WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Superman & Lois Season 2, Episode 7, "Anti-Hero," which aired Tuesday, March 8, on The CW.
One of the most divisive aspects of the DC Extended Universe has been Zack Snyder's villains. Admittedly, Michael Shannon's Zod was acceptable in trying to claim Earth for his Kryptonians, but Jesse Eisenberg's Lex Luthor was a kooky take on a character that didn't sit well with fans. He's usually more serious and intimidating, so that weird spin felt a bit off.
However, the most controversial tyrant Snyder deployed was his Doomsday in Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice. Many didn't like how the being was created or the golem-like look it had that felt far removed from the lore. Ironically, Season 2 of Superman & Lois could revive this approach, but with a very bizarre twist.
In the DCEU, after Superman broke Zod's neck, Lex experimented on the body, warping it to create the behemoth. Snyder's Doomsday didn't have the protruding bones and overall flair of the comics, but it did its job by killing the Man of Steel whilst dying in the process. Still, fans would have liked the Doomsday from the books, who crashed to Earth after being engineered as a Kryptonian weapon. The character was so panned that Snyder admitted the real lore-friendly Doomsday was out in space, waiting to truly join the DCEU someday.
Well, Superman & Lois now has another Kryptonian body, but rather than a terrorist like Zod, it's the freedom fighter Bizarro from another Earth. The being was initially thought to be Doomsday when it broke out the Smallville mines, but it turns out Bizarro was here to kill Ally Allston and stop her from enslaving the Arrowverse's main Earth like she did his planet.
Unfortunately, Lt. Anderson, suped up on X-Kryptonite, became an evil Superman and murdered Bizarro in a dark reflection of when Henry Cavill's Kal-El killed Zod. However, while Clark looked after the body, it's easy to see the military -- whether it be Sam Lane or the folks who bought into Anderson's bloodthirsty vision -- finding and stealing Bizarro to misappropriate him. Lex hasn't been fully introduced into this show either, so there's the possibility he could use the body to make a Doomsday given he's machinating in the shadows.
What makes this direction more acceptable, though, is Bizarro can become unhinged, as seen when he killed some of Anderson's superpowered soldiers, battered Steel and almost killed Kal. Thus, whoever experiments on him could kickstart changes in his body, making him an organic Hulk. It'd make a lot more sense than manipulating Zod's body, because Bizarro already had that destructive vibe to him.
Even if Doomsday isn't the result, messing with Bizarro's DNA can produce a Kal clone or even a new Superboy, waiting to be weaponized, while gifting the owner secrets on how to end the heroic Man of Steel. It's what Doomsday was bred for and would make Bizarro in the containment suit earlier this season a true foreshadowing of the war to come. And ultimately, this could add a personal, emotional touch if Clark finds out what his ally has been used for, which would affect Superman mentally as much as physically.
To see what happens to Bizarro's body, watch Superman & Lois, Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on The CW.