(Judge Cobb) 'To the charge of murder in the first degree, guilty.'
Mr. Laderman, before this court imposes a sentence
do you have anything to say?
I'm innocent, Your Honor.
It is the decision of this court
that Eugene Laderman be immediately
transported to the Metropolis maximum-security prison.
'There, to begin serving a term of life'
without possibility...of parole.
'Next!'
[instrumental music]
(Lois) 'Don't tell me what the rules are, Ben'
I've broken every one of them before.
- I can't let you in there. - But you know me.
I've been covering this trial for months.
I just want one statement. Just one little--
It's against the rules.
Are you a football fan?
It depends on where I'm sitting.
How about the 50-yard line?
Ten minutes.
[beeping]
[door unlocks]
[instrumental music]
Give me my tickets back.
[instrumental music]
[grunts]
- Dad? - Clark?
Don't scare me like that.
Scare you? Are you kidding?
Sorry. But what happened to the lights?
Uh, I don't know, I think, I think a fuse blew.
[slams]
Phew.
Uh, take a seat, dad.
- I'll just, uh, go change. - Hmm.
[whooshes]
Is everything okay at home?
No, son.
I think your mother is having an affair with a younger man.
[chuckles] Dad, that is ridiculous.
To top it off, he's an artist.
Dad, mom would never--
Now, I wanna show you this. I wanna show you this.
I found it in the barn...covered up.
He painted her.
If this isn't proof, I don't know what is.
Dad, you said he was an artist.
There's nothing wrong with him painting mom's portrait.
In the nude?
Mom?
[theme music]
[explodes]
[music continues]
[dramatic music]
- And when the door opened.. - He was gone.
He accessed the code from the central courtroom computer.
The evidence room was broken into and a gun is missing.
Detective Reed, I don't think--
You don't think, period!
And I'll be mentioning the fact that you opened the door
to Miss Lane in my report.
It wasn't his fault, I made him do it.
He wasn't following procedure.
You're free to go, for now.
Thank you.
[instrumental music]
Oh, great. Another ticket.
[engine starts]
Drive.
Eugene, what are you doing?
Just drive.
(Lois) 'This isn't gonna work, Eugene. Everyone is looking for you.'
Now, give me the gun before you get into any more trouble.
- I never would've. - I know you wouldn't.
Miss Lane, you're the only one I can turn to.
You know all the evidence against me is circumstantial.
You know I didn't kill Henry Harrison.
I believe you're innocent
but you're also an escaped felon.
Now armed and dangerous.
What are you gonna do?
I don't know.
Except, I have to see Lena. Something's wrong.
She didn't look at me during the trial.
She never visited me in jail.
But you were just convicted for killing her husband.
But she loves me.
And I love her.
Please, I have to talk to her.
Help me.
[Clark grunts]
Dad, it's 5:30.
Oh, sorry. Uh..
I guess I'm used to getting up with the chickens.
Is the couch okay?
Yeah, sure. Fine.
I guess I'm also not used to sleeping without your mother.
So what's for breakfast?
Ham and eggs, hash browns.
You want some hotcakes, too?
No, dad, this is fine.
[both chuckle]
Ooh! Whew!
Where's your potholder?
I never need one, dad.
(Jonathan) 'Thanks, Clark.'
[grunting]
Dad, it's gonna be okay, I promise.
Are you sure you don't want me to call mom?
She knows where I am.
What did she say when you left?
We had a big fight.
About the painting?
Yeah, and him.
[telephone ringing]
Hello.
Oh, hi, mom.
How are you?
Oh, no, he's fine.
Yeah, we're just having breakfast.
Yeah.
Oh, really? When?
Okay, great. I'll see you then.
Well, what did she say?
Well, not much.
She says she wants to talk to you in person.
- Ah! - She's coming in.
- Tonight? - No, day after tomorrow.
Oh, well, she probably doesn't wanna
miss her life drawing class.
(Perry) Lois, are you doing a follow-up on the Eugene Laderman escape?
Lois, are you, uh, with us here?
Uh, yeah. I'm on it, chief.
- You upset over the verdict? - 'The man is innocent.'
He is no more a killer than I am.
Well, wait a minute. The man signed a confession, didn't he?
He was under duress when he signed it
and his attorney wasn't even present.
Lois, the man shot his boss, then set fire to the room
to try to hide the evidence.
Fingerprint's on the gun
his clothes had Harrison's blood on them
not to mention, he and Harrison's wife
were doing the deed.
Jimmy, it's okay to have an affair
if your husband's a brutal sociopath.
No, it's not. It's not okay.
Assuming it's true.
What's true?
That they're having an affair.
Well, you know, when Priscilla left Elvis
February of '72, she went straight into the arms
of Mike Stone, her karate instructor.
- Also married. - Forgive me, chief.
I'm just not in the mood for another Elvis yarn.
Wait. You're not in the mood for an Elvis yarn?
Chief, Eugene and Lena--
Speak of the devil.
I'm very worried.
I haven't heard from him.
Eugene wrote me, told me how much he trusted you.
You were the only one who believed in him.
(Lois) What can we do for you?
They'll find him.
They'll track him down and kill him.
My husband..
...was a violent and cruel man.
There were, there were nights..
...so many nights that I thought, God forgive me
if only he were dead then Eugene and I..
He did it for me.
Lois, can I see you for a minute?
I have to be going anyway.
Detective Reed.
Miss Lane.
Lena Harrison have anything interesting to say?
She's just worried about Eugene.
Wants us to write a story telling him to turn himself in.
Good idea.
We've been telling her since last night.
No sign of Eugene?
Oh, no, a fugitive still at large.
Detective, is there anything specific we can help you with?
Well, no. Not really.
It just seemed to me that during the trial
Miss Lane and the escaped felon became, well, friendly like.
I'm a journalist. I covered the trial.
I was just wondering if you had information
as to the whereabouts of Mr. Laderman.
He hasn't called you, has he?
No, he hasn't called me.
Well, just in case he does, do give me a call, will you?
And don't worry, Miss Lane
I brought him in once, I'll do it again.
[instrumental music]
Tell me the biggest secret you have.
What?
Tell me the biggest secret you have.
Something you've never revealed.
- To another soul. - Why?
'Cause I'm about to tell you the biggest one I have
and I need blackmail material.
- I can't. - Spill it.
Okay.
The truth is that my mother might be
having an affair with a younger man.
- Not big enough. - What?
My parents have been married for almost 30 years, Lois.
Okay. What I'm about to tell you cannot be repeated.
- Swear it. - I swear.
On the lives of your future grandchildren.
Okay.
And no matter what I tell you
you can't do anything about it.
Got it.
Eugene Laderman is hiding out in my apartment.
(Lois) What are you doing?
You are calling the police.
- You swore! - Lois!
On the lives of your future grandchildren.
Lois, you cannot make me swear to something that's illegal.
You are harboring a fugitive. A murderer.
The man is dangerous. He killed Harrison and he could kill you.
He's innocent.
He was tried and convicted by a jury of his peers.
Oh, leave the truth and justice stuff to Superman, would you?
See, I knew I shouldn't have told you.
But you're my partner.
Right?
When it's convenient for you, yes.
Come to my apartment. Talk to Eugene.
If you still think that he's a murderer
then you can call the police.
Deal?
Yeah.
(Clark) 'You were having an argument the day before he was killed.'
- That's true, but it doesn't-- - You admit that you hated him.
(Eugene) 'It was the way he treated Lena.'
You were having an affair with his wife.
It wasn't an affair. We were in love.
But Lena didn't wanna..
...consummate until--
- Until you killed him. - No.
Until she left him.
You didn't know him.
Lena would come to work with bruises on her.
Tell Clark about Henry.
He developed his own software and started his own company
after he got fired from LexCom.
He worked for Lex Luthor?
For 20 years. He was a loose canon.
'One day, I found a new program he was working on'
"The Ides of Metropolis."
When he discovered I'd seen it, he went berserk
threatening me, threatening Lena.
Why didn't Lena testify
as a witness for the prosecution?
(Eugene) She was subpoenaed. She had to tell the truth.
And the truth was
there was no way she could prove I didn't kill her husband.
Well, she thinks you did it. She said so today.
You saw Lena?
I'm gonna make some coffee.
- Make the call. - Clark, I can't do that.
Lois, we had a deal.
I have not heard a single thing
that makes me think this guy is less guilty
or less of a threat to you.
Please, I am sure about this.
You are always sure.
Two days. 48 hours.
The man is about to go to prison for the rest of his life.
Eugene, what is it?
Lena told you that I killed Henry?
She said you did it for her.
[instrumental music]
Lena's right about one thing.
I did do it for her.
- You killed Harrison? - 'No.'
Originally I confessed.
Then later I refused to take the stand to...protect her.
She's the one who did it.
She killed her husband.
No one knew Mr. Harrison better than I did.
I was his personal secretary for 15 years.
He was a genius, you know?
We interviewed several people that say he was also a tyrant.
He had a company to run.
It wasn't easy starting his own line of software
and then to find out that Lena and Eugene were..
He didn't deserve to be two-timed.
There's some evidence that indicates
Harrison was abusive towards his wife.
Nonsense! He loved her.
He would never touch a hair on her head.
I-in his will he left her everything, all the stocks--
The debts?
Oh, that's not fair.
All these accusations against Mr. Harrison.
He's not here to defend himself.
No, he's not.
- Well, thank you for your time. - You're welcome.
Uh, look, I know it's your business to dig around
looking for new angles on stories
but Eugene Laderman killed Mr. Harrison.
That's the real truth.
(Luthor) Pull.
[gunshot]
Yes, excellent shot, sir.
[telephone ringing]
Yes? Right.
Ms. Lane and Mr. Kent are here.
Oh, good. Well, show them in.
Do come in.
Welcome!
[gunshot]
What happens if you miss?
That's an interesting question, Mr. Kent.
Well, let's see. This clay pigeon weighs two ounces.
We're on the 110th floor
approximately 1500 feet from street level.
Considering the G-force and the speed
if this object hits some hapless passerby
it would strike at the speed of about 200 miles per hour.
Well, my guess is that it would kill
unfortunately, him or her, instantly.
I never miss.
Lois.
- Nice to see you. - Oh.
Nice to see you, too, Lex.
Please, come in.
Yeah, about Henry Harrison..
Yes, when I received your call
I requested the head of LexCom personnel to pull his file.
I'm afraid there's not much there to help you.
- Did you know him personally? - Oh, yes, I..
Well, he was quite an ambitious
and talented man when I hired him.
He was an original thinker, ahead of his time.
Is it true he was fired less than a month
before he was eligible to retire
with a full pension?
Yes, when we downsized the company
during the recession, hundreds of employees were forced out.
We did our best to relocate them.
Henry wanted to be his own boss.
Still, it's a shame about the murder.
Now, have they caught the man yet?
No, not yet.
Lois?
Is there some doubt in your mind as to this man's guilt?
Yes, a great deal of doubt.
Thanks for your help.
Nigel.
The technicians at LexCom..
...are they still having that same problem
with the computer slowing down?
I believe so, sir.
Hmm.
You'd better get me LexCom internal security.
(Jimmy) 'So I followed her to the Lexor Hotel.'
Wait till you see this.
(Lois) 'I don't believe this.'
- Jimmy. - I-I got distracted.
(Lois) 'How did you get this? And what about Reed?'
'Weren't her men tailing Lena as well?'
(Jimmy) 'Two guys in a car in front of the hotel, some stakeout.'
Uh, so much for the grieving widow.
(Jimmy) 'Mm-hmm.'
Now what?
Dad, I think getting in shape is a great idea
but you're doing it for the wrong reasons.
Now, if you wanna feel better, that's one thing
but I think mom loves you just the way you are.
(female #1) 'Hi, guys.'
First time here? Can I, uh, show you around?
Uh, thanks, anyway, but I pretty well
know my way around the gym.
I..
...could use a few pointers.
Great. Why don't we start off over here?
Okay, dad, just a few light reps and then we hit the showers.
- Over here. - Yup.
Hey. That's my machine.
Uh, I didn't see anyone using it.
Everyone knows I use this machine
at this time every day.
So buzz off, four-eyes. And take grandpa with you.
- Come on, son. - Dad! No, no, no, dad.
We'll wait.
Ah, it might be a while, yeah
'cause once I start pumping..
...hard to stop.
- Really? - Yeah.
[grunting]
The stinking machine's broken!
Really? I don't know. Here, dad, jump in.
- Oh. - And show him how it's done.
Just, uh, grab these grips here.
- Right. - Breathe in.
And when you exhale, push up.
(Jonathan) 'Exhale, push up.'
'Ooh.'
Here you go.
[grunting]
Uh, okay, dad. Okay. Okay.
Once he gets pumping, it's hard for him to stop, you know?
- Uh, Jonathan? - Hmm?
Would you like to spot me?
Spot you?
Sure.
[keyboard keys clacking]
I've straightened out your files, Lois
gave you a simpler directory.
You..
Those are personal files!
I have a password!
I know. Superman.
It wasn't too tough to figure out.
Eugene, let's go over
what happened the day of Harrison's death.
Well, it's like I said, I found this new program
he was working on.
Henry asked how much of the program I'd seen.
Suddenly he was screaming at me
saying that I had stolen his wife
'and now, The Ides Of Metropolis.'
And I started yelling back at him.
I said I'd kill him if..
...if he hurt Lena again.
[knocking on door]
- It's Reed. - How do you know?
Well, that was a, a police kind of knock.
Quick, into the bedroom.
Oh, uh..
I have a warrant to search the premises.
My apartment? Are you crazy?
I don't think so.
Call me wild, call me crazy
but I have a hunch that you are hiding something
or someone.
Why don't you just have a seat right here
on that couch, Ms. Lane?
This won't hurt much and, uh, it'll be over real soon.
[instrumental music]
[shuddering]
Nice jacket.
[scoffs]
(male #1) 'No sign of him, Detective Reed. Not in here, ma'am.'
I am sorry to have bothered you, Ms. Lane.
It appears that, uh, I was mistaken for the time being.
Eugene didn't kill Harrison.
Well, do tell.
Lena Harrison killed her husband.
Interesting theory.
Unfortunately, at the precise time of Harrison's death
Lena was at a neighborhood watch meeting.
She was seen by at least 20 people
who positively identified her.
Reed.
Why would a man set fire to the room with the body in it
to destroy the evidence
and then wait for the police to show up?
Goodnight, Ms. Lane.
Make sure you lock the, uh, door and windows
before you go to bed.
We got an escaped killer on the loose.
Lois, what happened?
- What did Reed say? - Oh, not much.
(Lois) 'Just that Lena Harrison has an ironclad alibi'
for the night of her husband's death.
[instrumental music]
Clark, men and women lie to each other all the time.
It's a national pastime. I mean, sometimes it's okay to lie.
It's never okay.
So you're saying you will never lie to your wife?
That is, assuming someone is crazy enough
to actually say, "I do" to you.
- That's right. - Transfer me to who?
No, I've been holding for ten minutes. I don't want..
Ah..
- Alright. Here's the scene. - Yes, I can hold, sure.
Your wife has spent the entire day at the beauty parlor.
She's dyed her hair red
cut it all off just to please you
only, it looks ghastly.
She comes home, you open the door
and she's standing there all hopeful
"Honey, do you like it?"
What do you do?
My wife would know that I loved her just the way she was.
Why would she dye her hair red?
Oh, that is just..
[Perry clears throat]
Okay, I'd tell her the truth, that I loved her
and that I liked her hair better the way it was before
but that if she's happy, then that's the important thing.
No, I don't wanna leave a message.
I already left one. Never mind.
Poor woman.
- Who? - Your wife.
She's married to Mr. Right, Mr. Always Right.
Uh, Lois. Clark.
A moment of your time, please.
Is there...something
the two of you wanna tell me?
No. Not really, chief.
Are you sure there's nothing
you wanna get off your...chest
or, uh, chests?
Well..
...we'd like to tell you, chief
but, uh...we can't.
It's better this way.
Better off not knowing, chief.
It's a little late for that.
- I know. - You know?
What exactly do you know?
You know..
...about him, where he is.
- Oh, s-so you do know. - How do you know?
It's better you don't know
but..
...I don't know officially.
'But then if a man in my position'
didn't know unofficially..
...I wouldn't be a man in my position.
So...now that you know
uh, unofficially
are you gonna tell anyone that you, you know, know?
No. I just wanted you to know.
Oh. Well, thank you, sir.
I-I feel much better knowing that you know.
Me, too.
There is something you should know, though.
What's that?
The minute you step outside that door
I no longer know.
And I don't wanna know..
...anything else..
...worth knowing..
...in the future.
[door shuts]
[door opens]
Thank God, you're back, you told me
not to use the phone or go out.
So I had no way to contact you.
- What happened? - Nothing happened.
It's what's going to happen, I think.
All the programs on your computer were sluggish today
so I tapped into the Daily Planet Bank.
Their systems are slowed down, too.
Eugene, there are more important things going on
than a temporary computer slowdown.
That file that Henry was working on
it wasn't a program, it was a virus
'a virus designed to destroy'
all other software programs
a polymorphic encrypted virus.
Well, that makes sense.
the man was about to lose everything.
Why not take everyone's system
'down with you?'
Can a virus just start up
without the programmer there to initiate it?
Maybe, if it has some kind of doomsday code on it.
How bad could this virus make things?
[chuckles] In a nation entirely dependent on computers
it could mean disaster.
The banks, the stock exchange
air traffic control
even our nuclear missiles. They're all run by computers.
What can we do?
- You've to break me into M.U.T. - M.U.T.?
Metropolis University of Technology.
I need a powerful central computer system to work off of.
I have to find the antidote.
I teach a class there, my students can help.
(Nigel) Security has confirmed your suspicions.
There is a virus.
[scoffs]
See? No one is invulnerable.
No system is guaranteed secure.
At no time in history
has the power of one destructive individual
been so amplified.
It is the ultimate..
...terrorism.
You know, I've often wondered what would it be like..
...if our entire infrastructure..
...dissolved.
Well, perhaps we are too, um..
...dependent?
Perhaps, you know, I've never thought of myself
as dependent on anyone or anything
but I'm a slave.
Nigel, like you, like everyone else..
...I'm a slave
to the systems we create.
'What would it be like, a world without Luthor Technologies'
'no Luthor Industries'
no Luthor Communications?
Could I weather it, Nigel?
It might be for the best.
I could get back to nature
buy a pair of hiking boots
get in my car, a car without a driver
'and drive as far as I could..'
...before I fell off the edge of the world.
'Could I?'
Would I?
I think..
...not.
Yes. Quite right.
- Mom! - Hi, honey.
Hi.
Where's your father?
Uh, he went to the store.
You're here early.
Is he alright?
Yeah, he's fine, mom
but...I'm not so sure I am.
Dad thinks that you're having an affair
with that artist teacher of yours.
- Is that true? - Clark.
There are things that happen
between man and woman
between husband and wife
that you have yet to experience.
Mom, what are you saying?
Hey, Clark, I found the peonies!
Your mother always loved peoni..
...peonies.
Are those for me?
There's no one else.
For me, either, Jonathan.
- Oh, is that true, Martha? - Yes!
You're the first man I ever kissed and you'll be the last.
So no affair?
Well, unless you call two cups of coffee at Mazzy's an affair.
Oh, Martha, I should never have doubted you.
- I know you too well. - Yes!
And you should also know
that just because I may qualify
for membership with the Gray Panthers
'that doesn't mean I'm slowing down.'
And it doesn't mean that I have to stop growing
Well, uh, I just hope I can keep up with you, Martha.
[sighs] You don't have to.
Just understand me like you always have.
Just be there for me..
...like I know you always will.
- Oh.. - Oh.
[indistinct]
[Martha chuckles]
[dramatic music]
[computer beeping]
[door opens]
You dug up Henry Harrison's body?
I dug up a body, but it wasn't Harrison's.
Well, if the body found in the generator room
wasn't Harrison, who was it?
A homeless man who lived in the generator room
in Harrison's building.
His family had reported him missing.
It seemed he called them once a week. Dental records matched.
Why weren't these checked at the trial?
They were. There was a match.
Well, how is that possible?
Computer records can be falsified
especially by computer experts.
Besides, Lena identified the body.
So Eugene was telling the truth.
You can call your manhunt off now.
I got a dead body on my hands and Harrison's still missin'.
For all we know, Eugene Laderman might have killed two men.
- You can't be serious. - I got a job to do.
Maybe he did it, maybe he didn't
but right now, I intend to bring him in
by any means necessary.
Lois, Clark, check this out!
I'm trying to get in and do a spell check
and...look at this.
[indistinct chattering]
What is this?
[laughs]
[explosion]
[laughing]
The Ides Of Metropolis appeared this morning
on the screens of over a million computers.
And with its arrival, came a catastrophe
'of unparalleled proportion.'
'World financial markets are collapsing.'
'Banks and other financial institutions'
have closed their doors, creating a mass panic.
'Doctors are performing emergency surgeries'
'under war-zone conditions.'
'Airports are shutting down.'
'Several near misses have already been reported.'
Nothing seems to have escaped this deadly virus
with no end in sight.
Great shades of Elvis!
'The army and navy are on full tactic alert.'
You got that right.
(Lois) What exactly are we looking for?
An entry code so we can analyze the virus and find a cure.
I've tried all the ones Henry ever used
every member of his immediate family, etc.
Now we're trying number combinations.
What about the name of the program
The Ides Of Metropolis?
'Ides refers to the 15th day of certain months.'
I've tried some letter-number combinations
using that factor but so far--
What about the dramatic reference?
"Julius Caesar," "Beware of the Ides of March."
We'll give it a try.
[keyboard keys clacking]
[beeps]
(Lois) 'The play is about conspiracy'
politics, traitors.
Maybe there's some other connection.
Police! Step aside from the desk.
Laderman, down and kiss the floor.
(Lois) 'No, you can't.'
Eugene's working on the antidote
for the computer virus, he may be close.
He's the only one who can do it.
[beeping]
[grunting]
(male #1) 'Detective, you alright?'
Are you ladies finished?
Yeah. We are.
Mr. Law And Order.
Oh.
Don't you see what's going on?
I mean, haven't you read the news?
Eugene may be our only hope.
He worked under Harrison.
He saw Harrison develop the computer virus.
He's the only one that can find the antidote.
For God's sake, let him try!
Alright, stay here.
Don't let anyone in or out of this room.
- 'Where are you going?' - Harritech.
I followed Lena there last night.
'She's got some explaining to do.'
I'm going with ya.
[instrumental music]
[beeping]
Good evening, Ms. Lane, Ms. Reed.
Permit me to introduce myself.
I'm Henry Harrison.
(Lois) So you were in on it all along?
Of course.
I believe in marital fidelity.
What about your loyalty to Eugene? He loved you.
Oh, yes. Poor Eugene.
Now, I thought the legal process would finish him off.
Now, I'll just have to do it myself.
- Why? - I can answer that.
Harritech was about to fail.
His virus would make all other software systems obsolete.
(Harrison) That's quite correct, Ms. Lane.
Billions of dollars were at stake.
I needed to disappear beyond suspicion
like, dead.
And, uh, Eugene was the perfect foil.
Forgive the cliché
but you're not gonna get away with it.
Eugene is working on the antidote as we speak.
Well, that really doesn't matter, Ms. Lane..
...because within the hour
every computer system in the country will be shut down.
The nuclear missiles?
Please, Ms. Lane, give me a little credit.
Surely you don't think I'd destroy
all those potential customers.
Of course, a few shutdowns here and there
medical facilities, control towers
automated machinery.
You know, there are bound to be a few glitches.
[beeping]
- I can get you a deal. - I doubt that very much.
So what are you gonna do now? Kill us?
[keyboard keys clacking]
Got it! Lois was right. The play is the thing.
"Et tu, Brute." That's the password.
Uh, what now?
[keyboard keys clacking]
By our calculations
in order for the virus to reach full distribution
it has to pass through these three centers.
So we contact the centers
and have them apply the antidote? No?
It has to be done on the premises.
We have to manually insert this antidote disk
in each of the centers.
Well, how much time do we have?
None, by the time we'd fly them there
it might be too late.
The virus has already penetrated the network.
I know a way.
[Lois groaning]
Aah!
[dramatic music]
- Great, now you've done it! - Me?
You're the one who said
"What are you gonna do now? Kill us?"
They teach you that in journalism school?
Well, I suppose you called for backup
told them to come in in ten minutes
if we didn't get out.
Did they teach you that in detective school?
[instrumental music]
[train honking]
[beeps]
- Yes! That's one, that's one. - That's one.
Come on. Come on.
What is this place, anyway?
How do you get that to do that like that?
- What? - Your hair.
You know, the bounce thing when you turn your head.
I don't know. It just does it.
Like that.
[chuckles]
I wish I could get my nails
to look like yours.
Oh, you can, $1.98 at LexSave.
Get out of here.
They look so real!
(Harrison) Go into the sub routines, okay?
Right.
Now, let me write some new codes.
[instrumental music]
(Eugene) 'Come on, come on. Get to..'
Whoo! He did it. Please, please, please.
It must be tough being a reporter
especially for a woman.
Hmm, not any tougher than being a detective.
It's a boy's club.
Oh, tell me about it.
[alarm blaring]
Find a brace, anything.
Oh, here..
That's good, put it right here.
Oh! It's no use.
What does the manual say to do at a time like this?
[both screaming]
- Is it in C? - I don't know.
My L.A.N. isn't talking.
Should I reboot?
Please, please, please.
[screaming]
Somebody help us!
- Come on, come on. - I can't crack it back in.
'It-it's debugging.'
No!
[groaning]
Oh, my nail!
[instrumental music]
Yahoo! Yes!
I can't believe it. Thank God.
- 'Overtype the base.' - 'Uh-huh.'
(Harrison) 'Okay, now go back.'
'Into the operating system.'
Alright.
'Maybe it's collapsed'
'into another subdirectory.'
(Harrison) 'Scroll down.'
'Check each of the pathways, okay?'
(Lena) 'Right.'
[gunshot]
Okay, boys and girls, the fun's over.
You're under arrest.
'You have the right to remain silent.'
'Anything you say or do'
'can and will be used'
'as evidence against you and..'
(Luthor) Pull!
[gunshot]
You know, it is amazing, all things considered
LexCorp came through this computer virus
relatively unscathed.
Well, yes.
Tragedy averted for now.
- For now? - Well, yes.
You never know
when another virus might hit
one that has no code
or no code that could be broken.
Yes, I suppose so.
What a horrible and desperate act.
'Utterly unthinkable.'
- Unless-- - Unless it belongs to me.
Pull!
[gunshot]
Oops.
Nigel.
- Call the lawyers. - The lawyers.
Yes. Right away, sir.
Lois, this is a great story.
Eugene Laderman's a free man, thanks to you.
Thanks, chief.
And thanks for not blowing the whistle on us.
Well, I'm not much of a whistleblower.
Well...go ahead. I'm waiting.
- For what? - The morality play.
The you-should-have- trusted-me
and-my-infallible- reporter's-instinct lecture.
Clark, you don't need me to remind you
of your shortcomings.
I would've thought, by now they'd be obvious.
Come on. I'm starving and you're buying.
And just in case
you did miss the moral to the story..
Thank you.
You should trust what's in people's hearts
not just the facts, ma'am.
Ah.
[giggles]
You know, I have a funny feeling
that you didn't tell me your biggest secret.
Well, just to put your little mind at ease
Lois...you're right.
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[theme music]
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