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<i>- Previously on
"Superman & Lois"...</i>

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- Let's just focus on
what we came here for: family.

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- The Smallville team needs
a strong leader,

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and I'd like to fill that role
with you, Lana.

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- Something sinister
is going on here.

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<i>Edge is giving people
Kryptonian powers</i>

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<i>at the same time
some armored lunatic arrives</i>

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who knows Superman's real name?

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<i>- We need to stop Kal-El</i>

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before he does to this world
what he did to mine.

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<i>- Your abilities are evolving.</i>

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<i>You can heal faster,
but you can still get hurt.</i>

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- Clark!

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<i>- I hid in the Fortress.</i>

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[winds howling]

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[loud rumbling]

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[whooshing]

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<i>[ears ringing, radio
murmurings, horn honking]</i>

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- The quiet
in here should help.

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<i>[laughter, siren blares]</i>

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<i>[noises stop]
- [sighs]</i>

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- I think Jordan's hearing
kicked in.

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<i>- Yes, his mechanosensations</i>

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<i>have become
significantly enhanced.</i>

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- How do we stop the pain?

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<i>- His auditory perception</i>

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<i>is causing
an allodynic response.</i>

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<i>Until he can control
what he hears,</i>

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<i>every sound
will be accompanied by pain.</i>

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- I have to help him.

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<i>- Teach him how to focus,
share what you know,</i>

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<i>but it will take much practice
on his part,</i>

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<i>the same as it did for you,
Kal-El.</i>

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<i>[dramatic music]</i>

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<i>♪</i>

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<i>[sirens wailing, insects
chirping, birds chirping]</i>

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[heart beating]

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<i>- How long till
the super hearing levels out?</i>

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- My father said
he has to adapt on his own.

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- How long were you
out of commission for?

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- A couple weeks.
- So now, let me guess.

42
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I have to come up
with another BS excuse

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as to why
he's not going to school?

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- I'll call Principal Balcomb

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first thing in the morning,
okay?

46
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You two should get to bed.

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- [sighs]

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- Jordan.

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<i>[somber music]</i>

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<i>♪</i>

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We'll work on this tomorrow.

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Hey, hey.

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- He was in so much pain.

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- I know, I know.

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Once it settles in,
he'll be fine.

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Promise.

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<i>[ethereal music]</i>

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<i>♪</i>

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<i>- Listen, I know
we already went over this,</i>

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but is there anything
in particular

61
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I should be looking out for?

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- If Edge is making
people with powers,

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he's not doing it out
in the open,

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so kind of just anything
out of the ordinary.

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Buildings, machines,
invoices even.

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- Okay, and is there
a way to tell

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if someone already has powers?

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- Not really,

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but we do know
that Leslie Larr has powers,

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so it's safe to assume
that other people do too.

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<i>Lana, I don't want you
doing anything</i>

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<i>that makes you
feel even remotely unsafe.</i>

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- No, I wanna help.

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<i>I'll call you
if I find anything.</i>

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- Thanks.
Bye.

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- Who's this?

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- The real Marcus Bridgewater.

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- So the guy from the mines--
- Lied.

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Even tried to cover his tracks
by scrubbing all images

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of Marcus Bridgewater
from the Internet.

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Luckily,
Maxy still has a friend

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at Reuters who had a photo.

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- So why is he lying
about his identity?

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- I don't know.
I mean,

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it probably has
something to do with the fact

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that he knows
so much about Edge.

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- So two people working
for Edge have attacked you,

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and both have had powers.

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- Yeah.
I'm sure there are others.

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- [sighs]
Yeah, which is why I think

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we should tell the boys
what's going on.

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- Well, that's
a pretty big departure

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from not wanting them to know
anything about Superman.

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- Well, hindsight, maybe
that wasn't the best choice.

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- This feels different.

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The whole point
of moving to Smallville

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was to give them a shot
at a normal life,

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not terrify them.
- I know, I know, but--

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- Plus Jordan has the stuff
going on with the hearing,

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and Jonathan
hasn't made any friends.

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It doesn't feel fair
to give them

102
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one more thing to worry about.

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- I think they can handle this.

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- I still think that
we need to know more

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about what we're dealing with,

106
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and then we can discuss it.

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- Okay.
Where are you going?

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- To confront
the former Mr. Bridgewater.

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Will you stay close by today?

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I have a feeling
I'm gonna need your help.

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- Yeah.

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<i>- Why have you not ID'd
Lane's friend from the mines?</i>

113
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<i>- Believe me, I've looked.</i>

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We have no matches
from the security footage.

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The guy's a ghost.

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- [sighs]
A very well-armed ghost.

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Between him, Lane,
and Superman,

118
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how are we supposed to get the
X-Kryptonite out of the mines?

119
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- Maybe we use that
to our advantage,

120
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send out a small shipment,
see who comes for it.

121
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The intel we get in return
could prove invaluable.

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- A small fragment only.

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And Leslie, no more failures.

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<i>[dramatic music]</i>

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- Oh, sorry.
I was just about to knock.

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<i>♪</i>

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- Don't mind her.

128
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Shall we walk?

129
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- So you want me to create
what kind of program?

130
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- A leadership program.

131
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I'm looking
for people with passion

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who, like you,
have untapped potential

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and are ready
to take that first step.

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- First step
towards what exactly?

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- Achieving their best selves.

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I thought you'd have known that
by now.

137
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- Okay, and how many candidates

138
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were you looking for?

139
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- Why don't we start with five
and go from there?

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I'm expecting great things
from you, Lana.

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<i>[ethereal music]</i>

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- You can do this.

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- It hurts.

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- I know, but you're gonna have

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to work through it, okay?

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One sound at a time.
Come on.

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- [sighs]

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<i>[loud rumbling]</i>

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<i>[rumbling dying down]</i>

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<i>[piercing hiss]</i>

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<i>[chiming splashes]</i>

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<i>[rumbling and traffic]</i>

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I can't do it.
I'm sorry.

154
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- Jordan.
Jordan.

155
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- We'll just try it tomorrow
or something.

156
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<i>- Audio is fully operational.</i>

157
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<i>It's good to be back, sir.</i>

158
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- You're still only at 30%.

159
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<i>- Perhaps you'll consider that
next time</i>

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<i>before crushing me
to smithereens.</i>

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[knocking]

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<i>[dramatic music]</i>

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<i>♪</i>

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- Lois Lane.

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- Hello, guy who is
not Marcus Bridgewater.

166
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- How about you come inside,
and we talk about it?

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- Yeah, that's a hard pass

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on me entering
your creeper mobile.

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- That's unfair
and pretty hurtful.

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- Meet me at Victoria May's
in an hour.

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And get ready
to tell the truth.

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Otherwise, this little team-up
of ours is done.

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<i>[tense music]</i>

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<i>♪</i>

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[engine starts]

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- What are you thinking about
this early?

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- [laughs]

178
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Same thing as last night.

179
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- You are playing with fire.

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- Ugh, childhood ruined.
Therapy needed.

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Thanks a lot, Mom and Dad.

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- [sighs]
Hey, Nat-Bug.

183
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- Look, I'm not gonna be tardy

184
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just because you two
can't stop being disgusting.

185
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- Whoa, it's not disgusting.

186
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No, this is
a loving display of--

187
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- Affection.
Yeah, I know.

188
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You know why I know?

189
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Because you two are
the most affectionate people

190
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I've ever seen in my life.

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[both laughing]

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[explosions]

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<i>[ominous music]</i>

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<i>♪</i>

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[crowd screaming]

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<i>♪</i>

197
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- What's Superman doing?

198
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- And who's he with?

199
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<i>♪</i>

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[crowd screaming]

201
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[crowd screaming]

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- Oh, my God.

203
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<i>- [screaming]</i>

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<i>[emotional music]</i>

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<i>♪</i>

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[clock ticking]

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<i>[ethereal music]</i>

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<i>♪</i>

209
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- [sighs]

210
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<i>[loud clock ticking, rumbling,
birds chirping]</i>

211
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<i>[indistinct chatter]</i>

212
00:10:23,579 --> 00:10:26,626
<i>[clock chimes]
[ears ringing]</i>

213
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<i>[radio murmurs]</i>

214
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<i>[car beeping]</i>

215
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<i>[indistinct chatter]</i>

216
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<i>[car beeping, baby laughing]</i>

217
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<i>[horn honking]</i>

218
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[heavy breathing]

219
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<i>[bell rings]</i>

220
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- Yo, Cushing, hey.

221
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Didn't--I didn't see you
at lunch today.

222
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Is everything all right?

223
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- Maybe you should tell me.

224
00:11:01,008 --> 00:11:03,097
Why isn't Jordan
at school today?

225
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- Uh, I mean, he's not
really feeling well.

226
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- Right.

227
00:11:07,014 --> 00:11:08,363
- Hey, what--
hold on, hold on, hold on.

228
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What's going on?
- You're lying to me.

229
00:11:10,670 --> 00:11:12,628
- About Jordan being sick?

230
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- You know what happened
last night with Tag,

231
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and you're acting as though
Jordan not coming to school

232
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is--kinda weird.

233
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- Well, yeah, Sarah, Sarah,
hey, hey, look.

234
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I know what happened
with Tag, okay?

235
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And I'm sorry,
it's really messed up,

236
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but Jordan had nothing
to do with that.

237
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- That's not what Tag said.

238
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- What?
'Cause of some stupid video?

239
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Did you even watch it?

240
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Seriously, look, I mean,
there's absolutely no way

241
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that Jordan gave Tag powers
or whatever.

242
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And also, truth be told,

243
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the reason that Jordan's
not at school

244
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is because Tag jumped him
the other day.

245
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And it totally messed him up,

246
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and now he's having
these terrible headaches.

247
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- That's why he had bruises
on his face.

248
00:11:50,100 --> 00:11:51,885
Why didn't he just tell me?
- I don't know.

249
00:11:51,928 --> 00:11:53,582
I guess he didn't want you
to worry.

250
00:11:55,802 --> 00:11:57,847
See?
He's not such a bad guy.

251
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- Yeah.

252
00:11:58,892 --> 00:12:00,763
- And also,

253
00:12:00,807 --> 00:12:02,330
yeah, I broke my wrist.

254
00:12:02,373 --> 00:12:03,940
Thanks for asking.
It really sucks.

255
00:12:05,159 --> 00:12:06,900
- Jonathan.

256
00:12:06,943 --> 00:12:08,640
<i>[somber music]</i>

257
00:12:08,684 --> 00:12:10,468
Jonathan!

258
00:12:10,512 --> 00:12:12,993
<i>♪</i>

259
00:12:13,036 --> 00:12:14,603
[groans]

260
00:12:14,646 --> 00:12:16,344
- I gotta say,
I don't love the idea

261
00:12:16,387 --> 00:12:17,780
of leaving you alone with him.

262
00:12:17,824 --> 00:12:20,043
- Well, get used to it,
'cause he's here.

263
00:12:20,087 --> 00:12:21,610
- And what exactly
am I looking for?

264
00:12:21,653 --> 00:12:22,916
- You'll know it
when you see it.

265
00:12:22,959 --> 00:12:24,700
Here, wish me luck.

266
00:12:24,744 --> 00:12:26,789
- Good luck.

267
00:12:26,833 --> 00:12:29,792
<i>[mysterious music]</i>

268
00:12:29,836 --> 00:12:35,102
<i>♪</i>

269
00:12:35,145 --> 00:12:36,930
[bell dings]

270
00:12:42,065 --> 00:12:44,328
- I ordered you
a trenté green tea

271
00:12:44,372 --> 00:12:45,721
with a splash of almond milk.

272
00:12:47,505 --> 00:12:49,812
It's what you got last time.

273
00:12:49,856 --> 00:12:51,945
- I think it's time
we moved past favorite drinks

274
00:12:51,988 --> 00:12:54,121
and actually got to know
each other.

275
00:12:54,164 --> 00:12:55,252
- Absolutely.

276
00:12:55,296 --> 00:12:56,819
- Great.
I'll go first.

277
00:12:56,863 --> 00:12:57,994
You've been lying to me
ever since we first met.

278
00:12:58,038 --> 00:12:59,169
- You're wrong about that.

279
00:12:59,213 --> 00:13:00,823
I mean, obviously

280
00:13:00,867 --> 00:13:02,912
not the name part,

281
00:13:02,956 --> 00:13:04,348
but everything else is true.

282
00:13:04,392 --> 00:13:05,697
- Then who are you?

283
00:13:05,741 --> 00:13:07,090
- It's complicated.

284
00:13:07,134 --> 00:13:08,918
- Then you better start
boiling it down.

285
00:13:14,576 --> 00:13:16,273
<i>- Welcome back, Captain.</i>

286
00:13:16,317 --> 00:13:18,580
<i>How was your conversation
with Lois Lane?</i>

287
00:13:22,627 --> 00:13:24,064
<i>Captain Luthor?</i>

288
00:13:24,107 --> 00:13:26,544
<i>[dramatic music]</i>

289
00:13:26,588 --> 00:13:28,895
<i>- Telling you who I am
will only confuse things.</i>

290
00:13:28,938 --> 00:13:30,200
What's important
is you understand

291
00:13:30,244 --> 00:13:31,636
what Edge is really planning.

292
00:13:31,680 --> 00:13:33,029
- I know he's making people
with powers.

293
00:13:33,073 --> 00:13:34,683
- Not people.
An army.

294
00:13:34,726 --> 00:13:37,164
- An army to do what?
- Take over the world.

295
00:13:37,207 --> 00:13:39,122
Metropolis will be
the first city to fall.

296
00:13:39,166 --> 00:13:40,950
- You seem awfully sureof that.

297
00:13:40,994 --> 00:13:42,212
- Because it's the truth.

298
00:13:42,256 --> 00:13:43,866
- And why should I believe you?

299
00:13:43,910 --> 00:13:46,869
[cell phone ringing]

300
00:13:46,913 --> 00:13:53,093
<i>♪</i>

301
00:13:53,136 --> 00:13:54,790
Hey.

302
00:13:54,834 --> 00:13:56,183
<i>- Okay, so I have
a contact in shipping</i>

303
00:13:56,226 --> 00:13:57,619
at Edge's mines--

304
00:13:57,662 --> 00:13:59,229
Well, I mean,
not really a contact,

305
00:13:59,273 --> 00:14:00,840
more like an ex
who really never got over me.

306
00:14:00,883 --> 00:14:02,319
- Chrissy.

307
00:14:02,363 --> 00:14:03,799
<i>- Edge is about
to send a shipment out.</i>

308
00:14:03,843 --> 00:14:06,019
Do you think
it's X-Kryptonite?

309
00:14:06,062 --> 00:14:09,022
- Only one way to find out.
Thanks, boss.

310
00:14:10,066 --> 00:14:11,285
We'll have to pick this up
some other time.

311
00:14:11,328 --> 00:14:12,764
Something came up.

312
00:14:12,808 --> 00:14:14,070
- Lois, this is serious.

313
00:14:14,114 --> 00:14:15,376
I need to speak with Superman.

314
00:14:15,419 --> 00:14:16,377
- Maybe when we're on

315
00:14:16,420 --> 00:14:17,857
a first-name basis.

316
00:14:21,948 --> 00:14:23,775
[bell dings]

317
00:14:25,212 --> 00:14:26,648
- [sighs]

318
00:14:26,691 --> 00:14:28,824
[whooshing]
- Well, that was fast.

319
00:14:28,868 --> 00:14:31,087
- Chrissy called.
Looks like Edge is on the move.

320
00:14:31,131 --> 00:14:32,610
Any luck with the RV?
- [scoffs]

321
00:14:32,654 --> 00:14:34,612
You were right about knowing it
when I found it.

322
00:14:34,656 --> 00:14:37,006
<i>- It seems we have a problem.</i>

323
00:14:37,050 --> 00:14:39,791
- [sighs]
Lois will come around.

324
00:14:39,835 --> 00:14:42,055
<i>- I was referring
to the intruder.</i>

325
00:14:42,925 --> 00:14:45,188
- Intruder?
In here?

326
00:14:45,232 --> 00:14:47,147
<i>- Yes, Captain.
I managed to capture</i>

327
00:14:47,190 --> 00:14:48,931
<i>an image
in front of the monitors.</i>

328
00:14:51,238 --> 00:14:53,283
- [sighs]
That's her husband.

329
00:14:53,327 --> 00:14:54,763
<i>- Is he a threat?</i>

330
00:14:54,806 --> 00:14:56,721
- No.
He's not important.

331
00:14:56,765 --> 00:14:59,376
<i>- There's also been
a development at the mines.</i>

332
00:14:59,420 --> 00:15:01,944
<i>Satellite imaging is showing
increased activity.</i>

333
00:15:01,988 --> 00:15:03,815
- That's what her call
was about.

334
00:15:05,295 --> 00:15:06,557
Pull it up.

335
00:15:06,601 --> 00:15:09,647
- [murmuring]
[phone ringing]

336
00:15:14,783 --> 00:15:16,393
Emily.
[laughs]

337
00:15:16,437 --> 00:15:18,874
Hi.
Take a seat.

338
00:15:18,918 --> 00:15:20,658
What are you doing here?

339
00:15:20,702 --> 00:15:22,878
- Well, um,
I was just told

340
00:15:22,922 --> 00:15:24,358
that you were the one
I'm supposed to talk to

341
00:15:24,401 --> 00:15:27,013
about the Young
Executive Program.

342
00:15:27,056 --> 00:15:28,362
- Yes.

343
00:15:28,405 --> 00:15:30,364
Yeah,
I'm actually just starting

344
00:15:30,407 --> 00:15:31,974
to get into all that now.

345
00:15:32,018 --> 00:15:33,889
- Well, listen, I, uh, I know

346
00:15:33,933 --> 00:15:35,586
I've been out of the workforce
for a while,

347
00:15:35,630 --> 00:15:37,675
but you know,
we couldn't afford childcare,

348
00:15:37,719 --> 00:15:39,634
and now that Avery's
in high school--

349
00:15:39,677 --> 00:15:41,114
- Oh, no, no, no.

350
00:15:41,157 --> 00:15:42,680
You do not need to defend
being a mother to me.

351
00:15:42,724 --> 00:15:45,988
- Good, because
I really want this, Lana.

352
00:15:46,032 --> 00:15:48,599
This is a chance for me to make
a better life for my family,

353
00:15:48,643 --> 00:15:49,992
just like what you're doing.

354
00:15:50,036 --> 00:15:51,776
- There are tradeoffs.

355
00:15:51,820 --> 00:15:54,083
I mean, there are things
you might not be aware of.

356
00:15:54,127 --> 00:15:56,738
- Oh, you don't have to pretend
like this job isn't a big deal.

357
00:15:56,781 --> 00:15:58,609
It's obvious.

358
00:15:58,653 --> 00:16:02,135
I'm just, um, asking for
someone to take a chance on me

359
00:16:02,178 --> 00:16:05,007
like they did with you.

360
00:16:05,051 --> 00:16:06,617
- I appreciate that.

361
00:16:11,405 --> 00:16:13,973
[sighs]
Let me see what I can do,

362
00:16:14,016 --> 00:16:15,496
but no promises.

363
00:16:15,539 --> 00:16:17,846
- Thank you, Lana.
Thank you so much.

364
00:16:17,889 --> 00:16:19,891
- Of course.

365
00:16:22,285 --> 00:16:23,852
Nice to see you.

366
00:16:23,895 --> 00:16:25,462
- Good to see you.

367
00:16:25,506 --> 00:16:27,203
- Bye.

368
00:16:30,424 --> 00:16:32,121
<i>- Could he actually be
Lex Luthor?</i>

369
00:16:32,165 --> 00:16:34,036
- I don't know,
but with everything we know

370
00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:36,125
about the multiverse now,
I'd say anything's possible.

371
00:16:36,169 --> 00:16:37,648
- [sighs]
Like what?

372
00:16:37,692 --> 00:16:39,955
He's related to Lex somehow?

373
00:16:39,999 --> 00:16:41,478
Maybe a son
we don't know about?

374
00:16:41,522 --> 00:16:42,914
- Well, he said
he worked for LuthorCorps.

375
00:16:42,958 --> 00:16:44,351
That can't just be
a coincidence.

376
00:16:44,394 --> 00:16:45,830
- Yeah.

377
00:16:45,874 --> 00:16:47,310
And Lex wouldn't be
the first public figure

378
00:16:47,354 --> 00:16:49,051
trying to keep his family
hidden from the world.

379
00:16:49,095 --> 00:16:50,226
- I'll have Chrissy
look into it.

380
00:16:50,270 --> 00:16:52,098
Are they still up ahead?

381
00:16:52,141 --> 00:16:54,622
- Yeah.
About two miles up.

382
00:16:54,665 --> 00:16:57,016
<i>It looks like
they've got an escort.</i>

383
00:16:57,059 --> 00:16:58,887
<i>There's a panel van with
four guys with guns inside</i>

384
00:16:58,930 --> 00:17:00,584
<i>a couple cars back.</i>

385
00:17:00,628 --> 00:17:02,282
- That seems on brand for Edge.

386
00:17:02,325 --> 00:17:04,197
- What do you wanna do?
- Just keep following.

387
00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:06,851
I wanna see where they're
taking the X-Kryptonite.

388
00:17:06,895 --> 00:17:09,724
- I don't think
that's gonna happen.

389
00:17:11,726 --> 00:17:13,467
- What is it?

390
00:17:13,510 --> 00:17:14,990
- I'm definitely starting
to think

391
00:17:15,034 --> 00:17:16,731
your new friend is a Luthor.

392
00:17:24,869 --> 00:17:26,697
<i>[dramatic music]</i>

393
00:17:26,741 --> 00:17:28,525
<i>- Hey, guys, we got someone
in the road up here.</i>

394
00:17:28,569 --> 00:17:29,874
<i>Be ready.</i>

395
00:17:29,918 --> 00:17:31,528
<i>♪</i>

396
00:17:31,572 --> 00:17:33,835
<i>- Locked and loaded, boys.
It's go time.</i>

397
00:17:36,968 --> 00:17:39,449
- [sighs] Things are gonna get
ugly if I don't do something.

398
00:17:39,493 --> 00:17:40,842
[whooshing]

399
00:17:50,678 --> 00:17:53,333
- Out of the truck!
Get out of the truck!

400
00:17:55,161 --> 00:17:56,945
Turn around.
Get on your knees.

401
00:17:59,121 --> 00:18:00,862
[whooshing]

402
00:18:02,037 --> 00:18:04,692
[whooshing] <i>
- What the hell?</i>

403
00:18:04,735 --> 00:18:07,782
[cell phone ringing]

404
00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:12,047
- We have a problem.

405
00:18:16,225 --> 00:18:17,313
- Don't move.

406
00:18:24,755 --> 00:18:27,802
[beeping]

407
00:18:30,848 --> 00:18:32,807
- What are you doing?

408
00:18:32,850 --> 00:18:34,287
- I assume the same thing
you are.

409
00:18:37,377 --> 00:18:39,161
- No, we were following
the truck

410
00:18:39,205 --> 00:18:40,989
hoping to find out
where it was headed,

411
00:18:41,032 --> 00:18:42,382
which, now, we'll never know

412
00:18:42,425 --> 00:18:45,036
since you decided
to go full-on Rambo!

413
00:18:48,388 --> 00:18:50,172
- I couldn't risk letting this
get where it was going.

414
00:18:50,216 --> 00:18:52,566
- 'Cause that's what Edge
is gonna use to build his army?

415
00:18:52,609 --> 00:18:53,697
- So you believe me now?

416
00:18:53,741 --> 00:18:55,569
- Enough games.

417
00:18:55,612 --> 00:18:58,049
<i>Tell us what you know.</i>

418
00:18:58,093 --> 00:19:00,356
<i>- Fine.
Follow me.</i>

419
00:19:08,103 --> 00:19:09,757
- You sure showed that locker.

420
00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:11,106
- Yeah, yeah.

421
00:19:11,150 --> 00:19:13,064
Had it coming.

422
00:19:13,108 --> 00:19:14,457
<i>[ethereal music]</i>

423
00:19:14,501 --> 00:19:16,372
Uh, hi.

424
00:19:16,416 --> 00:19:19,201
- If the zipper gets stuck,
maybe you should try

425
00:19:19,245 --> 00:19:21,116
talking to it first.
[laughs]

426
00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:24,163
Nothing good
ever comes from anger.

427
00:19:24,206 --> 00:19:25,860
- Right, yeah, yeah,
sure, yeah.

428
00:19:25,903 --> 00:19:27,818
I mean, I'm--I'm--

429
00:19:27,862 --> 00:19:29,603
I'm not gonna, like, talk
to my backpack.

430
00:19:29,646 --> 00:19:31,344
That's--that's weird.

431
00:19:31,387 --> 00:19:33,041
- Right.

432
00:19:33,084 --> 00:19:35,304
I'll see you around, new guy.

433
00:19:35,348 --> 00:19:38,351
<i>♪</i>

434
00:19:38,394 --> 00:19:40,179
- No, no, no, no, no.

435
00:19:40,222 --> 00:19:43,094
Jonathan, no.
Not Tegan Wickhem.

436
00:19:43,138 --> 00:19:44,792
She's way out of your league.

437
00:19:44,835 --> 00:19:47,055
- That's a bit presumptuous,

438
00:19:47,098 --> 00:19:49,797
and besides, how do you know
what my league is?

439
00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:52,016
- I know it's not her.

440
00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:56,847
Look, I came over here
to apologize.

441
00:19:56,891 --> 00:19:58,458
I didn't mean
to accuse you of lying

442
00:19:58,501 --> 00:20:01,025
or Jordan of...

443
00:20:01,069 --> 00:20:02,549
I don't know.

444
00:20:02,592 --> 00:20:04,333
- That's--it's cool.

445
00:20:04,377 --> 00:20:05,421
- No, it's not.

446
00:20:05,465 --> 00:20:07,162
I'm really worried about Tag.

447
00:20:07,206 --> 00:20:08,946
He's my friend,

448
00:20:08,990 --> 00:20:10,426
and you and Jordan
are the only people

449
00:20:10,470 --> 00:20:12,689
who know
what really happened, so...

450
00:20:12,733 --> 00:20:16,302
- Yeah, I know, it's a lot
keeping a secret like that.

451
00:20:16,345 --> 00:20:18,042
I know.

452
00:20:21,481 --> 00:20:22,873
- [sighs]

453
00:20:22,917 --> 00:20:26,399
<i>[low rumbling, scraping]</i>

454
00:20:26,442 --> 00:20:29,402
<i>[dog barking, traffic]</i>

455
00:20:29,445 --> 00:20:32,405
<i>[beeping]</i>

456
00:20:32,448 --> 00:20:34,320
<i>[rumbling]</i>

457
00:20:34,363 --> 00:20:37,105
<i>[sound stops]
[heavy breathing]</i>

458
00:20:48,334 --> 00:20:51,293
<i>[warm music]</i>

459
00:20:51,337 --> 00:20:53,469
<i>♪</i>

460
00:20:53,513 --> 00:20:56,472
<i>[radio buzzing,
indistinct chatter]</i>

461
00:20:56,516 --> 00:20:59,475
<i>[crowd cheering]</i>

462
00:20:59,519 --> 00:21:02,304
<i>- Not being the only one
who knows about this helps.</i>

463
00:21:02,348 --> 00:21:04,654
<i>I guess I'm pretty lucky
to have you.</i>

464
00:21:04,698 --> 00:21:06,569
<i>- I guess I've been in
Smallville long enough to know</i>

465
00:21:06,613 --> 00:21:08,832
<i>that you're different
than everyone else.</i>

466
00:21:08,876 --> 00:21:11,661
- Really?
How so?

467
00:21:11,705 --> 00:21:13,402
- Mm.

468
00:21:13,446 --> 00:21:16,666
I don't know, just--
just, like, more real I guess.

469
00:21:16,710 --> 00:21:18,625
<i>I can tell you hold
a lot of stuff inside,</i>

470
00:21:18,668 --> 00:21:22,106
<i>and I get that.
I get how hard that can be,</i>

471
00:21:22,150 --> 00:21:24,457
<i>so I guess--
I guess what I'm saying is</i>

472
00:21:24,500 --> 00:21:27,242
<i>if you ever need someone
to share that with,</i>

473
00:21:27,286 --> 00:21:29,244
<i>I'm always here.</i>

474
00:21:29,288 --> 00:21:31,333
<i>- Wow, you're kind of in a
better league than I thought.</i>

475
00:21:31,377 --> 00:21:34,423
<i>[ears ringing]</i>

476
00:21:47,958 --> 00:21:50,657
<i>- If Edge is using
X-Kryptonite to build an army,</i>

477
00:21:50,700 --> 00:21:53,616
why would he send
such a small shipment?

478
00:21:53,660 --> 00:21:55,488
- Probably wanted to see
who'd come for it.

479
00:21:55,531 --> 00:21:58,404
- Well, now that he knows,
what's his next move?

480
00:21:58,447 --> 00:22:00,406
- It's hard to say,
but we need to be ready.

481
00:22:00,449 --> 00:22:01,842
- Ready how?

482
00:22:01,885 --> 00:22:03,017
- It's what I was trying
to tell you earlier.

483
00:22:03,060 --> 00:22:05,062
- You wanna meet Superman.

484
00:22:05,106 --> 00:22:06,977
- It's the only way
to stop this.

485
00:22:07,021 --> 00:22:09,110
- Dad, wake up!
Dad!

486
00:22:09,153 --> 00:22:10,720
Dad, wake up.
Dad.

487
00:22:10,764 --> 00:22:11,982
- Hmm?
Hmm?

488
00:22:12,026 --> 00:22:14,376
Hey, where's your mom?

489
00:22:14,420 --> 00:22:16,378
<i>[somber music]</i>

490
00:22:16,422 --> 00:22:18,641
<i>- Coming to you live
from Downtown Metropolis,</i>

491
00:22:18,685 --> 00:22:20,643
<i>reporting on the scene
is Lois Lane.</i>

492
00:22:20,687 --> 00:22:21,818
<i>♪</i>

493
00:22:21,862 --> 00:22:23,342
- You want answers?

494
00:22:23,385 --> 00:22:24,952
I'm willing to tell
Superman everything.

495
00:22:24,995 --> 00:22:26,345
- I'm not in the habit

496
00:22:26,388 --> 00:22:27,911
of just connecting him
with people.

497
00:22:27,955 --> 00:22:29,348
- I'm thinking
the possible end of the world

498
00:22:29,391 --> 00:22:31,785
might warrant an exception.
- Okay.

499
00:22:31,828 --> 00:22:35,484
But I want something from you.
That.

500
00:22:36,572 --> 00:22:38,922
<i>The Kryptonians want you to
think they're indestructible.</i>

501
00:22:38,966 --> 00:22:40,881
<i>They're not.
They have a weakness.</i>

502
00:22:40,924 --> 00:22:43,492
<i>It is a rock from their home
planet called Kryptonite.</i>

503
00:22:43,536 --> 00:22:46,147
<i>Find it
so that we can defeat them.</i>

504
00:22:46,190 --> 00:22:47,714
- I told her not to do this.

505
00:22:47,757 --> 00:22:48,889
<i>- And we must defeat them</i>

506
00:22:48,932 --> 00:22:50,978
<i>if we are to save humanity.</i>

507
00:22:52,066 --> 00:22:54,111
<i>For that is what separates us
from them:</i>

508
00:22:54,155 --> 00:22:56,287
<i>our humanity.</i>

509
00:22:56,331 --> 00:22:57,550
- Mom!

510
00:23:00,466 --> 00:23:01,684
- Okay.

511
00:23:04,078 --> 00:23:06,210
But I need to know
one thing first.

512
00:23:08,430 --> 00:23:09,953
Do you trust him?

513
00:23:12,303 --> 00:23:14,131
- With my life.

514
00:23:15,785 --> 00:23:18,266
<i>I love you both.</i>

515
00:23:18,309 --> 00:23:19,920
<i>[screams]</i>

516
00:23:28,581 --> 00:23:30,191
- I thought you'd say that.

517
00:23:33,237 --> 00:23:35,239
Set up the meet.

518
00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:46,947
<i>[ethereal music]</i>

519
00:23:46,990 --> 00:23:48,601
- All right,
I'm gonna meet Chrissy,

520
00:23:48,644 --> 00:23:50,385
see if I can establish
any connection

521
00:23:50,429 --> 00:23:51,778
between our guy and Lex.

522
00:23:51,821 --> 00:23:54,302
- Yeah, I guess it's still
our only lead.

523
00:23:54,345 --> 00:23:56,043
- Maybe not.
You said the voice in the RV

524
00:23:56,086 --> 00:23:57,087
called him Captain.

525
00:23:57,131 --> 00:23:58,785
- Right, so he's military.

526
00:23:58,828 --> 00:24:00,221
- Which is why I want you
to take that

527
00:24:00,264 --> 00:24:01,570
to the DOD for processing.

528
00:24:01,614 --> 00:24:03,616
- [laughs]

529
00:24:03,659 --> 00:24:04,878
- What?

530
00:24:04,921 --> 00:24:07,271
- Nothing.
Just, it has his prints.

531
00:24:07,315 --> 00:24:09,143
You know,
you're really good at this.

532
00:24:09,186 --> 00:24:10,753
- You better get moving,
Superman.

533
00:24:10,797 --> 00:24:13,234
We don't have much time
before your meeting.

534
00:24:14,191 --> 00:24:15,584
- All right.

535
00:24:15,628 --> 00:24:16,933
[sighs]

536
00:24:16,977 --> 00:24:24,027
<i>♪</i>

537
00:24:30,120 --> 00:24:32,993
<i>- Do you believe Kal-El
will come?</i>

538
00:24:33,036 --> 00:24:34,211
- I do.

539
00:24:35,517 --> 00:24:36,910
And we need to be ready.

540
00:24:37,911 --> 00:24:40,870
<i>[dramatic synth music]</i>

541
00:24:40,914 --> 00:24:47,877
<i>♪</i>

542
00:25:38,624 --> 00:25:40,408
- [grunts]

543
00:26:21,841 --> 00:26:24,887
[electricity crackling]
[machinery whirring]

544
00:26:34,114 --> 00:26:36,595
- It's smaller than I imagined.

545
00:26:36,638 --> 00:26:38,640
- I couldn't have done it
without you, Nat-Bug.

546
00:26:48,084 --> 00:26:50,521
- So I can be out there with
you when you're kicking ass.

547
00:26:52,785 --> 00:26:55,222
You really think you could take
one of them out?

548
00:26:56,702 --> 00:26:59,139
- Only one way
to know for sure.

549
00:27:18,027 --> 00:27:20,247
- Hey.

550
00:27:20,290 --> 00:27:21,640
- What were you talking
to Sarah about earlier?

551
00:27:21,683 --> 00:27:24,425
- What are you--
Are you spying on me?

552
00:27:25,556 --> 00:27:26,645
[scoffs]
Wow.

553
00:27:27,689 --> 00:27:28,821
- Just answer the question.

554
00:27:28,864 --> 00:27:30,257
- Uh, I was talking to her

555
00:27:30,300 --> 00:27:31,737
like a normal human being.

556
00:27:31,780 --> 00:27:33,129
- That's not
what it sounded like.

557
00:27:33,173 --> 00:27:34,870
- Are you being serious
right now?

558
00:27:34,914 --> 00:27:36,219
I've been covering your ass
all day,

559
00:27:36,263 --> 00:27:37,960
and now what?

560
00:27:38,004 --> 00:27:40,310
Now you think I'm trying to
move in on your not-girlfriend?

561
00:27:40,354 --> 00:27:43,052
- That's not a denial.
- Wow, I have had your back

562
00:27:43,096 --> 00:27:46,577
every time someone
has called you dumb or weird

563
00:27:46,621 --> 00:27:49,102
or stupid or awkward. <i>
[ears ringing]</i>

564
00:27:49,145 --> 00:27:51,278
I never believed any of it!

565
00:27:51,321 --> 00:27:53,628
I never believed any of it
because it's not true.

566
00:27:53,672 --> 00:27:55,761
You're just a terrible person!

567
00:27:55,804 --> 00:27:57,588
Don't ever spy on me again!

568
00:27:57,632 --> 00:27:59,721
<i>[dramatic music]</i>

569
00:27:59,765 --> 00:28:02,898
[echoing thump]
- [grunts]

570
00:28:06,206 --> 00:28:07,729
- Impressive bunch
you've assembled.

571
00:28:07,773 --> 00:28:09,252
- Well, there's no shortage

572
00:28:09,296 --> 00:28:10,689
of good people in Smallville.

573
00:28:12,125 --> 00:28:13,779
- And yet, one spot remains.

574
00:28:13,822 --> 00:28:15,737
- One spot.

575
00:28:15,781 --> 00:28:18,740
Just getting through
the last of the résumés.

576
00:28:18,784 --> 00:28:20,481
- Is that it,

577
00:28:20,524 --> 00:28:22,048
or is there something
you're not telling me?

578
00:28:22,091 --> 00:28:25,268
- Um, I don't understand.

579
00:28:25,312 --> 00:28:26,661
- I just thought
perhaps you were hoping

580
00:28:26,705 --> 00:28:28,881
I'd select someone
a little closer to home.

581
00:28:28,924 --> 00:28:30,273
- You mean Kyle.

582
00:28:30,317 --> 00:28:31,971
- I believe he'd be
more than interested.

583
00:28:32,014 --> 00:28:33,537
- Of course.[laughs]

584
00:28:33,581 --> 00:28:35,714
But he's the chief
of the fire department.

585
00:28:35,757 --> 00:28:38,542
- Arrangements could be made.
- Oh, I'm sure,

586
00:28:38,586 --> 00:28:41,241
and it would be
an amazing opportunity,

587
00:28:41,284 --> 00:28:44,026
but it would a lot to juggle
with our girls.

588
00:28:44,070 --> 00:28:45,158
- I understand,

589
00:28:45,201 --> 00:28:47,508
but we are short on time.

590
00:28:47,551 --> 00:28:49,684
I look forward to hearing
your decision.

591
00:28:51,425 --> 00:28:54,471
- Luthor's biographer says
there is no way he has a son.

592
00:28:56,038 --> 00:28:58,214
- Maybe a cousin
or distant relative?

593
00:28:58,258 --> 00:29:00,129
- She walked me
through every branch

594
00:29:00,173 --> 00:29:01,478
of the Luthor family tree.

595
00:29:01,522 --> 00:29:03,654
Our guy is
definitely not on it.

596
00:29:04,612 --> 00:29:05,918
- [sighs]

597
00:29:08,834 --> 00:29:11,227
[whooshes]

598
00:29:17,625 --> 00:29:20,454
- Interesting place for a meet.

599
00:29:20,497 --> 00:29:22,238
- I'm a builder.

600
00:29:22,282 --> 00:29:24,632
Always felt comfortable
in places like this...

601
00:29:26,242 --> 00:29:28,418
Surrounded by scraps and parts.

602
00:29:29,506 --> 00:29:32,031
- Building's
a noble profession.

603
00:29:32,074 --> 00:29:34,947
- Been a while since
anyone's paid me to do it.

604
00:29:34,990 --> 00:29:37,558
- Any chance one
of those people was Lex Luthor?

605
00:29:39,038 --> 00:29:40,735
- It was a different life.

606
00:29:41,431 --> 00:29:42,998
- Why are we really here?

607
00:29:44,347 --> 00:29:47,089
- Because the world's about to
be destroyed unless I save it.

608
00:29:49,178 --> 00:29:51,398
[cell phone ringing]

609
00:29:51,441 --> 00:29:52,921
- It's the DOD.

610
00:29:52,965 --> 00:29:54,662
Hey, Rosetti, what'd you find?

611
00:29:54,705 --> 00:29:57,230
- You say this guy's been
creeping around Smallville?

612
00:29:57,273 --> 00:29:59,710
- And how exactly are you
planning on saving the world?

613
00:29:59,754 --> 00:30:01,756
- By eliminating the threat.

614
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:03,932
- And you think that threat
is Morgan Edge?

615
00:30:03,976 --> 00:30:05,673
- Edge is involved,

616
00:30:05,716 --> 00:30:08,719
but he won't be
the main source of destruction.

617
00:30:08,763 --> 00:30:09,938
- Then who will it be?

618
00:30:15,378 --> 00:30:17,076
<i>- The thing is,
the prints you had us pull</i>

619
00:30:17,119 --> 00:30:18,773
<i>are from a guy who died
six years ago,</i>

620
00:30:18,817 --> 00:30:22,472
and his name's not Luthor,
it's John Henry Irons.

621
00:30:24,561 --> 00:30:26,215
- Give me your keys.
I need your car.

622
00:30:31,830 --> 00:30:33,135
- You're the Stranger.

623
00:30:33,179 --> 00:30:35,311
[whooshes]
[grunts]

624
00:30:38,010 --> 00:30:40,490
- I had a feeling
you might try that.

625
00:30:41,535 --> 00:30:43,842
So I set these solar flares

626
00:30:43,885 --> 00:30:45,147
to a motion detector.

627
00:30:45,191 --> 00:30:46,409
- Why are you doing this?

628
00:30:46,453 --> 00:30:48,281
- Like I said,

629
00:30:48,324 --> 00:30:51,023
I'm here to save the world.

630
00:30:51,066 --> 00:30:53,895
You see, Kal-El,
you're not the Man of Steel.

631
00:30:57,072 --> 00:30:58,552
I am.

632
00:31:02,164 --> 00:31:03,470
- [grunts]

633
00:31:03,513 --> 00:31:06,299
<i>[dramatic music]</i>

634
00:31:06,342 --> 00:31:09,606
<i>♪</i>

635
00:31:09,650 --> 00:31:11,565
- [grunts]

636
00:31:12,044 --> 00:31:13,872
- That looked like it hurt.

637
00:31:16,744 --> 00:31:19,007
<i>[ears ringing]</i>

638
00:31:19,051 --> 00:31:21,270
- [heavy breathing]

639
00:31:21,314 --> 00:31:25,361
This hammer
harnesses kinetic energy.

640
00:31:25,405 --> 00:31:27,537
The further it travels,

641
00:31:27,581 --> 00:31:29,365
the more energy it creates.

642
00:31:30,366 --> 00:31:34,501
From 20 feet, it can stop
a car in its tracks.

643
00:31:34,544 --> 00:31:36,633
30, a truck.

644
00:31:36,677 --> 00:31:39,941
From 60, it can destroy a tank.

645
00:31:39,985 --> 00:31:41,900
Anything beyond that

646
00:31:41,943 --> 00:31:45,425
rivals a blow from Superman.

647
00:31:49,864 --> 00:31:51,822
- [screams]

648
00:32:00,092 --> 00:32:01,571
<i>- Miss Larr?</i>

649
00:32:01,615 --> 00:32:04,313
- Superman's gonna be busy
for a while.

650
00:32:04,357 --> 00:32:06,272
Send the shipment.

651
00:32:08,448 --> 00:32:10,232
<i>[ears ringing]</i>

652
00:32:10,276 --> 00:32:12,495
- [screaming]

653
00:32:13,844 --> 00:32:15,411
<i>- Is that all you have,
Kal-El?</i>

654
00:32:15,455 --> 00:32:17,022
<i>[clanging]</i>

655
00:32:17,065 --> 00:32:18,806
- Hey.
Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, hey.

656
00:32:18,849 --> 00:32:20,503
- I think someone's trying
to kill Dad.

657
00:32:20,547 --> 00:32:22,244
- What?
Where?

658
00:32:22,288 --> 00:32:25,813
- Clark, his name
is John Henry Irons!

659
00:32:25,856 --> 00:32:28,163
I think he's the Stranger!

660
00:32:28,207 --> 00:32:29,556
Clark!

661
00:32:32,515 --> 00:32:34,039
- Okay, you're gonna have
to go faster, all right?

662
00:32:34,082 --> 00:32:35,562
- Jordan, I've only driven
Mom's car before!

663
00:32:35,605 --> 00:32:36,911
Please just tell me
which way to go.

664
00:32:36,955 --> 00:32:38,695
- It's so loud.

665
00:32:38,739 --> 00:32:40,175
- Well, whenever you were
listening to me and Sarah

666
00:32:40,219 --> 00:32:41,350
at school earlier,
whenever you heard us,

667
00:32:41,394 --> 00:32:42,612
-please do that.
-Please.

668
00:32:42,656 --> 00:32:44,223
- [heavy breathing]

669
00:32:44,266 --> 00:32:46,312
-- Jordan, please focus.
-Please.

670
00:32:47,356 --> 00:32:49,010
<i>- You're wrong about me.</i>

671
00:32:49,054 --> 00:32:51,012
- That way!
That way, that way, that way!

672
00:32:58,889 --> 00:33:01,196
- This hero act of yours

673
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:03,242
is all propaganda,

674
00:33:03,285 --> 00:33:06,245
a way to soften the masses
before you turn on them.

675
00:33:08,203 --> 00:33:10,989
I made a promise
to kill you once.

676
00:33:12,686 --> 00:33:15,080
I wasn't able to keep
that promise on my Earth.

677
00:33:16,690 --> 00:33:18,431
But I will here.

678
00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:21,695
[both screaming]

679
00:33:33,098 --> 00:33:34,099
- Lights...
- What?

680
00:33:34,142 --> 00:33:35,970
- The lights.

681
00:33:41,193 --> 00:33:44,239
- [grunting]

682
00:34:08,002 --> 00:34:11,049
- [heavy breathing]

683
00:34:19,013 --> 00:34:20,406
- Stop!

684
00:34:22,408 --> 00:34:25,585
It's over.

685
00:34:27,282 --> 00:34:30,329
- [coughing]

686
00:34:43,646 --> 00:34:45,605
- So this guy came back from
the dead to try and kill you?

687
00:34:45,648 --> 00:34:47,824
- Wouldn't be the first time.

688
00:34:47,868 --> 00:34:49,348
- Want Trask to take
a run at him?

689
00:34:49,391 --> 00:34:50,523
Try and loosen him up?

690
00:34:50,566 --> 00:34:52,307
- Nobody talks to him

691
00:34:52,351 --> 00:34:54,744
until General Lane gets here
in the morning.

692
00:34:54,788 --> 00:34:56,920
And when he does,

693
00:34:56,964 --> 00:34:59,097
I'm going in first.

694
00:35:05,277 --> 00:35:07,409
<i>[doorbell ringing]</i>

695
00:35:07,453 --> 00:35:09,977
- I'll get it.
- Thanks, sweets.

696
00:35:10,717 --> 00:35:13,111
- Hey, Sophie, hi.
- My mom's right in here.

697
00:35:16,505 --> 00:35:18,072
- Hey, Emily.

698
00:35:18,116 --> 00:35:19,421
- I got the job.

699
00:35:19,465 --> 00:35:21,510
Morgan Edge called me himself.

700
00:35:21,554 --> 00:35:23,077
I am starting tomorrow.

701
00:35:23,121 --> 00:35:24,557
- Emily, I didn't--

702
00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:25,688
- Oh, no,
you don't have to take credit.

703
00:35:25,732 --> 00:35:27,255
I totally know it was you.

704
00:35:27,299 --> 00:35:29,039
Mr. Edge even said
seeing you and I together

705
00:35:29,083 --> 00:35:30,693
is what convinced him
to choose me.

706
00:35:30,737 --> 00:35:32,260
[laughs]

707
00:35:32,304 --> 00:35:34,262
Well, listen, Avery and Duc
are in the car.

708
00:35:34,306 --> 00:35:36,656
I just wanted to come by
and say thank you.

709
00:35:36,699 --> 00:35:40,181
Thank you so much.
You have changed my life, Lana.

710
00:35:40,225 --> 00:35:41,487
[laughs]

711
00:35:41,530 --> 00:35:43,271
[door clicks open]
- [sighs]

712
00:35:43,315 --> 00:35:44,403
[door clicks shut]

713
00:35:50,452 --> 00:35:52,193
- This better be good news.

714
00:35:52,237 --> 00:35:54,587
- The X-Kryptonite just arrived
at the facility.

715
00:35:54,630 --> 00:35:56,241
Everything's ready
to move forward.

716
00:35:57,807 --> 00:35:59,069
- So your plan worked.

717
00:35:59,113 --> 00:36:00,854
- Even better
than I anticipated.

718
00:36:00,897 --> 00:36:02,551
- Lucky you.

719
00:36:03,552 --> 00:36:05,511
- Were you able
to find enough Subjekts?

720
00:36:05,554 --> 00:36:09,254
- Yes, but there's no guarantee
they'll be receptive hosts.

721
00:36:09,297 --> 00:36:10,690
You're still the only one

722
00:36:10,733 --> 00:36:12,474
who hasn't shown
any signs of rejection.

723
00:36:13,258 --> 00:36:15,869
- I guess you have to break
a few eggs to make an omelet.

724
00:36:15,912 --> 00:36:17,305
- Indeed.

725
00:36:19,089 --> 00:36:20,830
And now we have our eggs.

726
00:36:25,531 --> 00:36:28,403
<i>- DOD has John Irons
on lockdown.</i>

727
00:36:28,447 --> 00:36:30,797
<i>We'll start
the interrogations tomorrow.</i>

728
00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:32,973
- I should've
figured it out sooner.

729
00:36:33,016 --> 00:36:34,931
- Lois, come on, you can't be
that hard on yourself.

730
00:36:34,975 --> 00:36:36,629
- I'm supposed to be
this incredible reporter,

731
00:36:36,672 --> 00:36:37,978
but I got fooled tonight,

732
00:36:38,021 --> 00:36:39,588
and someone almost murdered
my husband.

733
00:36:39,632 --> 00:36:40,937
- It's not that simple.

734
00:36:41,851 --> 00:36:45,420
I mean,
the guy's from another world.

735
00:36:45,464 --> 00:36:47,857
- I still think there's more
he's not telling us.

736
00:36:47,901 --> 00:36:49,207
- So do I.

737
00:36:51,296 --> 00:36:54,168
Which is why John Henry Irons
isn't going anywhere

738
00:36:54,212 --> 00:36:56,475
until we find out
everything he knows.

739
00:36:56,518 --> 00:36:59,260
- If it wasn't for the boys,

740
00:36:59,304 --> 00:37:00,827
you might've died tonight.

741
00:37:00,870 --> 00:37:02,089
- I got lucky

742
00:37:02,132 --> 00:37:04,178
Jordan's hearing clicked
when it did.

743
00:37:04,222 --> 00:37:06,093
- With everything this family
is facing,

744
00:37:06,136 --> 00:37:07,486
we can't rely on luck.

745
00:37:09,618 --> 00:37:11,141
You're right, Clark.

746
00:37:11,185 --> 00:37:12,273
We're not protecting the boys

747
00:37:12,317 --> 00:37:13,883
by keeping secrets from them.

748
00:37:14,797 --> 00:37:16,103
- So what do you
want to tell them?

749
00:37:17,931 --> 00:37:19,237
- Everything.

750
00:37:23,284 --> 00:37:24,720
[knocks]

751
00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:28,420
- Hey, I just--
I wanted to apologize

752
00:37:28,463 --> 00:37:30,683
for spying on you
and Sarah earlier.

753
00:37:36,341 --> 00:37:38,604
I...

754
00:37:38,647 --> 00:37:40,301
I'm really sorry

755
00:37:40,345 --> 00:37:42,521
you have to lie for me
like that all the time.

756
00:37:44,436 --> 00:37:47,482
- Actually, this time,
I kinda told the truth.

757
00:37:47,526 --> 00:37:49,876
I mean, not, like, all of it,
obviously, but...

758
00:37:51,443 --> 00:37:53,314
But somehow it--

759
00:37:53,358 --> 00:37:54,794
it almost felt worse this way,

760
00:37:54,837 --> 00:37:57,318
'cause it was, like, um,

761
00:37:57,362 --> 00:37:58,972
it's, like, I don't know.
Like, intentional.

762
00:38:03,281 --> 00:38:04,804
- It feels like everything
since we got here

763
00:38:04,847 --> 00:38:07,676
has just been a big secret.

764
00:38:08,198 --> 00:38:10,679
I just--I want it
to go back to normal so bad.

765
00:38:12,594 --> 00:38:14,988
- To be fair, Jordan, I mean,

766
00:38:15,031 --> 00:38:16,424
I'm pretty sure normal people
have stuff

767
00:38:16,468 --> 00:38:20,123
that they're hiding too.

768
00:38:20,167 --> 00:38:21,429
- Tonight's probably
been the most scared

769
00:38:21,473 --> 00:38:22,604
I've ever been in my life.

770
00:38:24,563 --> 00:38:28,654
- But gotta say,

771
00:38:28,697 --> 00:38:30,786
it was also pretty awesome.[laughs]

772
00:38:30,830 --> 00:38:32,266
- Yeah, okay,
you did total that truck.

773
00:38:32,310 --> 00:38:33,441
- Pretty sick.
Bro, I don't even have

774
00:38:33,485 --> 00:38:34,747
a learner's permit.

775
00:38:34,790 --> 00:38:36,052
- Or know how to drive!
- I know!

776
00:38:36,096 --> 00:38:39,621
- Which was incredibly reckless

777
00:38:39,665 --> 00:38:41,449
and dangerous

778
00:38:41,493 --> 00:38:44,104
and irresponsible

779
00:38:44,147 --> 00:38:47,281
and absolutely... necessary.

780
00:38:47,325 --> 00:38:49,152
You both saved my life tonight,

781
00:38:49,196 --> 00:38:51,024
so I think I owe you
a pretty big thank-you.

782
00:38:51,067 --> 00:38:53,374
- Listen, we know that you two
must have a lot of questions

783
00:38:53,418 --> 00:38:55,202
about what's been going on
around here.

784
00:38:56,246 --> 00:38:59,337
- Look, we've taught you
not to keep secrets from us.

785
00:38:59,380 --> 00:39:01,991
- So we're not gonna keep
secrets from you anymore.

786
00:39:02,035 --> 00:39:04,124
- Isn't most of that stuff,like,

787
00:39:04,167 --> 00:39:05,517
like, classified though?

788
00:39:05,560 --> 00:39:06,909
- Yes.

789
00:39:06,953 --> 00:39:09,172
Which is why none
of what we tell you

790
00:39:09,216 --> 00:39:12,045
can ever leave this house.
Is that understood?

791
00:39:13,220 --> 00:39:14,395
-- Definitely.
-Yeah.

792
00:39:14,439 --> 00:39:16,092
<i>[ethereal music]</i>

793
00:39:16,136 --> 00:39:17,616
- All right,
who wants to go first?

794
00:39:17,659 --> 00:39:21,402
<i>♪</i>

795
00:39:21,446 --> 00:39:23,186
- What was that deal
with the guy tonight?

796
00:39:34,763 --> 00:39:36,765
- I just doubled the output
on the reflex modules,

797
00:39:36,809 --> 00:39:39,028
which means--
- We found Kal-El.

798
00:39:42,162 --> 00:39:45,121
It's time.
- Right now?

799
00:39:45,165 --> 00:39:46,514
But the tracking inlay's
still glitchy.

800
00:39:46,558 --> 00:39:48,081
- Nat--

801
00:39:48,124 --> 00:39:49,517
- And we haven't finished
the hammer yet,

802
00:39:49,561 --> 00:39:51,171
and the AI's still set
for Lex Luthor.

803
00:39:51,214 --> 00:39:53,608
- It doesn't matter who
the AI thinks is in the suit.

804
00:39:53,652 --> 00:39:55,393
It has to be now, Bug.

805
00:39:55,436 --> 00:39:58,308
<i>[somber music]</i>

806
00:39:58,352 --> 00:39:59,788
My ship will be here
in two minutes.

807
00:39:59,832 --> 00:40:01,399
<i>♪</i>

808
00:40:01,442 --> 00:40:04,445
Look, this is what
we've been preparing for.

809
00:40:04,489 --> 00:40:06,360
Our one chance to end it.

810
00:40:08,057 --> 00:40:09,885
- I just...

811
00:40:09,929 --> 00:40:11,974
I don't want anything
to happen to you.

812
00:40:14,368 --> 00:40:16,283
- I'm gonna go out there

813
00:40:16,326 --> 00:40:18,372
and kill him.

814
00:40:21,070 --> 00:40:23,116
And then I'm coming right back.

815
00:40:26,032 --> 00:40:28,034
Uh, say it with me.

816
00:40:29,644 --> 00:40:33,474
both: Forged in fire,
strong as steel.

817
00:40:46,574 --> 00:40:48,402
- I love you, Dad.

818
00:40:51,579 --> 00:40:53,363
- I love you too, Nat-Bug.

819
00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:56,671
More than anything
in this world.

820
00:41:00,153 --> 00:41:02,503
I'm gonna be right back.

821
00:41:14,907 --> 00:41:17,475
I promise.

822
00:41:25,787 --> 00:41:27,833
[door clicks shut]

823
00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:35,057
<i>I'm gonna be right back.</i>

824
00:41:35,101 --> 00:41:36,972
<i>I promise.</i>

825
00:41:39,540 --> 00:41:41,063
<i>I'm gonna be right back.</i>

826
00:41:43,283 --> 00:41:45,328
<i>I promise.</i>

827
00:41:45,372 --> 00:41:48,331
<i>[dramatic music]</i>

828
00:41:48,375 --> 00:41:53,598
<i>♪</i>

829
00:41:56,992 --> 00:41:59,952
<i>[heroic music]</i>

830
00:41:59,995 --> 00:42:07,046
<i>♪</i>

831
00:42:16,011 --> 00:42:19,058
- Greg, move your head.

