S1E1 "An Ideal of Hope"

Synopsis
Clark Kent is getting used to his new life as a reporter for the Daily Planet in Metropolis, as well as being the savior of Metropolis, Superman. Even though he has been Superman for a full year, not much notice has been placed on him. Though one man has got his eye on the Man of Steel…

Lex Luthor of LexCorp sees a sort of problem with Superman. It is his vision that Superman will foil his plans to win the presidency and rule over America with an iron fist. He knows that Superman would find this out, and he seeks ways to stop it from happening. He enlists his bodyguard, Mercy Graves, to help him in his crusade to take him down.

Lex manages to hack into government records to find something, anything, that could help him. He learns of something called the K-Isotope that arrived via asteroid from space. After running a few tests, he can see that it shares the same atmospheric residue as Superman supposedly leaves after he shows up in an area of the city to fight crime. He then creates a device to locate the K-Isotope and isolate a location so he can get his hands on this new material.

Back with Clark, he is just finishing putting his things in his new cubicle when he is approached by Lois Lane. She tells him about how their boss, Perry White, is a little bit of an asshole when it comes to his employees. After sharing a laugh about it, Clark kindly thanks Lois for the advice as he begins his work. Before he is able to type a sentence of a story, an explosion is heard downtown.

While everyone is looking out the window at where the explosion came from, Clark zooms out, switching into his Superman suit as he flies over to the site. A building is caught on fire, as a group of anarchist threw molotov cocktails into the building. He uses his freeze breath to put out the fires as he punches through broken wood and falling debris in order to reach each and every civilian and bring them to safety.

After the fact, as he talks to police about the situation, Lois comes over asking for a quote. Superman exclaims “I’m just here to help the people of Metropolis. We all deserve a bright future, and I’m ready to give it a push forward.” Metropolis starts to hail Superman more, as they know that they have a guardian angel watching over them, protecting them with his life, because he is a Man of Tomorrow.

Starring
Henry Cavill as Superman

Mark Strong as Lex Luthor

Olivia Wilde as Lois Lane

Kristen Bell as Mercy Graves

Sean Connery as Perry White

Calum Worthy as Jimmy Olsen