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I just don't know
why we're bothering.

I met him playing basketball.

He said he had a nice wife.
I said I have a nice wife.

Well, you also have a wife,
who thinks it's impossible

to find a couple where
you like him and I like her

and they like us
and we like them.

- Is this thing working?
- Yes, honey.

This kind of thing has just been

one disaster
after another for us.

I know we're going to hate them.

Hi.

- Bob, this is this is my wife...
- This is my wife carol.

Lois. Ha ha.

I mean, if you
really listen to it

it-it's just kind
of a weird song.

I know, I know.
I mean, we like it, but I..

I'm sorry, a fly in your
chardonnay is not ironic.

Making $30 million on
a song called "Ironic"

that isn't even about irony..

That's ironic.

Oh, Lois.

Oh, I-I don't
normally have to keep

one of these in
sight at all times.

Are you expecting
an important call?

Well, I'm trying to land this
interview with Grant Gendell.

And I'm waiting
to hear. I'm sorry.

Are you kidding?

If I was expecting a call

from the richest man
on the Eastern seaboard

I'd be checking my phone too.

Well, actually, it's his lawyer.

How'd you ever score an
interview with Grant Gendell?

I mean, no one's even seen
the guy in, what, uh, 20...

Twenty three years.

Twenty three years, hmm.

But I don't have the interview.

I just have a shot at it.

Lois wrote an article
a couple of years ago

defending Gendell
when he was hit with his

'what, his 2,000th lawsuit?'

Oh, a rich guy like
that would be a target

for every wacko with a lawyer.

Well, I think that's what
drove him into hiding

in the first place.

'But now he wants to come out.'

Re-emerge to the world.

Anyway, blah, blah,
blah. Let's talk dessert.

Then let's talk chocolate.

My thought exactly.

So... how do you think it went?

They were nice.

But?

Yeah, but everything in stages.

Right now we're in possible
friendship, stage one.

- Next.
- Stage two in one minute.

Do you think
tonight went alright?

It went fine.

Well, as usual, your sources
were right on the money.

Gendell did pick Lois Lane
to spill his guts to.

When have I ever let you down?

Fire at high-rise, 15-86..

Fire over on East 3rd.

Amazing.

What?

The whole take-off-your-glasses

and-nobody-recognizes-you thing.

No such thing as
a Sunday for you.

Well, there's the glasses.

And then there's this.

I love watching you do that.

- Meet you at home?
- Be careful.

I'm always careful.

See you soon.

You know, it's too bad.

What?

That we're eventually
gonna have to kill Lois.

Well, nobody said being
friends with us is easy.

Hey.

You alright?

Yeah, it just takes more
out of me as I get older.

Well, not much longer, honey.

Stage two is complete.

On to stage three.

Grant Gendell.

I tell you, I'd forgotten
how much fun it was

to go out with another couple

till you and Lois hit the
town with us the other night.

Yeah, that sure was
uh, something, chief.

Oh, yeah, I tell you.

I am one lucky dude
to have met Candy.

You know, most old fools my age

they go out with some
brainless knockout.

That's got all the substance
of a whipped dairy product.

And Candy, she's...

Oh, she's the exact opposite.

That's..

...what-what I was..

- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

You know, for a
professional bowler

and a former Miss Farm Belt USA

this girl... she's got
a lot going for her.

I could see she and Lois
hit it off like sisters.

- You saw that?
- Yeah!

- Did you?
- Yeah, yeah.

In fact, we can't
wait to do it again.

What are you all
doing this weekend?

You-you know, I-I'm gonna
have to check with, uh..

- Oh, oh, okay.
- Okay.

So then Aurora pulls
me into this maintenance duct

for the subway, right?

And we're walking through
this broken glass and rats.

And just when I think I'm
about to meet the mole people.

There's a rave.

A party going on right
there in the subway tunnels!

The children of the night.

What beautiful music
they make, you know?

By the way, I love your haircut.

Oh, oh, thanks.

After seeing myself on
wanted posters all over town.

I figured it was time
for a new look.

It makes me want
to get my hair cut.

- Like this?
- No.

Bald.

Do you guys want
to go with us tonight?

We're doing a sewer.

Oh, oh, well.
Well, that would be..

I would have to,
uh, 'cause that's..

Uh,
oh, I have to get this.

Hello?

What about you, C.K.?

Oh, you know what, I-I
have to check with, uh..

Oh, yeah.

Hey, do you guys want
a cup of coffee

or something like that?

Yeah.

Lois, I hope you don't mind
my calling you at work.

No, no, not at all.

Actually, your timing
is impeccable.

'I hope this isn't
too much of an imposition'

but we're going through
swatches from that drapery place

you recommended
and I'm not having much luck

'narrowing the field.'

Could I trade a second opinion

for a homemade chocolate eclair?

Are you kidding?
I love chocolate eclairs.

Well, isn't that amazing?

5:00, okay?

Sure, I-I think the guys
are playing basketball then.

Great.

Well, I'll see you then.

Whoo, choices, choices.

Perry and Candy invited
us to a monster truck rally.

Jimmy and Aurora want
us to go sewer hopping.

Hmm.

Oh, uh-huh.

Well, I don't want
to hurt anybody's feelings.

- Me, either.
- So..

Why don't we tell them we
unfortunately already have plans

with Bob and Carol.

- Do we?
- No.

But we will as
soon as I make 'em.

I thought we
were in cautious stage one.

We are, but if it means a
real, adult, normal night out

I say we move
quickly into stage two.

Clark, that series of deaths
you've been following.

The weird patches on the bodies.

Yeah, I just got a report of
another one on Kelton Drive.

You might want to hustle.

- Right, chief.
- Okay.

Uh, I'd like to see
the body, please.

- Uh, no access..
- Uh, let him through, guys.

Hey, Kent.

Pete, what's the NIA doin' here?

Mysterious deaths
in healthy individuals.

'Leaving these marks
around the heart.'

Have I stumbled
on to something big here?

Maybe.

I was thinking it might be
some kind of, uh, new virus.

What I'm about to tell you
is off the record for now.

Okay.

Normally, we could handle
this ourselves, but, uh

you see anybody
standing next to me?

No.

That's because there
isn't anybody.

They fired my partner.

'They fired
everybody's partner.'

Took away my car
with all the cool stuff in it.

Had an ejection seat, you know?
A real one.

Hey, I'm real sorry
about that, Pete.

Budget cuts.

Anyway, there's been a
series of deaths in town

all with striking similarities.

We think they're the
work of an assassin

code-named Deathstroke.

He always leaves these marks

and signs of an
apparent heart attack.

'He's said to be a male'

'possibly wears some
sort of jumpsuit'

possibly works with
a female accomplice.

Settles down in a big city

and makes a home
before the kill.

Word is, his next
mission's not for money.

It's for revenge.

Well, if he's known to settle
and create a base then you...

I already made a list
of all new residents

but with no partner

my staff laid off,
and my cool car..

Anyway, if-if you dig up
something you let me know.

I'll do the same and, uh..

I'll tell Superman
to keep an eye peeled.

Oh, thanks, Kent.

Sure, Pete.

Lois Lane.

'Miss Lane, I'm
afraid you won't be hearing'

'from Grant Gendell's
lawyer today'

'because this is Grant Gendell.'

Mr. Gendell? Oh!

Uh, hello.

Thank you for calling.

So... what do you think about,
uh, trying to write something

that'd make me look
halfway human to the world?

That depends. Are you?

That's what I like
about you, Miss Lane.

All grit and no bull.
People trust you.

You write something good about
me, the people will buy it.

Well, I don't write puff pieces.

I'm gonna ask a lot of
questions that you might not like.

Well, it's not the questions
that I'm afraid of, Miss Lane.

It's whether or not I can
trust the person asking them.

'You'll be checked
out thoroughly'

and if I smell something I
don't like, you'll never see me.

Okay, Lois, let me
get this straight.

You actually talked
to Grant Gendell?

Yep.

Think he really wears
Kleenex boxes for shoes

and eats cold soup out of a can?

I don't know.

I've heard the same
things you have

but there was something
sort of charming about him.

I think he wants to come out
of hiding for a specific reason.

Oh, see, now, this is an exact
copy of the one we almost chose

and this is what we went with.

Oh, you're kidding!

I don't know what you're
worried about, Carol.

I think the place looks great.

I just think you should
feel at home when you're..

Well, at home.

Especially when
you have a husband

who's always rushing out
to save the world.

Yours too?

I-I mean, Clark's not
literally saving the world.

I-I mean, I'm a chemist

and I have
a professional life too.

- But Bob's work is so, so..
- All-consuming?

I know all about it.

He'll hug me and say.

"You're important too, honey,
but this is an emergency."

- A job for..
- Superdoctor.

- Oh.
- Uh.

Where'd you learn
those moves, huh?

Trying to keep up with Lois.

Aggressive on the court?

Let's just say... ambitious.

Carol's the same.

Keeps you on your toes?

I wouldn't have
it any other way.

Me, either.

Listen, you're a doctor.

Remember that guy
I was telling you about

the guy with all those weird
marks around his heart?

Yeah.

No one at the coroner's office
seems to know

what those things are.

Sounds like some
kind of clotting.

But what if it were a murder?

Hypothetically, that is.

Whoo!

- Murder?
- Yeah.

See, the death fits the
pattern of a number of other

mysterious deaths in the city.

You got any idea why somebody'd
be killing all these people?

No, not a clue.

Nice shot.

Thanks.

How was your game with Bob?

Great, you and Carol
have a good time?

I have to admit,
we may be super-speeding

through the cautious
friendship stages

but she's really nice.

Funny, down to earth.

She's finally starting to melt.

The research on them
really paid off.

How did it go with Clark?

You know, I haven't made moves

like that on a court in,
uh, ever.

'It's like someone
was helping me.'

Now how about you?

Did you slip her the phone
with the bug in it?

I thought it was gonna
be harder to distract her

but when Lois opens up,
she's quite a talker, in fact..

She said something
really interesting.

- Yeah?
- About how hard it is.

For both of us in our careers

and how driven you
and Bob are, and..

How it never seems to let up.

So then I said.

"How does a desert island

and a few million
dollars sound?"

You're kidding. Lois said that?

For a second, I thought,
"Oh, my God, they know."

They know our whole plan!

You know, Clark kept talking
about the murders.

But we knew he was writing
about that before we targeted them.

No. The panic passed,
and I realized this is normal.

Lois and I just think..

The same way like
good friends should.

See, honey? I told you this
was gonna work out.

It's all going to
happen, isn't it?

We're finally gonna stop running

finally gonna settle down
and have a normal life.

And we're finally.

Finally gonna
kill Grant Gendell.

But more to the point, hon

we're gonna get all his money.

Revenge is nice,
but a desert island is better.

A doctor, a contractor

a retired cop
who became a bodyguard.

Now, a dentist.

What do they all have in common?

Why would Deathstroke
want them dead?

Okay, okay, wait.

I've seen the way
you and Lois do this.

Let's step back, look
at the pattern, alright?

They're all men.

They're all over 35.

They all lived in Metropolis.

And..

I really suck at this.

We need to deep
background these guys

see where their paths cross.

Does your father
still work for the NIA?

Yeah.

Maybe you should
get online with him

and then see what he can
tell us about Deathstroke.

Hunt Deathstroke?
Hah, now you're talkin'.

Oh. Oh, oh, oh.

- Lois lane.
- 'Denzler here.'

- 'We've spoken before.'
- Mr. Denzler!

It's Gendell's lawyer.

Alright, Ms. Lane.

Completely against
my better judgment.

I'm on my way to meet with you.

- Are you ready?
- Yes, I am.

Now, you understand
the ground rules.

You'll come alone,
you will ask no questions.

You will not be concerned
with where you are going.

You'll bring no cameras
or recording devices.

And until Mr. Gendell
agrees to the interview

you will print nothing
about him or this meeting.

Do you agree to all of this?

Yes, I do.

How soon can you be downstairs?

Any time you want to.

Now.

'The car will pull up.'

'You will open
the rear door yourself'

'and get inside immediately.'

'If there's even a hint
that you've been accompanied'

'the car will
leave without you.'

Uh, I'll be right there.

In the limo.

Downstairs, now.

Now?

You get the speaker.

Well, these guys bring new
meaning to the word paranoid.

Wish me luck.

Good luck.

Yes, Sandy, I'm now
on to couple number nine.

They're just leaving now.

'We're on the move.'

Uh, are we meeting
Mr. Denzler here?

I'm Denzler, Ms. Lane.

Oh.

Well, I would've thought
that Grant Gendell

could hire a driver for you.

Oh, no, no, no, no.
Can't trust drivers.

Do you know they'll
let almost anyone have

a driver's license now?

Without asking anything about
their personal relationships.

'I'm sorry
about this, Ms. Lane'

'but Denzler's paid
to be paranoid.'

It's a trait I admire.

Oh, I understand.

I'm one of the few people who
have actually met Mr. Gendell.

And if it were up to me,
it would stay that way.

Oh, forgive me, but we have

a few routine security
questions to ask you.

'Um, have you visited a
foreign country in the last 7 months?'

'Does New Jersey count?'

Is he giggling, or is
that a death rattle?

I like this girl.

The old goat's completely
charmed by her.

Anything?

Waitin' on a search. You?

Deathstroke's a ghost.

Nobody's seen him
or talked to him

but the, uh, list of
people they think he killed

is pretty amazing.

Check it out.

Yeah, my dad says
nailing him has been

a top priority for the NIA

but nobody can
agree where he is.

London, Hong Kong, China,
LA, here in Metropolis

and with the budget cuts.

Yeah, I know. I heard.

Okay, here we go.

Is anyone in your life

familiar with the use
of plastique, AK-47s

strychnine, or similar
explosives, weapons, or poisons?

Only my mother.

I do like this girl.

Yes.

Are you now,
or have you ever been

employed by Gendell Technologies

or any of its subsidiaries?

No.

Or are you acquainted
with any employee

'past or present?'

Not until today.

Uh-huh!

She means you, you idiot!

Oh. Of course.

Your kind words
on my behalf, Ms. Lane

have not gone unnoticed.

'You flew into battle
even though we'd never met.'

'That took guts. That's
a trait I also admire.'

I think we're being followed.

- NIA again?
- We'll see.

'And I'm supposed
to be a half-insane'

'potentially dangerous hermit.'

'And, uh, I suppose what
I'm trying to say, Ms. Lane'

'is, uh, I like you.'

'Thanks, I think.'

Where do these guys cross?

Three of them have
the same hat size.

All four have been paid

by a company called
"Denzler Limited."

Denzler. That sounds so..

Gendell's lawyer.

All four of these men
worked for Gendell's lawyer.

When did Lois
say she was coming back?

She didn't.

C.K., where you going?

'And I'm
beginning to realize that, uh'

a person like me
has a place in history

whether he likes it or not

and I'd just as soon
have that history be correct.

Thanks.

Good afternoon, Ms. Lane.

Well.

I could've done without
the sarcasm of your answers.

But it appears
Mr. Gendell trusts you.

As much as he trusts anyone.

So do I get the interview?

Meet me again in front
of the Planet Building.

Tomorrow at noon.

Tomorrow at noon.

- We're almost there.
- Not quite.

He's NIA, alright,
and he's made us.

'Just like Berlin.'

When are these people
gonna leave us alone?

Careful.

When you're emotional,
you get a power surge.

Bob.

Soon we'll disappear
into whole new lives.

Until then, we've got
to take care of him.

Now, pull into that alley
up there, and he'll follow us.

Hey.

Guess who just nabbed
the interview of the century?

Are you alright?

Well, yeah.

Were you out looking for me?

- Well...
- Superman doesn't lie.

Okay, yes, but only
because of those deaths

that I've been
following, you know

the red marks around the heart?

- The Deathgrip?
- Deathstroke, yes.

All four victims
worked for Denzler.

- Denzler Limited?
- Yes.

It's a shell company.

Gendell uses it when
he doesn't want records

that would indicate anyone
ever worked for him directly.

He only uses it with people
he makes direct contact

with bodyguards...

Doctors, contractors.

And that's exactly who
Deathstroke's been killing.

I wonder why?

Down the street.
Someone's in trouble.

- Deathstroke!
- Superman.

You know me?

Agent Rawlins
is a friend of mine.

He'd better be alive.

Or what?

That's enough.

I'm not letting go.

Neither am I!

Oh, my God.

What did he do to you?
Are you alright?

I will be.

God, he's strong!
I couldn't hold on.

It's alright, honey.
I'll get you out of here.

- Lois is back there.
- I know.

Agent Rawlins.

Oh, man.

He was a good guy.

Lois, I never felt
anything like that.

My chest tightened up,
my head was spinning.

It must be what having
a heart attack feels like.

You need to see Dr. Klein.

When I tried to get close

it was like when you
push two magnets together

and they repel.

Magnetism?

Yeah.

Magnetism, of course.

Uh, Superman,
can I get a tissue sample?

Sure.

Are you okay?

I'm okay.

I feel pretty good.

I think next time
I will take him.

Maybe not.

The composition
of Superman's blood

is obviously different
from that of Agent Rawlins.

'But in both samples
the erythrocytes'

are either clinging together

or repelling each other.

As if the bloodstream
itself was magnetized?

Exactly.

So Deathstroke is affecting
the iron in the bloodstream

and cutting off the flow
of blood to the heart.

And since there's less
iron in your bloodstream

he couldn't kill you
as easily as the others

although he has dangerously
altered your blood chemistry.

Meaning?

Meaning that if your blood

doesn't get a chance
to repair itself

I can't promise you
that another bout

with Deathstroke
wouldn't kill you.

Certainly, anyone
without superpowers

doesn't stand a chance.

Lois.

I want you
to rethink this interview.

Look, I know
what you're gonna say.

It's gonna be something
very sensible and very...

True, which is this.

The second that you see
Gendell in person

you become a target.

And I don't know
if I can stop him.

This is the interview
of a lifetime.

And I appreciate that.

Which is why I know
you'll understand

when I say I have to do it.

Then I guess we're gonna
have to figure out a way

to stop Deathstroke
by tomorrow at noon.

Dr. Klein, do you have
any scientific records

available on magnetics research?

S.T.A.R. Labs maintains
a fairly complete archive.

Can you run a trace for anyone

who might've done
this sort of research

for Gendell Technologies?

Agent Rawlins said something

about a possible revenge motive.

Maybe this is a, a
grudge against Gendell.

I hate Gendell.

I know you do, sweetheart.

Hold still.

I think the hatred has gotten
you through the years.

Through the pain,
the rehabilitation.

Well, hate has made
my career possible.

Of course it has.

You're not a killer by nature.

But I do take pride in my work.

'I may not like retirement.'

Honey, you can still take
a little job now and then.

It's running all over the world

that drives me crazy.

Okay. I'm finished.

But stay in the polarity circle

until we can
get you into a suit.

How am I doing?

The fight with Superman
definitely drained you

but that's because you just
finished a kill.

'I realigned your parallel
and antiparallel currents'

so you should be fine.

And if I go up
against Superman again

uh, assuming I'm fully charged?

I don't think
it'll be a problem.

Listen, you ever think
about the guy?

I mean, he's a lot like me.

He's always on a mission

wears a special suit.

But yours
is so much nicer, Bobby.

And like me, he's different
from anyone else.

Except he's isolated,
and we have each other.

So we're lucky.

Come over here.

Why?

Because I can't come over there.

If I step out of this stupid
circle without my suit

the magnetism
will probably go nuts

and everything in the room
will stick to me.

It's not magnetism
that makes me stick to you.

You know, just once
I'd like to be this close

without a polarity circle.

Oh, come on, honey.

I like to think of a polarity
circle as our place.

Are you okay?

Just, uh, just a little winded.

Maybe we should've
canceled tonight.

Maybe I should be off
flying around

looking for Deathstroke.

And you should call Dr. Klein
and see what's going on.

Clark, this is how we got
so isolated in the first place.

We let our work run our lives.

Now, we just have
to face the fact

that we're both in
high-risk professions

and we're the
target of evil plots.

And we're gonna
go have a nice dinner

with our new friends.

Yeah, you're right.

Now, we're not gonna
let this make us crazy.

Oh, you look nice.

Hmm.

Clark, I think I just
saw something very..

- Hi!
- Hi.

This has been a
crazy week for Bob and me.

You look a little tired, Clark.

I'm okay.
Just a little low on energy.

Bob too.

'Yeah, a man
died on me this morning.'

'And, uh, there was nothing I
could do to save him.'

When you can't help someone..

It-it must be, uh, terrible.

Yeah.

I just love the wood you
chose for these bookshelves.

Is it cherry?

It came with the house.

Well, you have quite a library.

Clark, do you remember
that article I wrote last year

on my favorite books?

They have all of them.
Talk about a coincidence.

Bob?

Do you smell something burning?

What?

In the kitchen.

Oh, yeah, uh, I hope
it's not the cacciatore.

Be right back.

Clark, there's a secret
compartment behind this.

Come X-ray it.
See what's inside.

What?

We may have to kill
them both tonight.

I saw through the front window.

Bob was putting
something away in there.

Come on, quick,
before they come back.

Why?

Because it's
a secret compartment.

I don't go around X-raying
everyone's secret compartments.

How many people do we know

that actually
have secret compartments?

Good people, I mean.

Honey, we don't know
that many people.

And we won't if we go
around X-raying everyone.

- Carol.
- I'm telling you, they know.

I saw the look in her eyes when
she was staring at those books.

Maybe she doesn't like
your taste in books.

They're her books too.

They're my books too!
That's when it hit me.

She likes the same books as me,
the same foods as me

and why are they always
so eager to see us again?

Nobody is that
eager to see us again.

That's why
you're suspicious, honey?

Because someone likes us?

And when did they
start liking us?

When I started talking
to Grant Gendell.

And what do all the murder
victims have in common?

A link to Grant Gendell.

Hors d'oeuvres?

Carol.

Thank you.

You should've seen the way
they looked at me just now.

I'm telling you, they know!

Okay, we're gonna
have to calm down.

It's no time to get emotional!

Look who's not
getting emotional.

Okay, we're gonna have
to take a deep breath.

- And just..
- Relax, alright?

There's something
in that wall, I saw it.

Okay, they have a secret.

We have a secret too.

They fit the profile, everything
you told me about Deathstroke.

Think about it, Lois. So do we.

Now, if Bob and Carol
are the kind

of friends we want
to have we have to respect

and honor their friendship.

You don't really
want me to do it, do you?

Well..

...maybe it's been so long
since I've had a friend.

I've forgot how.

You're right,
I have to stop being

so suspicious of everyone.

There you go.

Because there's no need
to be. No one can stop us.

Rage and hatred
like ours is unstoppable.

It's too bad about
the Kents, though.

I rather like them.

Well, I've gotten used to them.

Well, sooner than later,
we'll murder them.

But for right now,
let's enjoy the evening.

Dinner is served.

Wow. That looks great.

Well, Bob's the cook.

I'm practically
useless in the kitchen.

Seriously? You too.

Well, to good friends.

To good friends.

And we'll maybe remain friends

'for the rest of our lives.'

I couldn't have
put it better myself.

Any minute.
He's calling any minute.

I-I don't know, honey.

I mean, sewers and tunnels
are cool but railroad tracks?

I don't know, I..

Well, there's the trains,
for one thing.

'Jimmy, pick up line three.'

Hold on, honey.

City room.

Hold on. Lois,
Dr. Klein on line three.

- Now?
- I-I got it, honey.

Dr. Klein, this is Clark.

I think I may
have turned up something.

About six years ago

a man named, uh,
Earl Gregg, was performing

experiments in magnetics

'at one of Grant Gendell's
companies.'

'Well, the experiment
went awry.'

And Gregg's body was flooded

with microscopic
magnetized particles.

Well, I'm-I'm faxing
you the background.

Yes?

'I'm waiting, Ms. Lane.'

'I'm outside
the Daily Planet now.'

'All of the terms of our
agreement are in effect.'

'If I should sense any change
of heart on your part'

the interview will be
terminated immediately.

Mr. Gendell supports
me entirely in this.

He's here.

Give me a second.
Superman's tagging along too.

'No one is
to be tagging along.'

This also will be grounds
for terminating the interview.

Now, assuming all that is
agreeable, grab your notepad.

Now, once again, recording
devices are unacceptable.

'You have 40 seconds
to reach the car.'

I gotta go.

Hang on, Lois. There's
a fax coming in that..

'Thirty five
seconds, Ms. Lane.'

And believe me,
if you can't make it

I'll be more than happy
to tell Mr. Gendell that..

I gotta go.

Okay, I'm right behind you.

This fax could tell
us who we're dealing with.

This is it.

The start of our new lives.

You're sure you're okay?

I am if you are.

Dr. Klein, can you hold
on one second, please?

How did this Mr. Gregg survive?

A fellow researcher
created a suit

which brought
his condition under control

as long as the suit
remains intact.

'Anyway, he sought damages
from Gendell Technologies'

'but the company fought it'

'and cut him
off without a cent.'

So what'd the guy do?

Well, he married the woman who
made the suit, for one thing.

And the two of them
exhibited classic signs

of disgruntled
postal worker syndrome.

In other words, they flipped out

and declared undying revenge
against Grant Gendell.

'Oh, no.'

Bob and Carol.

Why are we stopping here?

Because we are precisely
where we should be.

Grant Gendell lives here?

Oh, I get it. These
aren't really street people.

They're undercover bodyguards?

No. They're street people.

Well, where's your security?

Our security is in only
hiring people we can trust.

But you don't trust anybody.

Exactly.

Where's the last place
you'd look

for the richest man
in Metropolis?

The worst street in town.

It's the one thing the army
taught me that was worth a damn.

The best camouflage
is plain sight.

Mr. Gendell.

Fine, uh..

Of course... everything's
different now.

I'm a different man.

And I want the world
to know it too.

- Well, that's why...
- No, no, no.

I want to say my piece.

Ms. Lane, I want to
live out there again.

I want to make up for all
the bad things I've done

and I'm donating my entire
fortune to charity.

That's very...

My money's made
a prisoner of me, Ms. Lane.

I'm locked in here
24 hours a day, paranoid.

Uh, crazy.

Denzler driving me nuts.

Then, while I was watching
"Ice Station Zebra"

again, I suddenly realized!

What have I got to be afraid of?

- Well, a lot.
- Exactly. Nothing.

Uh, Mr. Gendell,
I don't want to alarm you

but do you have any bodyguards?

Ha, used to have
a whole platoon of them.

Useless, every single
one of 'em.

Fired the last one
two years ago.

My security, Ms. Lane,
is all up there.

Well, uh, reassuring as that is

there's an assassin
named Deathstroke

and he's killing everyone
that knows you by sight.

And we think that he's after...

What's that?

Superman.

I figured out who
Deathstroke is, Lois.

Bob?

Bob and Carol?

Do you recognize
these people, sir?

No. No, I'm afraid not.

Earl Gregg and his wife were
employed by your company

six years ago.

He suffered a terrible accident

and received
no compensation from...

The mighty and powerful
Gendell Technologies.

- Deathstroke.
- Superman.

- Carol.
- Lois.

- Bob.
- She recognizes me.

I always said the glasses
weren't enough of a disguise.

Your plan's blown, Bob, Carol.

It's over.

You have no idea
what the plan is.

Everyone who knows
Grant Gendell is dead.

And you what, replace
your medical records with his?

You take over his life.
Who'd know?

Siphon off his fortune
and disappear in style.

Something like that?

They do know what the plan is.

That's it?
You want to be me?

What are you, brain dead?

Take a look around you, kids.

I-I live in a cube.

Yeah. Mr. Gendell, I really
don't think this is the time...

Believe me, Mr. Gendell, how
you've lived and how we'll live

are two very different things!

Here, honey.

Alright, alright, alright.

Looking for a rematch, Superman?

Trust me... you can't handle it.

Carol, stop them!
They'll kill each other!

No! No, the suit is all that
contains his power!

Bob!

Bob.

Do you know what it's
like seeing your husband

go through a thing like that?

Yeah. I have
a pretty good idea.

Hi.

Uh, the-the police told me
where I could find you.

How are you?

Let's just say
I've had better days.

Haven't we all.

I just want to say I wish that...

I think what
carol's trying to say

is that we're sorry about
the way it turned out.

You mean sorry you got caught.

- No.
- Well, yes.

Okay, yes, but sorry
about the circumstances too.

'If Bob hadn't been
in an industrial accident'

if his body weren't
a ball of horrific power

'if we weren't
scientists turned paupers'

'turned international
assassins.'

If we weren't consumed
by bitterness and rage..

...we might've been friends.

That's a lot of ifs.

Yeah, and I didn't really
like your taste in books

that much, either.

- Bye, Carol.
- Bob.

- Lois.
- Clark.

And I just bought
four great tickets

for the Buffalo, Metropolis
football game.

Well, you were right
about Bob and Carol.

Yep. But you busted 'em,
so we're even.

Hmm.

- Love.
- What a waste.

Yeah. Tell me about it.

You guys okay?

Oh, Candy dumped me
like yesterday's rice.

Aurora's moving to Beirut.

Well, I guess we won't
be double-dating anytime soon.

Well, to tell you
the truth, chief

I think our
double-dating days are..

Ms. Lane!

Mr. Gendell!

I just came by to thank you

for reintroducing
me to the world.

And I was kinda wondering
whether you and your husband

would like to join my new
friend Connie and me for dinner.

Oh, thanks, but
we-we're not gonna...

- We'd love to.
- We would?

Well, of course you would.
Take it from me.

Get out. Take a few risks. Live.

Exactly.

Well, alright, then, sure.

Say, have you heard this song

about the fly in some
girl's chardonnay?

Now, unless they rewrote
the dictionary

I see nothing ironic about that.

However, a recluse who finally
decides to come out of hiding

on the very day
he's almost killed..

That's ironic.

You like The Bills, Mr. Gendell?

'I have to. I own 'em.'