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[Ray Charles' "that spirit
of Christmas" playing]

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J“ Christmas is the time of year j“

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j“ for being with the one's we love j“

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j“ sharing so much joy and cheer j“

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j“ what a wonderful feeling... j“

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ho-ho-ho, Lex.

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Any reason we couldn't have
met at the mansion?

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I don't make house calls.

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You wanna utilize my
skills, you come to me.

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That is, if you really wanna
bring down Jonathan Kent.

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Then I'm assuming you have
some kind of grenade to launch at him.

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Not yet.

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I'll either find it or create it.

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It's the pitfall of being
in the public eye.

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See, what's printed about a man is gospel.

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Doesn't matter if it's fact or not.

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Give me 24 hours.

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Your old man wouldn't hesitate.

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Before I go down the path you're proposing,

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I wanna consider all of my options.

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What's the matter, Lex?

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Holiday spirit got you all sentimental?

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My father gets wind that we met,

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you're not gonna make
it to new year's, griff.

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J“ it's truly amazing j“

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[man and woman chatter and laugh]

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J“ that spirit of Christmas... j“

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[man] Well, well.

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Looks like Santa claus
came to town after all.

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- I'm not looking for trouble.
- Come on, man, I ain't playing!

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- Give me your keys!
- All right, take it easy.

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[Gunshofl

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j“ that spirit of Christmas j“

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j“ain't it so? J“

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j“ it's truly amazing, yeah j“

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j“ that spirit of Christmas j“

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Lana.

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- [Yells] Whoa.
- Breakfast!

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- Who are you?
- Honey, you promised him.

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- Come on.
- I don't remember. What hap...?

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- Come on, dad!
- Pancakes.

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You promised Alex pancakes.

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And then you're gonna
go shopping for a tree.

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- No, don't. Don't complain to me.
- Dad. Let's go.

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[Lana] You're the one who always wants
to wait until Christmas Eve to get it.

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- Lana, you're...
- Alex, come on, let's get you dressed.

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- [Alex] Okay.
- What the...?

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[Alex] Me and dad are gonna
get the best tree ever.

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[Lana] "Dad and I."

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[Enchanting pensive music playing]

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What happened?

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Where am I?

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Hello, Lex.

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Mom?

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But you're...

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- Am I dead?
- No, Lex.

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You're still very much alive.

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Then how is...?

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I'm dreaming.

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It's no dream, Lex. This is your life.

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But I don't understand. This...

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This can't be... this isn't real.

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It is real, Lex.

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As real as you want it to be.

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All of this can be yours,
if you make the right choices.

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All of this?

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What do you mean?

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What are you talking about?

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[Thunder rumbles]

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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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[Jonathan] Ow!

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Serves you right.
These are for the party.

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We have enough politicians
with their hands in the cookie jar.

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I know you're not sold on the
idea of me running for State Senate.

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"Not sold" would be an understatement.

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But it is Christmas Eve. See?

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Can we please not talk about that?

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Please? Come on. Please?

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- Please?
- Okay. Hey... wait... hey, hey, hey.

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- Just one. Just one. One.
- You cheater.

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There. She's perfect.

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Yes, she is.

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[Tender music playing]

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It's usuallyjust me and Nell at Christmas.

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Lots of tinsel and an artificial tree.

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Thank you, Clark. For saving me from
another plastic, store-bought holiday.

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You're welcome.

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[Cell phone plays "jingle bells"]

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[Lana] Tell her merry Christmas for me.

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Hi, Chloe.

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[Chloe] Clark, I've got a problem.
Meet me at the planet.

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I need your help.

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[EMT] Multiple gunshot wound.

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Shoulder, mid-abdomen,
no apparent exit wound.

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Mr. Luthor, can you hear me?

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Mr. Luthor, squeeze my hand
if you can hear me.

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[Lana] Alexander, hey.
Hey, wait for your father.

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[Alex] Come on.

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[Quirky pensive music playing]

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Try and be back by 6
so we can make it to the kents' party.

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The kents?

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And this year,
try and remember that we're on a budget.

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What? We have a budget?

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It's been seven years since your
father cut up your platinum card.

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Time to embrace the middle-class lifestyle.

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Daddy, daddy. Let's go, let's go.

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Seven years?

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I just... seven years? I...

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Metropolis.

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[Lana] Okay, here, you know what?
Let me do that, Lex. Come here.

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Come on.

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You're gonna figure out how to do this

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and hopefully it's before
your new little girl arrives.

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- Alex, in you go.
- [Alex] Yeah!

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I'm sorry about the whole budget thing.

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I know that you only overspend
because you want the best for us.

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And that's part of why I love you so much.

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Have fun.

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[Alex burps]

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[Giggles]

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[Woman]
Excuse me, how much is this one?

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"Wow" is right.

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Lana said... your mom said...

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Hey.

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You have no idea
how happy I am to see you two.

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Are you a father again?

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No. Not yet.

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- I was just...
- [Alex] Uncle Clark.

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- Uncle Clark, make me fly.
- Hey.

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Hey, I missed you, little guy. Come on.

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[Alex] Whee!

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I'm sorry I haven't been around lately.
Things have been crazy at the planet.

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Yeah, don't let his "things
have been crazy" line fool you.

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- He's been promoted.
- [Clark] Yeah.

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- I'm a full-fledged reporter.
- [Chloe] I've got some big news too.

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- [Lex] Okay.
- My book's being published in January.

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Wow, that's... that's great.

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They loved the LuthorCorp-exposé idea
with an anonymous tell-all source.

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Thank you. So much.

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I couldn't have done it without you, Lex.

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All right,
miss did-i-mention-my-book's-published,

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let's get your tree and go. Bye, Alex.

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All right. Bye, Alex. Bye, Lex.

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See you, Lex. See you tonight.

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- [Lex] Yeah. See you.
- [Alex] Dad!

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This one's awesome.

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[EKG beeping]

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What happened?

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- What's wrong with my son?
- [Nurse] Just a minute.

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Where's the doctor?

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- Mr. Luthor? I'm Dr. Scanlan.
- What's happening, doctor?

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Your son's been shot.

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Fortunately, his life
is no longer in danger.

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I'm afraid Lex is going to be
permanently paralyzed from the chest down.

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Internal bleeding created a blood clot

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that's slowly compressing his spinal cord.

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- If we could relieve the pressure, we...
- If?

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No. We are going to do it, doctor. Now.

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Mr. Luthor, Lex hasn't stabilized yet.
An operation at this stage could kill him.

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My son is going to walk, doctor.

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[Chloe] So then they put me in charge,
and I've gotten a great response.

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I have doubled the number of toys for tots
the planet collected last year.

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So, what's the problem?

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Well, the presents need to be delivered
tonight, and the teamsters are on strike.

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- On Christmas Eve.
- So instead of fedex, you called me?

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I do realize it's a lot to ask, but, I mean,
you do run faster than a speeding bullet.

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You don't wanna disappoint
those underprivileged children, do you?

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Chloe, you didn't have to go there.

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You know it's true. I mean, you'd
be helping out a really great cause.

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Not to mention saving my career.

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- It's just, I promised Lana I would...
- I'm sure she'll understand.

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Or at least she'll understand
whatever you make up to tell her. Please?

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- All right.
- Yay!

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- I'll deliver some on my way to the party.
- My hero.

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I knew you'd come through.

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Okay.

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Chloe, this isn't toys
for tots, it's toys 'r us.

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How many are there?

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Couple thousand, give or take.

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I mapouested these addresses, and
the sooner you can get started, the better.

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Here comes Santa claus.

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[Chloe laughs]

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- [Lively holiday music playing]
- [Clark whooshing]

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You're not Santa claus.

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Yes, I am. I'm, uh...

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I'm the new, improved model.

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Liar. You can't be Santa. He is.

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[Pensive music playing]

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[Clark] Are you all right?

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You're a little close to
the edge, aren't you?

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Makes it easier to jump.

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Yeah, I guess it does, doesn't it.

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- Mind if I sit?
- It's a free whatever.

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You want a drink?

205
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No, thanks. I'm good.

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Why don't you have a seat.

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You can always jump later.

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Yeah, I guess you're right.

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After all...

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It's not like I've got somewhere to be.

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Listen, I don't wanna be nosy, but...

212
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I was just wondering, Santa...

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What are you doing up here?

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I mean, why are you gonna jump?

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Give me one good reason why I shouldn't.

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You can't, can you?

217
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You had a good look at the world lately?

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It's all take, take,
take, bitch, bitch, bitch.

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What happened to Christmas?

220
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Peace on earth?

221
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Goodwill to men?

222
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I'll tell you something...

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The spirit of Christmas is dead!

224
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And it's gonna take a lot more
than Santa claus to revive it.

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[Dramatic music playing]

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[EKG beeping]

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Increase his liquids
and, uh, give him 8 milligrams of decadron.

228
00:17:42,770 --> 00:17:45,064
The only thing you'll have to give my son

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is whatever is medically
necessary to have him moved.

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I am having Lex airlifted to the
Davis clinic in Metropolis for surgery.

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Their neurosurgeon is standing by.

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Mr. Luthor, I can't condone this.

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Luckily, doctor, you don't have to.

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Listen to me.

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You are going to walk, son.

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[Quirky pensive music playing]

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[Alex] Mommy, come see.
It's a beauty, isn't it, dad?

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- I know what you're thinking.
- That you've given in to your son again?

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That you're spoiling him?

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Exactly.

241
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And I can certainly understand
how you reached that conclusion.

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The thing is...

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This tree is for me.

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I don't know if I ever
told you this, but...

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After my mother died...

246
00:19:10,399 --> 00:19:14,153
My father didn't allow Christmas
to be celebrated in our house.

247
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It was a very bleak,
very lonely time for me.

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Anyway, I saw this tree...

249
00:19:23,204 --> 00:19:25,748
And it was exactly like
the ones I dreamed about

250
00:19:25,915 --> 00:19:29,126
all the years I couldn't have one.

251
00:19:29,293 --> 00:19:32,838
Somehow it represented
all the christmases I missed.

252
00:19:39,929 --> 00:19:41,430
Can you understand that?

253
00:19:42,515 --> 00:19:44,975
Of course I can, honey.

254
00:19:45,142 --> 00:19:48,396
It's the same thing that
you tell me every year.

255
00:20:04,203 --> 00:20:07,415
Let me get something for the floor
before needles get everywhere.

256
00:20:07,623 --> 00:20:11,419
Come on, muscles.
I have to do this all myself?

257
00:20:15,923 --> 00:20:19,677
Hey, what's this?

258
00:20:21,470 --> 00:20:24,473
Your father's secretary
never does forget us.

259
00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:29,145
No, this is a corporate gift.
Not something from my father.

260
00:20:29,311 --> 00:20:30,980
I don't understand.

261
00:20:31,147 --> 00:20:35,484
Lex, you know Christmas is just another
opportunity for your father to ignore you.

262
00:20:36,360 --> 00:20:40,948
He's reminding you how disappointed
he is in you for turning your back

263
00:20:41,115 --> 00:20:43,492
on what he thinks it means to be a Luthor.

264
00:20:44,660 --> 00:20:47,913
But as far as I'm concerned...

265
00:20:49,540 --> 00:20:52,960
Getting shot was the best thing
that ever happened to you.

266
00:20:54,587 --> 00:20:58,841
Coming that close to dying made
you realize the things that are important.

267
00:20:59,008 --> 00:21:01,635
It made you the man that you are today.

268
00:21:03,304 --> 00:21:04,847
The man I married.

269
00:21:12,396 --> 00:21:14,023
[Nurse] Medevac standing by.

270
00:21:14,106 --> 00:21:16,746
[Pilot on comm] Roger that.
Proceed with the patient. Over and out.

271
00:21:17,067 --> 00:21:19,403
[Santa] Now, let me get this straight.

272
00:21:19,570 --> 00:21:25,785
You gave up your first Christmas
with the girl you have loved since

273
00:21:25,951 --> 00:21:29,121
you spied on her through your telescope

274
00:21:29,288 --> 00:21:33,083
to deliver these gifts?

275
00:21:33,918 --> 00:21:37,296
Yeah, I mean... well,
I wasn't spying on her.

276
00:21:41,300 --> 00:21:45,304
Look, I wasn't the only one.
My friend Chloe, she gave up her plans too.

277
00:21:45,471 --> 00:21:47,473
I mean, someone had to do it.

278
00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:50,518
Otherwise, those kids wouldn't
have gotten their presents.

279
00:21:50,684 --> 00:21:53,354
And they're the ones who really need them.

280
00:21:54,188 --> 00:21:57,650
So the two of you decided
to try and play Santa claus?

281
00:21:59,151 --> 00:22:00,778
Well...

282
00:22:01,570 --> 00:22:03,322
I guess I was wrong.

283
00:22:04,907 --> 00:22:07,576
The spirit of Christmas
isn't dead after all.

284
00:22:15,417 --> 00:22:17,211
You sure you're all right?

285
00:22:18,003 --> 00:22:20,089
I am now.

286
00:22:38,148 --> 00:22:40,317
Ho, ho, holy cow!

287
00:22:40,484 --> 00:22:42,361
Merry Christmas.

288
00:22:47,950 --> 00:22:50,953
[Holiday music playing]

289
00:22:52,663 --> 00:22:56,417
We'll begin by collapsing the left lung,
followed by a left-sided thoracotomy.

290
00:22:56,584 --> 00:22:58,836
Merry Christmas,
everyone. Now kill the Carols.

291
00:22:59,003 --> 00:23:01,380
I'm about to perform a miracle.

292
00:23:05,259 --> 00:23:07,636
The party can begin.
The Luthors are here.

293
00:23:07,803 --> 00:23:10,264
- Merry Christmas, Lana.
- Merry Christmas, Clark.

294
00:23:11,056 --> 00:23:14,018
- Lex. Merry Christmas.
- Hey.

295
00:23:14,226 --> 00:23:15,895
[Lex] Merry Christmas.

296
00:23:17,646 --> 00:23:19,690
[Indistinct chatter]

297
00:23:26,906 --> 00:23:28,365
[Jonathan] Lex.

298
00:23:28,532 --> 00:23:31,201
Just the man I've been waiting for.

299
00:23:31,410 --> 00:23:33,245
- Lana, you look beautiful.
- Thank you.

300
00:23:33,412 --> 00:23:36,332
- And just about due.
- Only a few more weeks now, senator.

301
00:23:36,415 --> 00:23:37,625
- [Chloe] Hi, Lex.
- Hi.

302
00:23:37,708 --> 00:23:40,020
- [Chloe] Merry Christmas.
- [Martha] Merry Christmas, Lana.

303
00:23:40,044 --> 00:23:43,672
- [Martha] Lex, honey...
- [Chloe] Lana, let's get some punch.

304
00:23:44,173 --> 00:23:46,383
[Jonathan] Hey. Come here.

305
00:23:46,759 --> 00:23:50,220
Look, uh, I probably shouldn't
be showing you this, but...

306
00:23:50,387 --> 00:23:53,307
Being a state senator
does have its advantages, like, uh,

307
00:23:53,474 --> 00:23:56,101
a little advance notice from the governor.

308
00:24:04,568 --> 00:24:07,905
Lex, I never actually
thought I'd say this...

309
00:24:09,031 --> 00:24:11,700
I couldn't be prouder of you
if you were my own son.

310
00:24:16,872 --> 00:24:21,001
Jonathan, I don't...
I don't know what to say.

311
00:24:21,168 --> 00:24:24,213
Let's tell everybody, shall we? Come on.

312
00:24:24,797 --> 00:24:26,840
Everybody, grab a drink.

313
00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:31,011
Come on, grab a glass. Listen up. Here.

314
00:24:31,178 --> 00:24:32,846
Thank you.

315
00:24:33,931 --> 00:24:37,601
Now, uh, ladies and gentlemen,
I have it on very good authority

316
00:24:37,768 --> 00:24:41,563
that this year's Kansas humanitarian award

317
00:24:41,772 --> 00:24:44,650
is going to be given to our very own...

318
00:24:44,817 --> 00:24:46,944
Lex Luthor.

319
00:24:47,903 --> 00:24:52,116
Ladies and gentlemen,
I give you Lex Luthor.

320
00:24:52,282 --> 00:24:55,285
- The finest man I know.
- [Man] Hear, hear.

321
00:24:55,494 --> 00:24:57,955
- Cheers.
- Cheers.

322
00:24:58,163 --> 00:24:59,873
[Guests applaud]

323
00:25:02,001 --> 00:25:05,337
[Lex] I can't remember
ever being this happy.

324
00:25:06,422 --> 00:25:09,299
This has been the best day of my life.

325
00:25:09,758 --> 00:25:11,468
Thank you.

326
00:25:12,094 --> 00:25:14,346
It doesn't have to end, Lex.

327
00:25:14,513 --> 00:25:16,682
Every day can be this wonderful.

328
00:25:16,849 --> 00:25:19,518
I told you, this is the
life you could have.

329
00:25:19,685 --> 00:25:22,146
The life you can have, Lex.

330
00:25:22,312 --> 00:25:25,107
This is what I want.

331
00:25:25,274 --> 00:25:29,028
- What do I have to do?
- Just make the right decision, Lex.

332
00:25:29,194 --> 00:25:31,613
Follow your heart, not your ambition.

333
00:25:32,781 --> 00:25:35,409
What decision?
What are you talking about?

334
00:25:35,576 --> 00:25:37,369
[Clark] Lex.

335
00:25:37,786 --> 00:25:39,538
Who are you talking to?

336
00:25:43,625 --> 00:25:45,085
No one.

337
00:25:45,252 --> 00:25:48,589
Or possibly myself.

338
00:25:48,756 --> 00:25:51,133
I really don't know anymore.

339
00:25:51,300 --> 00:25:54,261
I guess I'm just feeling
contemplative this evening.

340
00:25:55,012 --> 00:25:57,681
Yeah, well, the holidays
will do that to you.

341
00:26:01,477 --> 00:26:05,314
You know, my life hasn't turned out
at all the way I'd planned.

342
00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:08,484
And yet I've never been happier.

343
00:26:09,526 --> 00:26:13,072
Lex, you have a wonderful life,
and every reason to be happy.

344
00:26:13,238 --> 00:26:19,369
You have a beautiful wife,
a great son, a baby on the way.

345
00:26:19,536 --> 00:26:22,748
There's something I
still can't quite believe.

346
00:26:22,915 --> 00:26:27,002
Me and Lana.
Now, how the hell did that happen?

347
00:26:28,837 --> 00:26:32,674
Well, you became the kind
of man she could love.

348
00:26:33,717 --> 00:26:36,762
You mean, the kind of
man you've always been?

349
00:26:39,389 --> 00:26:42,267
And, Lex, you offered
her something I didn't.

350
00:26:44,228 --> 00:26:46,563
What held you back, Clark?

351
00:26:47,397 --> 00:26:51,401
I mean, I know you love... loved her.

352
00:26:52,319 --> 00:26:54,530
I don't know, I guess I
just wasn't ready, Lex.

353
00:26:55,405 --> 00:26:57,449
Maybe I never will be.

354
00:26:58,659 --> 00:27:02,162
But I am glad you and Lana ended
up together and we've been able to...

355
00:27:02,329 --> 00:27:04,456
Remain such good friends.

356
00:27:06,416 --> 00:27:10,671
- Thank you.
- Lex, come quickly. It's Lana.

357
00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:19,012
- [Doctor] Suction.
- [Nurse 1] Suction.

358
00:27:19,721 --> 00:27:21,825
- [Doctor] I need more suction.
- [Nurse 1] Yes, doctor.

359
00:27:21,849 --> 00:27:24,476
- [Doctor] Give me some more exposure.
- [Nurse 2] Right away.

360
00:27:24,643 --> 00:27:26,937
[Nurse 3] 02 is at 75. He's in v-tach.

361
00:27:27,104 --> 00:27:28,605
[Doctor] We're losing him.

362
00:27:28,772 --> 00:27:31,775
- [Nurse 1] I'll grab a cart.
- [Doctor] People, get it together.

363
00:27:32,568 --> 00:27:34,236
[Baby crying]

364
00:27:34,778 --> 00:27:37,990
It's okay. You were great.

365
00:27:43,036 --> 00:27:47,749
Merry Christmas. You're the
parents of a beautiful baby girl.

366
00:27:47,833 --> 00:27:50,836
[Enchanting music playing]

367
00:27:53,922 --> 00:27:55,883
She's perfect.

368
00:27:58,802 --> 00:28:01,305
What an amazing Christmas gift, Lana.
Thank you.

369
00:28:03,724 --> 00:28:06,226
Well, you did a little bit.

370
00:28:07,769 --> 00:28:11,190
Hi. Hi, little girl.

371
00:28:11,356 --> 00:28:13,734
You're so beautiful.

372
00:28:23,994 --> 00:28:25,329
We did that.

373
00:28:26,288 --> 00:28:30,542
- Lana. Lana, are you okay? Nurse?
- [Doctor] I've got hemorrhaging.

374
00:28:30,709 --> 00:28:32,586
- Nurse?
- We need to start transfusing.

375
00:28:32,753 --> 00:28:34,630
- What's happening?
- Get him out of here.

376
00:28:34,796 --> 00:28:37,007
- What's wrong?
- I'm sorry, you have to leave.

377
00:28:37,216 --> 00:28:38,967
[Lex] Lana?

378
00:28:39,134 --> 00:28:41,303
[Doctor] Nurse, let's start an iv push.

379
00:28:41,470 --> 00:28:43,388
Type and cross for three units.

380
00:28:43,555 --> 00:28:46,225
Let's get her into the or. Now!

381
00:28:52,022 --> 00:28:55,859
[Receptionist]
Yes. I can take a message for him.

382
00:28:56,276 --> 00:28:58,570
[Woman] Excuse me,
where is the nursery, please?

383
00:28:58,737 --> 00:29:00,781
[Receptionist] It's down to the left.

384
00:29:00,948 --> 00:29:03,200
- Mr. Luthor.
- How is she?

385
00:29:03,367 --> 00:29:05,577
I'm sorry, but your
wife's lost a lot of blood.

386
00:29:05,744 --> 00:29:09,373
- We're trying to control it, but...
- There's gotta be something you can do.

387
00:29:16,505 --> 00:29:19,508
[Ominous music playing]

388
00:29:24,221 --> 00:29:27,140
Dad, I need your help.

389
00:29:28,350 --> 00:29:32,020
I don't doubt it.
Why else would you be here Christmas Eve?

390
00:29:34,940 --> 00:29:37,276
It's Lana, dad.

391
00:29:37,442 --> 00:29:41,280
They've started transfusions,
but we've gotta get her to a specialist.

392
00:29:41,446 --> 00:29:44,157
There's a surgeon in
Metropolis, at the Davis clinic.

393
00:29:46,285 --> 00:29:47,286
[Scoffs]

394
00:29:48,287 --> 00:29:53,917
Oh, Lex. What a sorry situation
you have gotten yourself into.

395
00:29:58,588 --> 00:30:00,799
I don't think you understand.

396
00:30:03,093 --> 00:30:05,470
My wife is dying.
I need the helo-jet to save her.

397
00:30:05,637 --> 00:30:07,222
I understand you perfectly.

398
00:30:07,389 --> 00:30:10,726
You turn your back on me seven years ago,
but now you need my help.

399
00:30:10,892 --> 00:30:14,855
You've no problem banging on my door,
begging for favors in the name of family.

400
00:30:15,022 --> 00:30:17,274
I'm talking about Lana!

401
00:30:18,358 --> 00:30:21,361
I know we've had our
differences, but my wi...

402
00:30:22,404 --> 00:30:24,531
She's the mother of your grandchildren.

403
00:30:26,158 --> 00:30:29,619
How could I have grandchildren?
I don't have a son.

404
00:30:32,622 --> 00:30:34,958
You bastard.

405
00:30:37,377 --> 00:30:39,629
You can save her.

406
00:30:43,258 --> 00:30:45,260
No, Lex.

407
00:30:46,928 --> 00:30:48,889
I'm not gonna do that.

408
00:30:50,140 --> 00:30:55,312
Don't you understand every decision you
made has brought you to this moment?

409
00:30:55,812 --> 00:30:58,315
Beginning that day
seven years ago in the hospital,

410
00:30:58,482 --> 00:31:03,111
when you decided to forfeit
the state-Senate Race to Jonathan Kent.

411
00:31:03,612 --> 00:31:06,239
I told you this would happen.

412
00:31:08,658 --> 00:31:11,912
I warned you.
But you chose to give up your family.

413
00:31:12,079 --> 00:31:15,540
And when you made that decision,
you gave up the money and the power

414
00:31:15,707 --> 00:31:19,878
that would have enabled
you to save your wife.

415
00:31:38,814 --> 00:31:40,440
You said you didn't wanna be a Luthor.

416
00:31:40,524 --> 00:31:44,194
That you wanted instead to be free
to live happily ever after.

417
00:31:47,823 --> 00:31:49,950
Go on, then, Lex.

418
00:31:53,286 --> 00:31:55,580
You better get back to it.

419
00:32:06,591 --> 00:32:09,803
Lana, please.

420
00:32:10,637 --> 00:32:12,639
Don't give up.

421
00:32:12,931 --> 00:32:14,724
Don't leave me.

422
00:32:30,699 --> 00:32:33,326
You have to be strong, Lex.

423
00:32:34,661 --> 00:32:38,123
For Alexander. For Lily.

424
00:32:39,583 --> 00:32:41,168
Lana.

425
00:32:43,587 --> 00:32:45,422
I love you.

426
00:32:47,048 --> 00:32:50,218
Maybe I tell you that all
the time, I don't know, but...

427
00:32:51,094 --> 00:32:53,221
Please listen to me.

428
00:32:54,097 --> 00:32:56,224
I mean it. I love you.

429
00:32:57,893 --> 00:33:00,854
I have always loved you.

430
00:33:03,857 --> 00:33:06,943
I love you too, Lex Luthor.

431
00:33:10,155 --> 00:33:12,282
You're a good man.

432
00:33:15,994 --> 00:33:18,205
And don't ever change.

433
00:33:26,338 --> 00:33:29,341
[Melancholy music playing]

434
00:33:55,867 --> 00:33:57,744
What did you do to her?

435
00:33:59,037 --> 00:34:00,997
Why don't you stop this?

436
00:34:02,290 --> 00:34:07,379
- You were showing me a better life.
- I was, Lex. I am.

437
00:34:08,171 --> 00:34:10,632
A life where my wife dies?

438
00:34:11,383 --> 00:34:15,554
- A life full of pain?
- No, Lex, a life full of love.

439
00:34:15,929 --> 00:34:17,389
Love?

440
00:34:18,181 --> 00:34:21,184
Everyone I've ever loved has died.

441
00:34:21,351 --> 00:34:23,937
First Julian, and then you.

442
00:34:26,314 --> 00:34:28,441
And now Lana's dead.

443
00:34:29,651 --> 00:34:32,654
And I couldn't do anything to stop it.

444
00:34:36,241 --> 00:34:38,243
- Lex.son.
- Lana.

445
00:34:38,410 --> 00:34:40,453
I'm here.

446
00:34:40,620 --> 00:34:44,916
You're in Metropolis, Lex.
At the Davis clinic.

447
00:34:45,625 --> 00:34:47,586
You've been shot.

448
00:34:49,212 --> 00:34:51,673
But you're gonna be all right.

449
00:34:51,756 --> 00:34:54,759
[Ominous music playing]

450
00:35:04,394 --> 00:35:07,397
["Dance of the sugar plum fairy" playing]

451
00:35:25,749 --> 00:35:28,084
[Santa] Merry Christmas, Chloe.

452
00:35:32,130 --> 00:35:34,299
Suit gave me away, huh?

453
00:35:35,759 --> 00:35:38,887
What, uh... what... what do you want?

454
00:35:38,970 --> 00:35:40,930
I met a friend of yours, Clark Kent.

455
00:35:41,139 --> 00:35:43,016
He told me what you two were doing,

456
00:35:43,099 --> 00:35:45,977
how you were giving up
your respective Christmas eves.

457
00:35:46,144 --> 00:35:49,105
I figured you could use a little help.

458
00:35:49,356 --> 00:35:52,609
Shouldn't you be, you know,
standing on a street corner with a bell?

459
00:35:53,443 --> 00:35:56,071
Come on, let me give you two a hand.

460
00:35:56,237 --> 00:35:58,448
Take a little bit of the pressure off.

461
00:35:58,615 --> 00:36:01,910
I am familiar with the job, you know.

462
00:36:03,536 --> 00:36:05,288
I don't know.

463
00:36:06,915 --> 00:36:08,500
Give me a chance.

464
00:36:08,667 --> 00:36:13,588
Worst-case scenario,
I make off with a few free squirt guns.

465
00:36:16,466 --> 00:36:19,177
Well, we definitely could use
all the help we can get.

466
00:36:20,011 --> 00:36:24,182
At least no one's gonna accuse you
of being a scab in a Santa outfit.

467
00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:30,814
All right. I've organized the addresses
from east to west, so if you just...

468
00:36:40,699 --> 00:36:43,702
[Ominous music playing]

469
00:36:51,334 --> 00:36:54,838
Lex, you wanted to talk to me.

470
00:36:57,757 --> 00:37:01,636
Whatever it is, son,
it can wait till you're stronger.

471
00:37:02,637 --> 00:37:04,431
You're right.

472
00:37:05,306 --> 00:37:08,017
I should probably be resting.

473
00:37:08,893 --> 00:37:13,481
After all, I did just undergo
a life-threatening operation.

474
00:37:25,243 --> 00:37:29,497
Dr. Litvack told me the odds of survival
I had going into surgery.

475
00:37:32,792 --> 00:37:35,962
Pretty reckless roll of
the dice, don't you think?

476
00:37:36,337 --> 00:37:40,341
On the contrary, son,
what I did may appear callous,

477
00:37:40,508 --> 00:37:45,513
but opting for my son to have surgery
was a deliberate decision.

478
00:37:45,722 --> 00:37:47,807
But it wasn't your
decision to make, was it?

479
00:37:49,893 --> 00:37:54,481
You went against the doctor's advice
not because you wanted to save me...

480
00:37:55,648 --> 00:37:59,819
But because you couldn't bear
having a cripple for a son.

481
00:38:04,365 --> 00:38:07,619
You may hate me for taking the risk,
but I had to make a choice.

482
00:38:11,664 --> 00:38:13,750
And you're alive.

483
00:38:14,334 --> 00:38:16,544
And you can walk.

484
00:38:16,711 --> 00:38:20,799
- I had to give you that chance.
- And what if I hadn't made it?

485
00:38:21,841 --> 00:38:24,677
How would you have
justified your decision then?

486
00:38:32,477 --> 00:38:35,438
How dare you play god with my life.

487
00:38:40,610 --> 00:38:42,779
[Holiday music playing]

488
00:38:42,987 --> 00:38:47,242
Hey, hey. No. Come on.
Come on. Outside.

489
00:38:48,618 --> 00:38:52,205
- This dog.
- Oh, thank you.

490
00:38:54,499 --> 00:38:58,545
[Chloe] So then I turned back around,
and your tubby miscreant was gone,

491
00:38:58,711 --> 00:39:02,090
- along with all the toys.
- Yeah, right.

492
00:39:02,257 --> 00:39:06,511
The same guy, the drunk Santa? The guy
who I talked off the roof of a building?

493
00:39:06,678 --> 00:39:09,681
Yes. Honestly, Clark, I'm sure
that I was tired enough

494
00:39:09,848 --> 00:39:12,642
to have imagined Santa,
but there is no way

495
00:39:12,809 --> 00:39:16,187
I could have dreamed away
all of those wiffle balls and game boys.

496
00:39:16,354 --> 00:39:19,399
Maybe he really is...

497
00:39:20,066 --> 00:39:24,404
- Yeah, right.
- Come on, Clark, there's a chance.

498
00:39:26,322 --> 00:39:29,742
[Martha] Look, everybody, it's snowing.

499
00:39:29,951 --> 00:39:32,287
Wow, we are gonna have a white Christmas.

500
00:39:34,831 --> 00:39:36,916
Oh, my gosh.

501
00:39:37,083 --> 00:39:39,002
- [Chloe] Hey.
- [Man] After you.

502
00:39:39,168 --> 00:39:41,588
[Woman] Thank you, dear.

503
00:39:43,089 --> 00:39:44,716
Merry Christmas, Lana.

504
00:39:44,883 --> 00:39:47,260
Merry first Christmas together, Clark.

505
00:39:47,427 --> 00:39:49,512
First of many.

506
00:39:56,311 --> 00:39:59,105
I thought you didn't make house calls.

507
00:40:01,691 --> 00:40:04,736
Given the circumstances,
I made an exception.

508
00:40:07,071 --> 00:40:09,908
Oh, not to worry, griff.

509
00:40:10,074 --> 00:40:15,246
We Luthors are made of pretty tough
and definitely expensive material.

510
00:40:16,289 --> 00:40:18,416
Sure your morphine
drip isn't turned up high?

511
00:40:19,167 --> 00:40:22,170
Well, it's not every day
one has a near-death experience.

512
00:40:23,838 --> 00:40:29,344
That's true.
Much like ebenezer scrooge, I realize...

513
00:40:29,510 --> 00:40:32,680
That what I want more than anything...

514
00:40:32,847 --> 00:40:35,767
Is to live happily ever after.

515
00:40:43,107 --> 00:40:46,611
And do you know what the secret
to living happily ever after is?

516
00:40:49,530 --> 00:40:51,491
Power.

517
00:40:52,659 --> 00:40:56,162
Money and power.

518
00:40:57,497 --> 00:41:02,168
See, once you have those two things,
you can secure everything else.

519
00:41:03,127 --> 00:41:05,755
And keep it that way.

520
00:41:07,256 --> 00:41:09,801
So, what am I doing here, Lex?

521
00:41:10,385 --> 00:41:13,388
[Ominous music playing]

522
00:41:16,432 --> 00:41:18,977
I want you to pull the pin on that grenade.

523
00:41:22,313 --> 00:41:24,607
Find it. Fake it.

524
00:41:25,441 --> 00:41:29,821
Do whatever it takes
to knock Jonathan Kent out of the race.

525
00:41:31,781 --> 00:41:34,158
I wanna be senator.

526
00:41:36,327 --> 00:41:38,997
I want it all.

527
00:41:41,624 --> 00:41:43,209
Consider it done.

528
00:41:46,838 --> 00:41:49,048
Merry Christmas.

529
00:42:11,612 --> 00:42:14,615
[Ominous music playing]

530
00:42:23,207 --> 00:42:26,210
[Theme music playing]