Still, even within this concept, there is way more to explore with Lois than what they are doing. Lois Lane had a LOT to explore on Smallville itself and she was very much based in SV for most of the series. For years she lived in that town. But that show did a better job of exploring her family and her feelings than this one has so far. The show cared about her feelings.
We keep hearing that Lois is a fish out of water here but they aren’t letting her express it. We see it through her job but no other lens. We hear that Clark was absent for years but it’s only through the lens of their kids. Meanwhile, the implication is that Lois has been shouldering the burden of raising their kids for over a decade but we never get to hear her talk about it. Which is crazy to me because this is a relatable problem for a lot of working mothers. It’s not uncommon for working mothers to shoulder the burden of child rearing Superman or no Superman. But the show isn’t interested in interrogating how this impacted her.
Is she lonely in Smallville? Does she feel like she gave up a lot for both her son and her husband’s happiness? Again who knows.