1 00:00:46,046 --> 00:00:47,965 Come on, cover your assignments. 2 00:00:50,467 --> 00:00:52,219 Take your squad and sweep the perimeter. 3 00:00:52,678 --> 00:00:54,918 - What's our status? - Security breach, northeast sector. 4 00:00:54,972 --> 00:00:57,349 - What have the cameras picked up? - Not a damn thing. 5 00:00:57,432 --> 00:00:59,434 Anything comes down this tunnel, kill it. 6 00:00:59,601 --> 00:01:01,603 - Got it. - Hey. Move. 7 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:06,191 - Contact? - Tunnel seven. 8 00:01:06,567 --> 00:01:07,943 Wait. 9 00:01:09,778 --> 00:01:12,364 Section f compromised. 10 00:01:13,490 --> 00:01:15,284 Lock it down. 11 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:24,376 Section d compromised. 12 00:01:24,876 --> 00:01:26,753 That's only 30 meters from here. 13 00:01:30,382 --> 00:01:33,218 - Section c compromised. - Twenty meters. 14 00:01:34,845 --> 00:01:36,138 Ten. 15 00:01:37,764 --> 00:01:39,975 Section b compromised. 16 00:01:41,101 --> 00:01:44,313 - Maybe this wasn't such a good idea. - Section a compromised. 17 00:02:06,126 --> 00:02:07,294 Mission accomplished. 18 00:02:14,551 --> 00:02:16,762 Standing by for further instructions. 19 00:02:17,763 --> 00:02:19,640 Vitals are steady. 20 00:02:19,890 --> 00:02:21,850 He didn't even break a sweat. 21 00:02:22,225 --> 00:02:24,936 Two minutes 18 seconds to infiltrate a secured facility, 22 00:02:25,020 --> 00:02:28,065 disable my best men, and eliminate the target. 23 00:02:29,149 --> 00:02:31,902 Huh. Not a bad test run. 24 00:02:31,985 --> 00:02:33,528 Get some fresh guards. 25 00:02:35,072 --> 00:02:37,324 I wanna see him do it again. 26 00:02:40,369 --> 00:02:45,374 Somebody save me 27 00:02:47,042 --> 00:02:50,045 let your warm hands break right through 28 00:02:50,128 --> 00:02:55,092 somebody save me 29 00:02:57,386 --> 00:03:00,472 don't care how you do it 30 00:03:00,555 --> 00:03:05,352 just stay, stay 31 00:03:05,894 --> 00:03:07,312 come on 32 00:03:07,396 --> 00:03:11,608 I've been waiting for you 33 00:03:11,692 --> 00:03:14,736 just stay with me 34 00:03:16,863 --> 00:03:21,326 I've made this whole world shine for you 35 00:03:21,410 --> 00:03:24,871 just stay, stay 36 00:03:25,497 --> 00:03:27,958 come on 37 00:03:40,804 --> 00:03:43,598 We have about a dozen people that could do that for you. 38 00:03:43,682 --> 00:03:46,476 Next thing you know they'll be brushing my teeth for me. 39 00:03:47,018 --> 00:03:50,313 There are some things I'd rather do on my own. 40 00:03:51,565 --> 00:03:54,568 Independent and not afraid to get her hands dirty. 41 00:03:54,818 --> 00:03:58,155 Two of the billion or so reasons I fell in love with you. 42 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,826 My shoulders are still a little bit sore. 43 00:04:02,909 --> 00:04:04,870 Maybe we should have the doctor look at it again. 44 00:04:04,953 --> 00:04:06,747 No, it's okay. 45 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:08,457 Lana, you were shot. 46 00:04:09,332 --> 00:04:12,169 Takes more than a bullet to stop a Luthor. 47 00:04:19,176 --> 00:04:21,178 Sir, senator Burke has arrived. 48 00:04:21,261 --> 00:04:22,679 Show him in. 49 00:04:23,305 --> 00:04:25,515 You've been seeing a lot of the senator recently. 50 00:04:25,724 --> 00:04:27,934 The price of doing business with the government. 51 00:04:28,101 --> 00:04:29,936 Look, this will just take a minute. 52 00:04:30,353 --> 00:04:31,646 I'll be in the garden. 53 00:04:34,316 --> 00:04:36,943 - Mrs. Luthor. - Senator. 54 00:04:37,986 --> 00:04:40,155 I hope I didn't interrupt a tender moment. 55 00:04:40,530 --> 00:04:43,116 If you had, you'd still be waiting outside. 56 00:04:44,534 --> 00:04:47,329 I'm not gonna keep you from your pretty lady. I just, uh, 57 00:04:48,163 --> 00:04:49,873 swung by for an update on Ares. 58 00:04:49,956 --> 00:04:52,667 Prototype is in the final stages of testing. 59 00:04:52,751 --> 00:04:54,294 Everything's on schedule. 60 00:04:54,753 --> 00:04:56,379 Really? 61 00:04:56,838 --> 00:04:59,591 I heard everything was ahead of schedule. 62 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:01,426 Way ahead. 63 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:04,304 I stuck my neck out to get the armed services committee 64 00:05:04,387 --> 00:05:07,724 to allow you access to military resources and personnel 65 00:05:08,266 --> 00:05:09,643 to R&D a single prototype. 66 00:05:09,726 --> 00:05:13,188 But you've started gearing up for mass production? 67 00:05:14,272 --> 00:05:17,025 Just looking towards the future, senator. 68 00:05:17,192 --> 00:05:19,611 I assumed a visionary like you would understand that. 69 00:05:20,946 --> 00:05:22,781 How long are you gonna be able to keep 70 00:05:22,864 --> 00:05:25,283 what you really got going on here a secret? 71 00:05:25,367 --> 00:05:28,954 See, one of my own men 72 00:05:29,412 --> 00:05:32,040 believed he uncovered a mole right in your backyard. 73 00:05:34,835 --> 00:05:37,712 - Who? - Well, I wish I could tell you. 74 00:05:37,796 --> 00:05:41,049 But my boy doesn't talk too good with a bullet through his heart. 75 00:05:42,592 --> 00:05:44,678 Senator, if there are leaks in my security 76 00:05:44,761 --> 00:05:46,805 I assure you I will have them taken care of. 77 00:05:47,055 --> 00:05:50,892 Well, doesn't that just fill me with the warm fuzzies? 78 00:05:51,184 --> 00:05:54,938 Do you know what'll happen to me if the senate got wind of what you're up to? 79 00:05:56,147 --> 00:05:58,525 I assume they wouldn't care for it. 80 00:05:58,942 --> 00:06:01,486 Just like they wouldn't care for the money I've transferred 81 00:06:01,570 --> 00:06:03,290 into your Cayman account over the last year. 82 00:06:04,656 --> 00:06:07,075 Project Ares is over. 83 00:06:07,367 --> 00:06:08,702 I'm shutting it down. 84 00:06:10,287 --> 00:06:12,080 That would be ill-advised. 85 00:06:15,917 --> 00:06:20,171 What's ill-advised is you ever opening your mouth about our arrangement. 86 00:06:20,672 --> 00:06:23,842 I hear a peep out of you, I'll make sure the committee reviews 87 00:06:23,925 --> 00:06:27,429 every business deal LuthorCorp has made in the last 20 years. 88 00:06:28,346 --> 00:06:31,641 You'll be lucky to keep that fancy shirt on your back. 89 00:06:32,684 --> 00:06:34,853 Do we understand each other, 90 00:06:34,936 --> 00:06:36,479 Luthor? 91 00:06:40,483 --> 00:06:42,152 Perfectly. 92 00:07:05,926 --> 00:07:07,153 Got the background, too? 93 00:07:07,177 --> 00:07:08,803 - Yes. - Great. 94 00:07:08,887 --> 00:07:12,641 Greetings from patagonia, the most beautiful place on earth. 95 00:07:13,099 --> 00:07:14,601 - What is that? - What? 96 00:07:16,645 --> 00:07:18,521 I don't see anything. 97 00:07:47,258 --> 00:07:48,593 We have to talk. 98 00:07:51,513 --> 00:07:54,975 Clark, you should try picking up a phone occasionally. 99 00:07:55,141 --> 00:07:57,852 It might be quicker, or maybe not. 100 00:07:58,812 --> 00:08:02,440 - What do you know about Lana? - Ha-ha-ha, well. 101 00:08:02,649 --> 00:08:06,152 Letting go. Never been one of your strong points, was it? 102 00:08:08,154 --> 00:08:10,657 Telling the truth was never one of yours. 103 00:08:11,658 --> 00:08:16,746 And you're accusing me of what exactly, this time? 104 00:08:18,581 --> 00:08:20,333 Lana came to me the day of the wedding 105 00:08:20,458 --> 00:08:22,877 to tell me she wasn't going through with it. 106 00:08:23,545 --> 00:08:25,588 That she was leaving Lex. 107 00:08:26,673 --> 00:08:30,218 - Apparently, she changed her mind. - Or someone changed it for her. 108 00:08:32,721 --> 00:08:35,432 So you think I had something to do with her decision? 109 00:08:37,142 --> 00:08:39,742 If Lana was so unhappy with Lex, why go through with the marriage? 110 00:08:41,062 --> 00:08:43,064 It's surprising, Clark, what people will do 111 00:08:43,148 --> 00:08:46,735 when they feel they have no other options. 112 00:08:50,447 --> 00:08:54,367 If I find out that you had anything to do with Lana marrying Lex 113 00:08:54,951 --> 00:08:57,078 the gloves will come off. 114 00:08:58,455 --> 00:09:00,415 How do you like that option? 115 00:09:12,218 --> 00:09:15,472 Triple Espresso mocha-cappu-latte, my own invention 116 00:09:15,555 --> 00:09:18,224 guaranteed to put the "zip-a-Dee" back in your "doo-dah." 117 00:09:18,308 --> 00:09:19,809 Thanks. 118 00:09:20,602 --> 00:09:22,479 Come on, it's not that bad. 119 00:09:22,729 --> 00:09:25,899 Jimmy is coming back. One day. 120 00:09:26,858 --> 00:09:30,528 Maybe. You know, besides, distance is good for the relationship. 121 00:09:30,862 --> 00:09:33,448 That is what all the guys who've moved away from me said. 122 00:09:33,531 --> 00:09:36,201 Lois, you should really stick to investigative reporting 123 00:09:36,284 --> 00:09:38,244 and out of the advice column. 124 00:09:39,204 --> 00:09:40,747 That's the plan. 125 00:09:44,209 --> 00:09:47,253 Hey, Smallville. Love to hear about the cows and the corn 126 00:09:47,337 --> 00:09:50,298 but I got a lead on a dirty senator that needs to be hosed down. 127 00:09:50,381 --> 00:09:53,176 - See you on the front page. - She's going after a senator? 128 00:09:53,259 --> 00:09:55,720 I guess so. She hasn't told me much about it. 129 00:09:56,471 --> 00:09:58,681 There's a lot of that going around lately. 130 00:10:00,058 --> 00:10:01,810 Was thatjab directed at my chin? 131 00:10:03,770 --> 00:10:05,313 I went to Lionel to ask about Lana. 132 00:10:05,563 --> 00:10:07,482 - What did he say? - Nothing. 133 00:10:07,649 --> 00:10:08,858 Just like you. 134 00:10:10,110 --> 00:10:11,111 Clark, I... 135 00:10:11,194 --> 00:10:13,196 Chloe, you know what Lex is really like. 136 00:10:14,572 --> 00:10:17,012 Did you forget what he did to you, what he did to your mother? 137 00:10:18,326 --> 00:10:20,328 No, I haven't forgotten. 138 00:10:21,663 --> 00:10:23,414 I don't want anything to happen to Lana. 139 00:10:23,706 --> 00:10:24,791 Neither do I. 140 00:10:25,583 --> 00:10:28,002 If she's staying in that marriage, all I can say is 141 00:10:28,086 --> 00:10:29,796 she must have a damn good reason. 142 00:10:39,222 --> 00:10:40,765 You sure about this? 143 00:10:41,099 --> 00:10:42,809 Got a reservation. 144 00:10:42,976 --> 00:10:45,353 Eats here every time he's in town. 145 00:10:45,979 --> 00:10:48,273 - Voila. - Thanks for the tip. 146 00:10:55,071 --> 00:10:57,365 - Senator Burke. - Howdy, miss. 147 00:10:57,657 --> 00:11:00,410 Lois Lane, reporter. I was hoping to ask a few questions. 148 00:11:00,493 --> 00:11:02,954 Sure. Schedule an interview with my office. 149 00:11:03,413 --> 00:11:06,833 You know, I tried to, but no one returned my calls. 150 00:11:07,792 --> 00:11:11,713 Well, that ought to tell you something, sweet cakes. 151 00:11:14,465 --> 00:11:17,927 Senator, last year your salary was $150,000. 152 00:11:18,011 --> 00:11:19,512 Can you tell me how you managed 153 00:11:19,596 --> 00:11:22,807 to deposit over five million in a Cayman account? 154 00:11:27,896 --> 00:11:30,315 What paper did you say you worked for, miss... 155 00:11:30,481 --> 00:11:32,817 Lane. Lois Lane. 156 00:11:32,984 --> 00:11:34,819 I'm a reporter for the inquisitor. 157 00:11:34,986 --> 00:11:36,571 The inquisitor? 158 00:11:36,738 --> 00:11:38,865 That's not a newspaper. 159 00:11:38,990 --> 00:11:41,701 That's a cat-box liner. 160 00:11:42,035 --> 00:11:43,786 Get her out of here. 161 00:11:44,162 --> 00:11:46,080 Hey. Get your hands off me, you fascist. 162 00:11:46,164 --> 00:11:47,444 I'm warning you, if you don't... 163 00:12:13,983 --> 00:12:16,736 Oh, my god. Wes? 164 00:12:40,510 --> 00:12:42,428 - Chloe, what's going on? - You haven't heard? 165 00:12:42,512 --> 00:12:44,389 - Senator Burke was murdered. - What? 166 00:12:44,472 --> 00:12:46,724 Yeah, Burke was in bed with la familia. 167 00:12:46,808 --> 00:12:49,060 He crossed them, they gave him the Fredo treatment. 168 00:12:49,143 --> 00:12:51,354 - It was a mob hit. - All evidence points to that. 169 00:12:51,437 --> 00:12:53,648 But there is one witness who doesn't think so. 170 00:12:53,731 --> 00:12:55,775 - Lois? - Thanks. 171 00:13:00,989 --> 00:13:02,657 What happened to you? 172 00:13:03,199 --> 00:13:08,288 Uh, well, one minute I was harassing a public official and the next 173 00:13:08,413 --> 00:13:10,790 he came out of nowhere, like a ghost. 174 00:13:10,999 --> 00:13:13,251 Burke and his men never had a chance. 175 00:13:14,419 --> 00:13:15,962 You saw who did this? 176 00:13:16,170 --> 00:13:18,631 Yeah, I did more than see him, Clark. I know him. 177 00:13:20,091 --> 00:13:23,011 His name's Wes Keenan. We were army brats together when we were kids. 178 00:13:23,303 --> 00:13:25,430 I'm running a check on his name. 179 00:13:26,889 --> 00:13:28,683 Looks like he works for the mob now. 180 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:31,978 Wes? No way. 181 00:13:32,061 --> 00:13:35,315 He's career military. He's been decorated more than a Christmas tree. 182 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:38,568 Even my dad loved him, and the general hates everybody. 183 00:13:38,651 --> 00:13:40,778 Lois, you sure the man you saw was Wes Keenan? 184 00:13:41,321 --> 00:13:42,739 I haven't seen him for years, 185 00:13:42,822 --> 00:13:45,325 but he has this little scar above his right eye and... 186 00:13:45,783 --> 00:13:47,827 Trust me, it was Wes. 187 00:13:48,953 --> 00:13:51,289 Not according to the us. Government. 188 00:13:51,372 --> 00:13:54,042 He was in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan four months ago. 189 00:13:54,208 --> 00:13:55,752 He was killed in action. 190 00:13:58,921 --> 00:14:03,134 No. That is not possible. I know what I saw. 191 00:14:04,469 --> 00:14:06,679 - What else does it say? - Nothing. 192 00:14:07,096 --> 00:14:10,641 I mean, his military records have been classified. 193 00:14:21,652 --> 00:14:22,653 What is that? 194 00:14:22,737 --> 00:14:24,781 His Alpha wave just spiked for a second. 195 00:14:25,156 --> 00:14:27,909 It's probably just feedback from the implants in his cortex. 196 00:14:28,159 --> 00:14:30,995 - Probably? - It's nothing to worry about. 197 00:14:31,329 --> 00:14:34,707 Everything's still holding within operational parameters. 198 00:14:34,791 --> 00:14:36,501 Make sure it stays that way. 199 00:14:39,212 --> 00:14:40,254 Sir. 200 00:14:40,588 --> 00:14:43,424 We just received information that Burke has been eliminated. 201 00:14:44,008 --> 00:14:45,009 Evidence trail? 202 00:14:45,176 --> 00:14:47,296 Leads straight back to the mob, per your instructions. 203 00:14:48,346 --> 00:14:50,390 But there's been a complication. 204 00:14:52,141 --> 00:14:54,852 - There was a witness. - Nothing 205 00:14:55,019 --> 00:14:57,188 can get in the way of completing this project. 206 00:14:58,231 --> 00:14:59,732 Nothing. 207 00:15:02,693 --> 00:15:03,694 Take care of it. 208 00:15:08,157 --> 00:15:11,160 You heard the man. Prep him. 209 00:15:27,718 --> 00:15:31,597 Lois, quit being stubborn. You're gonna stay here until we get this cleared up. 210 00:15:31,931 --> 00:15:33,975 Thanks, but I can take care of myself. 211 00:15:34,058 --> 00:15:36,894 Nobody's doubting that, but you'd be safer here at the farm. 212 00:15:36,978 --> 00:15:39,772 It'll be like old times, like when you first got to Smallville. 213 00:15:39,939 --> 00:15:42,567 You're just hoping to catch me in the shower again. 214 00:15:45,361 --> 00:15:49,115 I mean, um, thank you. I really appreciate it. 215 00:15:49,282 --> 00:15:53,202 Well, you're always welcome here, Lois. You're practically family. 216 00:15:54,245 --> 00:15:58,833 Uh... well, since I'm being a burden, can I just ask one more favor? 217 00:15:59,125 --> 00:16:00,710 What do you need? 218 00:16:02,295 --> 00:16:04,797 Your mom's political influence. 219 00:16:09,218 --> 00:16:11,338 Look, do you think that you could use your connections 220 00:16:11,387 --> 00:16:13,514 to get a look at Wes' militaryjacket? 221 00:16:13,639 --> 00:16:15,850 I thought you said the file was classified. 222 00:16:15,933 --> 00:16:17,351 It is. 223 00:16:17,435 --> 00:16:18,519 I contacted the general, 224 00:16:18,603 --> 00:16:21,606 but he went all cold war on me and said that I should drop it. 225 00:16:21,898 --> 00:16:23,524 Well, he might have a point. 226 00:16:23,900 --> 00:16:25,485 Three men are already dead. 227 00:16:25,860 --> 00:16:28,738 Which is why I have to get my hands on that file. 228 00:16:29,113 --> 00:16:31,866 It might explain why Wes is doing this. 229 00:16:33,576 --> 00:16:36,454 Well, I've made a few friends in Washington. 230 00:16:36,954 --> 00:16:40,458 I don't know if they can help, but I'll see what I can do. 231 00:16:41,334 --> 00:16:43,127 Thanks, Mrs. K. 232 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:49,425 I know that look. It's usually followed by you almost getting yourself killed. 233 00:16:49,509 --> 00:16:52,845 Well, this isn'tjust another story, Clark. Not this time. 234 00:16:53,429 --> 00:16:55,056 Wes and I... 235 00:16:55,389 --> 00:16:56,766 We were close. 236 00:16:57,016 --> 00:16:58,768 I know it was him. 237 00:17:01,979 --> 00:17:03,564 Stay here. 238 00:17:16,077 --> 00:17:17,745 Looks like it was just the wind. 239 00:17:17,870 --> 00:17:18,871 Clark, watch out! 240 00:17:25,294 --> 00:17:26,629 Wes. 241 00:17:45,898 --> 00:17:48,442 How could Lois have been kidnapped with you right there? 242 00:17:48,526 --> 00:17:51,988 - She just vanished, Chloe. Literally. - So he could teleport, like Alicia? 243 00:17:52,071 --> 00:17:54,699 It was different. It was more like Graham Garrett could do. 244 00:17:54,782 --> 00:17:56,659 So he turned himself invisible? 245 00:17:56,742 --> 00:17:58,953 Not just himself. He took Lois with him. 246 00:17:59,412 --> 00:18:02,623 And it's not his only ability. And when he hit me... 247 00:18:02,873 --> 00:18:06,043 Chloe, I haven't felt anything like that since I went up against titan. 248 00:18:07,253 --> 00:18:09,297 Clark, we need to find Lois before Wes... 249 00:18:09,380 --> 00:18:10,673 We will. 250 00:18:11,424 --> 00:18:15,011 Have you uncovered anything that might help us figure out where he took her? 251 00:18:15,886 --> 00:18:19,056 I haven't been able to retrieve information from the military files. 252 00:18:19,140 --> 00:18:23,060 But I did run a crosscheck on his name and I found one hit. Jodi Keenan. 253 00:18:23,853 --> 00:18:25,396 Jodikeenan? 254 00:18:25,896 --> 00:18:27,776 The woman that tried to kill Lex in the tunnels? 255 00:18:27,857 --> 00:18:30,026 - Guess who she's married to. - Wes? 256 00:18:31,068 --> 00:18:33,988 Look like Jodi found out that Wes wasn't killed in Afghanistan. 257 00:18:34,113 --> 00:18:37,533 And she followed the trail all the way back here, to Lex. 258 00:18:37,950 --> 00:18:40,786 Okay, so Wes is exhibiting multiple krypto-abilities. 259 00:18:40,870 --> 00:18:42,121 And according to Lois, 260 00:18:42,455 --> 00:18:45,958 he's also on the receiving end of some sort of mind control. 261 00:18:46,334 --> 00:18:50,254 How much do you wanna bet that all of this plays into Lex's 33.1 experiments? 262 00:18:50,338 --> 00:18:52,548 Chloe, I need you to contact Oliver and his team. 263 00:18:52,632 --> 00:18:55,635 They've been taking out 33.1 facilities all around the world. 264 00:18:55,718 --> 00:18:58,888 - Isn't that a hero-to-hero phone call? - I'm going to talk to Lex. 265 00:18:59,555 --> 00:19:02,767 Clark, come on. We both know that Lex isn't gonna tell you anything. 266 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:06,520 Then I'll find somebody who will. 267 00:19:24,747 --> 00:19:26,290 Too much? 268 00:19:27,124 --> 00:19:28,751 No, it's, uh... 269 00:19:32,338 --> 00:19:34,715 I thought maybe if I set the mood. 270 00:19:37,468 --> 00:19:38,844 Or maybe not. 271 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:41,681 Lex... 272 00:19:55,569 --> 00:19:56,862 Sorry to bother you, sir. 273 00:20:00,282 --> 00:20:02,201 The asset failed to return. 274 00:20:09,834 --> 00:20:10,918 I'll be right back. 275 00:20:19,885 --> 00:20:21,429 Lana. 276 00:20:24,974 --> 00:20:26,684 You shouldn't be here. Lex is just outside. 277 00:20:26,767 --> 00:20:28,060 I had to see you. 278 00:20:30,771 --> 00:20:31,981 Clark. 279 00:20:33,107 --> 00:20:35,067 It's not about you and me. 280 00:20:35,526 --> 00:20:37,111 Lois is in trouble. 281 00:20:37,194 --> 00:20:38,988 And what makes you think I can help? 282 00:20:39,071 --> 00:20:41,282 Because it seems there's a connection to Lex. 283 00:20:42,199 --> 00:20:43,492 Lana_. 284 00:20:43,659 --> 00:20:47,413 Have you seen or heard anything? Maybe something about the military? 285 00:20:49,039 --> 00:20:50,374 Ares. 286 00:20:51,751 --> 00:20:53,127 That's the god of war. 287 00:20:54,587 --> 00:20:58,048 Lex has been talking with senator Burke about this military project called Ares. 288 00:21:00,217 --> 00:21:03,262 Yesterday, he threatened to shut it down. 289 00:21:04,346 --> 00:21:07,558 - Maybe you should talk with him. - I can't. 290 00:21:07,933 --> 00:21:09,393 Senator Burke is dead. 291 00:21:10,102 --> 00:21:13,147 He was murdered by the same man who has Lois. 292 00:21:14,815 --> 00:21:16,817 Lana, is there anything else? 293 00:21:17,026 --> 00:21:19,361 Maybe something that Lex let slip? 294 00:21:21,113 --> 00:21:25,367 One of his men was just saying something about an asset that failed to return. 295 00:21:27,453 --> 00:21:29,038 An asset? 296 00:21:29,205 --> 00:21:31,999 That's what the military calls its soldiers. 297 00:21:34,168 --> 00:21:36,337 Lexis connected to this. 298 00:21:37,755 --> 00:21:41,091 Whatever reason you had to go through with the wedding, it was wrong choice. 299 00:21:41,175 --> 00:21:43,469 You have no idea what he's capable of. 300 00:21:45,763 --> 00:21:48,182 You'd be surprised what I know. 301 00:21:50,059 --> 00:21:51,393 Then why are you still here? 302 00:21:56,816 --> 00:21:58,609 We all have our secrets, Clark. 303 00:22:00,945 --> 00:22:05,074 Sometimes we have to keep them to protect the people that we care about. 304 00:22:09,328 --> 00:22:10,830 Lana_. 305 00:22:11,997 --> 00:22:13,457 I know. 306 00:22:27,304 --> 00:22:28,681 Lana? 307 00:22:30,266 --> 00:22:31,600 You okay? 308 00:22:32,059 --> 00:22:34,937 Yeah. Yeah, I'm just a little chilly. 309 00:22:40,651 --> 00:22:42,528 Look, something's come up. 310 00:22:43,112 --> 00:22:45,197 I need to go into the office. 311 00:22:49,118 --> 00:22:50,703 Don't wait up. 312 00:23:38,167 --> 00:23:39,460 Wes. 313 00:23:40,210 --> 00:23:44,089 Designation incorrect. Call sign. Ares, prototype, Mark 4. 314 00:23:44,340 --> 00:23:46,675 You don't remember me, do you? 315 00:23:48,010 --> 00:23:49,887 It's Lois. 316 00:23:50,346 --> 00:23:51,639 Lois Lane? 317 00:23:52,473 --> 00:23:55,309 My father is general Sam Lane. 318 00:23:55,851 --> 00:23:58,020 And when I was a kid, he used to drag me around 319 00:23:58,187 --> 00:24:00,981 to all the bases he was stationed at. 320 00:24:01,190 --> 00:24:02,983 One of them was fort avelson. 321 00:24:04,109 --> 00:24:05,736 Where I met you. 322 00:24:06,946 --> 00:24:09,823 Do you remember how you got that scar? 323 00:24:11,158 --> 00:24:15,162 You used to tell everybody that you got it falling off your dirt bike. 324 00:24:15,621 --> 00:24:17,706 But that's not how it happened. 325 00:24:19,917 --> 00:24:22,461 We got into the general's whiskey, 326 00:24:22,878 --> 00:24:25,339 then we broke into the storage warehouse. 327 00:24:25,756 --> 00:24:28,300 We were wrestling around, being stupid. 328 00:24:30,135 --> 00:24:31,929 And I kissed you. 329 00:24:34,264 --> 00:24:36,809 The first time I ever kissed anybody. 330 00:24:38,519 --> 00:24:41,105 And you smiled your crooked smile, 331 00:24:43,857 --> 00:24:47,695 and then you puked and passed out, and cracked your head open on the floor. 332 00:24:48,988 --> 00:24:51,907 Never could handle your liquor, Wes. 333 00:25:00,124 --> 00:25:01,417 - Mission incomplete. - No. 334 00:25:01,500 --> 00:25:02,960 Eliminate target. 335 00:25:05,796 --> 00:25:08,090 Now, why did you bring me here? 336 00:25:09,133 --> 00:25:11,176 Think, Wes. 337 00:25:11,260 --> 00:25:14,430 This is fort avelson, okay? This is the warehouse. 338 00:25:14,847 --> 00:25:17,307 This is where I kissed you that night. 339 00:25:20,102 --> 00:25:21,979 Remember me! 340 00:25:48,964 --> 00:25:49,965 Mr. Luthor. 341 00:25:50,049 --> 00:25:53,302 Three years and a billion dollars spent on Ares. You tell me you lost him? 342 00:25:53,385 --> 00:25:55,512 We're in uncharted territory here, Mr. Luthor. 343 00:25:56,055 --> 00:25:58,807 Synthesizing multiple meteor abilities is difficult enough. 344 00:25:58,891 --> 00:26:00,976 But stringing together the molecular chain 345 00:26:01,060 --> 00:26:04,354 with peptides extracted from that creature that bartlett recovered... 346 00:26:05,064 --> 00:26:08,942 The only thing that allows all these abilities to exist in one subject. 347 00:26:09,109 --> 00:26:12,154 Titan's genetic material was the key to making this project viable. 348 00:26:12,571 --> 00:26:15,616 Yes. Which makes the results as unpredictable as the substances 349 00:26:15,783 --> 00:26:17,201 I'm being asked to work with. 350 00:26:17,367 --> 00:26:20,370 You're being asked to help protect the world, doctor. 351 00:26:20,496 --> 00:26:24,416 Unstable criminals with dangerous powers are becoming more and more common. 352 00:26:24,583 --> 00:26:28,712 Humanity's only chance of surviving the onslaught is this project. 353 00:26:29,379 --> 00:26:31,590 So kick that brain of yours into high gear 354 00:26:31,673 --> 00:26:33,383 and figure out what the he” went wrong. 355 00:26:33,759 --> 00:26:35,552 Something might have triggered a decay 356 00:26:35,636 --> 00:26:38,013 in his memory blocks, a familiar place or person... 357 00:26:38,097 --> 00:26:39,348 Can't you get a fix on him? 358 00:26:40,182 --> 00:26:43,685 The field he generates makes it impossible to track him electronically. 359 00:26:43,769 --> 00:26:45,145 It's part of his design. 360 00:26:45,229 --> 00:26:47,689 I want our dog back on his leash, doctor. 361 00:26:47,773 --> 00:26:50,317 Or you'll be my next experiment. 362 00:26:53,112 --> 00:26:55,864 Maybe I could reposition the LuthorCorp satellites. 363 00:26:57,950 --> 00:26:59,660 Generate a broad-spectrum pulse 364 00:26:59,743 --> 00:27:02,579 that will hopefully reinitiate his command directives. 365 00:27:02,663 --> 00:27:05,541 - But there's no guarantee. - I'm not asking for guarantees. 366 00:27:05,999 --> 00:27:07,960 I'm asking for results. 367 00:27:08,210 --> 00:27:11,505 I want Ares back online and his mission completed. 368 00:27:13,382 --> 00:27:15,259 Start the pulse. 369 00:27:36,405 --> 00:27:38,907 I killed a United States senator? 370 00:27:40,868 --> 00:27:42,703 What happened? 371 00:27:43,078 --> 00:27:45,164 How did you end up like this? 372 00:27:50,794 --> 00:27:53,922 I was stationed in Afghanistan. 373 00:27:55,382 --> 00:27:56,717 Our convoy hit an ied. 374 00:27:58,719 --> 00:28:01,305 And then iwoke up in a military hospital. 375 00:28:02,723 --> 00:28:06,101 - That's when Luthor showed up. - Lex? 376 00:28:07,853 --> 00:28:09,605 I should've known. 377 00:28:11,190 --> 00:28:12,941 He forced you into this, didn't he? 378 00:28:13,525 --> 00:28:15,861 He offered me a way to keep serving my country. 379 00:28:15,944 --> 00:28:18,113 By turning you into a brain-dead assassin? 380 00:28:18,947 --> 00:28:21,408 You think this is what I signed on for? 381 00:28:21,909 --> 00:28:25,013 He told me project Ares was gonna help soldiers protect themselves on the field 382 00:28:25,037 --> 00:28:26,872 so they wouldn't end up like I did. 383 00:28:27,497 --> 00:28:30,083 We won't let him get away with this, I promise you. 384 00:28:30,209 --> 00:28:33,420 Okay, we will expose Lex and project Ares... 385 00:28:37,758 --> 00:28:41,678 - What is it? Wes? - It's them. 386 00:28:42,304 --> 00:28:45,182 They're trying to get back into my head. 387 00:28:45,390 --> 00:28:47,100 Fight it. Just look at me. Look at me. 388 00:28:47,184 --> 00:28:49,603 Run. Run! 389 00:29:12,876 --> 00:29:16,004 Lex was experimenting on Wes, trying to make him into a super soldier. 390 00:29:16,088 --> 00:29:17,673 With pick-and-choose meteor powers, 391 00:29:17,756 --> 00:29:19,317 Oliver told me pretty much the same thing. 392 00:29:19,341 --> 00:29:20,592 - Oliver knew about Wes? - No. 393 00:29:20,801 --> 00:29:23,011 He found an earlier model in the Utah desert. 394 00:29:23,095 --> 00:29:24,655 It looks like this isn't the first time 395 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:27,057 one of Lex's souped-up Rambos has gone awol. 396 00:29:27,140 --> 00:29:28,850 - Was he able to stop it? - Barely. 397 00:29:28,934 --> 00:29:32,145 It took the equivalent of a mini nuke to break through his force field. 398 00:29:32,229 --> 00:29:34,481 - Even if you find him... - Maybe this will help. 399 00:29:34,731 --> 00:29:37,609 - Wes' militaryjacket. - How did you get that? 400 00:29:37,901 --> 00:29:40,862 Called in a few favors and had to promise a couple dozen of my own. 401 00:29:40,946 --> 00:29:43,282 Lois was right. Wes was a hero. 402 00:29:43,907 --> 00:29:45,659 He took her instead of killing her. 403 00:29:46,910 --> 00:29:49,871 If whatever programming they're using to control Wes is failing, 404 00:29:50,038 --> 00:29:51,832 he'll go back to a place he remembers. 405 00:29:51,999 --> 00:29:54,459 Somewhere he lived or was stationed. 406 00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:59,965 The military base Wes grew up on was decommissioned a few years ago. 407 00:30:00,048 --> 00:30:01,842 Fort avelson, just outside of Metropolis. 408 00:30:01,925 --> 00:30:05,137 Sam Lane was stationed there when Lois was in junior high. Maybe that's... 409 00:30:10,434 --> 00:30:12,686 - Do you ever get used to that? - Not really. 410 00:30:43,050 --> 00:30:44,384 Wes? 411 00:30:46,595 --> 00:30:48,430 You have to fight this. 412 00:30:50,474 --> 00:30:52,726 Don't let them do this to you again. 413 00:30:55,145 --> 00:30:57,314 You are not a murderer. 414 00:30:58,273 --> 00:30:59,649 Please. 415 00:31:01,193 --> 00:31:02,569 Wes. 416 00:32:35,787 --> 00:32:37,247 Wes? 417 00:32:40,250 --> 00:32:42,794 System damage. 418 00:32:44,838 --> 00:32:48,717 Return protocol, three, eight, five, two, nine, 419 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:51,219 - five, three, two... - Wes. 420 00:32:51,595 --> 00:32:54,264 Three, eight... 421 00:32:57,392 --> 00:32:59,352 -Lois. 422 00:33:01,980 --> 00:33:04,024 You're gonna be fine. Do you understand me? 423 00:33:04,191 --> 00:33:06,651 You're gonna be okay. I'm gonna go get help, all right? 424 00:33:09,571 --> 00:33:11,323 Better this way. 425 00:33:12,407 --> 00:33:15,202 They'll never stop trying 426 00:33:15,660 --> 00:33:17,037 to control me. 427 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:19,706 You have to stay with me. Do you hear me? 428 00:33:20,790 --> 00:33:24,252 Don't let them do this 429 00:33:25,128 --> 00:33:27,088 to anyone else. 430 00:33:28,757 --> 00:33:31,760 - Okay? - Okay. I promise. 431 00:33:31,843 --> 00:33:34,596 But you just stay with me, okay? Don't leave me. 432 00:33:36,389 --> 00:33:37,766 Wes? 433 00:33:41,102 --> 00:33:42,395 Wes? 434 00:33:44,981 --> 00:33:46,483 No. No. 435 00:33:47,484 --> 00:33:48,902 Wes? 436 00:33:50,362 --> 00:33:51,863 Wes. 437 00:33:52,239 --> 00:33:53,823 Come on. 438 00:33:54,366 --> 00:33:56,034 Don't leave me. 439 00:34:14,261 --> 00:34:16,054 How does this happen? 440 00:34:16,763 --> 00:34:20,016 Wes wanted to serve his country and wound up being used as a pawn. 441 00:34:20,100 --> 00:34:22,644 It happens more than I like to think. 442 00:34:23,353 --> 00:34:25,564 Well, now that senator Burke is gone. 443 00:34:25,647 --> 00:34:28,650 Burke isn't the only one on the hill lining his pockets. 444 00:34:28,984 --> 00:34:31,820 Wherever there's power, there'll be men like Lex to exploit it. 445 00:34:32,237 --> 00:34:35,073 Maybe you can do something. Maybe open an investigation, or... 446 00:34:35,865 --> 00:34:38,326 Clark, I'm a little fish in a tiny pond. 447 00:34:38,410 --> 00:34:40,787 My influence doesn't reach nearly that far up. 448 00:34:40,870 --> 00:34:43,415 Then perhaps it's time to extend that influence. 449 00:34:45,959 --> 00:34:48,253 I just got off the phone with the governor. 450 00:34:48,878 --> 00:34:51,923 We were talking about your filling Burke's senatorial seat 451 00:34:52,007 --> 00:34:54,259 - until the next election. - Me? 452 00:34:54,634 --> 00:34:58,430 Kansas needs to be represented by someone of unassailable character 453 00:34:58,513 --> 00:35:02,309 who can restore the faith that Burke has tarnished. 454 00:35:02,559 --> 00:35:07,564 The governor agreed. You are the perfect choice for the us. Senate. 455 00:35:10,275 --> 00:35:11,318 Clark. 456 00:35:13,403 --> 00:35:14,696 You agree? 457 00:35:24,914 --> 00:35:26,458 You should do it, mom. 458 00:35:29,711 --> 00:35:31,504 I think you should do it. 459 00:35:32,922 --> 00:35:35,175 And I think dad would have wanted you to. 460 00:35:37,010 --> 00:35:39,512 I... I can't move to Washington. 461 00:35:40,096 --> 00:35:42,223 We're barely keeping the farm running as it is. 462 00:35:42,682 --> 00:35:44,642 Oh, Clark can take care of that. Can't you, Clark? 463 00:35:49,189 --> 00:35:51,274 I can lease out the back 40 to Ben Hubbard. 464 00:35:51,483 --> 00:35:53,283 He's been wanting to work that land for years. 465 00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:54,361 Oh, Clark... 466 00:35:56,821 --> 00:35:59,324 You and dad always taught me to put other people first. 467 00:36:01,076 --> 00:36:04,037 To use my abilities to help those in need. 468 00:36:05,413 --> 00:36:07,540 You have the chance to affect so many people. 469 00:36:08,958 --> 00:36:11,920 To change so many lives if you go to Washington. 470 00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:16,680 That's where you need to be if you really wanna make a difference, mom. 471 00:36:20,303 --> 00:36:22,931 And that's where people like Wes need you to be. 472 00:36:35,026 --> 00:36:36,319 I don't care what it takes. 473 00:36:36,653 --> 00:36:39,447 I want the body transported to the lab immediately. 474 00:36:39,739 --> 00:36:41,574 Make it happen. 475 00:36:44,285 --> 00:36:46,538 Hey. You're up. 476 00:36:46,871 --> 00:36:48,623 For a while now. 477 00:36:49,249 --> 00:36:50,625 You never came home last night. 478 00:36:50,709 --> 00:36:53,253 There was an unforeseen complication with project Ares. 479 00:36:54,629 --> 00:36:55,630 Ares? 480 00:36:56,172 --> 00:37:00,552 The secret military project I was discussing with senator Burke yesterday. 481 00:37:02,053 --> 00:37:03,930 When you were listening outside the door. 482 00:37:10,729 --> 00:37:12,689 Lex, I'm sorry. 483 00:37:13,773 --> 00:37:17,610 There is no excuse. My curiosity got the best of me. 484 00:37:20,822 --> 00:37:23,032 You're not a cat, Lana. 485 00:37:23,658 --> 00:37:25,660 Don't skulk around like one. 486 00:37:28,913 --> 00:37:30,582 It won't happen again. 487 00:37:35,253 --> 00:37:38,882 Every time I've opened my heart to someone I care about 488 00:37:40,592 --> 00:37:42,761 I've ended up being very disappointed. 489 00:37:46,890 --> 00:37:49,392 If you ever betrayed me, 490 00:37:50,769 --> 00:37:52,854 I don't know what I'd do. 491 00:37:55,774 --> 00:37:57,942 I'd never hurt the man I love. 492 00:38:03,490 --> 00:38:04,824 Of course not. 493 00:38:07,535 --> 00:38:11,623 But if there's anything you ever wanna know about my business dealings 494 00:38:12,874 --> 00:38:14,083 just ask. 495 00:38:16,336 --> 00:38:18,129 No secrets? 496 00:38:19,464 --> 00:38:21,216 No secrets. 497 00:38:30,642 --> 00:38:33,353 Mrs. Kent goes to Washington. 498 00:38:33,561 --> 00:38:36,272 Well, if anyone can give Jimmy Stewart a run for his money... 499 00:38:36,940 --> 00:38:38,650 I just wish Lionel wasn't helping her. 500 00:38:38,733 --> 00:38:40,419 What, you think the king of ulterior motives 501 00:38:40,443 --> 00:38:41,879 may have something up his Armani sleeve? 502 00:38:41,903 --> 00:38:42,946 When doesn't he? 503 00:38:43,363 --> 00:38:46,032 Just right now, his son's a bigger problem. 504 00:38:46,241 --> 00:38:48,117 That's the understatement of the century. 505 00:38:48,243 --> 00:38:50,054 I mean, we've always known Lex has a dark side. 506 00:38:50,078 --> 00:38:53,206 But with what he's been doing recently, we're headed towards pitch-black. 507 00:38:53,665 --> 00:38:56,209 I'll make sure Lana's nowhere near him when the lights go out. 508 00:38:56,292 --> 00:38:59,045 Hopefully he'll be behind bars long before that. 509 00:38:59,128 --> 00:39:00,856 I mean, Lois is meeting the feds at the morgue. 510 00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:03,508 And once they connect Wes' body with Lex 511 00:39:03,591 --> 00:39:06,010 - and then Burke's murder... - Don't hold your breath. 512 00:39:06,845 --> 00:39:07,846 Wes' body is gone. 513 00:39:09,097 --> 00:39:12,225 What about the feds? What did they say when you told them what happened? 514 00:39:12,642 --> 00:39:13,768 I work at the inquisitor. 515 00:39:14,060 --> 00:39:16,980 You know, aliens, bigfoot, Elvis. What do you think they said? 516 00:39:17,397 --> 00:39:20,817 As far as they're concerned, Wes Keenan died in action four months ago. 517 00:39:22,527 --> 00:39:23,736 Just like it said in his file. 518 00:39:24,445 --> 00:39:26,030 He deserved better than this. 519 00:39:27,407 --> 00:39:28,658 Lois, I'm sorry. 520 00:39:29,868 --> 00:39:31,786 Don't be sorry for me. 521 00:39:32,161 --> 00:39:33,997 Be sorry for Lex. 522 00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:36,040 He's gonna pay for what he did to Wes. 523 00:39:36,416 --> 00:39:39,460 And I'm gonna make damn sure that he doesn't do this to anyone else. 524 00:40:01,357 --> 00:40:03,276 You were almost perfect. 525 00:40:04,402 --> 00:40:06,195 Take him apart. 526 00:40:06,529 --> 00:40:08,009 I wanna know exactly what went wrong, 527 00:40:08,072 --> 00:40:10,450 so we don't make the same mistake next time. 528 00:40:10,867 --> 00:40:14,537 Quantitating the abnormality won't do us any good, Mr. Luthor. 529 00:40:14,787 --> 00:40:17,790 We used up nearly everything we harvested from titan. 530 00:40:17,874 --> 00:40:21,753 There aren't enough alien peptide sequences to continue the project. 531 00:40:22,754 --> 00:40:25,506 I'm already working on procuring a replacement. 532 00:40:27,300 --> 00:40:31,304 I promise you, doctor, this isn't the end of project Ares. 533 00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:37,477 This is just the beginning.