Original subtitles

What are you doing here?

Seeing a movie with Jimmy.

I think it's oddly coincidental that

out of all the movies playing in all the movie theaters

we would end up at the same one at the same time.

I think that it shows how we have the same tastes.

I walked out.

So did I. Jimmy loved it.

I walked out because the plot has just warmed over Bambi

without the political subtext. You?

I fell asleep. What difference does it make why I walked out?

'Cause I think it shows how we look at the same thing..

...differently.

I think we're completely in sync.

Oh, yeah. We're so in sync that when you broke up with me

for my own good, you figured I'd probably know

it was for the best, because we're so in sync.

We're about as in sync as the English

in a Japanese horror film.

Lois, I was wrong, and I admitted it.

- You can't stay mad. - Oh, yes, I can.

You can fly, I can stay mad. It's a gift.

- 'Hi, Lois.' - Michelle.

Clark, I want you to meet Michelle and Arnold Sitkowitz.

'My neighbors.'

Oh, you two make an adorable couple.

Oh, I hope you'll be as happy as Arnold and me.

Ten years and never a cross word.

- Well, it's getting late. - Yeah, yeah.

See you tomorrow.

Nice meeting you.

Ten years.

'Arnold and Michelle Sitkowitz.'

Where'd that come from?

Look, Arnold, a burning bush.

'Do not be afraid, for you have been chosen.'

Chosen for what?

You do have an alibi for last night?

Alibi? Why do I need an alibi?

'That lady with the cop..'

Michelle Sitkowitz's sister Louise.

She lives across town, and the Sitkowitz's

were supposed to be at her place last night.

They play poker every Thursday.

Is there anything that goes on in this building

that you don't find out about?

No. Anyway, Arnold and Michelle never made it.

So, maybe they went some place else last night.

No. Louis and Michelle are very close.

- Michelle would've called. - Excuse me.

Anyway, Louise got worried, so she came over here last night

and the Sitkowitz's never came home.

- What? - That's right. Vanished.

That's so weird. I just introduced them to Clark.

Happiest couple I have ever met, besides you and Clark.

From time to time.

I hope Louise doesn't mind me butting in.

- What can you do? - I'm a reporter.

I can make some noise about this, you know

people disappear in this city all the time

and nobody seems to care.

I'm not gonna let that happen to Arnold and Michelle.

I've unpacked some brownies for now.

And I'm putting the rest in the freezer.

And my homemade apple sauce is in the fridge.

Mom, every time you guys visit me

you bring enough food for the winter.

Well, that's what we do, honey.

Take care of our boy with his favorite food

good advice and unconditional support.

No big deal.

I wish the rest of the world worked that way.

I mean, a guy makes one

admittedly big mistake, and bam!

The door slams closed in his face

and the supreme court is not hearing any appeals.

Trouble with Lois, huh?

Remember that great idea I had about breaking up with Lois

because being close to me put her at risk?

Yeah. We were afraid that wouldn't sit too well.

I mean, don't you think she's sort of

making a mountain out of a molehill here?

Well, frankly, Clark, I have to go with Lois on this one.

- Dad? - I have to go with your mother.

Ah! It's not supposed to work like this.

You guys are my parents. You're supposed to side with me.

Well, we do take your side, in the big picture.

We want you to be happy. And Lois makes you happy.

Unless you make her unhappy

and then she makes you unhappy, and that makes us unhappy.

Son... love and marriage are a partnership.

Both people are equal in that partnership.

Bottom line, they make their decisions together.

So what are you saying, I should go

crawling back on my hands and knees?

No, honey. Fly back. It's faster.

Chief. I really do want to devote some time

to the Sitkowitz disappearance.

So you said, Lois, and I'm sure your neighbors are lovely people

but it's not exactly hard news.

No, I think it is.

Out of the 531 people missing last year

do you realize that a large percentage of them

are married couples.

You're reaching, Lois. Oh, shh.

'My man, Larry Smiley.'

Well, howdy, howdy, howdy, and welcome to..

Larry Smiley. Isn't he the guy that runs that place..

The Institute of Love and Dependence?

Commitment. Love and commitment.

This man's a visionary. Alice and I went on his retreat.

It sure opened our eyes.

...steps that I learned at the knee of my beloved mama.

Who made her marriage a true romance.

Sit back and relax and listen to my guests.

They'll tell you the straight poop.

- Michelle and Arnold, howdy. - 'That's them!'

That's Michelle and Arnold.

Well, she told me she taped something last month.

I had no idea it was this.

I was hoping you might share with us

how my principles on equal opportunity lovingness

'have affected your life.'

Well, Larry, Arnold and I

always thought we had the perfect marriage.

Ten years and never a cross word.

But thanks to your lessons of sharing and unity

we now are unified in our sharing.

They does sound like they really believe in this guy.

Yeah. Yeah.

You know without Larry

my marriage would've been a shutout.

As it is, we're heading into extra innings.

Morning, chief, Lois.

- Listen, I can come back. - 'No, no, no, no, no.'

Just a minute.

I've been meaning to talk to you two.

'Now, I can't help but notice'

the chill, going on between you two.

'If you need a friendly ear to bend, I'm it.'

But just don't let whatever it is hurt your work.

Okay?

Chief, I think Clark and I are both professional enough

to behave... uh, professionally.

Good, because partners need to know they can count on each..

- 'Superman, help.' - Cover for each other.

Gee, would you look at the time. I've got to go get, uh..

Choco-Chocolate monster chip ice cream.

Go, before they sell out.

Yeah, I..

You know that boy would walk on water for you.

Or he'd drown trying.

Here you go.

- Hi. Where are you off to? - The interview.

- What interview? - Didn't I tell you?

No, but since you're hardly speaking to me, I guess

this is one of those things that you hardly spoke to me about.

I wanna talk to the friends and family of the missing couples

see if we can find any common links.

We're due at Emerson's Cafe at noon.

Lois, I'm kind of busy. Excuse me.

Oh, isn't he something?

Yeah.

Thanks to him, the sisters and I

will still be able to bring our toy collection

to the orphanage.

Superman is a national treasure.

Oh.

You know, it's just wonderful

being angry at a national treasure.

Lois, I can't help it. People like me. I help them.

- You used to like me. - I still like you.

I'm just upset, and even though it's your fault

I feel like it's mine. Good old Clark.

Good old Superman, crabby old Lois.

And even if I could tell someone the issue, which I can't

they'd still think you were the good guy and I was the bad guy.

Can you, can you hang on?

Oh, sisters, look. He's saving the toys from being scorched.

Of course.

Oh, bless you.

- I'm sorry. You were saying? - Nothing.

I'm gonna be a professional, and go to the interview

and internalize my feelings

so I get an ulcer the size of Cleveland.

Women.. Earth women.

I guess you didn't have any trouble parking.

Uh, Mr. Hansen.

- Lois Lane. - Good to meet you.

Mr. Hansen here says that his brother and sister-in-law

vanished last month.

They were struggling artists, only been married a year.

They moved here from Dayton.

So they had nothing in common with the Sitkowitz's.

They didn't by any chance have a wonderful

seemingly perfect marriage, did they?

- Oh, no, not at all. - It was worth a shot.

In fact, up until two months ago, Inga spoke of divorce

and moving back to Dayton.

What changed her mind?

A place called the Larry Smiley Institute.

For love and commitment? They went there?

They said that this Smiley fella restored their relationship.

He rebuilt their trust in each other

and promised them a hopeful future.

And then they disappeared.

What is this? What do you want with us?

Oh, no. Oh, my God.

Michelle!

Aah!

Hi.

Come see these.

Got hold of a group photo of the Sitkowitz's

at the Larry Smiley Institute.

And another of the Hansens with their group.

I had the computer narrow the missing persons

for the past two years down to just missing married couples.

So, if we can cross reference the names on these pictures

with the list of missing couples

maybe we can find some matches.

Is this the kinda conversations that we're gonna have

from now on?

I'll go cross reference these.

Lois... here.

Four matches.

And from these two photos alone

four couples have vanished in the past two years.

Who knows how many have disappeared

from other sessions at the institute.

I mean, Perry, you might even be at risk.

Aw, come on now, Lois.

If there was something sinister there, you don't think

an old news hound like myself wouldn't sense it?

Maybe. Or maybe it's just really well hidden, chief.

Yeah. Yeah... possibly.

Anyway, if you wanted to nose around

it'd have to be kind of a, an undercover

sniff-it-out type of thing.

That's not exactly what I was getting at.

You know, as a matter of fact.

'I could make arrangements for you'

'to go on the next retreat'

as a married couple.

Oh, no, no.

No, that's just not, just not a good idea.

- Not at this time, chief. - 'No? Why?'

Surely not for personal reasons.

I mean 'cause you both said that nothing would

stand in the way of your professionalism.

No... no..

No, no... just don't think it's a good idea.

Oh, oh, okay, well, your sentiments are duly noted.

Don't you guys think you should get out of here and pack?

Each of our guest goes by the name of an animal species.

Symbolic of the primal urge to mate and further the species.

Larry wants two of every kind.

You guys will be known as "The Hawks." They mate for life.

What were the Sitkowitz's called?

- The Badgers. - Here we are.

I'll just jot your name up on the doorway

'and we'll be on our way.'

- Nope. - What?

We don't like this cabin.

We don't?

Honey... it-it faces east. The winds are from the south.

You know how you get.

Oh, yes. I... get ugly.

Really ugly.

Okay.

Unh-unh.

Mmnh.

Sir, I'm running out of cabins.

Perhaps this one will do.

Yes. This will be just fine. Won't it, pumpkin?

Uh... yep.

Fine.

'Enjoy your stay.'

Hope things work out.

Okay. What was that all about?

You said the Sitkowitz's were the Badgers, right?

Well..

This was their cabin?

I thought it might be useful.

Lois, your... dress.

That's okay, I'll change.

So... this is where they slept.

Arnold probably sat right in that chair. Happy he came here.

Michelle probably sat at this desk.

Scared of something, writing her sister.

Boy, this wood is so soft.

You can see years of imprints of writing.

Hey, Clark... do you think you could lift out.

Michelle's handwriting from the others?

You know, using your, um... vision... gizmo.

Lois, vision gizmo doesn't sound particularly... cool.

You know? Yeah.

Got it.

This is where she wrote it, alright.

Anything else? She said in the letter Smiley scared her.

There's one other thing. "Kathy. 4:30. Meditation tree."

Who's Kathy?

Male and female hawk? Your bags.

Good. I've got to change. Thanks.

Larry Smiley's waiting. First session's starting now.

Wait a minute.

Where's my suitcase?

Harmonicity.

Well, you can put away your Funk & Wagnalls, folks.

That ain't English. It's what I call a Larryism.

'Harmonicity is a blend, if you will'

'of complementary desires.'

And as my dear mama would say that's exactly

what mother nature intended for marriage to be.

Now how about it, folks? We got harmonicity?

Yeah.

Heck, then, let's all take hands.

Smile on yourselves.

'Aw, mama, I can feel it.'

I feel the harmony. I feel the love.

'It's not like I did it on purpose.'

Well, my bag was there right on the stoop.

I thought you put it in the car.

You know maybe, subconsciously you have some need..

- Hi. - Male and female hawk.

And not a moment too soon.

No, no, no. Stay standing. Let's get right to work.

You know around here, we speak blunt speak.

And that is a, uh, what?

- Larryism. - Right you are, female lemur.

'And bluntly speaking'

'you two have got to stop dressing alike.'

I mean, look at yourself, honey. Do you hate your feminine side?

- What? No. - No, she's very feminine.

Oh, now see, this is what I call the echo pattern.

She basically says something, and you just gotta chime in.

That pretty much the way it works?

- No. - Of course not.

'Son, don't allow this.'

You gotta sing your own song.

- It takes two tones for.. - Harmonicity!

'Harmonicity.'

Please be seated.

'Let's all close our eyes and go to that safe place'

where we find our own pure tone.

'It's really great group this week.'

'They're really catching on.'

It's Kathy.

Larry!

Larry, female hawk is whispering.

Tch, tch, tch.

Female hawk.. You're riding on a horse called domination

and you won't get off. Does she need a time out?

Yes!

'Step on the outside, female hawk and don't you return'

'until you're singin' with the choir.'

Oh... really?

Do I have to? Aw... shucks.

You know somethin'? You got a tiger by the tail there, boy.

Tell me about it.

- Kathy! - Oh, hi, female hawk.

Hi, we're having a great time.

Some friends of ours recommended it.

Arnold and Michelle Sitkowitz?

Wonderful people. Did you ever get a chance to talk to them?

No. Never. I don't know them.

Are you sure? 'Cause I-I thought that they mentioned you.

No, I don't know them.

Huh.

Fire.

Symbol of light where there was darkness.

Warmth where there was cold.

And most assuredly

purification of the impure.

You hear that, Kathy?

Betraying my trust would be an awfully impure thing to do.

- Larry, I'd never betray... - Wouldn't you, honey?

You real sure about that?

You mess with fire, you gonna get burned.

Whoa, hear that?

The phone.

Y'ello.

Yes, sir, boss. Smiley here.

'You don't say. I know you're busy, sir.'

Say hi to everyone for me. A-and bless you, too, sir.

Yep. Yep, that was God, everybody.

'And God has news.'

Seems everybody in Heaven is talkin' about us.

'Everybody in Heaven is sayin' that, them Smiley people'

gonna be the rulers of the new dawn.

That's what I promised you, isn't it?

'Yes.'

A place by my side in a better world.

Boy and girls, a new day's at hand.

The countdown has begun.

Darlin', did you hear? We're almost there.

The new dawn.

I'll meet you for bacon and eggs.

Jimmy, if the photos don't come

just tell 'em to lock down the front page and roll.

Aw, brother. Where is she?

I thought you hated the symphony, chief.

I do, Jimmy, that's why I'm standing here

in this monkey suit. Waiting for my wife, who loves the symphony.

And with whom I am on very thin ice.

So I can plunk down a thousand smackers for bad seats

on a charity opening night.

Now, son... when you get married

this will all make perfect sense.

Right.

Aw! Hi, dumplin'.

Hello, Mrs. White. Chief, I'm gonna stay till we roll.

Okay, bud. Thank you.

Judas priest. What in Sam Hill's going on here?

Alice?

Jimmy!

Scared to death, I just mentioned the Sitkowitz name

Kathy turned white as a ghost.

Well, I scanned the whole area.

There's no sight or sound of 'em.

So either they're not here

or they're in a lead-lined room.

Or they're dead.

This... is not a bed.

No. This is a bed.

Actually, it's a very large bed.

- This is business. - Yeah.

You think I can't handle this?

'I-I can handle this. I can handle this just fine.'

Your life is so strange.

And getting stranger by the minute.

Lois, flying, for me, is a piece of cake.

'I've been doing it since high school.'

What happens if I screw up?

Lose a little altitude?

But being in a relationship, it's completely new.

If I blow this ...I lose everything.

Oh, Clark, I'm not actually as good at romance as I look.

Really?

I mean, my life's basically been about work.

I'm just trying to figure this out like you are.

So we'll... help each other.

I know I don't always respond appropriately.

Neither do I.

And I don't always know how to express how I feel.

And I get... tongue tied sometimes.

But I do know you broke my heart.

And you just have to let me work that out.

You can't expect me to just snap out of it.

I will.

And I don't.

- Goodnight, Lois. - Goodnight, Clark.

Aah!

Ow! What are you doing?

Please get off of me.

I would if you'd just hold still.

Hey, pal... been there.

- It was an accident. - Falling from floating?

That's not possible.

I guess, you're better at it than I am, huh?

Alright. Alright.

I got scared.

Let's just... calm down.

It's okay, it's just a rock.

You know, I sleep like a baby in Metropolis.

What is so relaxing about the stupid mountains?

Says, "Meet me at the Meditation Tree tomorrow at midnight."

Signed, "Guess who?"

If this is some pathetic bid for notoriety

let me, let me just tell you, tell you something right now.

The Daily Planet does not deal with kidnappers.

Greetings, male wombat.

Things okay with you and female wombat?

Huh? Uh, uh, huh, yeah.

Sure, Larry, uh.. Where's Alice?

Is this some kind of a spot progress check or something?

Because let me tell you, you've taken years off my life here.

You'll gain 'em all back, in the new dawn.

- The new what? - It's where we're all going.

All the most promising graduates of the Larry Smiley institute

for love and commitment. I got me two of every kind.

Farmers, doctors, lawyers and you.

Why, you, of all people, should see where I'm headed.

Yeah. A little white room with rubber on the walls.

Hee hee hee! Don't rile me, boy.

- I'll leave you to drown. - Drown?

Didn't I mention? I'm flooding the Earth.

Oh. Well, uh, okay.

I'll just, uh, grab Alice and be on my way.

Thanks, man. I appreciate it. Hey!

God has made it real clear what I gotta do.

Start over. Get rid of everyone.

Except for the chosen, of course.

Uh, uh, Larry..

Larry, stay, stay with me now.

You can't flood the Earth.

It's not, it's not possible, Larry.

You know one of the advantages of healing the famous

and the accomplished, is that the little devils

are capable of building the doggonedest contraptions.

Behold... the Aqua Plus 1000 Storm-Maker.

Neat, huh?

Dammit, man! Where's Alice?

I-I want to see her, please.

Oh, my gosh. What have you done to her, man?

Suspended animation.

Her life signs are hovering just above death.

But, like all the others she'll be revived

as soon as the waters recede and the new dawn breaks.

Aah!

Clark?

Well, you're really racking up the frequent flyer miles.

That was sweet.

I know..

Group time. Ready?

Superman.

Female hawk, you know Superman?

Uh, well, yeah, kind of. We have the same dentist.

Clark. Clark, are y-you gonna be out of the shower soon?

Superman's leaving.

Oh, oh, you know, it would be so great

if Superman could join our session.

Superman's here?

So many people here could benefit

from your fairness and wisdom.

- I really have to go... - No, no. He's gonna have to go.

Isn't it your job to help people in need?

I just want Brian to make me feel validated, is all.

You want validation, go to a parking lot.

It's the same argument we've been having for weeks.

I take a job for more money and better benefits

and she complains because we didn't discuss it.

The job is in Tibet.

All I am saying is we should've talked this through.

- I hear you there. - Female hawk, must you?

Sorry.

She is a challenge.

Okay, so maybe I was rash.

I said I was sorry.

I only had our best interests at heart.

Ha!

It-it's none of my business. Sorry.

Superman, what do you think?

Well, I-I'm no expert

but... I think if you really care about someone

and they make a mistake, because they're only human after all

then they sincerely apologize

I think... you forgive.

A mistake's one thing, but this is a whole attitude.

You know, just because somebody says, "I love you"

doesn't put them in charge of your whole life.

True, but saying "I love you" does mean

that I would never hurt you on purpose.

And maybe I'll make more mistakes along the way

just as you will, but we'll learn from them and... move on.

Son, you pack a lot of horse sense in them tight britches.

Thank you. Now I really do have to go.

You guys keep up the good work.

Well, finally got that poison oak under control.

You missed it.

He was... wonderful.

What'd you think?

I thought he made some interesting points.

You know, I don't think this group therapy stuff is so bad.

I thought the wild applause was a bit excessive.

You're convinced this note's from Kathy?

Yeah. I think she wanted to tell us

what she never got to tell Michelle Sitkowitz.

Unless it's a hoax. Or a trap.

Maybe, she just got... Cold feet.

Oh, boy.

Lois, it's Kathy.

She's dead.

Well, I always knew that little girl had trouble.

Many's the time her tears washed down my shoulders.

But suicide, mmh... who'd have ever thought it?

It's ancient... torn from a book.

I can read a lot of languages, but..

It looks kind of like Hebrew, but I can't make it out.

She must have had some reason for wanting us to see it.

Which one of these books do you think it came from?

None of them, they're all too new.

There might be something in that next room.

What next room?

Smiley must work in here.

There's some files here divided into piles marked

accepted and rejected candidates.

Candidates for what?

Clark, we're in the rejected pile.

Lois, don't you think that's probably a good thing?

Well, I'd like to feel wanted.

Smiley says we're not compatible.

He says I don't trust you or respect you.

And he doesn't know why you even put up with me.

Lois, the guy's a murderer.

Of course I trust you.

And I respect you more than anyone else I've ever met.

'And you know if I do get angry'

it's only because I have never opened up to somebody

so much in my whole life, and it hurts me when I feel

'like that trust isn't returned.'

And you know, you put up with me for the same reason

I put up with you. It's because I'm completely in love with you.

And... I love you.

Did we just make up?

I think so.

Could we maybe do this some place

that's not so musty and not owned by a killer?

I, I think I just found the book

that this page came from.

It's a perfect fit, but probably a dead language.

We're gonna need an expert to read this.

Well, we won't be able to find an expert at 2 o'clock

in the morning.

Star. You could take it to Star.

Star?

Anything?

Lois says you can call up voices from the distant past

and get 'em to speak through you.

Clark, honey, now, I know you're real stressed

and you want this to work and all but you got to do me

an itty bitty favor.

Sure. Anything. What?

Shut up!

Come on, Clark, where are you?

Well, come in. Why are you so late?

I tried calling, but you're not allowed phone calls

so I climbed the fence.

What's wrong? What are you doing?

It's the chief, the last time I saw him

he went to a concert with Alice. They never made it home.

And he didn't come to work.

Oh, God, I'll bet it was Smiley.

Okay, folks, let's go, let's go.

Your arm's too short to box with God.

We're on a schedule here. One more box, let's go.

Smiley and his people are abandoning camp.

'Get this stuff unloaded.'

Alright, folks, let's show some hustle. The game is on.

Well, folks, this is it.

Lift off. T minus zero, anchors aweigh.

We only await the sign.

Boy, I hate waiting for the phone to ring, don't you?

There it is.

Y'ello?

Yep, it's him.

'Yes, sir.. Yes, sir, all systems are go, sir.'

Well, thank you. Vaya con Dios to you, too, sir.

It's gonna be a heck of a storm, boys and girls.

Forty days and forty nights, the flood'll wipe out

all of mankind, but for that which floats with us in the ark.

Man, it's just like "Waterworld."

Only cheaper.

Darlin', we're about to be joined together once more.

Hello, mama.

Boy, this guy's got real problems.

I am the citizen Landicus, philosopher and prophet.

Who seeketh me?

Uh, I do.

Seeker. Eager for an exchange of thought and prophecy?

Well... actually, no, Citizen Landicus.

I wanted to know if you could read this piece of paper.

Lois.

'Alright, look lively, folks. Let's load 'em up!'

Hold it, hold it, hold it.

Here's a candidate who didn't make the cut.

Female hawk, I distinctly recall

eliminating you from the new dawn.

You're right. I'm sorry. I'm definitely not worthy.

Jimmy, let's just go.

I can see we gonna have to do

a whole lot better job of eliminating.

The language is ancient.

Aramaic. It is a passage from what you call

the dead sea scrolls.

"The end of all flesh has come before me

"and the Earth is filled with violence through them

"and behold, I will destroy them from the Earth.

"They entered the ark, male and female

and the Lord shut them in."

This is the story of Noah and his ark?

Verily.

Smiley's nabbing couples.

The guy said he wants two of every kind.

Oh, man, Smiley thinks he's Noah.

Ooh, eh! This storm is the daddy of them all, folks!

I sure wouldn't want to be anywhere nears a lightnin' rod.

'But then, that's just me.'

Lois, you don't really think he can flood the Earth, do you?

No, Jimmy.

It's this turning us into toast thing that's got me worried.

Alright well, since this is it, I'm, I'm gonna confess

that, well, I-I used to have a little crush on you.

In fact, I-I had this dream..

A-and then you took my hand and said..

"Jimmy... I can make a man of you." And..

Thanks, honey.

Uh... Lois, um, panic makes a man say some strange things

sometimes, and, uh, I was wondering if you could

sort of forget what I..

- Trust me. - Yeah.

Alright, Smiley. Shut it off.

You can't stop this. This day has been foretold.

Only by you, Smiley, and that's not enough.

Nooo!

Just brilliant. Now you've ruined everything.

That machine was the source of all power in the new dawn.

It was supposed to bring 'em back.

'Now they'll all die.'

- Michelle. - Arnold.

Olsen, late edition get put to bed?

Yeah, chief, it did.

Alice... Alice, are you alright, honey?

Oh, mama, please forgive me.

Oh, mama..

Lawrence, you have been a very naughty boy.

Smiley had given up on people finding happiness together.

I haven't.

Have you?

No.

But we keep... messing up.

Why is that?

Well... first of all, people mess up.

And I think adjusting to the whole idea of marriage

along with adjusting to everything else

we've been going through is just making us both a little nuts.

So..

So, maybe we should just take a little break

from the whole idea of marriage.

Not even say the "M" word.

And just be in love.

I can do that.

There's a lot of pressure, this forever thing.

It's not the "M" word that makes it forever for me, Lois.

My love is forever because..

...because it just is.

Wow.