You're hella misremembering Lois & Clark. Superman catching miscellaneous criminals and saving people from incidental every day crime and patrolling, etc. was a constant thing. They particularly enjoyed having his superhearing pick up someone screaming in distress in the middle of important conversations with other…

So tired of fanboys whining about every romance plot in every action show regardless of its quality. So tired of fanboys condemning every female lead for the crime of being the female lead. And so so so tired of the thoughtless and largely baseless criticism of Iris West. The only bad things about Iris (and that is,…

Except their reasons WERE bullshit. Her not knowing he was the Flash did literally nothing to protect her. And that's without even getting into the fact that it's not actually their call whether to "protect" her from (read: lie to her about) things like threats on her own life or HER coworker and friend's murder.…

She literally explained why their reasoning was bullshit MULTIPLE times. She didn't fail to understand why they spent months and months lying to her; she didn't think it was a GOOD REASON.