Things tend to get overlooked when you’re playing around in the DC Comics sandbox for television series like Krypton. However, season 1 set the foundation for what’s to come with Krypton Season 2. Here, we will explore some unacknowledged plot points and characters that didn’t get any form of attention in Season 1. For part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8. We also have a ton of questions that have been answered.
Unacknowledged Characters And Plot Points
Throughout the first season were things that weren’t acknowledged. Here are just a few of the ones we found.
House of Van?
Krypton begins with four mighty houses: House Vex, House Zod, House Em, and most importantly, House El. However, there was one family who is not mentioned: House Van. Now, if you’re familiar with Superman lore, you may remember Lara Lor-Van, the biological mother of Superman. Sure, the series is set two hundred years before Superman is meant to be born, but what’s the harm in introducing one of the major players that helps bring Superman to life?
It wouldn’t even have to be Lara’s family. It could be another family branch where whoever they use is distantly related to Lara and her family as minor characters.
Lyta’s Father
One question that is raised is who is the father of Lyta? From what Georgina Campbell said, we know she doesn’t have one. However, we know that to have a child within the Genesis Chamber, female and male DNA is required.
Lyta’s father could be anybody, but unlike Seg and Nyssa, Jayna likely had the choice of who would be the father of her child. He could have died before Lyta’s birth, and Jayna never mentioned him and scolded her daughter if she ever asked.
How Is Vidar Still Alive?
In the episode House of Zod, we learn a bit about Jayna’s childhood. First, we know she had a brother, Vidar, who was believed to have died. Then, according to the episode, Jayna and her brother were pitted against each other by their father, who wanted to see who would carry on the Zod name.
During the last part of the season, we learn Vidar is alive, but how he survived over twenty years and didn’t try to contact Jayna is a mystery. However, it could be explained this season as it looks like he appears in the trailer trekking through the Outlands with Jayna.
Nyssa’s Mother And Four Sisters
We noticed that Nyssa’s mother and sisters were absent from the beginning of the season. We learn that Nyssa’s four sisters live in Kryptonopolis to escape their father. However, there are no names associated with her sisters. They receive a mention at least twice, while Nyssa’s mother was only mentioned by Jax-Ur in the season one finale when she asked Nyssa if she remembered how her mother died.
We know that when Daron married his wife, he took her name and came from a family that didn’t have much significance in guilded society. It’s not known what his surname was before he married. He’s also one of those characters with a seriously juicy backstory
Fingers crossed, in Season 2, we get more context into the identities of Nyssa’s sisters and mother. We need more references to these characters.
Seg’s Grandmother
When we’re introduced to the House of El, we meet Seg’s parents, Ter and Charys, young Seg and his paternal grandfather, Val. However, there is no reference to Val’s wife, Seg’s paternal grandmother.
Not all the gaps regarding family trees in media like Krypton need to be filled in, but it’s nice to know how certain characters go from point A to point B.
What Is The Status Of Superman?
Since the beginning of the series and the introduction of the hourglass-esque cape, we’ve wondered what the status of Superman is. While we know the cape was restored briefly when Brainiac was pulled into the Phantom Zone. It changed when Zod smashed the control panel for the Phantom Zone projector after Brainiac pulled Seg in with him.
Since Season Two picks up six months after the One Month Later scene at the end of Season One, we can discover what Superman’s status is after his newly discovered uncle forced his grandfather to remain in the Phantom Zone.
Where Is Adam?
To say Adam is a D-grade superhero is the understatement of the last century. When he put himself between Seg, Kem, and a ready-to-explode Ona, his pals thought he’d died. We, as the audience, know that isn’t the case. He was just transported to places unknown. However, where he is up for debate.
Some say he’s back on Earth in a future where Zod rules the universe. Others say he’s trapped on Brainiac’s ship because everyone is frozen, and he’s not for some reason.
According to the Season 2 trailers, he manages to get out of wherever he is and into the Phantom Zone, where he reunites with Seg. However, we don’t know how he works to get out of where he was when he got trapped. We’re hoping early season 2 adds some insight.
Sardath and Alanna
No one was expecting Sardath and Alanna to even get a mention in Season 1. For anyone unfamiliar with the characters, Sardath and Alanna were associates of Adam in the comics on the planet Rann. Adam and Alanna married at some point too.
In Krypton, we don’t physically see them, but we do hear their voices when we see where Adam went after the Zeta Beam sucked him back in time when he cornered Seg in the Pilot episode.
What was great about this very brief voice cameo is we learn from their voices that Adam stole the Zeta Beam from them. We hear Adam call Sardath an asshole while he [Sardath] accuses Adam of stealing from him. We don’t hear Alanna until the last moments of the episode when she sounds hurt that Adam would betray them. It’s like we can tell from her voice alone that she has a thing for him.
Was Adam On Rann?
One location that hasn’t been referenced yet is Rann, the planet Adam is mainly associated with in the comics. This also links to our previous point on Sardath and Alanna.
So, when we saw or heard Sardath and Alanna, was Adam on Rann when this occurred? Probably. If you’re familiar with the characters, Sardath was a scientist who developed the Zeta Beam technology. We don’t see him residing elsewhere unless something happens to the planet.
Also, Sardath probably got a lock on the Zeta Beam after discovering Adam had stolen it and wanted to take a swipe at him for claiming he came up with the invention.
We’d love to see more of Rann and how Adam learned about it.
How Are The Rankless Born?
Krypton’s primary source of reproduction is the Genesis Chamber. Natural conception and births via the womb haven’t occurred in hundreds, if not thousands, of years. We know the guilded reproduce here, but how do the Rankless reproduce?
We know that when Seg and Nyssa conceive their son, Cor-Vex, Seg is Rankless and doesn’t return to his ranked status until after Jayna kills his parents. So for a Rankless couple, how do they conceive a child? Is the Genesis Chamber reserved for the ranked only, or is it used by the rankless too?
Zor-El
Krypton wasted no time explaining that Seg was almost the last of the El family. In just the opening monologue in a message from Seg to his future grandson, we learn Val was tried for treason for something [Brainiac] the government was trying to keep covered up.
Later in the season, when General Zod comes in, he reveals that his childhood best friend was Jor-El, who turned his back on him and sentenced him to the Phantom Zone. At this time, he had no idea Seg was his father and that Jor-El was his half-brother. Now, these two characters, could not be more different from each other.
Season 1 states plainly that Seg will have at least three sons to three different women; Cor-Vex with Nyssa, Dru-Zod with Lyta and Jor-El with an unknown woman. However, what about the existence of his lesser-known son, Zor-El? We know Jor-El needs to be born for Superman to exist, but there’s been no reference to Zor-El, the father of Seg’s granddaughter, Kara. However, in the world of Krypton, these characters aren’t mentioned.
Since the show uses time travel, Zor-El might not have existed in the original timeline and may exist in the twisted future Zod created.
Kara Zor-El
As referenced above, there’s been no reference to Kara Zor-El, Seg’s possible future granddaughter.
It would be cool if there were a fleeting reference to her by Adam since he claimed to know Superman as the Man of Steel and gave him his cape as proof to get his grandfather to save their family line. Of course, it’s too early in the story to know if Supergirl exists, but having a reference to her would be a great way to cement her place in Krypton’s timeline.
Kem’s Mental State
Kem might be Seg’s best friend, but he’s just as crucial to the story as his best friend. As a Rankless, he knows people and can get information about what is happening in the Guilds. These two characters have an incredible bond we would late to lose.
His storyline in Season 1 revolved around his friend Rhom and her daughter, Ona. After Rhom is possessed by one of Brainiac’s probes and dies, he becomes the guardian of Ona, who calls him ‘Uncle Kem’ due to her mother’s close friendship with the tavern owner.
Ona is seen to be overly religious and is devoted to the Voice of Rao. After her mother’s death, she asks Kem to take her to the Lunar celebration as it was a tradition her mother started with her. When she meets the Voice of Rao, he makes her his disciple. As it turns out, he uses her as a pawn and turns her into a living bomb in an attempt to kill Seg.
Her death devastated Kem. Seg sends him to Kryptonoplis to keep him safe while he and the others deal with Brainiac. We see him again in the final seconds of Season 1 when he is conscripted into Zod’s army.
Season 2 should show his mental state since Ona and Rhom’s deaths. From the recent trailer, we see he’s a member of the Resistance that Val and Jax set up between seasons. But unfortunately, we only get a brief glimpse of him, and we don’t know much else, including how much of a role he’ll have.
What Happened To Jayna And Vidar’s Father?
Another mystery surrounding House Zod is what happened to Jayna and Vidar’s father, as he only appears in flashbacks of their youth. The reasonable explanation is that he died and handed leadership over to Jayna before passing. However, it’s never stated if he is dead, as Jayna never mentions him. Finally, though, he does appear to Jayna as a training robot during the House of Zod episode.
Will Cor-Vex Live To Meet Seg?
In the Pilot episode, we see Seg and Nyssa go to the Genesis Chamber and conceive a child, a son, Cor-Vex. At the end of the season, we learn that Brainiac is using the life forces of the fetuses in the chamber to feed. We also see Nyssa manage to get the pod containing her son out of the chamber before he could become a victim to the world-stealing alien.
So, that begs the question: will Cor-Vex live to meet his father? It’s safe to say yes, and he will. We know this because the first featurette for Season 2 shows a brief shot of Nyssa holding a baby in her arms. It is unknown when this takes place but will probably occur when Seg escapes the Phantom Zone.
Are There More Clones Like Nyssa?
Speaking of Nyssa, we learn in the season 1 finale she’s a clone of the original Nyssa-Vex, who was critically injured in a skimmer crash that killed her mother. It’s implied that the original Nyssa’s body expired after the transfer of her consciousness into a clone body.
It will be cool to see other clones like her, as Jax did say the clones were created so the guilded could live forever and think they did so as their bodies were nothing than empty shells.
Other Members of House Em
The most mysterious character in Season 1 was Dev-Em. We know he’s betrothed to Lyta and in love with her. He looks down at Seg as being not worthy of her. However, we don’t know much about him. We know his family was murdered, and he relives their deaths in his dreams.
What if other family members are out there somewhere, and he doesn’t know? It would be great if we knew how they were murdered and why.
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