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[Stereo mc's "step it up" playing]

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J“ silence ain't in season
'cause there ain't no good in grief j“

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j“ can't stop my mouth from breathin' j“

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[indistinct chatter]

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J“ or seein' what I see j“

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j“ curves with destinations j“

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j“ poetic symmetry j“

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j“ you cause an inflammation j“

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you know, it belonged
to Alexander the great.

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They say the design symbolizes
strength and courage.

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Can't exactly see myself going into battle
with that on my chest.

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Darker times call for darker methods.
His opponents thought he was invincible.

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I didn't know you were a history buff.

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I'm not. I'm interested in people
who ruled the world before age 30.

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Don't worry, Lex, you have a few years.

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Lana, I didn't know
you were gonna be here.

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Didn't Lex tell you?

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Must've slipped my mind.

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Why don't I leave you two alone?

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Having fun?

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Yeah, well, I'm feeling a bit underdressed.

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If it makes you feel any better,
Whitney is just as uncomfortable.

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Whitney came too.

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Why don't you join us? I'll yank Nell
away from the jewelry so we can eat.

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Yeah, sure.

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Clark, where are you going?

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I'm gonna get some air.

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You're never gonna get her
if you keep running away from your enemy.

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Whitney's not my enemy.

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Yes, he is. The sooner you realize that,
the sooner you'll find a way to win Lana.

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Remember, keep your friends close
and the quarterback closer.

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Always the hopeless romantic, Lex.

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Victoria?

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I'm sorry, am I interrupting?

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Clark Kent, this is Victoria hardwick,
a very old friend.

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Champagne?

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How close are you gonna keep her?

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I'll catch up with you later, Clark.

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Want a private tour?

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I thought you'd never ask.

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[Man grunting]

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You see this? I'm the only reason
you're not in a cage right now.

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Now you get into the ia,
and you get me those files.

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Why, is one of them yours?

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You've got 24 hours to get creative.
Start thinking.

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[Pensive music playing]

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Well, welcome to Metropolis.

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More or less.

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[Grunting]

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[Dramatic music playing]

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[Whimpers]

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[Whimpers]

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[Barks]

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[Driver coughing]

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[Sizzling]

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[Ominous music playing]

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[Theme music playing]

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J“ somebody save me j“

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j“ let your warm hands
break right through it j“

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j“ somebody save me j“

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j“ I don't care how you do it j“

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-j“ just stay, stay j“
-j“ stay with me j“

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j“ come on, I've been waiting for you j“

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j“ to stay with me j“

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j“ I made this whole world shine for you j“

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j“ stay, stay j“

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j“ come on j“

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[mooing]

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Dad, let me help you.

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Don't break a sweat.

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So, night owl, how was Metropolis?

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- Fine.
- [Martha] Come on,

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a reception at the Metropolis museum,
and it was fine?

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The museum was amazing. It's just...

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It's just what?

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Something happened.

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It could've been worse.
I stopped the bus before anyone was hurt.

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- Clark, are you all right?
- I'm fine.

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- What if somebody'd seen you do it?
- Everyone was still in the museum.

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I think it's fine. There's no
mention of witnesses in the paper.

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I'd better get to school.

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Hey, Clark, look,
I am real proud of what you did.

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[Ominous music playing]

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Did you bring them?

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You know I'm not supposed to do this.

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And I'm not the one with
the dui on my record.

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You wouldn't believe how many rent-a-cops

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forget to fill out the previous
criminal-record section on their job apps.

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So, what do you think of Smallville?

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It reminds me of the village
where my grandparents live in wales.

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Very quaint. Very safe.

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And the last place I
expected to find Lex Luthor.

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My father plans to bring me back
to Metropolis in a few years.

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- He's lying.
- I know.

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You deserve something better.

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And you crossed the pond
to tell me what that is.

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Catching up with an old friend
isn't reason enough?

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As much as I'd like to flatter myself,

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the daughters of
multinational industrialists

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usually don't fly around the world
to rekindle old flames.

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Neither do executive vice presidents.

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- Then you've heard.
- That you're working for your father?

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I keep up. How is sir Harry?

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Distant, inaccessible and rich.

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- I believe you know the type.
- What's he want with me?

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He understands you may have certain
negative feelings towards your father.

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Sir Harry has always had
an incredible grasp of the obvious.

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He was hoping those feelings
might work to our mutual advantage.

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He'd like you to reconsider
your position with LuthorCorp.

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So he sent you here as an incentive.

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I've missed you, Lex.

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I'm touched.

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Do you have a proposal?

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First, I think I'd like something else.

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- [Clark] Another scathing editorial?
- Is there any other kind?

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Clark, what happened to you last night?

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I wasn't feeling well.
Guess I'm not much of a city guy.

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You can take the boy off the farm,
but you can't take the farm out of the boy.

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Sullivan, is this your idea of a joke?

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- Parents have been calling all morning.
- What are you telling them?

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What the epa and other
environmental groups said years ago:

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The meteor rocks are harmless.

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People have a right to know about
the strange things happening in this town!

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The torch is a school paper.
It's not your own personal tabloid.

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Are you censoring me?

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I'm requiring you to do your job, which
is to report on relevant school events:

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Sports. Dances. Clubs.
I'm relieving you of your duties.

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The torch is suspended
until I can appoint a new editor.

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[Pensive music playing]

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- Okay, what just happened?
- I think you were fired.

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Chloe, I'm sure we can do something.

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Let me talk to kwan.

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Not to sound ungrateful,
but what can you do?

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I don't know, but let me give it a shot.

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[Clanging and chiming]

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Afternoon, Lex.

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Or is it Mr. Luthor here in Smallville?

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Phelan,

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isn't Smallville a couple of counties
outside your jurisdiction?

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Well, I don't need jurisdiction
to look up an old friend.

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We were never friends.

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If you want to see me, call my office.

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- When does it happen, Lex?
- When does what happen?

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When do you turn on the people
that help you?

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How many times
did I pull you back from the edge?

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You'd be dead right
now if it wasn't for me.

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You were on my father's payroll,
his go-to guy in the department.

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You got paid to fix situations, so don't
try and pretend it was anything else.

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You have a good life here, Lex.

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I'd sure hate to see that get compromised.

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You can't touch me, and you know it.

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I'm looking for a witness.

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I think he saw last night's accident
outside the museum.

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And this concerns me why?

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Sorry, I don't know who that is.

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Hmm. I'd have pegged you for buddies.

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Guess you're losing your instinct.
Maybe you should think about retiring.

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[Door screeches]

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[Clark] Hello?

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Hello?

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Anybody home?

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[Banging]

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Dad?

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Is that you?

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[Suspenseful music playing]

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Metropolis police.

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[Clapping]

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[Phelan] I don't know
what they've been feeding you,

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but that was pretty impressive.

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Not quite as exciting as last night,
but I wanted to be sure.

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Who are you?

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I am your new best friend, Clark.

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How do you know my name?

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I asked around.

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That's the beauty of a small town,
everybody's just so eager to help.

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Far cry from Metropolis.

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- What do you want with me?
- Your help.

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You see, Clark,
I'm in a battle that I can't afford to lose

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because if I do, well, the bad guys win.

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And you have this gift that I need.

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I'll never help you.

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[Whistles]

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You have a secret you don't want
the world to know about.

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I'm guessing that's why you didn't
stick around for the TV cameras last night.

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You want to keep things that way,
you'll do like I say.

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Drop by that overpriced coffee shop
tomorrow afternoon

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and, uh, we'll talk about your future.

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Nice catch.

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So he just dropped the generator
right on top of you?

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How did he know it wouldn't kill you?

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He saw me stop the bus last night.

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Maybe we should call the police.

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He is the police. I saw his badge.

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Metropolis pd.

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Dad.

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I didn't mean for this to happen.

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Clark, you didn't do anything wrong, okay?

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He told me to meet him
at the beanery tomorrow.

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I don't want you going
anywhere near this guy.

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I'll talk to him,
and I'll find out what he wants.

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Until then...

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Until then, you live your life,
you see your friends.

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Now, we're not gonna let
this thing change us.

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[Pensive music playing]

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[Lex] You look like you're carrying
the weight of the world.

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I'm sorry if I surprised you,
but there's, uh, really nowhere to knock.

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It's okay. Thanks again for last night.

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Your first visit to Metropolis, and
you're involved in a police investigation?

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That has to be some kind of record.

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- How'd you know about that?
- The detective came to see me first.

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What'd he tell you?

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Not much.

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Maybe that's what's bothering me.

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What do you mean?

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Metropolis police don't send detectives
to investigate traffic accidents.

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So I made a call. Turns out the
official investigation is already closed.

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Clark, you really don't want
Sam phelan in your life.

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You know him.

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00:15:29,721 --> 00:15:30,764
Unfortunately.

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I had my share of legal problems
while I was in Metropolis.

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- Serious?
- Expensive.

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Phelan was the kind of officer
my father felt we could turn to for help.

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He's a dirty cop.

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He'll do whatever it
takes to get the job done.

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Plant evidence.
Falsify reports. Anything is fair game.

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And if he's got something on you,
Clark, he'll use it.

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He just wanted to talk.

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Then you've got nothing to worry about.

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[Boy] Hey, Mr. Kent.

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[Phelan] Mr. Kent?

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Sam phelan, Metropolis pd.

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I figured you'd be the one to show.

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- What do you want?
- We're both rational adults.

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- Let's sit down, talk...
- I don't think a rational adult

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drops a generator
on top of a teenage boy, do you?

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00:16:20,856 --> 00:16:23,191
Well, we both know it wouldn't hurt him.

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00:16:34,578 --> 00:16:36,997
All right, what do you want?

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I just want Clark's help.

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With what?

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Look around you, Mr. Kent.
You know what you see?

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The veneer of safety. Now, people
like me are sworn to protect that.

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00:16:48,592 --> 00:16:52,762
I'm the guy standing between criminals
and respectable citizens like yourself.

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00:16:52,929 --> 00:16:58,018
Now, Clark has a gift

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00:16:58,185 --> 00:17:02,522
and I would like to use his talents
to further my cause.

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I will not let you exploit my son.

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00:17:09,362 --> 00:17:12,741
I've, uh, spent the morning
going through the local police files.

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00:17:14,201 --> 00:17:17,162
Clark's name comes up quite a bit.

248
00:17:17,329 --> 00:17:19,623
Clark has never been
in trouble a day in his life.

249
00:17:19,789 --> 00:17:24,544
No arrests,
but he's been around a lot of crime scenes.

250
00:17:24,711 --> 00:17:26,713
Now, maybe that's coincidence

251
00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:31,051
or maybe it's just his natural instinct
to get involved.

252
00:17:34,763 --> 00:17:36,848
[Clears throat]

253
00:17:37,390 --> 00:17:42,646
Okay, I will give you whatever you want.
You just stay away from my family.

254
00:17:47,067 --> 00:17:48,443
I want your son.

255
00:17:56,243 --> 00:17:58,119
I'll be in touch.

256
00:18:03,083 --> 00:18:07,671
Of course, if you don't agree,
I will tell the world what I know.

257
00:18:07,837 --> 00:18:12,926
Best case, Clark's under a microscope.
Worst case, he's a freak in a jar.

258
00:18:13,093 --> 00:18:17,430
Either way, his normal life is over.

259
00:18:19,391 --> 00:18:21,685
Do not push me!

260
00:18:21,851 --> 00:18:24,604
Easy there, Mr. Kent.

261
00:18:31,361 --> 00:18:33,780
We were just talking.

262
00:18:35,031 --> 00:18:37,993
You know, if I were you,
I'd learn to keep that temper in check.

263
00:18:38,159 --> 00:18:40,787
It could get you in a lot of trouble.

264
00:18:52,132 --> 00:18:55,302
Hey, Clark, you okay?

265
00:18:55,468 --> 00:18:58,388
Fine, just doing a little research.

266
00:18:58,555 --> 00:19:00,765
Have you heard about
Lana's meeting with kwan?

267
00:19:00,932 --> 00:19:02,392
Chloe, I'm sure it'll work out.

268
00:19:02,642 --> 00:19:04,227
[Lana] Hey.

269
00:19:04,394 --> 00:19:08,148
- So how'd it go?
- Well, it's interesting.

270
00:19:08,315 --> 00:19:10,317
When can we send out the next issue?

271
00:19:10,483 --> 00:19:12,319
Day after tomorrow.

272
00:19:13,695 --> 00:19:15,655
Except, uh...

273
00:19:15,905 --> 00:19:18,658
Kwan made me the new editor.

274
00:19:21,828 --> 00:19:26,499
Okay, uh, rewind.
I need you to say that last part again.

275
00:19:26,666 --> 00:19:29,711
After I made my case,
kwan said that if I had that much passion

276
00:19:29,878 --> 00:19:32,255
I should be in charge.

277
00:19:34,215 --> 00:19:35,342
I don't believe this!

278
00:19:35,508 --> 00:19:37,427
It's the only way he'd reopen the paper.

279
00:19:37,761 --> 00:19:39,471
So, what? Cheerleading's not enough?

280
00:19:39,637 --> 00:19:43,224
Maybe the editor of a school newspaper
looks better on a college application.

281
00:19:43,516 --> 00:19:47,187
That isn't it! I figured you could
ghostwrite until we got you reinstated.

282
00:19:47,270 --> 00:19:48,772
So then I would work for you.

283
00:19:48,938 --> 00:19:51,691
- The paper would still be yours.
- Wait, wait.

284
00:19:51,858 --> 00:19:53,902
Chloe, think about it. It's not a bad idea.

285
00:19:55,612 --> 00:19:57,197
It figures you'd side with her.

286
00:19:57,364 --> 00:19:59,366
- I'm not taking sides.
- Right.

287
00:19:59,449 --> 00:20:02,118
You're completely
objective in all things Lana.

288
00:20:04,371 --> 00:20:06,623
- Gotta go.
- No, please, Clark, stay!

289
00:20:06,873 --> 00:20:09,626
- Take my desk!
- Chloe, this isn't what you think.

290
00:20:09,709 --> 00:20:12,212
You know what the weirdest part is?

291
00:20:12,379 --> 00:20:15,965
For a millisecond,
I almost thought you were my friend.

292
00:20:30,939 --> 00:20:32,107
Get in, kid.

293
00:20:32,190 --> 00:20:33,983
[Ominous music playing]

294
00:20:38,113 --> 00:20:40,490
- What do you want?
- Your father came to see me.

295
00:20:40,657 --> 00:20:43,993
He seemed like a really good man,
always putting his family first.

296
00:20:44,828 --> 00:20:48,331
You know, if I were you,
I'd start thinking like him.

297
00:20:52,252 --> 00:20:55,505
I assume you've had a chance
to read my father's proposal.

298
00:20:55,672 --> 00:20:58,466
- I didn't have to.
- Oh.

299
00:20:58,633 --> 00:21:01,594
So you've added mind reading
to your many abilities.

300
00:21:01,761 --> 00:21:03,930
I know why you're here, Victoria.

301
00:21:04,097 --> 00:21:07,767
Sir Harry wants to take over LuthorCorp,
and he needs my shares to do it.

302
00:21:07,934 --> 00:21:11,312
Your father didn't dream up
this little plan, did he?

303
00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:15,608
Do you think if you take over LuthorCorp,

304
00:21:15,775 --> 00:21:19,028
daddy will finally give you
the respect you deserve?

305
00:21:19,195 --> 00:21:20,780
He won't, Victoria.

306
00:21:20,947 --> 00:21:22,282
So, what are you suggesting?

307
00:21:22,615 --> 00:21:25,785
You came to play on my hatred of my father.

308
00:21:25,952 --> 00:21:27,829
Now I'm going to play on yours.

309
00:21:27,996 --> 00:21:31,708
Why take one company,
when you can take two?

310
00:21:32,125 --> 00:21:34,043
You know they'd probably kill us.

311
00:21:34,210 --> 00:21:35,795
Probably.

312
00:21:36,337 --> 00:21:39,299
But that's what makes life interesting.

313
00:21:41,759 --> 00:21:44,762
[Dramatic music playing]

314
00:22:04,824 --> 00:22:05,909
What are we doing here?

315
00:22:06,075 --> 00:22:08,828
You want to know the biggest obstacle
to my job, Clark?

316
00:22:08,995 --> 00:22:11,915
It's not the perps. It's the bureaucracy.

317
00:22:12,582 --> 00:22:15,919
How am I supposed to fight crime
with one hand tied behind my back?

318
00:22:16,085 --> 00:22:17,921
You said we were going after bad guys.

319
00:22:18,087 --> 00:22:21,925
We are. They're called internal affairs.

320
00:22:22,342 --> 00:22:24,761
In fact, the head of the ia division

321
00:22:24,928 --> 00:22:28,348
lives right up there on the fifth floor.

322
00:22:31,184 --> 00:22:32,685
I'm not gonna hurt anybody!

323
00:22:32,852 --> 00:22:35,772
Relax, you're just gonna help me
retrieve some files.

324
00:22:36,022 --> 00:22:40,860
See, these ia types,
they have a real, uh, trust problem.

325
00:22:41,027 --> 00:22:45,865
Well, it turns out the deputy chief keeps
all his most sensitive case files at home.

326
00:22:46,032 --> 00:22:49,702
The man's got a safe, so you find it.
You open it

327
00:22:49,869 --> 00:22:52,622
and you bring me whatever's inside.

328
00:22:52,872 --> 00:22:56,751
You do this one thing for me,
and I'll never trouble you again.

329
00:22:58,044 --> 00:23:01,130
I know what you're about, phelan.
Lex Luthor told me.

330
00:23:01,714 --> 00:23:07,387
Yeah, well, your friend Lex
isn't exactly on the side of the angels.

331
00:23:07,637 --> 00:23:10,890
He's got his secrets, just like you.

332
00:23:11,724 --> 00:23:13,476
It's apartment 517.

333
00:23:16,938 --> 00:23:19,941
[Suspenseful music playing]

334
00:24:05,862 --> 00:24:07,864
[Clark] Hey, phelan!

335
00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:13,161
Want your file?

336
00:24:13,369 --> 00:24:16,456
- [Sirens wailing]
- It's all yours.

337
00:24:17,707 --> 00:24:20,126
Did you call them?

338
00:24:21,044 --> 00:24:24,964
You're making a big mistake, kid.

339
00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:44,108
Morning, guys.

340
00:24:44,275 --> 00:24:47,779
What time did you get in last night?
I didn't hear you.

341
00:24:47,945 --> 00:24:49,489
[Clark] Late.

342
00:24:49,656 --> 00:24:52,200
I was helping Lana at the torch.

343
00:24:52,367 --> 00:24:54,619
I sort of lost track of time.

344
00:24:54,786 --> 00:24:57,830
Clark, has, um, phelan
tried to contact you?

345
00:24:58,373 --> 00:25:01,292
Dad, don't worry,
I think he's out of our lives forever.

346
00:25:01,751 --> 00:25:02,919
[Knocking]

347
00:25:05,004 --> 00:25:07,215
Ethan, Bob,

348
00:25:07,382 --> 00:25:09,175
what's going on?

349
00:25:09,342 --> 00:25:11,761
We got a warrant.

350
00:25:12,929 --> 00:25:15,431
It's a warrant to search
your property, Jonathan.

351
00:25:15,598 --> 00:25:17,934
A warrant? Come on in.

352
00:25:21,104 --> 00:25:23,690
We got a tip from Metropolis pd.

353
00:25:25,608 --> 00:25:28,236
You'd better come and take a look at this.

354
00:25:37,954 --> 00:25:40,540
Looks like he was shot in the heart.

355
00:25:42,959 --> 00:25:45,628
You wanna explain what a dead body's
doing in your barn?

356
00:25:45,795 --> 00:25:49,841
- I've never seen that man before.
- Ethan, we found this

357
00:25:50,007 --> 00:25:53,302
hidden under the seat in the truck.

358
00:25:54,053 --> 00:25:57,014
That is not my gun,
and I have no idea how it got in my truck.

359
00:25:57,181 --> 00:25:59,559
I'm sorry,
but we have to place you under arrest.

360
00:25:59,726 --> 00:26:00,893
Dad.

361
00:26:01,060 --> 00:26:02,979
It's all right.

362
00:26:03,146 --> 00:26:06,649
Call bill Ross
and have him meet me at the jail.

363
00:26:10,236 --> 00:26:11,571
You're not taking him!

364
00:26:11,738 --> 00:26:16,868
Clark. Clark, I need you to stay here.

365
00:26:17,994 --> 00:26:20,204
And I need you to be strong.

366
00:26:30,339 --> 00:26:33,009
I'll follow in the car.

367
00:26:48,941 --> 00:26:51,986
That's what you get for trying
to be a hero, Clark.

368
00:26:52,361 --> 00:26:56,115
You're a pretty smart boy, but you forget

369
00:26:56,282 --> 00:26:59,202
I've been doing this a long time.

370
00:26:59,368 --> 00:27:01,287
- Who's that man?
- Did you really think

371
00:27:01,454 --> 00:27:07,126
that you could double-cross me?
Clark, my job is about scenarios.

372
00:27:07,293 --> 00:27:09,378
You never enter a crack
house with one plan.

373
00:27:09,545 --> 00:27:13,382
You go in with 10.
That's how you survive.

374
00:27:13,549 --> 00:27:18,054
The truth is, kid,
you didn't leave me with a lot of options!

375
00:27:18,221 --> 00:27:20,765
- I want my dad out of jail.
- You complicate my life?

376
00:27:20,932 --> 00:27:22,975
I'm gonna complicate yours!

377
00:27:23,142 --> 00:27:25,186
Call them now
and tell them what you did!

378
00:27:26,979 --> 00:27:30,024
What is it, Clark? You wanna kill me?

379
00:27:30,399 --> 00:27:33,569
You think that's the answer
to your problems?

380
00:27:33,736 --> 00:27:34,904
I want him out!

381
00:27:35,071 --> 00:27:37,573
Well, then, we both want something,

382
00:27:37,740 --> 00:27:41,661
only you have a lot more to lose.

383
00:27:49,502 --> 00:27:52,797
I don't want any more surprises.

384
00:27:53,422 --> 00:27:56,342
I'm gonna let you think about last night.

385
00:28:02,181 --> 00:28:04,976
Stay close. I'll be in touch.

386
00:28:06,435 --> 00:28:09,438
[Tense music playing]

387
00:28:23,286 --> 00:28:25,413
Clark, what are you doing here?

388
00:28:26,205 --> 00:28:28,374
Hiding out.

389
00:28:29,458 --> 00:28:32,503
I heard about your dad.
I know it isn't true.

390
00:28:38,301 --> 00:28:39,802
How are you doing?

391
00:28:39,969 --> 00:28:43,055
To be honest, I'm in way over my head.

392
00:28:43,639 --> 00:28:47,602
All I wanted to do is help Chloe.
Now I feel like I've screwed up everything.

393
00:28:49,437 --> 00:28:52,106
Guess that's what you get
when you try to be a hero.

394
00:28:53,816 --> 00:28:55,192
I know the feeling.

395
00:28:57,904 --> 00:29:01,657
You ever think your aunt's life would
be simpler if she hadn't adopted you?

396
00:29:02,658 --> 00:29:03,951
Clark, what's going on?

397
00:29:07,246 --> 00:29:10,416
Just seems like all I ever do
is complicate my parents' lives.

398
00:29:11,584 --> 00:29:15,338
You can't blame yourself
for what's happening with your dad.

399
00:29:15,713 --> 00:29:18,174
Every family goes through rough times.

400
00:29:18,341 --> 00:29:21,594
When I was 10,
I tried to run away to Metropolis.

401
00:29:21,761 --> 00:29:24,513
Nell found me at the bus stop.
It was freezing.

402
00:29:24,764 --> 00:29:28,434
As she was driving me home,
I asked her if she regretted adopting me.

403
00:29:29,101 --> 00:29:32,355
She stopped the car.
I remember because it started snowing.

404
00:29:32,688 --> 00:29:35,441
She looked me in the eye...

405
00:29:35,942 --> 00:29:39,195
She said it was the best thing
she had ever done.

406
00:29:39,362 --> 00:29:43,032
She didn't love me any less
because I was adopted

407
00:29:43,199 --> 00:29:45,952
but she worried about me more.

408
00:29:49,372 --> 00:29:50,790
I've gotta go.

409
00:29:52,541 --> 00:29:54,794
Don't worry, Clark.

410
00:29:55,211 --> 00:29:56,754
It'll all work out.

411
00:30:05,471 --> 00:30:08,557
[Officer] Right here.

412
00:30:24,156 --> 00:30:26,701
Hi, son. Where's your mother?

413
00:30:26,867 --> 00:30:29,245
The police are questioning her.

414
00:30:31,831 --> 00:30:32,999
I lied to you.

415
00:30:35,084 --> 00:30:38,421
- What do you mean?
- I did see phelan again.

416
00:30:43,259 --> 00:30:44,844
When?

417
00:30:45,011 --> 00:30:48,472
Last night. I went with him to Metropolis.

418
00:30:48,639 --> 00:30:53,102
I broke into an apartment,
found a safe with confidential files.

419
00:30:53,436 --> 00:30:54,603
Oh, Clark.

420
00:30:54,770 --> 00:30:56,063
I didn't have a choice.

421
00:30:56,230 --> 00:30:59,567
That's what he wanted you to think,
but you always have a choice.

422
00:30:59,734 --> 00:31:01,277
I was protecting you and mom.

423
00:31:01,444 --> 00:31:05,614
You cannot protect your mother and I
by lying to us. Come on!

424
00:31:07,950 --> 00:31:10,202
Dad, there's more.

425
00:31:11,287 --> 00:31:14,373
Phelan came back after you were arrested.

426
00:31:14,874 --> 00:31:18,711
I got so angry that I grabbed him

427
00:31:19,045 --> 00:31:22,214
and for a second, I wanted to...

428
00:31:25,301 --> 00:31:26,844
I wanted to kill him.

429
00:31:29,638 --> 00:31:31,390
But you didn't, right?

430
00:31:31,891 --> 00:31:34,101
Yeah, but I was close.

431
00:31:44,403 --> 00:31:47,907
Believe me, son, I know all there is
to know about losing your temper.

432
00:31:48,407 --> 00:31:50,659
But you can't afford to do it.

433
00:31:51,243 --> 00:31:55,414
This is phelan's game,
and he will play your fear and your anger.

434
00:31:55,581 --> 00:31:57,666
But you cannot let him get to you.

435
00:31:57,833 --> 00:32:00,753
I don't care.
I won't let anybody hurt you and mom.

436
00:32:03,172 --> 00:32:06,509
But once you've crossed that line,
there's no going back.

437
00:32:11,097 --> 00:32:14,100
[Pop music playing]

438
00:32:23,192 --> 00:32:26,987
Clark, I just heard about your dad.
Is he all right?

439
00:32:27,154 --> 00:32:28,197
He's hanging in there.

440
00:32:28,531 --> 00:32:31,700
This is crazy.
Your father didn't kill anyone.

441
00:32:31,867 --> 00:32:34,954
Give me five minutes,
I'll get the 10 best lawyers in the state.

442
00:32:35,121 --> 00:32:36,914
I don't think lawyers are gonna help.

443
00:32:38,958 --> 00:32:40,167
It's phelan, isn't it?

444
00:32:41,627 --> 00:32:46,632
- What's he got on you, Clark?
- Just stay out of it, all right? Please.

445
00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:49,260
Listen to me.

446
00:32:49,552 --> 00:32:52,596
You may think you know how phelan works,
but you'd be wrong.

447
00:32:52,763 --> 00:32:54,265
Sounds like you're an expert.

448
00:32:54,431 --> 00:32:58,394
- I understand his world.
- Yeah, he told me you have secrets.

449
00:33:01,313 --> 00:33:04,066
There are parts of my life
I'm not proud of, Clark,

450
00:33:04,233 --> 00:33:06,735
but I don't want to see you
or your family hurt.

451
00:33:06,902 --> 00:33:08,571
Now, let me help.

452
00:33:08,737 --> 00:33:11,115
You can't, Lex.

453
00:33:12,575 --> 00:33:15,327
I gotta handle this on my own.

454
00:33:20,583 --> 00:33:23,586
[Pensive music playing]

455
00:33:32,178 --> 00:33:33,345
You busy, Clark?

456
00:33:35,848 --> 00:33:38,350
- What do you want from me?
- That's complicated.

457
00:33:38,517 --> 00:33:41,854
After last night,
I've got internal affairs asking me

458
00:33:42,021 --> 00:33:43,939
more questions than I want to answer.

459
00:33:44,106 --> 00:33:45,149
That's your problem!

460
00:33:45,316 --> 00:33:47,943
No, it's our problem.

461
00:33:48,861 --> 00:33:51,697
But our next bit of business
is gonna be our last.

462
00:33:51,864 --> 00:33:55,034
Look, I don't care.
You can tell the whole world about me.

463
00:33:59,371 --> 00:34:03,459
Clark, you may not care about yourself,
but think about your parents.

464
00:34:03,876 --> 00:34:06,754
Now, your father's in
jail on a murder charge.

465
00:34:06,921 --> 00:34:11,634
Whether he beats it or not, he's gonna
lose this farm just paying legal fees.

466
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:15,054
I can still make all that go away.

467
00:34:16,805 --> 00:34:18,515
So, what's it gonna be?

468
00:34:30,694 --> 00:34:33,030
[Car starts]

469
00:34:51,590 --> 00:34:53,133
What are we doing here?

470
00:34:53,300 --> 00:34:56,929
Since I couldn't pick up
my internal affairs records...

471
00:34:58,222 --> 00:35:01,809
I figured it was time to pick up
my retirement package.

472
00:35:02,810 --> 00:35:05,980
The breastplate.
You want me to steal it for you.

473
00:35:06,146 --> 00:35:08,274
I don't give a damn about the breastplate.

474
00:35:08,399 --> 00:35:12,236
I just want the 10 million dollars' worth
ofjewels that are on it.

475
00:35:15,072 --> 00:35:16,323
Come on.

476
00:35:19,243 --> 00:35:20,536
So we're just gonna bust in?

477
00:35:20,703 --> 00:35:25,666
Not quite. Metropolis pd keeps blueprints
on the high-security buildings in the city

478
00:35:25,749 --> 00:35:27,918
so I know this place
better than the architect.

479
00:35:28,085 --> 00:35:31,672
The security system all runs
through this junction box.

480
00:35:33,090 --> 00:35:35,551
- Open it up.
- Isn't it alarmed?

481
00:35:35,926 --> 00:35:39,138
They only alarm things they think
somebody could get through.

482
00:35:41,932 --> 00:35:44,435
And, Clark, I'm getting
pretty bored with this.

483
00:35:44,601 --> 00:35:46,895
You want your old life back, you do it.

484
00:36:04,455 --> 00:36:07,082
Cameras are one thing.
What about the guards?

485
00:36:08,125 --> 00:36:10,961
They're about to get real busy.

486
00:36:12,463 --> 00:36:16,050
Yeah, Metropolis museum?
You have two minutes to leave the building.

487
00:36:16,216 --> 00:36:18,469
There's a bomb outside.

488
00:36:18,552 --> 00:36:21,555
[Dramatic music playing]

489
00:36:30,647 --> 00:36:31,899
[Guard] There's a bomb here!

490
00:36:37,905 --> 00:36:40,574
[Phelan] Cameras are
all dead in Luthor hall.

491
00:37:04,181 --> 00:37:08,268
Kid, show me the magic.

492
00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:33,127
Standing by. I repeat, standing by.

493
00:37:37,923 --> 00:37:39,174
[Bell rings]

494
00:37:44,721 --> 00:37:48,892
We are gonna make a great team.

495
00:38:03,907 --> 00:38:05,826
We'll never be a team.

496
00:38:19,423 --> 00:38:23,177
You might be able to explain the safe,
but your prints are on that breastplate.

497
00:38:23,343 --> 00:38:27,764
You might be strong,
but you're not bulletproof!

498
00:39:17,147 --> 00:39:20,234
What are you?

499
00:39:21,443 --> 00:39:22,653
[Officer] In there!

500
00:39:24,321 --> 00:39:26,073
[Lex] Get down! Get down!

501
00:39:36,166 --> 00:39:38,961
Phelan, where's Clark?
I know he came with you.

502
00:39:40,921 --> 00:39:42,714
Just tell me what you had on him.

503
00:39:46,301 --> 00:39:50,013
Go to hell, Luthor.

504
00:39:58,021 --> 00:39:59,856
[Door opens]

505
00:40:03,860 --> 00:40:05,946
All the charges have been dropped.

506
00:40:06,113 --> 00:40:07,155
[Chuckles]

507
00:40:07,322 --> 00:40:10,200
With apologies from the state
and Metropolis police departments.

508
00:40:10,367 --> 00:40:12,202
Then it's finally over.

509
00:40:12,369 --> 00:40:13,870
Well, this time.

510
00:40:14,037 --> 00:40:17,249
Unfortunately, there's more than
one phelan out there in the world.

511
00:40:17,416 --> 00:40:18,792
What do we do next time?

512
00:40:18,959 --> 00:40:21,044
I don't know, son.

513
00:40:21,211 --> 00:40:23,463
We'll have to deal with it
when the time comes.

514
00:40:23,630 --> 00:40:26,717
Maybe I should stop using my gifts.
That would solve our problems.

515
00:40:26,883 --> 00:40:28,552
No, it wouldn't, Clark.

516
00:40:28,719 --> 00:40:32,806
Your gifts are who you are.
You can't live in fear.

517
00:40:32,973 --> 00:40:35,142
Although a little caution wouldn't hurt.

518
00:40:40,564 --> 00:40:44,526
Clark, are you sure
nobody saw you last night?

519
00:40:45,068 --> 00:40:46,987
I'm positive, mom.

520
00:40:54,620 --> 00:40:56,371
[Keyboard clacks]

521
00:40:59,416 --> 00:41:03,629
Miss lang, what's this?

522
00:41:04,713 --> 00:41:07,716
- It's a news story.
- It's totally unacceptable.

523
00:41:07,883 --> 00:41:09,968
Why? It covers all of your criteria.

524
00:41:10,135 --> 00:41:12,596
It deals with a student
and a school-sponsored club

525
00:41:12,763 --> 00:41:15,390
and there are no mutants in sight.

526
00:41:16,099 --> 00:41:19,144
Did you do this because you thought
I'd reinstate miss Sullivan?

527
00:41:19,311 --> 00:41:21,772
I did this because it's
the right thing to do.

528
00:41:21,938 --> 00:41:23,690
Chloe was born for this job.

529
00:41:23,857 --> 00:41:26,985
Although I do admire her passion,
her reporting lacks accuracy.

530
00:41:27,110 --> 00:41:29,613
[Chloe] I can work on that.

531
00:41:30,781 --> 00:41:34,826
If you want your job back, miss Sullivan,
don't print what you can't prove.

532
00:41:34,993 --> 00:41:38,038
- Do we have a deal?
- Yeah. Thank you, principal kwan.

533
00:41:39,706 --> 00:41:43,293
Don't thank me. Thank miss lang.

534
00:41:49,883 --> 00:41:52,302
Congratulations. You deserve it.

535
00:41:54,221 --> 00:41:57,683
Uh, you know, Lana, I'm sorry I
flipped out at you the other day.

536
00:41:57,849 --> 00:42:01,144
I just... you know, the paper's
kind of my identity

537
00:42:01,311 --> 00:42:03,730
and it's the only thing
Clark and I do together.

538
00:42:03,897 --> 00:42:05,482
And so when I saw you here...

539
00:42:05,816 --> 00:42:09,319
You thought I was trying
to cut Clark out of your life?

540
00:42:09,486 --> 00:42:11,238
Nobody ever said I was rational.

541
00:42:12,489 --> 00:42:15,409
I want to be friends with you, Chloe,

542
00:42:15,575 --> 00:42:17,953
but I don't want to stand
between you and Clark.

543
00:42:18,912 --> 00:42:23,500
Oh, no.
Don't worry, there's nothing between us.

544
00:42:23,667 --> 00:42:25,502
We're just good friends.

545
00:42:28,004 --> 00:42:29,172
How about you?

546
00:42:30,257 --> 00:42:34,052
Same thing. We're just friends.

547
00:42:36,012 --> 00:42:38,682
Good. I'm glad we got that out of the way.

548
00:42:38,849 --> 00:42:44,521
Now, let's see what you've messed up
since I've been gone.

549
00:42:44,813 --> 00:42:46,732
[Keyboard clacking]

550
00:42:46,815 --> 00:42:49,818
[Pensive music playing]

551
00:43:00,871 --> 00:43:04,291
Lex, are you gonna come to bed?

552
00:43:04,458 --> 00:43:06,626
In a minute.

553
00:43:37,616 --> 00:43:40,619
[Theme music playing]