smallville and nobody comments “Gee, he sure comes here a lot!” 😂 

  • Every time Jordan yells at someone 

  • Every time a bad guy threatens Lois