1 00:00:19,219 --> 00:00:22,498 Woman on TV: REPORTING FROM KPAZ, 2 00:00:22,522 --> 00:00:24,431 KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. 3 00:00:24,455 --> 00:00:26,474 SCIENTISTS ARE CALLING TODAY'S IMPACT 4 00:00:26,498 --> 00:00:28,907 ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS 5 00:00:28,931 --> 00:00:30,439 OF THE LAST CENTURY. 6 00:00:30,463 --> 00:00:32,912 THE ENORMOUS SOLAR FLARE HAS ALREADY CAUSED SURGES... 7 00:00:32,936 --> 00:00:35,915 CLARK! 8 00:00:35,939 --> 00:00:37,988 HEY, CLARK. SON, YOU WANT TO GIVE US A HAND HERE? 9 00:00:38,012 --> 00:00:39,119 YEAH. 10 00:00:39,143 --> 00:00:41,222 SORRY, I MUST'VE GOT SUCKED IN. 11 00:00:41,246 --> 00:00:44,025 YOU CAUGHT ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS NEWS SPECIAL. 12 00:00:44,049 --> 00:00:45,527 WHAT'S THE TOPIC? 13 00:00:45,551 --> 00:00:48,201 SOLAR FLARES AND THE EFFECTS ON EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE. 14 00:00:48,225 --> 00:00:50,604 ACCORDING TO NASA, THE SUN TOOK A DIRECT HIT 15 00:00:50,628 --> 00:00:52,235 FROM A COMET TODAY, 16 00:00:52,259 --> 00:00:55,039 CAUSING ONE OF THE BIGGEST SOLAR FLARES EVER TO BE RECORDED. 17 00:00:55,063 --> 00:00:56,941 YOU SOUND INTRIGUED. 18 00:00:56,965 --> 00:00:58,243 ACTUALLY, IT'S A RELIEF TO BE RESEARCHING A COSMIC DISASTER 19 00:00:58,267 --> 00:01:01,948 THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME. 20 00:01:01,972 --> 00:01:04,219 I GOTTA GO. I TOLD PETE I'D MEET HIM AT THE TALON 21 00:01:04,243 --> 00:01:06,253 TO SWAP SOME NOTES. 22 00:01:06,277 --> 00:01:08,284 YOU NEED A RIDE? NO, I THINK I'll RUN IT. 23 00:01:08,308 --> 00:01:10,027 BYE. BYE. 24 00:01:10,051 --> 00:01:12,159 Man on TV: PRECIPITATES HUGE EXPLOSIONS. 25 00:01:12,183 --> 00:01:14,162 WITH POWERFUL, FAR-REACHING EFFECTS. 26 00:01:14,186 --> 00:01:15,634 THE SHOCK WAVES ARE SO STRONG 27 00:01:15,658 --> 00:01:18,096 THAT IT SMASHES THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD, 28 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:20,640 UNLEASHING A GEOMAGNETIC STORM. 29 00:01:20,664 --> 00:01:22,643 Woman on TV: IN LAYMAN'S TERMS... 30 00:01:22,667 --> 00:01:25,506 DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE POWERS 31 00:01:25,530 --> 00:01:28,650 GREATER THAN WE CAN KNOW SOMEWHERE IN THE UNIVERSE? 32 00:01:28,674 --> 00:01:30,236 SURE. 33 00:01:32,108 --> 00:01:36,043 LOOK, DO YOU MIND IF I SWITCH BACK TO THE GAME? 34 00:01:39,287 --> 00:01:41,665 THAT'S ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN, 35 00:01:41,689 --> 00:01:45,795 ONE GIANT LEAP FOR THE METROPOLIS SHARKS. 36 00:01:48,557 --> 00:01:51,138 TO LITTLEVILLE, KANSAS. 37 00:01:51,162 --> 00:01:53,364 AND TO ALL THE LITTLE KANS-ASSIANS IN IT. 38 00:01:56,307 --> 00:01:57,686 ONE MORE. 39 00:01:57,710 --> 00:01:59,717 LOOK, PAL, WE DON'T WANT ANY TROUBLE HERE. 40 00:01:59,741 --> 00:02:02,120 I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD ENOUGH. 41 00:02:02,144 --> 00:02:07,150 IF YOU WANT TROUBLE, YOU JUST TRY CUTTING ME OFF. 42 00:02:15,061 --> 00:02:16,592 DON'T COME BACK! 43 00:02:18,164 --> 00:02:20,737 SMALL-TOWN FRIENDLY, MY BUTT. 44 00:02:32,382 --> 00:02:37,735 NO, NO, YEAH, NO, I'll FIND IT. 45 00:02:37,759 --> 00:02:40,238 YEAH, I KNOW, THIS IS... 46 00:02:40,262 --> 00:02:43,271 YEAH, UH, NO, NO, I HAVE NOT BEEN DRINKING. 47 00:02:43,295 --> 00:02:45,698 THANK YOU FOR CARING. 48 00:03:07,694 --> 00:03:09,127 [ HORN BLARES ] 49 00:03:30,823 --> 00:03:32,430 YOU OKAY? 50 00:03:32,454 --> 00:03:36,906 YOU PULLED THE DOOR RIGHT OFF THE CAR WITH YOUR BARE HANDS? 51 00:03:36,930 --> 00:03:39,139 YOU WALKED RIGHT THROUGH THE POWER LINES. 52 00:03:39,163 --> 00:03:44,675 YOU'RE A LITTLE DRUNK, MISTER... WHITE. 53 00:03:44,699 --> 00:03:48,680 PERRY WHITE. 54 00:03:48,704 --> 00:03:55,829 ♫ SOMEBODY SAVE ME ♫ 55 00:03:55,853 --> 00:03:59,795 ♫ LET YOUR WARM HANDS BREAK RIGHT THROUGH ♫ 56 00:03:59,819 --> 00:04:06,272 ♫ SOMEBODY SAVE ME ♫ 57 00:04:06,296 --> 00:04:09,877 ♫ I DON'T CARE HOW YOU DO IT ♫ 58 00:04:09,901 --> 00:04:11,179 ♫ JUST STAY ♫ 59 00:04:11,203 --> 00:04:12,881 ♫ STAY WITH ME ♫ 60 00:04:12,905 --> 00:04:14,883 ♫ STAY ♫ 61 00:04:14,907 --> 00:04:16,754 ♫ COME ON ♫ 62 00:04:16,778 --> 00:04:20,290 ♫ I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU ♫ 63 00:04:20,314 --> 00:04:25,896 ♫ JUST STAY WITH ME ♫ 64 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:30,773 ♫ I'VE MADE THIS WHOLE WORLD SHINE FOR YOU ♫ 65 00:04:30,797 --> 00:04:32,504 ♫ JUST STAY ♫ 66 00:04:32,528 --> 00:04:35,307 ♫ STAY ♫ 67 00:04:35,331 --> 00:04:38,466 ♫ COME ON ♫ 68 00:05:12,848 --> 00:05:15,656 OH. TAKE IT EASY, CLARK. 69 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:17,730 I MISJUDGED MY STRENGTH. 70 00:05:17,754 --> 00:05:20,033 LISTEN, I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH THE HOSPITAL. 71 00:05:20,057 --> 00:05:22,696 SEEMS YOUR MR. PERRY WHITE CHECKED HIMSELF OUT 72 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:24,468 LATE LAST NIGHT. 73 00:05:24,492 --> 00:05:26,500 THE PARAMEDICS SAID HIS BREATHALYZER WAS OFF THE CHARTS. 74 00:05:26,524 --> 00:05:28,543 WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK HE SAW, SON? 75 00:05:28,567 --> 00:05:30,776 DAD, HE PROBABLY DOESN'T EVEN REMEMBER MY NAME. 76 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:32,778 Man: CLARK! CLARK KENT! 77 00:05:32,802 --> 00:05:34,904 THANK YOU. 78 00:05:39,810 --> 00:05:41,389 YEAH. 79 00:05:41,413 --> 00:05:43,792 LAST TIME I SAW YOU, 80 00:05:43,816 --> 00:05:45,894 YOU WERE FRISBEEING THE DOOR OFF MY CAR 81 00:05:45,918 --> 00:05:47,927 AND IGNORING THE HIGH-VOLTAGE LINES. 82 00:05:47,951 --> 00:05:49,668 MR. WHITE. 83 00:05:49,692 --> 00:05:51,601 I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH OF THE FOUR CLARKS 84 00:05:51,625 --> 00:05:53,603 I SHOULD BE THANKING WHEN THEY HAULED ME OFF IN THE AMBULANCE. 85 00:05:53,627 --> 00:05:56,437 YOU MUST BE MR. KENT? YES, I AM. 86 00:05:56,461 --> 00:05:58,439 I'M CERTAINLY GLAD YOU'RE FEELING BETTER. 87 00:05:58,463 --> 00:06:00,581 WELL, THAT'S RELATIVE. MY CAR IS CRUNCHED. 88 00:06:00,605 --> 00:06:02,413 THIS HILLBILLY CARTOON YOU HAVE AS A SHERIFF 89 00:06:02,437 --> 00:06:04,988 HAS SUSPENDED MY DRIVER'S LICENSE ON A DUI, 90 00:06:05,012 --> 00:06:06,949 AND MY ASSIGNMENT EDITOR IS SCREAMING FOR MY HEAD. 91 00:06:06,973 --> 00:06:09,452 YOU'RE A REPORTER? 92 00:06:09,476 --> 00:06:10,954 IN A PAST LIFE. 93 00:06:10,978 --> 00:06:14,428 AT THE MOMENT, I'M THE ADVANCE MAN 94 00:06:14,452 --> 00:06:15,761 FOR "XSTYLES"... 95 00:06:15,785 --> 00:06:18,433 CABLE TV's ONE-STOP FOR THE PARANORMALLY INCLINED. 96 00:06:18,457 --> 00:06:20,435 AND WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE TO SMALLVILLE? 97 00:06:20,459 --> 00:06:22,709 OH, I'M RESEARCHING A PIECE ABOUT THE METEOR SHOWER 98 00:06:22,733 --> 00:06:24,942 AND THE BIZARRE PHENOMENA THAT IT SPAWNED. 99 00:06:24,966 --> 00:06:27,675 DON'T TELL ME YOU BELIEVE ANY OF THAT NONSENSE. 100 00:06:27,699 --> 00:06:30,372 IT'S RIGHT UP THERE WITH THE TOOTH FAIRY. 101 00:06:35,478 --> 00:06:38,788 DON'T YOU NEED TOOLS FOR A JOB LIKE THAT? 102 00:06:38,812 --> 00:06:41,692 UH, MR. WHITE, YOU REALLY DIDN'T COME ALL THIS WAY 103 00:06:41,716 --> 00:06:44,365 JUST TO THANK ME, DID YOU? 104 00:06:44,389 --> 00:06:47,540 NO, I DIDN'T. I THOUGHT WE SHOULD DISCUSS A SETTLEMENT. 105 00:06:47,564 --> 00:06:49,071 SETTLEMENT? 106 00:06:49,095 --> 00:06:52,074 I DIDN'T OFF-ROAD MY CAR FOR LAUGHS, MR. KENT. 107 00:06:52,098 --> 00:06:54,432 I SWERVED TO MISS YOUR SON. 108 00:06:56,134 --> 00:06:58,512 LOOK, I'll MAKE THIS EASY ON YOU. 109 00:06:58,536 --> 00:07:01,086 I NEED A LOCAL WHO KNOWS THE TERRITORY 110 00:07:01,110 --> 00:07:04,560 TO FERRY ME AROUND. YOU LOAN ME CLARK FOR A COUPLE DAYS, 111 00:07:04,584 --> 00:07:06,547 WE'LL CALL IT EVEN. 112 00:07:12,454 --> 00:07:14,673 MY FATHER WENT FOR HISTORICAL ACCURACY 113 00:07:14,697 --> 00:07:16,675 WHEN HE HAD THE MANSION RECONSTRUCTED, 114 00:07:16,699 --> 00:07:19,538 BUT I WAS THINKING OF TAKING SOME LIBERTIES 115 00:07:19,562 --> 00:07:21,440 WITH THE DECOR... 116 00:07:21,464 --> 00:07:24,814 MOVE AWAY FROM THE ARTIFACTS AND PERIOD PIECES AND... 117 00:07:24,838 --> 00:07:26,887 GO WITH SOMETHING MORE MODERN... 118 00:07:26,911 --> 00:07:29,591 EVEN ABSTRACT. 119 00:07:29,615 --> 00:07:31,452 ANY THOUGHTS, DOCTOR? 120 00:07:31,476 --> 00:07:33,456 ONLY THAT I HOPED TODAY'S SESSION 121 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:35,598 WOULD BE MORE PRODUCTIVE. 122 00:07:35,622 --> 00:07:38,201 HMM. I BELIEVE THE PSYCHOLOGICAL TERM 123 00:07:38,225 --> 00:07:40,735 FOR, UH, REFUSING TO ACCEPT THE INEVITABLE 124 00:07:40,759 --> 00:07:42,466 IS DENIAL. 125 00:07:42,490 --> 00:07:44,738 AND NO AMOUNT OF PROBING CAN UNCOVER EMOTIONAL ISSUES 126 00:07:44,762 --> 00:07:46,141 THAT DON'T EXIST. 127 00:07:46,165 --> 00:07:47,673 NOW WHO'S IN DENIAL? 128 00:07:47,697 --> 00:07:50,476 TRUST ME, I HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE. 129 00:07:50,500 --> 00:07:53,819 THEN TELL ME ABOUT THE ISLAND. 130 00:07:53,843 --> 00:07:56,524 THE FISHERMAN WHO FOUND YOU SAID YOU WERE RAVING 131 00:07:56,548 --> 00:07:58,555 ABOUT SOME IMAGINARY ENEMY. 132 00:07:58,579 --> 00:08:02,560 I WAS ILL, SUFFERING FROM MALARIA. 133 00:08:02,584 --> 00:08:05,665 I SAW YOUR BLOODWORK, LEX. THERE WAS NO TRACE OF DISEASE. 134 00:08:05,689 --> 00:08:08,168 BUT EVEN SOME FICTITIOUS ILLNESS WOULD NOT EXPLAIN 135 00:08:08,192 --> 00:08:10,571 YOUR RELUCTANCE TO DISCUSS YOUR CONFLICTED FEELINGS 136 00:08:10,595 --> 00:08:13,644 TOWARDS YOUR FATHER. UNTIL WE UNDERSTAND THAT... 137 00:08:13,668 --> 00:08:16,177 WHAT I UNDERSTAND, DOCTOR, 138 00:08:16,201 --> 00:08:18,581 IS THAT LUTHORCORP'S INSURANCE CARRIER 139 00:08:18,605 --> 00:08:21,785 INSISTED THAT I SUBMIT TO FIVE PSYCHIATRIC THERAPY SESSIONS. 140 00:08:21,809 --> 00:08:24,742 SO I'VE SUBMITTED. 141 00:08:26,613 --> 00:08:30,925 AND, SADLY, OUR FINAL HOUR IS UP. 142 00:08:30,949 --> 00:08:33,952 I'll MISS OUR SESSIONS. 143 00:08:52,816 --> 00:08:54,855 TWO METEOR CRATERS, THAT'S IT? 144 00:08:54,879 --> 00:08:56,998 YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYTHING ELSE? 145 00:08:57,022 --> 00:08:59,000 WELL, BLOWN-OUT BUILDINGS AND SINKHOLES 146 00:08:59,024 --> 00:09:01,533 ARE BACKGROUND, CLARK. I'M LOOKING FOR SUBSTANCE... 147 00:09:01,557 --> 00:09:05,969 TEXTURE... THE HUMAN DIMENSION. 148 00:09:05,993 --> 00:09:08,611 Lana: CLARK, IS EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT? 149 00:09:08,635 --> 00:09:10,975 PETE WAITED FOR YOU UNTIL AFTER 10:00 LAST NIGHT. 150 00:09:10,999 --> 00:09:12,746 UH, IT'S A LONG STORY. 151 00:09:12,770 --> 00:09:14,048 HI. PERRY WHITE. 152 00:09:14,072 --> 00:09:16,621 I'D LIKE A TRIPLE CAPPUCCINO 153 00:09:16,645 --> 00:09:19,855 AND A COUPLE OF THOSE GLAZED CRULLERS... 154 00:09:19,879 --> 00:09:21,027 AND AN INTERVIEW... 155 00:09:21,051 --> 00:09:24,154 WITH SMALLVILLE'S VERY OWN COVER GIRL. 156 00:09:27,918 --> 00:09:30,969 WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 157 00:09:30,993 --> 00:09:33,903 IT'S CALLED GETTING THE STORY. UH, NOTHING FANCY, MISS LANG, 158 00:09:33,927 --> 00:09:35,875 JUST A SIMPLE Q & A... 159 00:09:35,899 --> 00:09:38,577 YOU KNOW, UH, HOW'S LITTLE MISS METEOR COPING 160 00:09:38,601 --> 00:09:40,650 14 YEARS AFTER THE BIG BANG? 161 00:09:40,674 --> 00:09:43,615 MAYBE THIS IS A JOKE TO YOU, 162 00:09:43,639 --> 00:09:45,956 BUT MY PARENTS DIED THAT DAY. 163 00:09:45,980 --> 00:09:48,344 AND I'M SORRY, BUT THAT MAKES YOU NEWSWORTHY. 164 00:09:49,915 --> 00:09:51,764 THAT'S IT. YOU'RE LEAVING. 165 00:09:51,788 --> 00:09:53,866 YOU KNOW, EITHER SHE TALKS TO ME NOW, 166 00:09:53,890 --> 00:09:56,029 OR SHE FACES THE CAMERAS IN THE MORNING. 167 00:09:56,053 --> 00:09:58,131 CLARK, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE WITH THIS GUY. 168 00:09:58,155 --> 00:10:01,677 LANA... MAYBE YOU SHOULD BOTH LEAVE. 169 00:10:01,701 --> 00:10:04,139 YOU DIDN'T TELL ME LANA WAS PART OF YOUR AGENDA. 170 00:10:04,163 --> 00:10:06,612 YOU DIDN'T TELL ME YOU KNEW HER. 171 00:10:06,636 --> 00:10:08,684 HEY, I'M SORRY IF I HURT YOUR GIRLFRIEND'S FEELINGS, 172 00:10:08,708 --> 00:10:10,817 BUT SHE'S A LEGITIMATE SOURCE. NO, SHE'S NOT ANYMORE. 173 00:10:10,841 --> 00:10:12,889 IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY, CLARK. 174 00:10:12,913 --> 00:10:14,952 I STILL HAVE TO FIND FACES TO PUT ON CAMERA. 175 00:10:14,976 --> 00:10:17,095 YOU KNOW, YOUR HIGH SCHOOL PAPER HAS DEVELOPED QUITE A REP 176 00:10:17,119 --> 00:10:18,998 IN THE BUG-EYED MONSTER CIRCLES. 177 00:10:19,022 --> 00:10:21,000 WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT? 178 00:10:21,024 --> 00:10:23,003 [ Sarcastic ] BECAUSE I DID, LIKE, 179 00:10:23,027 --> 00:10:25,034 THREE MINUTES OF RESEARCH BEFORE I CAME TO TOWN. 180 00:10:25,058 --> 00:10:27,067 YOU THINK THE EDITOR WOULD KNOW SOMETHING 181 00:10:27,091 --> 00:10:29,163 ABOUT THE METEOR SHOWER? HOW WOULD I KNOW? 182 00:10:30,966 --> 00:10:34,777 "PRINCIPAL AUTHORIZES NEW GYM MATS" BY CLARK KENT. 183 00:10:34,801 --> 00:10:37,144 I KNOW I WAS RIVETED. 184 00:10:44,712 --> 00:10:46,130 WE SHOULD GO. 185 00:10:46,154 --> 00:10:48,734 BOY, I THOUGHT OUR STUFF WAS OFF-THE-WALL. 186 00:10:48,758 --> 00:10:50,196 THIS IS INCREDIBLE. 187 00:10:50,220 --> 00:10:52,197 Chloe: IT'S ALSO ALL TRUE. 188 00:10:52,221 --> 00:10:55,141 CHLOE. MR. WHITE IS INTERESTED IN THE METEOR SHOWER. 189 00:10:55,165 --> 00:10:57,173 I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD HURT IF HE HAD A LOOK. 190 00:10:57,197 --> 00:10:59,177 I HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE. 191 00:10:59,201 --> 00:11:01,178 WELL, GOOD, I THINK WE'VE ALREADY BORROWED 192 00:11:01,202 --> 00:11:03,412 TWO OR THREE OF YOUR IDEAS FOR OUR SHOW. 193 00:11:03,436 --> 00:11:06,416 DO YOU MAKE IT ALL UP YOURSELF, OR DO YOU PULL IN OTHER WRITERS? 194 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:08,217 EXCUSE ME? 195 00:11:08,241 --> 00:11:11,020 OH, JUST, UH, PROFESSIONAL CURIOSITY. 196 00:11:11,044 --> 00:11:13,995 IT'S NOT EVERY DAY THAT I MEET ANOTHER JUNK JOURNALIST 197 00:11:14,019 --> 00:11:15,897 WITH A PENCHANT FOR THE BIZARRE. 198 00:11:15,921 --> 00:11:17,970 "XSTYLES"? 199 00:11:17,994 --> 00:11:19,871 I HAVE A PENCHANT FOR THE TRUTH, 200 00:11:19,895 --> 00:11:21,904 SOMETHING YOUR FREAKS AND SHRIEKS CABLE SHOW GAVE UP 201 00:11:21,928 --> 00:11:23,235 AROUND EPISODE 2. 202 00:11:23,259 --> 00:11:25,062 THAT'S IT. WE'RE DONE. 203 00:11:29,738 --> 00:11:33,889 WAIT. WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. 204 00:11:33,913 --> 00:11:35,514 YOU'RE THE PERRY WHITE? 205 00:11:38,749 --> 00:11:41,158 IT'S OKAY, CLARK. I'M GOING TO HOOF IT BACK TO THE MOTEL. 206 00:11:41,182 --> 00:11:43,060 UH, YOU YOUNG LOVERS PATCH THINGS UP, 207 00:11:43,084 --> 00:11:45,933 AND THEN LATER ON YOU CAN SWING BY 208 00:11:45,957 --> 00:11:49,207 AND WE'LL PICK UP THE TOUR, HMM? 209 00:11:49,231 --> 00:11:53,067 CLARK, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO THAT WAS? 210 00:11:57,272 --> 00:11:59,543 [ SOUND OF OCEAN WAVES CRASHING ] 211 00:12:13,562 --> 00:12:17,873 LEX... I'M SORRY, I'M INTERRUPTING. 212 00:12:17,897 --> 00:12:19,544 NO, NO. 213 00:12:19,568 --> 00:12:24,110 IT'S STRANGE... WHEN I WAS ON THE ISLAND, 214 00:12:24,134 --> 00:12:26,283 I CAME TO HATE THE ROAR OF THE OCEAN. 215 00:12:26,307 --> 00:12:28,556 SINCE COMING BACK, I FIND THAT IT'S THE ONLY THING 216 00:12:28,580 --> 00:12:30,557 THAT RELAXES ME. 217 00:12:30,581 --> 00:12:33,562 YOU MUST THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED EVERY DAY. 218 00:12:33,586 --> 00:12:37,120 AND I'M SURE YOU DIDN'T COME ALL THIS WAY TO DISCUSS THAT. 219 00:12:39,293 --> 00:12:42,873 WHAT DID YOU WANT TO SEE ME ABOUT? 220 00:12:42,897 --> 00:12:47,139 THIS TABLOID TELEVISION REPORTER CAME BY THE TALON TODAY, 221 00:12:47,163 --> 00:12:50,241 AND HE WANTED TO DO AN INTERVIEW WITH ME ABOUT THE METEOR SHOWER. 222 00:12:50,265 --> 00:12:54,187 A SUCCINCT "NO COMMENT" DIDN'T DISSUADE HIM? 223 00:12:54,211 --> 00:12:55,918 NOT REALLY. 224 00:12:55,942 --> 00:12:58,091 HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO COME BACK TOMORROW, 225 00:12:58,115 --> 00:13:00,254 THIS TIME WITH A CAMERA CREW. 226 00:13:00,278 --> 00:13:02,256 AND YOU DON'T WANT THAT. 227 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:04,960 I'VE SPENT THE LAST 14 YEARS 228 00:13:04,984 --> 00:13:07,263 TRYING TO PUT THAT DAY BEHIND ME. 229 00:13:07,287 --> 00:13:13,410 AND IN AN INSTANT, HE BROUGHT IT ALL BACK. 230 00:13:13,434 --> 00:13:16,114 I KNOW IT'S A LOT TO ASK, 231 00:13:16,138 --> 00:13:21,443 BUT I WAS HOPING THAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING. 232 00:13:26,380 --> 00:13:29,090 I'M SURPRISED YOU DIDN'T GO TO CLARK WITH THIS. 233 00:13:29,114 --> 00:13:31,216 CLARK'S WITH HIM. 234 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:36,138 SO YOU WANT ME TO RUN HIM OUT OF TOWN? 235 00:13:36,162 --> 00:13:39,371 I WANT HIM TO STOP. 236 00:13:39,395 --> 00:13:42,245 HE MUST'VE BEEN VERY PERSISTENT. 237 00:13:42,269 --> 00:13:44,248 WHAT WAS HIS NAME? 238 00:13:44,272 --> 00:13:46,235 PERRY WHITE. 239 00:13:48,677 --> 00:13:51,411 I'll MAKE SURE HE NEVER BOTHERS YOU AGAIN. 240 00:14:00,292 --> 00:14:02,400 MR. WHITE, I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU. 241 00:14:02,424 --> 00:14:04,403 AND HERE I AM. 242 00:14:04,427 --> 00:14:08,006 YOU MAY HAVE THE MAKINGS OF A REPORTER YET, KENT. 243 00:14:08,030 --> 00:14:10,134 LIKE YOU USED TO BE? 244 00:14:12,166 --> 00:14:15,245 CHLOE AND I DID SOME CHECKING AFTER YOU LEFT. 245 00:14:15,269 --> 00:14:19,291 MEMORIES FADE, BUT A GOOGLE SEARCH NEVER FORGETS. 246 00:14:19,315 --> 00:14:21,994 AND ANOTHER DRINK IS NOT GOING TO ERASE THE FACT 247 00:14:22,018 --> 00:14:24,226 THAT YOU USED TO BE ONE OF THE BEST REPORTERS 248 00:14:24,250 --> 00:14:25,698 IN METROPOLIS. 249 00:14:25,722 --> 00:14:28,432 WHAT HAPPENED? 250 00:14:28,456 --> 00:14:31,505 LIFE IS A JOURNEY, GRASSHOPPER. 251 00:14:31,529 --> 00:14:33,708 AND SOMETIMES THE TRIP IS SMOOTHER 252 00:14:33,732 --> 00:14:36,211 WITH A LITTLE LUBRICANT. 253 00:14:36,235 --> 00:14:40,015 WHAT'S IT TO YOU, ANYWAY? 254 00:14:40,039 --> 00:14:42,219 MAYBE IT'S THE JOURNALIST IN ME, 255 00:14:42,243 --> 00:14:44,982 OR THAT I REALIZED IF YOU HAVE A GIFT, 256 00:14:45,006 --> 00:14:48,056 YOU SHOULDN'T TURN YOUR BACK ON IT. 257 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:51,490 I MADE EXACTLY TWO MISTAKES IN MY LIFE, KID. 258 00:14:51,514 --> 00:14:55,195 THE FIRST WAS GETTING INTO JOURNALISM. 259 00:14:55,219 --> 00:14:56,966 WHAT WAS THE SECOND? 260 00:14:56,990 --> 00:14:59,470 THINKING IT MATTERED. 261 00:14:59,494 --> 00:15:01,201 ONE MORE. 262 00:15:01,225 --> 00:15:03,745 NO, HE'S HAD ENOUGH. 263 00:15:03,769 --> 00:15:06,177 HA HA HA. 264 00:15:06,201 --> 00:15:08,311 GEE, I DON'T GET YOU, KID. 265 00:15:08,335 --> 00:15:11,153 I STRONG-ARMED YOUR PARENTS, PICKED ON YOUR GIRLFRIEND, 266 00:15:11,177 --> 00:15:13,356 AND TICKED OFF YOUR LADY EDITOR. 267 00:15:13,380 --> 00:15:16,160 STILL, HERE YOU ARE, TRYING TO PLAY THE HERO. 268 00:15:16,184 --> 00:15:18,362 Lex: SOMETIMES, CLARK'S FAITH IN HIS FELLOW MAN. 269 00:15:18,386 --> 00:15:22,168 OUTWEIGHS HIS COMMON SENSE. 270 00:15:22,192 --> 00:15:23,428 LEX? 271 00:15:23,452 --> 00:15:25,331 IT'S ALL RIGHT, CLARK. 272 00:15:25,355 --> 00:15:27,774 I'll DEAL WITH MR. WHITE FROM HERE. 273 00:15:27,798 --> 00:15:30,006 I MAY HAVE UNDERESTIMATED YOU, KID. 274 00:15:30,030 --> 00:15:33,010 CLARK DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS. 275 00:15:33,034 --> 00:15:35,244 LEX, IF THIS IS YOUR OLD MAN'S IDEA, 276 00:15:35,268 --> 00:15:37,245 TEL HIM I GOT THE MESSAGE BACK IN METROPOLIS. 277 00:15:37,269 --> 00:15:39,389 I HAVE NO INTENTION OF REVISITING THE PAST. 278 00:15:39,413 --> 00:15:42,121 THIS ISN'T ABOUT MY FATHER, WHITE. IT'S ABOUT YOU. 279 00:15:42,145 --> 00:15:44,595 LEX, DON'T YOU THINK YOU'RE OVERREACTING? 280 00:15:44,619 --> 00:15:47,458 CONSIDERING THE WAY HE WENT AFTER LANA, 281 00:15:47,482 --> 00:15:51,062 I THOUGHT YOU'D ADMIRE MY RESTRAINT. 282 00:15:51,086 --> 00:15:52,435 LET'S GO. 283 00:15:52,459 --> 00:15:54,290 THANKS FOR THE RIDE, KID. 284 00:16:17,590 --> 00:16:19,638 YOU KNOW, THIS "GET OUT OF DODGE" ROUTINE 285 00:16:19,662 --> 00:16:21,640 IS PRETTY HEAVY-HANDED, EVEN FOR A LUTHOR. 286 00:16:21,664 --> 00:16:25,144 SO IS AMBUSHING A TEENAGE GIRL FOR A SOUND BITE. 287 00:16:25,168 --> 00:16:29,250 OF COURSE, USING PEOPLE ALWAYS CAME EASY TO YOU. 288 00:16:29,274 --> 00:16:32,354 YOU KNOW, OUR ONE AND ONLY ENCOUNTER WAS YEARS AGO. 289 00:16:32,378 --> 00:16:36,317 EVEN IN BOARDING SCHOOL, I WAS GOOD AT SNIFFING OUT REPORTERS, 290 00:16:36,341 --> 00:16:38,591 BUT YOU PLAYED THE "JUST A FRIENDLY CONVERSATION" CARD 291 00:16:38,615 --> 00:16:42,125 REMARKABLY WELL. AS I RECALL, IT WAS A FULL 10 MINUTES 292 00:16:42,149 --> 00:16:44,368 BEFORE I TOLD YOU TO GO TO HELL. 293 00:16:44,392 --> 00:16:46,230 I WAS JUST DOING MY JOB, 294 00:16:46,254 --> 00:16:48,202 AND YOU WERE A LEGITIMATE SOURCE. 295 00:16:48,226 --> 00:16:50,205 I WAS 16, AND YOU WERE SCROUNGING FOR DIRT 296 00:16:50,229 --> 00:16:51,606 ON MY FATHER. 297 00:16:51,630 --> 00:16:53,610 THAT'S WHAT THIS IS REALLY ABOUT, ISN'T IT... 298 00:16:53,634 --> 00:16:55,581 YOUR FATHER'S SECRETS? 299 00:16:55,605 --> 00:16:57,484 IF YOU REALLY HAD ANYTHING ON HIM, 300 00:16:57,508 --> 00:16:59,547 IT WOULD'VE COME OUT THEN. 301 00:16:59,571 --> 00:17:01,649 IF YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT, 302 00:17:01,673 --> 00:17:04,223 I ALMOST FEEL SORRY FOR YOU. 303 00:17:04,247 --> 00:17:06,249 JUST MAKE SURE YOU'RE ON THE 4:00 BUS. 304 00:17:25,501 --> 00:17:30,254 WELL, SO MUCH FOR NOT DRINKING BEFORE 5:00. 305 00:17:30,278 --> 00:17:32,327 HEY, DAD. 306 00:17:32,351 --> 00:17:34,659 HEY. 307 00:17:34,683 --> 00:17:37,162 HEY, CLARK, I WASN'T EXPECTING YOU TILL LATER. 308 00:17:37,186 --> 00:17:38,333 WHERE'S MR. WHITE? 309 00:17:38,357 --> 00:17:39,595 HE LEFT. 310 00:17:39,619 --> 00:17:42,399 I THINK HE REALIZED THAT SMALLVILLE WASN'T QUITE 311 00:17:42,423 --> 00:17:44,401 AS FRIENDLY AS HE FIRST THOUGHT. 312 00:17:44,425 --> 00:17:46,543 WELL, I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO WRESTLE 313 00:17:46,567 --> 00:17:48,947 THIS THING UP ON A BLOCK FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. 314 00:17:48,971 --> 00:17:51,304 YOU WANT TO GIVE ME A HAND? SURE. 315 00:18:00,285 --> 00:18:01,693 [ GROANS ] 316 00:18:01,717 --> 00:18:04,265 WHAT'S THE MATTER? 317 00:18:04,289 --> 00:18:07,969 I DON'T KNOW. IT'S LIKE I'VE LOST ALL MY STRENGTH. 318 00:18:07,993 --> 00:18:10,798 WHY DON'T YOU GIVE IT ONE MORE TRY? 319 00:19:15,906 --> 00:19:17,886 MR. KENT. 320 00:19:17,910 --> 00:19:20,789 YOU WANT TO TELL ME HOW YOUR TRACTOR WOUND UP 321 00:19:20,813 --> 00:19:22,792 SCATTERED OVER TWO LANES OF COUNTY BLACKTOP? 322 00:19:22,816 --> 00:19:24,823 YEAH, UH, WE WERE PULLING UP TO THE FARM 323 00:19:24,847 --> 00:19:26,827 IN OUR TRUCK, AND WE SAW SOMEBODY PUT IT 324 00:19:26,851 --> 00:19:29,429 ON THE BACK OF A FLATBED. 325 00:19:29,453 --> 00:19:31,802 SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT SOMEONE WAS STEALING IT. 326 00:19:31,826 --> 00:19:34,636 WELL, I TRIED TO FOLLOW THEM. BY THE TIME I GOT HERE, 327 00:19:34,660 --> 00:19:36,809 IT MUST'VE FALLEN OFF THEIR TRUCK. 328 00:19:36,833 --> 00:19:38,910 Perry: I'M TELLING YOU, IT FELL OUT OF THE SKY. 329 00:19:38,934 --> 00:19:41,485 AND LAST NIGHT, YOU WERE BEGGING THE NURSES 330 00:19:41,509 --> 00:19:43,918 TO KEEP THE FLYING MONKEYS OUT OF YOUR ROOM. 331 00:19:43,942 --> 00:19:46,491 Perry: KID, YOU'RE SAYING YOU HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS? 332 00:19:46,515 --> 00:19:49,593 TO BE HONEST, SHERIFF, I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED. 333 00:19:49,617 --> 00:19:52,497 WELL, HE'S HIDING SOMETHING, CHIEF. 334 00:19:52,521 --> 00:19:55,831 MR. WHITE, 335 00:19:55,855 --> 00:19:58,966 THERE'S ANOTHER BUS IN ABOUT AN HOUR. 336 00:19:58,990 --> 00:20:01,037 I SUGGEST YOU CATCH IT. 337 00:20:01,061 --> 00:20:03,565 AND DON'T CALL ME CHIEF. 338 00:20:07,871 --> 00:20:09,879 DAD, I'M REALLY SORRY ABOUT THE TRACTOR. 339 00:20:09,903 --> 00:20:11,650 IT'S A TOTAL LOSS. 340 00:20:11,674 --> 00:20:13,724 CLARK, I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRACTOR. 341 00:20:13,748 --> 00:20:15,726 WHATEVER'S GOING ON WITH YOUR ABILITIES, 342 00:20:15,750 --> 00:20:17,758 OUR FAMILY'S WOUND UP SMACK-DAB IN THE MIDDLE 343 00:20:17,782 --> 00:20:20,016 OF PERRY WHITE'S RADAR. 344 00:20:28,997 --> 00:20:31,505 WISE DECISION COMING INSIDE. 345 00:20:31,529 --> 00:20:33,507 THE WEATHER SERVICE EXPECTS A LIGHT SHOWER 346 00:20:33,531 --> 00:20:36,011 OF THRESHING MACHINES, FOLLOWED BY A DRIZZLE OF COMBINES. 347 00:20:36,035 --> 00:20:38,754 GUESS I DESERVE THAT. 348 00:20:38,778 --> 00:20:41,558 IF YOU, UH, WOULD LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, 349 00:20:41,582 --> 00:20:42,989 I'M SURE I COULD HELP YOU FIND IT. 350 00:20:43,013 --> 00:20:45,121 NOW, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO DO THAT? 351 00:20:45,145 --> 00:20:47,524 BECAUSE YOU WERE ONCE THE KIND OF REPORTER 352 00:20:47,548 --> 00:20:50,928 THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BE. 353 00:20:50,952 --> 00:20:52,670 THOUGH, I'M CURIOUS 354 00:20:52,694 --> 00:20:54,803 HOW ONE GOES FROM MULTIPLE PULITZER NOMINATIONS 355 00:20:54,827 --> 00:20:56,877 TO WALKING THE BIGFOOT BEAT. 356 00:20:56,901 --> 00:20:58,839 YOU KNOW THE ONLY THING THAT'S WORSE 357 00:20:58,863 --> 00:21:00,811 THAN NEVER LANDING THAT STORY OF A LIFETIME? 358 00:21:00,835 --> 00:21:02,013 WHAT? 359 00:21:02,037 --> 00:21:03,544 HAVING IT... 360 00:21:03,568 --> 00:21:05,087 AND BEING AFRAID TO WRITE IT. 361 00:21:05,111 --> 00:21:10,622 PERRY "THE PIT BULL" WHITE BACKING OFF A STORY? 362 00:21:10,646 --> 00:21:12,024 THAT'S HARD TO BELIEVE. 363 00:21:12,048 --> 00:21:15,083 WELL, LIONEL LUTHOR CAN BE REMARKABLY PERSUASIVE. 364 00:21:18,988 --> 00:21:21,706 ARE YOU SAYING HE HAD SOMETHING TO DO 365 00:21:21,730 --> 00:21:23,708 WITH YOUR CAREER SLIDE? 366 00:21:23,732 --> 00:21:26,072 LET'S JUST SAY THAT NOT EVERYONE RESPECTS 367 00:21:26,096 --> 00:21:27,813 GOOD INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM, 368 00:21:27,837 --> 00:21:30,717 ESPECIALLY WHEN IT TREADS ON THE TOES OF THE RICH 369 00:21:30,741 --> 00:21:32,044 AND VENGEFUL. 370 00:21:36,878 --> 00:21:39,988 ISN'T THAT THE KENT FARM? 371 00:21:40,012 --> 00:21:42,161 GOOD EYE. 372 00:21:42,185 --> 00:21:45,064 THE POLICE CHALKED IT UP TO HYPERACTIVE FRAT BOYS 373 00:21:45,088 --> 00:21:47,998 GOING CROP CIRCLES ON THE BARN. 374 00:21:48,022 --> 00:21:49,200 WHY? 375 00:21:49,224 --> 00:21:51,873 CALL IT PROFESSIONAL INTEREST. 376 00:21:51,897 --> 00:21:54,770 YOUR FRIEND CLARK INTRIGUES ME. 377 00:22:04,113 --> 00:22:06,120 YOU'VE THROWN SOME HAIL MARYS IN THE PAST, 378 00:22:06,144 --> 00:22:08,664 BUT TO THINK THAT YOUR PROBLEMS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO 379 00:22:08,688 --> 00:22:10,897 WITH A SOLAR FLARE... IT'S A BIT OF A STRETCH, DON'T YOU THINK? 380 00:22:10,921 --> 00:22:13,100 I KNOW, DAD, BUT MY POWERS STARTED TO GLITCH 381 00:22:13,124 --> 00:22:15,232 WHEN THE COMET IMPACTED. MAYBE THERE'S A CONNECTION. 382 00:22:15,256 --> 00:22:17,104 MAKE THAT "PROBABLY." 383 00:22:17,128 --> 00:22:18,976 DID YOU FIND SOMETHING? 384 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:21,109 YES. YESTERDAY'S COSMIC FENDER-BENDER 385 00:22:21,133 --> 00:22:23,783 PRODUCED THE LARGEST SOLAR FLARE EVER RECORDED. 386 00:22:23,807 --> 00:22:26,014 I'M TALKING COMMUNICATION GLITCHES, POWER SURGES... 387 00:22:26,038 --> 00:22:28,017 THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING TO ME. 388 00:22:28,041 --> 00:22:29,689 ONE SECOND I'M HELPLESS, 389 00:22:29,713 --> 00:22:31,793 AND THE NEXT I'M IN OVERDRIVE. 390 00:22:31,817 --> 00:22:33,053 WELL, WE ALWAYS HAVE WONDERED 391 00:22:33,077 --> 00:22:35,055 ABOUT THE SOURCE OF YOUR ABILITIES. 392 00:22:35,079 --> 00:22:37,059 MAYBE MY STRENGTH AND MY SPEED... 393 00:22:37,083 --> 00:22:39,202 ALL THE THINGS I CAN DO... THEY COME FROM THE SUN. 394 00:22:39,226 --> 00:22:42,004 IT'S LIKE YOU'RE SOME SORT OF WALKING SOLAR BATTERY. 395 00:22:42,028 --> 00:22:44,237 ACCORDING TO THIS, THE EFFECTS OF THE SOLAR FLARE 396 00:22:44,261 --> 00:22:46,169 OUGHT TO BE DONE BY TOMORROW NIGHT. 397 00:22:46,193 --> 00:22:48,173 NOW, IF THAT'S TRUE, MAYBE YOUR ACCIDENTS ARE GOING TO STOP. 398 00:22:48,197 --> 00:22:50,876 SO AS LONG AS I DON'T USE MY ABILITIES TILL THEN, 399 00:22:50,900 --> 00:22:53,079 WE SHOULD BE OKAY? 400 00:22:53,103 --> 00:22:54,821 Chloe: HEY, CLARK, 401 00:22:54,845 --> 00:22:57,254 I THOUGHT I'D GIVE YOU A HEADS-UP. 402 00:22:57,278 --> 00:22:59,726 OUR RESIDENT GHOSTBUSTER IS STILL ON THE JOB. 403 00:22:59,750 --> 00:23:00,957 PERRY WHITE? 404 00:23:00,981 --> 00:23:03,962 I THOUGHT HE WENT BACK TO METROPOLIS. 405 00:23:03,986 --> 00:23:06,093 EVIDENTLY, HE HAD A CHANGE OF HEART. 406 00:23:06,117 --> 00:23:10,262 AND HE SEEMS TO BE ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN YOU, CLARK. 407 00:23:11,865 --> 00:23:14,844 WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TRYING TO DO? 408 00:23:14,868 --> 00:23:16,848 LEX, CALM DOWN. 409 00:23:16,872 --> 00:23:17,978 WHY? 410 00:23:18,002 --> 00:23:19,880 YOU'VE ALREADY MADE UP YOUR MIND 411 00:23:19,904 --> 00:23:21,883 ABOUT MY SO-CALLED "MENTAL STATE." 412 00:23:21,907 --> 00:23:23,886 ACCORDING TO THIS, YOU'RE REFUSING TO SIGN OFF 413 00:23:23,910 --> 00:23:26,018 ON MY PSYCHOLOGICAL RELEASE. IN FACT, YOU'RE RECOMMENDING 414 00:23:26,042 --> 00:23:28,220 EVEN MORE SESSIONS TO BE CONTINUED 415 00:23:28,244 --> 00:23:29,763 ON AN INDEFINITE BASIS? 416 00:23:29,787 --> 00:23:31,264 I HAVE AN ETHICAL OBLIGATION 417 00:23:31,288 --> 00:23:33,267 TO REPORT MY CONCLUSIONS HONESTLY. 418 00:23:33,291 --> 00:23:36,001 OR MAYBE THE NOTHING SHRINK FROM METROPOLIS WANTED 419 00:23:36,025 --> 00:23:38,003 A LITTLE MORE FACE TIME WITH HER CELEBRITY PATIENT. 420 00:23:38,027 --> 00:23:40,005 YOU MUST BE LOVING THIS. 421 00:23:40,029 --> 00:23:42,007 I TOOK NO PLEASURE IN MY RECOMMENDATION. 422 00:23:42,031 --> 00:23:44,110 THEN HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN IT? 423 00:23:44,134 --> 00:23:46,142 I THINK YOU NEED HELP, LEX. 424 00:23:46,166 --> 00:23:48,146 BETWEEN THE ISLAND, YOUR FAILED MARRIAGE, 425 00:23:48,170 --> 00:23:50,889 AND EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED SINCE YOU CAME TO SMALLVILLE, 426 00:23:50,913 --> 00:23:54,223 YOU'VE EXPERIENCED INCREDIBLE EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL TRAUMA. 427 00:23:54,247 --> 00:23:57,026 AND YOUR PRESCRIPTION'S MORE TIME ON THE COUCH? 428 00:23:57,050 --> 00:23:59,359 WE JUST SPENT FIVE SESSIONS EXPLORING MY PSYCHE. 429 00:23:59,383 --> 00:24:02,263 NO, WE SPENT FIVE HOURS DISCUSSING YOUR ART COLLECTION, 430 00:24:02,287 --> 00:24:04,936 YOUR FASCINATION WITH EXPENSIVE CARS... 431 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:08,340 EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE MOST TRAUMATIC MOMENTS OF YOUR LIFE. 432 00:24:08,364 --> 00:24:11,244 LEX, IF YOU DON'T LET YOUR DEMONS OUT, 433 00:24:11,268 --> 00:24:13,176 THEY COULD CONSUME YOU. 434 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:15,149 WE'VE BEEN OVER THIS, DOCTOR. 435 00:24:15,173 --> 00:24:17,051 WE HAVEN'T EVEN SCRATCHED THE SURFACE. 436 00:24:17,075 --> 00:24:19,323 THIS CONTROL FREAK THING MIGHT FOOL YOUR FATHER, 437 00:24:19,347 --> 00:24:21,786 BUT DID YOU REALLY THINK YOU COULD SNOW ME? 438 00:24:21,810 --> 00:24:24,960 LEX, PLEASE... GET OUT. 439 00:24:24,984 --> 00:24:26,886 GET OUT! 440 00:24:39,932 --> 00:24:42,012 MORNING, CLARK. 441 00:24:42,036 --> 00:24:44,014 WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? 442 00:24:44,038 --> 00:24:46,015 YOU INSPIRED ME. 443 00:24:46,039 --> 00:24:49,260 IF YOU'VE GOT A GIFT, YOU SHOULD USE IT, REMEMBER? 444 00:24:49,284 --> 00:24:51,893 YOU'RE DRUNK. MAYBE. 445 00:24:51,917 --> 00:24:54,265 NONETHELESS, I FINALLY FOUND MY STORY. 446 00:24:54,289 --> 00:24:57,399 FOR SOME INSANE REASON, IT'S ME. 447 00:24:57,423 --> 00:24:59,902 CHLOE TOLD ME. I DON'T THINK IT'S FUNNY. 448 00:24:59,926 --> 00:25:01,906 IT'S NOT A JOKE, CLARK. 449 00:25:01,930 --> 00:25:03,908 I GOT THE FACTS TO BACK IT UP. 450 00:25:03,932 --> 00:25:05,910 WHAT KIND OF FACTS ARE THOSE? 451 00:25:05,934 --> 00:25:07,842 THE ACCIDENT, THE POWER LINES, 452 00:25:07,866 --> 00:25:09,844 YOUR MAGICAL APPEARANCE AS YOUR FAMILY'S TRACTOR 453 00:25:09,868 --> 00:25:11,347 DROPS OUT OF THE SKY. 454 00:25:11,371 --> 00:25:13,219 I EXPLAINED THAT. 455 00:25:13,243 --> 00:25:15,292 "IT FELL OFF A TRUCK." THAT'S NOT AN EXPLANATION. 456 00:25:15,316 --> 00:25:17,194 THAT'S A PUNCH LINE. 457 00:25:17,218 --> 00:25:19,927 I SPENT THE MORNING COMBING THROUGH POLICE RECORDS 458 00:25:19,951 --> 00:25:21,459 AND NEWSPAPER STORIES. 459 00:25:21,483 --> 00:25:23,862 YOU'RE JOHNNY ON THE SPOT, CLARK. 460 00:25:23,886 --> 00:25:26,135 YOU'RE SMALLVILLE'S OWN HERO ON DECK. 461 00:25:26,159 --> 00:25:29,268 TRUST ME, MR. WHITE, THERE'S NOTHING SPECIAL ABOUT ME. 462 00:25:29,292 --> 00:25:31,341 OH, THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE WRONG, KID. 463 00:25:31,365 --> 00:25:33,444 SO FAR, I GOT YOU PEGGED AS REALLY STRONG 464 00:25:33,468 --> 00:25:35,476 AND SHOCK-RESISTANT. 465 00:25:35,500 --> 00:25:37,278 THE QUESTION IS, 466 00:25:37,302 --> 00:25:39,952 WHAT OTHER TRICKS HAVE YOU GOT UP YOUR SLEEVE? 467 00:25:39,976 --> 00:25:42,254 Martha: CLARK! CLARK, COULD YOU GIVE ME A HAND? 468 00:25:42,278 --> 00:25:44,157 I'VE GOTTA GO. 469 00:25:44,181 --> 00:25:47,915 I'VE BEEN STONEWALLED BY THE BEST OF 'EM! 470 00:25:49,988 --> 00:25:52,121 YOU CAN RUN, BUT YOU... 471 00:25:57,096 --> 00:25:59,069 CAN'T HIDE. 472 00:26:13,346 --> 00:26:15,426 CLARK, YOU ALL RIGHT, SON? 473 00:26:15,450 --> 00:26:17,427 IT'S BEEN A WEIRD DAY. 474 00:26:17,451 --> 00:26:19,429 MY LIGHTSPEED GAVE OUT AROUND LAKE TAHOE. 475 00:26:19,453 --> 00:26:21,433 THAT'S GOTTA BE A THOUSAND MILES. 476 00:26:21,457 --> 00:26:23,936 I KNOW. ONE SECOND I'M RACING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, 477 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:26,840 THE NEXT I CAN BARELY JOG. I TRIED TO MAKE IT HOME. 478 00:26:26,864 --> 00:26:29,012 MY SUPERSPEED GAVE OUT AGAIN AROUND COLORADO SPRINGS. 479 00:26:29,036 --> 00:26:31,245 I BARELY HAD ENOUGH MONEY FOR A BUS TICKET. 480 00:26:31,269 --> 00:26:34,389 THIS THING'S GETTING WAY OUT OF CONTROL, CLARK. 481 00:26:34,413 --> 00:26:37,222 DON'T WORRY, DAD. 482 00:26:37,246 --> 00:26:39,824 I'M GLUED TO THE COUCH UNTIL THIS SOLAR FLARE PASSES. 483 00:26:39,848 --> 00:26:41,957 I'M AFRAID IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THAT EASY, SON. 484 00:26:41,981 --> 00:26:45,232 PERRY WHITE SAW YOU DISAPPEAR. 485 00:26:45,256 --> 00:26:47,564 NOW, YOUR MOTHER MANAGED TO GET HIM OFF THE FARM, 486 00:26:47,588 --> 00:26:50,968 BUT I DON'T THINK HE'S GOING TO GIVE UP. 487 00:26:50,992 --> 00:26:53,997 NOT THAT EASY, ANYWAY. 488 00:26:59,202 --> 00:27:01,180 WHEN THEY TOLD ME YOU WERE AT THE GATE, 489 00:27:01,204 --> 00:27:03,524 I COULD HARDLY BELIEVE IT. 490 00:27:03,548 --> 00:27:05,255 YEAH. YOU AND ME BOTH. 491 00:27:05,279 --> 00:27:08,129 I JUST THOUGHT WE SHOULD TALK. 492 00:27:08,153 --> 00:27:10,131 WE HAVE NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT. 493 00:27:10,155 --> 00:27:11,633 I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT. 494 00:27:11,657 --> 00:27:14,898 NOW, I GUESS, YOU'LL NEVER FIND OUT WHAT I HAVE 495 00:27:14,922 --> 00:27:16,570 ON YOUR FATHER. 496 00:27:16,594 --> 00:27:18,872 IF IT'S PERSONAL, I DON'T CARE. 497 00:27:18,896 --> 00:27:20,304 IF IT'S LEGAL, 498 00:27:20,328 --> 00:27:22,878 THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS MUST'VE PASSED LONG AGO. 499 00:27:22,902 --> 00:27:24,334 THAT DEPENDS. 500 00:27:26,635 --> 00:27:29,156 IF THIS INFORMATION IS SO DAMNING, 501 00:27:29,180 --> 00:27:31,158 WHY DID MY FATHER STOP 502 00:27:31,182 --> 00:27:33,159 AT SIMPLY DESTROYING YOUR CAREER? 503 00:27:33,183 --> 00:27:36,965 MULTIPLE COPIES, PLUS MULTIPLE ATTORNEYS 504 00:27:36,989 --> 00:27:39,227 ALL WITH, IN THE EVENT OF MY DEATH, 505 00:27:39,251 --> 00:27:42,232 INSTRUCTIONS TO DISSEMINATE... WELL, YOU DO THE MATH. 506 00:27:42,256 --> 00:27:45,936 IT'S ALL YOURS. 507 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:47,677 I JUST WANT ONE THING IN RETURN. 508 00:27:47,701 --> 00:27:49,239 WHAT DID YOU HAVE IN MIND? 509 00:27:49,263 --> 00:27:52,014 EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT CLARK KENT. 510 00:27:52,038 --> 00:27:54,216 CLARK. 511 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:55,947 YEAH. 512 00:27:55,971 --> 00:27:57,290 TWO YEARS AGO, 513 00:27:57,314 --> 00:27:59,622 YOU DROVE YOUR PORSCHE OFF A BRIDGE. 514 00:27:59,646 --> 00:28:01,624 I WENT OVER THE POLICE PHOTOS, LEX. 515 00:28:01,648 --> 00:28:04,257 THERE'S NO WAY YOU COULD'VE WALKED AWAY FROM THAT CRASH 516 00:28:04,281 --> 00:28:07,361 WITHOUT THE MIRACLE THAT IS CLARK KENT. 517 00:28:07,385 --> 00:28:09,935 IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN I DISCOVERED 518 00:28:09,959 --> 00:28:12,408 THAT YOU'D ACTUALLY CULTIVATED A FRIENDSHIP WITH THIS KID. 519 00:28:12,432 --> 00:28:14,941 SO NOW YOU'RE GOING AFTER CLARK. 520 00:28:14,965 --> 00:28:17,715 THIS IS A NEW LOW, EVEN FOR YOU. 521 00:28:17,739 --> 00:28:19,977 THE LEX I KNEW WOULDN'T SHAKE YOUR HAND 522 00:28:20,001 --> 00:28:21,319 WITHOUT AN ULTERIOR MOTIVE. 523 00:28:21,343 --> 00:28:23,421 YOU MUST HAVE SOMETHING. 524 00:28:23,445 --> 00:28:26,626 GIVE IT TO ME, AND I'll DELIVER YOU A STORY. 525 00:28:26,650 --> 00:28:29,682 THAT'LL BRING NEW MEANING TO THE PHRASE "SINS OF THE FATHER." 526 00:28:32,287 --> 00:28:34,195 YOU MAY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO NEUTRALIZE MY FATHER, 527 00:28:34,219 --> 00:28:35,697 BUT NOT ME! 528 00:28:35,721 --> 00:28:37,999 LOOKS LIKE THE JUNGLE LIVING REALLY TOOK A TOLL... 529 00:28:38,023 --> 00:28:39,972 I'M WARNING YOU, STAY AWAY FROM ME, 530 00:28:39,996 --> 00:28:41,643 AND STAY AWAY FROM MY FRIENDS. 531 00:28:41,667 --> 00:28:44,107 TRUST ME, THERE WON'T BE ANY BLOOD ON MY HANDS 532 00:28:44,131 --> 00:28:47,404 WHEN THEY FIND WHAT'S LEFT OF YOU. 533 00:29:07,358 --> 00:29:10,408 Pete: CLARK, I NEVER THOUGHT YOU WOULD RATE YOUR OWN PAPARAZZI. 534 00:29:10,432 --> 00:29:12,782 PERRY WHITE MUST'VE CALLED IN A MILLION FAVORS 535 00:29:12,806 --> 00:29:15,185 TO GET A CAMERA CREW. 536 00:29:15,209 --> 00:29:18,418 YEAH, WELL, THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE'S ONLY ONE. 537 00:29:18,442 --> 00:29:20,722 IF THIS SOLAR FLARE THEORY IS CORRECT, 538 00:29:20,746 --> 00:29:23,719 YOUR TRACTOR-TOSSING DAYS WILL BE OVER BY TONIGHT. 539 00:29:26,122 --> 00:29:28,031 I DON'T BELIEVE THIS. 540 00:29:28,055 --> 00:29:30,203 I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS. 541 00:29:30,227 --> 00:29:33,167 I FEEL LIKE A PRISONER IN MY OWN HOUSE. 542 00:29:33,191 --> 00:29:37,441 I JUST... CLARK? 543 00:29:37,465 --> 00:29:40,740 PETE, GET DOWN! 544 00:29:47,248 --> 00:29:48,726 MOM! DAD! CLARK, WAIT! 545 00:29:48,750 --> 00:29:50,527 JONATHAN, HURRY! 546 00:29:50,551 --> 00:29:53,061 SON! 547 00:29:53,085 --> 00:29:54,062 AAH! 548 00:29:54,086 --> 00:29:55,488 CLARK, GET BACK! 549 00:30:01,365 --> 00:30:05,806 CLARK... WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR HAND? 550 00:30:05,830 --> 00:30:08,310 I BURNED IT. MY POWERS... THEY MUST BE GONE AGAIN. 551 00:30:08,334 --> 00:30:11,254 CLARK, REMEMBER, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GET THROUGH TODAY. 552 00:30:11,278 --> 00:30:14,286 AND HOPE THAT I DON'T GET ANOTHER SOLAR FLARE BURST 553 00:30:14,310 --> 00:30:16,119 AND BURN THE FARM DOWN. 554 00:30:16,143 --> 00:30:18,262 NEXT TIME, I COULD HURT YOU OR MOM. 555 00:30:18,286 --> 00:30:22,466 AND PERRY WHITE WILL BE THERE TO CATCH THE WHOLE THING ON TAPE. 556 00:30:22,490 --> 00:30:24,493 DAD, I CAN'T STAY HERE. 557 00:30:34,134 --> 00:30:39,442 CLARK! COME BACK! 558 00:30:43,217 --> 00:30:44,623 HE'S RUNNING! 559 00:30:44,647 --> 00:30:46,881 COME ON! LET'S GO! 560 00:31:08,477 --> 00:31:12,758 KEEP IT ROLLING! I WANT IT ALL ON TAPE! 561 00:31:12,782 --> 00:31:16,693 CLARK IS NOT HERE. 562 00:31:16,717 --> 00:31:19,837 AND HE'S NOT COMING BACK UNTIL YOU PEOPLE ARE GONE. 563 00:31:19,861 --> 00:31:23,726 SO WHY DON'T YOU JUST LEAVE MY FAMILY ALONE? 564 00:31:32,376 --> 00:31:34,715 COME ON, CLARK, THEY'RE LONG GONE. 565 00:31:34,739 --> 00:31:36,918 THANKS FOR DOING ALL THIS, PETE. 566 00:31:36,942 --> 00:31:39,460 YOU KNOW I'M ALWAYS UP FOR A LITTLE UNDERCOVER BROTHER. 567 00:31:39,484 --> 00:31:41,464 SO WE'LL CAMP OUT TONIGHT, 568 00:31:41,488 --> 00:31:44,652 CHECK IN WITH YOUR PARENTS IN THE MORNING. 569 00:31:53,531 --> 00:31:58,885 "WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE SERVICE TO ANYONE." 570 00:31:58,909 --> 00:32:01,418 I THINK YOU'D BE MORE COMFORTABLE AT THE WILD COYOTE. 571 00:32:01,442 --> 00:32:04,891 WELL, I WAS, UNTIL THEY THREW ME OUT. 572 00:32:04,915 --> 00:32:08,456 EITHER WAY, I'D LIKE YOU TO LEAVE. 573 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:12,384 PLEASE, MISS LANG... 574 00:32:13,957 --> 00:32:17,006 SOMETIMES I LET MY ENTHUSIASM FOR A STORY 575 00:32:17,030 --> 00:32:19,770 OUTWEIGH MY GOOD SENSE. 576 00:32:19,794 --> 00:32:22,774 IS THAT YOUR IDEA OF AN APOLOGY? 577 00:32:22,798 --> 00:32:25,016 NO, NO, LOOK, LOOK, OKAY, OKAY, 578 00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:26,518 OKAY, I'M A JERK. 579 00:32:26,542 --> 00:32:29,783 AND I'VE GOT THE BROKEN ENGAGEMENTS 580 00:32:29,807 --> 00:32:32,785 AND THE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS TO PROVE IT. 581 00:32:32,809 --> 00:32:34,889 IF YOUR JOB BOTHERS YOU SO MUCH, 582 00:32:34,913 --> 00:32:36,430 WHY DON'T YOU STOP? 583 00:32:36,454 --> 00:32:39,464 BECAUSE I'M A JOURNALIST. 584 00:32:39,488 --> 00:32:41,837 IT'S IN MY BLOOD. 585 00:32:41,861 --> 00:32:46,273 AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO PUSH TO GET THE TRUTH... 586 00:32:46,297 --> 00:32:49,407 EVEN WHEN IT HURTS. 587 00:32:49,431 --> 00:32:53,011 WELL, IF YOU'RE FINISHED, 588 00:32:53,035 --> 00:32:55,313 I'M GOING TO CALL YOU A CAB. 589 00:32:55,337 --> 00:32:57,456 IT WON'T COME. 590 00:32:57,480 --> 00:32:59,819 IT'S A LITTLE ISSUE OVER NONPAYMENT OF FARES. 591 00:32:59,843 --> 00:33:01,822 BUT I'll MAKE YOU A DEAL. 592 00:33:01,846 --> 00:33:03,964 MR. WHITE... 593 00:33:03,988 --> 00:33:06,568 I WILL TRADE PERMANENTLY STAYING OUT OF YOUR LIFE 594 00:33:06,592 --> 00:33:09,601 FOR A RIDE TO THE BUS STOP. 595 00:33:09,625 --> 00:33:12,659 LET ME GET MY COAT. 596 00:33:24,113 --> 00:33:26,452 [ CELLULAR PHONE RINGS ] 597 00:33:26,476 --> 00:33:27,592 HELLO. 598 00:33:27,616 --> 00:33:29,896 LANA? 599 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:31,328 WHAT? 600 00:33:31,352 --> 00:33:33,660 NO, DON'T DO ANYTHING. I'll BE RIGHT THERE. 601 00:33:33,684 --> 00:33:36,063 CLARK, WHAT'S GOING ON? 602 00:33:36,087 --> 00:33:39,060 I GOT TO GET TO SAUNDERS GORGE RIGHT NOW. 603 00:33:42,434 --> 00:33:44,643 YOUR SPEED THING STILL OUT? 604 00:33:44,667 --> 00:33:46,677 I GOT NOTHING, PETE. IT'S ALL GONE. 605 00:33:46,701 --> 00:33:48,972 GET IN. I'll DRIVE. 606 00:34:05,824 --> 00:34:07,041 LANA, YOU OKAY? 607 00:34:07,065 --> 00:34:10,004 YEAH, I'M FINE, BUT... 608 00:34:10,028 --> 00:34:12,048 I WAS DRIVING HIM TO THE BUS STOP, 609 00:34:12,072 --> 00:34:13,608 AND HE PRETENDED TO BE SICK. 610 00:34:13,632 --> 00:34:15,912 I PULLED OVER, AND HE RAN OUT TO THE VIEWPOINT 611 00:34:15,936 --> 00:34:18,586 AND GOT OUT ON THE LEDGE AND SAID HE WOULD KILL HIMSELF 612 00:34:18,610 --> 00:34:20,612 UNLESS I CALLED YOU. 613 00:34:24,416 --> 00:34:28,398 LOOK, CLARK, BE CAREFUL. HE'S REALLY DRUNK. 614 00:34:28,422 --> 00:34:31,631 NOT UNLESS ICED TEA PACKS A PUNCH. 615 00:34:31,655 --> 00:34:34,104 I KNEW YOU'D NEVER SHOW FOR ME, 616 00:34:34,128 --> 00:34:36,937 SO I HAD TO TRICK LANA INTO MAKING THE CALL. 617 00:34:36,961 --> 00:34:39,041 LOOK, MR. WHITE, DON'T DO THIS. 618 00:34:39,065 --> 00:34:40,541 SEE, THE WAY I FIGURE IT, 619 00:34:40,565 --> 00:34:42,544 YOU'RE STRONG, YOU'RE SHOCKPROOF, 620 00:34:42,568 --> 00:34:44,747 AND YOU'RE INCREDIBLY FAST. 621 00:34:44,771 --> 00:34:47,550 PLUS, YOU'RE CURSED WITH THIS HERO COMPLEX. 622 00:34:47,574 --> 00:34:50,423 YEAH, WHY DON'T YOU COME BACK DOWN ON THE DECK, 623 00:34:50,447 --> 00:34:52,427 AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT? 624 00:34:52,451 --> 00:34:54,559 NOT UNTIL I HAVE MY STORY. 625 00:34:54,583 --> 00:34:57,432 WAIT, MR. WHITE, LOOK, YOU'RE WRONG ABOUT ME. 626 00:34:57,456 --> 00:35:00,135 I'M BETTING YOU'LL SAVE ME, CLARK. 627 00:35:00,159 --> 00:35:02,468 NO, I CAN'T SAVE YOU! 628 00:35:02,492 --> 00:35:05,573 WELL, I GUESS WE'LL FIND OUT, HUH? 629 00:35:05,597 --> 00:35:07,144 NO! 630 00:35:07,168 --> 00:35:08,740 Lana: OH, CLARK! 631 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:26,497 OKAY, FUN'S OVER. 632 00:35:26,521 --> 00:35:28,501 TIME TO UNLEASH THOSE INCREDIBLE POWERS THERE, CLARK. 633 00:35:28,525 --> 00:35:30,867 I DON'T HAVE ANY POWERS! 634 00:35:39,938 --> 00:35:41,186 PETE! 635 00:35:41,210 --> 00:35:43,658 THE CAMPING GEAR... THEY'RE SHOULD BE A ROPE! 636 00:35:43,682 --> 00:35:45,662 OKAY! 637 00:35:45,686 --> 00:35:47,264 Lana: HOLD ON, MR. WHITE! 638 00:35:47,288 --> 00:35:48,989 Perry: HURRY! 639 00:35:50,952 --> 00:35:57,075 KID... PETE, IT'S NOT GOING TO HOLD! 640 00:35:57,099 --> 00:35:58,961 COME ON! 641 00:36:10,576 --> 00:36:12,018 GRAB THE ROPE! 642 00:36:21,289 --> 00:36:23,668 [ LANA SCREAMS ] 643 00:36:23,692 --> 00:36:25,293 HOLD ON. HOLD ON! 644 00:36:29,139 --> 00:36:30,300 GO! GO! 645 00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:40,329 GOOD! 646 00:36:40,353 --> 00:36:42,155 KEEP GOING! 647 00:36:45,619 --> 00:36:47,190 COME ON! 648 00:36:48,192 --> 00:36:49,293 KID... 649 00:36:51,666 --> 00:36:55,207 HURRY! I CAN'T HOLD ON MUCH LONGER. 650 00:36:55,231 --> 00:36:58,775 PETE, GET MOVING! 651 00:37:17,858 --> 00:37:19,800 HERE, GIVE ME YOUR HAND. 652 00:37:33,217 --> 00:37:36,081 OH, CLARK. 653 00:37:55,844 --> 00:37:59,124 I'M SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR CONFIDENTIALITY. 654 00:37:59,148 --> 00:38:01,727 I WOULD BE REVEALING THINGS THAT ARE DEEPLY PERSONAL, 655 00:38:01,751 --> 00:38:03,090 EVEN HURTFUL. 656 00:38:03,114 --> 00:38:05,032 THAT'S THE POINT OF THERAPY, LEX... 657 00:38:05,056 --> 00:38:06,794 TO REGAIN CONTROL. 658 00:38:06,818 --> 00:38:08,836 LET THE BAD FEELINGS GO, 659 00:38:08,860 --> 00:38:11,099 AND START RECOVERING FROM THE TRAUMAS OF THE PAST. 660 00:38:11,123 --> 00:38:15,168 THEN TOMORROW, 10:00 A.M. 661 00:38:28,885 --> 00:38:31,124 CLARK, BREAKFAST IS ALMOST READY. 662 00:38:31,148 --> 00:38:33,265 GREAT. I'll BE DONE IN A SECOND. 663 00:38:33,289 --> 00:38:36,393 SO YOU'RE SURE EVERYTHING'S OKAY NOW? 664 00:38:39,757 --> 00:38:41,836 ONCE THE EFFECTS OF THE SOLAR FLARE FADED, 665 00:38:41,860 --> 00:38:44,379 EVERYTHING WENT BACK TO NORMAL. 666 00:38:44,403 --> 00:38:46,242 INCLUDING YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR. 667 00:38:46,266 --> 00:38:48,485 HI, LANA. 668 00:38:48,509 --> 00:38:50,416 THIS IS A SURPRISE. 669 00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:52,789 MRS. KENT, I HOPE I DIDN'T COME AT A BAD TIME. 670 00:38:52,813 --> 00:38:55,394 NO, NOT AT ALL. CLARK, I'll KEEP A PLATE WARM FOR YOU. 671 00:38:55,418 --> 00:38:57,420 BYE. 672 00:39:00,483 --> 00:39:02,231 HEY, LANA. 673 00:39:02,255 --> 00:39:05,365 YOU KNOW, I WAS GOING TO STOP BY THE TALON LATER. 674 00:39:05,389 --> 00:39:08,939 WITH ALL THE CRAZINESS, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO THANK YOU. 675 00:39:08,963 --> 00:39:11,312 WELL, I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND 676 00:39:11,336 --> 00:39:13,314 WHY MR. WHITE THOUGHT YOU COULD DO 677 00:39:13,338 --> 00:39:15,418 ALL THOSE INCREDIBLE THINGS. 678 00:39:15,442 --> 00:39:17,521 BUT I'M GLAD I WAS ABLE TO HELP. 679 00:39:17,545 --> 00:39:20,483 YOU KNOW, I WASN'T JUST TALKING ABOUT THE GORGE. 680 00:39:20,507 --> 00:39:22,957 WHETHER I MEANT TO OR NOT, 681 00:39:22,981 --> 00:39:25,490 I HELPED DREDGE UP ALL YOUR OLD MEMORIES 682 00:39:25,514 --> 00:39:27,532 ABOUT THE METEOR SHOWER. 683 00:39:27,556 --> 00:39:29,535 I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR FORGIVING ME. 684 00:39:29,559 --> 00:39:31,898 WELL, THAT'S PART OF THE REASON 685 00:39:31,922 --> 00:39:34,200 WHY I CAME BY. 686 00:39:34,224 --> 00:39:36,843 I WENT TO THE GRAVEYARD THIS MORNING. 687 00:39:36,867 --> 00:39:40,948 I BET YOUR PARENTS WERE HAPPY TO SEE YOU. 688 00:39:40,972 --> 00:39:46,356 SUDDENLY, I REALIZED I HADN'T BEEN THERE FOR MONTHS. 689 00:39:46,380 --> 00:39:48,488 AT FIRST, I FELT GUILTY, 690 00:39:48,512 --> 00:39:51,861 YOU KNOW, LIKE I HAD DONE SOMETHING WRONG. 691 00:39:51,885 --> 00:39:54,265 BUT THEN I REALIZED THAT 692 00:39:54,289 --> 00:39:58,229 THAT IS THE LAST THING THEY WOULD'VE EVER WANTED FOR ME. 693 00:39:58,253 --> 00:40:01,503 SO, WHAT DID YOU TELL THEM? 694 00:40:01,527 --> 00:40:03,305 THE TRUTH... 695 00:40:03,329 --> 00:40:07,381 THAT I NEVER MEANT TO IGNORE THEM. 696 00:40:07,405 --> 00:40:09,843 BUT... 697 00:40:09,867 --> 00:40:12,448 THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE IN MY LIFE NOW, 698 00:40:12,472 --> 00:40:14,450 SOMEONE I REALLY CARE ABOUT. 699 00:40:14,474 --> 00:40:19,550 LANA... CLARK, IT'S OKAY. 700 00:40:21,583 --> 00:40:24,001 I ALSO TOLD THEM THAT WE WERE 701 00:40:24,025 --> 00:40:26,865 IN A KIND OF STRANGE PLACE RIGHT NOW. 702 00:40:26,889 --> 00:40:30,092 BUT I AM STILL HOPING THAT WE CAN WORK IT OUT. 703 00:40:33,467 --> 00:40:36,546 THE IMPORTANT THING IS, 704 00:40:36,570 --> 00:40:41,045 THEY KNOW THEY WILL ALWAYS BE IN MY THOUGHTS. 705 00:40:43,550 --> 00:40:47,313 I BETTER GO. 706 00:41:28,003 --> 00:41:30,512 THANKS AGAIN FOR THE RIDE. 707 00:41:30,536 --> 00:41:33,686 IT'S THE ONLY WAY I COULD BE SURE YOU'D GET ON THE BUS. 708 00:41:33,710 --> 00:41:36,050 WHAT? 709 00:41:36,074 --> 00:41:39,553 YOU REALLY ARE KIND OF A FREAK, YOU KNOW THAT? 710 00:41:39,577 --> 00:41:40,995 MR. WHITE. 711 00:41:41,019 --> 00:41:43,398 I'M SERIOUS. 712 00:41:43,422 --> 00:41:46,361 YOU TRY TO HELP PEOPLE, EVEN FOOLS LIKE ME, 713 00:41:46,385 --> 00:41:49,106 AND YOU NEVER ASK FOR ANYTHING IN RETURN. 714 00:41:49,130 --> 00:41:51,709 WHEN I SAW YOUR FACE UP THERE AFTER IT WAS ALL OVER, 715 00:41:51,733 --> 00:41:55,073 I SUDDENLY REALIZED I WAS ABOUT TO TEAR DOWN A GOOD PERSON. 716 00:41:55,097 --> 00:41:59,017 I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE THERE WAS ACTUALLY ANYONE LIKE YOU 717 00:41:59,041 --> 00:42:00,519 OUT THERE. 718 00:42:00,543 --> 00:42:03,983 TRUST ME, MR. WHITE, I'M NOT THAT GOOD. 719 00:42:04,007 --> 00:42:06,557 I'M JUST GLAD NOBODY GOT HURT. 720 00:42:06,581 --> 00:42:09,590 CHALK IT UP TO HALLUCINATIONS OR THE D.T.s, 721 00:42:09,614 --> 00:42:13,535 ALL I KNOW IS, I GOT A WAKE-UP CALL. 722 00:42:13,559 --> 00:42:15,968 I AM, UH, 723 00:42:15,992 --> 00:42:19,041 EXACTLY 17 HOURS AND 5 MINUTES SOBER. 724 00:42:19,065 --> 00:42:21,528 WELL, I'M GLAD SOME GOOD CAME OUT OF ALL THIS. 725 00:42:23,632 --> 00:42:25,410 SO, WHAT'S NEXT? 726 00:42:25,434 --> 00:42:28,012 WELL, IF YOU FOUND THE GUTS TO GO OVER THAT CLIFF, 727 00:42:28,036 --> 00:42:30,486 MAYBE I CAN FIND THE COURAGE TO FINISH THE ONE STORY 728 00:42:30,510 --> 00:42:32,658 I LET GO. 729 00:42:32,682 --> 00:42:35,021 SOMETHING TELLS ME THE WORLD HASN'T SEEN THE LAST 730 00:42:35,045 --> 00:42:36,523 OF PERRY WHITE. 731 00:42:36,547 --> 00:42:38,666 SOMETHING TELLS ME YOU'RE RIGHT. 732 00:42:38,690 --> 00:42:40,769 RUMOR HAS IT I STILL HAVE A FRIEND OR TWO 733 00:42:40,793 --> 00:42:42,771 ON THE "DAILY PLANET." 734 00:42:42,795 --> 00:42:44,673 OH, UH, BY THE WAY, 735 00:42:44,697 --> 00:42:47,506 I, UH, I WENT OVER A COUPLE MORE OF YOUR "TORCH" STORIES... 736 00:42:47,530 --> 00:42:49,039 AND? 737 00:42:49,063 --> 00:42:51,180 WELL, THEY'RE ROUGH, 738 00:42:51,204 --> 00:42:53,144 AND HALF THE TIME YOU BURY THE LEAD, 739 00:42:53,168 --> 00:42:55,486 BUT I SEE A GLIMMER OF HOPE. 740 00:42:55,510 --> 00:42:57,689 IF YOU EVER MAKE IT TO METROPOLIS, LOOK ME UP. 741 00:42:57,713 --> 00:43:01,117 I OWE YOU ONE. 742 00:43:33,487 --> 00:43:36,466 Captions by VITAC... www.vitac.com 743 00:43:36,490 --> 00:43:39,494 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY WARNER BROS. 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