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Thank you.

'Are they alright, Superman?'

I think they're okay, just, uh, just very scared.

Clark, we need very much to see you.

I'm communicating with you telepathically

which is the way of the Kryptonian people.

Sarah?

I know you have no reason to trust us.

I can only give you my word that you must.

There's so much to tell you... Kal-El.

Up just ahead.

The metal door around the corner.

Walk forward, Kal-El.

Imagine an entry, and you'll find one.

You can't be Kryptonians. Uh-uh, that's impossible.

They all died.

Not all, Kal-El.

My name is Clark.

I know this is very difficult, Clark.

Difficult?

You nearly killed me

along with thousands of other people in this city.

Can we get beyond the whining and onto the issue at hand?

Ching, please.

Why don't we all sit?

Clark, my name is Zara and this is Lieutenant Ching.

On the day Krypton exploded

your father launched you into space.

As infants, we had already been taken from the planet

part of an expedition in search for a more stable place to live.

How many of you were there?

A 1,000 or more

left homeless when the planet was destroyed.

The expedition colonized a barren rock of a planetoid

'which was named New Krypton.'

And the race prospered.

It's no easy task when you're living on a rock.

No fast food or situation comedies there, Clark.

Ching.

Of course, our planet has a red sun... like Krypton.

So we have to scrape by without superpowers.

Our people are bound together

by an alliance between several families.

The alliance is renewed by marriages

between these households.

Wha-whoa.

I-I'm trying to stay with you.

Why are you here

a-a-and why did you put me through such hell?

You've been without Kryptonian influence for a long time.

'We had to find out if you were worthy.'

Worthy of what?

Worthy of your heritage, Clark.

Worthy of marriage... to me.

Wha-h-ho-hold on.

What are you saying? That we're supposed to get married?

No.

I'm saying we already are.

So let me get this straight.

Sarah from research

is really this Krypton babe

who has got big plans for you.

'So, who-who is she?'

Some sort of relative?

Your cousin, a sister?

Well, no, apparently..

...she's my wife.

Your wife?

On Krypton.

Oh. Well, we're not on Krypton.

Lois, it's a, it's a thing that they do.

They marry you when you're a baby

if you're of noble blood.

Noble blood.

I'm Lord Kal-El of the House of El.

Uh-huh.

- And miss Krypton... - Zara.

Is, of course, a big wig, too.

Uh-huh.

No, she's not.

She's a wacko!

Clark, you don't actually believe any of this.

Lois, I was on their spacecraft.

You saw them fly, you tell me.

Oh, well, yeah. You're right.

There was the flying, wasn't there? Oh, God.

Lois, I'm as blown away by all of this as you are.

I mean, to find out in one night

that there are living Kryptonians

I'm married and there might be a civil war.

A civil war? What?

That's what happens in their society

if the ruling families fall apart.

I just don't see what any of this has to do with you.

That's why they're here.

They expect me to go back with Zara

and rule over New Krypton.

Before we lost Zara's last transmission

she said the infant Kal-El landed in this village.

Smallville.

Find him.

You do not command me, Lord Knorr.

I am not of your world.

I will fulfill the terms of my contract.

I will murder Kal-El.

I'm not saying that I'm going back with them, Lois.

Look, I'm sure their cause is very noble

but it doesn't justify what they're asking.

Doesn't justify those monstrous tests

that they put you through.

Well, in Kryptonian logic

they had to know if I was up to the task.

Yeah, well, I guess it would take a special guy

to shuck his adoring parents and the woman he loves

for a life of loneliness and violence

and possible death on some space rock.

Maybe I'm missing the big picture.

No, no, this is obviously a very emotional topic for you.

Yeah, well, us wacky Earth women, we get might cranky

about losing our husbands.

I only meant that Kryptonian character

is more reserved and analytical.

Kryptonian logic, Kryptonian character.

Why are you so Kryptonian all of a sudden?

I am not more... you know, all of a sudden.

I always have been.

I'm just now discovering my heritage.

Clark... this is your heritage.

Earth is your home.

Isn't it enough that you have

millions of people here that count on you?

Not to mention the one person

that really counts on you? Me.

Lois, don't worry.

I know where my home is

and I know who I am.

There's no confusion about that, okay?

Kal-El, we need very much to see you.

What?

Zara and Ching

they're calling to me telepathically.

Kryptonians can speak to each other like that.

Great.

So, Sarah, uh, Zara.

All this time I thought you were just

this shy, awkward girl working in research.

Yes.

I used to tease Clark

that you might have a little crush on him.

'Didn't I, Clark?'

Then he'd say, "Oh, Lois, you're being silly"

and we'd laugh.

That was before we realized that you were

of course, married to him.

So, Kal-El has told you.

Oh, yes.

Yes, everything.

Not telepathically, of course.

The old fashioned way, you know..

And, Ching, you are?

Lieutenant, bodyguard

and defender to the death of Lady Zara.

Uh-huh.

Well, listen

see, I know what it is you want from Clark

and frankly, I think you've got a lot of nerve.

Thank you.

What Clark doesn't know is the urgency of our plight.

Lord Knorr is closing in on us.

Who's Lord Knorr?

Next in line for my hand should you annul our union.

Oh, well, that's good.

Then the trip's not a total loss.

Knorr is a monster.

A soulless brigand who would enslave all who oppose him.

'Marriage to me would ensure his reign'

and he will do anything to achieve that.

He's already dispatched his favorite assassin

to dispose of his problem.

His problem being?

You.

Does this assassin have powers like yours and Clark's?

No. He's not Kryptonian.

On the other hand, he has never failed.

'You can see how desperate Knorr is'

and why it is imperative we return quickly.

Now, wait a minute.

You're asking us to trust you.

'How do we know that you're not agents'

of this Lord Knorr yourselves?

Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, it's not like you've been the souls of honesty, you know?

Good, Clark.

Do you have the craft that you first journeyed to Earth in?

I know where to get it.

'No need to get up.'

'I'll make myself a sandwich, Martha.'

Where is Kal-El

the child who fell from the sky?

Where is he

this son Clark?

'Now you got me going.'

I need to have a snack, too. Did you find the sourdough?

Um-hmm. Right behind the pickles.

You run along now, I'll make you one.

'Are you sure you can manage?'

Oh, sure. Nothing to it. You run along now.

Thanks, hon.

I'm surprised, Kal-El, that you've chosen to share

the location of our vessel with an outsider.

I share everything with Lois.

And you don't find this constant intimacy draining?

- No. - No. No.

Oh.

Clark, can you read these symbols?

No. Are they Kryptonian?

"Behold Kal-El, a noble of Krypton"

"born from the House of Lo"

"and into the house of El."

"The symbols go on to direct Kal.."

...Clark.

'"To place his hand alongside'

the hand of Zara in the house of Ra."

I am Jor-El, the father of Kal-El.

If I am being seen

it means both that Kal-El and his birth wife Zara

are alive and together

'for only your unified touch can activate this image.'

Just as only your united lives will keep strong

'the dream of a peaceful Krypton.'

My voice reaches out across the years and galaxies

calling upon my son to keep alive

the watch fires of his people

'bringing them from the darkness of chaos'

'and into the light of peace.'

My dear son

'that is my legacy.'

That is your destiny.

- Mom? - Hi, honey.

What's wrong? Is dad okay?

Oh, dad's fine. It's your Aunt Opal.

She broke her hip, so I flew in to help out.

A broken hip on top of a ruptured gallbladder?

What, did she fall out of her hospital bed?

Exactly. Very hard.

Man. It doesn't rain, it pours.

Ohh.

Honey, you look so tired.

Don't you want me to rub your shoulders

for you like I used to?

Yeah, sure.

I guess these last couple of days

have been... kind of intense.

Ohh.

You know you can tell your mother anything.

Some things have come up about my past

that could change all our lives.

Some strangers have contacted me

about my Kryptonian family.

Clark, you're either very tense

or you have a dense molecular structure.

Or both, mom.

Anyway, until tonight, I wasn't sure

that these visitors were who they said they were.

You sure you want to hear this part?

Oh, don't worry, Clark.

Your mom is tough.

They say I have a destiny to fulfill.

I thought everyone from Krypton was dead

but apparently, a whole colony survived

and is living on this empty, rocky planetoid

called new Krypton.

Oh, don't stop, mom.

Whatever you're doing feels great.

Hello?

'Clark?'

Someone strange was here this evening.

'Your father was un-conscious.'

'I thought he'd fainted, but when he came to'

'he said this... person was looking for you.'

Are you okay?

'We'll be fine.'

Okay, be careful.

I will.

Call you later.

Mom?

Defend yourself, Earth thing.

Ohh, honey.

Unh!

Kal-El, you have become a wizard.

You better find yourself another job.

This assassin thing isn't working out for you.

I am ready to die.

Well, I'm not ready to kill.

What?

What has become of you here?

We're going to go see some people

and figure out what to do with you.

Oh, Mr. Kent.

I was just about to slip this under your door.

There's gonna be a minor rent adjustment..

Mrs. Cutler, I've got to...

I'm sorry, I seem to be interrupting something.

And I thought you were engaged to miss Lane.

Oh, Clarkie, I should be going.

No, no, no, you're not going anywhere.

I just don't know what to do with him.

Mr. Kent, you must learn

when a woman says no, she means no.

Now, I don't want to have to call someone and make a scene.

Mrs. Cutler, I...

You just go back and take a cold shower.

Excuse me.

Then he just changed again, just like that.

What is this, Tez?

He's an animal, come from a barbaric planet

where assassins are bred and trained

and hired out to the likes of Lord Knorr.

Why didn't you just kill him?

You're obviously stronger than he is.

I try not to kill anything.

I don't believe in it.

He's no doubt caused 1,000 deaths.

He doesn't deserve any better himself.

When I found out I was the most powerful man in this world

I had to make a decision

whether my power stood for destruction

or for life.

And I chose life.

On New Krypton, we'd choose whatever was expedient

and we'd take a more pragmatic view.

Well, I guess I'm just the sloppy sentimental type.

You've been on this sloppy planet way too long.

I don't know how you stand it.

You just haven't given it a chance.

Ching wouldn't approve of this

losing sight for one second of our objective.

Ching needs to get a life.

He hates it here.

The loud sounds, the smells

that clutter people's minds.

I tell him he's kind of a snob.

Why do you... put up with him?

Well, he's... a highly accomplished military thinker.

Oh, well, that's-that's good

but if you guys were from Earth

then, I would guess

you know, by the way he sort of hovers around you

that he's crazy about you.

Well, on New Krypton

nobody is crazy about anything.

That's too bad.

Because as loud and-and cluttered

and sloppy as this world is

it's also full of passion

and feelings

like I have for Lois

and-and feeling like that

that is the greatest thing that there is.

And it's a selfish thing.

Certainly for people born of noble blood.

This thing that I have with Lois

it's the kind of thing that you grab onto

an-and you never ever let go of

because it's one of the few perfect things in this world

and I value that

above all else

above my own life.

Zara... I can't go with you.

Did you hear what I just said?

Yes, Kal-El.

I heard your words

but I also know your thoughts.

You haven't truly made up your mind at all.

Oh, Olsen, come here.

I want you to hop down to a photo

and get them to print up the shots that I've circled.

I want you to wait for them

bring them back up here.

Got it, chief.

Oh, and don't stop for anything.

Time is a wasting.

Yes, sir.

What's dangerous about this assassin

is that he can change shapes, you know?

Be anyone that he wants.

- Morning, Jimmy. - Hi, Jimmy.

Morning.

'It's just, I don't have'

'any frame of reference'

'for any of this.'

'And for you, I can tell'

there's a weird familiarity to all of it.

'It just makes me feel like you're drifting away.'

Lois, I'm not drifting anywhere.

I told Zara I'm not going.

Well, I wish that sounded more convincing.

That's what she said.

Well, nice to know I have

something in common with the missus.

- Lois... - I'm sorry. It just bugs me.

You've had two weddings, and only the one to her is real.

Help! Help! The bridge!

I have to go.

The voice you just heard, was it...

- A bridge collapsed. - Oh, good.

I-I mean..

Okay, we're going to work this out, okay?

Sure.

Jimmy, I thought I told you to wait down there for prints.

Well, now I need a hand with a couple of other things.

Come on.

Ah, boy.

Jimmy, I'm going to revamp the assignment board

and I need an updated list

of who's doing what.

Oh, and I want rewrite to take another whack at this.

And do me a favor, will you?

Send this steak back downstairs.

The darned thing is blood rare.

Jimmy... stop looking at me as if you're from outer space.

Yes, sir.

Jimmy... today.

Yes, sir.

I shall enjoy killing him.

Those with the strength to resist

only die more slowly.

I watch the fear in their eyes

as the last flicker of life goes dark.

The same fear that I see in your eyes.

I'm not afraid of you.

You... stupid creature.

I can feel your fear.

But it's not you I want.

You must be left behind to grieve.

What is the use of killing

without... grieving?

You be afraid.

You have no idea what you're up against.

I can be his equal.

What is his, I will make mine.

I just want you to leave.

I want you to go away and leave us alone

so this Tez person will have no reason to kill Clark.

I am begging you.

I can't go, Lois.

There are too many lives at stake.

What about Clark's life?

What about my life?

If Kal-El doesn't return.

Lord Knorr will seize power

which will divide all the ruling houses

and the hold that they have over the people.

Riots will be followed by mass murders

followed by civil war.

Do you love Clark?

This was never a question of love.

'As a matter of fact'

I have feelings for Lieutenant Ching

but what I am talking about is more important

than two people's love.

I've always thought that was the most important thing there was.

I know how much you love Clark

and what he feels for you

and I wish Clark could stay here forever

but Kal-El cannot.

You're asking me to sacrifice everything

for a world that I'll never see.

I'm asking you to save a world

that's robbing us both of the men we love.

I adore the night.

It's the time of the deadliest hunters.

I know you can hear me

with that powerful hearing, Kal-El.

But where am I?

I could be any one of them, couldn't I?

Tear them all apart!

You're bound to get me.

But you won't tear them apart, will you?

This is why I will win

because I will stop at nothing.

Superman!

What an arrogant name you have taken.

Drop it, Tez.

Die, Kal-El!

You see, I am learning.

So, if you do go to this New Krypton

you wouldn't have any of your powers.

Is that right?

I'd be like... anyone else.

Able to die like anyone else.

So... help me out here.

What do you guys think I should do?

Oh, Clark, do you know how much I want to say

you should tell these people to just get lost

that this isn't your problem.

And I guess a lot of folks would say that's a smart thing to do.

When your father and I were young

we marched for civil rights.

We were hit with fire hoses, chased by dogs.

Oh, it was something.

'And people said to us, why would you go there?'

This isn't your fight

and I didn't even know what to say

because it was something we believed in.

'We've never been asked to send a son off to war'

but if we were and my son asked me

should I go?

I'd say to him, is this your fight?

Is this something you believe in?

You have something to tell us, Kal-El?

We... have something to tell you.

He and I have decided

that he should help you in your struggle.

Then you both understand that Lois must remain here.

She'd never survive the other world.

We understand.

I know what it is you're giving up.

I know you do.

I've possibly underestimated you, Lois.

'If I've seemed unkind'

understand that carving out a homeland

in a hostile universe leaves us little time

'in our lives for kindness'

or love.

Lieutenant... without kindness

'what is your homeland worth?'

And without love

what are your lives worth?

'There's still the matter of Tez.'

He won't willingly let you leave, Kal-El.

Can you overcome him?

He doesn't have the powers that I have

but he seems to get stronger after each encounter with me.

It's almost like I'm fighting myself.

So... he was imitating you?

No... Tez is becoming him.

What?

'Tez said that he could become Clark's equal.'

What is his, I will make mine.

Clark, he's using your own strength against you

'like some highly advanced martial arts technique.'

So whatever I throw at him, he throws back

in a boosted form.

To turn Superman's own strength

against him would make Tez unstoppable.

Unless Clark could do the same thing to Tez.

Tez is very near.

I am here, Kal-El.

I am here, Kal-El!

Meet my challenge if you dare!

You are finished, Kal-El!

Impressive.

'Most impressive.'

What should we do with him?

Tez has failed.

Among his kind, that's unacceptable.

He will bring his life forces to an end.

You've won the battle, not the war.

If you're fool enough to make the journey, Kal-El

I'll await your arrival

and ruin

on New Krypton.

Hi.

Your sweater.

You lent it to me that time that

we flew to Bangkok for Thai noodles.

I thought you might need it.

Who knows what the weather's gonna be like on New Krypton?

It might be, uh..

I don't know what to do here.

I could pack some cookies or, uh, darn some socks.

I can't even write you.

I don't know if I can do this.

Ahh... uhh... you can.

What I want to do

is just take you in my arms and fly away.

From what?

Yourself?

Your destiny?

I will be here waiting for you, Clark.

And if you can return, you will.

You have so much faith in me.

Oh... well, that's all I have.

I think that's what's keeping me standing here

'cause when I let myself imagine that tomorrow without you

I start to shake.

Lois, if there was any way

that I could take you with me, I would.

I know. I know.

Oh, I..

I never got a chance to, umm

wear my wedding ring.

I was hoping that you could

keep it for me.

I will keep this

as safe as I keep my love... for you.

Lois, I have loved you from the beginning.

And I'll love you till the end.

In my heart.

I am your husband.

And I'm your wife.

Always.

So, um..

Which star is yours?

I don't know if you can see it.

'There.'

I see it.

I'll watch it every night.

'Although I have always loved life here on Earth'

'and have called it my home'

I have another home as well.

One that needs me now.

'But wherever I am'

I'll carry the best of Earth with me.

'And while I'm gone'

'I ask each one of you'

to look to yourselves

for the strength

decency

and compassion.

That I know each one of you has inside.

Emerson said

self-trust is the essence of heroism.

'Inside each of you is a hero.'

And so I leave

knowing that a world full of heroes

has nothing to fear.

I'm counting on the "Daily Planet"

to be the conscience of Metropolis.

Jimmy, be a friend to Lois.

Of course.

Uh, Clark wanted to be here

but he's out covering the reaction to your speech.

Well, Clark knows how I feel.

Uh, um... they're ready to roll on this.

You're the only parents I've ever known.

The only parents I've ever wanted.

Whatever good I bring to New Krypton

will be because of you.

'You take care of yourself, son.'

Take care of them... please?

Don't forget me.

Lois..

It's time.

It's over.

Everything's over.

I shouldn't have let him go.

Oh... Lois. You, too, will find a way.

Dearest Lois

a love that risks nothing

is worth nothing.

Lois.

Lois.

I love you.