1 00:00:01,710 --> 00:00:03,504 Previously on Smallville... 2 00:00:03,587 --> 00:00:05,339 Everything is about meteor freaks lately. 3 00:00:05,422 --> 00:00:08,217 Okay, I thought we agreed that we weren't gonna use that word anymore. 4 00:00:08,342 --> 00:00:09,635 Clark, the crystal. 5 00:00:09,718 --> 00:00:11,518 You're the only one that can stop the eclipse. 6 00:00:11,845 --> 00:00:14,556 I just need to know that you love me 7 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:15,891 no matter what. 8 00:00:15,974 --> 00:00:17,893 What do you think is stronger, Clark, 9 00:00:18,143 --> 00:00:21,271 her hatred for me or her affection for you? 10 00:00:23,232 --> 00:00:26,192 I mean, of all the people in the world, you had to end up with your editor? 11 00:00:26,568 --> 00:00:29,112 Trust me, it's better the world knows you as Grant Gabriel. 12 00:00:29,446 --> 00:00:31,615 My name is Julian Luthor. 13 00:00:31,823 --> 00:00:32,823 Kara? 14 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:34,535 Kara? 15 00:00:34,660 --> 00:00:36,870 There's no way to trace where the alloy disappeared to? 16 00:00:37,246 --> 00:00:38,789 I suggest we find it. 17 00:00:39,748 --> 00:00:42,668 You have chosen to defy me yet again, Kai-El. 18 00:00:42,751 --> 00:00:46,171 This defiance cannot go without consequence. 19 00:00:47,631 --> 00:00:49,550 And now, an all-new Smallville. 20 00:01:12,155 --> 00:01:14,074 Anyway, what was I saying? 21 00:01:15,450 --> 00:01:17,244 So you did bring me in here to work. 22 00:01:18,203 --> 00:01:19,329 Right, work. 23 00:01:19,454 --> 00:01:23,166 You need to stop blabbering to the world that I'm writing the Lex Luthor expose. 24 00:01:23,500 --> 00:01:25,711 It's the biggest story of the year. 25 00:01:26,587 --> 00:01:29,923 I... I just thought we agreed that our dating life would be off the record. 26 00:01:30,924 --> 00:01:32,968 We're hiding in a storage closet. 27 00:01:33,051 --> 00:01:34,845 What more do you want from me? 28 00:01:35,679 --> 00:01:39,349 It didn't cross your mind that inquiring minds might wonder 29 00:01:39,433 --> 00:01:43,186 why a rookie basement dweller is writing this story? 30 00:01:44,605 --> 00:01:46,815 It has nothing to do with us. 31 00:01:49,026 --> 00:01:50,902 Well, if I'm gonna keep our... 32 00:01:51,236 --> 00:01:53,655 This a secret, I need to make sure 33 00:01:53,739 --> 00:01:57,284 that the only part of my body earning me stories is my reporter's nose. 34 00:01:58,410 --> 00:01:59,911 I didn't give you the story. 35 00:02:00,621 --> 00:02:02,080 Lex requested you. 36 00:02:03,332 --> 00:02:04,458 What? 37 00:02:05,584 --> 00:02:06,960 Clark, hi. 38 00:02:07,044 --> 00:02:08,462 It's your daily freak-out call. 39 00:02:08,545 --> 00:02:11,173 Seriously, two weeks with no callback, what's going on? 40 00:02:11,506 --> 00:02:13,109 Lana said you guys smoothed everything out 41 00:02:13,133 --> 00:02:14,360 before you went to the fortress. 42 00:02:14,384 --> 00:02:17,054 And I'm getting tired of lying about you being in Minnesota. 43 00:02:17,137 --> 00:02:19,723 I'm getting really angry or really scared. 44 00:02:21,016 --> 00:02:22,267 Hey, was that Clark? 45 00:02:22,559 --> 00:02:25,145 He said that he'd fix our satellite dish two weeks ago. 46 00:02:25,270 --> 00:02:27,481 It still looks like Jack frost puked all over the TV. 47 00:02:27,564 --> 00:02:30,317 Yeah, he's still in Minnesota spending the holidays with Kara. 48 00:02:30,734 --> 00:02:33,820 Well, when he returns from those 10,000 frozen lakes, 49 00:02:33,904 --> 00:02:35,781 I would really like my daily show back. 50 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:40,035 In the meantime, happy holidays. 51 00:02:40,577 --> 00:02:44,289 I had the print shop compile all my research on LuthorCorp, so there you go. 52 00:02:44,498 --> 00:02:47,000 A hundred and one ways to make Lex Luthor squirm. 53 00:02:47,709 --> 00:02:50,420 Thanks, cuz. You're actually my first legitimate source. 54 00:02:51,588 --> 00:02:54,716 Thank me for convincing you to break it off with Grant. 55 00:02:55,008 --> 00:02:58,261 Now no one can say you didn't land this one fair and square. 56 00:03:13,235 --> 00:03:14,695 Did anyone lose their phone? 57 00:03:19,116 --> 00:03:20,242 Hello? 58 00:03:20,325 --> 00:03:21,618 You've been ignoring me. 59 00:03:22,494 --> 00:03:24,830 You got the wrong person here. It's not my phone. 60 00:03:25,163 --> 00:03:28,291 I know, but it's not easy getting your attention. 61 00:03:28,375 --> 00:03:30,544 You erased my e-mails. You tossed my letters. 62 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:34,172 I'm trying to help you bring down Lex Luthor. 63 00:03:35,048 --> 00:03:38,719 Ah, hey, I appreciate that, but when it comes to LuthorCorp conspiracies, 64 00:03:38,802 --> 00:03:40,762 a lot gets tossed in the crazy bin. 65 00:03:41,221 --> 00:03:43,348 See if this gets me to the top of the pile, Lane. 66 00:03:43,849 --> 00:03:45,183 There's a bomb on your cousin. 67 00:03:50,313 --> 00:03:51,523 If you try to get help, 68 00:03:51,690 --> 00:03:55,318 if you so much as whisper a single word to anyone, 69 00:03:55,610 --> 00:03:56,862 Chloe dies. 70 00:03:58,989 --> 00:04:00,741 Do I have your attention now? 71 00:04:04,953 --> 00:04:10,041 Somebody save me 72 00:04:11,209 --> 00:04:14,755 let your warm hands break right through 73 00:04:14,838 --> 00:04:19,885 somebody save me 74 00:04:21,928 --> 00:04:25,265 don't care how you do it 75 00:04:25,348 --> 00:04:30,187 just stay, stay 76 00:04:30,270 --> 00:04:32,022 come on 77 00:04:32,105 --> 00:04:35,901 I've been waiting for you 78 00:04:35,984 --> 00:04:39,738 just stay with me 79 00:04:41,531 --> 00:04:45,952 I've made this whole world shine for you 80 00:04:46,036 --> 00:04:50,040 just stay, stay 81 00:04:50,123 --> 00:04:52,417 come on 82 00:05:19,694 --> 00:05:21,279 When I suggested a dinner meeting, 83 00:05:21,363 --> 00:05:23,824 I was hoping to consume calories, not burn them. 84 00:05:24,074 --> 00:05:25,909 Technically, I should be stringing popcorn 85 00:05:25,992 --> 00:05:27,786 at a suicide slums nursing home, 86 00:05:27,869 --> 00:05:31,122 but then I wouldn't have the pleasure of beating you two bouts to one. 87 00:05:31,206 --> 00:05:34,751 In that case, I'm afraid you've traded one business event for another. 88 00:05:35,961 --> 00:05:38,630 I want you to ask someone else to write your expose. 89 00:05:39,381 --> 00:05:42,509 Lois has a mysterious way of diving for a penny 90 00:05:42,592 --> 00:05:44,219 and coming up with the holy grail. 91 00:05:44,302 --> 00:05:47,472 I appreciate your brotherly concern but I don't have anything to hide. 92 00:05:48,014 --> 00:05:50,183 Well, that's certainly a cavalier approach 93 00:05:50,267 --> 00:05:53,228 to a murder accusation and a public divorce. 94 00:05:54,813 --> 00:05:56,523 Lois knows what she wants, Lex. 95 00:05:56,815 --> 00:05:58,233 She'll get to you. 96 00:05:58,316 --> 00:06:00,402 Or more importantly, get to you. 97 00:06:00,986 --> 00:06:03,655 For someone who claims to have broken it off with her, 98 00:06:03,738 --> 00:06:06,366 you certainly sound concerned by what she uncovers. 99 00:06:06,449 --> 00:06:08,910 I'm not the one Lois has a vendetta against. 100 00:06:10,704 --> 00:06:12,831 I thought you would have learned by now. 101 00:06:14,708 --> 00:06:16,918 I always find a way to win in the end. 102 00:06:23,758 --> 00:06:25,260 Slow down, Adrian. 103 00:06:25,427 --> 00:06:27,846 I'm not exactly Mozart on the keyboard. 104 00:06:27,929 --> 00:06:31,933 I got everything up to you being an escaped clone from the LuthorCorp. 105 00:06:32,017 --> 00:06:34,019 With a body aging on overdrive. 106 00:06:34,102 --> 00:06:35,770 I'll be dead any day now. 107 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,525 You'd think Lex Luthor would have kinks like that worked out. 108 00:06:40,609 --> 00:06:42,986 I know, it sounds crazy, but you need to believe me. 109 00:06:44,362 --> 00:06:47,282 It doesn't matter what I believe. I am printing this to protect my cousin. 110 00:06:47,365 --> 00:06:49,159 And take it from a fellow Lex hater, 111 00:06:49,242 --> 00:06:51,578 the planet won't print anything without proof. 112 00:06:51,995 --> 00:06:53,413 Just write the story. 113 00:06:53,496 --> 00:06:56,750 In a couple of hours, every newspaper in the country will be begging for it. 114 00:07:02,047 --> 00:07:03,423 Come on. 115 00:07:06,009 --> 00:07:07,177 What? 116 00:07:18,438 --> 00:07:20,273 You don't think I covered my bases? 117 00:07:20,357 --> 00:07:21,900 Don't try anything cute. 118 00:07:22,192 --> 00:07:24,361 Yeah, I wanna send a photographer. 119 00:07:59,646 --> 00:08:01,481 Are you nuts? What are you doing? 120 00:08:01,648 --> 00:08:03,608 I saw you staring at me. 121 00:08:03,692 --> 00:08:05,276 Yeah? So? You're a babe. 122 00:08:05,402 --> 00:08:07,404 Great. You're a terrorist and a pervert. 123 00:08:07,946 --> 00:08:09,239 Deactivate the bomb. 124 00:08:09,322 --> 00:08:11,241 Whoa, whoa. Bomb? What bomb? 125 00:08:12,117 --> 00:08:13,535 Very funny. 126 00:08:19,082 --> 00:08:21,042 Office america, how may I help you? 127 00:08:22,794 --> 00:08:24,170 Oh, crap. 128 00:08:24,879 --> 00:08:26,172 What the hell's going on? 129 00:08:28,091 --> 00:08:30,552 I am so sorry. I thought you were someone else. 130 00:08:31,845 --> 00:08:34,014 You need some serious help, lady. 131 00:08:34,097 --> 00:08:35,390 I'm getting security. 132 00:08:36,891 --> 00:08:38,101 Great. 133 00:08:39,394 --> 00:08:41,229 Pull yourself together, Lois. 134 00:08:42,814 --> 00:08:44,941 Hey, man. I told you I was sorry. 135 00:09:04,711 --> 00:09:06,671 I told you to shut your mouth. 136 00:09:07,464 --> 00:09:10,467 Now, you're gonna walk out and finish the story like nothing happened. 137 00:09:10,550 --> 00:09:12,218 I'll clean up your mess. 138 00:09:12,927 --> 00:09:14,345 You killed him. 139 00:09:14,929 --> 00:09:16,973 And next time, it'll be Chloe. 140 00:09:30,737 --> 00:09:32,072 Lana. 141 00:09:34,616 --> 00:09:35,867 Clark. 142 00:09:36,701 --> 00:09:38,203 Oh, my god. 143 00:09:38,369 --> 00:09:40,497 You had me so worried. 144 00:09:42,373 --> 00:09:44,918 Were you in your fortress this entire time? 145 00:09:45,001 --> 00:09:47,921 Time is so different there. I didn't realize how long I was gone for. 146 00:09:48,546 --> 00:09:49,964 Did you find Kara? 147 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:52,550 There was nothing I could do. 148 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:56,846 I think it's time I accept the fact that she's gone and move on. 149 00:09:58,973 --> 00:10:01,309 Kind of a tall order these days. 150 00:10:02,602 --> 00:10:04,229 Well, I'm back and you're here. 151 00:10:04,604 --> 00:10:06,231 That's what matters now. 152 00:10:07,565 --> 00:10:11,528 Clark, as much as I have missed you, I... 153 00:10:12,278 --> 00:10:15,115 I think maybe being apart was good for us. 154 00:10:17,033 --> 00:10:20,870 I had some time to think, to evaluate my priorities. 155 00:10:23,957 --> 00:10:27,418 I'm dropping my fixation on Lex and all of his projects. 156 00:10:29,295 --> 00:10:31,589 I had some time to do some thinking myself. 157 00:10:33,133 --> 00:10:35,677 I may know a way for us to get back on the same page. 158 00:10:38,888 --> 00:10:41,307 I need you to show me everything you have on Lex. 159 00:10:42,267 --> 00:10:43,935 We'll get him together. 160 00:10:51,234 --> 00:10:54,154 This isn't exactly hot chocolate on the boardwalk. 161 00:10:54,237 --> 00:10:55,572 What are we doing here? 162 00:10:56,573 --> 00:10:58,116 What I drove you to do. 163 00:10:59,617 --> 00:11:02,203 If this is some attempt at a guilt trip, 164 00:11:02,662 --> 00:11:04,497 I haven't been watching Lex for weeks. 165 00:11:06,499 --> 00:11:08,626 Lana, it's time I face what I did to you. 166 00:11:09,169 --> 00:11:10,628 What you did? 167 00:11:11,421 --> 00:11:12,839 What I didn't do. 168 00:11:13,882 --> 00:11:16,301 Let you open up about how much Lex hurt you. 169 00:11:18,052 --> 00:11:21,222 I wanted you to just move on, forget it ever happened, but you couldn't. 170 00:11:23,766 --> 00:11:26,060 So you hid your feelings and you hid your research. 171 00:11:26,352 --> 00:11:28,021 You must have known I felt responsible 172 00:11:28,104 --> 00:11:30,356 for everything Lex did to you while you were with him. 173 00:11:30,690 --> 00:11:33,234 Everything he did to you while you were protecting me. 174 00:11:33,860 --> 00:11:36,196 Lex is the villain here, not you. 175 00:11:36,863 --> 00:11:38,448 I know, that's what I'm saying. 176 00:11:40,700 --> 00:11:42,744 Lex needs to be put behind bars, Lana. 177 00:11:42,827 --> 00:11:43,870 You were right. 178 00:11:46,247 --> 00:11:47,665 I think you hold the key. 179 00:12:00,261 --> 00:12:01,429 Scion. 180 00:12:03,848 --> 00:12:05,350 Or what's left of it. 181 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:18,154 That vial, I must have destroyed it when iwrecked Lex's lab. 182 00:12:18,947 --> 00:12:22,909 Before you showed up, he was talking about some alien invasion. 183 00:12:24,202 --> 00:12:26,537 Do you think that this has something to do with it? 184 00:12:27,330 --> 00:12:30,291 Lana, if this is alien technology, you didn't destroy it. 185 00:12:35,630 --> 00:12:36,714 Lana, what is it? 186 00:12:36,881 --> 00:12:39,676 If you really want to partner with me on this, 187 00:12:40,343 --> 00:12:42,428 then I think it's time you see everything 188 00:12:42,512 --> 00:12:44,430 that I found on project scion. 189 00:13:04,158 --> 00:13:05,618 Any outgoing? 190 00:13:06,327 --> 00:13:08,121 Yeah, right here. 191 00:13:29,642 --> 00:13:31,144 Come on, lady. 192 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:37,066 Oh, thanks. 193 00:13:42,113 --> 00:13:46,117 Hey, so good news. Clark is back from the twin cities, 194 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:49,454 so I'm just gonna drop off my rewrite and head over and say hello. 195 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:57,503 Great, cool. 196 00:13:59,922 --> 00:14:03,176 So I'll, uh, send him your warmest? 197 00:14:05,178 --> 00:14:07,555 I'm sorry, I'm just busy prepping the interview. 198 00:14:08,639 --> 00:14:11,642 - You sure everything's all right? - Yeah, just peachy. 199 00:14:11,726 --> 00:14:12,894 See you later. 200 00:14:22,403 --> 00:14:25,448 Ifwe're taking Lex head-on, there's no point in sugarcoating it. 201 00:14:25,615 --> 00:14:27,867 I think scion might be more alive than we thought. 202 00:14:27,950 --> 00:14:29,577 Lex doesn't know you found it? 203 00:14:29,660 --> 00:14:31,746 Not so much an "it" as a "her." 204 00:14:35,249 --> 00:14:39,879 While you were gone, Casey Brock, a LuthorCorp lab tech working on scion 205 00:14:39,962 --> 00:14:42,548 was found half-conscious in an alley. 206 00:14:42,632 --> 00:14:45,968 She was exhibiting random incoherent speech patterns 207 00:14:46,052 --> 00:14:49,305 and was suffering from toxic levels of metal poisoning. 208 00:14:49,389 --> 00:14:50,932 So you had her quarantined. 209 00:14:51,015 --> 00:14:52,517 What other choice did I have? 210 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:54,394 When I heard about Casey's strange symptoms, 211 00:14:54,477 --> 00:14:58,481 I had my contacts at the Isis foundation have her transferred down here. 212 00:14:58,648 --> 00:15:01,734 So this... this isn't exactly official. 213 00:15:01,943 --> 00:15:03,444 It is extreme. 214 00:15:03,528 --> 00:15:05,446 But if she had something to do with scion, 215 00:15:05,530 --> 00:15:09,283 I couldn't have other patients exposed to whatever was in her bloodstream. 216 00:15:09,367 --> 00:15:10,785 What do you mean "was"? 217 00:15:12,161 --> 00:15:16,207 Overnight, the metal content in her body dropped dramatically. 218 00:15:16,666 --> 00:15:21,129 My team could find hardly any trace of zinc, magnesium or iron. 219 00:15:22,213 --> 00:15:25,716 So whatever it was siphoned her body's natural minerals and moved on. 220 00:15:31,889 --> 00:15:33,891 She's been doing that since she was admitted. 221 00:15:35,101 --> 00:15:37,228 No one understands what she's saying. 222 00:15:42,984 --> 00:15:44,318 I'm not surprised. 223 00:15:47,113 --> 00:15:48,614 She's speaking Kryptonian. 224 00:16:04,714 --> 00:16:07,091 - Jimmy. - Oh, uh... 225 00:16:07,425 --> 00:16:09,635 You know what, I'll just grab the next one. 226 00:16:10,136 --> 00:16:12,346 Don't be ridiculous, there's plenty of room. 227 00:16:13,097 --> 00:16:16,642 Yeah, you know, the thing is is that I'm going the other way. 228 00:16:17,852 --> 00:16:19,103 We're in the basement. 229 00:16:19,187 --> 00:16:21,105 Travel options are kind of limited. 230 00:16:22,190 --> 00:16:24,358 Oh. Right. 231 00:16:45,421 --> 00:16:47,757 - You going to the Christmas party later? - No. 232 00:16:48,049 --> 00:16:50,885 I think I'm gonna pull my scrooge card on this one and stay home. 233 00:16:51,260 --> 00:16:54,764 I heard Susan from hr is bringing mistletoe tonight. 234 00:16:55,348 --> 00:16:57,475 I know. I'm all about the amusement factor. 235 00:16:59,101 --> 00:17:01,646 If I remember correctly, there was mistletoe last year. 236 00:17:02,021 --> 00:17:03,564 Didn't seem to stop you. 237 00:17:04,690 --> 00:17:07,902 Yeah, well, that was different. I mean, I already had my sights set on... 238 00:17:10,530 --> 00:17:11,531 You. 239 00:17:19,705 --> 00:17:20,957 Oh, my god. 240 00:17:37,682 --> 00:17:38,975 We're stuck. 241 00:17:41,227 --> 00:17:42,687 With a bomb. 242 00:18:05,167 --> 00:18:06,586 Any civil servant... 243 00:18:10,548 --> 00:18:12,550 Gotta say, much cuter in person. 244 00:18:13,843 --> 00:18:14,969 Adrian. 245 00:18:16,137 --> 00:18:17,680 Draw attention to yourself, 246 00:18:17,763 --> 00:18:20,266 and I'll decorate that elevator with your cousin. 247 00:18:23,102 --> 00:18:24,645 Where's my story? 248 00:18:32,778 --> 00:18:34,864 Now, I haven't read c-4 for dummies, 249 00:18:34,947 --> 00:18:38,451 but I'm guessing ifwe're babysitting a bomb, it'll be somewhere in this pile. 250 00:18:41,829 --> 00:18:44,582 - This is, uh... - Not supposed to be in there. 251 00:18:53,424 --> 00:18:56,302 Jimmy, I seriously doubt my secret Santa planted a... 252 00:19:01,098 --> 00:19:02,391 Oh, wow. 253 00:19:03,059 --> 00:19:04,935 I have the worst secret Santa ever. 254 00:19:11,984 --> 00:19:13,194 It's all in there. 255 00:19:14,445 --> 00:19:17,156 "LuthorCorp's first functioning clone." 256 00:19:19,575 --> 00:19:22,536 Something tells me you wouldn't go this far if it weren't the truth. 257 00:19:29,752 --> 00:19:31,712 My body won't hold out much longer. 258 00:19:32,672 --> 00:19:34,340 I'll be dead by Christmas. 259 00:19:38,219 --> 00:19:39,970 You celebrate Christmas, Lane? 260 00:19:40,888 --> 00:19:42,014 Yeah. 261 00:19:43,891 --> 00:19:46,477 We used to send out the Christmas portrait every year. 262 00:19:48,521 --> 00:19:50,398 Me in an ugly sweater. 263 00:19:50,481 --> 00:19:53,067 My mom with her fake smile. 264 00:19:53,150 --> 00:19:54,402 My dad... 265 00:19:55,444 --> 00:19:57,279 Missing his football game. 266 00:19:59,865 --> 00:20:02,993 Then you must know how it feels when one of them is in danger. 267 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:12,128 You'd think. 268 00:20:16,465 --> 00:20:19,093 After I escaped from LuthorCorp, I went looking for them. 269 00:20:19,176 --> 00:20:20,928 My parents, my Christmas memories. 270 00:20:23,139 --> 00:20:26,225 It's all a fiction some scientist downloaded into my brain. 271 00:20:28,269 --> 00:20:30,187 Yet I remember them like they're real. 272 00:20:33,441 --> 00:20:38,028 Come tomorrow morning's early edition, the world will know what Lex did to you. 273 00:20:38,112 --> 00:20:40,406 Now, please, let my cousin go. 274 00:20:40,614 --> 00:20:43,784 The deal was I write the story, you give me Chloe. 275 00:20:43,868 --> 00:20:45,077 Not quite. 276 00:20:46,078 --> 00:20:48,414 You need to force Lex to confess what he's done. 277 00:20:51,542 --> 00:20:53,586 Don't make me remind you what's at stake. 278 00:21:05,806 --> 00:21:08,517 If you can hear me, we're in the center elevator 279 00:21:08,601 --> 00:21:10,895 at the daily planet with a bomb. 280 00:21:11,145 --> 00:21:14,273 - Hurry please, Clark. - Clark? 281 00:21:14,356 --> 00:21:16,192 - Whoa! Ah! - Owl 282 00:21:16,275 --> 00:21:17,735 I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 283 00:21:17,818 --> 00:21:19,862 You waste your one phone call on Clark? 284 00:21:19,945 --> 00:21:22,114 I didn't realize we had so few flares. 285 00:21:22,198 --> 00:21:24,658 Regardless, you call Clark before you dial 911? 286 00:21:24,742 --> 00:21:27,495 What's he gonna do? Dismantle the bomb with his great hair? 287 00:21:28,537 --> 00:21:31,791 Lois snuck me a note which means that she's under surveillance 288 00:21:31,874 --> 00:21:33,167 by whoever's orchestrating this. 289 00:21:33,250 --> 00:21:36,253 Now, how would it look if a SWAT parade trampled through the bullpen? 290 00:21:45,888 --> 00:21:47,348 Smile at the nice people. 291 00:21:51,519 --> 00:21:53,312 See, no one suspects a thing. 292 00:21:56,315 --> 00:21:57,441 You have your bag? 293 00:22:00,986 --> 00:22:02,571 My finger is on the detonator. 294 00:22:03,572 --> 00:22:06,867 No confession, your cousin dies. Try to warn them, your cousin dies. 295 00:22:09,078 --> 00:22:10,538 Let's go see the boss. 296 00:22:13,082 --> 00:22:15,685 Everything Casey has been rambling turns out to be a hex code. 297 00:22:15,709 --> 00:22:18,295 Like a pattern of Kryptonian zeroes and ones. 298 00:22:18,379 --> 00:22:19,380 Right. 299 00:22:19,463 --> 00:22:21,465 Chloe once used a program to find a pattern 300 00:22:21,549 --> 00:22:23,592 in Kryptonian symbols Lionel was scribbling. 301 00:22:23,676 --> 00:22:25,594 Maybe she can translate this one. 302 00:22:26,679 --> 00:22:28,222 Not if she's not here. 303 00:22:36,105 --> 00:22:37,523 Here she is. 304 00:22:37,731 --> 00:22:39,191 Right on time. 305 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:43,279 Mr. Luthor, you know Lois Lane. 306 00:22:44,029 --> 00:22:46,282 Well, it certainly has been a while, hasn't it? 307 00:22:46,782 --> 00:22:49,869 I haven't seen Ms. Lane since I caught her breaking into my office. 308 00:22:52,788 --> 00:22:53,998 Yeah, long time. 309 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:57,209 - Shall we? - Please. 310 00:22:58,794 --> 00:23:01,171 Big story. Ahem. Exciting. 311 00:23:01,255 --> 00:23:03,299 Uh, Lois, maybe you should just ask your questions. 312 00:23:04,300 --> 00:23:05,885 Right, questions. 313 00:23:06,468 --> 00:23:08,095 Ask him about project gemini. 314 00:23:09,597 --> 00:23:13,601 Mr. Luthor, perhaps we could start by discussing project gemini. 315 00:23:15,769 --> 00:23:17,146 Excuse me? 316 00:23:17,354 --> 00:23:19,899 My sources tell me you run some kind of an ant farm 317 00:23:19,982 --> 00:23:21,942 except instead of ants, it's humans, 318 00:23:22,026 --> 00:23:24,778 - and instead of a farm, it's a lab. - Lois. 319 00:23:24,862 --> 00:23:27,323 Not that you're renowned for your eloquence, Lois, 320 00:23:27,406 --> 00:23:30,993 but, uh. I have no idea what you're talking about. 321 00:23:31,660 --> 00:23:32,953 Human cloning. 322 00:23:33,037 --> 00:23:35,331 The replication of a DNA sequence 323 00:23:35,414 --> 00:23:38,375 produced from a single identical ancestor. 324 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:41,337 My mistake. 325 00:23:41,503 --> 00:23:44,256 I didn't realize you'd be pitching me a Hollywood movie. 326 00:23:44,632 --> 00:23:46,967 Is this how you run your paper, Mr. Gabriel? 327 00:23:48,385 --> 00:23:49,970 Tell him who he's talking to. 328 00:23:50,763 --> 00:23:52,264 Adrian sends his best. 329 00:23:55,935 --> 00:23:57,728 Should that name mean something? 330 00:23:58,395 --> 00:23:59,813 Now, reach in your briefcase. 331 00:24:04,485 --> 00:24:05,903 Oh, my god. 332 00:24:11,075 --> 00:24:13,077 Aim it at Grant and get the truth. 333 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:15,704 It's time for the truth, Lex. 334 00:24:19,124 --> 00:24:20,542 Lie again... 335 00:24:24,588 --> 00:24:26,048 Grant Gabriel dies. 336 00:24:26,423 --> 00:24:28,050 Lois, put down the gun. 337 00:24:28,467 --> 00:24:29,885 Just answer the question. 338 00:24:30,010 --> 00:24:32,721 - Lane, what the hell are you doing? - Getting the truth. 339 00:24:33,138 --> 00:24:34,598 Lex, there's no time. 340 00:24:34,682 --> 00:24:37,935 Why does Adrian have a memory for a life that doesn't exist? 341 00:24:38,435 --> 00:24:40,229 I don't know who Adrian is. 342 00:24:40,396 --> 00:24:41,480 Well, I wrote a story. 343 00:24:42,022 --> 00:24:43,482 He grew up outside Philly. 344 00:24:43,565 --> 00:24:45,651 Played point guard for homestead high. 345 00:24:45,734 --> 00:24:48,988 Got his firstjob on the obituary beat at the Liberty times. 346 00:24:49,071 --> 00:24:51,824 That is where he first got noticed as the editor in Alaska. 347 00:24:51,907 --> 00:24:53,117 First in sports, then... 348 00:24:57,121 --> 00:24:58,330 What are you doing? 349 00:24:59,581 --> 00:25:01,458 Someone was pulling her strings. 350 00:25:03,585 --> 00:25:05,004 I took her out of the equation. 351 00:25:05,087 --> 00:25:06,588 So she wouldn't hear the truth? 352 00:25:06,964 --> 00:25:08,757 Those were my memories, Lex. 353 00:25:09,049 --> 00:25:11,010 You're the editor of a major newspaper. 354 00:25:11,093 --> 00:25:12,553 That information is everywhere. 355 00:25:12,886 --> 00:25:15,566 What about the time my mom got me a red-and-green dirt bike 356 00:25:15,597 --> 00:25:16,807 for my seventh birthday? 357 00:25:18,225 --> 00:25:19,727 I rode that thing everywhere. 358 00:25:20,769 --> 00:25:23,147 - Thought I could pedal... - Until the chain wore out. 359 00:25:24,481 --> 00:25:25,816 That's the one. 360 00:25:28,569 --> 00:25:30,409 I saw your picture in the newspaper one morning 361 00:25:30,487 --> 00:25:31,798 and realized we had a lot in common. 362 00:25:31,822 --> 00:25:33,907 - Who the hell are you? - Lex, let him talk. 363 00:25:36,201 --> 00:25:37,661 How do you have my memories? 364 00:25:38,245 --> 00:25:39,663 Because Lex made me. 365 00:25:42,249 --> 00:25:43,709 And when I didn't work... 366 00:25:45,377 --> 00:25:46,628 He made you. 367 00:25:47,963 --> 00:25:49,423 What's he talking about, Lex? 368 00:25:50,382 --> 00:25:52,760 Congratulations, Grant. You're the perfect clone. 369 00:25:53,135 --> 00:25:54,386 He's insane. 370 00:25:57,806 --> 00:25:59,058 You're me? 371 00:26:00,392 --> 00:26:01,727 Same DNA. 372 00:26:02,227 --> 00:26:03,479 Same back-story. 373 00:26:03,604 --> 00:26:06,023 The only difference is that you worked and I didn't. 374 00:26:10,527 --> 00:26:12,571 Lionel giving me up for adoption. 375 00:26:13,655 --> 00:26:15,282 - My Harvard degree. - Harvard degree. 376 00:26:15,365 --> 00:26:16,408 - The paper. - The paper. 377 00:26:20,037 --> 00:26:21,288 It's all lies. 378 00:26:24,374 --> 00:26:25,834 Am I even your brother? 379 00:26:26,043 --> 00:26:27,086 Brother? 380 00:26:27,336 --> 00:26:29,088 Who died when Lex was 12. 381 00:26:29,922 --> 00:26:31,465 You created me in a test tube, 382 00:26:31,548 --> 00:26:34,384 kept me like some kind of freak pet, so you could have a brother? 383 00:26:34,468 --> 00:26:37,068 - Is that why you couldn't get rid of me? - You're not my brother! 384 00:26:40,849 --> 00:26:42,059 You're a mistake. 385 00:26:57,533 --> 00:26:58,742 Oh, my god. 386 00:26:59,576 --> 00:27:03,205 - Help! Help! - Help! Help us! Help! 387 00:27:12,923 --> 00:27:15,050 - Help us! Help! - Help! Help! 388 00:27:16,135 --> 00:27:18,720 It's no use. If someone could've heard us, they would've by now. 389 00:27:20,931 --> 00:27:22,724 Jimmy, I don't think we're gonna make it. 390 00:27:30,941 --> 00:27:33,503 You know, I'm not gonna cart my baggage through the afterlife, Jimmy. 391 00:27:33,527 --> 00:27:35,279 There's something I have to share with you. 392 00:27:35,445 --> 00:27:36,822 Though I always imagined this 393 00:27:36,905 --> 00:27:38,866 playing out to a sad Kelly clarkson song, 394 00:27:38,949 --> 00:27:40,701 not some "jingle bells" muzak. 395 00:27:40,784 --> 00:27:43,287 - Chloe, time is the essence here. - Right, okay. 396 00:27:43,370 --> 00:27:45,372 Look, I didn't pull away from our relationship 397 00:27:45,455 --> 00:27:47,249 because there was anything wrong with us. 398 00:27:47,332 --> 00:27:51,003 I mean, we were... Well, at least, you were perfect. 399 00:27:51,086 --> 00:27:53,547 It was just me. I'm... I'm different. 400 00:27:57,050 --> 00:27:58,302 I'm a meteor freak. 401 00:28:03,557 --> 00:28:05,934 Some feedback would be awesome right now. 402 00:28:06,643 --> 00:28:07,936 Okay. 403 00:28:09,354 --> 00:28:10,772 Ifwe're going out with no regrets. 404 00:28:21,450 --> 00:28:22,868 Straight to her voice mail. 405 00:28:32,461 --> 00:28:34,755 Oh, my god. Clark, look at this. 406 00:30:04,011 --> 00:30:05,470 Move it, holyfield. 407 00:30:07,431 --> 00:30:08,890 I need to find Chloe. 408 00:30:09,099 --> 00:30:11,226 Securityjust pulled her from the elevator. 409 00:30:11,685 --> 00:30:14,855 Unfortunately, your puppeteer, Adrian, managed to escape. 410 00:30:15,564 --> 00:30:16,773 What about Grant? 411 00:30:16,898 --> 00:30:20,944 He went to find you a medic, but I see you bounced backjust fine. 412 00:30:22,654 --> 00:30:25,324 Wish I could say the same thing about your career. 413 00:30:25,741 --> 00:30:27,951 After the little ditty Adrian inspired, 414 00:30:28,035 --> 00:30:30,662 I'm exposing your morbid science fair to the world. 415 00:30:31,872 --> 00:30:33,081 Really? 416 00:30:34,875 --> 00:30:36,251 With what evidence? 417 00:30:37,336 --> 00:30:39,463 The word of some belle reve runaway? 418 00:30:39,963 --> 00:30:44,051 Look, not that it matters, but you're no longer writing my expose. 419 00:30:45,093 --> 00:30:46,303 Uh-uh. 420 00:30:47,262 --> 00:30:49,306 You'll have to take that up with my boss. 421 00:30:51,016 --> 00:30:52,559 I am your boss. 422 00:30:53,894 --> 00:30:55,604 Merry Christmas, Lois. 423 00:30:56,229 --> 00:30:58,398 I just bought the daily planet. 424 00:31:08,950 --> 00:31:12,704 If you wanna split early, I think today qualifies as on-the-job stress. 425 00:31:13,288 --> 00:31:14,581 I was just finishing up. 426 00:31:14,873 --> 00:31:17,376 But I'm glad you're here, actually. 427 00:31:18,627 --> 00:31:20,754 About the kiss in the elevator. 428 00:31:20,837 --> 00:31:24,674 I do this thing when I think the world is ending. 429 00:31:25,008 --> 00:31:27,219 And I grab the first guy I see 430 00:31:27,302 --> 00:31:30,263 and sort of end up in a lip lock. 431 00:31:32,516 --> 00:31:34,101 Yeah, me too. 432 00:31:35,185 --> 00:31:38,230 I mean, girl, not guy. Obviously. 433 00:31:39,898 --> 00:31:41,942 And obviously, there's Kara. 434 00:31:44,569 --> 00:31:45,779 Yeah. 435 00:31:47,364 --> 00:31:49,074 But this wasn't about her. 436 00:31:54,162 --> 00:31:57,124 Chloe, more than goodbye was said in that elevator. 437 00:31:58,959 --> 00:32:01,962 I just... I wish it didn't take a near-death experience 438 00:32:02,045 --> 00:32:04,047 for you to feel comfortable telling me the truth. 439 00:32:05,173 --> 00:32:07,676 I know. Trust me, Jimmy. 440 00:32:07,759 --> 00:32:11,638 I've been struggling to tell you about my meteor infection for so long. 441 00:32:13,473 --> 00:32:15,793 What did I do to make you think that I wouldn't accept you? 442 00:32:16,059 --> 00:32:19,563 Nothing. I mean, I guess I always knew that you would, it... 443 00:32:21,022 --> 00:32:23,942 The real battle was accepting myself. 444 00:32:26,653 --> 00:32:28,530 I hope this means that you have. 445 00:32:37,414 --> 00:32:39,958 Can I assume that that special ability has something to do 446 00:32:40,041 --> 00:32:43,086 with that super-sized brain inside your head? 447 00:32:43,420 --> 00:32:46,465 No. My nerd is all natural. 448 00:32:50,969 --> 00:32:52,387 Oh, my god. 449 00:32:55,432 --> 00:32:56,850 Can you fly? 450 00:33:08,195 --> 00:33:09,613 Here, Jimmy. 451 00:33:13,241 --> 00:33:14,493 Just watch. 452 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:51,613 I didn't really think... 453 00:33:54,533 --> 00:33:56,493 Where were you in ninth-grade rugby? 454 00:33:57,369 --> 00:34:01,122 Believe me, no golden trophy is worth these side effects. 455 00:34:01,206 --> 00:34:03,083 - You okay? - Yeah, I'm fine. 456 00:34:03,875 --> 00:34:05,752 Can you just promise me 457 00:34:05,835 --> 00:34:08,547 that we'll keep this between me, you and my neosporin? 458 00:34:12,008 --> 00:34:13,260 I promise. 459 00:34:16,930 --> 00:34:18,557 You're still the same Chloe. 460 00:34:44,416 --> 00:34:46,376 The last of the acquisition documents. 461 00:34:46,459 --> 00:34:48,169 Come midnight, the paper's yours. 462 00:34:48,253 --> 00:34:50,589 Give me the names and BIOS of everyone on staff. 463 00:34:51,298 --> 00:34:53,133 It's time to get rid of our deadwood. 464 00:34:54,301 --> 00:34:56,303 Congratulations on the daily planet. 465 00:34:57,262 --> 00:34:58,513 Wonderful. 466 00:34:59,389 --> 00:35:03,476 One more piece of my life you can control, starting with my creation. 467 00:35:03,602 --> 00:35:06,771 I can't believe you let that lunatic sneak his ideas into your head. 468 00:35:07,856 --> 00:35:09,107 You're my brother. 469 00:35:10,525 --> 00:35:11,818 No, Lex. 470 00:35:11,943 --> 00:35:13,570 I'm an experiment. 471 00:35:14,154 --> 00:35:17,365 Beneath all that arrogance, your cracks are starting to show. 472 00:35:18,533 --> 00:35:20,994 Did you really think you could keep this a secret? 473 00:35:21,745 --> 00:35:25,165 Or are you so desperate to mean something to someone, 474 00:35:25,248 --> 00:35:26,875 it was worth the risk? 475 00:35:27,751 --> 00:35:30,128 You can't punish me for wanting a family. 476 00:35:31,087 --> 00:35:32,547 How am I supposed to feel? 477 00:35:32,756 --> 00:35:36,426 Being the product of a man who's destroyed everything he's ever touched. 478 00:35:38,928 --> 00:35:40,305 You're different, Julian. 479 00:35:41,848 --> 00:35:43,933 If I didn't love you, you wouldn't be here. 480 00:35:44,476 --> 00:35:47,312 I'm living proof you've forgotten how to love. 481 00:35:48,521 --> 00:35:50,190 But if you wanna play god, 482 00:35:50,273 --> 00:35:52,817 you might wanna remember his greatest gift. 483 00:35:53,610 --> 00:35:54,986 Free will. 484 00:35:56,446 --> 00:35:58,907 Let me live my life. 485 00:36:29,896 --> 00:36:31,815 Oh, great. I'm fired, aren't I? 486 00:36:33,483 --> 00:36:38,071 Well, luckily, I just finished putting the bells and whistles on my resume. 487 00:36:38,154 --> 00:36:39,572 I would hire me in a second. 488 00:36:39,906 --> 00:36:41,533 Lois, you're not fired. 489 00:36:42,033 --> 00:36:46,705 Lex actually asks that you specifically remain on the team. 490 00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:49,708 Me? Great. 491 00:36:49,874 --> 00:36:52,794 Can't wait to watch him dull his shredder with my stories. 492 00:36:54,003 --> 00:36:56,047 You wanna Bury the truth, buy the media. 493 00:36:58,299 --> 00:37:01,511 But the fact that you showed up on my doorstep 494 00:37:01,594 --> 00:37:04,097 means somebody's ready to spread good news. 495 00:37:04,264 --> 00:37:07,225 Does this house call mean we're coming out? 496 00:37:11,646 --> 00:37:13,565 Actually, it means we're breaking up. 497 00:37:24,909 --> 00:37:29,497 Today was just an example of why it's not a good idea 498 00:37:29,581 --> 00:37:32,292 for us to be together and work together. 499 00:37:32,375 --> 00:37:33,752 It's too complicated. 500 00:37:35,545 --> 00:37:37,265 And I didn't even drag you to all the places 501 00:37:37,297 --> 00:37:38,673 I usually ruin a relationship. 502 00:37:43,470 --> 00:37:46,681 Well, when you do decide to take that trip... 503 00:37:48,641 --> 00:37:50,268 He's a lucky guy. 504 00:37:54,063 --> 00:37:56,733 Whoever he is, we sure as hell aren't gonna work together. 505 00:38:03,114 --> 00:38:04,949 So how are we gonna liquidate? 506 00:38:05,116 --> 00:38:07,535 You'll take the elevator and I'll take the stairs? 507 00:38:10,997 --> 00:38:12,707 Don't be ridiculous, Lane. 508 00:38:13,708 --> 00:38:15,251 I'll take the stairs. 509 00:38:45,990 --> 00:38:49,410 I had to rev my geek into fifth in order to crack that hex code. 510 00:38:49,828 --> 00:38:51,871 Just think of it as a thank-you 511 00:38:51,955 --> 00:38:54,249 for channeling your inner Bruce Willis yesterday. 512 00:38:54,541 --> 00:38:57,210 I'm sorry it took till the last second for me to get there. 513 00:38:57,710 --> 00:38:59,462 I don't know where I'd be without you. 514 00:39:00,505 --> 00:39:01,881 Thanks. 515 00:39:02,674 --> 00:39:04,384 Did I mention that I missed you? 516 00:39:06,302 --> 00:39:08,054 So this pattern, it made sense? 517 00:39:08,346 --> 00:39:12,141 Well, to me, not so much. But to a computer, it's scripture. 518 00:39:12,225 --> 00:39:14,102 The numbers represent an error message 519 00:39:14,185 --> 00:39:16,425 that high-tech systems encounter when they can't boot up. 520 00:39:18,064 --> 00:39:21,234 And it's repeating because a computer keeps trying to start. 521 00:39:21,317 --> 00:39:22,402 Exactly. 522 00:39:22,485 --> 00:39:25,321 I think the sequence is learning from its mistakes 523 00:39:25,405 --> 00:39:28,491 and getting closer to successfully loading. 524 00:39:29,492 --> 00:39:31,286 That's not my favorite look. 525 00:39:32,662 --> 00:39:35,498 Chloe, this started as metallic fluid inside a vial. 526 00:39:35,957 --> 00:39:39,210 It's now evolved into technology that's willing to kill. 527 00:39:42,589 --> 00:39:44,382 It's the brain interactive construct. 528 00:39:45,466 --> 00:39:47,927 Clark, you think that this is Milton fine? 529 00:39:49,178 --> 00:39:51,848 But you turned off general Zod's PDA 530 00:39:51,931 --> 00:39:54,517 after he spread that computer virus across the world. 531 00:39:54,601 --> 00:39:56,769 If any part of him was left behind to regenerate, 532 00:39:57,186 --> 00:39:58,563 then fine can be out there. 533 00:40:03,359 --> 00:40:04,736 Chloe, hey. 534 00:40:06,946 --> 00:40:09,282 - I didn't know that you were... - Just leaving. 535 00:40:10,825 --> 00:40:14,120 Do you wanna stay? I kind of overloaded on danishes. 536 00:40:14,495 --> 00:40:15,914 No, thanks. 537 00:40:15,997 --> 00:40:17,874 Lois is actually taking me out for breakfast. 538 00:40:17,957 --> 00:40:20,793 She's deemed it national Chloe Sullivan day or something. 539 00:40:21,502 --> 00:40:22,879 I'll call you. 540 00:40:24,255 --> 00:40:27,508 - What's the occasion? - Your safe return from the fortress. 541 00:40:27,759 --> 00:40:29,594 Christmas came early this year. 542 00:40:30,345 --> 00:40:31,930 I've missed that smile. 543 00:40:32,722 --> 00:40:33,722 Me too. 544 00:40:35,266 --> 00:40:38,937 To be honest, Clark, after everything I shared yesterday, 545 00:40:39,020 --> 00:40:42,190 I was worried that I'd scare you away. 546 00:40:43,524 --> 00:40:45,568 But I've never felt closer. 547 00:40:48,071 --> 00:40:49,822 I realized something when I was gone., 548 00:40:51,449 --> 00:40:54,285 that feelings, good or bad, they don't just disappear. 549 00:40:55,244 --> 00:40:56,871 No matter who you are. 550 00:40:59,457 --> 00:41:01,626 Are we still talking about Lex? 551 00:41:03,753 --> 00:41:05,129 I'm talking about us. 552 00:41:09,050 --> 00:41:10,527 Yesterday, when I saw you in the barn, 553 00:41:10,551 --> 00:41:13,054 it was like I fell in love with you all over again.