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Previously on "Superman and Lois"...

Where's Elizabeth now?

The only person who knows that is Sam Lane.

Sorry, General.

Either you give me Elizabeth now, or I can send something that doesn't need a gun.

Tell me where Elizabeth is.

I promised to protect her.

Where is she?

I gave her my word.

If Kal is to return, it will take many days.

And even then, I have concerns.

- You crashed? - This was just a fluke.

Pretty soon you're gonna be back in the public eye.

I'm gonna miss having you all to myself.

Well, I'm here now.

Couldn't do it yourself,

so you had the sheriff serve me these?

I'll give you a ring tomorrow, Kat.

Just tell me what you want.

Well, I think the divorce papers make that pretty clear.

Why are you being like this, Erica?

Oh, are you not feeling respected,

like you don't have a say in anything?

Well, welcome to the last 14 years of our marriage.

Don't put this all on me.

You were never here.

You didn't even try and connect with me.

We went to therapy.

Once,

and you said that it wasn't for you.

Everything has to be for you.

Can you not see how lonely I am?

How desperate I am for even a scrap of attention from you?

It's not that simple.

You don't know what I went through growing up.

But I'm your wife.

And you never let me in, ever.

You act like you're this big, tough genius.

But really, you are still that angry little boy

from South Metropolis whose mother hurt him.

She has made it impossible for you to love anyone...

Including your daughter.

That's not fair.

No. To her, it isn't.

You know the real tragedy?

One day, Elizabeth will come to you

and beg you for your love.

And you will push her away,

just like you did to me.

From now on, only contact me through my lawyer.

Lex.

Lex, did you hear me?

We're getting closer to finding Elizabeth.

I heard you.

The DOD figured out a way around facial recognition.

Milton's looking into a fix for that.

Tell him he has until the end of the week.

I'm headed back to Smallville.

Tonight? For what?

To take care of this.

- I'm sure Luthor has seen the news.

He knows you're alive, Clark.

It's only a matter of time before he sends that thing after you again.

I know. We just need to find a way

to make sure that doesn't happen.

What way?

The DOD can't help.

Lieutenant Jones went AWOL after shooting my dad.

And without him, they have zero evidence

tying Luthor to my father's death,

not to mention yours.

OK, OK, I know this is gonna sound a little crazy,

but what if-- what if we just talk to him?

Talk to Luthor?

Yeah, face-to-face.

And say what? "Let's call it even"?

He killed my father.

He killed you and so many others.

Talking to that psychopath is a waste of time.

I'm just saying, he blames us for being

separated from his daughter for 17 years, right?

So?

OK, look, I know it's a Hail Mary, but--

I don't know, maybe it's like my mom used to say.

Sometimes the only way to reach someone

is through their heart, so...

If you want to talk to him, fine.

But we need to attack this on both fronts.

So I'm gonna stay here

and go through my dad's old DOD files.

Maybe I'll find a second Hail Mary.

OK, well, wish me luck.

Total jackpot.

I mean, he's not wrong.

Are you sure there's, like, enough in there, or...

I literally bought everything they had.

Dude, you're not gonna make it out of the 4th of July with all your fingers.

OK, you know what? Look.

We are living in weird times.

We all witnessed the world almost end twice.

And then some monster shows up and nearly kills Superman.

You know, if he can barely survive,

then no one's safe.

So might as well live it up while we still can.

Jeez, stop being such a doomsdayer.

Candice is still coming, right?

Yeah, she should be here soon.

She's been texting all week.

She's probably thinking you're gonna flake on her again.

It was one time.

Dude, just be careful.

You know, she-- she might just dump you

for one of those Wichita boys.

Oh, shut up.

Come on, let's go get the keg.

Hey, um, sorry about Wellnitz.

Oh, I'm not worried about Candice.

Oh, no, that's not what I meant.

Um, look, I was there the night that that thing came,

and I saw what happened.

You mean to Superman?

Yeah, to your dad.

- What? No. - Denise.

No, it's OK. I'm not gonna say anything.

It just--it just really sucks

that you had to go through that.

And, um, I'm just--

I'm really glad that he's OK.

Yo, come on. Let's go.

Anyways, I will see you guys tonight.

- After multiple sources confirmed

seeing the Man of Steel flying to and from

the Mall of Metropolis, speculation about how Superman

survived after his scare--

Superman.

Or is it Clark?

I guess it depends on which costume you're wearing.

Can we talk?

How did Lois do it?

Bring you back from the dead.

I'm assuming it's...

some alien technology.

That's not why I'm here.

Then you're wasting my time.

I came to speak to you as a father.

Whatever you're doing here in Smallville,

I'm asking for it to stop.

That's not up to you.

You're harassing my family.

Because you destroyed mine.

We were wrong.

And I regret that.

I don't want your apology.

Either way, you have it.

What happened to your daughter,

having her father taken away,

it should never happen to anyone.

And on that, we agree.

But it doesn't justify what you're doing.

Going after us won't give you that time back with her.

Nothing will.

You have to find another way forward.

There is no other way.

Do you even know what it feels like to suffer?

Lex, some part of you

has to want this cycle of anger to end.

Is that what you came back to life to tell me,

that there's something better after all of this,

if only I can find the goodness in my heart?

I won't let you hurt my family.

Enjoy the time you have left.

It's running out.

Are you sure you don't want a lawyer present, Mr. Luthor?

- I'm good. - OK, then.

How about we start with the chateau in Bordeaux?

She can have it,

that and any other properties she wants.

I want to discuss Elizabeth.

As you know, my client intends to move back to London.

Elizabeth is staying in Metropolis.

Over my dead body.

She's lived here her entire life.

I am not letting you take her to some other country.

- It's England. - She's my daughter.

Who I don't want to expose to this life anymore.

All the crime accusations,

constantly being trailed by the feds--

it is no way to live.

Best thing for her is to be as far away from you as possible.

I have given her everything.

Except love.

Don't you dare say that to me!

Elizabeth.

You weren't supposed to be home for another hour.

We're not done here.

So you think we should say something to Mom and Dad?

Pretty sure they've got bigger things

going on right now.

Yeah, but Dad's been keeping this secret pretty much his whole life,

and now it's kind of just getting out there.

It's only Denise.

And that Chuck Arden guy.

Look, I'm just saying, Dad's still not totally super.

And it's not like

the "Daily Planet" knows or anything.

Probably best not to freak him out.

You're probably right.

Candice's bus is almost here.

Mom?

Yeah, she should be pulling up any second.

Right now? Really?

OK. OK.

OK. Yes, OK.

Dude, Mom needs me.

It's an emergency. Can you cover?

You're leaving me?

Dad's busy, and you wanted time away

from the whole hero thing, so yeah.

Just take Candice back to the house.

I'll be home as soon as possible.

I don't even have my license!

Hands at 10:00 and 2:00, and use your turn signal.

Jordan.

Hi, Candice.

It's so good to see you.

I missed you.

You too.

I've wanted to visit,

but Jon's been so busy the past few weeks.

Yeah.

Where is he?

He, uh, had to help my mom with this big story.

Jon's helping her at the paper now?

Yeah, he has that reporter's DNA in his blood.

Mm, he never mentioned that before.

Weird.

That's--that's all your stuff?

Oh, yeah.

OK.

Thank you.

Yeah.

Wait, are you driving now?

- We'll see. - Oh.

Is that her?

Yes. Stay here.

Voilà, Madame.

Merci.

Elizabeth Luthor.

Lois Lane.

I'm sorry to surprise you like this.

Your dad promised no one would ever find me.

Nobody else knows where you are.

Where's General Lane?

My father.

He found out.

You're pregnant.

Something I don't want him to know about.

Now, just leave me alone.

Please, I have no other choice.

Your father is trying to destroy my family.

Then you need to go into hiding.

That is not an option for us.

I have two boys. They're 16.

They mean everything to me.

All I want to do is keep them safe.

I don't know how you expect me to help.

If you could just talk to him.

You are the one person in the world he cares about.

I haven't seen him in ages.

He still carries around a picture of you.

The one from Met Prep.

He used to walk me to school almost every day,

even the day he was--

I was wrong about Boss Moxie.

But you weren't wrong about him being a criminal, were you?

No.

Then have him arrested for one of his other crimes.

It's not that simple.

But having me talk to him is?

I'm sorry.

I can't have him in my life, not with a child.

You went to my father asking for help,

and now I'm asking the same of you.

Ms. Lane, please.

If there were any other way, I wouldn't be here.

But if you don't talk to him soon,

he is going to do something terrible to my family.

You went to see Luthor's daughter?

Well, after what you said this morning,

I thought she might be our best chance

to appeal to Luthor's heart.

Well, did she agree to speak with him?

Not yet, but she's considering.

Turns out she's almost six months pregnant.

Lex Luthor's gonna be a grandfather.

I know.

But, Clark, we are running out of options.

Maybe it's time for you to go to the Fortress.

I'm not gonna leave you and the boys.

You might have to. That thing killed you.

We can't go through that again. I cannot go through that again.

And what if Luthor sends it after you instead?

He would have done that already.

I can't. I can't just hide.

Sweetheart, you are nowhere near ready.

That thing is unlike anything you have ever faced before.

Well, it is now.

But it used to be me on that other world,

before Luthor got to it.

Do you think your mom can help?

Elizabeth?

The shelter is doing this puppy adoption thing.

And I needed to get the story before it closed.

I just kind of thought it would have been

something bigger, you know?

Look, the rest of the day, it's you and me.

No more distractions.

We will be right there.

Oh, hey, Mrs. Lane.

Hey, Candice, I know you came all this way to see Jonathan,

but I need his help again.

Does this have something to do with the shelter?

Jordan will explain. We have to go.

This won't take long, I promise.

Can you really explain that?

I killed it over and over.

And every time, it just came back to life.

There's no precedent for anything like that on Krypton.

Are you certain this being was once you?

I could sense him in there.

But whatever Luthor did, it changed him.

I've never faced anything this powerful.

I have yet to encounter a being

that exists without weakness, Kal.

You don't understand.

Whenever I killed it, it came back stronger.

It's as if dying made it more powerful.

How am I supposed to defeat something like that?

Walk me through what happened and we shall search for a way.

Ready?

Let us see where things went wrong.

Go.

The fight started at the farm.

It grabbed me so fast I couldn't even react.

Continue.

When we got to the subway,

that's when I knew I was in trouble.

You must continue, Kal.

Play that again.

He overpowered me here.

He was stronger, faster.

And when I killed it,

it just came back more powerful.

It kept coming back over and over, until finally--

Enough!

Kal.

I can't beat it.

We can walk through it again.

It'll end the same way.

Do not give up hope, my son.

I have to tell Lois.

Yes?

Milton found Elizabeth.

Where was she?

It's not so much where she was,

but who she was with.

Look.

Where's my daughter?

We were just about to head over.

Hey, Dad.

I guess you got through to her.

We'll see.

But if they can't work things out,

how's plan B looking?

My mom ran a simulation.

It's--it's not gonna work.

Maybe you just need more time.

Three weeks ago, you were dead.

And I'm still not fully recovered.

I mean, if I couldn't stop that thing at my best,

how am I supposed to beat it now?

Well, then we better hope

Elizabeth can get through to him.

17 years.

Feels like forever and an instant, all at once.

How far along are you?

Um, almost six months.

Who's the father?

You don't get to know that.

Why did you stop writing me?

That's what you want to ask me?

Your letters were all I had.

I needed to put everything behind me

so that I could move on.

You mean move on from me.

Do you know how hard it was to be your daughter?

To grow up with the last name Luthor?

People found out who I was and assumed the worst.

They thought I was like you.

I didn't kill those people.

No.

No, but you've done other things,

killed other people.

All lies, lies spread by Lois Lane.

Don't make this about her.

She's far from the only one who believes you're a monster.

Do you?

I don't want to.

I've always shown you who I am.

Always.

If there's anyone that knows the real me,

it's you.

Can we talk?

You shouldn't be in the middle of this.

You and Mom always argue about me.

No, no, this is about us, not you.

A lot went wrong in our marriage.

Like what?

Well, for starters, I wasn't ready.

Did you want to be a dad?

No, not at first.

But then...

I saw how much different you were than me.

You were so much better.

You are the one good thing I've done in my life.

Everything else was about survival.

The reason I'm fighting to be part of your life...

Is because you're the best part of mine.

You're not the man who sat with me in that closet.

You never were.

You're wrong.

Lil, all I want is the chance to be your dad again.

That's all I'm asking.

So there's some sort of puppy adoption conspiracy?

Yeah, exactly.

And you're investigating it with your mom?

Black market puppies are big news.

Right, and we're not supposed to talk about the story.

Wait, that doesn't make sense.

Why can't you talk about it?

Yo!

Look who decided to show up.

Supposed to be here an hour ago.

Jon was busy covering a big story with his mom.

I thought you were a fireman or something.

OK, you're both lying to me.

Uh, we're gonna go check on the keg.

- Candice, just-- - No, just stop it, OK?

Stop lying.

If you didn't want me to come here,

you should have just told me.

No, no, I want you here more than anything.

Then tell me what's really going on,

or I'm leaving.

I can't believe you still have this.

How old was I?

You had just turned 14.

This is how you looked the last time I saw you.

I look a little different now.

Sound a little different too.

My accent changed pretty soon after we moved to England.

I guess I just wanted to fit in.

It suits you.

I heard you went to medical school.

Graduated top of my class.

I know.

Right.

You had your PIs following me.

I was trying to understand who you were becoming.

- You could have asked Mom. - I did.

Your mother insisted on keeping me in the dark.

Don't blame her.

She's not the reason you went to prison.

No, that, that was Lois Lane.

What?

I told her she was wrong.

She didn't listen.

Instead, she took you out of my life.

Lois Lane isn't to blame.

It was the choices that you made.

You are the reason I grew up without a father.

No, it was her.

Even now, you can't take responsibility.

Not for something I didn't do.

It's always someone else's fault, isn't it?

Lil--

No.

This was a mistake.

Something's happening.

She's leaving.

I'll talk to her.

Talking didn't work, Clark.

He's gonna send that thing.

I will fix this.

Grandpa's ELT.

- You think Granddad was here? - No, but Luthor was.

And my guess is, he used that to call his new pet.

Elizabeth?

Hi, I'm Clark Kent, Lois Lane's husband.

Please, I just want to go home.

And I can absolutely help with that,

if you just give me a minute.

I'm sorry my father's coming after your family,

but you have no idea how hard this is for me.

And I won't pretend to.

But I also lost my dad when I was young,

just a few years older than you were.

And there's not a day that goes by

that I don't miss him.

Well, I'm betting your father was nothing like mine.

Mine's a monster.

Was he always?

Look, I think losing you changed something in him.

Don't put this on me.

It's not my job to fix him.

No, no, no, no, not at all.

I--it's just, you lost something too.

And if you don't at least try to get it back, I--

I think you'll regret it.

# I'm gonna hit the road #

OK, where were you?

It's not what you think.

Then just tell me. Like, why is that so hard?

Look, there's things going on right now

that I can't talk about.

Look, I'm not trying to hide anything.

I'm--I'm done.

Whoa.

I can't imagine hiding that secret.

Does Sarah know?

- I should probably go talk to my brother. - Yeah, yeah, for sure.

Have a good night.

I tried to be a good father, Lil.

Wanted to break the cycle.

The first time my father walked out on me and my mother,

I was seven.

He didn't want to raise some kid.

My mother, she hated him for it.

She took that anger out on me.

Used his own belt

because it was the one thing he left behind.

And the abuse didn't stop until I left

and learned to take care of myself.

I never heard any of this.

It's better you didn't.

You were too perfect.

Dad.

Being in Stryker's, the hardest part

wasn't being locked up.

It was wondering if you needed me.

I did.

I should have been there to take care of you.

Please, Lil...

Let me be there now.

How could you do this?

She is a 14-year-old girl.

- So? - So she's not old enough

to know that this is a terrible idea.

Mom, yes, I am.

I want to live here with Dad.

You just want me to suffer.

I didn't ask her to choose.

You punish anyone who gets in your way,

no matter the consequence.

I just pray Elizabeth sees who you really are

before it's too late.

OK.

This has to work.

All right.

That looked really rough.

You doing all right?

I don't know.

I think Candice wants to go back to her aunt's.

You gonna take her?

I guess so.

That's Granddad's ELT.

- It must be Mom. - You should go.

Don't worry, I'll take care of Candice.

What are you doing here?

You hit Grandpa's ELT.

No, baby, you have to leave.

- What's going on? - You have to leave right now.

Come on.

We need to go. - Stay back.

Listen to me.

Mom?

I've seen it in your eyes.

You know me.

Just look at me and try to remember.

You know me.

What's happening?

I was right.

A grandson.

With you, I--

I had hoped for a girl.

Well, we are thrilled.

My husband is the youngest of five, all girls.

He painted the nursery blue

the week we found out I was pregnant.

You're gonna be a great mother.

Did you ever think about being a grandfather?

Hmm.

Growing up where I did,

I didn't think I'd be around this long.

South Metropolis has changed a lot since then.

How is it now that you're back?

I haven't been to Metropolis much yet.

- You've been here? - That's right.

In this town?

Because of Lois Lane?

So it's true.

You're trying to destroy her family.

She told you that?

That's why you came to see me.

Lois Lane took 17 years of my life.

Which you could never get back.

There has to be a price!

Not if you want to be in my life

or your grandson's.

All those years ago,

I chose you.

And now it's your turn.

Choose me.

Don't do this, Elizabeth.

If you truly want to break the cycle,

you'll leave this all behind.

Please, it-- it's the only way, Dad.

She has to pay.

Mom was right about you.

I won't expose my son to this kind of hatred.

So stay out of my life...

forever.

You have a great day.

The concert's right after last period.

Doors open at 4:00.

I'll be there.

Dad?

I love you, Lil.

Head inside before you're late.

In front of my daughter,

at her school?

The police agreed to let me bring you in

so you could say goodbye.

I told Lois I didn't kill Moxie.

The evidence says otherwise.

You and Lois Lane are destroying my family.

I will never forget this.

Hey, I'm happy to take--

Uh, what's happening?

Jordan told me everything.

Can you narrow down "everything"?

About your dad and who he really is.

About you and Jordan.

- That everything. - Mm-hmm, that everything.

Right.

You know, you're lucky to have such a sweet brother.

Yeah, he's OK.

Fire in the hole!

# Messing around #

# Try and use it now #

Lois, Elizabeth left and she's not coming back.

We have to get the boys and go to the Fortress.

Sit down and watch the fireworks with me.

Lois, Luthor is gonna send his monster.

We are not safe here.

Yes, we are.

We don't have to worry about that thing anymore.

What'd you do?

I realized we were trying

to get through to the wrong heart.

On your world, you were married.

On your world, you had a family.

I know you lost that family.

And I know how much that hurt.

But destroying mine won't ever bring yours back.

Please, whatever Luthor has asked of you,

don't hurt my family.

Someone called for it.

Greg, move your head.