Original subtitles

Praise the lord, it's Superboy.

We've been waiting for half an hour.

Are you all right, sisters?

I was just on my way to your benefit

when I spotted your bus stuck on the road.

Well, I don't know what happened.

Sister Mary was driving and then all of a sudden

the engine just broke.

I'm afraid we don't know much about engines.

It looks like your battery's low.

Why don't I just help you inside and I'll get behind

and just push you right out of here.

Thank you, Superboy.

What a nice young man.

Be careful now, sisters, and put on your seatbelts.

Are you ready?

I'm ready if you are.

So, uh. Lex, is he dead?

Darla, you're a lovely lady

but you have the imagination of a trout.

Of course he's not dead.

What's the fun in that?

Well, how was I supposed to know?

Of course when he comes to,

ooh, he's gonna wish he was dead.

Now, now, now, now let's not sulk.

Come on, give us a kiss.

Ha!

We never had a sister Mary that ever belonged to our camp.

And as we told you, there was a bus stolen

from our parking lot but that was two weeks ago.

I'm sorry we couldn't be of more help.

You've been a great help, sisters,

thank you very much.

Maybe Clark is on pacific standard time.

He said one o'clock lunch, right?

What, this is lunch?

Well...

Hey, guys!

Hey.

Only 15 minutes late, not bad.

Let us guess.

Okay, an orphanage caught on fire

and you had to save six little children

'cause the fire department wasn't there.

No, actually I found this really amazing bug

on the way here and I just had to stop and catch it

for my bug collection.

He serious?

Of course I am.

Don't pay any attention to him, Clark.

Why are you talking so loud, Lana?

What are you talking about?

I'm not talking loud.

Clark, are you okay?

Have a drink, man.

I'm not feeling too well.

You hear sirens?

Oh, God.

What the heck happened there, man?

You see that?

You're under arrest.

You have the right to remain silent.

Superboy, that was quite a show of force.

I only meant to stop the car.

Superboy, you're glowing.

What's going on here?

I don't know.

But don't come any closer.

Anything I touch burns.

I feel the heat.

Stay back!

Make a call for me.

Professor Peterson at Shuster College.

All right, you got it.

You know, if you don't quit bouncing around

where you're bouncing around

we're going to be here all night.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, lookee, lookee, lookee.

According to my brilliant microwave tracking device,

Superboy is getting stronger

and hotter and more and more out of control.

Lex, honey, if you don't stop moving around

you're going to have a crooked hem.

Just a little bit longer and I'm free again.

No more creeping and hiding and skulking

around after midnight.

No more disguises.

Be still.

What do you think?

Dignified or festive?

Lex, give me a break here.

Well, I'm going to meet the governor.

I don't want to offend his sensibility.

Ow!

You did that on purpose.

Well, you can't say that I didn't warn you.

After my emancipation ceremony

I'm going to walk right up to Superboy and say,

hey, I'm a murderer and a thief

and now thanks to you I'm free as a bird.

Much obliged.

Pfffft!

Ow!

What's the status here so far?

We're monitoring a constant rise

in the room temperature.

At this point there's no way to gauge

how critical the situation will become.

Superboy, your body temperature was fluctuating

and now seems to be steadily increasing.

That may be why your powers have gone so out of control.

Now, we've been doing some calculations here

and as far as we can tell so far you've been

shocked with a kind of solar energy.

Well, is there anything we can do to reverse

the process?

We're working on it.

Hello, Leo.

Surprise.

Thanks, what is it?

Open it, open it.

Yeah?

Oh, you shouldn't have.

Oh, God!

It's a spider!

Get it away from me!

You are such a creep!

You know I hate spiders.

It's just a joke.

Get it away from me.

Get out of here.

You are so sick.

But darling, you're so lovely when you're terrified.

Here.

Oh, so what is this a snake?

Open it.

No more jokes?

No more jokes.

Oh, Lex, oh, that's a diamond necklace.

Oh, that is so beautiful.

What's the occasion?

Well, Superboy's almost cooked.

So, I was feeling just a little bit

like celebrating.

Come on, love, give us a kiss.

Oh, you.

Aaahhh!

Superboy, have some visitors for you.

But keep it down to five minutes.

I'm very much concerned for their safety.

You can never find Clark when we need him.

-Hi. -Hi.

We came as soon as we heard.

Yeah, we just wanted to say, you know, hang in there.

How you feeling?

Well, I've felt better.

This isn't going to last forever, is it?

I mean, they're going to figure out a way

to get you back to normal, right?

I hope so.

They're not saying anything.

How did this happen?

I'm not really sure.

This machine seemed to have infused me

with an enormous amount of energy.

And we're not sure how much stronger I'm going to get.

What if this never goes away?

We've got the best scientists available

working on it and Professor Peterson

is doing the best he can.

We've just got to have hope.

Well, who did this to you?

I don't know.

What's happening?

Superboy!

Somebody help!

How are you feeling now, Superboy?

I've never had a hangover but I'd imagine

this is what it'd feel like.

Well, we're still working on the calculations

but we're definitely making some headway.

I've made some calculations based upon my research.

I'm just afraid I'm not going to have enough time.

Government officials will neither confirm

nor deny rumors that Superboy caused extensive damage

to the abandoned nuclear power plant...

Good, good, good, right on schedule.

Well, I'm sure the governor will be most cooperative now.

Time to pay Supey a visit.

Give him an offer he can't refuse.

Darla, where's my pass?

What pass?

The government ID I forged.

Oh, it's right here.

Why are you always moving my stuff?

Ha, ha, ha, gotcha.

Don't I always come through?

Well, well, well, I see they've given you

the deluxe accommodations.

Who is it?

Take a wild guess.

Lex Luthor.

Right.

Now are you going to take the cash

or go for the convertible?

I don't understand.

Well, I had a little time on my hands.

Thought I'd drop in and entertain ya!

# I'm just a singing fool, I've come to sing for you #

I...Oh, I'm sorry.

Is the super hearing a little sensitive

this morning?

Oh, I forgot!

Stop, Luthor.

Make me.

Come on, touch me, Superboy,

touch me, I dare you.

Oh, but that would kill me and we all know

Superboy doesn't believe in taking human lives

'cause he's so good.

Come on, Superboy, touch me, give me five.

I dare you, double dare.

You're sick, Luthor.

What are you doing here?

I don't believe it, the Boy of Steel

backing away from little old me.

What do you want from me?

I just want to help.

You see I'm the one that did this to you

and I can undo it.

How are you going to do that?

That's for me to know and you to find out.

But let's just say a flick of a switch

and you'll be right back to normal, easy as pie.

And what's in it for you?

My freedom.

I'm sick of being a fugitive.

I want a full pardon from the governor.

Not a chance, Luthor.

The governor'll never agree to that.

Well, maybe if you ask him real nice, say please.

Get out, Luthor.

I wouldn't be too hasty, Superboy,

you know your condition is going to get worse and worse

and worse.

Now, temper, temper.

You're really pushing your luck, Luthor.

Well, I guess I gotta run.

# It breaks my heart to say farewell #

Bye-bye, Superboy.

Think about my offer.

Superboy, what's wrong?

He was here.

Lex Luthor was here.

Just try and stay calm, Superboy.

Stay calm or you could destroy the whole plant.

But governor, we've got some of the best scientists

available working on it.

I have taken all of that into consideration, Superboy,

and I've just got to give in to Luthor's demands.

Now, we can't take the chance that you'll get worse.

You've just got to give me more time.

There is no more time, Superboy.

I have agreed with Luthor's demands.

I'm requesting that you be at the signing.

I give you my word if that's your request.

I hate this as much as you do, Superboy,

but the world just can't afford to lose you.

I understand.

Superboy, you're not going to believe this

but I think we found the answer.

It was under our noses all the time.

Now, we were able to get ahold

of some government plutonium rods.

We should be able to drain your energy

with the rods just as they do in a reactor.

I've already given the governor my word

that I would show up.

We've got to try it.

We'll find out one way or the other in time.

Ta da!

No, please, please, hold the applause.

You're too kind, you're too kind.

Greetings, governor.

Hey, buddy, where's the red carpet?

I hate doing this, Luthor.

This is blackmail, you know?

Yes, well, you're a politician.

Isn't that business as usual?

The lawyers went over the document

and if you restore Superboy to normal,

I'll grant you a full pardon.

Signed, sealed and delivered.

Now, where's our sick supey? Hmm?

He's on his way.

Hey, look, it's getting close to the deadline.

If he decides not to show, I still get my pardon.

That's part of the bargain.

He'll be here.

Ah!

Hark.

Superboy, I love the new look.

Tell me, who's your tailor?

Can we get on with this?

Sure.

You just grab the back of the bumper,

I zap you with the reverse charge

and everything will be back to normal

except I will be free as a spring breeze.

You see, it's a beautiful deal.

Everybody gets what they want.

Sounds great.

Let's shake on it.

Now, that's funny.

Come on, Luthor, shake.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, let's cut the comedy

and get down to business, okay?

No handshake, no deal.

Hey, back off, Frankenstein.

What do you think I'm nuts?

You trying to kill me?

Hey!

You're a policeman, do something.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no,

please, please, please don't touch me.

Don't touch me.

Chill out, Luthor.

You didn't, I'm not...

What happened?

My theory proved to be correct.

We were able to drain my excess energy

with plutonium rods.

Plutonium?

And you didn't cure me, Luthor,

and that means you don't get pardoned.

Our deal was you were to cure Superboy, Luthor.

Seeing as how you didn't,

our officers will take you into custody.

You can't do that.

It's not fair!

It's not fair!

It's not fair!

It's not fair, it's not fair,

it's not fair...

A robot!

I should have known.

Luthor tricked us.

You win this time, Luthor,

but there will be a next time.

I was that close to freedom.

Damn that Superboy!

Well, Lex, honey,

it almost worked, almost.

He was right about one thing though.

There will be a next time.

Captioned by Grant Brown