1 00:00:09,927 --> 00:00:11,428 Chloe, the book of rao isn't here. 2 00:00:11,512 --> 00:00:12,864 I know you just came across that footage, 3 00:00:12,888 --> 00:00:14,449 but there's gotta be something more on it. 4 00:00:14,473 --> 00:00:17,601 I'm looking at it now, Clark. Jor-ei put it in the north wall. 5 00:00:17,684 --> 00:00:20,771 I wish I could give you more, but thanks to Tess' little break-in, 6 00:00:20,854 --> 00:00:23,190 watchtower can barely run a game of donkey Kong, 7 00:00:23,273 --> 00:00:25,108 let alone an image-enhancement program. 8 00:00:25,192 --> 00:00:27,653 Chloe, if that book really holds unlimited power, 9 00:00:27,736 --> 00:00:28,654 then we need to find it. 10 00:00:28,737 --> 00:00:32,699 You know, Clark, this could explain why our favorite alien nation has gone awol. 11 00:00:32,783 --> 00:00:34,576 I mean, maybe Zod and the Kandorians 12 00:00:34,660 --> 00:00:37,204 are trying to track down the holy rao grail before we do. 13 00:00:42,834 --> 00:00:44,127 Gotta go. 14 00:00:51,426 --> 00:00:52,928 - Aah! - Lois. 15 00:00:54,346 --> 00:00:56,241 - Clark. - I'm sorry. I thought you were a, um... 16 00:00:56,265 --> 00:00:57,265 Thief? 17 00:00:59,268 --> 00:01:01,079 If you can't recognize my butt in a pair ofjeans, 18 00:01:01,103 --> 00:01:02,563 then what are you thinking about? 19 00:01:02,646 --> 00:01:04,606 I know. I just... I've been distracted. 20 00:01:04,690 --> 00:01:06,793 Well, excuse me for getting between a man and his tractor, 21 00:01:06,817 --> 00:01:08,795 but our unemployment situation has just gone to defcon 1. 22 00:01:08,819 --> 00:01:10,946 Lois, it's not a matter of life and death. 23 00:01:11,738 --> 00:01:13,240 Actually, it is. 24 00:01:13,323 --> 00:01:17,244 My phone just got turned off because the planet stopped paying my cell bill, 25 00:01:17,327 --> 00:01:20,706 and half my wardrobe is being held hostage at the dry cleaner's. 26 00:01:20,789 --> 00:01:22,624 To top it off, it's as if you're expecting me 27 00:01:22,708 --> 00:01:25,210 to singlehandedly save our unemployed derrieres, 28 00:01:25,294 --> 00:01:27,838 which, lucky for you, I have. 29 00:01:27,921 --> 00:01:29,339 I have found a story 30 00:01:29,423 --> 00:01:32,342 that will get us corner offices at the planet with parking on p1. 31 00:01:32,426 --> 00:01:33,468 We just have to start now. 32 00:01:33,552 --> 00:01:36,364 Look, I appreciate the offer, Lois, but I can't drop everything right now. 33 00:01:36,388 --> 00:01:38,140 Whoa. Hey. 34 00:01:39,474 --> 00:01:42,394 I have been pounding back double-double espressos 35 00:01:42,477 --> 00:01:44,289 just trying to keep us on some kind of a masthead, 36 00:01:44,313 --> 00:01:46,231 and you've been doing what, exactly? 37 00:01:47,649 --> 00:01:50,736 I just have some responsibilities that I can't ignore. 38 00:01:50,819 --> 00:01:52,779 Well, here's something I can't ignore. 39 00:01:53,322 --> 00:01:54,781 I need a purpose... 40 00:01:55,657 --> 00:01:57,701 Some kind of bigger mission in life. 41 00:01:58,952 --> 00:02:00,495 You don't seem to need that. 42 00:02:00,579 --> 00:02:02,181 Lois, you're under a lot of stress right now. 43 00:02:02,205 --> 00:02:04,374 I understand that, but maybe you're just overreacting. 44 00:02:09,296 --> 00:02:10,297 To what? 45 00:02:11,798 --> 00:02:13,091 My life falling apart? 46 00:02:13,884 --> 00:02:16,011 Lois, just give me a break. 47 00:02:17,512 --> 00:02:18,513 You want a break? 48 00:02:21,391 --> 00:02:22,851 Maybe we should take a break. 49 00:02:25,354 --> 00:02:26,938 A break from this relationship. 50 00:02:35,072 --> 00:02:36,156 Clark. 51 00:02:36,239 --> 00:02:37,240 Mom. 52 00:02:38,742 --> 00:02:39,785 What a surprise. 53 00:02:39,868 --> 00:02:41,870 I thought you'd be at the planet. 54 00:02:44,623 --> 00:02:46,041 I'm working from home. 55 00:02:46,833 --> 00:02:47,918 What are you doing here? 56 00:02:48,001 --> 00:02:50,295 I need an excuse to see my own son? 57 00:02:50,379 --> 00:02:52,506 Lois, hi. You'll stay for dinner, I hope. 58 00:02:55,342 --> 00:02:57,469 I've got plenty for the four of us. 59 00:02:59,388 --> 00:03:00,389 "The four of us"? 60 00:03:02,265 --> 00:03:04,893 I don't know why you need all these clothes. 61 00:03:04,976 --> 00:03:07,437 With my help, you won't be wearing any... 62 00:03:09,481 --> 00:03:11,483 You remember Perry white? 63 00:03:13,485 --> 00:03:14,695 The Perry white? 64 00:03:23,912 --> 00:03:28,792 Somebody save me 65 00:03:30,377 --> 00:03:33,422 let your warm hands break right through 66 00:03:33,505 --> 00:03:38,927 somebody save me 67 00:03:40,971 --> 00:03:44,266 don't care how you do it 68 00:03:44,349 --> 00:03:49,396 just stay, stay 69 00:03:49,479 --> 00:03:50,814 come on 70 00:03:50,897 --> 00:03:54,651 I've been waiting for you 71 00:03:54,735 --> 00:03:58,864 just stay with me 72 00:04:00,365 --> 00:04:04,786 I've made this whole world shine for you 73 00:04:04,870 --> 00:04:09,207 just stay, stay 74 00:04:09,291 --> 00:04:10,959 come on 75 00:04:32,647 --> 00:04:34,107 I think about him every day. 76 00:04:37,903 --> 00:04:40,572 Your father and I had our first date in this barn. 77 00:04:41,865 --> 00:04:45,035 I made a surprise picnic, but his truck broke down, 78 00:04:46,244 --> 00:04:47,329 so we ate it in here. 79 00:04:48,872 --> 00:04:50,832 I'm glad you made it home, mom. 80 00:04:50,916 --> 00:04:53,418 Well, the senate broke early for recess, and... 81 00:04:57,672 --> 00:05:00,050 Oh, Clark, the truth is... 82 00:05:01,635 --> 00:05:03,470 I couldn't face the memories. 83 00:05:04,554 --> 00:05:06,932 It's hard coming back to this place. 84 00:05:10,769 --> 00:05:12,103 I'm just glad you're here now. 85 00:05:17,526 --> 00:05:20,237 About Perry, I hope you don't mind. 86 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:23,615 I bumped into him at a committee hearing a few months ago. 87 00:05:25,367 --> 00:05:26,535 It's okay, mom. 88 00:05:28,245 --> 00:05:30,664 As long as he doesn't start looking for a story. 89 00:05:30,747 --> 00:05:32,427 I've had my hands full with the Kandorians. 90 00:05:33,375 --> 00:05:36,503 I'm so proud of everything you're doing to help your people. 91 00:05:36,586 --> 00:05:37,838 Well, it hasn't been easy. 92 00:05:39,339 --> 00:05:41,508 More than ever, I've been living two lives. 93 00:05:41,591 --> 00:05:44,052 One of those lives is full of sacrifice, 94 00:05:44,135 --> 00:05:46,346 so I'm glad to see the other one has Lois in it. 95 00:05:47,764 --> 00:05:50,976 I sleep better knowing you have someone special in your life. 96 00:05:58,149 --> 00:06:01,236 Oh, my god. You have gotta fonnard this to my high-school journalism teacher. 97 00:06:02,404 --> 00:06:04,698 "Check it out, Mrs. Kreitzman, me and Perry white. 98 00:06:04,781 --> 00:06:06,491 Who's sorry now, beyotch?" 99 00:06:06,575 --> 00:06:10,537 Sorry, kid. Last thing I need is a Mrs. Kreitzman on my ass. 100 00:06:10,620 --> 00:06:13,707 By the way, I've, uh, read some of your stuff. 101 00:06:13,790 --> 00:06:16,167 You and Clark are a regular woodward and Bernstein. 102 00:06:17,377 --> 00:06:18,420 Thanks. 103 00:06:19,045 --> 00:06:21,256 We aren't really writing together at the moment. 104 00:06:22,799 --> 00:06:24,676 Is that your next big story? 105 00:06:24,759 --> 00:06:27,846 Yeah. I've been tracking this one for months. 106 00:06:27,929 --> 00:06:28,930 Big players. 107 00:06:29,014 --> 00:06:31,224 This thing is my white whale, kid. 108 00:06:31,683 --> 00:06:33,310 Sorry I can't share any details. 109 00:06:34,144 --> 00:06:35,144 Too bad, ahab. 110 00:06:35,812 --> 00:06:37,874 'Cause I've got something pretty big on the line too. 111 00:06:37,898 --> 00:06:39,983 It's gonna cause quite a splash. 112 00:06:40,066 --> 00:06:42,944 Hmm. Well, if it's as huge as you say it is, 113 00:06:43,028 --> 00:06:45,071 good luck reeling it in all by yourself. 114 00:06:46,031 --> 00:06:47,032 That's true. 115 00:06:48,992 --> 00:06:52,037 I don't have Clark right now to help with the heavy lifting... 116 00:06:54,623 --> 00:06:56,124 But this puppy sells itself. 117 00:06:57,834 --> 00:07:00,629 It is gonna kick your story back to arts and leisure. 118 00:07:07,469 --> 00:07:09,095 You've gotta be kidding me. 119 00:07:09,179 --> 00:07:12,724 This is a goth guy on a trampoline in a jogging suit. 120 00:07:12,807 --> 00:07:15,977 No, it's the real thing. I got a call from a... 121 00:07:17,771 --> 00:07:19,439 A guy who needed my help. 122 00:07:20,231 --> 00:07:23,944 And when I started investigating this shady redhead, 123 00:07:24,027 --> 00:07:25,445 I found the mother lode. 124 00:07:26,446 --> 00:07:28,657 There are aliens here on our planet. 125 00:07:31,159 --> 00:07:32,994 And they are looking for this... 126 00:07:35,205 --> 00:07:36,665 The book of rao. 127 00:07:38,041 --> 00:07:39,125 The book of rao. 128 00:07:40,460 --> 00:07:42,629 Really? I've seen this before. 129 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:47,342 You gotta give some to get some. 130 00:07:52,138 --> 00:07:54,808 All right, Lane, here's what I've got. 131 00:07:54,891 --> 00:07:56,351 A secret government complex 132 00:07:56,434 --> 00:07:58,520 in the rocky mountains was blown to bits. 133 00:07:58,603 --> 00:08:01,940 When I tried to investigate, I was blocked by an operative 134 00:08:02,023 --> 00:08:05,527 even the FBI doesn't know about, code name red queen. 135 00:08:06,569 --> 00:08:10,156 Now, I think she's shadowing a secret organization called checkmate, 136 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:12,617 which is fighting some kind of terrorist invasion. 137 00:08:13,827 --> 00:08:16,955 And it's all somehow connected with this. 138 00:08:17,831 --> 00:08:21,376 Maybe our two stories are really the same story. 139 00:08:22,460 --> 00:08:24,087 This is your lucky day, kid. 140 00:08:25,338 --> 00:08:27,590 The big break most people only dream about. 141 00:08:29,300 --> 00:08:31,469 You get to write a story with Perry white. 142 00:09:09,841 --> 00:09:10,841 Damn it! 143 00:09:14,220 --> 00:09:15,847 What did you do to this place? 144 00:09:24,105 --> 00:09:25,982 Where is the book of rao? 145 00:09:45,585 --> 00:09:46,753 Gotta hand it to you, Mrs. K. 146 00:09:46,836 --> 00:09:51,007 Running senate subcommittees by day, cooking rocking meals by night. 147 00:09:51,091 --> 00:09:54,636 You put the m in "modern woman." Me, I put the t in "takeout." 148 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:59,140 So, tell me all the news. How are you and Clark? 149 00:10:00,475 --> 00:10:04,229 Oh. You know, everything's peachy. 150 00:10:04,312 --> 00:10:05,188 You know us. 151 00:10:05,271 --> 00:10:08,274 Chocolate and peanut butter, yin and Yang, Tarzan and Jane. 152 00:10:10,443 --> 00:10:13,196 Okay, maybe not the "pulling hair, jungle love" of it all. 153 00:10:14,656 --> 00:10:16,376 Perry mentioned you aren't writing together. 154 00:10:16,449 --> 00:10:17,742 Is everything okay? 155 00:10:18,910 --> 00:10:19,910 Yeah. 156 00:10:21,788 --> 00:10:25,291 Have you ever wanted to do something really important with your life? 157 00:10:28,837 --> 00:10:29,837 Right. 158 00:10:30,922 --> 00:10:32,924 The senator thing kind of says it all. 159 00:10:34,926 --> 00:10:38,304 It wasn't easy for me to leave Clark and go to Washington. 160 00:10:39,514 --> 00:10:43,059 But a part of me really needed to take that next step. 161 00:10:43,685 --> 00:10:46,104 That is exactly how I felt when I was talking to... 162 00:10:53,194 --> 00:10:54,194 This friend. 163 00:10:55,113 --> 00:10:56,197 We used to work together. 164 00:10:58,158 --> 00:10:59,367 And when I helped him... 165 00:11:00,994 --> 00:11:02,787 It was like I had a higher purpose. 166 00:11:04,289 --> 00:11:05,331 Like I was... 167 00:11:08,042 --> 00:11:09,043 Saving the world. 168 00:11:12,797 --> 00:11:16,551 You know, after the glow of my wedding wore off, 169 00:11:16,634 --> 00:11:18,720 I wondered if I'd made a huge mistake, 170 00:11:18,803 --> 00:11:22,640 following Jonathan to a small town where I didn't fit in. 171 00:11:22,724 --> 00:11:25,768 I went from a city socialite headed for law school 172 00:11:25,852 --> 00:11:29,814 to being a farmer's wife, marooned on an island of corn. 173 00:11:31,065 --> 00:11:32,483 Sounds like survivor: Smallville. 174 00:11:33,860 --> 00:11:35,570 You can imagine how I felt 175 00:11:35,653 --> 00:11:38,406 when I was offered a job interning for a federal judge. 176 00:11:39,490 --> 00:11:40,992 I just jumped at the chance. 177 00:11:42,035 --> 00:11:43,995 It was such an exciting time in my life. 178 00:11:46,873 --> 00:11:49,751 But in the end, you didn't stay. 179 00:11:51,669 --> 00:11:56,257 I came home on a rainy weekend and discovered the river was rising. 180 00:11:57,467 --> 00:12:02,388 So I pulled on work boots and went down to the river with Jonathan. 181 00:12:02,972 --> 00:12:05,141 And we started throwing sandbags. 182 00:12:05,225 --> 00:12:08,603 We worked all night holding back a wall of water. 183 00:12:10,980 --> 00:12:12,148 When the sun Rose... 184 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:18,738 I got to tell 20 families that it was safe to go home again. 185 00:12:21,449 --> 00:12:23,159 The city girl saves the day. 186 00:12:24,661 --> 00:12:28,748 I didn't know what my purpose really was until that rainy day. 187 00:12:28,831 --> 00:12:32,043 I just needed to look inside myself. 188 00:12:40,343 --> 00:12:42,762 Listen, Clark, the Kandorians are still Mia. 189 00:12:42,845 --> 00:12:44,264 What about the book of rao? 190 00:12:44,347 --> 00:12:46,516 I've searched the entire farm. It's not here. 191 00:12:46,599 --> 00:12:49,102 Yeah, well, lucky for us, my mini watchtower that could 192 00:12:49,185 --> 00:12:51,688 is actually pulling off a monster-wide web search. 193 00:12:53,189 --> 00:12:55,709 So if there's any mention of the book of rao anywhere in this... 194 00:13:02,657 --> 00:13:04,284 Bad news, Clark. 195 00:13:04,367 --> 00:13:07,078 It looks like I just got a red queen virtual smack down. 196 00:13:07,161 --> 00:13:08,161 Red queen? 197 00:13:08,871 --> 00:13:10,873 Chloe, that sounds like checkmate. 198 00:13:10,957 --> 00:13:11,976 Yeah, well, despite her handle, 199 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,320 the red queen isn't actually a figure on checkmate's board. 200 00:13:14,377 --> 00:13:18,506 In fact, the rumor has it that her name has been filed under "big, bad Nemesis." 201 00:13:21,175 --> 00:13:22,844 I'll be there as soon as I can. 202 00:13:22,927 --> 00:13:26,097 I'm, uh, sort of held hostage here until after my mom's family dinner. 203 00:13:27,307 --> 00:13:28,308 Okay. 204 00:13:30,601 --> 00:13:32,353 Come on. Sit. Join me in a drink. 205 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:38,860 Club soda. 206 00:13:38,943 --> 00:13:41,988 Since that little wake-up call of yours years ago, 207 00:13:42,071 --> 00:13:43,823 I'm a teetotaler and an utter bore. 208 00:13:47,702 --> 00:13:49,495 Still chasing down stories, I see. 209 00:13:49,579 --> 00:13:51,622 Oh, this is just a little freelance project 210 00:13:51,706 --> 00:13:53,541 I'm doing on the side... 211 00:13:53,624 --> 00:13:55,293 With Lois, actually. 212 00:13:57,420 --> 00:13:58,796 I hope I'm not overstepping. 213 00:14:01,799 --> 00:14:04,052 There was this one story she wanted my help on, but I... 214 00:14:05,553 --> 00:14:09,974 Looks like she's traded up for a more experienced partner. 215 00:14:12,226 --> 00:14:15,438 I'll let you in on a little secret. Experience is overrated. 216 00:14:18,024 --> 00:14:21,569 I spent the first 20 years of my career living out of a carry-on bag 217 00:14:21,652 --> 00:14:23,279 chasing every story that moved. 218 00:14:23,363 --> 00:14:24,614 I was saving the world. 219 00:14:25,698 --> 00:14:27,575 That's a big job for a simple reporter. 220 00:14:27,658 --> 00:14:29,160 Yeah, well... 221 00:14:29,243 --> 00:14:32,038 Two ex-wives and an ex-dog later, it finally sunk in. 222 00:14:33,498 --> 00:14:36,138 What matters most is having someone around to share your life with. 223 00:14:40,797 --> 00:14:42,006 Someone like your mom. 224 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:47,428 Clark, here's the thing. 225 00:14:49,305 --> 00:14:50,848 I'm gonna ask your mother to marry me. 226 00:14:55,561 --> 00:14:57,063 I'd like your blessing. 227 00:15:02,110 --> 00:15:04,612 Listen, Mr. White, I don't wanna get in the middle of anything. 228 00:15:08,574 --> 00:15:11,327 I'm not sure she's gonna give you the answer you're looking for. 229 00:15:22,088 --> 00:15:24,173 Lois, we need to talk. 230 00:15:25,341 --> 00:15:28,594 I don't wanna take a break. I still believe in us. 231 00:15:28,678 --> 00:15:30,513 I wanna believe in us too. 232 00:15:30,596 --> 00:15:31,865 But there's a lot I have to figure out, 233 00:15:31,889 --> 00:15:33,683 and I can't keep lying to everyone about us. 234 00:15:33,766 --> 00:15:35,977 Mom, everything smells great. 235 00:15:36,060 --> 00:15:37,103 Thanks, honey. 236 00:15:37,186 --> 00:15:39,306 Um, could you two help me with the... 237 00:15:48,322 --> 00:15:49,449 Mom, what is it? 238 00:15:54,370 --> 00:15:55,830 Who's up for a crackling fire? 239 00:16:01,711 --> 00:16:02,711 What did I do? 240 00:16:04,505 --> 00:16:06,132 That was my dad's jacket. 241 00:16:30,198 --> 00:16:31,199 What a spread. 242 00:16:32,283 --> 00:16:33,826 You really outdid yourself, honey. 243 00:16:40,500 --> 00:16:41,918 All right, you lovebirds. 244 00:16:42,001 --> 00:16:44,504 Tell us what it's like working together and dating. 245 00:16:45,796 --> 00:16:48,090 - It's never been better. - Hmm. 246 00:16:50,384 --> 00:16:53,346 It's kind of like being on a chain gang with your ball and chain. 247 00:16:56,432 --> 00:16:59,143 You know, sometimes ourjob gets in the way, 248 00:16:59,227 --> 00:17:00,353 but we always work it out. 249 00:17:04,148 --> 00:17:05,608 Except when we don't. 250 00:17:09,153 --> 00:17:12,240 Didn't I read an engagement announcement in the daily planet? 251 00:17:14,367 --> 00:17:16,369 I thought we weren't gonna bring that up, dear? 252 00:17:18,788 --> 00:17:20,414 Lois and I got our signals crossed. 253 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:26,254 Yeah, I don't know how that "I do" slipped out. 254 00:17:28,714 --> 00:17:30,049 We're having so much fun, 255 00:17:30,132 --> 00:17:31,732 we're just enjoying taking it slowly now. 256 00:17:31,759 --> 00:17:33,886 Well, you don't hear that very often. 257 00:17:33,970 --> 00:17:36,389 I think it's nice to be a little old-fashioned. 258 00:17:36,472 --> 00:17:38,849 Vveh, yeah. People are in such a hurry these days. 259 00:17:40,893 --> 00:17:42,812 How's that working out for you, Lois? 260 00:17:48,276 --> 00:17:49,276 Well, um... 261 00:17:53,531 --> 00:17:55,366 Mrs. K, ican't keep lying to you. 262 00:18:01,872 --> 00:18:04,709 Clark and I aren't working together at the daily planet. We were fired. 263 00:18:06,460 --> 00:18:08,921 And we aren't taking it slow, we're actually taking a break. 264 00:18:12,466 --> 00:18:13,634 The truth is, Clark... 265 00:18:16,429 --> 00:18:18,639 I need to find a way to make a difference with my life. 266 00:18:19,557 --> 00:18:22,351 And I realize now that I can't look to you or... 267 00:18:25,646 --> 00:18:28,482 Or even the blur to make that happen for me. 268 00:18:29,650 --> 00:18:31,235 I need to do it on my own. 269 00:18:33,029 --> 00:18:34,614 So maybe what we need right now... 270 00:18:36,365 --> 00:18:37,408 Isn't a break. 271 00:18:40,411 --> 00:18:41,662 It's a breakup. 272 00:18:51,839 --> 00:18:52,882 Excuse me. 273 00:18:58,346 --> 00:18:59,388 Lois? 274 00:19:00,473 --> 00:19:02,933 Lois, don't do this. 275 00:19:05,645 --> 00:19:06,812 If you care about me... 276 00:19:08,272 --> 00:19:09,565 Then let me go. 277 00:19:20,076 --> 00:19:22,870 Don't worry. I'll see that she gets back safe. 278 00:19:23,704 --> 00:19:26,415 I got a story that's just come up anyway. Oh. 279 00:19:27,416 --> 00:19:29,336 - Here, let me help you. - Yeah. 280 00:19:39,095 --> 00:19:40,471 Thanks for dinner. 281 00:19:40,554 --> 00:19:41,554 Bye, Clark. 282 00:20:00,157 --> 00:20:02,201 Oliver. Are you okay? 283 00:20:02,284 --> 00:20:03,994 Yeah. I'm gonna be great. 284 00:20:07,873 --> 00:20:10,084 Zod. He burned you. 285 00:20:10,626 --> 00:20:14,130 Okay, we have to get out of here. Did this guy tell you what he wants? 286 00:20:14,213 --> 00:20:15,399 I don't know what the hell he wants. 287 00:20:15,423 --> 00:20:17,423 He said something about someone named the red queen 288 00:20:17,466 --> 00:20:19,427 and a gold disk, a bunch of aliens. 289 00:20:19,510 --> 00:20:22,054 Really great stuff. It sounded right up your alley. 290 00:20:24,682 --> 00:20:25,850 Hey, wait a minute. 291 00:20:27,685 --> 00:20:30,104 - This whole thing's an act, right? - What? 292 00:20:30,187 --> 00:20:33,399 You had me hauled in here so you could get information about this rao thing. 293 00:20:34,608 --> 00:20:35,608 It's you. 294 00:20:36,485 --> 00:20:37,611 You're the red queen. 295 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,703 Talk about a recipe for disaster. 296 00:20:45,786 --> 00:20:46,996 Well, it's all my fault. 297 00:20:47,079 --> 00:20:50,082 The last thing I wanted to do was ruin your weekend with Perry. 298 00:20:50,166 --> 00:20:53,294 Clark, Perry didn't leave because of you. 299 00:20:54,170 --> 00:20:57,923 I thought I was ready, but maybe it's still too soon. 300 00:20:58,007 --> 00:21:00,968 I guess we were all pretending things were better than they were. 301 00:21:02,011 --> 00:21:04,680 I'm sorry I wasn't more honest with you, mom. 302 00:21:04,764 --> 00:21:07,600 For a weekend, I just wanted things to be the way they used to be. 303 00:21:07,683 --> 00:21:08,726 But they're not. 304 00:21:09,393 --> 00:21:11,645 We both need to face that fact, Clark. 305 00:21:12,313 --> 00:21:14,732 Anyway, I'm not the person you should be worried about. 306 00:21:16,233 --> 00:21:17,953 I know. I really messed things up with Lois. 307 00:21:18,027 --> 00:21:19,612 It's just it's so complicated. 308 00:21:19,695 --> 00:21:21,495 Right when we got fired from the daily planet, 309 00:21:21,572 --> 00:21:23,699 I started having problems with the Kandorians... 310 00:21:24,825 --> 00:21:26,345 And I just couldn't stop lying to her. 311 00:21:27,912 --> 00:21:31,791 Sometimes the hardest save to make isn't a stranger in a burning building, 312 00:21:31,874 --> 00:21:33,542 it's the person closest to you. 313 00:21:35,336 --> 00:21:36,921 Maybe you need to be honest with her. 314 00:21:39,381 --> 00:21:41,109 I mean, I sort of tried to tell her who I am, 315 00:21:41,133 --> 00:21:43,594 but she thought it was more important I protect my identity. 316 00:21:45,221 --> 00:21:46,722 Talking to her as the blur, I... 317 00:21:49,975 --> 00:21:51,352 I've seen a different side of her. 318 00:21:52,728 --> 00:21:54,063 And it's made me fall deeper... 319 00:21:56,690 --> 00:21:59,360 And it's just not a side she's decided to share with Clark Kent. 320 00:22:03,364 --> 00:22:05,616 Clark, if you want her back... 321 00:22:06,742 --> 00:22:09,328 You're going to have to take the next step in your relationship. 322 00:22:10,788 --> 00:22:12,268 Othennise, you'll have to let her go. 323 00:22:18,170 --> 00:22:19,450 Thanks for all your help, Perry. 324 00:22:19,505 --> 00:22:21,625 I really needed to get my head into a story right now. 325 00:22:24,635 --> 00:22:27,115 Well, either you've been robbed, or I missed a hell of a party. 326 00:22:27,930 --> 00:22:29,598 My parties are never that good. 327 00:22:30,516 --> 00:22:31,956 You know what this means, don't you? 328 00:22:32,810 --> 00:22:34,436 We are officially a threat. 329 00:22:36,939 --> 00:22:39,775 Wow. They really did a number on your closet. 330 00:22:39,859 --> 00:22:41,527 No, no. It's always like this. Ah! 331 00:22:43,737 --> 00:22:45,865 Hope this gets us to the red queen. 332 00:22:45,948 --> 00:22:48,158 She showed up around the same time waller disappeared. 333 00:22:49,159 --> 00:22:51,120 Maybe she's taken over checkmate's network. 334 00:22:51,203 --> 00:22:53,205 Taco Dan's. What can I get you? 335 00:22:53,289 --> 00:22:55,392 I know this phone is a direct line to checkmate, 336 00:22:55,416 --> 00:22:56,709 so here's my order. 337 00:22:56,792 --> 00:22:59,420 Red queen. Nothing on the side, just her. 338 00:22:59,503 --> 00:23:01,922 Ma 'am, this is a Mexican restaurant. 339 00:23:02,006 --> 00:23:05,426 Oh, right. Taco Dan's? That the best you can come up with? 340 00:23:05,509 --> 00:23:07,511 I thought all you spy guys went to Yale? 341 00:23:07,595 --> 00:23:09,513 Lady, you have the wrong number. 342 00:23:09,597 --> 00:23:12,266 Oh, no, Austin powers, I have your number. 343 00:23:12,349 --> 00:23:14,768 I know that you work for a covert organization 344 00:23:14,852 --> 00:23:17,730 dedicated to defending the planet from an alien invasion, 345 00:23:17,813 --> 00:23:19,523 that your boss was Amanda waller... 346 00:23:21,025 --> 00:23:23,527 And that that little chateau of yours in the rocky mountains 347 00:23:23,611 --> 00:23:24,862 was blown to bits, 348 00:23:24,945 --> 00:23:27,323 probably by aliens after the book of rao, 349 00:23:27,406 --> 00:23:29,867 which is why you better stop with this guac-and-chips act 350 00:23:29,950 --> 00:23:32,119 and get us some face time with the red queen right now. 351 00:23:33,329 --> 00:23:35,581 Or else we'll yank her majesty off the chessboard 352 00:23:35,664 --> 00:23:37,624 and put her on the front page of the daily planet. 353 00:23:47,426 --> 00:23:49,178 Maybe that really was a Mexican restaurant. 354 00:23:50,304 --> 00:23:51,805 Between this and the dinner disaster, 355 00:23:51,889 --> 00:23:53,682 it looks like we're both oh-for-two tonight. 356 00:23:58,646 --> 00:24:04,360 Queen to 37.318 minus 97.998. 357 00:24:04,443 --> 00:24:05,611 Your move. 358 00:24:09,114 --> 00:24:11,408 We just got the coordinates to meet the red queen. 359 00:24:19,375 --> 00:24:20,709 Vala. 360 00:24:20,793 --> 00:24:21,793 I need your help. 361 00:24:22,336 --> 00:24:23,587 You killed my sister. 362 00:24:26,131 --> 00:24:27,651 You don't really believe that, do you? 363 00:24:28,342 --> 00:24:29,426 What do you want from me? 364 00:24:30,302 --> 00:24:32,096 Everything you know about the book of rao. 365 00:24:34,306 --> 00:24:36,392 It's the Kandorian Bible. 366 00:24:36,475 --> 00:24:38,811 And it has all the knowledge and power of rao. 367 00:24:41,647 --> 00:24:43,565 It will destroy our life on earth. 368 00:24:47,069 --> 00:24:48,112 Does Zod have it? 369 00:24:49,363 --> 00:24:50,572 He's cast a wide net. 370 00:24:51,782 --> 00:24:54,702 But someone called the red queen keeps blocking all of his moves. 371 00:24:55,744 --> 00:24:57,871 This red queen, do you know who she is? 372 00:25:00,207 --> 00:25:01,208 Tess Mercer. 373 00:25:10,634 --> 00:25:11,552 Chloe. 374 00:25:11,635 --> 00:25:13,846 Clark, I'm picking up a lot of high-level chatter. 375 00:25:13,929 --> 00:25:15,597 There's some big meet-and-greet going down 376 00:25:15,681 --> 00:25:19,184 and the top of the guest list is Lois Lane and Perry white. 377 00:25:20,394 --> 00:25:21,395 Who's hosting? 378 00:25:23,814 --> 00:25:24,898 Our pal the red queen. 379 00:25:25,566 --> 00:25:28,485 Vala thinks the red queen is Tess' new handle. 380 00:25:28,569 --> 00:25:30,112 Clark, if this is Tess gone rogue, 381 00:25:30,195 --> 00:25:32,656 then Lois and Perry are about to get buried. 382 00:25:32,740 --> 00:25:34,283 And I don't mean on page ten. 383 00:25:46,336 --> 00:25:47,421 Where is the book of rao? 384 00:25:47,504 --> 00:25:49,882 Tell me now, or I kill him. 385 00:25:49,965 --> 00:25:51,759 I can't believe you're doing this to me, red. 386 00:25:51,842 --> 00:25:53,635 I'm not this red queen. 387 00:25:57,639 --> 00:26:00,601 Please don't kill him. He has nothing to do with this. 388 00:26:00,684 --> 00:26:04,313 I am not asking again. 389 00:26:15,032 --> 00:26:16,909 You know, as much as I hate you for it... 390 00:26:18,660 --> 00:26:19,953 You were always the one. 391 00:26:21,830 --> 00:26:22,915 I love you. 392 00:26:34,927 --> 00:26:36,053 Nice try. 393 00:26:51,819 --> 00:26:55,030 You know, you had me going until you made Oliver confess his love. 394 00:26:56,448 --> 00:26:58,784 You just had to go that one step too far. 395 00:26:58,867 --> 00:27:00,619 We know you have the book of rao. 396 00:27:01,787 --> 00:27:05,207 You try any more head games and my torture won't be virtual. 397 00:27:15,259 --> 00:27:17,928 You were right. It didn't work. 398 00:27:29,690 --> 00:27:33,277 So is this what it was like when you busted the star city strangler? 399 00:27:33,360 --> 00:27:36,321 - Did I do that? In the '90s. - Yeah. 400 00:27:36,405 --> 00:27:38,907 Those were my fuzzy-navel years. 401 00:27:38,991 --> 00:27:40,492 I blacked out most of that decade. 402 00:27:53,589 --> 00:27:54,923 Bogey, twelve o'clock high. 403 00:27:56,717 --> 00:27:58,760 Looks like we've got an audience with the queen. 404 00:28:20,365 --> 00:28:24,161 Look, Lane, if for some reason I don't make it and you do... 405 00:28:24,828 --> 00:28:25,828 Don't talk like that. 406 00:28:26,455 --> 00:28:28,248 It's not pretty, but it has to be said. 407 00:28:28,332 --> 00:28:30,375 I think I deserve first position on the byline. 408 00:28:30,459 --> 00:28:31,543 Come on, Perry. 409 00:28:43,931 --> 00:28:45,599 Great Caesar's ghost. 410 00:28:51,980 --> 00:28:52,981 Perry. 411 00:28:54,358 --> 00:28:55,358 Aah! 412 00:28:59,613 --> 00:29:00,614 Perry. 413 00:29:01,907 --> 00:29:04,117 Perry, just hang on, okay? 414 00:29:04,660 --> 00:29:06,036 That's what I tried last time. 415 00:29:06,119 --> 00:29:07,120 Just_ 416 00:29:16,255 --> 00:29:18,173 Okay, just grab the cable. 417 00:29:40,779 --> 00:29:42,155 Hang on, Perry. 418 00:30:02,092 --> 00:30:03,092 I've got you. 419 00:30:17,024 --> 00:30:18,525 I think I could get used to this. 420 00:30:44,343 --> 00:30:45,510 The book of rao, where is it? 421 00:30:57,814 --> 00:30:58,982 This isn't over, Tess. 422 00:31:08,617 --> 00:31:09,701 Chloe? 423 00:31:11,078 --> 00:31:12,204 Any sign of Tess Mercer? 424 00:31:12,287 --> 00:31:14,039 Her reign as the red queen is about to end. 425 00:31:14,748 --> 00:31:17,918 While you were being kryptonited by our mystery majesty, 426 00:31:18,001 --> 00:31:20,670 Tess Mercer was being treated for cracked ribs at met gen. 427 00:31:26,843 --> 00:31:29,346 Then we still have to find the red queen. 428 00:31:29,429 --> 00:31:31,223 When will watchtower be up and running? 429 00:31:31,306 --> 00:31:33,892 Well, I can't exactly call the geek squad, Clark. 430 00:31:33,975 --> 00:31:36,269 And I haven't really had much time to... 431 00:31:36,353 --> 00:31:39,314 I've seen you overhaul watchtower in one night, Chloe. What's the holdup? 432 00:31:40,524 --> 00:31:41,942 Watchtower's ready to go. 433 00:31:43,527 --> 00:31:44,611 I'm not. 434 00:31:46,947 --> 00:31:49,699 Clark, I found that footage of Jor-El and the book of rao months ago. 435 00:31:51,201 --> 00:31:53,412 - Why didn't you tell me? - I'm sorry. 436 00:31:53,495 --> 00:31:56,832 You know, I got tangled in my own little worldwide web 437 00:31:56,915 --> 00:31:58,625 and I lost track of what was important. 438 00:32:00,293 --> 00:32:02,212 Clark, when you disappeared from my life, 439 00:32:02,295 --> 00:32:04,131 I retracted into watchtower. 440 00:32:05,382 --> 00:32:07,050 And as I became big brother, I... 441 00:32:07,759 --> 00:32:09,469 I guess more like big sister. 442 00:32:11,346 --> 00:32:13,390 It's easy to think that having all the information 443 00:32:13,473 --> 00:32:14,993 is the same as having all the answers. 444 00:32:23,817 --> 00:32:26,236 But I can't be the eye in the sky anymore, Clark. 445 00:32:27,821 --> 00:32:29,364 And now that I have Ollie, I... 446 00:32:33,285 --> 00:32:35,162 I wanna plug into the real world. 447 00:32:39,875 --> 00:32:41,585 Virtual reality bites. 448 00:32:44,421 --> 00:32:46,089 Chloe, what you've created here... 449 00:32:49,050 --> 00:32:50,510 It's bigger than both of us. 450 00:32:53,472 --> 00:32:55,515 It'll go on to serve future generations. 451 00:32:56,141 --> 00:32:57,476 I'm not the hero here. 452 00:32:58,268 --> 00:33:01,855 You may not be saving people from train wrecks, Chloe, or shootouts, 453 00:33:01,938 --> 00:33:04,357 but you are just as much of a hero as the rest of us. 454 00:33:06,359 --> 00:33:09,321 We're on the brink of war, Chloe, and the world needs you. 455 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:14,242 I need you. 456 00:33:49,361 --> 00:33:53,240 Clark, I... I just want you to know that even when I hurt you, 457 00:33:53,323 --> 00:33:54,783 I was trying to protect you. 458 00:34:06,002 --> 00:34:07,128 Protect me. 459 00:34:42,831 --> 00:34:44,416 The red queen, I presume. 460 00:34:52,424 --> 00:34:53,466 Don't turn around. 461 00:34:54,801 --> 00:34:58,597 Slowly set the disk on the floor and slide it back to me. 462 00:35:08,857 --> 00:35:11,026 Sorry that I sent your mind reader packing. 463 00:35:11,109 --> 00:35:12,109 Don't be. 464 00:35:12,777 --> 00:35:15,530 I'm not a fan of his tactics, but he got the job done. 465 00:35:19,117 --> 00:35:20,493 You meant for me to get away. 466 00:35:23,455 --> 00:35:24,914 How did you know I'd come here? 467 00:35:25,498 --> 00:35:26,541 You're predictable. 468 00:35:29,919 --> 00:35:32,631 You may be really good at staying one step ahead of checkmate... 469 00:35:34,215 --> 00:35:36,426 But you don't know the first thing about me. 470 00:35:36,509 --> 00:35:40,889 You say you're saving the planet, but you really only care about yourself. 471 00:35:42,182 --> 00:35:45,310 You figured out Maxwell's charade because you knew in your heart 472 00:35:45,393 --> 00:35:47,604 that Oliver's declaration of love was a lie. 473 00:35:51,024 --> 00:35:55,362 You can't comprehend what it means to truly protect someone you love. 474 00:35:56,988 --> 00:35:59,032 And stay away from Clark Kent. 475 00:36:00,659 --> 00:36:01,660 If you're not careful, 476 00:36:01,743 --> 00:36:04,913 you'll end up on the wrong side of the coming apocalypse. 477 00:36:24,974 --> 00:36:26,351 Oh, my god, Perry. 478 00:36:31,856 --> 00:36:33,191 You've raised the dead. 479 00:36:33,274 --> 00:36:34,567 You have singlehandedly 480 00:36:34,651 --> 00:36:36,277 brought my flatlined career back to life. 481 00:36:36,361 --> 00:36:37,278 No big deal. 482 00:36:37,362 --> 00:36:39,406 I just put in a good word with your boss, stern. 483 00:36:40,031 --> 00:36:41,825 Well, I will never forget this. 484 00:36:45,870 --> 00:36:47,122 And neither will Clark. 485 00:36:49,958 --> 00:36:51,167 We make a good team, kid. 486 00:36:51,793 --> 00:36:54,421 Oh, I got a line on the red queen. Nairobi. 487 00:36:54,504 --> 00:36:55,964 I'm flying out tomorrow. 488 00:36:56,047 --> 00:36:58,133 Tomorrow? What about you and Mrs. K? 489 00:36:58,216 --> 00:36:59,676 Oh, I'm not giving up on her yet. 490 00:37:00,635 --> 00:37:02,721 Martha's one story I'm not sharing with anyone. 491 00:37:05,348 --> 00:37:07,142 So what do you say, kid? Africa? 492 00:37:08,685 --> 00:37:12,105 Normally, I would jump at the chance at running away from my problems. 493 00:37:14,274 --> 00:37:16,568 After one day in the trenches with Perry white, 494 00:37:17,652 --> 00:37:21,197 I realized I don't have to go anywhere to find my higher calling. I just... 495 00:37:22,782 --> 00:37:24,743 I needed to find the hero inside myself. 496 00:37:28,037 --> 00:37:29,998 Goodbye, Lane. You're the real deal. 497 00:37:30,081 --> 00:37:31,124 See you, chief. 498 00:37:32,751 --> 00:37:35,962 Oh, and, uh, tell Clark we're even. 499 00:37:36,921 --> 00:37:38,465 I owed him one from a long time ago. 500 00:38:31,392 --> 00:38:33,912 I can't believe you have to go back to being senator Kent today. 501 00:38:35,104 --> 00:38:38,483 When it's just the two of us here, I'm your mom and nobody else. 502 00:38:41,402 --> 00:38:43,363 I wish you could come back and visit more often. 503 00:38:43,988 --> 00:38:47,116 I had to let go of this place for a while, Clark, 504 00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:48,701 but I never let go of you. 505 00:38:49,410 --> 00:38:50,537 I'll be back soon. 506 00:38:52,705 --> 00:38:54,833 Maybe next time you can ease up on the kryptonite. 507 00:38:58,545 --> 00:39:00,225 Clark, what on earth are you talking about? 508 00:39:01,339 --> 00:39:02,733 You kept me in the house for dinner 509 00:39:02,757 --> 00:39:04,676 so your people could track down the book of rao. 510 00:39:06,010 --> 00:39:08,096 Once you knew that Perry and Lois were onto you, 511 00:39:08,179 --> 00:39:09,619 you had to throw them off the trail. 512 00:39:11,474 --> 00:39:12,725 You are the red queen. 513 00:39:17,105 --> 00:39:18,690 Why didn't you come to me with this? 514 00:39:25,321 --> 00:39:27,657 Because I didn't want you in the line of fire. 515 00:39:29,117 --> 00:39:31,327 So you dragged Perry white along instead? 516 00:39:32,036 --> 00:39:34,038 I had no idea he was on the trail. 517 00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:37,375 You know, he makes me laugh. 518 00:39:37,458 --> 00:39:40,420 He makes me feel like everything's gonna be okay. 519 00:39:41,963 --> 00:39:44,215 But I can't afford that luxury right now. 520 00:39:48,219 --> 00:39:51,806 I'm sorry, but I'm gonna need the book of rao. 521 00:39:54,976 --> 00:39:57,979 It was left here by Jor-El for me to save this planet. 522 00:40:00,982 --> 00:40:02,502 That's what you and dad raised me for. 523 00:40:04,110 --> 00:40:05,361 It's my destiny. 524 00:40:06,863 --> 00:40:09,949 Your father and I always trusted you to do the right thing. 525 00:40:12,744 --> 00:40:14,078 It seemed easier then. 526 00:40:15,371 --> 00:40:18,416 But now, what you're up against... 527 00:40:26,257 --> 00:40:28,384 When I went to Washington, 528 00:40:28,468 --> 00:40:30,929 I found there were forces working against you. 529 00:40:32,513 --> 00:40:33,932 I wanted to protect you. 530 00:40:35,767 --> 00:40:37,518 But I couldn't do it as Martha Kent. 531 00:40:41,606 --> 00:40:43,274 So I became the red queen. 532 00:40:52,867 --> 00:40:54,285 The book of rao. 533 00:41:03,753 --> 00:41:05,546 Are you okay, mom? 534 00:41:05,630 --> 00:41:06,673 It's just... 535 00:41:08,049 --> 00:41:11,594 I told myself the world needs Clark Kent even more than I do. 536 00:41:12,887 --> 00:41:15,890 But the truth is, I was so afraid of losing you. 537 00:41:17,767 --> 00:41:19,894 You'll never lose me. I'll always be here for you. 538 00:41:19,978 --> 00:41:21,145 You don't understand. 539 00:41:22,897 --> 00:41:25,650 The book of rao can be used to transport the Kandorians 540 00:41:25,733 --> 00:41:27,443 to another plane of existence. 541 00:41:28,987 --> 00:41:30,655 That may be the answer we need. 542 00:41:31,114 --> 00:41:32,114 Clark... 543 00:41:33,116 --> 00:41:36,536 If the book of rao is used to send the Kandorians away, 544 00:41:36,619 --> 00:41:39,247 all Kryptonians will be exiled from earth... 545 00:41:40,331 --> 00:41:41,541 Including you.