Superboy/Roads Not Taken (1)

Roads Not Taken (1)
Season 3, Episode 5
Airdate	November 3, 1990
Teleplay by	Stan Berkowitz
Story by	John Francis Moore & Stan Berkowitz
Directed by	Richard J. Lewis
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Superboy — Season Three

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Roads Not Taken (1) is the fifth episode of the third season of The Adventures of Superboy, and the fifty-seventh episode overall.

Gerard Christopher (Clark Kent / Superboy), Stacy Haiduk (Lana Lang)

Also Starring: Peter Jay Fernandez (Matt Ritter), Robert Levine (C. Dennis Jackson) (credit only)

Guest Stars: Kenneth Robert Shippy (Dr. Winger), Tracy Roberts (Darla)

and Sherman Howard (Lex Luthor)

Featuring: Robert Reynolds (Farmer), Roger Floyd (Messenger), Jason Padgett (Kid), Brian Grant (Fan), Edger Allen Poe III (Derelict), Maureen Collins (Mom), Paul Mathew (Superboy Double)

Plot Overview

After Lex enters a portal to a parallel universe, Darla kidnaps Lana to force Superboy to bring him back. He soon find he's in a dystopian world in which his double killed Lex Luthor, laying the foundation for the other Lex to take power.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• A Doctor Winger invents a machine to serve as a gateway into parallel universes. Lex travels through and to a world in which Superboy killed him. By the time Superboy finds him, he's built a cult on those who have become disillusioned by Superboy. Superboy finds this universe's Winger and gets him to contact Lex. However, Lex gets the upper-hand, crippling him with Kryptonite.

Trivia

The Show

• The alternate Superboy is sporting a leather jacket and glasses, predating the same look adopted by the Superboy who emerged in the "Reign of Supermen" storyline.