Clark, I know hunting down zoners is your top priority,
but if you haven't found anything in South America,
we still have a situation back here in Kansas we need to deal with.
No, he'll be here in 15 minutes.
Okay, great. See you in a few.
Dr. Caselli. You're early.
And you are annoyingly persistent, miss Sullivan.
I've already told you, I don't know anything.
Don't sell yourself short, doctor.
I think you're a very knowledgeable man.
In the last few months, over a dozen patients
have been transferred out of a high-security wing at belle reve,
and I believe that's your signature on all the papennork.
Patients are transferred in and out of mental facilities all the time.
Even ones that exhibit unusual abilities?
Where were they transferred to?
Is LuthorCorp involved?
Does this have anything to do with 33.1?
[Gasps]
Okay. I'll take that as a "no comment."
I didn't want any of this.
But it was so much money.
[Whooshing]
[Grunts]
[Caselli grunting]
- Chloe. You okay? - Yeah.
[Sighs] Just in the Nick of time as always.
It wasn't me. He was already down when I got here.
What? Well, if it wasn't you, then who...
[Whooshing]
[Boy] Dude, he's open. Pass the ball. Pass the...
Ooh. What's the matter with you, man?
[Player] Come on.
[Boys shouting]
[Man whistles]
[Boys cheering]
[Man whistles]
Still too slow, stretch.
Bart.
[Opening theme song playing]
Somebody save me
let your warm hands break right through
somebody save me
don't care how you do it
just stay, stay
come on
I've been waiting for you
just stay with me
I've made this whole world shine for you
just stay, stay
come on
[Chloe] He got away from you?
I thought you were the fastest man alive.
Whoever he was, he saved your life, which is more than I can say.
Oh, come on, Clark, it wasn't your fault.
I mean, even with all your powers,
- you can't be everywhere at once. - Well, I have to be.
I'm the only one who can round up the prisoners from the phantom zone
and stop Lex from experimenting on people with abilities.
What'd you find out from caselli about 33.1?
Nothing, and I'm not going to. Caselli was in and out of prison
before the ink could dry on his fingerprints.
How'd he get out so fast?
I don't know. But a LuthorCorp lawyer paid caselli a visit
- right before his release. - Lex.
Caselli could be stashed halfway around the world by now.
I'll get in touch with Lionel. Maybe he can tell us something.
I'll keep sifting through my LuthorCorp intel.
Maybe we'll get lucky and I'll come up with a few bread crumbs.
[Bart whooshes]
Hey, gorgeous. What's up?
You miss me?
I'm Bart Allen. We had a moment in the Talon last time I was here.
Two years ago. Before you had a boyfriend.
Oh, right. [Laughs]
Wow, it's good to see you again, Bart.
Yeah, well, the pleasure's all mine, sefiorita.
[Grunts softly]
I'll see you around.
- Muy caliente. - Knock it off.
What's with the Spanish?
Well, I just grabbed lunch down in Mexico, man.
They got this burrito down there, ei intestino bustor.
You gotta take a run down there with me to try one.
What are you doing here, Bart?
Well, I'm hanging out with my amigo, man.
What's it look like?
That's what I'm trying to find out.
Last time you blew through town, you stole my dad's wallet,
then swiped a priceless artifact from Lex.
You nearly got yourself killed.
Yeah. Yeah. Those were the days, huh?
Yeah, all right. Look, man.
I already told you, things are different now. Okay?
I mean, back then, I needed a super-kick in the butt
and you laid it on me,
and ever since then there's been no more stealing
for this gringo, I swear.
Am I really supposed to just buy that?
Well, I could squirt out some tears, if that'll help?
No, but the truth might.
What were you doing at the daily planet?
I saw Chloe-iicious had a byline a while back.
I was in town on business, figured I had to check it out.
What kind of business?
I'm a courier. I pick things up. I drop them off.
Lickety-split, don't have a fit.
All right. Look, man, whatever. You don't trust me, that's fine.
Okay, I'll be gone before you can even blink.
I don't know...
[Whooshes]
I can still blink pretty fast.
Mexico, huh?
Wanna go get that burrito?
Excellente.
- [Lois] Whoa. - [Laughs]
[Lois] Now, that is what I call a three-Martini lunch.
Ooh.
- It's a four-Martini lunch. - [Both chuckle]
If you include the one that you spilled down my shirt.
- Right. - Yeah.
Well, how am I ever going to make it up to you?
I don't know...
- Mmm. - Because, uh...
Well... this is my favorite shirt.
Oh, well, then...
I think we should get it into the laundry
so that it doesn't stain.
Yeah, that's a good idea.
[Moans]
[Cell phone ringing]
I gotta... take this.
Go ahead.
- Give me five minutes. - [Ends call]
- I, uh... - You know,
what I had in mind is gonna take a little longer than five minutes.
Rain check?
Sure.
I'll just put it next to the rest of the umbrellas you keep handing me.
- Lois... - I mean,
is it just me or is this relationship all interruptus and no coitus?
You're always running off
just when things start getting interesting, and...
And I like being interested. A lot.
Yeah. Yeah, I know, you're right.
This...
It's not fair to you.
I think we should take a break.
You mean like... what?
See other people?
Vveh, okay.
Yeah, I mean, if that's, you know, what you want.
I was actually thinking more along the lines
of taking a vacation.
Together.
- Really? - Yeah. Really.
No rushing out in the middle
- of the good stuff? - No.
None.
- Mmm. - It'll be you, me,
and... monte Carlo?
Mmm.
There's just a few things that I do need to take care of before we go
- and I think once we get... - [Grunts and moans]
[Moans] Oh, god, you're good at that.
- I'll start packing. - Okay.
Bye.
[Cell phone beeps]
I need to talk to you. You alone?
Just me and my shadow, dad.
Lana's in Paris with Neil, shopping for a wedding dress.
Uh, it's good she's out of the country, considering what's happening.
Look, if this is about Dr. Caselli...
Caselli? He's the least of our worries.
Another LuthorCorp facility has been hit. That's six.
Each one of them has
some connection with 33.1.
The only thing housed in those facilities
- was peripheral research. - [Scoffs]
All the vital data is still secure in the mainframe.
And how long do you think before that location is compromised?
If it ever became public that
LuthorCorp is experimenting
- on people with abilities... - It won't.
What's this?
A single frame pulled off a security camera
from one of the break-ins.
Whoever's responsible
has the ability to move faster than a speeding bullet.
Such a unique individual would
make an interesting test subject to add to 33.1.
Don't you think?
What do you plan to do?
Protect our investment. Come on, I'll walk you out.
[Whooshes]
[Keyboard clacking]
[Beeps]
Yeah, I got it.
Meet me at the rendezvous.
Hey, are we gonna do this?
You're gonna lurk in the shadows all night?
[Green arrow] Just being careful.
After all,
I'm not as fast as you.
[Sighs]
Clark.
I was, uh... just thinking about you.
You got a funny way of showing it.
I've left you half a dozen messages.
I'm sorry. I've been preoccupied.
Helping that doctor from belle reve get out of jail?
Clark, my involvement with belle reve is past history.
But it appears that you still have a very active interest
in breaking into LuthorCorp.
- Where was this taken? - Mexico.
The LuthorCorp processing plant.
If you're going to continue playing games like this,
you should be more careful.
This isn't me.
[Lionel] No?
Who is it then?
God, Mrs. K, thank you so much. This is so good.
Where do you put it all?
You eat more than Clark and he's twice your size. [Chuckles]
Yeah. Well, you know, I burn a lot of calories.
Well, there's plenty more in the fridge.
Um... [scoffs]
I have to run to a meeting.
Would you mind cleaning up?
[Whooshing]
Yeah, anything for you, Mrs. K.
[Chuckles]
It's nice to have you here, Bart. I hope you stay longer this time.
Hey, what's up, man? You just missed a killer spread.
You can cut the act. I know about LuthorCorp,
and the break-ins by somebody who's as fast as me.
Yeah, faster, actually.
You know, it's funny, I actually believed your little story
about how I changed your life.
Look, it's not a story, Clark, okay? Really, I'm... I'm not the same guy.
You stole from Lex before, you're stealing from him again.
- What's the difference? - Yeah, well, it's just, it's...
[Grunts] It's complicated.
- I'm a smart guy. Explain it to me. - I can't.
Why not? I thought we were amigos?
Yeah, well, we are.
Then tell me why you're stealing from LuthorCorp.
[Sighs] I just... I can't.
I'll find out for myself then.
[Whooshes]
Look, I'm sorry I can't tell you all my secrets, Clark.
Okay, I thought a guy like you would understand it.
- I know it's just a vacation, but... - What? Vacation?
No, vacation is palm Springs.
Monte Carlo is a fairy tale.
Yeah, hopefully without prince charming
having a disappearing act every five minutes.
Um, I think you'll be keeping his full attention, Lois.
Yeah. You know, I'd better.
It's not like I go Victoria's secret for anybody.
What do you think, though?
- Should I have gone with the black lace? - No.
Something tells me green is definitely his color.
Hey, Chloe...
God, Smallville. Learn how to knock.
- What if I'd been naked? - [Chuckles]
Lois is jetting off to monte Carlo with Oliver.
Oi... Oliver?
Yeah, I'll send you a postcard if I'm not too busy.
- No, Lois, you should... - Get a couple new bikinis?
Good idea. Thanks, Smallville.
Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to help Oliver keep his secret from her.
What, that he's the green arrow? No offense, Clark, but you weren't
exactly honest with Lana about your secret either.
Look how that ended up.
Maybe all keeping secrets does sometimes
is force you to lie to people you care about.
[Sighs]
Are we still talking about Oliver?
The guy who saved you at the planet?
He didn't exactly get away. It's Bart.
What? Wait a minute.
- Bart can superspeed, too? - He's actually a lot faster than I am.
That's the truth. I'm sorry I didn't tell you.
Clark, it's fine, you were protecting him. It's okay.
I mean, if anyone gets it, it's me.
But why are you outing him now?
I think he's headed for trouble and I need to find him.
Can you GPS his cell phone?
Yeah, I can try. Do you have his number?
He broke into a LuthorCorp plant down in Mexico.
Now, I think lexis on to him.
If he tries to break into another facility...
Uh, no good.
His phone must be off.
What about call history? Can you pull up a record?
Legally? Absolutely not.
[Keyboard clacking]
There's over a dozen calls to that number in the last 24 hours.
Let's see who's on the other end.
"Artemis global consortium?" Never heard of them.
It's a subsidiary of jl international,
which is a satellite company currently orbiting...
Queen industries.
It's Oliver.
He's using Bart to attack LuthorCorp.
[Bart whooshing]
I'm in.
[Grunting]
Not so fast now, are you?
Oliver.
Look, Clark, whatever's got your tightie-whities in a bunch,
now's not the time.
Where's Bart?
I saw his phone records. I know he's working for you.
Not for me. He's working with me.
There's a difference.
It's not gonna matter when he ends up in jail or worse.
Yeah, you don't know what you're talking about.
I know how much you hate Lex.
Is that why you recruited Bart? To help with your little vendetta?
No, to stop 33.1.
You know about 33.1?
Why didn't you tell me what you were up to?
Clark, do you check in with me
every time you run off to save the world?
That's right. You know, for a second there, I forgot.
You like to just wait for trouble to show up
on your doorstep.
That's not true.
Then why haven't you done anything to stop 33.1?
I was busy with another problem.
What could be more urgent than Lex Luthor
developing an army of super freaks, Clark?
That's what he's doing.
He's starting a war.
What have you found out?
Not enough.
Last night, Bart infiltrated a place
that was supposed to house the mainframe for 33.1.
That's the last time I heard from him.
So, I reconned the target this morning, the place had been stripped clean.
Everything's gone.
Whole thing was a setup.
Lex has Bart.
We have to find him.
My team's already on it.
Your team?
[Door opens]
Not everybody flies solo, Kent.
[Door opens]
[Door closes]
[Lex] Morning, sunshine.
I know you.
You've stolen from me before.
I want a lawyer.
And I want a ponytail.
Disappointment abounds.
Who do you work for?
What you see is what you get there, goldilocks.
You're a low-level thief.
Swiping corporate data isn't your style.
Now, tell me who you're working for and this won't have to get unpleasant.
All right.
I work for a guy
called Mr. Kiss my butt. Would you like me to introduce you?
The floor of your cell has been outfitted with pressure plates
designed to track movement.
Stop in one place for even a millisecond
after I activate them,
and you fry.
Last chance.
Well, maybe you'll feel more talkative when you get tired of running.
[Grunting]
Ac, check the LuthorCorp manifests.
Gotcha.
How long you guys been working together?
I joined up about six months ago.
Ollie and Bart had already been doing their thing.
What about your girlfriend, Katherine?
Dude, don't even go there.
She gave it her best shot.
But with all this hardware in me...
I'm sorry, Victor.
Ollie found me, I was living on the streets.
He gave me a warm meal, roof over my head...
And a reason to go on living.
Did he just say something nice about me?
Maybe he's starting to rust.
Ac, how'd you fall into all this?
I got into a little trouble sinking a whaler off the coast of Japan.
A little trouble?
That's what you're gonna go with?
Ollie had to save your scaly butt from getting filleted.
- [Chuckles] I would've gotten out of it. - [Oliver] Oh, really?
Before or after they packed you into a thousand little tin cans?
Well, at least he would've been dolphin-safe.
Fish jokes. That's all I ever get, are fish jokes.
So how's Lois doing, man? Is she all right?
Um, I think you'd have to ask your boss.
Now's not the time. We need to focus on locating Bart.
And how exactly did you get him involved in this?
He's never been much of a team player.
Well, it looks like you two have something in common, huh?
Actually, um, I was out on patrol in star city one night
and I came across Bart. He was helping himself to a free meal.
I could tell he was a good kid. You know, hejust
needed a little direction. So, I offered him a job.
Look where that got him.
I underestimated Lex.
It won't happen again.
I've compiled a list of all LuthorCorp holdings
within a hundred-mile radius.
Bart could be held in any one of those facilities.
That's a lot of real estate to cover.
I think I know someone who can help us narrow it down.
Victor stone and Arthur curry are working for him too?
Oliver's been busy. Is there anything in your LuthorCorp intel
that could help us find out where Bart's being held?
[Sighs] I don't know. Uh... wait.
When I had my feelers out for Dr. Caselli,
I managed to shake loose some internal documents.
In the last few days, there's been a flurry of equipment transfers
to a place called the Ridge facilities in the outskirts of Metropolis.
Doesn't LuthorCorp move equipment all the time?
This isn'tjust a couple of forklifts, Clark.
Half a ton of lead shielding, electrical pressure plates,
more than $20 million worth of equipment to measure high-velocity particles.
It's Bart. Take everything and bring it to Oliver.
Me? Clark...
I can get to the Ridge faster myself.
I can't let anything happen to Bart.
[Whooshes]
Mr. Queen, its Chloe Sullivan. Clark sent me.
- Where's Clark? - He went to rescue Bart.
He told you about Bart?
We trust each other. Clark tells me everything.
Well, almost everything.
I did have to figure out about your green leather fetish on my lonesome.
Don't worry, I didn't say anything to Lois.
Although you might wanna consider...
Hey, let's just stick to the... The main plot there, sidekick.
- So, what do you got? - Hopefully a solid lead on Bart.
Where are Victor and ac?
I guess we're not that good at the whole secret part of this yet.
Yeah, but you're great at getting caught by the villain.
Anyway, I think Bart's being held at a place called the Ridge facility.
That's down by the docks.
It's on our list of possible 33.1 targets.
All right, boys, you know the drill. Let's gear up and get out.
- Oh, no. - What now?
[Chloe] Lead shielding. This isn'tjust for Bart.
I think the Ridge facility is being used to refine meteor rock.
Clark's in trouble.
[Groaning]
[Guards grunt]
Green arrow to watch tower. We're in position.
Okay. There should be a security access panel near the east door.
According to the schematic,
you need to very carefully rewire the system...
[Cyborg] Or...
I could justjack in and shut the whole perimeter down.
- You can do that? - Queen industries upgrade.
Accessing perimeter security.
Perimeter neutralized.
Aquaman, you're up.
Perimeter breached. Proceeding to target.
You make one hell of a can opener.
And you'd look good on a bag of green beans.
All right, we're in. Which way?
The refinement vault's a hundred meters southwest.
- Still no word from Clark. - [Cyborg] If he's in there,
then we'll get him out.
- Let's go. - Uh, you've got a different mission.
You're the boss, Robin hood.
[Chloe on radio] Wait, what mission? What are you doing?
[Guards grunting]
Watch tower to green arrow, what's your status?
Switching to silent running. Stand by for instructions.
Aquaman, do your thing.
- [Cyborg grunts] - [Guard yells]
[Grunting]
[Guard] Hey.
You're not supposed to be here.
[Grunts]
Neither am I.
All right. Come on.
- I'm all right. - You sure?
Yeah.
Green arrow to watch tower.
Boy scout's out of the woods.
Boy scout?
Mabye if you hadn't ran off all half-cocked,
you could've picked your own code name.
You don't wanna play for the team, that's fine. You be smart about it.
Point taken.
- Where's Bart? - Impulse.
He didn't get to pick his own code name either.
Watch tower will guide you to where he's probably being held.
What are you gonna be doing?
[Device beeps]
[In distorted voice] What I do best.
[Chloe] Watch tower to boy scout, let's find impulse.
Cyborg to aquaman. Where the hell are you, fish stick?
Dude, what took you so long?
Nice. But please, put... put a shirt on.
I swim faster when I'm naked.
I bet you do.
You're lucky I still got my pants on.
[Chloe] Boy scout's located impulse.
[Guard yells]
[Alarms blaring]
Bart. You okay?
Muy bueno, amigo.
I don't care. I want a level one lockdown.
No one gets in or out.
[In distorted voice] Little late for that.
You got ten minutes to clear your people out of here
before I blow this place off the map.
- You. - You remember.
I'm touched.
Well, it's a little hard to forget.
Last time we met, you put an arrow in my chest.
You put a bullet in mine. Bygones?
Go to hell.
You first.
Can you superspeed?
Yeah, I just... I need a minute to catch my breath.
[In normal voice] You know what, you're gonna have to catch it later.
Aquaman, cyborg.
- Rendezvous Alpha, confirm. - [Cyborg] We're on the move.
Watch tower. Have all of Luthor's people
cleared the building?
The last heat signatures are moving away from the north.
Wait a second. What are you doing?
What do you think I'm doing?
You want more of your friends end up in here?
Yeah, I'm voting no on that one.
Watch tower, are you sure everyone's out of the building?
[Chloe] One hundred percent positive.
All right, let's do it.
Whoa.
All right, have the jet fueled and ready.
I wanna be in the air as soon as possible.
Hey. I hope your bird's got some serious lift
'cause this thing weighs a ton.
Aren't you packed yet? Where's your stuff?
Lois, um...
Don't even think about saying what I think you're gonna say.
I'm sorry. I... I have to go away on business.
I'm going to see some friends from out of state
the very trip that you
postpone it.
But it fell...
It's not that simple.
Nothing with you ever is.
You're like two completely different people.
There's the charming, romantic guy that I fell in love with,
and then there's this other guy
who can't stick around in one place long enough
to see what he's missing.
And just like that my fear of it
disappeared
ever since my parents died...
I've jumped around from city to city, from continent to continent,
and... in all those years...
Not once have I regretted leaving anyone.
But then I met you.
Once I can see straight I might move
somewhere cold
then stay.
Seattle or the bay area
I can't.
To see your ghost
because there are more important things in this world than what I want.
And what I love.
I hope someday I can explain why.
Don't expect me to be waiting around for that when you get back.
I'm not coming back, Lois.
At least not anytime soon.
Addressed to you
I'll steal the words he ended with
I'm sorry.
Miss you
I never wanted to hurt you.
Well, you finally got around to it anyway, didn't you?
This is the... the moment, right?
The moment that I'm gonna regret for the rest of my life, isn't it?
Yes.
And/do
Mmm-mmm. I won't let you go.
[Elevator door closing]
[Lionel] Bart Allen gone, he escaped.
A multimillion-dollar installation destroyed.
33.1, irrevocably compromised.
But at least you found out, son, that the jolly green Archer
and his extraordinary cohorts,
they're not your run-of-the-mill adversaries.
Which is exactly why we have to continue with 33.1.
If terrorists like green arrow are recruiting people with abilities,
the only way to protect freedom and democracy
is to fight fire with fire.
Freedom and democracy? Well, well.
I hadn't realized your goals were quite so lofty.
Well, there's a lot that escapes your attention in your declining years, dad.
But not mine.
The security footage from the Ridge facility was destroyed.
However, several guards described
one of green arrow's men
as someone that sounded remarkably like Clark Kent.
Clark? Impossible.
A word that always seems to pop up when talking about him, doesn't it?
Lex, it was not Clark.
How can you be so sure?
Because I was having dinner with him last night
when all this happened.
Martha made pot roast
with new potatoes and tiny little baby carrots.
It was delicious. Clark...
Clark had three helpings.
But don't worry, son.
You still have plenty of enemies out there, plotting your downfall.
[Door opens]
[Chloe] Okay, thanks.
So, the daily planet is running with the story
that a gas explosion destroyed the vacant LuthorCorp building
down by the docks.
Vacant?
Looks like the Luthor cover-up machine is in full swing.
[Chloe] Well, at least we got Bart out before Lex ran him into an early grave.
[Bart] Oh, come on.
No worries. I had plenty ofjuice left.
Could've fooled me,
the way you cleaned out mama Kent's fridge.
Well, it's 'cause I like to stay fueled up.
Just in case I need to spring into action.
I still have a boyfriend.
Yeah, well, a man can dream, can't he?
Now you know why we call him impulse.
Impulse, cyborg,
aquaman, green arrow, what do you guys call your team?
I don't know. I've been thinking, you know?
We need something cool.
We need something like...
I was thinking about something with the word "justice" in it.
After all, that's what Lex is gonna get a big dose of.
Victor and ac were able to hack into the 33.1 mainframe
before we blew the building.
That was your other mission.
Haven't met the computer yet I couldn't crack wide open.
What'd you guys find out?
Lex isn't satisfied playing in his own backyard anymore.
LuthorCorp is starting up divisions of 33.1 all across the globe.
Wherever there's evidence of people with abilities,
there'll be laboratories to do experiments on them.
We can't let that happen.
We won't.
Gentleman, our first target is a large facility
on the island of corto Maltese.
You guys know the drill. Wheels up in 30 minutes.
Get your gear.
[Bart] You coming, amigo?
- Yeah, you gotta come with us, man. - We could use the big guns.
[Oliver] They're right, you know?
You'd be a major asset to the team.
I wanna be a part of this, guys. I really do.
That problem I told you about,
the one that I caused. I have to take care of that first.
This isn't the end of the story, Clark.
This is just the beginning.
Chloe.
Come on, boys.
Let's go save the world.
You know, you have some pretty amazing friends, Clark Kent.
Yeah. I do.
[Closing theme music playing]