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Loïs ne sait pas quoi faire, elle hésite à accepter la demande en mariage de Clark car elle sait qu'elle devra le partager avec le monde entier.
Perry, voyant que les deux tourteraux ont besoin de vacances, les envoie sur une île paradisiaque comme critiques mais Loïs dit à Clark qu'il n'y aura pas de Superman là-bas. Il accepte.
Malheureusement, Spencer Spencer, patron d'une revue pornographique, sait où les trouver et décide de faire payer à Loïs l'article qu'elle avait fait sur lui en la kidnappant. Alors, Clark se précipite pour la sauver mais la kryptonite l'en empêche. Loïs lui sauve la vie en l'écartant et Superman peut vaincre Spencer Spencer.
Après des vacances mouvementées, ils retournent chez eux en volant dans les airs.
Note : 10/10
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Titre VO
Ordinary People
Titre VF
Des gens ordinaires
Première diffusion
24.09.1995
Première diffusion en France
30.04.1996
France (redif)
Samedi 01.10.2022 à 00:45
France (redif)
Vendredi 30.09.2022 à 01:40
_LOIS & CLARK_
_The New Adventures of Superman_
"Ordinary People"
Written by Eugenie Ross-Leming & Brad Buckner
Directed by Michael Watkins
CAST
CLARK KENT/SUPERMAN
LOIS LANE
JIMMY OLSEN
PERRY WHITE
SPENCER SPENCER
DR. PESCADO
KLAVEL
HEIDI
BELZER
PATIENT
T.V. NEWSCASTER
_LOCATIONS_
_INTERIORS_: _EXTERIORS_:
Daily Planet Metropolis Street
Bullpen
Perry's Office Spencer's Island
Dock
Lois' Apartment Beach
Living Room Stream
Spencer's Bunker
Office
Operating Room
Corridor
Dungeon
_TEASER_
FADE IN:
1 INT. DAILY PLANET BULLPEN - FRONT PAGE - TRACKING - DAY #1 1
The lead headline reads: "Love Fortress Linked to organized (X)
Crime." We PULL BACK to find the paper in the hands of
PERRY WHITE as he moves through the desks to LOIS LANE, who
sits at her desk watching a morning news report with other (X)
Reporters. From the TV SET, a coiffed male NEWSCASTER:
TV NEWSCASTER
... and Love Fortress International
had no response to this morning's (X)
Daily Planet story. The paper
reported the Love Fortress
magazine and night club operation (X)
is little more than a cover-up for
crime, including gambling,
prostitution, money laundering,
and...
PERRY
(to TV)
She scooped you, pretty boy!
They all suddenly notice Perry standing there, sheepishly
SNAP OFF the TV.
LOIS
Perry. Hi.
PERRY
Just wanted to congratulate you.
Heck of a story. (X)
CLARK comes up, perches on the desk very near Lois. (X)
CLARK
Heck of a story, Lois. (X)
PERRY
(to Clark)
Weren't you assigned to this (X)
thing, too? I kinda thought you
were permanent partners.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"Ordinary People" (#2) Yellow Rev. 7/25/95 2.
1 CONTINUED: 1
CLARK
Well, we're not permanent
permanent partners yet, Chief.
LOIS
(with a look at Clark)
That'd be a pretty big step, Chief.
CLARK
(with a look at Lois)
The kinda thing someone would
really have to think through.
Perry looks from one to the other.
PERRY
Well. Thanks for that cryptic (X)
exchange. (X)
(then)
And all of you interpreters, back (X)
to work. We're all proud of you, (X)
Lois.
JIMMY OLSEN hurries up, waving a copy of Love Fortress
Magazine.
JIMMY
Lois! I can't believe the number
you did on my man, here!
LOIS
Your 'man?'
JIMMY
Spencer Spencer! The owner of Love
Fortress International! You ever
read his work?
PERRY
His 'work?' Son, that's a skin
book!
JIMMY
Hey, he takes on the serious
topics, Chief. I've read him so
much, I feel like I know him.
LOIS
No one knows him, Jimmy, he hides
out from everyone.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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1 CONTINUED: 2 1
JIMMY
If I had the looks, the women, the
cars, and the life he has, _I'd_
hide out!
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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1 CONTINUED: 2 1
Lois' phone RINGS, she grabs it. (X)
LOIS
(into phone)
Yes?
(startled, covers
mouthpiece)
It's Spencer Spencer.
JIMMY
Oh my God. The man himself.
LOIS
(sighs)
Shut up, Jimmy.
(into phone)
Hello?
3 INT. SPENCER SPENCER'S BUNKER - ON MAGAZINE COVER - DAY 3
We TRACK PAST several Love Fortress magazine covers, (X)
featuring stunningly beautiful women, as:
SPENCER SPENCER (O.S.)
(all charm)
Ms. Lane! Lois! Spencer Spencer
here. Quite a colorful article you
did on my little operation. I'd
like to make you a proposal.
We now MOVE PAST several beautiful Women almost wearing
scant, filmy items, bearing champagne bottles, trays of
snacks. The windowless room is richly done in "gentleman's
club" decor, its every piece of artwork a tribute to
physical perfection and hedonism. Several large, handsome
Bodyguards stand watchfully about. We come to a TIGHT
CLOSE-UP of SPENCER SPENCER, in his 30's, all oily charm and
smoothness, a phone pressed to his ear.
SPENCER SPENCER (CONT'D)
What say you meet with one of my
spokesmodels, and let us give you (X)
an _accurate_ picture of my world?
(provocatively)
Believe me, I can make it worth (X)
your while.
--page break--
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4 LOIS 4
LOIS
Mr. Spencer, I have an accurate
picture of your world. And a truly
disgusting place it is. Read part
two tomorrow.
She hangs up. Jimmy is horrified.
JIMMY
Lois!
LOIS
(muttering)
Mister Charm. Probably lying there
in his legendary silk pajamas,
sipping absinthe, girls massaging
him...
5 INT. SPENCER SPENCER'S BUNKER - TIGHT ON SPENCER - DAY 5
SPENCER SPENCER
(livid)
I... _disgust_... her?!
We now PULL BACK to find the phone was being held to his
head by a Handmaiden, who hangs it up as we reveal Spencer
Spencer: His entire body is encased in an elaborately
carved cabinet featuring the perfect body of a Greek god.
Only his head protrudes from the top of the cabinet, and
next to his head are several brass levers.
SPENCER SPENCER (CONT'D)
I.... _DISGUST_... HER?!! You're
finished, Ms. Lane. When I'm done
with you, we'll see who disgusts
whom!!
And he violently hits a lever with the side of his head.
The motorized cabinet WHIRS from view and...
BLACK.
_END OF TEASE_
--page break--
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_ACT ONE_
FADE IN:
6 INT. DAILY PLANET BULLPEN - WITH LOIS - DAY 6(X)
She comes up the ramp to the lunch area where Clark is (X)
buying something from a machine. He looks up, smiles.
LOIS
I know you think I'm not thinking (X)
about it. Just because I'm not
talking about it doesn't mean I'm
not thinking about it.
CLARK
Lois... Getting married's a big (X)
deal. I said I'd wait. I'll wait.
She drops coins in machine, gets sandwich out, as:
LOIS
I'm glad you understand. (X)
CLARK
I mean, if I were the paranoid (X)
type, I might think you'd been
avoiding the whole thing.
LOIS
(chuckling merrily)
Of course I haven't! '_Avoid_ (X)
it?' No.
(stares at sandwich)
You notice how lousy the cheese
sandwiches are in this machine?
CLARK
(lost)
What?
LOIS
I'm just saying you can't get a
good cheese sandwich here. I'd
kill for a piece of Camembert. The
kind you get in France? You notice
it's tough to get good Camembert
outside of France?
CLARK
It's... great you're not avoiding (X)
it.
--page break--
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7 NEW ANGLE 7
as Perry enters from a doorway.
PERRY
Oh, Lois.... You busy?
8 INCLUDE LOIS 8
LOIS
Hmm? No, no... I was just speaking
to Clark, here.
WIDEN as she glances around, notices she's alone.
LOIS (CONT'D)
Clark? Clark?
CUT TO:
9 EXT. PARIS - AERIAL VIEW - DAY 9
A swell of SCORE and a BLUE BLUR streaks across the Eiffel (X)
Tower, clears FRAME, as:
LOIS (V.O.)
Perry, I'm fine! Don't worry about
me.
CUT TO:
10 INT. PERRY'S OFFICE - DAY 10
An agitated Lois paces as Perry perches on the edge of his
desk, watching her.
LOIS
I'm not working too hard! Can I
get back to work?
PERRY
Lois, I know you like a book. When
things in your life get rough, you (X)
wrap yourself in work like it was
gonna save you.
LOIS
(glaring)
Look. Chief. I really have to
draw the line here. I have a
professional life and a personal
life and...
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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10 CONTINUED: 10
LOIS (CONT'D)
(covers her eyes,
suddenly emotional)
Clark asked me to marry him!
PERRY
What?! Wouldn't you like to try
dating first?
LOIS
But see, I really love him.
PERRY
Then there's no problem!
LOIS
Yes! Yes, there is! Perry, have
you ever thought someone was
exactly right for you, and then
found out some... thing... you
never knew about them that could
just... wreck it all?
PERRY
Yes. After Alice and I were
married, I found out her right leg
was an inch shorter than her left.
LOIS
(wearily)
Chief...
PERRY
Wore these little wedges inside her
shoe. Made in Portugal. Anyways,
on our wedding night we stood
before each other, her listing a
bit to the starboard, and her
secret was out. But it didn't
matter, 'cause I loved her.
LOIS
That is so beautiful.
PERRY
You and Clark gotta deal with
whatever it is, and I don't mean at
your desk over a sandwich.
LOIS
Where _do_ you mean?
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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10 CONTINUED: 2 10
PERRY
Get outta town! Go focus on what
really counts.
The PHONE rings, Perry picks it up, during:
LOIS
Perry, I certainly think I'm
disciplined enough not to be
distracted by work when...
PERRY
(holds out phone)
For you.
LOIS
(grabs phone)
Hello? Yes. What? Are you sure?
Yeah, yeah... I'll be right down.
(slams down phone,
excitedly)
My police source says they found
four bodies, all male, in a shallow
grave. Two victims were I.D.'d and
were last seen at one a Spencer (X)
Spencer Love Fortress. (X)
(starts out)
Oh, and get this.
(beat)
All four bodies were headless.
PERRY
Good Lord.
LOIS
I gotta go.
PERRY
Lois? Word to the wise?
LOIS
What?
PERRY
Honey, there'll always be another
headless corpse. Love comes maybe
once.
CUT TO:
11 INT. DAILY PLANET BULLPEN - WITH LOIS - TRACKING - DAY 11
Lois charges toward her desk, as Jimmy joins her.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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11 CONTINUED: 11
JIMMY
There you are! Guess you haven't
seen your desk, yet, huh?
LOIS
Not right now, Jimmy. I just got a
major tip and I have to....
(stops)
What about my desk?
She slowly turns and approaches her desk, mouth open.
12 INCLUDE DESK 12
on it is stacked a mound of wrapped cheese, surmounted by a (X)
tiny French flag. Lois slowly picks up one of the colorful
boxes.
LOIS
Camembert.
She glances up as Clark appears, smiling shyly.
LOIS (CONT'D)
Let me guess. France?
CLARK
(French accent)
Oui, but of course. (X)
LOIS
(searching for words)
Clark... this is so... sweet.
CLARK
(watching her)
'But...'
LOIS
We have to talk. (X)
CLARK
And I think Perry's idea about
going away was great.
LOIS
How'd you know ... ?
CLARK
(sheepish)
Super hearing. (X)
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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12 CONTINUED: 12
LOIS
(uncomfortably)
Right.
(then)
And we will talk! Right after I
get back!
(a helpless shrug)
I'm _sorry_! I have to get a
statement!
(doubles back)
But we are going to do this!
Really! I swear!
And she's gone. Clark stares glumly after her. CAMERA
ADJUSTS to include a cruel-looking thug, BELZER, in Daily
Planet coveralls, pausing with a janitorial cart, watching.
CUT TO:
13 EXT. STREET - WITH LOIS - DAY 13
She comes down the sidewalk, preoccupied, with large
shoulder satchels of notebooks, tape recorders, etc. Taking
keys from purse, she arrives at a curbside parking spot
marked with a sign: "Lois Lane," drops bags next to her
car. Now she stares, irritated.
14 LOOSER 14
Lois' car is blocked by a Daily Planet forklift with a load
of paper. Frustrated, Lois is about to charge over to it, (X)
when the cellular phone in one of her bags RINGS. It keeps (X)
RINGING as she digs it out. (X)
LOIS
(into phone)
Yes? (X)
VOICE ON PHONE (V.O.)
Ms. Lane, you have an overseas (X)
call. (X)
LOIS
What? No, I... (X)
(sighs)
Alright. (X)
We TILT UP and MOVE IN on a huge flagpole mounted on the (X)
building above her. (X)
LOIS (CONT'D)
Hello? Hello? (X)
--page break--
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15 OMITTED 15
16 FLAGPOLE - CLOSER 16
MOVE IN on the plate that anchors it to the building. Two
of the four bolts are missing and the plate is starting to
pull away from the building. A hand with wrench reaches
into FRAME, unbolting the third bolt as we PAN to find
Belzer, leaning from a window, working on the bolt, a (X)
cellular phone cradeld at his neck. (X)
BELZER
Please hold, I'm transferring. (X)
He rests the cellular on the windowsill. (X)
--page break--
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17 LOIS 17
LOIS
(into phone)
Yes, yes. I'm holding. Hey, can (X)
you call down to maintenance? (X)
Someone's blocked me in! Hello? (X)
Above her, she hears a CRACK. She stares up.
18 INTERCUT THE FLAGPOLE 18
It pulls away from the building with a horrible GROAN. Lois
can only stare upwards, frozen, dropping phone. The
flagpole hurtles toward her, when suddenly there's a BLUR OF
BLUE and Lois is snatched off her feet, just as the flagpole
and flag CRASHES down, destroying a sidewalk news kiosk in
an explosion of splintering wood. Where Lois once stood,
the flagpole now rests, having totally squashed her satchels
of equipment.
19 LOIS AND SUPERMAN 19
They float to earth, both very shaken.
20 BELZER 20
He glares down at Superman and Lois, leaves the window.
21 LOIS AND SUPERMAN 21
He continues to carry her in both arms, as:
SUPERMAN
Are you alright?
LOIS
(dazed and breathless)
Yes. Thank you. I know it's not
enough to say, but it's the best I
can...
(stares at him; gently:)
Wow... Look at you. You've gotten
me out of a lot of jams I but I've
never seen you like this.
She gently touches his cheek; his eyes are full of concern.
SUPERMAN
(simply)
Things are different, now. (X)
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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21 CONTINUED: 21
Running people and SIRENS in b.g. Superman continues to
hold her, he and Lois continue to stare at each other, we
CUT TO:
22 INT. SPENCER SPENCER'S BUNKER - CLOSE ON SPENCER - NIGHT #1 22
The phone is pressed to his ear. He is livid.
SPENCER SPENCER
What do you mean she's alive?!!
Idiot! High school drop-out! I'll
deal with you when I see you!
We have PULLED BACK to find the phone held to his ear by one
of the muscular attendants, KLAVEL. A Handmaiden fans
Spencer while another holds a drink on a tray.
SPENCER SPENCER (CONT'D)
(to Klavel)
Slam the phone down definitively.
Klavel SLAMS the receiver to the hook, Spencer sneers at it.
KLAVEL
Take it easy, Mr. Spencer. It's
always darkest before the dawn.
SPENCER SPENCER
(dripping contempt)
Interesting insight. Funny, you (X)
don't _look_ like a fortune cookie!
(crying out) (X)
What do any of _you_ know about
pain?! I make Quasimodo look like
a Rockette, for crying out loud!! (X)
(turns on Klavel)
_Your_ father ever look at your (X)
body and call you Fish Boy?!! I
don't think so!!
23 NEW ANGLE 23
Smooth, arrogant, impeccably tailored Argentinean DR. ARTURO
PESCADO sweeps in through a draped archway.
DR. PESCADO
Hola! It's Happy Hour, is it not?
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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23 CONTINUED: 23
SPENCER SPENCER
Oh yeah, we're all happy as hell in
here. The Lane woman's still alive
and bodies with no heads are
popping up all over Metropolis.
Pescado plucks a drink from a Handmaiden's tray.
DR. PESCADO
(haughtily)
I merely do the experiments, I
don't dispose of the refuse. Do I
look like a grave digger?
SPENCER SPENCER
No, you look like an alcoholic
quack.
DR. PESCADO
(pleasantly)
Very well, perhaps I do not share
my breakthrough with you.
SPENCER SPENCER
Breakthrough, Dr. Pescado? Tell
me!
DR. PESCADO
I don't think so.
SPENCER SPENCER
(too jolly)
Hope I wasn't outta line with that
'quack' thing. What can I say, I'm
a tortured human being.
DR. PESCADO
(coolly)
Yes.
(then, calls:)
Heidi!!
The lovely, stern, zaftig HEIDI, in braids and nurse's
uniform, instantly appears in the archway.
HEIDI
Jawohl!
DR. PESCADO
Heidi, the data!
HEIDI
Jawohl, Herr Doktor!
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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23 CONTINUED: 2 23
She rushes out.
DR. PESCADO
After all these long months. My
brilliance and your millions have
finally won out.
SPENCER SPENCER
(trembling with
anticipation)
Do you mean to tell me you've
performed the transplant...
successfully?
Heidi's wheeled in a large graphic covered by two panels,
positions it with back to CAMERA.
DR. PESCADO
Behold. Patient 'X.'
He flips up the top panel.
SPENCER SPENCER
(staring)
Hmmm. Here we have a man with a
face like Abe Vigoda....
Pescado flips the lower panel.
SPENCER SPENCER (CONT'D)
(beside himself)
And a body.... And a body... like
Sylvester Stallone! In the first
'Rocky.' Before things got crazy.
God, I'm gonna cry.
(as Klavel whips hankie
to his head)
I'm not gonna cry, you moron.
Pescado... this surgery will work?
For me?
DR. PESCADO
(starting out)
You have merely to select the body
you wish.
SPENCER SPENCER
(an unpleasant smile)
But Doctor, I already have.
(beat)
Allow me to introduce the new....
_improved_... Spencer Spencer.
And he slams his head against one of the levers.
--page break--
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24 ANGLE - PORTRAIT ON WALL 24
A huge painting is atop the mantle, concealed by a draped
panel. A soft WHIR of motors; the drape begins to lower.
25 INTERCUT - PESCADO - HEIDI - SPENCER SPENCER 25
They all stare, transfixed, as the drape clears the top of
the portrait, revealing the beaming face of Spencer Spencer.
Then the drape reveals the body attached to Spencer's head:
The body of... Superman!
SPENCER SPENCER
Well, I always say, shoot for the
moon.
BLACK.
_END OF ACT ONE_
--page break--
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_ACT TWO_
FADE IN:
26 INT. LOIS' LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 26
Lois comes out of the bathroom in hang-out wear, drying her
hair, preoccupied. A RAPPING at the window.
LOIS
(absently)
Who is it?
Superman enters through the window.
SUPERMAN
'Who _is_ it?' Lois who else (X)
knocks on your third story window? (X)
She crosses away, flops in a chair not facing him.
LOIS
I ... guess I didn't seem very
appreciative today about all that
cheese. But a boyfriend who can
turn my every whim into reality
takes getting used to. I mean, my
God, what if I said I wanted a
perfect pearl from Japan? ...
WHOOSH. In the b.g. Superman is gone in a blur of blue,
unnoticed by Lois, who rambles on.
LOIS (CONT'D)
... I'd never expect it to just
appear.
WHOOSH. He returns and places a pearl in an oyster on the
table behind her.
LOIS (CONT'D)
Or if I casually expressed a
craving for Swiss Chocolate...
WHOOSH, he's gone.
LOIS (CONT'D)
... You think I'd really expect you
to go zipping off to Switzerland...
WHOOSH, he's back with huge wrapped blocks of chocolate.
LOIS (CONT'D)
... No more than if I said I wanted
snow from the Andes...
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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26 CONTINUED: 26
WHOOSH gone.
LOIS (CONT'D)
These are just idle fantasies,
not the kind of thing...
WHOOSH he's back with a pile of clean snow, which he
deposits on the table with the other items.
LOIS (CONT'D)
... that's really important between two...
(she turns and looks,
jumps up)
You've gotta stop _doing_ this!
CLARK
Why?? Making you happy makes me (X)
happy.
She drinks this in for a long beat. Then:
LOIS
Do you know why I gave up my crush
on Superman?
(he shakes his head)
Because I realized he was a
fantasy. Do you know why I fell in
love with Clark?
(another "no")
Because he's real. That's what I
want.
SUPERMAN
(elated)
You _do_?
LOIS
He's got problems, insecurities,
hat hair...
SUPERMAN
I do not!
LOIS
When I say to Clark I like the
scent of tulips from Holland,
that's not your cue to start
taxiing down the runway, it just
means Clark and I would figure out
a way we could put aside the money
to take a vacation... Together.
Like normal couples.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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26 CONTINUED: 2 26
SUPERMAN
Lois, I am Clark!
LOIS
You're also a guy who's off saving
the world from killer bees or
propping up the Golden Gate Bridge
or...
SUPERMAN
Couldn't you think of me as a very
busy... very fast... very strong...
doctor?
Superman's suddenly distracted by a distant distress call.
LOIS
It's just that I need stability...
SUPERMAN
Uh, Lois...
LOIS
... some sense I'm not always
sharing you with five billion other
people on the planet...
SUPERMAN
If you could just hold that
thought...
LOIS
Can you tell me you'll be there
when _I_ need you? (X)
SUPERMAN
I... gotta go.
And he takes off.
27 LOIS 27
WHOOSH, she stands there, hair fluttering in the breeze,
sighing wistfully as if her question were answered.
CUT TO:
28 EXT. SPENCER SPENCER'S ISLAND - ESTABLISHING - DAY #2 28
(STOCK)
Small, tropical, set in a turquoise sea. Over this, we hear
Aerobics MUSIC.
--page break--
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29 INT. SPENCER SPENCER'S BUNKER - ON TV - DAY 29
The "Body by Jake" exercise show.
30 THE ROOM 30
CAMERA MOVES past Spencer Spencer's spectacular Attendants,
attired in exercise wear, doing aerobics, finally arriving
at Spencer Spencer. His box moves feverishly up and back
and side to side in time to the music, as:
JAKE (V.O.)
Okay you guys, let's cool down.
Spencer's box rolls to a halt.
SPENCER SPENCER
Klavel! Towel me!
Klavel brings over as towel, wipes Spencer's brow as the
other Attendants exit, taking TV with them.
SPENCER SPENCER (CONT'D)
Easy! Think you're scrubbin' a
bowling ball? First day I got new
arms, I'm gonna wring your neck.
DR. PESCADO (O.S.)
There is one little wrinkle, Senor
Spencer!
31 NEW ANGLE 31
as Dr. Pescado enters, followed by Heidi.
DR. PESCADO
As Heidi and I were making final
preparations for surgery, she
raised a rather important issue.
Didn't you, Heidi?
HEIDI
Jawohl, Herr Doktor!
DR. PESCADO
My understanding is that this
Superman is invulnerable. How do I
perform the excision of his head?
My scalpels will not even nick El
Hombre de Acero! (X)
SPENCER SPENCER
What?
(CONTINUED)
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31 CONTINUED: 31
HEIDI
His scalpels will not even nick...
SPENCER SPENCER
I speak English, Heidi.
HEIDI
(coldly)
... The Man of Steel!
SPENCER SPENCER
You crepe hanging crybabies! Think
you're playin' with kids here?!
The guy'll cut like butter! Ever
hear of Kryptonite?
DR. PESCADO
I know only a few specimens exist.
How could you get it?
SPENCER SPENCER
(exploding)
I'm gettin' a body transplant! You
think I can't pull off a piece of
Kryptonite?! Cash and connections,
Doc! Without 'em I'm just a head
with a dream!
HEIDI
And I suppose Superman will just
cha cha into our waiting clutches?
SPENCER SPENCER
(lips curling)
No, Miss Reichstag. His two best
friends, Lois Lane and Clark Kent
will lure him here. My man in
Metropolis says their boss is
pushin' 'em to go off to some
remote little spot. He says this
Clark guy is all for it. Well,
gee whiz, I _live_ in a remote
little spot! And when they think
they're stranded here, their
buddy'll show up, and I _got_ him!
Am I smart or what??
An awkward silence as they all wait in fear.
SPENCER SPENCER (CONT'D)
This would be the appropriate time
for a resounding 'oh yes.'
(CONTINUED)
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31 CONTINUED: 2 31
KLAVEL/HEIDI/DR. PESCADO
Oh yes!
SPENCER SPENCER
Too late.
CUT TO:
32 INT. DAILY PLANET BULLPEN - ON HUGE BASKET - DAY 32
It's a huge promotional basket loaded with tropical fruit
and flowers, leis, photos, brochures, and wrapped in
cellophane. Jimmy struggles into Perry's office with it.
JIMMY
This promotional basket just came.
PERRY
(shaking his head)
They get worse every year. People
are fleeing Cuba in things smaller
than this.
He whips the letter from the envelope.
JIMMY
They're hoping you'll send the
Travel Editor to review this new
private island resort. They say
it's the perfect spot to fall in
love.
PERRY
(slowly looks up)
Should I read _any_ of my mail, or
just ask you for a summary?
JIMMY
(hinting) (X)
I was kinda thinking the Travel
Editor's awful busy and you might
wanna send someone oh... younger
and more in need of a vacation.
Perry looks thoughtful as Jimmy waits eagerly, hoping
Perry's taken the hint.
PERRY
You know, son, I think you're onto
something?
JIMMY
Great!
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32 CONTINUED: 32
PERRY
Tell Lois to get in here.
ON Jimmy's deflated reaction, (X)
CUT TO:
33 INT. LOIS' LIVING ROOM - ON FRONT DOOR - NIGHT #2 33
Lois struggles to unlock door and retrieve her keys while
carrying the huge promotional basket. She kicks the door
closed and carries it straight to a trash can, trying to
stuff it in. KNOCK at DOOR. She opens it to find Clark.
CLARK
See? I used the door. Just like a
regular guy.
LOIS
Very impressive.
She returns to stuffing the basket into the trash.
CLARK
Yessir. Walked down the old
street, came up the old stairs...
(notices her efforts)
Lemme help.
He takes the basket and compresses it into a tiny cube of
matter, tosses it over his shoulder, kicks it with his heel
into the trash.
CLARK (CONT'D)
Just like a regular guy.
(off her look)
Sort of.
(eying trash)
Uh, what _was_ that thing we
just...
LOIS
Promotion for this stupid tropical
resort.
CLARK
Oh, so Perry got to you, too.
LOIS
He's practically ordering us to go!
I told him I'm way too busy.
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CLARK
Yeah, I guess work'd be a lot safer
than seeing what an uninterrupted
weekend with me would be like.
LOIS
Hold it, _hold_ it. I'm not the
one leaping off big buildings at
every distant S.O.S...
CLARK
What're you saying?
LOIS
Just that you couldn't stand
letting the world get by on its own
for two whole days. (X)
CLARK
And you'd rather write about other
people's lives, 'cause it's less
scary than living one of your own!
LOIS
Oh yeah?
CLARK
Yeah!
He hears something. She knows he hears something.
LOIS
(casually)
Someone... want you?
CLARK
(lying)
Nope, nope.
(relents)
Yes.
LOIS
Go.
He SPINS into Superman, heads for the window, looks back.
SUPERMAN
I could do it if you could.
She looks at him, starts to smile mischievously. (X)
LOIS
Wanna bet? (X)
(CONTINUED)
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33 CONTINUED: 2 33
CLARK
Bet. (X)
CUT TO:
34 EXT. TROPICAL ISLAND - DAY #3 (STOCK) 34
A small boat makes its way toward the island.
35 EXT. DOCK - DAY 35
The boat pulls up and the aging Captain helps Lois and
Clark, wearing casual resort wear, ashore. He sets down
their bags as they look around. The place is deserted.
LOIS
Excuse me, sir, where do we check
in?
The Captain waves vaguely off in the distance.
LOIS (CONT'D)
The brochure mentioned a
'Welcoming Hukilau...' Do we (X)
wait here for the hotel jitney? (X)
The man has lugged two beach chairs onto the beach, hands
Clark a sun umbrella. Clark senses Lois' growing alarm (X)
and, for her benefit: (X)
CLARK
(to Captain)
Captain, I guess you're saying we (X)
shouldn't be fooled by the casual
elegance here. Big city tourists (X)
like us might think it looks kinda
rustic... or even... primitive.
The Captain has cast off, and as Lois and Clark stare, he
CHUGS away. They smile weakly at each other.
DISSOLVE TO:
36 EXT. SAME BEACH - LATER 36
Lois sits forlornly in her chair, holding her umbrella. She
scribbles something on the notepad in her lap. Clark (X)
appears through the trees.
(CONTINUED)
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CLARK
Aha, I knew you couldn't live up to
our bargain. Two hours and already
you're working.
LOIS
I'm writing my will. Someday when
they find our bleached bones
they'll read my last wishes.
CLARK
Well if these are my last minutes,
who better to spend them with?
He plops down on the sand next to her.
CLARK (CONT'D)
Alone in paradise with the woman I
love. It's almost biblical.
LOIS
Clark, when you went exploring, did
you see any proof whatsoever that
there is in fact a hotel?
CLARK
No, but why wouldn't there be a
hotel?
LOIS
(trying to stay calm)
Well... Oh... Maybe no one ever
built one... Maybe we're on the
wrong island... Maybe this is a
penal colony. Or maybe no other
living being has ever been here in
the history of the earth!!
(gets a grip)
Why don't you take a quick buzz
around and look?
CLARK
(innocently)
Why would I do that? I don't buzz
anywhere.
LOIS
Yes, but...
(silently mouths)
... Superman...
(audible)
Does.
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36 CONTINUED: 2 36
CLARK
But...
(silently mouths)
... Superman...
(audible)
isn't here.
LOIS
That's cute. That's really,
really, really cute.
Clark smiles, reaches for shirt buttons, Lois is relieved.
LOIS (CONT'D)
Thanks. I knew you'd come through.
A joke's a joke, but...
He pulls open his shirt. Only flesh beneath.
LOIS (CONT'D)
Okay, where's the suit?
CLARK
No suit. Left it at home.
(stretches out)
It's just you and me. Joe and Judy
Regular.
She stares at him in horror as he glances lazily up at her.
CLARK (CONT'D)
So... Wanna neck?
CUT TO:
37 INT. SPENCER SPENCER'S BUNKER - ON TV MONITOR - DAY 37
Beneath the monitor is an electronic control panel. On
the screen is a silent, black and white picture from a high
angle camera. Lois and Clark are on the beach, and she is
getting more annoyed. PULL BACK to find Spencer Spencer,
Klavel and Belzer watching. On the screen, Lois flops back,
puts a sun hat over her face, folds her arms. Clark grins
at her, lies back, closes his eyes to doze.
SPENCER SPENCER
Pretty quick it'll hit 'em they're
in trouble and that's when they
call in the big boy.
He hits a lever with the side of his head, the monitor snaps
off. He starts to roll away, then:
(CONTINUED)
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37 CONTINUED: 37
SPENCER SPENCER (CONT'D)
Oh well, I've never been a patient
man. Do it.
Klavel hits a button on the control panel. Spencer Spencer
chuckles and rolls on out.
38 EXT. BEACH - DAY 38
A foliage-covered panel opens in the brush. In the gloom
within we now see two glittering eyes, and then a sleek
tiger emerges through the grass. (X)
WIDEN to reveal the cat just a short distance from Lois,
headed straight for her.
BLACK.
_END OF ACT TWO_
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_ACT THREE_
FADE IN:
39 EXT. BEACH - LOIS AND CLARK - DAY 39
They lie dozing on the beach. CAMERA MOVES to SHOOT across
Lois. The tiger is nearing her. Clark lazily stretches, (X)
glances over at Lois, reacts to the sight of the approaching
cat. Lois rolls over toward him, her eyes closed. Clark
dips his glasses and beams of HEAT VISION appear.
40 THE TIGER 40(X)
It slinks forward. A strip of sand, hit by the heat vision,
turns a pale shade of pink and steams slightly. The animal
reaches the heated area, pauses, stares at the sand, and
abruptly turns and runs off into the brush.
41 LOIS AND CLARK 41
She groggily looks up at him as he quickly replaces his
glasses and smiles at her.
LOIS
Hi.
CLARK
Hi.
LOIS
(then, looking around)
God, it's not a dream. We are
here.
He grins, jumps up, trots out of FRAME. She sits up, swats
a bug on her arm, watches him.
LOIS (CONT'D)
What're you doing?
42 LOOSER 42
Clark is enthusiastically dragging a bunch of palm fronds to
a spot, going off for more.
CLARK
Building our hut.
LOIS
'Our hut?!'
(CONTINUED)
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42 CONTINUED: 42
CLARK
Well, I'm sure the hotel people
will be here before night... or the
boat people will realize they took
us to the wrong place... But just
in case... We'll need shelter.
LOIS
What we need is a sauna, massage,
and room service! Look, why don't
you just scoop me up in your arms
and fly us off? Maybe we're near
Rio.
CLARK
No scooping, no flying.
LOIS
You've been scooping and flying on
a fairly regular basis ever since
I've known you, but _now_, now when
we're surrounded by crazed insects
and murderous plants... now you
figure would be a bad time?!
CLARK
You challenged me to let the world
get along without me for a weekend.
The world and I seem to be doing
fine. You, on the other hand, are
a wreck.
LOIS
(steamed)
Really? 'Wreck?' I'll show you
who's the wreck.
And she picks up branches and throws herself into the task
with a vengeance. He grins, starts back in, himself.
LOIS (CONT'D)
I wish you didn't look like you
were having so much fun!
CLARK
I haven't had a vacation in years.
LOIS
Trust me. There are better ones.
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43 INT. SPENCER SPENCER'S BUNKER - DAY 43
Spencer Spencer has been approving page lay-outs for "Love
Fortress" Magazine. He dismisses the Handmaiden who's been
holding the lay-out boards while turning on Klavel.
SPENCER SPENCER
The tiger 'ran away?!' You said (X)
this is the most vicious animal
alive!
KLAVEL
(dying)
And it is! Assuming it keeps
going, you know... Forward.
SPENCER SPENCER
(rolling away)
Contaminate the drinking water!
CUT TO:
44 EXT. BEACH - LOIS AND CLARK - DAY 44
They stand staring at their work.
CLARK
Well, it's not so bad.
LOIS
No, no, I think it looks pretty
sturdy.
CLARK
I guess _this_ shows what we can do
without super powers, right?
They high five.
45 THE HUT 45
It's lopsided, wobbly, and sheds the occasional branch.
46 INCLUDE LOIS AND CLARK 46
CLARK
Gee. Our first house.
She smiles in disbelief. Impulsively, he lifts her up.
LOIS
Hey, I thought no scooping!
(CONTINUED)
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CLARK
This isn't scooping, it's carrying.
I'm carrying you over the
threshold.
He carries her toward the hut, which suddenly shudders and
collapses into a pile of rubble. They stare, we
CUT TO:
47 INT. PERRY'S OFFICE - DAY 47
Perry's on the phone.
PERRY
Yes, Alice my pet, of course I'll
stop at the video store. What's
your second choice if they're out
of 'Tora, Tora, Tora?'
Jimmy enters with photos for Perry to approve.
PERRY (CONT'D)
Oops, breaking news, Dumplin'.
Gotta go.
JIMMY
Chief, sometimes it seems you're
afraid of Alice.
PERRY
(casually, looking at
photos)
I am. So... any word from Lois or
Clark?
JIMMY
No, and there won't be any. C.K.
said the island doesn't even have
phones.
PERRY
(wistfully eying his own
phone)
Really. Olsen, lad, learn to value
life's treasures. A beautiful
woman and a pitcher of rum.
(sigh)
I envy Clark. Those two must be in
heaven right now.
CUT TO:
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48 EXT. STREAM - DAY 48
Lois, now wearing shorts, tries to cross the water on a
series of slimy rocks, falls screaming into the water, sits
there sputtering. Clark, also wearing less, trots back with
an armload of bananas.
CLARK
What happened?
LOIS
I thought a swim might be nice.
She cups her hands, scoops up water for a drink.
49 ON CLARK 49
He peers over his glasses, squints at the water.
50 POV - SUPER CLOSE-UP VISION 50
Close, closer, CLOSEST. The water is teaming with bacteria.
51 BACK TO SCENE 51
CLARK
Lois!
Startled, she drops the water.
CLARK (CONT'D)
That water doesn't look so good...
But look... There's an underground
spring right over here...
She wearily climbs out of the water as Clark steps behind a
boulder.
LOIS
Where've you been, anyway?
52 CLARK 52
Behind the boulder, he punches a hole into rocky ground
surface and pushes down the length of his arm, with a low (X)
DRILLING SOUND, as:
CLARK
I was searching for food. Boy are
we lucky. Look at all those
bananas!
(CONTINUED)
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52 CONTINUED: 52
He withdraws his arm and water bubbles up out of the hole
just as Lois appears around the side of the boulder.
CLARK (CONT'D)
Here, this looks better. (X)
LOIS
Great. By the way, I hate (X)
bananas.
She gratefully scoops up the water, drinks, washes off her
face as Clark smiles.
CLARK
Well, there's always roots and
snails.
She picks up the bunch of bananas, stares at them
distastefully.
LOIS
And to think I was complaining
about Camembert from France. It's
like those words came from another
woman. A clean woman. A dope.
She flops down as Clark peers into the stream. (X)
CLARK
If there's fish, I bet I could
figure out a way to catch one. My
pop used to take me fishing all the
time when I was a kid. I got
pretty good.
Lois stares off, chewing a banana with distaste.
LOIS
I've never been fishing. (X)
CLARK
He's just an ordinary guy, you
know ...? And he loved doing this
ordinary thing.... fishing. And I
guess I loved it because he did.
Lois slowly looks at him.
LOIS
Your parents are wonderful.
(CONTINUED)
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CLARK
(smiles)
Maybe I wanna get married and have
kids because they made it look like
so much fun.
She covers her eyes, suddenly emotional.
LOIS
Oh God.
CLARK
(startled)
What?
LOIS
(near tears)
I'll never be as good a mom as
yours was! What do _I_ know about
it?! My parents didn't make
marriage look fun, they made it
look like root canal!
CLARK
(going to her)
Lois...
LOIS
My mother's depressed, my brother
won't come out of his room, and my
father only relates to cyborgs! I
didn't _want_ a family! I ran as
far away from it as I could!
He lifts her up, holds her.
CLARK
Okay, your parents made a mistake!
That doesn't mean _you're_ going
to!
LOIS
How do you know?!
CLARK
(softly)
Because I hear the guy who wants to
marry you is really, really
terrific.
CUT TO:
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53 INT. CORRIDOR - SPENCER'S BUNKER - HEIDI - TRACKING - DAY 53
Heidi, in surgical gown, pushes a gurney briskly down the
gloomy stone corridor.
54 INCLUDE GURNEY 54
A terrified male PATIENT is strapped to the gurney,
struggling and looking around wildly. Heidi nears Spencer
Spencer, who waits outside a door to the operating room.
SPENCER SPENCER
One last trial run before the big
event?
HEIDI
Jawohl, Herr Spencer Spencer!
The Patient struggles to tilt back his head to see Spencer
Spencer, who's behind him.
55 PATIENT'S UPSIDE-DOWN POV 55
Spencer wiggles his eyebrows impishly.
56 BACK TO SCENE 56
The Patient screams in fright, irking Spencer.
SPENCER SPENCER
Get him outta here.
Heidi pushes him into the operating room as CAMERA MOVES to
reveal Dr. Pescado, in mask and cap, standing amidst an
array of terrifying machines, tubes, and blinking lights.
PATIENT
No.... no... !
The door swings closed, muffling the shouts. CAMERA MOVES
to a side ANGLE as Spencer moves to watch the procedure
(which we can't see) through the glass in the door. Belzer
comes up.
BELZER
Well, they're not sick, and no sign
of Superman anywhere. Why don't I
just go grab those two?
SPENCER SPENCER
No. I don't want Superman even
_thinking_ he's walkin' into a
trap.
(CONTINUED)
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BELZER
I'm telling you... They look like
they don't want to be rescued.
SPENCER SPENCER
(considers, then:)
I'm not a patient man. Grab (X)
'em.
Belzer goes as Spencer stares through the glass.
57 INT. OPERATING ROOM - VARIOUS ANGLES (INSERTS) 57
Electricity arcs, lights blink, chemicals swirl through
tubes, the Patient looks up, eyes wide with horror at:
58 DR. PESCADO 58
He approaches with a scalpel, moving into CAMERA. (X)
59 SPENCER SPENCER 59
Spencer Spencer winces, then smiles nastily. (X)
SPENCER SPENCER
Oh, Superman... What a way to go.
CUT TO:
60 EXT. CLEARING - NIGHT #3 60
Clark, changed for nighttime, is trying to build a fire by
rubbing one stick against a wood block. He's not having
much luck. Lois, also in clean clothes, comes up, watches.
LOIS
I guess you never learned how to do
this.
CLARK
Think about it, Lois. Why would
I _have_ to learn how to do this?
She yanks a drawstring from a sweatshirt hood on the ground,
rigs a bow with a long twig, inserts a second stick in a
loop in the bowstring, starts spinning the second stick
against the wood block by rocking the bow back and forth,
all during:
(CONTINUED)
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60 CONTINUED: 60
LOIS
It just so happens I'm a former
Girl Scout.
CLARK
Good. I'm a strange visitor from
another planet.
LOIS
I guess by now you'd pretty much (X)
concede we're on the wrong island.
CLARK
Well... Yeah. (X)
(glances up at her)
Did you wanna leave? (X)
LOIS
(working away) (X)
I...suppose I could stick it out
for one night. (X)
She sneaks a glance at him, then notices a wisp of smoke
rising from the wood.
LOIS (CONT'D)
Quick, add some dried leaves!
Okay... blow!
Clark blows a short blast of super breath, which kicks up
the dirt all around Lois.
LOIS (CONT'D)
(wiping dust out of her eyes)
One more time, and remember it's a
campfire, not a nuclear reactor.
He blows gingerly.
LOIS (CONT'D)
Harder
(he blows)
More leaves.
(adds leaves)
Faster!
(more blowing)
Not so fast!
Clark is gamely trying to cooperate and finally Lois bursts
out laughing at their predicament.
CLARK
What's so funny?
(CONTINUED)
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60 CONTINUED: 2 60
LOIS
This is exactly what I thought
camping with Clark would be like!
CLARK
Lois, you are camping with Clark,
remember?
And suddenly the little leaf pile catches fire.
LOIS
Oh! Oh! We did it! Boy, why
don't we have any hot dogs on
sticks?
Clark reaches around to grab something.
CLARK
Next best thing.
And he impales a banana on a stick, holds it over the fire,
as she sighs, begins to smile, we
DISSOLVE TO:
61 EXT. CLEARING - ON BANANA PEELS - NIGHT 61
The peels are scattered on the ground with the roasting
sticks.
TILT UP to find a CRACKLING fire, and Lois and Clark,
clothes from their suitcase spread under them for a bed,
snuggled in each other's arms, staring at the fire.
LOIS
You know, I dreamed of this? Of
spending the night this close to
you?
(smiles up at him)
I mean, first it was Superman I
dreamed of. But then... it was
Clark.
CLARK
What happened?
LOIS
Well, I'd be in your arms.... (X)
(he holds her closer)
We'd kiss...
(they do)
And....
(CONTINUED)
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61 CONTINUED: 61
CLARK
And ... ?
LOIS
(a little timid;
searching)
And you'd tell me how you felt (X)
about me.
CLARK
I don't know how I feel about you.
She's a bit taken aback.
CLARK (CONT'D)
There's no one way I feel. I feel
so many things. And all at once...
Happy but kinda scared... Excited..
calm. Lost... found. Safe in a
way I've never known, but in
danger, too. This thing with us,
whatever it is... is stronger than
me. Being with you is stronger
than me alone. That's new for me.
She is staring up at him, very moved by this. She gently
reaches up touches his cheek, and he kisses her. It's
tender at first, then, as things heat up:
62 EXT. JUNGLE - ON FEET - TRACKING - NIGHT 62
Black boots into which are bloused black jumpsuits. TILT UP
to find Klavel and Belzer, wearing goggles to which are
attached tiny, powerful spotlights. They carry automatic
weapons and make their way through the steaming jungle,
finally approach a clearing up ahead.
BELZER
There they are.
63 LOIS AND CLARK 63
They're kissing as the muzzles of the guns enter FRAME.
BELZER (O.S.)
On your feet.
Lois and Clark dive apart and stare up. Clark stifles his
impulse to leap up when he looks over and finds the gun
aimed at Lois.
BLACK.
_END OF ACT THREE_
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_ACT FOUR_
FADE IN:
64 INT. BASEMENT DUNGEON - LOOSE - NIGHT 64
CAMERA MOVES IN on side by side cells in which Lois and
Clark have been placed, their hands chained to the wall,
over their heads. Fast and hushed:
LOIS
Tell you what. I'll forego the
bet. Any time you wanna change into..
(silently mouths)
Superman...
(audible)
... would be fine with me.
CLARK
Look, I have to pick my moments for
changing into
(silently mouths)
... Superman.
LOIS
_This_ one! This moment! Pick
_this_ one!
CLARK
Maybe we're being watched. I don't
have the suit. Maybe we'd bust
outta here and never find out
what's behind all this....
LOIS
What, do you have rules for
everything?!
LOIS CLARK
It's good to Being impulsive
know, because I'd can get you into
really have to even more
think twice about trouble, as I'd
marrying that think, you, of
kind of all people,
compulsive surely woulda
personality! learned by now!
BELZER (O.S.)
Hey, pipe down!
They both look up as:
--page break--
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65 NEW ANGLE 65
Belzer and Klavel approach. Klavel covers Lois with a gun
as Belzer swiftly opens her cell, frees her hands during:
BELZER
Your host requests the honor of
your company upstairs.
66 CLARK 66
He surreptitiously snaps the manacles at his wrists without
lowering his hands. He peers over the top of his glasses
and aims a beam of HEAT VISION at the lock.
LOIS (O.S.)
I'm gonna have to pass. I didn't
pack party clothes.
67 THE LOCK 67
It heats and a small puff of smoke issues from inside it.
BELZER (O.S.)
Spencer Spencer says it's
come-as-you-are.
68 BOTH CELL 68
Lois and Clark react to the name and Clark pulls his wrists
through the manacles. Belzer spots him, whips a hypodermic
syringe from his pocket.
BELZER
Hold, it Houdini!
He plunges the needle into Lois' arm.
LOIS
OW!
BELZER
I don't know how you got outta
those chains, but this toxin takes
just seconds to kill. The
antidote's upstairs. You so much
as blink, she won't get it, and you
can say good-bye to your babe.
LOIS
Don't call me 'babe.'
And she passes out.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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68 CONTINUED: 68
BELZER
(to Klavel)
He even breathes wrong, push the (X)
alarm, and this one's dead.
CUT TO:
69 INT. SPENCER SPENCER'S BUNKER - ON SPENCER SPENCER - NIGHT 69
He sips a martini through surgical tubing as chamber MUSIC
plays somewhere.
SPENCER SPENCER
C'mon, wake up. I've had lousy
dates before, but this is
ridiculous.
70 LOIS AND BELZER 70
Belzer is holding a second syringe, gives Lois a couple
gentle slaps and exits. She groggily tries to focus, then:
71 LOOSER 71
as Lois sees she's ringed by crossbows on stands, the arrows
all aimed at her. Then she sees:
SPENCER SPENCER
Hiya, Toots. I'm Spencer Spencer.
Welcome to my windowless lair.
LOIS
_You're_ Spencer Spencer?
(stares, taken aback)
I pictured you... taller.
SPENCER SPENCER
You know, you're lovely when you're
revolted?
LOIS
I don't know what this is all
about, but you might as well let me
go. Superman'll be here any minute.
SPENCER SPENCER
(leers at her)
Well. That'd just be hunky-dory
with me.
--page break--
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72 INT. CLARK'S CELL - NIGHT 72
He paces, agitated, CAMERA MOVES IN ON his eyes as he lowers
glasses, stares at ceiling.
73 POV - X-RAY VISION 73
It penetrates the plaster ceiling to reveal: A square of
dark nothing.
74 CLARK AND KLAVEL 74
as Clark reacts, turns to Klavel, who watches, hand poised
over an alarm button.
CLARK
This place lined with lead?
KLAVEL
It was built as a fallout shelter.
Quiet.
Another agitated moment, Clark can't stand it.
CLARK
What's he doing with her?
KLAVEL
Anything he wants.
CLARK
What _does_ he want?
KLAVEL
(a beat)
Superman.
CAMERA MOVES IN on Clark.
75 INT. SPENCER SPENCER'S BUNKER - NIGHT 75
SPENCER SPENCER
You know, I was gonna kill you for
all that crap you wrote about me,
but I thought you might prefer an
exciting career opportunity.
LOIS
What do you mean?
SPENCER SPENCER
You can be my sex slave.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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75 CONTINUED: 75
LOIS
Kill me.
SPENCER SPENCER
I know, I know, the body. Maybe I
shouldn't hide it in a box, maybe (X)
you imagine it worse than it is.
LOIS
Maybe. (X)
SPENCER SPENCER
(exploding)
You _couldn't_ imagine worse than (X)
this!! My only chance at girls (X)
like you is shootin' 'em up with
cobra venom, and _then_ it's iffy!!
(calming)
Well, all that's about to change,
thanks to modern medicine...
And he nods toward the wall.
76 THE PORTRAIT 76
The drape falls to reveal Spencer with Superman's body.
77 BACK TO SCENE 77
Lois stares in shock and horror.
LOIS
(hollow)
Oh my God.
SPENCER SPENCER
What? I don't look good in tights?
LOIS
The bodies without heads... It was
you.
A door opens and Klavel shoves Clark into the room.
KLAVEL
(re Clark)
He says he can get you what you
want.
CLARK
Lois!
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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77 CONTINUED: 77
LOIS
Clark!
SPENCER SPENCER
Shaddup.
(to Klavel)
Blow.
Klavel leaves, Spencer places his head against a red lever.
SPENCER SPENCER (CONT'D)
Mess up and she'll look like a
goalie for a dart team.
Clark stares from Spencer to Lois to the lever.
CLARK
Okay, Spencer, here's the deal.
I'm Superman.
SPENCER SPENCER
What?
CLARK
I'm Superman.
LOIS
No, you're not!
CLARK
Stop it, Lois.
(to Spencer Spencer)
Yes, I am.
LOIS
No, he's not. You might as well
know, this man is insane.
CLARK
Lois! (X)
SPENCER SPENCER
So where's the suit? No, don't (X)
tell me, you left it at home.
CLARK
As a matter of fact, I did. (X)
LOIS
Oy.
SPENCER SPENCER
(yelling)
Someone get him outta here!
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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77 CONTINUED: 2 77
CLARK
(dramatically)
Keep your eye on the candelabra!
LOIS
(helplessly)
Clark...
Clark lowers his glasses, a very faint beam of HEAT VISION.
78 INTERCUT CANDELABRA 78
The candles flicker slightly, but nothing happens. Clark
bears down. Nothing.
SPENCER SPENCER
Gee. Am I impressed. (X)
79 LOIS AND CLARK 79
Clark turns toward her.
CLARK
(through clenched teeth)
Is there Kryptonite here?
LOIS
(clenched teeth)
I have the feeling.
CLARK
(brightly, to Spencer)
Well! You figured me out. I'm not
Superman.
LOIS
He's not Superman.
CLARK
A passing resemblance, maybe...
LOIS
It's a thing he does at parties...
CLARK
Let her go and we'll figure out a
way to...
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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79 CONTINUED: 79
SPENCER SPENCER (had it)
Enough!!! I don't know what's
goin' on here, but something is.
(into intercom)
Pescado! Bring in the
you-know-what!
A panel in the wall slides up, and Dr. Pescado wheels in a
large metal box on a cart. As Lois and Clark watch
fearfully, he opens the box to reveal a GLOWING nugget of
Kryptonite.
CLARK
(weakly)
Oh boy.
His knees buckle and he collapses into a chair.
LOIS
Clark!
SPENCER SPENCER
(staring)
It _is_ him!
(then)
Doctor... !
(an evil smile)
Scrub for surgery.
CUT TO:
80 INT. BASEMENT DUNGEON - NIGHT 80
Belzer drags a struggling Lois into the room, flings her
into the cell Clark once occupied, locks it, and leaves.
Lois fearfully clutches the bars as CAMERA RUSHES IN on her.
81 INT. OPERATING ROOM - NIGHT 81
Clark, shirtless, is strapped to a surgical table by a
gowned Dr. Pescado, and a drape pulled up over his chest.
On a cart, the Kryptonite glows nearby. WIDEN to find
Spencer Spencer, several feet away, watching with (X)
fascination. Dr. Pescado positions a suspended tank marked (X)
"Liquid Nitrogen" overhead between the two tables. Attached
to it are two thick hoses. Red arrows point to a trap door
in the tank's bottom marked "Emergency Flush."
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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81 CONTINUED: 81
DR. PESCADO
(to Spencer)
Following removal of the head, we
will immediately freeze the body in
liquid nitrogen for attachment to
you.
Now Pescado looms approaches with a long I.V. needle.
82 LOIS' CELL 82
Lois glumly stares through the bars, then glances down.
83 HER POV 83
The inside of the lock is badly scorched where Clark had
melted the mechanism.
84 LOIS 84
She gives the cell door a hard push, the lock gives way,
door opens.
85 OPERATING ROOM 85
Pescado tapes the needle into place on Clark's arm.
DR. PESCADO
(to Spencer Spencer)
The Kryptonite has rendered his
flesh completely vulnerable.
SPENCER SPENCER
'Night, 'night... Superman.
CAMERA MOVES IN ON Clark, eyes filled with dread.
86 INT. SHADOWY CORRIDOR - NIGHT 86
Lois creeps along the slimy stones, freezes, presses herself
into the shadows as Klavel passes through the far end of the
hall, pauses, lights a cigarette, moves off down another
passageway. Lois moves to where he was, goes the opposite
way, up the other corridor.
87 WITH LOIS 87
She stops, spotting an open doorway, someone's shadow
visible on the wall inside. She creeps forward, peers
around the doorway.
--page break--
"Ordinary People" (#2) FULL Blue Rev. 7/18/95 49.
88 HER POV 88
Heidi is pulling on her surgical gown and cap.
HEIDI
(singing softly)
'Deutschland, Deutschland, uber
alles... Einigkeit und recht und
freiheit...'
89 LOIS 89
She picks up a brick from rubble in the corridor, bounces it
in her hand, creeps inside. The shadows on the wall show
her poised to brain Heidi.
90 OPERATING ROOM - VARIOUS ANGLES (INSERTS) 90
The machines ROAR, chemicals boil through tubing, lights
blink! Clark's head is strapped, eyes heavy. Dr. Pescado
approaches with the scalpel. (X)
DR. PESCADO
Heidi!
"Heidi" enters, gowned, capped, masked. She approaches the
table as Clark stares.
94 CLOSE ON "HEIDI" 91
Her eyes are familiar. She winks slightly. It's Lois.
92 OPERATING TABLE 92
Clark's eyes close as Pescado comes within inches of Clark's
neck, about to make his incision, not noticing Lois gently
rock back out of FRAME.
93 LOOSER 93
Lois grabs the Kryptonite cart and dashes from the room.
DR. PESCADO
Heidi!!
SPENCER SPENCER
Belzer!!
Belzer rockets in.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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93 CONTINUED: 93
SPENCER SPENCER (CONT'D)
Get whoever just ran outta here!
Belzer takes off after Lois.
SPENCER SPENCER (CONT'D)
Do it, Pescado!
94 INT. CORRIDOR 94
Lois races down the hall with the cart, out of FRAME. A
beat later, Belzer comes into view, dashes after her.
95 CLOSE ON DR. PESCADO 95
Flustered, he comes close to Clark again, his knife about to
touch flesh. A SNAPPING sound, and suddenly a strong hand
grabs Pescado's wrist. Dr. Pescado goes pale, as:
96 LOOSER - VARIOUS ANGLES 96
Clark has burst through the arm strap. Still gripping the
Doctor, he bursts through the head strap. (X)
SPENCER SPENCER
Dammit, Doctor, make the cut!
Before he regains full strength!!
Heidi staggers into the room, sees Dr. Pescado struggling
with Clark who pulls through a chest strap. Spencer Spencer
hits another lever with his head, an ALARM sounds.
DR. PESCADO
Heidi! The nitrogen!
Heidi shoves the overhead tank into place over Clark, Dr.
Pescado backs away, Heidi pulls a cord.
97 CLOSE ON TANK 97
The door marked "Emergency Flush" drops open and fumes start
pouring forth.
98 VARIOUS ANGLES 98
Clark takes a deep breath. Pescado, Heidi, and Spencer move
back, clumped together some distance away. (X)
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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98 CONTINUED: 98
A blast of Clark's SUPER COLD breath sends the cloud of
fumes swirling over their heads, now turning deep blue,
until they entirely encircle the villains.
99 INT. CORRIDOR 99
Belzer, hearing the ALARM, stops his pursuit, doubles back.
100 OPERATING ROOM 100
Clark is now off the table, continuing his blast of frigid
air. Heidi, Pescado, and Spencer Spencer are frozen in
place, completely encased in a glittering block of ice.
CLARK
Okay, that'll hold you 'til... (X)
101 CORRIDOR OUTSIDE OPERATING ROOM 101
Belzer, joined by Klavel, automatic weapons ready, flings
open the door. A blast of mist. Clark is barely visible as
he turns to face Belzer. The mist obscures Clark, but
Belzer and Klavel FIRE.
102 A CORRIDOR - LOIS 102
She crouches in a recess in the gloom, hears the GUNFIRE,
leaves the cart, rushes back toward the operating room.
103 OPERATING ROOM - CLARK 103
The bullets RICOCHET off Clark and strike the ice block,
creating a thousand hairline fractures.
104 OUTSIDE OPERATING ROOM - BELZER AND KLAVEL 104
They blink into the mist, which is beginning to clear, and
step cautiously inside. Now they stare at the ice block.
105 BLOCK OF ICE 105
The block of ice, along with the villains inside, collapses
into a pile of tiny chips.
--page break--
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106 BELZER AND KLAVEL 106
They stand staring, stunned. Clark suddenly appears behind
them, grabs their heads, knocks them together, and the thugs
go down. WIDEN as Clark stands surveying the wreckage and
Lois arrives.
LOIS
(stunned)
Oh. Oh gee.
Clark moves into the room, looking at the rubble, disturbed.
CLARK
I really didn't mean for this to
happen...
LOIS
(looks around)
Where's Spencer Spencer?
CLARK
(soberly)
He's a broken man.
Lois recoils, Clark follows her into the corridor.
107 WITH LOIS AND CLARK 107
As they move up the corridor.
CLARK
I'll call someone to pick up those two.
LOIS
(exhausted)
And then could we please go home?
CLARK
You... want to wait for a boat?
LOIS
(a little smile)
I wanna fly.
(she touches his chest)
First class.
And he scoops her up in his arms, grins, we
CUT TO:
--page break--
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108 INT. PERRY WHITE'S OFFICE - ON PERRY - NIGHT 108
Perry, working late, is on the phone.
PERRY
(into phone)
... So he tried to decapitate
Superman and make you his love
slave?! This is terrific!
(catches himself)
You must be very shaken. Even
unable to write.
109 INTERCUT LOIS' LIVING ROOM - LOIS - NIGHT 109
Lois, on phone in nightgown and robe, smiles resignedly. on
the table, her laptop glows, attached to modem.
LOIS
The story's on its way to you.
(pushes computer key)
Now.
PERRY
Lois... About the other thing...
with Clark... You thought it over,
yet?
110 EXT. LOIS' WINDOW - NIGHT 110
Superman, holding flowers, floats down into f.g., some
distance from window, unnoticed by Lois. He hovers, as:
LOIS
Well, it's been a little hectic,
Chief.
(beat)
But that other side of him I
mentioned? I ... decided it's
something I could put up with.
Superman smiles.
LOIS (CONT'D)
G'night, Perry.
Superman flies in through Lois' window. She turns, and:
SUPERMAN
I was out... (X)
(flying hand motion)
And just... wondered how you were. (X)
He gives her the flowers, then: (X)
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"Ordinary People" (#2) Pink Rev. 7/21/95 54.
110 CONTINUED: 110
LOIS
(teasing)
Dare I ask where these came from?
SUPERMAN
Down the street. Tony's. Paid
cash. Wanna see a receipt?
LOIS
Nope.
She puts her arms around his neck and they kiss.
CLARK
(still watching her) (X)
Well, gotta... (X)
He makes the flying hand motion, she nods, he turns and (X)
FLIES off. Lois moves to the window, watching him soar
away, smiling, and, for the moment, at peace.
_THE END_
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