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Cold Open[]
[]
CLARK:
My most vivid memories are of the days when my life changed.
[explosion]
CLARK:
I remember coming to this Earth, feeling the sun on my face for the first time.
MARTHA:
Oh, my God, Jonathan. It's a baby boy.
JONATHAN SR:
Hold on, Martha.
CLARK:
Hearing the voices of my parents.
[serene music]
♪ ♪
MARTHA:
Are you gonna join us?
CLARK:
My mother called me their greatest surprise. And boy, there sure were lots of them.
CLARK:
I remember loving Smallville-- the people, the community, how the small things were the big things. And I thought I'd live there forever.
CLARK:
Dad?
Martha:
Jonathan?
CLARK:
Dad! Dad!
MARTHA:
Jonathan!
CLARK:
Dad, wake up! Somebody call 911!
CLARK:
But my father's death set me on a different path.
CLARK:
Eventually, I moved to Metropolis to become who I was meant to be.
[tires screech]
[metallic crunch]
♪ ♪
[onlookers chattering]
SUPERMAN:
There you go, friend.
KID:
Thanks. Cool costume.
SUPERMAN:
Thanks. My mom made it for me.
CLARK:
But my most vivid memory of all was the day I met her.
MAN:
Everyone in here, we're the most dependable friends the people of Metropolis have. You remember that.
CLARK:
Uh, yes, sir.
MAN:
Stick with Lane. She'll show you the ropes.
CLARK:
Uh, Lane, sir?
LOIS:
Who told you to wear a tie?
LOIS:
Let me guess. Lombard? Ignore him. Though he can get box seats to the Meteors. You like baseball?
CLARK:
Uh, uh, of course. I mean, who doesn't like America's pastime, Miss Lane?
LOIS:
It's Lois. What'd you say your name was again?
CLARK:
Uh, Kent. Clark. Clark Kent.
CLARK:
Oh! Oh. [chuckles] Sorry.
LOIS:
Hmm. Never met a Clark before.
CLARK:
Oh, uh, I've never met a Lois before.
LOIS:
Thanks.
CLARK:
Actually, there was my first-grade teacher, Lois Hannigan, so I guess technically-- oh, tech--technically, you'd be the second.
CLARK:
We fell in love. I told Lois who I really was, where I came from.
♪ ♪
[guests cheering and applauding]
CLARK:
We married, got our first place together...
CLARK:
The twins came. They were as different as brother gets.
CLARK:
Look out!
[twins laughing]
CLARK:
Jonathan was easy. Always happy, always, smiling.
[twins cheer]
[Lois claps]
LOIS:
Good job, babe!
CLARK:
And things with Jordan were more...challenging.
LOIS:
Jordan? Stop it.
SUPERMAN:
Tantrums, night terrors.
[Jordan sobbing]
CLARK:
A year ago, he was diagnosed with social anxiety disorder.
♪ ♪
CLARK:
And suddenly, here I am, living in Metropolis, raising two teenage boys, married to the most famous journalist in the world, trying to make the world safer for the people I love.
[helicopter whirring, alarm blaring]
[siren wailing]
[indistinct radio chatter]
SAM:
Here, here. Here!
[suspenseful music]
SAM:
Hey! Hey, hey! How long we got before this thing pops its top?
TECHNICIAN:
A few minutes, tops.
SAM:
The fallout?
TECHNICIAN:
As far as Metropolis.
SAM:
Come on, Superman.
[ringing tone]
WOMAN:
The heat exchanger 's offline.
MAN:
Where's the damn water tanker?
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[alarm blaring]
MAN:
His cold breath isn't gonna fix it.
WOMAN:
We need water back in the reactor vessel, or we're gonna have a meltdown the size of Fukushima.
MAN:
- It's out of water!
- Tanks!
♪ ♪
TECHNICIAN:
It's cooling down.
[exciting music]
♪ ♪
SUPERMAN & LOIS LOGO
Act I[]
[crowd gasps]
[indistinct chatter]
[cheers and applause]
SUPERMAN:
It's just like Oyster Creek. Same kind of crack in the cooling tower.
SAM:
How is it no one at either plant saw anything?
SUPERMAN:
I don't know yet. But you can't get equipment in here unnoticed. Both cracks were man-made.
SAM:
That's what concerns me.
SAM:
You've been putting in a lot of OT lately. My daughter okay with that?
SUPERMAN:
She's not the one I have to worry about.
SAM:
Bass are gonna start biting again soon. Was thinking I'd take Jonathan fishing. Maybe even get Jordan to come this time.
SUPERMAN:
I'll talk to Lois about some dates. Night, General.
[stirring music]
♪ ♪
LOIS:
And the delivery truck crashed into your car?
LOIS:
It was an unmarked box truck?
Can you hold on one sec?
LOIS:
I gotta get Foswell copy first thing in the morning.
CLARK:
Okay.
LOIS:
Your plate's in the fridge, Jonathan's got some news, and apologize to Jordan; you missed therapy today.
LOIS:
Sorry about that. Yeah...
[rock music playing in other room]
ELIZA:
Well, how do you know who she is?
JON:
Come in.
ELIZA:
You've never met her.
CLARK:
Hey.
JON:
Hey!
CLARK:
What's up? Mom said you had news.
JON:
Uh, Eliza, one second.
JON:
Yeah, um, yeah. I'm--I'm actually starting QB.
CLARK:
For varsity?
JON:
Yep. Yeah, um. Think--think I'm the first freshman to ever do it, and some of the upperclassmen are pretty ticked off.
CLARK:
Oh, don't worry about them.
JON:
Worry? Nah, it's awesome. You should've seen their faces.
CLARK:
[laughs]
JON:
Um, Dad.
CLARK:
Oh, right, yeah. Okay. Okay.
CLARK:
Hi, Eliza!
ELIZA:
Hi.
CLARK:
Hey, congrats.
JON:
Thanks, Dad.
CLARK:
Proud of you.
JON:
Th--okay, thanks.
CLARK:
Sorry. I'm out of here.
JON:
All right.
[rock music playing in other room]
♪ It's all I can take ♪
♪ Ah ♪
♪ You're a flake ♪
♪ ♪
[knock at door]
♪ And I need a ♪
♪ Need a break, you're a flake ♪
CLARK:
Hey.
- ♪ I don't wanna see you ♪
[music volume lowers]
CLARK:
Wow, you, uh, you make a pretty good Superman.
JORDAN:
Superman's boring. I'm Raiden.
CLARK:
Huh, Um.
CLARK:
[stammers] Sorry I-- I missed our therapy today. Um, I was in Wichita for a story--
JORDAN:
You couldn't catch a flight back. Mom said.
CLARK:
So, uh, high--high school starts tomorrow. You, uh, you nervous? 'Cause you know, it's okay if you're nervous. Um, I know freshman year was pretty tough for me. [chuckles] Did I--did I ever tell you about the time I was the team manager of the football..
JORDAN:
Yeah, everyone duct taped you to a tractor. Yeah, life's a little different in Smallville than it is in Metropolis.
CLARK:
Okay, well, yeah. You know. If you--if you need anything, if you wanna talk... I'm hear.
♪ That's okay, this is LA ♪
♪ But we're not gonna make it after all ♪
JORDAN:
Hey Dad?
CLARK:
Yeah?
JORDAN:
The music?
♪ Said you'd be late ♪
CLARK:
Right.
♪ You're barely awake ♪
[volume rises]
♪ Give me a break ♪
♪ ♪
♪ You're a flake ♪
♪ ♪
♪ And I need a, need a break ♪
[phone chimes]
♪ I don't wanna see you around this place... ♪
[sentimental music]
♪ ♪
MARTHA:
I saw you on the news. Are you just getting home now?
CLARK:
Yeah, a little bit ago.
MARTHA:
Honey, I know you've got a lot on your plate, but you really do need to be around more.
CLARK:
Mom, I uh, you know, I do have a responsibility to the world as you-know-who.
MARTHA:
Well, you've got a bigger responsibility to your family as a father. The boys need to see what a strong and loving and vulnerable man look like-- what your father was to you. You only have them for a short while longer before they go off into the world. You gotta be present.
CLARK:
I'm trying. [chuckles] I really am. I don't wanna let anybody down. Was it, um... [chuckles softly] Was it always this hard for you and Dad?
MARTHA:
Your lives are so much more complicated than ours ever were. Besides, life's a little different in Smallville, remember? [groans softly]
CLARK:
You okay?
MARTHA:
I just need to lie down, that's all.
CLARK:
Get some sleep, Mom. I love you.
MARTHA:
Good night, honey.
CLARK:
Night.
♪ ♪
CLARK:
Get 'em while they're hot.
JON:
Thanks.
CLARK:
More juice?
JON:
Uh, I think I'm good. Thank you.
LOIS:
Little help? Your mom called while you were in the shower about a visit.
JON:
Are we going to Grandma's?
CLARK:
I think we're overdue.
JON:
Great. Smallville. A place where you can spend a full year in one afternoon.
LOIS:
It's not that bad.
JON:
- Whoa.
Is that how you're going
dressed today?
Somebody got the
punch-me-in-the-face memo.
JORDAN:
Yeah, I should dress like you? Like some sort of human participation trophy?
JON:
No, but you could watch a, like, "HowToBasic" video on style.
LOIS:
Enough. Both of you, go. Your ride's here.
LOIS:
Love you guys.
JON:
Love you.
CLARK:
Good luck today, guys.
JON:
Thanks, Dad.
JORDAN:
Yeah.
LOIS:
You're worried about Jordan.
CLARK:
I tried talking to him last night, but he was pretty upset.
LOIS:
Well, if he knew where you really were... your parents told you about your real heritage when you were six.
CLARK:
That was --that was different. I lived on a farm. I had powers.
LOIS:
You don't think Jonathan's got something?
CLARK:
Test at the Fortress said it was unlikely.
LOIS:
He's about to be starting quarterback at one of the most competitive high schools in the nation... as a freshman.
CLARK:
Yeah. Doesn't mean he has powers.
LOIS:
Have you seen him throw a deep route?
CLARK:
And what about Jordan? All it's gonna do is make him feel more alien than he already does. Trust me, I've been there.
LOIS:
We're late.
CLARK:
It's too dangerous for them to know.
LOIS:
It's more dangerous if they don't.
CLARK:
But Lois, they slip up once, say the wrong thing to one person, the whole world know who I am.
CLARK:
What? Your father agrees with me.
LOIS:
Oh, now we care what my dad thinks?
[indistinct chatter]
CLARK:
I'm just saying, they're 14. They don't need to know yet.
LOIS:
Maxy, what's going on?
MAXY:
Whit...fired.
LOIS:
More layoffs?
LOIS:
I knew when Morgan Edge bought the "Planet," there's be cuts, but this is unbelievable.
MAN:
Kent! You got a minute?
[tense music]
LOIS:
Foswell fired you?
CLARK:
It's better me than somebody else, okay? I do have another day job.
LOIS:
That's not the point! Foswell's no editor; he's a patsy for Edge. All these billionaires
that by media outlets use this "moving to digital" crap as an excuse to destroy journalism, and they don't care about human interest stories or facts. All they care about is click-throughs.
LOIS:
OW.
LOIS:
You're gonna need a new excuse for being gone all the time now.
[phone rings]
CLARK:
Lois. We're not telling the boys.
CLARK:
Hey Mom, sorry. This morning's just been...
[suspenseful music]
CLARK:
Dr. Frye?
♪ ♪
FRYE:
Clark? How did you...
[somber music]
FRYE:
The stroke... [sighs] It...
♪ ♪
[breath catches]
[crying softly]
[crying softly]
Act II[]
[somber music]
PASTOR:
- Faithful God,
Lord of all creation,
you desire that nothing
redeemed by you Son
will ever be lost,
as we return the ashes
of our sister to the earth
to live with you
and all your children
forever and ever.
Amen.
♪ ♪
MARTHA:
- Clark!
EXT - KENT FARM
JORDAN:
- What's that?
JONATHAN:
- It's 1:00.
Don't you need to take
your pill with something?
JORDAN:
- Who are you? Mom?
JONATHAN:
- Someone's gotta watch out for you.
BRANDEN:
- Now, Clark here and his dad?
They could harvest crops faster
than any farm in the area.
LOIS:
- How's your place,
Mr. Branden?
BRANDEN:
- We had to sell
to Oberlee Foods last year.
LOIS:
- I'm really sorry
to hear that.
BRANDEN:
- It's hard for family farmers
to make it around here
nowadays.
[overlapping voices]
LANA: It's been so long since we've seen them.
LANA:
- What are you doing?
LANA:
- Come on, sweetie.
Keep up.
[serene music]
♪ ♪
JONATHAN:
- Remember that girl from
that summer we stayed here?
JORDAN:
- Sarah Cushing?
JONATHAN:
- Yeah.
She's here.
JORDAN:
- Really? Where?
JONATHAN:
- 50 yards and approaching.
JONATHAN:
If you hurry,
you'll have time to go inside
and change into...
A completely different person.
LANA:
- Clark, I'm so sorry.
She was always so kind to me.
To all of us.
CLARK:
- It's good to see you, Lana.
LANA:
- Same.
LANA:
Lois, it's great to see you.
I'm sorry it's under
these circumstances.
LOIS:
- It's nice to see you too.
You remember our boys,
Jonathan and Jordan.
LANA:
- Hi.
JORDAN:
- Hey.
KYLE:
- These are our girls.
The littlest one here
is Sophie.
And, uh,
well, the one with
the perma-scowl over there,
that's Sarah.
SRAHA:
- [chuckles] Hi.
I'm really sorry
about your grandma.
She was really special.
Even my dad like her,
and he hates everyone, so.
Kyle:
- [chuckles]
KYLE:
- House full of girls.
Someone's always pissed at you.
SOPHIE:
- Mommy.
LANA:
- Mm-hmm?
SOPHIE:
- That's him.
LANA:
- Well, your daddy and I
went to high school
with Mr. Kent.
SOPHIE:
- You dated him.
That's why daddy got mad
when he saw you
on his Facebook page.
LANA:
- Okay, sweets,
why don't you go play?
[chuckles]
LANA:
[sighs]
How are you holding up?
CLARK:
- I could really use a drink,
actually.
KYLE:
- See, now you're talking.
Lead the way.
KYLE:
Be good.
SARAH:
- I didn't think you guys
would've remembered me
from that summer.
JORDAN:
- Of course we would,
I mean, y--
buy you changed
your everything.
JONATHAN:
- What my brother's
trying to say is
that whatever you're doing is--
it's totally working for you.
SARAH:
- Well, we still get puberty
in Smallville.
Although cell service
sucks, so.
JORDAN:
- Yeah no, I've been trying
to get on all morning.
I think there's something wrong
with the router.
JONATHAN:
- Just probably needs
to be reset.
JORDAN:
- Jon, it's in the barn.
[apprehensive music]
SARAH:
- Ooh, mysterious.
What's in the barn?
JORDAN:
- Our dad doesn't like us
in there.
He says it's full of stuff
that can kill us.
JONATHAN:
- Yeah, when we were.
like, eight.
SARAH:
- Well, as a member of the FFA,
I think
I can keep you guys safe.
JONATHAN:
- What's the FFA?
JORDAN:
- I don't know.
INT - HOUSE
LOIS:
- Your daughters
are so gorgeous.
LANA:
- Aw, thank you.
LANA:
You look exactly the same
as you did in high school.
LANA:
He--he doesn't age.
CLARK:
- It's, uh, good genes,
I guess.
LANA:
- And Lois,
I read all your stories.
I mean, it's so impressive.
'Cause of you, I tell my girls
they can do anything.
LOIS:
- Thank you.
Are you still at the bank?
LANA:
- Yep, and Kyle's still
at the firehouse,
made fire chief last year,
and everybody else we knew
moved away.
KYLE:
- She means "bailed."
CLARK:
- Lueck?
KYLE:
- Twin Cities.
CLARK:
- Sippy?
KYLE:
- St. Louis.
LOIS:
- Maybe you'll see them
at the next reunion.
KYLE:
- Kent didn't make it
to the last one, now, did he?
CLARK:
- Ah, I was supposed to,
but we, uh--
KYLE:
- You know, it used to be that
when folks move away
to get their degrees, well,
they bring their skills
back home,
take care of the community's
help raised them, you know?
That ain't happening anymore.
KYLE:
Well, hey, we'll at least
get a lifeline
if this whole Edge proposal
goes through, right?
LOIS:
- What does Morgan Edge want
with Smallville?
CLARK:
- Oh, boy.
LANA:
- He's retrofitting
the coal mines
to produce
alternative energies.
KYLE:
- It's gonna put a lot of folks
back to work around here.
LOIS:
- Until it doesn't.
CLARK:
- Lois.
LOIS:
- Morgan Edge ruins everything
he touches.
KYLE:
- What's he ruined?
LOIS:
- He is single-handedly
destroying the "Daily Planet."
KYLE:
- People quit reading
that paper
'cause, uh, you reporters
can't keep your politics
to yourself.
LOIS:
- Edge's companies prey
on struggling communities.
He busts up union.
He barely pays a living wage.
I don't understand
how he can keep fooling people.
KYLE:
- Oh, you mean us dumb,
backwards, small-town folk?
LOIS:
- No, no,
that is not what I meant.
KYLE:
- Know what you meant.
See, people like you,
you look at Smallville,
and you think of the past,
and you feel a little bad
for use, right?
People like Morgan Edge,
though,
now see,
he looks at Smallville,
and he sees the future.
LOIS:
- It's not a future
I would want to live in.
KYLE:
- It's a good thing
we don't have to worry
about that anymore, now, do we?
CLARK:
- We haven't made any decisions
about the farm yet, Kyle.
KYLE:
- But your mother has.
[unsettling music]
LOIS:
- What does that mean?
LANA:
- Kyle, go get the girls.
♪ ♪
KYLE:
- I'm sorry
for your loss, Kent.
KYLE:
Evening.
CLARK:
- Lana?
What's he talking about?
LANA:
- Your mother had some business
with us, that's all.
Come by the bank tomorrow.
Martha was a great lady.
The heart of Smallville,
really.
I'm sorry she's gone.
INT - BARN
SARAH:
- Yeah, your dad's right.
Pretty much everything here
can kill you.
JONATHAN:
- WHat's that thing?
SARAH:
- Oh, that's a hay raker.
I guess you guys don't see
much of this in Metropolis.
JONATHAN:
- No, but our dad told us
all these stories
about growing up here.
SARAH:
- Tell you it sucks?
JORDAN:
- Actually, I think
he kinda loved it.
JONATHAN:
- Can't be that bad.
I mean, it's more the people
that make up a place, right?
SARAH:
- Wow.
Metropolis boys are really
starting to lose their game.
JONATHAN:
- Relax. I'm--I'm taken.
I didn't mean it like that.
I'm just saying--
well, I guess
I'm trying to say that
we're only here for a few days,
and I figure
that we kinda need
someone to show us around.
SARAH:
- Mm.
Okay. Uh, phone.
SARAH:
Oh, no, not you.
[uplifting music]
♪ ♪
SARAH:
- You.
SARAH:
Thank you. Uh...
There's a bonfire tomorrow
at the old Shuster Mine.
Hit me up if you wanna go,
but I can't guarantee
I won't get you
into a little bit of trouble.
JONATHAN:
- Guys. Found the router.
SARAH:
- Oh. [laughs]
JONATHAN:
- What the hell was Grandma
thinking, putting it up there?
JORDAN:
- I got it.
SARAH:
- Oh, Jordan, be careful.
INT - HOUSE
LOIS:
- "Come by the bank"?
I wonder what
that was all about.
I shouldn't have lost
my cool with Kyle.
CLARK:
- You think he's right?
SHould I have come back
to Smallville more often?
LOIS:
- No, Clark, he's not right.
Your mom knew where you were
and who you were.
CLARK:
- Right before she died, I...
[somber music]
CLARK:
I heard her say something as I was flying here.
♪ ♪
MARTHA:
- It's time.
Come home.
CLARK:
- She wanted me to come home.
I just don't know why yet.
INT - BARN
[wood creaking]
JONATHAN:
- Careful.
SARAH:
- Still not working.
JORDAN:
- Got it.
[apprehensive music]
JORDAN:
[groans, coughs]
[wood splintering]
♪ ♪
SARAH:
- oh, my God.
Act III[]
SARAH:
- Help! Somebody help!
Help! The boys! They're hurt!
LOIS:
- Go get medical supplies.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
JORDAN:
- [groans]
JONATHAN:
- It was his idea.
It's okay.
JONATHAN:
You're saying all we have
are mild concussions?
CLARK:
- You're both really lucky.
BENNY:
- Little rest,
should be fine.
CLARK:
- Thanks, Benny.
BENNY:
- Yeah.
CLARK:
- It's good to see you.
BENNY:
- No worries. Thank you.
CLARK:
- Best to the family.
BENNY:
- Thank you.
I'm sorry for your loss.
CLARK:
- Thanks.
LOIS:
- Come on, boys.
Let's get upstairs.
You've had a long day.
[apprehensive music]
♪ ♪
JONATHAN:
- Great, Engstrom just said
that I might not be starting
anymore 'cause
I missed practice all week.
JORDAN:
- Seriously?
Football's what you're worried
about right now?
How are we fine, Jon?
JONATHAN:
- Jordan, look, if you wanna
fixate on something weird,
maybe you should start thinking
about how Sarah Cushing
gave you her digits and not me.
JONATHAN:
You texted her already,
didn't you?
JORDAN:
- I don't know. Wha--
JORDAN:
I just wanted her to know
we were okay, all right?
JONATHAN:
- What is this?
You sent a waving hand emoji?
JORDAN:
- Okay, no, that is
a Vulcan salute.
JONATHAN:
- I gotta say, that's even worse.
You're kind of a freak.
JORDAN:
- You know what?
Something a lot freakier
than me
happened to us in that barn.
Something we're not
being told about.
And it's up to us
to find out what that is.
JONATHAN:
- Okay.
Whatever, weirdo.
[somber music]
♪ ♪
LOIS:
- Are you thinking
what I'm thinking?
CLARK:
- Jonathan must have somehow
shielded them both?
LOIS:
- You saw
how confused they are.
They need to know the truth.
CLARK:
- What is the truth gonna do
to Jordan?
It's hard enough on him having
a brother
that everything comes easy to,
but having one that has powers?
Like Superman?
LOIS:
- We don't know
what he can or can't do yet.
And yes,
it will be hard for him,
but he will
have his family there
to help him figure things out
like he does right now.
CLARK:
- I can't lose him, Lois.
I can't.
He's pulled so far
away from me already.
♪ ♪
LOIS:
- When we were dreaming
about having a family,
it didn't look like this,
did it?
Didn't have lost jobs or...
Teens with severe anxiety or...
Parents gone too soon.
LOIS:
No one ever dreams
about the problems,
but every life has them.
Even the extraordinary ones.
[distorted, overlapping voices]
WOMAN:
SITREP on the way, General.
CLARK:
- Your dad's back.
[suspenseful music]
LOIS:
- That's not good.
SAM:
- Had my team analyze
security camera footage
from bothe nuclear plants
where the ruptures occurred
and this is
the only commonality.
CLARK:
- Whatever did this,
it's moving fast.
SAM:
- That's not all.
We also discovered
a sub-microscopic etching
at both sites.
Thought maybe it was
a fingerprint at first.
It wasn't.
Clark:
It's Kryptonian.
"You are not a hero, Kal-El."
Whoever did this
knows who I am.
SAM:
- He's studying you, Clark.
Now. I'm sure
there's a phone booth
in this Podunk town
where you can suit up.
LOIS:
- Now? No.
SAM:
- Lois.
LOIS:
- I get it.
There is a powerful something
out there
that doesn't like Superman
or nuclear power plants,
and that is a bad combo.
But now is not a moment
Clark can just take off.
His mom just died.
LOIS:
I mean it, Clark.
The world will always
nee Superman,
and when there is a problem,
you will be there for them,
but right now, this family needs you more.
CLARK:
- She's right, Sam.
♪ ♪
SAM:
- I tried to warn you, Lois.
LOIS:
- Come on, Dad.
No this again.
SAM:
- When you wanted
to get married,
I tried warning you.
You may have fallen in love
with Clark Kent,
but you married Superman.
And Superman doesn't get
to have a normal life,
no matter how much
you want one for him.
Or yourself.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
Act IV[]
[church bell tolling]
Int - Smallville Bank
LANA:
- So how are the boys doing?
LOIS:
- They're fine, they're just
a little shaken up.
LANA:
- Ah, it seems luck
runs in the family.
Did Clark ever tell you
about our accident
coming home
from the Soul Asylum concert?
CLARK:
- Oh, I try not to talk
about my Soul Asylum days
too much.
LANA:
- [laughs]
So Pete was at the wheel.
Fell asleep,
drove off the road.
We came to.
The car was a pretzel.
Nobody was hurt. Not a scratch.
It was the strangest thing.
Again, lots of strange things
happened here back then.
LANA:
Okay.
CLARK:
- Mortgage papers?
My mom paid hers off years ago.
LANA:
- Her first.
About five years ago,
at the peak
of the farming crisis,
banks here were offering
reverse mortgages to seniors.
Pay now for the opportunity
to let the bank
purchase the remainder
of the farm upon their death
if the landowner's heirs
couldn't repay the balance
of the loan.
CLARK:
- She--she didn't need
that kind of money.
LANA:
- No.
But...
the Gordons were gonna be
evicted from their farm
that had been in their family
for generations.
Margie Kelton's lung surgery
made it
so she could hardly
put food on the table.
I have dozens of stories.
Everyone in town knew
that if you were in trouble,
Martha would be there.
She was like your friend
you always write about, Lois.
She was like
this town's Superman.
Or Superwoman.
[tense music]
LOIS:
- Sound like they had
a lot in common.
LANA:
- She still protected
half the farm's value.
She wanted there
to be enough money
to send the boys to college.
So you can either
repay the loan,
or you can accept
a healthy buyout
for the remaining value
of the property.
♪ ♪
Int - Barn
JONATHAN:
- You really think Dad's
hiding something from us?
JORDAN:
- We had all those poles
land on us.
Besides, how did he get them
up off of us so fast, anyway?
JONATHAN:
- I don't know.
Adrenaline, maybe?
Like a soccer mom
lifting a car kind of thing.
JORDAN:
- Dad can't put up
a Christmas tree
without falling off the ladder.
And what's the thing he says
every single time we come here?
JONATHAN:
- "Don't put your finger
in that"?
I don't know.
JORDAN:
- "Stay out of the barn,"
dumbass.
JONATHAN:
- Jordan, what are we
looking for, anyways?
JORDAN:
- Just something unusual.
Something out of place.
[apprehensive music]
♪ ♪
[wood creaks]
JONATHAN:
- What?
JORDAN:
- You hear that?
[wood thumping]
JONATHAN:
- The poles, (just probably) they must have
shifted the floor.
JORDAN:
- I think it's a door.
JONATHAN:
Look. Look. Look. Right there.
BOTH:
Three, two, one.
♪ ♪
JORDAN:
Help me move this.
JORDAN:
- Get the flashlight.
JONATHAN:
- Yeah.
Int - Cellar
JONATHAN:
What are you doing?
JONATHAN:
This is literally
just a old cellar.
It's probably Grandpa's
old tool storage or something.
JORDAN:
- Jon?
[music heightens]
♪ ♪
JONATHAN:
- What is that thing?
JONATHAN:
What are you doing?
Do not touch that!
[pod hums]
JONATHAN:
Oh, my God.
Did you see that?
Did you see that?
What the hell was that?
JONATHAN:
No. No, no, no.
What was that?
Jordan, what was that?
[pod humming]
JONATHAN:
Jordan, what are you...
[mysterious music]]
♪ ♪
JONATHAN:
What the hell is that thing?
JORDAN:
- Whatever it is...
It's not from Kansas.
Act V[]
CLARK:
- All my memories,
my childhood, my parents...
They're all here.
Why would my mom want me
to come home
just to sell the farm?
LOIS:
- I don't think she wanted you
to sell it.
I think she wanted you
to save it.
CLARK:
- How?
You know, we're not exactly
flush with cash,
especially after getting fired.
LOIS:
- I don't know yet.
But those reverse mortgages
weren't because
the bank was feeling generous.
You may have super strength
and super hearing,
but I have super smell,
and those loans
don't smell right.
CLARK:
- I do have super smell,
by the way.
I just don't use it very often,
you know.
Not with two teenage boys
in the house.
Kinda gross.
LOIS:
- Two very upset teenage boys.
JORDAN:
- So that's why?
WHy you never wanted us
in the barn?
'Cause you keep a freakin'
alien ship in there?
CLARK:
- Look, I can explain.
JORDAN:
- Yeah, can you?
Can you explain how I fell
30 feet and nothing happened?
JONATHAN:
- Just give him--
JORDAN:
All you said
is that we got lucky.
JONATHAN:
- Just give him a chance.
JORDAN:
But that was a lie, wasn't it?
CLARK:
- Yes.
Yes, okay?
It was a lie.
CLARK:
Look.
That ship...
brought me to Earth.
[pensive music]
CLARK:
Landed her in Smallville,
right in those cornfields
over there.
I was sent here
when my planet...
Krypton,
was destroyed.
JONATHAN:
- Krypton?
CLARK:
- Yes.
Because I wasn't from here,
I had certain powers.
You're grandparents,
they took me in.
They raised me.
They taught me
how to control my abilities,
how t blend in
until the day
I was ready to leave
and become
who I was sent here to be.
JONATHAN:
- You're saying
you're Superman?
JORDAN:
- No, I;ve seen Superman
before.
We've seen him.
♪ ♪
[metal groaning]
[triumphant music]
♪ ♪
LOIS:
- When your father
first told me,
I didn't understand either.
JORDAN:
- I understand.
[metallic thud]
JORDAN:
I understand all the excuses.
All the times you were gone,
you lied to us.
You both did.
LOIS:
- He was saving lives, Jordan.
JORDAN:
- That doesn't make it
less true!
You lied to protect his secret.
All the things
I've been feeling.
You made me think I was crazy.
They put me on pills!
LOIS:
- Your mental health has
nothing to do with who your-- father is.
JORDAN:
- And how do you know that?
I'm half human,
half whatever the hell he is!
CLARK:
- Do not yell at your mother,
okay?
This is not her fault.
I'm the one
that didn't want you to know.
JONATHAN:
- Why?
CLARK:
- Because I knew
what kind of burden it would be
if you both had powers.
Or worse,
if one of you had them,
and the other one didn't.
[solemn music]
JORDAN:
- You think he's the reason
we survived yesterday.
JONATHAN:
- What are you talking about?
JORDAN:
- Go on, Dad.
Go tell Superboy here
why he's really so perfect.
LOIS:
- We thought
your athletic talents
could be latent abilities
starting to emerge,
and then yesterday...
CLARK:
- The only way that both
of you survived that accident
is for at least one of you
to be like me.
JORDAN:
- You wouldn't have it
any other way, would you, Dad?
CLARK:
- Jordan!
JORDAN:
- Don't try to talk to me,
all right.
You may have been sent here
to be some hero,
but you sure as hell weren't
sent here to be a father.
JONATHAN:
- Just leave us alone.
♪ ♪
CLARK:
- Everything I do
with the boys just...
seems like it blows up
in my face.
Is Jordan right?
A--am I a bad father?
LOIS:
- Clark.
CLARK: - 'Cause right now, I... It feels like it's my fault that this is all falling apart.
LOIS:
- Your life falling apart
doesn't mean you're special.
It means your human.
[distorted voices]
WOMAN:
- Another breach in progress.
[tense music]
CLARK:
- It's another
nuclear facility.
LOIS:
- Hey.
We're gonna be all right, okay?
Go.
♪ ♪
[dramatic percussive music]
♪ ♪
SUPERMAN:
- I found your message.
I know you're here.
LUTHOR:
- And I know you can't see me.
Lead encasements.
You can't see through lead.
One of your few weaknesses.
SUPERMAN:
- That's why you're choosing
nuclear facilities.
You can watch me
without me knowing.
LUTHOR:
- And see how good
you really are, Kal-El.
Act VI[]
EXT - SHUSTER MINE
[dance music playing]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Yes, I'll come back to you ♪
♪ No, I won't ask where you run ♪
JORDAN:
- Hey, Sarah.
SARAH:
- Hey. you made it.
SARAH:
See you guys later.
SARAH:
I still don't understand
how you guys didn't get hurt.
JORDAN:
- Still figuring that one out.
SARAH:
- Well, I'm just glad
that you made it.
JORDAN:
- You promised me trouble.
SARAH:
- Well, I will definitely
do my best.
I don't really know how
you guys party in Metropolis,
but here in Smallville,
we do it a little different.
- ♪ And hold up the sun ♪
♪ ♪
INT - NUCLEAR FACILITY
[suspenseful music]
SUPERMAN:
- How do you know my name?
LUTHOR:
- I know everything
there is to know
about the Last Son of Krypton.
Where I come from,
let's just say the two of use
have history.
SUPERMAN:
- And where is that, exactly?
LUTHOR:
- Nowhere now.
My world was destroyed.
But somehow,
I managed to survive.
I eventually arrived here,
where I learned
you were here too.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
LUTHOR:
Not as fast as I thought.
EXT - SHUSTER MINE
[indistinct chatter]
[dance music playing]
♪ ♪
SARAH:
- Maybe you shouldn't.
Beer and benzos
don't really mix well.
JORDAN:
- How'd you know?
SARAH:
- I saw you take one
back at the funeral reception.
But you're not the only one,
you know, on something, so.
JORDAN:
- You? For what?
SARAH:
- Are we really gonna
do this now?
Go full "Euphoria"
on each other?
JORDAN:
- We don't have to. I...
You're just kinda
the only person I know
around here.
SARAH:
- No, it's cool.
SARAH:
Up until I was...
11 or 12,
I had a pretty awesome life.
I mean, it wasn't perfect,
but it was nice.
Dolls and dance classes.
But then something changed.
People around here,
they get this sadness,
and they act like
it's something you can catch
like the flu, but...
I never thought
it was gonna hit my house
till it did.
Now half the nights,
my dad sleeps on the couch,
and my mom gets really mad
at him for being checked out,
but honestly,
I can't blame him.
He's a firefighter,
and being a firefighter here,
you see all
the really bad stuff.
I mean, stuff that no one
really wants to talk about.
JORDAN:
- Like what?
SARAH:
- Like parents cooking meth
and the whole house
catching on fire
with the kids inside.
SARAH:
Anyways...
About a year ago,
I took a bunch
of my mom's pills.
I still don't understand
why I did it.
I've never done anything
like that before,
and my mom, she made
a really big drama out of it.
Lots of therapy and whatever.
I know, for a--for a sad story,
it's really basic.
[heartwarming music]
JORDAN:
- No. It's not.
♪ ♪
SARAH:
- What are you doing?
JORDAN:
- What?
SEAN:
- Hey!
SARAH:
- Sean!
SEAN:
- That's my girlfriend!
SARAH:
- Sean, what the hell
is your problem?
SEAN:
- The hell you doing
with this guy?
SARAH:
- It doesn't even matter.
Relax. Relax.
JORDAN:
- Girlfriend?
SARAH:
- I would've gotten
around to it,
but you sorta kissed me first.
JORDAN:
H-Hey hey man, I didn't know.
SARAH:
It's not that big of a deal!
JONATHAN:
- Back off!
[tense music]
JORDAN:
Jon?
JONATHAN:
What the hell are you doing?
You know how many townies
I had to randomly DM
to find out where
this party was?
SEAN:
- Out of the way.
JONATHAN:
Hey. - Back off!
You really don't want
to get in my face right now.
♪ ♪
JORDAN:
- Hey, hey, hey!
SARAH:
Jordan!
[kids shouting]
♪ ♪
EXT - SHANGHAI
[workers shout]
[wind howling]
EXT - SHUSTER MINE
[crowd shouting]
SARAH:
Hey!
Get off of him.
What is wrong with you.
EXT - ATMOSPHERE
LUTHOR:
- Aren't you curious how I know
so much about you, Kal-El?
LUTHOR:
Like me, your home
was destroyed.
Your were sent here as an infant
to a world where
you'd spend your whole life
trying to prove your worth,
convince yourself
you were one of them,
but you're not!
You're still that scared,
lost child,
desperate for the love
of people
that will never accept you!
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
LUTHOR:
And the only remnants
of your real home--
Kryptonite--
make you sick.
Dust to dust.
Superman.
♪ ♪
Act VII[]
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
LOIS:
- Yeah, have you still got
those contact at HUD?
I need you to check
Smallville Community Bank
for any unusual activity
in the last five or--
REPORTER:
...injuries are a concern.
LOIS:
- Six years.
REPORTER:
- This is a volatile situation
for firefighters.
LOIS:
- Maxy, I gotta go.
[metallic ringing]
LOIS:
Clark.
♪ ♪
LOIS:
Who told you to wear a tie?
♪ ♪
LOIS:
Clark. Come home.
♪ ♪
[metallic ring]
EXT - SHUSTER MINE
JONATHAN:
- Dad.
CLARK:
- Jonathan!
[triumphant music]
KYLE:
- The other one's
pretty shook up.
Twice in two days, Kent.
Luckiest family I know.
CLARK:
- Kyle.
Thank you.
♪ ♪
CLARK:
- Are you okay? WHat happened?
JONATHAN:
- Dad. Dad.
I--I don't know what happened.
Jordan...
[tense music]
♪ ♪
INT - HOUSE - KITCHEN
LOIS:
- So you saved your brother.
JORDAN:
- I wasn't sure what happened.
That's why
I didn't say anything.
JORDAN:
All I knew is, when I fell,
I felt something come over me.
It was a strength
I've never had before.
I felt...control.
I-I don't know.
It's hard to explain.
JONATHAN:
- What's gonna happen to him?
CLARK:
- I'm not sure yet.
Jordan's powers are manifesting
very differently than mine did.
LOIS:
- But we're gonna help you
get through this, okay?
JONATHAN:
- Yeah, it's probably
like learning
to drive a car, you know?
If cars were indestructible
and had giant death lasers
as headlights.
JORDAN:
- Yeah.
Thanks.
LOIS: - Apologize to your brother.
JONATHAN:
- I know. Too soon. I know.
[sighs]
CLARK:
- You were right.
I should've told them
a long time ago.
[sighs] Jordan could've
killed someone tonight.
LOIS:
- We just gotta be
on the same page going forward.
[sentimental music]
MARTHA:
- These are
the important years, Clark.
Life's a little different
in Smallville.
♪ ♪
CLARK:
- I think I know
what my mom meant
when she said to come home.
She knew how busy we are
in Metropolis,
how absent I've been.
I've tried convincing myself
that the boys would be fine
and that it was okay for me
to be gone so much, but...
[sighs]
I was wrong.
LOIS:
- You think your mom
wanted us to move
to Smallville
and live on the farm?
CLARK:
- It's a simpler life.
More time with each other,
be part of a community,
and now this?
I think she felt like
this family needs Smallville.
LOIS:
- As much as the world
needs Superman?
♪ ♪
CLARK:
- Look, I know.
I know it would be a huge,
huge change.
LOIS:
- Yeah, it would.
But I think she was right.
CLARK:
- Really?
[both laugh]
EXT - PORCH STEPS - NIGHT
CLARK:
You know, I think
about my dad a lot.
How he was just heading off
to church one day
when a meteor crashed
in his front yard.
And just like that...
He was a father.
I didn't know it back then.
but...
but he had no idea
what he was doing.
Ah, it didn't matter.
'Cause he was always there.
[heartwarming music]
♪ ♪
CLARK:
You were right.
I haven't always
been there for you.
But I promise you, from now on,
I will be.
Act VIII[]
INT - KITCHEN
LANA:
I pulled some strings, got you $2,100 an acre, which is well above market value in Rice County.
CLARK:
Wow, that-- that's very generous. Um. But we decided we're-- we're not selling.
LANA:
You're not?
CLARK:
We're thinking of reopening the farm. Run it the way my folks and I used to back in the day.
LANA:
So you're staying.
LOIS:
Well, we're talking it over, but a change might be good for this family.
LANA:
Okay. Then let's go over the pre-negotiated terms for taking over the loan.
LOIS:
Before we do, Lana, I was wondering if you knew that a couple months before those reverse mortgages were offered, a company had secretly acquired your bank.
LANA:
No. I didn't know that.
CLARK:
Galaxy Holdings, whose majority shareholder is Morgan Edge.
[suspenseful music]
LANA:
Why would someone like Morgan Edge be interested in a bunch of family farms in Smallville, Kansas?
LOIS:
That's a very good question.
♪ ♪
EXT - FARM
JORDAN:
How's everyone doing after last night?
SARAH:
Tag Harris broke his arm. Other than that, nobody else got hurt.
JONATHAN:
Anyone say what caused the explosion?
SARAH:
My dad said it was probably just a methane pocket.
JORDAN:
Look, I should've never kissed you last night.
JONATHAN:
Wow. That is awkward. Good Luck.
SARAH:
It's not your fault. You didn't know about Sean, and I'm just really sorry about how it all went down. I just wanted to hang out with you. You were so sweet that summer that we met, and then yeah, I saw you take that pill at the funeral... I just thought that if someone like you had issues, then someone like me wasn't so messed up.
JORDAN:
I think maybe it means we're both just a little messed up.
SARAH:
[chuckles] Yeah, maybe you're right.
[heartwarming music]
SARAH:
Do you think that you can keep it a secret? Uh, one person finds out, and then everybody knows, and it's just...
JORDAN:
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Your secret's safe with me.
SARAH:
Thanks.
LANA:
Sarah!
SARAH:
I'm sorry--
JORDAN:
It's--it's all right.
SARAH:
See you around.
JORDAN:
Yeah.
♪ ♪
JONATHAN:
Well, that didn't look like a total disaster. All right?
JORDAN:
Yeah, yeah, look. Um, Jon, about the powers, uh...
JONATHAN:
It's all good.
JORDAN:
Huh?
JONATHAN:
Yeah. Powers are overrated anyways. Plus this just confirms what I've known to be true all along.
JORDAN:
Yeah?
JONATHAN:
Yeah. My skills on the field are legits.
[both chuckle]
JONATHAN:
Come on.
INT - KITCHEN
JONATHAN:
Still cannot believe that you said that to her.
[indistinct conversation]
CLARK:
Hey boys. What would you guys think about staying here a little longer than any of us planned?
JORDAN:
Like a couple days or something?
LOIS:
More like permanently.
JONATHAN:
Uh, I mean, I-- I have school. Practice, the team.
CLARK:
We know, we know. It's a big conversation.
LOIS:
Yeah, we'll have it tonight at family dinner. We just wanted to give you both some time to process what this would really be like before we do.
JONATHAN:
Okay.
CLARK:
Well, until then, you two, follow me out to the barn. I wanna show you a few things.
JORDAN:
Like Superman things?
CLARK:
Like how to attach a plow to a tractor.
JORDAN:
What?
JONATHAN:
Seriously?
LOIS:
Those fields aren't gonna plow themselves.
JONATHAN:
Okay, but Dad, we have questions. We just found out our dad's Superman.
JORDAN:
Yeah, like, thousands and thousands of questions...
♪ ♪
EXT - SNOW MOUNTAIN PEAK
[tense music]
♪ ♪
[wind howling]
LUTHOR:
We need to improve tactile function and speed if I'm gonna end this.
A.I.:
We also need Kryptonite. That was the last of your supply.
LUTHOR:
Then we'll have to go get some.
A.I.:
I'll install the upgrades to you armor right away. Captain Luthor.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
SUPERMAN & LOIS LOGO
End Credits[]
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