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Titre en VO : Season's Greedings
Diffusion US : 04/12/94
Diffusion FR : 16/05/95
Un inventeur de jouets créé des rats atomiques qui provoquent un sentiment de cupidité et ça ramène les adultes à l'enfance. De ce fait, Perry devient fou et danse sur son bureau, Jimmy inscrit son nom sur tous les billets pour recevoir pleins de cadeaux, Loïs et Clark se disputent au Daily Planet pour la possession d'un des rats.
Les parents de Clark arrivent au Daily Planet et voient ce qui se passe et Martha ramène Clark à la raison. Et Superman prend en charge tous les gens qui sont atteints.
Quand l'effet est moins là, Loïs et Clark vont chez le distributeur et ils trouvent le nom de l'inventeur de jouets. Ils publient aussi un article qui révèle les effets des rats et les jouets sont enlevés des magasins.
L'inventeur décide alors de jeter tout le liquide dans le réservoir de Métropolis mais Superman le réchauffe ce qui annule l'effet. Ensuite, Perry, Jimmy et Loïs vont distribuer des cadeaux de Noël avec Superman.
Note : 10/10
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Titre VO
Season's Greedings
Titre VF
Joyeux Noël
Première diffusion
04.12.1994
Première diffusion en France
16.05.1995
_LOIS & CLARK_
_THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN_
"SEASON'S GREEDINGS"
Written by Dean Cain
Directed by Randall Zisk
_CAST_
CLARK KENT/SUPERMAN
LOIS LANE
PERRY WHITE
JIMMY OLSEN
MARTHA KENT
JONATHAN KENT
WINSLOW P. SCHOTT
MARGARET DUFFY
HARRY HECKLEBAUM
ORPHANAGE WORKER/SANTA
ANGELA
PRETENTIOUS LADY
JOEL
DANIELLE
NEWS ANCHOR
WEATHERMAN
_LOCATIONS_
_INTERIORS_: _EXTERIORS_:
Daily Planet Coates Orphanage *
Newsroom Park
Perry's Office
Conference Room Daily Planet
Schott's Lair Reservoir
Farmingdale's Toy store Farmingdale's Toy Store
Hecklebaum's Office Hecklebaum's Office
Lois' Apartment Alley
_TEASER_
FADE IN:
1 EXT. COATES ORPHANAGE - DUSK - DAY #1 1(X)
A modest building situated just across from a small park.
Like the street and park nearby, it is blanketed in fresh,
white snow. A lone ORPHANAGE WORKER is struggling to put up
an enormous wreath on-the orphanage gate. It drops out of
his grasp. A HAND reaches out and catches it dexterously.
WIDEN To REVEAL CLARK, the catcher, LOIS next to him.
WORKER
Thanks.
CLARK
Sure.
(smells wreath, then
hands it back up)
Don't you love Christmas?
LOIS
(shrugs)
It's okay.
CLARK
Okay? Just... okay?
LOIS
It's a very nice holiday. Like the
Fourth of July or Arbor Day.
As they walk on and OUT OF FRAME, they pass FOUR CHILDREN in
the orphanage courtyard, building a SNOWMAN, including JOEL,
10, a heavier boy with the face of an angel, and DANIELLE,
7, a small, fragile thing with eyes of gold. She fits a
mitten onto his stick arm. A KID tries to take it.
JOEL
I told you guys, don't pick on
Danielle...
1A RESUME LOIS AND CLARK ON THE SIDEWALK 1A
CLARK
You're comparing Christmas to Arbor
Day?
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Pink Rev. 10/28/94 2.
1A CONTINUED: 1A
LOIS
I'm not comparing, I'm just saying
they're both holidays and they're
both... fine.
She says this as they pass a MAN at a sidewalk bus bench
holding a wrapped box. His name is WINSLOW P. SCHOTT, (X)
quirky and meticulous. MS. MARGARET DUFFY, his faithful
assistant, stands alongside him, looking worried as Lois and
Clark MOVE ON into the park.
MS. DUFFY
I don't know, Mr. Schott, I just
don't know about this...
SCHOTT
Ms. Duffy, we are about to teach
the world a lesson. This is no (X)
time to waffle. (X)
MS. DUFFY
I don't think it's waffling to say
it just seems a little... ummmm...
well, it might be waffling a
little... Mmmmmm, no, I don't think
so because, because it's...
SCHOTT
Unkind? Unfair? Unpleasant?
(she nods)
The world is an unkind, unfair,
unpleasant place. This --
(he refers to the gift
in his lap)
-- is simply going to strip away
its facade of decency and good
will.
He sees that the Worker hanging the wreath is gone and the
Four Kids are alone.
SCHOTT (CONT'D)
Chil-dren! Oh, chil-dren! Come
here, won't you...?
Joel and the others stop building, and cautiously approach.
Danielle stays with the snowman.
SCHOTT (CONT'D)
I have something I'd like to give
you.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Pink Rev. 10/28/94 3.
1A CONTINUED: 2 1A
Joel takes a protective stance in front of the smaller kids,
lining them up be-hind him.
JOEL
You're not some kind of weirdo, are
you, Mister?
SCHOTT
No, I'm a toymaker. Let me show
you.
(lifts box lid, with (X)
fanfare)
Tah-dahhh... the Atomic Space Rat.
Schott opens the colorful box, pulling out an ATOMIC SPACE
RAT: a furry little vermin in a costume that looks like a
cross between a football uniform, a biker outfit, and Zorro.
In its hand is a small CHEESE GUN made out of plastic. The
kids like it.
JOEL
What does the gun shoot?
SCHOTT
(pulls trigger)
Use your nose.
JOEL
Eeeeuuuhhhh, it stinks!
(smiles, suddenly loving
it)
Cool!
SCHOTT
You can have this one.
Schott hands the rat to Joel. Joel squeezes the rat and (X)
the gun sprays a mist. The other kids take sniffs as well (X)
and run off with Joel. He turns to Mrs. Duffy.
SCHOTT (CONT"D)
Watch what the smell does.
Holding the Space Rat, Joel and the others run up to
Danielle, who continues quietly building the snowman, when
suddenly Joel snatches the mittens off.
JOEL
These are mine!
(snatches coal eyes,
carrot nose, hat, etc.)
And so's this and this... and this!
(grabs at her hat)
Gimme it!
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Pink Rev. 10/28/94 4.
1A CONTINUED: 3 1A
Schott and Ms. Duffy are watching intently. He's ecstatic.
She's worried.
SCHOTT
You see, Ms. Duffy? Greed. The
rats make children greedy.
As Schott rises from the bench, doing a little dance with
her as they round the corner, Danielle makes a mad dash --
out of the orphanage courtyard, across the street, into the
park. Joel and the others immediately give chase, making
snowballs, bombing them at her as she runs.
2 EXT. OTHER SIDE OF PARK - DUSK 2
Lois and Clark cut through.
CLARK
See, I think what makes Christmas
special is the whole spirit of --
Clark's SUPERHEARING picks up the children's threats to
Danielle.
CLARK (CONT'D)
-- shopping, I just remembered...
some, uh, last minute shopping.
As he bolts --
LOIS
(nods)
The spirit of shopping, that sort
of sums it all up, doesn't it?
3 EXT. PARK - TREES - DUSK 3
Danielle hiding making her lone snowball as Joel and the
other close in with their snowballs. Unseen by any of the
children, SUPERMAN FLOATS to the ground behind a tree.
Joel and the boys see Danielle and to hurl their snowballs.
Danielle closes her eyes and heaves her snowball, then
covers her head, waiting to be destroyed. Superman BLOWS
them back at the boys, who get splattered. She slowly
uncovers her eyes to find Joel and the other kids covered in
snow -- surprised, but unhurt. They run away. Danielle
flashes a grin at Superman, who winks and smiles.
SUPERMAN
Merry Christmas...
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Pink Rev. 10/28/94 5.
4 EXT. METROPOLIS STREET - DUSK 4
Schott and Duffy round a corner.
SCHOTT
The rats go on sale tomorrow, Ms.
Duffy. Every toy store in
Metropolis will carry them, every
child will want one; everyone who
comes near them will smell them and
oohhhhh, Ms. Duffy, what a
Christmas this will be.
Off her worried look and his maniacal laugh, we...
FADE OUT.
_END OF TEASER_
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Pink Rev. 10/28/94 6.
_ACT ONE_
FADE IN:
5 EXT. METROPOLIS.STREET - DAY #2 5
Lois and Clark round the corner toward the Daily Planet. (X)
GREEN AND RED DECORATIONS are strung merrily across the city
streets.
CLARK
Lois, doesn't the time of year and
the feeling in the air just... make
you happy?
LOIS
Clark, I'm not the Grinch, okay?
You don't have to sell me on
Christmas. I like it a lot.
CLARK
But you don't love it.
LOIS
I like it... a lot.
CLARK
A lot? Or a lot, a _lot_.
LOIS
Mmmmm, I'm somewhere between a lot
and a lot, a _lot_.
They pass a STREET SANTA outside the PLANET accepting
donations in an old iron pot for the COATES ORPHANAGE. (X)
Clark drops money inside.
SANTA
(to Clark)
Hi, how are you?
CLARK
Hi.
SANTA
You don't remember me.
(pulls beard down; he's
the Orphanage Worker)
You caught the wreath at the
orphanage?
CLARK
Oh, yeah. How's it going?
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Pink Rev. 10/28/94 7.
5 CONTINUED: 5
SANTA
Well, I wish I could say great
but...
(peers into his
near-empty pot)
...so far you're way ahead in the
generosity race. Too bad, those
kids really deserve better. I
guess most people can't even
imagine what it's like to be an
orphan at Christmas.
Lois just looks at Clark, who's momentarily struck by this.
LOIS
(digs into purse)
This guy is _good_.
She drops money in.
CLARK
Lois, why don't you go on ahead? I
want to talk to Santa.
LOIS
Of course you do.
She pushes back through the revolving doors.
CUT TO:
6 INT. DAILY PLANET - PERRY'S OFFICE - DAY 6
PERRY sits behind his desk, the phone at his ear. He plays
with one of those snowy scenes inside the small glass
container.
PERRY
Ho, ho, ho, honey. I know, I'm
excited too. The first Christmas
we've ever spent alone. Tomorrow
night, we'll have a little
candlelight, and I'll dress up in a
big red Santa suit, and tell you if
you've been naughty or nice...
7 INT. DAILY PLANET - PIT - DAY 7
X-mas decorations in full bloom, and JIMMY OLSEN hanging a
small banner over a small table near the elevators that
reads, "DAILY PLANET SECRET SANTA! PICK NAMES HERE!" Jimmy
makes one last adjustment, and the banner is perfect.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Pink Rev. 10/28/94 8.
7 CONTINUED: 7
ANGELA
What's a Secret Santa?
Jimmy turns, and there she is: ANGELA. 18, shy, and very
beautiful. She's new to the Planet. They lock eyes, and
Jimmy is flustered:
JIMMY
Secret Santa is, uh, where everyone
picks a name out of this bowl, and
they have to buy a Christmas
present for the person whose name
they draw. I'm in charge of it.
ANGELA
Sounds like fun. I'm Angela.
Jimmy's tongue won't work.
JIMMY
I'm... in charge of it.
ANGELA
Nice to meet you, Mr.
I'm-In-Charge-of-it. (X)
She smiles and walks off, leaving Jimmy exasperated. Lois
exits the elevators, passing right by Jimmy. She takes in
the decorations.
LOIS
Little heavy on the red and green,
aren't we?
She plucks some bows off her desk.
JIMMY
You don't like them?
LOIS
Do I have a choice?
JIMMY
Sorry?
LOIS
It's just, everywhere you look,
you're just sort of... under seige.
Ribbons, wreaths, trees, mistletoe;
Santas, Elves, Frosty the Snowman
and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
Pounding you, day and night, in
your face, 'You must love
Christmas, you must love Christmas,
you must love Christmas...
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Pink Rev. 10/28/94 9.
7 CONTINUED: 2 7
JIMMY
Guess we won't be goin' carolling
tonight, huh?
LOIS
Just once, I'd like to _feel_
Christmas.. Discover it, you know?
Unwrap it and be surprised by how
wonderful it is, instead of having
it shoved relentlessly in my face
like half-off coupons at a swap
meet.
JIMMY
I know what you're saying. Feels
so big sometimes, it's like,
Christmas is a whale and we're all
minnows.
LOIS
Well, this year, I'm no minnow; I'm
taking control. I'm going to have
the Christmas I want. And nothing
is going to get in the way.
JIMMY
Excellent.
Lois pulls out her phone book. Looks up a number, then
dials.
LOIS
Hello? Dr. Sam Lane, please... His
daughter, Lois? I called last week
and --
(same old story)
Sure, I'll hold.
8 EXT. DAILY PLANET - DAY 8
Clark is sitting on a bench with Santa, sipping coffee.
SANTA
We've been to all the big toy (X)
stores trying to get donations. I (X)
guess they're too busy... (X)
CLARK
What if I could get a friend of
mine to ask some stores to donate
toys? He's sort of a celebrity (X)
and he's an orphan himself... (X)
(X)
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Pink Rev. 10/28/94 10.
8 CONTINUED: 8
SANTA
Yeah, do I know him?
CLARK
You might, he flies in and out (X)
every so often...
9 INT. DAILY PLANET - PIT - DAY 9
Lois is at her desk, still on the phone.
LOIS
No, Lucy. Mom can't make it. I
couldn't even get Dad on the phone.
They kept me on hold for twenty
minutes. What about you?
(beat)
You're in love? Christmas in
Venice? Wow, that is romantic.
(beat)
Oh. Venice, California... He's
either going to be an artist or an
actor? Well, good luck, Lucy.
You're gonna need it... merry
Christmas.
She hangs up, even more depressed, just as Perry bounds in
with a revelation.
PERRY
Atomic Space Rats!
LOIS
Gesundheit.
PERRY
People are going nuts for them.
LOIS
Let me guess. Slow news day?
PERRY
A seventy-year-old lady just
knocked another lady's dentures
out, for cryin' out loud. Olsen, (X)
I could use a picture of that. (X)
Where's Clark?
LOIS
Out on the street talking to Santa.
PERRY
Of course he is.
CUT TO:
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Yellow Rev. 10/31/94 11.
10 INT. SCHOTT'S LAIR - DAY 10
A large warehouse. There are a few pieces of machinery and
tools for building toys precisely arranged next to a large
VAT of yellow, cheesey GOO. Several delicately detailed
beautiful TEDDY BEARS sit on a shelf, next to several boxes
of Atomic Space Rats.
Ms. Duffy, wearing a large clothes pin on her nose, takes a
Teddy Bear down, pulls the string hanging from its back. It
speaks.
TEDDY BEAR
Merry Christmas. I love you.
Ms. Duffy smiles, and looks over at Schott, who is currently
mixing the contents of the vat with a large Canoe Oar. He
glares at her.
SCHOTT
Ms. Duffy. Put that down.
MS. DUFFY
I'm sorry, Mr. Schott.
She picks up an oar and moves to him.
SCHOTT
I don't know why you keep those (X)
fuzzy failures around.
MS. DUFFY
Don't call them that, I love them.
They're so sweet and soft. I think
they're the best toy you ever made.
SCHOTT
Really. Do these words ring a
bell, Ms. Duffy? 'Mister, your
Teddy Bears _suck_.' 'We _hate_
these.'
MS. DUFFY
Children say things they don't
always mean...
SCHOTT
Would that that were true of adults
who say things like, 'You're
fired.'
MS. DUFFY
You were too good for Metropolis
Toys, Mr. Schott.
SCHOTT
So were you, Ms. Duffy.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Pink Rev. 10/28/94 12.
10 CONTINUED: 10
MS. DUFFY
(touched)
Thank you, Mr. Schott.
She looks at him tenderly. He concentrates on his stirring.
SCHOTT
'Make something the kids want to
buy,' they said. Well, we've made (X)
it _now_, all right. Getting (X)
fired last Christmas was the best (X)
thing that could have happened to
us. We're going to make them pay
for what they did. The toy (X)
companies, the kids, every single
person in this lousy, good for
nothing sinkhole of a city. oh,
they're going to pay... and pay...
As Schott speaks, CAMERA PULLS BACK, and we find...
11 WIDE ANGLE 11
The warehouse is full -- Schott is surrounded by THOUSANDS
of ATOMIC SPACE RATS.
SCHOTT
...and pay... and PAY!
CUT TO:
12 EXT. FARMINGDALE'S TOY STORE - DAY 12
A large CROWD OF PEOPLE, parents and children alike, wait,
lined up impatiently at the front doors. Lois, Clark, and
Jimmy pull up in a taxi and see the line.
JIMMY
Geez, look at all the people.
Wonder what the big deal with this
toy is?
Jimmy starts taking pictures.
LOIS
Let's find out.
They go to the front and see the overwhelmed STORE MANAGER (X)
trying to control the surging Crowd as he struggles and (X)
fumbles to open the door with a set of keys.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Yellow Rev. 10/31/94 13.
12 CONTINUED: 12
LOIS (CONT'D)
Excuse me, Lois Lane, Daily Planet?
We're doing a story on these Atomic
Space Mice?
JIMMY
Rats.
LOIS
Whatever. We'd like to get in, see
the toys, take some pictures, ask
some ques --
The Manager gets the door open and the Crowd RUSHES in,
nearly trampling him, taking Jimmy and Lois with them.
Clark pretends to get lost in the crowd, then ducks out of
frame, comes back in opposite side of frame as Superman.
SUPERMAN
Sir, have you ever heard of the
Coates Orphanage? They really need
toys this year and --
The Manager is suddenly knocked over by THREE OVER-EAGER
BUYERS. Superman helps him up. (X)
SUPERMAN (CONT'D)
Sorry. So I'm asking toy stores to
donate some gifts. Would you be (X)
interested?
CUT TO:
13 INT. FARMINGDALE'S - DAY 13
Lois comes around the corner of an aisle with Jimmy -- she's
the first person inside, and she spots an aisle full of
Atomic Space Rats. Grabs one not in a box, looks at it, put
off by it ugliness.
LOIS
Doesn't anybody like Teddy Bears
anymore?
Jimmy snaps pictures of the boxes of rats. As more people
stampede inside, the aisle gets more and more crowded and
he's pushed out of sight. Lois sqeezes, and gets a nose
full of the horrible smell.
LOIS (CONT'D)
Uggh! What is this? It's... it's...
(smiles)
...kind of nice.
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Yellow Rev. 10/31/94 14.
13A SCHOTT AND MS. DUFFY 13A
move in with the crowd, then break away and stand off to (X)
the side.
SCHOTT
If my biochemical calculations are
correct, the rats should have a
slightly different effect on
adults.
MS. DUFFY
I'm afraid to ask.
SCHOTT
Due to hormonal differences, I
believe its rather unusual side
effect will be to make adults act (X)
like children. The question is, (X)
will they act like _greedy_ (X)
children?
13B A PRETENTIOUS LADY 13B
bumps into Lois, making her pull the trigger again; she
catches the spray directly up the nose. She rears back at
the smell, then smiles, and grabs Lois' Atomic Space Rat.
PRETENTIOUS LADY
I want that.
LOIS
Sorry, I had it first.
PRETENTIOUS LADY
(grabs it away)
Possession is nine-tenths of the
law.
LOIS
(like a little kid)
You gimme that!
PRETENTIOUS LADY
(also like a little kid)
I won't, I won't, I won't!
Lois hangs on for life, and a bitter struggle ensues.
LOIS
I had it first!
PRETENTIOUS LADY
Did not!
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Yellow Rev. 10/31/94 14A.
13B CONTINUED: 13B
LOIS
Did so!
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Pink Rev. 10/28/94 15.
13B CONTINUED: 13B
PRETENTIOUS LADY
Did not!
LOIS
Did so!
PRETENTIOUS LADY
Didnotdidnotdidnot!
LOIS
Did so, INFINITY!
Lois yanks and the Rat RIPS IN HALF! Yellow GOO spills all
over Lois' hands, and the effect is overwhelming. As she
DROPS OUT OF THE FRAME and the Pretentious Lady is swept
away in a sea of rioting bodies --
14 SCHOTT 14
standing with Ms Duffy, watching from the corner of the
store. Ms. Duffy seems a bit worried.
SCHOTT
Well, well. I'd say so far the
Rats are living up to every
expectation, wouldn't you, Ms.
Duffy?
(checks his pocket
watch)
All right, onto Step Two of our
plan.
MS. DUFFY
Step Two? There's a Step Two?
SCHOTT
We're ruining Christmas, Ms. Duffy.
It's a big job.
15 OMITTED 15
_END OF ACT ONE_
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Pink Rev. 10/28/94 16.
_ACT TWO_
FADE IN:
16 INT. DAILY PLANET - PIT - DAY 16
The elevator doors open. Lois, Clark, and Jimmy pour out.
Lois has three intact rats and DRIED GOO on her hands. She
keeps inhaling it.
CLARK
Lois, can I just see one?
LOIS
They're _my_ rats! (X)
Lois takes off toward her desk. Clark and Jimmy exchange
looks, and follow. Clark tries a different tack.
CLARK
Look, c'mon, this was kind of a
funny joke in the cab, it was a
little less funny in the lobby; now
it's getting old and we've got a
deadline, so can I have a look?
Lois stops, considering the proposal.
LOIS
Just a look?
CLARK
(nods)
Just a look.
LOIS
Okay...
Lois slowly brings a rat up, right to face level, and pulls
the trigger on the cheese gun, right in Clark and Jimmy's
faces. Clark and Jimmy reel back, the FUMES going straight
up their nostrils. Lois giggles like a child, and skips away.
CLARK
That smells _terrible_.
JIMMY
Awful.
CLARK
I like it.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Pink Rev. 10/28/94 17.
16 CONTINUED 16
JIMMY
Me too.
(staring at Lois)
And I really want one of these
rats.
CLARK
Me, too.
JIMMY
(looking around)
I want... I want... everything.
He jams his hand into a candy bowl and stuffs his face with
chocolates.
CLARK
Hey, look over there.
Jimmy does and Clark practically INHALES all the chocolates
in the bowl. Jimmy looks down, dismayed. Lois is at her (X)
desk, struck with an idea, and she picks up her phone book, (X)
dials a number.
LOIS
Hello, Lucy? It's Lois. I just
wanted to tell you that you're
_not_ invited to my Christmas
dinner tomorrow night... Well,
because, all the food I'm gonna buy
is mine and I don't want to share! (X)
She hangs up the phone, and giggles like a schoolgirl.
16A INT. PERRY'S OFFICE - MINUTES LATER 16A
He hears a commotion from out in the Pit, gets up and opens
his door.
16B INT. PLANET PIT - DAY 16B
Perry looks out and sees UTTER MADNESS: Lois holding her
rats and playing hopscotch, trying to get some of the other
WOMEN to join in.
LOIS
C'mon, you guys!
She does a spectacular hopscotch and laughs. Meanwhile,
Clark and Jimmy go flying past on wheeled chairs, having a (X)
chair race. (X)
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Pink Rev. 10/28/94 18.
16B CONTINUED: 16B
PERRY
(roaring)
WHAT IN THE SAM HILL IS GOING ON
HERE?
Lois, Clark and Jimmy stop, like guilty children.
CLARK
I told you guys we shoulda been
quiet!
LOIS
Clark, you're not the boss of us!
Perry looks down at the hopscotch squares Lois drew on the (X)
floor.
PERRY
Lois, are those squares in magic
marker?
LOIS
Well...
CLARK
(sing-song)
Lois is in trouble, Lois is in
trouble...
LOIS
Yeah, well, I have all the rats and
you don't have any!
CLARK
I could get those if I wanted!
(X)
PERRY
E-NUFF! Now I don't know what
we've got going on here -- I guess
we all just need vacations worse
than I thought -- but we got a
paper to put out here and a story
to do on these Rats...
JIMMY
Gimme the Rats, I'll do the story!
He goes for them and Lois hangs on. Perry steps in.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Yellow Rev. 10/31/94 19.
16B CONTINUED: 2 16B
PERRY
(breaking up the
struggle)
That's it, the end, good night!
(takes the Rats)
Lois, give me the Rats.
(she hesitates)
_Lois_.
(she hands them over)
Now go to your desk.
LOIS
Oh, geez, that's real fair...
Clark comes up to Perry.
CLARK
Can I have a rat? Can I? Cmon, (X)
Chief, huh? (X)
PERRY
Clark you want me to send you to
your desk, too?
CLARK
(bummed)
No.
PERRY
Then settle down.
Perry heads for his office, holding the Space Rats.
PERRY (CONT'D)
Doesn't anybody like fire trucks
anymore? (X)
Perry leaves. Clark sees a STAFFER go by with a big box of
donuts and grabs one, then another, then another, moving
OFF. The elevator doors open, revealing JONATHAN and MARTHA
KENT, arms loaded with Christmas gifts.
JONATHAN
This is the last year we come to
Metropolis to do our Christmas
shopping. The city's too crazy.
Everybody shoving, pushing,
grabbing...
MARTHA
Oh, Jonathan, what are you talking
about?
(CONTINUED)
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16B CONTINUED: 3 16B
Lois leaps into frame and digs through their bags of gifts.
LOIS
Any of those for me, any of those
for me?
JONATHAN
(answering Martha)
Gee, I don't know... must be my
imagination.
17 INT. PERRY'S OFFICE - DAY 17
Perry sits at his desk, with the Rats all there, looking
through his stacks of Elvis albums. Jonathan and Martha
come in.
JONATHAN
Hi, Perry, we're looking for Clark.
PERRY
Look at these Elvis records...
aren't they great? And they're all
mine.
Martha glances over her shoulder and --
18 18
THRU OMITTED THRU
19 19
20 MARTHA'S POV - CLARK 20
as he comes out with donuts, sees Lois stealing decorations (X)
off his desk. He shoots A QUICK BLAST of HEAT RAY at Lois' (X)
heel, causing it to SHEAR off in a SPARK. Lois tumbles
headlong into her desk, catching herself but dropping all
the Christmas trimmings.
21 MARTHA 21
gets a look on her face: pure shock, turning to pure anger.
She marches out of Perry's office. Jonathan follows.
22 INT. PLANET - PIT - SAME TIME 22
MARTHA
Clark Jerome Kent! You get right
over here, now!
(CONTINUED)
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22 CONTINUED: 22
CLARK
What? What'd I do?
MARTHA
You know exactly what you did.
She grabs him by the ear and hauls him toward the conference room.
23 INT. CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY 23
Martha leads Clark inside, by the ear. Jonathan follows,
closing the door behind him.
MARTHA
(very stern)
I never spanked you, but right now,
I'd like to drop your britches and
tan your hide like cheap leather!
JONATHAN
Now, Martha...
MARTHA
Jonathan, he burned the heel off
Lois' shoe.
JONATHAN
Is that true, son?
CLARK
Well, she...
(rubs his head, as if in
a fog)
... she stole my... something...
took something or...
JONATHAN
I don't think he's quite himself.
Neither's Lois or Perry...
MARTHA
Well, what in the world is going
on?
CLARK
I don't know. The last I really
remember clearly was being at the
elevator and getting sprayed by one
of the rats and suddenly wanting
everything and feeling like... a
little kid...
CUT TO:
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24 EXT. - ALLEY - DAY 24
Down near the docks. A ROUGH-LOOKING GROUP of LONGSHOREMEN
stand around a fire blazing in a trash can, warming
themselves. Ms. Duffy and Schott walk up. The Longshoremen
glare at them.
MS. DUFFY
If this is Step Two, then I'd have
to say, I'm not very eager to see
Step Three...
The Longshoremen walk toward them. Slowly. Menacingly.
SCHOTT
Oh, show a little backbone, Ms.
Duffy.
She turns to go. MORE LONGSHOREMAN block the alley entrance.
SCHOTT (CONT'D)
I know what I'm doing.
(to the Men)
May I have your attention please?
(he has it)
Well, it's that holiday season
again. And you're a bunch of
unemployed longshoreman who'll no
doubt be spending this Christmas
Eve in a flea-bitten flop house.
Alone, broke and -- if you're
_very_ lucky -- smashed out of your
mind on the cheapest alcohol known
to man. How many of you would like
to do something about that?
Of the dozen Huge Men here, every single one raises his
hand. And in some hands lead pipes, knives and grappling
hooks.
MS. DUFFY
I, uhhhh, I don't mean to sound
overly concerned but... I think
we should do something.
Schott whips out a fat wad of cash.
MS. DUFFY (CONT'D)
That's not what I had in mind.
SCHOTT
(to the assembled thugs)
Anyone object to a fast easy way to
get some of this?
(CONTINUED)
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24 CONTINUED: 24
MS. DUFFY
Please, if we're going to commit
suicide, couldn't we just do it
some _normal_ way?
SCHOTT
(all thug hands drop)
I see. All right, then. You have
a choice. You could take _this_
money from me right now. Or do
what I ask and get five times this
amount by tomorrow morning. So.
What's it going to be, gentlemen?
25 INT. PLANET PIT - DAY 25
Jimmy is sitting at his desk, writing on small pieces of
paper.
26 CLOSE ON PAPER 26
Jimmy has written his name "Jimmy Olsen" on fifty small
pieces of paper.
27 BACK TO SCENE 27
He drops the names into the SECRET SANTA BOWL. Then stands,
laughing, and starts across the newsroom toward the
elevators, carrying the bowl.
JIMMY
(singing to tune of
'Jolly Good Fellow') (X)
For I'm a Merry Good Fellow, I'm a (X)
Merry Good Fellow, and a Merry old (X)
Christmas to me... (X)
28 INT. PERRY'S OFFICE - SAME TIME 28
Perry picks up ringing phone.
PERRY
Lo? Hi, Alice, what's up?
(blows gum bubble)
No, I don't want to have some dumb,
drippy, kissy-face Christmas.
Yechhh. I want to go to Graceland.
(beat)
Hello?
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24 CONTINUED: 24
MS. DUFFY
Please, if we're going to commit
suicide, couldn't we just do it
some _normal_ way?
SCHOTT
(all thug hands drop)
I see. All right, then. You have
a choice. You could take _this_
money from me right now. Or do
what I ask and get five times this
amount by tomorrow morning. So.
what's it going to be, gentlemen?
25 INT. PLANET PIT - DAY 25
Jimmy is sitting at his desk, writing on small pieces of
paper.
26 CLOSE ON PAPER 26
Jimmy has written his name "Jimmy Olsen" on fifty small
pieces of paper.
27 BACK TO SCENE 27
He drops the names into the SECRET SANTA BOWL. Then stands,
laughing, and starts across the newsroom toward the
elevators, carrying the bowl.
JIMMY
(singing to tune of
'Jolly Good Fellow')
For I'm a Merry Good Fellow, I'm a
Merry Good Fellow, I'm a Merry (X)
Good Fellow, and a Merry Old (X)
Christmas to me...
28 INT. PERRY'S OFFICE - SAME TIME 28
Perry picks up ringing phone.
PERRY
Lo? Hi, Alice, what's up?
(blows gum bubble)
Y'know, I don't want to have some (X)
dumb, drippy, kissy-face Christmas.
Yechhh. I want to go to Graceland.
(beat)
Hello?
--page break--
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29 INT. PLANET PIT - SAME TIME 29
Clark and his parents exit the conference room.
CLARK
I think I'm fine now. Whatever it
is, it wears off...
He sees Lois at her desk, trying to talk Angela into playing
cat's cradle with her.
CLARK (CONT'D)
... probably faster on me than
other people. You guys go ahead
and finish your Christmas shopping.
I think we're looking at a job for
Superman.
MARTHA
Okay, sweetheart. I'm so glad I
didn't have to spank you.
CLARK
Me, too, Mom. (X)
He hugs his parents and they leave. Clark ducks into a back
hall and --
29A ON LOIS 29A
playing her cat's cradle with Angela as she hears the
WHOOSH, looks up and there's Superman.
LOIS
Oh, wow, oh, cool! Superman!
(holds out cradle)
Wanna play?
He looks at the goo on her hands.
SUPERMAN
Uh, sure...
He glances into Perry's office and sees him alone in there,
with the Rats.
SUPERMAN (CONT'D)
One sec.
He goes into --
29B INT. PERRY'S OFFICE - DAY 29B
Perry is playing 50's music, blowing babbles and making his
Rats dance. Superman comes in.
(CONTINUED)
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19B CONTINUED: 29B
PERRY
Superman... you're not here to take
away my Rats, are you?
Superman nods relucantly.
PERRY (CONT'D)
What a gyp.
29C INT. PLANET PIT - DAY 29C
Rats in hand, Superman moves to Lois.
SUPERMAN
Lois, I think we ought to wash your
hands.
LOIS
What?
Clark thinks of another way.
SUPERMAN
I mean... want these Rats?
He holds them up. Lois almost leaps with happiness.
LOIS
Oh! Goodie! More Space Rats!
He leads her to the elevator, using the Rats as bait.
CUT TO:
29D INT. LOIS' APARTMENT - DAY 29D
Lois comes out of the bathroom in her robe, looking sick. (X)
Then there's a KNOCK at the door. Lois opens it and (X)
there's Clark, with an icepack on his head, pretending to be
sick.
LOIS
Hi, you too? (X)
He nods.
LOIS (CONT'D)
I think Superman brought me back. (X)
You too?
CLARK
(nods) (X)
You feel okay? (X)
(CONTINUED)
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29D CONTINUED: 29D
LOIS
(shakes head)
You? (shakes head)
CLARK
(shakes head)
But I dug up a clue anyway. Harry
Hecklebaum.
LOIS
Come again?
CLARK
(unfurls report)
The one and only distributor of
Rats. (X)
LOIS
I'll get dressed.
She goes to the bedroom. Clark removes the ice-pack from
his head, tosses it playfully behind his back and into the (X)
trash. (X)
CUT TO:
29E INT. HECKLEBAUM'S OFFICE - DAY 29E
PHONES ARE RINGING like crazy, and we see HARRY HECKLEBAUM,
a loud, obnoxious man, at his desk, going nuts, selling
selling selling. Behind him are stacks and stacks of Space
Rat boxes.
HARRY
(answer phone)
What! Ohhh, you have no other
toys? All stolen? My price just
doubled! Hey, you don't want 'em,
you don't have to buy 'em. See you
in bankruptcy court, pal!
The door to his office opens, Lois and Clark enter.
LOIS
Mr. Hecklebaum? I'm Lois Lane, and
this is Clark Kent from the Daily
Planet. We're investigating a
story on the Atomic Space Rats...
HARRY
(hits intercom)
JoAnn, hold all my calls.
(to Lois, suspicious)
You want to write a story on me?
(CONTINUED)
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29E CONTINUED: 29E
CLARK
Actually, we were wondering who
makes these rats.
HARRY
Ha! Lame! You _should_ have said
you were gonna write a story on me.
I might have talked! Do you know
how much money I'm making here?
You think I'd tell you who's making
these? Am I stupid? Don't let the
door hit your butt on the way out!
No, wait, I'm sorry...
(they stop)
...on second thought, _let_ it,
what do I care?
Hecklebaum laughs and picks up his phone.
HARRY (CONT'D)
JoAnn, how many calls did I get in
the last twenty seconds? Five?
What's the problem here? Are we
slowing down?
LOIS
Surrounded day and night by them,
no wonder he's such a nut job.
(spies something)
Hey, an invoice, see it there?
Clark nods.
LOIS (CONT'D)
Me, distract. You, grab. Go.
Suddenly, Lois darts across the room, ripping open a box,
and pulling out a rat.
LOIS (CONT'D)
I want, I want, I want!
Harry drops his phone and lunges for Lois, struggling with
her over the rat.
HARRY
No, no, no!
She gets sprayed. In the confusion, Clark steps over to the
desk, grabs the paper. Harry finally wrestles the rat from
Lois. Lois goes nuts and leaps for the rat. Clark has to
drag her out.
CUT TO:
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29F EXT. STREET OUTSIDE OF HECKLEBAUM'S - DAY 29F
Clark drags Lois outside. She suddenly becomes composed.
LOIS
Okay, you can let go now.
CLARK
You all right?
LOIS
I was holding my breath. Got the
invoice?
CLARK
Maker of rats: W.P. Schott. No
address, no phone number, just a PO
box. So...
LOIS
Background check.
As they start back for the Planet --
LOIS (CONT'D)
Clark, did you have any Christmas
plans?
CLARK
Yeah, I'm flying back with my (X)
folks tonight. Christmas is (X)
always the biggest party in (X)
Smallville. (X)
LOIS
I was just having a few people
over... and I thought you might
like to come.
CLARK
Well --
LOIS
But I don't want you to change your
plans, you should be with your
family. (X)
CUT TO:
30 OMITTED 30
31 INT. SEVERAL TOY STORES - CLOSE SHOTS - NIGHT #2 31
A DOOR in Farmingdale's opens and the Longshoreman-Thugs (X)
come in with boxes full of Rats.
(CONTINUED)
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31 CONTINUED: 31
They push other toys back and set the Rats up in front of
them.
HANDS put more Rats on shelves.
HANDS push other toys out of sight.
HANDS put Rats in window.
HANDS put up ads: NEW SHIPMENT OF RATS!
CUT TO:
32 INT. SCHOTT'S LAIR - NIGHT 32
Schott stands, surrounded by More Space Rats as they're
taken out by the Thugs.
SCHOTT
Step Three, Ms. Duffy.
MS. DUFFY
Mr. Schott, this is hard for me to
say but... I'm not sure I can be a
part of this anymore. You used to
love children so much, you were so
wonderful to them.
SCHOTT
I'm still wonderful to them. I'm
giving them not only what they want
but what they _deserve_. And it's
only temporary, no lasting side
effects.
MS. DUFFY
I just think it's... it seems so...
well...
SCHOTT
Ms. Duffy, did you know I used to
watch you every night when you left
the office?
MS. DUFFY
(thrilled and expectant)
You did? Really?
(patting her hair)
I... well, that's very... I...
SCHOTT
I remember you going to the bus
stop. It always made me sad, you
seemed so tired and cold...
(CONTINUED)
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32 CONTINUED: 32
He leads her around a stack of boxes. A gleaming new car (X)
sits there. Ms. Duffy is stunned.
SCHOTT (CONT'D)
For you, Ms. Duffy. The first
profits from the Space Rats.
MS. DUFFY
Mr. Schott, I... I... oh, my, it's
very... shiny.
SCHOTT
And this.
He gives her a beautiful fur coat.
SCHOTT (CONT'D)
Man made, of course. We don't want
to hurt the little creatures.
He drapes the coat over her. She luxuriates in its
softness.
SCHOTT (CONT'D)
There are some advantages to
striking back, Ms. Duffy. And
after all, what are we really
doing? We're not foisting
something on the public they don't
want, are we?
MS. DUFFY
Well, I suppose not...
SCHOTT
And if in the meantime, people
become the scabrous, obtuse,
jealous, greedy, nasty bunch of
pre-pubescents they really are
anyway, well then, all the better
then, hm?
Before she can answer, fie dangles a gorgeous diamond (X)
necklace before her. She gasps. He clips them around her (X)
neck.
SCHOTT (CONT'D)
Merry Christmas, Ms. Duffy.
And as he laughs a huge, ECHOING laugh --
CUT TO:
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33 INT. SERIES OF SHOTS OF TOY STORES - NIGHT 33
BOXES OF RATS on the shelves.
RATS in the windows.
RATS, RATS, RATS, as the sound of Schott's laugh BUILDS...
33A EXT. TOY STORE - NIGHT 33A
Rats on display in the big window with a sign. We hear two
MALE VOICES, just O.S.:
VOICE 1
Gimme that 1
VOICE 2
No, you gimme it!
They come onto screen, struggling over a Rat -- a SALVATION (X)
ARMY WORKER and a SANTA CLAUS, fighting like little kids as (X)
Schott's laugh reaches its CRESCENDO.
FADE OUT.
_END OF ACT TWO_
--page break--
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_ACT THREE_
FADE IN:
34 EXT. STREET OUTSIDE PLANET - NIGHT 34
Lois and Clark emerge and walk.
LOIS
Well, looks like there's nothing we
can do till the reports come in on
Schott and the Rats.
(woozy)
Good thing; I'm not quite a hundred
percent yet. HOW about you?
CLARK
Oh, yeah, I... feel kind of weird,
too.
LOIS
I guess the only one who's immune
to this is Superman.
CLARK
You would think.
They pass a SMALL LOT OF CHRISTMAS TREES. Lois stops.
LOIS
Did you get your tree yet?
CLARK
Yeah. You?
LOIS
(head shake)
I always have trouble deciding.
See, I like the big, pretty ones
but I feel so sorry for the little
scrawny ones. I remember when I
was twelve... my folks had just
split up and didn't bother to get a
tree. So I broke open my piggy
bank, went out and bought the
ugliest, loneliest looking little
tree I could find. And I said to
myself, 'If I can make this tree
beautiful, then I can have a great
Christmas... even if it's by
myself.' So I put it in my room
and decorated it with ribbons and
popcorn and tin foil.
CLARK
And...?
(CONTINUED)
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34 CONTINUED: 34
LOIS
And... all the needles fell off, it
turned black and my Mom threw it out.
(with determination)
But I'm not a kid anymore and I'm
going to get a great tree and have
a great Christmas... right?
CLARK
That's the spirit. (X)
34A INT. LOIS' APARTMENT - NIGHT 34A
The door opens and Lois and Clark enter. He's carrying her
tree -- a scrawny, pathetic little dwarf.
LOIS
I just couldn't leave it sitting
there all alone...
CLARK
I understand.
LOIS
You don't think it's ugly?
CLARK
(sets it down)
I think it has... lots of
potential.
She hangs small ornament on a branch. The branch droops,
the ornament slides off and SHATTERS.
35 35
THRU OMITTED THRU
38 38
39 INT. PLANET - PIT - DAY #3 39
A News Anchor with a photo of a rat on the chroma-key behind
him:
NEWS ANCHOR
Well, those Space Rats are getting
hotter by the second.
Footage of nondescript riot plays over his shoulder.
(CONTINUED)
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39 CONTINUED: 39
NEWS ANCHOR
If this keeps up, those rats could
end up being tradeable commodities.
Right, Chet?
WEATHERMAN
(cheerfully)
They're pretty neat.
NEWS ANCHOR
So Chet, we going to have a white
Christmas this year?
WEATHERMAN
Well, I'm not going to tell you...
NEWS ANCHOR
Pardon?
WEATHERMAN
... unless I get a big raise.
(lifts his Rat up)
And some more Rats.
REVEAL Clark watching TV, while Lois is at her desk, on the (X)
phone, writing down information as she hears it.
LOIS
Thanks, Prof. Hamilton.
(to Clark)
That yellow goo inside the rats is
a highly sophisticated psychotropic
mind-altering drug. And here's the
weird part -- boil it and it
becomes a completely harmless
solution, low in sodium, high in
Vitamin C.
39A OMITTED 39A
39B RESUME SCENE 39B
Jimmy is at the Secret Santa station, swallowing aspirin and
rubbing his head.
ANGELA
Jimmy Olsen, I'm your Secret Santa.
Jimmy looks up to find Angela standing before him -- a
vision of loveliness. She has a small gift in her hand.
She gives it to Jimmy.
(CONTINUED)
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39B CONTINUED: 39B
JIMMY
Wow...
PERRY
(approaching; looking
ill)
Jimmy, I'm your Secret Santa.
Suddenly, other people arrive with gifts. And more and more
and more. We hear, "I'm your Secret Santa" over and over.
Angela realizes.
ANGELA
You rigged the Secret Santa. (X)
Mister I'm-In-Charge-Of-it. What (X)
a jerk.
She walks off.
JIMMY
Angela, wait!
ANGELA
Stay away from me!
She storms off. Jimmy tries to chase her, but Perry pushes
him back in his seat.
PERRY
Let her go, son. She'll just take
your heart, rip it outta your chest
and every plea you make to come
back'll be Returned To Sender.
Address Unknown.
JIMMY
Still can't find Alice?
PERRY
(shakes his head as he
swallows aspirin)
She left me a message, saying she's
gone.. we were going to spend
Christmas together, I was gonna
wear my Santa suit, and...
(catches himself)
Lord, I feel rode hard and put away
wet. I can't remember what I
did... it's all kind of a haze...
Lois and Clark say it's those ugly
little rats but we can't prove
anything yet, so even if I could
find her, it'd sound like kind of a
flimsy excuse.
(CONTINUED)
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39B CONTINUED: 2 39B
JIMMY
(looking off at Angela)
Yeah.
Lois enters scene.
LOIS
(crossing past)
Well, you're both invited to my
Christmas Eve dinner tonight.
PERRY
Guess it beats the soup kitchen...
LOIS
Oh, now, don't go getting your
hopes so high, Chief.
40 AT THE ELEVATORS 40
Santa from the orphanage enters. By the hand, he leads the
little mute girl, Danielle, down the steps. Clark is on the
phone:
CLARK
That's right. Hecklebaum. STAR
Labs is faxing their report. He
should be arrested immediately and
those Rats should be taken off
every toy shelf.
(cradles phone, looks
up)
Santa...
Santa stops.
CLARK (CONT'D)
Sorry, I don't know what else to (X)
call you.
SANTA
Santa is fine. This is Danielle, (X)
one of our kids. She's been (X)
helping me with collections. We (X)
just came in to say 'hi' and warm (X)
up before we headed back. (X)
Clark bends down and smiles.
CLARK
Hi, it's nice to meet you.
(as Lois enters frame)
This is my friend, Lois. Lois,
Danielle.
(CONTINUED)
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40 CONTINUED: 40
LOIS
Hi.
She makes a little wave. Lois glances at Santa. (X)
SANTA
She hasn't spoken since her (X)
parents... well , for the last (X)
three years. But she's excited
about Christmas, right Danielle?
She nods. Lois plucks the cat's cradle off her desk, loops
it around her fingers and offers it to Danielle. As Clark
and Santa talk, they play:
CLARK
I've talked to the toy stores and
they're going to donate all they
can. We'll try and get everything (X)
there by tonight. (X)
SANTA
Tell your flying friend I really
appreciate it.
(pulls Danielle)
Come on, Danielle. We have to go
now.
LOIS
(re: the string)
You keep it, sweetie.
Santa pulls Danielle toward the elevators. Lois and Clark
wave.
LOIS (CONT'D)
What a darling girl. I wonder if
she'll ever be able to talk?
Jimmy comes up, holding papers in his hand. A computerized
picture of Schott is on top.
JIMMY
Your report on Schott.
LOIS
(scans report)
Interesting... Used to be a
chemist.
CLARK
That explains a few volumes.
(CONTINUED)
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40 CONTINUED: 2 40
LOIS
Jimmy, is there a last known
address?
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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40 CONTINUED: 2 40
JIMMY
Not for him, but I dug and found
out he worked for a toy company;
got fired last year along with his
secretary. About a month ago...
(hands her slip)
...a warehouse was rented in her
name.
LOIS
Good work. Let's go, partner!
CLARK
(in motion with Lois)
Jimmy, can you call my folks and
tell them to go on ahead to
Smallville, I'll catch a later
flight!
CUT TO:
41 OMITTED 41
42 EXT. STREET OUTSIDE OF THE PLANET - DAY 42
Lois and Clark push out the revolving doors. The chill wind
is blowing fiercely.
LOIS
What a day for the car to be in (X)
the shop.
(two fingered whistle)
TAX-EEEEE!
It pulls to a stop, and Lois and Clark get in.
CUT TO:
43 INT. SCHOTT'S LAIR - DAY 43
Schott POPS the cork on a bottle of champagne and pours into
two glasses. Hands one to Ms. Duffy, who is wearing her
diamonds, along with a new dress. (X)
SCHOTT
What shall we toast to, Ms. Duffy?
MS. DUFFY
Well... I suppose we could... no,
that would be... well, we might...
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Pink Rev. 10/28/94 39.
43 CONTINUED: 43
SCHOTT
Ms. Duffy, you're waffling again.
(sweetly)
It's unseemly for a woman wearing a
fifty thousand dollar necklace to (X)
waffle.
MS. DUFFY
Maybe we could drink... to us?
He looks at her, not quite sure how to take this. She gazes
at him equally unsure. The look is held. Schott seems to
get a little flustered.
SCHOTT
Yes. To us. To... to our many
years together. You're a very
fine...
(pause)
... woman.
MS. DUFFY
Am I?
He is about to answer when a TV on a shelf catches his eye
and on it --
44 NEWS VIDEO SHOT OF HECKLEBAUM - IN OFFICE 44
as he's pulled up from his desk by police, struggling the
entire way.
HARRY
Let me go! No! Owww! I want my
rats! I need my rats!
NEWS ANCHOR (V.O.)
The Atomic Space Rats, the toy
sensation of this year's Christmas,
is not such a sensation after all.
Police say that the rats contain a
mind-altering drug that causes
extreme but temporary behavioral
changes when inhaled...
(looks O.S., re: a
grumbling VOICE)
No, Chet, you're not getting a
raise!
45 SCHOTT AND MS. DUFFY 45
react, stunned. The champagne glass slips out of Schott's
hand and SHATTERS on the floor.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Pink Rev. 10/28/94 40.
45 CONTINUED: 45
MS. DUFFY
Oh, my. Mr. Schott ... ?
Schott charges over to the bubbling vat of goo and clips a
clothespin on his nose.
SCHOTT
Help me get the chemical into the
truck. (X)
She just stands there, shaken.
SCHOTT (CONT'D)
Ms. Duffy! I said, I need your help!
MS. DUFFY
What... what are you going to do?
SCHOTT
Our little toy enterprise may be
coming to an end, Ms. Duffy, but the
game isn't over. Metropolis
still has lessons to learn -- and
_we're_ still the teachers.
CUT TO:
46 EXT. PARK NEAR ORPHANAGE - DAY 46
A horse-drawn carriage festooned with boughs of holly and
filled with a HAPPY FAMILY JINGLES and CLOMPS by for a snowy
ride through the park.
Lois and Clark's cab pulls up. In the front window, WE SEE
Lois and Clark get out of the cab, Lois fuming at the Driver
and his Rat:
LOIS
Two hundred dollars for a ten block
cab ride!
CLARK
Lois, calm down...
LOIS
Look, I know you're not in your
right mind. So here's twenty and
some advice -- throw the rat away!
The Driver just CACKLES, grabs her cash and speeds off.
Clark gazes after the cab and his eye is caught by the sight
of a Woman in the orphanage courtyard.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Pink Rev. 10/28/94 41.
46 CONTINUED: 46
She's handing out Teddy Bears to the kids and as she turns
toward us, we see it's Ms. Duffy.
LOIS (CONT'D)
Clark, you know what'd make my
Christmas Merry?
CLARK
What?
LOIS
Winslow P. Schott -- bagged and (X)
tagged.
CLARK
(heading off with her)
Let's do it.
(X)
CUT TO:
47 EXT. RESERVOIR - DAY 47
Schott, working alone, has pulled a big chemical truck up to
the back of the reservoir. A cheesy YELLOW Goo is being
pumped out, into the water. WE REVEAL a sign that reads:
METROPOLIS RESERVOIR.
SCHOTT
Merry Christmas, Metropolis.
FADE OUT.
_END OF ACT THREE_
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Pink Rev. 10/28/94 42.
_ACT FOUR_
FADE IN:
48 INT. SCHOTT'S LAIR - DAY 48
We hear a CRUNCH and see a HUGE STEEL LocK SNAP off a door.
Clark has just shoved the door open. Lois looks at the bent
lock, then him.
CLARK
Must've been rusted through.
She flips on a light, revealing all the toys and the Space
Rats, aisles and aisles of them, as far as the eye can see.
They smell the goo and go to the vat -- it's empty.
CLARK (CONT'D)
Uh-oh. I've got a bad feeling.
LOIS
Where's our Toyman and his nasty
goo?
CLARK
I don't know... but it looks like
he just got the 'Dear John.'
He refers to a note sitting in the lap of one of Schott's
Teddy Bears. Nearby, her diamonds, coat and car keys on a (X)
table. (X)
LOIS
'Dear Mr. Schott, I cannot go on
participating in this. I have gone
to give the last _good_ thing you (X)
made for the world to some
deserving children. Ms. Duffy.'
Clark looks at the Teddy Bear -- and remembers:
CLARK
The orphanage.
At that moment, Schott comes in with a box.
SCHOTT
Ms. Duffy?
He doesn't see Lois and Clark yet. He opens the box,
revealing a diamond tiara.
SCHOTT (CONT'D)
Ms. Duffy, I have a surprise.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Pink Rev. 10/28/94 43.
48 CONTINUED: 48
He sees them.
LOIS
So do we. You're busted. Merry
Christmas.
CLARK
What have you done with the
chemicals?
SCHOTT
Who are you? What have you done
with Ms. Duffy?
CLARK
Nothing --
SCHOTT
(rushes Clark)
If you hurt her, I'll --
CLARK
She left you.
Shows him note. Schott is stunned.
SCHOTT
She... she left me? But she
never... we've been together twenty
years. I have to see her. (X)
CLARK
I know where she is. Tell us what
you did with the chemical and we'll
take you to her.
LOIS
You might want to say a last
goodbye before you go to jail.
49 49
THRU OMITTED THRU
50 50
51 EXT. ORPHANAGE - DAY 51
Ms. Duffy exits the orphanage with empty bags and no more
bears. A disappointed FEW KIDS trail behind her, among (X)
them Danielle, and the Orphanage Santa (now out of uniform (X)
and just a Worker again). (X)
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Pink Rev. 10/28/94 44.
51 CONTINUED: 51
MS. DUFFY
I'm sorry, I don't have anymore
bears...
WORKER
It's all right, we appreciate this.
Danielle peers across the streets and sees -- (X)
Lois (holding a bear) Clark and Schott, in the park, about
to cross the street. She walks out of the courtyard.
51A WITH LOIS, SCHOTT AND CLARK - IN PARK 51A
across from the orphanage.
SCHOTT
What do you have that stupid bear
for?
LOIS
I don't know, I just didn't feel
like letting go of it...
They pass THREE OLD LADIES, fighting over a Rat. Schott (X)
smiles.
SCHOTT
Well, most people still can't let
go of the Rats.
Clark sees the Old Lady altercation is getting serious. He
steps in.
CLARK
Ladies, I promise you, this Rat
isn't worth it.
He hands the Rat to Lois, then gets WHACKED with canes. (X)
Lois and Schott moves to cross the street
51B DANIELLE 51B
sees the bear and rat in Lois' arms and goes running out of
the courtyard --
52 INTO THE STREET 52
heading for Schott and Lois without looking and --
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Pink Rev. 10/28/94 45.
53 THE HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE 53
THUNDERS around the corner at a full gallop, heading right
for her. She stumbles in its path.
54 SCHOTT 54
sees this --
SCHOTT
Look out!
-- and runs for Danielle, grabs her -- but slips. They're
about to be trampled.
55 TIGHT ON LOIS' FACE 55
as she registers the horror of this.
LOIS
No!
56 SUPERMAN 56
streaks in and SCOOPS man and child out of harm's way as the
horses GALLOP past. He sets them down on the sidewalk.
Lois, Ms. Duffy and the Worker run up.
LOIS
(to Danielle)
Are you all right?
WORKER
Danielle... ?
The little girl nods her head.
WORKER (CONT'D)
She's fine.
MS. DUFFY
Mr. Schott, are you -- ? (X)
SCHOTT
Yes, yes, I'm fine... Thank you,
Superman.
SUPERMAN
For somebody who doesn't like
children much, you took a big risk.
MS. DUFFY
No, Superman, you don't
understand... he loves children.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Pink Rev. 10/28/94 46.
56 CONTINUED: 56
SCHOTT
I... I wasn't thinking; ..I just
saw her there... I can't imagine
why she'd run out in the street
like that...
Danielle moves to Schott's two toys in Lois' arms.
SCHOTT (CONT'D)
Ah, I should've known. The rat.
Greedy. Just like everyone el --
But she reaches right past the ugly Rat and takes the Bear.
Everyone watches silently as she pulls the string.
TEDDY BEAR
Merry Christmas. I love you.
DANIELLE
(hesitantly)
M-Merry... Christmas to you... Mr.
B-Bear.
Lois and Superman are stunned.
WORKER
She... she...
(excited)
Did you hear... did you hear it?
Danielle!
(hugs her)
She hasn't said a word since I've
known her! It's a miracle.
DANIELLE
(kissing the bear)
I love _you_.
LOIS
I guess there's a little bit more
to people than just greed, Mr.
Schott.
Danielle smiles up at Schott.
DANIELLE
Is this your bear, Mister?
Schott is stunned near-tears by the girl's words. Ms. Duffy
moves close to him.
MS. DUFFY
He made it.
Danielle starts to hand the bear to Schott.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Yellow Rev. 10/31/94 47.
56 CONTINUED: 2 56
SCHOTT
I... I made it for _you_.
She crooks her finger, asking him to bend over. He does.
She kisses him on the cheek.
DANIELLE
Thank you.
LOIS
Where's Clark? (X)
SUPERMAN
He, uh, took a pretty serious hit (X)
from those old ladies... (X)
MS. DUFFY
(to Superman)
Mr. Schott's a good man, he really (X)
is -- but he was so hurt when the
children said they didn't like his
toys. (X)
SCHOTT
Superman, I... I'm sorry... I'm so
ashamed...
SUPERMAN
Just tell me what you did with the
chemicals.
CUT TO:
57 EXT. METROPOLIS SKY - DAY 57
Superman FLIES through the air.
58 EXT. OVER THE RESERVOIR - DAY 58
With his HEAT VISION, he BLASTS the water to the boiling
point.
CUT TO:
59 59
THRU OMITTED THRU
60 60
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Yellow Rev. 10/31/94 47A.
61 EXT. METROPOLIS SKIES - NIGHT 61
We HEAR the familiar SLEIGH BELLS ringing, but we find (X)
TAMBOURINES, in Lois and Jimmy's hands, dressed as elves. (X)
Perry is dressed as a jolly Santa, driving a SLEIGH filled (X)
with toys FLYING THROUGH THE AIR. (X)
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Pink Rev. 10/28/94 48.
61 CONTINUED: 61
Jimmy and Lois sit on either side of him. Lois is having a
great time but Jimmy looks out and down, a little panicked.
And we find, not reindeer pulling his sleigh, but --
SUPERMAN.
Perry smiles, loving every second of this exhilarating rush,
and he trumpets the familiar laugh...
PERRY
Ho, ho, ho! Mer-ry Christmas!
CUT TO:
62 EXT. COATES ORPHANAGE - NIGHT 62(X)
Two COPS are about to arrest Ms. Duffy and Schott, who (X)
stand with the Worker and nine or ten orphans. (X)
SCHOTT
Please, can we just spend a little
more time with the children ... ?
MS. DUFFY
Officer, it would mean so much to (X)
us...
The kids all CLAP and CHATTER they want them to stay. (X)
Then, from above, the sound of the tambourine and the (X)
ho-ho-ho. Everyone looks up in wonder at --
63 SUPERMAN PULLING THE SLEIGH 63
with Perry, Jimmy and Lois. They fly right across the full
moon, then --
WIPE TO: (X)
64 EXT. ORPHANAGE - LATER 64
Perry smiles and laughs, handing out presents as fast as (X)
his hands can give them away. Superman, Jimmy and Lois step
in to lend a hand. (X)
SUPERMAN
Officer, do you mind if Mr. Schott
and Ms. Duffy give us a hand?
We'll make sure they make it to the
station for questioning.
The Cops just shrug and let Duffy and Schott walk over to
help hand out presents.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Yellow Rev. 10/31/94 49.
64 CONTINUED: 64
They both beam as the kids take the toys. Lois looks at
Superman.
LOIS
I told myself I was going to have (X)
a real Christmas... one I'd find
for myself...
SUPERMAN
And?
LOIS
And I have.
He looks at her, smiles. They are nose to nose now. Lois
leans forward and kisses him.
LOIS (CONT'D)
Merry Christmas, Superman.
SUPERMAN
Merry Christmas, Lois.
As they part, Perry White and Jimmy are staring at them.
Gift bags empty, their work here done.
PERRY
Man. I am lonesome tonight.
JIMMY
Tell me about it.
PERRY
Superman, Alice is at a hotel
downtown, and I gotta see her,
_now_.
Superman smiles.
SUPERMAN
I understand. Why don't you hop
back in the sleigh and I'll give
you a big entrance.
Perry can't leap into the seat fast enough.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Green Rev. 11/1/94 50.
64 CONTINUED: 2 64
PERRY
Lois, I'm sorry I'm gonna miss your
dinner, darlin'.
SUPERMAN
So am I.
LOIS
I understand.
(to Perry) (X)
A big holiday for you. (X)
(to Superman) (X)
And no holidays for you. (X)
PERRY
All righty, Superman, giddeee-up!
ON LOIS AND JIMMY'S FACES as we hear the O.S. WHOOSH
PERRY (O.S.)
Yeeeeee-ha!
-- and JINGLE of the take off.
JIMMY
So, what time's dinner?
LOIS
You're not coming.
JIMMY
I'm not?
She shakes her head and points to -- Angela, who walks
through the gates into the courtyard. She looks at Jimmy
and smiles. He smiles back.
LOIS
I explained you weren't quite
yourself before. She's a very
understanding girl. Hang onto her,
they're rare.
(kisses his cheek)
Merry Christmas.
Jimmy gives her a big hug, then moves off to Angela. The
kids come up to Lois with their toys, chattering and showing
them off. She looks across the courtyard at Schott and Ms.
Duffy.
While Schott is busy putting a toy together for a child, Ms.
Duffy fixes a bit of mistletoe to a the fence over his head.
Then spritzes some breath spray into her mouth and taps her
shoulder. He turns.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Green Rev. 11/1/94 50A.
64 CONTINUED: 3 64
And she launches herself at him in the biggest, longest kiss
in the history of eight o'clock Sunday night TV.
Startled, Schott pulls back.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Green Rev. 11/1/94 51.
64 CONTINUED: 4 64
SCHOTT
Ms... Duffy?
MS. DUFFY
My name... is Margaret. And what I
want this Christmas is _you_.
Schott just stares, then launches into a kiss. She swoons
back in his arms. The Kids all hide their faces and go,
"Eeeeeeeuuuuhhhhwwwww!"
CUT TO:
65 INT. LOIS' APARTMENT - NIGHT 65
MOVING CLOSE DOWN table covered in white linen, silver,
china and candles. Heaping mounds of food. Turkey,
stuffing, potatoes, cranberries. Soft, romantic Christmas (X)
MUSIC on the stereo. (X)
REVEAL Lois has prepared an incredible feast, several
courses and decorated the table exquisitely... for no one.
She is alone.
She looks at her watch. Tears start to well up in her eyes
and her bottom lip bulges out, quivering as she fights the
realization that nobody has shown up.
LOIS
No, not this year, this year is
different, this year I get it...
and I'm not going to lose it.
She is about to cry, then hears a familiar WHOOSH through
the window and --
Lois turns to the window to find --
Nothing... only the drapes blowing in the breeze. She takes
a deep breath, trying to hold it together, and there's a
KNOCK at the door. Puzzled, she goes to the door, opens it,
to find Clark standing there, smiling.
LOIS
Clark...
She throws her arms around him, hugs him deeply.
LOIS (CONT'D)
You came! (X)
She stops hugging him, closes the door.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Green Rev. 11/1/94 52.
65 CONTINUED: 65
LOIS (CONT'D)
What about Smallville? Your folks?
CLARK
Uh... my plane got snowed in.
LOIS
But it's not sn....
She stops herself. Looks out the window. It's not snowing.
She smiles and so does he.
CLARK (CONT'D)
Well, I'm sure it _will_.
LOIS
Oh, you are just the best. And you
are going to get stuffed. I went
all out. Turkey, cranberries,
potatoes, stuffing... Hey, did you
know you have to make stuffing? It
doesn't just come on the side?
CLARK
I think I heard that someplace. I
have a present for you.
(lifts a box)
You might want to open it. (X)
As she does --
CLARK (CONT'D)
I told Superman your story about (X)
the tree when you were twelve...
He crosses to her little tree, all done up, but still
looking a little droopy and brown.
CLARK (CONT'D)
...and we thought this might look (X)
good on this little guy. (X)
She removes a beautiful, glowing, star-shaped crystal from
the box. And is dazzled.
LOIS
It's beautiful. I've never seen (X)
anything like it. Where... ? (X)
Clark gestures skyward. (X)
LOIS (CONT'D)
Oh. (X)
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
SEASON'S GREEDINGS (#9) Green Rev. 11/1/94 53.
65 CONTINUED: 2 65
Lois places it on top of her tree. It glows beautifully (X)
and if it doesn't make the little tree spectacular, it sure
makes it look better.
LOIS
I love it.
They stand looking at the tree. Her hand slips warmly into (X)
his. He looks down at their intertwined fingers, then at (X)
her. Their eyes meet. A beat. The MUSIC stops. Silence. (X)
They don't look away. Move just a hair closer to one (X)
another. Then (X)
The sound of CHRISTMAS CAROLERS wafts inside, breaking the (X)
mood. (X)
LOIS (CONT'D)
Carolers. (X)
CLARK
Yes. (X)
They move to the window and look down-at the street below.
66 THEIR POV 66
A group of CAROLERS singing in the street, looking up at --
67 LOIS AND CLARK 67
who are smiling. Lois looks up at the sky. (X)
LOIS
I wonder where Superman spends his
Christmas?
Before Clark can say anything, in the darkness, the faint
SOUND of SLEIGH BELLS RINGING. Clark hears it first and a
curious look crosses his face. Then Lois hears it.
LOIS
Oh. He must still be pulling (X)
Perry around on the sleigh.
Clark looks at her, confused... then smiles, and we PULL
BACK -- Lois and Clark at the window, just as SNOW starts
FALLING, the Carolers singing, sleigh bells ringing and in
the distance, a far off voice echoes through the night...
VOICE (O.S.)
Mer-ry Christmas, ho, ho, ho!
FADE OUT.
_THE END_
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