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Larry est un gourou de l'amour qui kidnappe des couples et les enferme dans des cocons car pour lui ce sont des Elus. Il se prend pour le nouveau Noé.
Loïs et Clark enquêtent sur ce fameux gourou et vont dans la cabane où les couples viennent d'être kidnappés mais ils trouvent un cadavre et un vieux parchemin.
Clark fait appel à une voyante pour décrypter le parchemin mais pendant ce temps, Jimmy avoue à Loïs que Perry et Alice ont été enlevés par Larry.
Alors ils le suivent mais Larry les attache à un paratonnerre. Jimmy, au bord de la mort avoue à Loïs tout ce qu'il aurait voulu faire de sa vie...
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Titre VO
Just Say Noah
Titre VF
L'Arche de Noé
Première diffusion
22.10.1995
Première diffusion en France
14.05.1996
LOIS & CLARK_
The New Adventures of Superman_
"Just Say Noah"
Written by Brad Buckner & Eugenie Ross-Leming
Directed by David Jackson
_CAST_
CLARK KENT/SUPERMAN
LOIS LANE
JIMMY OLSEN
PERRY WHITE
MARTHA KENT
JONATHAN KENT
STAR
LARRY SMILEY
MICHELLE SITKOWITZ
ARNOLD SITKOWITZ
JEREMY
KATHY
BETTY
BRIAN
NUN
PETE HANSEN
CASSANDRA SMILEY
LOCATIONS_
_INTERIORS_: _EXTERIORS_:
Daily Planet Daily Planet Street
Newsroom
Perry's Office Sidewalk Cafe
Lois's Apartment Movie Theatre
Hallway
Living Room Smiley Institute
Campground
Clark's Apartment Warehouse
Rooftop
Lois' Car * Cabin
Entrance Gate *
Cab
Smiley Institute
Reception Room
Anteroom
Warehouse
Cabin
TEASER
FADE IN:
1 EXT. METROPOLIS MOVIE THEATRE - NIGHT #1 1
LOIS comes out of a door on the right side of the ticket
box. She heads for a trash can on the sidewalk to dump her
popcorn. CLARK appears from the left hand door and heads
for the same place. As they meet:
LOIS
What are you doing here?
CLARK
Seeing a movie.
LOIS
Because it's oddly coincidental
that of all the movies playing in
all the movie theatres we end up at
the same one. At the same time.
CLARK
Maybe it shows we have the same
tastes.
She starts walking briskly down the street.
LOIS
Except I walked out.
CLARK
(indicates himself)
Yo.
LOIS
Well _I_ walked out because the
plot was just warmed-over 'Bambi'
without the political sub text.
You?
CLARK
I fell asleep! What difference
does it make why I walked out?!
LOIS
Because it shows how we look at the
same thing differently!
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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1 CONTINUED: 1
CLARK
I think we're completely in synch!
LOIS
Yeah, we're so 'in synch' that when
you broke up with me, for 'my own
good,' you figured 'Why bother
talking to Lois about this
life-altering decision, she
probably knows it's best because
we're so _in_ _synch_!! We're
about as 'in synch' as the English
in a Japanese horror film.
CLARK
Lois, I was wrong and I admit it.
C'mon, you can't stay mad...
LOIS
Yes I can. You can fly, I can stay
mad. It's a gift.
They've reached the stairs to Lois' building, out of which
comes a couple in their 30's, MICHELLE and ARNOLD SITKOWITZ,
holding hands, laughing and chatting.
MICHELLE
Hi, Lois.
LOIS
Michelle. Clark, meet Michelle and
Arnold Sitkowitz, my neighbors.
MICHELLE
The 'Clark' I keep hearing about. (X)
May you two be as happy as Arnold (X)
and me.
ARNOLD
(gazing warmly at her)
Ten years and never a cross word.
Suddenly they're kissing, completely losing track of Lois
and Clark. Lois and Clark stare, wait for them to stop,
they don't. Clark glances at his watch.
LOIS
It's... getting late.
CLARK
Yeah.
They look at each other. Kiss? Shake hands? Where are we?
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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1 CONTINUED: 2 1
LOIS
Well. See you tomorrow.
He smiles, nods, a bit sad, passes Arnold and Michelle,
still kissing.
CLARK
Nice meeting you.
And he's gone. Lois glances over at Arnold and Michelle.
LOIS
Ten _years_?
She goes inside. A beat, then:
VOICE (O.S.)
(echo; with import)
Arnold and Michelle Sitkowitz....
Arnold and Michelle dazedly stop kissing, look around for
the voice.
ARNOLD
Where'd that come from?
A potted bush near the stairs bursts into flames.
MICHELLE
Look, Arnold, a burning bush.
VOICE (V.O.)
Do not be afraid, for you have been
chosen.
ARNOLD
Chosen for what?
Dense SMOKE pours from the bush as Michelle and Arnold reel
and cough. A cab pulls up with an evil, wizened Driver, and
two Thugs in gas masks jump out and wrestle a weakened (X)
Arnold and Michelle into the cab. It SCREECHES off, and
BLACK.
_END OF TEASE_
--page break--
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_ACT ONE_
FADE IN:
2 INT. LOIS'S APARTMENT - ON DOOR - MORNING - DAY #2 2
Lois opens her door en route to work, nearly running into
a Cop heading down the hall. Puzzled, Lois trails after him (X)
and comes upon STAR. The Cop continues on to an open
doorway to speak to a distraught Woman.
STAR
You _do_ have an alibi for where
you were last night.
LOIS
Alibi? Why do I need an alibi?
STAR
That lady with the cop? Michelle
Sitkowitz's sister, Louise. She
lives cross town and the
Sitkowitz's were supposed to be at
her place for poker last night.
They play poker every Thursday...
LOIS
(amused)
Does anything happen in this
building you _don't_ find out
about?
STAR
No. Anyway, Arnold and Michelle
_never_ _made_ _it_.
LOIS
So? Maybe they did something else
last night.
STAR
Michelle and Louise are very close.
Michelle woulda called. Anyway,
Louise got worried, so she came
over _here_ late last night. The
Sitkowitz's never came home.
LOIS
(now concerned)
What?
STAR
That's right. Vanished.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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2 CONTINUED: 2
LOIS
Is there... anyone who'd wanna (X)
hurt them?
STAR
They both teach horticulture.
Who'd be angry with 'em? Plants? (X)
LOIS
I don't believe this! They're the (X)
nicest people in the world.
STAR
Happiest couple I ever saw, except (X)
for you and Clark.
(off Lois' look)
From time to time. (X)
LOIS
(starting toward Woman)
Well, I hope Louise doesn't mind (X)
my butting in...
STAR
What can _you_ do? (X)
LOIS
I'm a reporter! I can make some (X)
noise about this. People (X)
disappear in this city all the (X)
time and no one seems to care. (X)
That's not gonna happen to Arnold (X)
and Michelle. (X)
She marches down the hall, we...
CUT TO:
3 INT. CLARK'S APARTMENT - MORNING 3
MARTHA and JONATHAN KENT are in town. She's unpacking
goodies from home. Clark's tying his tie.
MARTHA
I unpacked some brownies for now
and I'll freeze the rest. Oh and (X)
my homemade applesauce is in the
fridge, too.
CLARK
Mom, every time you guys pass
through town, you bring me enough
food for the winter.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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3 CONTINUED: 3
MARTHA
It's what we do, Honey. Take care
of our son with his favorite foods,
good advice, and unconditional
support. No big deal.
CLARK
I wish the rest of the world worked
that way. A guy makes one,
admittedly big, mistake, and
suddenly I'm pond scum. Bam! The
door slams in my face and the
Supreme Court isn't hearing any
more appeals.
JONATHAN
Trouble with Lois, huh?
CLARK
Remember that great idea I had
about breaking up with Lois?
'Cause being close to me put her at
risk?
JONATHAN
Yeah, we were afraid that wouldn't
sit too well.
MARTHA
You said you'd tell her you were
wrong and everything would be fine.
CLARK
Yeah, well everything's not fine!
We're hardly speaking! Don't you
think she's making a mountain out
of a molehill?
(off their uncomfortable
silence)
Folks?
MARTHA
Frankly, I have to go with Lois on
this one, Clark. Jonathan?
CLARK
Dad?
JONATHAN
I have to go with your mother.
CLARK
This isn't how it works. You're (X)
my parents, you side with me.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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3 CONTINUED: 2 3
MARTHA
We _are_ on your side in the big
picture. We want you to be happy
and Lois makes you happy. Unless
you make her unhappy. Then she
makes you unhappy. And that makes
us unhappy.
JONATHAN
Son, love and marriage are a
partnership. Both people are equal
in the partnership. Bottom line,
they make their decisions together.
CLARK
So you're saying I should go
crawling back on my hands and
knees.
MARTHA
No, sweetheart. Fly back. It's
faster.
CUT TO:
4 INT. DAILY PLANET - PERRY WHITE'S OFFICE - DAY 4
PERRY is reading copy, while keeping one eye on some
disaster playing silently on TV in b.g. Lois enters.
LOIS
Chief, I really do want to devote
some time to the Sitkowitz
disappearance...
PERRY
(still reading)
So you said. Lois, I'm sure your
neighbors are lovely people, but
this isn't exactly hard news.
LOIS
(glancing at paper)
I think it is! Would it surprise
you to know that of the five
hundred thirty-one missing persons
last year, a fairly large
percentage were married couples?
Not lost children, not ransom
victims, but married couples.
What's _happening_ to them?
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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4 CONTINUED: 4
PERRY
You're reaching, Lois.
(glancing at TV)
Sshh. My man, Larry Smiley.
He uses the remote to raise volume. On TV is a back-lit
couch with three people in silhouette.
LOIS ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
Larry Smiley? ...And now, the
Isn't he the guy world's foremost
who runs that expert on what it
place... The takes to make
Institute of Love that relationship
and Dependence? work... Larry
Smiley!
APPLAUSE from audience, MUSIC as light comes up on a CLOSE
UP of LARRY SMILEY, 401's, energetic, jock-like, in baseball
cap, seated beneath a portrait of CASSANDRA SMILEY, 60's.
PERRY
Commitment. Love and Commitment.
Man's a visionary. Alice and I (X)
went to his retreat, and it sure (X)
opened our eyes. (X)
5 INTERCUT TV SCREEN 5
SMILEY
Just by using the simple steps
I learned at the knee of my beloved
Mama...
(indicates portrait)
Who made her marriage a true (X)
romance. But don't take my word
for it! Talk to folks like my
guests here to get the straight
poop.
SHOT has widened to include Larry's guests, Michelle and
Arnold Sitkowitz.
LOIS
(stunned)
That's them! Michelle and Arnold! (X)
She told me last month she taped (X)
something I didn't know it was (X)
this...
MICHELLE
Larry, Arnold and I always thought (X)
we had the perfect marriage... (X)
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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5 CONTINUED: 5
ARNOLD
Ten years and never a cross word. (X)
MICHELLE
But thanks to your lessons of (X)
sharing and unity we now are (X)
unified in our sharing.
SMILEY
And you joined the team and scored
as winners in the Love and (X)
Commitment All Stars.
6 THE ROOM 6
LOIS
They sounded like they really (X)
believe in this guy.
PERRY
(snapping off TV)
Without Larry, my marriage woulda
been a shut-out, but we're headed
into extra innings.
CLARK
Morning, Chief
(sensing the coolness)
Lois. Listen, I can come back...
PERRY
No, no... I've been meaning to talk
to you two.
(with import)
'Negative thoughts breed negative
results.
(off their blank looks)
Larry Smiley's Play book on
Marriage, third chapter. I can't
help noticing the chill between you
two, and believe me, you need a
friendly ear to bend, I'm it. But
just don't let whatever it is hurt
your work.
LOIS
Chief, I think Clark and I are
professional enough to behave, uh,
professionally.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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6 CONTINUED: 6
PERRY
Good, because partners have to know
they can count on each other, trust
each other...
Clark is HEARING a call for help.
CLARK
(an appeal to Lois)
Cover... for... each other.
(quickly backs toward
door)
Geez, look at the time. I gotta go
get...
LOIS
(reliably)
... Choco-Chocolate Monster Chip (X)
Ice Cream.
Clark stares at her like she's nuts. She shrugs back; best
she could do on short notice. (X)
LOIS (CONT'D)
Go. Before they sell out! (X)
Clark smiles weakly, dashes out.
PERRY
(awed)
You know, that boy'll walk on water
for you. Or drown trying.
CUT TO:
7 EXT. DAILY PLANET STREET - DAY 7
Smoking cars are piled up on the street, with SUPERMAN
pulling a Man out of the rubble. Terrified Nuns stand
staring at their mini-van, in the heart of the mess. Lois
exits The Daily Planet. Distant SIRENS. Superman sits the
Man on the curb, makes sure he's okay, stands, as:
SUPERMAN
Hi, where're you off to?
LOIS
The interview.
They both keep looking around, speaking under their breath,
trying not to be observed. Superman keeps smiling, waving
to well-wishers who wave, give him "thumbs-up," etc.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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7 CONTINUED: 7
SUPERMAN
What interview?
LOIS
Didn't I tell you?
SUPERMAN
No, but since you're barely
speaking to me, I guess this is one
of the things you barely spoke to
me _about_.
LOIS
I want to talk to friends and
relatives of some of the other (X)
missing couples... See if there's a
common link of any kind... We're
due at the Metropole Cafe at
noon...
SUPERMAN
(indicates street)
Lois, I'm working... Excuse me.
He dashes off to where smoke pours from a car, disperses it
with SUPER BREATH. Meanwhile a NUN has come up to Lois.
NUN
Oh, he's somethin', isn't he?
LOIS
(a weak smile)
Yes.
NUN
Thanks to him, the Sisters and I
will still be able to bring our toy
collection to the orphanage.
Superman is a national treasure.
Superman returns. The Nun grabs him, gives him a kiss on
the cheek, goes. A cop car and ambulance arrive.
LOIS
You know how wonderful it feels
being angry with a 'national
treasure?'
SUPERMAN
People like me. Can I help it?
You used to like me.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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7 CONTINUED: 2 7
LOIS
I still like you! But I'm upset,
and even though it is your fault, I
feel like it's mine! Good ol'
Clark! Good ol' Superman! Crabby
ol' stubborn Lois! And even if I
could tell someone the issue,
which I can't, they'd _still_
think _you're_ the good guy and
I'm...
SUPERMAN
Uh, hang on...
He dashes off, she clutches her head.
NUN
Sisters, look! He's saving the
toys from being scorched.
LOIS
(throwing up a hand)
Of course.
Superman returns with two huge bags, sets them on the
sidewalk, where the Nuns fall to inspecting them.
SUPERMAN
I'm sorry, you were saying?
LOIS
(calmly)
Nothing. I'm going to be a
professional. And go to the
interview. And internalize my
feelings so I can have an ulcer the
size of Cleveland.
She goes to her car, climbs in.
SUPERMAN
(shaking his head)
Earth women.
CUT TO:
8 EXT. SIDEWALK CAFE - WITH LOIS - DAY 8
She hurries down the street, pulling tape recorder and
notebook from her bag, then stops, sees Clark sitting at a
table with PETE HANSEN, brother of another missing couple.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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8 CONTINUED: 8
LOIS
(to Clark, sitting)
I guess you had no trouble
'Parking.'
CLARK
Mr. Hansen here says his brother
and sister-in-law vanished last
month. They were struggling
artists. Had only been married
a year. Moved here from Sweden.
LOIS
(eying notes)
So in other words, they had
absolutely nothing in common
with the Sitkowitz's.
(to Hansen)
By any chance did they have a
wonderful, seemingly perfect
marriage?
HANSEN
Oh no, not at all.
LOIS
(to Clark)
It was a shot.
HANSEN
In fact, until two months ago, Inga
even spoke of divorce and moving
back to Sweden.
LOIS
What changed her mind?
HANSEN
A place called the Larry Smiley
Institute....
LOIS
... For Love and Commitment. They
went there?
HANSEN
They said this Smiley fellow
restored their relationship. He
rebuilt their trust in one another
and promised them a hopeful future.
LOIS
Yeah, and then they disappeared.
CUT TO:
--page break--
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9 INT. CORNER OF WAREHOUSE - NIGHT #2 9
Shadows and gloom. Arnold Sitkowitz is dragged by the
dark-clad Henchmen in from darkness, passing between two
flaming altar torches. He struggles to no avail.
ARNOLD
What is this?! What do you want
with us?!
Then he stops, staring in shock.
ARNOLD (CONT'D)
(hollow)
Oh no. Oh my God.
CAMERA ARCS to reveal a clear plastic tube stands upright,
connected to tubes and wires and glowing with a blue mist.
Inside, supported by braces at neck and waist, is Michelle
Sitkowitz, eyes closed, motionless.
ARNOLD (CONT'D)
Michelle!!
Stricken, he can only stare as a second tube is wheeled from
the shadows. Arnold is wrestled into the tube, locked into
the braces, and a clear panel slid shut. A blue mist begins
filling the tube. Stepping into the foreground is a
silhouetted shape, just head and a shoulder. Arnold
notices, stares, his eyes filling with utter astonishment.
BLACK.
_END OF ACT ONE_
--page break--
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_ACT TWO_
FADE IN:
10 INT. DAILY PLANET - ON ELEVATORS - DAY #3 10
The doors open and Lois charges out holding two 8x10 group
photos with printing at the bottom. Clark crosses from
bullpen, carrying a thick stack of computer print-outs. (X)
CLARK
Hi.
LOIS
(heading for her desk)
Come see these. I got hold of a (X)
group photo of the Sitkowitz's when
they were at the Larry Smiley
Institute, and another of the
Hansen's with their group....
CLARK
(following her)
I had the computer narrow the
missing persons for the past two
years down to just the missing
married couples...
LOIS
... We can cross-reference the
names on these pictures with your
list of missing couples and see if
anything matches.
CLARK
Is this the kind of conversation (X)
we'll be having from now on? We (X)
sound like characters from 'The X
Files.'
LOIS
(smiles, takes print-out)
I'll run this downstairs for the
cross-check. (X)
He takes the print-out back from her. (X)
CLARK
(patiently) (X)
Lois... (X)
Clark glances at the names on the photos, then, in an
instant, flips through the thick print-out, scanning it,
looks up at her with concern. (X)
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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10 CONTINUED: 10
CLARK (CONT'D)
(soberly)
Four matches.
CUT TO:
11 INT. PERRY'S OFFICE - ON GROUP PHOTOS - DAY 11
The photos are in Perry's hands, PULL BACK to find Lois and
Clark standing before his desk, as:
LOIS
And from these two photos
alone, _four_ couples have vanished
in the past two years! Who knows
how many have disappeared from
_other_ sessions at the Institute?
Perry, _you_ might even be at
risk. (X)
PERRY
Oh, come now. Lois, if there was (X)
anything sinister there, don't you (X)
think an old news hound like me
woulda sensed it?
CLARK
Maybe. Or maybe it's just really (X)
well hidden.
PERRY
(considering) (X)
Yeah... possibly. If you were (X)
gonna snoop around it'd have to be (X)
an undercover sniff-it-out kinda (X)
thing.
CLARK
That's not exactly what I was...
PERRY
(picks up phone)
I'll make arrangements for you to
join the next retreat as a married
couple.
LOIS
(quickly)
I don't think that's such a good
idea, Chief...
CLARK
Not right at this moment, Chief.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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11 CONTINUED: 11
PERRY
Oh? Why? Surely not for personal
reasons since you both said
_nothing_ would get in the way of
your professionalism...
LOIS
(uncomfortably)
No, no... We just don't think it's
a good idea.
PERRY
(cheerfully)
And your sentiments are duly noted.
(dialing phone)
You guys wanna run home and pack?
CUT TO:
12 INT. LOIS' CAR - LOIS AND CLARK - ROLLING - DAY 12(X)
Clark drives, Lois studies pages of a handwritten letter.
CLARK
It's great getting outta the city
for a while. I love the mountains.
Big trees... Fresh air... Smell of
campfires...
(off her silence)
Yessir. Love those mountains.
(beat)
I could get mad myself, you know.
I could say you're overreacting
here, okay, not a lot, a little...
And I could get pretty darn mad,
too.
LOIS
(calmly glancing up)
But your anger would be (X)
unjustified. Mine is justified. (X)
And therefore righteous. That
would be the difference.
She goes back to reading.
CLARK
Oh, well, this trip is just going
to be _so_ much fun.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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12 CONTINUED: 12
LOIS
(studying letter)
Michelle Sitkowitz wrote a letter
to her sister while she was at the
Smiley Institute.
(reads)
'... There's something eerie about (X)
this place, Louise. Something not (X)
quite right. But maybe it's just (X)
me. Arnold says coming here is the
best thing we ever did.'
(gravely looks up)
I wonder what scared her.
DISSOLVE TO:
12A EXT. SMILEY INSTITUTE ENTRANCE GATE - DAY 12A
Lois and Clark drive into the wooded compound.
13 EXT. SMILEY INSTITUTE COMPOUND - TRACKING - DAY 13
An Attendant, JEREMY, wears khakis and a long-sleeved
t-shirt emblazoned with a large heart in which are the
initials L.S.I.L.C. He leads Lois and Clark on a trail
through trees, beyond which we see hints of tiny cabins.
JEREMY
Each of our guests goes by the
name of an animal species, symbolic
of the primal urge to mate and
further the species. Larry wants
two of every kind. You guys'll be
known as 'The Hawks.'
(meaningfully)
They mate for life.
CLARK
(quietly, to Lois)
You know what the Sitkowitz's were
called?
LOIS
'The Badgers.'
They reach the steps of a cabin.
JEREMY
Here we are. I'll just write your
code name on the doorway and you'll
be...
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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13 CONTINUED: 13
He's about to write an the large piece of blank adhesive
tape on the doorway; Clark tips glasses, peers at the tape. (X)
CLARK
Nope.
JEREMY/LOIS
What?
CLARK
We don't like this cabin.
LOIS
Clark, it's fine.
CLARK
_Honey_. It faces east, the winds
are from the south, you know how
you get.
He is watching her fixedly, she hasn't a clue, but:
LOIS
(to Jeremy)
I get ugly. Darn ugly.
ON Jeremy's dazed look,
DISSOLVE TO:
14 EXT. SECOND CABIN - DAY 14
(They're all identical, so it could be the same structure.)
Jeremy leads them to the door.
JEREMY
(patience waning)
Sir, I'm running out of cabins.
Perhaps this one will...
CLARK
(staring at tape)
This'll be great.
(turns to Lois)
Won't it, Punkin.
She smiles weakly as Jeremy sourly writes "HAWKS" on the
tape, starts away, during:
JEREMY
Fine. Your bags'll be up in a few
minutes. Enjoy your stay.
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
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14 CONTINUED: 14
JEREMY (CONT'D)
(glancing back as he
goes)
Hope things work out.
He's gone, Lois turns to Clark.
LOIS
Okay, what was that all about?
CLARK
You said the Sitkowitz's were the
Badgers?
He lowers his glasses, gazes at "HAWKS" tape.
15 CLARK'S X-RAY POV 15
CAMERA seems to ZOOM through a dozen layers of names,
sitting transparently on top of each other, then:
16 BACK TO SCENE 16
Clark pulls several layers of tape off at once, revealing
"BADGERS." Lois leans in close to stare.
LOIS
This was their cabin!
CLARK
(modestly)
Thought it might be useful...
17 INT. LOIS AND CLARK'S CABIN - DAY 17
Basic, rustic, cozy. Lois races inside, not noticing her
dress catching on a nail in the doorway. RIP! A long tear.
CLARK
Lois, your skirt....
She's hot on the trail, preoccupied.
LOIS
It's okay, I'll change...
(stares at bed; a little
sad)
Awww, this is where they slept.
Arnold probably sat in that
chair... Happy he came here.
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
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17 CONTINUED: 17
LOIS (CONT'D)
Michelle sat at this desk... Scared
of something and writing her sister
about it.
Lois stares at the desktop, runs her hand over it.
LOIS (CONT'D)
Look how soft the wood is, you can
see imprints of... years of writing.
(an idea)
Clark... Think you could separate
out Michelle's handwriting from all
the others... Using your vision
gizmo?
She fishes the letter from her purse.
CLARK
Lois, 'vision gizmo' doesn't sound
particularly... cool. You know?
But he lowers his glasses, stares first at Michelle's
letter, then at the desk, and:
18 HIS TELESCOPIC POV 18
Layers and layers of at first meaningless scribble jump and
shimmer, turning from distinct forms to translucent grays
until the inprint of Michelle's letter, starting "Dear
Louise," is very distinct.
19 BACK TO SCENE 19
He continues to stare.
CLARK
Got it. This is where she wrote
it, alright.
LOIS
(excited)
Anything else? Maybe she kept a
journal or something.
20 HIS TELESCOPIC POV 20
Now visible are the words: "Kathy 4:30. The Meditation (X)
Tree"
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21 BACK TO SCENE 21
CLARK
(studying desk)
There's one more thing in her
handwriting: 'Kathy. 4:30. (X)
Meditation Tree' (X)
LOIS
I guess she was seeing this 'Kathy'
at 4:30. But who's Kathy? (X)
JEREMY (O.S.)
Male and Female Hawk?
They whirl, as:
22 NEW ANGLE 22
Reveals Jeremy dropping a small suitcase, garment bag and
briefcase the doorway.
JEREMY
Your bags.
LOIS
(crossing to bags)
Good, I've gotta change. Thanks.
JEREMY
The First Session's starting now.
Lois lifts the garment bag to reveal only Clark's things.
LOIS
Wait a minute... Where's my
suitcase... ?
(turns to Clark)
Where's _my_ suitcase??
JEREMY
Gotta go, people. (X)
CUT TO:
23 INT. RECEPTION ROOM - ON PORTRAIT OF CASSANDRA SMILEY - DAY 23
She gazes severely from the ornate frame as we WIDEN, and:
SMILEY
'Harmonicity.' Now put away your
Funk & Wagnalls, that ain't
English, it's what I call a
'Larryism.'
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The room is rustic, lodge-like, with huge bookcases on one
wall. Appreciative chuckles from the couples seated all
around, cross-legged, on the floor. Larry, in baseball cap,
is seated in an easy chair on a low platform, behind him is
the portrait. Attendants move about the room, setting out
refreshments, making name badges, etc.
SMILEY (CONT'D)
'Harmonicity, is a blend, if you
will, of complimentary desires.
(nod to portrait)
And as my dear mama would tell ya,
that's what nature meant marriage
to be. How 'bout it, folks? We
got harmonicity?
Excited nods and smiles.
SMILEY (CONT'D)
Well heck, then take hands! Smile
on yourselves!
They hold hands, bob heads, smile like crazy.
SMILEY (CONT'D)
Mama! Darn if I can't feel it! I
feel the harmony! I feel the love!
CLARK (O.S.)
It's not like I did it on purpose!
LOIS (O.S.)
I left my bag right there on the
stoop!
All eyes turn to the arched entry to a vestibule.
CLARK (O.S.)
I thought you put it in the car!
And they appear. Lois wears a pair of Clark's khakis and a
chambray shirt. She actually looks cute, but don't try
telling her.
LOIS
Maybe subconsciously you felt the
need to...
They freeze, aware everyone's staring.
SMILEY
Male and Female Hawk. And not a
moment too soon.
(CONTINUED)
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23 CONTINUED: 2 23
CLARK
Oh, hi.
He and Lois sheepishly start to sit.
SMILEY
No, no, stay standing, let's get
right to work. Now 'round here we
speak 'Bluntspeak,' and that's a...
what?...
Hands up all around, Smiley points to a woman, BETTY,
sitting with her husband, BRIAN. (X)
BETTY
'Larryism!'
SMILEY
Right you are, Female Lemur!
Excited murmurs and light applause. Lois and Clark look at
each other.
SMILEY (CONT'D)
And bluntly speaking, you two have
gotta stop dressin' alike! I mean
honey, look at yourself. Do you
hate your feminine side?
LOIS
What? No!
CLARK
Look, she's very feminine...
SMILEY
Ah! See, this is what I call the
'Echo Pattern.' She says something
and you gotta chime in. That
pretty much how it works?
LOIS
No!
CLARK
'Course not!
They stare at each other as Smiley smiles knowingly at the
group who cluck their tongues and nod sadly.
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SMILEY
Son! Don't allow this! Sing your
own song! Takes _two_ tones for...
(to group)
What??
GROUP
HARMONICITY!!
SMILEY
Harmonicity!
(gestures for Lois and
Clark to sit)
Let's close our eyes and go to that
safe place where we find our own
pare tone.
Everyone closes their eyes, including Smiley.
24 LOIS 24
She opens one of her eyes.
25 INTERCUT HER POV 25
An attractive young Attendant with a "KATHY" name badge,
finishes filling paper cups from a pitcher. Lois nudges
Clark.
LOIS
(hissing)
It's 'Kathy!'
26 THE ROOM 26
Betty's hand immediately goes up.
BETTY
Larry! Larry! Female Hawk is
whispering!
All eyes open, Smiley stares at Lois reproachfully.
SMILEY
Female Hawk. Honey, you're ridin'
a horse called 'Domination' and
won't get off.
(to group)
Does she need a time out?
Lois watches Kathy head out through the vestibule, as:
(CONTINUED)
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GROUP
Yes!!
SMILEY
(to Lois)
Step on outside, Female Hawk, and
return when you're a-singin, with
the choir.
LOIS
(eagerly heading out)
Really? Do I have to? Shucks.
She's gone. All eyes turn sympathetically to Clark.
SMILEY
You got a tiger by the tail there,
boy.
CUT TO:
27 EXT. INSTITUTE COMPOUND - WITH KATHY - TRACKING - DAY 27
Carrying a clipboard, she crosses the grounds as Lois
catches up with her.
LOIS
Kathy?
KATHY
(stops)
Hmm? Oh hi, Female Hawk.
LOIS
Hi. We're having _such_ a great
time here... Friends of ours
recommended it. Michelle and
Arnold Sitkowitz?
Kathy suddenly sobers, fear creeping into her eyes.
LOIS (CONT'D)
(watching her)
Wonderful people. Ever have a
chance to talk to them?
KATHY
No. Never. I don't know them.
LOIS
Are you sure? I could swear they
mentioned you...
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KATHY
I don't know them!
Really scared, Kathy hurries off as Lois stares and we
CUT TO:
28 INT. WAREHOUSE - ON ALTAR STAND - NIGHT #3 28
A torch is put to the altar stand and a flame leaps up as
CAMERA PULLS BACK to find Larry Smiley, surrounded by the
Institute Attendants, including Jeremy and Kathy. It's dark
and shadowy. Behind Larry is a pair of curtains and next to
him a red phone on a stand.
SMILEY
Fire. Symbol of light where there
was darkness. Warmth where there
was cold...
He walks among them, turning his attention to Kathy.
SMILEY (CONT'D)
And most assuredly, the
purification of the impure.
(touching Kathy's face)
Hear that, Kathy? Betrayin' my
trust would be an _awful_ impure
thing to do.
KATHY
(trembling)
Larry, I'd never betray your...
SMILEY
Wouldn't, you honey? You real (X)
sure about that? (X)
(gazing into her eyes)
You mess with fire, you're gonna (X)
get burned.
(suddenly faces phone)
Whoa! Hear that? The phone!
The phone hasn't rung, but everyone assures Larry they heard
it: "oh yes!" "Loud and clear, Larry," etc. Larry rushes
to the phone, answers it.
SMILEY (CONT'D)
(into phone)
Hello? Yeah, Boss, Smiley here.
Uh-huh, uh-huh... You don't say.
(MORE)
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SMILEY (CONT'D)
Okay, I know you're busy, say 'hi'
to everyone for me.
(hangs up; to group)
Yep, yep, that was God.
Applause and smiles all around.
SMILEY (CONT'D)
(building)
God has news. Seems everyone in
heaven's talkin' about us!
Everyone in heaven's sayin' 'Them (X)
Smiley people are gonna be the
rulers of the New Dawn!!' That's
what I promised you, isn't it? A
place by my side in a better
world?! (X)
Applause, whistles. CAMERA MOVES IN ON SMILEY.
SMILEY (CONT'D)
Boys and girls, the day is at hall.
The countdown has started.
He spins to a cylindrical curtain behind him. (X)
SMILEY (CONT'D)
Darlin', did ya hear? We're (X)
almost there! (X)
The curtain begins to rise, before revealing what's within: (X)
29 CURTAINS' POV OF SMILEY 29
His arms are spread as curtain clears CAMERA and he stares, (X)
transfixed. The Attendants smile in awed silence.
SMILEY (CONT'D)
The New Dawn! I'll meet ya for
bacon and eggs!!
CUT TO:
30 EXT. DAILY PLANET - NIGHT 30
Perry, in tuxedo, hurries out, followed by JIMMY.
(CONTINUED)
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PERRY
Those photos don't come, tell 'em
to lock the front page and roll!
(glances at watch)
Where is she?
JIMMY
I thought you hated the symphony.
PERRY
I do, Jimmy, that's why I'm in this
monkey suit waitin' for my wife,
who loves the symphony, and with
whom I'm on thin ice, so I can (X)
plunk down a thousand smackers for
bad seats on a charity opening
night. When you're married, this
will make sense.
A cab pulls up with a silhouetted Woman in the rear.
PERRY (CONT'D)
Hello, Dumplin'.
JIMMY
H'lo, Mrs. White. I'll stay 'til
we roll, Chief.
He goes back inside, grinning, as Perry climbs in the cab.
CAMERA MOVES AROUND to reveal the same wizened Driver.
31 OMITTED 31
32 REAR OF CAB 32(X)
Yellow gas WHOOSHES up inside as: (X)
PERRY
Judas Priest! What in blazes is
goin, on?!!
Perry pounds the glass dividing front seat from back, then (X)
on the side window, rattles door. Alice slumps against him.
PERRY (CONT'D)
Alice! (X)
Perry looks around in confusion, stares pleadingly out the (X)
side window, growing faint as the cab SCREECHES away from
CAMERA, rounds a corner and vanishes. (X)
BLACK
_END OF ACT TWO_
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_ACT THREE_
FADE IN:
33 INT. LOIS AND CLARK'S CABIN - NIGHT 33
Lois, in one of Clark's t-shirts, lies in bed.
LOIS
Scared to death. I just mentioned
the Sitkowitz's names, Kathy went
white as a sheet.
PAN TO Clark, in cut-off sweatshirt, draped between two
wicker chairs, looking miserable.
CLARK
Well, I scanned the place, and no
sign, no sound of 'em. Either
they're not here, or they're in a
lead-lined room...
LOIS
(soberly)
Or they're dead.
Clark shifts, tries to get comfortable, leaps up in a frenzy
of blankets and pillows, points accusingly at the chairs.
CLARK
This is not a bed!
LOIS
(pleasantly)
No, this is a bed.
CLARK
A... kind of large bed, actually.
LOIS
And this is business.
CLARK
Okay, fine. You think I can't
handle this? I can handle this.
And he stretches out in thin air as if climbing into an
upper bunk. Lois sits up, stares. He puts his hands behind
his head, floating, comfy.
LOIS
(flopping back)
Your life is so strange.
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CLARK
And getting stranger by the minute.
(facing her)
Lois, for me flying is a piece of
cake. I've been doing it since
high school. If I screw up, what's
the worst that can happen? Lose a
little altitude?
(he demonstrates a bit of
drop)
But being in a relationship is new.
If I blow it with you... I lose
everything.
LOIS
(softening)
Look, Clark... I'm actually not as
good at romance as I might look...
CLARK
(stifles a smile)
Really?
LOIS
I mean, my life's basically been
about work. So I'm trying to
figure this out, just like you are.
He smiles, floats a little nearer.
CLARK
So we'll... help each other...
LOIS
I know I don't always respond
appropriately...
CLARK
(floating closer)
Hey, me neither...
LOIS
... I don't always know how to
express how I feel...
CLARK
(floating closer)
... I get so tongue tied sometimes!
It's heating up; but before she completely thaws:
LOIS
But I do know you broke my heart.
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He suddenly halts, mid-air, as she looks over at him.
LOIS (CONT'D)
And you have to let me work that
through. And not expect me to just
snap out of it.
He floats back over by the chairs.
CLARK
(softly)
I will. And I don't.
(beat)
Good night, Lois.
LOIS
'night, Clark.
DISSOLVE TO:
34 EXT. COMPOUND - NIGHT 34
Late. Lights are out.
35 INT. LOIS AND CLARK'S CABIN - NIGHT 35
Lois and Clark are both asleep. Clark floats by the open
window. A breeze WHISTLES through the trees, the curtains
flutter. It pushes Clark toward the bed until he is
floating directly over Lois. Clark turns in his sleep onto
his stomach; he is now directly facing Lois. She stirs in
her sleep, her eyes open, she finds herself face-to-face
with a floating man.
LOIS
Aaaah!!!
Clark wakes with a start.
CLARK
Whaaaa....!!
Startled, he falls out of the air and onto Lois. Much
thrashing of limbs and blankets as:
LOIS
What're you doing?!
36 INT. NEIGHBORING CABIN - ON BED - NIGHT 36
Brian and Betty listen to the commotion next door.
(CONTINUED)
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36 CONTINUED: 36
LOIS (O.S.)
Will you please get off of me?!
CLARK (O.S.)
If you'd hold still a second, I
would!!
BRIAN
(sympathetic)
Hey pal, been there.
37 LOIS AND CLARK'S CABIN - NIGHT 37
Clark climbs off the bed, Lois glares.
CLARK
It was an accident!
LOIS
Fall when you're floating?! It's
not possible!
CLARK
Well I guess you must be better at
it than me!
LOIS
Alright, alright... I was just
scared... Let's calm down...
A rock flies through the window, sends a lamp SMASHING to
the floor. Lois screams again.
CLARK
It's okay! It's just a rock!
LOIS
You know, in Metropolis I sleep
like a baby?! What's so relaxing
about the stupid mountains?!
Clark has retrieved the rock, pulled a paper from it.
CLARK
(reading)
'Meet me at the Meditation Tree (X)
tomorrow at midnight.
(looks up)
It's signed... 'Guess Who?'
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38 INT. CORNER OF WAREHOUSE - NIGHT 38
A blindfolded Perry emerges from the shadows, held by two
of Smiley's Henchmen.
PERRY
If this is some pathetic bid for
notoriety, I'm telling you now the
Daily Planet will not deal with
kidnappers.
The shove him into a chair, CAMERA PULLS BACK to include
Larry Smiley in the f.g. The blindfold is removed.
SMILEY
Greetings, Male Wombat.
PERRY
Larry Smiley!
SMILEY
Things okay with you and Female
Wombat?
PERRY
(confused)
Uh-huh. Sure. Where is Alice,
Larry? Is this a spot progress
check or somethin'? 'Cause lemme
tell you, you're taking years off
my life here.
SMILEY
But you'll gain 'em all back. In
the New Dawn.
PERRY
The New _what_?
SMILEY
It's where we're all goin'. All
the most promising graduates of the
Larry Smiley Institute for Love and
Commitment! I got me two of every
kind. Doctors, teachers, farmers,
lawyers, artists... And you. A
real thinker and a visionary! You
of all people can see where I'm
headed!
PERRY
To a quiet little room with rubber
on the walls.
(CONTINUED)
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38 CONTINUED: 38
SMILEY
Don't rile me, boy, I'll leave you
to drown.
PERRY
_Drown_?
SMILEY
Didn't I mention? I'm floodin' the
earth.
PERRY
(jumping up)
Well, I'll just grab my wife and go
now, thanks...
The Henchmen grab his arms.
SMILEY
All life as we know it will end.
Know how many couples I've seen (X)
over the years? Thousands. (X)
Nothin' but cheatin', (X)
philanderin', lousy attempts at
mating that do nothin' but pollute
the species! God made it real (X)
clear what I gotta do! Start
over! Get rid of everyone! (X)
(indicates Perry)
Except for The Chosen.
PERRY
Larry, Larry.... Stay with me, son.
You can't flood the earth, it's not
possible.
SMILEY
You know, part of the advantage of
healin' the famous and the
accomplished is the little devils
are capable of buildin' the
darndest things.
He clicks a button on a remote control and lights come up on
a huge, sleekly sinister machine with a ray-emitting tube.
SMILEY (CONT'D)
Behold... The Aquaplus 1000
storm-maker. Neat, huh?
(CONTINUED)
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38 CONTINUED: 2 38
PERRY
(beside himself;
struggling)
Dammit, man! Where's Alice?! I
wanna see her now!!
Larry shrugs, and as CAMERA PULLS BACK, he clicks another
button. Lights come up on a plastic tube in the f.g. in
which Alice stands motionless, back to us. Perry shakes off
the Henchmen and approaches the tube, stunned.
PERRY (CONT'D)
What have you done to her?
SMILEY
Suspended animation. Her vital
signs are hoverin' just above
death. Like all the others, she'll
be revived when the waters recede,
and a New Dawn breaks.
With a roar, Perry lunges at Smiley, but is grabbed by the
Henchmen. Light comes up on another tube in the b.g. Perry
stares in horror as he is dragged toward it. Larry reacts
as if the phone had rung, grabs it.
SMILEY (CONT'D)
(into phone)
Hello? Yessir? Monday? I can (X)
flood the earth Monday, I got (X)
nothin' else doin'.
CUT TO:
39 INT. LOIS AND CLARK'S CABIN - LOIS - MORNING - DAY #4 39
Lois awakens, and CAMERA PULLS BACK to find she's alone.
LOIS
Clark?
The door swings open and Superman floats in, carrying her
luggage. He gives a small puff of air, the door closes.
LOIS (CONT'D)
You're sure racking up those
frequent flyer miles.
(re luggage)
That is just so sweet.
SUPERMAN
I know.
(CONTINUED)
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39 CONTINUED: 39
KNOCK, door opens and Betty's there. (X)
BETTY
Group time! Ready?
(notices)
Superman! Female Hawk, you know
Superman?
LOIS
(crosses to bathroom)
Well, yeah, kind of. We have the
same dentist.
(bangs on door)
Clark? You outta the shower?
Superman's _leaving_...
Jeremy comes up.
BETTY
(an idea)
Oh! Oh! You know what would be (X)
great? Superman could join our
session!
JEREMY
_Superman's_ here? (X)
BETTY
_So_ many people here could (X)
benefit from your fairness and
wisdom...
LOIS SUPERMAN
No, no, he really I'm real late for
has to be going. a thing I...
JEREMY
Isn't your _job_ to help people in
need?
CUT TO:
40 INT. RECEPTION ROOM - THE GROUP - DAY 40
CAMERA MOVES around the group, seated on the floor, finding
an uncomfortable Superman with Larry Smiley on the platform.
BETTY
I just want Brian to make me feel
validated, is all...
(CONTINUED)
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40 CONTINUED: 40
BRIAN
You want validation, go to a
parking lot! This is the same
argument we've been having for
weeks. I take a job for more money
and better benefits, and she
complains because we didn't discuss
it,
BETTY
The job is in Tibet! All I'm
saying is, we shoulda talked it
through.
LOIS
(without thinking)
I hear you there.
All eyes turn to her.
SMILEY
(sighs)
Female Hawk. Must you?
LOIS
Sorry.
SMILEY
(to Superman)
She's a challenge.
BRIAN
Okay, so maybe I was rash! I said
I was sorry! I only had our best
interest at heart.
LOIS
Ha!
Again the eyes turn to her, Superman looks heavenward.
LOIS (CONT'D)
None of my business. Sorry.
BETTY
Superman, what do you think?
Cries of agreement, "hear, hear," etc.
(CONTINUED)
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40 CONTINUED: 2 40
SUPERMAN
(reluctant, then
gathering steam)
Well, I'm no expert... But I think
if you care for someone, and they
make a mistake... Because they're
only human after all... And then
they sincerely apologize... You cut
them some slack, for Pete's sake.
Brian's thrilled. APPLAUSE.
LOIS
(watching him)
A mistake's one thing, but this is
a whole attitude. Just because (X)
someone says 'I love you' doesn't
put them in charge of your life.
SUPERMAN
(gently)
True. But 'I love you' does mean
'I'd never hurt you on purpose.
And maybe I'll make more mistakes,
just as you will. But we'll learn
from them. And move on.'
Wild APPLAUSE as the group rises to its feet. Lois stares
at him, moved. He smiles back.
SMILEY
Son, you pack a lotta horse sense
in them tight britches.
SUPERMAN
I really do have to go. You guys
keep up the good work.
And he streaks out the vestibule in a BLUR of blue. Clark
immediately enters through vestibule, scratching a bit.
CLARK
Wow, finally got that poison oak
under control. How was Superman?
BETTY
(emotionally)
He was... wonderful.
LOIS
(relenting) (X)
I... suppose he made some
interesting points.
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41 EXT. COMPOUND GROUNDS - WITH LOIS AND CLARK - NIGHT #4 41
They head toward a tree marked "Meditation Tree."
CLARK
I don't think that group therapy
stuff was all that bad.
LOIS
I did think a standing ovation was
a little excessive. Here we are.
CLARK
You're convinced the note was from
Kathy.
LOIS
(sitting on bench)
Yes. I think she wants to tell us
what she never got to tell Michelle
Sitkowitz.
CLARK
Unless this is a hoax. Or a trap.
LOIS
I just hope she didn't get...
A loafer suddenly falls into Lois' lap. She looks up and
SHOT WIDENS to reveal, in the foliage, two dangling feet.
LOIS (CONT'D)
... cold feet.
CLARK
Oh boy.
He glances around, then flies up, out of FRAME as Lois (X)
stares anxiously up, then glances at the shoe, pulls a
crumpled paper from inside it.
LOIS
(squints upward)
Clark, what's happened?
42 ANGLE UP - THE TREE 42
Clark appears through the branches.
CLARK
It's Kathy, Lois. She's dead.
BLACK.
_END OF ACT THREE_
--page break--
"JUST SAY NOAH" (#5) FULL PINK Rev. 8/18/95 41.
_ACT FOUR_
FADE IN:
43 INT. RECEPTION ROOM - NIGHT 43
Outside the windows we see cop car LIGHTS. Larry Smiley, in
robe and baseball cap, herds three cops, along with sleepy
campers and Attendants in night wear toward the vestibule.
SMILEY
I always knew the girl had
troubles... Many's the time her
little tears would splash down my
shoulder... But suicide? Who
woulda thought?
Everyone's out. Smiley takes one last look around the room,
shuts off lights, exits, LOCKING doors. CAMERA PANS through
the shadows to where Lois and Clark emerge from a hiding
place. They click on FLASHLIGHTS.
LOIS
Got that paper from Kathy's shoe?
CLARK
(staring at torn page)
It's ancient... Torn from a book. (X)
I can't read the language. (X)
LOIS
Well, there has to be a reason
Kathy wanted us to see it.
(shines light on books)
Which one do you think it came
from?
Clark does an instant scan of the books.
CLARK
None of 'em; they're all too new. (X)
(stares closer)
But there may be something in the
next room.
LOIS
What next room?
Clark gives a bookshelf a tug and it opens to reveal a small
anteroom hidden on the other side.
--page break--
"JUST SAY NOAH" (#5) FULL PINK Rev. 8/18/95 42.
44 INT. ANTEROOM - NIGHT 44
Lois and Clark step into the gloomy room which features a
collection of musty, ancient books and a desk stacked in
file folders and other papers. Lois looks at the clutter
while Clark examines the books.
LOIS
Smiley must work in here. Look,
these files are divided into piles
marked 'rejected' and 'candidates.'
Candidates for what?
(looks closer)
Clark, we're in the 'rejected'
pile!
CLARK
Lois, don't you think that's
probably a good thing?
LOIS
But I like to at least feel wanted.
(reads notes on file)
Smiley says we're not compatible!
He says I don't trust you or
respect you and doesn't know _why_
you put up with me... !
CLARK
The man is a murderer!
LOIS
(it just pours out)
Of course I trust you! I respect
you more than anyone I ever met!
And if I get angry, it's just
because I never opened up to anyone
so totally in my whole life and I
get hurt if I think that trust
isn't returned! And you put up
with me for the same reason I put
up with you..! Because I love you
completely!
She's breathing hard, realizing all she's just said.
CLARK
(quietly)
And... I love you.
(then)
Did we just make up?
LOIS
I think so.
They kiss violently.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"JUST SAY NOAH" (#5) FULL PINK Rev. 8/18/95 43.
44 CONTINUED: 44
LOIS (CONT'D)
(a bit breathless)
Could we maybe do this in a room
that's not musty and owned by a
killer?
They recover, force themselves back on track.
CLARK
I... found the book the page came
out of.
45 BOOK - INSERT 45
The torn page fits neatly into the crumbling pages of a
hand-lettered ancient book. (X)
46 BACK TO SCENE 46
CLARK
The book's hand copied... It may be
a dead language. We need an (X)
expert to read it.
LOIS
Sure. It's two a.m.
(then)
Star. Take it to Star.
CLARK
Star?
CUT TO:
47 EXT. METROPOLIS SKYLINE - TO ESTABLISH - NIGHT 47
48 INT. FIRST FLOOR HALLWAY - LOIS' BUILDING - NIGHT 48
Outside the entrance door we hear a WHOOSH, the sound of
landing FEET, then the door opens and Clark enters. He
starts to knock on Star's door, which is decorated with
stars and moons, when he notices her asleep on the stairs.
CLARK
Star! Hello? Why're you out here?
STAR
Hi, Clark. I'm purging my place of
evil spirits and it got a little
intense in there.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"JUST SAY NOAH" (#5) FULL PINK Rev. 8/18/95 44.
48 CONTINUED: 48
From inside Star's door we hear PLATES CRASHING. (X)
STAR (CONT'D)
(standing)
I thought you were at a love
retreat with Lois. No! Don't tell
me, I'm psychic.
(concentrates)
You came home 'cause you're feeling
blue. No... You wanna sail around
the cape. No. Lois gave you the
boot. No. Blue. Cape. Boots.
Blue. Cape. Boots...
CLARK
(jumping in)
I need you to contact an ancient
scholar and get him to read some
archaic writing.
STAR
Yeah, I was gonna say that next.
CUT TO:
49 INT. LOIS AND CLARK'S CABIN - LATE NIGHT 49
Lois paces anxiously, as:
LOIS
C'mon, Clark, c'mon. Where are
you?
KNOCK at door, Lois swiftly crosses to it.
LOIS (CONT'D)
Well, come in, why're you...
She opens the door, startled to see Jimmy, a bit scruffy and
leaf-covered.
JIMMY
I tried calling, but you're not
allowed phone calls. So I climbed
the fence.
LOIS
Jimmy, look at you. What's wrong?
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"JUST SAY NOAH" (#5) FULL PINK Rev. 8/18/95 45.
49 CONTINUED: 49
JIMMY
It's the Chief. Last I saw him, (X)
he was going to a concert with (X)
Alice. They never made it home (X)
and he didn't come to work. (X)
LOIS
God, I'll bet it's Smiley.
Suddenly there's the sound of TRUCK ENGINES, headlights play
on the walls from outside as Lois and Jimmy rush to a window
and peer out, trying to remain unobserved.
50 THEIR POV 50
The cabins are dark. A convoy of small covered trucks and
trailers is being readied, with the Attendants scrambling
into the trucks with cartons of books and papers. Smiley
strides out, climbs into a truck, it starts off.
51 LOIS AND JIMMY 51
LOIS
Smiley and his people are
abandoning the camp. Let's go.
JIMMY
(nervously)
Shouldn't we wait for C.K.?
LOIS
_Jimmy_.
52 EXT. COMPOUND - VARIOUS ANGLES - NIGHT 52
The Attendants hurry to board trucks which are starting to
pull away. Lois and Jimmy slither along a row of bushes
toward the clearing. Boxes and books are dumped into a
small, canvas-covered trailer behind a truck, and the last
of the Attendants leaps into the cab. The truck starts to
pull away, Lois and Jimmy rush out and jump into the small
trailer, and the convoy heads off in an eerie cloud of dust.
CUT TO:
53 INT. LOIS' APARTMENT - NIGHT 53
Star sits cross-legged on the couch, fingers to her temples,
eyes closed. Clark, full of anxiety, stands watching.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"JUST SAY NOAH" (#5) FULL PINK Rev. 8/18/95 46.
53 CONTINUED: 53
CLARK
Anything? Lois says you can call
up voices from the distant past and
get 'em to speak through you.
STAR
(eyes still closed)
Clark? Honey? I know you're real
stressed and you want this to work
an' all, but you're gonna have to
do me this itty bitty favor.
CLARK
Sure, absolutely, what?
STAR
Shut up.
CUT TO:
54 EXT. WAREHOUSE - HIGH ANGLE - NIGHT 54
The tail end of the convoy is pulling up outside a run-down
warehouse as we CRANE DOWN to the trailer where Lois and
Jimmy hide. They peer out of the canvas flap, watch the
last of the Attendants go inside, then climb out and creep
up to the huge door. Their mouths fall open in shock.
55 INT. WAREHOUSE - THEIR POV 55
Mounted atop a curtained platform, lit by spotlights, is
what appears to be an enormous... ark. Though modern
technology is evident, the shape is distinctly ark-like. A
ramp leads up the curtained platform to an open door in the
ark's side.
56 INT. CORNER OF WAREHOUSE - NIGHT 56
Smiley holds forth, Attendants at his feet. Behind him is
the phone, along with the Aquaplus 1000 and the thin
curtained area.
SMILEY
This is it. Lift-off, T-Minus
Zero, anchors aweigh. We only
await The Sign.
--page break--
"JUST SAY NOAH" (#5) FULL PINK Rev. 8/18/95 47.
57 INTERCUT LOIS AND JIMMY 57
They have crept forward and stare at all this, stunned.
Smiley turns and stares at the phone; the others do, too.
SMILEY
I hate waitin' for the phone to
ring, don't you?
(silence; but:)
There it is!
(picks up, into phone:)
Hello?
(to others)
Yep, it's Him.
(into phone)
Yessir. Yessir. All systems are
go. Vaya con Dios to you, too,
sir.
He hangs up, turns beaming to the followers.
SMILEY (CONT'D)
Well, it's gonna be a heck of a
storm, boys and girls!!
Wild APPLAUSE, shouts, whistles. Smiley grows louder and
more impassioned.
SMILEY (CONT'D)
Forty days and forty nights! The
flood waters will wipe out all of
mankind, but that which floats with
us in the ark! (X)
JIMMY
(in horror)
Oh man, it's just like Waterworld.
LOIS
Except much cheaper.
Smiley yanks a lever on the device. A horrible, THROBBING
SOUND and a thick blue beam shoots from the machine
straight up and explodes through a skylight in the- (X)
ceiling. Smiley whirls on the narrow draped area. (X)
SMILEY
Darlin'! We are about to be joined
together once more!
The cylindrical drape rises to reveal Cassandra Smile (X)
her 60's, inside a plastic tube, frozen in a pose of
suspended animation.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"JUST SAY NOAH" (#5) FULL PINK Rev. 8/18/95 48.
57 CONTINUED: 57
SMILEY (CONT'D)
(emotionally)
Hello, Mama.
Lois and Jimmy shrink back, scared.
58 INT. LOIS' APARTMENT - NIGHT 58
Lights are low. As Clark stares, Star begins rocking back
and forth. She swings her head back and forth, then (X)
suddenly it goes rigid and her eyes fly open. (X)
STAR
(somber and dramatic)
I am the citizen Landicus,
philosopher and prophet. Who
seeketh me?
CLARK
Uh... I do.
STAR
(as prophet)
Seeker, surely thou hast summoned
me because thou art a thinker and
prophet also, eager for an exchange
of thought and prophecy?
CLARK
Well no, actually, I wanted you to
read this piece of paper.
Star just looks at him, deadpan.
59 INT. WAREHOUSE - WITH JIMMY AND LOIS - NIGHT 59
They hurry back along the curtained platform, round a corner
and stare at the storage area of plastic tubes in which have
been placed several people, among them the Sitkowitz's.
Lois and Jimmy stagger forward, moving through the tubes,
when:
JIMMY
Lois!
She's stunned to see Perry White, suspended in his tube.
--page break--
"JUST SAY NOAH" (#5) FULL PINK Rev. 8/18/95 49.
60 THE SMILEY AREA 60
SMILEY
Alright, look lively, folks! Load
"em up!!
The Attendants jump up.
61 LOIS AND JIMMY 61
Look at each other in fright as we hear APPROACHING FEET.
LOIS
They're coming.
62 SMILEY 62
He makes adjustments to his machine, and outside there is
THUNDER and LIGHTNING. Now he smiles as Attendants start
wheeling tubes toward the ramp up to the arc. Suddenly:
SMILEY
Hold it.
Scowling, he approaches the tubes.
SMILEY (CONT'D)
Here's a couple of 'Chosen Ones' (X)
who didn't make the cut. (X)
63 NEW ANGLE 63
reveals Jimmy and Lois, "hiding" in plastic tubes. They
glance at each other. Smiley opens a port in the tube and:
SMILEY
Female Hawk, I distinctly recall
eliminatin' you from the New Dawn.
LOIS
You're right. Sorry. I'm really
not worthy. Let's go, Jimmy.
SMILEY
I can see I gotta do a little
better job of eliminatin'.
64 INT. LOIS' APARTMENT - NIGHT 64
Clark holds the scrap of paper before Star's face.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"JUST SAY NOAH" (#5) FULL PINK Rev. 8/18/95 50.
64 CONTINUED: 64
STAR
(studying page, as
prophet)
The language is ancient. Aramaic.
It is a passage... from what you
call The Dead Sea Scrolls.
(reads)
'The end of all flesh is come
before me; for the earth is filled
with violence through them; and
behold, I will destroy them from
the earth. They entered the ark,
male and female, and the Lord shut
them in...'
CLARK
Isn't that the story of Noah and
the Ark?
STAR
(as prophet)
Verily.
CLARK
(with growing alarm)
Smiley's nabbing couples... 'Two (X)
of every kind,' that guy said... (X)
Oh man, he thinks he's Noah.
Outside, a huge hit of THUNDER and LIGHTNING. Clark stares.
65 SMILEY 65
Smiley holds a hand microphone. He cranks a wheel on the
machine and the SOUND INTENSIFIES.
SMILEY
This storm's the daddy of 'em all,
my friends!
66 EXT. WAREHOUSE ROOFTOP - LOIS AND JIMMY - NIGHT 66
They are tied to an enormous lightning rod. A large speaker
rests nearby, and from it issues SMILEY'S VOICE. The blue
beam shoots through a skylight near them and in the b.g. (X)
are pitchforks of lightning.
SMILEY (V.O.)
... I sure wouldn't wanna be
anywheres near a lightning rod...
But then, that's just me.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"JUST SAY NOAH" (#5) FULL PINK Rev. 8/18/95 51.
66 CONTINUED: 66
JIMMY
Lois, he can't really flood the
earth, can he?
LOIS
No Jimmy. It's the turning us into
toast thing that has me worried.
THUNDER, LIGHTNING. Lightning bolts flash near, they wince.
JIMMY
(emotionally
Well, since this it, I'm gonna
confess. I used to have a I little
crush on you. In fact, I had this
dream...
She stares around at him in disbelief.
67 EXT. NIGHT SKY - WITH SUPERMAN 67
Flashes of LIGHTNING, crackles of THUNDER. He squints up (X)
ahead and, then dives down. (X)
68 OMITTED 68
69 WAREHOUSE ROOF 69
Lois sits dazedly staring at Jimmy.
JIMMY
... And then you took my hand and
said, 'Jimmy, _I_ can make a man of
you...'
70 INTERCUT WAREHOUSE 70
Smiley cranks up the wheel of the machine.
71 WAREHOUSE ROOF 71
Lois and Jimmy cower as lightning bolts SIZZLE in the sky
near the rod. Suddenly, Superman alights on the roof just
as there's an enormous boom of THUNDER and a flash of
LIGHTNING. A bolt of lightning strikes the rod, Superman
grabs it, the whole rod glows and the glowing passes down
the rod, through Superman's arm, until his body glows and
the lightning discharges into the roof, just missing Lois
and Jimmy. He quickly frees them, as:
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"JUST SAY NOAH" (#5) FULL PINK Rev. 8/18/95 52.
71 CONTINUED: 71
JIMMY
Uh Lois, panic makes a man say
strange things. If you could just
sorta forget what I...
LOIS
Trust me.
72 INT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT 72
The Attendants have once again begun wheeling the tubes,
which are now all clustered at the base of the ramp. Smiley
is looking joyfully about, when:
SUPERMAN (O.S.)
Alright, Smiley. Shut it off.
73 NEW ANGLE 73
As Smiley spins, spots Superman hovering near the beam. (X)
SMILEY
You can't stop this! This day has
been foretold!
SUPERMAN
Only by you, Smiley. And that's
not enough.
Superman flies into the beam, forcing it back down toward
the machine. Smiley tries turning up the power and the (X)
NOISE INTENSIFIES, but Superman continues forcing the beam (X)
down into the device, which suddenly EXPLODES in a shower of
sparks and smoke, its THROBBING SOUND winding down to a dull
THUD. Outside, the THUNDER and LIGHTNING ends. Lois and
Jimmy rush in from outside.
SMILEY
Just brilliant! You've ruined
everything! That machine was the
source of all power in the New
Dawn!
(indicates tubes)
It was going to bring them back! (X)
Now they'll all die! (X)
He rushes to the foot of his mother's tube.
SMILEY (CONT'D)
(emotionally)
Mama, forgive me. (X)
--page break--
"JUST SAY NOAH" (#5) FULL PINK Rev. 8/18/95 53.
74 SUPERMAN, ROOM - VARIOUS ANGLES 74
Superman pans his eyes from cylinder to cylinder, his HEAT
VISION making each glow with a faint HISS. The occupants of
each tube slowly open their eyes, begin to stretch and move.
Finally, we come to Perry White.
PERRY
(groggy)
Olsen! Late edition get put to
bed?
(then)
Alice? Honey? You alright? No,
don't try to talk...
WIDEN to include Alice's tube, her face and part of her body
hidden by a pile of crates. One of her hands reaches out
toward Perry, touches the side of her tube. He smiles.
75 SMILEY 75
He looks up to see his mother glaring down at him.
CASSANDRA
Lawrence. You've been a very (X)
naughty boy.
CUT TO:
76 INT. LOIS' APARTMENT - NIGHT 76
Superman and Lois float down to the window, step inside.
She turns to face Superman, smiles shyly.
SUPERMAN
Smiley had pretty much given up on
people finding happiness together.
I haven't. Have you?
LOIS
(gently touches his face)
No.
SUPERMAN
But we do seem to keep messing up.
Why is that?
LOIS
Well, first of all, people mess up.
But I think adjusting to this whole
idea of marriage on top of...
everything else we're adjusting
to... is making us both a little
nuts.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"JUST SAY NOAH" (#5) FULL PINK Rev. 8/18/95 54.
76 CONTINUED: 76
SUPERMAN
So...
LOIS
So maybe we should just take a
little break from the idea of
marriage. Not even say the 'M'
word. And just be in love.
SUPERMAN
I can do that.
LOIS
It's a lot of pressure... That
'forever' thing...
SUPERMAN
Lois...
LOIS
What?
SUPERMAN
It's not the 'M' word that makes it
forever for me.
(beat)
My love's forever because... It
just is.
She stares at him, swept away. He kisses her and FLOATS off
into the night.
LOIS
Wow.
_THE END_
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