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Un couple de millionnaire libère un prisonnier pour qu'il vole de la kryptonite afin de pouvoir ajouter Superman à leur collection. Le couple kidnappe Loïs en la faisant passer pour morte afin de coincer Superman. Ils sont enfermés tout près l'un de l'autre et ils commencent à discuter.
Il trouve quand même le moyen de s'enfuire et libère Loïs après avoir enfermé le couple. De retour au Daily Planet, tout le monde est heureux de les voir en vie.
Note : 8.5/10
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Titre VO
Don't Tug On Superman's Cape
Titre VF
Superman sonne toujours deux fois
Première diffusion
05.11.1995
Première diffusion en France
21.05.1996
_LOIS & CLARK_
_The New Adventures of Superman_
"Don't Tug On Superman's Cape"
Written by David Simkins
Directed by Steven Dubin
_CAST_
CLARK KENT/SUPERMAN
LOIS LANE
JIMMY OLSEN
PERRY WHITE
MARTHA KENT
JONATHAN KENT
AMBER LAKE
TIM LAKE
BAD BRAIN JOHNSON/OLD BIDDY
DR. PETERSON KLEIN
POLICE WOMAN
STAFFER
TV ANNOUNCER (V.O)
NEWSMAN (V.O)
_LOCATIONS_
_INTERIORS_: _EXTERIORS_:
Daily Planet Daily Planet Alley
Newsoom
Perry's Office S.T.A.R. Labs
Lois's Apartment Theatre
Clark's Apartment Lakes' Mansion *
Lois's Car Lake's Cafe
Lakes' Lair *
Kent Farmhouse
_TEASER_
FADE IN:
1 INT. LOIS'S APARTMENT - DAY - (CLARK'S NIGHTMARE) 1
Replicate "I Love Lucy" black and white look and feel.
JONATHAN and MARTHA, are center stage, bound and gagged (X)
back-to-back and wrapped in enough dynamite to level a
building. A wired-up big brass wind-up clock TICKS toward
twelve.
MUSICAL STINGER. LAUGHTRACK. "Uh-ohs" from the AUDIENCE.
CLARK enters blithely as Ricky (baggy suit, conga drum,
accent).
CLARK
Lo--is, I'm home! I had a train
derailment in Canada, an orphanage
fire in London, and a dam broke in
India. What's for dinner?
Senses something odd, sees Jonathan and Martha and jumps,
startled. LAUGHTRACK.
CLARK (CONT'D)
Oh, my gosh! (X)
(removes their gags)
What happened?
JONATHAN
Lex Luthor!
MARTHA
The rat!
CLARK
Where's Lois?!
JONATHAN
She was here a second ago.
MARTHA
Probably scared witless, the poor
thing.
(CONTINUED)
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1 CONTINUED: 1
CLARK
Don't worry. I'll have you out of
that in no time.
Clark WHIRLS into Superman. APPLAUSE (as if the
ubiquitous "Lucy" guest star has just made an entrance --
Superman holds for the audience).
SUPERMAN
Let's see now... do I disconnect
the black wire or the white wire?
LOIS (O.S.)
(remember the Mighty
Mouse theme?)
Here I come to save the day!
LOIS BOUNDS from the bedroom wearing a homemade "Super"
costume. She's got a Lucy bandana and curls, a big "SW" on (X)
her chest.
LOIS
TAA-DAAAA!
Jonathan and Martha SCREAM in shock. Superman stands
horrified. The AUDIENCE GOES WILD!
LOIS (CONT'D)
What do you think?
SUPERMAN
What do I think? Lois, you got (X)
some 'splainin' to do!
LOIS
'Superwife!'
(points at the "SW")
If we're gonna be married, that (X)
means we're partners, and that
means _I'm part of the act_!
SUPERMAN
Lo--is! There are things I do you (X)
_can't_ do! Me Superman! (X)
LOIS
Me Superwife! (X)
JONATHAN
Us 'super' in trouble! Could you
two argue about this later and get
us outta here!
(CONTINUED)
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1 CONTINUED: 2 1
Lois Jumps to the clock, grabs it up and its dangling black
and white wires. Superman grabs at the wires. They tussle
and tug-o-war.
SUPERMAN LOIS
I knew this was You can protect
coming! First me; you always
you know who I do. And maybe I
am! Next you're can't fly or stop
flying with me! bullets with my
Next you're gonna chest, but I'll
end up in a whole bet it's
heck of a lot of something I could
trouble! learn...!
The phone RINGS shrilly. The wires POP from the clock. (X)
LOIS
Uh-oh.
HYSTERICAL AUDIENCE. Jonathan and Martha BLOW UP in a (X)
comic "flashpot" explosion. Lois stands dazed and
smoke-smudged. Superman wears that wild-eyed, eyebrows to
the ceiling look Ricky made famous. As the smoke clears --
SUPERMAN
AY, CARAMBA! You 'sploded them. (X)
LOIS
(patented Lucy whine)
Oh, Clark-ieee. Lemme 'splain why
they 'sploded... (X)
The phone continues to RING!
SMASH CUT TO:
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2 INT. CLARK'S APARTMENT - DAWN - DAY #1 2
Clark snaps awake. Nightmare freak-out. Grabs the phone.
CLARK
Hola.
3 INT. LOIS'S APARTMENT - DAWN - INTERCUT THE PHONE CALL 3
Lois at her desk. Tense. Phone in hand.
LOIS
Clark? You okay?
CLARK
Yeah. Just, uh, dreaming. I
think. What's up?
LOIS
I've got a nightmare for you.
Remember Bad Brain Johnson?
CLARK
How could I forget?
LOIS
Remember his vendetta?
CLARK
Against two reporters and a certain
Man of Steel who tracked him down
and put him away.
LOIS
That's the one.
CLARK
He's in prison.
LOIS
Nope.
CLARK
(weary)
When did he break out?
LOIS
Two hours ago. Perry just called.
Thought we oughta know.
CLARK
I'll be right over.
He hangs up.
--page break--
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4 WITH LOIS 4
As she hangs up her phone.
LOIS ... hola?
FADE OUT:
_END OF TEASE_
--page break--
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_ACT ONE_
FADE IN:
5 EXT. MANSION - ESTABLISHING - DAY 5(X)
Grounds, gates, these are wealthy people. (X)
6 INT. CORNER OF LAKES' DEN - DAY 6(X)
We don't see much of this rich room as TIM and AMBER LAKE, (X)
a handsome, in love couple, assist an OLD BIDDY through the
front door.
AMBER
Here we are. Safe and sound. (X)
OLD BIDDY
(creaky)
Wonderful.
AMBER
Tim, my pet, could you get the (X)
door?
TIM
Certainly, Light of my Life. (X)
He pushes a button and a secret panel rises to reveal a (X)
gloomy chamber beyond. (X)
AMBER
You go ahead and get comfy.
OLD BIDDY
(suddenly snarling)
Get me outta this get-up!
The Biddy rips away glasses, wig, teeth, revealing BAD BRAIN
JOHNSON, a haunted sociopathic genius.
TIM
Bad Brain, can I get you something
to drink?
Bad Brain rips open velcro fasteners, peels off the dress, (X)
revealing prison dungarees beneath. (X)
BAD BRAIN JOHNSON
First I want some answers. Who are
you? Why'd you bust me out?
_Talk_! Or I'm gonna kill ya, call
a cab, and motor my butt to
funkytown for a little R and R.
(CONTINUED)
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6 CONTINUED: 6
Tim smiles, gestures toward the chamber.
TIM
Would you... please?
6A INT. LAKES' LAIR - DAY 6A
A shadowed room of indefinite size containing exhibits and
displays: the bizarre and extraordinary.
TIM
The reason behind your liberation,
Mr. Johnson, is that Amber and I
believe you might possess something
we hope to find very useful.
BAD BRAIN JOHNSON
What is that?
AMBER
A thirst for vengeance.
BAD BRAIN JOHNSON
We wouldn't be talking about Klutz
Kent, Nosy Lane, and Super Duper,
now would we?
AMBER
Yes.
TIM
We would.
AMBER
As to who we are, well, did you
happen to catch the articles in
_Esquire_, _Forbes_ or _Vanity_
_Fair_ while you where in prison?
BAD BRAIN JOHNSON
Actually, I'm a _Popular_
_Mechanics_, _Slaughterhouse Digest_
kind of guy.
AMBER
We're rich people, Bad Brain. (X)
TIM
Rich people with a hobby.
They move past museum-like spotlit items.
(CONTINUED)
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6A CONTINUED: 6A
TIM (CONT'D)
We're driven to... collect. Rare
and unusual, one-of-a-kind things.
Possession is our passion.
BAD BRAIN JOHNSON
An impassioned possession
obsession?
NOTE: We don't need to see the following items. They're
just referenced during the walk and talk.
TIM
(gestures)
On your left there... that's the
original draft of the Magna Carta.
AMBER
(gestures)
These are the arms of the Venus
deMilo.
TIM
And that block of ice...
AMBER
Walt Disney.
BAD BRAIN JOHNSON
You're kidding.
TIM
Hey. We wished upon a star --
AMBER
-- and paid a fortune.
TIM
This room is full of treasures. No
one knows they're here. They're
just for us.
AMBER
Now we want to add something else
to our collection.
TIM
But Kent, Lane and Superman stand
in our way.
BAD BRAIN JOHNSON
And you want me to do your dirty
work.
(CONTINUED)
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6A CONTINUED: 2 6A
TIM
... yes.
BAD BRAIN JOHNSON
(rubs his hands together)
I love dirty work.
The Lakes are pleased.
BAD BRAIN JOHNSON (CONT'D)
(sees stuff in corner)
What's that?
Tin flicks a switch. Lights REVEAL a strange stash of
KILLING MACHINES. One in particular snags our attention, a
steel platform flanked by two vertical poles wrapped-with
copper cable.
BAD BRAIN JOHNSON (CONT'D)
(stunned)
That's my stuff.
TIM
Yes, B.B. The fantastic electronic
gadgets... (X)
AMBER
... you made famous in your crime
career. (X)
BAD BRAIN JOHNSON
How'd you find my secret lair? (X)
It's secret.
TIM
We queried a few of your former
cronies.
BAD BRAIN JOHNSON
Blabber mouths. I'll kill them.
AMBER
Oh, don't worry about that, really.
(gestures to the stash)
Did we do well?
BAD BRAIN JOHNSON
Ah. The Electro-Whammy. Did you
know the human body is an
electro-chemical engine? If you
amplify its current, resonate it,
and kick it over with a little
household AC... Zap! Ashes to
ashes.
(CONTINUED)
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6A CONTINUED: 3 6A
TIM
How about a demonstration?
BAD BRAIN JOHNSON
We'd need a guinea pig.
AMBER
I believe we've got one.
Amber presses button on remote control. The Electro-Whammy (X)
BURSTS to life. Bad Brain has a split-second to register
TOTAL SHOCK. A CRACK OF LIGHTNING, A BLAST OF LIGHT, and
he's reduced to a smoldering pile of sizzling ashes.
AMBER (CONT'D)
Phase One...
TIM
Complete.
Bad Brain is dead. Tim and Amber kiss.
7 INT. THE DAILY PLANET - DAY 7
A POLICE WOMAN with a cardboard box.
POLICE WOMAN
Perry White?
Staffers turn. Lois and Clark at their desks. PERRY dashes
from his office wearing the ugliest tie imaginable.
PERRY
(rushes to the cop)
Thank God. They finally got here.
Thank you, officer.
Perry grabs the box, thrusts it at JIMMY and knocks the wind
out of him. The Policewoman exits. Perry withdraws two
_heavy_ bullet-proof vests from the box.
LOIS
I'm not wearing a bullet-proof
vest.
PERRY
I want you protected.
CLARK
Perry, Superman's not going to let
anything happen to us --
(CONTINUED)
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7 CONTINUED: 7
PERRY
Well, he's not here now is he?
(misreading Lois and
Clark's eye conference)
Exactly. Wear 'em.
They take the vests.
JIMMY
(eyes the vests)
Maybe you could start a fashion
trend.
Perry glares at Jimmy and exits to his office.
JIMMY (CONT'D)
Maybe not.
LOIS
What do you have? (X)
JIMMY
No luck tracking Bad Brain through
his pals. His last three known
accomplices no longer live in
Metropolis.
CLARK
Left town?
JIMMY
Left this plane of existence. All
three murdered one week ago.
Tortured to death. No clues.
No suspects.
LOIS
Why tortured?
CLARK
Maybe somebody wanted information.
LOIS
So what we're left with, according
to the warden, is two unknown
accomplices who blasted a
well-known lunatic out of prison.
JIMMY
Speaking of lunatics, can I ask you
guys a question? What the heck is
with Perry's taste in ties lately?
(CONTINUED)
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7 CONTINUED: 2 7
CLARK
Old gifts from Alice. They're not
getting along and he thinks wearing
them will smooth things over.
JIMMY
Yesterday's tie looked like
somebody smoothed a clown over it.
With a steamroller.
LOIS
He loves her.
JIMMY
I can't imagine loving anybody
_that_ much.
Jimmy moves off. Clark HEARS A DISTINCTIVE ALARM.
LOIS
What is it?
CLARK
S.T.A.R. Labs. Something's
happening.
LOIS
What if it's Bad Brain? Can I go? (X)
CLARK
No. (X)
LOIS
C'mon, Clark, why do we go through (X)
this? We both know I'm gonna go. (X)
CLARK
Then why'd you ask?! (X)
LOIS
To be nice. (X)
Clark sighs, hustles Lois around a corner, out of sight.
WHUMPF OF AIR as Superman takes off.
8 EXT. S.T.A.R. LABS - DAY 8
Two cop cars. FOUR COPS. An ambulance. A DOZEN WOOZY
SCIENTISTS being attended to by FOUR PARAMEDICS. Lois,
wears her bullet-proof vest and paces by the front door.
Superman exits assisting DR. PETERSON KLEIN (looking (X)
freshly gassed). Gray smoke wafts from the door.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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8 CONTINUED: 8
LOIS
What happened?
DR. KLEIN
Explosions. Gas. Everybody
unconscious. Not unlike my
daughter's rehearsal dinner at El
Burrito. (X)
(clutches head) (X)
Sorry. I'm still a bit loopy. (X)
Superman, they took it all!
LOIS
Took all of what?! Was it Bad
Brain?
DR. KLEIN
We didn't see anybody.
SUPERMAN
Nobody had to.
Superman hands Lois a calling card.
9 INSERT: THE CARD 9
Caricature of a brain and whip-like spinal cord. Snarling
teeth, ferocious eyes.
9A BACK TO SCENE 9A
LOIS
His calling card.
DR. KLEIN
Was that in the Kryptonite vault? (X)
SUPERMAN
Dr. Klein --
(CONTINUED)
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9A CONTINUED: 9A
LOIS
The what?
DR. KLEIN
The vault. Where we kept the
Kryptonite for Superman --
News to Lois. She glares at Superman.
LOIS
(disbelieving)
Excuse me. You had Kryptonite
here?
DR. KLEIN
And now Bad Brain Johnson has it! (X)
Oh, my head.
Superman notes Lois's angry stare, walks her around corner. (X)
10 AROUND THE CORNER 10
Where Superman and Lois stop. (X)
LOIS
Why would you have Kryptonite?
SUPERMAN
Dr. Klein's working on a radiation
therapy. Like a vaccine. If we
can find a way to counteract its
effects, then it won't be a problem
any longer. (X)
LOIS
_If_ he can find a vaccine!?
Clark...
SUPERMAN
(glancing around) (X)
Superman.
LOIS
I can't believe you'd even let the (X)
stuff near you. Get rid of it.
Throw it into the sun! Of course
you can't now because Bad Brain's
stolen it and for all we know he's
aiming it right at you this very (X)
second!
SUPERMAN
You're angry. (X)
(CONTINUED)
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10 CONTINUED: 10
LOIS
Don't you think you should've told
me?! (X)
SUPERMAN
I don't know! I don't know how (X)
this works! Do two people tell (X)
each other _everything_? (X)
LOIS
Two people who're considering (X)
doing... what we're considering (X)
doing...? _Don't_ they? (X)
SUPERMAN
Wait, are we about to talk about (X)
that thing we said we weren't (X)
gonna talk about? (X)
LOIS
(gets a grip)
Well ... No... We said discussing (X)
marriage... combined with the (X)
other... unusual aspects of our
relationship... was making us
crazy. So we... wouldn't. (X)
Discuss it.
SUPERMAN
Okay. Fine. So we won't. (X)
LOIS
Fine! (X)
(beat)
So that leaves us... Where? (X)
SUPERMAN
(staring down)
With... that clue. (X)
LOIS
A clue. Good. (X)
Superman kneels to the curb where a layer of dirt and mud
has been imprinted with a peculiar tire tread.
SUPERMAN
A tire print. Very recent. (X)
Superman blows SUPER-COLD BREATH onto the section of muddy
track. FREEZES IT, then carves out the frozen-solid hunk of
pavement.
SUPERMAN (CONT'D)
With any luck this might put Bad
Brain back on ice.
--page break--
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11 INT. THE LAKES' LAIR - DAY 11
In stylish commando gear, Tim and Amber lay draped sexily (X)
across each other toasting their success with champagne.
The Kryptonite lies before them.
TIM
Quite a heist 'Bad Brain' pulled
off. (X)
AMBER
(amused)
He's good, alright. (X)
TIM
You know what the best part is, my
queen? (X)
AMBER
What, my centurion? (X)
TIM
We're going to own Superman. (X)
(re Kryptonite) (X)
And we don't even need this.
They laugh, clink glasses, then kiss, passionately. (X)
FADE OUT.
_END OF ACT ONE_
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_ACT TWO_
FADE IN:
12 EXT. THEATRE - DAY - (LOIS'S DAYMARE) 12
The usual traffic and PASSERSBY. The SOUNDTRACK pumps a
James Bond theme soundalike.
Clark exits the theatre in a tux, looking very James Bond.
Lois on his arm in a slinky number and spiked heels that
threaten to topple her as Clark hurries her to the curb.
CLARK
(British accent) (X)
Don't dawdle, Miss Goodbottom.
Clark reaches his Aston Martin. He opens the passenger
door, twirls her in with a flourish. Clark hurries to the (X)
driver's side and spots --
13 A BLACK SEDAN 13
Parked down the block. The driver is Bad Brain Johnson.
Grim and murderous.
14 IN THE ASTON MARTIN 14
Clark climbs in. Fires up the THROATY, RUMBLING engine.
LOIS
Did you call me 'Miss Goodbottom?'
CLARK
Unless you'd prefer to be shaken,
not stirred, I suggest you strap
in.
(reaches across Lois and
seatbelts her)
I have the definite feeling things
will be getting very cerebral.
LOIS
Could you, speak English!
CLARK
Bad Brain Johnson's behind us.
Lois cranes around, struggles to see out the rear window.
(CONTINUED)
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14 CONTINUED: 14
LOIS
(chop-socky air punches)
He's back there? Lemme at him!
I'll give him a migraine! Who does
he think he is? Busting out of
prison and making our lives
miserable?!
Clark sighs, taps his thumbs on the stick shift knob.
CLARK
In future years, Miss Goodbottom, (X)
when I'm doing a series of (X)
successful sequels and you've gone (X)
on to relative obscurity... (X)
Remember at this moment I was only (X)
thinking of you.
Clark thumbs open the stick shift knob to REVEAL a red
button labeled "Ejection Seat."
LOIS
Clark?
14A ON CLARK 14A(X)
He cocks his eyebrows provocatively. (X)
CLARK
The name is Man. Super Man.
He presses the button. An explosive BLAST and a YELL O.S. (X)
SMASH CUT:
15 INT. LOIS'S CAR - METROPOLIS STREET - DAY #2 15(X)
Lois suddenly slams the brakes at the curb, snapping out of
her daymare. Clark jolts against the dashboard.
CLARK
What's the matter?
LOIS
It's not fair!
CLARK
What isn't?
(CONTINUED)
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15 CONTINUED: 15
LOIS
Did you ever notice, in all those
movies, James Bond did all the
driving?!
CLARK
(staring)
What??
LOIS
(getting a grip)
Nothing... It's just when you get
right down to it, he did what he
did alone. All that mattered were (X)
cars. The women were hood (X)
ornaments. (X)
CLARK
(carefully)
They weren't... part of the act.
LOIS
Well... yeah...
(beat)
What made you say that?
CLARK
(too lightly)
No reason.
They smile weakly at each other.
LOIS
Who do we see next?
CLARK
(glances at list)
Tim and Amber Lake. _The_ Tim and
Amber Lake.
LOIS
Oh, the most written about, talked
about, richest, happiest couple in
the city? I don't quite see them
hanging out with Bad Brain Johnson.
CLARK
(shrugs)
That tire tread we found was an
Italian import only a few people
bought. They're on the list.
(CONTINUED)
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15 CONTINUED: 2 15
LOIS
What'd you tell 'em the (X)
interview's about? (X)
CLARK
(glancing at notes)
'How you, too, can achieve total (X)
and perpetual bliss with the one
you love.'
LOIS
Good. I was wondering how that (X)
worked. (X)
16 EXT. SIDEWALK CAFE - A SHORT TIME LATER - DAY 16
Tim and Amber, adorable, at a table with Lois and Clark.
AMBER
It's such an incredible (X)
coincidence. Just the other day (X)
we were saying how much we like (X)
your work. And that if we must (X)
be interviewed, and I suppose we
must... We'd love to be interviewed
by _you_. (X)
LOIS
And here we are.
CLARK
Just trying to find out what makes
you tick.
TIM
Oh, we definitely tick.
(gazes at Amber) (X)
Don't we, darling? (X)
AMBER
Yes, Angel. (X)
Lois and Clark stare at each other. (X)
DISSOLVE TO:
17 EXT. CAFE - A SHORT TIME LATER 17
They're finishing their meal.
TIM
Oh, we never fight.
(CONTINUED)
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17 CONTINUED: 17
AMBER
Because we think exactly alike.
CLARK
Doesn't that get a little...
TIM
Boring?
AMBER
As opposed to the half-truths, (X)
white lies, sublimated anger --
TIM
-- grudges, irritations, and (X)
constant arguments --
AMBER
-- of ninety-nine point nine (X)
percent of all the failed and
failing relationships in the world
at any given time?
TIM
It must be an emotional jungle out (X)
there.
AMBER
A courtship horror show. Glad I'm
nowhere near it, loverman.
TIM
Me too, heart of my heart.
Clark and Lois reel. Lois gets back on track. (X)
LOIS
So, let's talk about your hobbies.
TIM
Absolutely. What do you want to
know?
LOIS
We hear you collect cars. (X)
AMBER
We collect everything. (X)
TIM
Cars... We have, what, darling?
Eighty? (X)
(CONTINUED)
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17 CONTINUED: 2 17
AMBER
(gazing seductively)
Eighty-three, my pet. (X)
TIM
(Gazing back)
Your mind is a perfect crystal (X)
with facets too numerous to count. (X)
They look like they might pounce on each other. Clark
clears his throat. (X)
CLARK
Off the record, can I get your
advice on something?
TIM
What do you want to know?
CLARK
Ginelli tires? I'm thinking of
buying a set. Have you heard of
them?
TIM
Yes. Very expensive. Very good
though.
LOIS
You... own some? (X)
Something in her tone warns Tim. (X)
TIM
I bought some.
(beat)
A gift for a business acquaintance.
CLARK
Here in Metropolis?
TIM
He lives in Istanbul.
CLARK
Ah.
That "Istanbul" detail hits Lois and Clark like an
out-of-tune piano.
CUT TO:
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18 EXT. STREET OUTSIDE THE CAFE - LATER - DAY 18
Lois and Clark walk to Lois' car.
LOIS
I don't know if I suspect them (X)
because they're suspects or because
they make me want to barf.
CLARK
His eyes did do a little dance when
we mentioned those tires. But
could they have busted Bad Brain (X)
out of prison? Those two? (X)
They reach car. As they climb in:
LOIS
I think we want to find every (X)
piece of information we can on Tim
and Amber Lake.
19 EXT. THE CAFE - DAY - CONTINUOUS 19
Tim and Amber watch Lois and Clark drive off.
TIM
(musing)
Interesting. We drove the van with
Ginelli tires for our little raid
on S.T.A.R. Labs... And here comes
this Clark Kent asking about...
Ginelli tires.
AMBER
I suppose it could be just an
amazing coincidence....
TIM
Do you really think so, mon petit
chou?
AMBER
Of course not. Clark Kent's not
part of our plan, correct?
TIM
As always.
AMBER
(cheerfully)
Then let's kill him.
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19 CONTINUED: 19
TIM
Better yet, let Bad Brain Johnson
kill him.
AMBER
(sexily)
Step by step. Closer to Superman.
Tim beams delightedly, they clink champagne glasses, we...
DISSOLVE TO:
20 INT. CLARK'S APARTMENT - NIGHT #2 20
Lois and Clark, amid piles of research. Clark wears jeans,
t-shirt, Lois pants and shirt (so killing device at end of
scene mistakes her for Clark). Dregged popcorn bowl.
watching a video. It's one of those "Lifestyles" shows, (X)
with a TV ANNOUNCER'S rich, cultured voice. A shot of the (X)
Lake Mansion dissolves to Tim and Amber at a balcony (X)
railing sipping champagne. (X)
TV ANNOUNCER (V.O)
-- their love is not just a many
splendored thing! Oh no! It's a
rare and wondrous thing. Like
their shared passion for beauty and
art and everything unique. Tim and
Amber collect romance alongside
Picassos, race horses, and homes!
But the thing they treasure most is
their love for one another!
LOIS
Enough!
Lois grabs the remote and kills the VCR. Clark removes his
glasses and rubs his eyes.
CLARK
I know. I can only take so much.
(getting up)
Are they for real?
LOIS
(playfully)
Why not? They sound just like us.
Never fight, think exactly alike...
CLARK
(rueful smile, goes to
kitchen)
Yeah. Want some coffee?
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20 CONTINUED: 20
LOIS
Sure. Anyway, they don't seem (X)
like criminals, but what do I know?
(picks up glasses)
These glasses had me fooled for (X)
two years. (X)
(puts them on)
Boy, what a dope. (X)
CLARK
Hey, is it your fault I picked a (X)
brilliant disguise? (X)
(re-enters with coffee (X)
pot; looks around)
Where's Lois Lane? She was here a (X)
second ago.
She smiles, stands, puts her arms around his neck. (X)
LOIS
Are we okay? (X)
CLARK
Yeah... I think so... Aren't we? (X)
LOIS
Yeah... I think so... I just had (X)
this weird, nightmare-like flash (X)
about us today that... (X)
CLARK
You, too? I had a nightmare (X)
about us.
LOIS
I don't get it. We stopped (X)
talking about... you know... so we
don't have _that_ kind of
pressure... (X)
CLARK
Maybe we should just stop talking, (X)
period. (X)
And he kisses her. As it heats up, the SOUND of the deadly (X)
helicopter grows.
CLARK (CONT'D)
What's that?
LOIS
(approaches the window)
I don't know.
(CONTINUED)
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20 CONTINUED: 2 20
Outside Clark's apartment window, the strangest-looking
remote-controlled toy helicopter we've ever seen hovers into
view. The cockpit is a plastic brain complete with "Bad
Boy" eyes and a snarling grin. Slung below the
undercarriage is a stainless steel laser-cannon. It GLOWS
RED and emits a HIGH-PITCHED WHINE as it targets on Lois in
Clark's glasses. ON Lois' horrified reaction, (X)
FADE TO BLACK.
_END OF ACT TWO_
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_ACT THREE_
FADE IN:
21 INT. CLARK'S APARTMENT - NIGHT 21
Lois, wearing Clark's glasses, stares at the laser-chopper
powering up.
CLARK
Lois!
The laser FIRES! Clark, halfway across the room, is unable
to reach her faster than the speed of light.
The window EXPLODES! Clark uses HEAT-VISION to intercept
the laser's beam inches from Lois's face. The searing laser
splits in front of Lois's face --
--and EXPLODES CLARK'S TWO BEDSIDE LAMPS! The room is
plunged into DARKNESS! In the flashing RED STROBE of LASER
FIRE we see Clark grab Lois, shielding her in a protective
hug as --
-- the CHOPPER'S LASER GOES WILD. Clark takes numerous
LASER-HITS. Things POP and SHATTER flinging sparks and
debris down onto them.
Clark BLASTS HIS HEAT VISION AT THE CHOPPER. The chopper is
hit, sparks, loses control and plunges out of frame. We
hear an offscreen EXPLOSION.
The place is smoked up. Black zig-zag patterns on the
bedroom walls. The bedspread charred and smoking. Burned
holes on the floor, and smoky trails on the rug. Behind
where Lois and Clark stood is all that's left of Clark's
uniform closet.
CLARK (CONT'D)
Oh great. (X)
Lois stares at Bad Brain's logo, scorched into the wall. (X)
LOIS
It was Bad Brain.
CLARK
I figured.
Clark sees his laser-blasted secret closet.
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22 THE CLOSET 22
The spare uniforms lie in a burned heap on the floor.
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22 CONTINUED: 22
LOIS
So that's where you keep the
suits. (X)
CLARK
Kept. (X)
He fishes from the ashes part of one uniform.
CLARK (CONT'D)
There's one left. (X)
LOIS
Look at the cape. (X)
He holds up the cape, severed almost in half. (X)
CLARK
My mom is gonna kill me.
LOIS
I thought they were indestructible.
CLARK
Only when I'm wearing 'em. (X)
Anything close to me is contained (X)
in an aura that extends a few
millimeters beyond my skin.
LOIS
Thanks for keeping me close.
CLARK
This time. Lois, listen. That
machine mistook you for me.
(gently takes Clark's
glasses from her face)
Bad Brain will be coming for you (X)
next.
LOIS
I'll be ready.
CLARK
You'll be out of reach.
LOIS
Oh, no, now you listen partner --
CLARK
Superman doesn't have a partner.
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22 CONTINUED: 2 22
LOIS
(puts the glasses on
him) (X)
I'm talking to Clark --
Beat. They stare into each other's eyes.
CLARK
Lois, don't make my job any harder
than it has to be.
Lois reaches out to him, her gentle hand on his cheek.
LOIS
I'm not going to disappear. (X)
CLARK
I know. But how would you feel (X)
about a vacation in this great
little outta-the-way-spot I
know.... (X)
She looks at him, puzzled. (X)
23 OMITTED 23
24 INT. THE KENT FARMHOUSE - THE KITCHEN - NIGHT 24
JONATHAN KENT whips a SIZZLING pan of fried chicken off the (X)
stove.
JONATHAN
Who wants extra spicy?! (X)
WIDEN to include Lois at table, playing solitaire, Superman (X)
standing on a box, and MARTHA sewing a pristine cape onto
his shoulders. A TV on the counter puts out an old movie,
volume down.
SUPERMAN
Careful, Lois, his 'extra-spicy's' (X)
deadly. (X)
MARTHA
The rest of us have grown a (X)
tolerance over the years... (X)
JONATHAN
(to Lois)
Don't pay any attention to them. (X)
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24 CONTINUED: 24
LOIS
Sure... I'll try it...
JONATHAN
(serves her, calling out)
Gambler in the house!
MARTHA
(bites off thread)
Almost done.
SUPERMAN
I'm surprised you had so much
material. (X)
MARTHA
Well, to tell you the truth, I got
it on special. (X)
JONATHAN
So Lois, Clark says you'll be (X)
staying 'til this Barnacle Bill
gets bored and calls it quits?
SUPERMAN
Bad Brain.
JONATHAN
I can't keep up.
LOIS
No... I said I'd stay for a couple
days. But, I can't make Clark
handle this all by himself...
MARTHA
(carefully)
Oh, but honey, sometimes don't you
have to let Clark go it alone?
You're a little more likely to get
hurt...
Superman nods in agreement.
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24 CONTINUED: 2 24
JONATHAN
But, now, Martha... On the other (X)
hand, Lois is a smart woman and (X)
doesn't want to feel pushed aside, (X)
either... (X)
Lois smiles at the wisdom. Martha starts putting away (X)
sewing gear. (X)
MARTHA
(laughs)
Listen to us! You'd think it (X)
was our problem! I'm sure _you_ (X)
guys are working this stuff out if
you're talking about marriage.
(off their discomfort)
Oh, I forgot. You're not. Talking
about it. (X)
SUPERMAN
We... just thought we'd give it (X)
a rest. It was making us a little (X)
nuts. (X)
JONATHAN
See how things change, Martha? In (X)
our day, it woulda made us nuts (X)
not to talk things out. (X)
MARTHA
Lord, yes. I was nervous enough (X)
about getting married. Keeping (X)
everything in would've made my (X)
silly little fears... Gigantic. (X)
SUPERMAN
(eying Lois)
Maybe you would've even had (X)
nightmares. (X)
MARTHA
(closes sewing box)
Probably! (X)
Jonathan's eye has been caught by TV.
JONATHAN
Oh boy... Would ya look at this... (X)
SUPERMAN
Dad, turn it up! (X)
Jonathan turns up the volume. (X)
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24 CONTINUED: 3 24
NEWSMAN (V.O)
(on TV; over quake shots)
-- to repeat: an 8.4 earthquake has
just struck Beijing, China. There
are reports of hundreds of people
trapped and buried --
SUPERMAN
I've got to go. I'll be back as
soon as I can.
(to Lois)
And please. Stay here 'til I'm
back.
He FLIES OUT THE DOOR.
They see on the TV the live camera image of the Beijing
devastation. Moments later, Superman hurtles across the sky
and down into the quake-torn city.
24A ON LOIS, JONATHAN, MARTHA 24A
SHOOTING over back of TV. They stand together watching
Superman save lives. Love and pride.
NEWSMAN (V.O)
... Superman has just arrived in
the city! Rescue workers and
ordinary citizens stand cheering as
he begins singlehandedly moving
tons of rubble and twisted metal...
25 INT. THE LAKES' LAIR - NIGHT 25
CLOSE ON a "Books on CD" box. Art and graphics of Superman (X)
and the title: "The Wit and Wisdom of Superman: An
Unauthorized Collection." PULL BACK to find Tim working on
an audio editing deck, from which we hear:
SUPERMAN'S VOICE
'Your honor, Lois and Clark deserve
the credit, here. The important
thing is Bad Brain is right back in
jail, which is where we want him.'
Tim pushes buttons; we hear FAST FORWARD garble. He pushes
more buttons. Amber enters. (X)
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25 CONTINUED: 25
TIM
Listen to this, Darling. A message
for Lois Lane made from bits and
pieces of Superman's collected wit
and wisdom.
Tim presses PLAY on the tape deck and we HEAR:
SUPERMAN'S VOICE
Lois. I think. We may have. Bad
Brain. Right. Where we want him.
It sounds surprisingly smooth. Tim STOPS the tape.
AMBER
Oh, honey, that's fantastic!
TIM
(proud)
Isn't it? A few more words, and
we'll have quite an enticing little
come hither.
(looks over)
Was there anything on the news
about Kent's death? (X)
AMBER
No. This earthquake in China is a
slightly bigger deal. (X)
(smiles) (X)
And Sweetheart... Superman's over (X)
there.
(looks at Tim)
I can't think of a better time to
spring a trap.
26 OMITTED 26
27 INT. THE KENT'S KITCHEN - MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT 27
A clock on the wall puts things at 3:11 a.m. Lois with her
laptop; text onscreen. Beside her are jumbled sheafs of
paper. Lois sorts through them for mugshots of Bad Brain.
Mugshots of accomplices stamped DECEASED. A photo and bio
of S.T.A.R. Labs' Dr. Klein.
LOIS
... who's helping you, Bad Brain?
Who knew there was Kryptonite at
S.T.A.R. Labs?
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27 CONTINUED: 27
Lois's eyes drift to a newspaper clipping of Tim and Amber
Lake. She shoves the clipping aside to REVEAL --
-- a list of the Lakes' professional connections.
28 INSERT: THE PROFESSIONAL CONNECTIONS DOCUMENT 28
We read: "Lake, Tim; Chairman -- (a long list of city and
national organizations).
Beside the column is a second one headed: "Lake, Tim &
Amber; Board of Directors -- (another long list of business,
corporations, and technical research facilities).
Lois freezes. An item under the Boards of Directors snags
her focus.
29 INSERT: THE PROFESSIONAL CONNECTIONS DOCUMENT 29
Lois reads: "Scientific and Technological Advanced Research
Laboratories." Lois pencils the first letter of each word.
LOIS
S.T.A.R. Labs. They're on the
board.
30 INT. KENT KITCHEN - MOMENTS LATER 30
Lois on the phone whispering urgently so as not to wake
Martha and Jonathan.
LOIS
Right. Your earliest flight. To
Metropolis.
31 EXT. THE DAILY PLANET - DAY #3 31
Lois hurries from an airport taxi and dashes into the Daily
Planet building. REVEAL a black van parked across the
street at the curb. "Ginelli" in white letters on the
tires. Tim and Amber in the van's front seats.
TIM
(putting a cell phone and
a small tape player on
the dashboard)
Superman still in China? (X)
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31 CONTINUED: 31
AMBER
(earphone in; holding a
watchman)
Repairing the Great Wall.
TIM
Boy Scout. Well, I think Bad
Brain's ready to make his next (X)
move. (X)
(kisses her) (X)
Don't you? (X)
He steps on the gas and EXITS FRAME.
32 INT. DAILY PLANET - DAY 32
Dr. Klein at Lois's desk. Jimmy approaches.
JIMMY
Excuse me. Can I help you?
DR. KLEIN
I'm waiting for Miss Lane.
JIMMY
Lois is going to be out of the
office for a while. She and Mr.
Kent --
LOIS (O.S.)
Dr. Klein!
Lois dashes toward Dr. Klein. Staffers stare.
JIMMY
Lois?
Perry. The most hideous tie in the universe around his
neck.
PERRY
Lois?
LOIS
Dr. Klein, thanks for meeting
me -- (X)
PERRY
What are you doing here?! You're
supposed to be laying low...
Where's Clark? He okay?
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32 CONTINUED: 32
LOIS
(in a rush) (X)
He's fine.
(snares Perry's tie)
Are you?
PERRY
(grabs tie back)
Where's your bullet-proof vest?
LOIS
Dry cleaners. Lemme wear the tie.
Bullets'll run screaming.
Jimmy LAUGHS, slaps his hand over his mouth as Perry glares,
goes off. Jimmy shrugs, goes. (X)
LOIS (CONT'D)
Dr. Klein, was it possible anyone
on the Board at S.T.A.R. Labs knew
you had Kryptonite?
Klein hesitates. Worried.
LOIS (CONT'D)
Dr. Klein...
DR. KLEIN
I don't want to get anyone in
trouble.
LOIS
Doctor, this is urgent! (X)
Kryptonite's out there and so is (X)
Superman! Now, who knew?! (X)
DR. KLEIN
You must understand that research (X)
grants today are harder to come (X)
by. They offered a major donation (X)
toward my work if I would confirm
the presence of Kryptonite.
They're highly respected... on the
board... I didn't think it'd hurt (X)
for them to know. When the stuff
was stolen... I was afraid I'd be (X)
ruined. (X)
LOIS
Tim and Amber Lake. That's who it
was, wasn't it? Wasn't it?
DR. KLEIN
Yes.
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32 CONTINUED: 2 32
PHONE RINGS, Lois grabs it.
LOIS
(into phone)
Lois Lane.
SUPERMAN'S VOICE (PHONE)
Lois, I think we may have Bad Brain
right where we want him. Meet me
in the alley behind The Daily
Planet right now.
Disconnection. Lois slams down the phone, rushes for the
elevators.
LOIS
(to Dr. Klein)
Don't move!
33 EXT. THE ALLEY BEHIND THE DAILY PLANET - DAY 33
Lois moves into the alley. After a moment:
LOIS
Clar --
(oops)
Superman?
Lois sees.
34 SUPERMAN? 34
Standing in shadow. He moves down the alley, vanishes
through a gate in a fence. (X)
LOIS
Superman, what's --
She swiftly follows him, opening the gate and stepping
through.
35 END OF ALLEY - OTHER SIDE OF FENCE 35
Superman turns and REVEALS himself to be BAD BRAIN!
Chuckling insanely, wearing a costume-rental. Superman suit,
and aiming a small video camera at Lois. Lois gasps, steps
back, as:
LOIS
Bad Brain.
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35 CONTINUED: 35
BAD BRAIN JOHNSON
Don't look so shocked.
Lois is standing between the two poles of the Electro-Whammy
which were concealed by the fence.
BAD BRAIN JOHNSON (CONT'D)
On second thought... _do_.
NOTE: From here through the rest of this scene _we don't_
_see Lois_.
Bad Brain clicks a remote control and a HUGE BLAST OF LIGHT
and a CRACK OF THUNDER RATTLES the alley. Bad Brain turns
the camera to his face and LAUGHS.
BAD BRAIN JOHNSON
Two down. one to go! You're next,
Superman!
He shuts the camera down. Cuts the Bad Brain act. And
pulls his Bad Brain mask off to _REVEAL Tim Lake_. He steps
forward to INCLUDE Amber looking at the ground (presumably
at Lois's ashes).
TIM
Nice ash.
Amber laughs and slaps his shoulder.
FADE OUT.
_END OF ACT THREE_
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_ACT FOUR_
FADE IN:
36 INT. THE KENT KITCHEN - DAY 36
Lois's note in Superman's hand. "Went to Metropolis. Had
to work. Love, Lois." Martha and Jonathan in pajamas.
SUPERMAN
When did she go?
MARTHA
We don't know. We woke up and --
Superman FLIES out the door. Lois's note whirls in his
wake.
MARTHA (CONT'D)
-- she was gone.
37 INT. THE DAILY PLANET - DAY 37
Perry, Jimmy, Dr. Klein, and stunned staff are watching a
monitor (its back to us). (X)
SUPERMAN (O.S.)
Where's Lois?! (X)
They turn, as: (X)
37A NEW ANGLE 37A(X)
reveals Superman striding toward them. They all turn sadly (X)
to face him.
PERRY
(devastated)
Superman.... (X)
SUPERMAN
What's happened? (X)
Jimmy hits a button on the tape player. (X)
LOIS (V.O)
(from the tape)
Bad Brain!
Superman rushes through the crowd to the monitor. The
handheld video of Lois entering the alley and stepping in
the Electro-Whammy.
SUPERMAN
... no.
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38 ON THE MONITOR 38
Lois in the Electro-Whammy. Bad Brain's voice.
BAD BRAIN JOHNSON (V.O)
(from the tape)
Don't look so shocked. On second
thought... _do_.
Suddenly a HUGE BLAST OF LIGHT and a CRACK OF THUNDER. The
video WHITES OUT. Image returns to REVEAL the
Electro-Whammy and a pile of ash. Bad Brain's face fills
the frame.
BAD BRAIN JOHNSON
(from the tape)
Two down. One to go! You're next,
Superman!
SUPERMAN
NO!
Superman DRIVES HIS FIST THROUGH THE MONITOR. IMPLOSION
EXPLOSION AND...
DISSOLVE TO:
39 EXT. ALLEY BEHIND THE DAILY PLANET - DAY 39
Police tape surrounds the Electro-Whammy, and a chalk circle
outlines a dark smudge where Lois's "ashes" were. Superman
stands alone in the alley, the saddest we've ever seen him.
He slumps back against a post, looking around, searching (X)
for answers, as CAMERA CRANES way UP, leaving him small and (X)
alone as we...
DISSOLVE TO:
40 INT. THE LAKES' LAIR - DAY 40
Lois, unconscious, on a bed of white satin sheets. An eerie
electronic glow. Mechanical HUMMING. Her eyes flutter
open. She raises up, confused. Pain in her head. She
touches a swollen knot at the back of her scalp.
LOIS
Ow.
41 WIDEN TO INCLUDE 41
Lois's "cage". It a "Star Trek" like jail, raised a few
feet off the floor. A display case. No bars, just (X)
invisible walls of light, created by four surrounding posts.
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41 CONTINUED: 41
We'll only see the force-field when something comes in
contact (SPARK!) with it. Lois steps to the invisible (X)
shimmering wall and extends her hand. KRR-AAACK! A spark
and flash and Lois jumps back.
TIM
I wouldn't do that.
Outside the cage, Tim moves from shadow into the light.
Amber steps up behind him.
TIM (CONT'D)
Sustained contact for more than
point-three seconds will detonate
two hundred pounds of TNT directly
under your feet.
He points to an enormous bomb of dynamite and wires beneath (X)
the display.
LOIS
(fearful)
Why am I here? (X)
AMBER
We're faking your death. (X)
LOIS
Everybody thinks I'm dead?
AMBER
Especially Superman.
TIM
With a little video editing coupled
with Bad Brain Johnson's very (X)
public hatred for you, everyone
thinks you were fried in Bad
Brain's Electro-Whammy
LOIS
Where's Bad Brain?
TIM
His death we didn't fake. (X)
LOIS
You killed him?
AMBER
Right after we broke him out of
prison.
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41 CONTINUED: 2 41
TIM
He was superfluous.
AMBER
We wanted you.
TIM
As a means to an end. Superman's.
LOIS
What's going on?
AMBER
We're collectors. You're the
honey, honey. Superman's the bee.
42 EXT. S.T.A.R. LABS - DAY 42
Dr. Klein, looking distraught, paces in front of the
entrance as the ALARM SCREAMS. A sudden WHOOSH! and
Superman appears.
SUPERMAN
What's happening?
Klein punches a code into the alarm panel beside the door
and the ALARM shuts off.
DR. KLEIN
I didn't know how else to reach
you. I know she was your friend. (X)
I'm so desperately sorry... (X)
SUPERMAN
(quietly)
Thank you. (X)
DR. KLEIN
Did Miss Lane tell you about the
Lakes? (X)
SUPERMAN
No.
DR. KLEIN
It was right after they asked (X)
about the Kryptonite that the (X)
robbery happened! Isn't the (X)
robber the one who killed Miss
Lane? (X)
Suddenly galvanized, Superman FLIES OFF. (X)
CUT TO:
--page break--
"DON'T TUG ON SUPERMAN'S CAPE" FULL Blue 8/30/95 43.
43 INT. LAKE'S DEN - DAY 43(X)
Tim and Amber are enjoying afternoon coffee and pastries. (X)
TIM
Well, where is he, for heaven's (X)
sake? How long does it take to
put all the pieces together? (X)
A WHOOSH, they both look.
AMBER
Apparently not long. (X)
43A ANGLE TO INCLUDE SUPERMAN 43A(X)
Livid, he stalks toward them. (X)
TIM
Delightful to see you, Superman. (X)
Cafe Latte? (X)
Superman hoists Tim up by his collar.
AMBER
Maybe he prefers decaf.
SUPERMAN
Where's Bad Brain?
Tim points to the wall panel behind them. (X)
TIM
Well, we can't help you with Bad
Brain, but I think you'll agree we (X)
have something much more (X)
interesting in here. (X)
Amber pushes a button which starts the panel rising. (X)
44 INT. THE LAKES' LAIR - DAY 44
Superman, Amber, Tim, step into the space. (X)
SUPERMAN
What're we doing here, Lake? I'm (X)
not in the mood for guessing (X)
games. (X)
AMBER
But are you in the mood for this? (X)
She hits a light switch to reveal: (X)
--page break--
"DON'T TUG ON SUPERMAN'S CAPE" FULL Blue 8/30/95 44.
44A INCLUDE LOIS 44A(X)
She's in her cage, blinking in the sudden light. (X)
LOIS
Cla... Superman! (X)
SUPERMAN
(stunned) (X)
Lois! (X)
He rushes to her, reaches out. The CRACKLE and SPARK as he
touches the force field. He stares at it.
TIM
So near and yet so far. (X)
Superman and Lois stand staring at each other, incredible (X)
love stuff passes between them.
LOIS
It's a trap.
SUPERMAN
I know.
LOIS
They've got Kryptonite.
SUPERMAN
I don't care.
Tim and Amber over at the entrance. He hits a button on a
wall panel and a digital readout begins ticking down.
TIM
You've got thirty seconds. Mess (X)
with the timer, she dies. Break
the light-field, she dies. Try to
disarm the bomb, and clean our
clocks, she still dies. The only
way to save her --
Tim throws a switch and illuminates an identical cage
across from Lois's. (X)
TIM (CONT'D)
-- is to become part of our (X)
collection.
AMBER
Forever.
LOIS
Don't do it.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"DON'T TUG ON SUPERMAN'S CAPE" FULL Blue 8/30/95 45.
44A CONTINUED: 44A
SUPERMAN
It's the only way to keep you
alive.
LOIS
Would you stop? The world needs (X)
you! (X)
SUPERMAN
And I need you. (X)
TIM
(sing-song)
Ten seconds and counting... (X)
LOIS
But you'll be trapped. Caged. (X)
SUPERMAN
I'll be with you. (X)
AMBER
Two seconds. (X)
Superman deliberately steps up into his prison. (X)
LOIS
(hollow)
... No.
The timer shuts off. His cage lights up.
TIM
Lift off. (X)
AMBER
We did it!
Superman and Lois watch them from their separate cages.
TIM
See, Superman, we wanted you alive,
and Lois is the lock on your cage. (X)
If either one of you breaks the
light-field on your cages, Lois
gets it. No matter how fast you
fly, Superman, you'll set it off.
Tim re-arms the bomb from the wall panel and enters another
sequence. A light-grid appears on the floor surrounding the
cages.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"DON'T TUG ON SUPERMAN'S CAPE" Pink Rev. 9/1/95 46.
44A CONTINUED: 2 44A
TIM (CONT'D)
The floor has just become a
minefield. Anybody tries to rescue
YOU... I think-you get the idea.
We'll talk about your feeding
schedule later.
(offers his arm to Amber)
Amber? How about a drink?
AMBER
I'm buying.
TIM
One last detail.
Tim reaches for the Superman costume he used to dupe Lois.
With a R-I-I-I-P he separates the cape from the suit.
AMBER
With the two of you and Clark (X)
dead, no one'll come looking for
you. (X)
TIM
And since Bad Brain did it, no
one'll come looking for
AMBER
(re Tim)
Isn't he wonderful?
(then)
Welcome to Forever. (X)
With sly grins, they exit the lair, the panel closing. The
lights sink around the cages, leaving them lit and dismal in
the gloom. A long silence.
LOIS
(emotionally)
This isn't how I pictured growing
old together.
(beat)
You gave up everything in your
life. For me.
SUPERMAN
Without you, it wouldn't have been
a life.
44B WIDER 44B
They stand facing each other, both reaching out, almost
touching the "walls" of their prison.
--page break--
"DON'T TUG ON SUPERMAN'S CAPE" FULL Blue 8/30/95 47.
45 INT. PERRY'S OFFICE - DAILY PLANET - DAY 45
Perry and Jimmy. Shell shocked.
PERRY
(sadly)
She's gone, Jimmy. I'll never get (X)
used to that. (X)
(looks up) (X)
We heard from Clark yet?
JIMMY
No. Why didn't Lois just stay
hidden?
PERRY
Lois is a very... was a very
headstrong woman.
JIMMY
Superman will find Bad Brain. I'd
hate to be in his shoes. But I'd
love to be there when Superman
kicks his --
PERRY
Where is Superman? Is he even on the case?
JIMMY
My guess... he's somewhere...
bumming. Big time.
A KNOCK on Perry's door.
PERRY
Come in only if it's good news.
A STAFFER opens the door. A cardboard box in hand.
STAFFER
Package for you, Mr. White.
46 THE BOX 46
As Perry opens it to REVEAL Superman's cape within topped
with one of Bad Brain's calling cards. Scrawled across it:
"Third one's a charm!"
Perry, disbelieving, pulls the cape out and a small chunk of
Kryptonite falls into his hand.
PERRY
... oh my God.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"DON'T TUG ON SUPERMAN'S CAPE" FULL Blue 8/30/95 48.
46 CONTINUED: 46
JIMMY
(empty) (X)
... he's dead. Superman is dead.
47 INT. THE LAKES' LAIR - NIGHT #3 47
Lois and Superman sit in their separate cages, both facing
CAMERA. (X)
LOIS
I was thinking. (X)
SUPERMAN
About? (X)
LOIS
Little things. About all the (X)
silly, stupid little things I let (X)
bother me. That I kept inside and (X)
let keep us apart. (X)
SUPERMAN
I know... I was the same way. (X)
LOIS
Your parents were right. Not (X)
talking about fears makes 'em (X)
worse than they are! (X)
SUPERMAN
(sheepishly)
I guess you don't really wanna be (X)
Superman, do you... ? (X)
LOIS
(surprised smile)
No! (X)
(beat)
And... you probably see me as more (X)
than a hood ornament... (X)
SUPERMAN
(a sad laugh)
I don't even own a car. (X)
They stare longingly at each other. (X)
SUPERMAN (CONT'D)
God, I wish I could touch you. (X)
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"DON'T TUG ON SUPERMAN'S CAPE" Pink Rev. 9/1/95 49.
47 CONTINUED: 47
LOIS
(gently)
You can touch me with your words.
(beat)
Ever since we met, or at least ever
since I took the time to listen,
something about you has always made
sense to me. Even when most of who
you were didn't make sense, there
was this deep down part of you that
did. That's the part that touches
me. And makes sense out of life. (X)
SUPERMAN
(anguished)
Lois...
Her eyes glisten with tears. She smiles softly.
LOIS
I know.
(beat)
I know.
DISSOLVE TO:
47A INT. LAIR - HIGH ANGLE - NIGHT 47A
Lois lies crumpled in her cage, asleep. CAMERA CRANES DOWN
to find Superman thinking furiously. We MOVE IN TIGHT on
him, and:
SUPERMAN
(fiercely determined)
Lois... Wake up.
47B LOOSER 47B(X)
as she stirs.
LOIS
(groggy)
Huh?
SUPERMAN
I'm getting us out of here.
LOIS
_What_?!
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"DON'T TUG ON SUPERMAN'S CAPE" FULL Blue 8/30/95 50.
47B CONTINUED: 47B
SUPERMAN
I can fly around the world in
minutes, right? Well, I've always (X)
thought... in theory... I ought to (X)
be able to focus that energy and (X)
vastly increase my speed. (X)
LOIS
How will speed help us escape? (X)
SUPERMAN
Because if I can gear up my speed (X)
and shift its direction back and
forth, I'll vibrate. Vibrate so (X)
fast I can displace my molecular (X)
structure. (X)
LOIS
(alarmed)
And turn yourself into a mass of (X)
loose molecules..?!
SUPERMAN
... And pass through the force
field. (X)
LOIS
What if it doesn't work?!
SUPERMAN
I don't know. This is
semi-theoretical. (X)
LOIS
It's semi-suicidal!! (X)
(quietly)
Tell me the truth. Could this (X)
kill you? (X)
SUPERMAN
(a beat)
I don't know. (X)
LOIS
A few hours ago, you wouldn't let
me die for you! What makes you
think I'd let you die for me?! (X)
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"DON'T TUG ON SUPERMAN'S CAPE" Pink Rev. 9/1/95 51.
47B CONTINUED: 2 47B
SUPERMAN
At least this has a _chance_. (X)
(smiles)
Lois, that's what you and I
together are all about -- taking
a chance.
Superman focuses deep within himself, stares at his arm, it
begins to VIBRATE, then BLUR. He moves it into the force
field. A look almost like pain crosses his face, he
withdraws his arm, panting, drained.
LOIS
See, it doesn't work! Clark, it's
just too hard...
Superman wraps his cape tightly around himself, braces
himself, gives her one last wistful smile.
SUPERMAN
Remember. I love you.
LOIS
No! Clark. Don't!
Superman takes a breath, holds it. He focuses, then begins
to vibrate. Subtle at first. Then faster until he's nearly
a blur. And then it happens. His body begins to "smear" in
three dimensional space. Features indistinct. Colors
blending. Lois stares wide-eyed. Superman's shape becomes
almost transparent, vibrating faster and faster until he's a
cloud of color and light.
He moves forward. Nears the wall of laser-light. Lois
grimaces expecting the end. Superman enters the light wall.
The light wall glows as he passes through it, continues to
glow with a strange MOAN, and Lois fears he'll never emerge,
but finally he does. He is nearly transparent now, features
contorted almost in pain as he wills himself back together.
LOIS
Come back to me.
Finally he grows corporeal, hovering above the floor.
Exhausted.
LOIS (CONT'D)
You did it! You did it!
But he's weak, hovering above the booby-trapped floor.
Barely conscious, he dips lower and his cape almost scrapes
the floor.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"DON'T TUG ON SUPERMAN'S CAPE" Pink Rev. 9/1/95 52.
47B CONTINUED: 3 47B
LOIS (CONT'D)
Superman! Clark! Listen to me.
Don't touch the floor. Honey?
You've gotta fly. _Stay_ _above_
_the_ _floor_!
Superman lifts a little. Begins to slowly make his way
toward the control panel near the door.
LOIS (CONT'D)
That's it. You got it. C'mon.
You're doing great!
Superman reaches the control panel. He peels back a steel
plate to REVEAL SIX OPEN JUMPERS stacked vertically. A
two-inch gap between each jumper.
LOIS (CONT'D)
What's that?
SUPERMAN
(weakly)
A problem. If you touch the force
field, a spark is sent across one
of these jumpers and the bomb goes
off. But I don't know which one.
Five are dummies. Only one is
live.
LOIS
So what do I do?
SUPERMAN
Touch the force field.
LOIS
What? (X)
CLARK
I'll spot the right circuit and (X)
keep it from closing.
Superman raises two stiff fingers in front of the jumpers.
LOIS
(staring nervously at
force field)
Are you faster than electricity?
He looks back at her with a resigned smile.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"DON'T TUG ON SUPERMAN'S CAPE" Pink Rev. 9/1/95 52A.
47B CONTINUED: 4 47B
LOIS (CONT'D)
Yeah, yeah, I know... Take a
chance.
(takes a deep breath)
On three. I mean, I'll do it on
three. You know, 'one, two,
oomph!'
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"DON'T TUG ON SUPERMAN'S CAPE" FULL Blue 8/30/95 53.
47B CONTINUED: 4 47B
SUPERMAN
Okay.
LOIS
I won't actually say 'three.' (X)
SUPERMAN
_Lois_... (X)
LOIS
Here I go. One... Two...
Oomph! Lois sticks her hand through the light-field. The
SPARK jumps from the second gap. Superman's fingers are
already three. SPRAKK! The current flies back down the way
it came and blows up the control panel. The LIGHTS on the
cages flicker out. The floor's minefield goes dark. Lois
jumps from the cage. Superman slumps still weakened.
LOIS (CONT'D)
Clark! (X)
48 INT. LAKE'S DEN - NIGHT 48(X)
Tim and Amber, alone, sipping champagne. Loving looks. An
ALARM goes off, they leap up.
AMBER
What's happening?
TIM
There's a problem in the zoo. (X)
49 INT. THE LAIR 49
Tim and Amber rush through the entrance and see the empty
cages. Superman stands before them. (X)
TIM
Whoops.
LOIS (O.S.)
You got that right.
Lois leaps from the shadows and with several LIGHTNING (X)
MOVES she kicks, belts and flips Tim and Amber into Kung-Fu
dreamland.
LOIS
(breathless)
... have a nice rest... of your
lives... in prison!
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"DON'T TUG ON SUPERMAN'S CAPE" FULL Blue 8/30/95 54.
49 CONTINUED: 49
SUPERMAN
You know, you looked like you
enjoyed that? (X)
LOIS
(shaking out sore hand)
Well, don't worry, it's not (X)
something I'd make a career out (X)
of... (X)
(then)
Why don't we... call the cops and (X)
go somewhere and... Talk? (X)
SUPERMAN
Yeah... We've got a lot of
'splainin' to do. (X)
LOIS
Excuse me? (X)
SUPERMAN
I'll... tell you all about it. (X)
And he scoops her off, starts off, we... (X)
DISSOLVE TO:
50 INT. THE DAILY PLANET - DAY #4 50
CLOSE ON the front page of that day's edition of _The Daily_
_Planet_. Big photo of Tim and Amber in cuffs being dragged
in separate directions by cops. They're clinging to each
other desperately. The headline reads "Perfect Couple
Perfectly Evil." SUDDENLY the page is ripped down the
middle forever splitting Tim and Amber Lake. Lois, having
done the ripping, appears between the two halves of the
front page.
LOIS
With any luck, that'll be the last
time Tim and Amber Lake ever see
each other.
51 WIDEN TO INCLUDE 51
Perry, Jimmy, Clark, the staff. Everybody bursts into
APPLAUSE and CHEERS. "Welcome Back!" banners strung
between pillars.
PERRY
Great job! You two want a lifetime
contract, you let me know!
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"DON'T TUG ON SUPERMAN'S CAPE" Pink Rev. 9/1/95 55.
51 CONTINUED: 51
CLARK
Actually, we're working on that.
LOIS
Definitely.
Clark pulls away to watch the revelry. Perry steps up.
PERRY
Now I know you two have had a
little difficulty in the past few
weeks.
We're okay, Perry.
PERRY
And you'll stay okay. As long as (X)
you face things together. (X)
(raises glass)
So. Here's to being... together. (X)
LOIS
I'll drink to that. (X)
The staffers toast, APPLAUD. Clark steps over to his desk.
52 AT CLARK'S DESK 52
Clark opens his drawer and takes out the engagement ring
box. Opens it, looks at the ring, and at Lois laughing in
the happy crowd. Clark sees Jimmy watching him with a grin.
CLARK
What do you think?
JIMMY
C.K.... there's no time like the
right time.
Clark smiles and CAMERA RISES TO INCLUDE A BANNER: "Lois and
Clark -- Welcome Back!"
_THE END_
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