[instrumental music]
(Herkimer) '"Hold for museum of crime?"'
Ha!
I think not, psycho-nutbag poseur!
Hah!
(Maxwell) 'There is a light at the end of the tunnel.'
It's just a very long tunnel.
Mr. Kent needs to relax.
Uh, do you think he'd want me to prescribe him something?
No, look, he understands this is gonna take some time
but you can appreciate his anxiety.
The woman he loves says she's in love with you.
Superman, do you know what transference is?
Yeah.
When a patient's emergent feelings
fixate upon the psychiatrist.
Very good. You've had some therapy, I take it.
Anyway, what we have here is a classic case of transference.
Added to which, amnesiac patients
'are particularly vulnerable'
to seeing their doctors as saviors.
Understood, but add to that the fact that
since she's been out of the hospital
Clark's only seen her a total of 60 minutes.
Because right now, my method requires limited visitation.
[chuckles] Superman, I can't help but feel a little like Lex Luthor here.
What is it you suspect me of...exactly?
Look.
Lois means everything...to Clark.
Everything. Do you understand that?
Of course, I do and I know how hard this is
'but everything's gonna work out in the end.'
Trust me.
[intercom chimes]
Yes, Miss Hansen?
(Hansen) 'Lois Lane is here to see you, Dr. Deter.'
Uh-oh. What's the trouble?
Oh, no trouble at all.
Superman was just expressing his concern over your well-being.
And I assured him that everything was going fine.
Lois, how are you?
Ready to start work at "The Planet" again.
'There's still a lot I don't remember'
but the important stuff's there I think.
Good.
Thanks to Max.
He's sort of been my own private superhero.
Saving my life
'one memory at a time.'
Glad to hear it.
[instrumental music]
[gate clanking]
(male #1) 'Hello?'
[beeping]
Hmm.
[gate squeaking]
(male #1) 'Who's there?'
[sirens blaring]
'Hello?'
I-is there anything I can, uh..
I mean, is there anything you want me to tell Clark?
'Or-or any of your other friends?'
Tell them not to worry. I'm in good hands.
(male #1) 'Help! Help!'
Uh, I've got to go.
[whooshing]
Now that seems familiar.
Lois..
...there's something that we need to discuss.
What would that be?
Your feelings for me.
[alarm ringing]
What's the trouble?
I, uh, I think it's a bomb.
My feelings for you..
...are they wrong?
There is no wrong or right, Lois.
There's only...need.
[explosion]
[theme music]
[music continues]
So you understand that it's alright
for us to have these feelings.
Yes.
But it's best if we keep them...private.
What happens between us
professional or personal
is between us.
Okay?
Okay.
What?
Nothing, it's just the way I feel about you
I-I wanna tell people.
- I wanna.. - I know, I know.
All in good time.
Now, uh, shouldn't you be getting to work, hmm?
- I guess. - Nervous?
Very.
That's totally normal, totally okay.
Uh, I could come by and check on you.
Would you-you like that?
[door opens]
Hey, doc, how ya doin'?
Oh, am I early? Is this the right date?
I, uh, didn't screw up again, did I?
Uh, no-no, Mr. Smith.
Lois Lane, uh, Mr. Smith, a patient of mine.
I know you.
'You're, uh..'
You're a reporter for "The Daily Planet".
'I read your stories.'
'You don't always get your facts right'
but that's not your fault, no.
Not with people crawling all over you
on their way to fame and glory.
Nice to meet you.
Oh, yeah.
N-nice to meet you. I'll see you later?
Alright.
So come on in.
So, uh, I decided to take your advice and go for it.
Yeah, I'm going to prove to my mother
that I'm not a weak, spineless runt, no, sir.
I'm giving her a gift that is gonna make
the whole world stand up and take notice.
Well, that sounds very exciting.
Oh, way past exciting.
Deep into mind-numbing.
[dramatic music]
[indistinct chattering]
[sighs]
Clark, you've got to put that thing away.
[sighs]
I can't do this, chief. I can't.
You're just gonna have to ride it out, son.
I know it's hard.
(Clark) 'We're going to be working side-by-side, together.'
I don't even know how to talk to her.
I see her struggling
and I'm supposed to just stand there?
I'm not used to being this helpless, chief.
You sure you're telling me the whole story?
What do you mean?
Well, sounds like to me
that you're not a big fan of this Dr. Deter's.
I just don't trust that guy.
Yeah. Well, I trust him.
So why don't you just trust my judgment?
Lord knows I've been around long enough
to know the difference between
snake oil and Shinola.
And I know Dr. Deter
is selling the real deal.
Here you go. Every story you ever did.
BCK and WCK.
BCK?
Uh, "Before Clark Kent."
And "With Clark Kent."
We were a good team?
You were the best.
Just take a look in the conference room.
You'll see the awards to prove it.
Thanks, Jimmy. It is Jimmy, right?
Yeah.
Jimmy Carter?
No, uh, Jimmy Olsen.
Sorry, bad reception.
I think I've still got some wires crossed.
You know, yesterday I could have sworn
that sometime in the last year I was abducted by aliens.
I wasn't, was I?
No. No, it was a billionaire computer geek
bent on ruling the world.
The story is in there.
So what have we got on the police evidence warehouse?
Well, Bad Brain's lockup was definitely the target.
Everything he ever built was destroyed.
Well, that's no great loss.
Yeah, but who'd want to blow all that up?
(Lois) Suppose we go find out?
Lois, honey, uh, you've already got an assignment.
Thanks, Perry, but I have a feeling
dog shows were never my style.
I want to work on this Bad Brain thing with Clark.
Maybe two old partners can jog some memories
ring a few bells..
Sounds like a great idea, but--
It's not what the doctor ordered.
I can handle it.
You think that you can handle it.
- Maybe she can. - She can't.
I have known Lois a long time.
I've known her for as long as she can remember.
- I'm her partner. - I'm her doctor.
[whistles]
Max, I understand.
You're trying to keep me from getting in trouble.
- Exactly. - So come with us.
Hold on.
We can start at the evidence warehouse. See what they know.
- 'Lois.' - It's just one day.
Clark and I work on the story, you work on my memory.
Well?
Excuse me.
So we put Bad Brain in jail?
Right.
But this crazy couple broke him out
killed him, and used his death machine to kidnap me
and hold me prisoner to lure Superman to their museum
where they were gonna keep us trapped for all time?
You remember that?
A little.
But I can't figure out where the chariot race fits in.
- The what? - The chariot race.
And some guy with spikes in his spokes
was tearing up the other guy's wheels.
Lois, that was a Charlton Heston movie.
- "Ten commandments." - "Ben-Hur."
- Who her? - Ben.
- No, ten. - Ben?
- Hur. - Her what?
- Commandments. - Her commandments?
You see what you've done? You've confused her.
No, look, "Ben-Hur" was the chariot race
"The Ten Commandments" was the Red Sea
and neither one actually happened to you.
But "Soylent Green" is people, right?
- Excuse me. - Pardon me.
[instrumental music]
Mom, face facts.
Your son Rufus never built a thing in his life.
Except a reputation for murder.
Which isn't so hard when all you want to do is kill.
Of course, that's not a farfetched social skill
when green teeth, BO, and a hankering
for cockroaches on toast
leaves everyone around you running for the exits.
The point is, mom
every one of his demonic devices were mine.
I built them..
...and he swiped them.
Oh!
Speed bump.
So those were all just movies?
Even the one where the apes
are chasing him through the cornfields?
But Charlton Heston was President.
See what this is doing to her?
Actually, she's right..
...in an alternate reality.
You know, Clark, maybe you could use a little couch time.
[dramatic music]
[whirring]
Sure, your favorite Rufus, gave you trinkets.
But did he ever give you anything from the heart?
I-I-I mean his heart.
Now, That TV newsman's pacemaker, that doesn't count.
But the Vibro-whammy, it-it's from my heart.
Uh, it's not up to full power yet
but, uh, a few quick trips for power boosters
and, and add-ons..
...and the world is gonna be a different place.
Yes, sir!
Hey, bud, off limits!
(Herkimer) 'Oh, I'm sorry, you haven't had the pleasure, yet'
'of meeting my Vibro-whammy.'
Your what?
(Herkimer) 'Allow me.'
[whirring]
[tires screeching]
[screaming]
[rumbling]
[intense music]
[whirring]
[car revving]
(Clark) 'Lois!'
Lois!
[whooshes]
[screeching]
[cars honking]
Lois!
(Superman) 'Lois?'
Lois, Lois, Lois
can you hear me?
Aah!
Lois, Lois, Lois
'Lois, can you hear me?'
Lois, can you hear me?
Don't go anywhere.
[whooshing]
[cars honking]
[grunting]
Okay.
What this does, mom, is make everyone dim.
It powers down their psychometric inhibitors.
You can make anyone do anything you want.
Suggest anything
and they'll fall all over themselves to make you happy.
Now, the helmet, it blocks the wave.
It blanks it out so you aren't affected.
Kooky, huh? Huh?
That should just about do it for this trip.
[dramatic music]
[whirring]
[beeping]
(male #2) 'Hey!'
Hey, you!
'Get him!'
(Herkimer) 'She's all mine now, Rufus.'
'All mine.'
Nobody here to kick me down the stairs anymore.
No one to take credit for my inventions.
Nobody to steal my thunder
just because you're taller, stronger
and you can trim your toenails with your teeth.
(Roweena) 'Herkimer!'
Huh!
Don't come down. It-it's not ready yet.
Nah, I wouldn't come down if you paid me. It stinks!
Now, what the heck happened to my Mixmaster?
I-I needed a switch.
I need a carrot cake for my taxidermy potluck party.
And now I can't make one!
I'll fix it.
(Roweena) 'Nobody shows me any respect.'
Not you, not the butcher
not those gnomes at the fancy-mart, nobody!
Always taking advantage and ruining my day.
Everybody except me is an idiot!
- Everybody? - Everybody!
'I know what I'm talking about'
but nobody listens to little old ladies.
I-I listen.
Because if you didn't
I'd wait until you were asleep
and pour hot water in your ear..
...again.
[laughs]
[slams door]
No dizziness when the wave hit?
- Confusion? - No.
You didn't find yourself prone to suggestion
suddenly waking up, listening to a love song on the radio
lips and arms wrapped around a lab chimp?
Or, uh, something?
(Lois ) Uh..
...who are you again?
Dr. Klein, Superman's friend.
(Clark) 'At the same time the wave went off'
the hydroelectric plant was robbed.
- What was taken? - Power amplifiers.
And Superman found this at the scene of the crime.
This kind of advanced technology in the service of evil
hasn't been seen since Bad Brain Johnson.
Is somebody copying his handiwork?
Exactly.
Uh, did you find, uh, Deter?
Caught him on his cell phone on the way to Tahiti.
Don't ask me.
Uh, Dr. Klein what could've caused all this?
A powerful electromagnetic field.
It numbs the brain short-circuits free will.
And it transformed half the city
into highly suggestible zombies.
Except me.
I just remembered things, fragments.
Clark, was I prone to life and death jeopardy?
Do you remember that?
Do you remember anything else? Anything specific?
I-I don't want to push you.
No, everything else is just a jumbled mess.
(Perry) 'Okay, people.'
What have we got?
A connection to Bad Brain Johnson.
We may have a copycat.
And if this person has the power amplifiers
the entire city could be affected next time.
We should check out Bad Brain's past.
That's a very good angle.
Got a place to start?
Everybody has a mother.
Good idea.
[door opens]
What?
(Roweena) 'Could I get you a scone?'
Oh, no, thank you. This is just fine.
(Roweena) 'Rufus favored those'
cheap chocolate logs
with the lard-filled centers.
'Ate them by the ton.'
You wouldn't want a lard-filled log, would you?
No, thank you, Mrs. Johnson.
Good. I don't keep them in my pantry now that he's gone.
It'd break my heart to see them in there.
You know, Mother's day is comin' up.
'He always sent me the most unusual gifts..'
Meat, mostly..
'I'm tellin' you, it was the sweetest-tasting stuff'
'I ever put next to my mashed potatoes.'
Tasted like..
...chicken, only better.
We really just want to ask you some questions about Ba..
Um, about Rufus.
Rufus always said your names like it was one word.
Lois Lane-Clark Kent.
'Like you were some joined-at-the-hip'
'singular burr in his britches.'
Didn't I hear that you two were supposed to be getting--
Mrs. Johnson, if we could just stay on track.
Right.
And the track is that we ask questions
'and listen to the whole answer.'
That's called investigating.
Do we have a problem here, Kent?
I don't know, Deter. Do we?
Mrs. Johnson, back to your son.
Go ahead. Ask your questions.
I don't have many visitors
'and I certainly don't go out much anymore.'
'I can't stand waiting in line'
'and usually what you're waiting for'
isn't worth the wait.
Haven't you noticed that?
We have reason to believe that Rufus may be connected
to the electromagnetic surge that happened today.
How could Rufus be, since he's dead?
We were looking for somebody
in his past that might have known him
befriended him and then been--
Discarded.
(Roweena) Rufus didn't have any friends
not a single little pal.
He didn't have the time for all that.
He was just too busy..
...creating.
He loved the classics.
Yes, I can see that.
Who's the boy?
(Roweena) 'Him?'
Doesn't matter.
Rufus was the smart one.
[cuckoo clock chimes]
Well, that was pointless.
Long, but pointless.
We learned one thing.
A mother's love knows no bounds.
- Where to next? - I have a thought on that.
Oh, joy.
Murderers.
[door opens]
Mother.
'Who was at the door?'
The people who got your brother killed.
You want to give me a nice Mother's Day gift?
Send Lois Lane and Clark Kent to the boneyard.
Compliments of Bad Brain Johnson.
Oh, I forget.
You're the weak one.
Never mind.
Lois, I want you to come with me.
Clark can drive your car back to "The Planet".
This little field test is over.
Max, I'm fine.
No, you're not but you will be
if you listen to me.
Okay. That's it. Deter, back it up.
Clark, I'm not gonna keep having this conversation with you.
No, you're right. Because this conversation is over.
I want Lois to see another doctor.
- What? - 'I want a second opinion.'
You want? I'm sorry. Do you own this woman?
No, and neither do you.
Uh, excuse me.
This woman would like to speak.
What is going on with you two?
Clark?
Max?
[cellphone ringing]
This is Dr. Deter.
It's not going to work, Doc. She's going to hate it.
She hates me. Everything I've worked for is going down the--
[groans]
'She's never going to love me, not ever!'
I need to see you.
Mr. Smith, that's impossible.
I'm coming there, right now.
If you don't talk to me
things are going to get really bad.
I mean..
'...really bad.'
Alright. I'm on my way.
Uh...I have to go. Emergency.
Let me take you home.
Max, we're in the middle of a story.
I can't just leave.
Well, alright. Uh..
'I'll see you both back at "The Planet" in an hour.'
And, Lois, all I ask
is that you honor the work that we've done
and make no rash decisions until we've spoken.
"Honor the work we've done?"
He actually talks like that?
Okay. Out with it.
What? I just, I don't like him very much.
No, there's something else.
Okay, fine. I don't like the way he treats you.
No, Clark, there's more.
I know it. I can feel it.
Everywhere I go, people look at me and are whispering.
They suddenly stop talking when I walk over.
Do you know how crazy this is making me?
Lois, I-I don't know enough about this.
I don't know the right thing to do.
Well, just tell me.
There's something with us, isn't there?
Yes.
Something big?
You could say that.
Well, what?
Well, why don't you have a piece of chocolate or something?
'Cause you always calm down when you have a li'l chocolate.
Clark, whatever it is, it can't be worse
than what I'm imagining.
Am I dying? Did I kill somebody?
- Tell me. - I can't!
You will!
I love you.
You what?
[dramatic music]
I love you.
Do I love you?
Yeah.
We were going to get married.
- And then.. - No.
Uh, Lois..
I-I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said anything.
How could I love you?
I don't even know you.
[engine turns over]
[engine revving]
[sighs]
- Clark said he loved me. - He did?
And that I loved him. And then he kissed me.
He kissed you?
And I felt something.
You know, I felt something way more than partners.
What does Clark mean to me?
Uh, we-we can't discuss this.
Oh, I wish everybody should quit saying that!
You'll have to discover the truth on your own.
I don't want to discover anything.
I just want this all to be over.
'It's like..'
It's like, I'm fine
and the whole world is crazy.
Well, there is a way to show you the truth.
But you have to trust me.
Not just with your mind..
...but with your heart.
Well, you know that I do.
Alright, then.
Deeper. Down you go.
Everything's calm.
Everything's quiet.
There's no confusion here.
How do you feel?
Alright.
You're almost there.
Just keep drifting.
You're almost there.
[knock on door]
What's that?
Everything's alright.
Just stay right where you are.
I'll be right back.
[knock on door]
She hates me.
She's always gonna hate me.
Mr. Smith, I really, I can't see you now.
What's she doing here? I-I called.
'This is supposed to be my appointment.'
I know but can you just give me five minutes?
Absolutely not. Look, I-I..
I don't know what to do. Tell me what I'm supposed to do.
W-what do you want to do?
Blow up the Earth.
What's your second choice?
Make my mother love me.
We-we can't make anybody do anything.
We can only present opportunities
that people choose to acknowledge or not.
I-I-I've got a huge opportunity for her.
Then give her the gift of your love.
With love, anything is possible.
You think so? I mean, you-you really think so?
I know so, if I've learned anything about love
it's about saying to yourself, "Be brave. You can do it."
Good luck. Okay? Gotta go.
Alright.
Now, where were we?
- That man.. - Forget him.
And listen to me.
I want you to find yourself..
...in a calm and quiet place
hearing only the sound of my voice.
[door rattles]
Hey, thanks again, doc.
Couldn't do this without you.
Lois, listen to me.
Breathe deeply.
That's good.
I want you to listen very carefully.
These memories..
Your thoughts of Clark..
This story you're working on..
It means nothing.
- Nothing, Lois. - Nothing.
Forget all of it.
You know only one truth now.
You love only me.
Only you.
You're done with "The Daily Planet".
It's time to move on.
Time to move on.
Time for a new life..
...with me.
Because I love you, Lois.
I love you.
You, uh, told her everything?
- Everything. - I can't believe this guy.
Who does Dr. Deter think he is, anyway?
Alright. Alright, look.
Let's just all calm down here for a minute.
You really think he's got a thing for her?
Hey, come on now. That's ridiculous.
Judas Priest, he's her doctor.
Chief, you didn't see the way he was touching her.
Now, Clark..
...there is such a thing as bedside manner.
This guy's bedside manner
includes breakfast in the morning.
Zip it, Jimmy.
Now, Clark, listen to me.
We all knew this was gonna be hard.
Now, with the cat out of the bag
it might even be harder.
I mean, who knows what she's thinking?
Now, with any luck, Dr. Deter is going to help her
put some pieces together
but in the meantime, you've got to take it easy.
Now, do you think you can do that?
I don't know.
Oh, look, just take your cue
from the master of cool here, huh?
Slow and easy.
Perry, Jimmy..
'Clark..'
I quit.
(Jimmy) You what?
I need to get away so that I can totally recover.
We're leaving the country.
No. No, you can't.
We're going to the south of France.
Max has a home there and he thinks
that one-on-one intensive therapy--
What are you doing, huh?
You little brain sucker!
Lois, listen to me.
No, I know what's best for me.
Hey, what's the deal here?
Chief, calm down.
All the gates are up, and this calamity
train is gonna stop now!
Breathe or something.
Lois, I can't let you go..
Not this time.
Clark, you have no choice in the matter.
Deter, trust me on this.
You have no idea who you're talking to.
Well, thanks to Dr. Deter
my professional family therapist
I'm going to be the son you deserve.
Just a few more additions, mom
and the world is your oyster.
[laughing]
[whirring]
- Let her go! - Chief!
[groaning]
[instrumental music]
[music continues]
Stop.
I'd like your ice cream cone.
[laughs] Wait.
Hop on one leg.
[laughing]
[music playing over stereo]
Max?
Max!
I'm here, Lois. I'm here.
[screaming]
[dramatic music]
[music playing over stereo]
[beeps]
I'm here.
I remember.
What?
Superman..
...saving me a lot.
That's great.
Anything else?
Him kissing me.
Is he in love with me, too?
Uh, well, it's kind of complicated.
(Perry) 'Alright, everybody!'
Snap to! We've had another one.
'Hit the phones, find out what went down!'
'And you..'
You get the hell out of my newsroom!
(female #1) 'Superman, help!'
Uh, I got to go.
You're always leaving.
And I always come back.
Jimmy!
Don't let her out of your sight.
Um, right.
No problem.
(Roweena) Him? Doesn't matter.
Rufus.
He was the smart one.
It's him.
Mr. Smith.
Mr. Smith?
Your patient. He's the boy in the electric chair.
She knows who he is. She knows where he is.
Lois, wait!
Lois?
(male #3) 'Superman!'
There's a chemical fire on the waterfront.
Explosion on the loading dock.
Thanks.
(Herkimer) 'Here it is, mom.'
The answer to your prayers.
It's ready for action..
...and it's all yours.
Oh, now, um..
With this little helmet
you'll be totally unaffected
while all those sniveling idiots
around you battle to be first in line to do your bidding.
(Roweena) 'Who are you talking to?'
Mother! Oh, um..
Mother, come on down here.
I've got a big surprise.
I'm not coming down there
not in that dank pit.
No-no. Really.
It's going to make your life so much easier.
Some lame brain waste of my time.
No, mom.
I've documented the whole thing!
Ow, it's for you, mom.
Mom!
That's his bike.
He's here.
I can't believe that one of my patients
is actually involved in something like this.
Mom, give me a chance.
What is with that tuxedo?
You look like a dead band leader.
Rufus never gave you anything.
Nothing that ever helped you.
He made me proud.
I-I can make you proud!
Mostly, you make me..
...sick!
[whimpers]
That's got to be it.
Oh, no.
What?
Uh, you're right. This is my fault.
I told him to do this.
What do you mean?
He had an acute case of TSS.
- TSS? - Tommy Smothers Syndrome.
Feelings of inadequacy with regards to his mother.
He was the younger sibling
and he never felt that he could compare with--
(Lois) 'Bad Brain Johnson'
his older brother.
Well, once we've got this guy locked up
we can use this machine to help me get my memory back.
Uh, no! It's too dangerous!
Max! Max, what are you doing?
[gasps]
What is that?
[whirring]
(Maxwell) You love only me.
You love only me.
We're going to south of France.
South of France. South of France.
Oh, uh..
[breathing heavily]
What the..
Go to France?
Doc!
What are these people doing in my basement?
And what is that monstrosity?
Ignore them, mother. They-they're party crashers.
Here.
'Put this on.'
When I flip this switch, you're gonna love it.
- No, Herkimer! - Don't!
Stand back or I will!
Put it on.
Mrs. Johnson, your son is severely disturbed.
Tell me something I don't know.
What's this thing gonna do?
- Fry their brains out? - No, mom--
- Turn their bones into jelly? - No, mom.
Well, is it going to kill them or not?
No, it's going to make the world
a better place for you.
You want the world to be a better place?
Leave it!
'Should've done this a long time ago.'
Allowed Rufus to rest in peace.
'Something you never did'
writing that trash
'hounding him!'
What have you got to say about that?
Help?
Help!
Help, Superman!
(Lois) 'Help, Superman!'
No, mom. No!
[whirring]
I made it for you, mom.
'So maybe, just once'
you could tell me you love me.
[instrumental music]
Mother, I want you to do one thing for me.
Anything, son.
I want you to tell me you love me.
Uh..
Oh, say it before this blows
'and kills us all!'
[groaning]
[electricity crackling]
[groaning]
[whooshes]
You've got a lot of explaining to do..
...to the police.
Clark?
No, Lois, it's Superman.
No, Clark, I know.
- Are-are you-- - Hold that thought.
Doctor..
I think our time is just about up.
[smacks]
I'm back.
[chuckles]
You really remember everything?
I remember my life before you
when being alone was what I thought I wanted.
Then I remember my life after you
when I learned loving you
is what I really wanted.
Oh, Clark.
I can't believe I almost lost you.
And..
...do you remember this?
[instrumental music]
I do.
[theme music]