1 00:00:05,797 --> 00:00:09,051 Normally I wouldn't waste my time meeting with a college freshman 2 00:00:09,218 --> 00:00:10,802 groveling for an internship. 3 00:00:10,969 --> 00:00:13,096 - Well, thank you, Ms. Kahn. - Bitterman! 4 00:00:13,847 --> 00:00:16,391 - Yeah, chief? - Where's that piece on senator Jennings? 5 00:00:16,558 --> 00:00:19,061 - I'm typing it up. - I don't see your fingers moving. 6 00:00:19,228 --> 00:00:22,397 Twenty minutes, or they'll be twiddling over the want ads. 7 00:00:22,564 --> 00:00:24,441 Of course, chief. 8 00:00:24,608 --> 00:00:26,485 - Where was I? - The internship. 9 00:00:26,652 --> 00:00:28,779 Oh, right, right, right. You didn't get it. 10 00:00:28,946 --> 00:00:30,322 What? 11 00:00:31,031 --> 00:00:33,158 Well, then why am I here? 12 00:00:33,325 --> 00:00:36,370 Curiosity. It's the backbone of any decent reporter. 13 00:00:36,537 --> 00:00:38,455 Have you got backbone, Sullivan? 14 00:00:38,622 --> 00:00:39,957 Yeah, I... 15 00:00:40,123 --> 00:00:43,377 You had a column here a couple of years ago, didn't you? 16 00:00:43,544 --> 00:00:44,878 When I was in high school. 17 00:00:45,254 --> 00:00:47,756 Well, that is quite an accomplishment 18 00:00:47,923 --> 00:00:51,176 to have your own byline when you're practically still in diapers. 19 00:00:51,802 --> 00:00:54,972 I mean, a lot of reporters... Well, real reporters. 20 00:00:55,138 --> 00:00:58,183 Work for years, struggling before they can get that kind of a chance. 21 00:00:58,350 --> 00:01:00,978 I just wanted to meet the kid that could pull that off. 22 00:01:01,144 --> 00:01:03,939 - Thanks. - Oh, well, don't thank me. 23 00:01:05,774 --> 00:01:08,360 He's the one who arm-twisted the old chief editor 24 00:01:08,527 --> 00:01:11,446 into dropping yourjuvenile pablum into this paper. 25 00:01:12,489 --> 00:01:16,702 - I didn't ask Lionel to do that. - Well, you didn't say no either, did you? 26 00:01:16,868 --> 00:01:19,204 You must've done something to piss Lionel off 27 00:01:19,371 --> 00:01:21,498 because he got you fired. 28 00:01:21,665 --> 00:01:23,250 I remember that day. 29 00:01:23,417 --> 00:01:25,127 I believe we had cake. 30 00:01:26,962 --> 00:01:31,341 Ms. Kahn, I don't expect to be given a column like last time. 31 00:01:31,758 --> 00:01:34,136 I will start from the bottom and work my way up 32 00:01:34,303 --> 00:01:36,179 without any help or arm-twisting. 33 00:01:36,346 --> 00:01:38,807 All I want is the opportunity to prove myself. 34 00:01:38,974 --> 00:01:40,809 Being a part of this world, 35 00:01:40,976 --> 00:01:43,145 working at the daily planet, 36 00:01:43,312 --> 00:01:44,855 it's always been my dream. 37 00:01:45,022 --> 00:01:47,524 We all have to wake up sometime, don't we, Sullivan? 38 00:01:48,066 --> 00:01:51,069 By the way, we don't validate. 39 00:01:57,659 --> 00:02:00,162 You know what, Ms. Kahn? 40 00:02:00,704 --> 00:02:05,042 I know you may be editor in chief now, but even you had to start somewhere. 41 00:02:05,208 --> 00:02:09,463 And I am not gonna give up until I get the same chance. 42 00:02:17,804 --> 00:02:20,724 I started by being a damn good reporter. 43 00:02:20,891 --> 00:02:22,768 You want a break? 44 00:02:23,810 --> 00:02:25,896 Bring me a story. 45 00:02:27,105 --> 00:02:28,625 Okay, let's stop for a second. 46 00:02:28,732 --> 00:02:31,777 In case you can't tell, I was completely freaked out. 47 00:02:32,277 --> 00:02:34,279 Pauline kahn had thrown down the gauntlet. 48 00:02:34,446 --> 00:02:37,783 The woman had two pulitzers. I had a high school service plaque 49 00:02:37,949 --> 00:02:41,203 and absolutely no idea where my big story was gonna come from. 50 00:02:41,370 --> 00:02:43,830 Little did I know that 10 city blocks away, 51 00:02:43,997 --> 00:02:45,957 it was about to bite me in the ass. 52 00:02:46,124 --> 00:02:48,794 Well, more like the neck, but we 'i/ get to that later. 53 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:51,880 Welcome to the tri psi sorority house. 54 00:02:51,963 --> 00:02:54,716 I think that's Greek for "bimbos, bikinis and beer." 55 00:02:57,511 --> 00:03:01,264 Pete's pizza. Delivered in 28 minutes, piping... 56 00:03:01,348 --> 00:03:02,641 J“ wicked little girls... j“ 57 00:03:02,724 --> 00:03:04,017 hot. 58 00:03:04,184 --> 00:03:07,145 Oh, my god, we are so starving. 59 00:03:07,229 --> 00:03:08,772 J“ lock 'em up tight... j“ 60 00:03:08,855 --> 00:03:10,607 let's eat in the jacuzzi. 61 00:03:10,691 --> 00:03:12,484 J“ Dukes up, baby, Dukes up j“ 62 00:03:12,567 --> 00:03:14,319 j“ you think that I'm a lady? J“ 63 00:03:14,403 --> 00:03:17,280 -j“ you think that I won't fight? J“ -j“ put 'em up, put 'em up j“ 64 00:03:17,364 --> 00:03:19,759 j“ I 'ii make your eyes shine like a iilikoi moonlit night j“ 65 00:03:19,783 --> 00:03:20,783 j“ whoa, oh... j“ 66 00:03:23,620 --> 00:03:25,706 J“ sophisticated yoni told me: J“ 67 00:03:25,789 --> 00:03:28,917 j“ "you gots to love livin' while you livin' or you won't love life" j“ 68 00:03:30,210 --> 00:03:32,170 -j“ I'm the high pimpstress j“ -j“ you know her j“ 69 00:03:32,254 --> 00:03:34,297 j“ I'm honey brown j“ 70 00:03:34,381 --> 00:03:38,677 -j“ I'm the baddest bitch to ever hit this town j“ -j“ uh-huh j“ 71 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:42,264 j“ cornbread woman, yoo-hoo and a bottle of yum j“ 72 00:03:42,347 --> 00:03:43,950 -j“ yeah j“ -j“ I'm gonna have a party... j“ 73 00:03:43,974 --> 00:03:46,101 I, uh, really should be getting back. 74 00:03:46,268 --> 00:03:48,562 I have two more stops. 75 00:03:48,937 --> 00:03:50,522 Can't you stay? 76 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,985 - Just for a little bit, hm? - Please? 77 00:03:55,152 --> 00:03:57,154 Well, maybe just for a minute. 78 00:03:57,237 --> 00:03:58,780 J“ wicked little girls... j“ 79 00:03:58,864 --> 00:04:00,574 what about your pizza? 80 00:04:00,741 --> 00:04:03,201 You taste so much better than pepperoni. 81 00:04:05,912 --> 00:04:09,708 J“ here come those devils cheeky, sneaky rebels... j“ 82 00:04:11,543 --> 00:04:16,214 J“ hot steppin' is what we like I say here come those devils... j“ 83 00:04:16,298 --> 00:04:20,093 no! No! Oh, god, no! 84 00:04:20,177 --> 00:04:22,763 J“ lock 'em up tight j“ 85 00:04:24,014 --> 00:04:28,977 J“ somebody save me j“ 86 00:04:30,479 --> 00:04:34,357 j“ let your warm hands break right through it j“ 87 00:04:34,441 --> 00:04:39,154 j“ somebody save me j“ 88 00:04:40,822 --> 00:04:44,618 j“ I don't care how you do it j“ 89 00:04:44,701 --> 00:04:49,247 -j“ just stay, stay j“ -j“ stay with me j“ 90 00:04:49,331 --> 00:04:54,920 j“ come on, I've been waiting for you j“ 91 00:04:55,003 --> 00:04:58,882 j“ to stay with me j“ 92 00:05:00,550 --> 00:05:05,138 j“ I made this whole world shine for you j“ 93 00:05:05,222 --> 00:05:09,392 j“ stay, stay j“ 94 00:05:09,476 --> 00:05:12,771 j“ come on j“ 95 00:05:20,987 --> 00:05:23,573 Singing telegram. 96 00:05:24,241 --> 00:05:26,743 - Hey. - Clark, hi. 97 00:05:26,910 --> 00:05:28,870 I just wanted to... 98 00:05:29,704 --> 00:05:32,749 Come by and surprise myself. What's all this? 99 00:05:33,083 --> 00:05:35,919 This is me packing. 100 00:05:36,086 --> 00:05:38,296 - Packing for what? - For college. 101 00:05:39,214 --> 00:05:42,384 I, uh, got late acceptance to met u. 102 00:05:42,551 --> 00:05:43,969 Congratulations. 103 00:05:44,135 --> 00:05:47,013 Why didn't you tell me you applied to met u? 104 00:05:47,180 --> 00:05:49,099 Because I didn't wanna get my hopes up. 105 00:05:49,266 --> 00:05:52,519 You know, I applied so late, I didn't think I had any chance. 106 00:05:52,686 --> 00:05:55,814 With your grades, they'd be crazy not to accept you. 107 00:05:56,481 --> 00:05:58,149 Well, I got in just under the wire. 108 00:05:58,316 --> 00:06:00,777 There aren't even any dorm rooms left anymore. 109 00:06:00,944 --> 00:06:03,363 - Where are you gonna stay? - I can crash at Chloe's. 110 00:06:03,530 --> 00:06:05,282 But maybe I'll try a sorority. 111 00:06:05,448 --> 00:06:06,700 I know how it sounds, 112 00:06:06,867 --> 00:06:09,077 but it's the only housing near to campus 113 00:06:09,244 --> 00:06:11,746 I have any shot of getting into. 114 00:06:13,331 --> 00:06:17,502 You know, uh, central Kansas university has plenty of housing still available. 115 00:06:17,669 --> 00:06:21,464 - And... - And they have you. 116 00:06:23,341 --> 00:06:26,678 But they don't have any of the courses that I'm really interested in. 117 00:06:26,845 --> 00:06:29,139 Especially astronomy. 118 00:06:29,347 --> 00:06:31,892 It's not gonna be that bad. 119 00:06:32,058 --> 00:06:34,978 We'll talk to each other on the phone all the time. 120 00:06:36,688 --> 00:06:38,690 Don't worry. 121 00:06:39,399 --> 00:06:42,444 Nothing's gonna change between us. 122 00:06:52,287 --> 00:06:57,876 Welcome to the most prestigious and exclusive sorority at Metropolis university. 123 00:06:58,126 --> 00:07:00,587 We are the richest, we are the prettiest, 124 00:07:00,754 --> 00:07:03,131 we are the best. 125 00:07:03,298 --> 00:07:06,801 Over the next few days, many of you will leave disappointed. 126 00:07:06,968 --> 00:07:08,762 But if you're insanely cool 127 00:07:08,929 --> 00:07:11,014 and very, very lucky, 128 00:07:11,181 --> 00:07:14,059 you might just be chosen to be a tri psi. 129 00:07:14,225 --> 00:07:17,312 And if that happens, it'll change your life. 130 00:07:19,272 --> 00:07:21,149 Forever. 131 00:07:22,692 --> 00:07:27,697 Meet Buffy Sanders, president of the tri psi sorority. 132 00:07:27,864 --> 00:07:30,700 By the way, I've changed the names to protect the vapid. 133 00:07:32,869 --> 00:07:36,206 In the final days of the Roman empire... 134 00:07:37,165 --> 00:07:40,752 Wealth and power... 135 00:07:40,919 --> 00:07:43,505 Were the only things the emperor coveted. 136 00:07:43,838 --> 00:07:47,467 What about the good citizens of Rome? What did they do? 137 00:07:47,634 --> 00:07:52,347 Did they rise up? Burn their bras and their draft cards? 138 00:07:54,724 --> 00:07:58,061 No. They went to the colosseum. 139 00:07:58,937 --> 00:08:05,527 They stood idle while an evil man destroyed their world. 140 00:08:05,986 --> 00:08:10,532 In your lifetime, each of you may be faced with a similar situation. 141 00:08:10,699 --> 00:08:16,037 The question is, will you leave your footprints on the history of time 142 00:08:16,246 --> 00:08:19,833 or let them be washed away by the tides of more powerful men? 143 00:08:30,135 --> 00:08:32,012 What about you? 144 00:08:33,346 --> 00:08:34,681 Me? I, um... 145 00:08:34,848 --> 00:08:38,935 LuthorCorp practically owns your hometown of Smallville. 146 00:08:39,102 --> 00:08:42,313 What if you found out that Lex Luthor, 147 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:45,275 the emperor of the company, 148 00:08:45,442 --> 00:08:51,156 was a dangerous, unstable megalomaniac 149 00:08:51,322 --> 00:08:54,159 bent on destroying your world? 150 00:08:54,325 --> 00:08:56,619 Would you have the courage to try to stop him? 151 00:08:59,831 --> 00:09:00,874 I, uh... 152 00:09:03,460 --> 00:09:07,839 Read chapter three for Monday. There'll be a quiz on the material. 153 00:09:15,180 --> 00:09:17,348 Interesting lecture you've been giving. 154 00:09:17,515 --> 00:09:20,852 - I hope you've been taking notes. - Just the highlights. 155 00:09:21,019 --> 00:09:24,731 You've been painting me as the poster child for corporate villainy. 156 00:09:24,898 --> 00:09:27,901 Some of the things you've said come dangerously close to libel. 157 00:09:28,234 --> 00:09:30,737 It's only libel if it isn't true. 158 00:09:31,237 --> 00:09:34,365 Everything I say in this classroom is supported by my research. 159 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:38,536 - Into me. - You are a fascinating subject. 160 00:09:42,832 --> 00:09:45,919 You wanna know what fascinates me, professor? 161 00:09:48,588 --> 00:09:52,133 Your lectures have included speculation 162 00:09:52,300 --> 00:09:55,970 on certain LuthorCorp projects that aren't even public knowledge. 163 00:09:56,137 --> 00:09:59,182 Oh, I'm sorry. I never speculate. 164 00:09:59,724 --> 00:10:03,978 The study of history is built on meticulous research... 165 00:10:04,729 --> 00:10:07,065 Even before coming to obvious conclusions. 166 00:10:09,109 --> 00:10:13,613 And would one of your research sources be Clark Kent? 167 00:10:13,988 --> 00:10:15,949 I know you hired him as your assistant. 168 00:10:16,116 --> 00:10:21,037 Now, why would a man of your stature 169 00:10:21,204 --> 00:10:25,834 be so concerned with the comings and goings of a freshman farm boy? 170 00:10:26,835 --> 00:10:31,965 If you know so much about me, professor, I'm sure you realize that... 171 00:10:32,340 --> 00:10:36,136 I donate a considerable amount of funding to this university. 172 00:10:36,302 --> 00:10:38,972 That allows me an unusual level of access to the Dean 173 00:10:39,139 --> 00:10:40,723 and the academic review board. 174 00:10:40,890 --> 00:10:42,976 Yeah, I know. 175 00:10:43,143 --> 00:10:46,312 The buying of influence is part of my second semester. 176 00:10:49,899 --> 00:10:52,569 If you have a second semester. 177 00:11:06,875 --> 00:11:08,751 You should all be very proud. 178 00:11:08,918 --> 00:11:11,880 The four of you were amazing during rush week. 179 00:11:12,046 --> 00:11:14,966 Like little diamonds in the rough waiting to be polished. 180 00:11:15,133 --> 00:11:17,594 But not everyone is tri psi material. 181 00:11:17,927 --> 00:11:19,929 It's sad, but it's a fact. 182 00:11:20,972 --> 00:11:26,936 Carol, Bobbi, Susan, please step fonnard. 183 00:11:28,980 --> 00:11:30,773 The three of you were really great! 184 00:11:32,775 --> 00:11:36,487 But great isn't enough for a tri psi. A tri psi has to be excellent all over. 185 00:11:36,654 --> 00:11:38,948 - Bye, now. - Toodles. 186 00:11:39,032 --> 00:11:40,843 - Bye-bye. - You have to go. 187 00:11:40,867 --> 00:11:43,620 Wait a minute, you mean that I'm in? 188 00:11:43,786 --> 00:11:46,789 Lana, come on. You're amazing. 189 00:11:46,956 --> 00:11:49,042 Of course we want you to be one of us. 190 00:11:49,876 --> 00:11:52,503 Wow, um, thank you. 191 00:11:52,670 --> 00:11:56,549 But there is just this little initiation thing that we have to do first. 192 00:12:04,724 --> 00:12:07,393 - What the hell are you? - We're tri psis. 193 00:12:07,560 --> 00:12:09,687 The hottest vampires ever. 194 00:12:39,300 --> 00:12:41,719 Welcome to the sisterhood. 195 00:12:51,354 --> 00:12:53,147 Nice shot. 196 00:12:53,314 --> 00:12:54,941 You just have to know the angles. 197 00:12:55,108 --> 00:12:57,110 That's why you've been looking into my past? 198 00:12:58,403 --> 00:12:59,737 Come on, professor. 199 00:13:00,363 --> 00:13:02,991 You're not the only one interested in history, are you? 200 00:13:03,157 --> 00:13:06,452 You don't strike me as that much of an academic type. 201 00:13:07,662 --> 00:13:09,580 What's this? 202 00:13:10,039 --> 00:13:13,209 I know you're a busy man. Thought I'd save you some time. 203 00:13:13,710 --> 00:13:15,503 That's my whole life in there. 204 00:13:15,670 --> 00:13:19,465 Every record, every achievement, every failure, 205 00:13:19,632 --> 00:13:21,634 all the way back to the day I was born. 206 00:13:21,801 --> 00:13:23,636 I'm supposed to just swallow all this? 207 00:13:27,890 --> 00:13:31,978 You wouldn't be the great Lex Luthor if you did. 208 00:13:32,145 --> 00:13:34,856 No, you'll spend a fortune checking and rechecking... 209 00:13:36,274 --> 00:13:39,402 Convinced what you believe must be true. 210 00:13:40,403 --> 00:13:45,241 And, uh, what is it I believe, professor? 211 00:13:45,783 --> 00:13:49,787 That everyone is hiding secrets as dark as yours. 212 00:13:53,916 --> 00:13:55,251 How did you get this? 213 00:13:55,752 --> 00:13:57,670 Just used my brain. 214 00:13:57,837 --> 00:13:59,714 It's an interesting document, isn't it? 215 00:13:59,881 --> 00:14:02,842 It seems to indicate you're using funding to the university 216 00:14:03,009 --> 00:14:06,262 to conduct questionable LuthorCorp experiments. 217 00:14:10,641 --> 00:14:12,643 On campus. 218 00:14:13,978 --> 00:14:15,646 But off the corporate books. 219 00:14:24,655 --> 00:14:27,617 I wonder what the Dean would think about that. 220 00:14:30,870 --> 00:14:35,708 Never start a game you can't win, Mr. Luthor. 221 00:14:44,133 --> 00:14:45,760 Follow him. 222 00:14:45,927 --> 00:14:47,929 With pleasure, sir. 223 00:15:17,542 --> 00:15:19,627 What are you doing? 224 00:15:21,754 --> 00:15:24,424 - I'm redecorating. - Karen, this is my side of the room. 225 00:15:24,590 --> 00:15:26,551 Yeah, but I gotta look at it, okay? 226 00:15:26,717 --> 00:15:31,097 Now, listen to me. I did not spend four years of high school misery 227 00:15:31,264 --> 00:15:35,059 dreaming about coming to met u for this, okay? 228 00:15:35,226 --> 00:15:36,561 - No, I... - No, okay? 229 00:15:36,727 --> 00:15:39,188 While we're on the subject of roommate etiquette... 230 00:15:40,565 --> 00:15:43,943 Can you please tell questa ubriacata over here 231 00:15:44,110 --> 00:15:47,363 this isn't the Betty Ford clinic, okay? 232 00:15:48,239 --> 00:15:49,866 I'm gonna go now. 233 00:15:55,746 --> 00:15:58,833 I'd rather be roommates with a two-headed monkey. 234 00:16:00,376 --> 00:16:04,005 All right, Lana. Rise and shine, sleeping beauty. 235 00:16:04,172 --> 00:16:05,506 Up and at them. 236 00:16:05,673 --> 00:16:07,717 Okay, for someone with a keen "weirdar", 237 00:16:07,884 --> 00:16:09,886 I can't believe I didn't see the signs. 238 00:16:10,052 --> 00:16:13,389 But I defy anyone to tell the difference between a nascent vampire 239 00:16:13,556 --> 00:16:15,558 and a freshman girl with a hangover. 240 00:16:15,725 --> 00:16:18,227 Didn't you have class this morning? 241 00:16:19,604 --> 00:16:21,314 I must have overslept. 242 00:16:21,522 --> 00:16:25,026 Wow. First official day on campus and you're already hung-over. 243 00:16:25,193 --> 00:16:27,820 Maybe you really are sorority material. 244 00:16:32,408 --> 00:16:34,160 - Is Lana here? - Hey. 245 00:16:34,327 --> 00:16:39,290 Yeah, what's left of her. Pledge party. Higher learning at its best. 246 00:16:39,457 --> 00:16:42,043 Maybe you should see if you can breathe life into her. 247 00:16:43,085 --> 00:16:47,757 I'll be at the library researching ways to kill my roommate. 248 00:16:55,097 --> 00:16:56,432 Rough night last night? 249 00:16:57,600 --> 00:16:59,352 I guess. 250 00:17:00,228 --> 00:17:02,939 It's all a little fuzzy. 251 00:17:03,523 --> 00:17:05,733 It must have been some party. 252 00:17:09,237 --> 00:17:11,697 I, uh, tried to call you a few times last night 253 00:17:11,864 --> 00:17:14,283 and again this morning. Did you get my messages? 254 00:17:14,450 --> 00:17:17,578 No, I haven't checked my voicemail yet. Sorry. 255 00:17:21,207 --> 00:17:22,375 Lana, are you okay? 256 00:17:26,587 --> 00:17:29,507 I'm just feeling a bit dead. 257 00:17:43,854 --> 00:17:48,609 God, you smell amazing. 258 00:17:49,026 --> 00:17:50,820 Is that new aftershave? 259 00:17:50,987 --> 00:17:55,491 No, it's just the usual. 260 00:17:58,411 --> 00:18:01,539 Well, maybe we should try something unusual. 261 00:18:03,124 --> 00:18:04,458 Lana, I... 262 00:18:05,918 --> 00:18:08,546 Shut up, Clark. You talk too much. 263 00:18:11,465 --> 00:18:14,635 Lana, stop. What's going on with you? 264 00:18:14,802 --> 00:18:17,430 We're not in high school anymore, Clark, things change. 265 00:18:17,597 --> 00:18:19,599 - I can see that. - We're in college now. 266 00:18:19,765 --> 00:18:23,311 - Live a little. I plan to. - What does that mean? 267 00:18:24,395 --> 00:18:27,189 It means exactly what I said. 268 00:18:28,024 --> 00:18:30,109 If you're gonna be all needy and insecure, 269 00:18:30,276 --> 00:18:32,695 maybe we need to reevaluate this relationship. 270 00:18:58,304 --> 00:19:01,390 Shouldn't put your hands on things that aren't yours, professor. 271 00:19:03,351 --> 00:19:08,230 Actually, it is mine. 272 00:19:40,513 --> 00:19:41,972 I googled vampires. 273 00:19:42,139 --> 00:19:46,185 Their historic traits include aversion to sunlight, elongated canines, 274 00:19:46,310 --> 00:19:48,771 an insatiable hunger for human blood. 275 00:19:48,938 --> 00:19:51,524 Oh, and immortality. 276 00:19:51,691 --> 00:19:55,695 Poor Lana is about to find out about the last one the hard way. 277 00:20:01,450 --> 00:20:03,369 Looks like we picked a winner. 278 00:20:03,536 --> 00:20:05,663 This is so much better than sitting around 279 00:20:05,830 --> 00:20:09,792 listening to my boyfriend whine about his feelings. 280 00:20:09,959 --> 00:20:12,878 You're a tri psi now, Lana. We eat boyfriends for breakfast. 281 00:20:13,462 --> 00:20:17,967 - Well, then, to breakfast. - Breakfast. 282 00:20:24,473 --> 00:20:27,143 Maybe I should slow down a little bit. 283 00:20:27,810 --> 00:20:29,145 Where's the fun in that? 284 00:20:29,311 --> 00:20:33,566 You are not one of the normal, boring people anymore, Lana. 285 00:20:33,733 --> 00:20:38,320 - You're one of us now. - And we do things a little more exciting. 286 00:20:38,487 --> 00:20:41,490 - Like what? - Like this. 287 00:20:47,538 --> 00:20:50,916 J“ deadfall... j“ 288 00:20:58,174 --> 00:21:01,051 Oh, my god, did you see her face? 289 00:21:01,218 --> 00:21:02,678 She's all like: 290 00:21:17,401 --> 00:21:20,154 J“ I don't believe you j“ 291 00:21:20,237 --> 00:21:23,324 j“ I don't believe you j“ 292 00:21:23,407 --> 00:21:27,703 j“ I don't believe you... j“ 293 00:21:27,787 --> 00:21:29,705 oh, didn't we tell you? 294 00:21:31,665 --> 00:21:32,917 You get to live forever. 295 00:21:45,846 --> 00:21:47,848 I don't know what's going on with Lana. 296 00:21:48,015 --> 00:21:50,434 But I went over to the sorority house to say hi 297 00:21:50,601 --> 00:21:54,021 and one of the pretty plastic people told me she was still asleep 298 00:21:54,188 --> 00:21:55,648 at 3:00 in the afternoon. 299 00:21:55,815 --> 00:21:58,317 Yeah, I tried calling her too, but she won't pick up. 300 00:21:58,484 --> 00:21:59,985 Maybe she needs a little space. 301 00:22:00,152 --> 00:22:02,988 - Or some serious deprogramming. - What do you mean? 302 00:22:03,155 --> 00:22:06,367 Well, I'm pulling up some information for a story I'm working on 303 00:22:06,534 --> 00:22:10,663 and I think there's more going on at that house than pedicures and pillow fights. 304 00:22:10,746 --> 00:22:13,040 I think you better get over here... 305 00:22:14,166 --> 00:22:17,378 - Hey. - Clark. 306 00:22:17,545 --> 00:22:20,548 - What do you got? - Besides a heart attack? 307 00:22:20,756 --> 00:22:24,218 Okay, six years ago tri psi was just your regular sorority 308 00:22:24,385 --> 00:22:26,387 and then their new president took over. 309 00:22:26,554 --> 00:22:27,847 - Buffy Sanders. - Yeah. 310 00:22:27,930 --> 00:22:31,350 After that, they became the most exclusive sorority at met u. 311 00:22:31,517 --> 00:22:34,645 They get more pledges than any other Greek sorority every year, 312 00:22:34,812 --> 00:22:37,439 but they only choose one girl to be part of tri psi. 313 00:22:38,816 --> 00:22:40,651 It looks like she's a member for life. 314 00:22:40,818 --> 00:22:43,946 According to this, ever since Buffy Sanders took over, 315 00:22:44,113 --> 00:22:46,949 not one tri psi has ever left the sisterhood. 316 00:22:47,533 --> 00:22:50,536 Think that has something to do with the way Lana's been acting? 317 00:22:50,703 --> 00:22:53,455 I think that there's only one way that we can be sure. 318 00:22:55,916 --> 00:22:57,084 A costume party? 319 00:22:57,167 --> 00:23:00,170 It's the perfect cover for us to get in there and poke around. 320 00:23:00,337 --> 00:23:01,547 I hate costumes. 321 00:23:09,179 --> 00:23:12,141 J“ she looks good, Swiss cheese put your head from the hose... j“ 322 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:14,351 invitation? 323 00:23:15,102 --> 00:23:16,312 Right, invitation. 324 00:23:16,478 --> 00:23:18,939 I had one when I was at the nail salon 325 00:23:19,106 --> 00:23:23,652 and then, of course, I went to get waxed and to the tanning bed. 326 00:23:26,906 --> 00:23:29,325 Carlos, do you remember where I put it? 327 00:23:30,826 --> 00:23:32,620 Carlos? 328 00:23:34,830 --> 00:23:37,875 No. No, I don't. 329 00:23:39,585 --> 00:23:43,088 I'm not supposed to let you in without an invitation. 330 00:23:46,342 --> 00:23:51,221 But I won't tell if you don't, Carlos. 331 00:23:53,557 --> 00:23:55,059 Great. Okay, well... 332 00:24:01,357 --> 00:24:04,610 Let's go, Carlos. Sorry. 333 00:24:11,909 --> 00:24:14,244 So Carlos, huh? 334 00:24:14,411 --> 00:24:15,746 It starts with a c. 335 00:24:15,913 --> 00:24:17,957 Don't you think the cape was a little much? 336 00:24:18,123 --> 00:24:21,085 I kind of like it. It's not too bad. 337 00:24:21,251 --> 00:24:26,048 It's the mask. It slides around. I can hardly see anything sometimes. 338 00:24:32,221 --> 00:24:35,182 Why don't you check upstairs, see if you can find anything. 339 00:24:35,349 --> 00:24:36,892 I'll scope things out down here. 340 00:24:37,059 --> 00:24:40,270 - If you see Lana... - I'll let her know that you're here. 341 00:24:44,316 --> 00:24:45,359 Lana! 342 00:24:47,236 --> 00:24:50,531 - Lana. - Hey! 343 00:24:50,698 --> 00:24:54,743 Go play with your six-shooter. Me and the kitty-cat here need to have a talk. 344 00:25:13,220 --> 00:25:16,807 - What are you doing in here? - I was looking for the bathroom. 345 00:25:18,392 --> 00:25:19,768 Hot tub! 346 00:25:20,978 --> 00:25:22,771 Sorry, buff. 347 00:25:22,938 --> 00:25:25,107 Come on, let's go. 348 00:25:29,987 --> 00:25:34,908 J“ she looks good, Swiss cheese put your head from the hose... j“ 349 00:25:37,411 --> 00:25:39,830 Lana, what is wrong with you? 350 00:25:39,997 --> 00:25:42,624 I'm having fun. You should try it sometime. 351 00:25:42,791 --> 00:25:44,710 What if Clark saw you with that guy? 352 00:25:44,877 --> 00:25:47,046 You remember Clark, right? Your boyfriend? 353 00:25:47,212 --> 00:25:50,049 The one who cares about you more than anything? 354 00:25:50,215 --> 00:25:52,760 You sure know how to ruin a party, don't you? 355 00:25:53,469 --> 00:25:56,930 Lana, I don't know what's going on, but this isn't you. 356 00:25:57,097 --> 00:25:59,725 You wouldn't hurt Clark like this. 357 00:26:00,726 --> 00:26:02,061 I'm sorry, Chloe. 358 00:26:04,271 --> 00:26:06,482 But you shouldn't have come here. 359 00:26:11,278 --> 00:26:14,239 Oh, sweetie, this isn't a movie. 360 00:26:14,573 --> 00:26:15,783 Ah! 361 00:26:15,991 --> 00:26:18,368 Never confront a vampire when they're hungry. 362 00:26:18,535 --> 00:26:21,246 Even if they are your best friend. 363 00:26:24,792 --> 00:26:26,418 Ah! 364 00:26:27,586 --> 00:26:30,631 Clark. Please help me. 365 00:26:34,468 --> 00:26:35,886 Lana? 366 00:26:48,232 --> 00:26:52,236 J“ I can't contain myself please tie me down j“ 367 00:27:00,452 --> 00:27:02,329 Frankly, I don't know what else to try. 368 00:27:02,496 --> 00:27:05,040 We've given her a transfusion. There's no improvement. 369 00:27:05,249 --> 00:27:06,708 What's wrong with her? 370 00:27:06,875 --> 00:27:08,127 As near as we can tell, 371 00:27:08,293 --> 00:27:11,880 she's been infected with some sort of rabies-like virus. 372 00:27:12,047 --> 00:27:15,425 It was probably transmitted in the saliva of whatever animal bit her. 373 00:27:15,592 --> 00:27:18,929 It's attacking her red blood cells, preventing them from regenerating. 374 00:27:19,096 --> 00:27:21,056 Is there anything you can do? 375 00:27:21,223 --> 00:27:25,561 We can keep up the transfusions and hope she stabilizes. 376 00:27:26,186 --> 00:27:27,771 I'm sorry. 377 00:27:34,987 --> 00:27:37,156 You have to fight it, Chloe. 378 00:27:37,781 --> 00:27:39,324 You have to fight it. 379 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:42,035 Is she all right? 380 00:27:44,329 --> 00:27:46,498 Professor, what are you doing here? 381 00:27:47,416 --> 00:27:49,543 Visiting a sick colleague. 382 00:27:49,710 --> 00:27:52,379 Though he seems to be doing better than your friend. 383 00:27:53,172 --> 00:27:57,176 - What happened to her? - She was bitten. 384 00:27:58,468 --> 00:27:59,928 By what? 385 00:28:00,012 --> 00:28:02,556 I know how this is gonna sound... 386 00:28:03,265 --> 00:28:05,893 But I think she was attacked by a vampire. 387 00:28:08,562 --> 00:28:12,816 - There's no such thing as vampires. - I know what I saw, professor. 388 00:28:13,942 --> 00:28:17,070 She's lost a lot of blood, and the transfusion didn't work 389 00:28:17,237 --> 00:28:21,158 because she's infected by some weird strain of rabies. 390 00:28:21,658 --> 00:28:23,327 Rabies? 391 00:28:34,713 --> 00:28:38,508 You might wanna have a word with your buddy Lex Luthor. 392 00:28:38,717 --> 00:28:43,138 - Lex? - Yeah, ask him about project 1138. 393 00:28:44,723 --> 00:28:47,017 You got that just from looking at Chloe's chart? 394 00:28:47,226 --> 00:28:49,603 I recognize the symptoms from my research at LuthorCorp. 395 00:28:49,686 --> 00:28:53,106 Now, you wanna play 20 questions or save your friend's life? 396 00:29:02,157 --> 00:29:05,452 How could you be so stupid? 397 00:29:05,619 --> 00:29:09,248 You never leave anyone alive. You have to finish them off. 398 00:29:09,414 --> 00:29:12,084 Or turn them by making them drink your blood. 399 00:29:12,251 --> 00:29:14,044 Oh, that guy Carlos saw you. 400 00:29:14,211 --> 00:29:16,129 - His name's Clark. - Oh, whatever. 401 00:29:16,296 --> 00:29:20,175 He saw you feeding. And he was sneaking around my room. 402 00:29:20,342 --> 00:29:23,178 That's two strikes. I'm not waiting for a third. 403 00:29:23,345 --> 00:29:25,138 - He's my boyfriend. - So? 404 00:29:25,305 --> 00:29:28,267 Lana, you are going to live forever now. 405 00:29:28,433 --> 00:29:32,896 He's gonna get old and withered and sag in places you don't wanna see sagging. 406 00:29:33,063 --> 00:29:35,148 You're special, he's not. Deal. 407 00:29:35,315 --> 00:29:37,150 What are you gonna do to him? 408 00:29:37,317 --> 00:29:42,072 Me? Oh, honey, this is your freshman mess. 409 00:29:42,239 --> 00:29:44,783 Find Clark and bring him back here 410 00:29:44,950 --> 00:29:48,787 with just enough life in him so we can all have a taste... 411 00:29:50,289 --> 00:29:53,875 Or you're the one we'll be feeding off of tonight. 412 00:30:04,928 --> 00:30:08,307 Project 1138, what is it? 413 00:30:09,266 --> 00:30:11,101 - I never heard of it. - Don't lie to me. 414 00:30:11,310 --> 00:30:13,312 I know it has something to do with rabies. 415 00:30:13,478 --> 00:30:16,106 Chloe's in the hospital dying from it right now. 416 00:30:16,315 --> 00:30:18,692 And I think Lana's been infected too. 417 00:30:19,359 --> 00:30:21,695 - Lana? - No more games. 418 00:30:21,862 --> 00:30:25,365 If you know anything about what's going on, you gotta tell me right now. 419 00:30:25,532 --> 00:30:27,492 Before it's too late. 420 00:30:33,749 --> 00:30:36,501 Six years ago, a girl named Buffy Sanders 421 00:30:36,668 --> 00:30:39,588 was trapped in a cave outside Smallville for several days. 422 00:30:39,671 --> 00:30:41,298 I know, Lex. I read the article. 423 00:30:41,465 --> 00:30:44,468 - Certain facts never made it to the press. - Like what? 424 00:30:45,802 --> 00:30:49,389 LuthorCorp aided in her rescue. After she was transported to the hospital, 425 00:30:49,598 --> 00:30:52,851 the site was discovered to possess unusual characteristics. 426 00:30:52,934 --> 00:30:54,186 Lex, quit dancing around. 427 00:30:54,269 --> 00:30:57,022 - What did LuthorCorp find? - Meteor rocks. 428 00:30:57,647 --> 00:31:01,610 They had soaked into the water table, creating infected stalactites 429 00:31:01,777 --> 00:31:06,323 which, in turn, affected the indigenous animal life, desmodus rotundus. 430 00:31:06,490 --> 00:31:08,116 Vampire bats. 431 00:31:08,283 --> 00:31:10,535 So we are dealing with vampires. 432 00:31:10,702 --> 00:31:12,871 There's nothing mystical about this, Clark. 433 00:31:13,038 --> 00:31:15,123 It's just a very unusual disease. 434 00:31:15,499 --> 00:31:17,709 One of the LuthorCorp researchers was bitten 435 00:31:17,876 --> 00:31:21,171 and developed unusual strength, an aversion to bright light, 436 00:31:21,380 --> 00:31:23,340 - and adaptive canine teeth. - Fangs? 437 00:31:23,673 --> 00:31:26,259 It seemed to help with the cannibalistic tendencies. 438 00:31:27,177 --> 00:31:28,512 What happened to him, Lex? 439 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:30,847 He retired to sausalito 440 00:31:31,014 --> 00:31:32,974 after we cured him. 441 00:31:33,141 --> 00:31:36,019 We were able to create a serum that reverses the infection. 442 00:31:36,853 --> 00:31:39,731 The stalactite keeps the serum active. 443 00:31:40,190 --> 00:31:42,567 It must be administered directly into the heart 444 00:31:42,776 --> 00:31:45,487 to be carried through the bloodstream effectively. 445 00:31:50,617 --> 00:31:52,369 Clark, are you all right? 446 00:31:59,584 --> 00:32:00,584 Lana? 447 00:32:07,551 --> 00:32:09,719 I'm sorry it has to be this way, Clark. 448 00:32:10,554 --> 00:32:13,598 But we don't always get to choose who we are. 449 00:32:13,807 --> 00:32:18,061 Sometimes our destiny leads us to places that we don't wanna go. 450 00:32:18,228 --> 00:32:20,814 And there's nothing we can do about it. 451 00:32:21,565 --> 00:32:25,026 - Lana, no. - I love you, Clark. 452 00:32:25,193 --> 00:32:26,862 I always will. 453 00:32:31,950 --> 00:32:33,869 Ah! 454 00:32:54,473 --> 00:32:57,267 Buffy was wrong about you, Clark. 455 00:32:58,059 --> 00:33:01,855 You are special, aren't you? 456 00:33:10,697 --> 00:33:16,036 J“ bela lugosi's dead the bats have left the bell tower j“ 457 00:33:16,119 --> 00:33:21,917 j“ the victims have been bled red velvet lines the black box... j“ 458 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:25,629 nice work. He's quite a catch. 459 00:33:25,837 --> 00:33:28,381 One hundred percent corn-fed Kansas beef. 460 00:33:28,548 --> 00:33:30,675 Let's eat. 461 00:33:31,510 --> 00:33:34,346 Wait, isn't there something else we can do with him? 462 00:33:34,804 --> 00:33:37,933 Like what? Barbecue? 463 00:33:38,141 --> 00:33:40,393 No, like convert him. 464 00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:41,937 Into one of us. 465 00:33:46,066 --> 00:33:49,653 We're a sorority, not a fraternity. 466 00:33:49,819 --> 00:33:51,571 No boys allowed. 467 00:33:51,780 --> 00:33:55,784 - You don't understand. He's special. - Not to me. 468 00:33:56,952 --> 00:33:58,662 - Get out of the way. - No. 469 00:33:59,871 --> 00:34:01,289 Excuse me. 470 00:34:01,498 --> 00:34:03,500 He's mine. You're not touching him. 471 00:34:16,763 --> 00:34:18,723 I'm really disappointed in you, Lana. 472 00:34:19,432 --> 00:34:23,353 Looks like you're not tri psi material after all. 473 00:34:31,528 --> 00:34:33,780 J“ bela lugosi's dead... j“ 474 00:34:33,863 --> 00:34:35,532 looks like I'm making the rules now. 475 00:34:35,699 --> 00:34:37,242 Anyone have a problem with that? 476 00:34:37,450 --> 00:34:39,327 - No. It's great. - Yeah, congratulations. 477 00:34:40,161 --> 00:34:42,247 Get out. Get out! 478 00:34:42,455 --> 00:34:43,582 - Okay. - Bye-bye. 479 00:34:44,958 --> 00:34:47,294 J“ bela lugosi's dead... j“ 480 00:34:51,339 --> 00:34:52,674 Clark. 481 00:34:54,968 --> 00:34:57,637 Clark, it's okay. I'm here. 482 00:34:58,430 --> 00:35:00,890 Listen to me. You're sick. 483 00:35:01,099 --> 00:35:04,185 No. No, I'm not. 484 00:35:04,352 --> 00:35:05,812 I've never felt better. 485 00:35:06,688 --> 00:35:08,773 Clark, I know what's inside of you. 486 00:35:09,274 --> 00:35:11,526 I've felt your strength. 487 00:35:11,693 --> 00:35:13,862 And now I want you to feel mine. 488 00:35:15,113 --> 00:35:18,408 No. No, this is not who you are. 489 00:35:18,950 --> 00:35:21,286 But maybe it is. 490 00:35:22,370 --> 00:35:25,457 Maybe I've been hiding it from you all along. 491 00:35:26,124 --> 00:35:29,753 Just like you were hiding who you really are from me. 492 00:35:31,171 --> 00:35:32,631 No, please. 493 00:35:32,797 --> 00:35:34,924 Clark, don't fight it. 494 00:35:35,133 --> 00:35:37,802 We're meant to be together. You know that in your heart. 495 00:35:37,969 --> 00:35:41,097 And this way we can be. Forever. 496 00:35:41,473 --> 00:35:44,559 All it takes is one drop of blood. 497 00:35:44,768 --> 00:35:46,102 Lana, no. 498 00:36:20,637 --> 00:36:22,555 80 the tri psis got booted off campus 499 00:36:22,722 --> 00:36:25,225 and the infected girls were treated by LuthorCorp. 500 00:36:25,392 --> 00:36:28,353 My roommate was so freaked out that she transferred to nyu, 501 00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:31,940 which means Lana and I are once again under the same roof. 502 00:36:32,232 --> 00:36:35,777 As for Clark and Lana, they seem to be able to survive anything. 503 00:36:35,944 --> 00:36:38,863 How much of what happened do you remember? 504 00:36:39,030 --> 00:36:43,326 Bits and pieces. Nothing coherent, thank god. 505 00:36:43,493 --> 00:36:47,247 But there, uh... There was one thing that stuck with me. 506 00:36:47,539 --> 00:36:49,082 Something I felt when I bit you. 507 00:36:50,875 --> 00:36:52,836 What was that? 508 00:36:56,673 --> 00:36:58,550 And love. 509 00:36:58,717 --> 00:37:01,594 And an ovennhelming feeling of strength. 510 00:37:05,515 --> 00:37:09,728 I think for a moment I felt what was inside your heart. 511 00:37:11,187 --> 00:37:15,150 And I've never felt closer to someone in my entire life. 512 00:37:17,193 --> 00:37:19,904 I miss being with you, Clark. 513 00:37:32,584 --> 00:37:34,252 How's Lana? 514 00:37:34,461 --> 00:37:37,630 She's back to normal, same as Chloe. 515 00:37:38,173 --> 00:37:41,926 Things haven't been great between us, but I wanna say I appreciate your help. 516 00:37:43,845 --> 00:37:46,055 That means a lot to me, Clark. 517 00:37:47,140 --> 00:37:49,976 There is something I'm still curious about. 518 00:37:50,310 --> 00:37:52,645 How did you know about project 1138? 519 00:37:54,272 --> 00:37:57,442 - Does it matter? - Only if it came from professor fine. 520 00:37:57,650 --> 00:37:59,152 What do you have against him? 521 00:37:59,527 --> 00:38:01,780 Clark, he's the one who's been attacking me. 522 00:38:01,988 --> 00:38:05,825 Is that why you stopped by his lecture? Force him to stop looking at LuthorCorp? 523 00:38:06,159 --> 00:38:08,703 He's doing a lot more than looking. 524 00:38:08,870 --> 00:38:11,956 He's obtaining highly classified proprietary documents. 525 00:38:12,123 --> 00:38:15,543 - He's only after the truth. - I think he's after more than that. 526 00:38:18,505 --> 00:38:20,215 Just be careful. 527 00:38:20,381 --> 00:38:23,551 I don't believe fine is the friend you think he is. 528 00:38:31,309 --> 00:38:34,562 The most exciting part of completing a story is not finishing it, 529 00:38:34,729 --> 00:38:37,023 but having someone else read it. 530 00:38:48,451 --> 00:38:50,787 Is that a good "hmm" or a bad "hmm"? 531 00:38:50,954 --> 00:38:52,997 No, it's a good "hmm." 532 00:38:53,164 --> 00:38:57,335 If we printed tabloid nonsense like the inquisitor does. 533 00:38:57,502 --> 00:38:59,671 But we're the daily planet. 534 00:38:59,838 --> 00:39:02,715 And tall tales about slaying Buffy the vampire 535 00:39:02,882 --> 00:39:04,968 don't make it into a real newspaper. 536 00:39:05,134 --> 00:39:07,762 Ms. Kahn, I didn't make this up. 537 00:39:07,929 --> 00:39:10,265 They weren't vampires of the mythical sense, 538 00:39:10,431 --> 00:39:12,684 they were victims of an unusual disease. 539 00:39:12,851 --> 00:39:15,311 Look, here, it's all the research. 540 00:39:15,478 --> 00:39:19,691 Interviews, eyewitness accounts, the CDC report, everything. 541 00:39:21,651 --> 00:39:23,653 - Was that a good "hmm" or a bad...? - Shut up. 542 00:39:23,862 --> 00:39:27,866 Here's the thing. Your writing shows you're not completely without talent. 543 00:39:28,116 --> 00:39:29,242 Thank you. 544 00:39:29,409 --> 00:39:33,329 But you're not a real reporter either. Yet. 545 00:39:33,496 --> 00:39:35,999 Well, everyone has to start somewhere. 546 00:39:37,333 --> 00:39:39,127 Welcome to the daily planet, kid. 547 00:39:40,336 --> 00:39:41,754 Oh, my god. 548 00:39:41,921 --> 00:39:45,633 Thank you so much. Uh, where do I start? 549 00:39:45,842 --> 00:39:49,220 Same place I did. At the bottom. 550 00:39:52,098 --> 00:39:54,601 She never did print the article, but I don't care. 551 00:39:54,767 --> 00:39:58,146 I got in on the ground floor of my dream. 552 00:39:58,813 --> 00:40:01,941 Okay, so it's actually the basement. But it's the daily planet. 553 00:40:02,066 --> 00:40:06,571 The paper of record for kings, presidents and prime ministers. 554 00:40:06,738 --> 00:40:09,240 Not to mention future superheroes. 555 00:40:09,407 --> 00:40:15,997 The way / look at it, I had no place to go but up, up and away.