1 00:00:18,795 --> 00:00:22,012 [ WHISTLE BLOWS ] 2 00:00:22,036 --> 00:00:23,814 OKAY, TAKE FIVE. 3 00:00:23,838 --> 00:00:25,576 KENT, TURNER, YOU'RE IN THE FINAL. 4 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:28,919 DUDE, I'D DEFINITELY TAKE YOU IN A REMATCH. 5 00:00:28,943 --> 00:00:32,652 MY FOOT SLIPPED ON THE DIVE, RUINED MY RHYTHM. 6 00:00:32,676 --> 00:00:34,978 IT'S FUNNY. I THOUGHT YOU WERE JUST SLOW. 7 00:00:37,151 --> 00:00:39,128 HE'S A HOTTIE, ISN'T HE? 8 00:00:39,152 --> 00:00:41,561 LOOK AT HIM. 9 00:00:41,585 --> 00:00:42,933 WHO... CLARK? 10 00:00:42,957 --> 00:00:45,094 [ Laughs ] OH, COME ON, LANA! 11 00:00:45,118 --> 00:00:47,820 CHRISSY, CLARK AND I ARE JUST FRIENDS. RIGHT. 12 00:00:50,023 --> 00:00:52,841 SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK? 13 00:00:52,865 --> 00:00:54,073 AWESOME. 14 00:00:54,097 --> 00:00:55,973 I'M GOING TO ASK THE NEW PRINCIPAL 15 00:00:55,997 --> 00:00:57,845 IF WE CAN HANG IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CAFETERIA. 16 00:00:57,869 --> 00:00:59,847 YOU'VE REALLY THROWN YOURSELF INTO SPIRIT WEEK, CHRISSY. 17 00:00:59,871 --> 00:01:01,850 I AM IMPRESSED. 18 00:01:01,874 --> 00:01:04,111 WELL, THESE ARE THE BEST TIMES OF OUR LIVES. 19 00:01:04,135 --> 00:01:06,114 ISN'T THAT WHAT THEY SAY? 20 00:01:06,138 --> 00:01:08,656 TO BE HONEST, I HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW MUCH FUN THIS CAN BE. 21 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:10,117 I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. 22 00:01:10,141 --> 00:01:11,718 HEY, BABY. 23 00:01:11,742 --> 00:01:14,590 HEY! TROY, YOU'RE DRIPPING ON MY SIGNS. 24 00:01:14,614 --> 00:01:16,963 DON'T YOU HAVE ANOTHER RACE? 25 00:01:16,987 --> 00:01:18,819 FINALS. I NEED A GOOD-LUCK KISS. 26 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:22,899 GO. I CAN FINISH UP HERE. 27 00:01:22,923 --> 00:01:24,894 THANKS. FOLLOW ME. 28 00:01:26,096 --> 00:01:28,757 Troy: NOT A PROBLEM. 29 00:01:33,932 --> 00:01:35,781 [ WHISTLE BLOWS ] 30 00:01:35,805 --> 00:01:37,783 Coach: ALL RIGHT, BOYS, THIS ONE'S FOR BRAGGING RIGHTS. 31 00:01:37,807 --> 00:01:40,838 THE FASTEST IN THE SCHOOL. OKAY, GUYS, ON THE BLOCKS. 32 00:01:42,841 --> 00:01:45,873 COME ON, TURNER, HURRY UP. 33 00:01:48,176 --> 00:01:51,194 Coach: SWIMMERS, TAKE YOUR MARKS. 34 00:01:51,218 --> 00:01:57,024 3... 2... 1... [ WHISTLE BLOWS ] 35 00:02:08,193 --> 00:02:10,796 HEY! HEY! TROY! 36 00:02:17,203 --> 00:02:19,204 SOMEBODY HELP HIM! 37 00:02:44,968 --> 00:02:52,110 ♫ SOMEBODY SAVE ME ♫ 38 00:02:52,134 --> 00:02:56,054 ♫ LET YOUR WARM HANDS BREAK RIGHT THROUGH ♫ 39 00:02:56,078 --> 00:03:02,689 ♫ SOMEBODY SAVE ME ♫ 40 00:03:02,713 --> 00:03:06,163 ♫ I DON'T CARE HOW YOU DO IT ♫ 41 00:03:06,187 --> 00:03:07,223 ♫ JUST STAY ♫ 42 00:03:07,247 --> 00:03:09,165 ♫ STAY WITH ME ♫ 43 00:03:09,189 --> 00:03:11,168 ♫ STAY ♫ 44 00:03:11,192 --> 00:03:13,028 ♫ COME ON ♫ 45 00:03:13,052 --> 00:03:16,703 ♫ I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU ♫ 46 00:03:16,727 --> 00:03:22,177 ♫ JUST STAY WITH ME ♫ 47 00:03:22,201 --> 00:03:27,042 ♫ I'VE MADE THIS WHOLE WORLD SHINE FOR YOU ♫ 48 00:03:27,066 --> 00:03:28,943 ♫ JUST STAY ♫ 49 00:03:28,967 --> 00:03:31,716 ♫ STAY ♫ 50 00:03:31,740 --> 00:03:34,143 ♫ COME ON ♫ 51 00:03:45,223 --> 00:03:47,224 OPEN YOUR MOUTH. 52 00:03:50,227 --> 00:03:51,835 HEY, THAT'S PERFECT. 53 00:03:51,859 --> 00:03:53,836 ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS COME UP WITH A SNAPPY NAME 54 00:03:53,860 --> 00:03:55,837 LIKE FAMOUS AMOS, AND WE'LL MAKE A FORTUNE. 55 00:03:55,861 --> 00:03:57,840 FORGET MRS. FIELDS, YOU CAN BE MRS. KENT'S. 56 00:03:57,864 --> 00:03:59,841 I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT. 57 00:03:59,865 --> 00:04:01,843 THIS IS TURNING INTO A BIG-TIME OPERATION. 58 00:04:01,867 --> 00:04:03,545 YEAH. 59 00:04:03,569 --> 00:04:04,877 THANKS. I'VE, UH, ADDED TWO CONVENIENCE STORES 60 00:04:04,901 --> 00:04:06,878 AND THE CAFETERIA AT THE RETIREMENT CENTER 61 00:04:06,902 --> 00:04:08,579 TO MY CLIENT LIST. 62 00:04:08,603 --> 00:04:09,721 THAT'S GREAT. 63 00:04:09,745 --> 00:04:11,323 WHAT? 64 00:04:11,347 --> 00:04:14,786 I DON'T SEE HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY THE FEED BILL THIS MONTH. 65 00:04:14,810 --> 00:04:16,887 I CAN GO BY LANGHAM'S STORE, 66 00:04:16,911 --> 00:04:19,560 AND MAYBE WE CAN GET AN EXTENSION ON OUR CREDIT. 67 00:04:19,584 --> 00:04:21,192 WE'RE ALREADY THREE MONTHS BEHIND, SWEETHEART. 68 00:04:21,216 --> 00:04:23,262 WELL, ANDY'S A FRIEND. I'M SURE HE'LL UNDERSTAND. 69 00:04:23,286 --> 00:04:24,935 I'VE ALREADY ASKED HIM. HE'S ALREADY SAID NO. 70 00:04:24,959 --> 00:04:26,997 WELL, MY SALARY FROM LIONEL ISN'T ENOUGH, 71 00:04:27,021 --> 00:04:28,838 SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? 72 00:04:28,862 --> 00:04:30,939 I DON'T KNOW. WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF OPTIONS HERE. 73 00:04:30,963 --> 00:04:33,297 THERE IS ONE CALL WE CAN MAKE. 74 00:04:35,327 --> 00:04:36,870 MAYBE WE SHOULD TALK TO MY FATHER. 75 00:04:42,834 --> 00:04:44,613 WHY IS IT WHENEVER ANYONE MENTIONS GRANDDAD, 76 00:04:44,637 --> 00:04:46,784 SUDDENLY EVERYONE BECOMES QUIET AND UNCOMFORTABLE? 77 00:04:46,808 --> 00:04:49,918 DON'T YOU THINK IT'S WEIRD I'VE NEVER EVEN MET THE GUY? 78 00:04:49,942 --> 00:04:52,589 LOOK, CLARK, I'M... I'M SORRY THAT YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE 79 00:04:52,613 --> 00:04:54,792 TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR GRANDPA. I REALLY AM. 80 00:04:54,816 --> 00:04:56,918 THERE'S JUST TOO MUCH BAD BLOOD. 81 00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:03,824 I'M SORRY, BUT I'VE GOT WORK TO DO. 82 00:05:11,401 --> 00:05:13,910 LANA. WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE THESE? 83 00:05:13,934 --> 00:05:16,211 YOU CAN JUST PUT THEM ON THE COUNTER. 84 00:05:16,235 --> 00:05:18,314 GETTING READY FOR THE BIG SPIRIT WEEK BASH? 85 00:05:18,338 --> 00:05:20,786 TRYING TO. I THINK NELL'S USED THE PROJECTION BOOTH 86 00:05:20,810 --> 00:05:23,942 AS HER PERSONAL MINI-STORAGE SINCE THE LATE '70s. 87 00:05:30,218 --> 00:05:32,396 WHAT ARE THOSE? 88 00:05:32,420 --> 00:05:36,800 CLARK, THESE PHOTOS ARE OF MY MOM AND SOME GUY. 89 00:05:36,824 --> 00:05:39,656 MAYBE HE'S AN OLD BOYFRIEND. 90 00:05:43,831 --> 00:05:46,209 THEY WERE TAKEN WHEN MY PARENTS WERE ALREADY MARRIED. 91 00:05:46,233 --> 00:05:48,665 MAYBE HE WAS JUST A FRIEND. 92 00:05:52,298 --> 00:05:54,417 I'M SURE YOU'RE RIGHT. 93 00:05:54,441 --> 00:05:56,218 RIGHT ABOUT WHAT? 94 00:05:56,242 --> 00:05:58,781 THE MYSTERY MAN WITH LANA'S MOTHER. 95 00:05:58,805 --> 00:06:01,447 HEY. THEY MAKE AN ATTRACTIVE COUPLE. 96 00:06:03,879 --> 00:06:07,358 AND THERE COULD BE A MILLION EXPLANATIONS. 97 00:06:07,382 --> 00:06:09,230 WHO DO YOU THINK IT IS? 98 00:06:09,254 --> 00:06:11,932 I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'll BET NELL DOES. 99 00:06:11,956 --> 00:06:14,834 THEN MYSTERY SOLVED. I WISH THEY WERE ALL THIS EASY. 100 00:06:14,858 --> 00:06:16,896 WELL, IT'S, UH, IT'S LATE. 101 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:18,439 WE SHOULD GET TO SCHOOL. 102 00:06:18,463 --> 00:06:20,841 YOU KNOW, I'M HEADING THAT WAY. IF YOU NEED A LIFT... 103 00:06:20,865 --> 00:06:22,973 OH, I'M OKAY. I'VE GOT THE FIRST TWO PERIODS OFF. 104 00:06:22,997 --> 00:06:24,144 CLARK? 105 00:06:24,168 --> 00:06:26,976 NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO... RUN. 106 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:30,332 WELL, I DON'T THINK YOU CAN OUTRUN MY PORSCHE, CLARK. 107 00:06:39,281 --> 00:06:41,259 EXCUSE ME. 108 00:06:41,283 --> 00:06:43,321 WHAT'S GOING ON? I NEED TO GET IN THERE. 109 00:06:43,345 --> 00:06:45,994 THEN YOU SHOULD'VE BEEN HERE FOUR MINUTES AGO, MISTER... 110 00:06:46,018 --> 00:06:47,064 KENT. CLARK KENT. 111 00:06:47,088 --> 00:06:48,425 OF COURSE. 112 00:06:48,449 --> 00:06:50,268 I'VE NOTICED IN YOUR RECORD 113 00:06:50,292 --> 00:06:52,369 YOU HAVE A PENCHANT FOR TARDINESS. 114 00:06:52,393 --> 00:06:55,271 WHO EXACTLY ARE YOU? I'M MR. REYNOLDS, YOUR NEW PRINCIPAL. 115 00:06:55,295 --> 00:06:58,105 OH. UH, NICE TO MEET YOU. 116 00:06:58,129 --> 00:07:00,276 JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, FROM NOW ON, 117 00:07:00,300 --> 00:07:02,338 THIS GATE LOCKS WHEN THE FIRST BELL RINGS 118 00:07:02,362 --> 00:07:05,211 AND DOESN'T OPEN AGAIN UNTIL SCHOOL IS OUT. 119 00:07:05,235 --> 00:07:09,144 I'D APPRECIATE IT IF YOU'D GIVE CLARK A PASS THIS TIME. 120 00:07:09,168 --> 00:07:11,247 HE WAS LATE BECAUSE OF ME. 121 00:07:11,271 --> 00:07:15,420 LEX LUTHOR... THE PORSCHE, THE ATTITUDE... 122 00:07:15,444 --> 00:07:17,451 SOMEHOW I'M NOT SURPRISED YOU'RE INVOLVED. 123 00:07:17,475 --> 00:07:19,954 YOU TWO KNOW EACH OTHER. 124 00:07:19,978 --> 00:07:21,456 MR. REYNOLDS WAS HEADMASTER AT EXCELSIOR PREP 125 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:24,028 DURING MY INFAMOUS STAY THERE. 126 00:07:24,052 --> 00:07:26,000 YOU MIGHT FIND THIS HARD TO BELIEVE, LEX, 127 00:07:26,024 --> 00:07:28,002 BUT I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY 128 00:07:28,026 --> 00:07:29,163 FOR THEIR OWN ACTIONS. 129 00:07:29,187 --> 00:07:30,504 IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. 130 00:07:30,528 --> 00:07:32,435 I'M KEEPING MY EYE ON YOU, MR. KENT. 131 00:07:32,459 --> 00:07:35,362 NEXT TIME IT HAPPENS... AUTOMATIC DETENTION. 132 00:07:38,435 --> 00:07:40,067 CATCH YOU LATER, CLARK. 133 00:07:44,471 --> 00:07:47,350 SPARE THE ROD, SPOIL THE CHILD. 134 00:07:47,374 --> 00:07:50,151 YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED A BIT. WHAT'S NEXT... SCHOOL UNIFORMS? 135 00:07:50,175 --> 00:07:52,353 I'D APPRECIATE IT IF YOU'D STAY AWAY FROM MY SCHOOL 136 00:07:52,377 --> 00:07:54,456 AND MY STUDENTS, LUTHOR. 137 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:57,158 LISTEN, MR. REYNOLDS, I KNOW WE HAD OUR SHARE OF RUN-INS 138 00:07:57,182 --> 00:07:59,230 AT EXCELSIOR, BUT I WAS 14. 139 00:07:59,254 --> 00:08:02,062 DON'T YOU THINK IT'S A BIT PETTY TO BE HOLDING A GRUDGE 140 00:08:02,086 --> 00:08:03,434 AFTER ALL THESE YEARS? 141 00:08:03,458 --> 00:08:05,997 WELL, THAT'S AWFULLY NOBLE, COMING FROM A LUTHOR. 142 00:08:06,021 --> 00:08:07,968 I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED. 143 00:08:07,992 --> 00:08:10,199 EXACTLY WHAT DID I DO TO EARN SUCH ENMITY? 144 00:08:10,223 --> 00:08:13,567 GOODBYE, LEX. 145 00:08:19,372 --> 00:08:20,379 [ SIGHS ] 146 00:08:20,403 --> 00:08:22,334 [ BELL RINGS ] 147 00:08:25,408 --> 00:08:29,211 CHRISTINE PARKER? 148 00:08:33,546 --> 00:08:35,524 I'M PRINCIPAL REYNOLDS. 149 00:08:35,548 --> 00:08:37,294 HI. NICE TO FINALLY MEET YOU. 150 00:08:37,318 --> 00:08:39,366 DID YOU GET MY MEMO ABOUT THE NEW CHEERLEADING UNIFORMS? 151 00:08:39,390 --> 00:08:42,028 I DID, AND THANK YOU, AND I'M LOOKING INTO IT. 152 00:08:42,052 --> 00:08:43,370 I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE THE VISIONARY 153 00:08:43,394 --> 00:08:45,533 BEHIND OUR SPIRIT WEEK ACTIVITIES. 154 00:08:45,557 --> 00:08:48,004 WELL, I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO HAVE THE BEST TIME EVER. 155 00:08:48,028 --> 00:08:50,177 WELL, I ADMIRE YOUR ENTHUSIASM. 156 00:08:50,201 --> 00:08:52,979 BY THE WAY, I WAS GOING THROUGH THE STUDENT FILES 157 00:08:53,003 --> 00:08:54,980 TRYING TO GET TO KNOW EVERYONE BETTER, 158 00:08:55,004 --> 00:08:56,582 AND I NOTICED WE DON'T HAVE THE TRANSCRIPTS 159 00:08:56,606 --> 00:08:58,413 FROM YOUR LAST SCHOOL. 160 00:08:58,437 --> 00:09:00,385 HUH. THAT'S WEIRD. 161 00:09:00,409 --> 00:09:02,418 BUT IT FIGURES. MY GUIDANCE COUNSELOR WAS A TOTAL DITZ. 162 00:09:02,442 --> 00:09:04,519 WELL, WE NEED TO HAVE A COPY ON FILE. 163 00:09:04,543 --> 00:09:07,052 IF YOU COULD HAVE YOUR PARENTS FORWARD IT, 164 00:09:07,076 --> 00:09:08,453 I'D APPRECIATE IT. 165 00:09:08,477 --> 00:09:10,578 NO PROBLEM. I'll TELL THEM TONIGHT. 166 00:09:19,557 --> 00:09:22,235 I SEE TROY'S DEATH HAS OFFICIAL JOINED THE RANKS 167 00:09:22,259 --> 00:09:24,107 OF THE UNEXPLAINED AND BIZARRE. 168 00:09:24,131 --> 00:09:26,110 BIG TIME. THE OFFICIAL REPORT SAID HE DIED 169 00:09:26,134 --> 00:09:29,012 OF AN ACUTE ONSET OF THE RAPID AGING DISEASE PROGERIA. 170 00:09:29,036 --> 00:09:31,544 I THOUGHT THAT MADE YOU AGE OVER THE COURSE OF 10 YEARS, 171 00:09:31,568 --> 00:09:33,316 NOT 10 SECONDS. 172 00:09:33,340 --> 00:09:35,418 EXACTLY. THE CORONER'S RUNNING A GENETIC TEST TO TELL 173 00:09:35,442 --> 00:09:37,519 WHETHER TROY HAD PROGERIA OR IF IT WAS JUST... 174 00:09:37,543 --> 00:09:39,552 SOMETHING UNEXPLAINED AND BIZARRE. 175 00:09:39,576 --> 00:09:41,553 WELL, GOOD LUCK INVESTIGATING. 176 00:09:41,577 --> 00:09:43,384 YOU'LL PROBABLY NEED A HALL PASS 177 00:09:43,408 --> 00:09:45,057 FROM OUR NEW PRINCIPAL. 178 00:09:45,081 --> 00:09:47,129 CLARK, A LOT OF SCHOOLS HAVE A CLOSED CAMPUS POLICY. 179 00:09:47,153 --> 00:09:48,289 Pete: YEAH. 180 00:09:48,313 --> 00:09:50,061 WHY ARE YOU SO WORKED UP? 181 00:09:50,085 --> 00:09:51,393 I HAD A RUN-IN WITH HIM THIS MORNING. 182 00:09:51,417 --> 00:09:53,333 HE BUSTED ME FOR BEING LATE, 183 00:09:53,357 --> 00:09:55,436 THREATENED TO KEEP HIS EYE ON ME. 184 00:09:55,460 --> 00:09:57,337 WOW. CLARK KENT'S ON THE PRINCIPAL'S BAD BOY LIST. 185 00:09:57,361 --> 00:09:59,470 THERE'S A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING. 186 00:09:59,494 --> 00:10:01,572 THE GUY'S A REAL HARD CASE. RIGHT. FIRST, THERE'S A LOCKDOWN, 187 00:10:01,596 --> 00:10:03,344 THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, HE'LL BE BURNING BOOKS 188 00:10:03,368 --> 00:10:05,174 IN THE STUDENT PARKING LOT. 189 00:10:05,198 --> 00:10:06,446 WELL, LAUGH NOW. WAIT TILL HE COMES AFTER THE "TORCH." 190 00:10:06,470 --> 00:10:08,347 UNH-UNH. SEE, I DID SOME DIGGING 191 00:10:08,371 --> 00:10:10,210 ON OUR PRINCIPAL REYNOLDS TO FIND OUT 192 00:10:10,234 --> 00:10:12,052 WHAT HIS VIEWS WERE ON THE FOURTH ESTATE. 193 00:10:12,076 --> 00:10:14,453 HARVARD B.A., Ph.D. AT COLUMBIA IN EDUCATION... 194 00:10:14,477 --> 00:10:16,586 TAUGHT AT EXCLUSIVE PREP SCHOOLS ALL OVER EUROPE 195 00:10:16,610 --> 00:10:19,487 AND THE EAST COAST. IT'S A PRETTY IMPRESSIVE RéSUMé. 196 00:10:19,511 --> 00:10:21,559 YEAH, IT IS, AND HIS NAME WAS EVEN BEING MENTIONED 197 00:10:21,583 --> 00:10:24,062 AS THE NEW HEAD OF THE METROPOLIS BOARD 198 00:10:24,086 --> 00:10:25,494 OF EDUCATION UNTIL ONE DAY HE WAS SUMMARILY DISMISSED 199 00:10:25,518 --> 00:10:27,195 FROM HIS POSITION AT EXCELSIOR PREP, 200 00:10:27,219 --> 00:10:29,366 AND HE DOESN'T WORK AGAIN UNTIL HE RESURFACES HERE. 201 00:10:29,390 --> 00:10:31,068 SO HOW DOES A GUY ON THE FAST TRACK 202 00:10:31,092 --> 00:10:32,370 SUDDENLY END UP IN SMALLVILLE? 203 00:10:32,394 --> 00:10:35,202 I DON'T THINK HE'S WALL OF WEIRD MATERIAL. 204 00:10:35,226 --> 00:10:37,404 YEAH, CLARK, JUST BECAUSE THE GUY DOESN'T IMMEDIATELY 205 00:10:37,428 --> 00:10:40,076 LOVE YOU LIKE EVERY OTHER TEACHER IN THIS SCHOOL, 206 00:10:40,100 --> 00:10:42,232 IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT HE'S HIDING SOME DARK PAST. 207 00:10:50,441 --> 00:10:53,288 HEY, I CAME BY TO SEE IF YOU NEEDED A HAND. 208 00:10:53,312 --> 00:10:54,649 JUST IN TIME. 209 00:10:54,673 --> 00:10:56,652 I THOUGHT YOU WERE HELPING YOUR MOM THIS AFTERNOON. 210 00:10:56,676 --> 00:10:58,453 SHE SAID SHE'S GOT IT COVERED. 211 00:10:58,477 --> 00:11:00,296 IS SOMETHING WRONG? 212 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:02,326 MY MOM'S BEEN KIND OF SECRETIVE THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. 213 00:11:02,350 --> 00:11:04,399 A KENT SECRETIVE... THAT'S SHOCKING. 214 00:11:04,423 --> 00:11:06,530 I THINK IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH MY GRANDFATHER. 215 00:11:06,554 --> 00:11:08,533 I'VE NEVER HEARD YOU MENTION HIM BEFORE. 216 00:11:08,557 --> 00:11:10,365 I'VE NEVER ACTUALLY MET HIM BEFORE. 217 00:11:10,389 --> 00:11:11,605 I'VE ONLY SEEN PICTURES, 218 00:11:11,629 --> 00:11:13,607 AND THOSE ARE, LIKE, 20 YEARS OLD. 219 00:11:13,631 --> 00:11:15,408 DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HIM? 220 00:11:15,432 --> 00:11:17,441 JUST THAT HE WAS A BIG CORPORATE LAWYER IN METROPOLIS. 221 00:11:17,465 --> 00:11:19,442 HE AND MY GRANDMOTHER RETIRED TO COAST CITY. 222 00:11:19,466 --> 00:11:21,674 WHEN I WAS IN SIXTH GRADE, I MADE UP MY MIND TO CALL HIM. 223 00:11:21,698 --> 00:11:24,147 I LEFT A BUNCH OF MESSAGES, BUT HE NEVER CALLED BACK. 224 00:11:24,171 --> 00:11:26,318 I GUESS HE JUST WASN'T INTERESTED. 225 00:11:26,342 --> 00:11:28,421 ALL THESE YEARS, I'VE HAD THIS IMAGE OF THE KENTS 226 00:11:28,445 --> 00:11:30,452 AS THE PERFECT FAMILY. 227 00:11:30,476 --> 00:11:33,355 I GUESS WE'RE JUST AS DYSFUNCTIONAL AS EVERYONE ELSE. 228 00:11:33,379 --> 00:11:36,729 I NEVER DID PRESSURE MY PARENTS FOR THE WHOLE STORY. 229 00:11:36,753 --> 00:11:38,691 MAYBE YOU DIDN'T WANT TO KNOW. 230 00:11:38,715 --> 00:11:41,533 MAYBE IT'S EASIER TO LIVE WITH THE IMAGE THAN THE TRUTH. 231 00:11:41,557 --> 00:11:45,166 LOOKS LIKE WE'RE BOTH DEALING WITH SECRETS OUT OF THE PAST. 232 00:11:45,190 --> 00:11:47,568 I'M NOT SURE WHAT I'M GOING TO DO, 233 00:11:47,592 --> 00:11:50,625 BUT THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO GET SOME ANSWERS. 234 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:58,533 I'll CATCH UP WITH YOU LATER? 235 00:12:01,634 --> 00:12:06,509 LANA, THE PLACE LOOKS FANTASTIC. 236 00:12:07,711 --> 00:12:09,688 YOU'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB HERE. 237 00:12:09,712 --> 00:12:11,620 THANKS. 238 00:12:11,644 --> 00:12:14,393 UM, I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOMETHING. 239 00:12:14,417 --> 00:12:17,365 YEAH, WHAT IS IT? 240 00:12:17,389 --> 00:12:19,692 THESE PICTURES. 241 00:12:23,524 --> 00:12:25,403 DO YOU KNOW WHO HE IS? 242 00:12:25,427 --> 00:12:28,436 HE MUST'VE BEEN ONE OF YOUR MOM'S OLD BOYFRIENDS. 243 00:12:28,460 --> 00:12:31,438 THEY WERE TAKEN AFTER MOM AND DAD WERE ALREADY MARRIED, 244 00:12:31,462 --> 00:12:33,534 JUST A YEAR BEFORE I WAS BORN. 245 00:12:36,606 --> 00:12:38,615 LANA, WHAT'S THIS ABOUT? 246 00:12:38,639 --> 00:12:40,787 I'M NOT SURE. 247 00:12:40,811 --> 00:12:43,720 LISTEN TO ME. 248 00:12:43,744 --> 00:12:45,721 YOUR MOTHER... 249 00:12:45,745 --> 00:12:48,653 SHE LOVED YOU AND YOUR FATHER 250 00:12:48,677 --> 00:12:52,427 MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS WORLD. 251 00:12:52,451 --> 00:12:55,455 SHE NEVER WOULD'VE DONE ANYTHING TO HURT EITHER ONE OF YOU. 252 00:12:57,756 --> 00:13:00,359 YOU KNOW THAT, DON'T YOU? 253 00:13:23,850 --> 00:13:26,828 HI, DAD. 254 00:13:26,852 --> 00:13:29,586 I APPRECIATE YOU MAKING THE TRIP. 255 00:13:35,421 --> 00:13:37,639 I WAS SURPRISED TO GET YOUR MESSAGE. 256 00:13:37,663 --> 00:13:39,701 IT MUST'VE TAKEN A LOT FOR JONATHAN TO ASK FOR MY HELP. 257 00:13:39,725 --> 00:13:42,442 JONATHAN IS AT THE CO-OP IN GRANDVILLE. 258 00:13:42,466 --> 00:13:44,504 HE DOESN'T KNOW I CALLED. 259 00:13:44,528 --> 00:13:47,572 OH. I SHOULD'VE KNOWN. 260 00:13:49,504 --> 00:13:52,682 WELL, I IMAGINED THIS PLACE DIFFERENTLY. 261 00:13:52,706 --> 00:13:56,556 BUT IT'S NOT THE LIFE I WANTED FOR YOU, MARTHA. 262 00:13:56,580 --> 00:13:59,458 I'M HAPPY, DAD. IT'S A GOOD LIFE. 263 00:13:59,482 --> 00:14:01,561 FOR SOME PEOPLE, MAYBE. 264 00:14:01,585 --> 00:14:04,092 BUT YOU HAD SO MUCH POTENTIAL. 265 00:14:04,116 --> 00:14:05,725 TOP 10 IN YOUR CLASS, 266 00:14:05,749 --> 00:14:08,096 YOU COULD'VE GONE TO ANY LAW SCHOOL YOU WANTED. 267 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:11,100 I HAD HOPED THAT ONE DAY YOU WOULD TAKE OVER MY PRACTICE. 268 00:14:11,124 --> 00:14:13,302 I NEVER WANTED TO BE A LAWYER. 269 00:14:13,326 --> 00:14:15,102 THIS IS THE LIFE I CHOSE. 270 00:14:15,126 --> 00:14:17,806 THIS IS A LIFE JONATHAN CHOSE FOR YOU. 271 00:14:17,830 --> 00:14:19,677 YOU JUST WENT ALONG FOR THE RIDE. 272 00:14:19,701 --> 00:14:21,379 THIS ISN'T ABOUT JONATHAN. 273 00:14:21,403 --> 00:14:23,410 YOU RAISED AN INDEPENDENT DAUGHTER, 274 00:14:23,434 --> 00:14:25,383 AND YOU'RE ANGRY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU GOT. 275 00:14:25,407 --> 00:14:27,413 AND HERE YOU ARE, 20 YEARS LATER, 276 00:14:27,437 --> 00:14:29,316 GOING BEHIND YOUR HUSBAND'S BACK 277 00:14:29,340 --> 00:14:30,486 ASKING ME FOR MONEY. 278 00:14:30,510 --> 00:14:31,717 MOM? 279 00:14:31,741 --> 00:14:33,450 CLARK. 280 00:14:33,474 --> 00:14:35,822 I THOUGHT YOU WERE AT THE TALON. 281 00:14:35,846 --> 00:14:38,849 I FINISHED EARLY. WHAT'S UP? 282 00:14:41,451 --> 00:14:43,753 CLARK, THIS IS YOUR GRANDFATHER. 283 00:14:45,754 --> 00:14:48,604 PLEASED TO MEET YOU, SIR. 284 00:14:48,628 --> 00:14:50,759 HELLO, CLARK. 285 00:14:54,863 --> 00:14:59,614 I'll, UH, I'll BE AT THE MOTEL. 286 00:14:59,638 --> 00:15:03,147 I'll HAVE A CASHIER'S CHECK DRAWN TOMORROW MORNING. 287 00:15:03,171 --> 00:15:05,479 WHY DON'T YOU STAY WITH US? 288 00:15:05,503 --> 00:15:07,721 WE HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM. 289 00:15:07,745 --> 00:15:12,625 I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE A VERY GOOD IDEA, CLARK. 290 00:15:12,649 --> 00:15:14,782 WELL, HOW ABOUT DINNER? 291 00:15:16,953 --> 00:15:19,562 ONE MEAL AS A FAMILY. 292 00:15:19,586 --> 00:15:21,817 I'M SORRY. 293 00:15:41,936 --> 00:15:44,183 IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO YOUR FATHER, THAT'S FINE. 294 00:15:44,207 --> 00:15:45,956 I JUST DON'T WANT HIM HAVING ANYTHING TO DO 295 00:15:45,980 --> 00:15:47,516 WITH OUR FINANCES. 296 00:15:47,540 --> 00:15:48,788 JONATHAN, WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO, 297 00:15:48,812 --> 00:15:50,560 WAIT UNTIL THE BANK FORECLOSED ON THE FARM? 298 00:15:50,584 --> 00:15:52,461 I JUST WISH YOU HAD SAID SOMETHING TO ME ABOUT IT FIRST. 299 00:15:52,485 --> 00:15:53,923 DAD, WHAT'S THE HARM IN JUST HEARING HIM OUT? 300 00:15:53,947 --> 00:15:55,794 SON, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE THE MEDIATOR HERE. 301 00:15:55,818 --> 00:15:57,797 BELIEVE ME, I WISH THINGS COULD BE DIFFERENT. 302 00:15:57,821 --> 00:15:59,668 WELL, WHY CAN'T THEY BE? 303 00:15:59,692 --> 00:16:01,700 YOU ALWAYS TOLD ME TO LOOK FOR THE BEST IN PEOPLE. 304 00:16:01,724 --> 00:16:04,332 MAYBE HE'S TRYING TO PUT THIS BEHIND HIM. 305 00:16:04,356 --> 00:16:06,674 I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT, CLARK. 306 00:16:06,698 --> 00:16:09,407 WHAT HAPPENED THAT WAS SO BAD? 307 00:16:09,431 --> 00:16:11,933 I MEAN, IT CAN'T BE ANY WORSE THAN WHAT'S IN THE STORM CELLAR. 308 00:16:13,835 --> 00:16:15,767 OR CAN IT? 309 00:16:17,769 --> 00:16:20,687 WHEN YOUR MOTHER AND I DECIDED TO GET MARRIED, 310 00:16:20,711 --> 00:16:22,950 I WENT DOWN TO HIS OFFICE TO ASK HIM FOR HER HAND. 311 00:16:22,974 --> 00:16:24,591 WHAT DID HE SAY? 312 00:16:24,615 --> 00:16:26,692 I REMEMBER HIS EXACT WORDS. 313 00:16:26,716 --> 00:16:29,726 "I WILL NOT LET MY DAUGHTER THROW HER LIFE AWAY 314 00:16:29,750 --> 00:16:31,557 "BY MARRYING SOME HICK FARMER 315 00:16:31,581 --> 00:16:32,828 THAT COULDN'T POSSIBLY SUPPORT HER." 316 00:16:32,852 --> 00:16:34,831 THAT'S HARSH. 317 00:16:34,855 --> 00:16:36,731 HE WAS A CORPORATE LAWYER. THAT'S THE WAY 318 00:16:36,755 --> 00:16:38,634 HE DEALT WITH PEOPLE. 319 00:16:38,658 --> 00:16:40,836 WHEN HE REALIZED THAT WE WERE SERIOUS ABOUT GETTING MARRIED, 320 00:16:40,860 --> 00:16:43,739 HE LOST IT. HE TRIED TO SHOVE ME OUT OF HIS OFFICE. 321 00:16:43,763 --> 00:16:45,494 WHAT HAPPENED? 322 00:16:47,765 --> 00:16:49,638 I HIT HIM. 323 00:16:53,270 --> 00:16:55,980 I'M NOT PROUD OF THAT. I TRIED TO APOLOGIZE TO HIM, 324 00:16:56,004 --> 00:16:57,981 BUT HE WOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. 325 00:16:58,005 --> 00:17:00,453 YOUR GRANDFATHER AND I HAVEN'T SAID A WORD 326 00:17:00,477 --> 00:17:01,855 TO EACH OTHER SINCE. 327 00:17:01,879 --> 00:17:03,657 BUT THAT WAS 20 YEARS AGO. 328 00:17:03,681 --> 00:17:05,658 HE WAS WILLING TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY OUT HERE. 329 00:17:05,682 --> 00:17:07,260 MAYBE HE WANTS TO TRY AGAIN. 330 00:17:07,284 --> 00:17:09,462 BELIEVE ME, CLARK, HE'S NOT HERE TO HELP. 331 00:17:09,486 --> 00:17:11,688 HE'S HERE TO GLOAT. 332 00:17:25,701 --> 00:17:27,903 [ CHEERING INDISTINCTLY ] 333 00:17:33,907 --> 00:17:35,916 Lex: HEY. 334 00:17:35,940 --> 00:17:37,618 I GOT A MESSAGE YOU WANTED TO SEE ME. 335 00:17:37,642 --> 00:17:38,958 EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT? 336 00:17:38,982 --> 00:17:41,561 I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD DO ME A FAVOR. 337 00:17:41,585 --> 00:17:44,024 I TAKE IT NELL COULDN'T IDENTIFY THE MYSTERY MAN? 338 00:17:44,048 --> 00:17:46,866 IF SHE COULD, SHE WOULDN'T TELL ME ANYTHING. 339 00:17:46,890 --> 00:17:49,569 JUST... I WANT TO KNOW WHO IT IS. 340 00:17:49,593 --> 00:17:51,700 WELL, THAT SHOULDN'T BE HARD TO FIND, 341 00:17:51,724 --> 00:17:53,773 BUT COMING TO TERMS WITH IT 342 00:17:53,797 --> 00:17:56,604 COULD PROVE TO BE MORE COMPLICATED. 343 00:17:56,628 --> 00:17:58,536 WHAT DO YOU MEAN? 344 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:00,639 COME ON. YOU KNOW THE STORY OF PANDORA. 345 00:18:00,663 --> 00:18:03,641 SHE WAS GIVEN A BOX BY ZEUS AND WARNED NEVER TO OPEN IT. 346 00:18:03,665 --> 00:18:05,582 SHE COULDN'T RESIST THE TEMPTATION. 347 00:18:05,606 --> 00:18:06,915 I'M NOT AFRAID OF THE TRUTH, LEX. 348 00:18:06,939 --> 00:18:08,815 NEITHER WAS PANDORA. 349 00:18:08,839 --> 00:18:10,947 BUT ONCE THE BOX WAS OPENED, IT COULD NEVER BE CLOSED, 350 00:18:10,971 --> 00:18:13,521 AND ALL THE MISERY SHE RELEASED COULD NEVER BE PUT BACK. 351 00:18:13,545 --> 00:18:15,052 I APPRECIATE THE WARNING... 352 00:18:15,076 --> 00:18:17,778 AND ANYTHING YOU CAN TELL ME. 353 00:18:24,825 --> 00:18:26,101 HEY, CHLOE. 354 00:18:26,125 --> 00:18:27,764 HEY, CLARK. OH, CLARK, YOU MIGHT WANT 355 00:18:27,788 --> 00:18:29,534 TO DISAPPEAR FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. 356 00:18:29,558 --> 00:18:30,805 WHY IS THAT? 357 00:18:30,829 --> 00:18:32,707 BECAUSE I'M ABOUT TO INTERVIEW 358 00:18:32,731 --> 00:18:34,709 YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND, PRINCIPAL REYNOLDS. 359 00:18:34,733 --> 00:18:36,665 OOH, THANKS FOR THE HEADS-UP. 360 00:18:38,968 --> 00:18:41,345 WHAT DO YOU GOT THERE? 361 00:18:41,369 --> 00:18:43,947 DO YOU REMEMBER MY BUDDY CHAD THAT WORKS AT THE M.E.'s OFFICE? 362 00:18:43,971 --> 00:18:46,680 YEAH, THE GUY WITH THE BLACK FINGERNAIL POLISH AND LIPSTICK. 363 00:18:46,704 --> 00:18:49,052 OH, IT'S HARD BEING SMALLVILLE'S ONLY GOTH. 364 00:18:49,076 --> 00:18:51,754 ANYWAY, HE SENT ME THE AUTOPSY REPORT OF TROY. 365 00:18:51,778 --> 00:18:53,627 IT'S AMAZING WHAT LENDING SOMEONE YOUR EYELINER 366 00:18:53,651 --> 00:18:55,383 CAN GET YOU THESE DAYS. 367 00:18:57,684 --> 00:19:00,062 SO TROY DIDN'T HAVE PROGERIA. 368 00:19:00,086 --> 00:19:02,835 NO, BUT HIS PITUITARY GLAND, WHICH, BY THE WAY, 369 00:19:02,859 --> 00:19:05,368 PRODUCES THE HORMONE THAT CONTROLS THE AGING PROCESS, 370 00:19:05,392 --> 00:19:06,998 WAS COMPLETELY DRAINED. IT'S LIKE SOMEONE JUST SUCKED 371 00:19:07,022 --> 00:19:08,741 THE YOUTH RIGHT OUT OF HIM. 372 00:19:08,765 --> 00:19:11,627 WELL, THAT'S QUITE AN ASSUMPTION, MISS SULLIVAN. 373 00:19:13,068 --> 00:19:15,107 UH, PRINCIPAL REYNOLDS, 374 00:19:15,131 --> 00:19:18,850 I WAS JUST, UM, RUNNING THROUGH VARIOUS SCENARIOS... 375 00:19:18,874 --> 00:19:20,851 YOU KNOW, WILD THEORIES AND STUFF. 376 00:19:20,875 --> 00:19:22,613 I'M SHUTTING UP NOW. 377 00:19:22,637 --> 00:19:26,087 WELL, DON'T. I LIKE MY STUDENTS THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX. 378 00:19:26,111 --> 00:19:28,589 I'VE BEEN READING SOME BACK ISSUES OF THE "TORCH." 379 00:19:28,613 --> 00:19:31,861 I SEE A LOT OF CREATIVITY AND INSIGHT THERE. 380 00:19:31,885 --> 00:19:33,593 YOU'RE KIDDING. 381 00:19:33,617 --> 00:19:34,995 UNVERIFIED INSIGHT, 382 00:19:35,019 --> 00:19:37,927 BUT MANY A PULITZER HAS SPRUNG FROM THE SEEDS 383 00:19:37,951 --> 00:19:40,153 OF WILD THEORIES. 384 00:19:42,695 --> 00:19:44,873 JUST MAKE SURE YOU CAN BACK THEM UP, 385 00:19:44,897 --> 00:19:46,876 AND THAT'LL BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WRITING TRASH 386 00:19:46,900 --> 00:19:49,007 FOR THE "INQUISITOR" 387 00:19:49,031 --> 00:19:50,978 AND REPORTING FOR THE "DAILY PLANET." 388 00:19:51,002 --> 00:19:52,664 WOW. 389 00:19:54,737 --> 00:19:56,814 ARE YOU STILL UP FOR THAT INTERVIEW? 390 00:19:56,838 --> 00:20:00,648 WELL, GIVE ME HALF AN HOUR. 391 00:20:00,672 --> 00:20:04,645 MR. KENT, I WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR YOU. 392 00:20:05,977 --> 00:20:08,048 I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU IN MY OFFICE. 393 00:20:18,929 --> 00:20:21,167 YOU LOOK LIKE YOU FEEL A LITTLE OUT OF PLACE, MR. KENT. 394 00:20:21,191 --> 00:20:23,839 I'VE NEVER REALLY BEEN IN THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE BEFORE. 395 00:20:23,863 --> 00:20:25,741 I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START. 396 00:20:25,765 --> 00:20:27,072 WELL, YOU CAN START BY SITTING, 397 00:20:27,096 --> 00:20:30,014 AND I'll CUT RIGHT TO THE CHASE. 398 00:20:30,038 --> 00:20:32,777 I THINK YOU'RE A SLACKER. 399 00:20:32,801 --> 00:20:35,850 QUIT THE FOOTBALL TEAM BEFORE YOU PLAYED THE FIRST GAME, 400 00:20:35,874 --> 00:20:40,053 CHRONIC TARDINESS, ZERO EXTRACURRICULARS. 401 00:20:40,077 --> 00:20:43,787 WELL, I GET VERY GOOD GRADES, AND I WRITE FOR THE "TORCH"... 402 00:20:43,811 --> 00:20:45,488 OCCASIONALLY. 403 00:20:45,512 --> 00:20:48,161 RETYPING THE CAFETERIA MENU ISN'T EXACTLY WRITING. 404 00:20:48,185 --> 00:20:51,194 I SEE A LOT OF UNTAPPED POTENTIAL IN YOU, MR. KENT. 405 00:20:51,218 --> 00:20:53,035 MR. REYNOLDS, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. 406 00:20:53,059 --> 00:20:55,668 WE JUST MET. HOW COULD YOU JUDGE ME SO QUICKLY? 407 00:20:55,692 --> 00:20:59,772 HOW DO YOU KNOW LEX LUTHOR? 408 00:20:59,796 --> 00:21:02,975 WELL, HE'S A FRIEND OF MINE. WHY? 409 00:21:02,999 --> 00:21:05,476 A PERSON IS JUDGED BY THE COMPANY THEY KEEP. 410 00:21:05,500 --> 00:21:07,879 IN MY EXPERIENCE, LEX LUTHOR DOESN'T HAVE FRIENDS. 411 00:21:07,903 --> 00:21:09,910 HE SEES PEOPLE AS A MEANS TOWARDS AN END. 412 00:21:09,934 --> 00:21:12,853 I DON'T THINK THAT'S TRUE. 413 00:21:12,877 --> 00:21:14,785 TIME WILL TELL, BUT FRANKLY, 414 00:21:14,809 --> 00:21:16,087 I'M MORE INTERESTED IN YOUR WORLD. 415 00:21:16,111 --> 00:21:17,718 WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS? 416 00:21:17,742 --> 00:21:20,890 WELL, UH, I'D LIKE TO HELP PEOPLE. 417 00:21:20,914 --> 00:21:22,693 SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 418 00:21:22,717 --> 00:21:24,695 HELPING PEOPLE IS A NOBLE ASPIRATION. 419 00:21:24,719 --> 00:21:26,697 IT'S ALSO RATHER VAGUE. 420 00:21:26,721 --> 00:21:28,799 WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO BE FIVE YEARS FROM NOW? 421 00:21:28,823 --> 00:21:32,901 TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I'M NOT REALLY SURE. 422 00:21:32,925 --> 00:21:34,974 WELL, I'M GOING TO HELP YOU FOCUS. 423 00:21:34,998 --> 00:21:36,775 I WANT YOU TO WRITE A 5-PAGE ESSAY 424 00:21:36,799 --> 00:21:39,007 ON WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO BE FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, 425 00:21:39,031 --> 00:21:41,981 AND I WANT IT ON MY DESK BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL DAY 426 00:21:42,005 --> 00:21:45,043 ON FRIDAY. 427 00:21:45,067 --> 00:21:48,045 SIR, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME? 428 00:21:48,069 --> 00:21:51,749 THIS ISN'T PUNISHMENT, MR. KENT. 429 00:21:51,773 --> 00:21:53,945 CONSIDER IT A CHALLENGE. 430 00:22:13,963 --> 00:22:15,771 CLARK, HEY. 431 00:22:15,795 --> 00:22:18,043 JUST IN TIME TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE DECORATIONS COMMITTEE. 432 00:22:18,067 --> 00:22:20,845 OH, ACTUALLY, I GOT TO FINISH MY ESSAY FOR MR. REYNOLDS. 433 00:22:20,869 --> 00:22:23,948 OH, THAT'S A BUMMER. WHAT'S IT ABOUT? 434 00:22:23,972 --> 00:22:27,081 WELL, WHAT THE FUTURE THEORETICALLY HOLDS FOR ME. 435 00:22:27,105 --> 00:22:29,254 WHO CARES ABOUT THE FUTURE? 436 00:22:29,278 --> 00:22:32,756 WELL, I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT THERE'S LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. 437 00:22:32,780 --> 00:22:36,030 SURE. YEAH, AS IN A JOB, RESPONSIBILITIES, 438 00:22:36,054 --> 00:22:38,786 GETTING OLD... 439 00:22:46,864 --> 00:22:49,302 IS EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT? 440 00:22:49,326 --> 00:22:51,073 OF COURSE. 441 00:22:51,097 --> 00:22:52,844 HEY, CHRISSY, 442 00:22:52,868 --> 00:22:55,206 I THINK WE GOT THE LIGHTING THE WAY YOU WANT IT. 443 00:22:55,230 --> 00:22:57,834 GREAT. LET'S SEE WHAT YOU GOT. 444 00:23:05,079 --> 00:23:06,888 LET ME GUESS... 445 00:23:06,912 --> 00:23:08,860 REYNOLDS WANTS TO KNOW WHERE YOU SEE YOURSELF 446 00:23:08,884 --> 00:23:10,921 FIVE YEARS FROM NOW? 447 00:23:10,945 --> 00:23:13,965 HE MADE ME DO THE SAME ASSIGNMENT 448 00:23:13,989 --> 00:23:15,966 WHEN I WAS AT EXCELSIOR. 449 00:23:15,990 --> 00:23:18,799 HE'S NOTHING IF NOT CONSISTENT. 450 00:23:18,823 --> 00:23:21,200 WELL, I HATE TO BREAK IT TO YOU, LEX, 451 00:23:21,224 --> 00:23:23,203 BUT HE DOESN'T EXACTLY HAVE A HIGH OPINION OF YOU. 452 00:23:23,227 --> 00:23:25,334 I WASN'T A MODEL STUDENT, BUT IMAGINE BEING 453 00:23:25,358 --> 00:23:27,337 A BALD 14-YEAR-OLD IN AN ELITE PREP SCHOOL. 454 00:23:27,361 --> 00:23:30,208 IT MUST'VE BEEN TOUGH. 455 00:23:30,232 --> 00:23:32,281 I HAD A MAJOR CHIP ON MY SHOULDER, 456 00:23:32,305 --> 00:23:34,342 BUT REYNOLDS SAW THROUGH IT. 457 00:23:34,366 --> 00:23:36,344 HE CHALLENGED ME TO OWN UP TO MY OWN ACTIONS, 458 00:23:36,368 --> 00:23:38,617 NOT JUST TO ASSUME THE MANTLE OF THE SPOILED RICH KID. 459 00:23:38,641 --> 00:23:41,018 HE WAS TOUGH BUT FAIR, AND I LIKED HIM FOR THAT. 460 00:23:41,042 --> 00:23:43,351 WELL, I WISH THE FEELING WAS MUTUAL. 461 00:23:43,375 --> 00:23:45,122 WHATEVER HE HAS AGAINST YOU, 462 00:23:45,146 --> 00:23:47,824 I THINK HE'S TAKING IT OUT ON ME. 463 00:23:47,848 --> 00:23:50,922 I'M SORRY BEING FRIENDS WITH ME COMES WITH SUCH A HIGH PRICE. 464 00:23:52,923 --> 00:23:56,203 SO, EXACTLY HOW LONG WERE YOU PLANNING 465 00:23:56,227 --> 00:23:58,834 TO WORK ON THIS ESSAY? 466 00:23:58,858 --> 00:24:01,261 I'M JUST NOT READY TO GO HOME YET. 467 00:24:05,194 --> 00:24:07,142 IS SOMETHING WRONG? 468 00:24:07,166 --> 00:24:09,145 NO, IT'S JUST FAMILY STUFF. 469 00:24:09,169 --> 00:24:12,247 COME ON, CLARK, I'M THE KING OF FAMILY DYSFUNCTION. 470 00:24:12,271 --> 00:24:15,380 MY FATHER AND MY GRANDFATHER HATE EACH OTHER, 471 00:24:15,404 --> 00:24:17,852 AND I FEEL LIKE I'M CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE. 472 00:24:17,876 --> 00:24:20,385 AND YOU'D LIKE TO PLAY PEACEMAKER. 473 00:24:20,409 --> 00:24:22,087 THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT 474 00:24:22,111 --> 00:24:23,957 IS TO PUT THEM IN A ROOM AND LET THEM FIGHT IT OUT. 475 00:24:23,981 --> 00:24:25,959 SO YOU'RE SAYING I SHOULD PLAY HARDBALL. 476 00:24:25,983 --> 00:24:29,132 WELL, THAT'S UP TO YOU, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE 477 00:24:29,156 --> 00:24:31,135 IT WILL TAKE THAT SORT OF DETERMINATION 478 00:24:31,159 --> 00:24:33,161 TO BRING YOUR FATHER AND GRANDFATHER TOGETHER. 479 00:24:38,164 --> 00:24:40,372 WHAT DO YOU THINK? 480 00:24:40,396 --> 00:24:42,946 PERFECT. 481 00:24:42,970 --> 00:24:44,977 THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS, RUSSELL. 482 00:24:45,001 --> 00:24:47,008 IT'S BEEN A WEIRD WEEK. 483 00:24:47,032 --> 00:24:49,011 IT FEELS GOOD TO BE DOING SOMETHING. 484 00:24:49,035 --> 00:24:51,883 I KNOW YOU AND TROY WERE FRIENDS. 485 00:24:51,907 --> 00:24:55,087 I REALLY MISS HIM. 486 00:24:55,111 --> 00:24:58,290 WELL, THAT'S WHY I CAME TO SEE YOU, RUSSELL. 487 00:24:58,314 --> 00:25:03,093 FOR TROY. 488 00:25:03,117 --> 00:25:05,095 FOR THE OTHERS. 489 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:08,323 THE OTHERS? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? 490 00:25:12,457 --> 00:25:15,028 THE ONES WHO WILL LIVE INSIDE ME FOREVER. 491 00:25:36,949 --> 00:25:38,796 HEY, DAD, YOU GOT A MINUTE? 492 00:25:38,820 --> 00:25:40,899 YEAH, SON, YOU GOT TO TALK TO ME WHILE WE'RE WORKING. 493 00:25:40,923 --> 00:25:42,899 WE GOT A LOT TO DO BEFORE IT GETS DARK. 494 00:25:42,923 --> 00:25:45,426 THERE'S SOMEONE I WANT YOU TO SEE. 495 00:25:52,333 --> 00:25:54,370 YOUR MOTHER PUT YOU UP TO THIS? 496 00:25:54,394 --> 00:25:56,342 NO, THIS WAS ALL MY IDEA. 497 00:25:56,366 --> 00:25:57,944 DON'T BLAME THE BOY. 498 00:25:57,968 --> 00:26:00,015 WHATEVER PROBLEMS WE HAVE, THEY'RE BETWEEN US. 499 00:26:00,039 --> 00:26:02,477 MARTHA SAYS YOU NEED HELP. I'M HERE TO GIVE IT. 500 00:26:02,501 --> 00:26:04,379 SO I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU FOR 20 YEARS, 501 00:26:04,403 --> 00:26:06,982 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS FAMILY. 502 00:26:07,006 --> 00:26:08,823 I DON'T WANT ANYTHING FROM YOU. 503 00:26:08,847 --> 00:26:10,385 I BROUGHT A CHECK BECAUSE I WON'T STAND BY 504 00:26:10,409 --> 00:26:11,927 AND WATCH MY DAUGHTER SUFFER. 505 00:26:11,951 --> 00:26:13,757 YOU JUST COULDN'T RESIST TURNING THAT OLD KNIFE, 506 00:26:13,781 --> 00:26:15,189 COULD YOU? 507 00:26:15,213 --> 00:26:16,791 DAD, GIVE HIM A CHANCE. YOU TWO CAN WORK THIS OUT. 508 00:26:16,815 --> 00:26:18,493 I DON'T THINK SO, SON. 509 00:26:18,517 --> 00:26:20,333 SEE, IT'S JUST LIKE 20 YEARS AGO. 510 00:26:20,357 --> 00:26:21,936 THE SAME ARGUMENT, THE SAME ATTITUDE. 511 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:23,536 NOT QUITE, JONATHAN. 512 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:25,468 IT HAS BEEN 20 YEARS, BUT EVERYTHING I'VE PREDICTED 513 00:26:25,492 --> 00:26:26,940 HAS COME TRUE. 514 00:26:26,964 --> 00:26:29,002 I KNEW MARTHA WAS MAKING THE BIGGEST MISTAKE 515 00:26:29,026 --> 00:26:31,344 OF HER LIFE WHEN SHE MARRIED YOU. 516 00:26:31,368 --> 00:26:33,847 THAT'S NOT TRUE, GRANDDAD. 517 00:26:33,871 --> 00:26:35,348 YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SWALLOW YOUR PRIDE 518 00:26:35,372 --> 00:26:36,949 IF YOU'RE GOING TO SAVE THIS FARM, JONATHAN. 519 00:26:36,973 --> 00:26:39,452 I DON'T NEED A LECTURE FROM YOU ON HOW TO TAKE CARE 520 00:26:39,476 --> 00:26:41,052 OF MY FAMILY, THANK YOU. 521 00:26:41,076 --> 00:26:42,814 YOU'RE JUST AS STUBBORN AND PIGHEADED 522 00:26:42,838 --> 00:26:44,816 AS YOU WERE THE DAY I MET YOU! 523 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:46,358 YOU GET OFF MY LAND. 524 00:26:46,382 --> 00:26:48,360 GLADLY. 525 00:26:48,384 --> 00:26:50,522 GRANDDAD, WAIT. 526 00:26:50,546 --> 00:26:53,123 IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS. 527 00:26:53,147 --> 00:26:55,927 JUST LET HIM GO, SON. 528 00:26:55,951 --> 00:26:57,497 I KNOW YOU HAD GOOD INTENTIONS, 529 00:26:57,521 --> 00:27:00,194 BUT SOME THINGS JUST CAN'T CHANGE. 530 00:27:03,397 --> 00:27:06,160 LET'S UNLOAD THE TRUCK. 531 00:27:08,531 --> 00:27:11,134 CLARK, WAIT UP. 532 00:27:13,406 --> 00:27:15,083 YOU ALL RIGHT? 533 00:27:15,107 --> 00:27:16,845 IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY KNOCKED THE WIND OUT OF YOU. 534 00:27:16,869 --> 00:27:18,848 I'M JUST DEALING WITH SOME FAMILY ISSUES. 535 00:27:18,872 --> 00:27:20,919 YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT? 536 00:27:20,943 --> 00:27:22,521 ACTUALLY, THE MORE I TALK ABOUT IT, 537 00:27:22,545 --> 00:27:24,052 THE WORSE THEY GET. 538 00:27:24,076 --> 00:27:25,924 HEY, DID YOU GUYS HEAR ABOUT RUSSELL? 539 00:27:25,948 --> 00:27:27,825 THEY FOUND HIS BODY BEHIND THE TALON. 540 00:27:27,849 --> 00:27:29,527 I JUST SAW HIM YESTERDAY. WHAT HAPPENED? 541 00:27:29,551 --> 00:27:31,498 HE AGED, LIKE, 100 YEARS. 542 00:27:31,522 --> 00:27:33,430 THE POLICE THOUGHT IT WAS SOME OLD HOMELESS GUY 543 00:27:33,454 --> 00:27:35,203 UNTIL THEY FOUND RUSSELL'S LICENSE IN HIS WALLET. 544 00:27:35,227 --> 00:27:37,405 TWO PROGERIA DEATHS IN TWO DAYS. WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF THAT? 545 00:27:37,429 --> 00:27:39,466 I DON'T KNOW, BUT LANA WANTED TO CANCEL THE SPIRIT WEEK PARTY, 546 00:27:39,490 --> 00:27:41,108 BUT PRINCIPAL REYNOLDS ASKED HER NOT TO. 547 00:27:41,132 --> 00:27:43,209 HE SAID HE WANTED TO KEEP THINGS AS NORMAL AS POSSIBLE. 548 00:27:43,233 --> 00:27:45,411 HE OBVIOUSLY HASN'T HAD HIS NORMAL-METER 549 00:27:45,435 --> 00:27:46,943 RESET FOR SMALLVILLE. 550 00:27:46,967 --> 00:27:48,038 YEAH. 551 00:27:54,173 --> 00:27:56,151 WHAT IS IT, CLARK? 552 00:27:56,175 --> 00:27:58,153 I SAW RUSSELL WITH CHRISSY AT THE TALON. 553 00:27:58,177 --> 00:28:00,525 AND TROY WAS WITH HER JUST BEFORE HE WENT GERIATRIC. 554 00:28:00,549 --> 00:28:02,858 IT'S NOT EXACTLY A SMOKING GUN. 555 00:28:02,882 --> 00:28:04,428 IT'S WORTH A LOOK. 556 00:28:04,452 --> 00:28:06,360 MAYBE WE CAN CHECK OUT HER OLD SCHOOL RECORDS, 557 00:28:06,384 --> 00:28:08,433 SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING STRANGE IN HER BACKGROUND. 558 00:28:08,457 --> 00:28:11,519 OKAY, I'll GET STARTED, AND I'll TELL YOU WHAT I FIND. 559 00:28:18,125 --> 00:28:20,504 INTERESTING CHOICE. 560 00:28:20,528 --> 00:28:24,077 "THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO." 561 00:28:24,101 --> 00:28:26,448 THE CLASSIC TALE OF A MAN WHOSE PAST COMES BACK 562 00:28:26,472 --> 00:28:28,180 TO HAUNT HIM. 563 00:28:28,204 --> 00:28:32,155 WHY ARE YOU HERE, LEX? 564 00:28:32,179 --> 00:28:36,488 WE'RE UPGRADING OUR COMPUTER SYSTEM AT THE PLANT. 565 00:28:36,512 --> 00:28:38,920 I THOUGHT WE MIGHT DONATE OUR OLD COMPUTERS 566 00:28:38,944 --> 00:28:40,222 TO SMALLVILLE HIGH. 567 00:28:40,246 --> 00:28:42,893 YOU ARE NOT AN ALUMNUS. 568 00:28:42,917 --> 00:28:45,089 CALL IT A THANK YOU. 569 00:28:46,622 --> 00:28:50,972 YOU PUSHED ME, AND IN HINDSIGHT, I APPRECIATE THAT. 570 00:28:50,996 --> 00:28:54,074 IN SOME WAYS, YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAN I AM TODAY. 571 00:28:54,098 --> 00:28:57,608 I'M NOT SURE THAT'S A BURDEN I CARE TO TAKE ON. 572 00:28:57,632 --> 00:29:01,105 BESIDES THE TAX DEDUCTION, WHAT'S THE QUID PRO QUO? 573 00:29:03,166 --> 00:29:06,116 WELL, WHY DO YOU THINK I WANT ANYTHING IN RETURN? 574 00:29:06,140 --> 00:29:08,087 BECAUSE I'VE LEARNED THERE'S ALWAYS A PRICE 575 00:29:08,111 --> 00:29:11,249 WHEN DEALING WITH THE LUTHORS. 576 00:29:11,273 --> 00:29:14,622 I WANT YOU TO STOP TURNING YOUR ANTAGONISM TOWARDS ME 577 00:29:14,646 --> 00:29:16,254 AGAINST CLARK KENT. 578 00:29:16,278 --> 00:29:20,158 HMM. LIONEL HAS TAUGHT YOU WELL. 579 00:29:20,182 --> 00:29:21,929 MY FATHER? 580 00:29:21,953 --> 00:29:25,233 YES. THIS MEETING... IT REMINDS ME OF THE INCIDENT 581 00:29:25,257 --> 00:29:27,264 THAT ALMOST GOT YOU EXPELLED. 582 00:29:27,288 --> 00:29:30,138 HE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT. 583 00:29:30,162 --> 00:29:32,109 NO. ONLY LATER. 584 00:29:32,133 --> 00:29:34,271 AFTER RECEIVING NOTICE OF YOUR EXPULSION HEARING, 585 00:29:34,295 --> 00:29:36,974 HE GENEROUSLY OFFERED THE SCHOOL'S TRUSTEES 586 00:29:36,998 --> 00:29:40,117 A NEW LIBRARY WITH TWO CONDITIONS... 587 00:29:40,141 --> 00:29:42,149 THAT YOU WERE ALLOWED TO STAY 588 00:29:42,173 --> 00:29:44,575 AND I WAS ALLOWED TO GO. 589 00:29:46,676 --> 00:29:48,985 HISTORY HAS AN INTERESTING WAY OF REPEATING ITSELF, 590 00:29:49,009 --> 00:29:50,579 DOESN'T IT? 591 00:30:02,590 --> 00:30:05,570 CLARK, I HOPE I'M NOT INTERRUPTING. 592 00:30:05,594 --> 00:30:08,642 NO, UH, I COULD USE THE INSPIRATION. 593 00:30:08,666 --> 00:30:11,175 I THOUGHT YOU'D BE SWAMPED WITH PARTY PREP BY NOW. 594 00:30:11,199 --> 00:30:13,177 I WAS HEADING OVER TO THE TALON, 595 00:30:13,201 --> 00:30:16,350 BUT THIS ARRIVED AT MY HOUSE. 596 00:30:16,374 --> 00:30:18,351 I ASKED LEX TO LOOK INTO THOSE PHOTOS 597 00:30:18,375 --> 00:30:20,654 OF MY MOTHER. 598 00:30:20,678 --> 00:30:23,156 YOU THINK THAT THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN MEETS THE EYE? 599 00:30:23,180 --> 00:30:24,756 I DON'T KNOW. 600 00:30:24,780 --> 00:30:27,059 HE SENT ME THIS, I HAVEN'T OPENED IT YET. 601 00:30:27,083 --> 00:30:29,160 AS BADLY AS I WANT THE TRUTH, 602 00:30:29,184 --> 00:30:31,162 I'M AFRAID I WON'T LIKE WHAT I FIND. 603 00:30:31,186 --> 00:30:32,695 WHY THE CHANGE OF HEART? 604 00:30:32,719 --> 00:30:34,696 I GUESS THE IMAGE OF MY PARENTS 605 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:37,198 THE WAY I THOUGHT THEY WERE IS ALL I HAVE. 606 00:30:37,222 --> 00:30:40,130 YOU DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT. 607 00:30:40,154 --> 00:30:42,728 MAYBE JUST BY DOUBTING, I ALREADY HAVE. 608 00:30:44,598 --> 00:30:47,237 HOW ARE THINGS WITH YOUR GRANDFATHER? 609 00:30:47,261 --> 00:30:50,710 DISASTER IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. 610 00:30:50,734 --> 00:30:52,783 I TOOK HIM TO SEE MY FATHER, 611 00:30:52,807 --> 00:30:55,245 AND IT WAS LIKE WATCHING HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF. 612 00:30:55,269 --> 00:30:56,686 SO, WHAT'S NEXT? 613 00:30:56,710 --> 00:30:59,589 I HATE TO SEE IT END LIKE THIS. 614 00:30:59,613 --> 00:31:02,051 I CAN'T CONTROL THE WAY THEY ACT AROUND EACH OTHER. 615 00:31:02,075 --> 00:31:04,593 ARE YOU GOING TO TRY AGAIN? 616 00:31:04,617 --> 00:31:06,755 I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE PAST, 617 00:31:06,779 --> 00:31:11,384 BUT MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING I CAN DO ABOUT THE FUTURE. 618 00:31:15,827 --> 00:31:17,264 CLARK. 619 00:31:17,288 --> 00:31:19,206 I DON'T WANT OUR RELATIONSHIP TO END 620 00:31:19,230 --> 00:31:21,609 BEFORE IT EVER HAD A CHANCE TO BEGIN. 621 00:31:21,633 --> 00:31:24,812 WELL, YOU CAN COME IN IF YOU WANT. 622 00:31:24,836 --> 00:31:27,313 BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO EXCUSE ME. 623 00:31:27,337 --> 00:31:30,771 I'M RUNNING A LITTLE LATE. 624 00:31:34,105 --> 00:31:36,181 THERE'S SOMETHING I WANTED TO SHOW YOU. 625 00:31:36,205 --> 00:31:39,626 IT'S OUR PHOTO ALBUM... 626 00:31:39,650 --> 00:31:42,427 SCHOOL PLAYS, CAMPING TRIPS, BACKYARD ACTIVITIES. 627 00:31:42,451 --> 00:31:44,354 STUFF THAT FAMILIES DO TOGETHER. 628 00:31:46,655 --> 00:31:50,094 I WANTED YOU TO SEE OUR FAMILY THE WAY I DO. 629 00:31:50,118 --> 00:31:53,138 WE'RE MORE THAN OLD ARGUMENTS AND OVERDUE BILLS. 630 00:31:53,162 --> 00:31:57,072 I'D LIKE YOU TO GIVE THIS TO YOUR MOTHER. 631 00:31:57,096 --> 00:31:59,643 IT'S A CASHIER'S CHECK. 632 00:31:59,667 --> 00:32:01,775 SHE CAN USE IT NOW, A YEAR FROM NOW, 633 00:32:01,799 --> 00:32:03,777 WHENEVER SHE NEEDS IT. 634 00:32:03,801 --> 00:32:06,280 WHY DON'T YOU GIVE IT TO HER YOURSELF? 635 00:32:06,304 --> 00:32:08,381 I'M SORRY, CLARK. 636 00:32:08,405 --> 00:32:10,783 WELL, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW A MAN WHO HASN'T 637 00:32:10,807 --> 00:32:13,240 SEEN HIS FAMILY IN 20 YEARS CAN JUST WALK AWAY. 638 00:32:21,718 --> 00:32:24,667 CHRISSY, I NEED TO TALK TO YOU. 639 00:32:24,691 --> 00:32:26,799 IS THERE A PROBLEM, MR. REYNOLDS? 640 00:32:26,823 --> 00:32:28,831 I LEFT THREE MESSAGES FOR YOUR PARENTS. 641 00:32:28,855 --> 00:32:30,401 STILL NO ANSWER. 642 00:32:30,425 --> 00:32:32,403 THEY'VE BEEN REALLY BUSY. 643 00:32:32,427 --> 00:32:34,406 IS THIS, UH, IS THIS STILL ABOUT MY TRANSCRIPTS? 644 00:32:34,430 --> 00:32:37,138 AND YOU. I'VE BEEN MAKING AN EFFORT TO GET TO KNOW 645 00:32:37,162 --> 00:32:38,810 THE STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS. 646 00:32:38,834 --> 00:32:41,111 MAYBE I CAN COME BY YOUR HOUSE THIS WEEKEND 647 00:32:41,135 --> 00:32:42,443 WHEN THEY'RE AT HOME. 648 00:32:42,467 --> 00:32:44,113 WELL, THEY'LL BE JOINING ME AT THE TALON 649 00:32:44,137 --> 00:32:45,815 FOR THE SPIRIT WEEK RALLY. 650 00:32:45,839 --> 00:32:47,717 YOU CAN MEET US THERE BEFORE THE PARTY. 651 00:32:47,741 --> 00:32:49,844 THAT'LL BE FINE. SEE YOU THERE. 652 00:33:05,357 --> 00:33:07,305 CLARK, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? 653 00:33:07,329 --> 00:33:08,837 I JUST LEFT YOU LIKE SIX MESSAGES. 654 00:33:08,861 --> 00:33:11,168 SORRY, IT'S BEEN A VERY WEIRD DAY. 655 00:33:11,192 --> 00:33:13,311 WELL, IT'S ABOUT TO GET WEIRDER. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. 656 00:33:13,335 --> 00:33:16,174 FLORIDA... 12 YEARS AGO, PIPER HIGH SCHOOL. 657 00:33:16,198 --> 00:33:19,276 THREE STUDENTS DIED OF THE SAME MYSTERIOUS UBER-PROGERIA. 658 00:33:19,300 --> 00:33:21,418 ALL WITHIN A 48-HOUR PERIOD. 659 00:33:21,442 --> 00:33:23,419 LET ME GUESS... CHRISSY WAS INVOLVED. 660 00:33:23,443 --> 00:33:25,252 TRY "MISSY." 661 00:33:25,276 --> 00:33:27,383 CLASS OF '90... MISSY PARKER. 662 00:33:27,407 --> 00:33:28,854 DIFFERENT NAME, SAME FACE. 663 00:33:28,878 --> 00:33:30,857 YEAH, IT GETS BETTER. 664 00:33:30,881 --> 00:33:32,528 LAKEWOOD HIGH, CLASS OF '81. 665 00:33:32,552 --> 00:33:34,459 THERE SHE IS AGAIN. 666 00:33:34,483 --> 00:33:36,732 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE THIS, CLARK, 667 00:33:36,756 --> 00:33:38,934 BUT I MATCHED CHRISSY TO TRIPLE PROGERIA CASES 668 00:33:38,958 --> 00:33:41,196 GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO HAMMONDS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, 669 00:33:41,220 --> 00:33:43,197 CLASS OF 1921. 670 00:33:43,221 --> 00:33:44,299 IT'S LIKE SHE'S FEEDING OFF THEIR YOUTH 671 00:33:44,323 --> 00:33:45,771 TO STAY ETERNALLY YOUNG. 672 00:33:45,795 --> 00:33:48,543 IT TAKES THE PETER PAN COMPLEX TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL. 673 00:33:48,567 --> 00:33:51,345 TROY WAS KILLED ALMOST TWO DAYS AGO, 674 00:33:51,369 --> 00:33:53,878 AND RUSSELL WAS KILLED YESTERDAY. 675 00:33:53,902 --> 00:33:55,510 CHRISSY'S GOING TO NEED ANOTHER VICTIM. 676 00:33:55,534 --> 00:33:57,275 I'll CALL THE POLICE. 677 00:33:59,477 --> 00:34:03,510 CLARK? 678 00:34:06,844 --> 00:34:09,847 [ DANCE MUSIC PLAYING ] 679 00:34:12,849 --> 00:34:14,327 ♫ BE AGGRESSIVE ♫ 680 00:34:14,351 --> 00:34:16,428 ♫ B-E AGGRESSIVE ♫ 681 00:34:16,452 --> 00:34:19,932 ♫ B-E A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E ♫ 682 00:34:19,956 --> 00:34:21,332 CHRISSY. 683 00:34:21,356 --> 00:34:23,334 ♫ BE AGGRESSIVE, WHOO ♫ 684 00:34:23,358 --> 00:34:25,407 ♫ BE AGGRESSIVE ♫ 685 00:34:25,431 --> 00:34:27,408 ♫ B-E AGGRESSIVE ♫ 686 00:34:27,432 --> 00:34:29,881 ♫ B-E A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E ♫ 687 00:34:29,905 --> 00:34:31,341 ♫ AGGRESSIVE ♫ 688 00:34:31,365 --> 00:34:33,343 ♫ B-E AGGRESSIVE ♫ 689 00:34:33,367 --> 00:34:34,914 ♫ BE AGGRESSIVE ♫ 690 00:34:34,938 --> 00:34:36,316 ♫ B-E AGGRESSIVE ♫ 691 00:34:36,340 --> 00:34:37,517 CHRISSY? 692 00:34:37,541 --> 00:34:40,450 MR. REYNOLDS. 693 00:34:40,474 --> 00:34:43,854 SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK? 694 00:34:43,878 --> 00:34:46,480 I THINK YOU'VE TAKEN SPIRIT WEEK TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL. 695 00:34:48,481 --> 00:34:50,329 ARE YOUR PARENTS HERE YET? 696 00:34:50,353 --> 00:34:53,001 ACTUALLY, MR. REYNOLDS, 697 00:34:53,025 --> 00:34:55,403 THEY DIED OVER A CENTURY AGO. 698 00:34:55,427 --> 00:34:57,465 WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? 699 00:34:57,489 --> 00:35:01,008 SEE, I'VE SEEN THE FUTURE, MR. REYNOLDS, AGAIN AND AGAIN, 700 00:35:01,032 --> 00:35:03,941 AND I'VE LEARNED ONE THING. 701 00:35:03,965 --> 00:35:05,673 ♫ WHOO ♫ 702 00:35:05,697 --> 00:35:07,015 ♫ BE AGGRESSIVE ♫ 703 00:35:07,039 --> 00:35:08,615 ♫ B-E AGGRESSIVE ♫ 704 00:35:08,639 --> 00:35:12,704 THESE ARE THE BEST YEARS OF ANYONE'S LIFE. 705 00:35:14,445 --> 00:35:15,677 [ THUD ] 706 00:35:18,278 --> 00:35:21,028 CLARK. I THOUGHT YOU WERE THE BAND. 707 00:35:21,052 --> 00:35:23,430 IF THEY DON'T SHOW, WE'RE STUCK WITH A HALF-DOZEN MP3s. 708 00:35:23,454 --> 00:35:24,631 AND MY BOOM BOX. 709 00:35:24,655 --> 00:35:27,894 HAVE YOU SEEN CHRISSY? 710 00:35:27,918 --> 00:35:30,619 YEAH, SHE WAS... JUST HERE. 711 00:35:37,465 --> 00:35:40,704 HEY, CLARK, WHAT'S GOING ON? 712 00:35:40,728 --> 00:35:44,032 JUST GO LOCK THE DOOR. DON'T LET ANYONE IN. 713 00:35:46,074 --> 00:35:50,354 CHRISSY, STOP. I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. 714 00:35:50,378 --> 00:35:52,416 CHRISSY, YOU NEED HELP. 715 00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:56,083 I NEED HIM. 716 00:36:00,317 --> 00:36:03,465 I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU HURT ANYONE ELSE. 717 00:36:03,489 --> 00:36:06,669 I AM SAVING THEM, CLARK, 718 00:36:06,693 --> 00:36:11,003 FROM LIVES THAT WILL NEVER BE AS HAPPY AS THEY ARE RIGHT NOW. 719 00:36:11,027 --> 00:36:13,405 THERE'S MORE TO LIFE THAN SPIRIT WEEK AND CHEERLEADING. 720 00:36:13,429 --> 00:36:15,537 YOU'RE WRONG. 721 00:36:15,561 --> 00:36:18,680 YOU WILL NEVER BE THIS YOUNG, 722 00:36:18,704 --> 00:36:24,015 THIS BEAUTIFUL, OR THIS PERFECT AGAIN. 723 00:36:24,039 --> 00:36:27,612 BUT I WILL. 724 00:36:47,791 --> 00:36:48,992 CHRISSY! 725 00:37:04,405 --> 00:37:05,983 MORE BILLS, HUH, DAD? 726 00:37:06,007 --> 00:37:08,084 YEAH. IT SEEMS LIKE THESE DARN THINGS 727 00:37:08,108 --> 00:37:09,686 KEEP RIGHT ON COMING. 728 00:37:09,710 --> 00:37:11,588 CLARK, YOU'VE HAD QUITE A WEEK. 729 00:37:11,612 --> 00:37:13,129 ANY MORE FALLOUT FROM SCHOOL? 730 00:37:13,153 --> 00:37:15,061 SPIRIT WEEK IS OFFICIALLY KAPUT. 731 00:37:15,085 --> 00:37:16,992 AW, I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT. 732 00:37:17,016 --> 00:37:18,535 THE PRINCIPAL'S GOING TO BE OKAY. 733 00:37:18,559 --> 00:37:20,135 HE ACTUALLY WARNED ME ABOUT BEING LATE 734 00:37:20,159 --> 00:37:22,068 WHEN THEY WERE LOADING HIM IN THE AMBULANCE. 735 00:37:22,092 --> 00:37:24,769 CLARK, LISTEN, I KNOW THAT THE SITUATION WITH YOUR GRANDPA 736 00:37:24,793 --> 00:37:26,541 IS BUGGING YOU, AND IT SHOULD, BUT... 737 00:37:26,565 --> 00:37:29,027 I WENT TO GO SEE HIM. 738 00:37:30,168 --> 00:37:32,672 HE ASKED ME TO GIVE THIS TO YOU. 739 00:37:36,635 --> 00:37:40,515 HE SAID HE TRIED TO GET INVOLVED IN MY LIFE AFTER THE ADOPTION. 740 00:37:40,539 --> 00:37:42,756 WHY WOULDN'T YOU LET HIM SEE ME? 741 00:37:42,780 --> 00:37:44,758 WELL, IT'S COMPLICATED. 742 00:37:44,782 --> 00:37:47,521 IT CAN'T BE THAT COMPLICATED. HE'S MY GRANDFATHER. 743 00:37:47,545 --> 00:37:50,122 CLARK, 744 00:37:50,146 --> 00:37:53,497 WHEN YOU WERE A LITTLE BOY, YOU COULDN'T CONTROL 745 00:37:53,521 --> 00:37:55,497 YOUR ABILITIES LIKE YOU CAN NOW. 746 00:37:55,521 --> 00:37:57,499 AND IF HE HAD SPENT ANY TIME WITH US, 747 00:37:57,523 --> 00:38:00,073 I THINK HE MIGHT'VE FOUND OUT YOUR SECRET. 748 00:38:00,097 --> 00:38:01,704 BUT HE'S FAMILY. 749 00:38:01,728 --> 00:38:04,506 WE HAD SUCH A HISTORY OF DISAGREEING ON THINGS. 750 00:38:04,530 --> 00:38:07,608 WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW HOW HE'D REACT. 751 00:38:07,632 --> 00:38:10,811 WE COULDN'T BE SURE WE COULD TRUST HIM. 752 00:38:10,835 --> 00:38:14,570 SO HE'S NOT A PART OF OUR LIVES BECAUSE OF ME? 753 00:38:16,110 --> 00:38:18,048 SON, EVERY YOUNG MAN WANTS TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP 754 00:38:18,072 --> 00:38:19,689 WITH HIS GRANDPA, 755 00:38:19,713 --> 00:38:23,217 BUT IN YOUR CASE, IT JUST MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE. 756 00:38:36,559 --> 00:38:38,207 LANA. 757 00:38:38,231 --> 00:38:40,209 WORKING ON SOMETHING IMPORTANT? 758 00:38:40,233 --> 00:38:42,211 I JUST FINISHED MY ESSAY. 759 00:38:42,235 --> 00:38:44,113 SO, WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO BE IN FIVE YEARS? 760 00:38:44,137 --> 00:38:46,575 IN COLLEGE, PROBABLY STUDYING JOURNALISM. 761 00:38:46,599 --> 00:38:48,517 YOU'RE KIDDING. 762 00:38:48,541 --> 00:38:51,519 DON'T TELL CHLOE, BUT I THINK IT'S GROWING ON ME. 763 00:38:51,543 --> 00:38:53,521 I LIKE TO FIND THE TRUTH BEHIND THINGS. 764 00:38:53,545 --> 00:38:55,553 I'M TIRED OF HAVING SECRETS IN MY LIFE. 765 00:38:55,577 --> 00:38:57,509 AND PERSONALLY? 766 00:39:00,150 --> 00:39:02,128 I'VE DECIDED I'M GOING TO FIND A WAY 767 00:39:02,152 --> 00:39:05,662 TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH MY GRANDFATHER. 768 00:39:05,686 --> 00:39:07,863 HOW ABOUT YOU? IS EVERYTHING OKAY? 769 00:39:07,887 --> 00:39:11,767 CLARK, I READ LEX'S FILE. 770 00:39:11,791 --> 00:39:13,599 ACCORDING TO COURT PAPERS, 771 00:39:13,623 --> 00:39:16,541 MY PARENTS FILED FOR DIVORCE IN 1985... 772 00:39:16,565 --> 00:39:18,244 IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES. 773 00:39:18,268 --> 00:39:20,106 BUT THEY WORKED IT OUT, RIGHT? 774 00:39:20,130 --> 00:39:21,776 EVENTUALLY. 775 00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:24,649 BUT THEY WERE LEGALLY SEPARATED FOR OVER A YEAR. 776 00:39:24,673 --> 00:39:27,111 SO THE GUY IN THE PICTURE WITH YOUR MOTHER... 777 00:39:27,135 --> 00:39:31,155 COULD BE MORE THAN A FRIEND. 778 00:39:31,179 --> 00:39:34,682 I WAS BORN RIGHT AFTER MY PARENTS GOT BACK TOGETHER. 779 00:39:36,784 --> 00:39:40,264 MY FATHER COULD STILL BE ALIVE. 780 00:39:40,288 --> 00:39:42,796 ♫ YOU'RE FALLING OUT OF REACH ♫ 781 00:39:42,820 --> 00:39:47,269 ♫ DEFYING GRAVITY ♫ 782 00:39:47,293 --> 00:39:51,533 ♫ I KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE, SOMEWHERE OUT THERE ♫ 783 00:39:51,557 --> 00:39:54,606 ♫ YOU'RE FALLING BACK TO ME ♫ 784 00:39:54,630 --> 00:39:58,711 ♫ THE STAR THAT I CAN SEE ♫ 785 00:39:58,735 --> 00:40:03,539 ♫ I KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE, SOMEWHERE OUT THERE ♫ 786 00:40:06,742 --> 00:40:10,822 ♫ YOU'RE FALLING OUT OF REACH ♫ 787 00:40:10,846 --> 00:40:12,918 ♫ I KNOW ♫ 788 00:40:19,653 --> 00:40:22,231 Captions by VITAC... www.vitac.com 789 00:40:22,255 --> 00:40:25,259 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY WARNER BROS. 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