1 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:04,870 [keys clacking] 2 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:06,920 [indistinct chattering] 3 00:00:18,350 --> 00:00:22,100 Adopted kids looking for their birth parents if you must know. 4 00:00:22,180 --> 00:00:24,850 (Lois) Search for roots. Emotional roller coaster. 5 00:00:24,940 --> 00:00:28,360 Unrealistic expectations. Tearjerker reconciliations. 6 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:31,030 - Huh, quick study. - Mm, not really. 7 00:00:31,110 --> 00:00:32,610 I did it three years ago. 8 00:00:34,530 --> 00:00:36,240 There are no old stories, Lois. 9 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:37,780 (both) Just new angles. 10 00:00:37,870 --> 00:00:39,450 Thank you. 11 00:00:39,530 --> 00:00:41,040 It seems to me if your real parents 12 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:43,500 don't care enough to raise you, why give it a second thought? 13 00:00:43,580 --> 00:00:46,960 Because if they gave you away, they must've had a reason. 14 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:50,170 And it's that not knowing that kills you. 15 00:00:50,250 --> 00:00:51,710 Good. 16 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:53,550 You stick to the touchy-feely stuff. 17 00:00:53,630 --> 00:00:55,590 I'll take Superman. 18 00:00:59,350 --> 00:01:01,560 Smooth outfit, Lois. New? 19 00:01:03,270 --> 00:01:05,100 What do you want, Olsen? 20 00:01:05,190 --> 00:01:07,020 (Olsen) Well, I was just thinking, you know 21 00:01:07,100 --> 00:01:09,730 since your, uh, kid sister's new in town 22 00:01:09,810 --> 00:01:11,780 maybe she'd like somebody to, uh.. 23 00:01:11,860 --> 00:01:13,230 You know, show her around. 24 00:01:13,320 --> 00:01:15,360 You wanna ask Lucy out? 25 00:01:16,740 --> 00:01:17,740 [sighs] 26 00:01:17,820 --> 00:01:19,490 (Olsen) Do I have a shot? 27 00:01:19,570 --> 00:01:21,280 I'll need a complete financial statement 28 00:01:21,370 --> 00:01:24,000 and the results of a recent physical. 29 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:26,370 Okay. 30 00:01:26,460 --> 00:01:28,830 Jimmy, I'm kidding. 31 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:32,340 Come on. You don't think she'll laugh in my face? 32 00:01:32,420 --> 00:01:33,500 Use the telephone. 33 00:01:33,590 --> 00:01:34,840 [elevator bell dings] 34 00:01:38,300 --> 00:01:40,470 I have a warrant issued by federal court. 35 00:01:40,550 --> 00:01:42,850 Everyone step back from your desk. 36 00:01:42,930 --> 00:01:44,890 - 'What..' - 'What's going on?' 37 00:01:44,970 --> 00:01:46,770 (female 'Can I call you back? Hey! Hey!' 38 00:01:46,850 --> 00:01:50,230 Nobody comes busting into my newsroom like this. 39 00:01:50,310 --> 00:01:52,110 Take it up with Washington. 40 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:55,570 "Order to produce evidence 41 00:01:55,650 --> 00:01:57,820 "compel testimony. 42 00:01:57,900 --> 00:01:59,490 Lois lane. Clark Kent." 43 00:01:59,570 --> 00:02:01,780 Wait a minute! Get your hands off me! 44 00:02:01,870 --> 00:02:03,830 Hey, hey. Put it away! 45 00:02:03,910 --> 00:02:06,500 - He's just a reporter. - Reporter? 46 00:02:06,580 --> 00:02:08,790 As in protected by the constitution. 47 00:02:08,870 --> 00:02:11,040 Impressive document, the constitution. 48 00:02:11,130 --> 00:02:14,340 It enables the courts to issue warrants like this one 49 00:02:14,420 --> 00:02:16,210 'which says I get what I want.' 50 00:02:16,300 --> 00:02:18,050 What exactly is that? 51 00:02:18,130 --> 00:02:19,930 Mr. Kent. 52 00:02:20,010 --> 00:02:23,050 - I presume. - That's right. 53 00:02:23,140 --> 00:02:24,430 I want Superman 54 00:02:24,510 --> 00:02:25,720 and I'm not leaving here 55 00:02:25,810 --> 00:02:27,680 until you tell me where I can find him. 56 00:02:32,060 --> 00:02:34,860 [theme music] 57 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:04,640 [music continues] 58 00:03:34,330 --> 00:03:35,630 [indistinct chatter] 59 00:03:40,630 --> 00:03:42,630 Do they honestly think if we knew where Superman was 60 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:44,890 we'd be hanging around this place? 61 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:49,640 (male 'No, no, no. Wait. Just-just a minute.' 62 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:51,020 'I don't agree with it.' 63 00:03:51,100 --> 00:03:52,390 [whistling] 64 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:57,480 Okay, kids. Here's the deal. 65 00:03:57,570 --> 00:04:00,320 They want the two of you to take a polygraph test. 66 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:01,440 What? 67 00:04:01,530 --> 00:04:02,990 Limited to national security 68 00:04:03,070 --> 00:04:04,240 concerns about Superman. 69 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:05,990 A lie detector? 70 00:04:06,070 --> 00:04:08,030 I-I told 'em to stuff it. 71 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:09,410 'Not my two reporters.' 72 00:04:09,490 --> 00:04:11,450 - That's right. - Good for you. 73 00:04:11,540 --> 00:04:13,290 I told 'em if they're so bound and determined 74 00:04:13,370 --> 00:04:15,170 to take your computers and your notes 75 00:04:15,250 --> 00:04:18,340 to just get on with it and get the hell out of my office 76 00:04:18,420 --> 00:04:20,840 so I can start suing their butts off into the next century. 77 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:24,220 - Take my computer? - Well, you talk, they walk. 78 00:04:24,300 --> 00:04:26,930 You don't, well, they're gonna confiscate the whole shebang. 79 00:04:27,010 --> 00:04:29,180 Perry, everything I've ever done or thought about doing 80 00:04:29,260 --> 00:04:30,520 is on that computer. 81 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:33,690 A-all my notes, my contacts, my novel. 82 00:04:33,770 --> 00:04:35,650 Novel? 83 00:04:35,730 --> 00:04:37,560 Well, don't you back up on the floppy disks? 84 00:04:37,650 --> 00:04:38,770 Clark, this is no time to discuss 85 00:04:38,860 --> 00:04:40,190 your compulsive behavior. 86 00:04:40,270 --> 00:04:41,400 Alright. Now, look. What's it gonna be, folks? 87 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:43,190 Now I'm with you either way. 88 00:04:43,280 --> 00:04:44,400 [scoffs] 89 00:04:45,900 --> 00:04:47,410 What about the first amendment, Lois? 90 00:04:47,490 --> 00:04:49,910 To them, the first amendment is a pesky, little detail. 91 00:04:49,990 --> 00:04:52,370 Well, I can't do th.. we can't do this. 92 00:04:52,450 --> 00:04:54,210 If we knew anything, I'd agree. 93 00:04:54,290 --> 00:04:56,000 But this is like taking a polygraph 94 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:57,290 about the ring-tailed lemur. 95 00:04:57,380 --> 00:04:58,880 (Perry) 'Now, see, she's right.' 96 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:01,710 I mean, we don't know enough about Superman to lie. 97 00:05:04,470 --> 00:05:06,510 Kent? 98 00:05:06,590 --> 00:05:08,760 Do you know something that you haven't told us? 99 00:05:12,270 --> 00:05:14,180 (male 'You will answer yes to these first two questions.' 100 00:05:14,270 --> 00:05:16,230 We use this to calibrate the machine. 101 00:05:16,310 --> 00:05:18,600 Is your name Lois Lane? 102 00:05:18,690 --> 00:05:21,110 That is what my byline says. 103 00:05:23,780 --> 00:05:25,320 Yes. 104 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,240 Are you also president of the United States? 105 00:05:29,870 --> 00:05:30,830 Yes. 106 00:05:30,910 --> 00:05:32,790 [beeping] 107 00:05:34,410 --> 00:05:36,330 Do you have any reason to believe that Superman 108 00:05:36,410 --> 00:05:37,790 'is an agent of a foreign power?' 109 00:05:37,870 --> 00:05:41,540 Yeah, and leprechauns are agents of the IRA. 110 00:05:41,630 --> 00:05:43,760 Is Superman from another planet? 111 00:05:43,840 --> 00:05:46,420 If something looks like a duck, walks like a duck 112 00:05:46,510 --> 00:05:49,140 and talks like a duck, chances are pretty good it is a duck. 113 00:05:50,930 --> 00:05:53,260 Ah, he looks like a man to me. 114 00:05:53,350 --> 00:05:54,810 During the time the two of you were alone 115 00:05:54,890 --> 00:05:57,020 did Superman discuss his mission here on Earth? 116 00:05:57,100 --> 00:06:00,020 Mission? We flew. We didn't talk. 117 00:06:01,190 --> 00:06:03,690 We didn't have to. 118 00:06:03,780 --> 00:06:05,320 Nonverbal communication. 119 00:06:06,860 --> 00:06:09,780 Does Superman have any telepathic powers? 120 00:06:09,860 --> 00:06:12,370 [snickers] I hope not. 121 00:06:12,450 --> 00:06:14,620 Do you have a romantic attachment to Superman? 122 00:06:16,790 --> 00:06:18,120 Yes or no? 123 00:06:19,370 --> 00:06:20,630 No. 124 00:06:20,710 --> 00:06:22,290 [beeping] 125 00:06:30,340 --> 00:06:32,680 You will answer yes to these first two questions. 126 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:35,430 We use this to calibrate the machine. 127 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:38,140 'Is your name Clark Kent?' 128 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:40,350 Yes. 129 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:43,270 Are you also...Superman? 130 00:06:45,650 --> 00:06:47,820 Yes. 131 00:06:47,900 --> 00:06:49,030 [beep] 132 00:06:51,740 --> 00:06:54,450 Why isn't this reading as a lie? 133 00:06:54,530 --> 00:06:55,990 Either the machine is broken again 134 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:59,660 or this reporter is so mild mannered he hasn't got a pulse. 135 00:06:59,750 --> 00:07:01,540 Ask him again. 136 00:07:01,620 --> 00:07:03,710 Remember to answer yes, now. 137 00:07:03,790 --> 00:07:05,090 Are you Superman? 138 00:07:08,090 --> 00:07:09,050 Yes. 139 00:07:10,260 --> 00:07:11,180 [blows] 140 00:07:11,260 --> 00:07:12,590 [beeping] 141 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:15,010 It's working. 142 00:07:15,100 --> 00:07:18,680 Well, Mr. Kent, we'll proceed. 143 00:07:18,770 --> 00:07:20,520 Have you ever met Superman? 144 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:21,810 Met him? 145 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:26,020 Uh, I've seen him in action, if that's what you mean. 146 00:07:26,110 --> 00:07:29,190 I've never actually sat down and had a conversation with him. 147 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:31,490 I-I guess you could say I've met him. 148 00:07:35,780 --> 00:07:37,910 [chuckles] 149 00:07:37,990 --> 00:07:40,160 Is he from this Earth? 150 00:07:40,250 --> 00:07:41,460 I don't know. 151 00:07:41,540 --> 00:07:45,040 Can you take us to Superman right now? 152 00:07:45,130 --> 00:07:46,040 Take you? 153 00:07:46,130 --> 00:07:48,800 Can you contact Superman? 154 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:50,050 You mean by telephone or-- 155 00:07:50,130 --> 00:07:51,920 By any means possible. 156 00:07:52,010 --> 00:07:56,010 Telepathy, for example. Can you contact Superman? 157 00:07:58,310 --> 00:07:59,470 No. 158 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:01,560 [beep] 159 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:03,390 Perimeter's been penetrated. 160 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:07,440 [snaps] 161 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:08,400 [paper rips] 162 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:09,610 (male 'Move.' 163 00:08:12,110 --> 00:08:15,070 You know, Mr. Kent, I really don't need a polygraph 164 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:16,530 to tell me I'm being lied to. 165 00:08:16,620 --> 00:08:17,740 I can see it.. 166 00:08:17,830 --> 00:08:19,950 ...in the eyes. 167 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:22,040 We're not finished. 168 00:08:25,790 --> 00:08:27,750 [claps] Let's go! 169 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:28,920 - 'Got it.' - 'Let's move.' 170 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:30,630 What's going on with you people? 171 00:08:30,710 --> 00:08:32,010 I want an explanation for this! 172 00:08:32,090 --> 00:08:34,220 Chief, it is horrible the way they're treating us. 173 00:08:34,300 --> 00:08:37,260 You see that agent over there? He frisked me twice. 174 00:08:37,350 --> 00:08:39,470 Peterman, let's get legal on this right away. 175 00:08:39,550 --> 00:08:40,600 (Peterman) 'Yes, sir.' 176 00:08:40,680 --> 00:08:41,770 Lane, you and Kent 177 00:08:41,850 --> 00:08:43,560 type up your notes, give 'em to Valdez. 178 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:45,770 - She's gonna be writing this. - What do you mean our notes? 179 00:08:45,850 --> 00:08:46,980 This is my story. 180 00:08:47,060 --> 00:08:48,270 - Our story. - Seniority. 181 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:50,900 Right now, you two are the story. 182 00:08:50,980 --> 00:08:53,280 And in case those goons come back here with a subpoena 183 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:54,950 I want you out of here ASAP. 184 00:08:55,030 --> 00:08:57,820 Whoa! Hey, hey, hey, hey! Let's get back to it. 185 00:08:57,910 --> 00:08:59,370 I-I guess I can work at home, then. 186 00:08:59,450 --> 00:09:01,540 Home? Anywhere but home. 187 00:09:01,620 --> 00:09:03,580 Don't go anywhere they can serve you. 188 00:09:03,660 --> 00:09:05,750 Wear your beepers. We'll be in touch. 189 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:13,460 Since you're now a man in hiding 190 00:09:13,550 --> 00:09:15,840 I think this would be the perfect night 191 00:09:15,930 --> 00:09:17,640 to have dinner at my place. 192 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:19,680 Ah, you and me? 193 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:22,770 Unless you think we need a, uh.. 194 00:09:22,850 --> 00:09:24,270 ...chaperone. 195 00:09:30,230 --> 00:09:33,030 I'm gonna change into something more comfortable. 196 00:09:39,570 --> 00:09:40,950 Great. 197 00:09:45,500 --> 00:09:47,500 [sighs] 198 00:09:47,580 --> 00:09:49,830 Farm boy moves to the big city. 199 00:09:53,090 --> 00:09:55,260 He's looking for a little piece of home. 200 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:02,970 Hmm-mm. That's just what he's going to get. 201 00:10:09,650 --> 00:10:12,440 I think, um, a pinot noir would be nice. 202 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:14,030 I have one chilling. 203 00:10:17,530 --> 00:10:18,900 [sighs] 204 00:10:20,780 --> 00:10:23,240 You've got quite a library. 205 00:10:24,580 --> 00:10:27,710 - I do read. - I know you do. 206 00:10:27,790 --> 00:10:31,710 It's, maybe your place is just different than I expected. 207 00:10:33,420 --> 00:10:36,050 Well, you haven't... seen the bedroom. 208 00:10:37,550 --> 00:10:40,050 - Uh.. - Oh, Clark, relax. 209 00:10:40,130 --> 00:10:42,090 I may never even show it to you. 210 00:10:42,180 --> 00:10:44,510 [chuckles] 211 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,980 - You're full of surprises. - You have no idea. 212 00:10:51,980 --> 00:10:53,980 I'm not here. I'm not staying. 213 00:10:54,070 --> 00:10:56,230 If anybody calls, tell them I was never here. 214 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:58,280 Don't even admit that I live here. 215 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:01,200 If someone knocks at the door, don't open it 216 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:03,070 unless you're sure you know who it is. 217 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:05,740 Don't sign anything. Don't accept any deliveries. 218 00:11:05,830 --> 00:11:07,240 I don't know where I'm going. 219 00:11:07,330 --> 00:11:10,210 Don't call me. I'll call you. You got all this? 220 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:15,590 It's a man thing, right? 221 00:11:15,670 --> 00:11:16,920 [telephone rings] 222 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:18,420 Lois, chill. You're not here. 223 00:11:18,510 --> 00:11:22,260 You don't exist. I don't know you. We never met. 224 00:11:22,340 --> 00:11:23,680 Hello. 225 00:11:26,310 --> 00:11:28,350 It's some southern guy with a real attitude. 226 00:11:28,430 --> 00:11:30,270 He says turn on your beeper or you're fired. 227 00:11:30,350 --> 00:11:31,310 [scoffs] 228 00:11:32,690 --> 00:11:33,770 Hi, Perry. 229 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:38,280 So...what made you get into the gossip business? 230 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:42,110 Oh, Clark, we're all in the gossip business. 231 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:43,740 Yeah, but.. 232 00:11:45,530 --> 00:11:47,410 You get paid for it. 233 00:11:47,490 --> 00:11:49,290 I get the best stuff. 234 00:11:50,540 --> 00:11:51,870 You wouldn't believe some of the secrets 235 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:53,750 people carry around with them. 236 00:11:57,340 --> 00:12:00,380 You have any, um...secrets, Clark? 237 00:12:00,460 --> 00:12:01,380 [beep] 238 00:12:01,470 --> 00:12:02,970 Whoop. Ha ha ha. 239 00:12:03,050 --> 00:12:04,890 Uh, must be the office. 240 00:12:04,970 --> 00:12:07,140 'May I?' 241 00:12:07,220 --> 00:12:09,310 Oh. Thanks. 242 00:12:13,940 --> 00:12:15,400 This is Kent. 243 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:17,060 Kent, there's been a new development. 244 00:12:17,150 --> 00:12:19,280 'I'm sending Jimmy with a van to pick you up.' 245 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:22,030 - I-I'll grab a taxi. - Where are you, anyway? 246 00:12:22,110 --> 00:12:24,660 My God, it sounds like jungle drums. 247 00:12:24,740 --> 00:12:26,410 Just-just a sec. 248 00:12:26,490 --> 00:12:29,830 Clark, quit playing games. Where are you? 249 00:12:29,910 --> 00:12:31,500 Lois, Clark is busy right now. 250 00:12:31,580 --> 00:12:34,920 Um, why don't you give him a few minutes to freshen up first? 251 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:43,260 [sighs] 252 00:12:47,180 --> 00:12:49,010 Well, look what the Cat dragged in. 253 00:12:49,100 --> 00:12:50,760 You got the wrong idea, Lois. 254 00:12:50,850 --> 00:12:52,890 Cat Grant's bedroom has more comings and goings 255 00:12:52,980 --> 00:12:54,310 than metro station. 256 00:12:54,390 --> 00:12:56,350 'You're just another commuter.' 257 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:58,520 Just tell me what's going on. 258 00:12:58,610 --> 00:13:02,030 What's going on is the warrant's phony. 259 00:13:02,110 --> 00:13:03,030 Phony? 260 00:13:03,110 --> 00:13:04,610 Phony as a lock of Elvis' hair 261 00:13:04,700 --> 00:13:06,530 from a Memphis souvenir shop. 262 00:13:06,610 --> 00:13:07,910 Look at this. 263 00:13:07,990 --> 00:13:10,030 Our lawyers contacted the justice department 264 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:12,580 FBI, state, CIA. 265 00:13:12,660 --> 00:13:15,210 Heck, they even called alcohol, tobacco, and firearms people. 266 00:13:15,290 --> 00:13:17,170 Nada. 267 00:13:17,250 --> 00:13:21,590 Nobody in Washington wants to claim those boys. 268 00:13:21,670 --> 00:13:23,210 So who are they? 269 00:13:23,300 --> 00:13:25,050 All we know is they think their job 270 00:13:25,130 --> 00:13:26,880 is to hunt down Superman. 271 00:13:26,970 --> 00:13:30,220 Which makes it your job, boys and girls 272 00:13:30,300 --> 00:13:31,890 to hunt them down first. 273 00:13:36,190 --> 00:13:37,140 [sighs] 274 00:13:40,310 --> 00:13:41,610 [indistinct chatter] 275 00:13:44,650 --> 00:13:47,860 That should read, "A spokesperson for the FBI." 276 00:13:48,990 --> 00:13:50,620 - What? - Your second paragraph. 277 00:13:50,700 --> 00:13:53,450 You have it saying that, "The FBI says it has no existing 278 00:13:53,540 --> 00:13:55,450 operations concerning Superman." 279 00:13:55,540 --> 00:13:57,670 The FBI isn't a person. It can't speak. 280 00:13:57,750 --> 00:13:59,670 Clark, that's why we have editors. 281 00:14:00,670 --> 00:14:02,380 Morning, Lois. 282 00:14:02,460 --> 00:14:05,420 Clark. Muah. 283 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:09,260 Sleep tight? 284 00:14:12,850 --> 00:14:14,220 I did. 285 00:14:16,980 --> 00:14:18,440 Nothing happened. 286 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:21,310 Clark, you can do the horizontal rumba with the entire Met-Net 287 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:22,980 cheerleading squad for all I care. 288 00:14:23,070 --> 00:14:26,030 Just keep your hands off my copy. 289 00:14:26,110 --> 00:14:28,070 Hey, CK. 290 00:14:28,150 --> 00:14:30,240 It is all over the newsroom. 291 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:32,910 You and the Catwoman. 292 00:14:32,990 --> 00:14:34,910 'I didn't think anybody can come up with anything' 293 00:14:34,990 --> 00:14:38,410 as juicy as yesterday's raid, but you've done it. 294 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:42,630 I haven't done anything. 295 00:14:42,710 --> 00:14:44,920 Hey, this is me you're talking to. 296 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:46,710 I'm gonna need details. 297 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:49,840 Specificity. The who, what, where, when, how, and why. 298 00:14:49,930 --> 00:14:52,760 Actually, I've got the who and why already figured out 299 00:14:52,850 --> 00:14:56,470 but I am really curious about the how. 300 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:57,390 Forget it. 301 00:14:57,470 --> 00:14:58,930 To be honest, I never thought 302 00:14:59,020 --> 00:15:01,480 about asking you for advice about women until now 303 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:05,480 but...I've been thinking about Lois' sister, and, uh.. 304 00:15:05,570 --> 00:15:07,400 Shh. Here she comes. 305 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:11,490 Great piece of journalism there, CK. 306 00:15:18,700 --> 00:15:20,660 Sorry to interrupt your male bonding 307 00:15:20,750 --> 00:15:22,710 but we have a break in the story. 308 00:15:24,670 --> 00:15:26,340 I'll tell you why I'm in Metropolis. 309 00:15:26,420 --> 00:15:28,840 The director himself sent me here 310 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:30,340 to clean up the mess you started 311 00:15:30,420 --> 00:15:32,510 with that raid on the "Daily Planet." 312 00:15:32,590 --> 00:15:35,680 No, I call the shots on bureau 39, not you. 313 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:37,060 Stand by. 314 00:15:37,140 --> 00:15:39,180 Yes? Send them in. 315 00:15:39,270 --> 00:15:40,730 No, you stay right where you are. 316 00:15:40,810 --> 00:15:42,270 I'm coming over there as soon as I bury this story 317 00:15:42,350 --> 00:15:43,770 with these reporters. 318 00:15:43,850 --> 00:15:45,650 You hear me, Trask? Trask? 319 00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:49,490 - Ha. - Mr. Thompson, Lois Lane. 320 00:15:49,570 --> 00:15:51,610 - Please. - Clark Kent. 321 00:15:54,410 --> 00:15:55,740 So you just flew in from Washington? 322 00:15:55,820 --> 00:15:58,910 Bullet train. I'm not much for flying. You? 323 00:16:03,370 --> 00:16:05,750 Who exactly do you work for? 324 00:16:05,830 --> 00:16:07,210 I'm a kind of government ombudsman. 325 00:16:07,290 --> 00:16:08,590 I go where the problems are. 326 00:16:08,670 --> 00:16:10,510 Right now, my job is to get at the bottom 327 00:16:10,590 --> 00:16:12,130 of this incident at the "Planet." 328 00:16:12,220 --> 00:16:15,260 Well, that's our job, too. What can you tell us? 329 00:16:15,340 --> 00:16:18,350 Not much, the first step in our investigation process 330 00:16:18,430 --> 00:16:20,680 'is to gather all eyewitness accounts.' 331 00:16:20,770 --> 00:16:23,600 Your investigation? What about our investigation? 332 00:16:23,690 --> 00:16:25,560 That's the other reason I'm here. 333 00:16:25,650 --> 00:16:27,360 Understand we do not take it lightly 334 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:28,650 when someone tries to pass himself off 335 00:16:28,730 --> 00:16:30,440 as an agent of the US Government. 336 00:16:30,530 --> 00:16:32,190 'Can you give us a physical description' 337 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:33,650 'of any of the people involved?' 338 00:16:33,740 --> 00:16:34,950 Let me get something straight. 339 00:16:35,030 --> 00:16:37,370 You're here to interview us? 340 00:16:37,450 --> 00:16:39,910 Yes, and to advise you to stay out of harm's way. 341 00:16:39,990 --> 00:16:41,620 'The person who did this is very danger--' 342 00:16:41,700 --> 00:16:43,410 (Lois) 'Mr. Thompson, let me explain something to you.' 343 00:16:43,500 --> 00:16:45,420 'We do not need your protection.' 344 00:16:45,500 --> 00:16:47,920 We came here because we thought you could help us find 345 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:49,880 the man responsible for the raid. 346 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:52,460 - 'Sorry.' - 'Do you have any clues?' 347 00:16:52,550 --> 00:16:54,260 'Any ideas at all?' 348 00:16:54,340 --> 00:16:56,720 (Thompson) 'Let me ask you a question, Miss Lane.' 349 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:59,930 'To the best of your knowledge does Superman have any enemies?' 350 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:05,060 - Come on, Clark. Let's go. - Go? 351 00:17:05,140 --> 00:17:07,020 Well, it's obvious that Mr. Thompson 352 00:17:07,100 --> 00:17:08,860 doesn't know anything. 353 00:17:10,020 --> 00:17:11,980 Uh, nothing! 354 00:17:12,070 --> 00:17:13,570 You know, Lois, I'm not feeling that great. 355 00:17:13,650 --> 00:17:16,320 Maybe I should just go home and...take a nap or something. 356 00:17:16,410 --> 00:17:17,780 Oh, well, yeah. 357 00:17:17,860 --> 00:17:21,080 Sometimes you have to put yourself above the story. 358 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:22,750 Well, I don't want to leave you out in the cold. 359 00:17:22,830 --> 00:17:26,000 Oh, you're not. It's not like we're a team, anyway. 360 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:27,460 Do you need a ride? 361 00:17:27,540 --> 00:17:29,670 I-I'll walk. Maybe the fresh air will do me some good. 362 00:17:29,750 --> 00:17:32,340 Well, I'm just gonna make a few phone calls. 363 00:17:32,420 --> 00:17:33,630 I'll meet you back at the paper. 364 00:17:33,710 --> 00:17:35,470 Sure. Feel better. 365 00:17:36,380 --> 00:17:37,720 (Clark) 'Thanks.' 366 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:51,860 Jimmy? Lois. 367 00:17:51,940 --> 00:17:55,070 I want you to pull everything on a George Thompson. 368 00:17:57,740 --> 00:17:59,990 [instrumental music] 369 00:18:05,250 --> 00:18:06,660 [whistles] 370 00:18:09,290 --> 00:18:11,130 (female 'Hey, it's Superman!' 371 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:17,470 Be careful up there. 372 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:23,560 [instrumental music] 373 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:52,380 My mission is to identify alien threats 374 00:18:52,460 --> 00:18:54,420 to the security of this country. 375 00:18:54,500 --> 00:18:56,960 - Superman? - The advance guard. 376 00:18:57,050 --> 00:18:59,300 We don't resist him, they send in others. 377 00:18:59,380 --> 00:19:02,140 After all these years of waiting, now they're here. 378 00:19:02,220 --> 00:19:03,680 So what's your plan, you gonna capture Superman 379 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:04,720 and then dissect him? 380 00:19:04,810 --> 00:19:06,140 I don't want to study him. 381 00:19:06,220 --> 00:19:08,600 I wanna kill him... before he kills us. 382 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:10,980 Trask, your reckless freelancing 383 00:19:11,060 --> 00:19:12,190 is jeopardizing the integrity 384 00:19:12,270 --> 00:19:14,230 of the entire bureau 39 operation. 385 00:19:14,310 --> 00:19:16,860 You don't know anything about bureau 39. 386 00:19:16,940 --> 00:19:19,700 You sit there with the gutless paper pushers in Washington. 387 00:19:19,780 --> 00:19:21,070 They're too stupid to know they're even in a war 388 00:19:21,150 --> 00:19:22,410 let alone how to fight it. 389 00:19:22,490 --> 00:19:24,870 That is just more of your insane paranoia. 390 00:19:24,950 --> 00:19:26,200 Open your eyes. 391 00:19:26,290 --> 00:19:27,950 They're coming after us. 392 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:30,120 Now a few people are gonna die in the struggle, yes 393 00:19:30,210 --> 00:19:31,620 but we either draw the line here 394 00:19:31,710 --> 00:19:35,420 or we capitulate and I will never submit. 395 00:19:35,500 --> 00:19:36,500 [sighs] 396 00:19:38,550 --> 00:19:41,680 This orders you to turn over all command and control 397 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:44,260 of your military assets to civilian authority. 398 00:19:44,340 --> 00:19:46,600 - Me! - You can't shut me down. 399 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:50,060 I can, and I will. I have the authority. 400 00:19:57,860 --> 00:19:59,030 Ooh! 401 00:19:59,110 --> 00:20:02,150 - You have no authority. - We'll see. 402 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:04,950 [instrumental music] 403 00:20:05,030 --> 00:20:06,950 [whoosh] 404 00:20:13,830 --> 00:20:15,540 [squeaking] 405 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:29,810 You don't like vegetarian, do you? 406 00:20:29,890 --> 00:20:32,180 He's confused, he probably doesn't know 407 00:20:32,270 --> 00:20:35,020 whether to plant it...or eat it. 408 00:20:35,100 --> 00:20:37,150 [cow mooing] 409 00:20:41,570 --> 00:20:43,860 Sure looks like he missed your cooking, though. 410 00:20:43,950 --> 00:20:46,490 Clark, honey, you just inhaled that. 411 00:20:46,570 --> 00:20:48,450 Something's on your mind, isn't it? 412 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:57,080 I wanna hear everything you know about how you found me. 413 00:20:57,170 --> 00:20:58,630 Everything. 414 00:20:58,710 --> 00:21:00,800 It was May 17, 1966. 415 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:02,590 We were driving past, uh, Simpson's Quarry 416 00:21:02,670 --> 00:21:04,170 just due west of the Elbow River. 417 00:21:04,260 --> 00:21:06,090 (Martha) 'And we saw this thing in the sky.' 418 00:21:06,180 --> 00:21:08,300 At first we thought it was one of those ICBMs. 419 00:21:08,390 --> 00:21:11,100 That ship came streaking across the sky in front of us. 420 00:21:11,180 --> 00:21:12,850 Huh, it was hard to ignore. 421 00:21:12,930 --> 00:21:15,020 And we found you and took you home. 422 00:21:15,100 --> 00:21:18,400 Your eyes were so big and so wide 423 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:20,570 and that little diaper thing they had you in 424 00:21:20,650 --> 00:21:22,030 'made you look so cute.' 425 00:21:22,110 --> 00:21:23,610 (Jonathan) 'Martha, Martha.' 426 00:21:24,860 --> 00:21:26,280 A few days later, some men showed up 427 00:21:26,360 --> 00:21:27,860 around town asking questions. 428 00:21:27,950 --> 00:21:29,320 What kind of men? 429 00:21:29,410 --> 00:21:31,200 (Martha) 'They said they were from the space program.' 430 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:33,620 And that they thought that some debris had come down 431 00:21:33,700 --> 00:21:35,410 from some kind of Russian Satellite 432 00:21:35,500 --> 00:21:37,500 'and they wanted to know if we'd seen anything.' 433 00:21:37,580 --> 00:21:39,540 - So what'd you tell 'em? - Not a thing. 434 00:21:39,630 --> 00:21:42,500 There was something about them. They were scary. 435 00:21:42,590 --> 00:21:45,380 So is that what you guys think I am? 436 00:21:45,470 --> 00:21:47,800 A Russian experiment? 437 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:51,220 Oh, honey, we don't care if you're a Russian or a Martian. 438 00:21:51,300 --> 00:21:53,520 You were ours. That's all we knew. 439 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:56,480 We weren't giving you away to anybody. 440 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:58,400 'That's why your father went back there' 441 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:00,230 'to where we found you.' 442 00:22:03,530 --> 00:22:05,530 (Jonathan) We figured we better destroy that spaceship 443 00:22:05,610 --> 00:22:08,240 so nobody would ever have any evidence 444 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:10,240 of how you got here. 445 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:11,660 I planned to burn it good 446 00:22:11,740 --> 00:22:14,160 haul it to the dump and get rid of it. 447 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:16,250 (Clark) Dad, it's okay. 448 00:22:16,330 --> 00:22:18,710 Destroying it was probably the right thing to do. 449 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:22,630 Yeah, probably was.. 450 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:25,130 ...but I didn't. 451 00:22:25,210 --> 00:22:27,840 Jonathan, why didn't you tell me? 452 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:29,430 I couldn't, Martha. 453 00:22:33,350 --> 00:22:36,680 It was part of you, son, and I just couldn't do it. 454 00:22:42,860 --> 00:22:46,190 'Eight paces due south.' 455 00:22:47,190 --> 00:22:49,240 Through the two trees. 456 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:54,450 Twenty-eight paces. Due east. 457 00:22:56,120 --> 00:22:57,950 Are you sure this is the right place? 458 00:22:58,040 --> 00:22:59,620 That wagon wheel's still there, isn't it? 459 00:22:59,710 --> 00:23:02,130 Hasn't moved in over 25 years. 460 00:23:04,170 --> 00:23:06,000 Son, are you alright? 461 00:23:07,510 --> 00:23:09,720 I know this must be hard for you. 462 00:23:10,970 --> 00:23:13,760 What's hard, mom, is not knowing. 463 00:23:13,850 --> 00:23:16,140 Mom, you and dad, you're my parents. 464 00:23:16,220 --> 00:23:17,350 You know that. 465 00:23:17,430 --> 00:23:19,390 No one will ever replace you. 466 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:23,060 Oh, we know that, Clark. 467 00:23:23,150 --> 00:23:27,230 But you wouldn't be human if you didn't have some questions. 468 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:31,200 Mom...what if I'm not human? 469 00:23:32,110 --> 00:23:33,620 [signs] 470 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:37,790 Maybe we shouldn't have told you you were adopted. 471 00:23:37,870 --> 00:23:41,160 That would've been tough after I started bench pressing cars. 472 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,290 Six feet down. 473 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:52,930 - Right here? - Right there. 474 00:23:55,260 --> 00:23:57,810 [sighs] You guys should stand back. 475 00:24:09,780 --> 00:24:12,700 - 'You sure about this, dad?' - Hundred percent. 476 00:24:12,780 --> 00:24:14,530 Right there. 477 00:24:20,370 --> 00:24:22,660 You don't forget something like this. 478 00:24:22,750 --> 00:24:24,290 'It was here.' 479 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:28,500 Not anymore. 480 00:24:47,110 --> 00:24:50,480 - Feeling better? - What? Oh, sure. 481 00:24:50,570 --> 00:24:51,860 How'd it go yesterday? 482 00:24:51,940 --> 00:24:53,200 Well, I tailed our man Thompson 483 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:55,700 to a furniture warehouse on Bessolo Boulevard. 484 00:24:55,780 --> 00:24:58,200 Definitely weird, but he works for the government. 485 00:24:58,280 --> 00:24:59,740 What'd you dig up? 486 00:25:01,700 --> 00:25:02,870 Nothing. 487 00:25:04,620 --> 00:25:06,290 (Lois) '"Project Blue Book?"' 488 00:25:06,370 --> 00:25:10,380 Clark, the Air Force got out of the UFO business in 1969. 489 00:25:10,460 --> 00:25:12,300 This is old news. Way old. 490 00:25:12,380 --> 00:25:14,380 Y-yeah, you're right. It was just a hunch. 491 00:25:14,470 --> 00:25:15,800 It didn't pan out. 492 00:25:18,140 --> 00:25:19,930 Just a hunch. 493 00:25:20,010 --> 00:25:21,890 That airman in the middle. 494 00:25:21,970 --> 00:25:25,100 He's the piece of work that raided the "Planet." 495 00:25:25,190 --> 00:25:26,810 Isn't he? 496 00:25:26,900 --> 00:25:29,480 Uh, uh, maybe. 497 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:31,480 Uh, I don't know. My eyes aren't so good. 498 00:25:31,570 --> 00:25:33,280 Well, I have perfect vision. 499 00:25:33,360 --> 00:25:35,450 Superman does not see like I do. 500 00:25:35,530 --> 00:25:37,700 Jason Trask. That's our man. 501 00:25:39,700 --> 00:25:41,950 Almost missed that one, rookie. 502 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:43,040 Ha. 503 00:25:45,870 --> 00:25:47,790 [sighs] 504 00:25:47,870 --> 00:25:49,710 Alright. We know Trask was in the Air Force, right? 505 00:25:49,790 --> 00:25:50,880 No military service record. 506 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:53,260 Disappeared into thin air in 1969. 507 00:25:53,340 --> 00:25:55,130 Alright. Keep looking. 508 00:25:55,220 --> 00:25:56,550 I got just the place. 509 00:25:56,630 --> 00:25:59,890 The other guy in the photo, General Burton Newcomb? 510 00:25:59,970 --> 00:26:02,470 He's retired. Lives in Metropolis. 511 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:04,810 Well, what are you waiting for? Get going. 512 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:15,490 You wanted to talk? 513 00:26:15,570 --> 00:26:18,860 (Clark) Uh, I can't now, but.. 514 00:26:21,530 --> 00:26:24,830 Look, somehow everybody thinks that we were hanging 515 00:26:24,910 --> 00:26:27,080 from the chandeliers wearing black leather the other night. 516 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:29,000 Mm. 517 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:32,170 - Well, we were interrupted. - I have to go. 518 00:26:32,250 --> 00:26:35,010 But I would appreciate it if you would put a stop this. 519 00:26:37,260 --> 00:26:39,470 And ruin my reputation? 520 00:26:39,550 --> 00:26:41,680 (Perry) 'Uh, Kent.' 521 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:44,390 Could I, uh, see you in my office, please? 522 00:26:49,690 --> 00:26:51,310 [door closes] 523 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:53,650 Kent, did you ever hear of Anita Wood? 524 00:26:54,770 --> 00:26:56,280 I guess I haven't. 525 00:26:56,360 --> 00:27:00,610 Memphis Deejay. Beautiful girl. Won a beauty contest. 526 00:27:00,700 --> 00:27:03,120 Did you know she and Elvis almost got married? 527 00:27:04,410 --> 00:27:06,160 - I m-missed that. - Oh, yeah. 528 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:09,120 Right after he was drafted. 1958. 529 00:27:09,210 --> 00:27:10,830 He and Anita were talking marriage 530 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:13,380 but Colonel Parker knew it would hurt Elvis' career 531 00:27:13,460 --> 00:27:15,460 so he put a stop to it. 532 00:27:15,550 --> 00:27:18,010 Now if the colonel hadn't gotten wind of it 533 00:27:18,090 --> 00:27:20,470 Elvis might not be the king. 534 00:27:22,300 --> 00:27:25,430 Do you understand what I'm saying here? 535 00:27:26,890 --> 00:27:28,810 She was the wrong girl for him? 536 00:27:28,890 --> 00:27:30,980 Fools rush in, son. 537 00:27:31,060 --> 00:27:33,480 Fools. Rush in. 538 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:37,150 Chief, I think people have the wrong idea. 539 00:27:37,230 --> 00:27:38,690 Really? 540 00:27:38,780 --> 00:27:40,950 Well, it's definitely not what you're thinking. 541 00:27:41,030 --> 00:27:42,570 What I'm thinking 542 00:27:42,660 --> 00:27:45,240 is that when it comes to women 543 00:27:45,330 --> 00:27:47,540 if you want to be the king 544 00:27:47,620 --> 00:27:49,330 you'd better listen to the colonel. 545 00:27:52,500 --> 00:27:53,830 Thank you. 546 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:55,340 I'll remember that.. 547 00:27:56,630 --> 00:27:57,750 ...colonel. 548 00:27:59,550 --> 00:28:01,340 [door opens] 549 00:28:01,420 --> 00:28:02,590 It's Thompson. 550 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:03,930 The guy you lost on the tail? 551 00:28:04,010 --> 00:28:06,260 They found him. Metropolis Harbor. 552 00:28:06,350 --> 00:28:07,470 Coroner's got him. 553 00:28:14,060 --> 00:28:16,190 Yesterday, a man named George Thompson 554 00:28:16,270 --> 00:28:18,230 came to Metropolis. 555 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:20,110 Today he's dead. 556 00:28:20,190 --> 00:28:23,660 That's regrettable, but what does it have to do with me? 557 00:28:23,740 --> 00:28:27,450 Well, he was investigating your old friend, Jason Trask? 558 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:31,200 Have either of you ever had to keep a secret? 559 00:28:31,290 --> 00:28:32,830 A huge secret? 560 00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:35,790 Sure. 561 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:37,540 Like what? 562 00:28:37,630 --> 00:28:39,130 Well, I'm a reporter. 563 00:28:39,210 --> 00:28:41,590 You know, protecting sources and stuff. 564 00:28:41,670 --> 00:28:45,590 Keeping a secret eats away at you. 565 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:48,220 Just a nibble at a time, but it adds up. 566 00:28:48,300 --> 00:28:50,720 And one day you wake up and you realize.. 567 00:28:52,060 --> 00:28:55,690 '...that it has consumed everything inside you.' 568 00:28:55,770 --> 00:28:58,020 See, we were just a small group when we started.. 569 00:28:59,570 --> 00:29:02,820 ...but we all took a very special oath the same day. 570 00:29:03,900 --> 00:29:06,320 August 2, 1947. 571 00:29:08,990 --> 00:29:10,990 I was just about your age. 572 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:12,750 You didn't take an oath to protect people 573 00:29:12,830 --> 00:29:14,620 like Trask, did you? 574 00:29:14,710 --> 00:29:16,540 You don't need me to find Trask. 575 00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:19,790 He's probably hiding in plain sight. 576 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:23,010 Like a furniture warehouse on Bessolo Boulevard? 577 00:29:30,850 --> 00:29:33,180 Getting to him, though, that's another matter. 578 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:39,230 A man like Trask would no doubt be protected 579 00:29:39,310 --> 00:29:43,610 by some impenetrable... security system. 580 00:29:43,690 --> 00:29:45,700 Every system has a flaw. 581 00:29:45,780 --> 00:29:47,660 No, not this one. 582 00:29:47,740 --> 00:29:49,780 I designed it myself. 583 00:29:49,870 --> 00:29:52,040 You'd need someone on the inside 584 00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:55,830 or someone who'd been on the inside to help you out. 585 00:29:55,910 --> 00:29:58,750 Now, assuming you found such a person.. 586 00:30:00,130 --> 00:30:01,540 '...you could only hope that that person' 587 00:30:01,630 --> 00:30:05,300 found a man like Trask to be so repugnant 588 00:30:05,380 --> 00:30:07,130 his methods so un-American 589 00:30:07,220 --> 00:30:09,930 that he would, in fact, choose to help you. 590 00:30:13,140 --> 00:30:14,600 That's a tall order. 591 00:30:17,940 --> 00:30:19,940 I'm gonna count to three. 592 00:30:20,020 --> 00:30:24,070 When I turn around, I expect you to be gone. 593 00:30:24,150 --> 00:30:25,150 'One.' 594 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:27,400 Two. 595 00:30:28,950 --> 00:30:30,660 Three. 596 00:30:30,740 --> 00:30:31,950 [beeps] 597 00:30:32,030 --> 00:30:33,660 Well, that was hard. 598 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:42,920 [beeping] 599 00:30:50,930 --> 00:30:53,300 I think they've added this since the general's day, hmm? 600 00:30:53,390 --> 00:30:55,770 This is no time to get smug. 601 00:30:55,850 --> 00:30:58,520 Don't tell me, safecracker? 602 00:31:00,230 --> 00:31:01,940 [tumblers clicking] 603 00:31:02,020 --> 00:31:03,060 [beeps] 604 00:31:06,230 --> 00:31:08,820 The general said August 2, 1947. 605 00:31:08,900 --> 00:31:11,070 Eight right, two left, forty-seven right. 606 00:31:12,700 --> 00:31:15,290 You are so weird. 607 00:31:15,370 --> 00:31:17,250 It works for you, though. 608 00:31:24,540 --> 00:31:26,800 I don't know about this, Lois. Where is everybody? 609 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:29,720 Clark, the thing about luck is you don't question it. 610 00:31:39,140 --> 00:31:40,600 [laughs] 611 00:31:40,690 --> 00:31:43,480 Give me a break. I've seen this movie. 612 00:31:45,060 --> 00:31:47,480 I don't know, Lois. These look...real. 613 00:31:47,570 --> 00:31:50,280 Oh, they're too good. It's got to be a set-up. 614 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:52,530 Well, what if it's not? 615 00:31:52,610 --> 00:31:55,200 What if people really traveled in these things? 616 00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:56,910 People from far away. 617 00:31:56,990 --> 00:31:59,370 Well, there might be a story here, Clark 618 00:31:59,450 --> 00:32:01,210 but I don't think it's UFOs. 619 00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:05,840 You know.. 620 00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:08,840 I thought you were the one who said 621 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:10,590 '"If it looks like a duck.."' 622 00:32:10,670 --> 00:32:13,890 (Lois) 'Do not quote me to myself, Clark.' 623 00:32:13,970 --> 00:32:17,140 How did you know that I said that anyway? 624 00:32:17,220 --> 00:32:18,430 What are you doing? 625 00:32:18,510 --> 00:32:19,720 Well, you don't like their pictures. 626 00:32:19,810 --> 00:32:21,520 Let's see what else they have. 627 00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:23,310 I suppose you think I'm gonna lift up 628 00:32:23,390 --> 00:32:25,100 one of these tarps and find a UFO. 629 00:32:26,650 --> 00:32:29,070 I don't know what we're going to find. 630 00:32:29,150 --> 00:32:32,990 Eeny, meeny, miney, moe. 631 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:38,080 This is just an unidentified salvage yard. 632 00:32:39,540 --> 00:32:42,370 This doesn't look like any scrap metal I've seen before. 633 00:32:42,460 --> 00:32:45,880 Clark, do you really think this could.. 634 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:47,130 [Lois sighs] 635 00:32:54,260 --> 00:32:56,970 [intense music] 636 00:33:07,900 --> 00:33:10,570 [instrumental music] 637 00:33:38,010 --> 00:33:38,930 Krypton. 638 00:33:39,010 --> 00:33:40,600 [electronic buzz] 639 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:43,470 Clark! Clark, somebody's coming. 640 00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:45,690 [door closes] 641 00:33:45,770 --> 00:33:48,730 Now, how did you two manage to get in here? 642 00:33:50,770 --> 00:33:52,730 That's your problem. 643 00:33:52,820 --> 00:33:54,570 That's correct. 644 00:33:54,650 --> 00:33:57,410 Getting out, however...is yours. 645 00:33:57,490 --> 00:33:59,450 Hey, people know we're here. 646 00:33:59,530 --> 00:34:01,950 Like Superman. 647 00:34:02,030 --> 00:34:03,910 He's going to come looking for us. 648 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,370 Oh, I do hope so. 649 00:34:05,460 --> 00:34:07,370 In fact, I'm counting on it. 650 00:34:14,210 --> 00:34:16,340 [upbeat music] 651 00:34:18,550 --> 00:34:20,260 [knock on door] 652 00:34:29,940 --> 00:34:31,810 - Hi! I'm Jimmy! - What? 653 00:34:31,900 --> 00:34:34,030 Uh, I-I'm Jimmy. Jimmy Olsen. 654 00:34:34,110 --> 00:34:35,570 From the "Planet." 655 00:34:40,110 --> 00:34:42,330 I don't think you can get the whole effect 656 00:34:42,410 --> 00:34:44,580 unless you hear the music on a cellular level. 657 00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:47,870 Who are you again? 658 00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:49,870 Uh, Jimmy Olsen. 659 00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:52,500 Um, I thought Lois might have mentioned me? 660 00:34:52,590 --> 00:34:55,210 Jimmy? I don't think so. 661 00:34:55,300 --> 00:34:57,170 I'd remember a guy named Jimmy. 662 00:34:57,260 --> 00:34:59,380 Well, you know, I'm thinking about going with James. 663 00:34:59,470 --> 00:35:02,140 Did you come here to ask my opinion about your name? 664 00:35:02,220 --> 00:35:05,010 No. No. It's your sister. 665 00:35:05,100 --> 00:35:08,730 She, uh, hasn't checked in, and she doesn't answer her pager. 666 00:35:08,810 --> 00:35:10,060 Do you know where she is? 667 00:35:10,140 --> 00:35:12,060 Nope, she made a big deal the other day 668 00:35:12,150 --> 00:35:13,520 about making herself scarce. 669 00:35:13,610 --> 00:35:16,190 Well, she could usually take care of herself. 670 00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:18,360 Yep. I'm sure she's okay. 671 00:35:23,370 --> 00:35:24,660 You want to maybe go out sometime? 672 00:35:24,740 --> 00:35:26,870 Catch a movie or something? 673 00:35:26,950 --> 00:35:28,830 Wait a minute. 674 00:35:28,910 --> 00:35:31,710 You come over here with this big story 675 00:35:31,790 --> 00:35:34,380 about how...maybe my sister's in trouble 676 00:35:34,460 --> 00:35:36,840 and then you ask me out, is that right? 677 00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:39,470 Yeah, that's pretty much it. 678 00:35:39,550 --> 00:35:40,970 Okay. 679 00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:48,390 (male 'Climbing to 10,000.' 680 00:35:48,470 --> 00:35:52,230 'Leveling off at 0-7-0 mark 3.' 681 00:35:53,690 --> 00:35:55,690 It's a romance novel. 682 00:35:56,860 --> 00:35:59,490 - What? - My novel. 683 00:35:59,570 --> 00:36:00,950 It's about a woman that dies 684 00:36:01,030 --> 00:36:03,360 without ever finding her true love. 685 00:36:03,450 --> 00:36:05,370 That's not gonna happen to you, Lois. 686 00:36:05,450 --> 00:36:08,830 Yeah? Check it out, Clark. These guys look serious. 687 00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:12,500 Okay. I told you, now you tell me. 688 00:36:12,580 --> 00:36:13,920 Tell you what? 689 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:15,880 What really happened between you and Cat 690 00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:17,840 the other night, not that I care. 691 00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:20,130 It's just probably the best secret you got going. 692 00:36:20,210 --> 00:36:23,760 If we get out of this, you have got to raise your standards. 693 00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:25,430 I assume the two of you are familiar 694 00:36:25,510 --> 00:36:26,930 with the scientific method? 695 00:36:28,510 --> 00:36:30,930 Advance a theory. Submit it to a test. 696 00:36:31,020 --> 00:36:32,520 My theory is that at least one of you 697 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:35,770 knows how to contact this alien creature Superman 698 00:36:35,860 --> 00:36:38,730 'probably by some form of telepathic communication.' 699 00:36:38,820 --> 00:36:40,440 Well, how do you plan to test it? 700 00:36:40,530 --> 00:36:43,320 If you suddenly become airborne at, say, 20,000 feet 701 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:47,240 without a parachute, I assume you will focus all your energies 702 00:36:47,330 --> 00:36:48,700 on contacting this Superman. 703 00:36:48,780 --> 00:36:51,160 What if this theory of yours is wrong? 704 00:36:51,250 --> 00:36:54,170 Pushing back the frontiers of science is not without risk. 705 00:36:57,380 --> 00:36:59,800 What happens if Superman does show up? 706 00:36:59,880 --> 00:37:01,800 Does the worm need to know whether the fish 707 00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:04,840 is going to be fried or charbroiled? 708 00:37:04,930 --> 00:37:05,930 [snaps] 709 00:37:08,510 --> 00:37:09,600 - No! - Wait, wait! 710 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:10,810 Where are you going? Take me! 711 00:37:10,890 --> 00:37:12,980 No! It's okay. I'll go. 712 00:37:13,060 --> 00:37:14,560 Lois, you don't understand. 713 00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:16,810 I think I'm entitled to one last request. 714 00:37:16,900 --> 00:37:18,730 Within reason. 715 00:37:18,810 --> 00:37:21,320 I wanna kiss Clark good-bye. 716 00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:24,150 [instrumental music] 717 00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:40,750 [whispering] You take the one on the left. 718 00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:43,170 [grunts] 719 00:37:43,260 --> 00:37:46,510 - No! No! - No! She's mine! 720 00:37:46,590 --> 00:37:48,430 [gunshot] 721 00:37:48,510 --> 00:37:50,680 No! Aah! 722 00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:52,180 Lois! 723 00:37:52,260 --> 00:37:54,560 Lois! 724 00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:55,640 Aah! 725 00:37:55,730 --> 00:37:57,400 Superman, if you can hear me 726 00:37:57,480 --> 00:38:00,940 drop what you're doing and get over here now! 727 00:38:01,020 --> 00:38:03,480 Superman, help! 728 00:38:08,910 --> 00:38:11,160 Tracking. We've got both of them. 729 00:38:11,240 --> 00:38:12,740 The guy's hurt. I shot him. 730 00:38:16,500 --> 00:38:17,790 Guess again. 731 00:38:21,170 --> 00:38:22,380 No trace of blood. 732 00:38:22,460 --> 00:38:24,380 I shot him. I saw it. 733 00:38:24,460 --> 00:38:26,090 You missed. 734 00:38:29,300 --> 00:38:31,140 Aah! 735 00:38:31,220 --> 00:38:33,140 Superman, help! 736 00:38:33,220 --> 00:38:35,730 'Help! Help!' 737 00:38:35,810 --> 00:38:37,730 'Superman, help!' 738 00:38:37,810 --> 00:38:41,230 Target acquisition. Zero, niner, five. 739 00:38:41,310 --> 00:38:42,900 - 'Execute.' - Missile lock. 740 00:38:42,980 --> 00:38:44,280 In three. 741 00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:45,900 Two. One. 742 00:38:45,990 --> 00:38:47,030 Executing. 743 00:38:47,110 --> 00:38:49,030 [whoosh] 744 00:38:49,110 --> 00:38:51,660 Superman. Superman. Superman. Superman. 745 00:38:51,740 --> 00:38:53,830 Aah! 746 00:38:53,910 --> 00:38:56,830 Aah! Superman! Aah! 747 00:38:58,540 --> 00:39:01,080 You really do read minds. 748 00:39:01,170 --> 00:39:04,420 Not really, but I do have good hearing. 749 00:39:04,500 --> 00:39:06,260 Oh. 750 00:39:06,340 --> 00:39:07,670 Clark! They still have him. 751 00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:09,930 - He may be hurt. - Don't worry. 752 00:39:10,010 --> 00:39:11,760 I'll go back for him. 753 00:39:13,430 --> 00:39:14,680 (Lois) 'Oh.' 754 00:39:20,020 --> 00:39:21,650 You'll be alright? 755 00:39:21,730 --> 00:39:23,150 Lois? 756 00:39:23,230 --> 00:39:25,940 [dramatic music] 757 00:39:38,450 --> 00:39:39,830 Superman. 758 00:39:47,630 --> 00:39:50,380 (male 'Impact in three. Two.' 759 00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:54,220 [explosion] 760 00:39:56,430 --> 00:39:57,850 Oh! 761 00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:01,980 [beeping] 762 00:40:02,060 --> 00:40:03,440 Let's get out of here. 763 00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:07,230 [indistinct chatter] 764 00:40:08,690 --> 00:40:09,860 [elevator bell dings] 765 00:40:12,820 --> 00:40:15,950 Lois! Lois, what happened? 766 00:40:16,030 --> 00:40:18,660 Before or after we were thrown out of the plane? 767 00:40:18,740 --> 00:40:20,540 A-airplane? 768 00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:25,290 - Superman, is he alright? - Well, we don't know. 769 00:40:25,380 --> 00:40:27,420 'We're trying to track down some witnesses.' 770 00:40:27,500 --> 00:40:28,920 Now, do you know what happened to-- 771 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:31,170 Clark! 772 00:40:31,260 --> 00:40:33,510 Oh, you're alive! Oh! 773 00:40:33,590 --> 00:40:36,430 - Ha ha. Seems so. - Oh, Clark! 774 00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:41,100 Hey, everybody! Clark's alive! 775 00:40:41,180 --> 00:40:43,440 And if Clark's alive, that means Superman's alive! 776 00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:45,520 Oh, this story's getting bigger every second! 777 00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:47,480 What are we waiting for? 778 00:40:49,940 --> 00:40:51,570 [sighs] 779 00:40:51,650 --> 00:40:53,740 (male 'Alright! Move in!' 780 00:40:57,450 --> 00:40:59,200 'All clear!' 781 00:41:02,250 --> 00:41:04,210 [indistinct radio chatter] 782 00:41:04,290 --> 00:41:06,130 It was all here, Perry. 783 00:41:07,290 --> 00:41:08,750 Tell him. 784 00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:10,710 She's right. 785 00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:13,760 UFOs, unidentified flying objects. 786 00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:15,510 Only they were all identified. 787 00:41:15,590 --> 00:41:17,680 Bagged, tagged, processed. Right here. 788 00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:19,970 - UFOs? - Yes. 789 00:41:20,060 --> 00:41:22,770 Don't you see? It's a cover-up. Big time. 790 00:41:22,850 --> 00:41:24,980 - That's what's going on. - Okay. 791 00:41:25,060 --> 00:41:26,900 Now this story could be bigger than Superman. 792 00:41:26,980 --> 00:41:30,400 What we have got here is cosmic water gate, Perry. 793 00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:32,110 I'm gonna get back and start writing this right now. 794 00:41:32,190 --> 00:41:34,900 Now, now, now. Just hold on. Now, look. 795 00:41:34,990 --> 00:41:37,450 This is where I got to get off this bus you're driving. 796 00:41:37,530 --> 00:41:39,910 - We know what we saw. - Now you two are the best. 797 00:41:39,990 --> 00:41:42,700 You tell me something, I believe you. 798 00:41:42,790 --> 00:41:44,580 I can't let you write it, though. 799 00:41:44,660 --> 00:41:45,920 Well, sure you can. 800 00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:47,750 Clark and I can corroborate each other. 801 00:41:47,830 --> 00:41:50,630 Not when you're talking UFOs. 802 00:41:50,710 --> 00:41:52,590 Lois, your physical evidence is gone. 803 00:41:52,670 --> 00:41:55,380 Trask is missing. Thompson's dead. 804 00:41:55,470 --> 00:41:58,760 General Newcomb says he never even heard of you. 805 00:41:58,840 --> 00:42:00,470 We print this, we're going to look like 806 00:42:00,550 --> 00:42:02,770 "The National Whisper." 807 00:42:02,850 --> 00:42:04,810 You two could kiss your careers good-bye 808 00:42:04,890 --> 00:42:06,890 and take the paper along with you. 809 00:42:06,980 --> 00:42:08,770 I just can't let that happen. 810 00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:11,690 Sorry. 811 00:42:14,940 --> 00:42:16,650 I believe you. 812 00:42:21,410 --> 00:42:23,160 Lois. 813 00:42:23,240 --> 00:42:26,290 Do you realize what we've lost here, Clark? 814 00:42:29,380 --> 00:42:31,460 Yeah. I do. 815 00:42:31,540 --> 00:42:33,590 [thunder rumbling] 816 00:42:43,180 --> 00:42:44,470 Ah. 817 00:42:47,730 --> 00:42:49,810 (Superman) 'I hear you've been looking for me.' 818 00:42:51,900 --> 00:42:53,360 All my life. 819 00:42:56,610 --> 00:42:59,450 Everybody's looking for you. 820 00:42:59,530 --> 00:43:00,990 I know. 821 00:43:01,070 --> 00:43:04,490 And I know that you almost died because of that. 822 00:43:04,580 --> 00:43:07,120 Well, it did make that bungee jump I did last year 823 00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:08,830 seem pretty tame. 824 00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:13,420 I'm gonna find that man and stop him. 825 00:43:13,500 --> 00:43:15,250 That's a promise, Lois. 826 00:43:16,590 --> 00:43:18,920 You know my name. 827 00:43:19,010 --> 00:43:20,510 But I don't know yours. 828 00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:24,350 Superman seems to have caught on. 829 00:43:24,430 --> 00:43:27,060 [giggles] 830 00:43:27,140 --> 00:43:28,730 Where are you from? 831 00:43:28,810 --> 00:43:32,060 I mean, you're not from Kansas, that's for sure. 832 00:43:32,150 --> 00:43:34,440 I'm from another planet. 833 00:43:34,520 --> 00:43:37,030 A place called Krypton. 834 00:43:37,110 --> 00:43:39,700 Do you mind if I write some of this down? 835 00:43:39,780 --> 00:43:40,990 No. 836 00:43:44,990 --> 00:43:46,620 Um.. 837 00:43:46,700 --> 00:43:49,290 You seem, uh, to 838 00:43:49,370 --> 00:43:53,130 have all the parts of a man. 839 00:43:53,210 --> 00:43:55,420 Well, I am a man, Lois. 840 00:43:55,500 --> 00:43:57,250 Just like you're a woman. 841 00:44:00,170 --> 00:44:02,050 Uh.. 842 00:44:02,130 --> 00:44:04,720 I'm rather glad you're here 843 00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:06,970 but, um, why are you here? 844 00:44:08,430 --> 00:44:10,100 To help. 845 00:44:10,180 --> 00:44:11,890 To help? 846 00:44:11,980 --> 00:44:14,310 'I need a little bit more of a quote than that.' 847 00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:17,480 Something like, "I have not yet begun to fight" 848 00:44:17,570 --> 00:44:19,030 or "Damn the torpedoes." 849 00:44:19,110 --> 00:44:21,240 'Something like that, I-I mean if you said' 850 00:44:21,320 --> 00:44:24,870 "I am here to fight for truth or justice." 851 00:44:26,990 --> 00:44:30,250 Well, truth and justice. That sounds good. 852 00:44:30,330 --> 00:44:31,960 'You can use that.' 853 00:44:35,420 --> 00:44:37,710 (female 'Help! Help!' 854 00:44:38,840 --> 00:44:41,420 - What is it? - Someone's in trouble. 855 00:44:41,510 --> 00:44:44,430 This is a job for Superman, right? 856 00:44:44,510 --> 00:44:46,100 I'll be seeing you. 857 00:44:50,350 --> 00:44:52,810 Mm, I hope so. 858 00:44:55,310 --> 00:44:56,520 [whoosh] 859 00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:06,820 [theme music]