Pilot is the first episode of the first season of Krypton.
Summary[]
Superman’s grandfather, Seg-El, learns Krypton is in danger of being destroyed so that his future grandson will never be born.[1]
Plot[]
The story starts 200 years before Kal-El's birth, with Seg-El, Superman's grandfather, recounting the story of how Superman came to be. Back then, Seg's grandfather and master scientist Val-El was executed for treason after refusing to pledge allegiance to overlord Rao being tried for treason by a new, dictatorial power, and for not retracting his warning that a foreign lifeforce was coming to destroy Krypton. The El Family was stripped of its rank. Fast forward about ten years. Seg is grown up, fine looking, and on his way to Kandor to give his father who works as a footman there some medicine. He intercepts an assassination attempt (by tackling the assassin). He's reward for his heroism by Daron-Vex, the man who presided over the execution of Val, who gives him his daughter Nyssa's hand in marriage and a spot in the science guild.
On his way home, Seg is intercepted by a guy named Adam Strange. Adam is from Earth, and traveled many light years to get to Krypton to warn Seg someone from the future is coming to Krypton to make sure Superman is never born. Adam also gives Seg a piece of Sandstone with the Superman insignia on it, and tells him to find the Fortress. When Seg's mom gets a look at it, she steals a Skimmer and flies it to the... Fortress of Solitude, Val-El's workstation! But then government forces, called Sagitarii, swoop in and arrest Seg's mom. She, and her husband, are charged with sedition, and executed by shooting. Feeling pretty solitary after the death of his parents, Seg returns to the Fortress of Solitude, where he's met by Adam again. This time, Strange has brought a cape: it's meant to signal to them how much time they have left before they run out of time to save Superman. When that happens, there will be nothing to stop Brainiac from consuming Krypton…
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Quotes[]
- Seg-El:"Kal-El. My future grandson. This is the story of the House of El. Our ending has yet to be written. But this is how it began. Ours is a story of sacrifice and triumph. How the House of El led a revolution against tyranny. The story of your family isn't how we died. But how we lived."
Trivia[]
- Seg-El thinks Adam is from the Planet Detroit because of this cap
- Seg thinks the logo on Adam’s cap is a guild.
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Behind the Scenes[]
- Production began on September 25, 2017.[2]
Cultural References[]
Adam Strange wore a Detroit Tigers hat.
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