WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for "Pilot," the series premiere of Superman & Lois.
Jordan Kent is his father's son. In the Superman & Lois series premiere, the teenager developed a few of Clark's iconic powers -- but his twin brother Jonathan didn't. During the show's TCA panel, stars Alex Garfin (Jordan) and Jordan Elsass (Jonathan) weighed in on how that will impact their dynamic, as well as how their characters will adapt as the series continues.
"From the conversations I've had with Todd and kind of just figuring things out... I think that no matter what happens, powers aside, regardless of which twin gets powers, both, none, one or the other, I think that they're both gonna -- like, how Superman actually has the Kryptonian powers, right? It's like Lois is still a superhero. I think it's going to be the same for the boys," Elsass explained. "I think it's going to be like, even if one of them doesn't have powers, he's still going to be a superhero in some way, and he's still gonna find a way to, even without powers, be brave and be strong for the other twin. So I think that's definitely something that you'll see."
Garfin also broke down the upcoming struggle from his character's point of view. "With Jordan's entire situation, the fact that he has a severe anxiety, the fact that he's growing up and everything's changing, the powers, whether or not they exist with the amount that you saw, they're an extra pressure on him," he said. "It was always something in my mind that part of the reason that Jordan was so angry was actually expressed in one of the audition scenes where he's yelling at the principal because the teacher wasn't teaching right and he had a problem with that."
"It was really what drew me to the character, that one scene, because I realized that he really wanted to change his own situation," he shared. "He just had the feeling that he couldn't, and he felt trapped. I feel like we can all sympathize with that and the struggle of that situation of feeling like you're always yelling into a pillow... Then, when he's gifted that, not only is it extra pressure, but all of a sudden he feels as if he has that purpose that he wanted, and he has the ability to change like he wanted."
"I think it's, again, [the] same with the situation between him and Sarah [Cushing]. He feels understood for the first time. He feels like a person and it's magical. It's going to be awesome to play this role as he develops and becomes a full-fledged person and he doesn't feel as if he is constantly being repressed in the way that he was," he added.
On The CW's Superman & Lois, Tyler Hoechlin reprises his Supergirl role as the Man of Steel alongside Elizabeth Tulloch, who plays the intrepid Lois Lane. When a family emergency brings them back to Smallville, Lois and Clark decide to raise their twin sons Jonathan (Jordan Elsass) and Jordan (Alex Garfin) there, only to find new adversaries in Wolé Parks' Captain Luthor and Morgan Edge (Adam Rayner). Then, as the boys begin to display some spectacular abilities, life gets even more complicated for the Kents and their new hometown.
Superman & Lois stars Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Dylan Walsh, Alex Garfin, Jordan Elsass, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Inde Navarrette and Wolé Parks. The series airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET on The CW.