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<i>- My most vivid memories</i>

2
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<i>are of the days
when my life changed.</i>

3
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<i>[explosion]</i>

4
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<i>I remember
coming to this Earth,</i>

5
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<i>feeling the sun on my face
for the first time.</i>

6
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- Oh, my God, Jonathan.

7
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It's a baby boy.

8
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- Hold on, Martha.

9
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<i>- Hearing the voices
of my parents.</i>

10
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<i>[serene music]</i>

11
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<i>♪</i>

12
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- Are you gonna join us?

13
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<i>- My mother called me
their greatest surprise.</i>

14
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<i>And boy, there sure were
lots of them.</i>

15
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<i>I remember loving Smallville--</i>

16
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<i>the people, the community,</i>

17
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<i>how the small things
were the big things.</i>

18
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<i>And I thought
I'd live there forever.</i>

19
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Dad?
- Jonathan?

20
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- Dad! Dad!
- Jonathan!

21
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- Dad, wake up!
Somebody call 911!

22
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<i>But my father's death
set me on a different path.</i>

23
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<i>Eventually,
I moved to Metropolis</i>

24
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<i>to become
who I was meant to be.</i>

25
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[tires screech]

26
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[metallic crunch]

27
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<i>♪</i>

28
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[onlookers chattering]

29
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There you go, friend.

30
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- Thanks. Cool costume.

31
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- Thanks.
My mom made it for me.

32
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<i>But my most vivid memory
of all</i>

33
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<i>was the day I met her.</i>

34
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- Everyone in here,
we're the most

35
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dependable friends
the people of Metropolis have.

36
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You remember that.
- Uh, yes, sir.

37
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- Stick with Lane.
She'll show you the ropes.

38
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- Uh, Lane, sir?

39
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- Who told you to wear a tie?

40
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Let me guess. Lombard?
Ignore him.

41
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Though he can get box seats
to the Meteors.

42
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You like baseball?
- Uh, uh, of course.

43
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I mean, who doesn't like
America's pastime, Miss Lane?

44
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- It's Lois.

45
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What'd you say
your name was again?

46
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- Uh, Kent.
Clark. Clark Kent.

47
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Oh! Oh.
[chuckles]

48
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Sorry.

49
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- Hmm.
Never met a Clark before.

50
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- Oh, uh, I've never met
a Lois before.

51
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- Thanks.
- Actually, there was

52
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my first-grade teacher,
Lois Hannigan,

53
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so I guess technically--
oh, tech--technically,

54
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you'd be the second.

55
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<i>We fell in love.</i>

56
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<i>I told Lois who I really was,</i>

57
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<i>where I came from.</i>

58
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<i>♪</i>

59
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[guests cheering
and applauding]

60
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<i>We married,</i>

61
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<i>got our first place
together...</i>

62
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<i>The twins came.</i>

63
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<i>They were as different
as brothers get.</i>

64
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Look out!
[twins laughing]

65
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<i>Jonathan was easy.</i>

66
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<i>Always happy, always smiling.</i>

67
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[twins cheer]

68
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[Lois claps]
- Good job, babe!

69
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<i>- And things with Jordan
were more...challenging.</i>

70
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- Jordan? Stop it. <i>
- Tantrums, night terrors.</i>

71
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[Jordan sobbing]

72
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<i>A year ago, he was diagnosed
with social anxiety disorder.</i>

73
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<i>♪</i>

74
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<i>And suddenly, here I am,</i>

75
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<i>living in Metropolis,
raising two teenage boys,</i>

76
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<i>married to the most famous
journalist in the world...</i>

77
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<i>reporter: I'm here just
outside of Metropolis...</i>

78
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<i>- Trying to make the world
safer for the people I love.</i>

79
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<i>reporter: Where we just
almost had a nuclear meltdown.</i>

80
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[helicopter whirring,
alarm blaring]

81
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[siren wailing]

82
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[indistinct radio chatter]
- Here, here. Here!

83
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<i>[suspenseful music]</i>

84
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Hey! Hey, hey!

85
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How long we got
before this thing pops its top?

86
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- A few minutes, tops.
- The fallout?

87
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- As far as Metropolis.

88
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- Come on, Superman.

89
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<i>[ringing tone]</i>

90
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<i>- The heat exchanger's
offline.</i>

91
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<i>- Where's the damn
water tanker?</i>

92
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<i>[dramatic music]</i>

93
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<i>♪</i>

94
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[alarm blaring]

95
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<i>- His cold breath
isn't gonna fix it.</i>

96
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<i>- We need water back
in the reactor vessel,</i>

97
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<i>or we're gonna have a meltdown
the size of Fukushima.</i>

98
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<i>- It's out of water!
- Tanks!</i>

99
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<i>♪</i>

100
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[ice crackling]

101
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- It's cooling down.

102
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<i>[exciting music]</i>

103
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<i>♪</i>

104
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[crowd gasps]

105
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[indistinct chatter]

106
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[cheers and applause]

107
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- It's just like Oyster Creek.

108
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Same kind of crack
in the cooling tower.

109
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- How is it no one
at either plant saw anything?

110
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- I don't know yet.

111
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But you can't get equipment
in here unnoticed.

112
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Both cracks were man-made.

113
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- That's what concerns me.

114
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You've been putting in
a lot of OT lately.

115
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My daughter okay with that?

116
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- She's not the one
I have to worry about.

117
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- Bass are gonna start
biting again soon.

118
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Was thinking
I'd take Jonathan fishing.

119
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Maybe even get Jordan
to come this time.

120
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- I'll talk to Lois
about some dates.

121
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Night, General.

122
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<i>[stirring music]</i>

123
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<i>♪</i>

124
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- And the delivery truck
crashed into your car?

125
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It was an unmarked box truck?

126
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Can you hold on one sec?

127
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I gotta get Foswell copy
first thing in the morning.

128
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- Okay.

129
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- Your plate's in the fridge,

130
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Jonathan's got some news,

131
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and apologize to Jordan;

132
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you missed therapy today.

133
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Sorry about that.
Yeah...

134
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<i>[rock music playing
in other room]</i>

135
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<i>- Well, how do you know
who she is?</i>

136
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- Come in. <i>
- You've never met her.</i>

137
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- Hey.
- Hey!

138
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- What's up?
Mom said you had news.

139
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- Uh, Eliza, one second.

140
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Yeah, um, yeah.

141
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I'm--I'm actually starting QB.

142
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- For varsity?
- Yep.

143
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Yeah, um.

144
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Think--think I'm the first
freshman to ever do it,

145
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and some of the upperclassmen
are pretty ticked off.

146
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- Oh, don't worry about them.

147
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- Worry? Nah, it's awesome.
You should've seen their faces.

148
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- [laughs]

149
00:09:01,192 --> 00:09:02,890
- Um, Dad.

150
00:09:03,891 --> 00:09:06,371
- Oh, right, yeah. Okay. Okay.

151
00:09:06,415 --> 00:09:07,677
Hi, Eliza! <i>
- Hi.</i>

152
00:09:07,721 --> 00:09:09,853
- Hey, congrats.
- Thanks, Dad.

153
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- Proud of you.
- Th--okay, thanks.

154
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- Sorry. I'm out of here.
- All right.

155
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<i>[rock music playing
in other room]</i>

156
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<i>- ♪ It's all I can take
- ♪ Ah</i>

157
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<i>- ♪ You're a flake</i>

158
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<i>♪</i>

159
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[knock at door] <i>
♪ And I need a</i>

160
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<i>♪ Need a break,
you're a flake ♪</i>

161
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- Hey.

162
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<i>- ♪ I don't wanna see you</i>

163
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[music volume lowers]

164
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- Wow, you, uh, you make
a pretty good Superman.

165
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- Superman's boring.
I'm Raiden.

166
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- Huh. Um.

167
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[stammers]
Sorry I--

168
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I missed our therapy today.

169
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Um, I was in Wichita
for a story--

170
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- You couldn't
catch a flight back.

171
00:09:53,157 --> 00:09:54,811
Mom said.

172
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- So, uh, high--high school
starts tomorrow.

173
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You, uh, you nervous?

174
00:10:01,252 --> 00:10:02,950
'Cause you know,
it's okay if you're nervous.

175
00:10:02,993 --> 00:10:05,909
Um, I know freshman year
was pretty tough for me.

176
00:10:05,953 --> 00:10:07,432
[chuckles]
Did I--did I ever tell you

177
00:10:07,476 --> 00:10:09,391
about the time I was
the team manager of the...

178
00:10:09,434 --> 00:10:11,088
- Yeah, everyone duct taped you
to a tractor.

179
00:10:11,132 --> 00:10:12,829
Yeah, life's a little different
in Smallville

180
00:10:12,873 --> 00:10:14,091
than it is in Metropolis.

181
00:10:14,135 --> 00:10:15,919
- Okay, well, yeah. You know.

182
00:10:15,963 --> 00:10:20,489
If you--if you need anything,
if you wanna talk...

183
00:10:20,532 --> 00:10:22,230
I'm here.

184
00:10:22,273 --> 00:10:25,059
<i>- ♪ That's okay,
this is LA ♪</i>

185
00:10:25,102 --> 00:10:29,106
<i>♪ But we're not gonna
make it after all ♪</i>

186
00:10:29,150 --> 00:10:32,109
- Hey, Dad?
- Yeah?

187
00:10:32,153 --> 00:10:33,371
- The music?

188
00:10:33,415 --> 00:10:35,373
<i>- ♪ Said you'd be late</i>

189
00:10:35,417 --> 00:10:36,592
- Right.

190
00:10:36,636 --> 00:10:40,291
<i>- ♪ You're barely awake</i>

191
00:10:40,335 --> 00:10:41,771
[volume rises] <i>
♪ Give me a break</i>

192
00:10:41,815 --> 00:10:44,034
<i>♪</i>

193
00:10:44,078 --> 00:10:46,297
<i>- ♪ You're a flake</i>

194
00:10:46,341 --> 00:10:47,908
<i>♪</i>

195
00:10:47,951 --> 00:10:51,476
<i>♪ And I need a, need a break</i>

196
00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:53,565
[phone chimes]

197
00:10:54,784 --> 00:10:59,659
<i>- ♪ I don't wanna see you
around this place... ♪</i>

198
00:10:59,702 --> 00:11:02,662
<i>[sentimental music]</i>

199
00:11:02,705 --> 00:11:09,930
<i>♪</i>

200
00:11:14,717 --> 00:11:17,894
- I saw you on the news.

201
00:11:17,938 --> 00:11:19,809
Are you just getting home now?

202
00:11:19,853 --> 00:11:21,506
- Yeah, a little bit ago.

203
00:11:21,550 --> 00:11:24,161
<i>- Honey, I know you've got
a lot on your plate,</i>

204
00:11:24,205 --> 00:11:27,338
but you really do need
to be around more.

205
00:11:27,382 --> 00:11:28,731
- Mom, I, uh, you know,

206
00:11:28,775 --> 00:11:30,820
I do have a responsibility
to the world

207
00:11:30,864 --> 00:11:33,127
as you-know-who.

208
00:11:33,170 --> 00:11:35,738
- Well, you've got
a bigger responsibility

209
00:11:35,782 --> 00:11:38,610
to your family as a father.

210
00:11:38,654 --> 00:11:41,701
<i>The boys need to see
what a strong and loving</i>

211
00:11:41,744 --> 00:11:44,704
<i>and vulnerable man
looks like--</i>

212
00:11:44,747 --> 00:11:47,141
what your father was to you.

213
00:11:48,795 --> 00:11:50,971
You only have them
for a short while longer

214
00:11:51,014 --> 00:11:53,016
before they go off
into the world.

215
00:11:53,060 --> 00:11:55,149
You gotta be present.

216
00:11:56,019 --> 00:11:58,543
- I'm trying.
[chuckles]

217
00:11:58,587 --> 00:11:59,936
I really am.

218
00:11:59,980 --> 00:12:02,330
<i>I don't wanna
let anybody down.</i>

219
00:12:02,373 --> 00:12:03,548
<i>Was it, um...</i>

220
00:12:03,592 --> 00:12:05,768
[chuckles softly]

221
00:12:05,812 --> 00:12:07,944
Was it always this hard
for you and Dad?

222
00:12:07,988 --> 00:12:10,381
- Your lives are
so much more complicated

223
00:12:10,425 --> 00:12:11,731
than ours ever were.

224
00:12:11,774 --> 00:12:13,123
Besides,

225
00:12:13,167 --> 00:12:17,214
life's a little different
in Smallville, remember?

226
00:12:18,476 --> 00:12:20,391
[groans softly]

227
00:12:20,435 --> 00:12:21,741
- You okay?

228
00:12:21,784 --> 00:12:23,743
- I just need to lie down,
that's all.

229
00:12:23,786 --> 00:12:26,354
- Get some sleep, Mom.

230
00:12:26,397 --> 00:12:27,398
I love you.

231
00:12:27,442 --> 00:12:29,096
- Good night, honey.

232
00:12:29,139 --> 00:12:29,923
- Night.

233
00:12:29,966 --> 00:12:37,060
<i>♪</i>

234
00:12:45,112 --> 00:12:46,461
Get 'em while they're hot.
- Thanks.

235
00:12:46,504 --> 00:12:48,724
- More juice?
- Uh, I think I'm good.

236
00:12:48,768 --> 00:12:49,812
Thank you.

237
00:12:49,856 --> 00:12:51,509
- Little help?

238
00:12:51,553 --> 00:12:53,990
Your mom called while you were
in the shower about a visit.

239
00:12:54,034 --> 00:12:56,776
- Are we going to Grandma's?
- I think we're overdue.

240
00:12:56,819 --> 00:12:58,473
- Great. Smallville.

241
00:12:58,516 --> 00:13:00,518
A place where you can spend
a full year in one afternoon.

242
00:13:00,562 --> 00:13:02,477
- It's not that bad.

243
00:13:04,348 --> 00:13:05,480
- Whoa.

244
00:13:05,523 --> 00:13:07,438
Is that how you're going
dressed today?

245
00:13:07,482 --> 00:13:09,136
Somebody got the
punch-me-in-the-face memo.

246
00:13:09,179 --> 00:13:10,615
- Yeah, I should dress
like you?

247
00:13:10,659 --> 00:13:12,226
Like some sort of
human participation trophy?

248
00:13:12,269 --> 00:13:13,836
- No, but you could
watch a, like,

249
00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:16,099
"HowToBasic" video on style.

250
00:13:16,143 --> 00:13:18,580
- Enough. Both of you, go.

251
00:13:18,623 --> 00:13:19,929
Your ride's here.

252
00:13:24,673 --> 00:13:25,935
Love you guys.
- Love you.

253
00:13:25,979 --> 00:13:27,458
- Good luck today, guys.
- Thanks, Dad.

254
00:13:27,502 --> 00:13:28,546
- Yeah.

255
00:13:34,161 --> 00:13:36,119
- You're worried about Jordan.

256
00:13:36,163 --> 00:13:37,773
- I tried talking to him
last night,

257
00:13:37,817 --> 00:13:39,122
but he was pretty upset.

258
00:13:39,166 --> 00:13:41,821
- Well, if he knew
where you really were...

259
00:13:41,864 --> 00:13:43,126
your parents told you

260
00:13:43,170 --> 00:13:44,301
about your real heritage
when you were six.

261
00:13:44,345 --> 00:13:45,781
- That was--that was different.

262
00:13:45,825 --> 00:13:47,391
I lived on a farm.
I had powers.

263
00:13:47,435 --> 00:13:49,524
- You don't think Jonathan's
got something?

264
00:13:49,567 --> 00:13:51,308
- Test at the fortress
said it was unlikely.

265
00:13:51,352 --> 00:13:53,223
- He's about to be
starting quarterback

266
00:13:53,267 --> 00:13:55,573
at one of the most competitive
high schools in the nation...

267
00:13:55,617 --> 00:13:57,140
as a freshman.

268
00:13:57,184 --> 00:13:59,882
- Yeah.
Doesn't mean he has powers.

269
00:13:59,926 --> 00:14:01,841
- Have you seen him
throw a deep route?

270
00:14:03,146 --> 00:14:05,018
- And what about Jordan?

271
00:14:05,061 --> 00:14:07,107
All it's gonna do is
make him feel more alien

272
00:14:07,150 --> 00:14:08,673
than he already does.

273
00:14:08,717 --> 00:14:10,501
Trust me, I've been there.

274
00:14:12,068 --> 00:14:13,330
- We're late.

275
00:14:13,374 --> 00:14:14,897
- It's too dangerous
for them to know.

276
00:14:14,941 --> 00:14:16,159
- It's more dangerous
if they don't.

277
00:14:16,203 --> 00:14:18,161
- But Lois, they slip up once,

278
00:14:18,205 --> 00:14:20,120
say the wrong thing
to one person,

279
00:14:20,163 --> 00:14:22,296
the whole world knows who I am.

280
00:14:24,341 --> 00:14:25,908
What?

281
00:14:25,952 --> 00:14:27,170
Your father agrees with me.

282
00:14:27,214 --> 00:14:30,434
- Oh, now we care
what my dad thinks?

283
00:14:30,478 --> 00:14:32,306
[indistinct chatter]

284
00:14:32,349 --> 00:14:34,569
- I'm just saying, they're 14.

285
00:14:34,612 --> 00:14:36,614
They don't need to know yet.

286
00:14:36,658 --> 00:14:39,008
- Maxy, what's going on?

287
00:14:39,052 --> 00:14:41,532
- Whit...fired.

288
00:14:41,576 --> 00:14:42,969
- More layoffs?

289
00:14:43,012 --> 00:14:44,405
I knew when Morgan Edge
bought the "Planet,"

290
00:14:44,448 --> 00:14:46,929
there'd be cuts,
but this is unbelievable.

291
00:14:46,973 --> 00:14:48,191
- Kent!

292
00:14:49,149 --> 00:14:50,628
You got a minute?

293
00:14:50,672 --> 00:14:52,892
<i>[tense music]</i>

294
00:14:52,935 --> 00:14:54,328
- Foswell fired you?

295
00:14:54,371 --> 00:14:56,591
- It's better me
than somebody else, okay?

296
00:14:56,634 --> 00:14:58,985
I do have another day job.
- That's not the point!

297
00:14:59,028 --> 00:15:01,770
Foswell's no editor;
he's a patsy for Edge.

298
00:15:01,813 --> 00:15:03,946
All these billionaires
that buy media outlets

299
00:15:03,990 --> 00:15:05,208
use this
"moving to digital" crap

300
00:15:05,252 --> 00:15:06,775
as an excuse
to destroy journalism,

301
00:15:06,818 --> 00:15:08,733
and they don't care about
human interest stories

302
00:15:08,777 --> 00:15:10,083
or facts.

303
00:15:10,126 --> 00:15:12,607
All they care about is
click-throughs.

304
00:15:12,650 --> 00:15:14,130
Ow.

305
00:15:20,354 --> 00:15:21,529
- You're gonna need
a new excuse

306
00:15:21,572 --> 00:15:22,834
for being gone
all the time now.

307
00:15:22,878 --> 00:15:24,358
[phone rings]
- Lois.

308
00:15:24,401 --> 00:15:26,534
We're not telling the boys.

309
00:15:28,275 --> 00:15:31,365
Hey, Mom, sorry.
This morning's just been...

310
00:15:31,974 --> 00:15:33,410
<i>[suspenseful music]</i>

311
00:15:33,454 --> 00:15:34,411
Dr. Frye?

312
00:15:34,455 --> 00:15:41,462
<i>♪</i>

313
00:15:50,906 --> 00:15:52,429
- Clark?

314
00:15:52,473 --> 00:15:53,909
How did you...

315
00:15:53,953 --> 00:15:57,130
<i>[somber music]</i>

316
00:15:57,173 --> 00:15:59,871
The stroke...
[sighs]

317
00:15:59,915 --> 00:16:01,090
It...

318
00:16:01,134 --> 00:16:08,402
<i>♪</i>

319
00:16:29,075 --> 00:16:31,164
[breath catches]

320
00:16:33,253 --> 00:16:36,517
[crying softly]

321
00:16:52,707 --> 00:16:57,581
[crying softly]

322
00:17:02,108 --> 00:17:04,023
<i>[somber music]</i>

323
00:17:04,066 --> 00:17:05,850
<i>- Faithful God,</i>

324
00:17:05,894 --> 00:17:07,635
<i>Lord of all creation,</i>

325
00:17:07,678 --> 00:17:09,332
<i>you desire that nothing
redeemed by your Son</i>

326
00:17:09,376 --> 00:17:11,552
<i>will ever be lost,</i>

327
00:17:11,595 --> 00:17:15,382
as we return the ashes
of our sister to the earth

328
00:17:15,425 --> 00:17:18,559
to live with you
and all your children

329
00:17:18,602 --> 00:17:21,518
forever and ever.

330
00:17:21,562 --> 00:17:22,911
Amen.

331
00:17:22,954 --> 00:17:30,179
<i>♪</i>

332
00:17:31,833 --> 00:17:33,095
- Clark!

333
00:17:53,594 --> 00:17:55,291
- What's that?
- It's 1:00.

334
00:17:55,335 --> 00:17:57,859
Don't you need to take
your pill with something?

335
00:17:57,902 --> 00:17:59,382
- Who are you? Mom?

336
00:17:59,426 --> 00:18:00,905
- Someone's gotta watch out
for you.

337
00:18:00,949 --> 00:18:02,864
- Now, Clark here and his dad?

338
00:18:02,907 --> 00:18:06,215
They could harvest crops faster
than any farm in the area.

339
00:18:06,259 --> 00:18:07,825
- How's your place,
Mr. Branden?

340
00:18:07,869 --> 00:18:10,524
- We had to sell
to Oberlee Foods last year.

341
00:18:10,567 --> 00:18:11,960
- I'm really sorry
to hear that.

342
00:18:12,003 --> 00:18:13,396
- It's hard for family farmers

343
00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:15,224
to make it around here
nowadays.

344
00:18:15,268 --> 00:18:16,921
<i>[overlapping voices]</i>

345
00:18:16,965 --> 00:18:18,880
<i>- What are you doing?</i>

346
00:18:18,923 --> 00:18:20,360
- Come on, sweetie.
Keep up.

347
00:18:20,403 --> 00:18:23,102
<i>[serene music]</i>

348
00:18:23,145 --> 00:18:27,410
<i>♪</i>

349
00:18:27,454 --> 00:18:30,457
- Remember that girl from
that summer we stayed here?

350
00:18:31,588 --> 00:18:33,721
- Sarah Cushing?
- Yeah.

351
00:18:33,764 --> 00:18:35,114
She's here.

352
00:18:35,157 --> 00:18:36,245
- Really? Where?

353
00:18:36,289 --> 00:18:37,768
- 50 yards and approaching.

354
00:18:48,997 --> 00:18:50,477
If you hurry,

355
00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:54,263
you'll have time to go inside
and change into...

356
00:18:55,525 --> 00:18:57,614
A completely different person.

357
00:19:04,186 --> 00:19:06,188
- Clark, I'm so sorry.

358
00:19:06,232 --> 00:19:08,103
She was always so kind to me.

359
00:19:08,147 --> 00:19:10,366
To all of us.

360
00:19:10,410 --> 00:19:12,325
- It's good to see you, Lana.
- Same.

361
00:19:13,500 --> 00:19:15,458
Lois, it's great to see you.

362
00:19:15,502 --> 00:19:17,286
I'm sorry it's under
these circumstances.

363
00:19:17,330 --> 00:19:20,202
- It's nice to see you too.

364
00:19:20,246 --> 00:19:22,465
You remember our boys,
Jonathan and Jordan.

365
00:19:22,509 --> 00:19:23,901
- Hi.
- Hey.

366
00:19:23,945 --> 00:19:25,164
- These are our girls.

367
00:19:25,207 --> 00:19:27,557
The littlest one here
is Sophie.

368
00:19:27,601 --> 00:19:28,906
And, uh,

369
00:19:28,950 --> 00:19:30,995
well, the one with
the perma-scowl over there,

370
00:19:31,039 --> 00:19:32,127
that's Sarah.

371
00:19:32,171 --> 00:19:33,520
- [chuckles] Hi.

372
00:19:33,563 --> 00:19:35,130
I'm really sorry
about your grandma.

373
00:19:35,174 --> 00:19:36,827
She was really special.

374
00:19:36,871 --> 00:19:40,570
Even my dad liked her,
and he hates everyone, so.

375
00:19:40,614 --> 00:19:42,006
- [chuckles]

376
00:19:42,050 --> 00:19:43,486
- House full of girls.

377
00:19:43,530 --> 00:19:45,923
Someone's always pissed at you.

378
00:19:45,967 --> 00:19:47,186
- Mommy.
- Mm-hmm?

379
00:19:47,229 --> 00:19:48,883
- That's him.

380
00:19:48,926 --> 00:19:50,189
- Well, your daddy and I

381
00:19:50,232 --> 00:19:51,973
went to high school
with Mr. Kent.

382
00:19:52,016 --> 00:19:53,192
- You dated him.

383
00:19:53,235 --> 00:19:54,497
That's why Daddy got mad

384
00:19:54,541 --> 00:19:57,239
when he saw you
on his Facebook page.

385
00:19:58,371 --> 00:20:00,329
- Okay, sweets,
why don't you go play?

386
00:20:00,373 --> 00:20:02,549
[chuckles]

387
00:20:03,245 --> 00:20:05,813
[sighs]
How are you holding up?

388
00:20:05,856 --> 00:20:08,076
- I could really use a drink,
actually.

389
00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:09,947
- See, now you're talking.

390
00:20:09,991 --> 00:20:11,384
Lead the way.

391
00:20:12,733 --> 00:20:14,213
Be good.

392
00:20:16,737 --> 00:20:18,434
- I didn't think you guys
would've remembered me

393
00:20:18,478 --> 00:20:20,219
from that summer.

394
00:20:20,262 --> 00:20:22,438
- Of course we would,
I mean, y--

395
00:20:22,482 --> 00:20:25,398
but you changed
your everything.

396
00:20:26,225 --> 00:20:27,487
- What my brother's
trying to say is

397
00:20:27,530 --> 00:20:29,967
that whatever you're doing is--

398
00:20:30,011 --> 00:20:31,360
it's totally working for you.

399
00:20:31,404 --> 00:20:34,842
- Well, we still get puberty
in Smallville.

400
00:20:34,885 --> 00:20:37,279
Although cell service
sucks, so.

401
00:20:37,323 --> 00:20:39,368
- Yeah, no, I've been trying
to get on all morning.

402
00:20:39,412 --> 00:20:41,109
I think there's something wrong
with the router.

403
00:20:41,152 --> 00:20:43,285
- Just probably needs
to be reset.

404
00:20:43,329 --> 00:20:44,504
- Jon, it's in the barn.

405
00:20:44,547 --> 00:20:45,896
<i>[apprehensive music]</i>

406
00:20:45,940 --> 00:20:48,464
- Ooh, mysterious.
What's in the barn?

407
00:20:48,508 --> 00:20:49,900
- Our dad doesn't like us
in there.

408
00:20:49,944 --> 00:20:51,380
He says it's full of stuff
that can kill us.

409
00:20:51,424 --> 00:20:52,555
- Yeah, when we were,
like, eight.

410
00:20:52,599 --> 00:20:55,254
- Well, as a member of the FFA,

411
00:20:55,297 --> 00:20:58,257
I think
I can keep you guys safe.

412
00:20:58,300 --> 00:21:00,346
- What's the FFA?

413
00:21:00,389 --> 00:21:01,477
- I don't know.

414
00:21:01,521 --> 00:21:02,913
- Your daughters
are so gorgeous.

415
00:21:02,957 --> 00:21:04,480
- Aw, thank you.

416
00:21:04,524 --> 00:21:07,918
You look exactly the same
as you did in high school.

417
00:21:07,962 --> 00:21:09,746
He--he doesn't age.

418
00:21:09,790 --> 00:21:11,574
- It's, uh, good genes,
I guess.

419
00:21:11,618 --> 00:21:14,055
- And Lois,
I read all your stories.

420
00:21:14,098 --> 00:21:15,622
I mean, it's so impressive.

421
00:21:15,665 --> 00:21:18,320
'Cause of you, I tell my girls
they can do anything.

422
00:21:18,364 --> 00:21:20,801
- Thank you.
Are you still at the bank?

423
00:21:20,844 --> 00:21:23,107
- Yep, and Kyle's still
at the firehouse,

424
00:21:23,151 --> 00:21:24,674
made fire chief last year,

425
00:21:24,718 --> 00:21:26,937
and everybody else we knew
moved away.

426
00:21:26,981 --> 00:21:28,461
- She means "bailed."

427
00:21:29,462 --> 00:21:30,941
- Lueck?
- Twin Cities.

428
00:21:30,985 --> 00:21:32,987
- Sippy?
- St. Louis.

429
00:21:33,030 --> 00:21:35,119
- Maybe you'll see them
at the next reunion.

430
00:21:35,163 --> 00:21:37,426
- Kent didn't make it
to the last one, now, did he?

431
00:21:37,470 --> 00:21:39,036
- Ah, I was supposed to,
but we, uh--

432
00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:40,690
- You know, it used to be that
when folks move away

433
00:21:40,734 --> 00:21:42,475
to get their degrees, well,

434
00:21:42,518 --> 00:21:44,172
they bring their skills
back home,

435
00:21:44,215 --> 00:21:47,610
take care of the community's
help raised them, you know?

436
00:21:47,654 --> 00:21:49,699
That ain't happening anymore.

437
00:21:53,486 --> 00:21:55,618
Well, hey, we'll at least
get a lifeline

438
00:21:55,662 --> 00:21:57,925
if this whole Edge proposal
goes through, right?

439
00:21:57,968 --> 00:21:59,796
- What does Morgan Edge want
with Smallville?

440
00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:00,971
- Oh, boy.

441
00:22:01,015 --> 00:22:02,625
- He's retrofitting
the coal mines

442
00:22:02,669 --> 00:22:04,975
to produce
alternative energies.

443
00:22:05,019 --> 00:22:06,890
- It's gonna put a lot of folks
back to work around here.

444
00:22:06,934 --> 00:22:08,588
- Until it doesn't.
- Lois.

445
00:22:08,631 --> 00:22:11,155
- Morgan Edge ruins everything
he touches.

446
00:22:11,199 --> 00:22:12,679
- What's he ruined?

447
00:22:12,722 --> 00:22:15,421
- He is single-handedly
destroying the "Daily Planet."

448
00:22:15,464 --> 00:22:16,639
- People quit reading
that paper

449
00:22:16,683 --> 00:22:17,945
'cause, uh, you reporters

450
00:22:17,988 --> 00:22:19,686
can't keep your politics
to yourselves.

451
00:22:19,729 --> 00:22:22,428
- Edge's companies prey
on struggling communities.

452
00:22:22,471 --> 00:22:25,387
He busts up unions.
He barely pays a living wage.

453
00:22:25,431 --> 00:22:27,911
I don't understand
how he can keep fooling people.

454
00:22:27,955 --> 00:22:30,610
- Oh, you mean us dumb,
backwards, small-town folk?

455
00:22:30,653 --> 00:22:33,177
- No, no,
that is not what I meant.

456
00:22:33,221 --> 00:22:34,875
- I know what you meant.

457
00:22:36,703 --> 00:22:39,140
See, people like you,
you look at Smallville,

458
00:22:39,183 --> 00:22:40,489
and you think of the past,

459
00:22:40,533 --> 00:22:41,925
and you feel a little bad
for us, right?

460
00:22:41,969 --> 00:22:43,797
People like Morgan Edge,
though,

461
00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:45,494
now, see,
he looks at Smallville,

462
00:22:45,538 --> 00:22:47,670
and he sees the future.

463
00:22:47,714 --> 00:22:49,455
- It's not a future
I would wanna live in.

464
00:22:49,498 --> 00:22:50,673
- It's a good thing
we don't have to worry

465
00:22:50,717 --> 00:22:52,240
about that anymore, now, do we?

466
00:22:52,283 --> 00:22:55,548
- We haven't made any decisions
about the farm yet, Kyle.

467
00:22:55,591 --> 00:22:56,723
- But your mother has.

468
00:22:56,766 --> 00:22:59,552
<i>[unsettling music]</i>

469
00:22:59,595 --> 00:23:01,162
- What does that mean?

470
00:23:01,205 --> 00:23:03,120
- Kyle, go get the girls.

471
00:23:03,164 --> 00:23:09,039
<i>♪</i>

472
00:23:09,083 --> 00:23:10,911
- I'm sorry
for your loss, Kent.

473
00:23:17,874 --> 00:23:20,616
- Lana?
What's he talking about?

474
00:23:20,660 --> 00:23:23,489
- Your mother had some business
with us, that's all.

475
00:23:25,882 --> 00:23:28,581
Come by the bank tomorrow.

476
00:23:28,624 --> 00:23:31,540
Martha was a great lady.

477
00:23:31,584 --> 00:23:33,716
The heart of Smallville,
really.

478
00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:35,849
I'm sorry she's gone.

479
00:23:42,769 --> 00:23:44,205
<i>- Yeah, your dad's right.</i>

480
00:23:44,248 --> 00:23:46,555
Pretty much everything here
can kill you.

481
00:23:47,861 --> 00:23:49,950
- What's that thing?
- Oh, that's a hay raker.

482
00:23:49,993 --> 00:23:51,865
I guess you guys don't see
much of this in Metropolis.

483
00:23:51,908 --> 00:23:53,475
- No, but our dad told us
all these stories

484
00:23:53,519 --> 00:23:55,564
about growing up here.

485
00:23:55,608 --> 00:23:57,305
- Tell you it sucks?

486
00:23:57,348 --> 00:24:00,439
- Actually, I think
he kinda loved it.

487
00:24:00,482 --> 00:24:02,049
- Can't be that bad.

488
00:24:02,092 --> 00:24:04,138
I mean, it's more the people
that make up a place, right?

489
00:24:04,181 --> 00:24:05,748
- Wow.

490
00:24:05,792 --> 00:24:07,576
Metropolis boys are really
starting to lose their game.

491
00:24:07,620 --> 00:24:09,578
- Relax. I'm--I'm taken.

492
00:24:09,622 --> 00:24:11,493
I didn't mean it like that.
I'm just saying--

493
00:24:11,537 --> 00:24:14,235
well, I guess
I'm trying to say that

494
00:24:14,278 --> 00:24:15,497
we're only here for a few days,

495
00:24:15,541 --> 00:24:17,586
and I figure
that we kinda need

496
00:24:17,630 --> 00:24:19,414
someone to show us around.

497
00:24:19,458 --> 00:24:20,981
- Mm.

498
00:24:22,417 --> 00:24:24,419
Okay. Uh, phone.

499
00:24:24,463 --> 00:24:26,639
Oh, no, not you.

500
00:24:26,682 --> 00:24:29,642
<i>[uplifting music]</i>

501
00:24:29,685 --> 00:24:31,165
<i>♪</i>

502
00:24:31,208 --> 00:24:32,601
- You.

503
00:24:35,343 --> 00:24:37,780
Thank you. Uh...

504
00:24:39,347 --> 00:24:41,131
There's a bonfire tomorrow

505
00:24:41,175 --> 00:24:43,177
at the old Shuster Mine.

506
00:24:43,220 --> 00:24:45,832
Hit me up if you wanna go,
but I can't guarantee

507
00:24:45,875 --> 00:24:47,877
I won't get you
into a little bit of trouble.

508
00:24:49,879 --> 00:24:52,360
- Guys. Found the router.

509
00:24:52,403 --> 00:24:54,057
- Oh. [laughs]

510
00:24:54,101 --> 00:24:55,929
- What the hell was Grandma
thinking, putting it up there?

511
00:24:55,972 --> 00:24:57,017
- I got it.

512
00:25:00,542 --> 00:25:03,023
- Oh, Jordan, be careful.

513
00:25:05,286 --> 00:25:06,809
- "Come by the bank"?

514
00:25:06,853 --> 00:25:08,942
I wonder what
that was all about.

515
00:25:08,985 --> 00:25:11,335
I shouldn't have lost
my cool with Kyle.

516
00:25:11,379 --> 00:25:13,033
- You think he's right?

517
00:25:13,076 --> 00:25:15,644
Should I have come back
to Smallville more often?

518
00:25:15,688 --> 00:25:17,994
- No, Clark, he's not right.

519
00:25:18,038 --> 00:25:21,084
Your mom knew where you were
and who you were.

520
00:25:24,697 --> 00:25:27,177
- Right before she died, I...

521
00:25:27,221 --> 00:25:29,179
<i>[somber music]</i>

522
00:25:29,223 --> 00:25:32,095
I heard her say something
as I was flying here.

523
00:25:32,139 --> 00:25:36,578
<i>♪</i>

524
00:25:36,622 --> 00:25:38,232
<i>- It's time.</i>

525
00:25:38,711 --> 00:25:40,582
Come home.

526
00:25:40,626 --> 00:25:43,019
- She wanted me to come home.

527
00:25:45,674 --> 00:25:47,720
I just don't know why yet.

528
00:25:49,330 --> 00:25:52,551
[wood creaking]

529
00:25:53,421 --> 00:25:54,770
- Careful.

530
00:25:56,424 --> 00:25:58,731
- Still not working.
- Got it.

531
00:25:58,774 --> 00:26:01,690
<i>[apprehensive music]</i>

532
00:26:01,734 --> 00:26:03,300
[groans, coughs]

533
00:26:03,344 --> 00:26:04,737
[wood splintering]

534
00:26:04,780 --> 00:26:10,394
<i>♪</i>

535
00:26:10,438 --> 00:26:11,744
- Oh, my God.

536
00:26:16,618 --> 00:26:17,837
- Help! Somebody help!

537
00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:21,580
Help! The boys! They're hurt!

538
00:26:21,623 --> 00:26:23,407
- Go get medical supplies.

539
00:26:23,451 --> 00:26:26,410
<i>[tense music]</i>

540
00:26:26,454 --> 00:26:33,679
<i>♪</i>

541
00:26:37,857 --> 00:26:41,034
- [groans]
- It was his idea.

542
00:26:41,077 --> 00:26:42,862
It's okay.

543
00:26:45,299 --> 00:26:47,867
You're saying all we have
are mild concussions?

544
00:26:47,910 --> 00:26:50,043
- You're both really lucky.

545
00:26:50,086 --> 00:26:52,785
- Little rest,
should be fine.

546
00:26:52,828 --> 00:26:54,308
- Thanks, Benny.
- Yeah.

547
00:26:54,351 --> 00:26:55,788
- It's good to see you.
- No worries. Thank you.

548
00:26:55,831 --> 00:26:57,528
- Best to the family.
- Thank you.

549
00:26:57,572 --> 00:26:58,965
I'm sorry for your loss.

550
00:26:59,008 --> 00:27:00,053
- Thanks.

551
00:27:01,924 --> 00:27:03,447
- Come on, boys.
Let's get upstairs.

552
00:27:03,491 --> 00:27:04,927
You've had a long day.

553
00:27:04,971 --> 00:27:08,148
<i>[apprehensive music]</i>

554
00:27:08,191 --> 00:27:15,242
<i>♪</i>

555
00:27:22,336 --> 00:27:24,773
- Great, Engstrom just said
that I might not be starting

556
00:27:24,817 --> 00:27:27,646
anymore 'cause
I missed practice all week.

557
00:27:28,603 --> 00:27:30,344
- Seriously?

558
00:27:30,387 --> 00:27:32,346
Football's what you're worried
about right now?

559
00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,437
How are we fine, Jon?

560
00:27:37,264 --> 00:27:40,441
- Jordan, look, if you wanna
fixate on something weird,

561
00:27:40,484 --> 00:27:43,096
maybe you should start thinking
about how Sarah Cushing

562
00:27:43,139 --> 00:27:45,011
gave you her digits and not me.

563
00:27:46,316 --> 00:27:48,667
You texted her already,
didn't you?

564
00:27:49,885 --> 00:27:51,365
- I don't know. Wha--

565
00:27:51,408 --> 00:27:53,149
I just wanted her to know
we were okay, all right?

566
00:27:53,193 --> 00:27:54,934
- What is this?
You sent a waving hand emoji?

567
00:27:54,977 --> 00:27:56,762
- Okay, no, that is
a Vulcan salute.

568
00:27:56,805 --> 00:27:59,503
- I gotta say,
that's even worse.

569
00:27:59,547 --> 00:28:01,201
You're kind of a freak.

570
00:28:02,332 --> 00:28:03,812
- You know what?

571
00:28:03,856 --> 00:28:05,379
Something a lot freakier
than me

572
00:28:05,422 --> 00:28:07,163
happened to us in that barn.

573
00:28:07,207 --> 00:28:09,818
Something we're not
being told about.

574
00:28:09,862 --> 00:28:13,474
And it's up to us
to find out what that is.

575
00:28:15,432 --> 00:28:17,173
- Okay.

576
00:28:17,217 --> 00:28:18,261
Whatever, weirdo.

577
00:28:18,305 --> 00:28:21,438
<i>[somber music]</i>

578
00:28:21,482 --> 00:28:28,707
<i>♪</i>

579
00:28:40,022 --> 00:28:41,458
- Are you thinking
what I'm thinking?

580
00:28:41,502 --> 00:28:43,896
- Jonathan must have somehow
shielded them both?

581
00:28:43,939 --> 00:28:46,550
- You saw
how confused they are.

582
00:28:46,594 --> 00:28:47,900
They need to know the truth.

583
00:28:47,943 --> 00:28:50,293
- What is the truth gonna do
to Jordan?

584
00:28:50,337 --> 00:28:52,252
It's hard enough on him having
a brother

585
00:28:52,295 --> 00:28:55,211
that everything comes easy to,
but having one that has powers?

586
00:28:55,255 --> 00:28:56,430
Like Superman?

587
00:28:56,473 --> 00:28:59,781
- We don't know
what he can or can't do yet.

588
00:29:00,956 --> 00:29:03,176
And yes,
it will be hard for him,

589
00:29:03,219 --> 00:29:04,612
but he will
have his family there

590
00:29:04,655 --> 00:29:06,396
to help him figure things out

591
00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:07,658
like he does right now.

592
00:29:07,702 --> 00:29:09,356
- I can't lose him, Lois.

593
00:29:10,618 --> 00:29:12,098
I can't.

594
00:29:13,882 --> 00:29:17,320
He's pulled so far
away from me already.

595
00:29:17,364 --> 00:29:24,414
<i>♪</i>

596
00:29:25,938 --> 00:29:27,809
- When we were dreaming
about having a family,

597
00:29:27,853 --> 00:29:30,594
it didn't look like this,
did it?

598
00:29:30,638 --> 00:29:32,945
Didn't have lost jobs or...

599
00:29:34,860 --> 00:29:37,253
Teens with severe anxiety or...

600
00:29:38,951 --> 00:29:41,301
Parents gone too soon.

601
00:29:46,349 --> 00:29:48,047
No one ever dreams
about the problems,

602
00:29:48,090 --> 00:29:51,093
but every life has them.

603
00:29:51,137 --> 00:29:53,530
Even the extraordinary ones.

604
00:30:01,103 --> 00:30:03,932
<i>[distorted,
overlapping voices]</i>

605
00:30:03,976 --> 00:30:05,499
- Your dad's back.

606
00:30:05,542 --> 00:30:07,457
<i>[suspenseful music]</i>

607
00:30:07,501 --> 00:30:09,111
- That's not good.

608
00:30:11,331 --> 00:30:14,116
- Had my team analyze
security camera footage

609
00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:17,119
from both nuclear plants
where the ruptures occurred,

610
00:30:17,163 --> 00:30:20,906
and this is
the only commonality.

611
00:30:20,949 --> 00:30:22,777
- Whatever did this,
it's moving fast.

612
00:30:22,821 --> 00:30:25,040
- That's not all.

613
00:30:25,084 --> 00:30:27,564
We also discovered
a sub-microscopic etching

614
00:30:27,608 --> 00:30:29,001
at both sites.

615
00:30:29,044 --> 00:30:31,960
Thought maybe it was
a fingerprint at first.

616
00:30:33,527 --> 00:30:34,833
It wasn't.

617
00:30:36,573 --> 00:30:37,923
- It's Kryptonian.

618
00:30:37,966 --> 00:30:40,316
"You are not a hero, Kal-El."

619
00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:41,927
Whoever did this
knows who I am.

620
00:30:41,970 --> 00:30:43,493
- He's studying you, Clark.

621
00:30:43,537 --> 00:30:45,234
Now, I'm sure
there's a phone booth

622
00:30:45,278 --> 00:30:47,976
in this Podunk town
where you can suit up.

623
00:30:48,020 --> 00:30:50,196
- Now? No.

624
00:30:50,239 --> 00:30:52,372
- Lois.

625
00:30:52,415 --> 00:30:53,547
- I get it.

626
00:30:53,590 --> 00:30:55,505
There is a powerful something
out there

627
00:30:55,549 --> 00:30:58,117
that doesn't like Superman
or nuclear power plants,

628
00:30:58,160 --> 00:30:59,988
and that is a bad combo.

629
00:31:00,032 --> 00:31:02,904
But now is not a moment
Clark can just take off.

630
00:31:02,948 --> 00:31:04,993
His mom just died.

631
00:31:05,037 --> 00:31:06,952
I mean it, Clark.

632
00:31:08,954 --> 00:31:12,435
The world will always
need Superman,

633
00:31:12,479 --> 00:31:14,394
and when there is a problem,
you will be there for them,

634
00:31:14,437 --> 00:31:17,223
but right now,
this family needs you more.

635
00:31:20,922 --> 00:31:22,010
- She's right, Sam.

636
00:31:22,054 --> 00:31:29,322
<i>♪</i>

637
00:31:32,803 --> 00:31:34,936
- I tried to warn you, Lois.
- Come on, Dad.

638
00:31:34,980 --> 00:31:35,937
- When you wanted
to get married,

639
00:31:35,981 --> 00:31:38,113
I tried warning you.

640
00:31:38,157 --> 00:31:40,942
You may have fallen in love
with Clark Kent,

641
00:31:40,986 --> 00:31:43,423
but you married Superman.

642
00:31:43,466 --> 00:31:46,208
And Superman doesn't get
to have a normal life,

643
00:31:46,252 --> 00:31:48,994
no matter how much
you want one for him.

644
00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:51,953
Or yourself.

645
00:31:51,997 --> 00:31:54,956
<i>[tense music]</i>

646
00:31:55,000 --> 00:32:02,268
<i>♪</i>

647
00:32:11,103 --> 00:32:14,323
[church bell tolling]

648
00:32:17,283 --> 00:32:19,241
<i>- So how are the boys doing?</i>

649
00:32:19,285 --> 00:32:22,070
- They're fine, they're just
a little shaken up.

650
00:32:23,245 --> 00:32:26,205
- Ah, it seems luck
runs in the family.

651
00:32:26,248 --> 00:32:28,424
Did Clark ever tell you
about our accident

652
00:32:28,468 --> 00:32:30,078
coming home
from the Soul Asylum concert?

653
00:32:30,122 --> 00:32:31,427
- Oh, I try not to talk

654
00:32:31,471 --> 00:32:32,994
about my Soul Asylum days
too much.

655
00:32:33,038 --> 00:32:36,258
- [laughs]
So Pete was at the wheel.

656
00:32:36,302 --> 00:32:38,260
Fell asleep,
drove off the road.

657
00:32:38,304 --> 00:32:41,046
We came to.
The car was a pretzel.

658
00:32:41,089 --> 00:32:43,352
Nobody was hurt. Not a scratch.

659
00:32:43,396 --> 00:32:45,615
It was the strangest thing.

660
00:32:45,659 --> 00:32:50,359
Again, lots of strange things
happened here back then.

661
00:32:51,578 --> 00:32:53,101
Okay.

662
00:32:56,844 --> 00:32:57,932
- Mortgage papers?

663
00:32:57,976 --> 00:32:59,629
My mom paid hers off years ago.

664
00:32:59,673 --> 00:33:01,153
- Her first.

665
00:33:01,196 --> 00:33:02,589
About five years ago,

666
00:33:02,632 --> 00:33:04,721
at the peak
of the farming crisis,

667
00:33:04,765 --> 00:33:09,378
banks here were offering
reverse mortgages to seniors.

668
00:33:09,422 --> 00:33:11,902
Pay now for the opportunity
to let the bank

669
00:33:11,946 --> 00:33:14,775
purchase the remainder
of the farm upon their death

670
00:33:14,818 --> 00:33:17,038
if the landowner's heirs

671
00:33:17,082 --> 00:33:18,648
couldn't repay the balance
of the loan.

672
00:33:18,692 --> 00:33:21,564
- She--she didn't need
that kind of money.

673
00:33:21,608 --> 00:33:22,696
- No.

674
00:33:22,739 --> 00:33:24,219
But...

675
00:33:24,263 --> 00:33:27,135
the Gordons were gonna be
evicted from their farm

676
00:33:27,179 --> 00:33:29,659
that had been in their family
for generations.

677
00:33:29,703 --> 00:33:32,662
Margie Kelton's lung surgery
made it

678
00:33:32,706 --> 00:33:35,056
so she could hardly
put food on the table.

679
00:33:35,100 --> 00:33:38,320
I have dozens of stories.

680
00:33:38,364 --> 00:33:42,063
Everyone in town knew
that if you were in trouble,

681
00:33:42,107 --> 00:33:43,804
Martha would be there.

682
00:33:44,805 --> 00:33:47,373
She was like your friend
you always write about, Lois.

683
00:33:47,416 --> 00:33:49,723
She was like
this town's Superman.

684
00:33:49,766 --> 00:33:51,855
Or Superwoman.

685
00:33:51,899 --> 00:33:53,379
<i>[tense music]</i>

686
00:33:53,422 --> 00:33:54,858
- Sounds like they had
a lot in common.

687
00:33:54,902 --> 00:33:58,079
- She still protected
half the farm's value.

688
00:33:58,123 --> 00:34:00,038
She wanted there
to be enough money

689
00:34:00,081 --> 00:34:01,778
to send the boys to college.

690
00:34:03,432 --> 00:34:09,003
So you can either
repay the loan,

691
00:34:09,047 --> 00:34:12,050
or you can accept
a healthy buyout

692
00:34:12,093 --> 00:34:14,791
for the remaining value
of the property.

693
00:34:14,835 --> 00:34:22,060
<i>♪</i>

694
00:34:28,849 --> 00:34:32,113
- You really think Dad's
hiding something from us?

695
00:34:32,157 --> 00:34:34,724
- We had all those poles
land on us.

696
00:34:34,768 --> 00:34:38,424
Besides, how did he get them
up off of us so fast, anyway?

697
00:34:38,467 --> 00:34:39,903
- I don't know.
Adrenaline, maybe?

698
00:34:39,947 --> 00:34:42,254
Like a soccer mom
lifting a car kind of thing.

699
00:34:42,297 --> 00:34:43,951
- Dad can't put up
a Christmas tree

700
00:34:43,994 --> 00:34:46,127
without falling off the ladder.

701
00:34:47,694 --> 00:34:51,089
And what's the thing he says
every single time we come here?

702
00:34:51,132 --> 00:34:52,786
- "Don't put your finger
in that"?

703
00:34:52,829 --> 00:34:54,048
I don't know.

704
00:34:54,092 --> 00:34:56,485
- "Stay out of the barn,"
dumbass.

705
00:34:57,486 --> 00:34:59,488
- Jordan, what are we
looking for, anyways?

706
00:34:59,532 --> 00:35:03,318
- Just something unusual.
Something out of place.

707
00:35:03,362 --> 00:35:06,321
<i>[apprehensive music]</i>

708
00:35:06,365 --> 00:35:09,237
<i>♪</i>

709
00:35:09,281 --> 00:35:11,109
[wood creaks]

710
00:35:12,153 --> 00:35:13,589
- What?
- You hear that?

711
00:35:13,633 --> 00:35:15,113
[wood thumping]

712
00:35:15,156 --> 00:35:18,159
- The poles, they must have
shifted the floor.

713
00:35:18,203 --> 00:35:19,769
- I think it's a door.

714
00:35:22,207 --> 00:35:23,643
Look. Right there.

715
00:35:28,604 --> 00:35:30,693
both:
Three, two, one.

716
00:35:30,737 --> 00:35:37,787
<i>♪</i>

717
00:35:40,529 --> 00:35:42,705
- Get the flashlight.
- Yeah.

718
00:35:58,373 --> 00:36:02,160
What are you doing?

719
00:36:04,858 --> 00:36:06,816
This is literally
just an old cellar.

720
00:36:06,860 --> 00:36:10,385
It's probably Grandpa's
old tool storage or something.

721
00:36:27,010 --> 00:36:28,186
- Jon?

722
00:36:37,064 --> 00:36:40,023
<i>[music heightens]</i>

723
00:36:40,067 --> 00:36:47,248
<i>♪</i>

724
00:36:58,128 --> 00:36:59,521
- What is that thing?

725
00:37:01,349 --> 00:37:03,046
What are you doing?
Do not touch that!

726
00:37:03,090 --> 00:37:05,048
[pod hums]

727
00:37:05,092 --> 00:37:07,181
Oh, my God.

728
00:37:07,225 --> 00:37:08,574
Did you see that?

729
00:37:08,617 --> 00:37:10,402
Did you see that?
What the hell was that?

730
00:37:10,445 --> 00:37:12,230
No. No, no, no.

731
00:37:12,273 --> 00:37:14,667
What was that?
Jordan, what was that?

732
00:37:16,364 --> 00:37:18,323
[pod humming]

733
00:37:18,366 --> 00:37:19,759
Jordan, what are you...

734
00:37:27,157 --> 00:37:30,117
<i>[mysterious music]</i>

735
00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:31,205
<i>♪</i>

736
00:37:31,249 --> 00:37:34,077
What the hell is that thing?

737
00:37:34,121 --> 00:37:35,601
- Whatever it is...

738
00:37:36,602 --> 00:37:38,038
It's not from Kansas.

739
00:37:49,136 --> 00:37:51,051
- All my memories,

740
00:37:51,094 --> 00:37:55,360
my childhood, my parents...

741
00:37:58,145 --> 00:37:59,320
They're all here.

742
00:37:59,364 --> 00:38:01,104
Why would my mom want me
to come home

743
00:38:01,148 --> 00:38:03,281
just to sell the farm?

744
00:38:05,631 --> 00:38:08,503
- I don't think she wanted you
to sell it.

745
00:38:08,547 --> 00:38:10,853
I think she wanted you
to save it.

746
00:38:10,897 --> 00:38:12,855
- How?

747
00:38:12,899 --> 00:38:15,205
You know, we're not exactly
flush with cash,

748
00:38:15,249 --> 00:38:16,555
especially after getting fired.

749
00:38:16,598 --> 00:38:18,121
- I don't know yet.

750
00:38:18,165 --> 00:38:19,732
But those reverse mortgages
weren't because

751
00:38:19,775 --> 00:38:22,865
the bank was feeling generous.

752
00:38:22,909 --> 00:38:25,346
You may have super strength
and super hearing,

753
00:38:25,390 --> 00:38:26,652
but I have super smell,

754
00:38:26,695 --> 00:38:28,480
and those loans
don't smell right.

755
00:38:34,529 --> 00:38:37,967
- I do have super smell,
by the way.

756
00:38:38,011 --> 00:38:40,318
I just don't use it very often,
you know.

757
00:38:40,361 --> 00:38:42,407
Not with two teenage boys
in the house.

758
00:38:42,450 --> 00:38:43,799
Kinda gross.

759
00:38:43,843 --> 00:38:46,541
- Two very upset teenage boys.

760
00:38:48,151 --> 00:38:49,457
- So that's why?

761
00:38:49,501 --> 00:38:50,980
Why you never wanted us
in the barn?

762
00:38:51,024 --> 00:38:53,940
'Cause you keep a freakin'
alien ship in there?

763
00:38:53,983 --> 00:38:55,811
- Look, I can explain.
- Yeah, can you?

764
00:38:55,855 --> 00:38:58,597
Can you explain how I fell
30 feet and nothing happened?

765
00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:00,076
- Just give him--
- All you said

766
00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:01,382
is that we got lucky.
- Just give him a chance.

767
00:39:01,426 --> 00:39:02,644
But that was a lie, wasn't it?

768
00:39:02,688 --> 00:39:05,168
- Yes.
Yes, okay?

769
00:39:05,212 --> 00:39:06,779
It was a lie.

770
00:39:14,308 --> 00:39:15,570
Look.

771
00:39:15,614 --> 00:39:20,401
That ship...
brought me to Earth.

772
00:39:20,445 --> 00:39:21,794
<i>[pensive music]</i>

773
00:39:21,837 --> 00:39:23,361
Landed here in Smallville,

774
00:39:23,404 --> 00:39:25,014
right in those cornfields
over there.

775
00:39:25,058 --> 00:39:29,410
I was sent here
when my planet...

776
00:39:29,454 --> 00:39:32,674
Krypton,
was destroyed.

777
00:39:32,718 --> 00:39:34,328
- Krypton?
- Yes.

778
00:39:34,372 --> 00:39:35,721
Because I wasn't from here,

779
00:39:35,764 --> 00:39:37,984
I had certain powers.

780
00:39:38,027 --> 00:39:41,640
Your grandparents,
they raised me.

781
00:39:41,683 --> 00:39:43,293
They taught me
how to control my abilities,

782
00:39:43,337 --> 00:39:44,643
how to blend in

783
00:39:44,686 --> 00:39:47,036
until the day
I was ready to leave

784
00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:49,430
and become
who I was sent here to be.

785
00:39:49,474 --> 00:39:51,563
- You're saying
you're Superman?

786
00:39:51,606 --> 00:39:53,129
- No, I've seen Superman
before.

787
00:39:53,173 --> 00:39:54,435
We've seen him.

788
00:39:54,479 --> 00:40:01,703
<i>♪</i>

789
00:40:22,942 --> 00:40:26,075
[metal groaning]

790
00:40:33,518 --> 00:40:36,564
<i>[triumphant music]</i>

791
00:40:36,608 --> 00:40:43,876
<i>♪</i>

792
00:41:00,980 --> 00:41:02,503
- When your father
first told me,

793
00:41:02,547 --> 00:41:04,940
I didn't understand either.

794
00:41:06,638 --> 00:41:08,596
- I understand.

795
00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:09,771
[metallic thud]

796
00:41:09,815 --> 00:41:12,644
I understand all the excuses.

797
00:41:13,906 --> 00:41:16,474
All the times you were gone,
you lied to us.

798
00:41:16,517 --> 00:41:17,736
You both did.

799
00:41:17,779 --> 00:41:19,389
- He was saving lives, Jordan.

800
00:41:19,433 --> 00:41:21,870
- That doesn't make it
less true!

801
00:41:21,914 --> 00:41:23,959
You lied to protect his secret.

802
00:41:24,003 --> 00:41:26,309
All the things
I've been feeling.

803
00:41:26,353 --> 00:41:29,138
You made me think I was crazy.
They put me on pills!

804
00:41:29,182 --> 00:41:30,879
- Your mental health has
nothing to do with who your--

805
00:41:30,923 --> 00:41:32,794
- And how do you know that?

806
00:41:32,838 --> 00:41:34,970
I'm half human,
half whatever the hell he is!

807
00:41:35,014 --> 00:41:36,319
- Do not yell at your mother,
okay?

808
00:41:36,363 --> 00:41:37,799
This is not her fault.

809
00:41:37,843 --> 00:41:39,975
I'm the one
that didn't want you to know.

810
00:41:40,019 --> 00:41:41,281
- Why?

811
00:41:41,324 --> 00:41:42,761
- Because I knew
what kind of burden it would be

812
00:41:42,804 --> 00:41:44,327
if you both had powers.

813
00:41:44,371 --> 00:41:45,459
Or worse,
if one of you had them,

814
00:41:45,503 --> 00:41:46,634
and the other one didn't.

815
00:41:46,678 --> 00:41:48,984
<i>[solemn music]</i>

816
00:41:49,028 --> 00:41:52,031
- You think he's the reason
we survived yesterday.

817
00:41:52,074 --> 00:41:53,946
- What are you talking about?
- Go on, Dad.

818
00:41:53,989 --> 00:41:56,601
Go tell Superboy here
why he's really so perfect.

819
00:41:56,644 --> 00:41:59,081
- We thought
your athletic talents

820
00:41:59,125 --> 00:42:01,170
could be latent abilities
starting to emerge,

821
00:42:01,214 --> 00:42:02,650
and then yesterday...

822
00:42:02,694 --> 00:42:05,000
- The only way that both
of you survived that accident

823
00:42:05,044 --> 00:42:07,176
is for at least one of you
to be like me.

824
00:42:07,220 --> 00:42:10,615
- You wouldn't have it
any other way, would you, Dad?

825
00:42:11,572 --> 00:42:12,834
- Jordan!

826
00:42:12,878 --> 00:42:14,227
- Don't try to talk to me,
all right?

827
00:42:14,270 --> 00:42:16,229
You may have been sent here
to be some hero,

828
00:42:16,272 --> 00:42:19,232
but you sure as hell weren't
sent here to be a father.

829
00:42:24,890 --> 00:42:26,761
- Just leave us alone.

830
00:42:26,805 --> 00:42:34,073
<i>♪</i>

831
00:42:37,598 --> 00:42:40,993
- Everything I do
with the boys just...

832
00:42:41,036 --> 00:42:43,299
seems like it blows up
in my face.

833
00:42:44,779 --> 00:42:46,259
Is Jordan right?

834
00:42:47,477 --> 00:42:49,349
A--am I a bad father?

835
00:42:50,655 --> 00:42:52,352
- Clark.
- 'Cause right now, I...

836
00:42:53,571 --> 00:42:57,270
It feels like it's my fault
that this is all falling apart.

837
00:42:59,925 --> 00:43:02,362
- Your life falling apart
doesn't mean you're special.

838
00:43:02,405 --> 00:43:04,059
It means you're human.

839
00:43:06,235 --> 00:43:07,802
<i>[distorted voices]</i>

840
00:43:07,846 --> 00:43:09,848
<i>- Reach critical meltdown.</i>

841
00:43:09,891 --> 00:43:13,591
<i>[tense music]</i>

842
00:43:13,634 --> 00:43:16,028
- It's another
nuclear facility.

843
00:43:16,071 --> 00:43:17,246
- Hey.

844
00:43:18,900 --> 00:43:21,120
We're gonna be all right, okay?

845
00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:23,731
Go.

846
00:43:23,775 --> 00:43:31,043
<i>♪</i>

847
00:43:35,700 --> 00:43:38,659
<i>[dramatic percussive music]</i>

848
00:43:38,703 --> 00:43:45,927
<i>♪</i>

849
00:43:52,804 --> 00:43:54,806
- I found your message.

850
00:43:56,590 --> 00:43:57,809
I know you're here.

851
00:43:57,852 --> 00:44:00,246
<i>- And I know you can't see me.</i>

852
00:44:00,289 --> 00:44:01,900
<i>Lead encasements.</i>

853
00:44:01,943 --> 00:44:03,815
<i>You can't see through lead.</i>

854
00:44:03,858 --> 00:44:05,947
<i>One of your few weaknesses.</i>

855
00:44:05,991 --> 00:44:08,167
- That's why you're choosing
nuclear facilities.

856
00:44:08,210 --> 00:44:09,951
You can watch me
without me knowing.

857
00:44:09,995 --> 00:44:13,215
<i>- And see how good
you really are, Kal-El.</i>

858
00:44:18,090 --> 00:44:21,223
<i>[dance music playing]</i>

859
00:44:21,267 --> 00:44:26,359
<i>♪</i>

860
00:44:26,402 --> 00:44:29,710
<i>- ♪ Yes, I'll come back
to you ♪</i>

861
00:44:29,754 --> 00:44:32,234
<i>♪ No, I won't ask
where you run ♪</i>

862
00:44:32,278 --> 00:44:33,671
- Hey, Sarah.

863
00:44:33,714 --> 00:44:35,368
- Hey, you made it.

864
00:44:35,411 --> 00:44:36,761
See you guys later.

865
00:44:37,979 --> 00:44:40,982
I still don't understand
how you guys didn't get hurt.

866
00:44:41,026 --> 00:44:42,331
- Still figuring that one out.

867
00:44:42,375 --> 00:44:45,770
- Well, I'm just glad
that you made it.

868
00:44:45,813 --> 00:44:47,075
- You promised me trouble.

869
00:44:47,119 --> 00:44:49,295
- Well, I will definitely
do my best.

870
00:44:49,338 --> 00:44:51,558
I don't really know how
you guys party in Metropolis,

871
00:44:51,601 --> 00:44:55,518
but here in Smallville,
we do it a little different.

872
00:44:55,562 --> 00:44:57,346
<i>- ♪ And hold up the sun</i>

873
00:44:57,390 --> 00:45:00,349
<i>♪</i>

874
00:45:00,393 --> 00:45:02,830
<i>[suspenseful music]</i>

875
00:45:02,874 --> 00:45:04,223
- How do you know my name?

876
00:45:04,266 --> 00:45:05,703
<i>- I know everything
there is to know</i>

877
00:45:05,746 --> 00:45:07,705
<i>about the Last Son of Krypton.</i>

878
00:45:07,748 --> 00:45:09,271
<i>Where I come from,</i>

879
00:45:09,315 --> 00:45:11,752
<i>let's just say the two of us
have history.</i>

880
00:45:11,796 --> 00:45:13,536
- And where is that, exactly?

881
00:45:13,580 --> 00:45:14,842
<i>- Nowhere now.</i>

882
00:45:14,886 --> 00:45:16,844
<i>My world was destroyed.</i>

883
00:45:16,888 --> 00:45:19,455
<i>But somehow,
I managed to survive.</i>

884
00:45:19,499 --> 00:45:22,415
<i>I eventually arrived here,
where I learned</i>

885
00:45:22,458 --> 00:45:24,112
<i>you were here too.</i>

886
00:45:25,418 --> 00:45:28,377
<i>[dramatic music]</i>

887
00:45:28,421 --> 00:45:33,382
<i>♪</i>

888
00:45:33,426 --> 00:45:35,080
Not as fast as I thought.

889
00:45:49,529 --> 00:45:52,488
[indistinct chatter]

890
00:45:52,532 --> 00:45:55,491
<i>[dance music playing]</i>

891
00:45:55,535 --> 00:46:01,671
<i>♪</i>

892
00:46:01,715 --> 00:46:03,543
- Maybe you shouldn't.

893
00:46:03,586 --> 00:46:07,242
Beer and benzos
don't really mix well.

894
00:46:07,286 --> 00:46:08,635
- How'd you know?

895
00:46:08,678 --> 00:46:13,074
- I saw you take one
back at the funeral reception.

896
00:46:13,118 --> 00:46:15,860
But you're not the only one,

897
00:46:15,903 --> 00:46:19,472
you know, on something, so.

898
00:46:19,515 --> 00:46:21,387
- You? For what?

899
00:46:21,430 --> 00:46:22,823
- Are we really gonna
do this now?

900
00:46:22,867 --> 00:46:24,520
Go full "Euphoria"
on each other?

901
00:46:24,564 --> 00:46:27,175
- We don't have to. I...

902
00:46:29,830 --> 00:46:31,789
You're just kinda

903
00:46:31,832 --> 00:46:33,834
the only person I know
around here.

904
00:46:37,664 --> 00:46:39,144
- No, it's cool.

905
00:46:41,973 --> 00:46:44,366
Up until I was...

906
00:46:46,238 --> 00:46:52,461
11 or 12,
I had a pretty awesome life.

907
00:46:52,505 --> 00:46:53,941
I mean, it wasn't perfect,

908
00:46:53,985 --> 00:46:57,423
but it was nice.

909
00:46:57,466 --> 00:47:01,514
Dolls and dance classes.

910
00:47:01,557 --> 00:47:04,865
But then something changed.

911
00:47:06,084 --> 00:47:10,305
People around here,
they get this sadness,

912
00:47:10,349 --> 00:47:12,046
and they act like
it's something you can catch

913
00:47:12,090 --> 00:47:14,396
like the flu, but...

914
00:47:14,440 --> 00:47:16,616
I never thought
it was gonna hit my house

915
00:47:16,659 --> 00:47:18,052
till it did.

916
00:47:18,096 --> 00:47:20,359
Now half the nights,
my dad sleeps on the couch,

917
00:47:20,402 --> 00:47:22,840
and my mom gets really mad
at him for being checked out,

918
00:47:22,883 --> 00:47:25,190
but honestly,
I can't blame him.

919
00:47:25,233 --> 00:47:28,846
He's a firefighter,
and being a firefighter here,

920
00:47:28,889 --> 00:47:30,499
you see all
the really bad stuff.

921
00:47:30,543 --> 00:47:32,588
I mean, stuff that no one
really wants to talk about.

922
00:47:32,632 --> 00:47:33,807
- Like what?

923
00:47:33,851 --> 00:47:36,331
- Like parents cooking meth

924
00:47:36,375 --> 00:47:38,464
and the whole house
catching on fire

925
00:47:38,507 --> 00:47:40,596
with the kids inside.

926
00:47:53,392 --> 00:47:54,959
Anyways...

927
00:47:56,221 --> 00:47:58,179
About a year ago,

928
00:47:58,223 --> 00:48:01,052
I took a bunch
of my mom's pills.

929
00:48:02,575 --> 00:48:05,578
I still don't understand
why I did it.

930
00:48:05,621 --> 00:48:08,711
I've never done anything
like that before,

931
00:48:08,755 --> 00:48:13,716
and my mom, she made
a really big drama out of it.

932
00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:17,633
Lots of therapy and whatever.

933
00:48:17,677 --> 00:48:22,029
I know, for a--for a sad story,
it's really basic.

934
00:48:22,073 --> 00:48:25,641
<i>[heartwarming music]</i>

935
00:48:25,685 --> 00:48:28,775
- No. It's not.

936
00:48:28,818 --> 00:48:36,043
<i>♪</i>

937
00:48:37,218 --> 00:48:38,741
- What are you doing?
- What?

938
00:48:38,785 --> 00:48:40,613
- Hey!
- Sean!

939
00:48:40,656 --> 00:48:41,962
- That's my girlfriend!

940
00:48:42,006 --> 00:48:43,268
- Sean, what the hell
is your problem?

941
00:48:43,311 --> 00:48:44,704
- The hell you doing
with this guy?

942
00:48:44,747 --> 00:48:45,923
- It doesn't even matter.
Relax. Relax.

943
00:48:45,966 --> 00:48:47,185
- Girlfriend?

944
00:48:47,228 --> 00:48:48,273
- I would've gotten
around to it,

945
00:48:48,316 --> 00:48:49,622
but you sorta kissed me first.

946
00:48:49,665 --> 00:48:50,623
It's not that big of a deal!

947
00:48:50,666 --> 00:48:51,798
- Back off!

948
00:48:51,841 --> 00:48:55,193
<i>[tense music]</i>

949
00:48:55,236 --> 00:48:56,629
What the hell are you doing?

950
00:48:56,672 --> 00:48:58,065
You know how many townies
I had to randomly DM

951
00:48:58,109 --> 00:48:59,066
to find out where
this party was?

952
00:48:59,110 --> 00:49:00,763
- Out of the way.

953
00:49:00,807 --> 00:49:02,287
- Back off!

954
00:49:02,330 --> 00:49:04,593
You really don't want
to get in my face right now.

955
00:49:04,637 --> 00:49:07,988
<i>♪</i>

956
00:49:08,032 --> 00:49:09,468
- Hey, hey, hey!

957
00:49:09,511 --> 00:49:12,471
[kids shouting]

958
00:49:12,514 --> 00:49:19,565
<i>♪</i>

959
00:49:27,921 --> 00:49:30,184
[workers shout]

960
00:49:52,598 --> 00:49:55,644
[wind howling]

961
00:50:08,092 --> 00:50:11,225
[crowd shouting]

962
00:50:26,719 --> 00:50:29,461
- Aren't you curious how I know
so much about you, Kal-El?

963
00:50:41,560 --> 00:50:43,997
Like me, your home
was destroyed.

964
00:50:44,041 --> 00:50:45,477
You were sent here as an infant

965
00:50:45,520 --> 00:50:47,218
to a world where
you'd spend your whole life

966
00:50:47,261 --> 00:50:49,785
trying to prove your worth,

967
00:50:49,829 --> 00:50:52,223
<i>convince yourself
you were one of them,</i>

968
00:50:52,266 --> 00:50:54,529
<i>but you're not!</i>

969
00:50:54,573 --> 00:50:56,618
<i>You're still that scared,
lost child,</i>

970
00:50:56,662 --> 00:50:58,011
<i>desperate for the love
of people</i>

971
00:50:58,055 --> 00:51:00,144
<i>that will never accept you!</i>

972
00:51:00,187 --> 00:51:03,582
<i>[dramatic music]</i>

973
00:51:03,625 --> 00:51:05,801
<i>♪</i>

974
00:51:05,845 --> 00:51:08,326
<i>And the only remnants
of your real home--</i>

975
00:51:08,369 --> 00:51:09,805
<i>Kryptonite--</i>

976
00:51:09,849 --> 00:51:12,199
<i>make you sick.</i>

977
00:51:13,244 --> 00:51:15,159
<i>Dust to dust.</i>

978
00:51:15,202 --> 00:51:17,074
<i>Superman.</i>

979
00:51:17,117 --> 00:51:24,342
<i>♪</i>

980
00:51:31,392 --> 00:51:34,308
<i>[suspenseful music]</i>

981
00:51:34,352 --> 00:51:36,528
<i>♪</i>

982
00:51:36,571 --> 00:51:39,226
- Yeah, have you still got
those contacts at HUD?

983
00:51:39,270 --> 00:51:41,402
I need you to check
Smallville Community Bank

984
00:51:41,446 --> 00:51:42,925
for any unusual activity
in the last five or--

985
00:51:42,969 --> 00:51:45,537
<i>reporter:
...injuries are a concern.</i>

986
00:51:45,580 --> 00:51:47,191
- Six years.

987
00:51:47,234 --> 00:51:49,715
<i>- This is a volatile situation
for firefighters.</i>

988
00:51:49,758 --> 00:51:51,586
- Maxy, I gotta go.

989
00:51:55,068 --> 00:51:56,548
[metallic ringing]

990
00:51:56,591 --> 00:51:57,331
Clark.

991
00:51:57,375 --> 00:52:02,119
<i>♪</i>

992
00:52:02,162 --> 00:52:03,294
<i>Who told you to wear a tie?</i>

993
00:52:03,337 --> 00:52:10,605
<i>♪</i>

994
00:52:11,302 --> 00:52:13,869
<i>Clark. Come home.</i>

995
00:52:13,913 --> 00:52:21,138
<i>♪</i>

996
00:52:32,149 --> 00:52:34,803
<i>[metallic ring]</i>

997
00:52:52,734 --> 00:52:54,258
- Dad.

998
00:52:54,301 --> 00:52:55,259
- Jonathan!

999
00:52:55,302 --> 00:52:57,391
<i>[triumphant music]</i>

1000
00:52:57,435 --> 00:52:59,480
- The other one's
pretty shook up.

1001
00:53:00,786 --> 00:53:02,396
Twice in two days, Kent.

1002
00:53:02,440 --> 00:53:05,007
Luckiest family I know.

1003
00:53:05,051 --> 00:53:06,400
- Kyle.

1004
00:53:07,880 --> 00:53:09,011
Thank you.

1005
00:53:09,055 --> 00:53:12,363
<i>♪</i>

1006
00:53:12,406 --> 00:53:14,408
- Are you okay? What happened?
- Dad. Dad.

1007
00:53:14,452 --> 00:53:17,324
I--I don't know what happened.
Jordan...

1008
00:53:25,202 --> 00:53:28,161
<i>[tense music]</i>

1009
00:53:28,205 --> 00:53:31,512
<i>♪</i>

1010
00:53:31,556 --> 00:53:33,558
<i>- So you saved your brother.</i>

1011
00:53:34,472 --> 00:53:36,561
- I wasn't sure what happened.

1012
00:53:36,604 --> 00:53:38,476
That's why
I didn't say anything.

1013
00:53:39,999 --> 00:53:44,569
<i>All I knew is, when I fell,
I felt something come over me.</i>

1014
00:53:46,919 --> 00:53:50,009
<i>It was a strength
I've never had before.</i>

1015
00:53:50,052 --> 00:53:53,665
I felt...control.

1016
00:53:57,451 --> 00:53:59,975
I--I don't know.
It's hard to explain.

1017
00:54:00,019 --> 00:54:02,804
- What's gonna happen to him?

1018
00:54:02,848 --> 00:54:04,153
- I'm not sure yet.

1019
00:54:04,197 --> 00:54:06,634
Jordan's power are manifesting

1020
00:54:06,678 --> 00:54:09,115
very differently than mine did.

1021
00:54:09,158 --> 00:54:11,596
- But we're gonna help you
get through this, okay?

1022
00:54:11,639 --> 00:54:13,032
- Yeah, it's probably
like learning

1023
00:54:13,075 --> 00:54:14,381
to drive a car, you know?

1024
00:54:14,425 --> 00:54:15,904
If cars were indestructible

1025
00:54:15,948 --> 00:54:18,820
and had giant death lasers
as headlights.

1026
00:54:24,435 --> 00:54:25,653
- Yeah.

1027
00:54:27,960 --> 00:54:29,004
Thanks.

1028
00:54:32,791 --> 00:54:35,272
- Apologize to your brother.

1029
00:54:35,315 --> 00:54:37,665
- I know. Too soon. I know.

1030
00:54:38,884 --> 00:54:40,494
[sighs]

1031
00:54:53,986 --> 00:54:55,901
- You were right.

1032
00:54:55,944 --> 00:54:57,903
I should've told them
a long time ago.

1033
00:54:57,946 --> 00:55:00,122
[sighs] Jordan could've
killed someone tonight.

1034
00:55:00,166 --> 00:55:03,474
- We just gotta be
on the same page going forward.

1035
00:55:05,998 --> 00:55:09,741
<i>[sentimental music]</i>

1036
00:55:09,784 --> 00:55:11,786
<i>- These are
the important years, Clark.</i>

1037
00:55:11,830 --> 00:55:14,528
<i>Life's a little different
in Smallville.</i>

1038
00:55:14,572 --> 00:55:17,749
<i>♪</i>

1039
00:55:17,792 --> 00:55:20,186
- I think I know
what my mom meant

1040
00:55:20,229 --> 00:55:22,319
when she said to come home.

1041
00:55:22,362 --> 00:55:25,365
She knew how busy we are
in Metropolis,

1042
00:55:25,409 --> 00:55:27,149
how absent I've been.

1043
00:55:27,193 --> 00:55:29,717
I've tried convincing myself
that the boys would be fine

1044
00:55:29,761 --> 00:55:32,416
and that it was okay for me
to be gone so much, but...

1045
00:55:32,459 --> 00:55:33,939
[sighs]
I was wrong.

1046
00:55:33,982 --> 00:55:35,506
- You think your mom
wanted us to move

1047
00:55:35,549 --> 00:55:37,116
to Smallville
and live on the farm?

1048
00:55:37,159 --> 00:55:38,987
- It's a simpler life.

1049
00:55:39,031 --> 00:55:41,903
More time with each other,
be part of a community,

1050
00:55:41,947 --> 00:55:43,383
and now this?

1051
00:55:43,427 --> 00:55:47,039
I think she felt like
this family needs Smallville.

1052
00:55:47,082 --> 00:55:49,563
- As much as the world
needs Superman?

1053
00:55:49,607 --> 00:55:55,177
<i>♪</i>

1054
00:55:55,221 --> 00:55:56,483
- Look, I know.

1055
00:55:56,527 --> 00:56:00,008
I know it would be a huge,
huge change.

1056
00:56:02,010 --> 00:56:03,664
- Yeah, it would.

1057
00:56:10,410 --> 00:56:12,499
But I think she was right.

1058
00:56:14,458 --> 00:56:15,937
- Really?

1059
00:56:17,939 --> 00:56:19,854
[both laugh]

1060
00:56:40,745 --> 00:56:42,790
You know, I think
about my dad a lot.

1061
00:56:44,531 --> 00:56:48,056
How he was just heading off
to church one day

1062
00:56:48,100 --> 00:56:52,670
when a meteor crashed
in his front yard.

1063
00:56:52,713 --> 00:56:54,541
And just like that...

1064
00:56:56,413 --> 00:56:57,936
He was a father.

1065
00:57:02,462 --> 00:57:05,596
I didn't know it back then,
but...

1066
00:57:05,639 --> 00:57:08,033
but he had no idea
what he was doing.

1067
00:57:15,388 --> 00:57:17,521
Ah, it didn't matter.

1068
00:57:19,914 --> 00:57:21,263
'Cause he was always there.

1069
00:57:21,307 --> 00:57:24,484
<i>[heartwarming music]</i>

1070
00:57:24,528 --> 00:57:26,573
<i>♪</i>

1071
00:57:26,617 --> 00:57:27,966
You were right.

1072
00:57:30,142 --> 00:57:32,361
I haven't always
been there for you.

1073
00:57:32,405 --> 00:57:36,453
But I promise you, from now on,

1074
00:57:36,496 --> 00:57:38,455
I will be.

1075
00:57:54,035 --> 00:57:58,126
- I pulled some strings,
got you $2,100 an acre,

1076
00:57:58,170 --> 00:58:00,651
which is well above
market value in Rice County.

1077
00:58:00,694 --> 00:58:03,871
- Wow, that--
that's very generous.

1078
00:58:03,915 --> 00:58:05,743
Um.

1079
00:58:05,786 --> 00:58:08,485
But we decided we're--
we're not selling.

1080
00:58:08,528 --> 00:58:10,138
- You're not?

1081
00:58:10,182 --> 00:58:12,880
- We're thinking
of reopening the farm.

1082
00:58:12,924 --> 00:58:16,231
Run it the way my folks and I
used to back in the day.

1083
00:58:16,275 --> 00:58:17,798
- So you're staying.

1084
00:58:17,842 --> 00:58:19,539
- Well, we're talking it over,

1085
00:58:19,583 --> 00:58:21,976
but a change might be good
for this family.

1086
00:58:24,588 --> 00:58:25,937
- Okay.

1087
00:58:25,980 --> 00:58:29,723
Then let's go over
the pre-negotiated terms

1088
00:58:29,767 --> 00:58:31,203
for taking over the loan.

1089
00:58:31,246 --> 00:58:33,640
- Before we do, Lana,
I was wondering

1090
00:58:33,684 --> 00:58:35,381
if you knew that

1091
00:58:35,424 --> 00:58:37,688
a couple months before those
reverse mortgages were offered,

1092
00:58:37,731 --> 00:58:40,604
a company had secretly
acquired your bank.

1093
00:58:40,647 --> 00:58:42,214
- No, I didn't know that.

1094
00:58:42,257 --> 00:58:43,650
- Galaxy Holdings,

1095
00:58:43,694 --> 00:58:46,261
whose majority shareholder
is Morgan Edge.

1096
00:58:46,305 --> 00:58:47,828
<i>[suspenseful music]</i>

1097
00:58:47,872 --> 00:58:49,656
- Why would someone
like Morgan Edge

1098
00:58:49,700 --> 00:58:51,832
be interested in a bunch
of family farms

1099
00:58:51,876 --> 00:58:54,835
in Smallville, Kansas?

1100
00:58:54,879 --> 00:58:57,185
- That's a very good question.

1101
00:58:57,229 --> 00:59:02,843
<i>♪</i>

1102
00:59:02,887 --> 00:59:05,367
- How's everyone doing
after last night?

1103
00:59:05,411 --> 00:59:07,718
- Tag Harris broke his arm.

1104
00:59:07,761 --> 00:59:11,678
Other than that,
nobody else got hurt.

1105
00:59:11,722 --> 00:59:13,854
- Anyone say
what caused the explosion?

1106
00:59:13,898 --> 00:59:17,728
- My dad said it was probably
just a methane pocket.

1107
00:59:24,822 --> 00:59:27,302
- Look, I should've never
kissed you last night.

1108
00:59:27,346 --> 00:59:30,567
- Wow.
That is awkward.

1109
00:59:30,610 --> 00:59:31,872
Good luck.

1110
00:59:32,960 --> 00:59:34,396
- It's not your fault.

1111
00:59:34,440 --> 00:59:35,659
You didn't know about Sean,

1112
00:59:35,702 --> 00:59:38,313
and I'm just really sorry

1113
00:59:38,357 --> 00:59:39,880
about how it all went down.

1114
00:59:41,360 --> 00:59:43,231
I just wanted
to hang out with you.

1115
00:59:43,275 --> 00:59:46,539
You were so sweet that summer
that we met, and then yeah,

1116
00:59:46,583 --> 00:59:48,367
I saw you take that pill
at the funeral...

1117
00:59:50,064 --> 00:59:53,938
I just thought that
if someone like you had issues,

1118
00:59:53,981 --> 00:59:57,594
then someone like me
wasn't so messed up.

1119
00:59:57,637 --> 00:59:58,856
- I think maybe
it means we're both

1120
00:59:58,899 --> 01:00:01,598
just a little messed up.

1121
01:00:01,641 --> 01:00:03,251
- [chuckles]

1122
01:00:03,295 --> 01:00:04,731
Yeah, maybe you're right.

1123
01:00:04,775 --> 01:00:07,995
<i>[heartwarming music]</i>

1124
01:00:08,039 --> 01:00:10,737
Do you think that you can
keep it a secret?

1125
01:00:10,781 --> 01:00:13,653
Uh, one person finds out,
and then everybody knows,

1126
01:00:13,697 --> 01:00:15,742
and it's just...
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

1127
01:00:15,786 --> 01:00:18,615
Your secret's safe with me.

1128
01:00:18,658 --> 01:00:19,659
- Thanks.

1129
01:00:19,703 --> 01:00:21,400
- Sarah!

1130
01:00:23,881 --> 01:00:26,361
- I'm sorry--
- It's--it's all right.

1131
01:00:29,800 --> 01:00:31,758
- See you around.
- Yeah.

1132
01:00:31,802 --> 01:00:39,026
<i>♪</i>

1133
01:00:43,117 --> 01:00:46,686
- Well, that didn't look like
a total disaster.

1134
01:00:46,730 --> 01:00:48,862
All right?
- Yeah, yeah, look.

1135
01:00:48,906 --> 01:00:53,127
Um, Jon, about the powers,
uh...

1136
01:00:53,171 --> 01:00:55,390
- It's all good.

1137
01:00:55,434 --> 01:00:56,696
- Huh?
- Yeah.

1138
01:00:56,740 --> 01:00:58,742
Powers are overrated anyways.

1139
01:00:58,785 --> 01:01:02,267
Plus this just confirms

1140
01:01:02,310 --> 01:01:03,790
what I've known
to be true all along.

1141
01:01:03,834 --> 01:01:05,139
- Yeah?
- Yeah.

1142
01:01:05,183 --> 01:01:07,228
My skills on the field
are legit.

1143
01:01:07,272 --> 01:01:08,490
[both chuckle]

1144
01:01:08,534 --> 01:01:09,840
Come on.

1145
01:01:27,466 --> 01:01:29,990
Still cannot believe
that you said that to her.

1146
01:01:30,034 --> 01:01:32,863
[indistinct conversation]

1147
01:01:33,864 --> 01:01:35,909
- Hey, boys.

1148
01:01:35,953 --> 01:01:37,781
What would you guys think
about staying here

1149
01:01:37,824 --> 01:01:40,305
a little longer
than any of us planned?

1150
01:01:40,348 --> 01:01:42,437
- Like a couple days
or something?

1151
01:01:44,396 --> 01:01:47,094
- More like permanently.

1152
01:01:47,138 --> 01:01:49,357
- Uh, I mean, I--
I have school.

1153
01:01:49,401 --> 01:01:51,185
Practice, the team.

1154
01:01:51,229 --> 01:01:53,231
- We know, we know.
It's a big conversation.

1155
01:01:53,274 --> 01:01:54,928
- Yeah, we'll have it tonight
at family dinner.

1156
01:01:54,972 --> 01:01:56,364
We just wanted
to give you both some time

1157
01:01:56,408 --> 01:01:59,541
to process what this would
really be like

1158
01:01:59,585 --> 01:02:01,761
before we do.

1159
01:02:01,805 --> 01:02:03,371
- Okay.

1160
01:02:03,415 --> 01:02:05,156
- Well, until then, you two,
follow me out to the barn.

1161
01:02:05,199 --> 01:02:07,071
I wanna show you a few things.

1162
01:02:07,114 --> 01:02:08,725
- Like Superman things?

1163
01:02:08,768 --> 01:02:10,944
- Like how to attach a plow
to a tractor.

1164
01:02:10,988 --> 01:02:12,424
- What?
- Seriously?

1165
01:02:12,467 --> 01:02:13,860
- Those fields aren't
gonna plow themselves.

1166
01:02:13,904 --> 01:02:15,732
- Okay, but Dad,
we have questions.

1167
01:02:15,775 --> 01:02:16,950
We just found out
our dad's Superman.

1168
01:02:16,994 --> 01:02:18,212
- Yeah, like, thousands

1169
01:02:18,256 --> 01:02:20,258
and thousands of questions...

1170
01:02:20,301 --> 01:02:27,352
<i>♪</i>

1171
01:02:33,793 --> 01:02:36,753
<i>[tense music]</i>

1172
01:02:36,796 --> 01:02:38,929
<i>♪</i>

1173
01:02:38,972 --> 01:02:42,846
[wind howling]

1174
01:02:50,636 --> 01:02:52,769
- We need to improve
tactile function and speed

1175
01:02:52,812 --> 01:02:53,944
if I'm gonna end this.

1176
01:02:53,987 --> 01:02:55,423
<i>- We also need Kryptonite.</i>

1177
01:02:55,467 --> 01:02:57,686
<i>That was the last
of your supply.</i>

1178
01:02:57,730 --> 01:03:00,602
- Then we'll have
to go get some.

1179
01:03:00,646 --> 01:03:03,867
<i>- I'll install the upgrades
to your armor right away.</i>

1180
01:03:03,910 --> 01:03:05,303
<i>Captain Luthor.</i>

1181
01:03:05,346 --> 01:03:08,306
<i>[dramatic music]</i>

1182
01:03:08,349 --> 01:03:15,400
<i>♪</i>

