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Trois nazis se réveillent pour découvrir l'Amérique et voir Superman en action. Dix ans plus tard, ils veulent dominer le monde et ils veulent que l'Amérique devienne nazie.
Loïs et Clark voient un accident, à l'intérieur de la voiture, un homme agonise mais leur révèle qu'une bombe explosera dans un grand bâtiment à Métropolis. Superman se rend dans cette ville mais ne trouve rien, quant à l'homme, il demeure introuvable...
Les nazis décident de tuer Loïs et Clark qui les empêchent de faire leur travail. Superman se retrouve dans une mine où une bombe nucléaire doit exploser. Ils croient qu'il n'a pas survécu mais son corps est maintenant radioactif...
Pour enlever les radioactifs, Superman doit se rendre près du soleil mais pendant ce temps, Loïs se fait prendre alors qu'elle se rendait à la cachette des nazis. Heureusement, Superman arrive à temps pour tout sauver...
Note : 9.5/10
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Titre VO
SuperMann
Titre VF
Superman contre les nazis
Première diffusion
26.11.1995
Première diffusion en France
28.05.1996
LOIS & CLARK
The New Adventures of Superman
"SuperMann"
Written by Chris Ruppenthal
Directed by James Bagdonas
_CAST_
CLARK KENT/SUPERMAN
LOIS LANE
JIMMY OLSEN
PERRY WHITE
STEVE LAW*
HANK WEST*
LISA ROCKFORD
SENATOR TRUMAN BLACK
SKIP WALLACE
DR. KLEIN
VOSS
WILLIAM STOCKDALE
KAREN
NED
SPORTSCASTER
REPORTER
TV ANCHORMAN
_LOCATIONS_
_INTERIORS_: _EXTERIORS_:
Daily Planet Daily Planet
Newsroom
Perry's Office Metropolis Street
Near Car
Lois's Apartment
Garage
Bunker
Lois's Apartment Street
S.T.A.R Labs
Mine Shaft
Mine Chamber
Speedy Ambulance Garage*
Trade Tower Basement
_TEASER_
FADE IN:
INT. BUNKER - DAY - FLASHBACK
SUPER ON SCREEN: TWO YEARS AGO
We're deep under Metropolis in a long abandoned coal mine.
Heavy, forgotten machinery hums. The room is sturdily
constructed. Three rectangular iron boxes, seven feet long,
three feet wide, connected by pipes to the machinery, gather
dust. Slowly a series of analog clocks register May 7,
1993 on the side of the machinery. There's a shift in
pitch; fluids are pumped, electric voltage is increased, and
LIGHTS flick on inside the three boxes. The lids
automatically CREAK open; clouds of liquid nitrogen boil
upwards in evaporation and three naked bodies are revealed.
A man. A woman. Another man. All blond, in their
mid-20's, and athletically built. And all alive. As the
CAMERA DOLLIES over and past them, it comes to rest on the
inside the cover of the last creche: the Nazi eagle
clutching a swastika.
2 EXT. GARAGE - 1430 SHEPPERTON STREET, METROPOLIS - DAY 2
The three Nazis emerge blinking into the sunlight, the first
they've seen in almost fifty years. Their names are
"STEVE", "LISA", and "HANK". Lisa inhales deeply, savoring
the air as they all look in guarded wonder.
LISA
(slight German accent)
We made it.
They all grin. THEN WE SEE A SHOT FROM THE EPISODE "NEVER (X)
ENDING BATTLE" IN SEASON 1: Across the street, a crane lifts
a large billboard advertsing the Daily Planet into position
on the front of a building.
(BACK TO ORIGINAL FOOTAGE:) Hank quickly crosses to a Daily (X)
Planet newspaper dispenser and rapidly, but carefully, reads
the instructions, digs in his pocket and produces a quarter.
He puts it in, but the thing still doesn't work. He jiggles
the handle, frustrated.
HANK (X)
Ha. Some things never change.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SUPERMANN" (#9) Pink Rev. 10/10/95 2.
2 CONTINUED: 2
With a sharp twist, Steve wrenches the door open in a move
slightly more powerful than an average person's.
STEVE
There.
Hank frowns as he reaches in for a paper. Lisa coughs a
warning and Hank and Steve notice a MAN staring at them.
STEVE (CONT'D)
What're you staring at, bub?
The Man quickly turns away. Hank divides up the paper and
they each eagerly scan a section. Hank studies the paper's
headlines. "Democrats and Republicans Deadlocked over
Budget." "Congress votes new pay raise."
LISA
We lost.
HANK
(to himself)
And America won.
STEVE
But we will correct that. Nothing
can stop _us_.
Suddenly, there's a commotion that causes them to turn.
MORE FOOTAGE FROM "NEVER ENDING BATTLE": The rope
supporting the billboard starts to fray. A LITTLE GIRL
loses her teddy bear underneath it. Her GRANDMOTHER tries
to pull her away, but the little girl runs back for it.
Superman, flying overhead, spots the danger and swoops down.
Just as the rope breaks, he lands, catches the billboard,
and saves the Little Girl. Bystanders clap and cheer.
BACK TO THIS EPISODE'S FOOTAGE: Hank, Steve and Lisa stare
in amazement.
STEVE
(in German)
Gott im Himmel. Ein Super Mann. (X)
(pronounced
"zuper-mann")
HANK
(sotto)
Speak English.
Hank, Steve and Lisa crane their necks as OFFSCREEN Superman
streaks upwards.
STEVE
A super man. (X)
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 3.
2 CONTINUED: 2
They look around in alarm at all the people who smile and
then calmly go about their business.
HANK (X)
What if there are more like him in
America?
STEVE (X)
(grimly determined)
Then that is just one more obstacle
we must overcome.
LISA
(beat)
Why are his undergarments on the
outside?
A long sleek limo suddenly purrs to a stop in front of them.
They warily tense as the rear door opens. Inside, SENATOR
TRUMAN BLACK, a tanned and vibrant 64, smiles. He's the
embodiment of wealth, power and privilege. (X)
SEN. BLACK
Hail the New Reich. I'm Senator
Truman Black. We've been waiting a
long time. Won't you get in?
Hank, Linda and Steve share a glance for a moment, then (X)
they make up their mind and get in. The door closes and the
limo glides away.
FADE OUT:
_END OF TEASE_
--page break--
"SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 4.
_ACT ONE_
FADE IN:
3 EXT. DIFFERENT METROPOLIS STREET - DAY #1 3
SUPER ON SCREEN: "THE PRESENT"
LOIS and CLARK stroll towards work. From a record store's
speakers ahead of them we hear a song: "Big as the USA".
HANK (O.S.) (X)
(singing)
"My love for you is as big as the
U.S.A.,
And I love you both in the same ol'
fashioned wayyy.
I'll fight for my country and I'll
fight for you,..."
They amble in front of Chelsea Record's huge display window (X)
which features large posters promoting cowboy-hatted
country-western star Hank West and his latest smash (X)
album: "How the West was Sung". WE recognize that Hank (X)
West is Hank the Nazi. As they cross the street... (X)
LOIS HANK (X)
You know I've (singing) (X)
always liked his "Won't change my
songs. mind, I'll always
be true,
CLARK 'Cause my love
Umhmm. for you is as big (X)
as the U.S.A."
Clark holds a copy of that morning's Daily Planet. He
proudly reads the headline aloud as they continue walking.
CLARK
'Four Indicted in National
Intelligence Agency Scandal. By
Lois Lane and Clark Kent.'
Lois suddenly spots a display of wedding dresses in a store
window. (PER COSTUME DEPARTMENT)
LOIS
Oh, look. Look. Isn't that
adorable? Oh, and that one, I
really like that one.
CLARK
That's nice. Yep, I bet they're
not too happy with us over at the
NIA right now. Probably kinda...
ticked.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 5.
3 CONTINUED: 3
LOIS
You know, Clark, we should be
booking a church _now_. I mean, if
you want to get married in a
church. Or, we could go
non-traditional; do it someplace
else, but not too weird because I
always kinda felt that really
wasn't me.
(beat)
Unless it was you.
Clark snaps out of a thought he'd been contemplating.
CLARK
No. No. Either way. I was just
thinking about invitations.
LOIS
Catering.
CLARK
The band.
LOIS
Oh, my God, we are so far behind.
CLARK
Lois, we haven't even set the date,
yet.
LOIS
We're late on that, too!
Clark laughs, but it's cut short by the CRUNCH of metal on
metal. They turn to see a slow moving car scrape against a
parked car and then crash to a stop against another car.
The driver slumps onto the wheel. The HORN BLARES. Lois
and Clark look at each other and run over.
4 EXT. CAR - DAY 4
WILLIAM STOCKDALE, 70, dressed in an expensive suit, leans
against the steering wheel. Clark gently pulls him back.
CLARK
Sir? Sir, are you all right?
Clark pulls his left hand away from Stockdale's chest;
there's blood on it. Stockdale is flickering in and out of
consciousness. Lois digs in her purse for her cel phone.
LOIS
I'll call an ambulance.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 6.
4 CONTINUED: 4
Suddenly, we hear the SIREN of an approaching ambulance.
STOCKDALE
(feeble)
Police. Call... police.
CLARK
Don't worry, sir. Help is on it's
way.
The ambulance arrives with a SHRIEK. On its side it reads
"SPEEDY AMBULANCE SERVICE".
STOCKDALE
(urgent; through his
pain)
No! A bomb... in the basement...
LOIS
The basement? Of what?
KAREN and NED, two mid-twenties ambulance attendants, leap
out of the ambulance and drag out a collapsible gurney.
STOCKDALE
Metropolis... Trade Tower.
They reach Stockdale and open the door to take him away.
Stockdale sees them and terror fills his eyes, but Lois and
Clark misinterpret it. They think he's disoriented.
STOCKDALE (CONT'D)
No! Help!
Karen slaps a bandage on Stockdale's chest as Ned takes his
blood pressure. (ALL THIS ACTION IS EXTREMELY FAST)
KAREN
It's going to be okay, sir.
(to Ned)
We've got a GSW, through the chest.
NED
BP dropping. Ninety sixty. Pulse
120.
(stethoscope to lungs)
No rales.
STOCKDALE
No, don't let them take me.
They're --
He's cut off by Karen slamming down a heavy oxygen mask over
Stockdale's mouth. Stockdale struggles some and then his
eyes roll up into his head. They load him onto the gurney.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 7.
4 CONTINUED: 2 4
He mumbles something, but it's incoherent.
LOIS
(to Stockdale)
They'll take good care of you.
They're taking you to the hospital.
KAREN
(smiling)
And we'll have you there in no
time.
NED
That's right!
(to Stockdale)
Don't try to speak right now. Save
your strength.
Stockdale passes out. Karen and Ned load him in the back.
Clark looks at Lois, he's got to go check out the bomb.
CLARK
Lois...
LOIS
Go.
He does, loosening his tie as he runs. Lois smiles and a
second later the ambulance shoots off, SIREN blaring. Lois
watches for a beat, then hails a cab.
LOIS (CONT'D)
Taxi!
One SCREECHES to a halt.
LOIS (CONT'D)
Metropolis Trade Tower!
5 INT. BASEMENT - METROPOLIS TRADE TOWER - DAY 5
Lois picks her way through the massive steel intestines of
the tower's heating and cooling systems.
LOIS
Superman?
SUPERMAN (O.S.)
Over here.
Lois crosses to him. He's squatting by an open space,
studying a few tiny particles of something on the floor.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 8.
5 CONTINUED: 5
LOIS
Find anything?
SUPERMAN
Nothing. I x-rayed the whole
place. Nothing... except this.
Lois gets down beside him.
LOIS
What is it?
SUPERMAN
Coal dust.
LOIS
But this is one of the most modern
buildings in Metropolis, they
wouldn't use coal for anything.
SUPERMAN
Exactly.
They look at each other.
6 INT. DAILY PLANET - DAY 6
CLOSEUP - TV MONITOR
A SPORTSCASTER interviews a quarterback in a crowded,
excited locker room after a game. Players HOOT and HOLLER,
waving their fingers in the We're Number One sign. WE are
very TIGHT on the quarterback... and we SEE that it's
Steve. Supered on the screen is: Steve Law, Quarterback, (X)
Metropolis Tigers. There's a LSPN logo in the lower right
corner.
STEVE (X)
(exuberant)
All I can say is, look out 49'ers!
We're going to clean your socks!
Boisterous CHEERS from his teammates as they move away and
the Sportscaster turns to CAMERA, grinning.
SPORTSCASTER
Well, whether Steve Law means (X)
'socks' or 'clocks', the 49'ers had
better look out because the long
arm of the Law is going to the
Superbowl!
--page break--
"SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 9.
7 ANGLE ON JIMMY - INT. PLANET 7
He watches the monitor with a handful of other staffers,
among them is SKIP WALLACE, 25, a friend of Jimmy's. skip,
basically, is a dork. He's frustrated because he has
ambitions to be a reporter and all he lacks is the talent...
which is something everyone is aware of except Skip.
REPORTER
(smiles; facetious)
Steve, nice speech. (X)
JIMMY
Hey, don't make fun of him, he's my
man. Steve can do no wrong. (X)
SKIP
He's going all the way.
REPORTER
In an alternate universe.
He leaves. Jimmy and Skip slide over to the coffee table.
SKIP
(re: Reporter)
What a dip.
JIMMY
So, Skip-meister, how's
Classifieds?
SKIP
Ads are up six percent.
JIMMY
Whoa, be still my beating heart.
SKIP
Did you get a chance to talk to
Perry?
JIMMY
Yeah. He says there aren't any
openings now, but as soon as there
is, you're the man.
SKIP
But he hired two new reporters last
week!
JIMMY
I know, but they had lots of
experience. Both of them.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SUPERMANN" (#9) Yellow Rev. 10/12/95 9.
7 ANGLE ON JIMMY - INT. PLANET 7
He watches the monitor with a handful of other staffers,
among them is SKIP WALLACE, 25, a friend of Jimmy's. Skip,
basically, is a dork. He's frustrated because he has
ambitions to be a reporter and all he lacks is the talent...
which is something everyone is aware of except Skip.
REPORTER
(smiles; facetious)
Steve, nice speech.
JIMMY
Hey, don't make fun of him, he's my
man. Steve can do no wrong.
SKIP
He's going all the way.
REPORTER
In an alternate universe.
He leaves. Jimmy and Skip slide over to the coffee table.
SKIP
(Re: Reporter)
What a dip. (X)
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 10.
7 CONTINUED: 7
SKIP
One of them used to work for
'Welding News'.
Jimmy squirms. Across the room, PERRY pokes his head out of
his office and spots them.
PERRY
Wallace! You lookin' for a pay
cut?! Get back down to your
cubbyhole! And Jimmy, where're
those shots of Lisa Rockford for
the Supermodel article?! And the (X)
ones for the gourmet pet food
piece?
JIMMY
On my way!
Perry shuts the door. Jimmy lingers a beat.
SKIP
One of these days, he's going to be
very sorry.
JIMMY
(smiles)
I hear ya.
SKIP
You know that Hank West song: (X)
"Just 'cause you got a bigger
salary, don't make you a bigger
man?" _Think about it._ And why
are we 'doing stories on pet food (X)
when people are starving in Texas?
It's un-American. And he knows
it!
Jimmy's completely lost by Skip's confusing outburst.
JIMMY
Uh... yeah. Well... I gotta put my
smaller salary butt in gear. See
ya.
Jimmy leaves. Skips stares at Perry's door, then goes.
8 ANGLE ON PERRY'S OFFICE 8
As Perry re-emerges with Senator Black and they head for the
elevators. They're both laughing over something. They're
very old friends.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SUPERMANN" (#9) Yellow Rev. 10/12/95 10.
7 CONTINUED: 7
Across the room, PERRY pokes his head out of his office and (X)
spots them.
PERRY
Wallace! You lookin' for a pay
cut?! Get back down to your
cubbyhole in Classifieds! And (X)
Jimmy, where're those shots of Lisa
Rockford for the supermodel
article?! And the ones for the
gourmet pet food piece?
JIMMY
On my way!
Perry shuts the door. Jimmy lingers a beat.
SKIP
One of these days, he's going to be
very sorry. If he'd just give me (X)
the chance, I could be a reporter. (X)
I can _spell_. (X)
JIMMY
(skeptical) (X)
I hear ya.
SKIP
You know that Hank West song: "Just
'cause you got a bigger salary,
don't make you a bigger man?"
_Think about it_. And why are we
doing stories on pet food when
people are starving in Texas? It's
un-American. And _he_ knows it!
Jimmy's completely lost by Skip's confusing outburst.
JIMMY
Uh... yeah. Well... I gotta put my
smaller salary butt in gear. See
ya.
Jimmy leaves. Skips stares at Perry's door, then goes.
8 ANGLE ON PERRY'S OFFICE 8
As Perry re-emerges with Senator Black and they head for the
elevators. They're both laughing over something. They're
very old friends.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 11.
8 CONTINUED: 8
SEN. BLACK
Now Perry, you sure I can't
persuade you to skip school and
play a little golf this afternoon?
PERRY
No can do, Truman. I've got this
rabble to keep in line.
SEN. BLACK
I think you're afraid to lose to an
old man.
PERRY
(smiling)
Would I lie to a U.S. senator?
Sen. Black smiles back as he steps into the elevator.
SEN. BLACK
You can't hide forever. See ya.
The doors close and the doors on the other elevator open.
Lois and Clark exit and head for the ramp. Perry keeps pace
with them as they walk.
PERRY
(teasing)
Listen up, everybody. Look who's
decided to join us this morning.
LOIS
Perry...
PERRY
How 'bout a big round of applause
for Lois and Clark! Let's give it
up, people!
Everyone in the newsroom applauds and whistles.
CLARK
Chief, we were on a story.
PERRY
I'll bet you were. You know, son,
I was engaged once, too. We used
to call it something different.
Lois and Clark blush. Various staffers give WOLF WHISTLES.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SUPERMANN" (#9) Gold Rev. 10/13/95 11.
8 CONTINUED: 8
SEN. BLACK
Now Perry, you sure I can't
persuade you to skip school and
play a little golf this afternoon?
PERRY
No can do, Truman. I've got this
rabble to keep in line.
SEN. BLACK
I think you're afraid to lose to an
old man.
PERRY
(smiling)
Would I lie to a U.S. senator?
Sen. Black smiles back as he steps into the elevator.
SEN. BLACK
You can't hide forever. See ya.
The doors close and the doors on the other elevator open.
Lois and Clark exit and head for the ramp. Perry keeps pace
with them as they walk.
PERRY
(teasing)
Listen up, everybody. Look who's
decided to join us this morning.
Let's give it up for Lois and
Clark!
Everyone in the newsroom applauds and whistles.
CLARK
Chief, we were on a story.
PERRY
I bet you were. (X)
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 12.
8 CONTINUED: 2 8
LOIS
(to the whole office)
Someone said there was a bomb in
the basement of the Metropolis
Trade Tower, okay? Ask the police.
Ask Superman. We're late
because we checked it out.
PERRY
So... was there?
CLARK
Um... no.
PERRY
(still teasing)
Well, that oughta be an easy story
to write up. Short and sweet.
Why, heck, I'll write it myself.
You both probably have more
important stuff to do, like... plan
a wedding, huh? Have you decided
on what kind of music you're gonna
have, yet?
LOIS
Not... exactly.
PERRY
Whoever you get, they gotta be able
to play the King. The King puts
people on the dance floor.
Jimmy arrives with several large glamour shots of Lisa; some
in swimsuits, some headshots.
JIMMY
One supermodel, coming up.
Lois glances at the photos and sags.
LOIS
Where do they make these people? (X)
CLARK
Lois, you are far better looking
than Lisa Rockford.
LOIS
See how well trained he is already?
CLARK
(smiles; to Perry)
Chief, does Alice ever say things
like that to you? I mean...
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SUPERMANN" (#9) Yellow Rev. 10/12/95 12.
8 CONTINUED: 2 8
@
LOIS
(to the whole office)
Someone said there was a bomb in
the basement of the Metropolis
Trade Tower, okay? Ask the police.
Ask _Superman_. We're _late_
because we checked it out.
PERRY
So... was there?
CLARK
Um... no.
PERRY
(still teasing)
Well, that oughta be an easy story
to write up. Short and sweet. (X)
Why, heck, I'll write it myself. (X)
Leave you the rest of the day for
more important stuff... like (X)
planning a wedding, huh. Have you (X)
decided on what kind of music
you're gonna have, yet?
LOIS
Not... exactly.
PERRY
Whoever you get, they gotta be able
to play the King. The King puts
people on the dance floor.
Jimmy arrives with several large glamour shots of Lisa.
JIMMY
One supermodel, coming up.
Lois glances at the photos and sags.
LOIS
Where do they make these people?
CLARK
Lois, you are far better looking
than Lisa Rockford.
LOIS
See how well trained he is already?
CLARK
(smiles; to Perry)
Chief, does Alice ever say things
like that to you? I mean...
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 13.
8 CONTINUED: 3 8
Too late he remembers that Perry and Alice have split. But
Perry gives a warm smile and drops his teasing tone.
PERRY
That's okay, Clark. Things between
Alice and me may not be so great
right now...
(heating up)
... particularly since I got my
first call from her _divorce_
_lawyer_ last night!
Lois clears her throat to stop Perry from veering off.
PERRY (CONT'D)
But when we were engaged...
(smiles at the memory)
I couldn't remember a single story
I wrote for six months. My feet
never touched the ground. And I've
never regretted getting married...
(poignant)
... I just regret that I haven't
been a better husband.
(shifts gears)
But you two'll do fine.
Perry smiles, turns, and charges towards his office. Jimmy
shoots after him.
LOIS
(to Clark)
He is so sweet.
CLARK
(smiles)
Yeah.
Perry stops at his door, whirls and yells back.
PERRY
(sharp)
Hey! Who told you about that
bomb?!
LOIS
(startled)
A man in a car.
CLARK
He'd been shot.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SUPERMANN" (#9) Yellow Rev. 10/12/95 13.
8 CONTINUED: 3 8
Too late he remembers that Perry and Alice have split.
PERRY
That's okay, Clark. Things between
me and Alice may not be so great
right now...
(heating up)
... particularly since I got my
first call from her _divorce_
_lawyer_ last night!
Lois clears her throat to stop Perry from veering off.
PERRY (CONT'D)
But when we were engaged...
(smiles at the memory)
I couldn't remember a single story
I wrote for six months. My feet
never touched the ground. (X)
(shifts gears)
But you two'll do fine.
Perry smiles, turns, and charges towards his office. Jimmy
shoots after him.
LOIS
(to Clark)
He is so sweet.
CLARK
(smiles)
Yeah.
Perry stops at his door, whirls and sharply yells back.
(X)
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 14.
8 CONTINUED: 4 8
PERRY
What is this, a wax museum?! Get
me the rest of that story, or
you're fired!
He slams the door behind him. Clark looks at Lois.
CLARK
(beat)
I think he's handling this Alice
thing pretty well.
Lois gives a wry smile.
9 INT. BUNKER - DAY 9
Hank, in a khaki Nazi uniform, pensively STRUMS a guitar in (X)
front of a wall of four TV monitors. On them we see (X)
newsreel footage of various Superman shots/feats (STOCK
FOOTAGE). Lisa, in her zealous, but tightly controlled way,
is dressing down Steve. (X)
LISA
(mimicking Steve) (X)
Clean their _socks_? Clean their
_socks_?!
(points at TV)
_He_ is a super man. _You_ are a
super idiot!
STEVE (X)
They barely noticed.
HANK (X)
(without looking up)
He's right. It was just the
sportscaster and fifty million
other Americans.
LISA
(to Steve) (X)
We can't afford the tiniest slip (X)
up.
HANK (X)
Maybe you should watch some Sesame (X)
Street; get the basics down again.
STEVE (X)
(hot headed) (X)
I know English as well as you do!
Besides, in two days we can drop
all this stupid pretense, so what
does it matter?
(CONTINUED)
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8 CONTINUED: 4 8
PERRY
Hey, who told you about that (X)
bomb?! (X)
Lois and Clark exchange startled looks. Before they can (X)
answer... (X)
PERRY (CONT'D)
What is this, a wax museum?! Get (X)
me the rest of that story, or
you're fired!
He slams the door behind him. Clark looks at Lois.
CLARK
(beat)
I think he's handling this Alice
thing pretty well.
Lois gives a wry smile.
9 INT. BUNKER - DAY 9
Hank, in a khaki Nazi uniform, pensively STRUMS a guitar in
front of a wall of four TV monitors. On them we see
surveillance footage, footage of various Superman
shots/feats (STOCK FOOTAGE), and Steve's locker room
interview. Lisa, in her zealous, but tightly controlled
way, is dressing down Steve.
LISA
(mimicking Steve)
Clean their _socks_? Clean their
_socks_?!
(points at TV)
_He_ is a super man. _You_ are a
super idiot!
STEVE
They barely noticed.
HANK
(without looking up)
He's right. It was just the
sportscaster and fifty million
other Americans.
STEVE
(hot headed)
What does it matter?! In two days
we can drop all this stupid
pretense!
(CONTINUED)
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9 CONTINUED: 9
LISA
(angry; to Steve) (X)
How can you be so dense?! For two
years we've been recruiting new (X)
members from all across the
country!
HANK (X)
(sarcastic) (X)
Some are even college graduates. (X)
LISA
(ignoring Hank) (X)
_Fifty years ago_ one thousand of
the chosen youth were sent here
undercover from the Fatherland.
Today they're captains of (X)
industry! Politicians! TV (X)
anchormen! Men and women of power
and influence. They have waited (X)
five _decades_ for us to appear and
lead them to the New Reich! They (X)
have spent _years_ preparing and
planting backgrounds for us;
pulling strings and smoothing the
way so we can become an overnight
success. They have made us what (X)
we are today.
HANK (X)
Celebrity freaks. Next stop, (X)
Barbara Walters. Or Oprah.
LISA
(in German)
_Sei still!_ (Be quiet! (X)
pronounced "zi steel")
(to Steve) (X)
And now you want to throw all this (X)
away because you can't be bothered
to speak correctly? You're a
disgrace!
STEVE (X)
Stockdale was one of the chosen
youth, and look how he wound up!
An old man who loved this country
more than he loved the Fatherland!
He was going to tell the world
everything until I found out and
had him stopped!
Lisa simmers as a Nazi recruit named VOSS silently enters
and drops off some papers. Voss is about 35. Hank rallies (X)
from his sarcasm and re-exerts some control. (X)
(CONTINUED)
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9 CONTINUED: 9
LISA
(angry; to Steve)
How can you be so dense?! For two
years we've been recruiting new
members from all across the
country!
HANK
(sarcastic)
Some are even college graduates.
LISA
(ignoring Hank)
_Fifty years ago_ one thousand of
the chosen youth were sent here
undercover from the Fatherland.
Today they're captains of industry!
Men and women of power and
influence. They have spent _years_
preparing and planting backgrounds
for us... setting up fake parents (X)
that say how adorable we were for (X)
interviews... (X)
(to Hank) (X)
with magazines or DJ's... (X)
manufacturing photos of childhood (X)
birthday parties... (X)
(about herself) (X)
threatening fashion editors (X)
that weren't already part of the (X)
Reich to try a new girl... (X)
(to Steve) (X)
... or bribing a coach to let a (X)
walk-on try out for the team; a (X)
_complete unknown_ who was (X)
schooled at home and never went to (X)
college... (X)
HANK
(a dig) (X)
Which would explain his bad
English. (X)
Lisa glances at Hank, but continues speaking to Steve. (X)
LISA
... they have smoothed the way so (X)
we can become an overnight success
and lead this country to the New
Reich!
STEVE
Stockdale was one of the chosen
youth, and look how he wound up!
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
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9 CONTINUED: 2 9
STEVE (CONT'D)
An old man who loved this country
more than he loved the Fatherland!
He was going to tell the world
everything until _I_ found out and
had him stopped!
Lisa simmers as a Nazi recruit named VOSS silently enters
and drops off some papers. Voss is about 35. Hank rallies
from his sarcasm and re-exerts some control.
(CONTINUED)
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9 CONTINUED: 2 9
HANK (X)
Enough. I'll take Voss and talk to
Lane and Kent and see if Stockdale
told them anything else.
(country-western accent)
Sometime folks are a lil' more open
'round celebrities.
(to Steve; normal (X)
voice)
No more slip-ups. Now smile for (X)
the cameras.
Steve starts to give a heated reply, then stops himself. (X)
He clicks his heels. Hank nods and presses a button. The (X)
TV screens change to show four (or six, if budget allows) (X)
different people, all in their mid-to-late sixties: a
four-star GENERAL, a distinguished TV ANCHORMAN, a
prosperous WOMAN BANKER and SEN. BLACK. (X)
HANK (X)
(in German)
Guten tag, meine freunde. (X)
SEN. BLACK
Guten tag, Western Reich Fuhrer Von
Hagen.
The others also smile and wait expectantly. (X)
SEN. BLACK (CONT'D)
Where are we on the Superman (X)
situation?
HANK (X)
Since all reported attempts to (X)
kill him in the past have failed, I
have decided to go with our
alternate plan: instead of trying
to assassinate him, we will
simply _banish_ him. Forever.
SEN. BLACK
Good. Once he's gone, the (X)
government and the banks will fall
in line; and where the banks go,
everyone else follows. Right,
Cynthia?
The WOMAN (CYNTHIA) smiles and nods in agreement. (X)
SEN. BLACK (CONT'D)
Then Canada and Latin America will (X)
be next. They're both weak.
(CONTINUED)
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9 CONTINUED: 3 9
HANK
Enough. I'll take Voss and talk to
Lane and Kent and see if Stockdale
told them anything before the (X)
ambulance came.
(country-western accent)
Sometime folks are a lil' more open
'round celebrities.
(to Steve; normal voice)
No more slip-ups. Now smile for
the cameras.
Steve starts to give a heated reply, then stops himself. He
clicks his heels. Hank nods and presses a button. The TV
screens change to show four (or six, if budget allows)
different people, all in their mid-to-late sixties: a
four-star GENERAL, a distinguished TV ANCHORMAN, a
prosperous WOMAN BANKER and SEN. BLACK.
HANK
(in German)
Guten tag, meine freunde.
SEN. BLACK
Guten tag, Western Reich Fuhrer Von
Hagen.
The others also smile and wait expectantly.
SEN. BLACK (CONT'D)
Where are we on the Superman
situation?
HANK
Since all reported attempts to kill
him in the past have failed, I have
decided to go with our alternate
plan: instead of trying to
assassinate him, we will simply
_banish_ him. Forever.
SEN. BLACK
Good. Once he's gone, the
government and the banks will fall
in line; and where the banks go,
everyone else follows. Right,
Cynthia?
The WOMAN (CYNTHIA) smiles and nods in agreement.
SEN. BLACK (CONT'D)
Then Canada and Latin America will
be next. They're both weak.
(CONTINUED)
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9 CONTINUED: 3 9
STEVE (X)
Then... _Europe_. (X)
TV ANCHORMAN
What about Russia? (X)
SEN. BLACK
A joke. We'll crush them like we (X)
started to in Forty-Two. Then, we
will assume our rightful place as (X)
world leader.
Sen. Black and the others on the monitors smile, as do Steve
and Lisa. Hank's face is unreadable.. (X)
FADE OUT
_END OF ACT ONE_
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_ACT TWO_
FADE IN:
10 INT. PLANET - DAY 10
Clark hangs up his phone and crosses to Lois.
CLARK
Lois, the police have no record of
the accident.
LOIS
They probably haven't filed yet.
They get busy, too, you know. Just
like Superman.
She crinkles her nose at Clark. He crinkles back.
VOSS (O.S.)
Ms. Lane? Mr. Kent?
They both turn around to see Voss in a detective-salary
suit. Next to him is a bashfully smiling Hank West in a (X)
casual country-western star outfit.
VOSS
I'm Detective Carter. And this
is...
LOIS
(impressed)
Hank West. I'm a big fan. (X)
Everyone shakes hands.
HANK (X)
(country-western accent)
Thank you, m'am. Mr. Kent. Hope
you don't mind me taggin' along.
Some Hollywood folk have an idea of
puttin' me in a dee-tective movie
and I'm kinda checkin' things out.
CLARK
No, not at all.
VOSS
I wonder if I might have a word
with both of you about the accident
you witnessed this morning?
CLARK
Sure thing. Who was that guy,
anyway?
(CONTINUED)
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10 CONTINUED: 10
VOSS
(checks notepad)
His name's William Stockdale. Age
70. I hate to bother you about
this, but it's routine, you know?
Anytime somebody reports a bomb,
we've gotta check out all the
angles. Even if there _is_ no
evidence.
LOIS
Well, ask away.
VOSS
Did Mr. Stockdale mention anything
to you besides the location of the
alleged bomb?
CLARK
No, he really didn't say much.
VOSS
What a surprise.
(routine)
Did he mention a name? Or an
address? Or something that might
indicate that someone other than
himself was involved?
LOIS
He just seemed extremely worried.
Almost terrified.
HANK
(charming)
You know, if I was playing that
role in a movie, I might've played
it terrified, too. Babbling my
head off. Maybe even using a cuss
word or two. Then I would've let
slip that one, important, vital
clue, like they always do.
LOIS
(charmed)
I _hate it_ when they do that. But
he really didn't say anything else.
CLARK
But why would he say there was a
bomb in the first place?
(CONTINUED)
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10 CONTINUED: 10
VOSS
(checks notepad)
His name's William Stockdale. Age
70. I hate to bother you about
this, but it's routine, you
know? Did Mr Stockdale mention (X)
anything to you besides the
location of the alleged bomb?
Anything that might indicate that
someone other than himself was
involved?
CLARK
No, he really didn't say much. (X)
LOIS
He just seemed extremely worried.
Almost terrified.
HANK
(charming)
You know, if I was playing that
role in a movie, I might've played
it terrified, too. Babbling my
head off. Maybe even using a cuss
word or two. Then I would've let
slip that one, important, vital
clue, like they always do.
LOIS
(charmed)
I _hate it_ when they do that. But
he really didn't say anything else.
CLARK
But why would he say there was a
bomb in the first place?
(CONTINUED)
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10 CONTINUED: 2 10
VOSS
Lemme tell ya, you get shot, your
mind's in a world of confusion. He
could've been talking about
anything; a movie, a TV show, maybe
a book he was reading last night.
HANK (X)
There're one or two bombs in this
movie they want me to do. Seems
like just about every other movie
these days has got some.
He smiles and Lois and Clark smile back. Voss closes his
notepad and grins.
VOSS
Thanks again for your time; sorry,
but we gotta make the motions, huh?
CLARK
No problem.
VOSS
And if you do remember anything,
please call.
He hands Clark his card, smiles and he and Hank leave. (X)
CLARK
Detective Carter.
Voss and Hank stop and turn. (X)
CLARK (CONT'D)
How did Mr. Stockdale get shot?
VOSS
Carjacking attempt. Happened about
a mile away while he was stopped at
a traffic light. He was probably
on his way to the hospital when he
crashed.
HANK (X)
(tips his hat)
M'am. Mr. Kent.
LOIS
Oh, Mr. West. (X)
West and Voss pause. (X)
(CONTINUED)
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10 CONTINUED: 2 10
VOSS
Lemme tell ya, you get shot, your
mind's in a world of confusion. (X)
Thanks again for your time; sorry,
but we gotta make the motions, huh?
CLARK
No problem.
VOSS
And if you _do_ remember anything,
please call.
He hands Clark his card. They smile and start to leave, but
then Clark's voice stops them.
CLARK
Detective Carter. How did Mr.
Stockdale get shot?
VOSS
Carjacking attempt.
HANK
(leaving; tips his hat)
M'am. Mr. Kent.
LOIS
Oh, Mr. West. I know you probably
hear this all the time, but I just
had to tell you: I have a cousin
who was, well, she was sort of
depressed. But when she heard your
song: 'The First Person You Can
Count On... Is Yourself,' well...
it really turned her life around.
So... thanks.
(CONTINUED)
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10 CONTINUED: 3 10
LOIS
I know you probably hear this all (X)
the time, but I just had to tell
you: I have a cousin who was, well,
she was sort of depressed. But
when she heard your song: 'The
First Person You Can Count On... Is
Yourself,' well... it really turned
her life around. So... thanks. (X)
Lois gives an embarrassed smile. Hank is geniunely (X)
touched. Voss gives a subtly cynical smile.
HANK (X)
You're welcome. (X)
He smiles again and he and Voss get in the elevator and (X)
leave. Clark turns to Lois. Lois watches Hank. (X)
LOIS
He's... kinda handsome. And (X)
taller than I thought. (X)
CLARK
(frowning) (X)
Stockdale was shot in the back. (X)
That's not likely if you're sitting
in your car.
LOIS
Maybe he was twisting to get away.
(off Clark's look)
Fine. Let's just ask him.
She picks up her phone and dials.
LOIS (CONT'D)
Hello, yes, I'd like to speak to a
Mr. William Stockdale. He was
admitted this morning around 9 A.M.
(beat; waits)
Yes, I'm certain. I saw him put in
the ambulance. Okay. Thank you.
(to Clark)
There's no record of him being
admitted.
CLARK
I kind of doubt the ambulance guys
were too busy to file _him_ this
morning.
LOIS
Unless they took him elsewhere.
Or... he didn't make it.
(CONTINUED)
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10 CONTINUED: 3 10
Lois gives an embarrassed smile. Hank is geniunely touched.
Voss gives a subtly cynical smile.
HANK
You're welcome.
He smiles again and he and Voss get in the elevator and
leave. Clark turns to Lois. Lois watches Hank.
LOIS
He's... kinda handsome. And taller
than I thought.
CLARK
(frowning)
Stockdale was shot in the back.
That's not likely if you're sitting
in your car.
LOIS
Maybe he was twisting to get away.
(off Clark's look)
Fine. Let's just ask him.
She picks up her phone and dials.
LOIS
Hello, yes, I'd like to speak to a
Mr. William Stockdale. He was
admitted this morning around 9 A.M.
(beat; waits)
Yes, I'm certain. I saw him put in
the ambulance. Okay. Thank you.
(to Clark)
There's no record of him being
admitted. (X)
(CONTINUED)
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10 CONTINUED: 4 10
CLARK
You start with the hospitals, I'll
take the funeral homes.
Clark notices Lois glancing at the elevators; then Lois (X)
notices Clark.
CLARK (CONT'D)
He wears lifts in his boots.
Clark taps his glasses to indicate he used his x-ray (X)
vision. Lois gives a wry smile. As she sits at her desk,
Skip suddenly runs up.
SKIP
Hey, is Hank West here, I heard he (X)
was up here!
LOIS
He just left.
SKIP
Man, I wish I'd been here. He is
the greatest.
CLARK
He certainly has a huge following.
SKIP
(with growing passion)
That's because he tells the truth.
He sticks up for the little guy.
And he's not afraid to tell it (X)
like it is! America used to be (X)
great, and he wants to get it back
on track.
Skip looks at them fiercely for a moment, then leaves. (X)
Lois and Clark exchange glances.
LOIS
Yikes. (X)
CLARK
Yeah. (X)
11 INT. BUNKER - AFTERNOON 11
Steve leans back in a chair, feet up on the counter, (X)
watching the TV monitors. Each one portrays a different
sport, or talk show, or sitcom re-run. He laughs
contemptuously at a Perfect Strangers joke. An irritable (X)
Hank strides in, brushes Steve's feet off the counter. (X)
Steve puts them back. (X)
(CONTINUED)
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10 CONTINUED: 4 10
CLARK
(sensing a story) (X)
You start with the hospitals, I'll
take the funeral homes.
Clark notices Lois glancing at the elevators; then Lois
notices Clark.
CLARK (CONT'D)
He wears lifts in his boots.
Clark taps his glasses to indicate he used his x-ray vision.
Lois gives a wry smile. As she sits at her desk, Skip
suddenly runs up, looking around.
SKIP
Hey, is Hank West still here?!
LOIS
He just left.
SKIP
Oh, man... He's the greatest.
CLARK
He certainly has a huge following.
SKIP
(with growing passion)
That's because he tells the truth.
He sticks up for the little guy.
And he's not afraid to tell it like
it is! America used to be great,
and he wants to get it back on
track.
Skip looks at them fiercely for a moment, then leaves. Lois
and Clark exchange glances.
LOIS
Yikes.
CLARK
Yeah.
11 INT. BUNKER - AFTERNOON 11
Steve leans back in a chair, feet up on the counter,
watching the TV monitors. They all show the same Perfect
Strangers re-run. He laughs contemptuously at a joke. An
irritable Hank strides in and brushes Steve's feet off the
counter. Steve puts them back.
(CONTINUED)
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11 CONTINUED: 11
HANK (X)
We don't have time for this.
STEVE (X)
I'm studying my English.
(mimicking Larry on (X)
"Perfect Strangers")
'Balki, what's wrong with your (X)
hair?'
(mimicking Balki) (X)
'I dried it in the microwave,
cozzin.' (X)
HANK (X)
Do I have to order you?
Steve shoots up. Lisa enters during his speech. (X)
STEVE (X)
You _can't_ order me. _We_... (X)
were chosen for this. We ... were
bred for this. _We_... were _born_
for this. _We_ are the masters of
the Master Race, the true supermen.
_And not just you_.
LISA
Stop it! What happened with Lane
and Kent?
HANK (X)
They know nothing. But they're (X)
inquisitive. As are all good
reporters.
STEVE (X)
We should kill them. Why take the
chance?
HANK (X)
And draw more attention to us?
Why don't we just take out an ad? (X)
STEVE (X)
(heating up)
To put an end to their
investigation. (X)
HANK (X)
others will investigate.
(CONTINUED)
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11 CONTINUED: 11
HANK
We don't have time for this.
STEVE
I'm studying my English.
(mimicking Larry on
"Perfect Strangers")
'Balki, what's wrong with your
hair?'
(mimicking Balki)
'I dried it in the microwave,
cozzin.'
HANK
Do I have to order you?
Steve shoots up. Lisa enters during his speech.
STEVE
You _can't_ order me. _We_... were
chosen for this. _We_... were bred
for this. _We_... were _born_ for
this. We are the masters of the
Master Race, the true supermen.
_And not just you_.
LISA
Stop it! What happened with Lane
and Kent?
HANK
They know nothing. But they're
inquisitive. As are all good
reporters.
STEVE
We should kill them. Why take the
chance?
HANK
And draw more attention to us? Why
don't we just take out an ad?
(X)
(CONTINUED)
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11 CONTINUED: 2 11
STEVE (X)
By then it will be too late!
(off Hank's look) (X)
What would you have us do?! Forget
about our plan to eliminate
Superman?! Dismantle the
organization?! Settle down like
good Americans and get a mortgage
and cable TV?
(dangerous)
You actually believe those stupid
songs you sing!
HANK (X)
(heated)
Not everything here is worth
destroying!
STEVE (X)
There's nothing here worth saving!
HANK (X)
If we destroy everything, what're (X)
we going to rule, genius?!
STEVE (X)
America is morally and culturally (X)
bankrupt! They care more about (X)
their favorite soap opera than they
do about the homeless! No wonder
you have millions of fans, they're
all idiots!
HANK (X)
You don't know what you're talking
about!
STEVE (X)
Oh, I don't?! Ha! You've gone
over, just like Stockdale!
LISA
Shut up. Both of you. We're (X)
here to fight the Americans, not
each other.
Hank stays quiet; maybe he's exposed a side of him that was (X)
too dangerous to reveal. Finally, wearily...
HANK (X)
If we're going to kill them, we (X)
should blame the deaths of Lane and
Kent on someone else. Say, one of
those middle-eastern terrorist
cells.
(CONTINUED)
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11 CONTINUED: 2 11
STEVE
What would you have us do?! (X)
Forget about our plan to eliminate
Superman?! Dismantle the
organization?! Settle down like
good Americans and get a mortgage
and cable TV?
(dangerous)
You actually believe those stupid
songs you sing!
HANK
(heated)
Not everything here is worth
destroying!
STEVE
America is morally and culturally
bankrupt! They care more about
their favorite soap opera than they
do about the homeless!
HANK
You don't know what you're talking
about!
STEVE
Oh, I don't?! Ha! You've gone
over, just like Stockdale!
LISA
Shut up. Both of you. We're here
to fight the Americans, not each
other.
Hank stays quiet; maybe he's exposed a side of him that was
too dangerous to reveal. Finally, wearily...
HANK
If we're going to kill them, we
should blame the deaths of Lane and
Kent on someone else. Say, one of
those overseas terrorist cells.
(CONTINUED)
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11 CONTINUED: 3 11
STEVE (X)
Why waste an opportunity?! Why not
the National Intelligence Agency?
They must hate Lane and Kent for
their last series of articles.
We'll kill three birds with one (X)
stone.
(to Hank)
Oh. Did I say that right? (X)
LISA
Steve. (X)
(to Hank)
He's right, though. They need to (X)
be eliminated; and since you two
seem to enjoy bickering so much,
I'll take care of it myself. (X)
HANK
(mixed emotions) (X)
Death to everything then.
(salutes)
To the Reich.
STEVE AND LISA (X)
(saluting)
To the Reich!
Hank gives a thin smile. Is he envisioning the deaths of (X)
Lois and Clark? America? Or himself?
12 INT. LOIS'S APARTMENT - NIGHT #1 12
Lois and Clark enter, frustrated and tired from a long,
fruitless day of work.
LOIS
But a seventy year old man with a
gunshot wound can't just disappear
into thin air!
CLARK
Maybe he was taken to a private
doctor, or admitted under another
name.
Lois throws down her purse and valise with a crash.
LOIS
God, this makes me _so_ mad.
CLARK
Look, tomorrow we'll call the
hospitals again, and ask for --
(CONTINUED)
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12 CONTINUED: 12
LOIS
No, not that. Our wedding; it's a
disaster!
CLARK
Don't worry, Lois, it'll all work
out.
LOIS
But how? Are you going to help?
CLARK
Of course.
Lois's hand darts into her purse and pulls out a reporter's
notebook. She opens it and tears out a page.
LOIS
Good, because here's a list of all
the things that have to be done.
Here, you take this page and I'll
take the other.
CLARK
All this? Lois, it's a wedding,
not a coronation.
LOIS
Now you're backpedaling!
CLARK
No, I'm not! It's just, you know,
I can't always be around to _do_
stuff.
LOIS
Clark....!
There's a knock on the door.
JIMMY (O.S.)
Lois, it's me, Jimmy.
LOIS
(to Clark)
We'll continue this later. (X)
13 EXT. STREET - NIGHT 13
A dark, non-descript van pulls to a stop across the street
from Lois's apartment. WE see that Lisa is driving. The
Hank West song "This Ol' Country" plays on the radio. (X)
(CONTINUED)
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13 CONTINUED: 13
HANK (ON RADIO) (X)
(singing)
"Now this ol' country's great,
But before it gets too late, We
gotta put our differences aside
and stand together.
Sure we've got our faults,
our do's and should's and ought's,
But we can work it out
and last forever.
Yeah, we can work it out and last
forever."
Lisa pointedly turns down the radio.
LISA
(to herself)
Steve's right. You've gone over. (X)
She looks up through the windshield at Lois's apartment.
14 LISA'S POV - LOIS AND CLARK AND JIMMY 14
can be seen moving inside Lois's apartment.
15 BACK TO LISA 15
who makes a thin grin of satisfaction, then moves between
the front seats and disappears into the body of the van.
16 INT. LOIS'S APARTMENT - NIGHT 16
Jimmy is handing Lois out stacks of paper to Lois and Clark.
JIMMY
These are all the bomb threats the
cops got in the last couple of
years.
(a bigger stack)
And these are all the other strange
things or robberies that have been
reported.
CLARK
Looks like fun reading.
LOIS
Anything weird?
(CONTINUED)
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13 CONTINUED: 13
HANK (ON RADIO)
(singing)
"Now this 'ol country's great,
But before it gets too late, We
gotta put our differences aside
and stand together.
Sure we've got our faults,
Our do's and should's and ought's,
But we can work it out
and last forever.
Yeah, we can work it out and last
forever."
Lisa pointedly puts down the radio.
LISA
(to herself)
Steve's right. You've gone over.
She looks up through the windshield at Lois's apartment.
14 LISA'S POV - LOIS AND CLARK AND JIMMY 14
can be seen moving inside Lois's apartment.
15 BACK TO LISA 15
who makes a thin grin of satisfaction, then moves between
the front seats and disappears into the body of the van.
16 INT. LOIS'S APARTMENT - NIGHT 16
Jimmy is handing out stacks of paper to Lois and Clark. (X)
JIMMY
These are all the bomb threats the
cops got in the last couple of
years.
(a bigger stack)
And these are all the other strange
things or robberies that have been
reported.
CLARK
Looks like fun reading.
LOIS
Anything weird?
(CONTINUED)
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16 CONTINUED: 16
JIMMY
(grinning)
It's all weird; we live in
Metropolis.
LOIS
Good night, Jimmy.
JIMMY
See ya.
He leaves.
17 EXT. STREET - NIGHT 17
The van's side door slides open. Lisa hefts a rocket
propelled grenade launcher; she sights it on Lois's window.
18 INT. LOIS'S APARTMENT - NIGHT 18
Lois holds up the two stacks.
LOIS
Bomb threats or other stuff?
CLARK
I'll take 'other stuff' for fifty.
Lois smiles and hands him the stack.
19 EXT. STREET - NIGHT 19
Lisa pulls the trigger. The RPG streaks towards the window
and the two shadows behind it.
20 INT. LOIS'S APARTMENT 20
SLOW MOTION: Clark turns in alarm; he hears the RPG coming.
21 ANGLE ON WINDOW 21
SLOW MOTION: As the RPG punches through the glass.
CLARK, continuing his turn, reaches up and grabs the RPG as
it rockets across the living room; he snatches it like a
defensive back snagging an interception one-handed.
BACK TO NORMAL SPEED as Clark holds onto the RPG and Lois
reacts to the sound of breaking glass. She looks in stunned
surprise at the RPG in Clark's hand.
(CONTINUED)
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21 CONTINUED: 21
LOIS
What the --
CLARK
Later!
He spins into Superman BLURS out the window.
22 EXT. STREET - NIGHT 22
Lisa shoots away in the van, but suddenly the van slams to a
stop as it runs into Superman's outstretched hand. Superman
lifts up the RPG in his other hand and waggles it.
SUPERMAN
Lose something?
Superman smiles confidently, then notices who's driving.
Hank West's song still plays softly on the radio. (X)
SUPERMAN (CONT'D)
Miss Rockford?
Lisa glances at Superman, then clinches her jaw. Superman
walks around to her door and pulls it open. A second later
Lois runs up. Lisa's head lolls back against the seat and
her eyes close.
SUPERMAN (CONT'D)
Would you mind stepping out of the
van, please, Miss Rockford?
Lisa doesn't move. Superman is puzzled. He leans in close,
then suddenly feels for a pulse Lisa's neck. There is none.
He straightens up.
SUPERMAN
(to Lois)
She's dead.
LOIS
But how?
Superman leans in and sniffs.
SUPERMAN
Cyanide.
Lois stares at Lisa in amazement as Hank West's song swells (X)
to a finish.
(CONTINUED)
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22 CONTINUED: 22
HANK (ON RADIO) (X)
(singing)
"Sure we've got our faults,
Our do's and should's and ought's,
But we can work it out
and last for-everrrrr!"
FADE OUT.
_END OF ACT TWO_
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_ACT THREE_
FADE IN:
23 EXT. STREET - NIGHT 23
Superman and Lois are talking. Behind them, a detective and
TWO COPS inspect the van.
LOIS
I mean, it's just so bizarre. (X)
She's a _supermodel_. What would
she be doing trying to kill us?
SUPERMAN
I haven't a clue. I can't even (X)
imagine how she got a grenade
launcher.
LOIS
Maybe she got it in Milan. (X)
(off Superman's puzzled
look)
That's a joke. Stress relief?
Something us non-invulnerable
people do a lot in terrifying
situations?
SUPERMAN
She must've been pretty terrified (X)
too to take that cyanide.
LOIS
Or dedicated.
SUPERMAN
(calls to detective) (X)
If there's nothing else, I'd like
to escort Ms. Lane back to her
apartment.
The detective turns around...it's Voss. (X)
VOSS
Be my guest. (X)
24 INT. LOIS'S APARTMENT - NIGHT 24
Lois enters ahead of Superman. She's scared by her brush
with death, but also slightly charged by it. She paces
around, antsy.
LOIS
Clark...
(CONTINUED)
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24 CONTINUED: 24
SUPERMAN
I know, Lois, but it's okay.
LOIS
No, it's not that. I mean, it is,
but it isn't. It's just, all these
brushes with death; who knows
what's going to happen next? We
always think life's going to go on
and on and on, but maybe it won't.
You know what I'm saying?
Superman is getting some very strong vibes here.
SUPERMAN
Yes!
They slam together in a passionate kiss, hands everywhere.
A second later they drop out of sight behind the sofa in a
rush of urgent murmurings. All we hear are moans and
clothes shifting against clothes and then there's a knock on
the door and...
JIMMY (O.S.)
Lois, are you okay?! I just heard
what happened!
A breathless Lois pops up from behind the couch like a
teenager caught by her parents. Maybe a button is undone,
her clothes slightly askew.
LOIS
(gulping)
Um... just a minute.
There's a GUST OF AIR behind the couch that blows her hair
and then Clark pops up in his Clark clothes, looking
slightly flushed. He fumbles his glasses back on as Lois
quickly returns her clothes to normal.
JIMMY (O.S.)
I came back to tell you something I
just remembered, and then I ran
into all those cops and... and...
I'm not interrupting anything, am
I?
LOIS
No! Not at all!
Lois stumbles to her feet and waves for Clark to hurry up
and get up.
(CONTINUED)
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24 CONTINUED: 2 24
LOIS
(loudly)
Is he, Clark?
CLARK
Um, no, not at all.
Lois gives a final adjustment to herself and opens the door.
LOIS
No, we were just discussing...
those papers you brought over.
JIMMY
That's what I wanted to talk to you
about.
Lois notices a hint of Clark's Superman costume showing (X)
between buttons. She gives him the eye and he fixes it. (X)
JIMMY
There was one thing I noticed:
about two years ago, there was a
brief string of burglaries, and
attempted burglaries, where the
guys spoke German. They never
caught 'em, though. Weird, huh?
CLARK
I'd say that qualifies. Thanks,
Jimmy.
25 INT. DAILY PLANET - DAY #2 25
Perry steams up to Lois's desk where Lois and Clark are lost
in thought.
PERRY
Clark, Lois. Where's that bomb
threat story?
LOIS
We're working on it, Chief.
CLARK
Lisa Rockford tried to kill Lois
and me last night, we think they're
related.
(CONTINUED)
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25 CONTINUED: 25
PERRY
(sarcastic)
No. Really? What'd she try to do,
beat you to death with her
eyelashes?
(beat)
You're serious?
LOIS
Rocket propelled grenade through
the window. Fortunately, Superman
was there, we were talking to him
about the bomb threat.
PERRY
Lisa Rockford?! That's incredible;
I mean, it's unbelievable. This is
huge! What else have you got?!
CLARK
We traced the serial numbers from
the launcher to the National
Intelligence Agency, but --
PERRY
Lisa Rockford's a spy for the NIA?
Who's next, Madonna? No, no, the
whole thing stinks. The NIA would
never leave serial numbers on
anything. Sounds like somebody's
trying to frame 'em to me. Now if
I had half a brain, I'd check
overseas; terrorist groups, that
kind of thing, see if there's any
connection to her.
LOIS
Thanks, Perry.
Perry nods and starts away. Stops, turns.
PERRY
Say, I know I've been kind of
short-tempered and irritable
lately. I've been quick to judge
and quick to condemn. Sometimes
I've even been downright mean, and
I just want to say... you can
expect a lot more of it.
Perry almost makes it to his office door, but then he's
intercepted by Skip.
(CONTINUED)
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25 CONTINUED: 25
PERRY
(sarcastic)
No. Really? What'd she try to do,
beat you to death with her
eyelashes?
(beat)
You're serious? Lisa Rockford?
This is huge! (X)
LOIS
Rocket propelled grenade through
the window.
CLARK
We traced the serial numbers from
the launcher to the National
Intelligence Agency, but --
PERRY
That's unbelievable! Lisa
Rockford's a spy for the NIA?
Who's next, Madonna? No, no, the
whole thing stinks. The NIA would
never leave serial numbers on
anything. Sounds like somebody's
trying to frame 'em to me. (X)
LOIS
Thanks, Perry.
Perry nods and starts away. Stops, turns.
PERRY
Say, I know I've been kind of
short-tempered and irritable
lately. I've been quick to judge
and quick to condemn. Sometimes
I've even been downright mean, and
I just want to say... you can
expect a lot more of it.
Perry almost makes it to his office door, but then he's
intercepted by Skip.
(CONTINUED)
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25 CONTINUED: 2 25
SKIP
Um, Mr. White, I wonder if I might
talk to you about --
PERRY
Not now, Skip, I'm on a rampage.
Lois, who's been watching Perry, turns back to Clark.
LOIS
Supermodel or terrorist?
Supermodel or terrorist? How do
you wake up in the morning and
decide to be that?
CLARK
Good question. Let's start with
her background, see if anything
turns up.
He glances around and does a little SUPERSPEED hacking.
Suddenly he stops.
CLARK
Interesting. There's a birth
certificate on record at Mercy
hospital in Metropolis, but _no_
record of her parents checking in
or out.
LOIS
You thinking what I'm thinking?
CLARK
Maybe her birth certificate is a
plant.
LOIS
Let's see what we can do with her
fingerprints.
26 INT. BUNKER - DAY 26
Hank sits pensively behind his desk, his face a canvas of (X)
mixed emotions, watching an old Superman clip on the
monitors. Superman is at some event, saying the Pledge of
Allegiance. Steve paces nearby. (X)
STEVE (X)
She knew what she was doing!
HANK (X)
We have to postpone.
(CONTINUED)
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25 CONTINUED: 2 25
SKIP
Um, Mr. White, I wonder if I might
talk to you about --
PERRY
Not now, Skip, I'm on a rampage.
Lois, who's been watching Perry, turns back to Clark.
LOIS
Supermodel or terrorist?
Supermodel or terrorist? How do
you wake up in the morning and
decide to be that?
CLARK
Good question. Let's start with
her background, see if anything
turns up.
He glances around and does a little SUPERSPEED hacking.
Suddenly he stops.
CLARK
Interesting. There's a birth
certificate on record at Mercy
hospital in Metropolis, but _no_
record of her parents checking in
or out. (X)
LOIS
Maybe her birth certificate is a (X)
plant.
CLARK
Let's see what we can do with her (X)
fingerprints.
26 INT. BUNKER - DAY 26
Hank sits pensively behind his desk, his face a canvas of
mixed emotions, thoughtfully toying with his guitar. (X)
Steve paces nearby.
STEVE
She knew what she was doing!
HANK
We have to postpone.
(CONTINUED)
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26 CONTINUED: 26
STEVE (X)
We are an army waiting to strike!
An army doesn't stop because one (X)
soldier dies!
HANK
She wasn't just a soldier, she was (X)
one of _us_! We have been
weakened; we must be strong again
before we can strike.
STEVE (X)
The truth is, you don't want to
strike! That'd be an end to all
your adoring, cow-like fans.
HANK (X)
Stop it.
STEVE (X)
I mean, how can you like people
stupid enough to follow a
celebrity?!
HANK (X)
They're not stupid!
STEVE (X)
See?! You've turned your back on
the Fatherland!
(sneering)
All you want to do is stay on tour
and rake in your millions! It's
the American way!
HANK (X)
(leaping up)
The Fatherland is gone! The War is
gone! Don't you see?! All we are
are the last echoing _death throes_
of an idea buried fifty years ago!
STEVE (X)
No! We can still win! The idea
lives!
Steve pulls his gun and shoots... (X)
HANK (X)
No!
HANK... (X)
who's face goes wide in surprise. Then he collapses.
(CONTINUED)
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26 CONTINUED: 26
STEVE
We are an army waiting to strike!
An army doesn't stop because one
soldier dies!
HANK
She wasn't just a soldier, she was
one of _us_! We have been
weakened; we must be strong again
before we can strike.
STEVE
The truth is, you don't want to
strike! That'd be an end to all
your adoring, cow-like fans.
HANK
Stop it.
(X)
STEVE
See?! You've turned your back on
the Fatherland!
(sneering)
All you want to do is stay on tour
and rake in your millions! It's
the American way!
HANK
(leaping up)
The Fatherland is gone! The War is
gone! Don't you see?! All we are
are the last echoing _death throes_
of an idea buried fifty years ago!
STEVE
No! We can still win! The idea
lives!
Steve pulls his gun and shoots...
HANK
No!
HANK...
who's face goes wide in surprise. Then he collapses.
(CONTINUED)
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26 CONTINUED: 2 26
STEVE (X)
And I say 'yes'.
Ned, Voss and Karen run in, alarmed.
STEVE (CONT'D) (X)
Remove this traitor.
Stunned, they nevertheless bend to obey. Steve turns to (X)
the console in front of the monitors and punches several
buttons. The six screens light up again, with the same six
people as in Act One.
SEN. BLACK
Where is Western Reich Fuhrer Von
Hagen?
STEVE (X)
(hard)
He has been executed for treason.
TV ANCHORMAN
Treason?
SEN. BLACK
On whose authority?
STEVE (X)
Mine. He wanted to dismantle the
organization. Any further
questions?
Sen. Black absorbs this. The TV Anchorman is too shocked to
ask further questions. After a beat, Sen. Black speaks.
SEN. BLACK
No. If necessary, all dissenters (X)
should be dealt with that way.
STEVE (CONT'D) (X)
Good. The time has come then. (X)
(to TV Anchorman)
Do your story in exactly thirty (X)
minutes.
(salutes)
To the New Reich.
BLACK & TV ANCHORMAN
To the New Reich!
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26 CONTINUED: 2 26
STEVE
And I say 'yes'.
Voss and TWO NAZIS run in, alarmed. (X)
STEVE (CONT'D)
Remove this traitor.
Stunned, they nevertheless bend to obey. Steve turns to the
console in front of the monitors and punches several
buttons. The four screens light up again, with the same (X)
people as in Act One.
SEN. BLACK
Where is Western Reich Fuhrer Von
Hagen?
STEVE
(hard)
He has been executed for treason.
TV ANCHORMAN
Treason?
SEN. BLACK
On whose authority?
STEVE
Mine. He wanted to dismantle the
organization. Any further
questions?
Sen. Black absorbs this. The TV Anchorman is too shocked to
ask further questions. After a beat, Sen. Black speaks.
SEN. BLACK
No. If necessary, all dissenters
should be dealt with that way.
STEVE (CONT'D)
Good. The time has come then.
(to TV Anchorman)
Do your story in exactly thirty
minutes.
(salutes)
To the New Reich.
BLACK & TV ANCHORMAN
To the New Reich!
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27 INT. DAILY PLANET - DAY 27
Lois's face lights up as the computer BEEPS as it makes a
match with Lisa's fingerprint, which fills the left side of
the screen.
LOIS
Got her!
The data starts to fill the screen... except it's all in
Russian.
LOIS (CONT'D)
But it's all in Russian.
CLARK
Here, let me see.
LOIS
(sotto)
Are there any languages you don't
know?
CLARK
(grin)
Well, sometimes I have trouble
understanding you.
Lois makes a face back. Clark turns to the screen.
CLARK (CONT'D)
This is some kind of declassified
Russian military document. Let's
see, her name is Liesl
Scholtzklink. Born in Hamburg,
Germany, October seventeenth,
nineteen-twenty-one.
LOIS
What? She looks great for being
seventy-four years old.
CLARK
I know it seems impossible, but
that's what it says.
(increasing puzzlement)
Member of the Nazi party. And was
part of Operation Gotterdammerung.
He scrolls down some more.
CLARK (CONT'D)
Which was a... secret Nazi
experiment... in suspended
animation.
(CONTINUED)
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27 CONTINUED: 27
LOIS
I'd say it worked.
Perry torpedoes out of his office, with Jimmy in his wake.
He points towards the TV monitors.
PERRY
Turn that thing up!
Someone cranks up the volume on the monitor that shows a
"Special Bulletin" billboard.
PERRY (CONT'D)
Lois, Clark, get ready to roll.
The "Special Bulletin" is replaced by the face of the TV
Anchorman.
TV ANCHORMAN
This word just in, five mining
engineers are believed to be
trapped at the bottom of an
abandoned coal mine at the
Metropolitan United Coal fields.
Located in Westminster County five
miles from downtown Metropolis, the
engineers entered mine shaft number
Seventy-Three about eight-thirty
this morning to conduct a
feasibility study on reopening the
mine. Once known for its high
quality --
28 ANGLE ON PERRY, LOIS, CLARK AND JIMMY 28
Clark starts to edge away so he can change.
CLARK
I just remembered I left, uh...
LOIS
... the name of that friend of
yours, the mining engineer...
CLARK
... uh, right, in Lois's car. I'll
be right back.
Clark dashes away. Perry turns to Lois.
PERRY
Now that's what I like to see
around here, some _pep_!
(CONTINUED)
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27 CONTINUED: 27
LOIS
(beat)
I'd say it worked. How many
people'd they do this to? (X)
Perry torpedoes out of his office, with Jimmy in his wake.
He points towards the TV monitors.
PERRY
Turn that thing up!
Someone cranks up the volume on the monitor that shows a
"Special Bulletin" billboard.
PERRY (CONT'D)
Lois, Clark, get ready to roll.
The "Special Report" is replaced by the face of the TV (X)
Anchorman.
TV ANCHORMAN
This word just in, five mining
engineers are believed to be
trapped at the bottom of an
abandoned coal mine at the
Metropolitan United Coal fields.
Located in Westminster County five
miles from downtown Metropolis, the
engineers entered mine shaft number
Seventy-Three about eight-thirty
this morning to conduct a
feasibility study on reopening the
mine. Once known for its high
quality --
28 ANGLE ON PERRY, LOIS, CLARK AND JIMMY 28
Clark starts to edge away so he can change.
CLARK
I just remembered I left, uh...
LOIS
... the name of that friend of
yours, the mining engineer...
CLARK
... uh, right, in Lois's car. I'll
be right back.
Clark dashes away. Perry turns to Lois.
(CONTINUED)
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28 CONTINUED: 28
PERRY
Now that's what I like to see
around here, some _pep_!
(CONTINUED)
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28 CONTINUED: 28
He glares at Jimmy.
JIMMY
Pep's my middle name.
Jimmy manages a weak smile.
29 EXT. SKY - DAY - (STOCK SHOT) 29
Superman flies through the air.
30 EXT. MINE SHAFT 73 - DAY (STOCK SHOT) 30(X)
Superman blurs into frame and into the mine shaft. The (X)
area is deserted except for a van marked "Metropolitan
United Coal".
31 INT. MINE CHAMBER - DAY 31
(HOPEFULLY A REDRESS OF PART OF THE BUNKER SET)
Superman blurs to a stop in front of a slope of fallen rock.
SUPERMAN
Hello?!!! Can anybody hear me?
He waits a second and then starts to SUPERSPEED away the
pile of rocks. Suddenly he stops. He's uncovered something
metallic... it's an atomic bomb.
SUPERMAN (CONT'D)
What the --
BOOOOM! The bomb goes off and completely whites out the
screen.
32 INT. DAILY PLANET - DAY 32
Lois, Perry and Jimmy all react, as does everyone else, to
the slight vibration that passes through the building.
JIMMY
Did I feel what I just think I
felt?
LOIS
It felt like an earthquake.
PERRY
There hasn't been an earthquake in
Metropolis in forty years. Lois --
(CONTINUED)
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28 CONTINUED: 2 28
He glares at Jimmy.
JIMMY
Pep's my middle name.
Jimmy manages a weak smile.
29 EXT. SKY - DAY - (STOCK SHOT FROM ANY PREVIOUS EPISODE) 29(X)
Superman flies through blue sky. (X)
30 EXT. MINE SHAFT 73 - DAY (STOCK SHOT) 30
Superman blurs into frame and into the mine shaft. The area
is deserted except for a van marked "Metropolitan United
Coal".
31 INT. MINE CHAMBER - DAY 31
(HOPEFULLY A REDRESS OF PART OF THE BUNKER SET)
Superman blurs to a stop in front of a slope of fallen rock.
SUPERMAN
Hello?!!! Can anybody hear me?
He waits a second and then starts to SUPERSPEED away the
pile of rocks. Suddenly he stops. He's uncovered something
metallic... it's an atomic bomb.
SUPERMAN (CONT'D)
What the --
BOOOOM! The bomb goes off and completely whites out the
screen.
32 INT. DAILY PLANET - DAY 32
Lois, Perry and Jimmy all react, as does everyone else, to
the slight vibration that passes through the building.
JIMMY
Did I feel what I just think I
felt?
LOIS
It felt like an earthquake.
PERRY
There hasn't been an earthquake in
Metropolis in forty years. Lois --
(CONTINUED)
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32 CONTINUED: 32
JIMMY
Hey, look.
He points towards the monitors. There's a moment of static
on every channel and then suddenly all the screens display
the same image: a large American flag completely filling the
screen.
LOIS
That's amazing. It's on every (X)
channel.
PERRY
Jimmy, get me any one of those
stations, pronto!
Jimmy darts away. Suddenly, a figure rises from the bottom
of the frame, bobbing higher and higher, much like George C.
Scott did in front of the American Flag in Patton. It's
Steve in casual denim shirt and khakis. His smile is (X)
friendly, warm, personable. He's flanked by six or eight
adorable kids between six and twelve.
LOIS
That's Steve Law. (X)
STEVE (X)
(on TV)
Hi, howya doin'? For those of you
who don't know me, I'm Steve Law,
quarterback for the Metropolis
Tigers.
(chuckles)
Now, this is _not_ a plug for
football; I'm here to talk about
something much more important: the
future of our country.
JIMMY
Chief, they don't know where it's
coming from, but they can't stop
it!
PERRY
Okay! Shhh! Shhh! Shhh!
STEVE (X)
(on TV)
You know, I love this country. But
like you, in the past couple of
years I've become increasingly
worried. Everything seems to be
gettin' worse.
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
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32 CONTINUED: 2 32
STEVE (CONT'D) (X)
The crime rate is growing, and so
are taxes... but for every dollar
we pay, we seem to get less and
less from our government. The
homeless, our school systems...
He lovingly tousles the hair of a couple of kids.
STEVE (CONT'D) (X)
(on TV)
... why just about anything you
name, has suffered growing neglect.
But like my good friend Hank West
says in one of his songs, "We can
work it out and last forever." It
won't be easy, it'll take a lot of
hard work and sacrifice, but
together we can make it happen.
That's why I invite you to join me,
and the National Society for a
Better America.
Behind Steve, a huge Nazi flag dissolves through and (X)
replaces the image of the American flag. It's a Nazi eagle,
clasping a swastika, with the letters NSBA just along the
curve of the circle around the swastika.
LOIS
Is this some kind of sick joke?
STEVE
(on TV) (X)
Sure, I know you're saying, is this
some kind of joke? I assure you
it's not. I'm only one of millions
across this country who have
already dedicated their lives to
the NSBA. Now you know I mentioned
sacrifice, and right now is when
the hard work begins: we're asking
the government to turn over its
authority to the NSBA. If it
doesn't, well, it's like when
you're in school, sometimes you
have to be taught a lesson.
Nuclear warheads have been hidden
in Metropolis, Washington, D.C.,
and Los Angeles and will be
detonated in twelve hours, which is
9 p.m., Eastern Standard Time,
should the President and Congress
fail to comply.
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
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32 CONTINUED: 3 32
STEVE (CONT'D) (X)
All major corporations will also be
expected to turn over their
authority to authorized NSBA
representatives. The choice is
yours.
(smiles broadly)
Remember, together we can work it
out and last forever.
He hugs and kisses some kids.
LOIS
He's a Nazi!
JIMMY
Man, Superman is going to kick some
Nazi butt from here to Pluto!
(X)
STEVE
(on TV)
And for those of you wondering
about Superman, I'm afraid he's
been eliminated.
LOIS
No!
STEVE (X)
(Nazi salute)
Here's to the National Society.
The screen instantly changes to a full shot of the swastika.
Wagnerian-style martial music fills the air. Everyone looks
at each other, dumbstruck.
LOIS
Oh, my God.
FADE OUT.
_END OF ACT THREE_
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_ACT FOUR_
FADE IN:
33 INT. DAILY PLANET - DAY - LATER 33
Lois is near tears as she urgently speaks into her phone.
LOIS
Clark, it's _me_. Call me as soon
as you get this message.
She hangs up. Jimmy flies by a few desks away.
LOIS (CONT'D)
Jimmy, has Clark called yet?!
JIMMY
I've beeped him a million times,
but he hasn't called back.
Lois is now almost completely freaked. She grabs her purse
and starts to bolt, but is stopped by a shout from Perry.
PERRY
Lois! Where're you going?!
LOIS
I've gotta go check on Superman!
PERRY
Lois, don't go out there! I just
spoke to my buddy Jim Mooney in the
White House. The President's
meeting with his advisers right
now. He's planning to make an
announcement five minutes before
the 9 PM deadline. It doesn't look
good. People are already fleeing
Metropolis.
LOIS
I have to go!
JIMMY
Lois, S.T.A.R. Labs on line three.
Said it's urgent.
Lois stops, runs back and grabs the phone.
LOIS
Lois Lane here.
(listens)
Uh-huh, uh-huh I'll be right over.
She rushes out. Perry and Jimmy charge after her.
(CONTINUED)
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_ACT FOUR_
FADE IN:
33 INT. DAILY PLANET - DAY - LATER 33
Lois is near tears as she urgently speaks into her phone.
LOIS
Clark, it's _me_. Call me as soon
as you get this message.
She hangs up. Lois is now almost completely freaked. She (X)
grabs her purse and starts to bolt, but is stopped by a
shout from Perry.
PERRY
Lois! Where're you going?!
LOIS
I've gotta go check on Superman!
PERRY
Lois, don't go out there! I just
spoke to my buddy Jim Mooney in the
White House. The President's
meeting with his advisers right
now. He's planning to make an
announcement five minutes before
the 9 PM deadline. It doesn't look
good. People are already fleeing
Metropolis.
LOIS
I have to go!
JIMMY
Lois, S.T.A.R. Labs on line three.
Said it's urgent.
Lois stops, runs back and grabs the phone.
LOIS
Lois Lane here.
(listens)
Uh-huh, uh-huh I'll be right over.
She rushes out. Perry and Jimmy charge after her.
(CONTINUED)
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33 CONTINUED: 33
PERRY
Lois!
LOIS
Tell the President to stall!
PERRY
What?!
LOIS
Tell him to say whatever he has to,
just don't give up!
The elevator doors close. Perry whirls on Jimmy.
PERRY
Where the hell is Clark?!
34 INT. STAR LABS - DAY 34
Lois rushes into the lab past Dr. Klein and up to the solid
lead radiation isolation chamber, which looks like a dull,
grey cube. A window of foot-thick leaded glass allows you
to see inside... and inside is a pacing Superman.
LOIS
Superman!
SUPERMAN
(turns to window)
Lois!
Superman's voice comes through a small speaker set in the
wall of the chamber.
LOIS
What happened? Why are you in
here?
SUPERMAN
That coal mine disaster was a
trick; there was a nuclear bomb
down there. They set it off as
soon as I arrived.
LOIS
But... but you're okay, aren't you?
SUPERMAN
I'm fine, it's just... I'm
radioactive.
Lois turns to Dr. Klein in confusion.
(CONTINUED)
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33 CONTINUED: 33
PERRY
Lois!
LOIS
Tell the President to stall!
PERRY
What?!
LOIS
Tell him to say whatever he has to,
just don't give up!
The elevator doors close. (X)
34 INT. STAR LABS - DAY 34
Lois rushes into the lab past Dr. Klein and up to the solid
lead radiation isolation chamber, which looks like a dull,
grey cube. A window of foot-thick leaded glass allows you
to see inside... and inside is a pacing Superman.
LOIS
Superman!
SUPERMAN
(turns to window)
Lois!
Superman's voice comes through a small speaker set in the
wall of the chamber.
LOIS
What happened? Why are you in
here?
SUPERMAN
That coal mine disaster was a
trick; there was a nuclear bomb
down there. They set it off as
soon as I arrived.
LOIS
But... but you're okay, aren't you?
SUPERMAN
I'm fine, it's just... I'm
radioactive.
Lois turns to Dr. Klein in confusion.
(CONTINUED)
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34 CONTINUED: 34
DR. KLEIN
Superman has been exposed to a
particularly 'dirty' bomb. Tiny
radioactive particles are lodged in
the microscopic crevices of his
skin and inside him. And...
there's no way to get them out.
SUPERMAN
Without this shielding, anyone who
got near me would be killed
instantly.
LOIS
How long will you stay that way?
Superman looks at Dr. Klein; neither wants to say.
Finally...
SUPERMAN
Dr. Klein, will you go get me those
estimates you're running?
DR. KLEIN
(understanding nod)
Yes, of course.
He departs, leaving Lois and Superman alone. He walks past
a TV; on the TV is the Nazi swastika.
LOIS
_How_ _long_?
SUPERMAN
(beat)
Thirty thousand years.
LOIS
Clark!
Tears spring to Lois's eyes; she presses close to the glass.
LOIS (CONT'D)
This can't be happening to us!
SUPERMAN
Don't worry, Lois, we'll get
through this, just like every other
problem we've gotten through.
Superman tries to lighten the mood.
(CONTINUED)
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34 CONTINUED: 34
DR. KLEIN
Superman has been exposed to a
particularly 'dirty' bomb. Tiny
radioactive particles are lodged in
the microscopic crevices of his
skin and inside him. And...
there's no way to get them out.
SUPERMAN
Without this shielding, anyone who
got near me would be killed
instantly.
LOIS
How long will you stay that way?
Superman looks at Dr. Klein; neither wants to say.
Finally...
SUPERMAN
Dr. Klein, will you go get me those
estimates you're running?
DR. KLEIN
(understanding nod)
Yes, of course.
He departs, leaving Lois and Superman alone.
LOIS
_How_ _long_?
SUPERMAN
(beat)
Thirty thousand years.
LOIS
Clark!
Tears spring to Lois's eyes; she presses close to the glass.
LOIS (CONT'D)
This can't be happening to us!
SUPERMAN
Don't worry, Lois, we'll get
through this, just like every other
problem we've gotten through.
Superman tries to lighten the mood.
(CONTINUED)
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34 CONTINUED: 2 34
SUPERMAN (CONT'D)
Just think of it as another one of
those annoying wedding details we
have to figure out.
LOIS
It's not funny!
SUPERMAN
(dead serious)
Lois, nothing will stop me from
marrying you. I will move heaven
and earth if I have to. I love
you.
LOIS
And I love you.
They press themselves as close to the glass as they can. A
moment later, Dr. Klein returns and Lois springs back from
the glass and surreptitiously wipes her tears away.
DR. KLEIN
Yes. Well. It seems, um
LOIS
That's okay, Superman's already
told me.
DR. KLEIN
(relieved; but sorry)
We're doing everything possible.
LOIS
I know.
SUPERMAN
Lois, the NSBA. We've got to find
out where their base is before this
becomes the Fourth Reich.
LOIS
This is a _nightmare_.
SUPERMAN
(determined)
And remember, I'm going to get out
of this.
Lois gives a brave smile and leaves.
35 INT. DAILY PLANET - DAY 35
Lois impatiently urges her computer on.
(CONTINUED)
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34 CONTINUED: 2 34
SUPERMAN (CONT'D)
Just think of it as another one of
those annoying wedding details we
have to figure out.
LOIS
It's not funny!
SUPERMAN
(dead serious)
Lois, nothing will stop me from
marrying you. I will move heaven
and earth if have to. I _love_
you.
LOIS
And I love you.
They press themselves as close to the glass as they can.
After a beat, Superman speaks. (X)
SUPERMAN
Lois, the NSBA. We've got to find
out where their base is before this
becomes the Fourth Reich.
LOIS
This is a _nightmare_.
SUPERMAN
(determined)
And remember, I'm going to get out
of this.
Lois gives a brave smile. (X)
35 INT. DAILY PLANET - DAY 35
Lois impatiently urges her computer on.
(CONTINUED)
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35 CONTINUED: 35
LOIS
Come on, come on.
Jimmy approaches and looks at the screen.
JIMMY
What're you doing?
LOIS
Cross referencing the location of
all known coal mines in the greater
Metropolis area with anything we
know or suspect about the NSBA.
JIMMY
Why coal mines? That was just a
one shot deal to get rid of
Superman, wasn't it?
LOIS
Superman also found some coal dust
in the basement of the Metropolitan
Trade Tower. Two instances of coal
are too much to be a coincidence.
The computer beeps, there's a match. Lois looks at the
screen: a glowing square marks where a coal mine and an
address overlap. The address reads out in the upper right
corner: 1430 Shepperton Street.
LOIS (CONT'D)
Fourteen thirty Shepperton Street.
The computer identifies the address. Jimmy reads it.
JIMMY
Speedy Ambulance Service.
LOIS
(reading screen)
It's right over the entrance to
mine number twenty-six, Greater
Amalgamated Mines, closed in
nineteen twenty three.
Lois bolts for the elevators.
LOIS (CONT'D)
Tell Perry I'm --
Perry comes out of a back room, intercepting Lois on her
way.
PERRY
What?! Where're you going now?
(CONTINUED)
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35 CONTINUED: 35
LOIS
Come on, come on.
Jimmy approaches and looks at the screen.
JIMMY
What're you doing?
LOIS
Cross referencing the location of
all known coal mines in the greater
Metropolis area with anything we
know or suspect about the NSBA.
JIMMY
Why coal mines? That was just a
one shot deal to get rid of
Superman, wasn't it?
LOIS
Superman also found some coal dust
in the basement of the Metropolitan
Trade Tower. Two instances of coal
are too much to be a coincidence.
The computer beeps, there's a match. Lois looks at the
screen: a column of data about the NSBA is on the left; a (X)
column of coal mine locations and addresses on the right.
A glowing bar highlights two addresses that match: ON THE (X)
LEFT: 1430 Shepperton Street; Speedy Ambulance Service. ON (X)
THE RIGHT: 1430 Shepperton Street; former site of mine
Number 26, Greater Amalgamated Mines. Closed 1923. (X)
LOIS (CONT'D)
Fourteen thirty Shepperton Street. (X)
JIMMY
Speedy Ambulance Service.
LOIS
(reading screen)
They picked up Stockdale! (X)
They're right over the entrance to (X)
mine number twenty-six, Greater
Amalgamated Mines, closed in
nineteen twenty three.
Lois bolts for the elevators.
LOIS (CONT'D)
Tell Perry I'm --
Perry comes out of a back room, intercepting Lois. (X)
(CONTINUED)
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35 CONTINUED: 2 35
PERRY
What?! Where're you going now?
(CONTINUED)
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35 CONTINUED: 2 35
LOIS
I think I've found where the Nazis
are.
An elevator door opens and out come six Nazis in full
uniform, led by Skip dressed as a Nazi lieutenant.
SKIP
Going somewhere, Lois?
LOIS
Skip?!
SKIP
(smug)
Oberleutnant Wallace, if you
please.
(to Perry)
I'm here to inform you that from
now on, _you_ will be reporting
to _me_.
In a split second Perry goes from stunned amazement to
rage. He suddenly swings that big right fist of his and
decks Skip. Instantly two Nazis grab Perry as the other
four pull and point their guns.
SKIP
(getting up)
No!
PERRY
Go ahead and shoot, you little
weasel!
SKIP
I don't think you appreciate the
gravity of the situation, Perry.
_We_ are in control, now, and
despite your great personal
magnetism...
(rubs his sore jaw)
... we will struggle on without
you, if we have to.
Lois suddenly gets an inspiration from something Skip said.
LOIS
That's it!
She gets in the elevator, but stands with her back to (X)
everyone.
SKIP
Lois, get out of the elevator.
(CONTINUED)
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35 CONTINUED: 3 35
LOIS
I don't think so. You'll have to
shoot me in the back, Skip.
SKIP
Get her.
As the doors start to slide shut, two Nazis start for her,
but Jimmy charges into them, knocking them aside just long
enough for the doors to shut.
JIMMY
Lois, run!
Jimmy stops struggling only when a gun is jammed into him.
SKIP
You and you, go get her.
Two Nazis head for the stairs.
SKIP (CONT'D)
(to Perry)
Oh, by the way, from now on the
paper will be called the Daily
Reich. Catchy, huh?
Perry's and Jimmy's faces are furious.
36 EXT. DAILY PLANET - DAY 36
Lois runs out of the Planet. Two NAZIS stand on ladders (X)
leaning against the globe statue of the Daily Planet. They
unfurl a huge NAZI banner that nearly hits Lois as she runs
past underneath. She looks up in amazement, but keeps on
going. Loud speakers broadcast invitations to join the NSBA
from cars decorated with Nazi flags. All around her, Nazis (X)
hang banners and flags from light posts or store fronts.
People stand in stunned and terrified clumps on the (X)
sidewalks. A COP looks around in dismay; he's outnumbered (X)
by Nazis with guns. We have a sense that Metropolis is (X)
being held hostage. Several cars with Nazi emblems draped
on their sides or with staff flags rush by importantly.
36A ANGLE ON STOREKEEPER 36A
Who comes out and tears down a Nazi poster on his window.(x)
Immediately TWO NAZIS grab him. One roughly shoves the (X)
Storekeeper back inside as the other sticks the poster back
up.
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36B LOIS 36B
crosses the street to her car and yanks a Nazi flyer off (X)
the windshield. As she jumps in her Jeep in this world (X)
gone mad, we
CUT TO:
37 CLOSEUP - TV SCREEN 37
Steve, in a black Nazi uniform, is speaking again. (X)
STEVE (ON TV) (X)
(smiling)
... and join me, and millions of
your friends and neighbors, in.the
National Society for a Better
America. There's a new tomorrow
with the new Reich.
A breathless Lois WIPES FRAME as she enters.
38 INT. STAR LABS - DAY 38
Dr. Klein and Superman turn from watching the TV.
SUPERMAN
Lois, did you find them?
LOIS
Maybe. But there're a bunch of
goons at the Planet right now and a
couple tried to tail me. I think I
lost them, but I better be quick.
I've got an idea on how to
deradiate you.
DR. KLEIN
Technically, the term is --
LOIS
Excuse me, okay? I'm in kind of a
rush.
DR. KLEIN
Sorry.
LOIS
Anyway, I was thinking, those
little pieces of radioactivity that
are in you, it's like you've been
shot with shotgun pellets. Now if
you had a big enough magnet, you
could suck them all out of you.
(CONTINUED)
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36B LOIS 36B
crosses the street to her car and yanks a Nazi flyer off the
windshield. As she jumps in her Jeep in this world gone
mad, we...
CUT TO:
37 CLOSEUP - BOOM BOX 37
Steve's voice issues from the radio on a lab bench.
STEVE (V.O.)
... and join me; and millions of
your friends and neighbors, in the
National Society for a Better
America. There's a _new_ tomorrow
with the _new_ Reich.
A breathless Lois WIPES FRAME as she enters.
38 INT. STAR LABS - DAY 38
Dr. Klein and Superman turn from watching the TV.
SUPERMAN
Lois, did you find them?
LOIS
(in a rush) (X)
Maybe. But there're a bunch of
goons at the Planet right now and a
couple tried to tail me. I think I
lost them, but I better be quick.
I've got an idea on how to
deradiate you, thanks to Skip, but (X)
that's another story. (X)
DR. KLEIN
Technically, the term is --
LOIS
Excuse me, okay? I'm in kind of a
rush.
DR. KLEIN
Sorry.
LOIS
Anyway, I was thinking, those
little pieces of radioactivity that
are in you, it's like you've been
shot with shotgun pellets. Now if
you had a big enough magnet, you
could suck them all out of you.
(CONTINUED)
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38 CONTINUED: 38
DR. KLEIN
Shotgun pellets are lead. They're
non-magnetic.
LOIS
Go with me here! Okay, _steel_
shotgun pellets. And gravity's
kind of like magnetism, right?
SUPERMAN
Right.
LOIS
So what we need is a bigger gravity
magnet than the Earth to suck the
radioactivity out of you. So we
use the Sun.
DR. KLEIN
Hmmm.
SUPERMAN
Lois, it'll take me hours to get
there and back.
DR. KLEIN
And once you're within the Sun's
gravitational pull, do you think
you'll be able to escape?
SUPERMAN
There's only one way to find out.
In the meantime, Lois, don't do
anything 'til I get back.
Superman presses a large button inside his chamber.
39 ANGLE ON LOIS AND DR. KLEIN 39
A deep rumbling vibrates through them as they look up. A
bright square of light cuts and expands across their faces
as OFF SCREEN, HUGE CEILING DOORS slide apart. The chamber (X)
starts to lift. Then there's a RUSH OF AIR and a whoosh. (X)
40 WIDESHOT 40
The chamber blurs out (budget permitting). Superman has (X)
flown off inside it.
DR. KLEIN
Amazing.
Lois heads for the door.
(CONTINUED)
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40 CONTINUED: 40
LOIS
Tell him I've gone to check out
Speedy Ambulance. I think the New
Reich is underneath it.
DR. KLEIN
But he told you to wait for him.
LOIS
I know he did.
And then she's gone.
DR. KLEIN
(to himself)
Hmph. It's almost like they were
married.
41 EXT. SPACE 41
Superman flies up from Earth towards the Sun, free of the
isolation chamber. We see the isolation chamber tumbling
below him back towards Earth like the jettisoned first stage
of a Saturn V rocket.
42 EXT. STREET - SPEEDY AMBULANCE GARAGE 42
Lois skulks towards the garage.
43. INT. BUNKER - DAY 43
Steve, still in uniform, watches various monitors. One (X)
shows Lois lurking around the Speedy Ambulance garage.
STEVE (X)
Lois Lane, in her last
investigative exercise.
He pushes an intercom button.
STEVE (CONT'D) (X)
Lois Lane is outside the garage.
Bring her to me.
44 ON THE MONITOR 44
We see Lois peeking through the glass front door of the
garage. Behind her, a car screeches to a halt. Ned, Voss
and Karen jump out, grab her, and hustle her inside the
garage.
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45 EXT. SUN 45
Superman FLIES close to the huge surface of the sun and its
towering arms of flame. For a moment he's sucked towards it
by the gigantic tides of gravity, then he fights back and
pulls himself away.
Finally, when he reaches a point of equilibrium, he leans
back and opens his arms, his feet hanging straight beneath
him, like Christ on the Cross.
For a moment, his face shows the increasing strain of
holding his position. Then slowly, a few sparkles leave his
body. Then a few more. And more. Until finally, a ghostly
cloud that looks like a shimmering shadow of Superman
emerges from his body and is rapidly sucked into the Sun.
Cleansed, Superman permits himself a smile. Then, a look of
determination comes to his face and he turns and shoots
towards Earth.
46 INT. DAILY PLANET - NIGHT #2 46
Skip and his Nazis still guard Perry and Jimmy. They all
watch the clock in the newsroom. It goes from 3 minutes to
2 minutes to 9. Skip gulps.
PERRY
Looks like your tenure may be a
little short.
SKIP
Shut up!
PERRY
You know, I only hired you because
your mother went to college with
Alice.
SKIP
Shut up _shut up_ _SHUT UP_!
JIMMY
And you know what else, I spoke to
Monica. She thinks you're a dork.
SKIP
That's a lie!
(recovers; angry)
I'll make you pay for that.
Skip's face tightens in an ominous frown.
--page break--
"SUPERMANN" (#9) Pink Rev. 10/10/95 54.
45 EXT. SUN 45
Superman FLIES close to the huge surface of the sun and its
towering arms of flame. For a moment he's sucked towards it
by the gigantic tides of gravity, then he fights back and
pulls himself away.
Finally, when he reaches a point of equilibrium, he leans
back and opens his arms, his feet hanging straight beneath
him, like Christ on the Cross.
For a moment, his face shows the increasing strain of
holding his position. Then slowly, a few sparkles leave his
body. Then a few more. And more. Until finally, a ghostly
cloud that looks like a shimmering shadow of Superman
emerges from his body and is rapidly sucked into the Sun.
Cleansed, Superman permits himself a smile. Then, a look of
determination comes to his face and he turns and shoots
towards Earth.
46 INT. DAILY PLANET - NIGHT #2 46
Skip and his Nazis still guard Perry and Jimmy. They all
watch the clock in the newsroom. It goes from 3 minutes to
2 minutes to 9. Skip gulps.
PERRY
Looks like your tenure may be a
little short.
SKIP
Shut up!
PERRY
You know, I only hired you because
your mother went to college with
Alice.
SKIP
Shut up _shut up_ _SHUT UP_!
JIMMY
And you know what else, you belong (X)
in Classifieds.
SKIP
I do not! (X)
(recovers; angry)
I'll make you pay for that.
Skip's face tightens in an ominous frown.
--page break--
"SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 55.
47 INT. BUNKER - NIGHT 4 7
Lois sits in a chair, watched by Steve. No one moves. (X)
They just watch the clock on the wall. It goes from 2
minutes to 9, to 1 minute to 9. Steve slams his fist on (X)
the desk.
STEVE (X)
What is your President waiting
for?!
(to Voss)
Arm the bombs.
Voss flips some switches. He steps aside as Steve (X)
approaches the firing button.
LOIS
What about your people above
ground?
STEVE (X)
They will become martyrs to the
cause.
The second hand sweeps towards 9 o'clock. Steve prepares (X)
to push the button. Lois gulps. Then, just before he
pushes the button, Superman CRASHES in a BLUR through the (X)
wall. Steve instinctively jumps back from the console. (X)
Superman HEAT VISIONS the console; sparks fly as it blows (X)
up. Steve tries to bolt, but Lois jumps up and kung fu's (X)
him and he goes down. Superman glares at Voss and he
immediately raises his arms in surrender.
VOSS
Don't!
Superman BLURS and Voss and Steve are tied together with a (X)
floor lamp that's been bent around them.
LOIS
Welcome back.
SUPERMAN
(determined)
Good to be back. Come on.
He scoops Lois up in his arms and whooosh! They're gone.
48 EXT. DAILY PLANET - NIGHT 48
Skip and his Nazis run out of the Planet, panicked.
SKIP
Faster! We've gotta get out of
here before --
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SUPERMANN" (#9) Pink Rev. 10/10/95 55.
47 INT. BUNKER - NIGHT 47
Lois sits in a chair, watched by Steve. No one moves. They
just watch the clock on the wall. It goes from 2 minutes to
9, to 1 minute to 9. Steve slams his fist on the desk.
STEVE
What is your President waiting
for?!
(to Voss)
Arm the bombs.
Voss flips some switches. He steps aside as Steve
approaches the firing button.
LOIS
What about your people above
ground?
STEVE
They will become martyrs to the
cause.
The second hand sweeps towards 9 o'clock. Steve prepares to
push the button. Lois gulps. Then, just before he pushes
the button, Superman CRASHES in a BLUR through the wall.
Steve instinctively jumps back from the console.
Superman HEAT VISIONS the console; sparks fly as it blows
up. Steve tries to bolt, but Lois jumps up and kung fu's
him and he goes down. Superman glares at Voss and he
immediately raises his arms in surrender.
VOSS
Don't!
Superman BLURS and Voss and Steve are tied together with a
flag from a nearby standing flag pole. (X)
LOIS
Welcome back.
SUPERMAN
(determined)
Good to be back. Come on.
He scoops Lois up in his arms and whoosh! They're gone.
48 EXT. DAILY PLANET - NIGHT 48
Skip and his Nazis run out of the Planet, panicked.
SKIP
Faster! We've gotta get out of
here before --
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 56.
48 CONTINUED: 48
He's jerked to a stop by a blue arm of steel.
SUPERMAN
Superman arrives.
(grins)
Too late.
(hard)
Say goodbye, _Skip_.
Superman lifts him off the ground by his throat. Lois
watches as it looks like Superman is going to vaporize him.
SKIP
No!
Twin HEAT BEAMS leap out... and flash past Skip's head and
incinerate the bottom of the huge Nazi flag hanging from the
globe statue of the Planet. As the FLAMES consume the
swastika, Lois and Superman smile.
49 INT. DAILY PLANET - DAY #3 49
Everything is back to normal. A happy Lois and Clark walk
with Jimmy towards Perry's office.
JIMMY
Then, as soon as they heard
Superman was back, they bolted.
Man, you should've seen Skip. He
was out of here so fast he left
half his uniform behind.
Everyone laughs.
LOIS
I imagine most of his Nazi buddies
will be in custody soon, thanks to
Superman and those computer files
he got from the Reich's
headquarters.
CLARK
Superman had a little help.
Lois smiles and they enter Perry's office in high spirits.
50 INT. PERRY'S OFFICE - DAY 50
Perry stands with his back to them, staring out a window.
He's in a somber mood. All three enter, but Perry doesn't
turn to face them. After an uncomfortable pause...
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 57.
50 CONTINUED: 50
LOIS
Perry? Are you all right?
PERRY
(Without turning)
'Eternal vigilance is the price of
liberty.' Thomas Jefferson said
that.
(turns around)
You all are too young to remember
World War II. I mean, for you, (X)
it's all books and movies, but for (X)
me, it's a different story. The (X)
_entire_ _world_ was at war. And (X)
it was a war about many things.
But mainly... (X)
(beat)
... it was a war about Evil. (X)
Lois starts to speak, but Perry holds up a hand.
PERRY (CONT'D)
(reflective)--
They say Lucifer was the brightest (X)
angel in Heaven. That's why
Evil's so seductive. At first it (X)
seems beautiful, or logical, or
reasonable; but it's not. And make
no mistake, Evil _does_ exist. The
Nazis were evil. Their _ideas_
were evil. And you know, ideas (X)
never go away. They can sort of (X)
'disappear' for awhile, but they
can come back in an instant.
Anytime. Anywhere. That's why ol'
Jefferson was right. The price of
liberty _is_ eternal vigilance.
Perry finishes and there is a respectful silence. It's
broken by a polite KNOCKING on the frame of the open door.
Perry looks over as the others turn to see...
SEN. BLACK
Am I interrupting?
PERRY
(smiling)
No no no. I was just climbing off
my soapbox.
SEN. BLACK
I came by to see if I could entice
you into a little lunch.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SUPERMANN" (#9) White Rev. 10/17/95 57.
50 CONTINUED: 50
LOIS
Perry? Are you all right?
PERRY
(turns from window; (X)
musing) (X)
I was just thinking. You know, (X)
they say Lucifer was the brightest (X)
angel in Heaven, that's why Evil's (X)
so seductive. (X)
CLARK
You mean the NSBA? (X)
PERRY
Yeah. On the outside, they looked (X)
good, but on the inside, they were (X)
_evil_.
JIMMY
(grinning) (X)
But, now they're gone. We kicked (X)
butt. (X)
(off everyone's look) (X)
I mean... Superman did. (X)
PERRY
For now. But you know, ideas (X)
don't die. We thought we got rid (X)
of the Nazis once, but here we are (X)
again. That's why I always say, (X)
'Eternal vigilance is the price of (X)
liberty.' (X)
LOIS
(beat) (X)
That's a great line. (X)
PERRY
Thomas Jefferson said it first. I (X)
just repeat it. (X)
Perry gives a slight smile. There's a polite knocking on (X)
the open door. Perry looks over as the others turn to (X)
see...
SEN. BLACK
Am I interrupting?
PERRY
(smiling)
No no no. I was just climbing off
my soapbox.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SUPERMANN" (#9) White Rev. 10/17/95 57A.
50 CONTINUED: 2 50
SEN. BLACK
I came to see if I could entice
you into a little lunch.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 58.
50 CONTINUED: 2 50
PERRY
Absolutely! Then I intend to
humiliate you on the golf course!
SEN. BLACK
You can dream.
Perry exits with Senator Black. Lois, Clark and Jimmy watch
them go.
CLARK
Thank God for Perry.
LOIS
(nodding)
And men like Senator Black.
JIMMY
Amen.
And as the elevator doors close on Sen. Black's smiling (X)
face, we...
FADE OUT.
_THE END_
--page break--
"SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Revision 10/17/95 58.
50 CONTINUED: 2 50
PERRY
Absolutely! Then I intend to
humiliate you on the golf course!
SEN. BLACK
You can dream.
Perry exits with Senator Black. Lois, Clark and Jimmy watch
them go.
CLARK
Thank God for Perry.
LOIS
(nodding)
And men like Senator Black.
JIMMY
Amen.
And as the elevator doors close on Sen. Black's smiling (X)
face, we...
FADE OUT.
_THE END_
--page break--
TO: EVERYONE CONCERNED
FROM: CHRIS RUPPENTHAL
DATE: October 13, 1995
Per ABC's request, _two_ endings will be shot for the very
final moment of Scene 50. The alternate ending is attached.
Thank you.
--page break--
TO: EVERYONE CONCERNED
FROM: CHRIS RUPPENTHAL
DATE: October 17, 1995
The following is a revision to the ALTERNATE ENDING
previously distributed. Please note that _both_ endings will
be shot.
Thank you.
--page break--
"SUPERMANN" (#9) White Rev. ALTERNATE ENDING 10/17/95 57A.
50 CONTINUED: 50
LOIS
Perry? Are you all right?
PERRY
(turns from window; (X)
musing) (X)
I was just thinking. You know, (X)
they say Lucifer was the brightest (X)
angel in Heaven, that's why Evil's (X)
so seductive. (X)
CLARK
You mean the NSBA? (X)
PERRY
Yeah. On the outside, they looked (X)
good, but on the inside, they were (X)
_evil_.
JIMMY
(grinning) (X)
But, now they're gone. We kicked (X)
butt. (X)
(off everyone's look) (X)
I mean... Superman did. (X)
PERRY
For now. But you know, ideas (X)
don't die. We thought we got rid (X)
of the Nazis once, but here we are (X)
again. That's why I always say, (X)
'Eternal vigilance is the price of (X)
liberty.' (X)
LOIS
(beat) (X)
That's a great line. (X)
PERRY
Thomas Jefferson said it first. I (X)
just repeat it. (X)
Perry smiles briefly, then his face goes serious again. (X)
PERRY (CONT'D)
They picked up Truman Black a few
minutes ago.
JIMMY
Senator Black?! He's a Nazi?!
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SUPERMANN" (#9) Green Rev. ALTERNATE ENDING 10/17/95 59.
50 CONTINUED: 2 50
PERRY
Apparently one of their high (X)
mucky-mucks. I've known him since (X)
I was Jimmy's age. Now if you'll (X)
excuse me, I think I'll take the (X)
rest of the day off. (X)
They watch him exit, struggling to keep his dignity and (X)
hide the deep, deep pain of a friend's betrayal. (X)
LOIS
(beat)
How many more are out there?
CLARK
I don't know.
On Lois, Clark and Jimmy's thoughtful expressions...
FADE OUT.
THE END
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