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[theme music]
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[instrumental music]
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Hey, Jimmy, look at this
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my son's invited me to go skiing
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with him in Vermont
for the holidays.
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Huh, sounds great.
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What are you doing
for Christmas?
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Ah, my mom mentioned
meeting her in Vegas.
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Well, that's what holidays
are about, being with family.
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As long as it's not my family.
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You're not going to your
mom's
for Christmas?
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Oh, Clark, I just can't. I
always think it's gonna be
nice
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and every year
it's just arguing and
fighting.
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And not that it won't
look perfect.
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My family always looks perfect.
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So, how'd you get out of it?
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I told them I have to cover
for you 'cause you're headed
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to Smallville,
which isn't a total lie
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because you are headed
to Smallville.
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No, I'm not. My folks
decided to come here.
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Oh, God.
It is a total lie.
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So, your folks
are coming out here?
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I love your parents.
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They're just so...not insane.
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Lois, some families
have worse trouble than
yours.
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(man on TV)
'So, Mrs. Church,
with your husband in prison'
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'you devoted your fortune
to aiding the destitute.'
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And poor people, too.
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(Mindy)
'Oh, I wish my husband
wasn't an evil monster'
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who once ran all the crime
in the city, but...whatever.
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- May I?
- 'Uh, well..'
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I want to hug you,
Metropolis
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and become a true
Metropolean myself.
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All I want to do is fit in.
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I mean, you guys run
the rackets, the
prostitution
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'and the guns in Metropolis.'
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'So what's left
for a girl like me?'
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A dumb old chain of
Costmart stores, that's
what.
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So I have a kind of a thought.
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I'll start up Intergang again.
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And Intergang will run
all the crime in the city.
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Yes, I like it.
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A, we like being on our own.
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B, we ain't working
for no woman.
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And C, we most assuredly...
are not working for you.
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I'm sorry you feel that way.
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(automated message)
'In the unlikely event
of poison gas'
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'pull the mask toward you
and breathe normally.'
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'Thank you and have
a nice day.'
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[giggling]
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[theme music]
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[music continues]
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[siren blaring]
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[dinging]
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- 'Alright, easy.'
- 'Watch the back there.'
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Four crime bosses
found together
dead.
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Somebody was
mighty cranky
today.
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Sort of reminds me of the bad
old days of Intergang
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when Bill Church
was trying to put
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every crook in town
under his control.
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Are you sure
Intergang
is finished?
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What if this is one of
Bill
Church's lieutenants?
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Trying to start it up again?
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You know, Perry wanted me
to interview Mindy Church.
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I told him I'd
rather be
buried alive.
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But maybe,
I was
overreacting.
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I mean, maybe, she's seen
something or knows somebody.
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- Clark?
- Lois, isn't that your
father?
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(man on TV)
'Hey, there..'
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You want better buns
in ten days or less?
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Oh, my God.
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Dr. Sam Lane's patented
abs in a bottle
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for the firm, taut belly
and butt favored by all.
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Two spoonful of this
and...prepare to be ogled.
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(male announcer)
'That's right. Only 29.99..'
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Well, I can't take anymore.
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I mean, this man
was a brilliant
surgeon.
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You know, he had a
family
and a good life
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and he abandoned us to
create
cyborgs and do this.
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I know you thought I was
exaggerating about my
family
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but well.. Well..
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Well, when we're married,
they'll be my family, too.
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I suppose that means
you're gonna back
out?
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Ha ha. No way.
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Sorry to get emotional,
but you just touched a
nerve.
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How is it that
you feel so
bereft?
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Your husband left you
in charge of millions
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and the chain
of Costmart
stores.
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Can a store
keep you warm at night?
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Can a store call you
honey bunny?
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Can a store..
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Oh, what else
can't stores do?
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- Poach an egg?
- Exactly.
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Besides, the Costmart board
won't listen to a thing I say
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and I've got lots of good
ideas,
Miss Lane. Lots and lots.
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Those guys make me sick.
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Let me ask you about Intergang.
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Intergang is over. And I never
knew anything about it
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when it wasn't over.
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Bill never told me anything.
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I'm just a bird
in a gilded case.
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Cage. It's gilded cage.
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Huh?
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[intense music]
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[whirring]
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Hi.
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[explosion]
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- Bomb.
- A bomb?
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Poor Lois.
Who'd want to kill you?
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Or you, Mrs. Church.
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Who'd want to kill you?
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No, Cheryl Marie, you cannot
stay up past 9:00.
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Yes, honey, you can watch TV
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just none of that
gratuitous violence, okay.
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I'll see you tonight.
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Joey Bermuda,
also known as the handyman
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world's most
ingenious assassin?
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You tried to
blow me up today,
Joey.
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I don't appreciate that.
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What makes you think
it was me?
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Ah, clown, balloons,
bomb,
it all adds up.
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You never do things
the easy way.
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Well, I try to have fun
with my work.
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I suppose every crime boss
in Metropolis pitched in.
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Or what's left of every
crime
boss in Metropolis.
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The ones you didn't gas.
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I guess you're
here
to shoot me.
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Don't be silly.
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I'm here to hire you.
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Face it, Joey,
I've got more cash
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than all these low-rent
crooks
put together.
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Once Intergang is back
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I'll control
all of the action in town.
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- All of it.
- Hey, hey, okay.
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There's only one pooper
at my party, Joey.
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Superman. I want him killed.
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Who doesn't?
Unfortunately, the only
thing
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that'll do the
trick
is kryptonite
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and that's under heavy
guard
at S.T.A.R. Labs.
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Forget kryptonite.
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I was thinking more like..
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...what if
Superman
got the flu?
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You think of that
all by yourself, did you?
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It'd have to be the kind
off
germ they have on
krypton.
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The kind you might be immune
to if you live there.
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Only superman never did.
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He came to Earth
when he was just a baby.
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So, if his body
couldn't fight it off.
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A raging virus would kill him.
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Where are you going to get
a virus from krypton?
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What is it?
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Oh, something I picked up
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from a secret
government agency.
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The spaceship, baby superman
came to Earth in.
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My scientists scanned this thing
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and it's real germy, Joey.
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The little bugs crystallized
when the spaceship's coating
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heated in the Earth's
atmosphere.
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So if we could
isolating
the microbe's DNA
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we could start growin' our own.
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Yes.
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Clark.
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Lois, where you been?
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I stayed late to finish
the Mindy story.
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Why would somebody
want to kill her?
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Revenge or to keep her
from something she wants?
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Thanks for grabbing
that bomb by the way.
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- Hmm.
- What's with all the
takeout?
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You invited my parents
and me over for dinner?
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- I guess you forgot.
- Oh, Clark, I'm sorry.
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Jonathan. Martha.
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You didn't tell me they were
here already.
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Oh, I'm so sorry. I forgot
all about dinner.
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Oh, no big deal.
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- Lois, listen, there's
some--
- Excuse me, Martha.
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Clark, could you get
the napkins?
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They're down
in that drawer there.
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Uh, Lois,
while Clark was out, he..
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Uh, uh, uh, Lois..
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- Surprise.
- Mother.
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- Lois.
- Oh, boy.
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Oh, I couldn't stand the
thought
of you alone and miserable
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in this wretched
city
at Christmas.
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Ha ha!
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Actually, I pictured
you
more alone than this.
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Ah, well...uh, yes...
I, uh...mother, this is
Clark.
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Lois, could I talk to you
for just a minute?
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And these are Clark's parents.
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Uh, Lois..
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- Surprise. Princess!
- Daddy?
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- Ellen.
- Sam.
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Oh, boy.
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Uh, Martha..
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Where you trying
to tell me something?
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Your father's here.
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- Lois, I'm leaving.
- Oh, Mother, no.
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Lois, yes.
You invited him.
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- No, I didn't.
- Then why's he here?
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- I'm the father.
- Not for the last 17 years.
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It's a holiday season.
It's time to mend my fences.
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Hey, how about a glass
of holiday cheer?
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Yes, a glass
of holiday cheer.
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I'm an alcoholic.
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Uh-huh.
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Ellen, I was hoping
you'd view our past as I do.
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A cesspool of abandonment
and humiliation?
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As past. Over.
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When we parted I was bitter with
life and the medical profession
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but now I have a whole
new lease on life.
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- Goodbye, Lois.
- Mother.
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'No, no, don't leave, Ellen.'
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I want to introduce you all
to someone special.
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- Come on up, honey.
- You brought a date?
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We need to be grown ups.
Get everything out in the
open.
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She's outside? It's freezing.
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Oh, she doesn't mind.
Ha ha.
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I'd like you to meet my
fiancée
Baby Gunderson.
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My God. She's nine years old.
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I'm speechless.
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(Clark)
'Ah, ah, hello, Baby.'
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'Gee, you must be cold.'
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I do not feel the cold.
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Oh, eggnog?
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I do not drink.
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Not yet, that is.
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Ellen, don't think of her
as a human being.
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Sir, that's
a little bit harsh.
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- I made her.
- Excuse me?
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Built her. You remember I used
to tinker around with cyborgs?
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Baby Gunderson's an improvement.
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100% machine.
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Oh! Of all the sicko, psycho,
sexual, nothing personal,
Baby.
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Oh, for the
love
of mike.
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You leave us and the world--
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It's this kind of closed
mindedness that drove us
apart
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in the first place.
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Now, why can't we just let go
of the past? Move on?
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We're gonna elope.
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I got your message.
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I've enabled to introduce
an electro-chemical exciter
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to the virus' DNA and the damn
stuff's begun replicating.
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Oh, I love
when viruses do
that.
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Yes, but virus growing
is a painstaking process.
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I mean, it could take months
to produce the amount we need.
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Well, you tell it to hurry up.
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00:12:57,543 --> 00:12:59,710
Mrs. Church, come on,
whining
is not gonna alter
247
00:12:59,793 --> 00:13:00,835
the laws of nature.
248
00:13:00,918 --> 00:13:03,501
We'll see about that.
249
00:13:03,585 --> 00:13:04,918
Let me have a peek.
250
00:13:05,001 --> 00:13:09,251
Okay, but at this stage it's
invisible to the naked eye.
251
00:13:09,335 --> 00:13:10,835
[gasps]
252
00:13:10,918 --> 00:13:12,710
(Mindy)
'Is it dangerous to us?'
253
00:13:14,463 --> 00:13:16,751
It's not a virus we respond
to but back on krypton
254
00:13:16,835 --> 00:13:20,251
that must have been
the most vicious thing going.
255
00:13:20,335 --> 00:13:22,460
'Superman's as good as gone.'
256
00:13:25,710 --> 00:13:28,168
Lois, I put the word out to
every snitch we know to find
out
257
00:13:28,251 --> 00:13:30,918
what's going on with
this crime in
Metropolis.
258
00:13:31,001 --> 00:13:33,543
Here's the aspirin you wanted.
259
00:13:33,626 --> 00:13:35,463
I don't think a pill
could relieve
260
00:13:35,168 --> 00:13:37,168
years of neglect and betrayal.
261
00:13:37,251 --> 00:13:39,463
Try two.
262
00:13:39,168 --> 00:13:40,501
Thanks, Clark.
263
00:13:42,210 --> 00:13:45,501
Tell me the truth.
What do you know about him?
264
00:13:45,585 --> 00:13:47,043
Don't make the same
mistake I did.
265
00:13:47,873 --> 00:13:48,585
Mother, don't do this.
266
00:13:48,668 --> 00:13:50,960
You're projecting your
troubles
with daddy on Clark and me.
267
00:13:51,043 --> 00:13:53,585
- We're different.
- Oh, sure.
268
00:13:53,668 --> 00:13:55,293
You think you know Clark?
269
00:13:55,376 --> 00:13:57,793
I thought
I knew your
father.
270
00:13:57,876 --> 00:13:59,376
He was a brilliant surgeon.
271
00:13:59,460 --> 00:14:00,793
I was his loyal nurse.
272
00:14:00,876 --> 00:14:05,001
We had it all,
but that wasn't enough for
Sam.
273
00:14:05,463 --> 00:14:06,668
I know.
274
00:14:06,751 --> 00:14:09,751
It was a really bad thing
that happened.
275
00:14:09,835 --> 00:14:12,460
But you know, at some point,
I had to decide
276
00:14:12,543 --> 00:14:15,873
that whatever hell you and
Daddy
were going through
277
00:14:15,210 --> 00:14:17,501
was your business.
278
00:14:17,585 --> 00:14:19,960
And I can't let it
wreck my life.
279
00:14:22,751 --> 00:14:24,873
Alright.
280
00:14:25,918 --> 00:14:28,168
[door bell rings]
281
00:14:28,251 --> 00:14:30,335
- Delivery
- Come in, come in.
282
00:14:30,418 --> 00:14:31,918
Put it down.
283
00:14:32,001 --> 00:14:34,043
Thanks. Here. Surprise.
284
00:14:35,876 --> 00:14:37,543
I noticed you
didn't have a tree, yet.
285
00:14:37,626 --> 00:14:39,460
What do you think, princess?
286
00:14:39,543 --> 00:14:41,001
Daddy, I don't
know,
what to think.
287
00:14:41,463 --> 00:14:43,793
You been gone so long,
and now we're doing
Christmas?
288
00:14:43,876 --> 00:14:45,876
I'm pushing too hard,
is that it?
289
00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:47,751
(Clark)
Dr. Lane?
290
00:14:47,835 --> 00:14:49,543
Baby Gunderson's been sweeping
the same spot
291
00:14:49,626 --> 00:14:51,043
for about 20 minutes here.
292
00:14:51,873 --> 00:14:53,873
Ah, just give her a little
knock
on the head. She'll be fine.
293
00:14:53,210 --> 00:14:55,626
That's another thing. Dad, you
can't expect mother
294
00:14:55,710 --> 00:14:58,543
to just sit here and string
popcorn with, you know--
295
00:14:58,626 --> 00:15:01,585
Spending one evening
with a robot's so
terrible?
296
00:15:01,668 --> 00:15:03,835
No, but being
replaced by one is.
297
00:15:03,918 --> 00:15:06,501
Oh, you're right, you're right.
I've got to be more sensitive.
298
00:15:06,585 --> 00:15:07,668
Baby, get in the closet.
299
00:15:07,751 --> 00:15:08,835
Daddy!
300
00:15:08,918 --> 00:15:11,585
What? Easy storage
is her best feature.
301
00:15:12,918 --> 00:15:14,710
There you go.
302
00:15:14,793 --> 00:15:15,918
Bye.
303
00:15:16,001 --> 00:15:17,335
We only got the last ticket
out here
304
00:15:17,418 --> 00:15:20,001
because I flew coach
and baby flew cargo.
305
00:15:20,463 --> 00:15:21,710
See? Just like
the old days, huh?
306
00:15:21,793 --> 00:15:23,418
(Clark)
'Hello.'
307
00:15:23,501 --> 00:15:26,793
Mother, uh, look,
daddy got a tree.
308
00:15:26,876 --> 00:15:30,335
Oh, Sam, still making
decisions for everybody.
309
00:15:30,418 --> 00:15:33,543
Oh, mother, could you just
try
to get along for me?
310
00:15:33,626 --> 00:15:36,873
Lois, could I see
you for a minute, please?
311
00:15:36,210 --> 00:15:38,293
- I don't believe--
- It's Holiday season.
312
00:15:38,376 --> 00:15:39,335
You gotta have a tree.
313
00:15:39,418 --> 00:15:40,918
Long Legs Lulu just called.
314
00:15:41,001 --> 00:15:43,293
She says, she knows what's going
on with the crime in Metropolis.
315
00:15:43,376 --> 00:15:45,543
But she needs
to see us, right
now.
316
00:15:45,626 --> 00:15:48,626
Perfect. Mom, dad,
something's come up.
317
00:15:50,335 --> 00:15:51,960
Uh, a work thing.
318
00:15:53,793 --> 00:15:55,210
(Lois)
We'll be back in a while.
319
00:15:55,293 --> 00:15:57,501
(female #1)
Help, superman, help.
320
00:15:57,585 --> 00:15:59,168
What do you hear?
321
00:15:59,251 --> 00:16:01,626
Someone's in a
building,
about to jump.
322
00:16:01,710 --> 00:16:03,873
Go.
323
00:16:03,210 --> 00:16:05,876
- He has to feed the dog.
- Uh, I have to get some gas.
324
00:16:09,463 --> 00:16:11,168
I'll be back in a minute.
325
00:16:11,251 --> 00:16:12,751
Wait a minute.
Where are you going?
326
00:16:12,835 --> 00:16:14,418
Mother, I got a tip
from an informant.
327
00:16:14,501 --> 00:16:16,293
I-I've always wanted to see
you
in action, I'll get my coat.
328
00:16:16,376 --> 00:16:18,376
But, no, no, no! It's
dangerous.
It's deadly. It's very deadly.
329
00:16:18,460 --> 00:16:21,251
But I have so little to live
for
that it hardly matters.
330
00:16:21,335 --> 00:16:23,873
Oh, mother.
331
00:16:23,210 --> 00:16:26,001
You are not leaving me here
with that man and his android.
332
00:16:27,210 --> 00:16:29,251
Oh, jus..
333
00:16:29,335 --> 00:16:30,501
Oh, God!
334
00:16:30,585 --> 00:16:32,335
A cashew?
335
00:16:32,418 --> 00:16:34,001
[knock on door]
336
00:16:36,376 --> 00:16:38,168
- Surprise!
- Surprise!
337
00:16:48,168 --> 00:16:50,293
- Mother.
- Oh.
338
00:16:50,376 --> 00:16:52,418
These, these people
are your informants?
339
00:16:52,501 --> 00:16:55,460
What possible information
could they have?
340
00:16:55,543 --> 00:16:58,835
This is Lulu's...office.
341
00:16:58,918 --> 00:17:00,626
I wonder where she is.
342
00:17:00,710 --> 00:17:01,835
She's probably on a break.
343
00:17:01,918 --> 00:17:04,501
Ha ha. Mother,
Lulu is a
hooker.
344
00:17:04,585 --> 00:17:05,751
It's not a union job.
345
00:17:05,835 --> 00:17:09,626
Oh. Your friend's
a streetwalker.
346
00:17:09,710 --> 00:17:11,293
Maybe not anymore.
347
00:17:16,210 --> 00:17:17,918
Oh, no.
348
00:17:18,001 --> 00:17:19,376
Lulu.
349
00:17:19,460 --> 00:17:21,043
[bell chiming]
350
00:17:22,543 --> 00:17:25,001
Mother, stay here. Maybe,
that person saw something.
351
00:17:25,463 --> 00:17:27,376
I, um...um..
352
00:17:30,418 --> 00:17:31,585
I thought we told you babes
353
00:17:31,668 --> 00:17:34,463
to stay off
these streets tonight.
354
00:17:34,168 --> 00:17:37,418
Oh. You have me mistaken
for somebody else.
355
00:17:37,501 --> 00:17:39,001
You see, my daughter
and I are here
356
00:17:39,463 --> 00:17:40,335
in a
professional
capacity.
357
00:17:40,418 --> 00:17:42,460
Not on this corner.
358
00:17:42,543 --> 00:17:45,751
No babes work this corner
without our okay.
359
00:17:45,835 --> 00:17:51,335
Uh-huh.
Now, look, you. I..
360
00:17:51,418 --> 00:17:54,793
Ohh. Well...I'll tell her.
361
00:17:58,585 --> 00:18:01,460
Um...Lois.
362
00:18:01,543 --> 00:18:02,751
Lois!
363
00:18:04,335 --> 00:18:06,463
[sniffs]
364
00:18:09,001 --> 00:18:10,210
Mrs. Church?
365
00:18:10,293 --> 00:18:13,335
No. Don't try to stop me.
366
00:18:13,418 --> 00:18:19,376
Jumping is the only answer
to my...loneliness.
367
00:18:19,460 --> 00:18:21,876
Surely a woman as attractive
368
00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:26,001
rich, and successful
as you...has reasons to
live.
369
00:18:28,463 --> 00:18:32,501
So often, beautiful women become
prisoners of their charms.
370
00:18:34,835 --> 00:18:38,960
Furthermore, my beauty
reminds me of men
371
00:18:39,043 --> 00:18:42,001
and men remind me
of my incarcerated husband
372
00:18:42,463 --> 00:18:45,876
'and that reminds me that I can
no longer live with the scorn'
373
00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:48,418
'of being a crime lord's wife.'
374
00:18:48,501 --> 00:18:50,668
Look, you've turned
your husband's wealth
375
00:18:50,751 --> 00:18:52,335
into charitable donations.
376
00:18:52,418 --> 00:18:54,751
You're reaching out
to the community.
377
00:18:54,835 --> 00:18:56,960
I mean, you'll do fine
in this town.
378
00:18:58,335 --> 00:19:04,543
Well...since you put it
that way...okay.
379
00:19:06,001 --> 00:19:07,210
There you go.
380
00:19:07,293 --> 00:19:09,668
Could you take me
to some poor people?
381
00:19:13,043 --> 00:19:14,460
Won't be long, big guy.
382
00:19:14,543 --> 00:19:16,626
And your flying days
will be over.
383
00:19:17,543 --> 00:19:18,751
Chief..
384
00:19:21,335 --> 00:19:24,751
Uh, I filed a story on
Mindy Church's suicide attempt
385
00:19:24,835 --> 00:19:26,751
like you asked.
386
00:19:26,835 --> 00:19:30,710
But, um, frankly,
I think she's up to
something.
387
00:19:32,463 --> 00:19:33,376
Aah!
388
00:19:35,376 --> 00:19:40,335
Lois...I understand Superman
talked her down off that
ledge.
389
00:19:40,418 --> 00:19:43,418
Apparently,
he disagrees with you.
390
00:19:43,501 --> 00:19:47,873
It's possible she really
is desperate and alone.
391
00:19:47,210 --> 00:19:49,543
Oh, you guys are a couple
of sentimental softies.
392
00:19:49,626 --> 00:19:50,626
Oh, really?
393
00:19:50,710 --> 00:19:54,293
Superman is a sentimental softy?
394
00:19:54,376 --> 00:19:55,793
He's the worse one
of all of you.
395
00:19:55,876 --> 00:19:57,960
(Jimmy)
'Chief, your son just
called.'
396
00:19:58,043 --> 00:19:59,710
Apparently, Alice found out
about the ski trip
397
00:19:59,793 --> 00:20:01,501
and he had to invite her, too.
398
00:20:01,585 --> 00:20:04,460
Judas priest,
we're split
up.
399
00:20:04,543 --> 00:20:06,251
'What am I suppose to do,
buy her a gift?'
400
00:20:06,335 --> 00:20:08,793
What's the protocol
on something like
this?
401
00:20:08,876 --> 00:20:11,668
Family is what the holidays
are all about, chief.
402
00:20:11,751 --> 00:20:13,210
Aah.
403
00:20:16,168 --> 00:20:18,543
You know, you must have
really gotten burned.
404
00:20:18,626 --> 00:20:19,835
What do you mean?
405
00:20:19,918 --> 00:20:21,876
When your family
started...breaking up
406
00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:25,873
it must've been...
really painful for you.
407
00:20:27,418 --> 00:20:32,751
I guess, I
guess...
I am kind of a
softy.
408
00:20:32,835 --> 00:20:35,001
But, it's probably
what I learned as a
kid.
409
00:20:36,043 --> 00:20:39,001
You know...when my father left
410
00:20:39,463 --> 00:20:41,960
I...I thought it was
because of me.
411
00:20:44,335 --> 00:20:46,460
And then I realized that
412
00:20:46,543 --> 00:20:49,001
you know, that's just
the way people are.
413
00:20:49,463 --> 00:20:52,335
They can make the deepest
commitments to each other
414
00:20:52,418 --> 00:20:56,335
and even have kids, and...and
because they're selfish
415
00:20:56,418 --> 00:20:57,751
and they just think
of their own needs
416
00:20:57,835 --> 00:20:59,876
they walk away from it all.
417
00:20:59,960 --> 00:21:02,793
That's what I learned
as a kid.
418
00:21:02,876 --> 00:21:04,376
Lois..
419
00:21:04,460 --> 00:21:06,918
[sighs]
420
00:21:07,001 --> 00:21:08,418
Not everyone walks away.
421
00:21:09,918 --> 00:21:11,293
I hope not.
422
00:21:11,376 --> 00:21:13,873
Mm-mmm.
423
00:21:16,873 --> 00:21:17,210
Ah-choo!
424
00:21:17,293 --> 00:21:18,293
Bless you.
425
00:21:18,376 --> 00:21:20,335
Oh. Thank you.
426
00:21:22,251 --> 00:21:24,376
You don't sneeze.
427
00:21:24,460 --> 00:21:26,335
Not usually, no.
428
00:21:29,168 --> 00:21:30,793
Huh!
429
00:21:32,293 --> 00:21:33,918
[Clark sneezes]
430
00:21:41,918 --> 00:21:45,463
Did Lois mention what kind
of
a wedding she'd like?
431
00:21:45,168 --> 00:21:47,168
To be honest,
I have heard the word "elope."
432
00:21:47,251 --> 00:21:49,918
Oh, dear.
That was my
influence.
433
00:21:50,001 --> 00:21:51,418
You encouraged her
to elope?
434
00:21:51,501 --> 00:21:53,918
No, no, not exactly, I mean,
I just said that in my case
435
00:21:54,001 --> 00:21:57,463
a big wedding was like
money down a rat hole.
436
00:21:57,168 --> 00:21:58,585
You actually said that?
437
00:21:58,668 --> 00:22:00,918
Well, maybe once.
438
00:22:01,001 --> 00:22:02,585
Or twice.
439
00:22:02,668 --> 00:22:05,043
Eight hundred times.
440
00:22:05,873 --> 00:22:07,543
- Hey, step back.
- Oh!
441
00:22:07,626 --> 00:22:09,210
Give me your
purses.
Give it to me.
442
00:22:09,293 --> 00:22:11,251
Alright, alright
Calm down.
443
00:22:11,335 --> 00:22:13,251
Stay put.
444
00:22:13,335 --> 00:22:15,543
- Let's go.
- No, no. He said, "stay
put."
445
00:22:15,626 --> 00:22:16,960
Come on, we can see
where he went.
446
00:22:18,668 --> 00:22:19,835
He's getting away.
447
00:22:21,376 --> 00:22:22,793
Oh, oh, sorry.
448
00:22:22,876 --> 00:22:24,793
Come on, Ellen,
come on, you can.
449
00:22:28,251 --> 00:22:29,210
Oh.
450
00:22:34,376 --> 00:22:37,293
How many times
do we have to say it?
451
00:22:37,376 --> 00:22:40,918
You don't work
for us...you don't work.
452
00:22:41,001 --> 00:22:44,043
That, that's the same man I
saw
last night.
453
00:22:44,873 --> 00:22:45,251
Shh.
454
00:22:47,873 --> 00:22:48,501
He's coming.
455
00:23:04,585 --> 00:23:07,210
It's like the good old days,
Mrs. Church.
456
00:23:07,293 --> 00:23:08,835
Every operation
in the city
457
00:23:08,918 --> 00:23:11,001
numbers, gambling,
gangs, protection
458
00:23:11,463 --> 00:23:13,168
they're all falling
in line.
459
00:23:13,251 --> 00:23:15,463
It's time everyone
in this stupid town
460
00:23:15,168 --> 00:23:16,668
figured out who is in charge.
461
00:23:16,751 --> 00:23:18,876
We are.
462
00:23:19,793 --> 00:23:22,873
Well, ahem. You-you are.
463
00:23:28,626 --> 00:23:30,001
Superman must be
sick as a dog.
464
00:23:30,463 --> 00:23:32,001
The virus should be
going nuts by now.
465
00:23:32,463 --> 00:23:33,501
That's really neat, Joey.
466
00:23:33,585 --> 00:23:35,835
But I've been doing
some additional thinking.
467
00:23:35,918 --> 00:23:39,501
Those reporters,
Lois Lane and Clark
Kent
468
00:23:39,585 --> 00:23:42,001
ha, they're writing
about crime in Metropolis.
469
00:23:42,463 --> 00:23:44,626
And how they think
somebody's organizing it.
470
00:23:44,710 --> 00:23:46,873
So?
471
00:23:46,210 --> 00:23:48,210
Well, it's annoying.
472
00:23:48,293 --> 00:23:49,876
I guess that means
you want them dead.
473
00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:51,460
Is that a big deal?
474
00:23:51,543 --> 00:23:54,710
You know Mrs. Church,
you're
becoming a full time job.
475
00:23:54,793 --> 00:23:56,585
When is all the
killing
going to end?
476
00:23:56,668 --> 00:23:58,463
I don't know.
Is there a rule?
477
00:23:58,168 --> 00:24:01,873
Besides, I'm sure you'll come
up
with something wonderful.
478
00:24:02,251 --> 00:24:03,585
Give me a minute.
479
00:24:05,460 --> 00:24:07,043
- I got it.
- Yay!
480
00:24:07,873 --> 00:24:08,793
I can rig
their microwave
ovens
481
00:24:08,876 --> 00:24:10,376
so that at the end
of the cook cycle
482
00:24:10,460 --> 00:24:12,376
the oven emits
a high-pitched
tone
483
00:24:12,460 --> 00:24:15,210
undetectable by the human
ear,
yet so intense
484
00:24:15,293 --> 00:24:17,251
it'll rupture the blood
vessels
in their brains
485
00:24:17,335 --> 00:24:19,918
killing them in seconds with
all
the appearance of a stroke.
486
00:24:22,168 --> 00:24:26,463
Oh...Oh, Joey,
I don't know what to say.
487
00:24:28,293 --> 00:24:29,793
Yes, I do.
488
00:24:31,751 --> 00:24:33,418
Mmm...mmm!
489
00:24:33,501 --> 00:24:35,585
Mrs. Church, ahem.
490
00:24:35,668 --> 00:24:37,001
You and I
are both
married
491
00:24:37,463 --> 00:24:39,335
and I believe in the
sanctity
of the home.
492
00:24:39,418 --> 00:24:41,751
Now, if you'll excuse me I
have
a school play to go to.
493
00:24:43,251 --> 00:24:44,710
[door opens]
494
00:24:46,501 --> 00:24:50,043
I don't really like
rejection, Joey.
495
00:24:50,873 --> 00:24:52,168
Male lips.
496
00:24:52,251 --> 00:24:54,418
I'm talking implants, Jonathan.
497
00:24:54,501 --> 00:24:56,918
Men can already enlarge
everything else on their
bodies
498
00:24:57,001 --> 00:24:59,918
but lips are largely
virgin territory.
499
00:25:00,001 --> 00:25:01,210
How would you like
to go through life
500
00:25:01,293 --> 00:25:04,460
with a set
of these babies?
501
00:25:04,543 --> 00:25:06,251
Investment of 50 grand,
and you're in.
502
00:25:06,335 --> 00:25:09,210
Well, Sam, I follow the market
pretty closely and everything
503
00:25:09,293 --> 00:25:12,793
I've read points
to a bad year for rubber
lips.
504
00:25:12,876 --> 00:25:13,793
[metal clanging]
505
00:25:13,876 --> 00:25:16,793
Oh...oh, honey, Baby.
506
00:25:16,876 --> 00:25:19,873
It's nap time.
507
00:25:19,210 --> 00:25:21,001
'Afterward, we'll rent a movie.'
508
00:25:21,463 --> 00:25:26,001
Hey, yeah, now, I told you not
to get so close to the fridge.
509
00:25:27,376 --> 00:25:28,793
There you go. Come on.
510
00:25:31,793 --> 00:25:33,293
There we go.
511
00:25:35,043 --> 00:25:36,460
Close your eyes.
512
00:25:37,710 --> 00:25:40,251
Mom, it's great you got
the license number.
513
00:25:40,335 --> 00:25:41,876
I'm just saying
you shouldn't chase muggers.
514
00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:43,585
It's okay Martha,
he tells me the same
thing.
515
00:25:43,668 --> 00:25:44,876
What happened?
516
00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:47,876
Sam, some robber
stole our purses.
517
00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:49,293
Oh, my God.
Are you alright?
518
00:25:49,376 --> 00:25:50,543
Yes.
519
00:25:50,626 --> 00:25:52,835
Lois, there's something
terribly wrong with Clark.
520
00:25:52,918 --> 00:25:56,293
I know, I keep trying to get
him
to rest, but he won't listen.
521
00:25:56,376 --> 00:25:58,001
[telephone rings]
522
00:26:00,626 --> 00:26:03,168
Hello? Oh, hi, Jimmy.
523
00:26:03,251 --> 00:26:04,668
'Yeah, let's have it.'
524
00:26:04,751 --> 00:26:07,668
- Why, Sam.
- Hmm? Oh.
525
00:26:07,751 --> 00:26:10,251
Are you sure? Okay, thanks.
526
00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:13,418
Guess who owns that van.
527
00:26:13,501 --> 00:26:15,751
Our favorite
cover operation, Costmart.
528
00:26:17,376 --> 00:26:20,043
Maybe I'll just hop on
over
there and take a little
scan.
529
00:26:20,873 --> 00:26:21,873
Whoa.
530
00:26:21,210 --> 00:26:23,751
You'll do no such thing.
Now sit down.
531
00:26:24,918 --> 00:26:26,376
Oh, what's the matter, boy?
532
00:26:26,460 --> 00:26:29,835
Oh, honey...
you're burning up.
533
00:26:29,918 --> 00:26:30,876
Clark.
534
00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:32,376
I don't know
what's happening.
535
00:26:32,460 --> 00:26:34,960
Son, let's take you home
and get you to bed.
536
00:26:35,043 --> 00:26:37,668
Okay, okay.
537
00:26:37,751 --> 00:26:42,335
So, this is what being
sick
feels like, huh?
538
00:26:42,418 --> 00:26:44,960
Oh, there's just one
thing
I have to do first.
539
00:26:45,043 --> 00:26:46,626
The kids here
at the children's home
540
00:26:46,710 --> 00:26:49,460
are eagerly awaiting the arrival
of one of their favorite people
541
00:26:49,543 --> 00:26:51,626
in what has become
an annual event.
542
00:27:01,463 --> 00:27:02,751
Hey, kids,
how are you doing?
543
00:27:05,251 --> 00:27:06,918
It just wouldn't feel
like the holidays
544
00:27:07,043 --> 00:27:08,960
if I didn't come down here
and see you guys.
545
00:27:09,043 --> 00:27:10,876
Maybe, some of you in our city
are thinking
546
00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:14,751
that your family could use
one more little person.
547
00:27:14,835 --> 00:27:16,418
Well, if that's
the case
548
00:27:16,501 --> 00:27:18,418
I'd like you to remember
my little friends here.
549
00:27:18,501 --> 00:27:22,251
(Mindy)
'Ho-ho-ho! Ho-ho-ho!'
550
00:27:26,168 --> 00:27:28,210
Ho-ho-ho!
551
00:27:30,873 --> 00:27:34,463
Hello and merry Christmas
to my adopted hometown
552
00:27:34,168 --> 00:27:35,793
Metropolis!
553
00:27:35,876 --> 00:27:37,335
I love kids.
554
00:27:37,418 --> 00:27:39,960
I mean, I used
to be one myself.
555
00:27:40,043 --> 00:27:41,918
'You orphans
give me the gift'
556
00:27:42,001 --> 00:27:45,501
of reminding me how fortunate
I am to be wealthy.
557
00:27:45,585 --> 00:27:47,876
So I want to give
something back.
558
00:27:49,751 --> 00:27:51,585
Ahh.
559
00:27:52,876 --> 00:27:54,168
I'm sick.
560
00:27:54,251 --> 00:27:55,501
You're not the only one.
561
00:27:55,585 --> 00:27:56,751
No, seriously.
562
00:27:58,543 --> 00:28:00,835
I-I think I better
get out of here.
563
00:28:03,168 --> 00:28:04,543
(Mindy)
'I love you all.'
564
00:28:06,873 --> 00:28:07,460
Bye, bye.
565
00:28:14,210 --> 00:28:17,873
Aw...Aw, man.
566
00:28:17,210 --> 00:28:18,668
Clark!
567
00:28:18,751 --> 00:28:20,463
Unh.
568
00:28:32,460 --> 00:28:34,463
Thanks, mom.
569
00:28:36,626 --> 00:28:37,835
[exhales]
570
00:28:40,835 --> 00:28:43,001
I'll let you rest, okay?
571
00:28:57,751 --> 00:29:02,001
My boy is sick...for the
first
time in his life.
572
00:29:02,463 --> 00:29:05,251
Martha does he have any medical
records or X-rays
573
00:29:05,335 --> 00:29:07,460
anything that shows
how his body works?
574
00:29:07,543 --> 00:29:09,960
No, nothing. There was just
never any need.
575
00:29:11,751 --> 00:29:12,835
We got here
as quick as we could.
576
00:29:12,918 --> 00:29:14,463
Now, what's going on?
577
00:29:14,168 --> 00:29:17,043
Daddy...you're a doctor.
578
00:29:17,873 --> 00:29:19,418
Ah, thank you
for remembering, sweetie.
579
00:29:19,501 --> 00:29:22,376
I was wondering if you could
look at a friend of mine.
580
00:29:25,835 --> 00:29:28,043
Lois. Superman?
581
00:29:28,873 --> 00:29:31,376
Uh, well, he and
Clark
are very close.
582
00:29:31,460 --> 00:29:32,835
And Clark's out
on assignment.
583
00:29:32,918 --> 00:29:35,376
So, when Superman got sick,
I brought him here.
584
00:29:37,460 --> 00:29:39,793
Daddy, we need
your help.
585
00:29:42,463 --> 00:29:43,293
I need your help.
586
00:29:44,418 --> 00:29:46,043
(Sam)
'Lois, he's very ill.'
587
00:29:46,873 --> 00:29:49,460
His physiology may be
totally different from ours.
588
00:29:49,543 --> 00:29:52,043
I haven't practiced
for 15 years.
589
00:29:52,873 --> 00:29:57,585
I know, but...
daddy, when I was a little
girl
590
00:29:57,668 --> 00:30:00,876
I knew that my father
was a brilliant doctor.
591
00:30:02,751 --> 00:30:04,873
Wasn't he?
592
00:30:06,501 --> 00:30:11,751
If I never ask anything of you
would you be that doctor again?
593
00:30:25,876 --> 00:30:27,835
[intense music]
594
00:30:40,251 --> 00:30:42,210
(Joey)
'Hey. Reporting in.'
595
00:30:42,293 --> 00:30:44,626
'I'm all set
at Lois Lane's apartment.'
596
00:30:44,710 --> 00:30:47,463
'Yeah, it's me, The Handyman.'
597
00:30:47,168 --> 00:30:48,460
'Yeah, it's all set.'
598
00:30:48,543 --> 00:30:49,793
'I'm heading back to the wharf.'
599
00:30:56,210 --> 00:30:57,710
[telephone rings]
600
00:30:57,793 --> 00:31:00,960
A robbery every eight minutes.
Muggings on every street
corner.
601
00:31:01,043 --> 00:31:03,168
The cops are completely
outmanned.
602
00:31:03,251 --> 00:31:05,626
It's organized. It's
relentless.
It's methodical.
603
00:31:05,710 --> 00:31:07,585
It's a show of power,
Jimmy.
604
00:31:09,335 --> 00:31:12,463
Okay, activate sector nine.
605
00:31:12,168 --> 00:31:17,710
Robbery unit, head to
Metropolis Savings and Loan.
606
00:31:17,793 --> 00:31:19,293
The central
bank
is under siege
607
00:31:19,376 --> 00:31:20,710
and the shopping
mall's
been taken hostage.
608
00:31:20,793 --> 00:31:21,918
Where's Lois and Clark?
609
00:31:22,001 --> 00:31:24,960
- I don't know, chief.
- Find them!
610
00:31:25,043 --> 00:31:26,876
Where the Sam Hill
is Superman?
611
00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:28,751
[siren blaring]
612
00:31:30,585 --> 00:31:32,168
Another siren.
613
00:31:32,251 --> 00:31:33,626
I never heard
so many sirens.
614
00:31:36,001 --> 00:31:37,460
Thanks, sweetie.
615
00:31:43,043 --> 00:31:44,668
He's asleep again.
616
00:31:47,418 --> 00:31:48,960
It's so hard
for him to breathe.
617
00:31:56,251 --> 00:31:58,876
Everything points
to a rampaging viral
infection.
618
00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:01,960
'No medicine I know of
seems to be effective'
619
00:32:02,043 --> 00:32:06,960
and I'm afraid it's
overwhelming his system.
620
00:32:07,043 --> 00:32:09,043
He's very lucky
to have you all here.
621
00:32:09,873 --> 00:32:10,710
We're very lucky
to have him.
622
00:32:12,585 --> 00:32:14,873
Can you save him?
623
00:32:16,835 --> 00:32:20,418
Lois, you were a little girl
624
00:32:20,501 --> 00:32:22,251
when you thought
I could do miracles.
625
00:32:23,543 --> 00:32:25,043
Now you're grown up
626
00:32:25,873 --> 00:32:28,293
and you know
miracles come at a price.
627
00:32:29,793 --> 00:32:30,960
Yes.
628
00:32:31,043 --> 00:32:34,876
There is one very
controversial treatment.
629
00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:37,418
The theory is
to bring the host body
630
00:32:37,501 --> 00:32:39,168
to the point of death.
631
00:32:39,251 --> 00:32:40,376
As it begins to die
632
00:32:40,460 --> 00:32:43,463
it can no longer support
the invading virus.
633
00:32:43,168 --> 00:32:44,460
It's a great risk
634
00:32:44,543 --> 00:32:47,626
bringing your friend, uh..
635
00:32:47,710 --> 00:32:49,876
...close enough to death
to starve out the virus
636
00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:52,918
yet...pulling him back
to life afterwards.
637
00:32:56,168 --> 00:32:58,793
Are you asking me to make
that
decision for him?
638
00:32:58,876 --> 00:33:01,418
'You don't have to.'
639
00:33:01,501 --> 00:33:03,710
The answer is yes.
640
00:33:05,376 --> 00:33:07,710
Yes, Dr. Klein,
you heard me correctly.
641
00:33:07,793 --> 00:33:10,835
I'll put Superman on so you
can
confirm his voice print.
642
00:33:12,835 --> 00:33:15,751
Dr. Klein, it's me.
643
00:33:15,835 --> 00:33:18,463
Deliver it to Lois
as she asked.
644
00:33:19,835 --> 00:33:20,918
[sighs]
645
00:33:35,210 --> 00:33:38,043
You can change your mind.
646
00:33:38,873 --> 00:33:39,710
There's still time.
647
00:33:41,873 --> 00:33:42,751
I'm afraid there isn't.
648
00:33:44,835 --> 00:33:47,043
You understand, I've never
done this procedure
649
00:33:47,873 --> 00:33:49,293
in quite this way before.
650
00:33:49,376 --> 00:33:50,585
I understand.
651
00:33:53,001 --> 00:33:54,873
[sighs]
652
00:34:04,835 --> 00:34:06,210
Ugh...Oh.
653
00:34:12,376 --> 00:34:13,960
This won't be easy, honey.
654
00:34:16,873 --> 00:34:17,251
[gasps]
655
00:34:33,918 --> 00:34:35,501
Please forgive me.
656
00:34:35,585 --> 00:34:36,835
Forgive you?
657
00:34:41,251 --> 00:34:43,293
For putting you
through this.
658
00:34:43,376 --> 00:34:45,460
You had no choice.
659
00:34:47,793 --> 00:34:49,543
We had no choice.
660
00:34:51,001 --> 00:34:54,001
Remember when I asked you
how you felt about me..
661
00:34:55,751 --> 00:34:58,626
...and you told me
that being with me
662
00:34:58,710 --> 00:35:01,168
was stronger
than being alone?
663
00:35:01,251 --> 00:35:02,210
Umm.
664
00:35:04,293 --> 00:35:06,876
Grab on
to that strength now.
665
00:35:08,293 --> 00:35:10,668
We can be strong enough
for everybody.
666
00:35:12,918 --> 00:35:13,876
This..
667
00:35:15,710 --> 00:35:17,710
This is really rough.
668
00:35:19,293 --> 00:35:21,293
My parents, you know?
669
00:35:24,376 --> 00:35:26,543
Will you take care
of them for me?
670
00:35:29,460 --> 00:35:30,835
I will.
671
00:35:33,543 --> 00:35:34,793
I love you.
672
00:35:52,168 --> 00:35:53,335
Daddy!
673
00:36:01,418 --> 00:36:02,918
He's in a coma.
674
00:36:18,251 --> 00:36:20,293
Sam.
675
00:36:20,376 --> 00:36:21,543
Ah.
676
00:36:21,626 --> 00:36:22,626
May I?
677
00:36:22,710 --> 00:36:23,751
Oh, sure.
678
00:36:26,168 --> 00:36:27,501
[sighs]
679
00:36:32,418 --> 00:36:33,626
Jonathan,
I want to thank you
680
00:36:33,710 --> 00:36:35,960
for being so good
to my little girl.
681
00:36:36,043 --> 00:36:38,460
'It's been tough
for her to trust people'
682
00:36:38,543 --> 00:36:42,376
and I feel somewhat
to blame for that.
683
00:36:42,460 --> 00:36:44,710
I was thrilled
she found Clark.
684
00:36:46,710 --> 00:36:48,460
He's a special son.
685
00:36:48,543 --> 00:36:49,876
(Sam)
'He must be.'
686
00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:52,335
'Superman must be
a special friend.'
687
00:36:52,418 --> 00:36:54,335
(Jonathan)
'He and my boy
have a lot in common.'
688
00:36:54,418 --> 00:36:55,876
(Sam)
'Um.'
689
00:37:02,626 --> 00:37:06,001
Has there been any change?
690
00:37:06,463 --> 00:37:07,626
No, not yet.
691
00:37:07,710 --> 00:37:09,710
'But you look more drained
than I've ever seen.'
692
00:37:09,793 --> 00:37:13,835
I want you to take a break.
Go to your place for a while.
693
00:37:13,918 --> 00:37:15,501
I can't leave.
694
00:37:15,585 --> 00:37:17,626
Jonathan, tell him I can't.
695
00:37:17,710 --> 00:37:20,335
Lois..
696
00:37:20,418 --> 00:37:21,835
...Martha's feeling poorly.
697
00:37:21,918 --> 00:37:24,335
'We'd both like it
if you came with us.'
698
00:37:24,418 --> 00:37:26,876
I think Clark would
appreciate it, too.
699
00:37:28,585 --> 00:37:30,876
I promise I'll call
the minute there's a change.
700
00:37:40,293 --> 00:37:43,873
Trust him, sweetheart.
Trust him.
701
00:38:01,293 --> 00:38:03,251
[dramatic music]
702
00:38:19,501 --> 00:38:20,710
Uh.
703
00:38:36,293 --> 00:38:38,335
- Clark..
- Hmm?
704
00:38:39,460 --> 00:38:41,585
- Clark..
- Lois.
705
00:38:44,168 --> 00:38:45,710
- Lois.
- Clark?
706
00:38:48,335 --> 00:38:49,460
Clark?
707
00:38:49,543 --> 00:38:51,043
[telephone rings]
708
00:38:52,418 --> 00:38:54,585
Hello?
709
00:38:54,668 --> 00:38:56,376
(Jonathan)
'Yeah, Sam.'
710
00:38:56,460 --> 00:38:58,251
'He what?'
711
00:38:58,335 --> 00:39:00,293
Yes.
712
00:39:00,376 --> 00:39:02,626
- Lois!
- I know. I know he's awake.
713
00:39:02,710 --> 00:39:04,293
- How did you know?
- I'm going over there.
714
00:39:04,376 --> 00:39:05,585
We're right behind you.
715
00:39:05,668 --> 00:39:07,710
You're half-asleep.
Take some coffee.
716
00:39:07,793 --> 00:39:09,043
Okay, thanks.
717
00:39:11,626 --> 00:39:14,168
(Lois)
'Oh, he's going
to be alright.'
718
00:39:14,251 --> 00:39:16,463
He's going to be
alright.
719
00:39:16,168 --> 00:39:19,043
We both know it.
720
00:39:19,873 --> 00:39:20,751
Don't forget your coffee.
721
00:39:24,835 --> 00:39:26,873
[shrill alarm]
722
00:39:28,501 --> 00:39:30,293
Ah! Ah!
723
00:39:30,376 --> 00:39:31,751
Lois?
724
00:39:34,543 --> 00:39:36,168
Don't you hear it?
725
00:39:36,251 --> 00:39:37,501
Hear what?
726
00:39:40,251 --> 00:39:41,835
Son, son,
you're delirious.
727
00:39:41,918 --> 00:39:46,751
Your body's had a severe trauma
and you're...terribly weak.
728
00:39:48,418 --> 00:39:49,460
Uh!
729
00:39:50,668 --> 00:39:53,543
[whoosh]
730
00:40:04,293 --> 00:40:05,835
You alright?
731
00:40:05,918 --> 00:40:08,501
Are you alright? Oh, God, we
thought we were gonna lose you.
732
00:40:08,585 --> 00:40:09,876
Boy, you had us worried.
733
00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:11,876
We were terrified.
734
00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:13,710
Your dad's theory
was right, Lois.
735
00:40:13,793 --> 00:40:15,001
He saved my life.
736
00:40:15,463 --> 00:40:16,335
And you saved ours.
737
00:40:17,251 --> 00:40:19,585
[banging on the wall]
738
00:40:25,043 --> 00:40:26,876
Baby Gunderson.
739
00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:29,043
Poor thing. She was here
the whole time.
740
00:40:29,873 --> 00:40:31,463
The man came
to fix the microwave.
741
00:40:31,168 --> 00:40:34,251
- What man?
- Handyman.
742
00:40:34,335 --> 00:40:37,293
(Joey)
'Reporting in.
Yeah, it's me. The Handyman.'
743
00:40:37,376 --> 00:40:39,210
'Yeah, I'm all set here.
I'm headed back to the wharf.'
744
00:40:39,293 --> 00:40:42,043
The Handyman?
Maybe he's behind this.
745
00:40:42,873 --> 00:40:43,710
But I thought he was
out of circulation?
746
00:40:43,793 --> 00:40:47,585
Maybe not. This microwave
thing's exactly his style.
747
00:40:47,668 --> 00:40:50,668
(Joey)
'Reporting in.
Yeah, it's me. The Handyman.
748
00:40:50,751 --> 00:40:52,668
'Yeah, I'm all set here.
I'm headed back to the wharf.'
749
00:40:52,751 --> 00:40:54,043
And I'm headed there too.
750
00:40:54,873 --> 00:40:55,251
I'll call the cops,
I'll meet you there.
751
00:40:55,335 --> 00:40:57,210
Don't exert yourself, honey.
752
00:41:07,335 --> 00:41:08,835
Hello, it's me.
753
00:41:08,918 --> 00:41:10,251
I thought
you ought to know
754
00:41:10,335 --> 00:41:11,835
there's a whole lot
of cops headed your way.
755
00:41:17,001 --> 00:41:19,293
Come on. Come on.
Where the hell is she?
756
00:41:22,501 --> 00:41:24,873
There is a bunker
down here.
757
00:41:24,210 --> 00:41:26,043
Just like Superman said.
758
00:41:26,873 --> 00:41:30,293
Well, Joey Bermuda,
The Handyman.
759
00:41:30,376 --> 00:41:31,918
They made me, Joey!
760
00:41:32,001 --> 00:41:33,418
But, they, they said
they'd put me away
761
00:41:33,501 --> 00:41:35,251
if I didn't
show 'em your office.
762
00:41:35,335 --> 00:41:36,960
My office?
763
00:41:37,043 --> 00:41:39,293
This isn't my office.
764
00:41:39,376 --> 00:41:41,463
That's not what it
looks like to me.
765
00:41:43,460 --> 00:41:44,501
Hold it.
766
00:41:44,585 --> 00:41:45,793
How'd that get here?
767
00:41:45,876 --> 00:41:48,210
Lot a memos on your
personal stationery.
768
00:41:48,293 --> 00:41:49,626
What?
769
00:41:49,710 --> 00:41:52,793
Let's see, blueprints here
for modifying a microwave oven.
770
00:41:52,876 --> 00:41:56,960
And notes on how
to make a deadly
virus.
771
00:41:57,043 --> 00:41:58,960
Wait a minute.
772
00:41:59,043 --> 00:42:01,460
(answering machine)
'This is the office
of Joey Bermuda'
773
00:42:01,543 --> 00:42:03,626
'leave a message
when you hear the beep.'
774
00:42:03,710 --> 00:42:04,918
[beep]
775
00:42:05,001 --> 00:42:06,043
Wait. Let's see who it is.
776
00:42:06,873 --> 00:42:07,835
(Mindy)
'Joey, it's me, Mindy.'
777
00:42:07,918 --> 00:42:11,293
'I've thought about your
offer,
but I won't help you.'
778
00:42:11,376 --> 00:42:13,001
'Intergang is wrong, Joey.'
779
00:42:13,463 --> 00:42:15,626
'I don't care
how much money is involved .'
780
00:42:15,710 --> 00:42:18,585
'Besides, you know what you
tried to do to Lois Lane.'
781
00:42:18,668 --> 00:42:20,335
'Who knows what
you'd do to me?'
782
00:42:20,418 --> 00:42:22,626
- Get him out of here.
- Wait, wait, wait, wait.
783
00:42:22,710 --> 00:42:24,873
You got it wrong.
784
00:42:24,210 --> 00:42:26,585
It's her office.
It's all hers.
785
00:42:26,668 --> 00:42:29,501
She runs Intergang.
I'm being set up.
786
00:42:34,918 --> 00:42:38,626
I really don't like
rejection, Joey.
787
00:42:38,710 --> 00:42:41,460
Oh, Pookey.
Mwah! Mwah!
788
00:42:43,501 --> 00:42:44,835
Why are we still here?
789
00:42:46,751 --> 00:42:48,001
[laughing]
790
00:42:50,001 --> 00:42:51,876
Here.
791
00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:53,626
Here we go.
792
00:42:53,710 --> 00:42:56,585
Ah. Well, this is
the finest Christmas
793
00:42:56,668 --> 00:42:59,460
I've had in a long time.
Thank you, honey.
794
00:42:59,543 --> 00:43:02,418
Thank you, daddy,
for making it the same for me.
795
00:43:02,501 --> 00:43:06,873
Clark, who does Superman spend
his holidays with?
796
00:43:06,210 --> 00:43:09,585
Uhh...friends.
797
00:43:09,668 --> 00:43:10,918
Loved ones.
798
00:43:11,001 --> 00:43:12,585
He's a pretty lucky guy.
799
00:43:12,668 --> 00:43:15,501
Well. Looks like
we're finished.
800
00:43:15,585 --> 00:43:17,418
Light 'em up!
801
00:43:17,501 --> 00:43:19,463
[electricity crackle]
802
00:43:19,168 --> 00:43:21,210
Okay, just take
it
easy everyone.
803
00:43:21,293 --> 00:43:23,210
I guess it's
a one-tree apartment.
804
00:43:23,293 --> 00:43:24,543
'No one panic.'
805
00:43:24,626 --> 00:43:28,335
Baby Gunderson,
if you wouldn't mind. Sit
down.
806
00:43:28,418 --> 00:43:30,335
Ahh. There you are.
807
00:43:34,251 --> 00:43:35,585
Ahh!
808
00:43:37,001 --> 00:43:39,043
[cheering]
809
00:43:45,168 --> 00:43:46,876
Oh, they're beautiful.
810
00:43:46,960 --> 00:43:49,418
Well, Merry Christmas,
everyone.
811
00:43:58,418 --> 00:44:00,876
[both chuckles]
812
00:44:02,873 --> 00:44:03,960
[both sighs]
813
00:44:04,043 --> 00:44:07,043
Maybe next year
at this time
814
00:44:07,873 --> 00:44:10,251
we'll be spending
the holidays at our
house.
815
00:44:12,251 --> 00:44:13,460
Hmm.
816
00:44:14,835 --> 00:44:17,418
Guess there's a lot
to be said for family
817
00:44:17,501 --> 00:44:20,501
people who stick by you
no matter what.
818
00:44:20,585 --> 00:44:22,210
Just like
you stuck by
me.
819
00:44:23,710 --> 00:44:26,418
Lois, I have never been
through
anything like that.
820
00:44:27,835 --> 00:44:31,335
Maybe it was the
kryptonite
that saved me but..
821
00:44:32,876 --> 00:44:35,501
...I think it was you.
822
00:44:35,585 --> 00:44:37,463
Oh.
823
00:44:42,710 --> 00:44:44,710
[instrumental music]
824
00:44:54,543 --> 00:44:58,251
So, you still
want
to elope?
825
00:44:59,835 --> 00:45:04,335
Oh, you know...without 'em,
it might seem kind of dull.
826
00:45:19,251 --> 00:45:22,210
[theme music]