All language subtitles for [D_C_Empire]superman.and.lois.s01e00

Clark:
My most vivid memories

are of the days
when my life changed.

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

I can't think of a better story,
right now, than this one.

Guggenheim:
We all need a little hope,

we all need a little escapism,

and we all need
a little inspiration.

And Superman is hope.

He is driven by using his powers
for the greater good.

Superman has stayed with us
generation after generation

because the world
has continued to need heroes.

And we need Clark Kent.

And we need Lois Lane.

It's Lois. What'd you say
your name was again?

Uh, Kent. Clark.
Clark! Kent.

"Superman & Lois"
has a lot going on.

It's really fun.

It's nostalgic,
and it's hopeful.

It's about the family.
It's about the kids.

It's about how does he handle
all these responsibilities

as well as to be a father.

♪♪

Lois: The world will
need Superman,

but right now this family
needs you more.

Berlanti: He's dealing with
a whole new set of problems

we've never seen Superman
deal with before.

Johns: Superman's there with us,
to guide us,

to give us faith that
tomorrow's gonna be better.

You have never seen
a Superman show like this.

Up, up, and away.
[ Chuckles ]

♪♪

Clark: I remember
coming to this Earth,

feeling the sun on my face
for the first time.

♪♪

When we think of superheroes,

we have to think about Superman.

He was the first.
He was the original.

All: Superman!

Superman was the epitome
of a hero.

He could do everything.

He had the best powers.
He could fly.

Who doesn't want to fly?

For all the comic-book
characters

that have ever been,
before and after,

he is kind of the dividing line.

Johns: Superman's captured
my imagination

since I watched him fly
onscreen,

since I read a comic book
with Superman

or watched an animated series
with Superman.

And it was clear he was
just doing the right thing

because it was
the right thing to do.

And there's
a famous phrase, like,

"With great power
comes great responsibility,"

and when I think of Superman,
it's not a question.

It's a statement.
That is his essence.

Here you go, friend.
Thanks!

Cool costume.
Thanks!

My mom made it for me.

This is a guy
do good things,

and he does them,
and it's just as simple as that.

Tulloch: If you stripped him of
his powers, he would still be

the same goofy, lovable,
kind, decent person,

and that's something
to aspire to,

superhuman strength or not.

Good night, General.

[ Whooshing ]

He's got this ability
to inspire those around him

to strive to be the best
versions of themselves.

I do have a responsibility
to the world

as you know who.

Lara: Well, you've got
a bigger responsibility

to your family...
as a father.

What if we were to see stories
in the Superman mythos

that we never got to see...

The boys need
to see what a strong

and loving and vulnerable man
looks like.

...which is,
once he became a father

and once he became a dad...

I'm trying.

[ Knocking ]

Wow. Make a pretty
good Superman.

This is different.
It's not a normal Superman show.

You know, growing up,
I loved "Smallville."

This feels like a different
show, a whole different vibe

than any other Superman show
that's been done.

-I was in Wichita for a story.
-Yeah, you couldn't catch

a flight back.
Mom said.

It's a modern Superman,
and it's done well.

If you need anything,
if you want to go and talk...

He's a dad, and he's a husband.

We're gonna be alright.

To see him challenged
on a daily basis,

it brings this unpredictability
to a character

that's usually
somewhat predictable.

Just leave us alone.

What we wanted to do
was to tell a story

that hadn't been told yet,

which is, like,
when Superman grows up.

always
need Superman,

but right now
this family needs you more.

It made me think about Superman
in ways I never have before.

Superman's boring.

I never really thought
about how he pays the bills.

Huh.

basic day-to-day routines?

Lee:
We do a little bit of therapy
on the characters, right,

and really kind of get at
what makes them tick.

What motivates these characters
to do what they do?

♪♪

Clark:
And suddenly here I am,

living in Metropolis,
raising two teenage boys,

married to the most famous
journalist in the world.

All of the shows
in the Arrowverse

have some element of family.
They always have.

That's your cousin...sort of.

But this one even more so
than any of them.

Your plate's in the fridge.
Jonathan's got some news.

And apologize to Jordan.
You missed therapy today.

Helbing: The theme of family.

It's the biggest theme

and the most important theme
in our show.

Lois is the best journalist
in the world,

and Superman is...Superman,

But you're seeing them
failing sometimes as parents.

Your parents told you about your
real heritage when you were 6.

Lois, that was different.
I lived on a farm. I had powers.

Guggenheim:
It's called "Superman & Lois,"

I believe, for a reason.

The "And Lois" part
is really, really critical.

Hoechlin:
I really like that they're both

tackling things on their end

and they're there to assist
each other, they're a team.

Lois: When we were dreaming
about having a family,

it didn't look like this,
did it?

"Superman & Lois" is a TV show
for every generation.

You can take all
the hero elements out of it,

and it would still
very much stand on its own.

-Love you, guys.
-Love you.

-Good luck today, guys!
-Thanks, Dad.

♪♪

Guggenheim: It's so obvious
that the Kent home

is every bit as important
as the Fortress of Solitude.

That's showing a new gear
for the Arrowverse.

There's a scope to it, capturing
the beauty of the landscape.

It looks incredibly cinematic,
and it looks like a movie.

A good deal of our time
is spent in Smallville,

Superman

and he is protecting
sometimes the entire world.

Helbing: Superman is sort of
the hero of the world.

It doesn't really matter
where his base is.

Schechter: He's Superman,
and sometimes you got to show

that the man can fly into space,
and that's really cool, too,

and that's part
of the fun of it,

is how many literal worlds
Superman can travel to.

♪♪

It's Lois. What'd you say
your name was again?

Uh, Kent. Clark.
Clark! Kent.

Oh. Oh.
[ Chuckles ] Sorry.

Hmm. Never met
a Clark before.

Oh. Um, I-I've never
met a Lois before.

What we used our imagination for

was not to reimagine
who Clark and Lois were...

Clark: Actually, there was
my first-grade teacher,

Lois Hannigan,
so I guess technically --

Oh. T-Technically,
you'd be the second!

...but to imagine
what Clark and Lois

would do and feel in 2021...

Clark:
When we fell in love,

I told Lois who I really was,
where I came from.

...to see this iconic
romantic love story

and to see them mature

and deal with the same issues
we all deal with.

Helbing: Clark and Lois

have this very similar idea
of what a marriage is.

Hoechlin: We're not at
the courting phase, we're not at

the, you know, "her finding out
about him" phase.

These are two people
who have gotten very comfortable

in their life with each other.

The foundation is very strong,
but there is tension.

Should have told them
a long time ago.

We just got to be
on the same page going forward.

Every decision they make
needs to be from both of them.

You think your mom
wanted us

to move to Smallville
and live on the farm?

It's a simpler life.

It's a lot
when you have work and kids

and trying to save things
from falling down

and things from exploding.

This family
needs Smallville.

As much as the world
needs Superman?

Clark and Lois are really trying
to reacquaint themselves

with not just a town,
but with their own family.

But I think she was right.

Really?

♪♪

Jonathan: Are we going
to Grandma's?

Clark:
I think we're overdue.

Great. Smallville.

Place where you can spend
a full year in one afternoon.

It's not that bad.

There's a reason why
the most famous superhero ever

that probably best embodies
the best of us

was raised in a town
like Smallville.

A lot of the values
that he has as an individual,

he developed in that town.

You remember our boys --
Jonathan and Jordan.

Helbing:
What Clark realizes is that

it might just be a good time
to take a step back

and slow down their life.

A chance for Clark
to get back to his roots

and to get away from

the sprawling urban adventures
that they've had.

There's a realization like,
"Maybe Metropolis

is not what's best
for our sons right now

and for our relationship."

Clark: All my memories,

my childhood, my parents --
they're all here.

And although on the surface
Smallville might seem perfect,

there's a lot of problems
with Smallville.

We had to sell Overly Foods
last year.

I'm really sorry
to hear that.

Smallville's changed.
There's more than meets the eye.

Everybody leaves.
It's almost a ghost town.

Everybody else we know
moved away.

She means "bailed."

I felt like that might be
a great way to infuse,

you know, what a lot of people
are experiencing right now.

Smaller towns are dying
in our country.

And who better to give some hope
than Superman?

Can't be that bad.
I mean, it's more the people

that make up
a place, right?

Wow. Metropolis boys are really
starting to lose their game.

♪♪

Jonathan: Jordan, what are we
looking for, anyways?

♪♪

Helbing:
Johnson and Jordan Kent

are as different
as brothers can get.

They're fraternal twins, but
they look completely different.

They act completely different.

They're going through
the same phases of life

at the same time, right? So it
makes them super, super close.

Who are you -- Mom?

Someone's got to
watch out for you.

You can see
that they have the maturity

to still love each other
and still make sure

they're okay
at the end of each day.

Jonathan and Jordan
are two really normal

teenage boys.

Um...Dad?

Oh! Right. Yeah. Okay.

As the children
of Lois Lane and Clark Kent,

it's a little bit more
than most.

It's quite the secret
that's exposed.

What are you doing?!
Do not touch that!

[ Rumbling ]

Oh, my God!

they realize that
they're half-Kryptonian,

but every kid
wants to be special

but is also really scared
of standing out.

I'm half-human,
half whatever the hell he is!

I understand Clark's hesitation
to keep that from them.

Your grandparents,
they raised me...

taught me how to control
my abilities, how to blend in.

Johns:
His powers are passed down.

That's a massive part
of the show, too, is that,

how do you help somebody
go through what he did?

It's Dad's secret,
but now it's like, "Whoa.
Now it's our secret, too."

It's like -- This is something
we're gonna have to carry
with us our whole lives,

and it's gonna change
our whole lives.

[ Cellphone rings ]

Clark: Hey, Mom. Sorry.

This morning has just been --
Dr. Frye?

Hoechlin: One of
the most emotional moments

in all the different stories

and the way
that the story's been told

is when his father
has his heart attack and dies

in "Superman: The Movie"

and, reflecting on this loss,
Clark says, you know,

"All this power,
and I couldn't save them."

To see the vulnerability
of Superman

makes him really relatable

and makes him,
when he is still heroic,

even more inspiring.

No one ever dreams
about their problems,

but every life has them --
even the extraordinary ones.

Superman, the embodiment
of the ultimate superhero,

has a pang of self-doubt.

Everything I do with the boys

just seems like
it blows up in my face.

I think it speaks
to his humanity.

Feels like it's my fault
that this is all falling apart.

He doesn't think he's iconic,
so there isn't that lore

of Superman's been around
for 80-plus years.

It's, "I just got here,
and I'm just doing everything

that I can
to make things better."

Your life falling apart
doesn't mean you're special.

It means you're human.

-Thanks for the save.
-With a magic arrow, no less.

♪♪

[ Glass shatters ]

♪♪

Berlanti: The Arrowverse
really just started

with a desire to tell the story
of Arrow and Oliver Queen,

and it grew because of many
of us who work on the shows,

you know, our love
either for comic books

but also for the shows.

We enjoy and we love
the shared universe.

Happy?
Ecstatic.

aren't
done fooling around. Whoo!

The DC bench is so deep.

You get representation
from all walks of life,

different people
from different backgrounds

coming together and fighting
for a singular vision.

My hat's off to Greg Berlanti

and Marc Guggenheim
and Geoff Johns.

When they launched "Arrow"
and then added "Flash,"

"Legends of Tomorrow,"

and "Black Lightning"
and "Supergirl,"

they didn't take
the easy way out,

which was just to have each show
be independent of one another.

They recognized that,
from the fan point of view,

these characters all exist
in the same universe.

You want to tag along?

If you don't, I will,
Smallville.

-[ Chuckles ]
-Who are you?

It's the ultimate
sort of adaptation

of what the DC mythology
is about.

A friend.

There's obviously
great visual effects,

there's great action sequences.

but the shows work because
you care about the characters,

and that's why you can have,
like, the silliest episode

of "Legends" or the darkest
episode of "Batwoman."

You care about the people.

And when you watch the pilot
to "Superman & Lois,"

it feels very much like
that resetting, that restart,

and it's starting
a brand-new era of DC Universe,

a brand-new era
of the Arrowverse.

Berlanti: Each show
has to stand on its own,

but at its best, they're also
still part of a collective.

And like any superhero group,
the collective

is always stronger
than the sum of its parts.

♪♪

Comic books in general are such
a great metaphor for life

and for the struggles
that we all experience.

It's just in a slightly tweaked,
heightened version.

I think superhero stories
are our Greek myths.

Elsass:
We all need that light.

We need something
that's gonna give us hope.

And superheroes do that.
That's what they've always done.

The best ones have emotional
stories at their center,

stories that are
very relatable to us,

and they're symbolic
or they're metaphors

for what we have to deal with.

New Batwoman.

Berlanti: It's clear that
right now we're in a time

where superheroes
are more powerful than ever.

Part of that is just by
how popular they are,

but the other part of it
is how, I think,

needed they are
and what they represent.

When your father first told me,
I didn't understand, either.

There is often a correlation

with times of
socioeconomic crisis.

You ain't too tough
without those extra powers!

You see these people
do these amazing things.

They're fighting. They're
putting their lives on the line.

It inspires people in a way
that other stories don't.

Lee:
When we think of heroes,

especially heroes
with incredible powers,

it's reassuring to know that
there are people like Superman

and they choose
to use their powers for good.

♪♪

Told you you'd catch me.

Who doesn't want to be able

to imagine waking up and
being able to save the world?

Get 'em while they're hot.

More juice?

Uh, I think I'm good.
Thank you.

We can watch a show and say
there are people

who want things to be better
and will do things

to make things better,
not just for themselves,

but for people
who can't help themselves.

I'm Grant Gustin
from "The Flash."

-Hello! It's Brec Bassinger.
-Javicia Leslie.

-Nicole Maines.
-Matt Ryan.

Jordan Calloway here
from CW's "Black Lightning."

And I just wanted
to wish everyone,

cast and crew from
"Superman & Lois" well.

What I loved most about Superman
was that he was, like,

way, you know, beyond his time,

and I think that time
that he was in is now.

Not only am I excited

that these characters
are back on TV --

just the fact that they exist
in our universe.

To see Superman and Lois
in a different way

that we haven't seen them
before -- together, you know?

So excited to see what what
"Superman & Lois" has in store.

Superman has
a plethora of powers,

and I am extremely excited
to see how they do those

from, like,
his super strength to flying.

Anybody that knows me

knows I've loved this character
my entire life.

I've been a fan
for a long, long time.

I cannot wait
for "Superman & Lois."

Literally, I grew up
watching Superman,

so this about to be epic.

[ Siren wailing ]

[ Helicopter blades whirring ]

Man: Hey, hey!

How long we got before
this thing pops its top?

A few minutes, tops!

Now is absolutely the right time
for this story.

We could all use
an enormous amount of hope.

General Lane:
Come on, Superman.

Guggenheim: Superman's
always stood for hope.

the Kryptonian "S" glyph
on Krypton means "hope."

If we can get people to tune in

and sit down with their families
and reconnect for an hour.

then everything that we're doing
is worth it.

A lot of what grounds us
is family.

Right now is
the perfect time to see

the American hero, Superman,
deal with family.

Tulloch: To have a superhero
who really does embody

all good things
and kindness and decency,

I think it's really timely.

You were right. I haven't
always been there for you.

But I promise you...
I will be.

Johns: I'm desperate for more
Superman stories as a fan,

and I'm desperate
to be inspired by somebody.

We need inspiration.

What makes Superman who he is
is that when he has

the opportunity to do good,
he does it.

Berlanti: The world needs him
and Lois and their family

as much as they ever have.

Lee: For generations of fans
that have grown up

on different
Superman movies or TV shows,

we're gonna get
something new and different

which will continue
to keep Superman relevant

in our hearts and minds.

Schechter:
I'm excited for audiences

to see these characters
and see these worlds.

I'm excited for audiences

to fall in love
with this family.

They're coming back home,
but now Clark's a grown man.

He's seen so much more.
He's lived so much more life.

So people of all ages
will be able to relate to this.

Hoechlin: Kids who are fans
of the character

can watch it and still have
an attachment to it,

but people who have been
a fan of the character

since they were young,
who are now older and
have kids of their own,

can experience it
in a whole new way.

We see so much of ourselves
in them,

but we also see
what we aspire to be.

♪♪

And now an exclusive sneak peek

at what's to come
on "Superman & Lois."

Clark: After my father died,
I felt pretty lost.

Had a lot of questions
about who I was...

why I could do
the things I could do.

So I came here,
found my answers.

Jor-El:
You brought your son to me.

Why?

Each power comes
with its own burden.

It's not just what you do.
It's also what you don't do.

Jonathan: What's the point of
having something special

if you're not allowed
special?

When your dad gets distracted,
lives are at stake.

♪♪

Man: I know you can hear
the bomb in my ship.

Where the hell is Superman?

Man: Me or them.
Make a choice.

Everything you do
is a mistake!

I don't know
who my kids are anymore.

If you don't like the way
something is, change it.

I don't like his priorities
changing.

♪♪

It's called
being a father!

Clark: I am not throwing away
time with my family...

but if anything goes wrong,
I will be there.

♪♪

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