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[Ominous music playing]

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I was under the impression
the deal had closed.

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- Mr. Luthor, I'm sorry.
- I don't want "I'm sorry."

4
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I want to know how my father
beat me out of a $150 million contract

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that you assured me was a done deal.

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They'd only know the exact amount
if they had inside information.

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Since we were the only ones who knew it,
and I certainly didn't tell my father,

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that leaves you in a very
uncomfortable position.

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If I no longer have your confidence,
I'll tender my resignation in the morning.

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My father would want
more than your resignation.

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He'd hobble you at the knees
and do everything in his power

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to ensure you'd never work
in the corporate world again.

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But I'm not my father.

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All I want to know is how he found out.

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And how I can stop it
from ever happening again.

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[Door closes]

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[Theory of a deadman's "invisible man"
playing on stereo]

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J“ well, I know it ain't easy
but you know I don't mind j“

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j“ I always know where you are
you never know where I am j“

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j“ you got me sneaking around like the invisible
man you'll never know where I've gone... j“

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[ripping and clanging]

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J“ like the invisible man
going once, going twice, three times... j“

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Lex, what's going on?

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[Volume increases]

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J“ you've been looking for days... j“

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big brother is listening,
or should I say big daddy.

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These are just what I've found so far.

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State-of-the-art, high-tech surveillance.

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I'll have to get experts
to sweep the rest of the mansion.

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- Your dad's spying on you?
- I had a multimillion-dollar contract.

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The last minute, LuthorCorp manages
to underbid me. You do the math.

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- Lex, you gotta calm down...
- Don't tell me to calm down, Clark.

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J“ like the invisible man... j“

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how would you feel if someone listened
to every private word you uttered?

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Learning all your secrets?

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J“ you can see right through me
out of sight, out of mind j“

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[Lex grunts]

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J“ can you see why it's easy
to be the hardest to find? J“

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Lex. These devices could be anywhere.

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- In the sofa cushions, the heating vents.
- I already checked.

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What about your stereo?

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J“ I always know where you are
you never know where I am j“

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j“ you got me sneaking around
like the invisible man j“

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j“ you'll never know where I've gone
you've gone and done it again j“

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j“ you've got me sneaking around
like the invisible... j“

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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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Hey, dad.
Want me to make this extra-crispy for you?

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No, thanks. And if I do say so myself,
I've cooked this bird to perfection.

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Just the way your mother likes it.

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Why aren't you going to Metropolis
for your anniversary?

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Well, last year while we were out of town,

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somebody had a party at our house.

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Well, you know what,
I think a picnic sounds perfect.

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So do I. But I can't go.

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Wait a minute, what do
you mean you can't go?

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Lionel just called. LuthorCorp's finalizing
a major acquisition tomorrow

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and he needs me to go with him
to his Metropolis office to prepare.

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Didn't you tell him it's
your anniversary, mom?

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I'll be back tomorrow night.

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We can celebrate then,
any restaurant you want.

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Will you put it on your
LuthorCorp expense account?

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Oh, Jonathan.

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You can't make me feel
any worse about it than I do.

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I know how hard you worked planning today

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- but I have no choice. He's my boss.
- I'm your husband.

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Believe me, I'd much
rather spend today with you.

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But this job is important to me.

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I never thought I'd see the day where
this job was more important than family.

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- You shouldn't be working for Lionel.
- Clark.

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He only got this major acquisition
because he was spying on Lex.

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Clark. This is between your mother and I.

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Jonathan, how many times have you put
this farm above our personal lives?

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- That is different, Martha.
- —why?

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I'm working toward the same goal:
Our family's financial security.

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I wish this job didn't bother you so much.

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[Pensive music playing]

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I have to go.

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All right, Lex. What's so urgent?

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Remember the new
American embassy in Moscow, dad?

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[Lionel] Uh-huh.

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It was so riddled with
surveillance hardware,

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the state department had to abandon it.

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I've got a meeting. I don't have
time to chat about foreign affairs.

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Actually, the topic is domestic.

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I've discovered a bug problem right here
in my very own home.

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[Chuckling]

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Corporate espionage,
it's a fact of modern business, Lex.

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I'm surprised your security was so lax.

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It's hard to imagine how the perpetrator
gained access to the mansion.

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[Sniffing]

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Do I detect a faint whiff of innuendo?

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Of course not, dad.

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I just wanted to congratulate you
on winning that contract.

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Oh, is that what this is about?
Making an excuse for your defeat. Hm?

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Because I don't have time for excuses.

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As for your bug problem...

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I suggest you call an exterminator.

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[Cell phone ringing]

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- This is Mr. Green.
- I've finished the appraisal.

110
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- We're ready to close escrow.
- How soon can you complete it?

111
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Today. We're ready to roll. You get full
access to the property, audio and video.

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Do we have a go?

113
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[Suspenseful music playing]

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Mr. Green, are you there?

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- Mr. Green.
- Do it.

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We're on.

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[Wood creaks]

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- Wow.
- You don't think it's too much?

119
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It depends who you're wearing it for.

120
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What do you call your newly discovered
biological father's wife?

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Well, personally, I'd call her Mrs. Small,
but that's just me.

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- So you're really going to see her.
- Yeah.

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Kind of feel like I'm auditioning.
What if she votes me off the island?

124
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Lana, anyone who gets to know you
realizes how special you are.

125
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[Tender music playing]

126
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Thanks, Clark.

127
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That's really sweet of you to say.

128
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You're always the one telling me
I need to be more honest.

129
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Well, maybe you see me that way
because we're friends.

130
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But to Jennifer small, I'm just
her husband's illegitimate daughter,

131
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trying to worm her way into his life.

132
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Lana, if she accepts you, then great.
But if not, that's her loss.

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Isn't your priority Henry?
That's been going well.

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Yeah. Uh, but...

135
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But maybe it's the whole
"adopted kid fantasy" thing

136
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but I can't help thinking
that if I don't screw it up,

137
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I might have an actual family.

138
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Look, Lana, I want you to have
everything you wish for, I really do.

139
00:10:00,476 --> 00:10:03,937
Just because you have a family
doesn't mean every day is a picnic.

140
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Unless, of course, you're a Kent.

141
00:10:07,941 --> 00:10:11,403
Well, to be honest, my parents
aren't really getting along right now.

142
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I'm sorry, Clark.
Do you want to talk about it?

143
00:10:16,158 --> 00:10:18,827
Later. You've got some place to be.

144
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Okay.

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Clark.

146
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Whatever it is, your
parents will work it out.

147
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After all, some people are
just meant to be together.

148
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Lex. What's the most
romantic restaurant in Metropolis?

149
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I'm sure there are a lot
opinions on that, Clark,

150
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but personally, I'd have
to go with la petite Fleur.

151
00:11:07,125 --> 00:11:09,169
Could you score me a
reservation for tonight?

152
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- Who's the lucky girl?
- My mom. It's my parents' anniversary.

153
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My dad had a picnic,
but now she's in Metropolis with your dad.

154
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They're in Metropolis?
At LuthorCorp? On a Sunday?

155
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Yeah. Can you believe that he makes
her work on her anniversary?

156
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To my father,
there's no such thing as a personal life.

157
00:11:25,936 --> 00:11:30,023
Listen, since it's their anniversary,
I could do better than reservations.

158
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What do you have in mind?

159
00:11:32,234 --> 00:11:35,571
Well, if you excuse me a minute
to make a few calls, I'll explain.

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[Ominous music playing]

161
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[Dramatic music playing]

162
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[Computer] Accessing database.

163
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[Cell phone beeping]

164
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- Kern.
- [Lex] This is green.

165
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I want you to terminate. Now.

166
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- You realize you'll forfeit the deposit.
- There are people there. I want you out.

167
00:12:35,088 --> 00:12:36,757
I understand.

168
00:12:39,843 --> 00:12:44,598
Our client has canceled the project. He
believes there are people in the building.

169
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Hey, what are you doing?

170
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You think we broke into the office
of one of the richest men to plant bugs?

171
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We ain't leaving this place
until we empty that vault.

172
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Bishop.

173
00:13:05,452 --> 00:13:07,746
Nicky. How long have we worked together?

174
00:13:07,913 --> 00:13:10,958
We're not thieves.
We were hired to do a specific job.

175
00:13:13,877 --> 00:13:15,921
Job description's just been changed.

176
00:13:18,715 --> 00:13:22,928
Go out and check the other offices.
Bishop, get the torch.

177
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Sign here.

178
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Okay.

179
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- Martha?
- Yes.

180
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- Is something wrong?
- No.

181
00:13:42,364 --> 00:13:45,325
It's just that when you said
work couldn't wait till Monday,

182
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I didn't think I'd be the only one here.

183
00:13:47,744 --> 00:13:50,580
Thought you'd like to
work in your new office.

184
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New office? I don't understand.

185
00:13:55,002 --> 00:13:59,297
Look inside the top
left-hand drawer of the desk.

186
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Go ahead. Open it.

187
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[Pensive music playing]

188
00:14:23,071 --> 00:14:24,781
[Chuckles]

189
00:14:25,157 --> 00:14:27,034
Turn it over.

190
00:14:32,539 --> 00:14:35,834
"To Martha, with deep affection: L.L."

191
00:14:36,710 --> 00:14:42,090
I'm promoting you, Martha, which means
I'll be needing you more in Metropolis.

192
00:14:42,257 --> 00:14:45,343
Which means you'll need some place to work.

193
00:14:46,261 --> 00:14:48,138
Lionel...

194
00:14:48,597 --> 00:14:52,517
I'm flattered, really,
but I can't accept this.

195
00:14:55,479 --> 00:14:58,106
And as far as working in Metropolis,

196
00:14:58,273 --> 00:15:01,443
this job is putting enough strain
on my family as it is.

197
00:15:04,279 --> 00:15:07,282
[Ominous music playing]

198
00:15:14,289 --> 00:15:17,334
I know how much you've given up to be...

199
00:15:17,834 --> 00:15:21,254
A farmer's wife,
but with your brains and your talent,

200
00:15:21,421 --> 00:15:26,718
don't you deserve to make your
own ambitions a priority for a change?

201
00:15:27,469 --> 00:15:29,054
We'll discuss it over dinner.

202
00:15:33,975 --> 00:15:36,228
Hey, love birds. Wrong place, wrong time.

203
00:15:36,311 --> 00:15:37,938
- Who is this? Martha?
- I don't know.

204
00:15:38,105 --> 00:15:41,775
Put your hands up.
Let's go! Get them in the air! Now!

205
00:15:45,278 --> 00:15:48,573
- [Helicopter whirring]
- Clark. Clark!

206
00:15:48,740 --> 00:15:52,244
I don't suppose you know why there's
a helicopter parked in our front yard.

207
00:15:52,410 --> 00:15:55,455
Lex is gonna take you to Metropolis.
So you can take mom to dinner.

208
00:15:55,622 --> 00:15:57,207
So this was your idea, was it?

209
00:15:57,749 --> 00:16:00,710
It was Clark's. I just offered
to provide the transportation.

210
00:16:00,794 --> 00:16:03,255
Look, I don't know how
things work in your house,

211
00:16:03,338 --> 00:16:06,383
but we think it's important
to respect other people's privacy.

212
00:16:06,591 --> 00:16:08,927
- Dad.
- It's all right, Clark.

213
00:16:10,929 --> 00:16:15,058
Mr. Kent. Since the
day I moved to Smallville,

214
00:16:15,225 --> 00:16:17,686
I've done nothing but
try to be a friend to you.

215
00:16:18,186 --> 00:16:22,858
And in return, you do nothing but
lecture me with sanctimonious platitudes.

216
00:16:23,650 --> 00:16:25,360
I'm done listening to them.

217
00:16:31,158 --> 00:16:34,119
- Dad, that was not fair.
- Everything was fine in this family

218
00:16:34,286 --> 00:16:36,621
until we let the Luthors into our lives.

219
00:16:37,164 --> 00:16:38,790
- That wasn't Lex's fault.
- Hey!

220
00:16:38,957 --> 00:16:43,962
I appreciate your concern, but it is
not your responsibility to fix everything.

221
00:16:47,465 --> 00:16:49,634
So just stay out of it.

222
00:16:56,391 --> 00:16:59,394
[Dramatic music playing]

223
00:17:08,195 --> 00:17:09,237
[Door opens]

224
00:17:09,404 --> 00:17:12,949
Hey, pyne. Got a little present for you.
Lionel Luthor.

225
00:17:14,367 --> 00:17:19,789
Good, you just saved us a whole
lot of time. Get him to open the vault.

226
00:17:19,956 --> 00:17:23,793
Too late, genius.
You already burned the plate.

227
00:17:30,592 --> 00:17:32,093
[Alarm beeping]

228
00:17:32,260 --> 00:17:35,639
[Computer] Access: Section two.

229
00:17:41,770 --> 00:17:44,022
How the hell did the cops get tipped off?

230
00:17:44,105 --> 00:17:47,108
[Suspenseful music playing]

231
00:17:53,156 --> 00:17:55,659
What have you got in your hand?

232
00:17:55,825 --> 00:17:59,871
- Open it up.
- Stop, you're hurting him. Lionel, please.

233
00:18:04,459 --> 00:18:06,419
Panic button, state of the art.

234
00:18:13,343 --> 00:18:15,011
Let's go. Come on.

235
00:18:15,345 --> 00:18:18,473
A man in my position
can never take too many precautions.

236
00:18:18,556 --> 00:18:20,016
Why don't you just let us go?

237
00:18:20,183 --> 00:18:22,894
You can avoid adding kidnapping
to breaking and entering charges.

238
00:18:23,061 --> 00:18:26,690
You should listen to this woman.
I find her advice invariably sound.

239
00:18:26,856 --> 00:18:29,025
- I think he's all right.
- We should have left.

240
00:18:29,192 --> 00:18:32,487
If you'd kept to the plan,
none of this would have happened.

241
00:18:37,534 --> 00:18:39,035
- [Grunts]
- [Screams]

242
00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:40,996
- What's wrong with you?!
- Are you crazy?

243
00:18:41,162 --> 00:18:42,706
- Shut up!
- You shut up!

244
00:18:42,872 --> 00:18:45,208
- What are you doing?!
- Shut up!

245
00:18:45,375 --> 00:18:47,043
- Shut up!
- Drop it now!

246
00:18:47,210 --> 00:18:51,548
All right. All right, all right, all right.
Let's just settle down, okay?

247
00:18:51,715 --> 00:18:53,842
- Drop it, pyne.
- Just relax.

248
00:18:54,009 --> 00:18:57,304
All right. Relax. Let's take it easy.

249
00:18:57,470 --> 00:19:01,558
I'm gonna put my guns down. All right?

250
00:19:01,725 --> 00:19:05,228
Just gonna get the money,
and we're gonna get the hell out of here.

251
00:19:18,074 --> 00:19:20,118
Get back to work on that vault.

252
00:19:20,285 --> 00:19:22,287
[Lionel] You're wasting
your time, you know.

253
00:19:23,163 --> 00:19:25,874
There's nothing in there
of value to any of you.

254
00:19:26,166 --> 00:19:29,919
Keep your eyes on them.
We'll need them later for leverage.

255
00:19:31,046 --> 00:19:34,049
[Ominous music playing]

256
00:19:44,309 --> 00:19:46,853
- More coffee?
- Henry, why don't you get it?

257
00:19:47,020 --> 00:19:52,317
- Give us a chance to get a word in.
- Sure, I'll be right back.

258
00:19:53,109 --> 00:19:54,527
[Clears throat]

259
00:20:00,283 --> 00:20:02,285
This really is a cute place, Lana.

260
00:20:02,535 --> 00:20:05,121
- You've got great taste.
- Thank you.

261
00:20:05,288 --> 00:20:09,292
And thank you for agreeing to meet with me.
I know it can't be easy for you.

262
00:20:09,793 --> 00:20:12,754
Lana, you seem like a
very together young woman

263
00:20:12,921 --> 00:20:17,300
which is why I feel
I can be completely candid with you.

264
00:20:19,344 --> 00:20:21,638
I don't want you getting
too close to Henry.

265
00:20:25,350 --> 00:20:27,769
Mrs. Small, I don't know what you think

266
00:20:27,936 --> 00:20:30,772
but I am not trying to
interfere with your family.

267
00:20:30,939 --> 00:20:33,525
That's not what I'm worried about.

268
00:20:34,317 --> 00:20:38,530
Lana, when I married Henry,
he was the editor of the law review.

269
00:20:38,696 --> 00:20:40,990
He was gonna run for congress.

270
00:20:41,157 --> 00:20:44,494
Now he runs a law practice
for lost causes out of our living room.

271
00:20:44,661 --> 00:20:46,121
He believes in what he's doing.

272
00:20:46,287 --> 00:20:50,667
Yeah, until it gets too difficult
or he loses interest.

273
00:20:50,834 --> 00:20:53,294
Which he always does.

274
00:20:57,215 --> 00:20:59,509
You think he'll lose interest in me.

275
00:20:59,676 --> 00:21:02,971
Henry has two children in boarding school.
He never calls them.

276
00:21:03,596 --> 00:21:06,474
And even when they're home,
he doesn't have time for them.

277
00:21:07,475 --> 00:21:09,185
Or anyone else.

278
00:21:11,187 --> 00:21:13,356
Why are you telling me this?

279
00:21:14,691 --> 00:21:17,026
I'm trying to do you a favor.

280
00:21:17,735 --> 00:21:22,490
I do not want to see you get hurt
the next time Henry's priorities change.

281
00:21:25,118 --> 00:21:26,578
[Henry] So...

282
00:21:27,662 --> 00:21:30,373
What have you two
ladies been talking about?

283
00:21:38,047 --> 00:21:42,051
We are live at the LuthorCorp tower,
where sometime earlier this afternoon

284
00:21:42,218 --> 00:21:45,388
armed gunmen apparently
entered the building, and are now

285
00:21:45,555 --> 00:21:49,559
holding LuthorCorp chairman
and ceo Lionel Luthor hostage

286
00:21:49,726 --> 00:21:53,521
along with at least one
unidentified female employee.

287
00:21:53,688 --> 00:21:55,940
- Mom.
- If anybody hurts her...

288
00:21:56,107 --> 00:21:58,610
- I'm not gonna let that happen.
- Clark. Clark!

289
00:22:00,695 --> 00:22:04,073
I'm not gonna try and stop you,
but I want you to be careful.

290
00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:06,910
I'm gonna follow you in
the truck and get there soon.

291
00:22:07,035 --> 00:22:12,207
Dad, there's a faster way for you to get
to Metropolis. You have to talk to Lex.

292
00:22:14,542 --> 00:22:16,002
[Cell phone beeping]

293
00:22:16,085 --> 00:22:19,088
[Ominous music playing]

294
00:22:24,093 --> 00:22:26,262
Get him out of here.

295
00:22:29,224 --> 00:22:32,393
- What?
- [Lex] I hired you to bug an office

296
00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:36,898
- not create a media circus.
- Yeah? Well, we ran into a little snag.

297
00:22:37,065 --> 00:22:40,860
- Who is this?
- Tell you what, Mr. Green.

298
00:22:41,027 --> 00:22:43,905
You show me your caller ID
and I'll show you mine.

299
00:22:44,072 --> 00:22:49,619
- I want to talk to kern now.
- Kern's definitely not in charge anymore.

300
00:23:02,048 --> 00:23:04,425
I take it you've seen the news.

301
00:23:05,301 --> 00:23:10,265
If I hadn't been so bull-headed...

302
00:23:11,224 --> 00:23:13,226
And taken you up on your offer...

303
00:23:14,477 --> 00:23:17,730
Martha and I'd probably
be on our way to dinner.

304
00:23:19,983 --> 00:23:21,776
Instead...

305
00:23:23,152 --> 00:23:24,946
Believe me...

306
00:23:25,113 --> 00:23:27,532
There's plenty of blame to go around.

307
00:23:33,955 --> 00:23:36,332
Lex, I was wondering...

308
00:23:44,841 --> 00:23:47,468
- I was wondering if I...
- Sure, Mr. Kent.

309
00:23:49,679 --> 00:23:52,682
I'll give you a helicopter
ride to Metropolis.

310
00:23:57,687 --> 00:24:00,523
[Dramatic music playing]

311
00:24:00,607 --> 00:24:03,610
- [Sirens wailing]
- [Helicopter whirring]

312
00:24:17,832 --> 00:24:20,710
Young man, you too.
Stay behind the barricade.

313
00:24:21,294 --> 00:24:23,004
[Man] Let's go.

314
00:24:23,087 --> 00:24:26,090
[Suspenseful music playing]

315
00:24:33,765 --> 00:24:36,225
Stand up and put your hands on your head.

316
00:24:36,893 --> 00:24:38,478
Stand up!

317
00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:40,730
Turn around.

318
00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:44,025
I can explain.

319
00:24:44,525 --> 00:24:47,362
[Sawyer]
Hold still. Keep your fingers linked.

320
00:24:48,446 --> 00:24:50,156
I'm listening.

321
00:24:50,448 --> 00:24:53,451
My name is Clark Kent.
My mom's a hostage being held up there.

322
00:24:53,618 --> 00:24:56,245
Thought you'd play hero?
Assuming you're who you say,

323
00:24:56,412 --> 00:25:00,208
you almost got your mom killed. Every
opening in there is wired with alarms.

324
00:25:00,375 --> 00:25:02,335
The kidnappers control the security system.

325
00:25:02,502 --> 00:25:06,381
They've threatened to shoot hostages
if anyone so much as sets a toe inside.

326
00:25:06,631 --> 00:25:08,383
Come on, hero. You're coming with me.

327
00:25:09,258 --> 00:25:10,843
Move it!

328
00:25:15,848 --> 00:25:19,560
[Nicky] So, what are we gonna do?
They saw you kill kern.

329
00:25:19,727 --> 00:25:21,646
They can ID us, pyne.

330
00:25:21,813 --> 00:25:24,482
And I for one am not going down for murder.
Understand me?

331
00:25:24,649 --> 00:25:27,819
We will deal with them when the time comes.

332
00:25:31,698 --> 00:25:33,866
I know what you're thinking.

333
00:25:34,033 --> 00:25:39,080
If I hadn't asked you to work today,
you'd be at home now with your family.

334
00:25:40,498 --> 00:25:43,126
I don't blame you, Lionel.

335
00:25:43,668 --> 00:25:46,963
It's just that Jonathan and
I left on such bad terms.

336
00:25:48,297 --> 00:25:53,845
That's ironic. I had quite a
row this morning too with Lex.

337
00:25:54,178 --> 00:25:56,472
If they kill us...

338
00:25:56,806 --> 00:25:59,809
Those will be the last words
we ever spoke to each other.

339
00:26:01,728 --> 00:26:03,312
[Drill whirring]

340
00:26:09,944 --> 00:26:12,530
Pyne, you're up.

341
00:26:12,613 --> 00:26:15,616
[Suspenseful music playing]

342
00:26:45,813 --> 00:26:47,774
What the hell is this?

343
00:27:03,206 --> 00:27:05,875
[Sawyer] I want you to
monitor the radio channels.

344
00:27:06,042 --> 00:27:08,252
It's okay. It's okay.

345
00:27:10,838 --> 00:27:14,008
- You know this kid?
- Yes, ma'am. He's my son.

346
00:27:14,175 --> 00:27:18,095
You keep him away from the building
or I'll arrest him. All right?

347
00:27:18,513 --> 00:27:20,264
- Lieutenant, I'm...
- I know who you are.

348
00:27:20,431 --> 00:27:23,226
I'd appreciate an update
on the negotiations.

349
00:27:24,811 --> 00:27:26,020
This way.

350
00:27:30,858 --> 00:27:32,819
- What happened?
- I listened to the police.

351
00:27:32,985 --> 00:27:35,404
- I found a way into the building.
- Really, how?

352
00:27:35,571 --> 00:27:37,907
No one's watching the daily planet.

353
00:27:38,574 --> 00:27:41,577
[Dramatic music playing]

354
00:27:43,454 --> 00:27:46,290
- You're not thinking aboutjumping.
- It's the only way.

355
00:27:46,457 --> 00:27:49,126
- Clark, that's gotta be over 200 feet.
- I can make it.

356
00:27:49,293 --> 00:27:51,546
You don't know that.

357
00:27:52,129 --> 00:27:56,092
- Don't you have a fear of heights?
- If we are not here to get mom, why are we here?

358
00:27:56,467 --> 00:28:00,596
Listen to me. I am just as concerned
about your mother as you are.

359
00:28:00,763 --> 00:28:04,141
But we can't afford to make a mistake
that could get her killed.

360
00:28:08,771 --> 00:28:10,565
[Helicopter whirring]

361
00:28:22,118 --> 00:28:23,953
Where's the damn money?

362
00:28:24,120 --> 00:28:27,623
I told you there was nothing
in there of interest to you.

363
00:28:36,257 --> 00:28:37,300
[Bishop] Check this out.

364
00:28:40,219 --> 00:28:43,806
[Ominous music playing]

365
00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:51,522
[Bishop] Could be worth something.

366
00:29:06,621 --> 00:29:08,122
Ah!

367
00:29:08,497 --> 00:29:09,874
What the hell is this?

368
00:29:11,500 --> 00:29:16,380
Martha, perhaps the
gentleman hasn't noticed...

369
00:29:16,547 --> 00:29:18,090
That I'm blind.

370
00:29:18,257 --> 00:29:21,844
Would you mind telling me
what he's referring to?

371
00:29:24,305 --> 00:29:25,681
It's, uh...

372
00:29:25,848 --> 00:29:30,519
Some sort of metallic disk,
shaped like an octagon.

373
00:29:30,895 --> 00:29:32,939
It's nothing, a keepsake.

374
00:29:33,105 --> 00:29:35,399
[Helicopter passes]

375
00:29:46,535 --> 00:29:48,454
[Phone beeping]

376
00:29:50,498 --> 00:29:53,209
- [Sawyer] Sawyer.
- Where is my transportation?

377
00:29:53,376 --> 00:29:58,047
I need a show of good faith.
You give me one of those hostages.

378
00:29:58,214 --> 00:30:00,216
Okay.

379
00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:01,968
Fine.

380
00:30:03,052 --> 00:30:04,303
Get up.

381
00:30:07,807 --> 00:30:12,228
You got 10 minutes, then you
can take this one out in a body bag.

382
00:30:12,895 --> 00:30:16,983
[Sawyer] We 're working on it.
Stay cool up there. Stay cool.

383
00:30:17,775 --> 00:30:20,778
[Dramatic music playing]

384
00:30:25,408 --> 00:30:28,411
[Dramatic music playing]

385
00:31:09,118 --> 00:31:12,121
Whatever you do, don't hurt any
of the hostages. Just stay calm.

386
00:31:12,830 --> 00:31:15,291
Yeah, well,
how am I supposed to stay calm, huh?

387
00:31:15,833 --> 00:31:18,753
I opened up that damn vault
expecting my retirement fund

388
00:31:18,919 --> 00:31:23,257
and instead I find a bunch of files,
green rocks all cut up into bars.

389
00:31:23,424 --> 00:31:25,801
- What else was in there?
- What's it to you?

390
00:31:25,968 --> 00:31:28,637
Answer me and maybe I can help you.

391
00:31:29,472 --> 00:31:31,766
I don't know. Just what I told you.

392
00:31:31,932 --> 00:31:34,852
Oh, and some metal octagon-looking thing.

393
00:31:36,771 --> 00:31:41,233
Listen to me. Pack up everything.
The files, the bars, the octagon.

394
00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:42,651
Yeah, then what?

395
00:31:44,153 --> 00:31:47,740
I know a way out of the building.
But first, you let the hostages go.

396
00:31:51,202 --> 00:31:52,703
[Phone beeps]

397
00:31:52,787 --> 00:31:55,790
[Suspenseful music playing]

398
00:33:13,701 --> 00:33:15,035
[Computer beeping]

399
00:33:17,913 --> 00:33:19,540
Pyne?

400
00:33:19,707 --> 00:33:21,709
Better take a look at this.

401
00:33:23,335 --> 00:33:26,297
- We got company.
- Check it out.

402
00:33:31,385 --> 00:33:34,638
A window blew out on the 30th floor.
Get the team together, we're going in.

403
00:33:35,264 --> 00:33:37,224
Let's go. Move it.

404
00:33:41,562 --> 00:33:42,771
What the hell's going on?

405
00:33:42,938 --> 00:33:46,066
Sounds like a chunk in that safe
is worth something to you.

406
00:33:46,233 --> 00:33:50,237
Tell you what, I want a million dollars
and I want a way out of here.

407
00:33:50,404 --> 00:33:54,909
- You're in no position to negotiate.
- This is not a negotiation. All right?

408
00:33:55,075 --> 00:33:57,912
We get out of here or nobody does.

409
00:33:58,787 --> 00:34:00,956
All right, listen to me.

410
00:34:02,166 --> 00:34:04,335
Luthor has a private elevator.

411
00:34:04,501 --> 00:34:08,172
It'll take you to a tunnel
that leads to a garage three blocks away.

412
00:34:08,339 --> 00:34:11,508
[Pyne] Hey, Lionel.
You been holding out on me?

413
00:34:11,675 --> 00:34:14,428
Is there some kind of
secret way out of here?

414
00:34:16,138 --> 00:34:17,473
Oh, yes.

415
00:34:18,891 --> 00:34:23,145
And whatever that anonymous coward,
your Mr. Green, is offering...

416
00:34:26,815 --> 00:34:28,651
In exchange for our lives

417
00:34:28,817 --> 00:34:31,320
and the contents of the safe.

418
00:34:33,781 --> 00:34:36,408
Hear that, green?
Looks like we got us a bidding war.

419
00:34:36,492 --> 00:34:39,328
Look, no matter what Luthor is promising,
you can't trust him.

420
00:34:39,495 --> 00:34:44,375
Oh, but I should trust you?
Somebody who hides his own identity?

421
00:34:47,503 --> 00:34:50,172
I'll match what he's
offering, just don't hurt them.

422
00:34:58,389 --> 00:35:00,391
[Jonathan] Don't hurt who, Lex?

423
00:35:07,940 --> 00:35:11,193
- Were you talking to those men?
- Mr. Kent...

424
00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:15,531
What I'm doing is in the best interest
of your wife and my father. Believe me.

425
00:35:16,699 --> 00:35:20,244
If I find out that you had anything to do
with what's going on out here...

426
00:35:20,744 --> 00:35:24,832
You will pray to god you never set
foot in Smallville. You believe me.

427
00:35:32,965 --> 00:35:35,968
[Suspenseful music playing]

428
00:35:47,938 --> 00:35:50,274
Where's my mom? Where is she?!

429
00:35:50,482 --> 00:35:51,525
[Groans]

430
00:35:53,569 --> 00:35:57,990
So as soon as the banks open,
I'll have the money wired...

431
00:35:58,407 --> 00:36:01,618
To any account you choose,
anywhere in the world.

432
00:36:04,913 --> 00:36:07,166
- All right, we got a deal.
- Good.

433
00:36:07,333 --> 00:36:09,877
But I'm hanging on to everything
till I get that money.

434
00:36:10,377 --> 00:36:12,004
All right.

435
00:36:15,632 --> 00:36:17,634
[Pyne] Bishop, pack
up the stuff in the vault.

436
00:36:17,801 --> 00:36:20,137
So you'll tell who's on
the other end of the line?

437
00:36:20,304 --> 00:36:24,099
You'd know better than I do.
Why don't you think who your enemies are?

438
00:36:24,266 --> 00:36:25,976
[Chuckling]

439
00:36:26,268 --> 00:36:28,896
Come on, lady, you can help out too.
Pick up the files.

440
00:36:30,272 --> 00:36:32,107
Come on!

441
00:36:42,076 --> 00:36:43,786
Today! Come on!

442
00:36:43,952 --> 00:36:49,083
- Pick them up, put them with the rest.
- Okay, I'm picking them up.

443
00:36:49,166 --> 00:36:52,169
[Dramatic music playing]

444
00:36:53,754 --> 00:36:56,965
All right, that's good.
Get over there and help your boss up.

445
00:36:57,508 --> 00:36:59,301
Lionel.

446
00:37:01,637 --> 00:37:07,017
- Martha. The octagonal disk, where is it?
- I don't know. Why is it so important?

447
00:37:07,184 --> 00:37:09,770
Come on, time's up. Let's go. Move.

448
00:37:09,937 --> 00:37:11,313
Move, move!

449
00:37:17,236 --> 00:37:18,612
What the hell happened?

450
00:37:18,779 --> 00:37:21,407
The cops cut the power. We've gotta go!

451
00:37:21,573 --> 00:37:23,325
Bishop, don't!

452
00:37:25,411 --> 00:37:27,037
[Grunts]

453
00:37:32,126 --> 00:37:34,586
Clark! Get out of here now!

454
00:37:39,550 --> 00:37:40,634
Clark!

455
00:37:42,261 --> 00:37:44,430
[Groaning]

456
00:37:49,268 --> 00:37:50,769
[Martha] Clark!

457
00:37:55,482 --> 00:37:58,485
[Dramatic music playing]

458
00:38:03,740 --> 00:38:04,992
Are you alone?

459
00:38:06,952 --> 00:38:08,579
Answer me, are you alone?

460
00:38:17,254 --> 00:38:19,631
- [Bone crunches]
- [Screaming]

461
00:38:24,887 --> 00:38:29,016
Clark! Clark. Are you all right?

462
00:38:29,683 --> 00:38:36,023
You and the kid get up, put your hands
over your head, or I kill the old man.

463
00:38:40,402 --> 00:38:41,695
[Gunshofl

464
00:39:06,720 --> 00:39:09,181
Clark. Those files over there, burn them.

465
00:39:09,515 --> 00:39:12,309
There's one about you.
We can't let it get out.

466
00:39:24,988 --> 00:39:28,951
[Sawyer] Metropolis p.D., nobody move!
Hands where I can see them!

467
00:39:38,835 --> 00:39:41,838
[Dramatic music playing]

468
00:40:04,027 --> 00:40:05,821
[Chuckling]

469
00:40:08,574 --> 00:40:10,117
Clark.

470
00:40:10,284 --> 00:40:13,954
- How did you get inside?
- The boy's resourceful, Lex.

471
00:40:14,121 --> 00:40:18,792
What difference does it make how?
He saved us, that's what's important.

472
00:40:18,959 --> 00:40:20,669
Dad.

473
00:40:21,962 --> 00:40:24,256
I did everything I could
to secure your release.

474
00:40:24,423 --> 00:40:27,509
No, I'm sure you did a great deal.

475
00:40:30,345 --> 00:40:33,390
I'll send someone to the
mansion for my things.

476
00:40:34,641 --> 00:40:36,268
I'll help them pack.

477
00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:41,523
Thank you.

478
00:40:41,607 --> 00:40:44,610
[Sr-71's "tomorrow" playing]

479
00:41:02,002 --> 00:41:07,174
J“ I'm not afraid of tomorrow j“

480
00:41:07,257 --> 00:41:12,387
j“ I'm only scared of myself j“

481
00:41:12,471 --> 00:41:17,017
j“ feels like my insides are on fire j“

482
00:41:17,100 --> 00:41:22,648
j“ and I'm looking through
the eyes of someone else j“

483
00:41:22,731 --> 00:41:25,108
j“ yeah j“

484
00:41:28,779 --> 00:41:31,114
- what's that?
- It's my resignation.

485
00:41:31,531 --> 00:41:34,451
There's no way I can
keep working for Lionel.

486
00:41:34,618 --> 00:41:39,581
He had refined meteor rocks, a file
on Clark. I can't believe I trusted him.

487
00:41:39,748 --> 00:41:43,085
Without that file, at least the police
can't find out anything about me.

488
00:41:44,002 --> 00:41:46,254
To think I made this
job such a big priority

489
00:41:46,421 --> 00:41:50,092
and Lionel may have only hired me
to learn more about Clark.

490
00:41:51,343 --> 00:41:55,097
Sorry, mom. I know how important
your work has been to you.

491
00:41:56,056 --> 00:41:58,016
It's not more important than you.

492
00:41:59,226 --> 00:42:00,352
Wait.

493
00:42:01,895 --> 00:42:04,314
Are you sure that this
is the best thing to do?

494
00:42:04,564 --> 00:42:06,233
- Quit, I mean.
- What do you mean?

495
00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:08,026
I thought you'd be happy about it.

496
00:42:08,527 --> 00:42:10,362
If you hadn't been working for Lionel,

497
00:42:10,529 --> 00:42:14,241
then we'd have no way of knowing
that he was keeping tabs on Clark.

498
00:42:14,658 --> 00:42:17,035
So instead of staying away from him...

499
00:42:17,202 --> 00:42:19,538
Maybe we should take a page
out of the Luthor playbook.

500
00:42:19,621 --> 00:42:22,916
[Pensive music playing]

501
00:42:32,134 --> 00:42:35,137
[Suspenseful music playing]

502
00:42:51,069 --> 00:42:54,781
- Sweetheart. You coming up?
- In a minute.

503
00:43:33,361 --> 00:43:36,364
[Theme music playing]