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Clark Kent is Superman.

Clark Kent is Superman.

Clark Kent is Superman.

In a way, too perfect.

Monster.

No thing of beauty like Superman.

But things of beauty never last.

Hi, honey.

Hi.

What'd you find out in Australia?

Plenty.

Leslie Luckaby doesn't really exist.

So there's a chance he is Lex Luthor Jr.

Yeah. What I could come up with was this.

Leslie's life seemed to start about five years ago. Before that, it was just

blips and shadows.

Well, I've been checking what happened to all of Lex Luthor's bank accounts.

And? Frozen before his death with only one way to access them.

An heir.

Yeah.

Oh, Clark, maybe we're wrong.

I mean, Lex wasn't old enough to have a son Leslie's age. Who knows how old Lex

was? The guy was a master of deception.

I think the larger question here is, if Leslie is the son, why is he lying?

And does he know that you're Superman, like his father did?

Then what does he want?

I'll tell you what I want. I want action.

Superman has been in Australia.

He's been asking questions about me. When do we get rid of him? That was

part of the plan. It should be.

No, no.

The plan is far more elegant.

Superman is going to become an employee of LexCorp. And you, you are going to

marry Lois Lane.

Loic, here's that lexical research you asked for. A lot of money changing

Oh, there sure is.

Uh -oh.

The world's most romantic husband strikes again.

He's the best.

Hey, do me a favor. Call this lawyer in Washington. See if he minds me asking

him a few questions.

Got it.

Well, I tell you, this is the first for me. Not only do I get a good news

headline, but it's about my new boss.

Phone company gives, rate break, first in 20 years, thanks to new owner

Luckervy. I know I was pretty shocked to see the hikes Lex Tell made over the

years. You were shocked. Every time I get that phone bill, I'm looking in

for a ransom note.

Oh, Lois, honey, can you take the story on this phone thing? Sounds like Leslie

here's got lots of plans for his company.

I'll bet he does.

Lovely, from an admirer.

So, when do you want to do the interview?

Now? Step into my temporary office?

Is this tension I'm picking up? You're not still angry with me.

To tell you the truth, I don't know what I am, other than a reporter who's been

assigned a story.

Really? At the very least, I thought we were friends.

What are you doing here?

It's your new suit, sir.

I told the tailor that he'd not get a cent until you personally approved it.

sure it's fine.

It's a masterpiece, sir.

Miss Lane, look at this workmanship.

It's very nice.

Feel the fabric, Miss Lane.

It's a beauty.

Miss Lane doesn't want to feel the fabric. Miss Lane and I wish to be left

alone.

Very well, sir.

As you wish.

I just feel a thing of beauty deserves to be admired.

That'll be all, Mr. Smith.

Well, now, where were we?

Can we finish this later, Leslie?

Hey, you. Hi.

Guess what?

Seven of Lex Luthor's major cash accounts have been accessed by an error.

Was it Leslie?

I don't know.

Let's ask him.

Oh, by the way, thanks.

You're welcome. For what?

The rose.

I didn't get your rose.

Oh.

You know, I think this would be an excellent time to confront Leslie.

Did anyone they didn't make what did a Superman All I could find was this.

Oh, you're not leaving.

Afraid so. Late for lunch. What about the interview?

We hard -working reporters, we have deadlines.

Well, I suppose I could be a little later.

Dr. Klein. Whatever it is, Superman, it'll have to wait. I'm sorry, but I'm

catching a plane to Barbados. It's very important.

There was an explosion downtown. Did you know that between you and Lois and

Clark and this lab, I haven't had a vacation in five years?

This shouldn't take too long. It's a mechanism from the explosion.

There's something else that I haven't done.

Well, not quite five years, but close.

Uh -huh.

Her name is Carolyn.

I met her at a chemical weapons seminar. Dr. Klein, Lyme's are at risk. She was

waiting for me right now.

In a shack on the beach.

She's a particle physicist from MIT.

She's 25.

And she thinks I'm a god. If you could just take a look at this. It's

sophisticated. I've never seen anything quite like it. A god.

She actually emailed those words into my hard drive. So, a Nelberg processor.

Hmm.

Look at that. Where did he get a Nelberg? Those are highly classified.

Listen, I could fly your friend up. She could spend a couple of days in

Metropolis. And then when you're done, I could fly the both of you down to the

islands. No charge.

Myself. Uh -huh. Yeah, yeah. That'd be wonderful.

Listen, let me just run a couple of tests on this thing, huh? Great. Tests.

Perfect. Oh, speaking of tests, the ones we ran on you, first batch of results

came in, and I must say, looks encouraging.

Great. So then it seems like it's possible for me to have children.

Well, there is one last test I need to run. It'll only take a moment. Great.

we do it right now?

Well, right.

Yeah. Oh, okay.

Well, then, why don't you just step down the hall into that little room, and

we'll go from there.

Which little room?

That little room there.

Just me?

Just you.

Alone? Alone.

What's in the room?

Nothing's in the room.

Nothing? No.

All right, a couple of magazines.

Oh, okay.

I don't understand.

What exactly is supposed to happen in there?

Oh, God.

I could be on a plane right now.

Well, I don't mean to be evasive about my background. I'm just a very private

person.

Private is one thing.

A life that only starts five years ago is another.

Well, we all have secrets, don't we? This is about you, Leslie.

We both know what this is about.

You're so smart, Lois.

I knew the minute we met you'd figure it out. I just didn't know it would be

this fast.

Figure out your real name, you mean?

Leck. Luther Jr.

It's, uh, even a little hard for me to say.

Must not be much fun to hear.

What do you want here?

Why have you lied to everyone?

I didn't see much of my father growing up. I was raised and educated behind

walls where my father visited me once.

Just once.

And he asked me, do you believe the sins of the father are visited upon the son?

I told him I didn't know.

And he said, you better hope not, for your sake.

Then he smiled.

That was the last time I ever saw him.

I'm not my father, Lois. We have a lot in common.

An elastic sense of truth, for one.

I'll tell the world who I am now, if that's what you want, and finish what I

came here to do. Which is what?

Make up for everything he did to the world and to you.

Lois, I didn't choose my name, my father, or... the life he left

me.

I want to do good.

And I want you to know how much I need your understanding.

This is news, lovely.

Big news.

But if you want us to wait so you can put it into your own words, we will.

Thank you.

One last thing.

Don't give me flowers. It upsets me. It upsets my husband.

Flowers? The rose on my desk.

I didn't send you a rose, Lois.

Don't give her roses. It upsets her.

Upsets her or you.

You're getting carried away with your play acting.

Nice performance just now, by the way.

Lois seemed suitably moved.

How do you know? You weren't even there.

Oh, I was there.

I don't understand.

You'll be getting a call from the authorities.

I blew up a building this afternoon.

What?

I murdered several of LexCorp's employees and the union leaders they

meeting secretly with.

No more of this nonsense about LexCorp going union.

But of course, you'll publicly say what a tragedy it all is.

I'll write it all down for you, don't worry.

What's all this? This is the way in which I was able to know everything you

to Lois upstairs.

Watch.

This is a neural scanner.

Every person's brain gives off a kind of frequency.

It's like each of us is broadcasting sound and pictures.

This specifically locks onto the frequency of those sounds and pictures.

this shows us what's being beamed out. I scanned Lois and locked into her.

You mean this... We're looking at... The world as seen and

heard by Lois Lane.

I don't believe it.

Oh, and I saw Dr. Klein for some more of those tests today.

Oh, good.

When did we find out?

A few days.

These pieces here are starting to fit.

Lex Luthor Jr.

was born in Hong Kong.

His mother died in childbirth.

Lex Sr.

sent him to Australia, where not another living soul has seen him since.

Wow, I don't know.

Can't help feeling sorry for him.

I've got this feeling there's something else going on here.

It's a feeling deep in the pit of my stomach.

I used to get it when Lex would smile.

She is an incredible woman, isn't she? Oh, yes.

She is that.

I must admit, at first I didn't like her very much.

But now I think... What?

I think I've never felt quite this way about a woman.

Can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to marriage.

Listen to me.

You are a lucky man. Lucky I found you busting tables at that cafe, hoping for

an acting break.

Lucky I educated and trained you.

Lucky I handed you the world's most powerful corporation.

Fine, just take it easy. Let us be clear with one another, so the lines of truth

and fiction don't blur and cause your luck to change.

You pretend to love Lois Lane. I am in love with Lois Lane. You play Lex

Luthor Jr.

I am Lex Luthor Jr.

Never forget that.

My God, the way you're inside her.

It's the only time you seem halfway human.

Aren't you late for a facial?

You can make fun of me all you want. Call me lucky, whatever.

But check out your competition.

My last name is Luthor. I have no competition.

What I have is power and good thing.

You forget your place, busboy.

No, you forget yours. I have had it with you ordering me around. I am not your

employee anymore.

I'm your partner.

Really? We may know you're really Lex Jr., but no one else does, and they

because I finally realized that you can't exist up there.

You're, uh, too hideous, too terrified.

You can only experience life through me. Well, you'll experience it to the hilt

because that's what I'll be doing.

Enjoy the ride, but don't order me around anymore.

I'd like to introduce myself.

My name is Lex Luther Jr.

What?

Funny, I thought that would be much harder to say.

In fact, it feels like a weight being lifted, like light being let into a dark

place. But there's a reason Shakespeare wrote, This above all else, to thy known

self be true.

Just hate that Shakespeare guy, he's always right.

I present to you, Luther Powell.

Today we start a new age. The name Luther no longer synonymous with greed.

In addition to the already announced phone rate rollbacks, my utility

will be cutting all power and water bills by one third.

But of course, this is just the beginning.

And money is the least of the debt my family owes to the citizens of

From this moment on, everything I do will prove that.

Well, whatever his name is, he certainly knows how to work a crown.

Ah, can't quite get my head around this. Lex Luthor's son.

You can't get your head around it.

But listen to these people.

He's got something they like.

It's money. He's throwing it at them. But you're not buying.

You are?

Yeah, it's like he said. It's not his fault who his father was. I say give him

chance.

Thank you.

Detective Henderson, they've ID'd two of the bodies from the blast site. Both

Metro Union officials.

And the other two?

They're still putting the pieces together.

Ah, here goes the first.

All right, we'll see you back at the factory.

Lois, come on.

You know, we never did get around to that interview.

Well... I guess we could hear your plans for Lex Club.

It got to be like a nightmare.

Everywhere I'd go, the second people heard my name, there'd be this look,

hate. So one day I just gave another name.

No reaction.

It was like a game at first, but I felt, I don't know, like I was getting a

whole new start.

I'll say this for him.

He knows the script.

So now you're rebuilding your father's empire.

Essentially using the money and the resources that he made criminally to

all people. Yes, Clark, you've hit the essence of my goal.

There's still the question of the missing years in your background.

Yes.

Do you care to fill us in?

Well, it's all very simple.

You see, I'm a Maasai warrior.

Pardon? Maasai warrior?

Good God, he's off the script.

You know the African tribe.

Yes, we know the tribe.

Just, uh, you don't seem to fit the typical membership profile.

I don't like to talk about it much. There are people I feel a great and

kinship with. Don't you have to kill a lion with your bare hands to be one of

those guys?

Ah, yes.

You did this. It's a powerful and cleansing experience.

Oh, my God. No!

No! No! You idiot!

Lois. Lois Lane.

Don't speak.

Don't move.

Only you can hear me. I see everything you see.

Hear everything you hear.

What? They're nomadic?

No, they move around a lot.

Honey, you okay?

What? Tell him you're fine. Or I tell the world he's Superman.

Oh, my God.

What?

Lois, are you okay? The pain can be much worse.

And it can last far longer.

It can also kill you.

Don't make me punish you, Lois.

Stand up.

I... I just got a headache.

Okay, then we'll go.

No. Tell him you need to go home and lie down.

No, uh...

It's okay, Clark. I just need to go home and lie down.

Honey, are you sure you're okay?

Yeah, you just finish up with Lex.

Are you still there?

I'm here, Lois.

Oh.

What did you do to her?

Because of your arrogant recklessness, I have to make my move now so they don't

find out that you're nothing but an ego -driven, imbecilic imposter who can't

stick to a well -written script. And in case I didn't make it clear the last

time, do not for a single moment think that your marriage to Lois is anything

but a performance.

She's mine.

Don't threaten me.

You need me.

i'm you i don't need anyone and if you want me to prove that

keep pushing now do what you were hired to do

hello

And I'm sorry I had to hurt you.

It is my fondest hope that from this moment on, our relationship will be the

definition of serenity.

What do you want?

I want a great deal.

But I'm also prepared to give a great deal.

Look, if you're trying to bully me, you picked the wrong girl.

I picked the smartest, most beautiful woman in the world.

You also picked somebody who doesn't like being told what to do.

Believe me, I've taken that into account.

It's unbearable for me to see you like this. That's enough, Lois.

The only reality for you now is my voice.

Cut it out.

This pain and its relief.

Now stand up and do exactly what I tell you when Clark walks in.

Lois?

Lois?

There you are.

How are you feeling? Any better?

Clark, I have something to tell you.

Sure. Are you going somewhere?

Our marriage isn't working.

What?

I'm leaving you.

I want a divorce.

Lois. What's going on? I said our marriage isn't working.

I have no idea what you're talking about. But you're not walking out that

without telling me.

Oh, this is magnificent.

My father only dreamt of a moment like this.

Something is going on here.

I don't know what it is, but something is.

It's very simple, Clark.

I told you I'm not happy.

So, you don't love me?

No.

No, I don't. Good, Lois. Very good.

I know that was difficult for you.

But his pain is as important to me as yours.

Now, go to the door.

Open it.

And tell him.

Clerk.

Don't you or Superman follow me?

I mean it.

If you do, you'll never see me again.

Jimmy, has Lois been here?

Uh, no.

Where's Leslie?

Or Lex, whatever his name is. I don't know what's going on, but I'm really

sorry. Clark, what the same hell is going on?

Leslie, uh, Lex.

He was just here. He cleaned out Lois' desk.

Said, uh, that she was leaving you.

Did he? Yeah, yeah, he did, Sean. And he said that, uh, that she was gonna marry

him.

C .K., phone for you.

Hello? Clark, I'm trying to reach Superman.

I can get a message to him, Dr. Klein. Well, first of all, I'm so grateful he

brought Carolyn up. She's, uh, been a huge help in all of this.

That's great.

I think you want the inducer coil bucket.

Thanks, honeybunch.

Dr. Klein, please.

Oh, sorry.

Well, this is a pretty complex little device he brought me. It receives a

telling it to set off the explosive. It also sends signals back acknowledging

the instructions.

I'll have Superman call you as soon as I can find him. Oh, so what I'm saying

is... is that if I can get this thing to transmit a signal, it's possible he

could trace it back to whoever set off the bomb.

That's great.

Okay, thank you very much.

Jimmy. Jimmy, did Inspector Henderson ID those other bodies from that explosion?

Uh, yeah, some supervisors from the LexCorp factory.

They were meeting with union leaders.

Probably the unionized LexCorp.

Maybe somebody didn't want that to happen.

Like Lex Luthor Jr.

Where are you going?

Fine, Lois. Look, call Dr. Klein and tell him that I want another second of

transmitter's working.

It doesn't get any more romantic than this, Lois.

I bought out the whole place.

For us.

Impressed? Yes.

Yes.

I'm glad you like it.

You know that.

That's our phone.

Dan?

Go to hell.

What a perfect evening.

Just the way I always pictured it.

Do you realize we're a king and queen?

We have an empire at our feet. We have resources without limits. Our lives

bounded only by our imaginations.

Yes, I'm beginning to see it. It sounds wonderful.

I wish to God you'd say those words to me and mean them. Stick to the script.

Stick to the script.

I... I promise you a romance unrivaled by any in history. No god ever had a

exalted place than yours in my heart.

So you love me?

I... Say it, Lois.

I... Say it.

No! Go to hell with this!

Did he tell you to do that?

No, that was all me. Bring me back to the master at once.

Bring me back to the master at once. Enough of this.

Do it!

All

right,

stop.

No.

So you see, my dear, I am actually Lex Jr.

I thought a more presentable version of myself might be appealing to you.

But clearly, this is not working.

Let her go.

You couldn't just say your lines and collect your check. You had to want her

yourself. You would have killed her.

Oh, one must prepare to risk everything.

Daddy always said... Why do you want me?

You can force me to say things, but you know I don't mean them. But I believe

things can change.

And after years without sunlight or human contact, even I may look good.

What are you talking about?

The plan has changed.

If I can't live up there, she'll live down here.

The Empire will be headquartered here.

And I shall rule by memoranda. And you?

You.

are dismissed.

Okay.

Okay.

This just got way out of hand.

Not so tough without this thing, are you? Can't make her whimper and whisper

sweet nothings into your ear.

How about this? How about we let her choose?

Lois, which one of us do you like better?

No, I'll make it easier.

Which one of us doesn't make you want to rip to the toilet?

Ugly, revolting, rotting, cadaver!

Now, you might as well let her go.

Your big ace in the hole is about to flow into the sewer.

Give it to me.

Shoot me.

And it's gone.

I'm gambling you're as empty and cowardly as I think you are.

Busboy.

Good help is so hard to find.

My Lois.

Don't do that.

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

I must learn to be gentle.

I will.

Lois, I can't bear this silence.

Tell me what you want me to say.

Isn't that how it works?

Oh.

You mean... this?

Tell me what you're thinking.

The truth, without reprisal.

I was thinking...

My God, what did he do to you? Who?

Your father.

To turn you into this. I was a bitter disappointment for my father.

I was raised alone in shadows.

But I'm not alone anymore.

You'll always be alone.

Don't waste your energy hating me. I don't hate you.

I feel sorry for you.

Like your father, you want... and can give nothing.

That is what being alone is.

I could learn to love you.

You could teach me. I can't teach you to love. I don't love you. Stop it. You've

wasted all this time thinking it's your looks that have ruined your life, but

it's not your looks. It's your soul.

It doesn't exist. Stop it. You're a monster.

Lex, the most I could ever do is pity you.

Is the transmitter working?

Yeah. Well, I hope so. I just have to solder these two wires.

Pumpkin, would you get me the soldering iron, please?

Here.

All right.

Here goes.

Well?

Nothing. I don't understand.

Doc, Lois Lane's life depends on this.

Oh, honey, look.

The oscillating transponder, its polarity is reversed.

Is she great?

She's fantastic. Can we, uh... Oh, yeah.

Latitude 47 .55, longitude 38 .69.

That's right under the daily planet.

Smith is really upset you're not Leslie. He's controlling my mind with some sort

of device.

It's here somewhere.

Is this what you're looking for?

Don't even think about taking her out of here.

Stop!

Stop! Absolutely.

But remember, I can kill her in an instant.

Well, Lois in my power.

Superman held it bay.

And the reason I'll succeed where my father failed is backup.

If one system doesn't stop you, the other will.

A force field.

If a hand so much as touches it, a bomb will explode, destroying everyone in the

streets above.

Well, wouldn't your father be proud?

His son turned out to be as sick and deranged as he was.

Thank you. What is it that you want, Junior?

You. As my employee.

You'll help rebuild Lex Corps.

You'll... Take out my enemies.

Or my garbage. Whichever I want.

You'll do anything I ask.

Because you're cursed with a flaw I don't have.

You can love.

And you love her.

I do.

I love her enough to know that she could never exist like this.

But she will.

You both will.

No. It ends here.

You think she'd be better off dead?

Lois, I think you know what I'm about to do.

Yeah, I think I do.

What's going on?

Look, I'm warning you.

All right, enough of this.

What have you done?

It's over.

Are you insane?

You killed her. She'd rather die than live her life as your prisoner.

So would I.

Oh, no.

You're not going to die.

You'll live with the deaths of everyone above us on your hands.

As long as I don't touch you.

The bomb doesn't go off. Do I get the rules?

And let's see where it's all controlled from.

Get her out of here, Superman.

Let me just disarm...

Well, at least we know what tonight's headline is going to be.

Okay, Lois.

Here we go.

Come on, Lois. We've done this before.

Those Come on breathe

breathe

It's over. It's over.

How are you feeling?

Better.

You just stay put.

I told Perry we're taking the day off.

Looks like they got the paper printed without us.

Can I make you breakfast or anything?

No.

Actually, I think I need you to warm me up some more.

Okay.

You know, every time I think there is nothing more that could possibly happen

us. I know.

I don't fight it anymore. That's us. Our lives are just... What?

Weird?

No.

All right, come on. Our lives are just... Oh, what's the word I'm

Oh, I know.

Um, I gotta go. Someone's in trouble.

Perfect.