All language subtitles for Lois and Clark - 03x08 - Chip Off The Old Clark

It's funny about this thing.

I look down at it every day...

...and I'm almost surprised
to see it there.

I think about what it means
and about you.

And how long it took you
to finally put it on.

Yeah, that too.

- We've been through a lot.
- A lot?

Lois, salmon swimming upstream haven't
had the mating troubles we've had.

Yeah.

Well, now we're just an old,
almost-married couple.

And we'll be like this forever.
You cooking, me watching.

What, you're never cooking?

It's not really something I do.

- I thought it was just lack of time.
- No, no.

Lack of talent.

Well, I guess there's all kinds of things
about you I still have to find out.

And me about you.

You don't have any really big surprises,
do you?

- Did I mention the flying?
- I only marry men who fly.

Hello.

Hi, Jimmy.

Yeah, I'm... I'm kind of busy right now.

Yeah. Okay, fine.
Fine, fine, fine.

Bye.

Jimmy says that we have
to turn on Channel 6 right now.

Wait, I was just about to find out
all this juicy stuff about you.

Tonight, a Top Copy exclusive.

We take you live to the home of
Miss Leigh-Anne Stipanovic.

Yes, it's true.

I can remain silent no more.

I had Superman's love child.

These years have been so hard,
you know.

I mean, of course, we've always hoped
Superman might give us a little loan...

...or something to help us
get back on our feet.

But mostly I just want him...

...to come see his boy.

Hey, hey. Hey.

Turn that trash off.

- You don't think there's a story here?
- Jimmy, the story is the crazy times...

...we live in when anybody
can get media attention...

...with a cock-and-bull story like that.

The Daily Planet, by the way,
is not gonna waste one drop of ink on it.

Hey, CK, what do you think?

I mean, if I had
Superman's powers, his looks...

...tight pants, women falling all over me,
I sure might be tempted too.

Or not.

Probably not. It wouldn't be something
I think about.

All right, can we get back
to the news here?

The President of Tanzor is in town for the
signing of the peace treaty with Fostonia.

They've been enemies for a century.

There's die-hards on both sides
that don't want the treaty signed.

That's why I want you and Lois on it.

Now, how's the engagement thing
coming along, by the way?

You two must be happier
than pigs in slop?

Lois. I was just saying
how happy you two must be.

What?

I'm sorry, Chief. I just didn't
sleep much last night.

Me, either.

Perry wants us to cover the
President of Tanzor's arrival.

- Fine.
- Lois, what do you think of that babe...

- ...who said she had Superman's...?
- Jimmy.

Oh, babe? Is she a babe?

Clark, do you think she's a babe?

I don't know. I barely noticed.

You didn't notice? Hello.

You all right?

- Lois, we talked about this last night.
- I know.

Okay, so we'll cover the president's
arrival, try to forget this whole thing...

The story's as good as written.
He arrives...

...he waves, he says, "Peace is good,"
surprise, surprise.

It's not a good use of our time.

What might be a better use of our time?

Well, maybe we could, you know,
check out this Leigh-Anne person.

No. Lois, Perry's right.

Covering it will just give her credibility.

- This whole thing will be over tomorrow.
- See, I think that's naive.

I think our job is to expose her
as a hoax.

You know, to prove to the world that...
That my fiance...

...the man that I love, would... would
never do what this woman said he did.

Of course he wouldn't.
I mean, I didn't.

Lois, trust me,
this whole thing is gonna die.

Yeah, and I'm gonna be the one to kill it.

Perfect.

David Nemeth?
Extra's covering this?

Hi, Lois. Well, I've covered some
tragedies before in my time, but this...

Oh, Jesus.

I forget. Which one of you
kind people did I say was next?

Excuse me. Excuse me.
Hello, I'm Lois Lane.

Lois Lane...
From the Daily Planet?

Come in.

I feel a woman should tell my story.

- I'll be right with you.
- No, wait.

Just keep repeating to yourself.
Hoax, hoax.

Hoax, hoax.
Hoax, hoax.

- Mama, look.
- Jesse, honey.

Excuse me.

Well? Well?

- I don't know. It's impossible.
- Impossible. Impossible?

Why do you keep
saying everything twice?

Jesse, honey,
help Mama pick these things up.

Hi, Jesse.

I'm Lois. I'm here to be
your mom's friend so that...

...she'll tell me the real true story
about your life.

- I don't like you.
- Come on.

- I'm sure you don't mean that.
- Yes, I do.

- I see.
- I like him.

Wow, he's usually so shy
around strangers.

He's my pal.

Well, shall we begin?

- You wanna play in my room?
- Sure.

So, Jesse, you're pretty strong.

How'd you get to be so strong?

You wanna play catch?

Gee.

And you're so fast too.

- We now bring you live coverage...
- Yeah.

- ...of the Metropolis Peace Conference.
- With his flying around...

We're at the
Tanzorian Consulate building...

...where President Florio has just arrived.

Tomorrow he signs
the peace treaty with Fostonia...

...with whom his country
has a long history of hostile relations.

He does that all the time.

Today's ceremonies include
a welcome from federal...

...and local government officials.
At a meeting, the secretary...

Stay back.

- There's some kind of disturbance here.
- Bad noise.

What noise, honey?
I don't hear anything.

- Hold on now.
- Lois, I'll be right back.

...Secret Service people.
Some of the bodyguards...

Right this way, Mr. President.

Mr. President, are you all right?

Ye... ye... yes. Yes, one of my men
acted very quickly, and... and...

Wh...? Where did he go?
Where did he go? Where?

Honey, he spoiled me something awful.

Cheese from France,
and chocolate from Switzerland...

Of course, he can get to all those places
in just two shakes, you know.

Ye... yes.
I'm... I'm familiar with that.

But I would just keep saying to him,
"Super," I'd say...

I called him Super.

"Super, honey, the gifts are nice,
but I want you to love me...

...like an ordinary man."

And you know what he would do?

He would cook for me.

He...? He would cook for you?

Please, I beg you,
don't ask about our intimate relations.

Suffice it to say, they don't call him
Superman for nothing.

- Sugar, you okay?
- Yes. Yes, I'm... I'm fine.

I mean, I can understand
if he's no longer in love with me.

A flame that burns so bright,
only burns so long.

But I have my little boy to think about.

You know, in...
In fairness to Superman...

...you haven't really offered
any hard proof that he even knows you.

No?

What about...

...this?

Now don't you go printing that. National
Inquisitor and Tattle Tale Weekly...

...they're fighting
for the rights of that thing.

It is unthinkable you failed today.

We didn't hire you for failure.

Now the old fool's canceled
most of his public appearances.

But not all of them.

Fostonia is the historic enemy
of my country.

There must be no peace treaty.

You are paying me to launch
a nuclear missile from your country...

...which will destroy
the capital of Fostonia.

Who is going to sign a peace treaty?

But you need the launch codes.

And only our president has them...

...and security around him
has been tripled.

Well, then I'll just have to be
a little more creative, won't I?

I'll get the damn launch codes...

...as soon as I get my hands
on a little super help.

Now, I know this is tough
for you, Leigh-Anne...

...but were you and Superman
really in love?

Oh, brother. Can you believe the
whole country is running with this thing?

Still, these must've been
tough years for you, though?

It's so hard when your little boy
turns to you and he says...

...Mama, why can I fly?

Why can I break steel bars
over my head?

Why wasn't I hurt
when Uncle Luke shot me?"

You felt you just couldn't keep
this heartbreak to yourself.

Yes. My personal code of morality would
let me cover for Superman no longer.

- You may quote me.
- Well, this is television.

Lord help me, I pulled Lois
off that peace conference to cover it.

- Lois, you got that Superman story yet?
- I guess.

I know, honey, it's always demoralizing
when one of our heroes falls.

You don't know the half of it.

You are aware there's a chance
Superman didn't do this.

Now, Lois, you and I
have been newspeople long enough...

...to know that if it looks like a duck,
quacks like a duck...

...tastes good with plum sauce,
it is a duck.

- What's a duck?
- I was just telling Lois she shouldn't let...

...her friendship with Superman
cloud her professional objectivity.

Why? Did she judge him
and find him innocent?

Not exactly.
The jury's deadlocked.

See, that's exactly why we shouldn't
put people on pedestals.

But, you know, I guess even Superman's
entitled to a checkered past.

- Lois...
- What'd you find on that kidnap attempt?

The Tanzorians think it might be the work
of a radical group inside their country.

I don't have a checkered past.

Perry's right, people shouldn't expect
more from Superman than any other guy.

Pretty sophisticated work
for a radical group.

Word is they may have hired
that terrorist Anonymous.

I thought we put this behind us.

Your shadow's behind you,
can't shake it.

I thought they kicked Anonymous
out of the United States.

He may have kicked himself back in.

It's easy.
He's a master of disguise.

No one's ever seen his face.
No one knows his voice.

Lois, I can handle anyone else thinking
what they wanna think about me...

- ...but you can't tell me that you think...
- I don't know what I think.

What you do know is that I love you.

But what about before?

I mean, neither of us was born
on the day we fell in love.

I guess I don't have the right...

...to get upset about
something that happened before.

But it upsets me.
It really upsets me.

And everywhere I go, it's all I hear
and it upsets me.

You mentioned that.

Lois, the thing is, I wouldn't lie to you.

See, the thing is, you did.
Every day. For three years.

And...

...then there's this.

The guys in the photo lab
assure me it's authentic.

Do you have any idea how many
thousands of people I pose with?

Do you have any idea how many toddlers
can balance a sofa on their pinkie finger?

Look, I'm tired, and I'm pretty emotional,
and I just... I'm gonna go home and pace.

- Okay, fine. Then we can...
- Alone.

I'm sorry.
I just need to clear my head.

Jimmy.

Boy, I must be in trouble
if the cavalry's here.

- Hi, sweetie.
- Hi.

- Are you okay?
- Fine.

We never watch those tabloid shows.
Hello, boy. But the Smallville Press...

...has turned its whole front page
over to Superman's love child.

- I do not have a love child.
- Of course you don't.

- It's an impossibility.
- It's laughable, really.

Laughable?
Guys, come on, I mean...

I have dated.

No, no. What we mean is,
we raised you to be responsible.

If anything did occur,
you'd live up to your obligations.

If you say this woman
is not the mother of your child...

...she's not the mother of your child.
It's just laughable.

- How's Lois?
- Not laughing.

Well, of course
she'd be bewildered by all this.

You just have to expect that.

Well, you know Lois.

She wants an explanation for everything.

And the only explanation I can give her
on this whole thing...

...is I don't know.

Mom, how old was I
when I started lifting couches?

Oh, gosh, honey, I think it was junior
high before you did any serious lifting.

And then it was rarely furniture.

You usually leaned towards
kitchen appliances.

The freezer, I think.

Well, maybe this kid's
not even from Earth.

Maybe I'm not the only person
from Krypton here. I...

- Help me out here.
- Clark...

Clark, don't make yourself crazy.
There's no truth in this.

So, what are you guys saying? That
I should just sit back and do nothing?

Of course not.

We're here to support you and fight this
little hussy with everything we've got.

- Mom.
- Well.

Son, science is on your side.

The answer is simple.
It's DNA.

DNA test?

They want Jesse to take a DNA test.

And that is exactly why you need me
and my law firm, Miss Stipanovic.

Son, could you possibly loosen your grip
on Uncle Donald's leg.

Son. Spunky, isn't he?

Well, maybe I should hire you,
Mr. Rafferty.

Up until now my cousin Bobby Bob,
he's been handling all my legal affairs.

But he's still
in correspondence law school.

They haven't mailed him
the chapter on blood stuff, yet.

And Jesse does seem to have taken
a shine to you.

Yes.

Mr. Rafferty, as you can see, that test
is for later today.

Now, isn't there some sort of writ
or judge-type thing...

...you can do, just to delay it,
you know?

My dear,
you have nothing to worry about.

- Son, the grip, I'm losing all feeling.
- Uncle Donald, wanna play with my frog?

The test will either show
that Superman is the father or not.

And how is that last one a good thing?

Well, I will bring in opposing experts
to argue that the DNA tests...

...are inconclusive or contaminated
or the result of tampering...

...or part of a conspiracy.

- Is that legal?
- My dear, it's the backbone...

...of the entire legal system.

But we won't have to worry
about that, will we...

...because the little tyke
is the son of Superman, isn't he?

Of course. Yeah.

It... it's just that my family
doesn't do so well on tests.

So cute. How old is he?

Superhero!
Superzero!

Superhero!
Superzero!

Superhero!
Superzero!

Superhero!
Superzero!

- Superhero! Super...
- Superman.

- Superman.
- Are you really the father?

Okay, okay. Okay.

All of you know me
and what I stand for.

And what I won't stand for.

I've always tried to protect the weak
and the helpless.

And that's why I'm here today.

To protect this little boy
from any more of this.

Look, it's Jesse and Leigh-Anne.

All right.
Please, please. Back up.

Back up. We're here for the truth
and not for publicity.

Hello. Hello, everyone. Hello.

Look, angel,
say hello to all the nice people.

Perry told me to cover this.
I hate it as much as you do.

The irony is there's really only been
one woman in my life.

And she's wearing a ring.

Honey.

I cannot stop myself.

As much as you've shunned me,
I still have love in my heart for you.

Look, angel.
Lookit, this is Daddy.

- Miss Stipanovic, please.
- Darling, don't you be so formal.

You weren't in your love letters,
which I'm reading tonight on Nightline.

- Go away. I don't like you.
- Hey, what are you doing?

I don't like them.

Sometimes it's hard,
isn't it, being different?

Sometimes it's scary.

And sometimes you get mad...

...and it'd be easy to hurt people
because you're so strong.

But, see...

...the cool thing is that...
Is that we can do good for people...

...and most people, Jesse...

Most people are good.

Even those crazy ones outside.

So...

- ...any questions?
- Are you my daddy?

Hello, Superman. Jesse.

We obviously won't be drawing
blood from you.

I take it Jesse's skin is also
impervious to puncture?

Yes. Though why that is,
I have no idea.

No, really.
I have no idea.

You said you can do DNA test
with hair follicles, correct?

That's right.

I talked to Jesse,
and he's agreed to do the same thing.

Excellent.

We'll do our best to rush
the tests along, Superman.

The results will be quite definitive.

Incontrovertible, really.

That's great.

And I can expect the results when?

Based on what I suspect to be
the complexity of your cell structure...

...four to five months.
A year, tops.

What?

Hi, this is Clark Kent. I'm not here.

But leave a message
and I'll get right back to you.

Mr. Kent, this is
Leigh-Anne Stipanovic.

I know you're a friend of Superman's...

Please tell him it's urgent.
I'll meet him in Courthouse Park today...

...at 3:00, okay?
Thank you so much.

Mama, where do you want this?

- Jesse, put that freezer down.
- Okay.

- Hello.
- Miss Stipanovic?

This is Superman.

I feel badly about today
and would like to clear things up.

Could you meet me in Courthouse Park
at 3:00? I'd appreciate it.

Okay.

- I'm glad we're finally talking about this.
- Yeah.

- You first.
- Leigh-Anne...

...what is it exactly that you want?

What every mother wants.

A future for her son.

And that's commendable,
but he's your son, not mine.

Do you have any idea
what raising Jesse's been like?

Before I got pregnant, I had prospects.
You probably don't know this...

...but I was a runner-up in the
Junior Miss Stenographer pageant.

- I didn't know that.
- I had my sights set...

...on being a Star Search spokesmodel.

But now, that's just a dream.

Leigh-Anne, a lot of people work
and raise a child.

Jesse's not just any child.

And since he got...

...the way he is I just...

I can't keep him in clothes
because he grows so fast.

Can't keep a roof above our heads
because he just... he wrecks every place.

I can't keep a job because
no daycare center will have him.

Well, I'd like to help, if I could.
But how?

Well, you're a big celebrity.
How do you think?

Leigh-Anne, I don't have money.

I don't have credit cards
or a shoebox full of cash.

Does this look like the wardrobe
of a rich man?

Dear, my attorney said
I'd have to file a lawsuit.

Well, then it would be a lawsuit
based on a lie.

- I don't think I see your point.
- Look.

There's still time to get out of all this
before Jesse gets hurt.

Hurt him?
I'm helping him.

We have a book offer.
We have a Movie of the Week deal.

There's a kids' clothing company
that wants to do a Jesse line.

I can give him the kind of life
I never could have dreamed of.

I see the way people
are making money out there.

Who am I?
The last Girl Scout?

I don't think so.

I'm sorry that you feel this way.

I thought you called me
because you changed your mind.

- Me call you? You called me.
- No, you left a message for me...

- ...with Clark Kent.
- No, I did not.

- What's going on here?
- Where's Jesse?

Jesse!
Jesse!

He was with Rafferty
when you left him?

Yes. Mr. Rafferty said he was
gonna babysit and now they're gone.

Jesse!

My God, if anything happens to Jesse...

- Any clues?
- No.

Okay, ma'am,
let's see if I have this right.

You return home...

...look around,
see your furniture turned over...

...windows unopened...

...and you looked in the back,
and up in there.

You might wanna check this out.
I'm not sure what it is.

Some guys in a news van saw Rafferty
drive off a couple of hours ago.

Nobody thought anything of it.

Why would he do that?

Extortion, probably.

Leigh-Anne, we're gonna get Jesse
back for you.

This is all my fault.

This is all my fault.

It's strange.

I mean, he's not my son...

...but I do feel close to him.

In a way that's...
It's just a way I can't explain.

Maybe it's because you lived
what he's living.

Or maybe it's because you're
the most caring person I ever met.

And the most honest.

I amaze myself sometimes.

I'm so used to having
to track down the truth.

Always thinking that things
aren't what they appear to be.

I forget sometimes that the truth
is just staring me right in the face.

And the truth is?

The truth is what you tell me.

And what I tell you.

Because that's the kind
of relationship we have.

Lois...

...the best day of my life
was the day that you found out...

...that I was Superman.

It meant no more secrets.

I am done hiding things from you.

I know.

I guess I'm just still getting used to that.

Come on.

I don't wanna play that.
I wanna play this.

We're almost in.

Tanzor's missile system has a
highly sophisticated web of alarms...

...and shunts that must be handled
with utmost care.

Hey, kid, put that down.

I want Mommy.

So we just have to wait
a few more minutes, okay?

- Throw me the ball.
- Okay.

- Here it comes.
- No, kid. No!

Missile launch sequence activated.

- I'm in.
- What?

- That's wonderful.
- Now all you need are the launch codes.

And we'll have them.
Well, that was excellent work, my boy.

- Excellent work.
- Yeah, well, don't bother thanking me.

Just send the cash.

Good luck with the kid.
He was starting to give me a headache.

Really?
Then by all means, take two of these.

Check's in the mail.

Okay, thank you.

Well, that's it. There's no Donald
Rafferty at any law firm in Metropolis.

- He's faking more than his law degree.
- What do you mean?

The forensic report just came back
on the stuff you found at Leigh-Anne's.

It sure has a distinctive smell.

Only to a super nose.

Anyway, it's the same kind of putty
used by professional makeup artists.

Or masters of disguise.
Like that master of disguise...

...rumored to be in Metropolis
for the peace conference.

Anonymous.
You don't think he has Jesse?

Excuse me. I hate to be a bother but I
just can't sit home. Is there any news?

- Nothing that we can confirm.
- But everyone's looking for him.

Especially Superman.
Excuse me.

CK, I got news.
Three listings for Ding-Dong Motels.

- Joplin, Missouri.
- Never been there.

- What?
- Nothing. Go on.

Lincoln, Nebraska
and Traverse City, Michigan.

Traverse City? Isn't that where an airliner
almost went down about a year ago?

Yeah, big electrical storm.
Superman kept the plane from crashing.

Leigh-Anne, let me ask you.

Were you and Jesse on a plane
over Michigan about a year ago?

- What?
- That plane nearly crashed, didn't it?

Well, yeah.

You were sitting over
the left-wing window seat?

Jesse was by the window.
It was his first time flying.

Superman rescued that plane.

And then he took pictures
with some of the passengers.

Outside of the motel.

Well, I really ain't worth much, am I?

Leigh-Anne, there's no question
what you did was really wrong.

But anybody can see
how much you love your little boy.

If Superman presses charges,
they could take Jesse away from me.

I'm sure Superman
thinks you've learned your lesson.

That'd be my guess.

Excuse me.

Clark, that electrical storm.
A lightning bolt must have...

Hit me and transferred part of my
powers through the plane to Jesse.

Only other time it's happened is when
I'm touching someone, but obviously...

I was wondering why I felt so close
to him, Lois. Now I know.

I'm responsible for the way he is.

- What you gonna say to him?
- Look.

- I'm tired.
- Quit your incessant com...

You can take a nap
when we get home, okey-dokey?

After our game, we'll have ice cream
and candy and jellybeans.

Okay.

You're next.
Remember how we play this game?

Hug.

One more time, Mr. President.

I insist you give me
your nation's nuclear launch codes.

Pretty please?

You are a crazy person.

Do what you want to me.

But there will be peace
between Tanzor and Fostonia.

Now, don't get me wrong.

I couldn't care less
about your little peace treaty.

It's just that I'm being paid
handsomely to level your opposition.

Well, well, well.

Much as I love doing things
the hard way...

...perhaps I'll have better luck
doing things the easy way.

Truth serum.

- No.
- Yes.

- No, no.
- Yeah.

Anonymous obviously has Jesse
completely under his control.

There must be something on this tape
that can help us.

- Listen.
- Red choo-choo.

- I don't hear anything.
- I do.

Just before Jesse flew off
with the president, he said something.

He said, "Red choo-choo."

Red choo-choo?

Well, I don't speak kid, but, I mean,
wouldn't you think that meant train?

Red train.
Maybe they're leaving by train?

Maybe Anonymous has him stashed
at a train yard.

That's a shot. I'll check every train
and train yard on the coast.

I'll call you, bye.

Miss Lane. Miss Lane.

Dr. Klein, he's got some news.
Where's Mr. Kent?

He's helping Superman look for Jesse.
We think we got a lead.

Thank you, God.

Dr. Klein, I already know
the DNA results and right now...

Listen, please. As I was analyzing
Jesse's hair sample...

...I noticed that its molecular structure
varied throughout the strand.

Apparently, there's been a gradual,
yet steady...

It's easier if I show you.

This end is about a year old.

Now, this part is much newer.

So, what are you saying?
Jesse's losing his super powers?

I'm afraid so.

Well, Superman said that
the transfer wasn't perfect...

...so maybe the results are temporary.

At the rate that he is changing,
and with this final exertion...

Miss Lane, Jesse may be no safer
right now than an ordinary child.

- Oh, God.
- Leigh-Anne...

...we think we know where Jesse is.

Before he left with the president
he said, "Red choo-choo."

Right now, Superman
is flying over all the train yards...

But that might not be the place.
Choo-choo is his word for train...

...but it's also his word for smokestacks.

- Smokestacks?
- Yes, they remind him...

...of old steam engines,
so he uses the same word for both.

If Clark comes back, tell him to meet me
at the old Metro-Chem plant.

- What?
- Tell him to look for a big smokestack.

- Fifteen alpha.
- Fifteen alpha.

- Twenty-six omega.
- Twenty-six omega.

- Forty-two sigma.
- Forty-two sigma.

What?

What?

- Oh, my...
- What?

My papa

- To me he was so wonderful
- No, no. Stop. Numbers.

- Stop that. No singing.
- Oh, my...

My papa

- To me he was so...
- Hey. Hey. Hey, no sing...

Numbers. Mr. President.

Hey. Hey, hey, numbers.

What is go...?
I'm getting frustrated really bad.

Oh, God.

Stop it.

- Uncle Donald.
- Jesse.

Sixty-one epsilon.

Uncle Donald.

Not now, kid.
I am busy.

- Nine delta.
- Nine delta!

I'll have the blue cheese
on the salad, Miss...

- Launch codes verified.
- Uncle Donald.

Jackpot!

The system is armed,
the missiles are ready to launch.

Stand up, back away from the computer.

Okay.

- Now what?
- Get down on your knees.

Don't move.
I know how to use this thing.

- What's going on here?
- Fostonia goes boom.

- Boom.
- Yeah.

Kid, you wanna see really big fireworks?

Jesse, come here, honey.

- Just press that button for a big boom.
- Cool.

No, Jesse, don't. Those aren't fireworks.
That's a bad thing.

Auntie Lois will buy you some candy...

- ...if you don't push it.
- Yeah.

No, no. A big boom is better than candy.
Push it, kid.

No, Auntie Lois will buy you
a big sofa to lift.

A sectional. You don't wanna
push that button, do you?

- Yeah.
- No, Jesse, don't.

Boy, you're a regular Mr. Rogers,
aren't you?

It's... it's no use.

It can't be stopped.

Where's the boom?
I want the boom.

- Shut up, kid.
- Jesse.

- Jesse, Auntie Lois needs some help.
- You're bad.

Yeah, so what?

Well, what do you know.

The little superkid
isn't so super anymore, is he?

Pity.

No.

No.

Balorium phosphide.

It devours oxygen as it rises.

And now, if you'll excuse me,
I've got a fee to collect.

Superman.

Superman.

Superman.
Superman.

It's okay, Jesse.
Everything's gonna be all right.

Help me, Superman.

Excuse me. Have any of you seen
a young boy or a European gentleman?

- They would be with another man.
- I think they just got on the last bus.

It was heading downtown.

Thank you.

Anonymous, I take it.

Superman.
Finally we meet face-to-face.

- So to speak.
- Where are they?

Superman.

Why, they're... they're...
Hey, hey, hey.

- Hey, that hurts.
- I'll deal with you later.

Let's get you out of here.

There's no time. There's a nuclear
warhead headed for Fostonia. Look.

You'll never make it
around the world in time.

Around the world. You're right.

Missile impact.

We ought to send a copy to Anonymous.

Give him some meaty jail-time reading.

Clark, we just nailed the biggest story
of the year. Gloat.

Yeah, that's great.
I mean, really, it's great.

- But?
- I can't seem to find the big story...

...that completely exonerates Superman.

It's there. Page 53.

Fifty. Three?

No, there.

Right between the obituaries
and the auction notices.

- Great.
- You know what they say...

...in journalism school,
exoneration doesn't sell papers.

Hey y'all.

We just wanted to come by
and say thank you...

...and ask if you could
thank Superman for us too...

...and tell him, you know,
that I'm sorry I...

Come on, you two,
one more smile for the camera.

Oh, no. We are 100 percent through
with fame and fortune.

Yeah, Jesse's going back to kindergarten,
and I'm enrolled in beauty school.

He's back to normal,
and that's all I want for us.

Until I win the lottery.
Thank you, both.

Again.

- Bye-bye.
- Bye-bye, pal.

Hey, don't be surprised if Superman
drops by for a visit.

- See you later.
- Bye-bye.

So, what about us?

Are we going back to being normal?

- Well, whatever normal is for us.
- Well, let's see.

Before we were interrupted, I was just
starting to really enjoy being engaged.

- Yeah, so was I.
- So, what's normal for a woman...

...happily engaged to a really cute guy?

I know.

Can you hold a moment, please?

Lois, everybody's watching.

Yeah. Who cares?