PLAN ON COMING UP FOR AIR?
I'M THIRSTY. IS THAT A CRIME?
COME ON, I'll GIVE YOU A RIDE.
I'M WAITING FOR SOMEONE.
LANA LANG.
VERY ORIGINAL.
I HEAR SHE'S SINGLE AGAIN.
DID THEY POST THAT ON HER OFFICIAL STALKER WEB SITE?
I'M NOT STALKING HER.
NO, YOU JUST HAVE HER ENTIRE SCHEDULE MEMORIZED FOR FUN.
THAT GIRL'S GOT SO MANY GUYS TAILING HER,
SHE SHOULD QUALIFY FOR SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION.
HI.
VERY SMOOTH.
MAYBE IN ABOUT 10 YEARS
YOU'LL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO GET A COMPLETE SENTENCE OUT.
I'll CATCH YOU LATER.
[ THUD IN DISTANCE ]
HELLO?
AAH!
HELP! HELP!
♫ 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 ♫
LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT YOURSELF A PINCH HITTER
IN THE HERO ARENA.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'D CALL HIM A HERO, PETE.
I'M JUST GLAD LANA'S OKAY.
YEAH, I KNOW. HAVE YOU SEEN HER?
I'M NOT EXACTLY THE PERSON LANA WANTS TO BE AROUND
RIGHT NOW.
KEEP IT MOVING.
I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE JAKE TURNED "SWIMFAN" ON LANA.
YEAH, I DIDN'T PEG HIM AS THE POOLSIDE SLASHER-TYPE,
EITHER, BUT I DON'T THINK JAKE POLLEN
IS EXACTLY LIKE YOUR AVERAGE TEENAGER.
WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT?
OTHER THAN THE METEOR ROCK LABELED "FREAK"
LAID NEXT TO HIS BODY?
YOU REMEMBER THAT FIELD TRIP WE TOOK DOWN TO CRATER LAKE,
THE ONE WHERE I DROPPED, SO GRACEFULLY,
MY KEYS OFF OF THE PIER?
YEAH. I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO CALL THE NAVY S.E.A.L.s.
JAKE FISHED THEM OUT FOR YOU.
RIGHT, AND HE WAS UNDERWATER FOR SIX MINUTES.
UNLESS YOU'RE DAVID BLAINE OR A YOGA MASTER, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
HEY, WHAT'S WITH THE LIST?
JUST MY HUNCHES, YOU KNOW... SORT OF ANYTHING
THAT'S OFF THE CHARTS.
IT'S A PURGATORY BEFORE YOU GRADUATE TO THE WALL OF WEIRD.
YOU HAVE A FULL FILE OF JAKE?
WELL, I STARTED SUSPECTING A WHILE AGO
THAT HE HAD AMPHIBIOUS ABILITIES
DUE TO THE METEOR ROCK EXPOSURE FOR A WHILE.
YOU DON'T THINK YOU MIGHT BE STRETCHING
WITH THIS ONE, CHLOE?
I DON'T THINK JAKE IS THE MYSTERIOUS ONE.
I MEAN, DON'T YOU THINK IT'S A LITTLE STRANGE...
RIFLE-WIELDING COMMANDO SHOWS UP
RIGHT WHEN LANA'S GETTING ATTACKED?
IF YOU WANT TO HELP TRACK DOWN THE ENIGMATIC VIGILANTE,
I WOULD BE WILLING TO EXPLORE THE JAKE ANGLE.
THAT WOULD BE ASSUMING I ACTUALLY HAD A JOB HERE.
YEAH, IT WAS NEVER CLEAR ABOUT WHOSE CHOICE IT WAS
FOR YOU TO QUIT.
LOOK, CLARK, I COULD SAY THAT I'M SWAMPED
WITH THE "DAILY PLANET" COLUMN,
BUT THE TRUTH IS, IT WOULD JUST BE REALLY NICE
TO HAVE YOU BACK.
ALL RIGHT, DOCTOR, I'll HAVE LEX STOP BY.
FOR AN EXAMINATION BY THE, UH,
BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
ALL RIGHT. AND, UH, BOB, THANKS.
LEX.
WELCOME BACK TO LUTHORCORP, SON.
IT FEELS LIKE I NEVER LEFT.
YOU'LL HAVE THE OFFICE NEXT TO MINE.
YOU'VE GOT THE RIVER VIEW.
I APPRECIATE THE GESTURE,
BUT I'M NOT HERE TO ENJOY THE SCENERY.
I'M HERE TO GENERATE PROFITS.
LEX, LEX, YOU ALREADY HAVE THE JOB.
AND NOW YOU'VE ENTERED THE EXECUTIVE RANKS,
YOU NEED TO FILL OUT SOME PAPERWORK. COFFEE?
I'M GOOD.
CORPORATE LIFE INSURANCE?
STANDARD FOR ALL UPPER-LEVEL EMPLOYEES.
IS $50 MILLION STANDARD?
[ CHUCKLES ]
DON'T UNDERESTIMATE YOUR OWN VALUE, MY SON.
[ CHUCKLES ]
YOU SEEM RELUCTANT, LEX. I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
IT'S HARD NOT TO CONSIDER THE IMPLICATIONS
WHEN YOUR MORTALITY HAS A DOLLAR SIGN ATTACHED TO IT.
NO, LEX, I'D HOPED WE'D MOVED BEYOND THIS, UH,
DISTRUST REFLEX OF YOURS.
IT'S CALLED COMMON SENSE.
NO, YOU'RE A CORPORATE ASSET, LEX.
IF SOMETHING SHOULD HAPPEN TO YOU,
THE COMPANY NEEDS TO BE COMPENSATED FOR ITS LOSS.
ALL RIGHT, IF THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE TO YOU,
I UNDERSTAND.
YOU CAN GIVE YOUR SECURITY CARD TO NELSON ON YOUR WAY OUT.
HEY, LANA, HOW YOU DOING?
HI, I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN A WHILE.
I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE EASIER THAT WAY.
EASIER ON WHOM?
I DIDN'T COME HERE TO UPSET YOU.
I'M DOING A STORY ON JAKE FOR THE "TORCH."
THAT'S GREAT, CLARK. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?
YOU TOLD THE POLICE HE HAD A FRIEND WITH HIM
WHEN HE APPROACHED YOU,
AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD POINT HIM OUT.
Lana: I THINK THAT'S HIM.
VAN McNULTY... THANKS.
GLAD I COULD BE OF HELP.
LANA.
IS THIS ON OR OFF THE RECORD?
I'M SORRY I HAVEN'T STOPPED BY.
CLARK, I KNOW WE'RE NOT TOGETHER ANYMORE,
BUT YOU DON'T NEED AN EXCUSE TO COME SEE ME.
HEY, SO WE CAN RULE OUT THE HIMALAYAN YOGA MASTERS.
CHECK OUT WHAT MY CONNECTION AT THE CORONER'S OFFICE
GAVE ME.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE ANY OF THIS
IN JAKE'S OFFICIAL AUTOPSY REPORT.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THEY'RE GILLS.
THAT'S DISGUSTING.
PERSONALLY, I FIND THE GAPING BULLET WOUND MORE DISTURBING.
OKAY, IF THAT SHOOTER HADN'T SHOWN UP WHEN HE DID,
I'D BE DEAD,
SO FORGIVE ME IF I DON'T HAVE MORE SYMPATHY
FOR THE GILL-BOY WHO TRIED TO DROWN ME.
JAKE WAS EXPOSED TO THE METEOR ROCKS.
HE DIDN'T ASK FOR THEM.
NO, JUST LIKE GREG ARKIN DIDN'T ASK TO BECOME A BUG-BOY
AND TINA GRIER DIDN'T ASK TO BECOME A BONE MORPHER.
LOOK, THE FACT IS,
WHEN THEY GOT THEIR POWERS, THEY WENT PSYCHO
AND TRIED TO KILL ME.
TINA EVEN CAME BACK FOR SECONDS.
CHLOE'S BEEN ATTACKED BY MORE OF THESE PEOPLE THAN ME.
YOU REMEMBER JUSTIN GAINES AND SEAN KELVIN.
YEAH. ONE TRIED TO PSYCHICALLY IMPALE ME
WITH FARM IMPLEMENTS, AND THE OTHER JUST WANTED
MY BODY HEAT.
THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES.
I'M JUST SAYING A SHOT IN THE HEAD IS A LITTLE MORE EXTREME.
WHAT ABOUT THE TIMES YOU SAVED US FROM THESE PEOPLE, CLARK?
WHAT MAKES YOU SO DIFFERENT FROM THIS SHOOTER?
I'VE NEVER KILLED ANYONE.
THEN HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN TINA GRIER?
THE POLICE FOUND HER BODY IMPALED IN THE ALLEY.
WHAT HAPPENED TO HER SHE DID TO HERSELF.
I WAS PROTECTING YOU.
SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE VIGILANTE.
MISS SULLIVAN, WHAT A NICE SURPRISE.
HAVE YOU BROUGHT ME AN ADDENDUM TO YOUR REPORT
ON CLARK KENT?
NO, IT'S MY FINAL ARTICLE FOR THE "DAILY PLANET."
I'M TURNING IN MY RESIGNATION TODAY.
OH. OUR AGREEMENT IS TERMINATED.
I'M SORRY, BUT CLARK'S FRIENDSHIP MEANS TOO MUCH TO ME.
I CAN'T SAY IT'S UNEXPECTED, BUT IT WILL BE DISAPPOINTING.
I'M SORRY, MR. LUTHOR.
I GUESS SOME PEOPLE ARE BETTER AT LEADING DOUBLE LIVES.
YOU MISUNDERSTAND ME, MISS SULLIVAN.
I'M NOT THE ONE WHO'S GOING TO BE DISAPPOINTED.
THAT'LL BE YOUR FATHER.
WHAT DOES HE HAVE TO DO WITH ANY OF THIS?
I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS HE WANTED TO SURPRISE YOU.
YOUR FATHER JUST MADE A SIZABLE DOWN PAYMENT
ON A NEW HOUSE OVERLOOKING THE GOLF COURSE.
MY DAD STILL HASN'T PAID OFF THE NEW WATER HEATER.
I SERIOUSLY DOUBT HE'S MOVING US TO BRAT FLATS.
WELL, IT MUST BE HIS WAY OF CELEBRATING HIS NEW PROMOTION.
WHEN I REWARDED HIM FOR HIS HARD WORK AND HIS DEDICATION
TO LUTHORCORP, HE WAS JUST BRIMMING WITH PRIDE.
HE... OH, HE'D BE DEVASTATED
IF HE SUDDENLY FOUND HIMSELF UNEMPLOYED.
YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO HIM.
YES, I CAN.
BUT I WON'T, WHICH IS WHY I THINK
WE ARE GOING TO ENJOY A LONG AND FRUITFUL PARTNERSHIP,
MISS SULLIVAN.
[ INDISTINCT TALKING ON POLICE RADIO ]
VAN McNULTY?
HEY. CLARK KENT.
I'M SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR FRIEND JAKE.
THANKS.
YOU KNOW, HE WAS ALWAYS CHASING GIRLS,
BUT I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE HE ATTACKED ANYBODY.
[ STATIC ]
POLICE SCANNER.
I JUST WANT TO HEAR WHEN THEY CATCH JAKE'S KILLER.
I'M DOING A STORY FOR THE "TORCH."
I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD GIVE ME SOME BACKGROUND ON JAKE.
EVERYTHING I KNOW IS IN THE POLICE REPORT.
I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY MEDALS BEFORE. IS THAT YOUR DAD?
HE MUST BE A REAL HERO.
HE WAS, AND HE WAS A GREAT FATHER.
WE USED TO DO EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
I'M GOING TO BE LATE FOR CLASS.
HEY, REMEMBER THE ROCK THAT WAS TOSSED
NEXT TO JAKE'S BODY
WITH THE WORD "FREAK" WRITTEN ON IT?
IT WASN'T THE FIRST ONE THE POLICE FOUND.
MEET LEONARD WALLACE,
A LOCAL MECHANIC GUNNED DOWN TWO WEEKS AGO.
SOMEONE PUT A SIMILAR ROCK NEXT TO HIS BODY.
WHY DO YOU THINK HE WAS KILLED?
I CAN'T BE SURE ABOUT THAT, BUT LAST MONTH,
WHEN MY V.W. BUG WAS IN THE SHOP,
I SWEAR I SAW HIS ARM REACH FOR A WRENCH
THREE FEET UNDER MY CAR.
I STARTED A FILE ON HIM JUST IN CASE
HE HAD SOME SORT OF STRETCHING ABILITIES.
BUT UNLIKE JAKE, WALLACE NEVER WENT PSYCHO.
SO LANA'S MYSTERY HERO ISN'T OUT TO SAVE ANYONE.
HE'S HUNTING THEM.
SMALLVILLE'S OWN VERSION OF A HATE CRIME.
BUT WHY?
REVENGE.
VAN McNULTY'S FATHER WAS A MARINE RECRUITER.
WHO WAS KILLED BY TINA GRIER.
TINA'S DEAD, SO HE DECIDES TO GO TERMINATOR ON THE REST.
VAN'S FIGHTING HIS OWN PERSONAL WAR.
CLARK, MY DEFINITION OF "HIKE" STOPPED TWO MILES AGO.
WE HAVE TO GET EVIDENCE FOR THE POLICE.
HE USED TO COME HERE ALL THE TIME WITH HIS DAD.
IT'LL JUST TAKE A MINUTE.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID WHEN WE BROKE
INTO HIS LOCKER AND HIS CAR AND HIS HOUSE.
JAKE WAS KILLED BY A HUNTING RIFLE.
LIKE YOU CAN'T FIND ONE OF THOSE
IN THE BACK WINDOW OF EVERY TRUCK IN TOWN.
NOW, THIS PLACE NEEDS SOME SERIOUS LEMON PLEDGE.
ALL RIGHT, CLARK, THAT'S ENOUGH. LET'S GO.
THERE'S NOTHING HERE.
HE WAS PRETTY TIGHT WITH HIS DAD.
CLARK, THE LAST TIME I CHECKED, THERE'S NO OFFENSE
IN FATHER AND SON BONDING.
PETE, THERE'S A SERIOUS ARSENAL IN HERE.
CLARK, IT'S A HUNTING CABIN. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?
WHOA. WHAT'S LEX LUTHOR'S PICTURE DOING THERE?
PETE, CALL THE SHERIFF.
LEX, GET DOWN!
SOMEONE'S TRYING TO KILL HIM!
GET HIM INSIDE! GO!
YOU'RE ONE OF THEM. I SAW YOU CATCH THAT SLUG.
IT WAS IN YOUR HAND.
WHAT, ARE YOU SOME KIND OF BULLETPROOF FREAK?
WHAT'S WRONG?
DOES THIS STUFF MAKE YOU SICK OR SOMETHING?
[ CHUCKLES ] LOOK AT YOU.
HOW ABOUT A NICE BIG BITE OF METEOR ROCK?
HOW'S THAT FEEL?
LEX.
IT'S ALL RIGHT, IT'S ALL RIGHT.
CLARK.
HOW DID YOU KNOW SOMEONE WAS GOING TO TRY TO KILL ME?
IT'S THE SAME PERSON WHO SHOT LANA'S ATTACKER.
WHAT WOULD HE WANT WITH ME?
LOOK, I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO SOUND BIZARRE,
BUT THIS KID VAN...
HE'S CONVINCED THAT THE METEOR ROCKS IN SMALLVILLE
HAVE ALTERED CERTAIN PEOPLE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY "ALTERED"?
HE THINKS THEY'VE DEVELOPED DIFFERENT ABILITIES
THAN THE REST OF US, AND HE'S HUNTING THEM.
LEX, HE HAD A HIT LIST.
THEY FOUND IT IN HIS CABIN, AND YOU'RE ON IT.
CLARK, THE ONLY ABILITIES I HAVE ARE PLAYING THE MARKET
AND FALLING FOR THE WRONG WOMEN.
HE'S OBVIOUSLY CRAZY.
THERE MUST BE SOME REASON HE PICKED ME.
THINK ABOUT IT, CLARK. LEX SURVIVED THE METEOR SHOWER,
A NEAR-FATAL CAR ACCIDENT, AND A PLANE CRASH.
EVEN HE DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY
TO AFFORD A GUARDIAN ANGEL WITH THAT MUCH CLOUT.
CHECK THIS OUT.
LEX'S MEDICAL RECORDS SHOW THAT HE HAS A WHITE-BLOOD-CELL COUNT
THAT IS OFF THE CHARTS.
IT'S MORE THAN ENOUGH TO RAISE AN EYEBROW.
YOU'VE BEEN KEEPING A FILE ON LEX, TOO.
CHLOE, DIDN'T YOU LEARN YOUR LESSON
ABOUT KEEPING YOUR SECRET FILES?
THEY'RE MY OWN PRIVATE NOTES. SINCE WHEN IS CURIOSITY A CRIME?
SINCE SOMEONE TOOK YOUR DATABASE
AND TURNED IT INTO A PERSONAL HIT LIST.
VAN HAD A PRINTOUT OF THE SAME FILE ON HIS BULLETIN BOARD.
VAN HELPED NETWORK HALF THESE COMPUTERS.
HE MUST'VE CRACKED MY PASSWORD.
OH, GOD, CLARK.
THIS IS ALL MY FAULT.
CHLOE, I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T MEAN TO BLAME YOU.
IT'S NOT LIKE YOU PULLED THE TRIGGER.
NO, I JUST LOADED THE GUN
AND POINTED IT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
WHERE IS HE?
LEX. THANK GOD YOU'RE ALL RIGHT.
YOU'RE NOW COVERED BY MY PERSONAL SECURITY.
I APPRECIATE THE GESTURE, DAD,
BUT I'M NOT ABOUT TO ALLOW SOME ADOLESCENT ASSASSIN
DISRUPT MY LIFE.
DON'T TAKE THAT CAVALIER ATTITUDE, LEX.
I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT IT, DAD.
I'M INSURED NOW.
NOT YET. THERE'S SOME DIFFICULTY GETTING YOU
UNDERWRITTEN BY LLOYD'S OF LONDON.
ON WHAT GROUNDS?
YOUR TENDENCY TO ATTRACT NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES
HAS MADE YOU TOO GREAT A LIABILITY.
I WOULD THINK SURVIVING WOULD COUNT FOR SOMETHING.
YOU'RE RIGHT. I'll GET IT STRAIGHTENED OUT.
DON'T WORRY.
DAD.
BEFORE THE METEOR SHOWER, WAS I EVER SICK?
WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD, YOU, UH, HAD ASTHMA,
BUT, UH, OTHER THAN THAT, NO.
NOTHING SERIOUS.
DON'T YOU FIND IT, UH,
A LITTLE STRANGE THAT I'VE NEVER BEEN SICK
A DAY IN MY LIFE SINCE?
WHAT'S ALL THIS ABOUT, LEX? HMM?
NOTHING.
I OBVIOUSLY INHERITED STRONG GENES.
[ LAUGHING ]
SHERIFF ADAMS, HAVE YOU FOUND VAN YET?
YEAH, WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE OUT, BUT THERE'S NO REASON
TO THINK HE'S COME BACK TO SMALLVILLE.
I THINK THERE IS. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
ONE OF THESE PEOPLE WILL BE VAN'S NEXT TARGET.
ARE WE IN THE PSYCHIC BUSINESS NOW, MR. KENT?
JUST LOOK AT THE FIRST THREE NAMES.
WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?
A FRIEND OF MINE WHO BELIEVES THAT THESE PEOPLE
ARE LINKED TO A CERTAIN, UH, PHENOMENON IN SMALLVILLE.
A PHENOMENON, HUH?
IT'S A LITTLE OUT OF MY JURISDICTION.
WELL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BELIEVE IT'S TRUE.
VAN McNULTY DOES, AND THESE PEOPLE ARE IN A LOT OF DANGER.
IT CAN'T HURT TO BE CAUTIOUS.
HOW'S LEX DOING?
OKAY. I GUESS.
IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME HE'S BEEN IN THE CROSS HAIRS.
ARE THEY SURE VAN WAS THE SHOOTER?
I AM.
LANA, I KNOW HE SAVED YOUR LIFE,
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WAS HIS INTENTION.
NO, IT WAS JUST A HAPPY ACCIDENT.
I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T MEAN IT LIKE THAT.
CLARK, I REALLY THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE.
YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH WORSE.
BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN THERE TO PROTECT ME,
BUT I KNEW YOU WEREN'T COMING THIS TIME.
SO, WHEN VAN SHOWED UP, I GUESS I WAS JUST RELIEVED
THAT THERE WERE OTHERS LIKE YOU OUT THERE.
HE'S NOT LIKE ME.
YOU HAVE TO SEE HIM FOR WHAT HE IS. HE'S A KILLER.
LANA, IT'S OKAY TO BE MAD AT PEOPLE WHO TRIED TO HURT YOU,
BUT IT'S NOT FAIR TO TAKE IT OUT ON EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN AFFECTED
BY THE METEORS.
IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT. NO ONE ASKED TO BE DIFFERENT.
LIFE WOULD JUST BE SO MUCH BETTER
FOR EVERYBODY IF THE METEOR SHOWER NEVER HAPPENED.
197... 198... 199...
I'VE SEARCHED EVERYWHERE, FROM HERE TO METROPOLIS.
IT'S LIKE VAN DISAPPEARED.
WELL, CLARK, HE CAN'T HIDE FOREVER.
EVERY POLICE OFFICER IN THE STATE IS LOOKING FOR HIM.
THEY'LL FIND HIM.
I JUST HOPE HE DOESN'T FIND HIS NEXT TARGET FIRST.
DAD, DO YOU THINK I'M LIKE VAN?
WELL, I THINK YOU KNOW MY ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, SON.
THE REAL QUESTION IS,
DO YOU THINK YOU'RE LIKE VAN?
IT'S JUST I'VE COME INTO CONTACT WITH A LOT
OF KRYPTONITE-INFECTED PEOPLE,
AND IT NEVER ENDS WITH US BEING FRIENDS
OR SHAKING HANDS.
I GAVE LANA THIS WHOLE TOLERANCE SPEECH.
I ALWAYS ASSUMED THE WORST ABOUT THEM, TOO.
FOR ALL WE KNOW, THERE COULD BE LOTS OF PEOPLE OUT THERE
WHO HAVE BEEN INFECTED WHO LEAD PERFECTLY NORMAL LIVES.
THEY'RE FORCED TO LIVE WITH THEIR SECRET, JUST LIKE ME.
AND THEY COULD BE USING THEIR ABILITIES FOR GOOD, TOO.
I'M GOING TO GET CLEANED UP.
AAH!
CLARK?
CLARK!
DAD. CLARK.
I GOT YOU.
AAH!
HOW'S THAT COMING, SWEETHEART?
I GOT IT.
IT'S OKAY, SON.
IT'S ALL RIGHT, CLARK. HANG IN THERE.
IT'S OKAY, IT'S ALL RIGHT.
HE'S DYING.
THE POISON IS SPREADING SO FAST.
OKAY, CLARK, I'M GONNA GET IT OUT.
AAH!
CLARK, YOU GOTTA STAY STILL, SON.
HOLD ON, BABY, HOLD ON. DAD'S GONNA GET IT.
HE'S NOT BREATHING.
ALL RIGHT, HAND ME THOSE.
DON'T YOU GIVE UP ON US NOW, SON.
DO YOU HAVE IT?
MARTHA, IT'S IN THERE SO FAR.
WAIT A SECOND.
I THINK I'VE GOT IT.
OKAY.
HOLD ON, BABY, HOLD ON, BABY. HE'S GOT IT.
GET THAT THING OUT OF HERE.
CLARK.
COME ON, SON.
COME ON, CLARK.
LANA.
IT'S ME... VAN.
I'M THE ONE WHO SAVED YOU.
YEAH, I KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
THEY'VE GOT THE ROADS BLOCKED OFF,
AND THEY'RE CASING MY HOUSE AND MY HUNTING CABIN.
I NEED YOU TO HELP ME GET OUT OF HERE.
VAN, I THINK YOU SHOULD TURN YOURSELF IN.
TO THE POLICE?
THEY'RE USELESS. I'M MEAN, THEY SHOULD BE PROTECTING US.
I THOUGHT YOU'D UNDERSTAND.
YOU OWE ME, LANA. I SAVED YOUR LIFE.
I KNOW.
BUT LEX DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO YOU.
I'M SORRY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FATHER,
BUT GOING AFTER INNOCENT PEOPLE ISN'T GOING TO BRING HIM BACK.
THESE FREAKS AREN'T PEOPLE, LANA, OKAY,
NO MATTER HOW MUCH THEY SEEM LIKE IT.
LOOK AT JAKE, ALL RIGHT?
HE WAS MY BEST FRIEND FOR THREE YEARS, AND I HAD NO IDEA.
AND YOU'RE BEING FOOLED JUST LIKE I WAS.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
CLARK KENT IS ONE OF THEM.
WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT?
LOOK, I KNOW HE SEEMED PERFECTLY NORMAL,
BUT I SAW HIM CATCH A BULLET, LANA,
IN HIS BARE HANDS.
HE WAS A FREAK JUST LIKE THE REST OF THEM.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN "WAS"?
WELL, LET'S JUST SAY CLARK KENT
WON'T BE ABLE TO HURT ANYONE NOW.
WHAT DID YOU DO?
I FOUND HIS WEAKNESS.
I MADE SPECIAL BULLETS.
NO.
THAT FREAK GOT EXACTLY WHAT HE DESERVED.
CLARK IS MORE HUMAN THAN YOU WILL EVER BE.
GET SOMEONE TO THE KENT FARM, QUICK.
CLARK KENT'S BEEN MURDERED.
YOU WERE IN LOVE WITH THAT DISGUSTING MUTANT, WEREN'T YOU?
YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY ONE THING I HATE WORSE THAN A FREAK,
AND THAT'S A FREAK LOVER.
HE'S COMING TO.
CLARK, HOW YOU FEELING, SON?
A LITTLE WOOZY.
WELL, YOU NEED TO LIE DOWN. TAKE IT SLOWLY.
I NEED TO FIND VAN.
CLARK, JUST BECAUSE YOUR WOUND IS HEALED
DOESN'T MEAN YOU DON'T NEED TO REST.
HOW CAN I REST KNOWING THAT VAN'S OUT THERE
WITH A HIT LIST IN HIS HAND?
CLARK, THIS BOY IS NOT LIKE THE OTHERS.
HE HAS KRYPTONITE BULLETS.
HE ALREADY TRIED TO KILL YOU ONCE, SON.
I'll NOT LET YOU GIVE HIM A SECOND CHANCE.
I KNOW WHAT I'M UP AGAINST NOW.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
MRS. KENT, IS CLARK ALL RIGHT?
YEAH, CLARK'S FINE. WHY, SHERIFF?
WELL, RUMORS OF YOUR DEATH HAVE BEEN GREATLY EXAGGERATED.
ARE YOU SURE EVERYTHING'S ALL RIGHT?
OH, YEAH, IT WAS A BARBED WIRE ACCIDENT.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN RUMORS OF MY DEATH?
DISPATCH RECEIVED A CALL THAT YOU'D BEEN MURDERED.
WHO'D MAKE A CALL LIKE THAT?
BEATS THE HECK OUT OF ME.
I DON'T APPRECIATE CRANK CALLS,
ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF A MANHUNT.
ALL CLEAR AT THE KENT FARM.
Man: Roger, Sheriff.
WHERE'S YOUR SON?
VAN, I KNOW YOU'RE LISTENING. YOU DIDN'T GET ME.
IF YOU WANT TO FINISH THIS,
meet me where I saw your dad's picture.
I'm on my way.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOUR BOYFRIEND SURVIVED MY FIRST SHOT,
BUT WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW HE HANDLES A WHOLE CLIP.
Van: YOU MAY HAVE SURVIVED ONE BULLET,
BUT I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE THAT MISTAKE AGAIN.
LANA. LET HER GO!
NOT UNTIL SHE SEES ONCE AND FOR ALL
THAT HER LOVER BOY IS A FREAK SHOW.
CLARK!
I TOLD YOU HE WAS A FREAK.
YOU'RE A FREAK.
CLARK, HOW DID YOU...
IT'S ALL ABOUT DRESSING FOR THE OCCASION.
WHAT IS THAT... LEAD?
YOU CAN REST A BIT EASIER.
VAN McNULTY'S BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
HE'S IN THE PSYCHIATRIC WARD.
I-I KNEW VAN WAS MISGUIDED,
BUT I'M NOT SO SURE HE'S INSANE.
WHAT MAKES YOU SAY THAT?
CHURCHILL ONCE SAID,
"OUT OF INTENSE COMPLEXITIES,
INTENSE SIMPLICITIES EMERGE."
MAYBE THAT KID WAS RIGHT ABOUT ME.
LEX, HE'S A FANATIC.
OH, BUT CHLOE SULLIVAN'S NOT?
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I COME FACE TO FACE WITH DEATH
AND WALKED AWAY WITHOUT A SCRATCH?
I'VE PRACTICALLY LOST COUNT.
WEIRDER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED.
ALL THIS TIME I THOUGHT THE REASON I SURVIVED
THAT PORSCHE ACCIDENT WAS BECAUSE OF YOU, CLARK.
NOW I'M NOT SO SURE.
SEE, I'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO EXPLAIN EVERYTHING
BY LOOKING OUTSIDE MYSELF.
BUT MAYBE THE TRUTH LIES INSIDE MY OWN PHYSIOLOGY.
MAYBE I AM A FREAK.
HEY, LANA, IS EVERYTHING OKAY?
I THOUGHT WE ESTABLISHED THAT WE DIDN'T NEED A REASON
TO COME AND SEE EACH OTHER.
I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO TELL YOU,
BUT YOU REALLY KICKED ASS YESTERDAY.
YEAH, WELL, SOME HERO I TURNED OUT TO BE.
YOU STILL GOT SHOT.
YOU MUST BE PRETTY SORE.
IT STILL STINGS A LITTLE.
YOU KNOW, I, UM,
I BELIEVED VAN FOR A MINUTE
WHEN HE TOLD ME YOU WERE BULLETPROOF.
IS THAT WHAT HE TOLD YOU?
IT WAS REALLY COMFORTING TO HEAR.
SUDDENLY, EVERYTHING MADE SENSE...
THE TORNADO...
ALL THE TIMES THAT YOU'VE BEEN THERE...
EVERYTHING I CAN'T EXPLAIN...
I WISH THE ANSWER WAS THAT EASY.
BUT I WASN'T INFECTED BY THE METEOR ROCKS.
IF YOU WERE... IT WOULD BE OKAY.
I HAVE TO GET BACK TO WORK.
WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND
IS YOU'RE WILLING TO WALK INTO BULLETS FOR ME,
BUT YOU WON'T SHARE WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE.
CLARK, IF YOU DON'T OPEN UP TO THE PEOPLE THAT LOVE YOU,
YOU'LL ALWAYS BE ALONE.
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WANT TO SPEND YOUR LIFE LIKE THAT.
I MAY NOT HAVE A CHOICE.
YOU ALWAYS HAVE A CHOICE.
Lionel: YOU HIT A GLITCH, MISS SULLIVAN?
I KNOW A VERY CAPABLE COMPUTER TECHNICIAN
WHO MIGHT HAVE SOME FAMILIARITY WITH YOUR SETUP.
HOW COULD I BE SO IDIOTIC?
YOU DONATE THE COMPUTERS AND THEN SEND YOUR EXPERTS IN
TO SET THEM UP.
YEAH, PHILANTHROPY. I'VE ALWAYS PRIDED MYSELF ON THAT.
WHAT ABOUT TAMPERING
WITH A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT'S PERSONAL COMPUTER?
I THINK YOU'LL FIND YOUR PERSONAL COMPUTER IS ON LOAN
TO THE SCHOOL AS THE PROPERTY OF THE LUTHORCORP FOUNDATION.
YOU ARE SO LOW, YOU'RE SUBTERRANEAN.
CLARK'S FILES AREN'T ON THIS HARD DRIVE.
DO YOU REALLY THINK I'D BE THAT STUPID?
MY INTEREST DOESN'T END WITH CLARK KENT.
I'M INTRIGUED BY YOUR WHOLE BODY OF WORK.
I HATE TO SEE YOUR VALUABLE RESEARCH
EVAPORATE INTO THE ETHER,
BUT I WILL NOT ALLOW INFORMATION THAT CONCERNS MY SON
TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WHO CAN HACK THEIR WAY
INTO YOUR PERSONAL FILES.
MR. LUTHOR, I'M VERY SORRY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO LEX.
THESE FILES WERE NEVER MEANT TO BE SEEN BY ANYONE
OTHER THAN ME.
I WARN YOU, IF I EVER CATCH YOU
INVESTIGATING A MEMBER OF MY FAMILY AGAIN,
A COMPUTER GLITCH WILL BE THE LEAST OF YOUR PROBLEMS.
GOOD NIGHT, MISS SULLIVAN.
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