I just don't know why we're bothering.
I met him playing basketball.
He said he had a nice wife. I said I have a nice wife.
Well, you also have a wife, who thinks it's impossible
to find a couple where you like him and I like her
and they like us and we like them.
- Is this thing working? - Yes, honey.
This kind of thing has just been
one disaster after another for us.
I know we're going to hate them.
- Hi. - Hi.
- Bob, this is this is my wife-- - This is my wife carol.
Lois. Ha ha.
I mean, if you really listen to it
it-it's just kind of a weird song.
I know, I know. I mean, we like it, but I..
I'm sorry, a fly in your chardonnay is not ironic.
Making $30 million on a song called "Ironic"
that isn't even about irony..
(all) That's ironic.
Oh, Lois.
Oh, I-I don't normally have to keep
one of these in sight at all times.
Are you expecting an important call?
Well, I'm trying to land this interview with Grant Gendell.
And I'm waiting to hear. I'm sorry.
Are you kidding?
If I was expecting a call
from the richest man on the Eastern seaboard
I'd be checking my phone too.
Well, actually, it's his lawyer.
How'd you ever score an interview with Grant Gendell?
I mean, no one's even seen the guy in, what, uh, 20--
Twenty three years.
Twenty three years, hmm.
But I don't have the interview.
I just have a shot at it.
Lois wrote an article a couple of years ago
defending Gendell when he was hit with his
'what, his 2,000th lawsuit?'
Oh, a rich guy like that would be a target
for every wacko with a lawyer.
Well, I think that's what drove him into hiding
in the first place.
'But now he wants to come out.'
Re-emerge to the world.
Anyway, blah, blah, blah. Let's talk dessert.
Then let's talk chocolate.
My thought exactly.
So...how do you think it went?
They were nice.
But?
Yeah, but everything in stages.
Right now we're in possible friendship, stage one.
- Next. - Stage two in one minute.
Do you think tonight went alright?
It went fine.
Well, as usual, your sources were right on the money.
Gendell did pick Lois Lane to spill his guts to.
When have I ever let you down?
(male #1) Fire at high-rise, 15-86..
Fire over on East 3rd.
Amazing.
What?
The whole take-off-your-glasses
and-nobody-recognizes-you thing.
No such thing as a Sunday for you.
Well, there's the glasses.
And then there's this.
I love watching you do that.
- Meet you at home? - Be careful.
I'm always careful.
See you soon.
You know, it's too bad.
What?
That we're eventually gonna have to kill Lois.
Well, nobody said being friends with us is easy.
Hey.
You alright?
Yeah, it just takes more out of me as I get older.
Well, not much longer, honey.
Stage two is complete.
On to stage three.
(Carol) Grant Gendell.
I tell you, I'd forgotten how much fun it was
to go out with another couple
till you and Lois hit the town with us the other night.
Yeah, that sure was uh, something, chief.
Oh, yeah, I tell you.
I am one lucky dude to have met Candy.
You know, most old fools my age
they go out with some brainless knockout.
That's got all the substance of a whipped dairy product.
And Candy, she's--
Oh, she's the exact opposite.
That's..
...what-what I was..
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. - Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
You know, for a professional bowler
and a former Miss Farm Belt USA
this girl...she's got a lot going for her.
I could see she and Lois hit it off like sisters.
- You saw that? - Yeah!
- Did you? - Yeah, yeah.
In fact, we can't wait to do it again.
What are you all doing this weekend?
You-you know, I-I'm gonna have to check with, uh..
- Oh, oh, okay. - Okay.
(Jimmy) So then Aurora pulls me into this maintenance duct
for the subway, right?
And we're walking through this broken glass and rats.
And just when I think I'm about to meet the mole people.
There's a rave.
A party going on right there in the subway tunnels!
The children of the night.
What beautiful music they make, you know?
By the way, I love your haircut.
Oh, oh, thanks.
After seeing myself on wanted posters all over town.
I figured it was time for a new look.
It makes me want to get my hair cut.
- Like this? - No.
Bald.
Do you guys want to go with us tonight?
We're doing a sewer.
Oh, oh, well. Well, that would be..
I would have to, uh, 'cause that's..
[telephone rings] Uh, oh, I have to get this.
[chuckles] Hello?
What about you, C.K.?
Oh, you know what, I-I have to check with, uh..
Oh, yeah.
Hey, do you guys want a cup of coffee
or something like that?
Yeah.
Lois, I hope you don't mind my calling you at work.
No, no, not at all.
Actually, your timing is impeccable.
'I hope this isn't too much of an imposition'
but we're going through swatches from that drapery place
you recommended and I'm not having much luck
'narrowing the field.'
Could I trade a second opinion
for a homemade chocolate eclair?
Are you kidding? I love chocolate eclairs.
Well, isn't that amazing?
5:00, okay?
Sure, I-I think the guys are playing basketball then.
Great.
Well, I'll see you then.
Whoo, choices, choices.
Perry and Candy invited us to a monster truck rally.
Jimmy and Aurora want us to go sewer hopping.
Hmm.
Oh, uh-huh.
Well, I don't want to hurt anybody's feelings.
- Me, either. - So..
Why don't we tell them we unfortunately already have plans
with Bob and Carol.
- Do we? - No.
But we will as soon as I make 'em.
[chuckles] I thought we were in cautious stage one.
We are, but if it means a real, adult, normal night out
I say we move quickly into stage two.
Clark, that series of deaths you've been following.
The weird patches on the bodies.
Yeah, I just got a report of another one on Kelton Drive.
You might want to hustle.
- Right, chief. - Okay.
Uh, I'd like to see the body, please.
- Uh, no access.. - Uh, let him through, guys.
Hey, Kent.
Pete, what's the NIA doin' here?
Mysterious deaths in healthy individuals.
'Leaving these marks around the heart.'
Have I stumbled on to something big here?
Maybe.
I was thinking it might be some kind of, uh, new virus.
What I'm about to tell you is off the record for now.
Okay.
Normally, we could handle this ourselves, but, uh
you see anybody standing next to me?
No.
That's because there isn't anybody.
They fired my partner.
'They fired everybody's partner.'
Took away my car with all the cool stuff in it.
Had an ejection seat, you know? A real one.
Hey, I'm real sorry about that, Pete.
Budget cuts.
Anyway, there's been a series of deaths in town
all with striking similarities.
We think they're the work of an assassin
code-named Deathstroke.
He always leaves these marks
and signs of an apparent heart attack.
'He's said to be a male'
'possibly wears some sort of jumpsuit'
possibly works with a female accomplice.
Settles down in a big city
and makes a home before the kill.
Word is, his next mission's not for money.
It's for revenge.
Well, if he's known to settle and create a base then you--
I already made a list of all new residents
but with no partner
my staff laid off, and my cool car..
Anyway, if-if you dig up something you let me know.
I'll do the same and, uh..
I'll tell Superman to keep an eye peeled.
Oh, thanks, Kent.
Sure, Pete.
Lois Lane.
(Grant) 'Miss Lane, I'm afraid you won't be hearing'
'from Grant Gendell's lawyer today'
'because this is Grant Gendell.'
Mr. Gendell? Oh!
Uh, hello.
Thank you for calling.
So...what do you think about, uh, trying to write something
that'd make me look halfway human to the world?
That depends. Are you?
That's what I like about you, Miss Lane.
All grit and no bull. People trust you.
You write something good about me, the people will buy it.
Well, I don't write puff pieces.
I'm gonna ask a lot of questions that you might not like.
Well, it's not the questions that I'm afraid of, Miss Lane.
It's whether or not I can trust the person asking them.
'You'll be checked out thoroughly'
and if I smell something I don't like, you'll never see me.
Okay, Lois, let me get this straight.
You actually talked to Grant Gendell?
Yep.
Think he really wears Kleenex boxes for shoes
and eats cold soup out of a can?
I don't know.
I've heard the same things you have
but there was something sort of charming about him.
I think he wants to come out of hiding for a specific reason.
Oh, see, now, this is an exact copy of the one we almost chose
and this is what we went with.
Oh, you're kidding!
I don't know what you're worried about, Carol.
I think the place looks great.
I just think you should feel at home when you're..
Well, at home.
Especially when you have a husband
who's always rushing out to save the world.
Yours too?
I-I mean, Clark's not literally saving the world.
I-I mean, I'm a chemist
and I have a professional life too.
- But Bob's work is so, so.. - All-consuming?
I know all about it.
He'll hug me and say
"You're important too, honey, but this is an emergency."
- A job for.. - Superdoctor.
- Oh. - Uh.
Where'd you learn those moves, huh?
Trying to keep up with Lois.
Aggressive on the court?
Let's just say...ambitious.
Carol's the same.
Keeps you on your toes?
I wouldn't have it any other way.
Me, either.
Listen, you're a doctor.
Remember that guy I was telling you about
the guy with all those weird marks around his heart?
Yeah.
No one at the coroner's office seems to know
what those things are.
Sounds like some kind of clotting.
But what if it were a murder?
Hypothetically, that is.
Whoo!
- Murder? - Yeah.
See, the death fits the pattern of a number of other
mysterious deaths in the city.
You got any idea why somebody'd be killing all these people?
No, not a clue.
Nice shot.
Thanks.
(Lois) How was your game with Bob?
Great, you and Carol have a good time?
I have to admit, we may be super-speeding
through the cautious friendship stages
but she's really nice.
Funny, down to earth.
She's finally starting to melt.
The research on them really paid off.
How did it go with Clark?
You know, I haven't made moves
like that on a court in, uh, ever.
'It's like someone was helping me.'
Now how about you?
Did you slip her the phone with the bug in it?
I thought it was gonna be harder to distract her
but when Lois opens up, she's quite a talker, in fact..
She said something really interesting.
- Yeah? - About how hard it is.
For both of us in our careers
and how driven you and Bob are, and..
How it never seems to let up.
So then I said
"How does a desert island
and a few million dollars sound?"
You're kidding. Lois said that?
For a second, I thought, "Oh, my God, they know."
They know our whole plan!
You know, Clark kept talking about the murders.
But we knew he was writing about that before we targeted them.
No. The panic passed, and I realized this is normal.
Lois and I just think..
The same way like good friends should.
See, honey? I told you this was gonna work out.
It's all going to happen, isn't it?
We're finally gonna stop running
finally gonna settle down and have a normal life.
And we're finally
Finally gonna kill Grant Gendell.
But more to the point, hon
we're gonna get all his money.
Revenge is nice, but a desert island is better.
A doctor, a contractor
a retired cop who became a bodyguard.
Now, a dentist.
What do they all have in common?
Why would Deathstroke want them dead?
Okay, okay, wait.
I've seen the way you and Lois do this.
Let's step back, look at the pattern, alright?
[sighs] They're all men.
They're all over 35.
They all lived in Metropolis.
And..
I really suck at this.
We need to deep background these guys
see where their paths cross.
Does your father still work for the NIA?
Yeah.
Maybe you should get online with him
and then see what he can tell us about Deathstroke.
Hunt Deathstroke? Hah, now you're talkin'.
Oh. Oh, oh, oh.
- Lois lane. - 'Denzler here.'
- 'We've spoken before.' - Mr. Denzler!
It's Gendell's lawyer.
Alright, Ms. Lane.
Completely against my better judgment.
I'm on my way to meet with you.
- Are you ready? - Yes, I am.
Now, you understand the ground rules.
You'll come alone, you will ask no questions.
You will not be concerned with where you are going.
You'll bring no cameras or recording devices.
And until Mr. Gendell agrees to the interview
you will print nothing about him or this meeting.
Do you agree to all of this?
Yes, I do.
How soon can you be downstairs?
Any time you want to.
Now.
'The car will pull up.'
'You will open the rear door yourself'
'and get inside immediately.'
'If there's even a hint that you've been accompanied'
'the car will leave without you.'
Uh, I'll be right there.
In the limo.
Downstairs, now.
Now?
You get the speaker.
Well, these guys bring new meaning to the word paranoid.
Wish me luck.
Good luck.
Yes, Sandy, I'm now on to couple number nine.
They're just leaving now.
'We're on the move.'
Uh, are we meeting Mr. Denzler here?
I'm Denzler, Ms. Lane.
Oh.
Well, I would've thought that Grant Gendell
could hire a driver for you.
Oh, no, no, no, no. Can't trust drivers.
Do you know they'll let almost anyone have
a driver's license now?
Without asking anything about their personal relationships.
(Grant) 'I'm sorry about this, Ms. Lane'
'but Denzler's paid to be paranoid.'
It's a trait I admire.
Oh, I understand.
I'm one of the few people who have actually met Mr. Gendell.
And if it were up to me, it would stay that way.
Oh, forgive me, but we have
a few routine security questions to ask you.
(Grant) 'Um, have you visited a foreign country in the last 7 months?'
(Lois) 'Does New Jersey count?'
Is he giggling, or is that a death rattle?
I like this girl.
The old goat's completely charmed by her.
Anything?
Waitin' on a search. You?
Deathstroke's a ghost.
Nobody's seen him or talked to him
but the, uh, list of people they think he killed
is pretty amazing.
Check it out.
Yeah, my dad says nailing him has been
a top priority for the NIA
but nobody can agree where he is.
London, Hong Kong, China, LA, here in Metropolis
and with the budget cuts.
Yeah, I know. I heard.
Okay, here we go.
Is anyone in your life
familiar with the use of plastique, AK-47s
strychnine, or similar explosives, weapons, or poisons?
Only my mother.
I do like this girl.
Yes.
Are you now, or have you ever been
employed by Gendell Technologies
or any of its subsidiaries?
No.
Or are you acquainted with any employee
'past or present?'
Not until today.
Uh-huh!
She means you, you idiot!
Oh. Of course.
Your kind words on my behalf, Ms. Lane
have not gone unnoticed.
'You flew into battle even though we'd never met.'
'That took guts. That's a trait I also admire.'
I think we're being followed.
- NIA again? - We'll see.
(Grant) 'And I'm supposed to be a half-insane'
'potentially dangerous hermit.'
'And, uh, I suppose what I'm trying to say, Ms. Lane'
'is, uh, I like you.'
(Lois) 'Thanks, I think.'
Where do these guys cross?
Three of them have the same hat size.
All four have been paid
by a company called "Denzler Limited."
Denzler. That sounds so..
Gendell's lawyer.
All four of these men worked for Gendell's lawyer.
When did Lois say she was coming back?
She didn't.
C.K., where you going?
(Grant) 'And I'm beginning to realize that, uh'
a person like me has a place in history
whether he likes it or not
and I'd just as soon have that history be correct.
Thanks.
Good afternoon, Ms. Lane.
Well.
I could've done without the sarcasm of your answers.
But it appears Mr. Gendell trusts you.
As much as he trusts anyone.
So do I get the interview?
Meet me again in front of the Planet Building.
Tomorrow at noon.
- We're almost there. - Not quite.
He's NIA, alright, and he's made us.
(Bob) 'Just like Berlin.'
When are these people gonna leave us alone?
Careful.
When you're emotional, you get a power surge.
Bob.
Soon we'll disappear into whole new lives.
Until then, we've got to take care of him.
Now, pull into that alley up there, and he'll follow us.
Hey.
Guess who just nabbed the interview of the century?
Are you alright?
Well, yeah.
Were you out looking for me?
- Well-- - Superman doesn't lie.
Okay, yes, but only because of those deaths
that I've been following, you know
the red marks around the heart?
- The Deathgrip? - Deathstroke, yes.
All four victims worked for Denzler.
- Denzler Limited? - Yes.
It's a shell company.
Gendell uses it when he doesn't want records
that would indicate anyone ever worked for him directly.
He only uses it with people he makes direct contact
with bodyguards--
Doctors, contractors.
And that's exactly who Deathstroke's been killing.
I wonder why?
Down the street. Someone's in trouble.
- Deathstroke! - Superman.
You know me?
Agent Rawlins is a friend of mine.
He'd better be alive.
Or what?
That's enough.
I'm not letting go.
Neither am I!
Oh, my God.
What did he do to you? Are you alright?
I will be.
God, he's strong! I couldn't hold on.
It's alright, honey. I'll get you out of here.
- Lois is back there. - I know.
Agent Rawlins.
Oh, man.
He was a good guy.
Lois, I never felt anything like that.
My chest tightened up, my head was spinning.
It must be what having a heart attack feels like.
You need to see Dr. Klein.
When I tried to get close
it was like when you push two magnets together
and they repel.
Magnetism?
Yeah.
Magnetism, of course.
Uh, Superman, can I get a tissue sample?
Sure.
Are you okay?
I'm okay.
I feel pretty good.
I think next time I will take him.
(Bernard) Maybe not.
The composition of Superman's blood
is obviously different from that of Agent Rawlins.
'But in both samples the erythrocytes'
are either clinging together
or repelling each other.
As if the bloodstream itself was magnetized?
Exactly.
So Deathstroke is affecting the iron in the bloodstream
and cutting off the flow of blood to the heart.
And since there's less iron in your bloodstream
he couldn't kill you as easily as the others
although he has dangerously altered your blood chemistry.
Meaning?
Meaning that if your blood
doesn't get a chance to repair itself
I can't promise you that another bout
with Deathstroke wouldn't kill you.
Certainly, anyone without superpowers
doesn't stand a chance.
Lois.
I want you to rethink this interview.
Look, I know what you're gonna say.
It's gonna be something very sensible and very--
True, which is this.
The second that you see Gendell in person
you become a target.
And I don't know if I can stop him.
This is the interview of a lifetime.
And I appreciate that.
Which is why I know you'll understand
when I say I have to do it.
Then I guess we're gonna have to figure out a way
to stop Deathstroke by tomorrow at noon.
Dr. Klein, do you have any scientific records
available on magnetics research?
S.T.A.R. Labs maintains a fairly complete archive.
Can you run a trace for anyone
who might've done this sort of research
for Gendell Technologies?
Agent Rawlins said something
about a possible revenge motive.
Maybe this is a, a grudge against Gendell.
I hate Gendell.
(Carol) I know you do, sweetheart.
Hold still.
I think the hatred has gotten you through the years.
Through the pain, the rehabilitation.
Well, hate has made my career possible.
Of course it has.
You're not a killer by nature.
But I do take pride in my work.
'I may not like retirement.'
Honey, you can still take a little job now and then.
It's running all over the world
that drives me crazy.
Okay. I'm finished.
But stay in the polarity circle
until we can get you into a suit.
How am I doing?
The fight with Superman definitely drained you
but that's because you just finished a kill.
'I realigned your parallel and antiparallel currents'
so you should be fine.
And if I go up against Superman again
uh, assuming I'm fully charged?
I don't think it'll be a problem.
Listen, you ever think about the guy?
I mean, he's a lot like me.
He's always on a mission
wears a special suit.
But yours is so much nicer, Bobby.
And like me, he's different from anyone else.
Except he's isolated, and we have each other.
So we're lucky.
Come over here.
Why?
Because I can't come over there.
If I step out of this stupid circle without my suit
the magnetism will probably go nuts
and everything in the room will stick to me.
It's not magnetism that makes me stick to you.
You know, just once I'd like to be this close
without a polarity circle.
Oh, come on, honey.
I like to think of a polarity circle as our place.
Are you okay?
Just, uh, just a little winded.
Maybe we should've canceled tonight.
Maybe I should be off flying around
looking for Deathstroke.
And you should call Dr. Klein and see what's going on.
Clark, this is how we got so isolated in the first place.
We let our work run our lives.
Now, we just have to face the fact
that we're both in high-risk professions
and we're the target of evil plots.
And we're gonna go have a nice dinner
with our new friends.
Yeah, you're right.
Now, we're not gonna let this make us crazy.
Oh, you look nice.
Hmm.
Clark, I think I just saw something very..
- Hi! - Hi.
(Carol) This has been a crazy week for Bob and me.
You look a little tired, Clark.
I'm okay. Just a little low on energy.
Bob too.
(Bob) 'Yeah, a man died on me this morning.'
'And, uh, there was nothing I could do to save him.'
When you can't help someone..
It-it must be, uh, terrible.
Yeah.
I just love the wood you chose for these bookshelves.
Is it cherry?
It came with the house.
Well, you have quite a library.
Clark, do you remember that article I wrote last year
on my favorite books?
They have all of them. Talk about a coincidence.
Bob?
Do you smell something burning?
What?
In the kitchen.
Oh, yeah, uh, I hope it's not the cacciatore.
Be right back.
Clark, there's a secret compartment behind this.
Come X-ray it. See what's inside.
What?
We may have to kill them both tonight.
I saw through the front window.
Bob was putting something away in there.
Come on, quick, before they come back.
Why?
Because it's a secret compartment.
I don't go around X-raying everyone's secret compartments.
How many people do we know
that actually have secret compartments?
Good people, I mean.
Honey, we don't know that many people.
And we won't if we go around X-raying everyone.
- Carol. - I'm telling you, they know.
I saw the look in her eyes when she was staring at those books.
Maybe she doesn't like your taste in books.
They're her books too.
They're my books too! That's when it hit me.
She likes the same books as me, the same foods as me
and why are they always so eager to see us again?
Nobody is that eager to see us again.
That's why you're suspicious, honey?
Because someone likes us?
And when did they start liking us?
When I started talking to Grant Gendell.
And what do all the murder victims have in common?
A link to Grant Gendell.
Hors d'oeuvres?
(both) Carol.
Thank you.
You should've seen the way they looked at me just now.
I'm telling you, they know!
Okay, we're gonna have to calm down.
It's no time to get emotional!
Look who's not getting emotional.
Okay, we're gonna have to take a deep breath.
- And just.. - Relax, alright?
There's something in that wall, I saw it.
Okay, they have a secret.
We have a secret too.
They fit the profile, everything you told me about Deathstroke.
Think about it, Lois. So do we.
Now, if Bob and Carol are the kind
of friends we want to have we have to respect
and honor their friendship.
You don't really want me to do it, do you?
Well..
...maybe it's been so long since I've had a friend.
I've forgot how.
You're right, I have to stop being
so suspicious of everyone.
There you go.
Because there's no need to be. No one can stop us.
Rage and hatred like ours is unstoppable.
It's too bad about the Kents, though.
I rather like them.
Well, I've gotten used to them.
Well, sooner than later, we'll murder them.
But for right now, let's enjoy the evening.
Dinner is served.
Wow. That looks great.
Well, Bob's the cook.
I'm practically useless in the kitchen.
Seriously? You too.
Well, to good friends.
To good friends.
And we'll maybe remain friends
'for the rest of our lives.'
I couldn't have put it better myself.
Any minute. He's calling any minute.
I-I don't know, honey.
I mean, sewers and tunnels are cool but railroad tracks?
I don't know, I..
Well, there's the trains, for one thing.
(female #1) 'Jimmy, pick up line three.'
Hold on, honey.
City room.
Hold on. Lois, Dr. Klein on line three.
- Now? - I-I got it, honey.
Dr. Klein, this is Clark.
(Bernard) I think I may have turned up something.
About six years ago
a man named, uh, Earl Gregg, was performing
experiments in magnetics
'at one of Grant Gendell's companies.'
'Well, the experiment went awry.'
And Gregg's body was flooded
with microscopic magnetized particles.
Well, I'm-I'm faxing you the background.
Yes?
(Denzler) 'I'm waiting, Ms. Lane.'
'I'm outside the Daily Planet now.'
'All of the terms of our agreement are in effect.'
'If I should sense any change of heart on your part'
the interview will be terminated immediately.
Mr. Gendell supports me entirely in this.
[whispering] He's here.
Give me a second. Superman's tagging along too.
(Denzler) 'No one is to be tagging along.'
This also will be grounds for terminating the interview.
Now, assuming all that is agreeable, grab your notepad.
Now, once again, recording devices are unacceptable.
'You have 40 seconds to reach the car.'
I gotta go.
Hang on, Lois. There's a fax coming in that..
(Denzler) 'Thirty five seconds, Ms. Lane.'
And believe me, if you can't make it
I'll be more than happy to tell Mr. Gendell that..
I gotta go.
Okay, I'm right behind you.
This fax could tell us who we're dealing with.
This is it.
The start of our new lives.
You're sure you're okay?
I am if you are.
Dr. Klein, can you hold on one second, please?
How did this Mr. Gregg survive?
A fellow researcher created a suit
which brought his condition under control
as long as the suit remains intact.
'Anyway, he sought damages from Gendell Technologies'
'but the company fought it'
'and cut him off without a cent.'
So what'd the guy do?
Well, he married the woman who made the suit, for one thing.
And the two of them exhibited classic signs
of disgruntled postal worker syndrome.
In other words, they flipped out
and declared undying revenge against Grant Gendell.
'Oh, no.'
Bob and Carol.
Why are we stopping here?
Because we are precisely where we should be.
Grant Gendell lives here?
Oh, I get it. These aren't really street people.
They're undercover bodyguards?
No. They're street people.
Well, where's your security?
Our security is in only hiring people we can trust.
But you don't trust anybody.
Exactly.
Where's the last place you'd look
for the richest man in Metropolis?
The worst street in town.
It's the one thing the army taught me that was worth a damn.
The best camouflage is plain sight.
Mr. Gendell.
Fine, uh..
Of course...everything's different now.
I'm a different man.
And I want the world to know it too.
- Well, that's why-- - No, no, no.
I want to say my piece.
Ms. Lane, I want to live out there again.
I want to make up for all the bad things I've done
and I'm donating my entire fortune to charity.
That's very--
My money's made a prisoner of me, Ms. Lane.
I'm locked in here 24 hours a day, paranoid
Uh, crazy.
Denzler driving me nuts.
Then, while I was watching "Ice Station Zebra"
again, I suddenly realized!
What have I got to be afraid of?
- Well, a lot. - Exactly. Nothing.
Uh, Mr. Gendell, I don't want to alarm you
but do you have any bodyguards?
Ha, used to have a whole platoon of them.
Useless, every single one of 'em.
Fired the last one two years ago.
My security, Ms. Lane, is all up there.
Well, uh, reassuring as that is
there's an assassin named Deathstroke
and he's killing everyone that knows you by sight.
And we think that he's after--
[whooshing] What's that?
Superman.
I figured out who Deathstroke is, Lois.
Bob?
Bob and Carol?
Do you recognize these people, sir?
No. No, I'm afraid not.
Earl Gregg and his wife were employed by your company
six years ago.
He suffered a terrible accident
and received no compensation from--
The mighty and powerful Gendell Technologies.
- Deathstroke. - Superman.
- Carol. - Lois.
- Bob. - She recognizes me.
I always said the glasses weren't enough of a disguise.
Your plan's blown, Bob, Carol.
It's over.
You have no idea what the plan is.
Everyone who knows Grant Gendell is dead.
And you what, replace your medical records with his?
You take over his life. Who'd know?
Siphon off his fortune and disappear in style.
Something like that?
They do know what the plan is.
That's it? You want to be me?
What are you, brain dead?
Take a look around you, kids.
I-I live in a cube.
Yeah. Mr. Gendell, I really don't think this is the time--
Believe me, Mr. Gendell, how you've lived and how we'll live
are two very different things!
Here, honey.
Alright, alright, alright.
Looking for a rematch, Superman?
Trust me...you can't handle it.
Carol, stop them! They'll kill each other!
No! No, the suit is all that contains his power!
Bob!
Bob.
Do you know what it's like seeing your husband
go through a thing like that?
Yeah. I have a pretty good idea.
Hi.
Uh, the-the police told me where I could find you.
How are you?
Let's just say I've had better days.
Haven't we all.
I just want to say I wish that--
I think what carol's trying to say
is that we're sorry about the way it turned out.
You mean sorry you got caught.
- No. - Well, yes.
Okay, yes, but sorry about the circumstances too.
'If Bob hadn't been in an industrial accident'
if his body weren't a ball of horrific power
'if we weren't scientists turned paupers'
'turned international assassins.'
If we weren't consumed by bitterness and rage..
...we might've been friends.
That's a lot of ifs.
Yeah, and I didn't really like your taste in books
that much, either.
- Bye, Carol. - Bob.
- Lois. - Clark.
And I just bought four great tickets
for the Buffalo, Metropolis football game.
Well, you were right about Bob and Carol.
Yep. But you busted 'em, so we're even.
Hmm.
- Love. - What a waste.
Yeah. Tell me about it.
You guys okay?
Oh, Candy dumped me like yesterday's rice.
Aurora's moving to Beirut.
Well, I guess we won't be double-dating anytime soon.
Well, to tell you the truth, chief
I think our double-dating days are..
Ms. Lane!
Mr. Gendell!
I just came by to thank you
for reintroducing me to the world.
And I was kinda wondering whether you and your husband
would like to join my new friend Connie and me for dinner.
Oh, thanks, but we-we're not gonna--
- We'd love to. - We would?
Well, of course you would. Take it from me.
Get out. Take a few risks. Live.
Exactly.
Well, alright, then, sure.
Say, have you heard this song
about the fly in some girl's chardonnay?
Now, unless they rewrote the dictionary
I see nothing ironic about that.
However, a recluse who finally decides to come out of hiding
on the very day he's almost killed..
That's ironic.
You like The Bills, Mr. Gendell?
(Grant) 'I have to. I own 'em.'