1 00:00:34,715 --> 00:00:36,758 I wish we had more time. 2 00:01:24,222 --> 00:01:25,889 Earth to Lois. 3 00:01:26,850 --> 00:01:29,810 It's like you've been on another planet for the last 15 minutes. 4 00:01:31,813 --> 00:01:34,523 Easy, Armstrong. This space case is buried in research. 5 00:01:34,691 --> 00:01:37,735 I've got like two weeks' worth of work to catch up on. 6 00:01:40,322 --> 00:01:42,656 It was sort of a last-minute vacation, wasn't it? 7 00:01:43,491 --> 00:01:46,869 Yeah, well, I've got a pretty tightly wound bolt reflex. 8 00:01:47,954 --> 00:01:49,747 Is this about what happened? 9 00:01:55,420 --> 00:01:57,588 Are you turning red? 10 00:02:01,051 --> 00:02:05,470 Believe it or not, my ejector-seat malfunction wasn't totally about you. 11 00:02:06,180 --> 00:02:07,722 We should talk about it. 12 00:02:07,890 --> 00:02:10,767 When I wanna talk about it, I'll send up a smoke signal. 13 00:02:11,393 --> 00:02:14,354 Excuse me. Can you help me? I need a signature. 14 00:02:14,521 --> 00:02:16,856 I've got a delivery out back and nobody's in yet. 15 00:02:26,367 --> 00:02:29,952 Ho, ho, ho, merry Christmas to me. 16 00:02:31,038 --> 00:02:33,831 - You want me to help you with this? - No. 17 00:02:33,999 --> 00:02:36,876 Did I ever tell you that I used to unwrap my presents... 18 00:02:37,044 --> 00:02:39,504 and rewrap them while my parents were sleeping? 19 00:02:39,671 --> 00:02:42,840 You know what, Lois, that doesn't surprise me at all. 20 00:02:50,724 --> 00:02:53,101 - Just what I've always wanted. - Is that...? 21 00:02:53,268 --> 00:02:55,853 I don't think it's powdered sugar, Smallville. 22 00:02:56,897 --> 00:02:58,064 Lois Lane, Daily Planet. 23 00:02:58,232 --> 00:03:02,485 Care to comment on what illegal activities got you trussed up like a turkey? 24 00:03:02,653 --> 00:03:05,946 I'm a cop. We're all undercover cops. 25 00:03:06,948 --> 00:03:08,281 Our sting went south. 26 00:03:08,449 --> 00:03:10,450 Someone thought you were the real dealers. 27 00:03:10,618 --> 00:03:13,745 Who could be responsible for such a super screwup? 28 00:03:13,913 --> 00:03:16,123 Hey, there's something on the building. 29 00:03:16,332 --> 00:03:18,375 Who do you think did it? 30 00:03:18,543 --> 00:03:20,919 It's amazing. 31 00:03:21,087 --> 00:03:23,213 That is the Blur. 32 00:03:24,465 --> 00:03:27,509 Now, that's what I call a scoop. 33 00:04:25,150 --> 00:04:28,486 The Blur doesn't call for weeks, now he's overnighting our boys in blue. 34 00:04:28,653 --> 00:04:32,239 He's probably in the stratosphere because he doesn't have his go-to girl. 35 00:04:32,407 --> 00:04:35,409 No way the botched save is a work of the Blur. It's not his MO. 36 00:04:35,577 --> 00:04:37,661 I'll admit sugar-coating is not his style... 37 00:04:37,829 --> 00:04:40,998 but the 20-story calling card was unmistakable. 38 00:04:41,166 --> 00:04:44,084 I'm beginning to lose faith in our resident hero. 39 00:04:44,252 --> 00:04:47,505 You're breaking my heart. I need a feature on the Blur's tactics... 40 00:04:47,672 --> 00:04:50,466 - by the end of the day. - You don't think this is big news? 41 00:04:50,634 --> 00:04:53,010 Turns out Adrian Pope, the organized-crime boss... 42 00:04:53,178 --> 00:04:57,181 is on the street because of the Blur's blunder. The DA is out for blood. 43 00:04:57,349 --> 00:04:58,974 When is the DA not out for blood? 44 00:04:59,142 --> 00:05:01,602 He's just trying to cover up his dirty connections. 45 00:05:01,770 --> 00:05:03,854 Listen, I am not your Blur girl on this one. 46 00:05:04,022 --> 00:05:05,772 Just run with it. 47 00:05:05,940 --> 00:05:09,776 Listen, just see this as an opportunity to investigate both sides of the story. 48 00:05:09,944 --> 00:05:12,111 That would require a certain super someone... 49 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:15,657 to actually find five minutes to give me a call. 50 00:05:17,910 --> 00:05:19,285 What's with the disguise? 51 00:05:19,453 --> 00:05:21,913 All my flannel is at the dry cleaners. Go figure. 52 00:05:22,081 --> 00:05:24,832 - Lois. - Pst! Leave it alone, Inspector Gadget. 53 00:05:26,252 --> 00:05:29,295 I have a top-secret interview for an exposé on the hush-hush. 54 00:05:29,463 --> 00:05:31,548 So don't follow me. 55 00:05:39,265 --> 00:05:40,598 Could you lose the notebook? 56 00:05:40,766 --> 00:05:44,644 I would prefer that all our meetings remain off the record. 57 00:05:45,688 --> 00:05:48,690 Whatever makes you feel more comfortable, Lois. 58 00:05:55,739 --> 00:06:00,243 Why don't you start by describing these dreams you've been having? 59 00:06:03,372 --> 00:06:07,165 Okay. Well, they're as real as you and me right now. 60 00:06:07,333 --> 00:06:08,792 More real, actually. 61 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:12,629 And despite some flashes of some serious NC-17 violence... 62 00:06:12,797 --> 00:06:17,092 really, the situation involves clothes coming off. 63 00:06:17,260 --> 00:06:21,305 You know, naked skin. Skin on skin. Just... 64 00:06:22,974 --> 00:06:25,392 Lots of skin. 65 00:06:27,478 --> 00:06:29,938 So it's a sex dream... 66 00:06:30,148 --> 00:06:33,066 with the coworker you mentioned before? 67 00:06:33,234 --> 00:06:34,651 Clark Kent? 68 00:06:35,278 --> 00:06:36,903 What is this, Nightline? 69 00:06:37,071 --> 00:06:40,240 All right, yes, I'm doing the virtual Kama Sutra with Clark Kent. 70 00:06:40,408 --> 00:06:43,243 My desk is soft-core central. 71 00:06:43,411 --> 00:06:47,539 Listen, Lois. You came to me to explore the deeper meaning... 72 00:06:47,707 --> 00:06:50,000 within these vivid dreams you've been having. 73 00:06:50,168 --> 00:06:53,086 And all of this doesn't have to be taken literally. 74 00:06:53,254 --> 00:06:57,466 A lack of clothing in a dream can signify the desire to uncover... 75 00:06:57,634 --> 00:06:59,593 what's actually hidden. 76 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:04,556 You know, sometimes I do feel that Clark is hiding something. 77 00:07:09,936 --> 00:07:11,854 It sounds crazy... 78 00:07:12,022 --> 00:07:14,774 but the closer I get to him, the more... 79 00:07:15,192 --> 00:07:17,818 I feel like he's going to disappear. 80 00:07:19,237 --> 00:07:23,574 Could this have something to do with your three weeks of blocked memory? 81 00:07:24,576 --> 00:07:27,620 Maybe you're trying to protect yourself, Lois. 82 00:07:27,788 --> 00:07:30,706 Didn't you say that the last time you opened up to someone... 83 00:07:30,874 --> 00:07:34,502 your mysterious caller... 84 00:07:34,670 --> 00:07:35,920 he vanished? 85 00:07:36,922 --> 00:07:39,507 I need a hero. 86 00:07:41,176 --> 00:07:44,470 Till the end of the night He's gotta be strong. 87 00:07:44,638 --> 00:07:48,641 Speak of the devil. The Halley's comet of phone dating himself. 88 00:07:53,313 --> 00:07:54,730 Sayonara, super stud. 89 00:07:56,358 --> 00:07:59,235 You still have strong feelings for this mystery man. 90 00:07:59,403 --> 00:08:02,947 Please. Remember eight tracks and rotary phones? 91 00:08:03,115 --> 00:08:05,782 That's him. Ancient history. 92 00:08:05,950 --> 00:08:09,577 The fact you haven't gotten that news flash means I'm wasting my time... 93 00:08:09,745 --> 00:08:12,288 with all of this head-shrink, mumbo-jumbo stuff. 94 00:08:12,456 --> 00:08:19,003 Lois, you have projected so much onto this mystery caller. 95 00:08:20,256 --> 00:08:23,258 Maybe you should focus on the man that's right in front of you. 96 00:08:28,597 --> 00:08:30,390 I can't believe she's not picking up. 97 00:08:30,558 --> 00:08:33,351 Freeze the girl out, she's gonna give you a cold shoulder. 98 00:08:33,519 --> 00:08:37,188 After what happened with Corben, I stopped calling for her own protection. 99 00:08:37,356 --> 00:08:40,567 I'm sorry, this is a really bad time for your PR queen to go MIA. 100 00:08:40,735 --> 00:08:44,195 She's the only one who can tell the truth. The Blur's not responsible... 101 00:08:44,363 --> 00:08:47,240 for the failed drug bust or the crime boss getting away. 102 00:08:47,408 --> 00:08:50,076 You need to get to work on some spin-doctor magic. 103 00:08:50,244 --> 00:08:55,582 Whoever is posing as the Blur is a genius at marketing and self-promotion. 104 00:08:55,750 --> 00:08:58,418 He's co-opted your brand. 105 00:08:58,586 --> 00:09:00,879 I'm not a brand. 106 00:09:03,966 --> 00:09:05,341 The Blur has a blog? 107 00:09:05,509 --> 00:09:07,593 And you Twitter and you're on Facebook... 108 00:09:07,761 --> 00:09:11,221 where you have 10,000 friends, by the way. 109 00:09:11,389 --> 00:09:14,850 You've come quite a long way since being scarecrowed in high school. 110 00:09:15,643 --> 00:09:17,936 Why go through so much trouble to discredit me? 111 00:09:18,104 --> 00:09:21,106 Now, here's the hitch. I think he's actually trying to help you. 112 00:09:21,274 --> 00:09:23,942 I discovered five messy but successful saves... 113 00:09:24,110 --> 00:09:26,653 obviously not done by you. 114 00:09:27,781 --> 00:09:31,366 And whether this person means well or not, they need to be stopped... 115 00:09:31,534 --> 00:09:33,827 before someone gets hurt. 116 00:09:47,425 --> 00:09:49,927 Pull over by the power station. 117 00:09:50,094 --> 00:09:52,596 Nice and easy. 118 00:09:52,847 --> 00:09:56,850 These ladies and I have a date with destiny. 119 00:10:07,945 --> 00:10:09,487 Gun it. 120 00:10:11,824 --> 00:10:12,865 Go! 121 00:10:21,458 --> 00:10:22,667 Unh! 122 00:10:43,146 --> 00:10:44,647 Ahh. 123 00:10:53,740 --> 00:10:56,117 - We did it. - Did you see that guy's face? 124 00:10:56,285 --> 00:10:58,244 - Pretty slick, Z. - Way to go aggro, J. 125 00:10:58,412 --> 00:11:02,290 Once the police see this, they'll be off our backs for your cops-in-a-box idea. 126 00:11:02,457 --> 00:11:04,083 Hey, they were undercover. 127 00:11:04,251 --> 00:11:06,334 Think we should tie him up? 128 00:11:07,086 --> 00:11:09,754 He's out cold. Let's just get some shots to upload. 129 00:11:09,922 --> 00:11:11,131 Okay. 130 00:11:14,510 --> 00:11:17,220 What are you doing? You're in the shot. This is evidence. 131 00:11:17,388 --> 00:11:19,890 Gotta give props to the man. 132 00:11:25,313 --> 00:11:27,689 Come on, Zan. Let's fly. 133 00:11:41,162 --> 00:11:42,329 Whoa. 134 00:11:50,671 --> 00:11:52,839 Two hours to get here with the monorail down. 135 00:11:53,007 --> 00:11:55,050 Chalk another one up to the blundering Blur. 136 00:11:55,217 --> 00:11:59,346 He may have stopped a diamond heist but his blackout has crippled Metropolis. 137 00:11:59,513 --> 00:12:01,681 And the scavengers have already started circling. 138 00:12:01,849 --> 00:12:03,183 No city can function... 139 00:12:03,351 --> 00:12:06,393 District Attorney Ray Sacks. My pet research project. 140 00:12:07,062 --> 00:12:09,855 Since when is a veteran DA newsworthy? 141 00:12:10,023 --> 00:12:13,192 Since his Christmas card roster reads like a Sopranos hit list. 142 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:15,861 I call him "Saxophone." He loves to blow his own horn. 143 00:12:16,029 --> 00:12:18,530 Susan, I'm not here because I'm running for mayor. 144 00:12:18,698 --> 00:12:20,324 I'm here because it's a travesty... 145 00:12:20,492 --> 00:12:23,035 this city has been brought to its knees by the Blur. 146 00:12:23,203 --> 00:12:25,454 But you can't deny the benefits the Blur... 147 00:12:25,622 --> 00:12:29,041 I can't help but think there's more to this story than people are seeing. 148 00:12:29,209 --> 00:12:32,586 I think it's pretty obvious. The Blur is hitting a quarter-life crisis... 149 00:12:32,754 --> 00:12:35,798 or his ego has gotten really supersized. 150 00:12:35,966 --> 00:12:39,259 And you're sure he didn't try to call you and explain himself? 151 00:12:41,388 --> 00:12:44,848 He called. I didn't pick up. 152 00:12:45,558 --> 00:12:47,977 Since when did you become the Blur's big defender? 153 00:12:49,562 --> 00:12:51,563 He doesn't deserve the silent treatment... 154 00:12:51,731 --> 00:12:54,233 just because he's been out there saving people. 155 00:12:55,110 --> 00:12:57,903 Of course you would say that, Clark. You're a guy. 156 00:12:58,071 --> 00:13:01,281 The Blur can't expect me to be his beck-and-call girl... 157 00:13:01,449 --> 00:13:03,409 after weeks of no contact. 158 00:13:04,411 --> 00:13:05,577 That's a frequency test. 159 00:13:05,745 --> 00:13:06,786 Stand by. Line check. 160 00:13:06,954 --> 00:13:09,414 I spy with my little eye a potential witness. 161 00:13:36,692 --> 00:13:40,611 - I totally tanked this one. - Don't be so hard on yourself. 162 00:13:40,779 --> 00:13:44,115 - You're not the one who lost her phone. - You sure you don't have it? 163 00:13:44,283 --> 00:13:47,326 I must have dropped it back at the power plant. 164 00:13:47,494 --> 00:13:52,331 I know I sort of pulled you into this but maybe we're just not hero material. 165 00:13:58,714 --> 00:14:01,299 - It's you, J. - What? 166 00:14:02,134 --> 00:14:03,176 This can't be good. 167 00:14:04,219 --> 00:14:07,304 What if someone's already on to us? What do we do? 168 00:14:07,847 --> 00:14:09,139 Time to motor. 169 00:14:09,307 --> 00:14:11,558 - Powers activate. - Powers activate. 170 00:14:28,493 --> 00:14:31,078 Whoa. What the...? 171 00:14:32,705 --> 00:14:34,831 Where are we? 172 00:14:40,379 --> 00:14:43,090 How did we even get here? 173 00:14:43,257 --> 00:14:46,259 - It had to have been the Blur. - No. Come on, Z, no way. 174 00:14:46,469 --> 00:14:49,888 Think about it. Who else could have stopped us? 175 00:14:52,558 --> 00:14:56,353 - This is the Blur's lair. - He doesn't have a lair. 176 00:14:56,521 --> 00:15:00,023 I'm telling you, this tech is definitely off the grid. 177 00:15:00,191 --> 00:15:02,609 Wait until I tweet everybody about this. 178 00:15:02,777 --> 00:15:04,778 That's not gonna happen. 179 00:15:06,238 --> 00:15:07,488 Welcome to Watchtower. 180 00:15:09,116 --> 00:15:11,534 If you chat one word about what you see in here... 181 00:15:11,701 --> 00:15:14,537 I will vaporize your Twitter accounts, Facebook pages... 182 00:15:14,704 --> 00:15:18,415 every trace of your virtual existence will be obliterated. 183 00:15:18,583 --> 00:15:21,752 Holy hacking. You can do that? 184 00:15:22,587 --> 00:15:26,382 - Our tweets are totally sealed. - Code of silence. All the way. 185 00:15:26,550 --> 00:15:27,758 So who are you? 186 00:15:27,926 --> 00:15:29,176 Oh, it's the Blur's sidekick. 187 00:15:29,344 --> 00:15:30,636 We don't know that. 188 00:15:30,804 --> 00:15:33,055 Not exactly. I'm doing pro bono for the Blur... 189 00:15:33,223 --> 00:15:34,890 and keeping an eye on you two. 190 00:15:35,058 --> 00:15:37,434 Wait. You're not gonna hand us over to the cops? 191 00:15:37,602 --> 00:15:40,312 We just wanted to help, fuel the Blur's legend. 192 00:15:40,522 --> 00:15:44,066 Okay, about the helping. Right idea, wrong execution. 193 00:15:44,234 --> 00:15:46,068 I've been where you guys are. I get it. 194 00:15:46,236 --> 00:15:48,988 You're just mega-fans who really wanna make a difference. 195 00:15:49,156 --> 00:15:52,950 But you are single-handedly destroying what the Blur stands for. 196 00:15:57,789 --> 00:16:01,167 We know we've made some mistakes. 197 00:16:01,334 --> 00:16:03,335 How do we make up for what we've done? 198 00:16:04,337 --> 00:16:08,423 You just wait for the right moment. You'll know. 199 00:16:09,633 --> 00:16:12,343 So the Blur trusts you, right? 200 00:16:13,554 --> 00:16:16,014 I mean, how do you always know the right thing to do? 201 00:16:16,182 --> 00:16:20,268 You don't. And neither does he. 202 00:16:20,603 --> 00:16:24,939 But you stick around a hero long enough and you get your share at saving him. 203 00:16:25,274 --> 00:16:28,151 Sometimes even from himself. 204 00:16:39,079 --> 00:16:40,955 Oh, man. 205 00:16:42,458 --> 00:16:44,876 I don't know how old-school journalists broke a story... 206 00:16:45,044 --> 00:16:47,086 without breaking somebody's neck. 207 00:16:48,130 --> 00:16:50,673 Yeah. All right. 208 00:16:51,717 --> 00:16:54,802 I will never take you for granted again. I swear. 209 00:16:55,721 --> 00:16:58,014 I need a hero 210 00:16:58,182 --> 00:17:01,643 I'm holding out for a hero Till the end of the night. 211 00:17:05,189 --> 00:17:07,814 I suppose you were the one who gave us that reboot. 212 00:17:07,982 --> 00:17:11,318 In a way, the city going dark was my fault. 213 00:17:11,819 --> 00:17:14,154 Least I could do was put things right. 214 00:17:14,322 --> 00:17:17,991 Just because you threw a few switches doesn't make up for your bonehead moves. 215 00:17:18,159 --> 00:17:19,826 Lois... 216 00:17:20,703 --> 00:17:22,496 I wasn't the one behind the saves. 217 00:17:22,664 --> 00:17:24,831 The Blur has an imposter nipping at his heels? 218 00:17:24,999 --> 00:17:26,500 How did you let that happen? 219 00:17:26,668 --> 00:17:28,210 It's not that simple. 220 00:17:29,671 --> 00:17:31,171 They were just misguided fans. 221 00:17:31,673 --> 00:17:33,757 I'm not turning them over to the DA. 222 00:17:33,925 --> 00:17:36,760 Without proof, nobody's gonna buy the "misguided fans" angle. 223 00:17:36,928 --> 00:17:40,430 You're risking a lot to protect some feckless meteor freaks. 224 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:44,351 Maybe. But doesn't everyone deserve a second chance? 225 00:17:46,562 --> 00:17:47,896 Oh, you wanna go there? 226 00:17:48,064 --> 00:17:50,190 Let me tell you about second chances, buddy. 227 00:17:50,358 --> 00:17:52,901 There's a way you treat a woman. It's called respect. 228 00:17:53,069 --> 00:17:54,695 How did you end up on the street? 229 00:17:54,862 --> 00:17:57,614 For a long time now we've only had each other, so... 230 00:17:57,782 --> 00:18:00,242 Nobody really bought us as transfer students from Sweden. 231 00:18:00,410 --> 00:18:01,493 Whoa, whoa, whoa. 232 00:18:01,661 --> 00:18:06,081 That taps into cell phone frequencies. Just don't touch anything, okay? 233 00:18:06,249 --> 00:18:07,748 Sorry. 234 00:18:09,459 --> 00:18:12,044 - Just because you're some fancy hero... - Lois, I tried. 235 00:18:12,212 --> 00:18:13,879 There is no "try," Skywalker. 236 00:18:14,047 --> 00:18:16,549 You have super-powers. Why don't you pick up a phone? 237 00:18:16,717 --> 00:18:18,050 Lois... 238 00:18:18,218 --> 00:18:20,052 you're just gonna have to do something... 239 00:18:20,220 --> 00:18:21,762 you've had trouble with lately. 240 00:18:22,597 --> 00:18:24,515 You're gonna have to trust me. 241 00:18:26,685 --> 00:18:28,602 Smallville. 242 00:18:37,029 --> 00:18:39,196 Last night was a whirlwind of happy endings... 243 00:18:39,364 --> 00:18:42,241 as Metropolis' Blur worked overtime to bring the city... 244 00:18:42,409 --> 00:18:44,869 out of the darkness and into the light. 245 00:18:47,039 --> 00:18:50,416 Lois. I didn't realize you were filling in for the paperboy. 246 00:18:52,085 --> 00:18:55,880 Ahem. You look pretty chipper. Busy night? 247 00:18:56,048 --> 00:18:58,632 My story about the Blur made it above the fold. 248 00:18:58,842 --> 00:19:02,261 I think he'd be pretty happy that I included his side of the story. 249 00:19:04,848 --> 00:19:06,890 - So you finally heard from him. - Yeah. 250 00:19:07,391 --> 00:19:10,268 Anyway, I've been thinking a lot about my carbon footprint... 251 00:19:10,436 --> 00:19:13,605 and I figured, you know, we could start carpooling. 252 00:19:15,483 --> 00:19:18,109 I thought, you know, the ride... 253 00:19:18,277 --> 00:19:22,822 would give us a chance to get past the whole "kiss and run" of it all... 254 00:19:22,990 --> 00:19:24,783 and get to know each other better. 255 00:19:25,284 --> 00:19:27,077 Better? 256 00:19:27,453 --> 00:19:31,956 You tell me the color of your underwear every day. What else is there to know? 257 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:40,173 I hope you didn't misunderstand all my Blur-bashing I did yesterday. 258 00:19:40,383 --> 00:19:42,092 Deep down, I never doubted him. 259 00:19:44,929 --> 00:19:48,640 I'm sure he'd be happy to learn that your faith in the Blur never wavered. 260 00:19:50,768 --> 00:19:54,145 Of course, he never explained why he didn't call me back. 261 00:19:55,773 --> 00:19:57,649 Lois, what's going on? 262 00:20:01,904 --> 00:20:03,905 Okay, look... 263 00:20:04,615 --> 00:20:06,907 I woke up this morning... 264 00:20:07,992 --> 00:20:10,911 and I saw things clearly for the first time. 265 00:20:14,124 --> 00:20:15,916 In breaking news... 266 00:20:16,084 --> 00:20:18,210 Metropolis' DA has called out the Blur. 267 00:20:18,420 --> 00:20:21,713 No one has the right to take the law into their own hands. 268 00:20:21,923 --> 00:20:25,134 Not you, not me, not even the Blur. 269 00:20:26,177 --> 00:20:28,971 Now, because of the damage he has caused this city... 270 00:20:29,139 --> 00:20:32,641 I am asking the Blur to come out of the shadows... 271 00:20:32,809 --> 00:20:37,646 to stop this vigilante behavior, and agree to work hand-in-hand... 272 00:20:37,814 --> 00:20:40,524 with our law enforcement. 273 00:20:40,692 --> 00:20:45,237 Now, I will be holding a press conference later this afternoon. 274 00:20:45,447 --> 00:20:50,242 At that time, I will ask the Blur to show himself... 275 00:20:50,452 --> 00:20:54,455 and to take responsibility for his actions. 276 00:20:57,750 --> 00:21:00,752 Big news day. I'll have to take a rain check on the carpooling. 277 00:21:03,381 --> 00:21:05,382 Okay. 278 00:21:06,468 --> 00:21:08,718 Dr. Evans... 279 00:21:10,220 --> 00:21:14,515 I'm going to save you a lot of time and money, okay? 280 00:21:15,559 --> 00:21:17,560 It's all your parents' fault. 281 00:21:27,738 --> 00:21:28,779 Marjorie? 282 00:21:29,490 --> 00:21:32,408 Oh, she had to take off. Family issues. 283 00:21:34,786 --> 00:21:37,371 You think you're good at this head-shrinking stuff... 284 00:21:37,539 --> 00:21:40,791 but thanks to you, my head is about to explode... 285 00:21:41,001 --> 00:21:42,502 and I don't know what to do. 286 00:21:44,588 --> 00:21:47,632 I focused on the man in my dreams and now I found out... 287 00:21:47,799 --> 00:21:51,219 that my mysterious caller and Clark are the same person. 288 00:21:51,386 --> 00:21:53,137 - The same? - Unbelievable. 289 00:21:53,305 --> 00:21:58,267 Up until today, he couldn't lie his way out of a speeding ticket... 290 00:21:58,435 --> 00:22:01,479 and now can hold down an alter ego? 291 00:22:01,647 --> 00:22:03,564 Lois, take a step back. 292 00:22:03,732 --> 00:22:05,441 What do you think is more likely? 293 00:22:05,609 --> 00:22:08,902 That your mysterious caller and Clark are the same man... 294 00:22:09,070 --> 00:22:11,488 or that you're trying to make them one person... 295 00:22:11,656 --> 00:22:13,448 in order to create your dream man? 296 00:22:20,748 --> 00:22:22,123 Okay. They're not that different. 297 00:22:22,291 --> 00:22:24,626 My mysterious caller is brave and selfless. 298 00:22:24,794 --> 00:22:27,128 And so is Clark... 299 00:22:27,421 --> 00:22:28,463 in his own way. 300 00:22:29,632 --> 00:22:33,468 I can't believe how difficult this must have been for him to carry his secret... 301 00:22:33,636 --> 00:22:36,137 all this time. 302 00:22:39,141 --> 00:22:42,143 I just wanna tell him that it doesn't matter to me. 303 00:22:45,606 --> 00:22:50,151 But maybe coming clean isn't the best idea either. 304 00:22:51,070 --> 00:22:54,948 Right now Clark has this really big decision to make. 305 00:22:55,116 --> 00:22:57,492 And more than anything... 306 00:22:57,660 --> 00:23:01,329 I just wanna help. But I'm not sure how. 307 00:23:06,460 --> 00:23:10,879 Ha... Wait, I know what I have to do. 308 00:23:11,631 --> 00:23:14,174 Thanks, doc. You're a gem. 309 00:23:14,342 --> 00:23:17,511 There's gotta be something to this therapy stuff. 310 00:23:25,645 --> 00:23:27,521 Clark. Hey. 311 00:23:27,689 --> 00:23:30,190 The Twittering twosome have sung their last song. 312 00:23:30,358 --> 00:23:34,069 As we speak, they're in Watchtower and taking down the Blur's blog. 313 00:23:34,237 --> 00:23:36,238 Have you seen today's news? 314 00:23:36,406 --> 00:23:38,907 Don't tell me you're taking that blowhard seriously. 315 00:23:39,117 --> 00:23:41,869 You know he's just gunning for the mayor's office. 316 00:23:42,037 --> 00:23:44,496 You are, aren't you? Clark, why? 317 00:23:44,664 --> 00:23:49,209 The last time you had a coming-out party, it was a disaster. What changed? 318 00:23:49,878 --> 00:23:52,713 I've changed. I'm wearing my father's shield now. 319 00:23:52,881 --> 00:23:54,715 I've worked hard to give people hope... 320 00:23:54,883 --> 00:23:58,260 something that they can believe in, that will inspire them. 321 00:23:59,346 --> 00:24:00,387 I am the shield. 322 00:24:00,555 --> 00:24:02,765 I know you wanna honor your father, Clark... 323 00:24:02,932 --> 00:24:05,559 but if you sacrifice yourself, there is no shield. 324 00:24:05,727 --> 00:24:08,478 I won't do nothing while the DA drags down my father's crest... 325 00:24:08,646 --> 00:24:10,104 and everything it stands for. 326 00:24:10,272 --> 00:24:12,523 That's exactly what you have to do. I'm sorry. 327 00:24:12,691 --> 00:24:15,068 This guy's gonna call you a menace and a coward... 328 00:24:15,235 --> 00:24:17,070 and probably a threat to the city... 329 00:24:17,237 --> 00:24:19,906 and you have to let people believe his lies. 330 00:24:20,532 --> 00:24:24,535 Your father lives on through you, not your shield. 331 00:24:32,544 --> 00:24:34,671 Ladies and gentlemen... 332 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:37,382 District Attorney Sacks. 333 00:24:40,761 --> 00:24:45,056 Good afternoon. Thank you all for joining me. 334 00:24:45,974 --> 00:24:50,895 If you're out there, Blur... come. 335 00:24:51,063 --> 00:24:53,898 Come join me at this very podium... 336 00:24:54,066 --> 00:25:00,613 and take your place as a role model in this great city of ours. 337 00:25:00,781 --> 00:25:04,951 A true hero would not hide. 338 00:25:05,744 --> 00:25:07,828 He would show himself... 339 00:25:07,995 --> 00:25:11,623 and take responsibility for the mistakes he's made. 340 00:25:11,791 --> 00:25:12,999 Out of my way. 341 00:25:13,209 --> 00:25:14,960 Excuse me. Move it or lose it. 342 00:25:15,128 --> 00:25:16,670 No, it's all right. Let her up. 343 00:25:16,838 --> 00:25:17,921 Zip it, counselor. 344 00:25:20,967 --> 00:25:25,637 I'm Lois Lane from the Daily Planet and I'm here to tell you that I know the Blur. 345 00:25:25,805 --> 00:25:26,972 It's okay. It's okay. 346 00:25:30,351 --> 00:25:34,354 The DA says that a true hero would come forward. 347 00:25:35,940 --> 00:25:38,275 Well, the Blur can't. 348 00:25:39,152 --> 00:25:44,156 It's because he knows that the best way for him to protect you and me... 349 00:25:44,323 --> 00:25:48,452 is to steer clear of all of this political hoopla... 350 00:25:49,495 --> 00:25:55,167 and remain the one thing that you and I need most... 351 00:25:55,668 --> 00:25:58,462 a light in the darkness. 352 00:25:58,629 --> 00:26:03,633 A symbol for us to believe in when all other hope is lost. 353 00:26:05,344 --> 00:26:08,179 I've looked into the Blur's heart... 354 00:26:08,513 --> 00:26:13,851 and I can tell you that his intentions are good. 355 00:26:14,519 --> 00:26:19,023 Let the Blur be the hero he needs to be. 356 00:26:55,936 --> 00:26:59,230 When you said you had looked into the Blur's heart... 357 00:26:59,397 --> 00:27:02,566 I had no idea how close a relationship you had. 358 00:27:04,444 --> 00:27:06,529 Not that it's any of your business. 359 00:27:06,696 --> 00:27:10,573 Oh, the safety of this city is always my business, young lady. 360 00:27:10,741 --> 00:27:15,078 Now tell me the true identity of the Blur... 361 00:27:15,246 --> 00:27:17,956 and I'll overlook your annoying antics. 362 00:27:18,123 --> 00:27:21,084 You talk a good game, counselor... 363 00:27:21,252 --> 00:27:23,920 but you don't believe a word of it. 364 00:27:24,713 --> 00:27:27,298 All your shady backroom deals with organized crime... 365 00:27:27,466 --> 00:27:29,050 have just come home to roost. 366 00:27:29,218 --> 00:27:33,054 I've picked out a nice little font for my exposé: 367 00:27:33,222 --> 00:27:35,849 "Shady Sacks sucks the city dry." 368 00:27:38,477 --> 00:27:40,645 Well, well, well. 369 00:27:41,939 --> 00:27:45,984 I actually had another headline in mind. 370 00:27:47,778 --> 00:27:51,948 And you're standing right on top of it. 371 00:27:58,581 --> 00:28:02,584 "The Blur murders Lois Lane." 372 00:28:03,168 --> 00:28:05,795 Has a nice ring, doesn't it? 373 00:28:07,298 --> 00:28:09,131 Nobody will ever believe you. 374 00:28:09,299 --> 00:28:13,260 Honey, when the Blur decided not to come forward... 375 00:28:13,428 --> 00:28:16,430 he put the ball back in my court. 376 00:28:16,598 --> 00:28:18,807 I can make him whoever I want him to be. 377 00:28:18,975 --> 00:28:21,476 It just takes a little doubt. 378 00:28:23,688 --> 00:28:26,690 You don't give people enough credit. 379 00:28:26,900 --> 00:28:29,943 Why would the Blur suddenly turn into a murderer? 380 00:28:30,653 --> 00:28:35,324 Because you just announced in front of millions of people... 381 00:28:36,618 --> 00:28:40,329 that you are the only person who knows his true identity. 382 00:28:41,414 --> 00:28:42,581 Unh! 383 00:28:43,583 --> 00:28:48,211 Unh! Oh! You're the one who's hiding in the shadows, not the Blur, you coward. 384 00:28:48,421 --> 00:28:51,840 Unfortunately, that's not a story you're gonna get to write. 385 00:28:53,217 --> 00:28:54,843 Unh! 386 00:28:57,221 --> 00:28:59,431 All right, let's get out of here. 387 00:29:06,731 --> 00:29:08,105 Oh! 388 00:29:20,827 --> 00:29:22,411 Hey, Clark, you gotta see this. 389 00:29:22,579 --> 00:29:24,288 And grab a camera. 390 00:29:25,582 --> 00:29:27,667 I'll have to call you back. 391 00:29:27,834 --> 00:29:30,044 Hey, there's a woman hanging from the building. 392 00:29:30,712 --> 00:29:32,880 Help! Somebody! 393 00:29:33,674 --> 00:29:34,715 Lois. 394 00:29:38,345 --> 00:29:40,054 Lois? 395 00:29:45,519 --> 00:29:47,061 Hold on, I'm coming. 396 00:29:49,231 --> 00:29:51,607 Clark. Help me. 397 00:29:53,026 --> 00:29:54,610 - Lois? - Clark. 398 00:29:54,820 --> 00:29:55,861 Grab my hand. 399 00:29:57,948 --> 00:29:59,156 I can't. 400 00:29:59,324 --> 00:30:01,075 All right, hold on. 401 00:30:05,747 --> 00:30:07,415 Uh! 402 00:30:16,424 --> 00:30:19,092 Come on, stretch. You can reach. 403 00:30:19,260 --> 00:30:21,386 It's too far. 404 00:30:23,806 --> 00:30:24,848 Aah! 405 00:30:25,057 --> 00:30:26,599 Lois! 406 00:30:46,370 --> 00:30:48,788 Hey, J. So, what's going on? 407 00:30:48,956 --> 00:30:51,458 The Blur's in even deeper and it's all our fault. 408 00:30:51,625 --> 00:30:54,335 - Then what are we waiting for? - We can't ditch Chloe. 409 00:30:54,503 --> 00:30:57,464 We promised her we'd lay low till this all blows over. 410 00:30:57,631 --> 00:31:02,469 She said sometimes you need to save a hero, even from himself. 411 00:31:03,012 --> 00:31:06,139 Dad always used to say we're stronger when we stick together. 412 00:31:10,310 --> 00:31:12,144 - Powers activate. - Powers activate. 413 00:31:15,982 --> 00:31:17,775 Lois, hold on. 414 00:31:20,487 --> 00:31:22,321 Let me go. 415 00:31:22,697 --> 00:31:24,323 That's insane, Lois. 416 00:31:25,033 --> 00:31:28,160 You can't reveal yourself to the cameras. 417 00:31:28,328 --> 00:31:31,371 You mean too much to the city. 418 00:31:31,539 --> 00:31:32,790 To the world. 419 00:31:34,918 --> 00:31:36,126 Clark... 420 00:31:37,337 --> 00:31:41,507 I know you've been living two lives and having to lie to me about it every day. 421 00:31:41,674 --> 00:31:44,468 Lois, you're not making any sense. 422 00:31:50,016 --> 00:31:53,227 It's gonna be okay. Just hold on. 423 00:31:55,855 --> 00:31:59,191 I've always known, deep down, that you were a hero. 424 00:32:03,571 --> 00:32:05,531 Lois! 425 00:32:18,877 --> 00:32:20,336 What? 426 00:32:34,351 --> 00:32:35,685 All right, let's go. 427 00:32:46,196 --> 00:32:47,780 Lois. 428 00:32:48,574 --> 00:32:49,740 You're alive. 429 00:32:53,036 --> 00:32:54,912 Thank you. 430 00:33:00,919 --> 00:33:02,753 I'm flattered, Lois. 431 00:33:03,797 --> 00:33:06,132 I wish I could have been the one to rescue you... 432 00:33:06,300 --> 00:33:08,508 but I'm not that fast. I took the elevator. 433 00:33:11,095 --> 00:33:13,889 Even after all this you still can't tell me? 434 00:33:26,402 --> 00:33:28,653 Just stay here. 435 00:33:32,617 --> 00:33:35,118 Next time you take on the DA of Metropolis... 436 00:33:35,286 --> 00:33:37,454 remember to watch your step. 437 00:33:39,081 --> 00:33:42,959 - But that was just... - Hope I made up for not calling. 438 00:33:46,464 --> 00:33:48,298 Lois, who was that? 439 00:33:52,136 --> 00:33:53,428 The Blur. 440 00:34:00,561 --> 00:34:03,188 Yeah, the DA is TKO. 441 00:34:03,356 --> 00:34:06,316 - The Blur is back on top. - This makes up for everything. 442 00:34:06,484 --> 00:34:08,317 I have you to thank for that. 443 00:34:11,196 --> 00:34:14,323 - Oh, my God. - It's him. 444 00:34:14,491 --> 00:34:17,284 I put my shield out there to inspire people to step up... 445 00:34:17,452 --> 00:34:19,703 be their own heroes. 446 00:34:19,871 --> 00:34:21,038 And you did. 447 00:34:22,499 --> 00:34:24,458 We believe in you, Master B. 448 00:34:25,627 --> 00:34:30,381 Don't believe in me, believe in the shield and what it represents. 449 00:34:31,132 --> 00:34:34,176 Most importantly, believe in yourselves. 450 00:34:37,639 --> 00:34:41,850 But we're not the hero, you are. 451 00:34:42,727 --> 00:34:44,770 That depends on you. 452 00:34:44,938 --> 00:34:46,772 Metropolis doesn't need more Blur fans. 453 00:34:46,940 --> 00:34:50,359 It needs people who are willing to do exactly what you did today. 454 00:34:53,071 --> 00:34:55,614 But you do need to be more careful. 455 00:34:56,825 --> 00:34:58,367 Heroes don't get second chances. 456 00:34:58,535 --> 00:35:02,413 And people need you to make life-and-death decisions every day. 457 00:35:03,456 --> 00:35:05,624 There's no room for mistakes. 458 00:35:09,003 --> 00:35:10,086 Ever? 459 00:35:12,423 --> 00:35:14,507 Not when the world is watching. 460 00:35:24,101 --> 00:35:26,477 I am happy to see that you're alive, Lois... 461 00:35:26,645 --> 00:35:29,272 after what I saw on the nightly news. 462 00:35:30,774 --> 00:35:33,609 I never would have guessed that your mysterious caller... 463 00:35:33,777 --> 00:35:37,530 was none other than Metropolis' famous Blur. 464 00:35:38,240 --> 00:35:41,492 I can't believe I was so stupid. 465 00:35:41,660 --> 00:35:45,288 I must have been crazy to look at Clark through Blur-colored glasses. 466 00:35:45,456 --> 00:35:47,790 Lois, you are not crazy. 467 00:35:47,958 --> 00:35:51,461 That's the point of therapy, to learn about yourself. 468 00:35:51,628 --> 00:35:56,382 But just looking at the facts, what's easier to believe? 469 00:35:56,550 --> 00:35:58,509 That there was some phone glitch... 470 00:35:58,677 --> 00:36:01,554 or that the farm guy who sits across from me every day... 471 00:36:01,722 --> 00:36:04,265 is a super-powered hero? 472 00:36:06,018 --> 00:36:07,977 It's perfectly natural, Lois... 473 00:36:08,144 --> 00:36:12,397 to project the heroics of the unattainable men you tend to fall for... 474 00:36:12,565 --> 00:36:14,524 onto someone close to you. 475 00:36:14,692 --> 00:36:19,196 It would be so much easier if they were the same person. 476 00:36:21,366 --> 00:36:27,037 When I heard the Blur's voice again, something stirred inside of me. 477 00:36:30,583 --> 00:36:33,168 But my thoughts... 478 00:36:37,632 --> 00:36:40,717 they keep going back to Clark... 479 00:36:43,471 --> 00:36:45,889 that scared guy... 480 00:36:46,057 --> 00:36:49,726 who stepped out onto that ledge to save me. 481 00:36:57,485 --> 00:36:58,902 Hey. 482 00:36:59,070 --> 00:37:01,947 Cheers. For earning another stripe today. 483 00:37:03,533 --> 00:37:04,658 Where did you get that? 484 00:37:04,826 --> 00:37:08,285 The street vendor on the corner. It also comes in T-shirts and key chains. 485 00:37:08,954 --> 00:37:12,081 I had to be the first one on the block to get the superhero swag. 486 00:37:13,458 --> 00:37:16,377 Next thing you know, your wonder twins will be a household name. 487 00:37:16,878 --> 00:37:20,172 Thanks to the fog-and-dog duo, Sacks is on his way to the slammer. 488 00:37:20,340 --> 00:37:22,425 With training, they may give the Blur... 489 00:37:22,592 --> 00:37:24,760 some needed backup in the halls of justice. 490 00:37:24,928 --> 00:37:27,304 I guess I have more backup than I thought. 491 00:37:27,806 --> 00:37:31,225 How'd you pull off the whole "Blur impersonation" thing? 492 00:37:31,393 --> 00:37:36,147 Just your typical sleight-of-ear stuff. Now you hear it, now you don't. 493 00:37:38,442 --> 00:37:40,025 Hello, Lois. 494 00:37:40,193 --> 00:37:43,320 Pay no attention to the blond behind the curtain. 495 00:37:43,488 --> 00:37:46,574 Relax, Clark. I'm not exactly the great and powerful Oz. 496 00:37:46,741 --> 00:37:50,494 I just created a program where everything I type in here out comes Blur. 497 00:37:51,163 --> 00:37:53,914 But how'd you know when to make the call... 498 00:37:54,082 --> 00:37:56,917 and how'd you know what to say to convince Lois? 499 00:37:57,669 --> 00:37:59,920 I hacked into the security cameras on the rooftop. 500 00:38:00,088 --> 00:38:03,090 And I've been monitoring all cell communication in Metropolis. 501 00:38:03,258 --> 00:38:06,760 You've been eavesdropping on my personal calls with Lois, haven't you? 502 00:38:07,554 --> 00:38:11,431 Chloe, there's keeping a bird's-eye view and then there's playing Big Brother. 503 00:38:11,599 --> 00:38:15,226 Easy on the dress-down, Clark, okay? 504 00:38:15,394 --> 00:38:19,147 If I hadn't, Lois would still be beating down the "Clark is a superhero" door. 505 00:38:19,315 --> 00:38:23,359 And believe me, once the bloodhound Lois is at your door... 506 00:38:23,527 --> 00:38:26,738 you'd better find a better way to disguise your superhero scent. 507 00:38:40,169 --> 00:38:42,962 - Your eyes still closed? - This isn't what I had in mind... 508 00:38:43,130 --> 00:38:47,342 when you said you wanted to meet in the copy room, but hey, I'm open. 509 00:38:47,510 --> 00:38:49,761 You said I had a secret. You were right. 510 00:38:49,929 --> 00:38:52,096 I was dangling 100 stories above the pavement. 511 00:38:52,264 --> 00:38:54,557 I think I get a free pass on that one. 512 00:38:56,810 --> 00:38:58,061 Let's see what you've got. 513 00:39:02,900 --> 00:39:04,567 I'm a bit nearsighted. 514 00:39:06,987 --> 00:39:09,071 I've been trying not to wear them. 515 00:39:11,074 --> 00:39:13,492 They're very... 516 00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:22,626 Clark Kent. 517 00:39:25,421 --> 00:39:28,382 I guess you're not the only one who's a little short-sighted. 518 00:39:28,550 --> 00:39:31,718 It's just sometimes I feel like I see a whole other side of you... 519 00:39:31,886 --> 00:39:33,387 - than anyone else. - Lois? 520 00:39:33,555 --> 00:39:35,430 It's okay. 521 00:39:35,807 --> 00:39:38,725 It's my hero complex to resolve. 522 00:39:38,893 --> 00:39:43,689 I take the nicest guy that I know and I weigh him down with shining armor. 523 00:39:43,856 --> 00:39:47,234 And it's not fair. Nobody can be two different people. 524 00:39:50,697 --> 00:39:52,364 I wish I could. 525 00:39:54,367 --> 00:39:58,120 Is this your long-winded way of saying that you hate these? 526 00:40:01,666 --> 00:40:06,420 Personally, I don't mind the bump in your geek factor... 527 00:40:07,630 --> 00:40:12,425 but, professionally, there are these newfangled things you can try. 528 00:40:12,593 --> 00:40:14,552 They're called contacts. 529 00:40:17,598 --> 00:40:20,725 It means a lot that you thought I had it in me. 530 00:40:24,646 --> 00:40:25,980 Don't worry, Smallville... 531 00:40:26,148 --> 00:40:29,191 I'll only call you "Four Eyes" every once in a while. 532 00:40:38,493 --> 00:40:41,037 But just so you're clear on one thing. 533 00:41:13,653 --> 00:41:15,111 Lois? 534 00:41:16,197 --> 00:41:17,405 Lois.