“Good news: I’ve got your new guilty pleasure right here, and its name is Krypton.
“Airing on Syfy, Krypton follows Superman’s grandfather, Seg-El (Cameron Cuffe) as he reckons with the tarnished legacy of his own grandfather, Val-El (Ian McElhinney), and the evolution of his home planet.
“That said, this is less a show for Superman fans, and more a show for folks who miss Da Vinci’s Demons or The Borgias. Krypton is a soapy period drama — it just has space capes instead of tabards.
“As usual, there’s a smartass protagonist, a wisecracking friend, multiple love triangles, bizarre mythos, and a surplus of familial angst.
“There’s some existential angst thrown into the mix, too, as it turns out that Superman is in a bit of a pickle, and has sent Adam Strange (Shaun Sipos) back in time in order to help sort things out.”
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