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My most vivid memories
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are of the days when my life changed.
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I can't think of a better story,
right now, than this one.
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We all need a little hope,
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we all need a little escapism,
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and we all need a little inspiration.
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And Superman is hope.
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He is driven by using his powers
for the greater good.
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Superman has stayed with us
generation after generation
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because the world has
continued to need heroes.
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And we need Clark Kent.
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And we need Lois Lane.
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It's Lois. What'd you say
your name was again?
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Uh, Kent. Clark. Clark! Kent.
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"Superman & Lois" has a lot going on.
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It's really fun.
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It's nostalgic, and it's hopeful.
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It's about the family.
It's about the kids.
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It's about how does he handle
all these responsibilities
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as well as to be a father.
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The world will always need Superman,
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but right now this family
needs you more.
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He's dealing with a whole
new set of problems
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we've never seen Superman
deal with before.
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Superman's there with us, to guide us,
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to give us faith that
tomorrow's gonna be better.
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You have never seen
a Superman show like this.
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Up, up, and away.
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I remember coming to this Earth,
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feeling the sun on my face
for the first time.
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When we think of superheroes,
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we have to think about Superman.
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He was the first. He was the original.
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Superman!
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Superman was the epitome of a hero.
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He could do everything.
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He had the best powers. He could fly.
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Who doesn't want to fly?
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For all the comic-book characters
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that have ever been, before and after,
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he is kind of the dividing line.
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Superman's captured my imagination
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since I watched him fly onscreen,
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since I read a comic book with Superman
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or watched an animated
series with Superman.
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And it was clear he was
just doing the right thing
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because it was the right thing to do.
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And there's a famous phrase, like,
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"With great power
comes great responsibility",
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and when I think of Superman,
it's not a question.
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It's a statement. That is his essence.
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- Here you go, friend.
- Thanks!
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- Cool costume.
- Thanks!
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My mom made it for me.
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This is a guy who can do good things,
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and he does them, and
it's just as simple as that.
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If you stripped him of
his powers, he would still be
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the same goofy, lovable,
kind, decent person,
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and that's something to aspire to,
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superhuman strength or not.
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Good night, General.
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He's got this ability
to inspire those around him
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to strive to be the best
versions of themselves.
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I do have a responsibility to the world
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as you know who.
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Well, you've got a bigger responsibility
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to your family... as a father.
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What if we were to see stories
in the Superman mythos
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that we never got to see...
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The boys need to see what a strong
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and loving and
vulnerable man looks like.
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... which is, once he became a father
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and once he became a dad...
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I'm trying... how did that change him?
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Wow. Make a pretty good Superman.
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This is different. It's not
a normal Superman show.
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You know, growing up,
I loved "Smallville".
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This feels like a different
show, a whole different vibe
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than any other Superman show
that's been done.
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- I was in Wichita for a story.
- Yeah, you couldn't catch
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a flight back. Mom said.
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It's a modern Superman,
and it's done well.
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If you need anything,
if you want to go and talk...
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He's a dad, and he's a husband.
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We're gonna be alright.
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To see him challenged on a daily basis,
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it brings this unpredictability
to a character
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that's usually somewhat predictable.
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Just leave us alone.
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What we wanted to do was to tell a story
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that hadn't been told yet,
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which is, like, when Superman grows up.
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The world will always need Superman,
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but right now this family
needs you more.
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It made me think about Superman
in ways I never have before.
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Superman's boring.
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I never really thought
about how he pays the bills.
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- Huh.
- How does he deal with
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basic day-to-day routines?
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We do a little bit of therapy
on the characters, right,
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and really kind of get at
what makes them tick.
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What motivates these characters
to do what they do?
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And suddenly here I am,
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living in Metropolis,
raising two teenage boys,
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married to the most famous
journalist in the world.
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All of the shows in the Arrowverse
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have some element of family.
They always have.
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That's your cousin... sort of.
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But this one even more so
than any of them.
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Your plate's in the fridge.
Jonathan's got some news.
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And apologize to Jordan.
You missed therapy today.
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- The theme of family.
- Sorry about that.
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It's the biggest theme
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and the most important theme
in our show.
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Lois is the best journalist
in the world,
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and Superman is... Superman,
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But you're seeing them
failing sometimes as parents.
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Your parents told you about your
real heritage when you were 6.
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Lois, that was different.
I lived on a farm. I had powers.
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It's called "Superman & Lois",
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I believe, for a reason.
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The "And Lois" part
is really, really critical.
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I really like that they're both
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tackling things on their end
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and they're there to assist
each other, they're a team.
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When we were dreaming
about having a family,
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it didn't look like this, did it?
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"Superman & Lois" is a TV show
for every generation.
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You can take all
the hero elements out of it,
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and it would still
very much stand on its own.
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- Love you, guys.
- Love you.
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- Good luck today, guys!
- Thanks, Dad.
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It's so obvious that the Kent home
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is every bit as important
as the Fortress of Solitude.
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That's showing a new gear
for the Arrowverse.
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There's a scope to it, capturing
the beauty of the landscape.
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It looks incredibly cinematic,
and it looks like a movie.
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A good deal of our time
is spent in Smallville,
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but he is Superman
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and he is protecting
sometimes the entire world.
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Superman is sort of
the hero of the world.
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It doesn't really matter
where his base is.
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He's Superman, and
sometimes you got to show
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that the man can fly into space,
and that's really cool, too,
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and that's part of the fun of it,
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is how many literal worlds
Superman can travel to.
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It's Lois. What'd you say
your name was again?
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Uh, Kent. Clark. Clark! Kent.
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Oh. Oh. Sorry.
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Hmm. Never met a Clark before.
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Oh. Um, I-I've never met a Lois before.
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What we used our imagination for
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was not to reimagine
who Clark and Lois were...
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Actually, there was
my first-grade teacher,
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Lois Hannigan, so I guess technically...
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Oh. T-Technically, you'd be the second!
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... but to imagine what Clark and Lois
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would do and feel in 2021...
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When we fell in love,
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I told Lois who I really was,
where I came from.
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... to see this iconic
romantic love story
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and to see them mature
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and deal with the same issues
we all deal with.
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Clark and Lois
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have this very similar idea
of what a marriage is.
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We're not at the courting
phase, we're not at
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the, you know, "her finding out
about him" phase.
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These are two people who
have gotten very comfortable
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- in their life with each other.
- What?
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The foundation is very strong,
but there is tension.
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Should have told them a long time ago.
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We just got to be on the
same page going forward.
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Every decision they make
needs to be from both of them.
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You think your mom wanted us
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to move to Smallville
and live on the farm?
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It's a simpler life.
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It's a lot when you have work and kids
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and trying to save things
from falling down
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and things from exploding.
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This family needs Smallville.
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As much as the world needs Superman?
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Clark and Lois are really trying
to reacquaint themselves
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with not just a town,
but with their own family.
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But I think she was right.
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Really?
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Are we going to Grandma's?
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I think we're overdue.
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Great. Smallville.
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Place where you can spend
a full year in one afternoon.
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It's not that bad.
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There's a reason why the
most famous superhero ever
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that probably best embodies
the best of us
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was raised in a town like Smallville.
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A lot of the values that
he has as an individual,
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he developed in that town.
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You remember our boys...
Jonathan and Jordan.
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What Clark realizes is that
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it might just be a good time
to take a step back
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and slow down their life.
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A chance for Clark
to get back to his roots
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and to get away from
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the sprawling urban adventures
that they've had.
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There's a realization like,
"Maybe Metropolis
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is not what's best
for our sons right now
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and for our relationship".
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All my memories,
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my childhood, my parents...
they're all here.
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And although on the surface
Smallville might seem perfect,
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there's a lot of problems
with Smallville.
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We had to sell Overly Foods last year.
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I'm really sorry to hear that.
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Smallville's changed.
There's more than meets the eye.
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Everybody leaves.
It's almost a ghost town.
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Everybody else we know moved away.
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She means "bailed".
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I felt like that might be
a great way to infuse,
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you know, what a lot of people
are experiencing right now.
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Smaller towns are dying in our country.
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And who better to give
some hope than Superman?
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- Can't be that bad.
- I mean, it's more the people
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that make up a place, right?
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Wow. Metropolis boys are really
starting to lose their game.
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Jordan, what are we
looking for, anyways?
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Jonathan and Jordan Kent
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are as different as brothers can get.
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They're fraternal twins, but
they look completely different.
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They act completely different.
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They're going through
the same phases of life
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at the same time, right? So it
makes them super, super close.
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Who are you... Mom?
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Someone's got to watch out for you.
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You can see that they have the maturity
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to still love each other
and still make sure
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they're okay at the end of each day.
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Jonathan and Jordan
are two really normal
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teenage boys.
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Um... Dad?
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Oh! Right. Yeah. Okay.
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As the children of Lois
Lane and Clark Kent,
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it's a little bit more than most.
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It's quite the secret that's exposed.
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What are you doing?! Do not touch that!
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Oh, my God!
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They realize that
they're half-Kryptonian,
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but every kid wants to be special
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but is also really scared
of standing out.
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I'm half-human,
half whatever the hell he is!
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I understand Clark's hesitation
to keep that from them.
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Your grandparents, they raised me...
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taught me how to control
my abilities, how to blend in.
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His powers are passed down.
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That's a massive part
of the show, too, is that,
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how do you help somebody
go through what he did?
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It's Dad's secret, but now it's like,
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"Whoa. Now it's our secret, too".
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It's like... This is something
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we're gonna have to carry
with us our whole lives,
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and it's gonna change our whole lives.
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Hey, Mom. Sorry.
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This morning has just been... Dr. Frye?
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One of the most emotional moments
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in all the different stories
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and the way that the story's been told
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is when his father has
his heart attack and dies
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in "Superman: The Movie"
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and, reflecting on this loss,
Clark says, you know,
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"All this power, and I
couldn't save them".
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To see the vulnerability of Superman
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makes him really relatable
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and makes him, when he is still heroic,
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even more inspiring.
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No one ever dreams about their problems,
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but every life has them...
even the extraordinary ones.
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Superman, the embodiment
of the ultimate superhero,
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has a pang of self-doubt.
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Everything I do with the boys
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just seems like it blows up in my face.
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I think it speaks to his humanity.
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Feels like it's my fault
that this is all falling apart.
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He doesn't think he's iconic,
so there isn't that lore
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of Superman's been around
for 80-plus years.
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It's, "I just got here, and
I'm just doing everything
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that I can to make things better".
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Your life falling apart
doesn't mean you're special.
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It means you're human.
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- Thanks for the save.
- With a magic arrow, no less.
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The Arrowverse really just started
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with a desire to tell the story
of Arrow and Oliver Queen,
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and it grew because of many
of us who work on the shows,
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you know, our love
either for comic books
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but also for the shows.
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We enjoy and we love
the shared universe.
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- Happy?
- Ecstatic.
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Apparently, you guys aren't
done fooling around. Whoo!
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The DC bench is so deep.
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You get representation
from all walks of life,
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different people from
different backgrounds
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coming together and fighting
for a singular vision.
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My hat's off to Greg Berlanti
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and Marc Guggenheim and Geoff Johns.
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When they launched "Arrow"
and then added "Flash",
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"Legends of Tomorrow",
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and "Black Lightning" and "Supergirl",
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they didn't take the easy way out,
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which was just to have each show
be independent of one another.
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They recognized that,
from the fan point of view,
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these characters all exist
in the same universe.
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You want to tag along?
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If you don't, I will, Smallville.
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Who are you?
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It's the ultimate sort of adaptation
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of what the DC mythology is about.
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A friend.
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There's obviously great visual effects,
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there's great action sequences.
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but the shows work because
you care about the characters,
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and that's why you can have,
like, the silliest episode
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of "Legends" or the darkest
episode of "Batwoman".
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- You care about the people.
- Dad?
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And when you watch the pilot
to "Superman & Lois",
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it feels very much like
that resetting, that restart,
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and it's starting a brand-new
era of DC Universe,
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a brand-new era of the Arrowverse.
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Each show has to stand on its own,
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but at its best, they're also
still part of a collective.
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And like any superhero group,
the collective
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is always stronger
than the sum of its parts.
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Comic books in general are such
a great metaphor for life
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and for the struggles
that we all experience.
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It's just in a slightly tweaked,
heightened version.
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I think superhero stories
are our Greek myths.
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We all need that light.
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We need something
that's gonna give us hope.
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And superheroes do that.
That's what they've always done.
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The best ones have emotional
stories at their center,
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stories that are very relatable to us,
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and they're symbolic
or they're metaphors
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for what we have to deal with.
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New Batwoman.
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It's clear that right
now we're in a time
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where superheroes are
more powerful than ever.
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Part of that is just by
how popular they are,
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but the other part of it
is how, I think,
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needed they are and what they represent.
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When your father first told me,
I didn't understand, either.
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There is often a correlation
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00:14:27,363 --> 00:14:29,962
with times of socioeconomic crisis.
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You ain't too tough
without those extra powers!
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You see these people
do these amazing things.
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They're fighting. They're
putting their lives on the line.
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It inspires people in a way
that other stories don't.
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When we think of heroes,
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especially heroes
with incredible powers,
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it's reassuring to know that
there are people like Superman
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and they choose to use
their powers for good.
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Told you you'd catch me.
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Who doesn't want to be able
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to imagine waking up and
being able to save the world?
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- Get 'em while they're hot.
- Thanks.
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More juice?
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Uh, I think I'm good. Thank you.
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We can watch a show
and say there are people
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who want things to be better
and will do things
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to make things better,
not just for themselves,
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but for people who
can't help themselves.
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I'm Grant Gustin from "The Flash".
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- Hello! It's Brec Bassinger.
- Javicia Leslie.
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- Nicole Maines.
- Matt Ryan.
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Jordan Calloway here
from CW's "Black Lightning".
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And I just wanted to wish everyone,
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cast and crew from
"Superman & Lois" well.
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What I loved most about Superman
was that he was, like,
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way, you know, beyond his time,
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and I think that time
that he was in is now.
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Not only am I excited
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that these characters are back on TV...
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just the fact that they exist
in our universe.
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To see Superman and Lois
in a different way
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that we haven't seen them
before... together, you know?
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00:15:56,799 --> 00:16:00,933
So excited to see what-what
"Superman & Lois" has in store.
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00:16:00,937 --> 00:16:03,435
Superman has a plethora of powers,
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00:16:03,439 --> 00:16:06,738
and I am extremely excited
to see how they do those
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00:16:06,742 --> 00:16:10,142
from, like, his super
strength to flying.
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Anybody that knows me
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00:16:11,214 --> 00:16:14,578
knows I've loved this character
my entire life.
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00:16:14,583 --> 00:16:16,848
I've been a fan for a long, long time.
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00:16:16,852 --> 00:16:19,117
I cannot wait for "Superman & Lois".
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Literally, I grew up watching Superman,
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00:16:21,090 --> 00:16:23,855
so this about to be epic.
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00:16:28,563 --> 00:16:30,494
Hey, hey!
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00:16:30,498 --> 00:16:32,728
How long we got before
this thing pops its top?
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00:16:32,733 --> 00:16:33,831
A few minutes, tops!
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00:16:33,835 --> 00:16:36,900
Now is absolutely the
right time for this story.
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00:16:36,904 --> 00:16:41,704
We could all use an
enormous amount of hope.
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Come on, Superman.
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Superman's always stood for hope.
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The Kryptonian "S" glyph
on Krypton means "hope".
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If we can get people to tune in
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and sit down with their families
and reconnect for an hour.
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then everything that
we're doing is worth it.
402
00:16:57,226 --> 00:16:59,624
A lot of what grounds us is family.
403
00:16:59,629 --> 00:17:02,125
Right now is the perfect time to see
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00:17:02,130 --> 00:17:06,162
the American hero, Superman,
deal with family.
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00:17:06,166 --> 00:17:09,399
To have a superhero
who really does embody
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00:17:09,403 --> 00:17:12,870
all good things and
kindness and decency,
407
00:17:12,874 --> 00:17:14,805
I think it's really timely.
408
00:17:14,809 --> 00:17:18,008
You were right. I haven't
always been there for you.
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00:17:18,013 --> 00:17:20,311
But I promise you... I will be.
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00:17:20,316 --> 00:17:23,248
I'm desperate for more
Superman stories as a fan,
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and I'm desperate to be
inspired by somebody.
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We need inspiration.
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00:17:26,926 --> 00:17:29,886
What makes Superman
who he is is that when he has
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the opportunity to do good, he does it.
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00:17:32,292 --> 00:17:34,758
The world needs him
and Lois and their family
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as much as they ever have.
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00:17:36,664 --> 00:17:39,262
For generations of fans
that have grown up
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on different Superman
movies or TV shows,
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we're gonna get
something new and different
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which will continue
to keep Superman relevant
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in our hearts and minds.
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00:17:47,776 --> 00:17:49,208
I'm excited for audiences
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to see these characters
and see these worlds.
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00:17:51,478 --> 00:17:52,975
I'm excited for audiences
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00:17:52,979 --> 00:17:54,877
to fall in love with this family.
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They're coming back home,
but now Clark's a grown man.
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He's seen so much more.
He's lived so much more life.
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00:18:00,165 --> 00:18:02,364
So people of all ages
will be able to relate to this.
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Kids who are fans of the character
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00:18:04,503 --> 00:18:07,102
can watch it and still have
an attachment to it,
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00:18:07,106 --> 00:18:09,270
but people who have been
a fan of the character
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00:18:09,274 --> 00:18:10,274
since they were young,
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00:18:10,279 --> 00:18:12,379
who are now older and
have kids of their own,
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can experience it in a whole new way.
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We see so much of ourselves in them,
436
00:18:17,123 --> 00:18:19,856
but we also see what we aspire to be.
437
00:18:25,190 --> 00:18:27,021
And now an exclusive sneak peek
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at what's to come on "Superman & Lois".
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00:18:31,061 --> 00:18:34,861
After my father died,
I felt pretty lost.
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00:18:34,866 --> 00:18:37,565
Had a lot of questions
about who I was...
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00:18:37,569 --> 00:18:39,299
why I could do the things I could do.
442
00:18:39,303 --> 00:18:41,435
So I came here, found my answers.
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You brought your son to me.
444
00:18:43,942 --> 00:18:45,872
Why?
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Each power comes with its own burden.
446
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It's not just what you do.
It's also what you don't do.
447
00:18:50,949 --> 00:18:52,546
What's the point of
having something special
448
00:18:52,550 --> 00:18:54,415
if you're not allowed to be special?
449
00:18:54,419 --> 00:18:57,251
When your dad gets distracted,
lives are at stake.
450
00:18:58,589 --> 00:19:01,155
I know you can hear the bomb in my ship.
451
00:19:01,159 --> 00:19:02,456
Where the hell is Superman?
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00:19:02,461 --> 00:19:04,893
Me or them. Make a choice.
453
00:19:04,898 --> 00:19:07,830
Everything you do is a mistake!
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00:19:07,835 --> 00:19:09,932
I don't know who my kids are anymore.
455
00:19:09,937 --> 00:19:12,128
If you don't like the way
something is, change it.
456
00:19:12,133 --> 00:19:14,432
I don't like his priorities changing.
457
00:19:15,972 --> 00:19:18,171
It's called being a father!
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00:19:19,174 --> 00:19:22,873
I am not throwing away
time with my family...
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but if anything goes wrong,
I will be there.
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"Superman & Lois", new
series Tuesdays at 9|8 c,
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only on The CW.
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