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Previously on Lois & Clark:

First they nearly try to kill you and then they say, "He's the one."

He passed our tests. The law demands he return.

Nobody on Earth has ever had your powers.

Do you think there's any possibility that they aren't from Earth?

I think that we can find the proper way to tell Kal-El...

...that he must leave the Earth forever.

Thank you.

- They all right, Superman? - I think they're okay. Just...

Just very scared.

Clark.

We need very much to see you.

I'm communicating with you telepathically...

...which is the way of the Kryptonian people.

Sarah?

I know you have no reason to trust us.

I can only give you my word that you must.

There's so much to tell you...

...Kal-El.

Up just ahead.

The metal door around the corner.

Walk forward, Kal-El.

Imagine an entry and you'll find one.

You can't be Kryptonians. That's impossible. They all died.

Not all, Kal-El.

My name is Clark.

- I know this is very difficult, Clark. - Difficult?

You nearly killed me. Along with thousands of other people in this city.

Can we get beyond the whining...

- ...and on to the issue at hand? - Ching, please.

Why don't we all sit.

Clark, my name is Zara.

And this is Lieutenant Ching.

On the day Krypton exploded, your father launched you into space.

As infants, we had already been taken from the planet.

Part of an expedition in search of a more stable place to live.

How many of you were there?

A thousand or more, left homeless when the planet was destroyed.

The expedition colonized a barren rock of a planetoid...

- ...which was named New Krypton. - And the race prospered.

No easy task when you're living on a rock.

No fast food or situation comedies there, Clark.

Ching.

Of course, our planet has a red sun. Like Krypton.

So we have to scrape by without superpowers.

Our people are bound together by an alliance between several families.

The alliance is renewed by marriages between these households.

I'm trying to stay with you.

Why are you here?

And why did you put me through such hell?

You've been without Kryptonian influence for a long time.

- We had to find out if you were worthy. - Worthy of what?

Worthy of your heritage, Clark.

Worthy of marriage...

...to me.

Hold it.

What are you saying, that we're supposed to get married?

No. I'm saying we already are.

So let me get this straight.

Sarah from Research...

...is really this Krypton babe...

...who has got big plans for you?

So who is she?

Some sort of relative? Your cousin? Sister?

Well, no. Apparently...

...she's my wife.

- Your wife? - On Krypton.

Well, we're not on Krypton.

Lois, it's a thing that they do.

They marry you when you're a baby...

...if you're...

...of noble blood.

Noble blood.

I'm Lord Kal-El.

Of the House of El.

- And Miss Krypton... - Zara.

Is, of course, a bigwig too.

No, she's not.

She's a wacko. Clark, you don't actually believe any of this?

Lois, I was on their spacecraft. You saw them fly. You tell me.

Oh. Well, yeah. You're right.

There was the flying, wasn't there?

- Oh, God. - Lois...

...I'm as blown away by all of this as you are.

I mean, to find out in one night that... That there are living Kryptonians...

...I'm married and there might be a civil war.

A civil war? What?

That's what happens in their society if the ruling families fall apart.

I just don't see what any of this has to do with you.

That's why they're here.

They expect me to go back with Zara...

...and rule over New Krypton.

Before we lost Zara's last transmission...

...she said the infant Kal-El landed in this village...

...Smallville.

Find him.

You do not command me, Lord Nor.

I am not of your world.

I will fulfill the terms of my contract.

I will murder Kal-El.

I'm not saying that I'm going back with them, Lois.

Look, I'm sure their cause is very noble, but it doesn't justify what they're asking.

It doesn't justify those monstrous tests that they put you through.

Well, in Kryptonian logic, they had to know if I was up to the task.

Yeah, well, I guess it would take a special guy to shuck his adoring parents...

...and the woman he loves for a life of loneliness and violence...

...and possible death on some space rock.

- Maybe I'm missing the big picture, - No.

Lois, this is obviously a very emotional topic for you.

Yeah. Us wacky Earth women, we get mighty cranky about losing our husbands.

I only meant that Kryptonian character is more reserved and analytical.

"Kryptonian logic." "Kryptonian character."

Why are you so Kryptonian all of a sudden?

I am not more...

You know. All of a sudden.

I always have been.

I'm just now discovering my heritage.

Clark, this is your heritage.

Earth is your home.

Isn't it enough that you help millions of people here that count on you?

Not to mention the one person that really counts on you, me.

Lois, don't worry.

I know where my home is...

...and I know who I am.

There is no confusion about that, okay?

Kal-El.

We need very much to see you.

What?

Zara and Ching.

They're calling to me telepathically.

Kryptonians can speak to each other like that.

Great.

So, Sarah...

Zara.

All this time I thought you were just this shy, awkward girl working in Research.

Yes.

I used to tease Clark that you might have a little crush on him.

Didn't I, Clark?

He'd say, "Lois, you're being silly," and we'd laugh.

That was before we realized that you were, of course...

...married to him.

- So Kal-El has told you. - Yes.

Yes. Everything.

Not telepathically, of course.

The old-fashioned way, you know.

And, Ching, you are?

Lieutenant, bodyguard...

...and defender to the death of Lady Zara.

Well, listen...

...see, I know what it is you want from Clark...

...and frankly, I think you've got a lot of nerve.

Thank you.

What Clark doesn't know is the urgency of our plight.

- Lord Nor is closing in on us. - Who's Lord Nor?

Next in line for my hand should you annul our union.

Well, that's good. Then the trip's not a total loss.

Nor is a monster.

A soulless brigand who would enslave all who oppose him.

Marriage to me would ensure his reign...

...and he will do anything to achieve that.

He's already dispatched his favorite assassin to dispose of his problem.

- His problem being? - You.

Does this assassin have powers like yours and Clark's?

No. He's not Kryptonian.

On the other hand, he has never failed.

You can see how desperate Nor is. And why it is imperative we return quickly.

No, wait. Wait a minute.

You're asking us to trust you.

How do we know that you're not agents...

...of this Lord Nor yourselves?

Yeah. Yeah.

It's not like you've been the souls of honesty, you know. Good, Clark.

Do you have the craft that you first journeyed to Earth in?

I know where to get it.

No need to get up. I'll make myself a sandwich, Martha.

Where is Kal-El?

The child who fell from the sky.

Where is he?

This son, Clark?

Now you got me going. I need to have a snack too.

- Did you find the sourdough? - Right behind the pickles.

You run along now, I'll make you one.

- Are you sure you can manage? - Sure. Nothing to it.

- You run along now. - Thanks, honey.

I'm surprised, Kal-El, that you've chosen to share...

...the location of our vessel with an outsider.

I share everything with Lois.

And you don't find this constant intimacy draining?

- No. - No. No.

Clark, can you read these symbols?

No. Are they Kryptonian?

"Behold Kal-El, a noble of Krypton, born from the House of Lo...

...and into the House of El."

The symbols go on to direct Kal...

Clark.

To place his hand alongside the hand of Zara from the House of Ra.

I am Jor-El...

...the father of Kal-El.

If I am being seen, it means that both Kal-El...

...and his birth wife, Zara, are alive and together.

For only your unified touch can activate this image.

Just as only your united lives will keep strong...

...the dream of a peaceful Krypton.

My voice reaches out across the years and galaxies...

...calling upon my son to keep alive the watch fires of his people.

Bringing them from the darkness of chaos...

...and into the light of peace.

My dear son...

...that is my legacy.

That is your destiny.

- Mom? - Hi, honey.

- What's wrong? Is Dad okay? - Dad's fine.

It's your Aunt Opal. She broke her hip, so I flew in to help out.

A broken hip on top of a ruptured gall bladder?

- She fall out of her hospital bed? - Exactly. Very hard.

Man, it doesn't rain, it pours.

Honey, you look so tired.

Don't you want me to rub your shoulders for you like I used to?

Yeah, sure. I guess these last couple of days have been...

...kind of intense.

You know you can tell your mother anything.

Some things have come up about my past that could change all our lives.

Some strangers have contacted me about my Kryptonian family.

Clark, you're either very tense or you have a dense molecular structure.

Or both, Mom.

Anyway, until tonight I wasn't sure that these visitors...

...were who they said they were.

- You sure you wanna hear this part? - Don't worry, Clark.

Your mom is tough.

They say I have a destiny to fulfill.

I thought everyone from Krypton was dead, but apparently...

...a whole colony survived and is living on this empty...

...rocky planetoid called New Krypton.

Don't stop, Mom. Whatever you're doing feels great.

- Hello? - Clark?

Someone strange was here this evening.

Your father was unconscious.

I thought he'd fainted, but when he came to, he said...

...this person was looking for you.

- Are you okay? - We'll be fine.

- Okay. Be careful. - I will.

Call you later.

Mom?

Defend yourself, Earth thing.

Oh, honey.

Kal-El, you have become a wizard.

You better find yourself another job.

This assassin thing isn't working out for you.

- I am ready to die. - Well, I'm not ready to kill.

What? What has become of you here?

We're gonna go see some people and figure out what to do with you.

Mr. Kent. I was just about to slip this under your door.

There's gonna be a minor...

- ...rent adjustment. - Mrs. Cutler, I've gotta be...

I'm sorry, I seem to be interrupting something.

And I thought you were engaged to Miss Lane.

- Clarkie, I should be going. - No, no. You're not going anywhere.

- I just don't know what to do with him. - Mr. Kent...

...you must learn that when a woman says no, she means no.

Now, I don't wanna call someone and make a scene.

- Mrs. Cutler, I... - You just go back in there...

- ...and take a cold shower. - Excuse me.

And then he just changed again, just like that.

- What is this Tez? - He's an animal.

He comes from a planet where assassins are bred and trained...

...and hired out to the likes of Lord Nor.

Why didn't you just kill him? You're obviously stronger than he is.

I try not to kill anything. I don't believe in it.

He's no doubt caused a thousand deaths. He doesn't deserve any better himself.

When I found out that I was the most powerful man in this world...

...I had to make a decision:

Whether my powers stood for destruction or for life.

And I chose life.

On New Krypton, we'd choose whatever was expedient.

And we'd take a more pragmatic view.

Well, I guess I'm just the sloppy, sentimental type.

You've been on this sloppy planet way too long. I don't know how you stand it.

Maybe you just haven't given it a chance.

Ching wouldn't approve of this, losing sight for one second of our objective.

Ching needs to get a life.

He hates it here. The loud sounds, the smells, the clutter of people's minds.

I tell him he's kind of a snob.

Why do you put up with him?

Well, he's a highly accomplished military thinker.

Well, that's good.

But if you guys were from Earth...

...then I would guess, you know, by the way he sort of hovers around you...

...that he's crazy about you.

Well, on New Krypton, nobody is crazy about anything.

That's too bad.

Because as loud and cluttered and sloppy as this world is...

...it's also full of passion...

...feelings.

Like I have for Lois.

And feeling like that, that is the greatest thing that there is.

And it's a selfish thing.

- Certainly for people born of noble blood. - This thing that I have with Lois...

...it's the kind of thing that you grab on to and you never ever let go of.

Because it is one of the few perfect things in this world.

And I value that above all else.

Above my own life.

Zara...

...I can't go with you.

- Did you hear what I just said? - Yes, Kal-El.

I heard your words. But I also know your thoughts.

You haven't truly made up your mind at all.

Olsen, come here.

I want you to hop down to Photo...

...and get them to print out these shots that I've circled.

I want you to wait for them, bring them back up here.

- You got it, Chief. - And don't stop for anything.

- Time is a-wasting? - Yes, sir.

What's dangerous about this assassin is that he can change shapes.

You know, be anyone he wants.

- Good morning, Jimmy. - Hi, Jimmy.

- Morning. - It's just...

...I don't have any frame of reference for any of this.

And for you, I can tell...

...there's a weird familiarity to all of it.

And it just makes me feel like you're drifting away.

Lois, I'm not drifting anywhere.

I told Zara I'm not going.

Well, I wish that sounded more convincing.

- That's what she said. - Well...

...nice to know I have something in common with the missus.

- Lois. - I'm sorry. It just bugs me.

You've had two weddings, and only the one to her is real.

- Help! Help! The bridge! - I have to go.

- The voice you just heard, was it...? - A bridge collapsed.

Good.

- I mean... - We're gonna work this out, okay?

Sure.

Jimmy!

I thought I told you to wait down there for the prints.

Well, now I need a hand with a couple of other things. Come on.

Boy. Jimmy...

...I'm gonna revamp the assignment board. Now, I need an updated list...

...of who's doing what.

And I want Rewrite to take another whack at this.

And do me a favor, will you?

Send this steak back downstairs. The darn thing is blood-rare.

Jimmy, stop looking at me as if you're from outer space.

Yes, sir.

Jimmy...

- ...today! - Yes, sir.

I shall enjoy killing him.

Those with the strength to resist...

...only die more slowly.

I watch the fear in their eyes...

...as the last flicker of life...

...goes dark.

The same fear that I see in your eyes.

I'm not afraid of you.

You stupid creature.

I can feel your fear.

But it's not you I want.

You must be left behind...

...to grieve.

What is the use of killing...

...without grieving?

You be afraid. You have no idea what you're up against.

I can be his equal.

What is his, I will make mine.

I just want you to leave.

I want you to go away and leave us alone...

...so this Tez person will have no reason to kill Clark.

I am begging you.

I can't go, Lois. There are too many lives at stake.

What about Clark's life? What about my life?

If Kal-El doesn't return...

...Nor will seize power, which will divide the ruling houses...

...and the hold that they have over the people.

Riots will be followed by mass murders, followed by civil war.

Do you love Clark?

This was never a question of love.

As a matter of fact...

...I have feelings for Lieutenant Ching.

But what I'm talking about is more important than two people's love.

I've always thought that was the most important thing there was.

I know how much you love Clark...

...and what he feels for you.

And I wish Clark could stay here forever.

But Kal-El cannot.

You're asking me to sacrifice everything...

...for a world I'll never see.

I'm asking you to save a world...

...that's robbing us both of the men we love.

I adore the night.

It's the time of the deadliest hunters.

I know you can hear me with that powerful hearing, Kal-El.

But where am I?

I could be any one of them, couldn't I?

Tear them all apart.

You're bound to get me.

But you won't tear them apart, will you?

This is why I will win.

Because I will stop at nothing.

Superman.

What an arrogant name you have taken.

Drop it, Tez.

Die, Kal-El.

You see, I am learning.

Next time I will win.

So if you do go to this New Krypton...

...you wouldn't have any of your powers, is that right?

I'd be like anyone else.

Able to die like anyone else.

So help me out here.

- What do you guys think I should do? - Oh, Clark.

Do you know how much I wanna say you should tell these people to just get lost...

...that this isn't your problem?

And I guess a lot of folks would say that's the smart thing to do.

When your father and I were young, we marched for civil rights.

We were hit with fire hoses, chased by dogs...

It was something.

And people said to us, "Why would you go there? This isn't your fight."

And I didn't even know what to say.

Because it was something we believed in.

We've never been asked to send a son off to war. But if we were...

...and my son asked me, "Should I go?"

I'd say to him:

"Is this your fight?"

Is this something you believe in?

You have something to tell us, Kal-El?

We have something to tell you.

He and I have decided...

...that he should help you in your struggle.

Then you both understand that Lois must remain here.

She'd never survive the other world.

We understand.

I know what it is you're giving up.

I know you do.

I've possibly underestimated you, Lois.

If I've seemed unkind, understand that carving out a homeland...

...in a hostile universe leaves us little time in our lives for kindness or love.

Lieutenant...

...without kindness, what is your homeland worth?

And without love...

...what are your lives worth?

There's still the matter of Tez. He won't willingly let you leave, Kal-El.

Can you overcome him?

He doesn't have the powers that I have...

...but he seems to get stronger after each encounter with me.

It's almost like I'm fighting myself.

So...

...he was imitating you.

No.

- Tez is becoming him. - What?

Tez said that he could become Clark's equal.

"What is his, I will make mine."

Clark, he's using your own strength against you...

...like some highly advanced martial-arts technique.

So whatever I throw at him he throws back in a boosted form.

To turn Superman's own strength against him would make Tez unstoppable.

Unless Clark could do the same thing to Tez.

Tez is very near.

I am here, Kal-El.

I am here, Kal-El.

Meet my challenge if you dare.

You are finished, Kal-El!

- Impressive. - Most impressive.

- What should we do with him? - Tez has failed.

Among his kind, that's unacceptable.

He will bring his life forces to an end.

You've won the battle, not the war.

If you're fool enough to make the journey, Kal-El, I await your arrival...

...and ruin on New Krypton.

- Hi. - Hi.

Your sweater.

You lent it to me that time that we flew to Bangkok for Thai noodles.

I thought you might need it.

Who knows what the weather's gonna be like on New Krypton. It might be...

I don't know what to do here.

I could pack some cookies or darn some socks.

I can't even write you.

I don't know if I can do this.

You can.

What I wanna do...

...is just take you in my arms and fly away.

From what, yourself?

Your destiny?

I will be here waiting for you, Clark.

And if you can return, you will.

You have so much faith in me.

Well, that's all I have.

I think that's what's keeping me standing here.

Because when I let myself imagine tomorrow without you, I start to shake.

Lois, if there was any way that I could take you with me, I would.

I know.

I know.

I never got a chance...

...to wear my wedding ring.

I was hoping that you could...

...keep it for me.

I will keep this...

...as safe as I keep my love for you.

Lois, I have loved you from the beginning.

And I'll love you till the end.

In my heart...

...I am your husband.

And I'm your wife.

Always.

So...

...which star is yours?

I don't know if you can see it.

There.

I see it.

I'll watch it every night.

Although I've always loved life here on Earth...

...and have called it my home...

...I have another home as well.

One that needs me now.

But wherever I am...

...I'll carry the best of Earth with me.

And while I'm gone, I ask each one of you...

...to look to yourselves for the strength...

...decency and compassion...

...that I know each one of you has inside.

Emerson said, "Self-trust is the essence of heroism."

Inside each of you is a hero.

And so I leave...

...knowing that a world full of heroes...

...has nothing to fear.

I'm counting on the Daily Planet to be the conscience of Metropolis.

Jimmy...

- ...be a friend to Lois. - Of course.

Clark wanted to be here, but he's out covering the reaction to your speech.

Well, Clark knows how I feel.

They're ready to roll on this.

You're the only parents I've ever known.

The only parents I've ever wanted.

Whatever good I bring to New Krypton...

...will be because of you.

You take care of yourself, son.

Take care of them, please.

- Don't forget me. - Lois...

It's time.

It's over.

Everything's over.

I shouldn't have let him go.

Lois, you two will find a way.

Dearest Lois, a love that risks nothing...

...is worth nothing.

Lois.

Lois.

Lois...

...I love you.