1 00:00:05,586 --> 00:00:09,099 Lois, you've had a near-death experience. You should be resting. 2 00:00:09,166 --> 00:00:11,025 What are we doing out here? 3 00:00:11,191 --> 00:00:13,803 I'm going to find out what Lex is up to. 4 00:00:14,071 --> 00:00:17,451 Clark, you, on the other hand, are not required to attend. 5 00:00:17,524 --> 00:00:20,196 After what happened to Lana, why don't you take up Chloe's offer... 6 00:00:20,232 --> 00:00:21,763 and hang out with her at the Talon? 7 00:00:21,894 --> 00:00:23,659 It's dangerous out here. 8 00:00:23,888 --> 00:00:25,797 And it seems that keeping you out of trouble 9 00:00:25,809 --> 00:00:27,556 has become a bad habit of mine. Besides, 10 00:00:27,592 --> 00:00:30,606 it gives me a good opportunity to say goodbye. 11 00:00:30,984 --> 00:00:34,126 You can't break up with me, Clark. We're not even a couple. 12 00:00:35,065 --> 00:00:37,506 Lois, I'm leaving Smallville... 13 00:00:37,853 --> 00:00:39,906 after Lana's funeral. 14 00:00:41,996 --> 00:00:44,418 Wow, didn't see that coming. 15 00:00:44,489 --> 00:00:46,584 Where are you running away to? 16 00:00:46,650 --> 00:00:49,954 Up north. There's something I need to do. 17 00:00:49,990 --> 00:00:53,542 Well, what about the farm? You can't just let the corn die on the vine. 18 00:00:53,608 --> 00:00:56,623 My neighbor Ben Hubbard, he's gonna run things for a while. 19 00:00:58,448 --> 00:01:01,612 What's wrong, Lois? I thought you'd be happy to get rid of me. 20 00:01:01,830 --> 00:01:04,453 Are you kidding? Who am I gonna pick on? 21 00:01:04,878 --> 00:01:07,117 I'm sure you'll find someone. 22 00:01:09,227 --> 00:01:11,805 Now, which direction did you enter the dam from? 23 00:01:12,211 --> 00:01:14,458 Southeast. Follow me. 24 00:01:19,771 --> 00:01:21,827 What is that? 25 00:01:24,016 --> 00:01:26,569 Holy crap, this is amazing. 26 00:01:30,782 --> 00:01:33,070 Check this out, Clark. 27 00:01:33,137 --> 00:01:34,995 Oh, my god. 28 00:01:35,643 --> 00:01:36,949 What do you think it is? 29 00:01:37,116 --> 00:01:39,798 Lois, it's probably just some sort of experimental airplane. 30 00:01:39,867 --> 00:01:42,038 Then why aren't there any windows? 31 00:01:42,552 --> 00:01:44,572 And those symbols - 32 00:01:44,976 --> 00:01:47,661 They aren't like any airline logos I've ever seen. 33 00:01:48,027 --> 00:01:51,863 If you ask me, we're looking at a real live spaceship. 34 00:01:52,039 --> 00:01:56,103 Come on, Lois. You and I both know that they don't really exist. 35 00:01:56,239 --> 00:02:00,462 And based on this algae, it looks like it's been underwater for a while. 36 00:02:03,123 --> 00:02:05,048 Lois? 37 00:02:14,258 --> 00:02:18,266 That's what happens when you touch my stuff. 38 00:02:32,535 --> 00:02:37,491 Go get your girlfriend and don't ever come back. 39 00:04:25,873 --> 00:04:27,673 I'm serious. You need to go to the hospital. 40 00:04:27,741 --> 00:04:31,007 What? For this little bump? My head has been bonked a lot harder than that. 41 00:04:31,074 --> 00:04:33,885 - Where's my laptop? - What happened to you guys? 42 00:04:33,909 --> 00:04:35,501 You are gonna want to lock me in the loony 43 00:04:35,513 --> 00:04:37,193 bin when I tell you this, but Clark and I... 44 00:04:37,217 --> 00:04:39,310 just saw a spaceship. 45 00:04:40,378 --> 00:04:43,488 Lois' imagination has finally kicked into overdrive. 46 00:04:43,625 --> 00:04:46,545 It was probably just some sort of styrofoam prop for a school play. 47 00:04:46,612 --> 00:04:48,612 Right. That makes sense, actually. 48 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:52,912 Okay, but the world I live in - school props don't knock people unconscious. 49 00:04:52,980 --> 00:04:54,614 I'm thinking maybe a force field. 50 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:56,898 How many times do I have to tell you, Lois? You slipped in the mud, 51 00:04:56,922 --> 00:04:58,182 you hit your head on a rock. 52 00:04:58,248 --> 00:05:00,991 I was the one who helped you to your feet. Why do you think I've got mud all over me? 53 00:05:01,015 --> 00:05:02,235 I know what I saw, Smallville, 54 00:05:02,283 --> 00:05:05,193 and once I change out of these clothes, I'm going straight to The Inquisitor. 55 00:05:05,217 --> 00:05:07,618 My editor is gonna flip. 56 00:05:09,633 --> 00:05:12,717 - Tell me she's just seeing things. - It's what she didn't see, Chloe. 57 00:05:12,844 --> 00:05:15,251 A kryptonian girl with blond hair and a bad attitude. 58 00:05:15,319 --> 00:05:17,563 She moved so fast that Lois didn't even know what hit her. 59 00:05:17,587 --> 00:05:21,631 - A kryptonian attacked Lois? - Yeah, right before she came after me. 60 00:05:21,987 --> 00:05:24,687 Chloe, not only is she as strong as I am... 61 00:05:24,955 --> 00:05:26,570 she can fly. 62 00:05:26,706 --> 00:05:28,154 Whoa. 63 00:05:28,221 --> 00:05:30,388 Sounds like we got ourselves a true-blue supergirl. 64 00:05:30,456 --> 00:05:31,855 Well, define super. 65 00:05:31,923 --> 00:05:35,123 Nearly every kryptonian I've come across has turned into a cold-blooded killer. 66 00:05:35,190 --> 00:05:36,624 Yeah. What is it with you people? 67 00:05:36,666 --> 00:05:39,823 Are you the only half-decent member of your kryptonian race? 68 00:05:41,062 --> 00:05:43,749 Listen, I got to go back to the dam. If you can - 69 00:05:45,293 --> 00:05:48,813 Wow, a lot of painkillers for someone who's not feeling any pain. 70 00:05:49,559 --> 00:05:50,892 It's just a little headache. 71 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:54,046 By the time I get back to The Inquisitor, I'll be good as gold. 72 00:05:54,082 --> 00:05:56,714 You've lost consciousness. You could very well have a concussion. 73 00:05:56,895 --> 00:05:59,405 Well, I'll let you know if I'm seeing double when I'm typing my story. 74 00:05:59,429 --> 00:06:01,396 You know, Lois, no. I'm sorry. 75 00:06:01,463 --> 00:06:03,006 But after everything we've just been through together, 76 00:06:03,030 --> 00:06:07,096 I'm not letting you put yourself in danger. I'm taking you to the hospital. 77 00:06:08,180 --> 00:06:10,313 - Okay. - Okay. 78 00:06:10,352 --> 00:06:12,391 But 10 minutes, and I'm gone. I don't have time... 79 00:06:12,493 --> 00:06:14,532 to just sit around all day in a waiting room... 80 00:06:34,469 --> 00:06:37,303 Well, I'm glad someone has something to smile about. 81 00:06:37,370 --> 00:06:39,904 Well, this smile means that you've been cleared of all charges. 82 00:06:39,972 --> 00:06:42,090 You're a free man, Mr. Luthor. 83 00:06:45,572 --> 00:06:48,239 - On what grounds? - They caught the killer. 84 00:06:48,574 --> 00:06:50,934 A disgruntled employee from your tunnel-construction crew... 85 00:06:50,974 --> 00:06:53,774 claimed he got cancer from the chemicals down there. 86 00:06:54,542 --> 00:06:57,249 He blew up my wife to get back at me? 87 00:06:57,376 --> 00:06:59,577 That's what he said in his confession. 88 00:07:00,776 --> 00:07:03,127 Come on. Let's get out of this cage. 89 00:07:03,744 --> 00:07:06,202 I'll buy you a big, juicy porterhouse. 90 00:07:06,345 --> 00:07:08,045 He didn't do it. 91 00:07:08,112 --> 00:07:12,442 Lex, they found his fingerprints at the scene. He confessed to the crime. 92 00:07:12,478 --> 00:07:16,779 I don't care what kind of evidence there is. The man did not murder my wife. 93 00:07:16,847 --> 00:07:18,945 - As your attorney - - As my attorney, 94 00:07:18,981 --> 00:07:22,681 I want you to set up a meeting with this disgruntled employee. 95 00:07:22,748 --> 00:07:26,091 - I want to hear it from him. - What's the point? 96 00:07:27,109 --> 00:07:29,493 I'm not sure Lana's dead. 97 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:51,433 Move along, sir. This is a crime scene. 98 00:08:24,128 --> 00:08:28,528 Lex, I thought you'd be sharpening your shiv behind bars by now. 99 00:08:28,597 --> 00:08:30,630 Someone else confessed. 100 00:08:31,097 --> 00:08:36,273 Once again, a Luthor snake manages to slither away from the grip of justice. 101 00:08:36,510 --> 00:08:39,146 How much did you have to pay this poor guy? 102 00:08:39,582 --> 00:08:41,941 I didn't pay him anything. 103 00:08:42,300 --> 00:08:45,865 Apparently, my father did before he disappeared. 104 00:08:45,967 --> 00:08:48,466 The man who confessed happens to be dying of cancer. 105 00:08:48,535 --> 00:08:50,768 He wanted his family taken care of. 106 00:08:50,836 --> 00:08:53,078 It doesn't matter what legal sleight of hand you pulled this time, Lex. 107 00:08:53,102 --> 00:08:56,429 - It's not bringing Lana back. - What if she isn't dead, Chloe? 108 00:08:57,269 --> 00:08:58,851 Lex, you're already free. 109 00:08:58,887 --> 00:09:02,903 You don't need to keep coming up with more convoluted conspiracy theories. 110 00:09:02,972 --> 00:09:06,371 As you probably know, before Lana "died," 111 00:09:06,439 --> 00:09:09,630 she managed to steal highly classified research from me. 112 00:09:09,665 --> 00:09:14,538 Lana's remains have all been positively I.D.'d down to every last strand of DNA. 113 00:09:14,607 --> 00:09:16,673 I'm well aware of the DNA evidence. 114 00:09:17,357 --> 00:09:18,830 Look, Chloe, you're Lana's best friend. 115 00:09:18,854 --> 00:09:21,715 If she told anyone about her plan, it would be you. 116 00:09:24,443 --> 00:09:26,416 Tell me, Chloe. 117 00:09:26,652 --> 00:09:28,467 Tell me everything you know. 118 00:09:28,577 --> 00:09:30,879 Here's everything I know, Lex. 119 00:09:31,445 --> 00:09:34,370 You need some serious psychiatry. 120 00:09:50,002 --> 00:09:51,449 Hey, are you all right? 121 00:09:51,516 --> 00:09:52,682 Uh, yeah, I'm fine. 122 00:09:52,749 --> 00:09:54,877 But you know, your little kryptonian gal pal 123 00:09:54,889 --> 00:09:56,931 is been showing up all over Lowell county. 124 00:09:56,966 --> 00:09:59,383 Have you seen her since she went all space-shuttle? 125 00:09:59,451 --> 00:10:01,391 No, but I found her victims - 126 00:10:01,827 --> 00:10:05,179 Two dead park rangers right where her ship used to be. 127 00:10:06,419 --> 00:10:08,884 I need to find her before she hurts someone else. 128 00:10:08,919 --> 00:10:12,951 Well, I-I think she's still grounded, considering these 911 calls coming in. 129 00:10:12,988 --> 00:10:15,031 Three different preschools called and reported some... 130 00:10:15,055 --> 00:10:17,942 blond woman storming in, scaring the children. 131 00:10:18,278 --> 00:10:20,433 Where was she last seen? 132 00:10:20,468 --> 00:10:22,088 Can't catch me! 133 00:10:29,625 --> 00:10:31,691 What's your name? 134 00:10:33,592 --> 00:10:35,759 It's okay. I won't hurt you. 135 00:10:36,327 --> 00:10:38,277 Cody. 136 00:10:44,294 --> 00:10:47,292 What about you? What's your name? 137 00:10:48,229 --> 00:10:50,161 Whatever you're doing, it stops now. 138 00:10:50,229 --> 00:10:52,696 You again. You following me? 139 00:11:01,365 --> 00:11:04,231 Humans can't move that fast. Who are you? 140 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:08,438 Doesn't matter. I'm not gonna let you kill one more person. 141 00:11:09,361 --> 00:11:12,725 I haven't killed anyone. At least not yet. 142 00:11:12,801 --> 00:11:15,224 But you're starting to tempt me. 143 00:11:25,763 --> 00:11:28,129 You want to tell me what you're doing on Earth? 144 00:11:31,296 --> 00:11:33,097 You can trust me. 145 00:11:39,067 --> 00:11:41,133 Looking for a small boy. 146 00:11:41,430 --> 00:11:43,815 I've searched everywhere with no luck. 147 00:11:44,390 --> 00:11:46,485 This boy have a name? 148 00:11:48,039 --> 00:11:50,035 Kal-El. 149 00:11:57,077 --> 00:11:58,886 Lois, a story about a spaceship is not gonna 150 00:11:58,898 --> 00:12:00,513 send your career into the stratosphere. 151 00:12:00,582 --> 00:12:02,316 It'll embarrass you. 152 00:12:02,382 --> 00:12:04,718 It's the truth, Chloe. I saw it with my own eyes. 153 00:12:04,786 --> 00:12:06,355 Lois, you don't know what you saw. 154 00:12:06,420 --> 00:12:08,702 Besides, I'm still trying to resuscitate my credibility... 155 00:12:08,777 --> 00:12:11,726 after writing about the Smallville believe-it-or-not set. 156 00:12:12,094 --> 00:12:16,127 We are talking about an alien invasion. Two men are dead. 157 00:12:16,164 --> 00:12:19,091 You know if you were there, you'd be clacking away on the keyboard as we speak. 158 00:12:19,115 --> 00:12:23,374 Not now. The Daily Planet just hired a new editor wonder boy from the Star City Post. 159 00:12:23,505 --> 00:12:26,439 And spaceships are not the stuff of good first impressions. 160 00:12:26,508 --> 00:12:28,799 Did I hear someone say spaceship? 161 00:12:29,433 --> 00:12:31,789 Didn't anyone teach you that eavesdropping is rude? 162 00:12:31,924 --> 00:12:34,423 Eavesdropping is my livelihood. 163 00:12:34,459 --> 00:12:35,883 Grant Gabriel, your new editor. 164 00:12:35,951 --> 00:12:38,152 Actually, she doesn't work here. I do. 165 00:12:38,419 --> 00:12:40,374 - I'm Chloe - - Anne Sullivan, 166 00:12:40,522 --> 00:12:42,656 former editor of the Smallville High Torch, 167 00:12:42,723 --> 00:12:45,588 taking Met U. Journalism classes by night while writing... 168 00:12:46,024 --> 00:12:50,030 filler stories sandwiched between sofa ads by day. 169 00:12:50,698 --> 00:12:52,399 Tell me about your close encounter. 170 00:12:52,767 --> 00:12:56,484 Can't share a trade secret. I work for your rival, The Inquisitor. 171 00:12:56,620 --> 00:12:58,115 Our rival? 172 00:12:58,150 --> 00:12:59,573 This is the Daily Planet, 173 00:12:59,641 --> 00:13:03,368 read in virtually ever country across the globe. We have no rival. 174 00:13:03,605 --> 00:13:04,605 That's true. 175 00:13:04,634 --> 00:13:07,147 Besides, The Planet wouldn't publish a story like that anyway. 176 00:13:07,214 --> 00:13:09,383 See, that's the kind of old-guard thinking... 177 00:13:09,450 --> 00:13:12,519 that's putting newspapers in the crapper all around this country. 178 00:13:13,304 --> 00:13:15,823 Since when is truth in journalism old guard? 179 00:13:15,991 --> 00:13:18,227 Well, she says it's true. I believe her. 180 00:13:20,194 --> 00:13:21,294 I'll tell you what. 181 00:13:21,329 --> 00:13:24,765 You deliver me your spaceship story, a story that will sell papers, 182 00:13:24,834 --> 00:13:26,502 And you've got yourself a job here. 183 00:13:28,403 --> 00:13:31,606 - Are you serious? - Do I sound like I'm joking? 184 00:13:47,823 --> 00:13:49,606 You can't be Kal-El. 185 00:13:49,642 --> 00:13:53,506 He's a sweet, chubby baby who laughed when you tickled his feet. 186 00:13:54,229 --> 00:13:58,470 - You knew me on Krypton? - Yeah. I used to watch over you. 187 00:13:59,272 --> 00:14:00,535 I don't understand. 188 00:14:00,603 --> 00:14:03,805 I mean, I left the planet right after you. We were on the same trajectory. 189 00:14:05,973 --> 00:14:07,976 Your ship - 190 00:14:08,144 --> 00:14:09,720 It seemed to be underwater for a long time. 191 00:14:09,744 --> 00:14:13,413 You must have crash-landed during the meteor shower into the reservoir. 192 00:14:13,482 --> 00:14:16,336 When the dam broke, it finally brought you to the surface. 193 00:14:18,653 --> 00:14:21,466 How long was I in suspended animation? 194 00:14:21,802 --> 00:14:23,861 18 years. 195 00:14:25,994 --> 00:14:29,966 My imbedded learning programs covered a lot of scenarios, but this... 196 00:14:30,529 --> 00:14:32,554 clearly wasn't one of them. 197 00:14:34,636 --> 00:14:36,672 Kara, why are you searching for me? 198 00:14:38,339 --> 00:14:41,376 My father, Zor-El, told me to find you. 199 00:14:41,442 --> 00:14:42,997 That was my mission. 200 00:14:43,132 --> 00:14:44,761 Zor-El? 201 00:14:45,297 --> 00:14:47,996 Zor-El and Jor-El are brothers. 202 00:14:49,033 --> 00:14:52,146 Then that makes us... 203 00:14:52,654 --> 00:14:54,474 cousins. 204 00:14:54,809 --> 00:14:56,965 Jor-El never mentioned your dad. 205 00:14:57,101 --> 00:14:59,362 He and his brother never talked. 206 00:14:59,698 --> 00:15:01,522 Why? 207 00:15:04,533 --> 00:15:08,769 The house of El has a lot of family secrets that nobody ever discussed. 208 00:15:10,439 --> 00:15:12,989 As humans would say, we were... 209 00:15:14,294 --> 00:15:16,112 dysfunctional. 210 00:15:18,847 --> 00:15:23,050 I'm sure you have a lot of questions, but right now we need to find my ship. 211 00:15:23,518 --> 00:15:26,622 I'd do it myself, but those green rocks- they keep weakening me. 212 00:15:26,690 --> 00:15:30,993 And trust me- you want to stay away from them. 213 00:15:31,161 --> 00:15:33,894 If you're around them too long, they can kill you. 214 00:15:34,850 --> 00:15:36,874 Kill me? 215 00:15:37,533 --> 00:15:39,993 Zor-El told me that the yellow sun would give me abilities... 216 00:15:40,029 --> 00:15:42,155 beyond my wildest dreams, but... 217 00:15:42,822 --> 00:15:45,407 he definitely never mentioned any fatal weaknesses. 218 00:15:45,444 --> 00:15:47,209 It's because he didn't know. 219 00:15:47,276 --> 00:15:52,531 The green rocks, they're called kryptonite- radioactive pieces of our home world. 220 00:15:56,186 --> 00:15:59,387 How did pieces of Krypton travel 23 galaxies? 221 00:16:01,620 --> 00:16:03,360 You don't know what happened after you left. 222 00:16:03,426 --> 00:16:07,682 Well, I know we were in the midst of a global civil war led by general Zod. 223 00:16:07,818 --> 00:16:10,966 Zor-El told me that Krypton's salvation was on Earth... 224 00:16:11,033 --> 00:16:13,355 and that you and I were the key. 225 00:16:14,637 --> 00:16:16,667 I hope we're not too late. 226 00:16:19,175 --> 00:16:21,257 Kara, Krypton is gone. 227 00:16:23,947 --> 00:16:26,127 What do you mean, "gone"? 228 00:16:28,451 --> 00:16:30,770 It exploded. 229 00:16:31,988 --> 00:16:35,064 You and I are the only survivors. 230 00:16:38,795 --> 00:16:40,863 No. 231 00:16:41,030 --> 00:16:43,833 Planets don't just explode, Kal-El. 232 00:16:52,776 --> 00:16:54,485 Ours did. 233 00:16:58,524 --> 00:16:59,983 I'm sorry. 234 00:17:00,050 --> 00:17:04,387 No. This yellow sun has fried your brain cells. 235 00:17:07,123 --> 00:17:10,516 Come on. Help me find my ship. We can hide it here on your farm. 236 00:17:10,727 --> 00:17:12,777 Your ship's missing. 237 00:17:15,032 --> 00:17:17,934 If it's missing, then humans took it. 238 00:17:18,402 --> 00:17:20,837 Kal-El, if anyone but me tries to open that ship, 239 00:17:20,905 --> 00:17:23,239 It will activate the self-destruct sequence. 240 00:17:25,710 --> 00:17:28,279 Define self-destruct. 241 00:17:29,345 --> 00:17:32,091 I think you call it something like a... 242 00:17:32,749 --> 00:17:34,984 nuclear explosion. 243 00:17:53,338 --> 00:17:57,424 There was no sign of alien life near that site - None whatsoever. 244 00:17:58,208 --> 00:18:00,199 Open it. 245 00:18:36,113 --> 00:18:38,115 Surface temperature rising steadily. 246 00:18:38,183 --> 00:18:41,418 Begin extraction protocol. Prepare to evacuate now. 247 00:18:41,485 --> 00:18:43,890 We don't have a lot of time, people. 248 00:19:06,970 --> 00:19:10,212 Lane, I had a feeling you worked fast, 249 00:19:10,249 --> 00:19:11,969 but I didn't know you were a lightning bolt. 250 00:19:12,203 --> 00:19:13,231 You got pages for me? 251 00:19:13,243 --> 00:19:15,277 Actually, I need to talk to you about that. 252 00:19:15,330 --> 00:19:17,906 I'm not interested in talk. I want to read. 253 00:19:18,333 --> 00:19:20,869 Look, Chloe Sullivan should write this story. 254 00:19:20,905 --> 00:19:24,733 She's already on your staff. And let's face it, she can write circles around me. 255 00:19:24,902 --> 00:19:28,954 I know she's family, Lane, but Chloe Sullivan's lost her mojo. 256 00:19:28,989 --> 00:19:31,964 Now she's just another run-of-the-mill hack giving herself carpal tunnel... 257 00:19:32,034 --> 00:19:34,466 covering city hall and Fourth-of-July parades. 258 00:19:34,733 --> 00:19:38,398 Look, my cousin's feelings mean a lot more to me than some stupid article. 259 00:19:38,466 --> 00:19:41,449 Your cousin's feelings? How sweet. 260 00:19:41,685 --> 00:19:43,727 Let me tell you something, Lane. 261 00:19:43,863 --> 00:19:46,619 Newspapers don't have feelings. They have stories, 262 00:19:46,655 --> 00:19:48,565 and stories are what pay the bills around here. 263 00:19:48,631 --> 00:19:50,951 You think I'm being honored by the publishers guild tonight 264 00:19:50,998 --> 00:19:52,854 because I'm Mahatma Gandhi? 265 00:19:52,889 --> 00:19:54,803 Because I give a damn about feelings? 266 00:19:54,939 --> 00:19:58,756 No. I break stories any way, any how. 267 00:19:58,793 --> 00:20:01,805 Well, you're gonna have to break this one with someone else. 268 00:20:03,995 --> 00:20:05,927 This isn't about your cousin. 269 00:20:05,963 --> 00:20:09,548 This so-called flying-saucer story - It's all smoke and mirrors. 270 00:20:09,584 --> 00:20:12,976 You're using some high moral ground to bail out of a sinking ship. 271 00:20:14,994 --> 00:20:18,393 This ship is far from sunk, bow tie. 272 00:20:19,399 --> 00:20:22,559 I happen to have a contact in the Air Force who supplied me with these. 273 00:20:22,626 --> 00:20:24,670 They're satellite photos showing a caravan of trucks... 274 00:20:24,694 --> 00:20:28,092 driving from the dam to a grain silo in Granville. 275 00:20:28,509 --> 00:20:30,655 Does that look like smoke and mirrors to you? 276 00:20:30,691 --> 00:20:32,692 No. It looks like passion, 277 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:35,458 and it's what separates you from the rest of the pack. 278 00:20:35,525 --> 00:20:37,358 This is the fork in your road, Lane. 279 00:20:37,425 --> 00:20:40,435 In a dozen years, you'll either be Lois Lane, 280 00:20:40,478 --> 00:20:43,814 star reporter whose name is synonymous with the Daily Planet, 281 00:20:43,851 --> 00:20:46,816 or Lois fill-in-the-blank, 282 00:20:46,858 --> 00:20:48,924 married to an insurance adjuster in the sticks... 283 00:20:49,290 --> 00:20:51,386 With four kids and 40 extra pounds. 284 00:20:51,421 --> 00:20:52,865 You won't be able to look in a newspaper... 285 00:20:52,889 --> 00:20:55,621 because it will always remind you of what could have been. 286 00:20:56,609 --> 00:20:58,609 Which road sounds better to you? 287 00:21:13,027 --> 00:21:14,313 What do you have for me? 288 00:21:14,348 --> 00:21:16,373 We applied voice-recognition software... 289 00:21:16,409 --> 00:21:19,854 and, using our satellites, cast a net over every landline and cellphone on the globe. 290 00:21:19,890 --> 00:21:21,607 I don't care how wide your net is. 291 00:21:21,643 --> 00:21:24,153 If you don't find Lana, it's not worth the string it's made of. 292 00:21:24,220 --> 00:21:26,671 We have a map, sir. She's in Asia. 293 00:21:27,578 --> 00:21:29,157 - Where? - China. 294 00:21:29,193 --> 00:21:32,310 Our GPS puts her just a few miles from central Shanghai. 295 00:21:34,331 --> 00:21:36,449 Prepare the jet for takeoff. 296 00:21:36,485 --> 00:21:38,197 Yes, sir. 297 00:21:51,511 --> 00:21:53,251 Those doors would have opened if you'd have just waited. 298 00:21:53,275 --> 00:21:56,090 We don't have time to wait for ancient technology. 299 00:21:56,326 --> 00:21:58,714 Between the two of us, we can cover more ground. 300 00:21:59,717 --> 00:22:02,142 Of course, it would help if you could defy gravity. 301 00:22:02,577 --> 00:22:05,928 Explain to me again why you can't fly. 302 00:22:06,765 --> 00:22:08,269 I'm not sure. 303 00:22:08,304 --> 00:22:10,412 I guess the humans are right, Kal-El. 304 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:13,120 Girls do mature faster than boys. 305 00:22:14,156 --> 00:22:16,429 It's Clark, remember? 306 00:22:18,546 --> 00:22:20,840 Just start walking. Don't look back. 307 00:22:26,045 --> 00:22:29,808 I should have known you were Clark's cousin from all the primary colors. 308 00:22:32,745 --> 00:22:36,196 Do you know where my ship is? Kal-El's getting me nowhere. 309 00:22:36,332 --> 00:22:38,589 It's Clark. 310 00:22:41,294 --> 00:22:44,036 We've checked every Luthorcorp facility in the area. 311 00:22:44,272 --> 00:22:45,508 Do you have any leads? 312 00:22:45,544 --> 00:22:47,887 Unfortunately, not too many extraterrestrial 313 00:22:47,899 --> 00:22:50,253 vehicles are actually registered at the DMV. 314 00:22:51,059 --> 00:22:52,697 I have nothing. 315 00:22:52,833 --> 00:22:55,177 I told you coming here was a waste of time. 316 00:22:55,213 --> 00:22:57,192 She's just a human. 317 00:22:57,228 --> 00:22:59,733 A human who's smarter than both of us combined. 318 00:23:01,784 --> 00:23:05,070 Look, I'm sorry, Clark, but this new editor is breathing down my neck. 319 00:23:05,106 --> 00:23:06,887 He wants some big, splashy story, 320 00:23:06,923 --> 00:23:10,404 and all I could come up with is the sudden loss of AM/FM radio in Granville. 321 00:23:11,526 --> 00:23:15,143 I'm out of here. I'll just do a flyover and start X-raying every single building. 322 00:23:15,178 --> 00:23:16,670 Kara, wait. 323 00:23:16,738 --> 00:23:20,092 Your ship - does it emit any sort of frequency? 324 00:23:20,769 --> 00:23:23,288 Well, yeah. If it's opened, there's an alarm. 325 00:23:23,524 --> 00:23:26,513 Could that alarm be disrupting the AM/FM radios? 326 00:23:29,624 --> 00:23:32,032 Kal-El, if that alarm's been triggered, 327 00:23:32,269 --> 00:23:34,881 I'm the only one who can disarm it. 328 00:23:44,968 --> 00:23:47,169 What are we doing up here? Time's running out. 329 00:23:47,335 --> 00:23:49,361 Look, you cover the grounds. I'll get the bird's-eye view. 330 00:23:49,385 --> 00:23:51,398 What does your ship sound like? 331 00:23:51,734 --> 00:23:52,667 What? 332 00:23:52,733 --> 00:23:54,919 If your ship is emitting an alarm, 333 00:23:55,167 --> 00:23:58,558 then you can hear it, even if it's miles away. It's one of our abilities. 334 00:23:58,767 --> 00:24:01,498 You have to focus. Block everything else out. 335 00:24:01,994 --> 00:24:03,773 Just try. 336 00:24:12,878 --> 00:24:16,117 - All I hear is the wind. - Close your eyes. It might help. 337 00:24:18,050 --> 00:24:21,724 Try to focus. I know you can do it. 338 00:24:23,164 --> 00:24:25,981 Just try to listen to all the sounds around you. 339 00:24:27,929 --> 00:24:29,881 Make it stop. 340 00:24:31,157 --> 00:24:32,941 Make it stop. 341 00:24:33,344 --> 00:24:35,371 - Oh, make it stop. - Listen. Listen. 342 00:24:35,395 --> 00:24:38,370 I know it's loud at first, but you have to focus, okay? 343 00:24:43,763 --> 00:24:47,585 Eliminate the sounds one by one until all you can hear is your ship. 344 00:24:53,360 --> 00:24:56,581 Kal-El, I - I can hear it. 345 00:24:58,256 --> 00:25:00,429 Then you can find it. 346 00:25:08,041 --> 00:25:12,224 I knew those roadblocks I slipped past weren't there for just a chemical spill. 347 00:25:13,068 --> 00:25:16,667 They evacuated the area because of what's down here underground. 348 00:25:17,135 --> 00:25:20,399 And judging by that funky sound... 349 00:25:21,631 --> 00:25:24,192 and the megawatt light show, 350 00:25:24,930 --> 00:25:30,009 something is going on behind that door, and it's not laserium. 351 00:25:48,120 --> 00:25:50,187 Oh, my god. 352 00:25:51,266 --> 00:25:53,104 It's official. 353 00:25:53,140 --> 00:25:55,721 I found the Holy Grail. 354 00:26:37,234 --> 00:26:39,567 Are you okay? 355 00:26:40,035 --> 00:26:43,198 My ship - It's gone. 356 00:26:46,831 --> 00:26:48,863 What are we gonna do? 357 00:26:57,130 --> 00:26:59,858 That's the last time you'll ever touch me. 358 00:26:59,892 --> 00:27:02,523 Do you really think I could just let you walk away? 359 00:27:02,591 --> 00:27:05,960 What are you going to do, Lex... kill me? 360 00:27:06,133 --> 00:27:08,937 That's the last time you'll ever touch me. 361 00:27:08,991 --> 00:27:11,655 Do you really think I could just let you walk away? 362 00:27:11,690 --> 00:27:15,043 What are you going to do, Lex... kill me? 363 00:27:15,212 --> 00:27:17,824 That's the last time you'll ever touch me. 364 00:27:17,892 --> 00:27:20,500 Do you really think I could just let you walk away? 365 00:27:20,618 --> 00:27:22,616 What are you going to do, Lex? 366 00:28:03,302 --> 00:28:04,833 I'm impressed. 367 00:28:04,899 --> 00:28:07,116 I did learn from the master. 368 00:28:08,999 --> 00:28:11,875 As soon as I heard you'd freed yourself, I laid out the breadcrumbs... 369 00:28:11,934 --> 00:28:14,441 and waited for the wolf to come knocking. 370 00:28:15,363 --> 00:28:17,193 Tell me, Lex. 371 00:28:17,262 --> 00:28:19,628 How were you planning on getting your revenge? 372 00:28:19,695 --> 00:28:24,822 Lana, if I wanted revenge, we wouldn't be having this conversation. 373 00:28:26,159 --> 00:28:28,945 I've come here to beg for your forgiveness. 374 00:28:28,991 --> 00:28:32,304 With a gun pointed at your head, you'll say anything, won't you? 375 00:28:32,391 --> 00:28:35,553 The things I did to you were beyond inexcusable. 376 00:28:36,525 --> 00:28:38,325 I don't blame you for wanting to ruin my life. 377 00:28:38,388 --> 00:28:40,890 I probably would have done the same thing... 378 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:43,557 only not as elegantly. 379 00:28:43,719 --> 00:28:46,083 I always knew you were smart, Lana. 380 00:28:46,251 --> 00:28:48,729 I didn't know you were brilliant... 381 00:28:50,750 --> 00:28:52,980 using my own science against me. 382 00:28:53,049 --> 00:28:55,489 It wasn't science, Lex. 383 00:28:55,842 --> 00:28:58,315 It was your own psychosis. 384 00:29:01,544 --> 00:29:03,531 You cloned me. 385 00:29:06,875 --> 00:29:09,411 Not exactly. 386 00:29:09,547 --> 00:29:12,239 Model 503 was never alive. 387 00:29:20,437 --> 00:29:22,902 That's why you were able to wheel it out of my lab... 388 00:29:23,270 --> 00:29:25,711 and place it in your driver's seat. 389 00:29:30,869 --> 00:29:33,235 By the time the car exploded, 390 00:29:34,332 --> 00:29:39,473 you were safe and sound while model 503, with your DNA, was being blown to bits. 391 00:29:39,497 --> 00:29:41,394 It was perfect. 392 00:29:41,462 --> 00:29:43,661 As far as the world's concerned, 393 00:29:43,828 --> 00:29:46,093 Lana Luthor is dead and buried. 394 00:29:46,259 --> 00:29:49,141 And a dead woman can't be convicted of murder. 395 00:29:51,092 --> 00:29:53,893 You'll never hurt another person again, Lex. 396 00:29:59,254 --> 00:30:01,223 I don't want to. 397 00:30:01,386 --> 00:30:02,720 Don't come any closer. 398 00:30:02,788 --> 00:30:05,069 I want to give you a better target. 399 00:30:05,104 --> 00:30:09,243 After all the pain I've put you through, I deserve to die. 400 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:12,834 Please, Lana. Pull the trigger. 401 00:30:14,449 --> 00:30:19,262 I promise you the world will be a better place. Do it. 402 00:30:20,713 --> 00:30:22,756 Kill me. 403 00:30:53,281 --> 00:30:56,522 If you want to come back to Smallville, you'll be safe. 404 00:30:57,035 --> 00:30:59,709 I'll take care of everything. 405 00:30:59,924 --> 00:31:03,137 You can live your life however you want. 406 00:31:03,246 --> 00:31:06,540 My father's gone, presumed dead. And as for me... 407 00:31:07,254 --> 00:31:09,799 I would never, ever hurt you again. 408 00:31:14,117 --> 00:31:16,216 I'm sorry, Lana. 409 00:31:53,299 --> 00:31:54,388 When you're scaling the wall of weird, 410 00:31:54,412 --> 00:31:57,008 There aren't any mattresses to break your fall. 411 00:31:57,074 --> 00:31:59,313 To think I could have landed a job at the Daily Planet. 412 00:31:59,379 --> 00:32:00,682 What a joke. 413 00:32:00,751 --> 00:32:03,157 I am no Chloe Sullivan and never will be. 414 00:32:03,921 --> 00:32:07,237 Lane, I just read your story. It's ridiculous. 415 00:32:07,302 --> 00:32:09,205 But it was just her first draft, Mr. Gabriel. 416 00:32:09,266 --> 00:32:11,076 It's absurd how good it is. 417 00:32:11,244 --> 00:32:15,621 Your prose leaps off the page like a Bengal tiger. I was riveted. 418 00:32:16,089 --> 00:32:19,587 - So, you're actually gonna run it? - Absolutely not. It's utterly unprintable. 419 00:32:19,724 --> 00:32:22,907 I don't care if every word of it is true. I can't run a story... 420 00:32:22,942 --> 00:32:25,582 about a ship from outer space without a photo. 421 00:32:25,750 --> 00:32:28,488 You got to learn, Lane. Always carry a backup camera. 422 00:32:28,557 --> 00:32:31,412 She's just starting out. If you would just give her a second chance - 423 00:32:31,448 --> 00:32:33,288 You like water, Lane? 424 00:32:33,723 --> 00:32:37,172 - As much as the next girl. - Cause I'm giving you a waterfront view. 425 00:32:37,345 --> 00:32:39,984 This is your new desk right here, right across from cousin Chloe. 426 00:32:40,055 --> 00:32:41,258 Excuse me? 427 00:32:41,324 --> 00:32:44,264 If you're lucky, Sullivan, some of her passion will rub off on you, 428 00:32:44,332 --> 00:32:48,675 Maybe put a little fire on that torch you let burn out after high school. 429 00:32:49,643 --> 00:32:53,121 Am I hearing things, or did you just offer me a job? 430 00:32:53,189 --> 00:32:55,491 Welcome to the Daily Planet, Lois Lane. 431 00:32:55,527 --> 00:32:58,807 You play your cards right, you'll be out of this basement quicker than your cousin. 432 00:32:59,170 --> 00:33:02,595 Nothing like a little family rivalry to keep the bullpen hopping. 433 00:33:20,493 --> 00:33:22,565 Kara? 434 00:33:23,033 --> 00:33:24,945 You okay? 435 00:33:30,620 --> 00:33:32,682 How did it happen? 436 00:33:36,869 --> 00:33:39,253 Krypton, I mean. 437 00:33:41,850 --> 00:33:43,541 I don't know. 438 00:33:46,495 --> 00:33:49,823 I'd always heard whispers of a doomsday scenario, but... 439 00:33:50,895 --> 00:33:53,601 I never thought anyone would actually do it. 440 00:33:56,586 --> 00:34:01,687 We were supposed to be the most advanced civilization in the galaxy. 441 00:34:03,222 --> 00:34:05,022 One thing I've learned... 442 00:34:05,158 --> 00:34:07,810 Is that evil exists in all cultures, 443 00:34:08,046 --> 00:34:10,115 no matter how advanced they are. 444 00:34:12,096 --> 00:34:15,720 Maybe if I had had my abilities on Krypton, I could have saved it. 445 00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:18,734 You saved a lot of people here today. 446 00:34:19,270 --> 00:34:21,241 You should feel good about that. 447 00:34:21,976 --> 00:34:24,578 It's different for you, Kal-El. 448 00:34:24,930 --> 00:34:27,687 You don't have any memory of Krypton. 449 00:34:28,739 --> 00:34:30,844 This has always been your home. 450 00:34:33,117 --> 00:34:35,245 Well, then, be my memory. 451 00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:38,797 Tell me about my family. 452 00:34:41,341 --> 00:34:45,180 It's hazy from all those years of sleep in the ship. 453 00:34:45,785 --> 00:34:47,802 I do remember some. 454 00:34:51,936 --> 00:34:56,392 I used to, uh, sneak away from Kandor and come and see Lora. 455 00:34:56,953 --> 00:34:58,815 She always made me smile. 456 00:35:00,759 --> 00:35:02,129 You knew my mom? 457 00:35:02,197 --> 00:35:04,723 The day she found out she was pregnant, 458 00:35:05,470 --> 00:35:07,823 I'd never seen her so happy. 459 00:35:08,871 --> 00:35:11,017 You were so cute. 460 00:35:11,946 --> 00:35:14,169 You were her miracle baby. 461 00:35:20,141 --> 00:35:22,292 And now she's gone. 462 00:35:22,328 --> 00:35:24,810 My parents are gone, 463 00:35:25,046 --> 00:35:27,555 The entire House of El. 464 00:35:29,803 --> 00:35:33,398 I'll never see any of my family ever again. 465 00:35:42,968 --> 00:35:45,024 You're with family now. 466 00:35:46,945 --> 00:35:50,807 Look, you can stay here with me on the farm as long as you want. 467 00:35:52,962 --> 00:35:55,635 You know, these humans are not as bad as you think. 468 00:35:59,376 --> 00:36:01,416 Thank you, Kal-El. 469 00:36:04,526 --> 00:36:07,770 I mean, Clark. 470 00:36:13,049 --> 00:36:15,423 I just wish I didn't feel like such a failure. 471 00:36:15,689 --> 00:36:18,793 I made my father a promise, and I couldn't keep it. 472 00:36:18,990 --> 00:36:20,871 Kara, that wasn't your fault. 473 00:36:21,137 --> 00:36:23,385 We can't always be everything our fathers expect us to be. 474 00:36:23,409 --> 00:36:24,734 I know that firsthand. 475 00:36:24,932 --> 00:36:27,621 The way he spoke of the crystal - 476 00:36:27,721 --> 00:36:31,039 He told me to guard it with my life, and now it's gone. 477 00:36:31,564 --> 00:36:34,022 Wait, there's a crystal in that ship? 478 00:36:35,238 --> 00:36:39,018 With all of my directives and the power to help me along the way. 479 00:36:39,779 --> 00:36:42,498 If that crystal fell into the wrong hands, 480 00:36:42,869 --> 00:36:44,910 It could be disastrous. 481 00:36:45,365 --> 00:36:48,525 Luckily, we don't have to worry about that since it was destroyed with the ship. 482 00:36:48,550 --> 00:36:53,326 No. That explosion wouldn't scratch the crystal. 483 00:36:53,489 --> 00:36:56,318 Only a kryptonian can destroy it. 484 00:36:56,896 --> 00:36:59,292 I've searched everywhere. 485 00:37:00,708 --> 00:37:03,032 That crystal is gone. 486 00:37:24,869 --> 00:37:27,208 The spacecraft was eviscerated, 487 00:37:27,676 --> 00:37:29,815 but all is not lost. 488 00:37:55,683 --> 00:37:57,788 Kal-El, my son, 489 00:37:57,869 --> 00:38:01,216 you have finally chosen to start your training. 490 00:38:01,632 --> 00:38:05,049 A kryptonian girl showed up at my doorstep. 491 00:38:05,553 --> 00:38:07,925 Her name is Kara. 492 00:38:08,751 --> 00:38:11,582 Last time that happened, you were behind it. 493 00:38:11,818 --> 00:38:14,543 I know nothing of her arrival. 494 00:38:15,535 --> 00:38:18,886 She says she was sent here by her father, Zor-El. 495 00:38:19,646 --> 00:38:22,373 You might remember him, since he's your brother. 496 00:38:23,489 --> 00:38:26,323 Care to tell me why you ignored that branch of the family tree? 497 00:38:26,432 --> 00:38:28,557 Whatever Zor-El wanted with you, 498 00:38:28,674 --> 00:38:31,873 It was not for the greater good of Krypton. 499 00:38:32,378 --> 00:38:36,545 He could not be trusted, and neither can his daughter. 500 00:38:36,658 --> 00:38:39,099 You can't blame kara for the actions of her father. 501 00:38:39,168 --> 00:38:41,147 She's not here to cause any harm. 502 00:38:41,235 --> 00:38:44,620 That is an emotional, human reaction. 503 00:38:44,780 --> 00:38:47,297 Be careful of your feelings, Kal-El. 504 00:38:47,453 --> 00:38:48,896 They can betray you. 505 00:38:48,955 --> 00:38:52,083 My feelings are part of who I am, whether you like it or not. 506 00:38:54,740 --> 00:38:56,485 Now, what about my training? 507 00:38:56,546 --> 00:39:00,042 Your training starts with Kara. 508 00:39:00,802 --> 00:39:03,257 Watch over her, Kal-El. 509 00:39:03,362 --> 00:39:07,125 She poses a greater threat than you believe. 510 00:39:15,928 --> 00:39:17,658 Mr. Luthor. 511 00:39:17,834 --> 00:39:20,227 I take it you found who you were looking for. 512 00:39:21,910 --> 00:39:24,716 There's someone else I need you to locate. 513 00:39:30,667 --> 00:39:33,658 This drawing isn't much to go on, sir. 514 00:39:34,342 --> 00:39:36,143 It's all I have. 515 00:39:37,652 --> 00:39:40,123 That woman saved my life. 516 00:39:41,029 --> 00:39:44,340 Use whatever resources are necessary to find her. 517 00:39:45,490 --> 00:39:47,265 Is that clear? 518 00:39:47,503 --> 00:39:49,424 Yes, sir.