All language subtitles for Superman.and.Lois.S01E13

- Previously
on "Superman & Lois"...

Let just focus on what we came
here for: family.

- I don't wanna be
just friends anymore.

- Look around here.
That's your doing!

- People are angry.

- You destroyed everything
I had built.

I will make you suffer.

Not even Superman

is strong enough
to resist Zod.

- Fight back, damn it!

- We got him.

[dramatic music]

- I'm very glad you're better,
Clark. I won't doubt you again.

- Leslie Larr
is still in the wind.

- She'll be in custody
by the end of the week.

- Morgan Edge is in the state-
of-the-art military prison.

- Complete what
you were sent there for.

♪

[voices whispering]

- Stop.

Stop!

I'm sorry, Father,

I must rest.

- Rest?

This is nothing compared
to what you will endure.

Nothing!

I feel I made a mistake
sending you, Tal.

You are no savior.

- I will be.
- When?

We've been at this for months,

and yet you still falter.

- Father, please.

I am the one.

I will become
who I was chosen to be.

- Then prove it.

Prove to me that you will never

shame the house of Rho again.

- What happened
to the Eradicator?

You had it right
before the blast.

What did you do with it?

[voices whispering]

- [screaming]

- Where is it?

Tal!

Where is Leslie Larr?
- How could I know?

I can't see beyond
these lead-lined walls...

And all I hear

is what's in my mind.

- There may still
be time for her.

- It's too late.

Leslie Larr
replaced Irma Sayres

a long time ago.

- And you feel nothing
for what you've done?

- I feel more than
you could possibly imagine.

But my concern isn't
for the souls

of this planet.

It's for those that
need to be resurrected,

my own, even your soul, Kal.

How wrong I was.

- You were,

and so was your father.

We found this at your fortress.

- Go ahead.

Rid me of my father's influence
as I rid you of yours.

- This crystal
will never be used again.

You don't wanna tell me
where Larr is, fine.

I'll find her
and bring her here.

After that,

you and I will never
see each other again.

[heroic music]

♪

I spoke with your grandfather.

The DOD's gonna stick
around town

a little longer
than they planned.

- Until you guys
find Leslie Larr or...

- That and they're
shutting down the mines.

- Why?

- Gonna get all
the X-Kryptonite out

so no one else gets hurt.

- So no one else gets powers,
you mean.

- Also true.
- And then what?

And then we're just supposed
to go back to school

and pretend like none of this
ever happened?

- Principal Balcomb's holding

an all-school assembly today.

She'll talk to everyone
about it,

answer any questions she can.
[cell phone buzzes]

- Maybe we should
just stay home.

- [chuckles] Yeah, nice try.

- As far as everyone
is concerned,

Edge was experimenting
with people,

giving them powers,
mind control.

I discovered what he was up to

with the help
of your grandfather

who had help from Superman,

we stopped him, copy?
- Yeah, don't worry, Mom.

We're getting pretty good
at cover stories so--

[cell phone buzzes]
- You ready?

We gotta go.

- Love you guys.

both: Love you.
[cell phone buzzes]

- Chrissy keeps texting,

wondering when I'm coming in.
I gotta go.

- You want a to-go plate?

- [sighs]
Our guest is probably hungry.

- I understand
your frustration.

I just ask for your patience.

- And you're recommending Kyle
take a leave from the station?

- Just until all this
Edge stuff blows over,

a couple of weeks, tops.
- A couple of weeks?

Come on, Mayor, I just want
to get back to work.

- Kyle, maybe he's right.

- Well, you know,
I'm not the only one

who wanted Edge coming here.

- And I've been saying
the same thing, Kyle, trust me.

I'm not quite sure why people
have been singling you out,

but I am gonna change
the narrative,

make sure that they put
the blame where it should be.

Just give me some time.

[somber music]

- Attention.
Attention.

All students
are now required...

- Today's gonna suck.

- It feels like the Salem
witch trials are here.

- Hey, Sarah.
- Where's everybody going?

- School assembly about Edge.

[Sarah scoffs]

- I can't do this today.

- Where are you going?
- Anywhere but here.

- Yo, Kent!
- Yo, what's good, boys?

- Dude, is it true?
Your grandpa runs the DOD?

- Uh, yes.
[laughs]

Yeah, something like that.
Yeah.

- Sounds like some "Get Out"
level stuff went down.

- Come on, man.
How'd Edge do it?

- Okay, gentlemen,
head to the gym.

Let's get a move on.
Let's go.

You too, Mr. Kent.
- Yes, ma'am.

- Today's gonna be weird,
isn't it?

- Uh, yeah.

Yeah, no, I--

I'd honestly rather
be pretty much anywhere

but here right now.
- We can be.

[warm music]

We could just

find something better to do.

♪

- [chuckles]
We?

[bell rings]

- We need a story, Lois,

big story, front page,

catchy banner, something like

"The Edge of Humanity."

Maybe something
better than that.

- It's a jumping-off point.

- This is the biggest story
of the year,

the biggest story of my career.

This is like Superman first
showing up in Metropolis big.

- That's why we need to do
more interviews.

What we're lacking
in hard evidence,

we can make up for
with eyewitness testimonies.

- Anything to back up
all this crazy.

- We need to talk
to more Edge employees.

We have to talk to the mayor--

- Your dad.
- He doesn't do interviews.

DOD always releases
a statement though.

- When?
- I don't know, probably soon.

- Lois, people
are calling here nonstop,

freaking out, all with bits
and pieces of information,

mostly gossip.
They're desperate for answers,

and I feel a lot better
giving it to them

if we had some kind
of verification from the DOD.

[soft dramatic music]

♪

- I'll reach out to him
right now.

[electronic soft chime]

- Home-cooked meal?

- Oh.
Room and board, huh?

- Hey, you saved my life.

You saved the world.
As far as we're concerned,

you eat free here
the rest of your life.

What's this?

- My Kryptonian
tracking system.

I enhanced the range to help
with our search for Larr.

Might get lucky.

- Is that how you found me?

- More or less.
- You know, with your skills,

Sam could really use
someone like you at the DOD.

I could talk to him
if you want.

- I don't think so.
Look, Clark,

I appreciate you opening
your home to me,

but once we find Leslie,

I think I'm just gonna move on.

Figure out now that
I'm on this planet,

I oughta make it my home.

- It may not seem like it,
but, uh,

I know what you mean.

Enjoy the food.

[dramatic music]

- Detecting
a Kryptonian air mobile.

- Where?
- She's heading for the DOD.

[whooshes]

- Prepare the suit.

- Synching with all functions
now.

- Sam, any sign of Larr?
- Negative.

- Has the building
been evacuated?

- Not yet.
About 60%.

- Sir, we got eyes on Larr.

[dramatic music]

- ETA?

- Impact in five seconds,

four, three,

two, one.

♪

- Intercepted.

[both grunting]

[suit whirring]
- You haven't won, Kal.

[grunts]

- Nice shot.
- Thanks.

- It's over,

but we have loose ends
to tie up.

- We got Edge and Larr.

- I think it's safe to say
we can finally move on.

- "7734."

- I had those weapons built
for the wrong reasons.

- What are you saying?
- I was wrong to think

you could be
a threat to the world.

I'm gonna take that kryptonite
and those weapons,

bury them in concrete

and sink them
to the bottom of the ocean.

- What about Edge?
Larr?

- We'll keep enough
to guard them appropriately,

but there will no longer
be enough supply an army.

[tense music]

- I don't know what to say,
Sam.

- Eh, you don't have
to say anything.

Just know you, Lois, the boys,

you don't have
to worry anymore.

♪

- Are you making fun of my car?
- No, no.

- Says you--
you can't even drive.

- I like the seat colors.

Nice thread count.

- [laughs]

You guys live somewhere
out here, don't you?

- Yeah, yeah, not too far
from here.

How'd you know that?

- Someone may have told me.

- Yeah?

What else did someone tell you?

- That you have a girlfriend

in Metropolis.

- Nah.
Had.

We broke up.

[rock music playing
over radio]

- How about you?
Are you, um...

Are you hanging out
with anyone or...

- Nope, no one.

- Cool.

- I think I know
where we can go.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

- Okay.

- You are a rule-breaker.

- Me?
- Mm-hmm.

- You've missed more days

this year than any other kid
in school.

- I have a weak immune system.
- [scoffs] Hmm.

- Uh-huh.

- Anyways, thank you
for coming with me.

- Of course.

Denise and Avery still giving
you crap about what happened?

- I just know
they're talking about me,

but it can't be worse

than what they're saying
about my parents.

- That's not fair.

- I don't think fair
is a real thing.

My mom, she's
a public relations queen, so--

- Yeah, so what are you
so worried about then?

[warm music]

- My dad, he--
things like this

usually send him
over a cliff.

I'm kind of just waiting
for that last little nudge.

- Yeah.

You know, are you sure
you don't want to go

to the movies or like
Main Street or something?

Something fun.

- You tell me.

♪

- What about the bank?

Any chance you could
get your old job back?

- Mm-mm.

No, they replaced me
as soon as I left.

Besides, the whole thing
is tied up with that Edge mess.

- Lana, what are we gonna do?
[bell jingles]

Mitch.

- Oh, hey.

- Hey.
[laughs]

Out of rehab, huh?

- Not quite out yet.

Just been craving
chicken and waffles.

So the squad wanted
to treat me.

- Oh, okay.

- It just happened, Chief.

- Yeah, I know how it happened.

- Mayor Dean said he talked
to you about all this.

- About leave of absence?

Yeah, he talked to me
about that.

Are you the one
pushing for it?

- I think it's best
for everybody.

- Especially someone
gunning for my job, right?

- Kyle, they were thinking
about me and the fire,

that's all.
- The fire,

the one that I pulled you
out of?

The one where
I saved your life, that fire?

- The fire
Edge's freaks started.

- Kyle--
- Oh, that's my fault?

I knew as much about what Edge
is doing as the rest of y'all.

- [scoffs] Okay.
- Hey!

I would never do anything
to hurt anyone.

Look, come on, y'all.

Y'all know me.

- Babe, let's go.
Come on.

[somber music]

♪

- I can't believe you.

- I don't have time for
this, Lois.

We are not releasing
an official statement,

and that's it.
- But it's standard procedure.

- If anything, it's a courtesy.

- But you always
give a comment.

- Okay, no comment.
You can print that.

- You can't be serious.
- We've already said enough.

- Enough to create
more questions.

Dad, people are worried.

- As we speak, a pamphlet
is being made to address

the X-Kryptonite of it all.
- A work of fiction.

- But it will alleviate
their concerns

while also scaring them into
staying out of those mines.

- This isn't right.
- It's necessary.

- Dad, this is my home now.
These people are my neighbors.

- What am I supposed to say?

That Edge
is Superman's brother?

That he was using those people

to build a Kryptonian army
to take over the world?

- No, of course not.

- I know it's not
what you wanna hear,

but you need to run your story
with the bare minimum.

Eventually, this town
will be okay.

Trust me.

But the last thing our family
needs is for this story

to get out of Smallville,
and any quote from me

will give it the legitimacy
for that to happen.

[dramatic music]

[door clicks open, shuts]

[voices whispering]

♪

- Stop.

Finally, you are ready.

- Now what, Father?

- You will leave here
to find the Eradicator.

- And if it hasn't yet arrived?
- Stay there until it does.

- By myself?

That could mean years.

It's already been many.

- Study them.

Exploit their weaknesses
and profit from it.

Prepare for our resurrection.

- Then perhaps before I go,

I could engage with mother,

get her counsel,
meet her once before I leave.

- I've told you repeatedly
that your mother

would never be by my side.

- Then why include
a crystal in my pod?

- So she can witness my vision

for how Krypton
will be restored...

Before I extinguish her
forever.

- Please.

Just once.

- Leave.

And do not return
until the day is here.

- Goodbye.

- One last time,
where's the Eradicator?

[voices whispering]
- [inhales sharply]

I told you
it's of no use to you.

- If you don't wanna
tell me, fine.

We have everything else,

including Leslie.

She's locked up now,
same as you.

Stopped her before
she could break you out.

I don't know what the plan was,
but it wasn't a good one.

- It's called loyalty,

something you know
nothing about.

- I am loyal to the people
of this world who accepted me.

- [laughs]

Accepted you?

They fear you.

They always will,
and they should.

- You're wrong.

- You should be a god,

but you became a slave to them.

Don't you ever wonder
who you might've been

if you hadn't landed here,

been raised by simple farmers?

- I'd be nothing like you.
- We both know that's not true.

You fight against
your real nature every day.

- You don't know me.

- I know the power
surging through you.

I know how every moment
you make a choice

to hold yourself back,

because that's the only way
we can walk amongst humans

without killing them, isn't it?

It's all about control.

But didn't it feel good

to lose it just once?

- Goodbye, Tal.

- I can see it
in your eyes, brother.

You felt it.
[door buzzes]

You are just like me!

- No comment?
They always give a comment.

- Yeah, I don't know
what to say.

- Well, is it because
we're a small paper?

You always got a statement
when you were at the "Planet."

- Chrissy, we don't need
the DOD or my dad.

We can do more interviews
and write what we want.

- It just doesn't
make any sense.

Is this story
different somehow?

- Not that I know of.

- Lois, what is he hiding?

- I don't know, Chrissy.

[soft dramatic music]

- Are lying right now?

- No.

- You're totally lying.

- Chrissy, it's not
what you think.

- Lois Lane is protectingthe DOD.

You're supposed to be
on the side of the people,

not the man.

I thought we were
in this together.

- Chrissy--
- Lois, if you can't tell me

the truth,
then maybe you should leave.

♪

- You know your mom's
a legit role model.

- Yeah?
- [laughs]

One year I even dressed up
as her for career day.

- Okay, well,
full disclosure,

I did too.

- [laughing] What?
- Yeah.

- Your family is really cool.
- Nah.

- Well, between your mom
and your grandfather,

there's no question.

- So you heard
about my grandpa

from someone?

- From everyone.
I mean, your family is kind of

in the middle of the biggest
thing to happen to Smallville.

Do you think those people
were actually brainwashed?

- What?

- They're saying that Edge was
experimenting on his employees.

My cousin said that she saw
Avery Phan's mom fly.

- I heard about that.
That's--that's crazy, right?

- Well, what does
your grandpa think?

Does he know how Edge
gave them all the powers?

- Tegan, why did you
bring me here?

- I wanna get to know you.

- I mean, you weren't
interested in me last week,

and then what--
I mean, what changed?

- [laughs]
I don't know, Jonathan.

I just--
- Just wanted information.

- Well, we're also hanging out.

- Yeah.

Uh, I think
I'm gonna walk home.

- Wait, wait, wait, wait,
wait, Jonathan.

Everyone wants to know
what happened.

- Right.

And obviously, you want
to be the one to tell them.

So I get it.

See ya.

- I mean, did you even see
the way they looked at me, huh?

My own crew
doesn't even trust me.

- Kyle, you can't take it
personally, babe.

- It ain't right, okay?

You know, you risked your life
to save this town.

Maybe if these people
knew about that they--

- What, you think
they'd believe it?

I barely do, and I was there.

- Damn it.
Lana, it--it's just not fair.

- No, it's not.
It sucks.

But the mayor has our back.

We just have to be patient.
We're not alone in this.

- Okay.

But look, I cannot just stand
around here and do nothing.

- Well, you can help me
look for a job.

- Well, finding something
around here

is gonna be a long shot.

- I know, but I was thinking

we could look
in the surrounding areas.

- Yeah, we could also move to
one of the surrounding areas.

- Kyle--

- If we're throwing out
options, why not?

- Oh, my gosh.
You're serious?

- Lana, these people have
known us our entire lives.

You know, what's it say about
them if they're just so quick

to turn their backs
on us like that, huh?

- These people,
they're our family.

Look, this will blow over.

- I guess we'll see
about that, huh?

- How'd you find this place?

[birds, insects chirping]

- I used to come here
with mi abuelita.

She'd tell me stories
about my family.

We're originally from Mexico,

but we've been in Smallville
for generations, so.

You know, half the time
I wouldn't even know

which one of her stories
were true,

[both chuckle]
But it always just made me feel

like I had somewhere to belong.

- I never really felt
like I belonged anywhere...

To be honest until I met you.

- Jordan--

- I know, I know,
I know, whatever,

but it's--look all I'm saying
is that it only really takes

one person
to change your whole life,

just to make you feel safe.

And you have Jon,

and you have your family,

and you have me...

[warm music]

And that's never going away.

♪

- You should
probably kiss me now.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

- That's enough, you two.

[radio chatter]

- We've got about two
dozen rifles and handguns,

a few thousand
kryptonite bullets,

give or take in addition
to a substantial collection:

knives, swords, spears.

- What about the prototypes
in the R&D lab,

the biochemical weapons?

- Maybe five or so in
varying stages of development.

- And how much raw kryptonite
do you have in your stockpile?

- A couple of warehouses worth.
Why all the questions?

It's all gonna be gone anyway.

- I think it's a mistake.
- What?

- We need 7734.

That's why you authorized it
in the first place.

- And then I saw
how it hurt my family.

These weapons can kill you.

- Yeah, that's why
we need them.

- Clark, you're not the enemy.

- Yeah, but I could have been.

Look, Sam, people like me,

without these weapons,

we're indestructible,

and if something like this
should happen again

without a plan in place,
without a fail-safe...

[dramatic music]

That would be the end.

[soft dramatic music]

[spray can hissing]

♪

- Well done, John,

a perfect recreation
of the original design.

I believe Natalie
would be proud.

Given that
your suit is complete

and all enemy combatants
are now in custody,

may I inquire as
to our new mission parameters?

- I'm still working that out.

- Perhaps another attempt
to see your sister?

- You know,
you're getting kind of pushy.

- I am programmed
to anticipate your needs.

Optimal psychological
health requires

the formation of
interpersonal relationships.

- Hey, sorry.

I just got home
and heard voices, so...

So you really built this thing
from scratch, huh?

Pretty amazing.

- You're a gear head?

- I don't know what I am.

Always been an athlete,
you know, so...

- Me too.

You know, you can be
more than one thing.

- Perhaps you could
tell Jonathan a tale

from your own upbringing.

- Would you please
just shut down.

- Jonathan?

Why aren't you in school?

[cell phone ringing]

- This better
be about the statement.

- Not now, Lois.
It's important.

- What's wrong?
- It's about Clark.

I'm worried about him.

- Hey, Soph.

- Mom, is anything wrong?

- What do you mean, sweets?

- Dad asked me if I wanted
to try another school.

- No, baby.
Daddy was just asking.

[phone ringing]
Hold on, okay?

Hello.

Oh, hey, Kya.

Arrested?

- Jon, it's not like you
to break the rules.

- I know, I know, but there's
this girl, and she's a junior.

And I don't know.
I thought--

I thought she was out
of my league, you know?

- You skipped class
to impress a girl?

- Well, that's the thing.

She just wanted to talk
about what happened,

like, Edge, powers, Grandpa...

- And?

- I mean,
I didn't say anything.

- We need to talk.

- Yeah, we do.
Jon skipped class.

- What?
Go upstairs.

I will deal with you later.

We can talk about him

after we talk about
what I wanna talk about.

You told my dad to keep 7734?
- I did, I did.

I should have talked
to you first.

- Jonathan, upstairs.

After everything
we've been through--

- I know.
I know.

- Why?

- Because it's
the right thing to do.

- This isn't about Edge, is it?
This is about you.

- Lois, I almost
killed John Irons.

- But you didn't.
- Yeah, but what if I had?

I mean,
who would have been next?

Look, I swore to protect
the people of this planet.

So far, I've done a decent job,

but what if I was
to be tricked or corrupted?

- That will never happen.
- Except that it just did.

The people of this
world deserve

the means to defend themselves

from the one thing
I can't save them from: me.

- If weapons like that exist,

then the wrong people
will get their hands on them,

and then what do we do?
[phone ringing]

Not enough to skip school.

This one has
to go get arrested.

- If they're both acting out,

we'll give them a punishment.

- [sighs]
I'll drive.

- Lois, about the other thing?
- What?

I'm right.
You're wrong.

- I understand why
you would think that.

- Do you know what it was like

when my dad
gave John Henry Irons

the go-ahead
to fire the missile?

- I'm sorry.

- Then why risk
it happening again?

- I told you because it's--

- Because it's
the right thing to do.

What does that
even mean anymore, Clark?

I lied to Chrissy today
to protect our family.

I broke my sacred role
as a journalist.

- We both play fast and loose

with journalistic integrity
from time to time.

- When it comes
to keeping your secret,

not the stories we investigate.

- Yeah,
but Edge is my brother.

He's Kryptonian.
This story is different.

- Why should I be okay with the
military having the secret code

to kill my husband,

given the countless psychos
who want you dead?

It just feels like
a really bad idea.

- Lois, will you please
just listen--

- No, there's nothing you can
say that I wanna hear,

and now I'm angry, and I feel
sorry for yelling at you,

but I also have to stay angry

so that I can scare
the hell out of Jordan.

So why don't you
just stay here,

and let's just both
take a moment to think,

and then we can talk
about this later

after I bail our son
out of jail.

- What were you doing?
- I can't believe you, guys.

- I can explain.
- I'm so sorry.

- Lana, and you must
be Jordan's mom.

- Kya, what's going on?

- They were caught trespassing
out by Atlas Pond.

- Are you kidding me?[laughs]

When we were their age, we used
to go there all the time.

- I don't know what to tell you

other than
it's private property.

[radio chatter]

- Deputy, if Lana didn't even
know it was private property,

then I'm sure
the kids didn't either,

and I promise you,
there's a world

of just unimaginable horror

that awaits my son
for skipping school.

- The same goes for Sarah.
This will never happen again.

- Just because she let you
two go with a warning

doesn't mean it didn't happen.
- Mom--

- Don't talk yet.
- As I've been saying,

the Cushings
are the real problem here.

Honestly, Sheriff,
I was suspicious

of Morgan Edge from day one.

But you know Kyle,
he just pushed and pushed

until he finally got his way.

I mean, honestly,

we're the real victims here.

Who knows what kind of perks

they got from Lana's
special little job.

- Zero perks.
- Lana--

- We got lied to just
like everyone else.

Just like you lied when you
said you were gonna help us.

- Why don't you and I
go talk somewhere else?

- You said you were gonna
set the record straight,

and all you're doing
is covering your ass

so you don't feel the blowback
come election time.

- I'm doing what's best
for the town.

- You're doing
what's best for you

at the expense of my family,

and for that, shame on you.

- You okay?

- I don't know
what I am right now.

I feel so many things.
- Mostly anger, right?

- So much anger.
Have you ever noticed--

- How punchable
the mayor's face is?

Yeah, I have.

- God.

You know,
he's not the only one.

I mean, it's like
this entire town

has turned their back on us.

- They're just looking
for a way to move on.

Blaming you is easier
than blaming themselves.

- Yeah, but it doesn't
make it hurt any less.

Smallville has always
been there for me.

It's why I built
my life around it,

and now I'm wishing
I had a backup plan

because I'm out there
in the cold

with no nest egg

and no connections
anywhere else.

And I am worried
about my family, Lois,

especially when people
like Mayor Dean

are out there
controlling the narrative.

It's not right.
It's not right.

And it's not the same town
I used to love.

- Go to your room.
We'll talk about this later.

- Hey.

- They let them go
with a warning.

- That's good.

Jon's still up in his room.

We should talk about--
- We need to talk about--

- You first.

- Clark, you are wrong.

- [sighs]
Lois, we have to have a plan.

- Why?

Because your mind
is corruptible?

We have proof now.

Your heart is stronger
than your mind.

- No, you don't understand.

- Clark, I'm all
about backup plans,

but this one comes
with major risks,

and for a reason
you've proven isn't a threat.

- [sighs]

That's not entirely true.

- What are you talking about?

- My dad taught me control.

I have been controlling
my powers

every second of every day

for almost 40 years,

but when Zod took over,

for the first time,

I felt what it was like
to let go.

To really let go.

- Clark, those were
Zod's emotions, not yours.

- I know, but I felt it.

It was me.

And I'm not saying
I want this to be true.

I wish it wasn't...

But it felt good.

It felt really, really good,

and that feeling worries me.

If there's even
the slightest chance that

I could be manipulated again
with that desire to let go...

The world needs a way
to stop me.

- I don't think
that will ever happen.

- Lois--
- But...

on the off chance I'm wrong,

and if this will make you
feel better, then fine.

Let's have a fail-safe,

but there is no way in hell

I'm trusting the DOD with this.

- Then we just have to find
someone we can.

- You wanna run that
by me again?

- I know it's a lot to ask.

- You want me and only me

to have the capability
to kill you?

- Should it become
necessary, yes.

- But I know who you are now.

- I know, but this is about
situations we can't predict,

and you've seen firsthand

the devastation
I can cause this world.

- I'm trying to move on.

Remember, now that killing you

isn't my singular purpose
in life...

- And it shouldn't be.

John, I have no doubt you'll
find your way in this world,

but I believe you can do that
and be 7734's gatekeeper.

You came here to protect
this world from me,

that's what
I'm asking you to do.

- I'll call Sam.

- Wasn't expecting to see you.

- I owe you an apology.

- Kinda busy, Lois.

-- You were right.
-I lied.

My dad is hiding something,
and I can't betray his trust.

- This story is bigger
than you or your dad.

We have a responsibility
to the people.

This town is falling apart.

- Believe me, I know.

People are tearing
each other down,

looking for someone to blame,
and if we do nothing,

we are as responsible for
its downfall as anyone else.

- If only there was something
we could do.

- I can't write this story.

I'm too close to it
to be objective...

But you can.

- It's a statement...
from your dad.

- He wouldn't go on the record
about everything,

but this is enough
to tell most of the story

and to focus the blame
where it belongs:

on Morgan Edge.

- This was really
messed up, Lois.

- I know.

I hope that I can
earn back your trust.

- [heavy breathing]
[voices whispering]

- What are you doing there?

- I'm not alone.

All this time I've been
without anyone of my kind,

alone, Father,

for years.

How could you not tell me?

- He is
of no consequence to you.

- He's from the house of El.
He's my--

- He's your brother, yes,

by bloodline only,

a pathetic
treasonous bloodline.

- He's become a hero, Father.

- He is nothing!

- I'll find another way.
- You will do no such thing.

- When I find the Eradicator,

I'll show him what we can do.
- Tal, no.

- I'll make myself knownto him,

give him what he's been here
without as well.

- Tal, listen to me.

- I don't need to do
this your way, Father.

- You are going to ruin
the resurrection.

- I'm not; I'm just not going
to die to do it!

- My way is the only way!

Tal, Tal?

Tal, what are you doing?
No!

[dramatic music]

[voices whispering]

- [heavy breathing]

[voices diminish]

- Your way is the only way.

Goodbye, Father.

- I don't really know
what I'm supposed to say here.

- You could start
with an apology.

- I'm sorry
the cops got all aggro

about us going to the lake.

- You know,
forget the trespassing, Sarah.

You ditched school.
That's unacceptable.

- I'm supposed to sit in class
while people talk about me?

About you?

Everyone blames us about Edge,
and I'm over it, okay?

So please just ground me.

I'm not exactly dying to go out
there in this sad little town

with these vindictive
closed-minded garbage people.

- You know what?
Let's just call it a night.

Start fresh tomorrow, okay?

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

- [sighs]

Teenagers.

[sighs]

- You should have seen the look

on Mayor Dean's face.

He knows he was wrong.

- Yeah, well, he's got
to cover his own hide.

- It's only gonna get worse,
isn't it?

[light dynamic music]

♪

Maybe you're right, Kyle.

[sighs]
Maybe we just pack up

and get as far away
from here as we can.

- We're gonna be all right.

- Do you have any idea
how much trouble you're in?

You can't just skip school.

I don't care if you're mooning
over Sarah Cushing

or coming home to build robots
with John Henry.

- Mooning?
- It's a warsuit.

- Look, guys,
you've been through a lot.

You wanna blow off some steam,
I get it.

But there are rules, and you
do not disrespect your teachers

by ignoring the work
they put into your classes.

- We're sorry.
- Really sorry.

- You want to try saying that

a little more convincingly,
please?

- I'm sorry.
- I'm sorry.

- Now things
are finally calming down,

so when you're done
being grounded,

you guys can go back
to being normal teenagers,

and believe me, small towns
are actually a lot of fun.

- All right.
Go to bed. Now.

- [sighs]

- [sighs]
What?

- "Small towns
are a lot of fun."

- Just trying to give them
something to look forward to.

- Sounds vaguely provocative.
- Oh, does it?

And you're still not sold
on the small towns?

- I'm sold
on my small town guy.

- Hmm.
I can live with that.

[warm music]

♪

[monitor beeping]

- How long ago did this start?

- A couple of minutes, sir.

- [exhales deeply]

Send in a team to check it out.

[dramatic music]

♪

- His vitals?
- They're gone, sir.

We're not registering anything.
[alarms beep]

- Maximize that
kryptonite field.

- Get them out of there.

[walls rumbling, cracking]

[all groaning]

[tone humming]

[voices whispering quietly]

♪

[worried chatter]
[alarms blaring]

[device beeps, whirring]

Edge.

[car horn beeps,
audience cheering]

[overlapping chatter,
bell tolling]

[siren wailing,
overlapping shouting]

[radio chatter]

[soft dramatic music]

[rapid whoosh]

- He's gone.

- Then where the hell
did he go?

[intense music]

♪

- You had one mission.

- One mission.
- One mission.

- And you veered from it
because you are weak.

- Weak.
- Weak.

- You shall not veer from it
any longer.

Now go and complete
what you were sent here to do.

- Become the Eradicator.
- Become the Eradicator.

- Become the Eradicator!

- Or know that you
are the sole reason

Krypton was lost.

- Greg, move your head.