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Jonathan, what are you doing up there?

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Clark should be doing that.

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[Jonathan] Sweetheart, I'm fine.
Would you stop worrying?

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Jonathan, please be careful.

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Martha, my father and I built this roof.

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I could walk this roof with my eyes closed.

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You know what the doctor said
about taking it easy.

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You know, the last time I checked,
the doctor didn't have a farm to run.

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- [High-pitch screeching]
- [Groans]

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[Martha] Jonathan?

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- [Jonathan screaming]
- Oh, god!

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Jonathan!

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Clark!

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Dad, what are you doing, trying to fly?

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- Are you all right?
- Jonathan!

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It was just that noise.
Where the hell did that come from?

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I didn't hear anything.

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[Ominous music playing]

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It was probably nothing.

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Um, dad, look, you don't have to...

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Damn it, kal-ei, I can get it myself.

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Kal-ei?

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Why'd you call me that?

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I don't know.

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You heard a noise.
What did it sound like?

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- It was just a loud, high-pitched...
- Hum? It was the key.

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Clark, I slipped and
fell off the roof, okay?

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Are you sure this doesn't have
anything to do with jor-ei?

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I thought we agreed
we were gonna drop that.

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[Ominous music playing]

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[Opera music playing]

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[Cell phone ringing]

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What?

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All right, have the chopper standing by.

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Why did you have to
bring him into this, jor-ei?

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Whatever promises my dad made,
I'll take them on.

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Come on!

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Come on, Jor-El, I'm the one you want!

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[Lionel] Who is that? Who's down here?

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Oh, Clark, it's you.

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Don't let me interrupt you.

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- I just came down here to be alone.
- Yeah, I can understand that.

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Sometimes, when I'm down here
and I look at these walls,

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I feel as if it might be possible
to solve the mysteries of the universe.

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What do you think?

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I think it's time for me to go.

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Clark.

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How's your father?
How's his, uh, recovery progressing?

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He's better.

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I can only imagine how difficult
it must be for you to see him so...

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So weak.

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Weak, strong, healthy,
he's still my dad,

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and I love him.

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Of course you do.

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A son's love for a father,
there's nothing to compare it to.

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[Ominous music playing]

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After all, you only get one.

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[Pensive 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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[ominous music playing]

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[Lex]
I'm having a strange case of déja vu.

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Why the sudden resurgence
of interest in the caves?

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Listen, something truly extraordinary
has happened.

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Do you remember the octagonal hole,
or the indentation

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that was in one of the walls of the cave?

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I'm sorry, dad.
That's your obsession, not mine.

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All right, but you remember
the hole was sealed over?

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Yesterday, I found Clark Kent down there.

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- Clark.
- Yes.

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And the hole was open.
He'd opened it somehow.

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You know, dad,

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they say mental illness is hereditary.

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I'm willing to accept my
break with reality. Are you?

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Oh, Lex, men of vision
have so often been mocked.

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Galileo knew it was the earth
that orbited the sun

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and he was sentenced to death
for that discovery.

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Where's the inquisition when you need it?

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Don't let your friendship
with Clark Kent blind you, son.

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Don't forget it was Clark
who discovered the caves.

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Then one of the symbols from the caves
mysteriously appeared on his barn.

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The hole sealed itself up the same day
that explosion happened on his farm.

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- Probably coincidence.
- Oh, coincidence.

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That's an explanation
used by fools and liars.

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Lex, we could accomplish so much
if we work together.

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Don't pretend that this isn't an obsession
that you and I share.

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We both know that you
have an entire archive

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devoted to uncovering
the mystery of Clark Kent

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and if you won't help me,
I 'i/ find someone else who will.

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[Suspenseful music playing]

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You said there'd be more time.

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Who are you talking to?

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I'm not talking to anybody, Clark.
I'm just thinking out loud, that's all.

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Were you talking to jor-ei?

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Listen, son, not everything
is about your real father, okay?

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- He's not my real father.
- Yes, he is, Clark.

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He is.

107
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He's gonna be around this place
long after I'm gone, anyway.

108
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Dad, what's going on with you?

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I don't expect you to understand
any of this stuff, Clark, but I...

110
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I almost died,
and I look around here and I think,

111
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what in the hell
did I really accomplish anyway?

112
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You're lucky, Clark.

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You won't ever have to face your mortality.

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But if you did...

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You'd find yourself
reevaluating your choices too.

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Like taking me in?

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[Pensive music playing]

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Clark, no, that's not...

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I would never regret that.
There's just so many chances I never took.

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I have to live with my mistakes.

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Don't let my mistakes be yours.

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You're tired.

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Let's go inside.

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The last thing we want to do
is call more attention to this.

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[Edie brickell's "once
in a blue moon" playing]

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That looks a little heavy for psych 101.

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I'm just trying to get a handle
on what my dad's going through.

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The surgery and everything.

129
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When I was in the hospital
the doctors told me

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that depression's pretty common
after a major surgery.

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He's just not the same dad I know.

132
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He keeps talking about all these
opportunities he missed in his life.

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Clark, it's gonna be okay.

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There isn't anything
that you can't recover from.

135
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What if you screw up something
so badly you can never get it back?

136
00:11:05,290 --> 00:11:08,168
I guess that depends
on how determined you are.

137
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J“ he was fine j“

138
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j“ before he met her j“

139
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what's with the cave obsession?

140
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You listened to the conversation.
It's one of my father's eccentricities.

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Along with Clark Kent?

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Trust me,
Clark has nothing to do with my father.

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That's not what it sounded like to me.

144
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When the Metropolis police
had that noose around your neck,

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- you offered us full disclosure...
- Look, don't try to hang this on me.

146
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Before I agreed to help, all you had
on my father was creative bookkeeping.

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I'm giving you illegal cellular research,
cloning, crimes against humanity.

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So leave Clark out of this.

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Hmm. "You've got an entire archive
devoted to unlocking

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the mystery of Clark Kent.”

151
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That sounds to me like more
than your average kid from podunk.

152
00:12:03,223 --> 00:12:07,895
Maybe if I speak into the microphone,
you'll hear it clearer.

153
00:12:09,605 --> 00:12:11,440
Clark Kent is nobody.

154
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A nobody who's pals with Dr. Virgil Swann?

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[Ominous music playing]

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[Swann] Corporate titans don't often
show up at my doorstep unannounced.

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[Lionel chuckles]

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I, uh...

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I apologize for surprising
you like this, Dr. Swann,

160
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but, uh, it's a matter of some urgency.

161
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I've been wondering how long
it would take you to walk through the door.

162
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Then you obviously know why I'm here.

163
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I think, perhaps, you've been reading
my e-mails to Clark Kent. Am I correct?

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My transgression doesn't seem to upset you.
I'm glad.

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I'm a scientist.

166
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I find curiosity to be
a most admirable trait.

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Dr. Swann, I am the conservator
of the kawatche caves.

168
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If you can tell me
what is written on the cave walls,

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I would agree to hand over that conservancy
to your foundation.

170
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Well, thank you,
but I'm afraid I can't help you.

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The language remains a mystery to me.

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Are you aware that at one time
there was an octagonal keyhole

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on the wall of the cave?

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It was sealed for months.

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Then it reopened suddenly.

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Just after our young friend Clark
had been down there.

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Oh, then you don't need me.
You need a locksmith.

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[Chuckling]

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Right, but, uh...

180
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The key to that lock
was in my possession...

181
00:14:10,475 --> 00:14:13,103
But it was stolen from my safe.

182
00:14:13,437 --> 00:14:15,605
Again, Clark had been present.

183
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So now you believe that he has it.

184
00:14:21,778 --> 00:14:23,905
He trusts you.

185
00:14:24,072 --> 00:14:26,283
Would, uh, you be willing to talk to him?

186
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It's such a small price to pay

187
00:14:32,122 --> 00:14:35,751
in exchange for the answers
you've been searching for.

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Yes, well, I know what I'm after...

189
00:14:40,464 --> 00:14:42,382
But what do you expect to find?

190
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You're dying.

191
00:14:53,393 --> 00:14:54,936
How do you know that?

192
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As I said, curiosity is an admirable trait.

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00:15:03,528 --> 00:15:05,489
Dr. Swann...

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I know that what can save my life
is locked within the wall of that cave.

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I believe in the extraordinary...

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In the possibilities it holds.

197
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But... I prefer to follow my own path.

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All right.

199
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Thank you for your time, doctor.

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Even if you had the key...

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00:15:46,238 --> 00:15:50,242
You have no idea what would happen
if you put it into the lock.

202
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I'd be willing to take that risk.

203
00:15:58,792 --> 00:16:03,255
Then perhaps there is
an arrangement we might make.

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00:16:03,338 --> 00:16:06,341
[Ominous music playing]

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- [Dramatic music playing]
- [Indistinct chatter]

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00:16:19,771 --> 00:16:22,149
[Man] Yeah, that's good.

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00:16:24,276 --> 00:16:28,947
Clark. I'm afraid I've
invaded your sanctuary.

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00:16:29,114 --> 00:16:32,784
- What do you think you'll find?
- Uh, you tell me.

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How'd you open it, Clark?

210
00:16:35,162 --> 00:16:38,832
- I don't know what you're talking about.
- I don't want to play games.

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00:16:38,999 --> 00:16:41,918
You expect me to believe
your fascination with these caves

212
00:16:42,085 --> 00:16:44,921
started with a term paper assignment?

213
00:16:45,088 --> 00:16:47,090
No, do it again.

214
00:16:47,257 --> 00:16:51,261
I don't think you wanna start talking
about unusual obsessions, Mr. Luthor.

215
00:16:51,428 --> 00:16:55,682
Unless you want to explain why you
blackmailed my friends into spying on me.

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00:16:57,225 --> 00:17:00,312
I believe that we're put on this earth
for a reason, Clark.

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00:17:01,396 --> 00:17:04,941
Our task in life is to find
out what that reason is.

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00:17:05,483 --> 00:17:08,403
Sometimes, we can't do that alone.

219
00:17:15,744 --> 00:17:18,371
You're never gonna find
what you're looking for.

220
00:17:18,622 --> 00:17:20,290
[Computer beeping]

221
00:17:20,457 --> 00:17:23,168
I'm much closer than you think.

222
00:17:27,339 --> 00:17:30,342
[Dramatic music playing]

223
00:17:34,763 --> 00:17:36,223
[Man yelling indistinctly]

224
00:17:36,389 --> 00:17:37,766
What's going on here?

225
00:17:37,933 --> 00:17:40,268
Take the barn.
The rest follow me. Martha Kent?

226
00:17:40,852 --> 00:17:43,855
- What are you doing?
- FBI. We're searching this place.

227
00:17:44,022 --> 00:17:46,775
- You can't.
- We can, and we will.

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00:17:54,324 --> 00:17:57,494
[Glass shattering]

229
00:18:16,471 --> 00:18:18,223
Excuse me, ma'am, we need you outside.

230
00:18:23,353 --> 00:18:25,855
[Seal's "love's divine" playing]

231
00:18:26,022 --> 00:18:28,775
[Clark] Hi, mom.
You must be out looking for dad too.

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00:18:28,942 --> 00:18:32,654
I think I have an idea where he is.
I'll see you soon.

233
00:18:36,241 --> 00:18:39,160
Thanks for the phone.

234
00:18:39,327 --> 00:18:40,662
Clark, what's going on?

235
00:18:44,791 --> 00:18:47,419
My dad kind of went awol.

236
00:18:47,585 --> 00:18:50,088
He was halfway through
unloading the feed run

237
00:18:50,255 --> 00:18:53,550
and just jumped in his truck and took off.

238
00:18:55,927 --> 00:18:58,513
I'm sorry, Lana. It's...

239
00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:00,682
He's never done anything like this before.

240
00:19:00,849 --> 00:19:03,101
Hey, you know what?

241
00:19:04,602 --> 00:19:06,104
It's gonna be okay.

242
00:19:06,688 --> 00:19:08,648
I didn't mean to unload on you like that.

243
00:19:09,149 --> 00:19:10,442
No, you...

244
00:19:10,608 --> 00:19:14,738
You never have to apologize
for opening up to me.

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00:19:19,451 --> 00:19:24,873
J“ I need love, love's divine j“

246
00:19:24,956 --> 00:19:29,377
j“ please forgive me
now I see that I've been blind j“

247
00:19:29,461 --> 00:19:34,466
j“ give me love, love is what I need... j“

248
00:19:34,549 --> 00:19:36,217
Lana?

249
00:19:37,469 --> 00:19:40,764
I know this is a stressful time for you.

250
00:19:40,930 --> 00:19:43,975
No. That's not what this is about.

251
00:19:45,352 --> 00:19:48,188
Lana, I don't want to look back like my dad

252
00:19:48,355 --> 00:19:50,899
and wonder what my life could've been.

253
00:19:52,942 --> 00:19:54,235
Clark.

254
00:19:56,571 --> 00:19:58,656
We've tried this once before.

255
00:19:59,115 --> 00:20:01,284
You said there's nothing
you can't recover from.

256
00:20:01,451 --> 00:20:04,371
No, I wasn't talking about us.

257
00:20:06,664 --> 00:20:10,168
Look, right now, think
about your dad, okay?

258
00:20:10,335 --> 00:20:12,796
He's the one who needs you.

259
00:20:33,441 --> 00:20:36,027
[Clark] Dad, are you okay?

260
00:20:36,194 --> 00:20:38,905
Mom and I have been worried sick about you.

261
00:20:39,072 --> 00:20:42,075
You can't just take off like that.

262
00:20:43,535 --> 00:20:45,537
How'd you know to find me out here?

263
00:20:46,579 --> 00:20:50,166
When I'm searching for answers,
I turn to my dad.

264
00:20:51,751 --> 00:20:54,170
I guess it runs in the family.

265
00:20:54,337 --> 00:20:57,924
Your grandfather
was the stubbornest man I ever knew.

266
00:20:59,843 --> 00:21:02,345
And believe me...

267
00:21:04,347 --> 00:21:07,308
Clark, I wasn't nearly the son you are.

268
00:21:08,852 --> 00:21:11,646
My mother used to say that...

269
00:21:12,063 --> 00:21:16,818
He and I were like watching
two sides of the same coin...

270
00:21:18,653 --> 00:21:20,280
Duking it out.

271
00:21:22,532 --> 00:21:24,159
I see the way you and Jor-El fight

272
00:21:24,242 --> 00:21:27,454
and I wonder if maybe fathers and sons
were the same on Krypton.

273
00:21:28,663 --> 00:21:31,249
Except he's not my father. You are.

274
00:21:36,171 --> 00:21:40,467
I am your father who turns his back on you
when you need him the most.

275
00:21:42,051 --> 00:21:45,472
I am your father who
forces you to run away.

276
00:21:48,850 --> 00:21:50,977
My father never would've done that.

277
00:21:53,605 --> 00:21:56,816
I wish I had his strength and his wisdom.

278
00:21:56,983 --> 00:21:58,902
Dad, you do.

279
00:22:00,278 --> 00:22:03,281
Clark, I don't know
how to protect you anymore.

280
00:22:04,282 --> 00:22:05,909
That's not your job.

281
00:22:09,329 --> 00:22:13,124
Your job is to teach me
how to protect myself,

282
00:22:13,666 --> 00:22:16,794
but that doesn't mean I don't need you.

283
00:22:18,588 --> 00:22:20,590
Mom needs you too.

284
00:22:24,344 --> 00:22:26,262
Let's go home.

285
00:22:49,661 --> 00:22:55,166
I realize paying the Talon's bills
isn't the high point of your month,

286
00:22:56,209 --> 00:22:58,795
but I'm guessing
something else is going on.

287
00:22:59,671 --> 00:23:02,674
No. No, everything's fine.

288
00:23:04,676 --> 00:23:07,929
Lana, you know you could
talk to me about anything.

289
00:23:15,895 --> 00:23:18,898
[Pensive music playing]

290
00:23:20,817 --> 00:23:25,863
I wanna believe that
someone can change, but...

291
00:23:32,203 --> 00:23:35,039
But I'm starting to lose faith.

292
00:23:41,921 --> 00:23:43,673
Are we talking about Clark?

293
00:23:53,308 --> 00:23:58,062
You know, he came by the Talon earlier...

294
00:23:59,606 --> 00:24:01,774
And he kissed me.

295
00:24:03,067 --> 00:24:04,402
He kissed you?

296
00:24:08,531 --> 00:24:10,283
Isn't that what you wanted?

297
00:24:12,577 --> 00:24:14,704
God, I don't...

298
00:24:19,500 --> 00:24:21,294
I don't know.

299
00:24:36,225 --> 00:24:40,938
I'm afraid I'm a little jaded
in the romance department.

300
00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:46,027
The only thing I know
about relationships is that...

301
00:24:46,986 --> 00:24:49,697
Someone usually winds up getting hurt.

302
00:24:53,409 --> 00:24:56,621
And you don't think
I can trust Clark to not do that?

303
00:24:59,582 --> 00:25:02,210
I don't think it's about trust.

304
00:25:03,503 --> 00:25:06,297
It's like the German poet rilke said:

305
00:25:07,006 --> 00:25:11,678
A person isn't who they are during
the last conversation you had with them.

306
00:25:13,846 --> 00:25:18,267
They're who they've been
throughout your whole relationship.

307
00:25:34,659 --> 00:25:37,328
- [Clark] Mom!
- Oh, thank god you're back.

308
00:25:37,495 --> 00:25:40,540
- What happened?
- [Martha] FBI tore through everything.

309
00:25:40,957 --> 00:25:43,376
- [Clark] What did they want?
- [Martha] They had a warrant.

310
00:25:43,543 --> 00:25:46,504
The only thing that's missing is the key.

311
00:25:51,592 --> 00:25:54,429
I have to get that back.
If they find out what it's for...

312
00:25:54,595 --> 00:25:57,140
- It doesn't matter, Clark.
- How can you say that?

313
00:25:58,141 --> 00:26:00,601
Because they didn't get what they came for.

314
00:26:03,479 --> 00:26:05,982
[Dramatic music playing]

315
00:26:16,868 --> 00:26:19,579
[Lex speaking in German]

316
00:26:19,746 --> 00:26:21,497
[Clark] Lex!

317
00:26:21,664 --> 00:26:23,666
[In English] Clark, I'm
busy. Can this wait?

318
00:26:23,833 --> 00:26:26,294
The FBI just raided our farm.

319
00:26:27,628 --> 00:26:30,923
[Lex speaking in German]

320
00:26:40,308 --> 00:26:41,976
[In English] Any idea why?

321
00:26:42,143 --> 00:26:45,980
They didn't say, but for some reason,
I think your dad's involved.

322
00:26:47,356 --> 00:26:51,527
Clark, I can't imagine my father's
on the FBI's most trusted list,

323
00:26:51,694 --> 00:26:54,197
but I'm curious
why you think he'd be interested.

324
00:26:54,363 --> 00:26:57,200
I talked to him today.
He said some crazy things.

325
00:26:57,366 --> 00:27:00,661
He thinks I can give him answers
about the caves.

326
00:27:01,037 --> 00:27:02,997
Can you?

327
00:27:03,289 --> 00:27:05,750
My father's methods can be questionable,

328
00:27:05,917 --> 00:27:08,044
but usually there's truth in his madness.

329
00:27:08,419 --> 00:27:13,216
He's so obsessed about those caves that
he's imagining things that don't exist.

330
00:27:14,884 --> 00:27:17,845
Clark, I'm glad you told me about this.

331
00:27:18,638 --> 00:27:22,141
It means a lot
that you trust me enough to let me help.

332
00:27:22,308 --> 00:27:24,977
Is there something you're not telling me?

333
00:27:27,271 --> 00:27:29,273
And what would that be, Clark?

334
00:27:32,735 --> 00:27:34,487
I'll check into it.

335
00:27:43,746 --> 00:27:46,332
What the hell were you
doing at the Kent farm?

336
00:27:46,499 --> 00:27:47,792
[Agent] Be quiet.

337
00:27:47,959 --> 00:27:52,129
You're bound and determined
to blow our cover, aren't you? Get in here.

338
00:27:56,509 --> 00:28:00,388
If I want to look at Clark Kent,
you won't have much to say about it.

339
00:28:00,555 --> 00:28:03,891
- Those weren't your men?
- We don't make it a habit of storming farmhouses.

340
00:28:05,268 --> 00:28:07,603
What is it about this kid
you're trying to protect?

341
00:28:09,605 --> 00:28:12,608
[Suspenseful music playing]

342
00:28:31,419 --> 00:28:33,629
Look, Luthor, this is my show.

343
00:28:33,796 --> 00:28:37,800
- Do I need to remind you you came to us?
- Like I had a choice.

344
00:28:38,009 --> 00:28:42,430
[Agent] You know the deal.
The FBI isn't interested in some farm boy.

345
00:28:42,597 --> 00:28:44,974
We're interested in your father.

346
00:28:45,141 --> 00:28:48,227
Now, get out of here so we can do our work.

347
00:28:52,732 --> 00:28:54,442
[Alarm beeping]

348
00:28:55,985 --> 00:28:58,529
Your father's not working with the FBI!
It's you!

349
00:28:58,696 --> 00:29:01,532
- Clark, you have to trust me.
- I did.

350
00:29:02,241 --> 00:29:04,243
I guess it was a bad mistake.

351
00:29:04,410 --> 00:29:07,038
Clark, you've got it all wrong!

352
00:29:07,204 --> 00:29:10,082
Look, it's not about you!
We're going after my father!

353
00:29:11,167 --> 00:29:14,837
He tried to pin the murders at metron
labs on me, so I went to the feds

354
00:29:15,004 --> 00:29:17,006
and I cut a deal.

355
00:29:17,173 --> 00:29:19,842
Look, over and over,

356
00:29:20,009 --> 00:29:23,012
I've given him the chance
to show me who he really is

357
00:29:23,179 --> 00:29:26,766
and I now realize he already has.
He deserves what's coming to him.

358
00:29:26,933 --> 00:29:28,935
You don't care whose privacy gets invaded.

359
00:29:29,101 --> 00:29:31,312
It wasn't the FBI who raided the farm.

360
00:29:31,479 --> 00:29:35,608
My father had men impersonate the feds.
The question is why.

361
00:29:35,775 --> 00:29:38,861
Maybe he's on to you!
Maybe he's warning you to back off.

362
00:29:39,028 --> 00:29:41,822
If that's the case,
I'm sorry he got you involved,

363
00:29:41,989 --> 00:29:45,493
- but I think you already were.
- What's that supposed to mean?

364
00:29:45,660 --> 00:29:49,205
How well do you know a Dr. Virgil Swann?

365
00:29:49,705 --> 00:29:52,041
What makes you think I know him at all?

366
00:29:52,166 --> 00:29:54,710
According to the FBI,
my father's been talking to him

367
00:29:54,877 --> 00:29:57,213
and he found Dr. Swann through you.

368
00:29:57,380 --> 00:29:59,173
You two have been e-mailing each other?

369
00:29:59,340 --> 00:30:01,759
He's been studying the cave paintings.

370
00:30:01,842 --> 00:30:03,886
I don't know how you stumbled into this,

371
00:30:04,261 --> 00:30:08,849
but somehow you got two billionaires
keenly interested in you and those caves.

372
00:30:09,392 --> 00:30:12,687
They're your enemies, not me.

373
00:30:20,569 --> 00:30:22,530
[Clark] You betrayed me!

374
00:30:22,697 --> 00:30:24,240
Hello, kal-ei.

375
00:30:25,074 --> 00:30:26,575
My name is Clark.

376
00:30:27,243 --> 00:30:30,579
You think I betrayed you
because I met with Lionel Luthor?

377
00:30:30,746 --> 00:30:33,666
You did more than meet with him.
You agreed to help him.

378
00:30:33,833 --> 00:30:36,335
I didn't betray you, kal-ei.

379
00:30:36,502 --> 00:30:40,631
I promised you your secret would never
leave this building, and it hasn't.

380
00:30:40,798 --> 00:30:44,218
My involvement with Lionel Luthor
is in your best interest.

381
00:30:44,427 --> 00:30:46,929
That man has done nothing
but cause my family pain.

382
00:30:47,930 --> 00:30:50,558
Was he the one who caused
the explosion on the farm?

383
00:30:50,725 --> 00:30:54,437
Did he make you run wild in Metropolis?

384
00:30:56,439 --> 00:30:59,483
I opened the door to your heritage

385
00:30:59,650 --> 00:31:02,486
because I thought that you were ready.

386
00:31:03,821 --> 00:31:06,490
Your actions over the past year
have proven me wrong.

387
00:31:07,199 --> 00:31:09,493
You don't understand.

388
00:31:10,453 --> 00:31:14,874
There was another message in the ship,
from my biological father.

389
00:31:15,041 --> 00:31:18,294
It said I was sent here to conquer.

390
00:31:19,545 --> 00:31:22,131
Do you know if that's true?

391
00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:25,342
I don't have all the answers.

392
00:31:26,635 --> 00:31:29,972
I'm still on the same journey
as you are, Kal-El.

393
00:31:30,139 --> 00:31:34,560
Please. Don't call me that.
I don't even know who that is.

394
00:31:34,727 --> 00:31:37,521
Fathers often want futures
that their sons reject.

395
00:31:38,147 --> 00:31:40,858
That struggle is as old as the human race.

396
00:31:42,860 --> 00:31:46,238
Except I'm not human.

397
00:31:46,572 --> 00:31:51,077
Humanity is not only about biology.

398
00:31:52,161 --> 00:31:54,246
Look, you don't know Jor-El.

399
00:31:55,081 --> 00:31:58,084
Everything that he said has come to pass.

400
00:31:58,250 --> 00:32:02,046
My father made a deal with him to save me,
and now it's killing him.

401
00:32:02,338 --> 00:32:05,758
But the more you pursue this course,
the greater the risk

402
00:32:06,133 --> 00:32:09,887
that you'll expose your secret
not only to the Luthors,

403
00:32:10,054 --> 00:32:11,639
but to the world.

404
00:32:12,014 --> 00:32:15,226
I can't let my father die for my mistakes.

405
00:32:19,063 --> 00:32:21,607
Well, if that's your decision...

406
00:32:22,983 --> 00:32:25,653
Then there's something else
I have to show you.

407
00:32:26,612 --> 00:32:29,031
Activate screen.

408
00:32:31,075 --> 00:32:34,078
[Ominous music playing]

409
00:32:39,667 --> 00:32:42,586
[Pensive music playing]

410
00:32:49,426 --> 00:32:51,720
It says, "I am waiting."

411
00:32:52,638 --> 00:32:53,931
It must be from jor-ei.

412
00:32:54,098 --> 00:32:57,393
That message didn't come from the stars.

413
00:32:57,560 --> 00:33:00,855
It originated right here on earth.

414
00:33:01,730 --> 00:33:03,732
But I believe...

415
00:33:05,401 --> 00:33:08,571
That it wasn't meant for you, kal-ei.

416
00:33:15,452 --> 00:33:19,331
[High-pitch screeching]

417
00:33:27,089 --> 00:33:30,342
[Suspenseful music playing]

418
00:33:42,146 --> 00:33:43,314
[Clark] Dad?

419
00:33:45,649 --> 00:33:46,901
Mom, where's dad?

420
00:33:47,067 --> 00:33:49,653
He left again, Clark.

421
00:33:49,820 --> 00:33:51,530
Don't be too hard on him.

422
00:33:51,697 --> 00:33:53,741
He can't do what he used to around here.

423
00:33:53,908 --> 00:33:57,786
Mom, I don't think it's that simple.
I just went to see Dr. Swann.

424
00:33:58,078 --> 00:34:00,748
He thinks Jor-El is
trying to contact someone.

425
00:34:00,915 --> 00:34:03,459
Mom, it's not me,
and the way dad's been acting,

426
00:34:03,667 --> 00:34:05,669
I think he gets messages through the key.

427
00:34:05,878 --> 00:34:07,588
What would jor-ei want with your dad?

428
00:34:07,671 --> 00:34:10,966
He said jor-ei was waiting for something.
Do you know where dad went?

429
00:34:14,511 --> 00:34:17,071
- [Lionel] You searched every inch of the farm?
- [Man] Yes, sir.

430
00:34:17,139 --> 00:34:20,559
- You're certain?
- Yes, sir, I assure you. It's not there.

431
00:34:21,143 --> 00:34:24,438
Everybody out of here. Get out.
Right now! Get out of here!

432
00:34:24,605 --> 00:34:25,731
Out of here. Now!

433
00:34:25,814 --> 00:34:27,399
[Clamoring]

434
00:34:28,651 --> 00:34:31,487
- I said, everybody get out of here!
- Go on, get out.

435
00:34:32,863 --> 00:34:35,115
You have no right to be down here.

436
00:34:35,282 --> 00:34:38,160
Well, the state park service
might disagree with you.

437
00:34:38,327 --> 00:34:42,164
You want something that doesn't belong
to you. I'm not gonna let you take it.

438
00:34:42,289 --> 00:34:45,000
There exist in this world
some things too valuable

439
00:34:45,167 --> 00:34:47,962
to belong to any one person.

440
00:34:49,088 --> 00:34:51,882
I am sick and tired of talking to you.

441
00:34:52,049 --> 00:34:55,427
This is your last warning.
Stay away from my son.

442
00:34:55,594 --> 00:34:59,181
If you raised your son the way I
raised mine, he wouldn't need protection.

443
00:34:59,348 --> 00:35:01,850
You know, weakness isn't
something you're born with.

444
00:35:02,017 --> 00:35:05,396
You learn it,
and Clark learned his from you.

445
00:35:06,188 --> 00:35:07,439
[Grunts]

446
00:35:07,523 --> 00:35:10,317
[Dramatic music playing]

447
00:36:22,723 --> 00:36:24,933
What are you doing? You're not thinking!

448
00:36:25,100 --> 00:36:27,436
It's the only way that I know you're safe.

449
00:36:31,315 --> 00:36:36,779
Unless you want to explain to the police
why you illegally raided my farm...

450
00:36:37,654 --> 00:36:40,616
You had better let me walk out of here.

451
00:36:41,742 --> 00:36:43,327
Back off.

452
00:36:44,828 --> 00:36:48,499
Sir, you better take a look at this.

453
00:36:48,582 --> 00:36:51,585
[Ominous music playing]

454
00:37:04,223 --> 00:37:06,892
The key's in the wall.

455
00:37:08,685 --> 00:37:10,104
It must be.

456
00:37:13,357 --> 00:37:15,317
Where is it, Clark?

457
00:37:16,652 --> 00:37:17,945
I don't have it.

458
00:37:24,326 --> 00:37:27,329
[Grant-Lee Phillips' "Mona Lisa" playing]

459
00:37:34,294 --> 00:37:40,300
J“ you're the last of
your kind, Mona Lisa j“

460
00:37:41,301 --> 00:37:44,805
j“ with a wink of your eye... j“

461
00:37:48,308 --> 00:37:50,561
I know you got a lot going on right now.

462
00:37:50,727 --> 00:37:54,106
I think we left things
in kind of a weird place.

463
00:37:55,274 --> 00:37:59,445
I know the way I've been acting
is kind of hard to understand

464
00:37:59,611 --> 00:38:02,656
but, Lana, my feelings for you
have never changed.

465
00:38:03,574 --> 00:38:06,326
I guess a part of me knows that.

466
00:38:06,493 --> 00:38:08,662
But, you know, it's like Lex says,

467
00:38:08,829 --> 00:38:11,999
a person isn't who they say they are
in any one moment.

468
00:38:12,166 --> 00:38:14,793
- They're who they've always been...
- Lex?

469
00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:16,587
What does he have to do with this?

470
00:38:17,254 --> 00:38:21,717
I trust him. I trust his advice.
He only wants what's best for us.

471
00:38:21,884 --> 00:38:26,889
Lana, how many times have we stood here
avoiding what we both want?

472
00:38:28,182 --> 00:38:30,851
That's because every time
you've let me get close,

473
00:38:31,018 --> 00:38:33,145
it hurts that much more when you leave.

474
00:38:35,606 --> 00:38:37,483
You can't keep changing the rules.

475
00:38:37,649 --> 00:38:39,526
I'm sorry. I never meant to hurt you.

476
00:38:39,693 --> 00:38:43,530
- But I promise, I'm not leaving this time.
- Maybe I am.

477
00:38:46,158 --> 00:38:48,660
You know what your dad said
about looking back

478
00:38:48,827 --> 00:38:51,079
and feeling as though
he'd missed something?

479
00:38:51,455 --> 00:38:55,125
Clark, I have been so focused on you,

480
00:38:55,292 --> 00:38:58,170
waiting to see if we could
ever get back together,

481
00:38:58,337 --> 00:39:01,173
that maybe I'm missing out
on some opportunities.

482
00:39:02,466 --> 00:39:06,929
- Like seeing other people?
- No. No, I mean everything.

483
00:39:09,348 --> 00:39:13,060
And until I figure that out,
I can't keep doing this.

484
00:39:13,894 --> 00:39:15,896
It's not fair to either of us.

485
00:39:18,607 --> 00:39:24,404
J“ say you won't ever lose j“

486
00:39:55,936 --> 00:39:57,646
Clark.

487
00:40:01,108 --> 00:40:03,735
Lana sure didn't stay very long.

488
00:40:04,361 --> 00:40:06,071
[Clark] No.

489
00:40:09,032 --> 00:40:12,286
- You all right, son?
- Yeah.

490
00:40:14,246 --> 00:40:18,000
Dad, we're going to have to talk
about what happened down in the cave.

491
00:40:18,166 --> 00:40:19,960
I know.

492
00:40:20,544 --> 00:40:24,673
You always tell me to be careful
around Lionel Luthor, and then you just...

493
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:29,678
- Why'd you go down there with the key?
- I'm not sure. I was just drawn to it.

494
00:40:29,845 --> 00:40:31,597
It's the only way I can explain it.

495
00:40:32,306 --> 00:40:35,976
Dad, I know it's the deal
you made with jor-ei.

496
00:40:36,935 --> 00:40:39,605
I thought you sacrificed your health
to bring me home,

497
00:40:39,771 --> 00:40:41,440
but it's more than that, isn't it?

498
00:40:41,815 --> 00:40:47,821
Look, I've done a lot of things the last
few days I'm not particularly proud of...

499
00:40:49,197 --> 00:40:51,658
But it wasn't jor-ei
who did them. It was me.

500
00:40:56,872 --> 00:40:59,166
What's jor-ei waiting for?

501
00:41:02,169 --> 00:41:03,754
How do you know about that?

502
00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:06,131
Dr. Swann.

503
00:41:07,090 --> 00:41:11,053
- Dad, what did you promise him?
- That's none of your concern, Clark.

504
00:41:11,762 --> 00:41:15,807
Dad, if it wasn't for me, you never
would've gotten involved with jor-ei.

505
00:41:15,974 --> 00:41:18,310
Come on, why don't you let me help?

506
00:41:18,477 --> 00:41:21,313
I've always told you to take
responsibility for your decisions.

507
00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:23,398
Now let me take responsibility for mine.

508
00:41:23,565 --> 00:41:25,984
Because now we're both in Lionel's sights

509
00:41:26,151 --> 00:41:29,738
and what are we gonna do
when he gets that key out of the wall?

510
00:41:31,198 --> 00:41:33,533
The key is not in the wall, Clark.

511
00:41:33,700 --> 00:41:36,995
- You took it.
- No.

512
00:41:38,205 --> 00:41:42,542
But it's still out there somewhere.

513
00:41:45,295 --> 00:41:48,298
[Ominous music playing]

514
00:42:22,457 --> 00:42:25,460
[Theme music playing]