Superboy/Abandon Earth (1)

Abandon Earth
Season 2, Episode 18
Airdate	February 17, 1990
Written by	Cary Bates and Mark Jones
Directed by	Richard J. Lewis
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Superboy — Season Two

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Abandon Earth is the eighteenth episode of the second season of Superboy, and the forty-fourth episode overall.

Gerard Christopher (Clark Kent / Superboy), Stacy Haiduk (Lana Lang), Ilan Mitchell-Smith (Andy McAlister)

Special Guest Star: Stuart Whitman (Jonathan Kent)

Guest Stars: Salome Jens (Martha Kent), George Lazenby (Jor-El)

Special Appearance: Britt Ekland (Lara)

Featuring: Ken Grant (Officer Campbell), Emily Lester (Officer Woods), Eric Whitmore (Police Officer), Michael Preston (2nd Police Officer), D. J. Koussar (FBI Agent), Michael Moss (Terrorist), Steve Latshaw (Newsman), Bob Wells (Newscaster)

Plot Overview

A man and woman arrive on Earth claiming to be Superboy's parents. The heartache the Kents feel is amplified when it's announced their adopted son will be leaving with his biological parents.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Claiming to be Superboy's parents, Jor-El and Lara arrange for their son to return to Krypton. However, they are shown to have shapeshifting abilities and use it to deceive Superboy and the Kents, respectively. They are also shown to attack Lana and Andy for unknown reasons.

Characters

• It's revealed that Superboy was born as Kal-El, to Jor-El and Lara on the planet Krypton.

Referbacks

• When Superboy shows his parents about this secret area, the makeshift cross from "Run, Dracula, Run" can be seen.

Trivia

Goofs

• When Superboy lands in the park, a boom mic can be seen in the upper right corner.

• Superboy's parents pronounce Krypton as "Kryp-tun". However, Gerard Christopher pronounces it by the traditional "Kryp-ton" despite him playing one of the parents posing as Clark.