1 00:00:43,001 --> 00:00:45,337 Victor, can you hear me? 2 00:00:47,464 --> 00:00:49,925 I'm sorry for what we did to you. 3 00:00:58,642 --> 00:01:00,978 This was all I could save. 4 00:01:06,858 --> 00:01:08,193 Thank you. 5 00:01:16,368 --> 00:01:17,744 They're coming. 6 00:01:17,911 --> 00:01:19,746 You have to go. 7 00:01:23,208 --> 00:01:26,253 Stop him! Aim for the shoulder! 8 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:30,299 Seal the building. 9 00:01:30,465 --> 00:01:32,467 I need him alive. 10 00:02:30,108 --> 00:02:32,444 Sweep the area. 11 00:02:35,489 --> 00:02:37,908 I want him back in his cage. 12 00:03:13,443 --> 00:03:18,448 J“ somebody save me j“ 13 00:03:19,950 --> 00:03:23,829 j“ let your warm hands break right through it j“ 14 00:03:23,912 --> 00:03:28,583 j“ somebody save me j“ 15 00:03:30,293 --> 00:03:34,089 j“ I don't care how you do it j“ 16 00:03:34,172 --> 00:03:38,677 -j“ just stay, stay j“ -j“ stay with me j“ 17 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:44,391 j“ come on, I've been waiting for you j“ 18 00:03:44,474 --> 00:03:48,353 j“ to stay with me j“ 19 00:03:50,021 --> 00:03:54,609 j“ I made this whole world shine for you j“ 20 00:03:54,693 --> 00:03:58,822 j“ stay, stay j“ 21 00:03:58,905 --> 00:04:02,242 j“ come on j“ 22 00:04:09,458 --> 00:04:12,294 I hit you at 30 miles an hour. You should be dead. 23 00:04:12,461 --> 00:04:14,671 Won't be the first time. 24 00:04:15,297 --> 00:04:17,924 - Who are you? - Nobody you want to know. 25 00:04:18,091 --> 00:04:19,926 Trust me. 26 00:04:20,135 --> 00:04:22,929 - At least tell me how you... - I'm sorry about your car, 27 00:04:23,096 --> 00:04:25,766 but I don't have time for 20 questions right now. 28 00:04:25,932 --> 00:04:27,684 I'm out of here. 29 00:04:32,981 --> 00:04:35,650 Clark, I need your help. 30 00:05:31,790 --> 00:05:34,084 Lana, are you okay? 31 00:05:34,251 --> 00:05:36,503 Yeah, it's just a cut. 32 00:05:36,670 --> 00:05:39,464 How'd you get here so fast? 33 00:05:39,631 --> 00:05:42,300 I was at the daily planet with Chloe. What happened? 34 00:05:42,509 --> 00:05:44,719 I was driving down the street to the library 35 00:05:44,886 --> 00:05:47,389 when this guy ran out in front of my car. 36 00:05:47,556 --> 00:05:49,432 I didn't even have time to brake. 37 00:05:51,309 --> 00:05:54,646 Clark, I hit him full-on. 38 00:05:55,772 --> 00:05:59,025 - I'm sorry. - No, you don't understand. 39 00:05:59,192 --> 00:06:01,319 He didn't have a scratch on him. 40 00:06:02,737 --> 00:06:03,905 Lana, who is this guy? 41 00:06:04,072 --> 00:06:07,117 I don't know. He brought me to the hospital. He wouldn't tell me his name. 42 00:06:07,325 --> 00:06:09,953 He was acting all jumpy like somebody was after him. 43 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:11,288 What does he look like? 44 00:06:30,765 --> 00:06:34,728 - Is that who's chasing you, the police? - You got the wrong guy. 45 00:06:35,770 --> 00:06:37,810 My girlfriend didn't crash herjeep running into you? 46 00:06:37,856 --> 00:06:39,959 - Are you looking for an apology? - Just some answers. 47 00:06:39,983 --> 00:06:42,903 She said she hit you. You're not even hurt. How'd you manage that? 48 00:06:43,069 --> 00:06:44,529 Milk, does a body good. 49 00:06:45,447 --> 00:06:48,992 Victor? Victor stone? 50 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,287 - Met high wide receiver. - I know you? 51 00:06:53,330 --> 00:06:55,749 I'm Clark Kent, I played for the Smallville crows. 52 00:06:56,791 --> 00:07:01,421 Kent. Quarterback, I remember. 53 00:07:01,588 --> 00:07:03,131 Some arm you got. 54 00:07:03,840 --> 00:07:05,550 I don't play anymore. 55 00:07:07,427 --> 00:07:09,095 Yeah, me neither. 56 00:07:11,264 --> 00:07:13,892 That's not surprising, since I heard you were dead. 57 00:07:16,603 --> 00:07:19,981 Look, I'm sorry about what happened with your girlfriend. I really am. 58 00:07:20,148 --> 00:07:23,693 But I got places I don't wanna be right now. Catch you later, Kent. 59 00:07:23,777 --> 00:07:25,904 - Victor, wait... - Let me go! 60 00:07:27,864 --> 00:07:29,991 Kent! Kent, are you...? 61 00:07:35,038 --> 00:07:39,668 - What the hell are you made of? - I was just about to ask you that. 62 00:07:44,214 --> 00:07:46,174 What are you looking at, man? 63 00:07:52,055 --> 00:07:55,225 Hello. Who are you? 64 00:07:55,392 --> 00:07:57,102 How did——? 65 00:07:58,937 --> 00:08:03,066 No, I understand, but I don't think I can raise that much. 66 00:08:04,776 --> 00:08:06,653 All right, I'll be there. 67 00:08:10,740 --> 00:08:12,117 Lionel. 68 00:08:12,325 --> 00:08:14,786 I'm not too early, am I? Didn't we say 11:30? 69 00:08:15,829 --> 00:08:19,582 Oh, right, the conference in Topeka. 70 00:08:20,709 --> 00:08:22,544 Come in. 71 00:08:27,132 --> 00:08:31,553 You'll save a full day if you take the helicopter, senator. 72 00:08:32,887 --> 00:08:36,433 But if you think it could be a conflict of interest 73 00:08:36,599 --> 00:08:38,435 to accept a favor from LuthorCorp-... 74 00:08:38,643 --> 00:08:41,563 No, no, no. It's just that something's come up 75 00:08:41,771 --> 00:08:43,648 and I'm going to have to reschedule. 76 00:08:52,157 --> 00:08:54,367 What is it, Martha? 77 00:08:55,410 --> 00:08:56,786 Is everything all right? 78 00:08:57,954 --> 00:08:59,456 Nothing I can't handle. 79 00:08:59,622 --> 00:09:03,043 Oh, I don't doubt that for a minute. 80 00:09:10,467 --> 00:09:13,094 If, uh, you need a ride in the future 81 00:09:13,261 --> 00:09:19,350 or anything, anything at all, please don't hesitate. 82 00:09:20,351 --> 00:09:23,521 Please, call me. 83 00:09:25,356 --> 00:09:28,234 I will. Thank you. 84 00:09:49,964 --> 00:09:51,299 Lana, hi. 85 00:09:51,466 --> 00:09:53,468 Look, I'm sorry I had to leave so soon, 86 00:09:53,635 --> 00:09:55,929 but Victor really didn't wanna hang around. 87 00:09:56,096 --> 00:09:59,599 No, you should stay in Metropolis so I can figure out what's going on. 88 00:09:59,766 --> 00:10:02,185 Yeah, Chloe's on her way to pick you up. 89 00:10:02,352 --> 00:10:04,312 Okay, bye. 90 00:10:08,441 --> 00:10:11,152 Newspapers got it wrong, huh? 91 00:10:11,444 --> 00:10:13,988 No. They didn't. 92 00:10:16,783 --> 00:10:22,914 We were all in the car laughing, carrying on... 93 00:10:24,707 --> 00:10:27,168 Then it started to snow. 94 00:10:29,129 --> 00:10:32,006 My little sister always loved the snow. 95 00:10:33,299 --> 00:10:38,138 My ma, my pops... 96 00:10:39,889 --> 00:10:42,183 My little sister. 97 00:10:47,188 --> 00:10:49,149 I should have died with them. 98 00:10:50,608 --> 00:10:52,986 I passed out. 99 00:10:53,695 --> 00:10:57,115 Expected to see some angels next time I woke up. 100 00:10:58,950 --> 00:11:02,787 Instead I got a bunch of cyntechnics scientists playing Frankenstein. 101 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:06,249 Cyntechnics, they did this to you? 102 00:11:10,003 --> 00:11:13,006 I wasn't the only dead guy they pulled from an accident, 103 00:11:13,173 --> 00:11:16,384 just the first to survive their experiments. 104 00:11:16,843 --> 00:11:20,054 If it wasn't for this one doctor that helped me escape, 105 00:11:20,221 --> 00:11:22,473 I'd be more machine than man right now. 106 00:11:23,474 --> 00:11:25,310 Machine? 107 00:11:26,769 --> 00:11:28,521 You mean bionics? 108 00:11:28,688 --> 00:11:31,482 That's what all the metal is in your body. 109 00:11:33,693 --> 00:11:35,236 How do you know what's in me? 110 00:11:35,862 --> 00:11:39,199 What about that wall I tossed you into? How come you're not even hurt? 111 00:11:39,407 --> 00:11:41,910 You're not the only one who drinks a lot of milk. 112 00:11:43,286 --> 00:11:47,498 - So you're bionic like me? - No. 113 00:11:48,917 --> 00:11:50,251 I'm just different. 114 00:11:56,257 --> 00:12:00,470 What about your girlfriend, Lana? She's okay with you being... 115 00:12:01,721 --> 00:12:03,765 Whatever you are? 116 00:12:05,225 --> 00:12:07,560 Lana doesn't know. 117 00:12:10,813 --> 00:12:12,232 Neither will Katherine. 118 00:12:13,399 --> 00:12:14,984 Who's Katherine? 119 00:12:18,363 --> 00:12:20,448 That's my girl. 120 00:12:30,833 --> 00:12:32,418 She's beautiful. 121 00:12:32,585 --> 00:12:35,588 We were planning on getting married after school. 122 00:12:37,924 --> 00:12:39,842 Some wedding that would be now. 123 00:12:42,470 --> 00:12:46,015 - She even know you're alive? - No. 124 00:12:46,975 --> 00:12:49,227 I want to see her. 125 00:12:52,105 --> 00:12:56,943 If she knew what I am now, what they did to me... 126 00:12:59,487 --> 00:13:02,156 How could she ever love a thing like me? 127 00:13:04,575 --> 00:13:07,787 I'm really not the best person to be asking about that. 128 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:21,551 It won't even matter if cyntechnics catches up with me first. 129 00:13:21,718 --> 00:13:23,845 I got a friend who works at the daily planet. 130 00:13:24,012 --> 00:13:26,139 She might be able to find out about these guys, 131 00:13:26,306 --> 00:13:28,349 maybe get them off your back. 132 00:13:30,977 --> 00:13:32,854 You'd do that for me? 133 00:13:34,605 --> 00:13:38,151 I kind of got this thing about being experimented on in labs. 134 00:13:41,529 --> 00:13:43,990 Sit tight, you should be safe here. 135 00:13:46,451 --> 00:13:48,536 I'll be back as soon as I can. 136 00:13:54,792 --> 00:13:58,212 So on a scale from one to taye diggs, where exactly are we? 137 00:13:58,379 --> 00:14:00,631 - He's definitely up there. - Yeah? 138 00:14:00,798 --> 00:14:03,760 Tall, dark and bionic, you think he likes blonds? 139 00:14:03,926 --> 00:14:07,805 - His girlfriend's a brunette. Sorry. - Ah. 140 00:14:07,972 --> 00:14:09,891 Does she know what happened to him? 141 00:14:10,933 --> 00:14:12,727 No. He doesn't want her to know. 142 00:14:12,894 --> 00:14:15,730 - He's afraid how she'll react. - Well, what's he gonna do, 143 00:14:15,897 --> 00:14:19,567 keep lying to her and hope that she doesn't notice how different he is? 144 00:14:22,278 --> 00:14:26,699 I did some digging in cyntechnics' backyard, and I came up with more flowers than dirt. 145 00:14:26,783 --> 00:14:27,992 There's gotta be something. 146 00:14:28,076 --> 00:14:31,496 Well, uh, their main focus has become the machina project. 147 00:14:31,662 --> 00:14:35,792 It's cutting-edge prosthetics designed to replace damaged or severed limbs. 148 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:39,003 What they did to Victor is more extensive than a severed limb. 149 00:14:39,587 --> 00:14:41,589 Who owns cyntechnics? 150 00:14:41,798 --> 00:14:47,720 Um, guess what. It is owned by LuthorCorp. 151 00:14:57,021 --> 00:14:59,357 And you should work on your entrance, Clark. 152 00:14:59,524 --> 00:15:01,401 Bit abrupt, don't you think? 153 00:15:01,567 --> 00:15:03,778 What do you know about cyntechnics? 154 00:15:04,362 --> 00:15:06,447 See, now that's exactly what I mean. 155 00:15:06,614 --> 00:15:10,576 No small talk, no pleasantries, just straight to the accusations. 156 00:15:10,785 --> 00:15:12,662 I haven't accused you of anything. 157 00:15:12,870 --> 00:15:17,583 You don't have to. Your, uh, righteous tone says it all. 158 00:15:18,126 --> 00:15:20,461 So, what am I supposed to have done this time? 159 00:15:20,545 --> 00:15:24,382 How about turning Victor stone into a tin man without his consent? 160 00:15:24,549 --> 00:15:26,676 Victor stone, the football player? 161 00:15:26,843 --> 00:15:28,803 I thought I read he died in a car crash. 162 00:15:28,886 --> 00:15:32,166 That's what cyntechnics wanted everyone to believe so they could experiment on him. 163 00:15:32,223 --> 00:15:34,103 Then maybe you should be badgering cyntechnics. 164 00:15:34,267 --> 00:15:37,270 I am. LuthorCorp bought them out seven months ago. 165 00:15:38,062 --> 00:15:40,189 Clark, in the last quarter alone, 166 00:15:40,356 --> 00:15:43,985 LuthorCorp has sold or acquired over a hundred small ventures. 167 00:15:44,193 --> 00:15:46,612 So you're saying you don't know your own company? 168 00:15:46,696 --> 00:15:50,032 I'm saying I run a multinational corporation. 169 00:15:50,199 --> 00:15:54,662 The complexity of keeping it operating requires me to delegate responsibilities. 170 00:15:54,829 --> 00:15:56,664 If someone's abusing that position, 171 00:15:56,831 --> 00:16:00,001 I'll take the necessary steps to rectify the situation. 172 00:16:01,043 --> 00:16:03,087 So will I. 173 00:16:18,644 --> 00:16:20,563 Victor? 174 00:16:21,397 --> 00:16:23,232 Victor? 175 00:16:27,487 --> 00:16:30,114 - Sorry. - It's okay. 176 00:16:31,866 --> 00:16:35,077 - Where's Clark? - He went to go talk to Lex. 177 00:16:35,703 --> 00:16:37,455 You mean, Lex Luthor? 178 00:16:37,663 --> 00:16:41,292 Well, it turns out that LuthorCorp owns the company that did this to you. 179 00:16:41,501 --> 00:16:43,836 Maybe I should go have a few words of my own with Luthor. 180 00:16:44,420 --> 00:16:46,839 Lex has done things in the past that I don't like, 181 00:16:47,006 --> 00:16:49,425 but I can't believe he has any part in this. 182 00:16:51,636 --> 00:16:53,304 He's different. 183 00:16:54,430 --> 00:16:55,848 So am I. 184 00:16:56,015 --> 00:16:59,769 - Only I didn't have a choice. - Well, now you do. 185 00:17:00,228 --> 00:17:03,648 Between what? Being a can opener or a cuisinart? 186 00:17:03,856 --> 00:17:07,902 No, between telling the truth to the woman you love or lying to her. 187 00:17:09,403 --> 00:17:13,115 - Clark told you about Katherine? - Yeah. 188 00:17:13,991 --> 00:17:15,910 That's actually why I'm here. 189 00:17:18,663 --> 00:17:21,541 She's what kept me going all those months in that lab. 190 00:17:21,707 --> 00:17:26,254 The thought of holding her in my arms again. 191 00:17:34,387 --> 00:17:36,847 - Hey, where are you going? - To find my girl. 192 00:17:37,014 --> 00:17:40,726 I don't know what I'm gonna tell her, but at least I can... what the hell? 193 00:17:44,105 --> 00:17:45,690 Victor! 194 00:17:52,989 --> 00:17:54,907 Target acquired. 195 00:17:58,452 --> 00:18:00,663 Lana. Are you okay? 196 00:18:00,830 --> 00:18:02,957 Yeah, I'm okay. 197 00:18:04,792 --> 00:18:06,961 That makes one of us. 198 00:18:11,173 --> 00:18:14,844 No one's gonna look for us here. Lois won't be back till tomorrow. 199 00:18:15,011 --> 00:18:17,471 Go lie down. I'll get you a towel. 200 00:18:18,264 --> 00:18:22,393 Kent, I'm sorry. I never meant to bring my crazy world into your life. 201 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:24,979 Don't worry about it, all right? You're safe now. 202 00:18:25,146 --> 00:18:27,356 - Everything's gonna be okay. - Here. 203 00:18:27,940 --> 00:18:29,442 I'm not so sure. 204 00:18:29,609 --> 00:18:33,195 This isn't exactly something you can just put a little duct tape on. 205 00:18:44,540 --> 00:18:47,209 The bionics and my biology are all connected. 206 00:18:47,376 --> 00:18:52,048 This goop coming out of my arm, it's from my power cell. 207 00:18:54,425 --> 00:18:58,846 If it continues to drain like this I'm a dead man. 208 00:19:15,655 --> 00:19:18,491 So my probing exposé on the increase in jaywalking can wait. 209 00:19:18,658 --> 00:19:20,368 - We need to find this doctor. - And fast. 210 00:19:20,451 --> 00:19:21,971 I don't know how much time Victor has. 211 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:25,498 I know Lex likes to play hardball, but sending snipers into your backyard? 212 00:19:25,665 --> 00:19:28,167 - It just doesn't seem like his style. - Styles change. 213 00:19:28,334 --> 00:19:30,670 When I asked him about cyntechnics, he was lying. 214 00:19:30,836 --> 00:19:32,463 Maybe he was telling the truth. 215 00:19:32,630 --> 00:19:36,717 The lead scientist, Dr. Allister krieg, he has a history of burning Bridges. 216 00:19:36,926 --> 00:19:39,220 He was fired from both mit and Stanford 217 00:19:39,303 --> 00:19:42,306 for using their funding to conduct ethically challenged research. 218 00:19:42,390 --> 00:19:43,724 Think he's doing the same to Lex? 219 00:19:43,891 --> 00:19:47,228 Luthor's obsession with scientific advancement makes him a target. 220 00:19:47,395 --> 00:19:50,981 Doesn't matter. What matters is finding the person who can save Victor's life. 221 00:19:51,148 --> 00:19:53,943 - Okay, do you have a name? - Dr. Hong. 222 00:19:54,777 --> 00:19:57,905 There are six hongs with m.D.'S in the Metropolis area 223 00:19:58,072 --> 00:20:00,700 and I'm thinking we can cross off the ob/gyn. 224 00:20:00,866 --> 00:20:03,119 Bioengineer, right there. 225 00:20:03,619 --> 00:20:05,371 There you go. 226 00:20:16,590 --> 00:20:18,676 Dr. Hong? 227 00:20:21,512 --> 00:20:24,056 Dr. Hong, are you there? 228 00:20:57,089 --> 00:20:59,008 Is he dead? 229 00:20:59,550 --> 00:21:02,303 I think you already know that answer, Lex. 230 00:21:05,723 --> 00:21:07,725 You think I had something to do with this? 231 00:21:07,892 --> 00:21:11,270 Why else would you be here? You acted like you never heard of them. 232 00:21:11,437 --> 00:21:14,482 I hadn't. But after you waved the red flag, I looked into it. 233 00:21:14,648 --> 00:21:18,068 - Do you expect me to believe that? - Believe what you want. 234 00:21:18,569 --> 00:21:20,905 Dr. Hong was about to blow the whistle 235 00:21:21,071 --> 00:21:24,867 and either he couldn't live with it or the man in charge wouldn't let him. 236 00:21:25,034 --> 00:21:28,329 - You talking about allister krieg? - You've done your homework. 237 00:21:28,496 --> 00:21:30,498 Look, krieg's gone completely rogue. 238 00:21:30,664 --> 00:21:34,502 A project that started as an effort to allow amputees to live a normal life 239 00:21:34,668 --> 00:21:38,047 has turned into one man's quest to create a living machine. 240 00:21:38,255 --> 00:21:42,259 If you know where Victor is, you need to tell me before krieg finds him first. 241 00:21:44,470 --> 00:21:45,888 He's sick. He's been shot. 242 00:21:47,515 --> 00:21:49,975 He said if he doesn't get repaired, he may die. 243 00:21:50,184 --> 00:21:52,812 Then bring him to me. I have the technology. 244 00:21:52,978 --> 00:21:57,024 - I can help Victor without involving krieg. - I've seen the way you help people. 245 00:21:57,775 --> 00:22:00,820 Look, I know you have your issues with me. I know you're angry. 246 00:22:01,028 --> 00:22:04,782 But do you want to let our differences get in the way of saving Victor's life? 247 00:22:14,708 --> 00:22:17,711 What happened? Did Clark find him? 248 00:22:25,553 --> 00:22:28,180 I'm so sorry, Victor. 249 00:22:29,682 --> 00:22:31,475 Dr. Hong's dead. 250 00:22:38,607 --> 00:22:40,526 Because of me. 251 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:47,491 If he hadn't... if he hadn't helped me escape, he'd still be alive right now. 252 00:22:47,658 --> 00:22:50,244 It's not your fault, Victor. 253 00:22:50,411 --> 00:22:53,873 You didn't choose for any of this to happen to you. 254 00:22:55,875 --> 00:22:59,003 I always said I should have died with my family. 255 00:22:59,169 --> 00:23:01,797 Guess I'll be joining them soon enough. 256 00:23:02,464 --> 00:23:05,759 You can't say that. You can't give up hope, okay? 257 00:23:07,344 --> 00:23:09,763 I need to see Katherine. 258 00:23:12,641 --> 00:23:15,561 Victor, they're still searching for you. You can hardly walk. 259 00:23:15,728 --> 00:23:18,314 I don't care. I'm gonna see her before I die. 260 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:22,526 - Okay, let's just wait for Clark. - I'm not waiting for anybody. 261 00:23:22,693 --> 00:23:26,989 If you had one last chance to see the person you love, what would you do? 262 00:23:34,788 --> 00:23:37,833 Katherine! 263 00:23:37,917 --> 00:23:40,127 Katherine! 264 00:23:41,795 --> 00:23:43,881 Hello, Victor. 265 00:23:45,591 --> 00:23:48,552 - Where's Katherine? - She's safe. 266 00:23:48,719 --> 00:23:51,221 And she'll stay that way, as long as you cooperate. 267 00:23:51,388 --> 00:23:55,392 If you so much as touch her, I swear to god... 268 00:23:55,935 --> 00:23:58,646 I'm a doctor, Victor. 269 00:23:58,812 --> 00:24:02,775 My goal is to help people, not to hurt them. 270 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:05,736 Don't play with me, doc. 271 00:24:06,612 --> 00:24:09,406 -I wanna see her. —you will. 272 00:24:09,573 --> 00:24:14,244 But first you'll return to the lab, with these gentlemen. 273 00:24:18,666 --> 00:24:21,919 I hope you win your nobel prize. 274 00:24:30,302 --> 00:24:31,804 You were right. 275 00:24:31,971 --> 00:24:34,932 He came here like a fish to water. 276 00:24:35,099 --> 00:24:39,895 Yeah, well, the heart has a way of clouding one's betterjudgment. 277 00:24:52,074 --> 00:24:54,451 Did you bring the money? 278 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:57,705 Yes. Who are you? 279 00:24:57,871 --> 00:25:00,082 Why are you doing this? 280 00:25:07,673 --> 00:25:09,383 Lionel. 281 00:25:10,175 --> 00:25:12,219 What are you doing here? 282 00:25:12,386 --> 00:25:14,513 Well, I could ask you that same question. 283 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,307 You have no idea what you just did. 284 00:25:17,474 --> 00:25:23,188 I got worried, Martha. I saw that package at your house this morning. 285 00:25:23,355 --> 00:25:25,774 I know you don't want to accept help from me, 286 00:25:25,941 --> 00:25:29,361 but I can't just sit back and let you walk into trouble alone. 287 00:25:29,528 --> 00:25:33,699 - You don't understand. - Yes, I do. I recognize the signs. 288 00:25:33,866 --> 00:25:37,578 You're a senator. You've got a high profile. You're in the public eye. 289 00:25:37,745 --> 00:25:39,913 Blackmail comes with the territory. 290 00:25:42,750 --> 00:25:45,044 What does one do in this position? 291 00:25:45,210 --> 00:25:47,629 You can't give in to blackmail, it never ends. 292 00:25:48,922 --> 00:25:51,091 You don't understand. There's a lot at stake. 293 00:25:51,258 --> 00:25:54,887 - There always is. Let me help you. - No, Lionel, I can handle it. 294 00:25:55,054 --> 00:25:56,722 Yes, you're a very capable woman, 295 00:25:56,889 --> 00:25:59,558 but this is something quite beyond your experience. 296 00:26:01,351 --> 00:26:05,272 What came to you in that package is of no interest to me. 297 00:26:05,439 --> 00:26:07,649 My only interest is your well-being. 298 00:26:08,317 --> 00:26:11,528 Let me take care of this for you. Please. 299 00:26:33,592 --> 00:26:36,220 Where's Katherine? 300 00:26:38,430 --> 00:26:42,893 Back at home. But don't worry, we've called off the dogs. 301 00:26:43,644 --> 00:26:45,979 You'll be happy to know that we've replaced the tubing... 302 00:26:46,730 --> 00:26:49,191 Re-calibrated a few of the servo-mechanisms. 303 00:26:49,358 --> 00:26:51,485 Your arm is even better than before. 304 00:26:51,652 --> 00:26:53,987 Can't wait to use it to smash your skull in. 305 00:26:55,697 --> 00:26:57,533 How you feeling? 306 00:27:00,327 --> 00:27:03,705 Victor, I'm glad we managed to get to you in time to save you. 307 00:27:04,748 --> 00:27:07,376 You got some kind of god complex or something? 308 00:27:07,543 --> 00:27:08,877 I didn't ask to be saved. 309 00:27:09,419 --> 00:27:13,632 Look, all I'm doing is giving you a future, a chance for a normal life. 310 00:27:13,799 --> 00:27:17,386 Normal? Half my body is straight out of the sharper image catalog. 311 00:27:17,553 --> 00:27:20,556 At a price a lot steeper than 6 million dollars, 312 00:27:20,722 --> 00:27:23,267 the last thing I wanna do is cause you more pain. 313 00:27:23,433 --> 00:27:25,769 Then why not take back all your fancy gadgetry? 314 00:27:25,936 --> 00:27:28,647 Roll my sorry stump out in a wheelbarrow for all I care. 315 00:27:28,814 --> 00:27:31,942 You'd die without this gadgetry. 316 00:27:32,109 --> 00:27:34,236 But I'm as eager for your freedom as you are. 317 00:27:34,403 --> 00:27:36,238 You just need to be patient. 318 00:27:38,157 --> 00:27:39,491 What's that? 319 00:27:43,620 --> 00:27:47,040 It's gonna make life easier for you. 320 00:27:49,042 --> 00:27:50,502 What are you doing to me? 321 00:27:51,587 --> 00:27:54,673 What am I doing? I'm helping you be whole again. 322 00:27:56,633 --> 00:27:58,218 Anger... 323 00:27:58,385 --> 00:28:01,305 Despair, loneliness. 324 00:28:01,972 --> 00:28:06,101 Such strong emotions can create a rift between brain and bionics. 325 00:28:06,268 --> 00:28:09,897 This chip will take the edge off when necessary. 326 00:28:10,063 --> 00:28:12,691 You're trying to turn me into a drone, that's what. 327 00:28:16,445 --> 00:28:18,739 Easy. 328 00:28:18,906 --> 00:28:21,658 You've read too much science fiction. 329 00:28:21,825 --> 00:28:26,246 Pacemakers, synthetic tissues, artificial hearts. 330 00:28:26,413 --> 00:28:29,082 The merging of man and machine is nothing new. 331 00:28:35,714 --> 00:28:37,424 I'll get out of your way. 332 00:28:37,591 --> 00:28:39,551 Keep me updated. 333 00:28:39,718 --> 00:28:41,386 I'll prep him for the implant. 334 00:28:51,230 --> 00:28:53,440 Lana, where's Victor? 335 00:28:53,607 --> 00:28:56,068 - He left. - What? 336 00:28:56,235 --> 00:28:58,070 He wasn't supposed to leave the apartment. 337 00:28:58,237 --> 00:29:00,739 He wanted to see Katherine one last time. 338 00:29:00,906 --> 00:29:05,327 - That's the first place they'll look. - I tried to stop him, he wouldn't listen. 339 00:29:05,494 --> 00:29:07,704 Do you think they brought him back to that lab? 340 00:29:07,871 --> 00:29:11,667 - I'm gonna go check that out. - We should call the police. 341 00:29:11,833 --> 00:29:15,671 These people have shot at us before. Who knows what they're gonna... 342 00:29:26,932 --> 00:29:29,726 Just relax, Victor. This won't take long. 343 00:29:30,227 --> 00:29:32,729 You want me to relax, put away the drill. 344 00:29:33,438 --> 00:29:38,235 When we're done, I promise you, you'll feel like a new man. 345 00:29:54,001 --> 00:29:56,253 Nice tackle. 346 00:29:56,420 --> 00:29:58,630 Come on. Let's get you out of here. 347 00:30:06,346 --> 00:30:09,933 - How did you do that, Kent? - I can do a lot of things. 348 00:30:35,083 --> 00:30:36,418 Clark. 349 00:30:36,585 --> 00:30:38,670 Gonna try some small talk first this time? 350 00:30:38,837 --> 00:30:42,716 Like how Victor stone escaped from the lab? 351 00:30:43,884 --> 00:30:45,218 I guess not. 352 00:30:45,385 --> 00:30:48,930 That's everything that Chloe and I could find on the machina project. 353 00:30:51,475 --> 00:30:54,603 Well, there's nothing here about krieg's renegade experiment 354 00:30:54,770 --> 00:30:57,814 I haven't already uncovered. 355 00:31:00,567 --> 00:31:03,653 I have no desire to harass Victor stone. 356 00:31:03,820 --> 00:31:06,239 - He's suffered enough. - He suffered because of you. 357 00:31:06,948 --> 00:31:09,451 - Clark... - Lex, you were there in the lab. 358 00:31:09,618 --> 00:31:11,703 He told me when they tried to put a chip in his head. 359 00:31:11,787 --> 00:31:13,538 I was there. 360 00:31:13,663 --> 00:31:15,999 - To stop krieg. - That's not what Victor said. 361 00:31:16,166 --> 00:31:19,503 Victor was under heavy anesthesia. 362 00:31:19,669 --> 00:31:22,631 He must have misconstrued my intentions. 363 00:31:22,798 --> 00:31:25,592 Seems to happen a lot to you, doesn't it? 364 00:31:30,889 --> 00:31:35,102 You think he would have been better off if he'd died along with his family? 365 00:31:35,811 --> 00:31:38,021 You always think the ends justify the means. 366 00:31:38,188 --> 00:31:42,359 What I think is that some miracles have a price. 367 00:31:42,526 --> 00:31:44,486 But that doesn't make them any less profound. 368 00:31:47,948 --> 00:31:51,576 Tell Victor I hope he can move past what happened. 369 00:31:51,743 --> 00:31:54,538 I assure him LuthorCorp has. 370 00:31:57,457 --> 00:32:00,127 You can let yourself out. 371 00:32:16,935 --> 00:32:18,979 Is everything working all right? 372 00:32:19,146 --> 00:32:21,731 I feel like a billion dollars... 373 00:32:22,149 --> 00:32:24,776 Which probably isn't too far off. 374 00:32:25,110 --> 00:32:29,197 You really think Luthor's gonna let that much money walk off into the sunset? 375 00:32:29,364 --> 00:32:31,408 I didn't give him a choice. 376 00:32:40,542 --> 00:32:43,170 I'd say thank you... 377 00:32:43,420 --> 00:32:45,005 But the words seem too small. 378 00:32:45,922 --> 00:32:48,383 And completely unnecessary. 379 00:32:48,550 --> 00:32:50,635 Your mom raised you modest, didn't she? 380 00:32:52,804 --> 00:32:55,348 You're a hero, Kent. 381 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:58,518 I'm not gonna forget how much I owe you. 382 00:33:00,562 --> 00:33:03,982 Help someone else out when they're in need. We'll call it even. 383 00:33:22,417 --> 00:33:23,752 Katherine. 384 00:33:37,432 --> 00:33:39,434 Victor? 385 00:33:41,853 --> 00:33:43,897 What happened? 386 00:33:44,064 --> 00:33:45,440 What did those men do to you? 387 00:33:50,820 --> 00:33:53,365 It's a long story. 388 00:33:57,702 --> 00:34:00,038 We got time. 389 00:35:08,815 --> 00:35:11,818 Lionel. Come in. 390 00:35:13,528 --> 00:35:16,448 - What happened? Did you...? - Don't worry. It's been solved. 391 00:35:16,615 --> 00:35:20,910 The man responsible has agreed never to contact you again. 392 00:35:20,994 --> 00:35:22,037 Who was he? 393 00:35:22,579 --> 00:35:26,166 He was a police academy dropout turned warehouse security guard. 394 00:35:26,333 --> 00:35:29,085 He was trying to cash in at somebody else's expense. 395 00:35:31,129 --> 00:35:33,131 Did he tell you what this was about? 396 00:35:33,298 --> 00:35:37,385 I didn't let him. I was only interested in making sure he went away. 397 00:35:39,679 --> 00:35:41,765 Willingly. 398 00:35:43,975 --> 00:35:45,310 But, uh... 399 00:35:46,353 --> 00:35:49,606 - But there is one thing that concerns me. - What is it? 400 00:35:53,735 --> 00:35:57,739 You're a public figure now, senator. 401 00:35:58,698 --> 00:36:01,701 How people perceive you is... 402 00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:03,495 It's everything. 403 00:36:04,579 --> 00:36:08,208 It's possible that any association with me... 404 00:36:09,125 --> 00:36:11,628 With Lionel Luthor, 405 00:36:11,795 --> 00:36:13,713 could be dangerous to your new career. 406 00:36:14,839 --> 00:36:17,676 I'm not the kind of person who turns her back on friends 407 00:36:17,842 --> 00:36:20,845 because of what people think. 408 00:36:25,433 --> 00:36:28,978 I don't know many people like you, Martha. 409 00:36:29,646 --> 00:36:32,107 I admire your integrity so much. 410 00:36:35,610 --> 00:36:39,823 The state of Kansas is lucky to have you. 411 00:36:57,132 --> 00:36:58,675 I haven't seen that in a while. 412 00:37:02,637 --> 00:37:05,223 I guess Victor kind of reminded me of the glory days. 413 00:37:06,099 --> 00:37:08,643 Why'd you quit, anyway? 414 00:37:08,810 --> 00:37:12,522 You, uh... you always seemed so at peace on that field. 415 00:37:12,689 --> 00:37:17,610 Like everything that was weighing you down just evaporated. 416 00:37:19,195 --> 00:37:21,114 It's just a game. 417 00:37:22,031 --> 00:37:23,658 Clark, why do you do that? 418 00:37:25,368 --> 00:37:26,703 Do what? 419 00:37:26,870 --> 00:37:28,955 Hide what you're really feeling. 420 00:37:36,337 --> 00:37:39,132 Seeing Victor and Katherine together, 421 00:37:39,299 --> 00:37:41,801 how in love they are, 422 00:37:41,968 --> 00:37:45,388 it kind of reminded me of our glory days. 423 00:37:49,267 --> 00:37:51,936 And you know how much I love you, Clark. 424 00:37:56,024 --> 00:38:00,570 But we seem to just keep going around and around. 425 00:38:01,154 --> 00:38:03,823 - We can't move fonnard. - I know. 426 00:38:06,785 --> 00:38:09,829 Just tell me the truth, Clark. 427 00:38:10,330 --> 00:38:13,249 Do you still love me? 428 00:38:13,416 --> 00:38:15,543 I've always loved you. 429 00:38:16,878 --> 00:38:18,797 And I always will. 430 00:38:18,963 --> 00:38:20,298 No matter what happens. 431 00:40:12,285 --> 00:40:14,954 Your secret is safe with me...