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THANK YOU FOR THE LIFT.

2
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WITH ANY LUCK, MY CAR WILL BE
OUT OF THE GARAGE TOMORROW.

3
00:00:18,123 --> 00:00:19,971
OH, BUMMER. I LOVE
BEING YOUR CHAUFFEUR.

4
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WE CAN CHAT, AND I GET TO
SPEND A LITTLE QUALITY TIME

5
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WITH MY NEW BEST FRIEND.

6
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I'M PROUD OF YOU, LOIS.

7
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LIVING IN YOUR OWN APARTMENT,
BUYING A BRAND-NEW CAR...

8
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YOU'VE REALLY GROWN UP.

9
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OH, LET'S NOT GET CARRIED AWAY.

10
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THE CAR'S MY SAFETY NET.

11
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WHEN I SCREW UP AND
LOSE MY JOB AND APARTMENT,

12
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I'M GONNA NEED
SOMEWHERE TO SLEEP.

13
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THANKS AGAIN.

14
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SEE YA. BYE.

15
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BYE.

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[ SQUEAKING ]

17
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[ SHELBY BARKING ]

18
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SHELBY?

19
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MOM?

20
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MOM. MOM.

21
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MOM, WAKE UP. ARE YOU OKAY?

22
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MOM?

23
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I... I MUST HAVE FAINTED.

24
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I-I HAVEN'T EATEN
ANYTHING TODAY.

25
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THAT SOUND, FLASH OF
LIGHT... WHAT WAS THAT?

26
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WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

27
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♫ SOMEBODY SAVE ME ♫

28
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♫ LET YOUR WARM HANDS
BREAK RIGHT THROUGH ♫

29
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♫ SOMEBODY SAVE ME ♫

30
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♫ I DON'T CARE HOW YOU DO IT ♫

31
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♫ JUST STAY ♫

32
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♫ STAY WITH ME ♫

33
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♫ STAY ♫

34
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♫ COME ON ♫

35
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♫ I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU ♫

36
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♫ JUST STAY WITH ME ♫

37
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♫ I'VE MADE THIS WHOLE
WORLD SHINE FOR YOU ♫

38
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♫ JUST STAY ♫

39
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♫ STAY ♫

40
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♫ COME ON ♫

41
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ACCORDING TO THE WEATHER BUREAU,

42
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AT 10:35 LAST NIGHT,
OTHER THAN A LITTLE RAIN,

43
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THERE WAS NOTHING
OVER SMALLVILLE.

44
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THAT DOESN'T RULE
OUT HEAT LIGHTNING.

45
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[ Chuckling ] NOTHING
WAS REPORTED.

46
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CLARK, MOST PEOPLE I KNOW
ARE INTERESTED IN THE FORECAST,

47
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NOT THE PASTCAST.

48
00:03:04,872 --> 00:03:06,019
WHAT'S GOING ON?

49
00:03:06,043 --> 00:03:07,349
LAST NIGHT I HEARD A SOUND,

50
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IT SOUNDED LIKE THUNDER.

51
00:03:08,745 --> 00:03:10,051
AND THEN I SAW A BRIGHT LIGHT.

52
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WHEN I WENT OUTSIDE, I
FOUND MY MOM UNCONSCIOUS.

53
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OH, MY GOD.

54
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I THOUGHT SHE MAY HAVE
BEEN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

55
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IS SHE ALL RIGHT?

56
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PERFECTLY FINE, LIKE
NOTHING HAPPENED.

57
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THAT'S THE WEIRD PART.

58
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MAYBE SHE PASSED OUT.
HAS SHE SEEN A DOCTOR?

59
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FIRST THING THIS MORNING,

60
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BUT THEY COULDN'T FIND
ANYTHING WRONG WITH HER.

61
00:03:24,019 --> 00:03:25,896
THEN WHY ARE YOU SO WORRIED?

62
00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:27,236
I JUST WANT TO KNOW
WHERE THAT SOUND

63
00:03:27,260 --> 00:03:28,397
AND THAT LIGHT CAME FROM.

64
00:03:28,421 --> 00:03:30,270
MAYBE SOMEONE WAS
SETTING OFF FIREWORKS

65
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IN THE FIELD NEXT TO YOU,

66
00:03:31,465 --> 00:03:33,143
OR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE
YOUR SUPERHEARING

67
00:03:33,167 --> 00:03:35,144
PICKED UP A CAR BACKFIRING
TWO COUNTIES AWAY.

68
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WHAT DOES IT MATTER?
YOUR MOM'S FINE.

69
00:03:37,700 --> 00:03:39,703
YOU DON'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

70
00:03:43,034 --> 00:03:45,853
ALL RIGHT, WHY DO I FEEL LIKE

71
00:03:45,877 --> 00:03:48,415
I'M GETTING THE ABRIDGED
VERSION OF THIS STORY?

72
00:03:48,439 --> 00:03:51,459
I THINK JOR-EL MIGHT HAVE
SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS.

73
00:03:51,483 --> 00:03:54,391
YOUR BIOLOGICAL FATHER?

74
00:03:54,415 --> 00:03:57,024
WHEN I DIED AND HE BROUGHT
ME BACK, HE MADE A DEAL.

75
00:03:57,048 --> 00:04:00,151
HE'S COME BACK TO COLLECT.

76
00:04:06,395 --> 00:04:08,103
[ SIGHS ]

77
00:04:08,127 --> 00:04:09,974
DON'T TAKE THIS THE WRONG WAY,

78
00:04:09,998 --> 00:04:12,837
BUT AFTER 800 PICTURES,
YOU DON'T GET ANY PRETTIER.

79
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[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]

80
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THAT'S ENOUGH. THANKS, GUYS.

81
00:04:17,065 --> 00:04:19,944
HOW ABOUT A LATTE?

82
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[ SIGHS ]

83
00:04:21,209 --> 00:04:23,387
DON'T YOU FIND THIS
JUST A TAD SLEAZY,

84
00:04:23,411 --> 00:04:26,120
HOLDING A CAMPAIGN PHOTO
SHOOT WHERE MARTHA KENT WORKS?

85
00:04:26,144 --> 00:04:27,990
YOU MIGHT AS WELL, I DON'T KNOW,

86
00:04:28,014 --> 00:04:30,122
GO OUT TO THEIR FARM
AND MILK THEIR COWS.

87
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[ CHUCKLES ]

88
00:04:31,949 --> 00:04:34,127
IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE
YOUR PAYCHECK COMES FROM,

89
00:04:34,151 --> 00:04:35,752
I OWN THE TALON.

90
00:04:37,783 --> 00:04:39,862
WHAT DON'T YOU OWN?

91
00:04:39,886 --> 00:04:42,103
I GUESS NOW YOU WANT
TO OWN THE GOVERNMENT.

92
00:04:42,127 --> 00:04:43,906
WOW.

93
00:04:43,930 --> 00:04:46,838
WHY ARE YOU SO ANGRY, LOIS?

94
00:04:46,862 --> 00:04:48,810
WHAT HAVE I EVER DONE TO YOU?

95
00:04:48,834 --> 00:04:50,942
YOU JUST REMIND ME OF A LOT
OF THOSE PSEUDOPOLITICIANS

96
00:04:50,966 --> 00:04:52,173
I GREW UP AROUND.

97
00:04:52,197 --> 00:04:54,175
YOU KNOW, MEN WHO
BOUGHT THEIR WAY INTO OFFICE.

98
00:04:54,199 --> 00:04:56,817
BUT DO YOU REALLY THINK
YOU CAN BEAT JONATHAN KENT?

99
00:04:56,841 --> 00:04:58,418
THERE MUST BE ENOUGH DIRT ON YOU

100
00:04:58,442 --> 00:05:00,180
TO CREATE A LANDMASS
THE SIZE OF TEXAS.

101
00:05:00,204 --> 00:05:03,523
PLEASE, GRAB A SHOVEL
AND START DIGGING.

102
00:05:03,547 --> 00:05:06,886
I HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE.

103
00:05:06,910 --> 00:05:09,913
LET ME GIVE YOU A
LITTLE FRIENDLY ADVICE.

104
00:05:11,184 --> 00:05:13,932
BOW OUT OF THE RACE
BEFORE A PESKY LITTLE SQUIRREL

105
00:05:13,956 --> 00:05:16,535
DIGS UP ONE OF
YOUR ROTTEN ACORNS.

106
00:05:16,559 --> 00:05:19,096
WELL, THANKS, LOIS.

107
00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:21,970
YOU KNOW, THERE'S
NOTHING MORE VALUABLE

108
00:05:21,994 --> 00:05:24,170
THAN THE SAVVY POLITICAL ADVICE

109
00:05:24,194 --> 00:05:26,997
OF A MUFFIN-PEDDLING
COLLEGE DROPOUT.

110
00:05:30,071 --> 00:05:35,505
SPEAKING OF, DO YOU HAVE
BANANA/BLUEBERRY TODAY?

111
00:05:38,207 --> 00:05:42,187
MANY HUMANS BELIEVE THE
EARTH WAS CREATED IN SEVEN DAYS.

112
00:05:42,211 --> 00:05:45,860
I'M SURPRISED IT TOOK
YOU THAT LONG TO TRUST ME.

113
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I WANT TO KNOW
MORE ABOUT JOR-EL.

114
00:05:49,918 --> 00:05:54,067
WHAT SON DOESN'T WANT TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT HIS ABSENTEE FATHER?

115
00:05:54,091 --> 00:05:56,069
BUT, LIKE ALL GREAT
FIGURES IN HISTORY,

116
00:05:56,093 --> 00:05:58,471
HE CAN ONLY BE UNDERSTOOD
IN THE PROPER CONTEXT.

117
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THAT'S WHY WE MUST START
AT THE VERY BEGINNING, KAL-EL.

118
00:06:01,057 --> 00:06:03,076
I DON'T HAVE TIME,
PROFESSOR. I'M WORRIED.

119
00:06:03,100 --> 00:06:04,877
HE'S DONE SOMETHING
TO MY MOTHER.

120
00:06:04,901 --> 00:06:07,579
IS YOUR CONCERN
BASED ON THE BARGAIN

121
00:06:07,603 --> 00:06:09,882
JOR-EL MADE WITH YOU?

122
00:06:09,906 --> 00:06:11,113
HOW DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT?

123
00:06:11,137 --> 00:06:12,884
I KNOW MORE THAN
YOU CAN IMAGINE.

124
00:06:12,908 --> 00:06:14,846
I'VE BEEN KEEPING AN
EYE ON YOU FOR MONTHS.

125
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DOES YOUR MOTHER HAVE
ANY MARKINGS ON HER SKIN?

126
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NO.

127
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WHY, DOES THAT HAVE
SOMETHING TO DO WITH JOR-EL?

128
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ALL IN DUE TIME.

129
00:06:24,278 --> 00:06:25,925
WAIT, HE'S MY FATHER.

130
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I HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW
EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM.

131
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I AGREE. WHEN YOU'RE READY.

132
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I'M READY NOW!

133
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IMPATIENCE IS SUCH A
PATHETIC HUMAN TRAIT.

134
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BUT I SUPPOSE IT'S
TO BE EXPECTED

135
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FROM SOMEONE RAISED
BY SUCH A PRIMITIVE RACE.

136
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I HAPPEN TO CARE A GREAT
DEAL ABOUT THIS PRIMITIVE RACE...

137
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A LOT MORE THAN I
DO ABOUT KRYPTON.

138
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WAITING... PATIENTLY.

139
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A KRYPTONIAN IS TEACHING HISTORY
AT CENTRAL KANSAS UNIVERSITY?

140
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I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT EITHER
UNTIL I SAW HIM USE HIS POWERS.

141
00:07:23,971 --> 00:07:25,610
HE CAN DO EVERYTHING I CAN.

142
00:07:25,634 --> 00:07:27,550
YOU'VE SEEN
METEOR-INFECTED PEOPLE

143
00:07:27,574 --> 00:07:28,612
DO ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

144
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THAT DOESN'T MEAN
HE'S KRYPTONIAN.

145
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HE CALLS ME KAL-EL, AND
HE KNOWS ABOUT KRYPTON.

146
00:07:34,310 --> 00:07:37,584
CLARK, I WANT YOU TO
STEER CLEAR OF THIS FELLOW.

147
00:07:41,086 --> 00:07:42,293
CLARK.

148
00:07:42,317 --> 00:07:43,665
I DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE.

149
00:07:43,689 --> 00:07:45,326
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

150
00:07:45,350 --> 00:07:47,298
YOU ALWAYS HAVE A CHOICE, SON.

151
00:07:47,322 --> 00:07:49,029
DAD, I WANTED TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT JOR-EL.

152
00:07:49,053 --> 00:07:50,672
I'll TELL YOU WHAT
YOU NEED TO KNOW...

153
00:07:50,696 --> 00:07:52,332
EVERY TIME YOU'VE COME IN
CONTACT WITH A KRYPTONIAN,

154
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THEY'VE BEEN HELL-BENT
ON DEATH AND DESTRUCTION.

155
00:07:54,358 --> 00:07:57,207
YOU CAN'T JUDGE AN ENTIRE
PEOPLE BY THE ACTS OF A FEW.

156
00:07:57,231 --> 00:07:58,332
CLARK IS KRYPTONIAN.

157
00:08:00,363 --> 00:08:03,913
KRYPTONIAN RAISED BY HUMAN
BEINGS WITH STRONG VALUES.

158
00:08:03,937 --> 00:08:05,685
CLARK, WE... WE
DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA

159
00:08:05,709 --> 00:08:07,916
WHO THIS PROFESSOR REALLY IS.

160
00:08:07,940 --> 00:08:09,588
HE'S DONE NOTHING
BUT HELP SO FAR.

161
00:08:09,612 --> 00:08:11,951
HE TOLD ME THE TRUTH
ABOUT LEX. HE SAVED LANA.

162
00:08:11,975 --> 00:08:13,992
HE TOOK THE SILVER
KRYPTONITE OUT OF ME.

163
00:08:14,016 --> 00:08:15,254
BUT WHY, CLARK?

164
00:08:15,278 --> 00:08:18,055
WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
HIS MOTIVES REALLY ARE.

165
00:08:18,079 --> 00:08:21,423
[ TEA KETTLE WHISTLING
] I'll GET IT, SWEETHEART.

166
00:08:25,656 --> 00:08:27,964
[ GASPS ]

167
00:08:27,988 --> 00:08:29,605
MOM!

168
00:08:29,629 --> 00:08:31,661
I CAN'T FEEL MY HAND.

169
00:08:33,334 --> 00:08:37,466
[ GASPS ] OH, GOD, MY
SHOULDER'S BURNING.

170
00:09:00,988 --> 00:09:02,966
DAD, WHAT'D THE DOCTORS SAY?

171
00:09:02,990 --> 00:09:04,297
WELL, THEY DON'T
KNOW WHAT IT IS,

172
00:09:04,321 --> 00:09:05,999
BUT THEY DID GIVE
US SOME ANTIBIOTICS

173
00:09:06,023 --> 00:09:07,500
AND SAID I SHOULD CALL
IF ANYTHING GOT WORSE.

174
00:09:07,524 --> 00:09:09,201
COME ON.

175
00:09:09,225 --> 00:09:11,374
THEY'RE JUST GONNA
LET HER COME HOME?

176
00:09:11,398 --> 00:09:14,706
THE DOCTOR SAID HER VITAL
SIGNS ARE PERFECTLY NORMAL.

177
00:09:14,730 --> 00:09:17,408
I FOUND HER UNCONSCIOUS IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE DRIVEWAY.

178
00:09:17,432 --> 00:09:18,573
THAT'S ANYTHING BUT NORMAL.

179
00:09:22,106 --> 00:09:25,110
IS THERE SOMETHING
YOU'RE NOT TELLING ME, SON?

180
00:09:26,411 --> 00:09:28,413
I'M JUST WORRIED ABOUT MOM.

181
00:09:31,184 --> 00:09:33,163
ME, TOO.

182
00:09:33,187 --> 00:09:35,149
BUT DON'T WORRY.
SHE'S GONNA BE FINE.

183
00:09:38,091 --> 00:09:39,192
COME ON.

184
00:09:43,796 --> 00:09:45,398
[ SIGHS ]

185
00:09:52,403 --> 00:09:53,764
MISS SULLIVAN.

186
00:09:56,106 --> 00:09:57,644
MR. LUTHOR.

187
00:09:57,668 --> 00:09:59,647
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

188
00:09:59,671 --> 00:10:04,674
YOU HAVE MADE IT...
TO THE MAJOR LEAGUES.

189
00:10:05,775 --> 00:10:07,653
CONGRATULATIONS.

190
00:10:07,677 --> 00:10:09,254
THANK YOU.

191
00:10:09,278 --> 00:10:11,657
[ CHUCKLES ]

192
00:10:11,681 --> 00:10:16,461
VERY, VERY NICE.

193
00:10:16,485 --> 00:10:18,734
YOU'VE DONE QUITE
WELL FOR YOURSELF.

194
00:10:18,758 --> 00:10:21,466
I AM CERTAIN THAT,
SOONER THAN LATER,

195
00:10:21,490 --> 00:10:26,409
YOU'RE GONNA BE WORKING
UPSTAIRS UNDER THE TIFFANY LAMPS.

196
00:10:26,433 --> 00:10:29,312
A BIG STORY CERTAINLY WOULD
ACCELERATE THE PROCESS.

197
00:10:29,336 --> 00:10:31,144
NOT THAT, UM...

198
00:10:31,168 --> 00:10:34,717
OBITUARIES AND
WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENTS

199
00:10:34,741 --> 00:10:36,479
DON'T INSPIRE
SCINTILLATING JOURNALISM.

200
00:10:36,503 --> 00:10:38,150
IF YOU'RE TRYING TO FEED ME

201
00:10:38,174 --> 00:10:40,322
SOME SORT OF
SELF-PROMOTING FLUFF PIECE,

202
00:10:40,346 --> 00:10:41,823
I'M NOT INTERESTED.

203
00:10:41,847 --> 00:10:43,284
HOW DOES IT GO?

204
00:10:43,308 --> 00:10:45,187
YOU CAN PUT A
TUXEDO ON THE FIDDLER,

205
00:10:45,211 --> 00:10:47,288
BUT HE'S STILL GONNA
PLAY THE SAME OLD TUNE.

206
00:10:47,312 --> 00:10:48,429
THAT'S GOOD.

207
00:10:48,453 --> 00:10:49,760
YOU SHOULD JOT THAT DOWN

208
00:10:49,784 --> 00:10:51,432
AND ADD IT TO YOUR
PAGE-A-DAY CALENDAR.

209
00:10:51,456 --> 00:10:52,833
I'VE GOT TO GO.

210
00:10:52,857 --> 00:10:54,435
MISS SULLIVAN, YOUR
CREATIVE PASSION

211
00:10:54,459 --> 00:10:57,437
WILL ALWAYS BE FOR THE
BIZARRE AND THE INEXPLICABLE.

212
00:10:57,461 --> 00:10:59,340
THAT'S WHY I THINK YOU'RE
THE PERFECT REPORTER

213
00:10:59,364 --> 00:11:00,465
FOR THIS STORY.

214
00:11:04,128 --> 00:11:06,446
YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

215
00:11:06,470 --> 00:11:08,331
THE CLOCK IS TICKING.

216
00:11:09,873 --> 00:11:14,312
IT, UH, SEEMS THERE IS SOMEONE
AT CENTRAL KANSAS UNIVERSITY

217
00:11:14,336 --> 00:11:16,314
WHO HAS THE ASTOUNDING ABILITY

218
00:11:16,338 --> 00:11:20,357
TO RUN AT VIRTUALLY
THE SPEED OF LIGHT.

219
00:11:20,381 --> 00:11:23,321
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD
OF SUCH A THING?

220
00:11:23,345 --> 00:11:25,493
THE SCHOOL IS
LOCATED IN SMALLVILLE,

221
00:11:25,517 --> 00:11:27,725
METEOR-FREAK
CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.

222
00:11:27,749 --> 00:11:31,727
THIS PERSON CAN LIFT AN
AUTOMOBILE WITH ONE HAND,

223
00:11:31,751 --> 00:11:34,870
CAN, UH, CREATE FIRE
WITH THE BLINK OF AN EYE.

224
00:11:34,894 --> 00:11:36,496
IT'S EXTRAORDINARY.

225
00:11:38,197 --> 00:11:40,777
IT SOUNDS LIKE A BIT OF
A STRETCH, EVEN FOR ME.

226
00:11:40,801 --> 00:11:42,237
DO YOU HAVE ANY PROOF?

227
00:11:42,261 --> 00:11:44,310
WELL, IF WE HAD PROOF,
THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY NEED

228
00:11:44,334 --> 00:11:46,280
FOR INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTING, NOW WOULD THERE?

229
00:11:46,304 --> 00:11:50,345
THE PERSON'S
NAME... IS MILTON FINE.

230
00:11:50,369 --> 00:11:53,487
HE IS A PROFESSOR
OF WORLD HISTORY.

231
00:11:53,511 --> 00:11:54,818
WHY DID YOU COME TO ME?

232
00:11:54,842 --> 00:11:56,350
FRANKLY...

233
00:11:56,374 --> 00:12:00,847
I didn't think Time Magazine
would be interested.

234
00:12:03,780 --> 00:12:05,582
GOOD DAY, MISS SULLIVAN.

235
00:12:13,789 --> 00:12:16,207
PROFESSOR.

236
00:12:16,231 --> 00:12:18,470
WHAT, ARE YOU SHAKING ME
DOWN FOR LECTURE NOTES,

237
00:12:18,494 --> 00:12:20,912
OR ARE YOU READY TO BEGIN
YOUR INDEPENDENT STUDY?

238
00:12:20,936 --> 00:12:22,374
A MARK SHOWED UP ON MY MOM.

239
00:12:22,398 --> 00:12:24,775
THE DOCTORS DON'T
KNOW WHAT IT IS.

240
00:12:24,799 --> 00:12:26,417
DESCRIBE IT TO ME.

241
00:12:26,441 --> 00:12:28,818
IT'S LIKE A BRUISE,
WITH VEINY STRANDS.

242
00:12:28,842 --> 00:12:31,221
DID IT START ON
HER LEFT SHOULDER?

243
00:12:31,245 --> 00:12:32,482
YES.

244
00:12:32,506 --> 00:12:34,248
[ SIGHS ]

245
00:12:36,279 --> 00:12:38,587
YOUR FATHER TORTURED
HIS DISSIDENTS ON KRYPTON

246
00:12:38,611 --> 00:12:39,788
THE SAME EXACT WAY.

247
00:12:39,812 --> 00:12:41,254
WHAT?

248
00:12:43,316 --> 00:12:45,957
I DON'T SUPPOSE I CAN HIDE THE
TRUTH FROM YOU ANY LONGER.

249
00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:49,522
HE WAS A VIOLENT DICTATOR.

250
00:12:51,363 --> 00:12:52,801
HE RULED OVER KRYPTON

251
00:12:52,825 --> 00:12:56,244
WITH AN IRON GRIP OF
FEAR AND INTIMIDATION.

252
00:12:56,268 --> 00:13:01,508
ANYBODY WHO SPOKE OUT
AGAINST HIM WAS LOCKED AWAY...

253
00:13:01,532 --> 00:13:06,212
EVEN THE GREAT HERO
OF THE PEOPLE... ZOD.

254
00:13:06,236 --> 00:13:07,413
[ SIGHS ]

255
00:13:07,437 --> 00:13:09,284
MAYBE IF HE HADN'T
BEEN CAPTURED,

256
00:13:09,308 --> 00:13:11,287
ZOD COULD'VE STOPPED YOUR
FATHER FROM EVISCERATING THE PLANET.

257
00:13:11,311 --> 00:13:14,620
MY FATHER DESTROYED KRYPTON?

258
00:13:14,644 --> 00:13:17,962
BILLIONS OF PEOPLE DIED.

259
00:13:17,986 --> 00:13:23,628
BUT HE MADE SURE HIS
ONLY SON SURVIVED...

260
00:13:23,652 --> 00:13:30,533
ALL SO THAT ONE DAY YOU
COULD CONQUER THE HUMAN RACE...

261
00:13:30,557 --> 00:13:34,437
AND RE-CREATE KRYPTON ON EARTH.

262
00:13:34,461 --> 00:13:37,639
WHY SHOULD I BELIEVE YOU?

263
00:13:37,663 --> 00:13:40,582
BELIEVE WHAT YOU WILL.

264
00:13:40,606 --> 00:13:43,346
MY CONCERN IS FOR
YOUR MOTHER'S HEALTH.

265
00:13:43,370 --> 00:13:45,441
I NEED TO SEE HER IMMEDIATELY.

266
00:13:52,017 --> 00:13:53,995
ALL RIGHT, LOOK, MY WIFE
NEEDS MEDICAL ATTENTION.

267
00:13:54,019 --> 00:13:55,456
YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT A DOCTOR,

268
00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:56,998
SO WHY DON'T YOU MAKE
THIS EASIER ON BOTH OF US

269
00:13:57,022 --> 00:13:58,298
AND JUST GET OUT OF MY WAY.

270
00:13:58,322 --> 00:13:59,500
DAD, THE DOCTORS COULDN'T HELP.

271
00:13:59,524 --> 00:14:01,331
AT LEAST LET HIM
TAKE A LOOK AT HER.

272
00:14:01,355 --> 00:14:02,862
IT'S BEEN A DAY AND A HALF
SINCE YOU FELL UNCONSCIOUS?

273
00:14:02,886 --> 00:14:04,403
YES, EXACTLY.

274
00:14:04,427 --> 00:14:06,336
CLARK, GO OUT AND GET THE TRUCK.

275
00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:09,408
MARTHA, I'M TAKING YOU BACK
TO THE HOSPITAL, SWEETHEART.

276
00:14:09,432 --> 00:14:11,870
THE DOCTORS CAN'T TREAT
HER, MR. KENT, TRUST ME.

277
00:14:11,894 --> 00:14:14,413
IF THEY PUNCTURE HER
SKIN OR USE ANY MEDICATION,

278
00:14:14,437 --> 00:14:15,474
IT COULD KILL HER INSTANTLY.

279
00:14:15,498 --> 00:14:17,245
WHY SHOULD I TRUST YOU?

280
00:14:17,269 --> 00:14:18,876
'CAUSE HE'S KRYPTONIAN.

281
00:14:18,900 --> 00:14:21,418
THIS COULD BE A
KRYPTONIAN DISEASE.

282
00:14:21,442 --> 00:14:24,652
CLARK... MOM?

283
00:14:24,676 --> 00:14:25,923
WHAT'S HAPPENING?

284
00:14:25,947 --> 00:14:27,625
Milton: SHE NEEDS A METEOR ROCK.

285
00:14:27,649 --> 00:14:29,025
DO YOU HAVE A METEOR ROCK?

286
00:14:29,049 --> 00:14:32,259
DAD, IN THE CLOSET!

287
00:14:32,283 --> 00:14:33,653
IT'S ON THE TOP SHELF!

288
00:14:36,917 --> 00:14:39,720
MARTHA... HOLD IT
TO HER FOREHEAD.

289
00:14:41,061 --> 00:14:44,570
MARTHA, MARTHA...
BREATHE, MARTHA.

290
00:14:44,594 --> 00:14:47,272
IT'S ME. IT'S ME.

291
00:14:47,296 --> 00:14:48,903
[ MARTHA GASPING ]

292
00:14:48,927 --> 00:14:50,905
IT'S WORKING.

293
00:14:50,929 --> 00:14:53,508
Milton: IN THIS CASE,
APPEARANCES ARE DECEIVING.

294
00:14:53,532 --> 00:14:56,310
THERE IS NO CURE.

295
00:14:56,334 --> 00:14:59,913
THE METEOR WILL ONLY
HELP EASE HER PAIN.

296
00:14:59,937 --> 00:15:00,955
NO.

297
00:15:00,979 --> 00:15:02,556
I'M SORRY, KAL-EL.

298
00:15:02,580 --> 00:15:05,613
WITHIN A MATTER OF HOURS,
YOUR EARTH MOTHER WILL BE DEAD.

299
00:15:08,044 --> 00:15:10,517
SWEETHEART.

300
00:15:12,749 --> 00:15:14,296
WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

301
00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:15,668
I'M GOING TO SEE JOR-EL. DON'T.

302
00:15:15,692 --> 00:15:17,599
HE'LL ONLY FEED YOU
MORE LIES. I DON'T CARE.

303
00:15:17,623 --> 00:15:19,471
HEY, WAIT A MINUTE.

304
00:15:19,495 --> 00:15:21,726
ARE YOU TELLING ME JOR-EL
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS?

305
00:15:26,961 --> 00:15:28,702
WHAT'S GOING ON, CLARK?

306
00:15:31,405 --> 00:15:33,082
WHEN JOR-EL BROUGHT
ME BACK TO LIFE,

307
00:15:33,106 --> 00:15:35,585
HE WARNED ME SOMEONE
CLOSE TO ME WOULD HAVE TO DIE.

308
00:15:35,609 --> 00:15:39,688
SO HE IS GOING
AFTER YOUR MOTHER.

309
00:15:39,712 --> 00:15:42,591
AND WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL
ME ABOUT THIS BEFORE?

310
00:15:42,615 --> 00:15:45,648
I DIDN'T WANT YOU
AND MOM TO WORRY.

311
00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:49,057
WELL, YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE

312
00:15:49,081 --> 00:15:50,698
THAT HAS A CHANCE
OF STOPPING THIS,

313
00:15:50,722 --> 00:15:52,529
SO GO ON, DO SOMETHING.

314
00:15:52,553 --> 00:15:55,557
I WON'T LET HIM KILL HER.

315
00:15:57,558 --> 00:15:58,789
DON'T.

316
00:16:13,702 --> 00:16:17,383
Jor-El: KAL-EL, WHY
HAVE YOU COME?

317
00:16:17,407 --> 00:16:19,884
PLEASE!

318
00:16:19,908 --> 00:16:21,887
DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO ME!

319
00:16:21,911 --> 00:16:23,758
LEAVE MY MOTHER ALONE!

320
00:16:23,782 --> 00:16:27,091
I HAVE CAUSED YOUR
MOTHER NO HARM.

321
00:16:27,115 --> 00:16:29,092
NO! DON'T LIE TO ME!

322
00:16:29,116 --> 00:16:31,634
IF I WOULD'VE KNOWN SOMEONE
CLOSE TO ME WOULD DIE,

323
00:16:31,658 --> 00:16:33,797
I WOULD'VE GIVEN UP
MY LIFE IN A SECOND!

324
00:16:33,821 --> 00:16:37,500
IT WAS YOU WHO CHOSE
TO GIVE UP YOUR POWERS

325
00:16:37,524 --> 00:16:39,371
AND TURN YOUR BACK ON ME.

326
00:16:39,395 --> 00:16:41,374
PLEASE LET HER LIVE!

327
00:16:41,398 --> 00:16:44,376
I AM SORRY, MY SON.

328
00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:48,750
THE WHEEL OF FATE HAS
ALREADY BEEN SET IN MOTION.

329
00:16:48,774 --> 00:16:52,638
EVEN YOU CANNOT ALTER DESTINY.

330
00:17:10,653 --> 00:17:13,802
Lex: SO, WHAT AM I
LOOKING AT HERE?

331
00:17:13,826 --> 00:17:16,175
Woman: IT STARTED 48 HOURS AGO,

332
00:17:16,199 --> 00:17:18,177
AND IT'S BEEN CONTINUING
ON AND OFF SINCE.

333
00:17:18,201 --> 00:17:20,108
WHAT IS IT, A VIDEO GLITCH?

334
00:17:20,132 --> 00:17:22,910
MORE LIKE AN
ELECTROMAGNETIC TIDAL WAVE.

335
00:17:22,934 --> 00:17:24,141
GOOD AFTERNOON, LEX.

336
00:17:24,165 --> 00:17:25,914
THANK YOU.

337
00:17:25,938 --> 00:17:28,745
DAD, IF YOU'VE COME TO DISPENSE
A DOSE OF POLITICAL ADVICE,

338
00:17:28,769 --> 00:17:29,887
SAVE YOUR BREATH.

339
00:17:29,911 --> 00:17:31,619
I KNOW. I KNOW, LEX.

340
00:17:31,643 --> 00:17:34,851
YOU HAVE A CADRE OF TOP-SHELF
PROFESSIONALS FOR THAT.

341
00:17:34,875 --> 00:17:36,923
I WONDER...

342
00:17:36,947 --> 00:17:39,024
DO THEY KNOW ABOUT
THE SORTS OF THINGS

343
00:17:39,048 --> 00:17:41,127
YOU KEEP HIDDEN
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS?

344
00:17:41,151 --> 00:17:42,958
OOH, YOU MUST BE REFERRING

345
00:17:42,982 --> 00:17:45,430
TO OUR DEEP, DARK
FAMILY SECRETS.

346
00:17:45,454 --> 00:17:48,003
DON'T WORRY, I WON'T
EMBARRASS YOU.

347
00:17:48,027 --> 00:17:51,130
I'M TALKING ABOUT WHAT
YOU KEEP in Warehouse 15.

348
00:17:53,162 --> 00:17:55,709
IF YOU WANT TO FABRICATE STORIES
TO TRY TO CRIPPLE MY CAMPAIGN,

349
00:17:55,733 --> 00:17:56,910
YOU WON'T BE THE FIRST.

350
00:17:56,934 --> 00:17:58,642
JUST MAKE IT ORIGINAL.

351
00:17:58,666 --> 00:18:00,444
IT'S NOT YOUR CAMPAIGN
I'M WORRIED ABOUT, SON.

352
00:18:00,468 --> 00:18:02,045
IT'S YOUR LEGACY.

353
00:18:02,069 --> 00:18:04,046
YOU DON'T WANT TO END UP AN
ECCENTRIC LIKE HOWARD HUGHES,

354
00:18:04,070 --> 00:18:06,780
REMEMBERED MORE
FOR HIS 10-INCH TOENAILS

355
00:18:06,804 --> 00:18:09,081
THAN HIS CONTRIBUTIONS
TO SOCIETY.

356
00:18:09,105 --> 00:18:10,823
[ CHUCKLES ]

357
00:18:10,847 --> 00:18:13,085
I'M AFRAID YOU'RE THE
ECCENTRIC IN THE FAMILY, DAD.

358
00:18:13,109 --> 00:18:15,888
YES, BUT I'M NOT THE ONE
RUNNING FOR PUBLIC OFFICE.

359
00:18:15,912 --> 00:18:19,160
BELIEVE ME, LEX, THE
ELECTORATE HAS LITTLE PATIENCE

360
00:18:19,184 --> 00:18:22,194
FOR CANDIDATES OBSESSED
WITH LITTLE GREEN MEN.

361
00:18:22,218 --> 00:18:26,020
IT'S TIME TO GET YOUR
HOUSE IN ORDER, LEX.

362
00:18:28,762 --> 00:18:29,964
[ SIGHS ]

363
00:19:22,811 --> 00:19:24,119
[ SIGHS ]

364
00:19:24,143 --> 00:19:27,120
WHERE'S MY... MY SMILE?

365
00:19:27,144 --> 00:19:28,916
HMM?

366
00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:33,796
ARE YOU OKAY, MOM?

367
00:19:33,820 --> 00:19:35,552
CAN I GET YOU ANYTHING?

368
00:19:38,255 --> 00:19:42,104
YOUR FATHER TOLD ME
ABOUT JOR-EL, CLARK.

369
00:19:42,128 --> 00:19:45,808
I WANT YOU TO KNOW,
I'M MORE THAN READY

370
00:19:45,832 --> 00:19:48,564
TO GIVE UP MY LIFE FOR
THE LIFE OF MY CHILD.

371
00:19:51,237 --> 00:19:53,838
DON'T TALK LIKE THAT, MOM.

372
00:19:55,941 --> 00:20:01,945
YOU'VE GIVEN ME SO
MUCH HAPPINESS, CLARK.

373
00:20:03,948 --> 00:20:07,226
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I
WOULD'VE BEEN WITHOUT YOU.

374
00:20:07,250 --> 00:20:09,813
[ CHUCKLES ]

375
00:20:11,585 --> 00:20:13,832
WITHOUT ME, NONE OF
THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED.

376
00:20:13,856 --> 00:20:17,035
DON'T EVER FEEL
GUILTY ABOUT THIS.

377
00:20:17,059 --> 00:20:18,337
DO YOU HEAR ME?

378
00:20:18,361 --> 00:20:22,340
I WOULDN'T HAVE
IT ANY OTHER WAY.

379
00:20:22,364 --> 00:20:24,926
YOU'RE GONNA BE FINE.

380
00:20:26,969 --> 00:20:29,907
LOOK AT YOU. YOU...

381
00:20:29,931 --> 00:20:33,580
YOU'RE A MAN NOW, CLARK.

382
00:20:33,604 --> 00:20:36,852
A wonderful man.

383
00:20:36,876 --> 00:20:41,310
MY... MY JOB'S DONE.

384
00:20:43,083 --> 00:20:46,062
NO, IT'S NOT, MOM.

385
00:20:46,086 --> 00:20:48,964
YOU CAN'T SAY THAT.

386
00:20:48,988 --> 00:20:51,921
YOU HAVE TO FIGHT THIS.

387
00:20:56,125 --> 00:20:58,826
I LOVE YOU, CLARK.

388
00:21:00,357 --> 00:21:06,032
AND JUST BECAUSE I'M... GONE...

389
00:21:07,934 --> 00:21:10,837
IT DOESN'T MEAN MY
LOVE GOES WITH ME.

390
00:21:12,409 --> 00:21:14,947
I'll ALWAYS BE IN YOUR HEART.

391
00:21:14,971 --> 00:21:16,843
ALWAYS.

392
00:21:21,948 --> 00:21:24,048
I'M NOT GONNA LET YOU DIE.

393
00:21:26,381 --> 00:21:28,029
[ MOANS SOFTLY ]

394
00:21:28,053 --> 00:21:29,954
I WON'T LET YOU.

395
00:21:31,425 --> 00:21:34,258
Baby.

396
00:21:38,362 --> 00:21:40,364
[ SIREN WAILS ]

397
00:21:45,669 --> 00:21:47,245
[ PHONES RINGING ]

398
00:21:47,269 --> 00:21:49,247
I DON'T MEAN TO
STOP THE PRESSES,

399
00:21:49,271 --> 00:21:50,849
BUT I HAVE A FAVOR, CHLO.

400
00:21:50,873 --> 00:21:52,650
WHAT ELSE ARE
COUSINS FOR? SHOOT.

401
00:21:52,674 --> 00:21:54,381
WELL, YOU ONCE
MENTIONED THAT LEX LUTHOR

402
00:21:54,405 --> 00:21:56,353
SPENT A LITTLE TIME
IN THE CUCKOO'S NEST.

403
00:21:56,377 --> 00:21:58,956
WHY NOT WRITE A LITTLE
EXPOSé ON THE MENTAL STABILITY.

404
00:21:58,980 --> 00:22:00,358
OF THE GREAT BALD
HOPE OF KANSAS?

405
00:22:00,382 --> 00:22:02,158
I THINK THAT WOULD
MAKE A GREAT STORY,

406
00:22:02,182 --> 00:22:03,991
IF I COULD FIND ANY
SHRED OF EVIDENCE

407
00:22:04,015 --> 00:22:05,431
OR A SOURCE THAT
WOULD ACTUALLY TALK.

408
00:22:05,455 --> 00:22:07,093
WELL, THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING.

409
00:22:07,117 --> 00:22:09,034
OH, THERE'S LOTS OF
SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPES

410
00:22:09,058 --> 00:22:10,367
IN LEX'S VAULT.

411
00:22:10,391 --> 00:22:13,268
PROBLEM IS, HE SLEEPS WITH
THE KEY UNDER HIS PILLOW.

412
00:22:13,292 --> 00:22:16,002
WHY THE SUDDEN URGE
TO TAKE DOWN LEX?

413
00:22:16,026 --> 00:22:18,274
I'M JUST SICK AND TIRED
OF RICH POWERMONGERS

414
00:22:18,298 --> 00:22:21,206
WHO THINK THEY CAN WIN AN
ELECTION WITH THEIR CHECKBOOK.

415
00:22:21,230 --> 00:22:24,678
NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT
HE CALLED ME A MUFFIN PEDDLER.

416
00:22:24,702 --> 00:22:27,952
OH, SO, BASICALLY, HE
HURT YOUR FEELINGS.

417
00:22:27,976 --> 00:22:31,385
WELL, SORT OF. BUT
THAT'S BESIDE THE POINT.

418
00:22:31,409 --> 00:22:33,286
COME ON, YOU HAVE
TO HAVE SOMETHING

419
00:22:33,310 --> 00:22:35,282
ON THAT LITTLE
HARD DRIVE OF YOURS.

420
00:22:39,086 --> 00:22:42,395
ACTUALLY, CLARK'S
PROFESSOR AT CKU

421
00:22:42,419 --> 00:22:44,897
WAS DOING SOME
INVESTIGATING ON LUTHORCORP.

422
00:22:44,921 --> 00:22:46,329
CLARK'S PROFESSOR?

423
00:22:46,353 --> 00:22:49,931
YEAH, HE'S, UM...
WRITING A BOOK.

424
00:22:49,955 --> 00:22:53,074
I ACTUALLY FOLLOWED HIM TO A
LUTHORCORP WAREHOUSE DOWNTOWN.

425
00:22:53,098 --> 00:22:54,305
AND WHAT DID YOU SEE?

426
00:22:54,329 --> 00:22:55,706
NOTHING.

427
00:22:55,730 --> 00:22:57,277
THANKS TO A LITTLE
THING CALLED SECURITY,

428
00:22:57,301 --> 00:22:58,939
I COULDN'T GET ANYWHERE NEAR IT.

429
00:22:58,963 --> 00:23:02,183
WELL, NOW YOU HAVE
YOUR TRUSTY SIDEKICK

430
00:23:02,207 --> 00:23:04,915
ALONG FOR THE RIDE.

431
00:23:04,939 --> 00:23:06,986
YEAH? YEAH.

432
00:23:07,010 --> 00:23:08,342
LET'S GO.

433
00:23:27,128 --> 00:23:28,206
HEY.

434
00:23:28,230 --> 00:23:29,966
MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME.

435
00:23:29,990 --> 00:23:32,008
I'M TRYING TO FIND THE HIGHWAY,
AND I AM COMPLETELY LOST.

436
00:23:32,032 --> 00:23:34,095
HOLD ON. I'VE GOT A MAP.

437
00:23:35,465 --> 00:23:37,438
GO.

438
00:23:49,147 --> 00:23:52,127
YOU KNOW, THIS IS
A REALLY NICE CAR.

439
00:23:52,151 --> 00:23:53,358
YEAH, IT IS, ISN'T IT?

440
00:23:53,382 --> 00:23:56,360
YOU CAN'T FULLY
APPRECIATE A CAR LIKE THIS

441
00:23:56,384 --> 00:23:58,131
UNLESS YOU SIT IN IT.

442
00:23:58,155 --> 00:23:59,494
REALLY? COME ON.

443
00:23:59,518 --> 00:24:01,534
YEAH. OKAY.

444
00:24:01,558 --> 00:24:03,367
JUST FOR A MINUTE.

445
00:24:03,391 --> 00:24:04,992
GO AHEAD.

446
00:24:10,366 --> 00:24:12,245
OH-HO-HO!

447
00:24:12,269 --> 00:24:15,408
READY FOR THIS? IT'S AMAZING.

448
00:24:15,432 --> 00:24:17,510
THERE'S ALL SORTS OF
REALLY COOL BUTTONS.

449
00:24:17,534 --> 00:24:21,352
UM, OKAY, YOU HAVE
A POP-UP THINGY.

450
00:24:21,376 --> 00:24:25,015
HAVE A LOOK. YOU CAN PUT
THINGS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW...

451
00:24:25,039 --> 00:24:28,042
BREATH MINTS, AND
ALL SORTS OF STUFF.

452
00:24:49,561 --> 00:24:51,340
HOW'S THE STEREO?

453
00:24:51,364 --> 00:24:54,412
IT'S FANTASTIC. TURN IT UP.

454
00:24:54,436 --> 00:24:57,415
AND, YEAH, UH, WELL...

455
00:24:57,439 --> 00:25:01,289
YOU KNOW, I REALLY GOT
TO GET BACK TO WORK.

456
00:25:01,313 --> 00:25:06,116
[ CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY
] RIGHT. OKAY.

457
00:25:09,380 --> 00:25:13,584
[ CHUCKLES ] I LOVE
A MAN IN UNIFORM.

458
00:25:42,209 --> 00:25:43,426
HEY!

459
00:25:43,450 --> 00:25:45,088
HOW'D YOU GET IN HERE?

460
00:25:45,112 --> 00:25:48,555
ATTENTION, COBRA-NINER.

461
00:25:50,086 --> 00:25:52,458
Man: This is
Three-four-niner. Come in.

462
00:25:54,220 --> 00:25:55,361
HEY.

463
00:25:56,121 --> 00:25:57,492
OW.

464
00:26:01,266 --> 00:26:03,268
[ TIRES SCREECH ]

465
00:26:10,673 --> 00:26:12,282
THANK YOU, MISS ANDRETTI.

466
00:26:12,306 --> 00:26:14,152
[ TIRES SCREECH ]

467
00:26:14,176 --> 00:26:16,609
HOLD IT!

468
00:26:27,348 --> 00:26:30,051
THERE'S GOT TO BE A
WAY TO SAVE MY MOM.

469
00:26:31,923 --> 00:26:35,202
THERE MUST BE. I'll DO ANYTHING.

470
00:26:35,226 --> 00:26:38,205
THERE IS ONE OPTION, BUT
I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND IT.

471
00:26:38,229 --> 00:26:40,206
WHAT IS IT?

472
00:26:40,230 --> 00:26:41,507
[ SIGHS ]

473
00:26:41,531 --> 00:26:43,510
NO MATTER HOW MALEVOLENT HE IS,

474
00:26:43,534 --> 00:26:46,512
JOR-EL STILL REPRESENTS YOUR
ONLY CONNECTION WITH YOUR PAST.

475
00:26:46,536 --> 00:26:49,485
JUST TELL ME WHAT IT IS.

476
00:26:49,509 --> 00:26:53,348
THE ONLY WAY TO SAVE YOUR
MOTHER IS TO DESTROY THE FORTRESS.

477
00:26:53,372 --> 00:26:58,052
JOR-EL'S WILL IS CONTROLLING
HER VIRUS THROUGH THE CRYSTALS.

478
00:26:58,076 --> 00:26:59,424
IF YOU BRING DOWN HIS FORTRESS,

479
00:26:59,448 --> 00:27:01,354
YOU WILL SAVE YOUR
MOTHER FROM HIS GRIP.

480
00:27:01,378 --> 00:27:05,329
ALL HE'S EVER DONE
IS TRY TO RUIN MY LIFE.

481
00:27:05,353 --> 00:27:08,455
SADLY, THAT WAS HIS
LEGACY ON KRYPTON, AS WELL.

482
00:27:10,428 --> 00:27:13,230
I WANT HIM GONE.

483
00:27:25,441 --> 00:27:31,222
IF ANYONE IS STRONG
ENOUGH TO GET THROUGH THIS...

484
00:27:31,246 --> 00:27:33,984
IT'S YOU, SWEETHEART.

485
00:27:34,008 --> 00:27:35,549
YOU CAN'T GIVE UP.

486
00:27:38,451 --> 00:27:41,130
YOU CAN'T GIVE UP.

487
00:27:41,154 --> 00:27:44,157
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

488
00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:48,437
I'll BE RIGHT BACK.

489
00:27:48,461 --> 00:27:50,099
[ MOANS ]

490
00:27:50,123 --> 00:27:54,273
MR. KENT, I'M SO SORRY,
BUT I HAVE TO FIND CLARK.

491
00:27:54,297 --> 00:27:55,543
HE'S NOT HERE, CHLOE.

492
00:27:55,567 --> 00:27:57,004
HE'S NOT WITH HIS
PROFESSOR, IS HE?

493
00:27:57,028 --> 00:27:59,006
YEAH, THEY WENT TO THE CAVE.

494
00:27:59,030 --> 00:28:00,277
I'VE GOT TO GET TO HIM.

495
00:28:00,301 --> 00:28:03,149
OKAY, MILTON FINE IS
NOT YOUR ORDINARY PhD.

496
00:28:03,173 --> 00:28:05,452
WE KNOW ALL ABOUT HIM. HE'S
TRYING TO HELP WITH MARTHA.

497
00:28:05,476 --> 00:28:07,083
[ BREATHING SHALLOWLY ]

498
00:28:07,107 --> 00:28:11,311
I DON'T KNOW HOW HELPFUL
HE'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE.

499
00:28:39,436 --> 00:28:43,186
I'll TEAR THIS PLACE
DOWN, PIECE BY PIECE.

500
00:28:43,210 --> 00:28:45,088
JUST TELL ME WHERE TO START.

501
00:28:45,112 --> 00:28:48,149
RIGHT HERE.

502
00:28:48,173 --> 00:28:50,322
STAB IT INTO THE CONSOLE.

503
00:28:50,346 --> 00:28:52,254
IT'LL TRIGGER A
SELF-DESTRUCT MECHANISM,

504
00:28:52,278 --> 00:28:56,358
AND JOR-EL, AND HIS FORTRESS,
WILL BE FOREVER GONE.

505
00:28:56,382 --> 00:28:57,629
WHAT IS THIS?

506
00:28:57,653 --> 00:29:00,562
IT WAS CREATED TO
DEFEAT YOUR FATHER,

507
00:29:00,586 --> 00:29:02,533
BUT ZOD WAS A MAN OF PEACE.

508
00:29:02,557 --> 00:29:04,405
HE WOULD ONLY USE
IT AS A LAST RESORT.

509
00:29:04,429 --> 00:29:07,206
THERE WAS NEVER A CHANCE.

510
00:29:07,230 --> 00:29:09,462
THERE IS NOW.

511
00:29:11,365 --> 00:29:14,613
YOU WILL NEVER
HURT MY FAMILY AGAIN.

512
00:29:14,637 --> 00:29:16,616
[ GLASS SHATTERS ]

513
00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:18,642
[ RUMBLING ]

514
00:29:28,150 --> 00:29:32,129
I COULDN'T HAVE
DONE IT WITHOUT YOU.

515
00:29:32,153 --> 00:29:34,462
YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO
COULD AFFECT THE FORTRESS.

516
00:29:34,486 --> 00:29:36,092
NOW THAT YOU'VE
ACCOMPLISHED YOUR TASK,

517
00:29:36,116 --> 00:29:38,235
YOU'RE NOTHING MORE
THAN A PETTY ANNOYANCE.

518
00:29:38,259 --> 00:29:39,466
THE METEOR ROCK.

519
00:29:39,490 --> 00:29:41,568
YOU'RE NOT EVEN
KRYPTONIAN, ARE YOU?

520
00:29:41,592 --> 00:29:46,642
I WAS CREATED BY A KRYPTONIAN,
BUT I'M A WHOLE LOT SMARTER.

521
00:29:46,666 --> 00:29:48,204
[ GROANS ]

522
00:29:48,228 --> 00:29:51,246
YOU ARE FREE, GENERAL ZOD!

523
00:29:51,270 --> 00:29:53,301
ZOD?

524
00:29:57,175 --> 00:30:00,385
THE ONE TRUE KRYPTONIAN.

525
00:30:00,409 --> 00:30:02,486
FINALLY, HE WILL RID
THIS FEBRILE PLANET

526
00:30:02,510 --> 00:30:04,688
OF THE SCOURGE OF HUMANS,

527
00:30:04,712 --> 00:30:07,591
AND CREATE KRYPTON
HERE ON EARTH.

528
00:30:07,615 --> 00:30:10,264
EVERYTHING YOU
SAID TO ME WAS A LIE!

529
00:30:10,288 --> 00:30:13,166
YOU WEREN'T
TALKING ABOUT JOR-EL.

530
00:30:13,190 --> 00:30:17,229
YOU REALLY WERE
TALKING ABOUT ZOD.

531
00:30:17,253 --> 00:30:20,503
JOR-EL DIDN'T INFECT
MY MOTHER, DID HE?

532
00:30:20,527 --> 00:30:22,174
YOU DID!

533
00:30:22,198 --> 00:30:23,735
TO THINK THAT YOU
WOULD SACRIFICE

534
00:30:23,759 --> 00:30:27,708
YOUR KRYPTONIAN HERITAGE
FOR A SINGLE HOMO SAPIEN.

535
00:30:27,732 --> 00:30:30,705
YOU ARE A PITIFUL DISGRACE.

536
00:30:34,739 --> 00:30:37,541
GOODBYE, KAL-EL.

537
00:30:42,516 --> 00:30:46,779
WELCOME TO OUR NEW
HOME, GENERAL ZOD.

538
00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:49,758
CLARK?

539
00:30:49,782 --> 00:30:51,453
CLARK!

540
00:31:13,243 --> 00:31:14,805
[ RUMBLING CONTINUES ]

541
00:31:25,513 --> 00:31:27,715
[ GROANS ]

542
00:31:51,637 --> 00:31:54,716
[ CRASHES ]

543
00:31:54,740 --> 00:31:57,313
CHLOE...

544
00:32:34,316 --> 00:32:35,547
[ CLANKS ]

545
00:33:11,878 --> 00:33:14,026
[ GASPS ]

546
00:33:14,050 --> 00:33:17,389
OH, MY GOD!

547
00:33:17,413 --> 00:33:19,391
[ LAUGHS ] IT'S GONE.

548
00:33:19,415 --> 00:33:21,917
[ BOTH LAUGH ]

549
00:33:39,503 --> 00:33:41,505
Hey, you. [ SHELBY BARKS ]

550
00:33:45,638 --> 00:33:47,387
MOM, ARE YOU OKAY?

551
00:33:47,411 --> 00:33:48,658
YEAH.

552
00:33:48,682 --> 00:33:51,290
IT'S AMAZING HOW WONDERFUL
A RAINSTORM SMELLS

553
00:33:51,314 --> 00:33:53,891
AFTER YOU THINK YOU'LL
NEVER SMELL ONE AGAIN.

554
00:33:53,915 --> 00:33:56,395
[ SIGHS ]

555
00:33:56,419 --> 00:34:01,399
I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD
BE LIKE IF YOU WERE GONE.

556
00:34:01,423 --> 00:34:04,631
THE HARDEST THING IN LIFE IS
LOSING THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE,

557
00:34:04,655 --> 00:34:07,499
BUT YOU'D LEARN TO
MOVE ON... WE ALL DO.

558
00:34:09,059 --> 00:34:11,402
IT WOULDN'T BE EASY.

559
00:34:13,403 --> 00:34:16,983
DAD'S GIVEN ME SO MUCH, I
COULD NEVER MEASURE IT.

560
00:34:17,007 --> 00:34:21,010
BUT YOU'RE MY HEART, MY SOUL.

561
00:34:22,612 --> 00:34:24,390
Well, I...

562
00:34:24,414 --> 00:34:28,392
I DON'T PLAN ON GOING
ANYWHERE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

563
00:34:28,416 --> 00:34:30,978
GOOD.

564
00:34:47,094 --> 00:34:49,412
YOU KNOW, NEXT
TIME I HEAD UP NORTH,

565
00:34:49,436 --> 00:34:51,073
I'VE GOT TO REMEMBER
TO PACK A PARKA.

566
00:34:51,097 --> 00:34:53,515
HOW'D YOU GET UP THERE, ANYWAY?

567
00:34:53,539 --> 00:34:56,617
[ CHUCKLES ] YOU LEFT
YOUR KEY IN THE CAVE.

568
00:34:56,641 --> 00:35:00,081
SERIOUSLY, CLARK, YOU'VE
GOT TO BE MORE CAREFUL.

569
00:35:00,105 --> 00:35:02,748
I MEAN, IF I CAN GET
UP THERE, ANYONE CAN.

570
00:35:04,748 --> 00:35:06,526
YOU KNOW, PROFESSOR FINE SAID

571
00:35:06,550 --> 00:35:08,428
THAT HUMAN BEINGS
WERE INSIGNIFICANT

572
00:35:08,452 --> 00:35:11,361
AND COULDN'T BE DEPENDED ON.

573
00:35:11,385 --> 00:35:14,064
HE OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T
KNOW YOU VERY WELL.

574
00:35:14,088 --> 00:35:16,495
PLEASE.

575
00:35:16,519 --> 00:35:20,422
ROBO-PROFESSOR KNOWS AS
MUCH ABOUT HUMAN NATURE AS R2-D2.

576
00:35:21,994 --> 00:35:23,702
WHAT WAS HE, ANYWAY?

577
00:35:23,726 --> 00:35:26,504
I MEAN, I SAW HIM MATERIALIZE
FROM A BUNCH OF NUTS AND BOLTS

578
00:35:26,528 --> 00:35:28,506
THAT SPILLED OUT
OF THE SPACESHIP.

579
00:35:28,530 --> 00:35:29,977
I GUESS HE WAS SOME SORT OF

580
00:35:30,001 --> 00:35:31,508
KRYPTONIAN ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE.

581
00:35:31,532 --> 00:35:33,111
WHAT DID HE WANT WITH YOU?

582
00:35:33,135 --> 00:35:37,113
HE WANTED ME TO HELP HIM FREE
A REBEL KRYPTONIAN NAMED ZOD.

583
00:35:37,137 --> 00:35:39,155
WHAT I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND

584
00:35:39,179 --> 00:35:41,811
IS HOW YOU GOT
ON TO FINE'S TRAIL.

585
00:35:43,083 --> 00:35:45,762
YOU'RE NOT GONNA
LIKE THIS VERY MUCH.

586
00:35:45,786 --> 00:35:48,564
LIONEL LUTHOR GAVE ME THE LEAD.

587
00:35:48,588 --> 00:35:51,166
LIONEL? HOW'D HE
KNOW ABOUT FINE?

588
00:35:51,190 --> 00:35:53,128
I HAVE NO CLUE.

589
00:35:53,152 --> 00:35:55,070
BUT I HOPE HE DOESN'T
KNOW ABOUT THE SPACESHIP.

590
00:35:55,094 --> 00:35:57,472
YOU KNOW, CLARK, YOU SHOULD
REALLY GET AHOLD OF THAT THING

591
00:35:57,496 --> 00:35:59,033
BEFORE SOMEBODY
ELSE BEATS YOU TO IT.

592
00:35:59,057 --> 00:36:00,535
THERE'S A PROBLEM.

593
00:36:00,559 --> 00:36:03,161
I CHECKED OUT THAT
WAREHOUSE. THE SHIP'S GONE.

594
00:36:05,163 --> 00:36:07,640
WELL, MASTER OF THE SHELL
GAME MUST HAVE MOVED IT.

595
00:36:07,664 --> 00:36:10,684
OR... OR WHAT?

596
00:36:10,708 --> 00:36:14,541
OR I HAVE A BIGGER
PROBLEM THAN I THOUGHT.

597
00:36:19,675 --> 00:36:22,518
[ DOOR OPENS ]

598
00:36:24,179 --> 00:36:28,724
LEX. YOUR MESSAGE
SOUNDED URGENT.

599
00:36:31,155 --> 00:36:33,434
YOU ALL RIGHT?

600
00:36:33,458 --> 00:36:36,767
I THOUGHT YOU WERE PAST
YOUR KLEPTOMANIA STAGE, DAD,

601
00:36:36,791 --> 00:36:40,510
BUT I GUESS OLD HABITS DIE HARD.

602
00:36:40,534 --> 00:36:43,613
IF YOU ARE ACCUSING ME
OF SOME SORT OF THIEVERY,

603
00:36:43,637 --> 00:36:46,175
I ASSURE YOU, SON,
I HAVE NO INTEREST

604
00:36:46,199 --> 00:36:48,718
IN YOUR LITTLE
BAUBLES AND TRINKETS.

605
00:36:48,742 --> 00:36:50,048
YOU SURE SEEMED INTERESTED

606
00:36:50,072 --> 00:36:51,450
IN WHAT USED TO
BE IN MY WAREHOUSE.

607
00:36:51,474 --> 00:36:53,052
WHAT'D YOU DO...

608
00:36:53,076 --> 00:36:55,053
PAY OFF MY SECURITY,
BRIBE MY SCIENTISTS?

609
00:36:55,077 --> 00:36:59,787
YOU'RE TELLING ME YOU MISPLACED
YOUR MOST PRIZED POSSESSION?

610
00:36:59,811 --> 00:37:01,459
OH, LEX.

611
00:37:01,483 --> 00:37:03,461
LEX, HOW MANY TIMES
HAVE I TOLD YOU?

612
00:37:03,485 --> 00:37:05,562
IF YOU DON'T KEEP A WATCHFUL
EYE ON THE THINGS YOU VALUE,

613
00:37:05,586 --> 00:37:07,164
ONE DAY THEY WILL DISAPPEAR.

614
00:37:07,188 --> 00:37:08,836
I WANT IT BACK NOW!

615
00:37:08,860 --> 00:37:10,698
I WISH I COULD OBLIGE,

616
00:37:10,722 --> 00:37:15,171
BUT, SADLY, I HAD NOTHING TO
DO WITH THIS UNFORTUNATE HEIST.

617
00:37:15,195 --> 00:37:16,803
I DON'T KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED TO YOU

618
00:37:16,827 --> 00:37:18,544
IN THAT METEOR SHOWER, DAD,

619
00:37:18,568 --> 00:37:20,106
BUT I THINK YOU'RE
MORE CONNECTED

620
00:37:20,130 --> 00:37:21,546
TO WHAT WAS IN THAT
WAREHOUSE THAN I EVER REALIZED.

621
00:37:21,570 --> 00:37:24,879
PLEASE BE CAREFUL, LEX.
YOU'RE A FRAGILE MAN.

622
00:37:24,903 --> 00:37:27,512
I DON'T WANT TO SEE
YOU SHATTERED AGAIN

623
00:37:27,536 --> 00:37:29,237
BY YOUR DELUSIONS...

624
00:37:47,594 --> 00:37:51,126
[ PLAYS THREE NOTES ]

625
00:37:57,262 --> 00:37:58,840
TELL ME YOU'VE MANAGED TO DIG UP

626
00:37:58,864 --> 00:38:00,682
AT LEAST A SPECK OF DIRT ON LEX.

627
00:38:00,706 --> 00:38:02,883
I'll TAKE AN UNPAID PARKING
TICKET AT THIS POINT.

628
00:38:02,907 --> 00:38:04,646
I TOLD YOU, LOIS,

629
00:38:04,670 --> 00:38:07,148
LEX KEEPS HIS DIRTY LAUNDRY
IN A CAST-IRON HAMPER.

630
00:38:07,172 --> 00:38:09,189
LOOK, I MIGHT HAVE DONE
THIS AT FIRST BECAUSE OF PRIDE,

631
00:38:09,213 --> 00:38:10,691
BUT AS I STARTED
THINKING ABOUT IT,

632
00:38:10,715 --> 00:38:12,622
I STARTED TO WORRY,
"WHAT WOULD LEX LUTHOR DO

633
00:38:12,646 --> 00:38:14,124
WITH THE POWER
OF PUBLIC OFFICE?"

634
00:38:14,148 --> 00:38:15,254
YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE KNOW IT,

635
00:38:15,278 --> 00:38:16,726
HE'S GONNA TRY
TO RULE THE WORLD.

636
00:38:16,750 --> 00:38:17,796
WELL, IF YOU'RE THAT
WORRIED ABOUT IT,

637
00:38:17,820 --> 00:38:19,599
WHY DON'T YOU DO SOMETHING?

638
00:38:19,623 --> 00:38:21,731
I PLAN TO, BUT THE ONE
THING I PLAN ON NOT DOING

639
00:38:21,755 --> 00:38:23,702
IS POKING AROUND
INSIDE HIS WAREHOUSES.

640
00:38:23,726 --> 00:38:26,535
I CAN'T BELIEVE AFTER THAT WHOLE
"CHARLIE'S ANGELS" ESCAPADE,

641
00:38:26,559 --> 00:38:28,736
ALL YOU FOUND IN THERE
WAS A BUNCH OF FERTILIZER.

642
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:30,809
IT WASN'T A COMPLETE
WASTE OF TIME.

643
00:38:30,833 --> 00:38:32,240
NO? WHAT DID WE MANAGE TO DO

644
00:38:32,264 --> 00:38:34,242
BESIDES PUT A SCRATCH
ON MY BRAND-NEW CAR?

645
00:38:34,266 --> 00:38:38,546
YOU GOT TO EXPERIENCE THE
CHILLS AND THRILLS OF JOURNALISM.

646
00:38:38,570 --> 00:38:40,276
THANKS, BUT NO THANKS.

647
00:38:40,300 --> 00:38:42,148
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT,

648
00:38:42,172 --> 00:38:45,182
CHASING STORY AFTER STORY
THAT ONLY LEADS TO DEAD ENDS.

649
00:38:45,206 --> 00:38:46,907
I'D NEVER BE ABLE TO LET GO.

650
00:38:49,579 --> 00:38:51,952
THAT'S USUALLY HOW IT STARTS.

651
00:39:15,932 --> 00:39:17,349
HEY.

652
00:39:17,373 --> 00:39:20,312
I KNOW HOW HARD ALL
THIS HAS BEEN ON YOU.

653
00:39:20,336 --> 00:39:22,184
HOW YOU HOLDING UP?

654
00:39:22,208 --> 00:39:24,916
I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW
I COULD BE SO GULLIBLE.

655
00:39:24,940 --> 00:39:26,919
I BELIEVED EVERYTHING HE SAID.

656
00:39:26,943 --> 00:39:29,260
I WOULD'VE DONE
THE SAME THING, SON.

657
00:39:29,284 --> 00:39:31,992
YOU WERE TRYING TO
SAVE YOUR MOTHER.

658
00:39:32,016 --> 00:39:33,925
LUCKILY SHE'S SAFE NOW.

659
00:39:33,949 --> 00:39:37,327
I THINK THE BEST THING WE
CAN DO IS PUT ALL THIS BEHIND US

660
00:39:37,351 --> 00:39:39,800
AND MOVE ON WITH
OUR LIVES, DON'T YOU?

661
00:39:39,824 --> 00:39:42,626
I'M NOT SO SURE.

662
00:39:44,327 --> 00:39:45,960
JOR-EL'S WARNING
IS STILL OUT THERE.

663
00:39:48,231 --> 00:39:49,809
[ SIGHS ]

664
00:39:49,833 --> 00:39:51,811
CLARK...

665
00:39:51,835 --> 00:39:56,615
YOUR MOTHER'S VIRUS WAS
CAUSED BY FINE, NOT BY JOR-EL.

666
00:39:56,639 --> 00:40:00,318
HE HASN'T DONE
ANYTHING YET AND...

667
00:40:00,342 --> 00:40:02,619
FOR ALL WE KNOW, HE
MIGHT NEVER DO ANYTHING.

668
00:40:02,643 --> 00:40:04,651
DAD, WE BOTH KNOW
THAT JOR-EL'S NOT THE TYPE

669
00:40:04,675 --> 00:40:07,624
TO JUST LET THINGS GO.

670
00:40:07,648 --> 00:40:10,698
CLARK, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT,

671
00:40:10,722 --> 00:40:13,700
NONE OF US ARE GONNA
BE AROUND FOREVER.

672
00:40:13,724 --> 00:40:15,832
NOW, WE CAN'T DWELL ON THAT.

673
00:40:15,856 --> 00:40:20,336
I THINK THE TRICK IS TO JUST
LIVE YOUR LIFE TO ITS FULLEST,

674
00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:25,340
MAKE SURE YOU SPEND AS
MUCH TIME AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN...

675
00:40:25,364 --> 00:40:28,166
WITH THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE.

676
00:40:30,239 --> 00:40:33,077
YOU'RE RIGHT.

677
00:40:33,101 --> 00:40:35,273
YEAH.

678
00:40:48,155 --> 00:40:51,133
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