“The Alpha and the Omega” Krypton closes out its second season with a public challenge to Zod’s authority and setup for the next phase of the show. It’s safe to say that the production team have more or less given up on the notion of Krypton serving as a prequel to the Superman mythology. It…

“Blood Moon” Krypton reunites Val and Seg as Zod aggressively steps up his plan to eradicate the rebellion by unleashing Doomsday. The promise of using Doomsday as a weapon against Zod’s enemies has been teased throughout the season and has been a significant fixture of recent episodes. Zod has devoted all of his energies into…

“Mercy” Krypton introduces an important piece of Superman mythology as Zod’s impatience starts to get the best of him. Colin Salmon’s Zod is the definitive version of the character as far as I’m concerned. I’ve said it before and I will continue to say this. I’ve enjoyed every live action version of this character in one…

“Zods and Monsters” Krypton explores the origin of Doomsday as Seg and Nyssa work to deal with the immediate Brainiac problem. Doomsday is traditionally less of a character and more of a plot device. He was dreamed up to be a formidable opponent for Superman capable of killing him. Anyone that has heard of him…

“In Zod We Trust” Krypton slows things down to concentrate on how the various characters process their grief in the wake of Lyta’s death in the previous episode. I’m far from convinced that Lyta’s death is permanent but it doesn’t matter at this stage as everyone believes that she is so the episode becomes about…

“A Better Yesterday” Krypton escalates the conflict between Val’s resistance and Zod’s regime through exploring what War turns people into. One of the main key figures in terms of the progression of this Civil War is Jax-Ur; she has concluded that becoming as uncompromising as the ones they fight again is the only way to…

“Danger Close” Krypton deals with how Seg reacts to all of the changes to his homeworld as Val’s resistance movement tries to gain ground from Zod. Even though he was only away for three episodes, Seg’s return to Krypton was eagerly anticipated because of his connection to the characters involved in the major plot developments…

“Will to Power” Krypton focuses on Seg’s internal struggle with Brainiac as Val’s resistance movement prepares for definitive action against Zod’s regime. It was inevitable that having Brainiac inside Seg’s head would lead to an internal battle for control between the two. This sort of thing is very common in science fiction stories; The 100 delivered…