CLARK?
♫ SOMEBODY SAVE ME ♫
♫ LET YOUR WARM HANDS BREAK RIGHT THROUGH ♫
♫ SOMEBODY SAVE ME ♫
♫ I DON'T CARE HOW YOU DO IT ♫
♫ JUST STAY ♫
♫ STAY WITH ME ♫
♫ STAY ♫
♫ COME ON ♫
♫ I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU ♫
♫ JUST STAY WITH ME ♫
♫ I'VE MADE THIS WHOLE WORLD SHINE FOR YOU ♫
♫ JUST STAY ♫
♫ STAY ♫
♫ COME ON ♫
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN, CLARK?
WE'VE BEEN LOOKING ALL OVER FOR YOU.
I'VE BEEN OUT.
HEY. HEY! SON!
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH YOU?
YOU'VE BEEN ACTING STRANGE ALL WEEK.
IT'S LIKE YOUR MIND'S SOMEWHERE ELSE. WHAT'S UP?
WHEN I WOKE UP THIS MORNING,
I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF ROUTE 8.
HOW DID YOU GET THERE?
I DON'T KNOW.
LEX ALMOST HIT ME WITH HIS CAR.
HE GAVE ME A RIDE HOME.
LEX.
I TOLD HIM I WAS SLEEPWALKING,
BUT I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH WALKING WAS INVOLVED.
I'VE BEEN HAVING THIS DREAM ALL WEEK...
I'M FLYING OVER SMALLVILLE.
I ALWAYS END UP AT THE CAVE.
IT'S LIKE IT'S CALLING OUT TO ME,
LIKE IT'S TRYING TO GIVE ME ANSWERS.
ANSWERS TO WHAT, CLARK?
I'M NOT SURE.
IN MY DREAM, I TAKE THE KEY AND I PUT IN A SLOT
IN THE CAVE WALL.
AND THERE'S THIS BRIGHT LIGHT... AND?
I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S WHEN I WAKE UP.
CLARK,
DREAMING ABOUT PUTTING THAT KEY IN A ROCK WALL IS ONE THING,
BUT WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
IF YOU ACTUALLY DID THAT.
THESE DREAMS ARE GETTING MORE INTENSE EVERY NIGHT.
WHO KNOWS WHERE I'll WAKE UP TOMORROW?
IT'S TOO DANGEROUS, CLARK.
DAD, THAT CAVE COULD HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS I'M LOOKING FOR.
WHY ARE YOU SO AFRAID TO LET ME FIND OUT?
I GOT TO GET DRESSED FOR SCHOOL.
DR. WALDEN.
I GOT A CALL THIS MORNING
FROM THE STATE PRESERVATION SOCIETY.
THEY HEARD A RUMOR THAT YOU PLAN ON REMOVING
A SECTION OF THE WALL?
NOW, I, OF COURSE, TOLD THEM THAT YOU WOULDN'T CONSIDER
SUCH A RADICAL MOVE WITHOUT CONSULTING ME.
IT'S A COMMON ARCHAEOLOGICAL PRACTICE.
AMONG 19th CENTURY IMPERIALISTS.
IF I DIDN'T KNOW BETTER,
I'D SAY YOU WERE TRYING TO CUT ME OUT OF THE PROCESS.
YOU'RE PARANOID.
REALLY.
GIVE ME ONE GOOD REASON WHY I SHOULDN'T FIRE YOU
RIGHT NOW.
BECAUSE I'M ON THE VERGE OF A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH.
WILL THIS, UH, BREAKTHROUGH FINALLY ALLOW YOU
TO TRANSLATE THESE SYMBOLS?
IT'S HARD TO SAY...
NOW THAT I WON'T BE ABLE TO GET A SAMPLE BACK TO MY LAB.
WHO TIPPED OFF THE STATE?
THE STATE IS THREATENING TO REVOKE LEXCORP'S
CUSTODIAL MANAGEMENT OF THE CAVE.
ANOTHER FOUNDATION IS CHAMPING AT THE BIT TO TAKE OVER.
IF MY INSTINCTS ARE CORRECT,
I BELIEVE MY FATHER IS BEHIND IT.
I DON'T NEED EXCUSES.
I NEED ANSWERS.
YOU'VE GOT THREE DAYS.
WHAT A LAME ASSIGNMENT.
FAMILY TREES ARE SO 20th CENTURY.
JUST LOOK AT IT AS A MYSTERY, CHLOE.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO UNCOVER.
WHY ARE YOU SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS?
BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A PIECE OF CAKE.
YEAH, BECAUSE YOUR FAMILY'S BEEN IN SMALLVILLE
SINCE THE JURASSIC ERA.
WHAT ARE YOU SO WORKED UP ABOUT?
THERE'S JUST SO MANY VARIABLES TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT,
LIKE WHAT IF YOUR MOTHER ABANDONED YOU?
IS THAT BRANCH OF YOUR FAMILY TREE TECHNICALLY CUT OFF?
YEAH, AND WHAT IF YOUR BIOLOGICAL FATHER
COMES BACK INTO THE PICTURE, WHICH FAMILY DO YOU CLAIM?
WHAT IF YOU'RE ADOPTED?
HEY, OKAY, I GET THE POINT, BUT IS IT MY FAULT
THAT I'M PART OF A NUCLEAR FAMILY?
IS IT? LATER.
UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE REST OF US,
THE NUCLEAR FAMILY WAS NUKED YEARS AGO.
WE SHOULD GET TOGETHER AT THE TALON TOMORROW
AND FIGURE OUT A GAME PLAN.
[ PIERCING NOISE ] [ GROANS ]
CLARK DOESN'T LIKE THAT IDEA.
DID YOU GUYS HEAR THAT?
HEAR WHAT?
[ PIERCING NOISE ] [ GROANS ]
THAT.
APPARENTLY, YOU'RE PART CANINE
BECAUSE WE DON'T HEAR ANYTHING.
[ PIERCING NOISE ] [ GROANS ]
CLARK, WHAT IS IT?
I GOTTA GO.
[ PIERCING NOISE CONTINUES ]
[ PIERCING NOISE ]
[ PIERCING NOISE CONTINUES ]
[ PIERCING NOISE STOPS ]
CLARK.
ARE YOU OKAY?
LEX. WHAT HAPPENED?
I WAS HOPING YOU COULD TELL ME.
WHAT WERE YOU DOING DOWN HERE?
I WAS JUST FINISHING UP SOME WORK FOR DR. WALDEN.
I FIGURED I'D DO IT WHILE IT WAS QUIET.
THE NEXT THING I KNOW, YOU'RE SHAKING ME AWAKE.
THE GUARD SAID THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION.
YOU DIDN'T TOUCH ANY EQUIPMENT, DID YOU?
Walden: I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT YOU MANAGED.
TO GET AROUND THE GUARD IN THE FIRST PLACE.
WHAT YOUR SECRET, MR. KENT?
BACK OFF, DOCTOR.
CAN'T YOU SEE HE'S BEEN HURT?
I'M OKAY. I JUST NEED TO GET SOME AIR.
CLARK, FIRST I FIND YOU LYING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD
AND NOW HERE.
I REALLY THINK YOU SHOULD GET TO THE HOSPITAL.
LEX, I'M FINE. I JUST GOT TO GET HOME
BEFORE MY PARENTS START TO WORRY.
OKAY.
BUT UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED,
I DON'T WANT YOU DOWN HERE BY YOURSELF.
I'M SORRY I COULDN'T BE MORE HELP.
WHY DID YOU JUST LET HIM WALK OUT OF HERE?
HE KNOWS MORE THAN HE'S TELLING US.
PROBABLY. BUT YOU'VE GOT ENOUGH ON YOUR PLATE, DOCTOR.
LET ME WORRY ABOUT CLARK KENT.
HEY, UH, MY HARD DRIVE JUST CRASHED
FOR THE 50th TIME.
I WAS WONDERING IF I COULD BORROW YOUR COMPUTER.
I NEED TO GET A HEAD START ON THIS GENEALOGY ASSIGNMENT.
YEAH, SURE, I WAS JUST TURNING EVERYTHING OFF.
SO, WHAT ARE YOU, A LANG OR A SMALL?
RIGHT NOW I'M COMMITTING TO MY MOTHER'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY.
WELL, KNOCK YOURSELF OUT. I'll SEE YOU AT HOME?
YEAH. CHLOE, YOU'RE A LIFESAVER.
OF COURSE.
DID YOU GIVE UP ON GENEALOGY, OR IS MY PERSONAL LIFE
MORE INTERESTING?
I WAS JUST LOOKING.
SO YOU DECIDED TO SNOOP AROUND?
CHLOE, I'M SORRY.
DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT.
LIKE WHAT WAY?
LIKE I'M SOME LOVESICK LOSER WHO'S TRYING TO HANG ON
TO SOMETHING THAT SHE'S NEVER EVEN HAD.
WELL, IF YOU HAVE FEELINGS FOR CLARK,
MAYBE YOU SHOULD JUST TELL HIM.
THIS ISN'T ABOUT ME AND CLARK, LANA.
THIS IS ABOUT YOU VIOLATING MY PRIVACY.
THIS OFFICE AND EVERYTHING IN IT IS NOW OFF-LIMITS.
OH, AND, BY THE WAY,
I DID TELL CLARK HOW I FELT.
I POURED MY HEART OUT TO HIM WHEN HE WAS SICK.
AND IN HIS DELIRIUM, THE ONE NAME HE CALLED OUT
WAS LANA.
WOW, YOU'RE UP EARLY.
DON'T WORRY, DAD, I WOKE UP IN MY OWN BED THIS MORNING.
NO DREAMS?
NO, I THINK WHATEVER IT IS PASSED.
THAT'S GOOD.
I'M TAKING YOUR MOTHER INTO TOWN FOR A CHECKUP.
YOU WANT A RIDE TO SCHOOL?
NO, CHLOE'S GOING TO PICK ME UP. GREAT.
HOW'S MOM FEELING?
PREGNANT.
I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
HOW SOON CAN WE START TELLING EVERYONE?
AS SOON AS YOUR MOTHER SAYS SHE'S READY.
DON'T WORRY, CLARK, THIS IS ONE SECRET
WE CAN ALL BE VERY HAPPY TO SHARE.
YEAH. THE BABY'S LUCKY.
HEY, SON, I DIDN'T MEAN FOR IT TO SOUND THAT WAY.
LOOK, HAVING THIS CHILD IS GOING TO BE A BIG ADJUSTMENT
FOR ALL OF US,
BUT IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE WAY WE FEEL ABOUT YOU.
I KNOW THAT.
I'M JUST GLAD THINGS ARE BACK TO NORMAL.
Martha: JONATHAN, WE'RE LATE! WE GOTTA GO!
[ GROANS ]
JONATHAN!
I'll GET IT, I'll GET IT. GO ON!
CLARK, WHAT HAPPENED?
I DON'T KNOW!
WHAT HAPPENED?
WE CAME OUT, AND IT WAS... ON FIRE.
WELL, THAT OUGHTA KEEP THE LOOKY-LOOS AWAY,
AT LEAST TILL I HAVE A CHANCE TO PATCH IT UP BETTER.
A COUPLE OF BOARDS AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE
TO COVER UP ANYTHING ANYMORE,
ESPECIALLY AFTER CHLOE PUBLISHES HER PICTURES.
WELL, I-I THINK I CONVINCED HER IT WAS A PRANK.
YOU CAN'T BEAT YOURSELF UP ABOUT THIS.
YOUR ABILITIES ARE STILL DEVELOPING.
YOU CAN'T ALWAYS CONTROL THEM.
THERE'S NOTHING UNCONTROLLED ABOUT THAT DRAWING.
IT'S A SYMBOL FROM WHEREVER I'M FROM.
IT MEANS HOPE.
HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?
SINCE WHEN CAN YOU READ THE SYMBOLS?
SINCE I PUT THE KEY IN THE CAVE WALL.
WAIT A MINUTE.
SINCE YOU DID WHAT?
DAD, IT WAS CALLING OUT TO ME. IT LED ME TO WHERE YOU HID IT.
CLARK, I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO THAT.
I KNOW, DAD, BUT IT WAS LIKE I DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE.
WHERE IS THE KEY NOW?
I DON'T KNOW. WHEN I PUT THE KEY IN THE WALL,
THERE WAS A BLINDING LIGHT, AND I BLACKED OUT.
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
YEAH, IT DIDN'T HURT ME, BUT EVERYTHING'S JUMBLED UP.
IT'S LIKE IT DOWNLOADED ME WITH THE LANGUAGE FROM THE CAVE WALL.
DID ANYBODY SEE YOU?
I DON'T THINK SO, BUT LEX AND DR. WALDEN FOUND ME.
I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE THE KEY, EITHER.
I THINK IT DISINTEGRATED. YOU'RE NOT 100% SURE?
CLARK, WE UNDERSTAND YOU WANTING TO KNOW MORE ABOUT YOUR ORIGINS,
BUT YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR OWN LIFE IN DANGER HERE.
SOME THINGS ARE WORTH THE RISK. LIKE WHAT?
LIKE THE TRUTH.
CLARK.
EARTH TO CLARK.
ARE YOU OKAY?
I HEARD ABOUT THE FIRE.
IT WAS NO BIG DEAL. WE GOT IT UNDER CONTROL.
I THINK CHLOE'S OVER AT THE "TORCH" RIGHT NOW
WRITING AN EXCLUSIVE. I WOULDN'T KNOW.
HER AND I AREN'T EXACTLY TALKING RIGHT NOW.
SOUNDS SERIOUS.
WELL, INVASION OF PRIVACY USUALLY IS.
LET ME GUESS, YOU CAUGHT HER SNOOPING AROUND IN YOUR STUFF.
ACTUALLY, I WAS THE ONE DOING THE SNOOPING.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO. IT KINDA JUST HAPPENED.
WELL, YOU'D THINK ALL THE TIMES THAT SHE'S OVERSTEPPED
THE BOUNDARIES, SHE'D CUT YOU SOME SLACK.
IT JUST REMINDED ME THAT AS GREAT AS CHLOE
AND HER DAD HAVE BEEN, I'M STILL NOT FAMILY.
YEAH, I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.
CAN I TELL YOU A SECRET?
THAT WOULD BE A FIRST.
I'VE BEEN LOOKING INTO MY ROOTS
AND IT'S FREAKING MY PARENTS OUT,
BUT I THINK I'M GETTING CLOSER TO FINDING OUT
WHERE I'M FROM.
THEN YOU SHOULDN'T STOP.
IS THAT YOUR FAMILY TREE?
CLARK, WHAT'S WRONG?
NOTHING, UM, I GOTTA GO.
CLARK, I'VE BEEN LOOKING ALL OVER FOR YOU.
SORRY, LEX, I CAN'T TALK RIGHT NOW.
LOOKS LIKE WE'VE BEEN ABANDONED.
THE STORY OF MY LIFE.
LEX, I MAY DECIPHER ANCIENT LANGUAGES,
BUT CRYPTIC PHONE MESSAGES DON'T AMUSE ME.
YOU'RE AWARE THAT I'M ON A VERY TIGHT DEADLINE.
I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT FIND THIS ENLIGHTENING.
WHAT IS IT?
I'D SAY SOMEBODY HAS GAINED SOME KNOWLEDGE
OF THE LANGUAGE THAT'S CARVED INTO THE WALLS OF THE CAVE.
THESE CHARACTERS ARE SIMILAR.
BUT THERE'S NO WAY TO VERIFY THEIR ACCURACY.
SEE, THESE SYMBOLS COULD BE "FATHER" OR "MOTHER,"
OR THEY COULD JUST BE CHICKEN SCRATCH.
WHERE'D YOU GET IT?
CLARK KENT.
WHAT IS IT WITH YOU AND THIS KID, LEX?
I'M THE TOP EXPERT IN MY FIELD, AND I'M TELLING YOU,
THESE WALLS WILL TAKE YEARS TO TRANSLATE.
SOME KANSAS FARM BOY'S SCRIBBLINGS DON'T CHANGE THAT.
THEN HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THIS?
I'D SAY THAT WAS MORE THAN SCRIBBLING.
THAT'S ONE OF THE SYMBOLS THAT'S ON THE OCTAGONAL DISK.
OR MAYBE THE WHOLE THING'S A HOAX.
NO.
IT'S NO HOAX.
SOMETHING HAPPENED TO CLARK IN THAT CAVE.
WELL, WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST I DO?
PUT YOUR EXTRAVAGANT EGO ASIDE AND WORK WITH THE BOY.
HE MAY BE A FRAUD, DOCTOR, OR HE JUST MIGHT BE
THE ROSETTA STONE WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR.
I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR TURNING OUR FARM
INTO AREA 51. WE NEEDED A COUPLE SHERIFF DEPUTIES
TO KEEP ALL THE WACKOS AWAY.
SORRY, CLARK. YOU HAVE TO ADMIT, IT IS REALLY INTRIGUING.
IT'S PROBABLY JUST A K.U. FRAT PRANK.
OR COULD IT BE THAT ALIENS THINK THAT CROP CIRCLES ARE PASSé,
SO THEY'VE MOVED ON TO BARN SCORCHINGS?
COME ON, CLARK, THIS IS SMALLVILLE.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY.
I'll LET IT GO IF YOU FORGIVE LANA FOR WHAT SHE DID.
WHY DIDN'T I SEE THIS COMING?
DID SHE TELL YOU WHAT SHE WAS DOING ON MY COMPUTER?
NO, BUT SHE DID TELL ME SHE WAS VERY SORRY
FOR WHAT SHE DID. I CAN'T BELIEVE...
YOU KNOW WHAT, CLARK? THIS IS ONE TIME
WHEN YOU DON'T NEED TO COME TO LANA'S RESCUE.
HELLO... WHAT'S THIS?
SOMEONE SPAMMED YOUR E-MAIL ACCOUNT.
YEAH, BUT THEY'RE ALL FOR YOU...
FROM SOMEONE CALLED SWANN?
NEVER HEARD OF HIM.
DID MY PARENTS SEE YOU?
NO.
WHAT'S WITH ALL THIS CLOAK-AND-DAGGER STUFF?
HOW COME WE DIDN'T JUST GO TO THE "TORCH"
AND USE CHLOE'S COMPUTER?
I CAN'T HAVE HER LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER
IF THIS SWANN HAS INFORMATION FOR ME.
COME ON.
OKAY, YOU'RE ON.
WHAT'S WRONG?
WHAT IF MY PARENTS ARE RIGHT?
THEN WE CAN JUST PULL THE PLUG ON THIS WHOLE THING.
I NEED TO KNOW.
WHAT'S THAT?
IT SAYS, "I'M A FRIEND."
DR. WALDEN.
HOW'S HE DOING?
THE DOCTORS HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT.
HE'S COMPLETELY CATATONIC.
IS HE GOING TO BE OKAY?
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE WITHOUT KNOWING THE CAUSE.
THREE MYSTERIOUS EVENTS IN THREE DAYS,
AND YOU WERE THERE ON EACH OCCASION.
THAT'S A MYSTERY UNTO ITSELF, DON'T YOU THINK?
NOT REALLY.
WHAT ABOUT THAT LANGUAGE?
ARE YOU SURE YOU CAN'T READ IT?
WHAT WOULD GIVE YOU THAT IDEA?
THE SYMBOL ON YOUR BARN AND THIS...
LOOK, I WAS JUST DOODLING. IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING.
IT LOOKS PRETTY SPECIFIC TO ME.
LEX, WHY DO YOU CARE SO MUCH
ABOUT AN OLD NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE?
BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S NATIVE AMERICAN.
I DON'T EVEN THINK IT'S FROM THIS PLANET.
YOU THINK ALIENS WROTE IT?
I'D KEEP THAT TO YOURSELF, LEX.
I'M, UH, LOOKING FOR A CLARK KENT.
THAT'S ME.
SIGN HERE.
HOW'D YOU KNOW I'D BE HERE?
MY INSTRUCTIONS WERE TO DELIVER THAT TO YOU PERSONALLY.
LUCKY FOR ME... SMALL TOWN.
AREN'T YOU GOING TO OPEN IT?
IT'S PROBABLY JUST JUNK MAIL.
I'll OPEN IT LATER.
DR. VIRGIL SWANN... YOU'RE BEING STALKED BY A LEGEND, CLARK.
I'VE NEVER HEARD OF HIM.
HE WAS A HIGH-TECH HOWARD HUGHES 30 YEARS AGO.
HE GRADUATED FROM M.I.T. WHEN HE WAS 19.
HE HAD HIS DOCTORATE IN MATH AND APPLIED PHYSICS,
THEN HE STARTED HIS OWN COMPANY,
SWANN COMMUNICATIONS, WHICH QUICKLY ROSE
TO INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM IN THE 1970s.
AS THE WORLD'S LARGEST PRODUCER OF SATELLITES.
I MEAN, THIS GUY HAS SO MUCH HARDWARE IN SPACE
THAT "SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN"
DUBBED HIM THE "MAN OF TOMORROW."
"ONLY THROUGH COMMUNICATION WILL PEOPLE LIVE IN PEACE."
SOUNDS LIKE A REMARKABLE GUY.
HE WAS UNTIL HE PULLED A J.D. SALINGER...
HE SOLD HIS COMPANY AND PUT HIS MILLIONS
TOWARD CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS. RUMOR HAS IT
HE DEVOTED HIMSELF TO SEARCHING FOR SIGNS
OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE ADDRESS ON THE CARD...
HOW DOES THAT FIT IN?
IT'S THE NEW YORK PLANETARIUM.
WHAT BETTER PLACE TO LOOK FOR LITTLE GREEN MEN?
WHY IS THIS GUY SO INTERESTED IN YOU, CLARK?
HE'S NOT INTERESTED IN ME.
HE'S JUST, UH, INTERESTED IN MY BARN.
VIRGIL SWANN HASN'T MADE A PHONE CALL IN 13 YEARS,
AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN
HE WANTS TO BE YOUR BEST FRIEND?
HE MUST THINK THAT SYMBOL IS PRETTY IMPORTANT.
IT WAS JUST A HOAX.
YEAH, WELL,
ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT MEN IN THE WORLD DISAGREES.
IF I WERE YOU, I'D FIND OUT WHY.
HAS THERE BEEN A CHANGE IN DR. WALDEN'S CONDITION?
WHATEVER HE WAS EXPOSED TO
OVERSTIMULATED HIS CEREBRAL CORTEX,
CAUSING A MASSIVE SEIZURE.
ARE YOU SAYING HE SUFFERED FROM INFORMATION OVERLOAD?
IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, YES.
IT'S DOUBTFUL HE'LL EVER REGAIN CONSCIOUSNESS.
I'M SORRY, MR. LUTHOR.
DON'T WORRY, DOCTOR,
ONE DAY YOU'LL SHARE YOUR SECRETS WITH ME.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON RUNNING AWAY FROM HOME,
YOU MIGHT WANT TO PACK A LITTLE LIGHTER.
THIS ISN'T MY HOME, CHLOE.
AS GREAT AS YOU AND YOUR DAD HAVE BEEN,
I DON'T THINK THIS WAS SUCH A GREAT IDEA.
YOU KNOW, LANA, IF THIS IS ABOUT THE WHOLE COMPUTER INCIDENT,
I'M SORRY.
I OVERREACTED, I KNOW, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO CLARK
AND... MY FEELINGS, I, UH, I DON'T KNOW,
I'M NEVER REALLY RATIONAL.
I CAN'T HELP THE WAY CLARK FEELS ABOUT ME.
I KNOW.
BEFORE YOU GO, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING.
IT'S MY FAMILY TREE.
YOU PUT ME UNDER "SISTER."
WHY?
BECAUSE I DECIDED THAT
MY FAMILY WASN'T ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T LOVE ME.
IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO DO LOVE ME,
NO MATTER WHAT... MY FRIENDS.
CLARK, THIS WHOLE THING IS VERY SUSPICIOUS.
HE COULD GIVE ME SOME ANSWERS.
HE KNOWS HOW TO READ THE LANGUAGE.
ACCORDING TO YOU, HE DOES. I MEAN, HOW DO WE KNOW
THAT YOU'RE EVEN READING IT RIGHT?
WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT CAVE DID TO YOU, SON.
MOM, HELP ME OUT HERE.
CLARK, WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS DR. SWANN.
FOR ALL WE KNOW, THE WHOLE THING COULD BE AN ELABORATE PLAN
JUST TO GET TO YOU.
NOW YOU'RE JUST BEING PARANOID.
DID YOU EVER THINK FOR A SECOND
THAT MAYBE HE JUST WANTED TO HELP?
NO, CLARK, I HAVEN'T. WHEN IT COMES TO PROTECTING YOU
AND YOUR SECRET, ALL I'VE EVER SEEN ARE PEOPLE
WHO WANT TO EXPLOIT YOU FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL GAIN.
YOU CAN'T PROTECT ME FOREVER.
I'M NOT READY TO GIVE THAT UP YET.
CLARK, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO KEEP YOU
FROM LEARNING ABOUT YOUR PAST.
WE JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU GET HURT, EITHER.
I HAVE GOT ALL THESE QUESTIONS, AND I CAN'T LEAVE THEM
IN THE STORM CELLAR ANYMORE.
WHY DID MY PARENTS PUT ME IN THAT SHIP?
WHAT WAS SO BAD THEY HAD TO SEND ME AWAY?
I HAVE TO DO THIS.
THEN LET'S GO TOGETHER. WE'LL GO AS A FAMILY.
DAD, I HAVE TO GO ALONE.
IT'S THE ONLY WAY.
NO MATTER WHAT I FIND OUT, IT IS NOT GOING
TO CHANGE THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT YOU.
YOU'RE STILL GOING TO BE MY MOM AND DAD.
HELLO?
HELLO. DR. SWANN.
WHAT AM I DOING HERE?
Dr. Swann: LOOKING FOR ANSWERS, I ASSUME.
HELLO, CLARK.
I'VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU.
YOU'RE PROBABLY WONDERING WHY A BILLIONAIRE SCIENTIST
WORKS IN THE BACK ROOM OF A PLANETARIUM.
THE THOUGHT HAD CROSSED MY MIND.
WELL, I FIND IT PEACEFUL.
BESIDES, I OWN THE BUILDING.
ACTIVATE SCREEN.
DOES ANY OF THAT LOOK FAMILIAR?
WHAT IS IT?
IT'S A MESSAGE FROM THE STARS, CLARK.
ALL MY LIFE I'VE BEEN STARING OUT INTO SPACE,
WONDERING...
WONDERING "IS ANYBODY ELSE OUT THERE?"
AND THEN 13 YEARS AGO, I GOT AN ANSWER...
THE DAY OF THE METEOR SHOWER.
THAT ONE OF MY RECEIVING STATIONS PICKED UP
A FAINT SIGNAL.
IT TOOK ME YEARS TO DECRYPT IT.
AND FINALLY,
I DISCOVERED A MATHEMATICAL KEY
THAT WAS BUILT INTO THE TRANSMISSION.
CAN YOU READ IT?
YES. IT SAYS, "THIS IS KAL-EL OF KRYPTON."
"OUR INFANT SON, OUR LAST HOPE..."
"PLEASE PROTECT HIM AND DELIVER HIM FROM EVIL."
KAL-EL.
KRYPTON.
I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT CHILD...
IF HE SURVIVED THE JOURNEY,
IF HE LIVED AMONG US,
AND THEN THREE DAYS AGO,
I SAW THE SYMBOL FOR "HOPE" BURNED ONTO THE SIDE
OF A BARN IN SMALLVILLE, AND I FOUND OUT
THAT THE FARMER AND HIS WIFE HAD AN ADOPTED SON.
SO YOU THINK I'M KAL-EL?
I'M JUST CLARK KENT.
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, I'M NOT TRYING TO EXPOSE YOU, CLARK.
I'M JUST... I'M JUST SEEKING THE TRUTH.
I'M SORRY, DOCTOR.
THE TRUTH IS, I'M NOT WHO YOU THINK I AM.
IF YOU CAN LIVE WITH THAT DECISION,
THEN SO CAN I.
BUT... IF YOU WALK OUT THAT DOOR,
IT'LL NEVER BE OPEN TO YOU AGAIN.
AND YOU'LL NEVER KNOW THE SECOND PART OF THE MESSAGE.
TELL ME SOMETHING, DOCTOR,
WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME?
WE ALL HAVE OUR WINDMILLS, CLARK.
I NEED TO KNOW I'M RIGHT.
ONCE I DO, IT'LL NEVER LEAVE THIS ROOM.
SHOW ME.
SECOND SCREEN.
"WE WILL BE WITH YOU, KAL-EL,
FOR ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE."
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
WELL, I'M NOT SURE, BUT THE ONE THING
I'VE LEARNED ABOUT SCIENCE IS THE VALUE OF PATIENCE.
IS THAT WHERE KRYPTON IS?
NO. THAT'S WHERE KRYPTON WAS.
I FOLLOWED THE SIGNAL'S PATH
BILLIONS OF MILES OUT INTO SPACE.
I WAS HOPING TO DISCOVER ITS ORIGIN,
BUT INSTEAD, I FOUND... NOTHING.
PLANETS JUST DON'T DISAPPEAR.
WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENED TO IT?
OH, IT COULD BE ANY ONE OF A MILLION DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.
WAR, FAMINE, DISEASE.
I MEAN, LOOK AT THE WORLD AROUND US.
IS IT REALLY THAT HARD TO BELIEVE?
WELL, I CAN'T BE THE ONLY ONE. THERE MUST BE OTHERS LIKE ME.
THERE WAS ONLY ONE MESSAGE.
WHY ME?
THERE MUST BE A REASON WHY I WAS SENT TO THIS PLANET.
YOU WON'T FIND THE ANSWERS BY LOOKING TO THE STARS.
IT'S A JOURNEY YOU'LL HAVE TO TAKE
BY LOOKING INSIDE YOURSELF.
YOU MUST WRITE YOUR OWN DESTINY, KAL-EL.
YOUR MOTHER TOLD ME YOU WERE BACK.
CLARK,
I KNOW THAT WHATEVER DR. SWANN TOLD YOU MUST BE...
OVERWHELMING, BUT...
IF YOU NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT,
YOUR MOTHER AND I ARE ALWAYS HERE.
EVER SINCE YOU TOLD ME ABOUT THIS SHIP,
I WONDERED IF THERE WERE OTHERS OUT THERE LIKE ME.
NOW I KNOW THERE'S NOT.
I'M TOTALLY ALONE.
CLARK, YOU ARE NEVER ALONE, SON.
THIS IS YOUR HOME, AND WE LOVE YOU VERY MUCH.
COME ON, LET'S GO BACK UP.
IN A MINUTE.
I FIGURED OUT WHAT THIS IS.
IT'S THE SHIP'S HEART.
REALLY?
HAVE YOU USED IT YET?
I DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT ALONE.
LET'S DO IT TOGETHER.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE YOU WERE EVER THAT SMALL.
WHAT IS IT, SON?
IT'S A MESSAGE FROM MY BIOLOGICAL FATHER.
I'M SURE I'M READING IT WRONG.
WHY, WHAT DOES IT SAY?
"ON THIS THIRD PLANET FROM THE STAR SOL,
"YOU WILL BE A GOD AMONG MEN.
"THEY'RE A FLAWED RACE.
"RULE THEM WITH STRENGTH, MY SON.
THAT IS WHERE YOUR GREATNESS LIES."
I THINK I WAS SENT HERE TO CONQUER.
WHAT KIND OF PLANET AM I FROM?
MAYBE YOU DID MISREAD IT, CLARK.
BUT EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T, IT'S YOU WHO DECIDES
WHAT KIND OF A LIFE YOU'RE GOING TO LEAD...
NOT ME, NOT YOUR MOTHER, NOT YOUR...
BIOLOGICAL PARENTS.
WHAT IF IT'S PART OF WHO I AM?
IS THAT THE KIND OF PERSON I WILL BECOME?
CLARK KENT, YOU'RE HERE TO BE A FORCE FOR GOOD,
NOT A FORCE FOR EVIL.
WELL, HOW CAN YOU BE SO SURE?
BECAUSE I AM YOUR FATHER.
I RAISED YOU,
AND I KNOW YOU BETTER THAN ANYONE.
PLEASE HELP US CONQUER PARALYSIS.
CALL THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE PARALYSIS FOUNDATION
AT 1-800-225-0292.
OR VISIT THE CRPF WEB SITE AT christopherreeve.org.
THANK YOU.
NO, NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. PLEASE?
PLEASE CALL.
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