[car horns honking]
-[woman 1] Oh, no! Up there! -[woman 2] It's gonna crash!
[man] Don't look, don't look.
[blimp operator screaming]
[screaming]
[people clamoring]
Oh, no!
[screams]
What was that?
Uh, there's a fire on the blimp. We have to--
[explosion]
[people clamoring]
[woman] Look!
[blimp operator panting]
[thuds]
Is everyone okay?
[traffic sounds resume]
[clears throat] I'll take that as a yes.
Who... Who are you?
Just call me--
[Lois] Superman!
[panting] I'd like to interview you for the Daily Planet.
Uh, sorry. No comment.
Uh, got to go... Gotta go take care of that blimp.
Oh, come on. Not again.
Superman, if I could just have a minute of your time.
[alarm blaring]
[guards panting]
[groans]
-[Mist] All right. Listen up. -[Rough House] Kyle!
-[grunts] -Have you found her yet?
[Mist] How many times do I have to tell you not to use our real names
while doing crimes, Rough House?
Oh. Sorry, Kyle.
[Mist] I just... Ugh.
I'll only ask once.
Which jail cell is Siobhan McDougal in?
[Silver Banshee] Kyle?
Albert?
-[Mist] Sis! -Oh, so she gets to use our names?
What are you guys doing here?
Long story short, a crazy lady gave us stupid, powerful weapons.
And we're busting you... [strains] Out.
[clanging, thudding]
[Mist] For you.
Amplifies sound.
Aw, you guys.
Mm!
Missed you too, sis, but--
[warden] Prisoner 839 and associates!
Drop your weapons and stand down.
[Silver Banshee] Uh, no.
What was that?
I said...
no!
[distant explosion]
[opening music playing]
Late, late, I'm so late.
Hey, Lo... [groans]
[labored breathing]
[groans]
Uh, Lois, are you okay?
You're not hurt, are you?
I didn't see you. I mean, I did, but I got you coffee.
[chuckles softly] This is from Waid's Cafe.
You said it was your favorite. I happened to jog past.
That's clear across the city.
It was a long jog.
Are you sure you're okay?
I am now, thanks to you.
And I really need this after the morning I've had.
Oh, uh, really? What were you, uh, doing this morning?
Oh, I'll tell you what.
I've been trying to interview Superman, but he keeps running away.
Seriously, what is that guy so scared of?
Well, just a guess.
Maybe he doesn't want you to find out all his secrets and publish them?
Yeah, but he doesn't know that's my plan.
Saying yes to an interview is simple.
Here, look, I'll be me and you pretend to be Superman.
Hello, Superman. Lois Lane, reporter for the Daily Planet.
[sputters] It's a pleasure, Ms. Lane.
Clark, come on. With a little more confidence.
It's a pleasure... ma'am, miss.
You saved my life and I want to know more about you.
It would mean the world to me if you let me interview you.
What do you say?
If it was within my power, I would do anything for you, Lois.
Well, see how easy that was? So why can't that guy say it?
[Jimmy] Back! Back you monsters!
[Clark] What's going on?
[Steve] You're getting scooped is what.
Oh, no.
[Grant laughs elegantly]
Allow us to introduce ourselves. Lights!
You're talking to the Daily Planet's star news team.
Sports reporter Steve Lombard.
Award-winning journalism, people-pleasing good looks!
[grunts]
[Jimmy yelps]
Yeah, gossip and human interest, Cat Grant.
If you can't say something nice, darling, then come sit by me!
But not too close.
I'm not doing this.
Ah, come on, Ronnie.
They got to know who's scooping them.
No. We have real work to do. [sighs]
Ronnie Troupe, investigative journalist.
I apologize about Steve.
He thinks scoop means "to steal," which it doesn't, Steve.
It just means getting a story before another reporter.
And I'm scooping this.
-[Jimmy exclaims] Not the murder board! -Perry assigned...
No. No, no, no, wait.
You can't just...
Harry assigned us the Superman beat.
He said you compiled research we could use,
so we'll take this and get out of your hair.
This isn't fair.
The Superman story we wrote was perfect.
Look, you got a lucky break.
But Perry wants real reporters on this.
We'll make sure you get an additional reporting credit when we're done.
Thank you.
-Scooped. -[Lois scoffs]
[door slams shut]
Also, the copier's broken. Please fix it by lunch.
[Lois] Ugh.
Lois, are you all right?
I thought those pictures would make Perry take us seriously.
But if that didn't work,
then we'll have to beat the Scoop Troop and get to Superman first.
And I'll get it on Flamebird.
This could get me to seven followers.
This could be a seven-follower day.
I still think we'd be better off finding a different story.
There are other big things happening in Metropolis besides Superman.
Like what?
[reporters chattering indistinctly]
[reporter 1] Turn it up.
[Bethany on TV] ...to prisoners at a press conference earlier today.
Suspects have reportedly used unknown tech-weapons to escape.
That looks like the tech Livewire had!
That's what I've been calling the electric-woman on Flamebird.
Livewire nearly destroyed half the city with just one crazy weapon.
With three on the loose...
I have to track down those criminals and stop them.
I mean, write about them. I mean, we go to write about them.
This is the story we should cover!
We get the scoop for the Planet.
And then Perry will have to take us seriously.
What are we waiting for? Lead on, Smallville.
Huh. Didn't expect you to give up on the Superman story so easily.
Who says I am? Hmph.
[Bethany] This is Bethany Snow for Channel 52 News,
asking the question we all have on our minds.
With sci-fi weapons and a Superman becoming the norm,
what is next for Metropolis?
What is it?
The last thing we got from the crazy lady.
Allow Kyle to demonstrate.
Stand back.
More.
[beeps]
Whoa.
I know, right?
-And this button turns it off. -[beeps]
Move!
[weapon powers down]
[Silver Banshee] Boys, they've looked down on us our whole lives.
But now, with this, we are about to get the respect we deserve.
What do you say?
We say...
[sighs in exasperation] Fine.
[all] Intergang forever!
Okay. We need to find out all we can about Siobhan McDougal,
her accomplices and where they could be going next.
-Also, how to convince them to let three interns... -[buzzer sounds]
...talk to the warden.
And how to get her to reveal the government's secret
meta-human soldier program on Flamebird.
Uh, maybe not that one.
Yeah, no. I can get us in,
but you have to promise not to be upset.
Why would I...
[gasps] You stole their badges?
No, I borrowed them... secretly.
When they weren't looking.
That's the definition of stealing.
There is no way me and Jimmy are going to go along with--
Dibs on anyone who is not Steve.
Ugh.
Fine. I'm not doing this.
Fine.
Then we can go back and brainstorm how to interview Superman.
I'm sorry. Who are you?
[Lois laughs gracefully]
We're the Daily Planet's star news team.
Cat Grant, human interest.
If it's not real news, then tell me all about it.
Ronnie Troupe, investigative journalist.
A little patronizing, but mostly professional.
Steve.
-[foot thuds] -Sports.
Anyway, we're here about the breakout, darling.
What can you tell us about the escapee?
[sighs] Exactly what I said at the press conference.
Siobhan's the leader of Intergang.
A crew of small-time crooks who rob convenience stores.
Kyle! Siobhan! Cops are outside.
[Mist] Stop using our real names!
Wait. Is that a camera?
And they are bad at it.
Siobhan spent most of her time here yelling that one day she'd land a big score.
Wait, I don't remember seeing you at the conference.
We don't like to bring attention to ourselves. [chuckles nervously]
You literally pirouetted into my office two seconds ago.
[chuckles] Yeah, that was fun.
Anyways, we were hoping we could interview inmates,
investigate the cell?
Absolutely not.
I can't let the press waltz through my prison.
-There's protocols, as you know-- -[phone ringing]
Yeah, No. The Planet reporters are already here.
-Of course I'm sure. I'm looking at them right-- -[door slams shut]
Hmm.
Okay, the exit has to be somewhere.
Once we get out, we can regroup, try to figure out something else.
-Or we investigate the site of the breakout. -[camera shutter clicks]
But the door's locked.
Unless someone had the warden's keycard.
Oh, look.
[chuckles]
Wait a minute. Was that a smile?
-No, of course not. -Uh-huh.
I'm very perturbed by your actions.
-Of course. -Because stealing is wrong.
But?
[door buzzes]
-Okay, look for anything that could give us a clue... -[camera shutter clicks]
...to where they might be going next, and let's do it fast.
[grunts]
[Clark] She's written down times.
Why?
[warden] Yeah? Well, find where those imposters went, okay?
And bring 'em back here.
[Lois] Shoot.
We got to get out of here.
Okay. So, we know Siobhan wants to do something big. But what?
Oh, my friends, this is why you have me on your side.
Bam! It was on the back of her poster.
[Lois] That's a bank layout.
They're planning to rob a bank.
But it won't be just any bank.
Siobhan wants respect.
That means it's going to have to be the biggest financial center in the city.
The hardest one to crack.
[Clark and Lois] The Metropolitan City Bank.
Those times, they must be when armored cars come in
with cash transfers.
It's a quarter till 5:00 now, which means...
[Lois] It's all going down in the next 15 minutes.
[Mist panting]
[door slides open]
Hmm.
[electricity crackling]
[customers exclaim]
-Well, gang, what do you say? -[bones crack]
Let's get rich!
-[Intergang cheering] -[Silver Banshee] Yeah!
That's what I'm talking about.
[Mist] Hey, come on. Let's get this and go.
Relax, Mist.
This isn't like the smash and grabs we did before.
This time, we have everything under control.
There it is.
Stay here, out of sight where it's safe.
I'll call the authorities.
And we'll go get captured.
Wait. What?
You call for help, Jimmy and I will get taken hostage,
and then Superman will come and save us.
That's when we'll get our interview with him.
This was your plan the whole time?
To find trouble, then ambush Superman when he flies in?
I mean, it worked when we did it with Livewire.
You did that on purpose?
[security guard] Hands up!
The authorities are on their way, so just leave.
[Clark] Watch out!
[people clamoring]
Clark, are you okay?
Ms. Lane, Mr. Olsen.
Get to safety.
[whooshes]
-[weapon powers down] -Huh?
For the well-being of the people of Metropolis,
I need you to unfreeze everyone.
How about no?
[groans]
[Superman straining]
[grunts]
Huh?
Then I'll do it.
-[Superman grunts and strains] -[Rough House screams]
Mist, do your thing.
[Mist panting]
[screams]
Mist, this guy ain't staying down.
[electricity crackling]
[weapon powering up]
Gotcha!
[Mist] Albert!
Code names!
[strains]
Turn it off.
[Mist] It's jammed.
[grunts, strains]
[grunts]
[Mist] I can't move.
I got it.
[Mist] Wait, not with the gloves.
[Intergang screaming]
-Everybody get back. -[pedestrians] Oh, no!
-[people screaming and shouting] -Go! Go!
It's not stopping. At this rate, it'll overtake the whole city.
What do we do?
We evacuate everyone and keep looking for Clark.
Come on.
[ice breaking]
-Huh? -[Silver Banshee screaming]
No! Aah!
[strains]
-Huh? -[Lois] Let's go people. This way. Come on.
[both gasp]
Lois, Jimmy, run!
How'd you...
[pants]
[grunts, strains]
[yelling]
[explosion]
[groans weakly]
Hmm?
[people murmuring]
I took out the machine causing this, but the people in the back got hit hard.
They need help.
[Jimmy] Clark!
-Clark! Where are you? -Clark! Come on, man.
[sighs]
Ms. Lane, Mr. Olsen.
Superman. We can't find Clark.
He's okay.
I, uh... I saw him phoning for help before I flew in.
I understand you want an interview, Ms. Lane?
[Grant] Superman! Oh, hello!
-Superman! Superman, it's me. -[Steve] Yo, Superman!
What do you say we take this interview elsewhere?
[Lois gasps nervously]
I'd say... hold on.
[Lois screams]
[camera shutter clicking]
[gasps]
Is this how you see the world?
[gasps] It's beautiful.
Yeah. Beautiful.
Phew, well, that's one way to, um...
Um, sorry. [gasps]
It's all right. I'm... I'm nervous too.
[chuckles nervously]
Then why agree to this?
I think we've pretty firmly established, I can't outrun you.
Because when I told you and Jimmy to save yourselves, you stayed to help others.
If you can face down a city-destroying freeze ray,
I think I can answer a couple of questions.
[hesitates, clears throat]
Well, let's start with the basics.
Where do you come from?
I don't know.
How do your powers work?
I'm still figuring that out.
[sighs] Who are you?
What are you?
I'm kind of figuring that out too.
Ms. Lane, the truth is, I'm still piecing together who I am and what I can do.
But at the end of the day, I'm here to help the people of Metropolis.
That's what matters.
[grunting, panting]
Lois.
Clark!
You're all right.
I'm so sorry I didn't tell you my plan to interview Superman.
-I put you in danger because of it and I-- -[Clark] It's okay, Lois.
I know how important this is for you,
and I promise, from here on out,
I'll do whatever I can to help you get that interview.
Actually, I just got it.
Wow! You got the interview?
That's incredible.
I... I knew you'd get it.
So, what'd you think of Superman?
Pretty great guy, right?
Oh, he's a liar.
Grea... What?