_LOIS & CLARK_
_The New Adventures of Superman_
"The Dad Who Came In From The Cold"
Written by David Simkins
Directed by Alan J. Levi
_CAST_
CLARK KENT/SUPERMAN
LOIS LANE
JIMMY OLSEN
PERRY WHITE
JACK OLSEN
TREVANIAN
SWEET TART
BUD COLLINS
_LOCATIONS_
_INTERIORS_: _EXTERIORS_:
Daily Planet Daily Planet
Newsroom
Conference Room Lois' Apartment
Perry's Office
Elevator Pond in the Woods
Clark's Apartment City Park
Living Room
Star Labs
Lois' Apartment
Living Room Trade Tower Roof
Kitchen
Hallway Air Field (Stock)
Jack's Hotel Room
Trevanian's Office
Casey's Pub
Airforce Plane
TEASER
FADE IN:
1 INT. LOIS' KITCHEN - ON LOIS - NIGHT #1 1
LOIS is washing dishes, handing them in rapid succession to
an O.S. CLARK, during:
LOIS
You won't believe what I got in the
mail. A flyer from the Winky-Tink
preschool. See, this store where I
registered for wedding gifts sold
my name...
REVEAL that as Clark is handed wet dishes, he dries them in
an instant with heat vision, stacks them on the counter.
LOIS (CONT'D)
... and now I'm getting _bombarded_
with junk mail...
(amused, watches him)
Don't wear yourself out.
CLARK
Preschool, huh? We won't even be
married for three more weeks (X)
LOIS
Winky-Tink says now's the time. (X)
They have a five year waiting list
and require a two hundred dollar
deposit.
CLARK
(grins)
Do they also require a child?
LOIS
Nope, just money.
CLARK
You know... we really haven't
talked much about that.
LOIS
Money?
(CONTINUED)
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1 CONTINUED: 1
CLARK
Children. Think we'll be good
parents?
LOIS
(lightly)
I guess so. When the time comes.
I mean, you will be for sure, and
I'll probably catch on.
She smiles, gives him a quick kiss, moves on. Clark smiles,
but he's still thinking. _KA-BOOM_!! A tremendous
EXPLOSION in the street outside. A BLINDING FLASH OF LIGHT.
LOIS (CONT'D)
My God, what was... ?
A WHOOSH, she turns, he's gone. (X)
2 EXT. THE STREET IN FRONT OF LOIS' APARTMENT - NIGHT 2
Superman extinguishes a burning, bomb-blasted car with SUPER
BREATH as Lois runs down the stoop stairs. People are
appearing in doorways, window.
LOIS
(into her cel phone)
Ten-fifty-eight Carter Avenue! A
car! It exploded!
(to Superman)
Was anybody hurt?
Superman leads Lois to the blasted figure of BUD COLLINS.
SUPERMAN
It's Bud Collins.
LOIS
Oh, Bud.
SUPERMAN
I think it was a car bomb. I
smelled C-4.
Collins thrusts a bomb-blasted laptop computer at her.
COLLINS
(with his last breath)
Lois. It's all there. Encrypted
on my hard drive. But it's all
there.
(CONTINUED)
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2 CONTINUED: 2
LOIS
Bud... Don't talk now...
COLLINS
You were right about Trevanian.
(coughs)
He and the NIA... Saturday...
Noon...
LOIS
'Saturday...?'
COLLINS
(fading fast)
Superman. Anybody tell ya you look
just like Clark Kent? Only without
the glasses.
Collins makes a wide-eyed connection... then promptly dies.
LOIS
Bud? Bud?!
Suddenly, a SQUEAL of tires rounding the corner. Superman
grabs the computer, tosses it, and it WHOOSHES straight up.
3 NEW ANGLE 3
A black Viper SCREECHES to a stop and out of it leaps the
lovely SWEET TART, incredibly sexy, a killer's eyes, wearing
a skin tight jump suit. She has a gun aimed at them.
SWEET TART
Let's hold it right there.
SUPERMAN
(eying her gun)
New in town?
Exasperated, she leans over Collins. (X)
SWEET TART
He's dead. (X)
SUPERMAN
I'm afraid so.
SWEET TART
Did he tell you anything, or give
you anything before he died?
(CONTINUED)
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LOIS
No.
(Points at Collins,
Superman, Collins)
He blew up. He flew down. And he
was dead. Now who are you?
SWEET TART
(flashes I.D.)
My name's Tart...
LOIS
(reading I.D. to (X)
Superman wryly)
'Sweet' Tart. With the National (X)
Intelligence Agency.
4 INT. DARKENED N.I.A. OFFICE - NIGHT 4
A rotund man with thick wire-rimmed glasses, hat, and
impeccably tailored suit sits smoking in semi-silhoutte.
This is TREVANIAN. He listens to a sleek-looking receiver.
SWEET TART (V.O.)
Mr. Collins was a colleague. He
had a lap top computer with him
when he left the NIA office.
LOIS (V.O.)
What can I tell you? It must've
burned in the car.
TREVANIAN
Liar.
5 THE STREET 5
Sweet Tart gives them a suspicious look, climbs in her car.
SWEET TART
I'll be in touch.
And she SCREECHES off. Superman holds out a hand and the
lap top computer plops down into his palm. An Ambulance
appears at the end of the street. CAMERA MOVES IN on Lois
and Superman as she stares fearfully down at the computer.
LOIS
Oh boy. What have we got?
BLACK.
_END OF TEASE_
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_ACT ONE_
FADE IN:
6 EXT. A POND IN THE WOODS - DAY #2 6
(We can hear a TRAIN approaching from somewhere.)
SUPER: (in hi-tech spy movie teletype)
_Velogrud Pass in the Boroslav Republic_
A handheld detonator, LEDS FLASHING, skitters down a dock
toward the water. It stops with an inch to spare.
Suddenly, JACK OLSEN, (mid 40s) a ruthlessly sexy secret
agent in black jumpsuit, dives for it. He doesn't make it.
He's grabbed and dragged backwards by the biggest HENCHMAN
we've ever seen. Jack and the Henchman FIGHT. It's brutal,
cool, and very Bondian. Jack is lifted and THROWN! The
Henchman runs for the detonator. Jack chases him down,
spins him around, takes aim at the Henchman's massive jaw.
JACK
You're going to make me (X)
(PUNCH!)
-- miss my train! (X)
The Henchman timbers back and CRASHES to the dock
unconscious. The back of his head STRIKES the detonator's
button. CLICK. BEEP. And there's an immediate distant
EXPLOSION! Jack looks over his shoulder as light FLASHES
across his face and we cut to
7 STOCK FOOTAGE 7
Freight train crossing a trestle that's just been BLOWN UP.
The train crashes down in a spectacular tumble.
8 JACK 8
JACK
(pleased; to Henchman)
That's using your head.
CUT TO:
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9 EXT. THE WOODS - DAY 9
Jack runs down a rutted road, gun in hand. Suddenly, a
FIGURE KICKS THE GUN from his hand. A flurry of thrown and
blocked PUNCHES and KICKS between Jack and the unknown
Figure, clad in black. Finally the figure flies back,
landing hard on the ground. It pulls off its hood to reveal
the lovely Sweet Tart.
JACK
(casually) (X)
Sweet? Bit far from home, aren't
you?
SWEET TART
(getting up)
Change in plans. Almost had you.
An engine's ROAR and Jack looks to the massive Hum-Vee
SKIDDING to a stop. Trevanian in the driver's seat.
SWEET TART (CONT'D)
Trevanian needs you. Something
delicate.
CUT TO:
10 EXT. WOODS - ON CHAMPAGNE BOTTLE - DAY 10
POP! as we PULL BACK to find a small table set with crisp
linen and china in the woods near the Hum-Vee. Trevanian,
impeccably attired, with hat, supports his bulk with an
expensive walking stick. Jack, leans against the car,
studying a dossier, watches with detached amusement as Sweet
Tart pours champagne into Trevanian's crystal flute and he
sips, then spits it out savagely.
TREVANIAN
Swill.
Sweet Tart sips, spits.
SWEET TART
Swill.
Trevanian holds the glass up for Jack's inspection.
JACK
No, that's alright, I'm sure it's
swill
(holds up dossier)
You're convinced they have the
computer?
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11 INTERCUT THE DOSSIER - INSERT 11
Pages of text clipped to the left flap. On the right,
photos of Lois and Clark.
TREVANIAN
(wheezing softly)
Collins was in possession before he
died on Lane's doorstep. I can
only assume she's got it. If
Superman hadn't been there we
wouldn't be having this
conversation.
JACK
What is Lois Lane's connection to (X)
Collins?
Trevanian plucks the head from his walking stick revealing
it to be a small dagger. He spears a chunk of cheese,
nibbles, as:
TREVANIAN
She and Clark Kent are writing a (X)
series of articles claiming
corruption inside the NIA. All
lies of course.
JACK
(not completely
convinced)
Of course.
TREVANIAN
We believe Collins was their inside
source. But the damage goes deeper
than that.
SWEET TART
Once they realized the kind of
information Collins had access to,
temptation got the better of them.
They've been peddling NIA secrets
to the highest bidder.
JACK
These... respected journalists.
TREVANIAN
(irritably)
Yes, these respected
journalists. _Every_one's
respectable until they're not.
JACK
Who killed Collins?
(CONTINUED)
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11 CONTINUED: 11
TREVANIAN
That's on a need-to-know. You
don't.
JACK
What's on the computer?
TREVANIAN
Refer to my previous comment.
JACK
You want me to get the computer
back.
TREVANIAN
By this Saturday. At noon,
Metropolis time. Or our national
security will be hit with an
unparalleled disaster.
JACK
You'll get it.
Jack unzips his jumpsuit to reveal himself smartly attired
in jacket and slacks. A convertible sports car ROARS into
FRAME on-the road, an incredibly beautiful woman at the
wheel. She stops, smiles at Jack. Sweet Tart glares.
JACK (CONT'D)
My ride.
As Jack crosses to the car, Trevanian grabs his arm.
TREVANIAN
Jack. It's a level five operation.
So if anyone should get in your way
on this...
JACK
I know the rules, Trevanian.
Jack wrests himself from Trevanian's grip, then beaming
cheerfully at the woman, and with a jaunty smile at Sweet
Tart, hops into the car and tears off down the road.
CUT TO:
12 EXT. DAILY PLANET - TO ESTABLISH - DAY 12
PERRY (V.O.)
So this man who died... Your NIA
source...
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13 INT. DAILY PLANET CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY 13
The burned remains of Collins' laptop rests inside an open
gym bag on the table between Lois, Clark and PERRY.
PERRY
What did he mean you were right
about Trevanian?
CLARK
Trevanian's head of covert
operations at the NIA. We think he
could be dangerous... Willing to
use the agency for his own
purposes.
LOIS
The NIA's gotten so powerful... (X)
They have a blank check to pull (X)
off any kind of espionage they (X)
want. Not a good time to have.a
loose cannon on board.
PERRY
But you have no hard proof.
CLARK
(taps computer)
Not unless... This is it.
He zips the thing up in the gym bag.
LOIS
Collins mentioned 'Saturday.
Noon.' Something big may be
happening.
PERRY
That gives you just two days.
LOIS
But whatever's in here is locked in
the computer's memory. And it's
all in code, to boot. (X)
PERRY
There's a couple data recovery
outfits here in town...
CLARK
The material's too sensitive,
Chief.
(CONTINUED)
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LOIS
We need somebody we can trust.
Somebody who knows RAM chips
from --
JIMMY (O.S.)
Strudel?
They jump, as:
14 NEW ANGLE 14
reveals JIMMY in the doorway with a box of baked goods and
coffee. Lois, Clark and Perry exchange a glance.
PERRY
Ask and ye shall receive.
JIMMY
(setting out food) (X)
Hey Lois, I lost the little (X)
response card , but I'll be at the (X)
wedding! Wow! In three weeks you (X)
guys're gonna be... (X)
(suddenly notices them (X)
staring) (X)
What? (X)
PERRY
Jimmy, close the door. Play your (X)
cards right and you might just save
the free world.
JIMMY
Cool.
15 INT. THE DAILY PLANET - AT THE ELEVATORS - DAY 15
The elevator doors open and Jack emerges, dressed in a suit
and trench coat. He spots Lois, Clark, and Perry talking to
Jimmy in the conference room.
Jack finds Clark's desk. He pulls a small transmitter (X)
gizmo from his pocket. He surreptitiously attaches it to an
access port on the back of Clark's computer.
Lois, Clark, Perry, and Jimmy still talk within the
conference room.
Jack smiles at a passing staffer and moves to --
(CONTINUED)
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Lois's desk. He attaches an identical gizmo to the back of
her computer then moves toward the conference room. His
right hand reaches under his trench coat in a move that
hints at a shoulder-holstered weapon.
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16 INT. THE DAILY PLANET CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY 16
Jimmy shoulders the closed gym bag with the laptop inside.
JIMMY
Okay, I'll let you know what I've
dug out of this thing as soon as I
can.
Lois, Clark, and Perry look up as Jack enters, hand
withdrawing something from his breast pocket. Jimmy turns
to Jack and his jaw drops.
JIMMY (CONT'D)
What... what are you doing here?!
Jack is Jimmy's father. He removes the object from his
pocket. It's a small, wrapped gift for Jimmy.
JACK
How you doin' son?
An awkward moment for all as Jack and Jimmy decide what to
do with the next moment. They opt for a manly handshake.
JIMMY
I'm fine, I'm fine. Dad... it's
been...
JACK
A couple years, I know.
JIMMY
Four.
JACK
(hands Jimmy the present)
Four.
JIMMY
(awkward)
And... you know.... five before
that.
JACK
But who's counting.
JIMMY
(a rueful smile)
Yeah.
(then)
Oh, sorry... You guys, this is my
dad. Jack Olsen. Uh Lois Lane,
Clark Kent... Perry White. My
friends... my bosses...
(CONTINUED)
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16 CONTINUED: 16
They all shake hands, Perry sizing Jack up coolly.
JACK
_Very_ nice to meet you. Miss
Lane, Mr. Kent, I've read your
work.
An awkward beat, then Jimmy, a little embarrassed by Dad's
ne'er-do-well status, starts escorting him put.
JIMMY
So. Dad. This is where I work.
Lemme show you around.
Jack smiles at the others and exits with Jimmy. A beat.
PERRY
So that's the prodigal father.
LOIS
Jimmy says his parents split up (X)
fifteen years ago. I guess it was
his father's career that did it. (X)
PERRY
What kind of a man puts his job
before his family?
Clark digests this; it makes him a little uncomfortable.
17 INT. BULLPEN - WITH JIMMY AND JACK - TRACKING - DAY 17
JACK
You get the post cards I sent you.
JIMMY
Yeah... yeah...
JACK
Christmas gifts?
Jimmy's getting emotional, trying to keep a lid on it.
JIMMY
Yeah. Sure.
(stops walking)
Listen, Dad, is there any chance
you could stay in town... for a
while?
JACK
Buddy, you know how it is...
(CONTINUED)
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JIMMY
I know...
JACK
Sold my soul. Gotta do the time.
JIMMY
Right.
JACK
But we'll have a heck of a couple (X)
days, okay?
JIMMY
(trying to smile)
Okay.
JACK
Free for dinner?
JIMMY
Sure!
(then)
Oh... Gee ... I just got this
assignment ...
LOIS (O.S.)
The assignment can take a dinner
break.
CAMERA ADJUSTS to find Lois and Clark, emerged from
conference room.
LOIS (CONT'D)
Uh ... sorry. I couldn't help
but ...
JACK
No, hey, it's no problem. Listen,
why don't you two join us?
CLARK
Well, we're... working... And I'm
sure you guys have a lot of
catching up...
JACK
But you gotta eat, right? I don't
get much of a chance to meet
Jimmy's friends. Whaddya say,
Jimmy?
(CONTINUED)
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JIMMY
(unconvincing)
Sure.
CUT TO:
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18 INT. LOIS' KITCHEN - NIGHT #2 18(X)
Clark, dressed for dinner, sits lost in thought at the
table, as Lois, putting on earring, emerges from bedroom, (X)
puts arms around his neck, kisses his ear. He smiles, (X)
tilts his head up and kisses her back.
LOIS
(kissing him)
So I guess it'd be bad form to (X)
skip dinner and just do this for a (X)
couple hours...
CLARK
Probably. Boy, I thought Perry (X)
was gonna take Jack Olsen's head (X)
off.
She slides down onto his lap. (X)
LOIS
Well, I'm sure Perry's a little
sensitive because of his own
situation.
CLARK
(looking off) (X)
Yeah.... Perry's job Dusted up (X)
_his_ family, too.
LOIS
Are you obsessing? 'Cause (X)
normally when I kiss you, you're a
little more focussed. (X)
She stands. He does, too, grabs their coats. (X)
CLARK
Sorry, it's just all this talk (X)
about having kids...
LOIS
All _what_ talk? I got one stupid
brochure from the Winky-Tink
school!
(opening door)
Tell you what. If I make it
through the next two days alive,
we'll have a nice long talk.
CLARK
It's just a big decision, is all.
(X)
LOIS
I know. (X)
(CONTINUED)
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As they go out:
CLARK
It's not like gettin' a dog.... (X)
LOIS
Oy!
Gone. Door closed. We HEAR locks turn and fading
footsteps. A moment.
Then we HEAR the locks open and the door swings wide. Jack
Olsen and Sweet Tart enter fast and close the door. She
throws the locks as he hefts an aluminum attache case to the
couch. He opens the lid REVEALING a hi-tech collection of
surveillance devices. Miniature cameras, microphones,
heat-sensors, and motion trackers.
(CONTINUED)
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JACK
I don't have much time.
SWEET TART
Saturday; noon.
JACK
Tonight in ten minutes. I'm having
dinner with them.
SWEET TART
Then you'll want this.
She takes a simple-looking wristwatch from her wrist,
presses a button, and slides it sexily over Jack's wrist.
SWEET TART (CONT'D)
Wear it on the inside of your wrist
and aim this button at whoever's (X)
answering your questions. If the
crystal glows blue, they're telling
the truth. If it's red, they're
lying.
JACK
Thanks.
(then)
The bedroom.
SWEET TART
With pleasure.
JACK
(smiles; hands her gear)
With hardware. Sweet, you never
change.
SWEET TART
How 'bout you, Jack? Have you
changed?
JACK
What's that mean?
SWEET TART
Trevanian thinks you've gotten
soft.
JACK
For God's sake, I'm using my own
son to get to Lane and Kent. How
soft is that?
(CONTINUED)
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18 CONTINUED: 2 18
SWEET TART
And if he's involved?
JACK
He's not. He's an office boy.
SWEET TART
What if he's more? What if it gets
sticky?
(off his look)
Just asking.
19 INT. DARKENED OFFICE - TREVANIAN - NIGHT 19
Trevanian sits listening to his monitoring devices.
JACK (V.O.)
Let's finish with this and get
outta here.
SWEET TART (V. 0.
I'm here to help, Jack.
TREVANIAN
You certainly are, Miss Tart. And
if Jack should hesitate to do his
duty, you'll do it for him.
BLACK.
_END OF ACT ONE_
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_ACT TWO_
FADE IN:
20 INT. CASEY'S PUB - NIGHT 20
Lois, Clark, Jimmy and Jack (wearing the watch) at a table.
Diners dine. Waiters wait.
LOIS
Jimmy tells us you're a structural
engineer.
JACK
Demolition's my specialty.
JIMMY
(proudly)
Dad's blown up some of the biggest
stuff in the world.
LOIS
(what does one say)
Well.
JACK
I've been reading your series of
articles on corruption in the NIA.
Dynamite stuff.
CLARK
Well, we just write about exciting
lives. You get to _live_ one.
Jimmy tells us your business takes
you all over the world.
JIMMY
I'll say.
(to Jack)
Last time I saw you was at the
Metropolis Airport when you were
changing planes between Shanghai
and Dallas.
Clark notices as Jack adjusts a bulge under his left armpit.
He lowers his glasses and subtly X-RAYS. _X-RAY reveals a_
_shoulder-holstered gun under Jack's coat_. Clark reacts.
JACK
I come to town and bridges
collapse. You guys show up,
government agencies crumble.
(CONTINUED)
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LOIS
Not legitimate ones. Anyway,
you're giving us far too much
credit. We're a team. (X)
JACK
You and Clark.
LOIS
And Jimmy.
JACK
Great to hear.
CLARK
While we were working on the NIA
stuff, Jimmy handled all the
computer work for the statistics.
JACK
Way to go, Jimbo.
(back to the Lois and
Clark)
Your pieces seem so... in-depth as
they say. I guess you have your,
what, snitches... paid
informants...
(she just stares at him)
... Someone on the inside.
LOIS
Not really. It's mostly good old
fashioned legwork.
21 INTERCUT THE WATCH - INSERT 21
Jack has tipped his wrist to aim the watch stem at Lois. He
angles the crystal so only he sees it. After her answer he
glances down. It's red. Lying.
During this, Clark X-RAYS again: _A stiletto in each of_
_Jack's leg garters_.
(CONTINUED)
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21 CONTINUED: 21
LOIS (O.S.)
Did you know Jimmy's studying
photography?...
The two men glance up at each other and smile.
JACK
You know, the kid always did have
an eye.
(to Lois and Clark)
Wow, so you're saying you could
come up with all that information
without ever seeing NIA files...
LOIS
That's right.
Jack glances at the watch. Red. Lying. Clark quickly (X)
X-RAYS: _A small Derringer is up one of Jack's sleeves_.
LOIS (O.S.)
... they'd be impossible to get.
Jimmy, tell your dad about that
story you wrote last month...
JACK
Jim, you clip that thing out and
send it to me, you hear?
(back to Lois and Clark)
I guess the files wouldn't do you
any good... Don't they write 'em in
code or something?...
CLARK
We really wouldn't know.
The watch glows so red Jack must cover it with his hand.
CLARK (CONT'D)
Demolition. Boy, that must be a
tough job.
JIMMY
No tougher than having a family,
right, Dad?
It just fell out and now it lays there. Everyone shifts
uncomfortably. Then:
JACK
Well. Jim. Touche.
CUT TO:
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22 EXT. CITY PARK - NIGHT 22
Jimmy and Jack stroll. It's a bit tense. Finally:
JIMMY
Sorry... About what I said at
dinner.
JACK
I had it coming. I can't pretend
I've been the greatest father.
(then)
Jimmy, how well do you know Lois
and Clark?
JIMMY
How well do I know Lois and Clark?
I guess better than I know anybody.
JACK
I suppose that means you trust
them.
JIMMY
More than anybody.
JACK
So if I suggested that you avoid
them...
JIMMY
I'd suggest you don't.
JACK
My work depends on government
contracts. Over the years I've
made a lot of friendships in
government circles. Lois and Clark
are very unpopular with those
people.
JIMMY
Of course they're unpopular.
They're whistle-blowers. They're
honest.
JACK
What if they're more than eager
reporters?
JIMMY
(laughing)
Like what? Spies.
(Jack isn't smiling)
You're kidding right?
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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22 CONTINUED: 22
JACK
I worry about you son. And I can't
always be here to protect you.
JIMMY
Always? How 'bout _ever_? (X)
JACK
These NIA guys your friends are
after are serious characters. When
they decide someone's trouble, then
that person and his family,
friends, household pets all get
burned.
Jack stops walking, fishes a business card from his pocket,
hands it to Jimmy.
JACK (CONT'D)
Here... In case you need me.
JIMMY
Your business card?
JACK
It's a number where I can always be
reached.
JIMMY
(watches his father,
then:)
In a funny way I like the fact you
worry about me. It almost feels
like you... love me.
(beat)
The way I love you.
Jimmy lightly punches his Dad's shoulder and pulls away.
JIMMY (CONT'D)
I think the glow light on your
watch is busted.
Jimmy walks off. Jack looks at the lie-detector watch that
moments before had been pointed at Jimmy. It glows a bright
and incredible blue. Truth. Jack hesitates, then presses a
switch on the watch and it goes dark.
CUT TO:
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23 INT. DAILY PLANET BULLPEN - LATE NIGHT 23
Most everyone is gone. PUSH IN on Clark at his desk, a
circle of LIGHT in the gloomy room.
(CONTINUED)
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23 CONTINUED: 23
He's working at his computer.
CLARK
'Olsen Civil Engineering.' Okay,
Jimmy's dad, let's find out who you
really are.
CAMERA MOVES IN ON the transmitting gizmo Jack planted on
the back of Clark's computer.
CUT TO:
24 INT. JACK OLSEN'S HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT 24
Elegant suite. CLOSE ON a card in a case of flowers. On a
Hotel Metropolis card is: "Mr. Olsen, with our compliments."
A steamer trunk by the bed. CAMERA angles on the trunk and
the room door in the b. g.
The sound of the LOCK BEING PICKED and the room door opens.
Sweet Tart, carrying a silver attache case, enters with
Trevanian, who carries his walking stick and is attired in
beautiful suit and hat.
SWEET TART
You picked the lock.
TREVANIAN
(wheezing softly)
I knocked first.
They look around. Sweet Tart opens the attache case to
reveal a completely stocked, tiny bar. Thin hoses and
nozzles lead to soda water and other mixes. Trevanian mixes
a drink while Sweet Tart picks the lock on the trunk.
TREVANIAN (CONT'D)
Daiquiri, Miss Tart? Or your usual
Julep?
SWEET TART
Martini, thanks.
She opens the trunk and a false panel to reveal a series of
monitors and tape decks. Lots of flashing lights. _Each_
_monitor displays views of Lois and Clark's separate_
_apartments_. High-angled fish-eye surveillance views. No
movement on the monitors.
SWEET TART (CONT'D)
His set up's very thorough.
(CONTINUED)
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24 CONTINUED: 24
TREVANIAN
Jack was always a Good Soldier.
Completely unprincipled. Not
unlike yourself. Only lately I've
noted a hint of dissatisfaction on
his part. Pity.
Suddenly, a small computer monitor in the trunk FLASHES with
information. It's all "DataNet" info about Jack. His
picture. Birth information. "Olsen Engineering" is being
typed across the screen, now a report starts scrolling up on
the screen as we PAN to Sweet Tart.
SWEET-TART
Kent's at his computer. They (X)
suspect Jack.
TREVANIAN
Well, how clever. (X)
Trevanian types at the keyboard and the monitor flashes:
"Reception Terminated: No Data Stored." (X)
SWEET TART
You don't want Jack to know? (X)
TREVANIAN
Not just yet. Picture this (X)
headline: 'Tenacious Reporters
Uncloak Rogue Spy Too Late.'
SWEET TART
'Too late..?'
TREVANIAN
... To stop him from bringing this
country's entire security apparatus
crashing down.
(off her startled look)
Saturday. Noon. If we get that
damn computer.
SWEET TART
I didn't know.
TREVANIAN
I didn't tell you. Onion or olive?
SWEET TART
And Jack will be blamed for this?
(CONTINUED)
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24 CONTINUED: 2 24
TREVANIAN
Certainly. As well as for the
murders of Lane-and Kent.
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
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24 CONTINUED: 2 24
TREVANIAN (CONT'D)
I'll explain all this, as new
director of the NIA. Sadly, you'll
have been forced to shoot poor
Jack.
SWEET TART
One question.
TREVANIAN
Yes?
SWEET TART
Do I get a raise?
CUT TO:
25 INT. DAILY PLANET - CONFERENCE ROOM - LATE NIGHT 25
START ON a clock outside the conference room door. After
midnight. Lois paces outside the door, anxiously looking at
the clock. Jimmy works-on the lap top, which is patched
into another computer. Unable to stand it any longer, Lois
pops inside.
LOIS
Jimmy, I hate to bug you, but we're
getting short on time and...
JIMMY
I'm goin' as fast as I can. My
algorithm sucks.
LOIS
Yeah, I hate a bad algorithm.
JIMMY
(smiles; translates)
My software's not exactly designed
for this...
LOIS
How can I help?
JIMMY
(sweetly)
Go away?
CUT TO:
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26 CLARK'S DESK 26
Clark is still searching for something as Lois comes up.
CLARK
(absorbed)
Whatcha doin'?
LOIS
Annoying Jimmy. You?
CLARK
Checking up on Jimmy's father.
(off her startled look)
Lois, I x-rayed him at dinner and
he had more hardware on him then
the household section at K-Mart.
LOIS
What?
CLARK
Guns, knives... A one man army.
I scanned his wallet and ran the (X)
I.D.s through a computer at.... (X)
(glances around) (X)
... super speed. They basically (X)
lead to a person who doesn't (X)
exist.
LOIS
That doesn't necessarily mean
anything.
CLARK
(exasperated) (X)
Other than he's a complete fake?! (X)
LOIS
There could be lots of
explanations!
(a beat; he waits)
He's the heir to a small European
monarchy and wants to live a simple
life out of the spotlight.
(he can only stare)
So I'm reaching. It doesn't
necessarily make him a criminal.
Talk about cynical.
CLARK
Wait a minute. You're Lois Lane,
incisive and tenacious
newswoman. _I'm_ the guy always
looking for the sunny side.
(CONTINUED)
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26 CONTINUED: 26
LOIS
So I've turned an emotional corner.
Sue me.
CLARK
(watching her)
Uh-huh.
LOIS
(getting worked up)
Look, when a long gone father comes
back into his child's life, it's a
chance for them both to forgive the
past and move on. Maybe neither
one is very good at it, but people
ought to just step aside and let
them work it out, because it's what
they've both dreamed about for
years.
Clark lovingly embraces Lois.
CLARK
(gently)
Sounds like you're talking about
you and your dad.
LOIS
(calmer)
I just really want this to work out
for Jimmy.
CLARK
So we shouldn't tell him my
suspicions until we know more.
LOIS
(composed)
That would be my suggestion.
27 NEW ANGLE 27
Jimmy comes out of the conference room, grabs some coffee.
JIMMY
So, uh... What'd you guys think of
my dad?
They glance at each other.
JIMMY (CONT'D)
(hopefully)
He's sorta.... colorful, right?
(CONTINUED)
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27 CONTINUED: 27
CLARK LOIS
You can say that Colorful.
again. Absolutely.
JIMMY
It's gonna be an all-nighter.
Whatever's on this hard drive is so
deeply coded it's at Level 5
security.
CLARK
And that means?
JIMMY
It's the code allocated for the
inner workings of the NIA. About
five people on the planet can
access it.
LOIS
Trevanian being one.
JIMMY
You guys go home. I'm gonna fool
around some more.
Lois and Clark glance at each other, concerned.
JIMMY (CONT'D)
Guys, there are guards down in the
lobby.
DISSOLVE TO:
28 INT. JACK'S HOTEL ROOM - LATE NIGHT 28
ANGLE ON the surveillance monitors in the trunk. One set
shows Lois entering her apartment. The other shows Clark
entering his.
Jack watches as he dresses in his cat burglar black. He
enters a question on the computer keyboard. The monitor
flashes: "No Data Stored." A frustrated Jack picks up the (X)
phone and dials.
JACK
(into phone)
It's me. There's no sign of the
hard drive at Lane or Kent's. I'm
gonna take a look around that place
where they work.
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29 INTERCUT TREVANIAN'S OFFICE - LATE NIGHT 29
Shadowy and dim. Sweet Tart leans-against the desk,
listening to the speaker phone. Trevanian sits sipping tea,
expressionless, breathing wheezily.
SWEET TART
Jack, the deadline's noon tomorrow.
JACK
Sweet Tart, sweetheart? Spying
takes time.
The line goes dead. A beat. Trevanian expressionless.
TREVANIAN
Good Soldier.
CUT TO:
30 INT. DAILY PLANET - CONFERENCE ROOM - LATE NIGHT 30
CLOSE ON a scorched hard drive (a small, metal-encased box).
A wire-ribbon extends from it to the opened guts of a
desktop computer. Jimmy watches the monitor as a wall of
gibberish scrolls upward.
JIMMY
Man. Needle in a haystack.
31 INT. PERRY'S OFFICE - SAME TIME - NIGHT 31
Dark. Movement at the window. It's Jack. Fast, gloved
hands work tools to cut a circle of glass then quickly reach
in and unlock the window.
Jack pulls a ski-mask over his face and snaps a pair of
sleek night-vision goggles over his eyes. He crawls in the
window and begins searching for the laptop.
32 THE CONFERENCE ROOM 32
Jimmy stares blearily at the dancing gibberish on the
screen. He clicks a button and it freezes. He exhaustedly
squeezes his eyes.
JIMMY
Okay, I need ten minutes.
(idea; stands)
On Perry's big ol' couch.
He stands, starts away, and his eyes fall on his backpack.
He grabs it, exits.
--page break--
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33 THE BULLPEN 33
Nearly all the lights are out. Jimmy goes to Perry's
office, withdraws the keys and begins to unlock the door.
34 INT. PERRY'S OFFICE - NIGHT 34
Jack HEARS the lock turn and jumps behind the opening door.
Jimmy enters, crosses to the couch, turning on a table lamp.
He flops down on the couch, pulls some photos from his
backpack. Jack moves to get further behind the open door.
35 PHOTOS - INSERT 35
Snapshots of a younger Jack, young Jimmy and his mother,
happier times.
36 BACK TO SCENE 36
Jimmy stares sadly at the photos, tosses them back in his
backpack, leans over to turn off the lamp. Something
catches his eye in the brass lamp base and he stares.
37 INTERCUT- BRASS LAMP BASE 37
Jimmy sees a MOVING REFLECTION OF THE MASKED FIGURE in the
lamp base. Jimmy slowly moves his hand, grips the lamp,
jumps up and spins on the masked figure.
JIMMY
Hold it right there, fella! Come
on out! Right now!
JACK
(sotto; behind the door)
... terrific.
JIMMY
Right now!
Jack suddenly CHARGES PAST JIMMY. Jimmy hurls the lamp
CRASHING IT AGAINST JACK'S HEAD!
Jack reels, staggers out the door and Jimmy charges, TACKLES
HIM and once again brings him down.
38 THE BULLPEN 38
Jack tries to shake Jimmy off as Jimmy hangs on, then bursts
from Jimmy's grasp, starts across the room. Jimmy charges
again, CRASHES them both against a desk.
(CONTINUED)
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38 CONTINUED: 38
Jack attempts a run for the elevators, but Jimmy hurls a
wastebasket, Jack TRIPS, caroms off cabinets, makes the ramp
and races UP it as Jimmy vaults the railing and runs to
intercept him. Jack feints on direction and fakes Jimmy
into a sucker PUNCH that sends him flying-over the railing
onto the copy machine.
Jack HITS the elevator call button as Jimmy unsteadily
crawls to his feet. The elevator doors slide open to reveal
Sweet Tart in the elevator, holding a mean looking pistol.
She steps out, knocks Jack aside and aims the gun at Jimmy's
heart.
SWEET TART
Why must violence always be the
answer?
Her finger tightens on the trigger and...
BLACK.
_END OF ACT TWO_
--page break--
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_ACT THREE_
FADE IN:
39 INT. THE DAILY PLANET - AT THE ELEVATORS - NIGHT 39
Sweet Tart in the elevator as Jimmy stares down the barrel
of her gun.
SWEET TART
Bye, bye. And thanks for playing.
Jack TACKLES Jimmy out of harm's way just as Sweet Tart
fires. The bullet sails across the bullpen and SHATTERS
Perry's office window. Jimmy hits the floor hard as Jack
dives into the elevator, and shoves Miss Tart inside just as
the doors close. Jimmy, scared witless, tries to catch his
breath.
40 INT. THE ELEVATOR 40
Jack shoves Miss Tart against the wall, rips the gun from
her hand, and pulls his mask off. His cheek is bruised and
his lip bleeds from his fight with Jimmy. He slams a button
sending the elevator down.
JACK
What was that?!
SWEET TART
I thought you could use some help.
Any luck finding the computer?
JACK
You almost killed my son!
SWEET TART
Just doing my job.
JACK
Jimmy is not involved in this.
Sweet Tart smiles coolly.
CUT TO:
41 INT. CLARK'S APARTMENT - NIGHT 41
Lights are out. Suddenly Jimmy is outside the front door,
pounding and yelling.
JIMMY
C.K.! C.K.! It's me, Jimmy!
(CONTINUED)
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41 CONTINUED: 41
Clark, in boxers, has tumbled out of bed and heads groggily
to the door.
JIMMY (CONT'D)
C.K.! Lemme in!
CLARK
(opening door)
Jimmy. What's goin' on?
Jimmy, very freaked, clutches the gym bag.
JIMMY
They shot up the Planet!
CLARK
_What_?!
JIMMY
I was there .... They broke in...
and... and ...
CLARK
_Who_?
JIMMY
Them! Them! Bad people! I
punched 'em!
CLARK
What'd they say?!
JIMMY
Nothin'! They were too busy
fighting and shooting! I punched
'em!
CLARK
You said that. So we don't know
what they were after.... It
could've been a robbery.
42 INT. JACK'S HOTEL ROOM - ON TV MONITORS - NIGHT 42
PULL BACK to find Jack, holding an ice bag to his jaw, and
Sweet Tart. On the SURVEILLANCE MONITOR:
JIMMY
The cops 're there now... I don't
know if anything got taken
CLARK
Did they get anything? (X)
(CONTINUED)
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42 CONTINUED: 42
JIMMY
No.
Sweet Tart moves her luscious lips to within millimeters of
Jack's ear.
SWEET TART CLARK
(sexy Could you (X)
whisper) describe 'em if
Still think you had to? (X)
junior's not
involved?
JIMMY
Nah, it was dark, things were (X)
happenin' so fast.... (X)
He slowly turns and looks at her. Meanwhile:
CLARK
We gotta let Lois know
43 BACK TO CLARK'S APARTMENT 43
Clark has gone to the phone, dials.
CLARK
Hello, Lois...
LOIS (O.S.)
(sleepy)
Clark? Clark it's two in the
morning...
CLARK
Jimmy's here. The Planet just got
broken into...
He grabs his ear, reacts to a FEEDBACK noise.
CLARK (CONT'D)
(reacts to feedback)
Ow! What was that?
LOIS (O.S.)
What was what?
Clark's eyes flicker around the room.
CLARK
I'll call you back.
(CONTINUED)
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43 CONTINUED: 43
He turns phone off, and, still carrying it, moves to Jimmy,
takes him to front door.
CLARK (CONT'D)
Well, there's not much more we can
do tonight.
--page break--
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44 AT FRONT DOOR - CLARK AND JIMMY 44
Clark moves a bewildered Jimmy just outside the door.
CLARK
(whispers)
Go to Perry's. Stay there. I'll
call you.
Jimmy nods and goes as Clark closes door. He turns the
phone back on, gingerly puts it to his ear. FEEDBACK.
Clark touches his ear and we realize his SUPER HEARING is
picking up the sound. He moves the phone's antenna and
zeros in on a picture on the wall. His X-RAY VISION REVEALS
a tiny transmitter behind the frame.
CLARK
Uh oh.
Slowly, with glasses lowered, Clark begins a slow scan of
the room. Clark sees --
A MINI-CAMERA hidden atop a kitchen shelf.
CUT TO:
45 INT. JACK'S HOTEL ROOM - CONTINUOUS 45
Sweet Tart and Jack watch Clark staring at him through the
surveillance camera.
JACK
Uh oh is right.
on the monitor, Clark moves through the room until he's out
of view of the several cameras. Suddenly, the monitors
flash to STATIC.
CUT TO:
46 INT. CLARK'S APARTMENT - NIGHT 46
Clark SUPER SPEEDS around his apartment, bouncing off the
walls (pictures flutter, books fall from shelves) until he
comes to rest with fists full of tiny cameras, bugs, and
wires. He is angry.
CUT TO:
47 INT. JACK'S HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT 47
Jack barely has time to register the dead air from Clark's
apartment before the DOORBELL RINGS over on Lois' monitors.
(CONTINUED)
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47 CONTINUED: 47
He sees Lois exit her bedroom, pulling on robe.
LOIS
(on the monitor)
Just a moment!
He watches her cross through the apartment and open the
front door.
LOIS (CONT'D)
(on the monitor)
Who is it? (X)
She leans out into the hall. There's no one there.
LOIS (CONT'D)
(on the monitor)
Hello?
CUT TO:
48 INT. THE CORRIDOR OUTSIDE LOIS APARTMENT - NIGHT 48
Lois is about to close her apartment door when --
SUPERMAN (O.S.)
(a whisper)
Lois.
Superman HOVERS horizontally on the wall above her head.
SUPERMAN (CONT'D)
Not a word. Step away from the
door.
Lois clears the door. Superman BLURS past her into the
apartment.
CUT TO:
49 INT. JACK'S HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT 49
Monitors showing Lois's apartment flash to STATIC. Jack and
Sweet Tart are stunned.
SWEET TART
I never _saw_ a place swept so
fast! Trevanian's right. These
people are pro's.
CUT TO:
--page break--
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50 INT. LOIS'S APARTMENT - NIGHT 50
As Superman dumps two fists full of surveillance gear onto
her couch.
SUPERMAN
We've been bugged.
LOIS
I'll give you one guess.
SUPERMAN
The NIA.
CUT TO:
51 INT. PERRY'S OFFICE - DAY #3 51
Lois and Clark. Perry paces. It's Saturday morning, few
staffers. Perry has the cameras and mikes on his desk.
PERRY
Land of the free, home of the under
surveillance. This makes me sick.
LOIS
Trevanian's desperate. Whatever's
in that computer must be
incredible.
PERRY
Look, it's Saturday and whatever's
happening happens in less than
three hours. Jimmy's gotten as far
as he can with decoding that disk.
Find someone to finish the job.
52 EXT. BULLPEN DAY 52
Lois and Clark exit Perry's office.
LOIS
I'll tell Jimmy.
She notes Clark staring at his desk.
LOIS (CONT'D)
What?
CLARK
What else did they bug?
Lois keeps a lookout as Clark tips his glasses, does a fast
X-RAY scan of his desk.
(CONTINUED)
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52 CONTINUED: 52
He approaches the computer, feels the back, finds the gizmo
Jack attached to his computer.
CLARK (CONT'D)
They tapped our computers.
(a terrible thought)
Or... he did.
LOIS
Trevanian?
CLARK
Somebody who works for him.
Where's that gift he brought Jimmy?
Clark races for Jimmy's desk. Lois follows.
LOIS
Who?
(then)
Jack? Wait a minute, you don't
think --
CLARK
Add it up. When did he get here?
What was the topic of conversation
at dinner? All those wrong turns
in his back story.
LOIS
(quietly; thinking)
Not to mention the concealed (X)
weapons.
CLARK
How could we be so stupid?!
LOIS
Well, who ever thinks one of their
best friends has a _spy_ for a
father?!
They reach Jimmy's desk and find the still wrapped present
Jack gave Jimmy. Clark rips the paper away to reveal a
Chinese trinket. Clark SUPER MAGNIFIES its surface
alongside a gizmo in his hand.
53 CLARK'S POV 53
Two magnified surfaces. Two fingerprints revealed.
The images slide together. Identical match.
(CONTINUED)
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53 CONTINUED: 53
CLARK
It's him.
CUT TO:
54 INT. CONFERENCE ROOM - JIMMY AT COMPUTER - DAY 54
Jimmy has the laptop hooked up to other devices, finishes
punching in letters, watches the screen. Clark enters as
Jimmy disconnects the lap top, folds it up.
JIMMY
I've got the basic code!
CLARK
That's great! You're the best,
man.
JIMMY
But I'm gonna need a lot more power
to read the disk... I'm gonna hook
into the main frame down at Star
Labs...
CLARK
Hold it... Jimmy, listen ... I gotta
talk to you about your dad ...
JIMMY
What about my dad?
CLARK
Look, we've been checking him
out...
JIMMY
We? Who's we? (X)
CLARK
Well, me mostly. Anyway.... (X)
JIMMY
No offense, C.K., but I don't (X)
wanna talk about this now. (X)
CLARK
Well, we gotta talk about it (X)
sometime. (X)
JIMMY
No, we don't. (X)
(CONTINUED)
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54 CONTINUED: 54
CLARK
He's not who he says he is.
JIMMY
Sure he is. He's my father. (X)
CLARK
What if there's more to him than (X)
that? (X)
JIMMY
I don't believe this. You've been (X)
digging up dirt on my _father_?
When do you guys quit? Is
everything a story to you?
CLARK
Would you listen...?
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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54 CONTINUED: 2 54
JIMMY
No! So maybe he's not the best guy
in the world, but he's my father,
okay?
CLARK
We think he's with the NIA.
JIMMY
What?! All these years? No way.
He woulda told me.
CLARK
He lied to you and he lied to us.
JIMMY
I don't believe that! C.K., c'mon,
I'm just gettin' to know the guy!
CLARK
He bugged me and Lois. We think
he's the one who broke in here last
night...
JIMMY
(losing it)
And fought his own kid?! And let
'em shoot at me?! Would you cut it
out?! Okay, maybe he's not a Boy
Scout like you, but he's no killer!
CLARK
Jimmy...
JIMMY
(near tears)
And I defended you to him! I (X)
don't know why you're sayin' this
crap! You think I'm gonna like him
better than you guys or something?!
(rushing out)
Just leave me alone!
CUT TO:
55 INT. JACK'S HOTEL ROOM - ON DOOR - DAY 55
BANG! The door is kicked open. Trevanian and Sweet Tart
stand there. Jack faces them, pulling on a jacket.
TREVANIAN
_That's_ how we opened doors in my
day.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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55 CONTINUED: 55
JACK
Gee. Men really _were_ men back
then.
TREVANIAN
Where's the computer? I need the
computer.
(intensely)
I need it, Jack.
JACK
Did it ever occur to you the damn
thing was destroyed?! Sometimes
the obvious answer is the right
one!
SWEET TART (0. S.)
Jack, they found the remaining
bugs?!
56 TO INCLUDE SWEET TART, STEAMER TRUNK 56
Trevanian glares at the multiple blank screens.
TREVANIAN
Enough of this. Miss Tart, since
Mr. Olsen's been spectacularly
unsuccessful in finding out what
they know... Bring 'em in.
She goes, shutting door.
JACK
What's the real story, Trevanian?
Lane and Kent aren't what you say.
I've been around long enough to
know that.
TREVANIAN
Have you been around long enough to
know the real story is what I tell
you, Jack? That's what defines a
Good Soldier. You've always been a
Good Soldier.
A BEEP from Trevanian's cel phone, he flips it open.
TREVANIAN (CONT'D)
Yes?
(beat)
Very well. Thank you.
(CONTINUED)
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56 CONTINUED: 56
TREVANIAN
(flips it closed)
Your son was followed to the Star
Labs computer center.
(dripping condescension) (X)
You're his daddy. If you'd paid
the slightest attention, you'd (X)
know he's a computer whiz.
JACK
(suddenly putting it
together)
Oh my God....
TREVANIAN
He was carrying a small bag.
JACK
(dully)
The size of a lap top computer.
TREVANIAN
Sometimes the obvious answer _is_
the right one, Jack.
(then)
I can have someone else bring him
in...
JACK
I'll do it.
TREVANIAN
Good soldier.
Jack gives him a look, quickly exits. Trevanian considers
for a moment, flips open the cel phone, pushes a button.
TREVANIAN (CONT'D)
Miss Tart?
CUT TO:
57 INT. DAILY PLANET BULLPEN - DAY 57
Perry charges out of his office; Lois works at her desk.
PERRY
Judas Priest, it's after eleven.
Do we have anything?
(CONTINUED)
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57 CONTINUED: 57
LOIS
Went to find Jack Olsen.
(jumps up; runs to
elevators)
If Clark calls, tell him I went to
Star Labs to see what Jimmy's
got...
An elevator opens, she dashes inside.
58 INT. ELEVATOR - LOIS 58
It descends for a beat, then stops with a jolt. Lois pushes
buttons to no avail. Sound of a panel sliding open, Lois
looks up and Sweet Tart drops into the car, gun aimed. She
clamps a silver box over the lower elevator buttons, smiles
pleasantly, pushes a button. Elevator HUMS back to life.
SWEET TART
No stops 'til the basement. I'm in
a hurry.
CUT TO:
59 EXT. STAR LABS COMPUTER CENTER - DAY 59
Jimmy hurries out, the gym bag clutched to him, glances
around, starts walking. CAMERA ADJUSTS to reveal, across
from the building, an Agent in a parked sedan, watching.
60 WITH JIMMY 60
He hurries along the sidewalk, a car pulls up, Jack Olsen
jumps out. Jimmy stares at him, suddenly scared. It kills
Jack to see his son looking at him like this.
JACK
Jimmy, I gotta talk to you...
JIMMY
I don't think so, Dad.
JACK
I hope you never look in your son's
eyes and see fear like this.
JIMMY
(trying to keep a grip)
Your face. It's all banged up.
Get in a fight?
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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60 CONTINUED: 60
JACK
Guy had more moves than I thought.
Jimmy looks away, trying to keep it together, then:
JIMMY
Did Mom know about you?
JACK
No.
(then)
What's in the computer, Jimmy?
JIMMY
You gonna kill me now and take it?
JACK
No.
JIMMY
Are you a good guy or a bad guy?
JACK
Depends who's asking.
JIMMY
Your son.
JACK
Then I'm about the best guy you
could have in this situation. What
did you find out?
(as Jimmy hesitates)
Jimmy.
JIMMY
At noon today, somebody's going to
crash a plane using an
electromagnetic pulse fired from a
satellite, then use the same
satellite to transmit a data-eating
virus into a bunch of computers
around the world.
JACK
Who's on the plane?
JIMMY
Code names. Badger, Stingray,
Gypsum --
JACK
Oh my God.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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60 CONTINUED: 2 60
Jack grabs Jimmy's arm, starts walking toward his car.
JACK (CONT'D)
Get this to Lois and Clark. Find
Superman. Don't stop anywhere.
First, get in my car. We're being
watched.
Jimmy glances around fearfully, gets in the passenger seat.
JACK (CONT'D)
Ready for a little Spy 101?
61 VARIOUS ANGLES 61
Jack moves the car forward. The Agent in the sedan starts
slowly after them. Up ahead, Jack pulls up on the other
side of a U.P.S.-type van. The Agent stops, watches.
Suddenly Jack PEELS out and SCREECHES off up the street.
The Agent guns his engine and pursues, they race off around
the corner. Back at the truck, Jimmy hops down from a
running board, computer-under his arm, running for his life.
He runs to a jumble of parked bikes, motorcycles, jumps on
his motorcycle.
SWEET TART (O.S.)
Not without a helmet, darling.
Jimmy spins as we WIDEN to reveal Sweet Tart. She slugs him
in the jaw and he reels backward.
SWEET TART (CONT'D)
What's the matter? Won't hit a
girl?
She slugs him again and he goes down.
SWEET TART (CONT'D)
Well, I'll say this. You got
better manners than your old man.
She opens the door to the panel van parked next to her and
inside is Lois, handcuffed and gagged. Sweet Tart starts
hauling Jimmy into the van and...
BLACK.
_END OF ACT THREE_
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_ACT FOUR_
FADE IN:
62 INT. TREVANIAN'S OFFICE - DAY 62
Empty. Suddenly the door CRASHES open from Jack's vicious
kick. Jack glances over at the horrified Male Secretary.
JACK
That's how we opened doors in my
day.
(looks around)
Now where the heck is he? (X)
CUT TO:
63 INT. DAILY PLANET - ON CLOCK - DAY 63
Eleven-forty. CAMERA CRANES DOWN to find Clark dashing down
the ramp toward his desk, nearly colliding with Perry, who
races from his office. Rapid fire:
PERRY
Have you heard from Lois?!
CLARK
_Lois_?
PERRY
She went to Star Labs to see Olsen,
but I just called there, Jimmy
left, and Lois never made it!
CLARK
Where's _Jimmy_?
PERRY
He never made it _here_! Where's
Jack Olsen?!
CLARK
Gone! Where's the computer?!
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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63 CONTINUED: 63
PERRY
With Jimmy!
CLARK
Well we've just lost _everyone_!
PERRY
Yes, we are completely incompetent.
(notes clock)
Hell's Bells, it's almost noon.
Clark grabs a phone. (X)
CUT TO:
64 EXT. ROOF - METROPOLIS TRADE TOWER - DAY 64
Trevanian aims a radar dish on a tripod up to the sky. His
attache is open, a computer inside. He types commands and
the dish adjusts its attitude. Suddenly, the roof access
door flies open and Sweet Tart shoves Lois and Jimmy into
view.
TREVANIAN
It's high noon, Miss Tart. I hope
you've got it.
She steps to Trevanian and hands him the hard disk.
SWEET TART
Never doubt me.
TREVANIAN
You were always my favorite.
Trevanian slides the hard drive into a slot in the attache
computer. He accesses info, typing furiously.
LOIS
What's on the disk?
JIMMY
A program that creates an
information eating computer virus.
And another to jam a plane's
controls and bring it down.
TREVANIAN
(typing away)
Very good. I told your father he
underestimated you.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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64 CONTINUED: 64
JIMMY
Who's on the plane, Trevanian?
Who's Badger, Stingray, and (X)
Gypsum? (X)
Trevanian turns to face them with satisfaction.
TREVANIAN
The head of the FBI, the CIA, the
Secret Service, and my immediate
superior, the director of the NIA.
SWEET TART
On their way to meet the President.
TREVANIAN
They're considering phasing out
the NIA, if you can imagine.
LOIS
(stunned)
You're going to kill them and erase
all their computers. Except one.
Yours.
TREVANIAN
Well, you're also quite quick. And
what does that make me?
LOIS
The only game in town. The man
with all the secrets.
TREVANIAN
The fate of the nation rests in
these hands. Unfortunately, so
does yours. Miss Tart? I say you
can do it in two bullets.
SWEET TART
I say I can do it in one.
TREVANIAN
Name that tune.
And she marches Lois and Jimmy toward the edge of the roof.
CUT TO:
65 EXT. AIR FIELD - DAY (STOCK) 65
An Air Force passenger jet lifts off the runway.
--page break--
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66 INT. DAILY PLANET - DAY 66
Clark urgently pulls on his coat as his phone RINGS.
CLARK
(shouts to Perry)
I'm gonna try Jimmy's!
(grabs phone)
Clark Kent.
67 INTERCUT - TREVANIAN'S OFFICE - JACK - DAY 67
JACK
Clark, Jack Olsen. Have you seen
Jimmy?
CLARK
He's gone. So's Lois. So's the
computer. Where're you?
JACK
In Trevanian's office.
(beat) (X)
Are you there? Clark? (X)
A WHOOSH O.S. (X)
JACK (CONT'D)
(into phone)
Hello? Hello? (X)
SUPERMAN (O.S.)
Hello.
67A WIDER TO REVEAL SUPERMAN 67A
standing in the window. Curtains still flutter. (X)
JACK
Superman!
SUPERMAN
What's going on, Mr. Olsen?
JACK
Trevanian's going to bring down the
heads of all our security agencies.
And...
(emotionally)
... no doubt kill my son. And
Lois. Trevanian lied to me. This
whole time.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"THE DAD WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD" (#13) Pink R. 11/30/95 48A.
67A CONTINUED: 67A
SUPERMAN
(angrily)
But until you figured that out, you
kept Jimmy right in the middle of
this!
JACK
I didn't have a choice! That's the
kind of job I have.
SUPERMAN
Then you've got the wrong job.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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67A CONTINUED: 2 67A
JACK
Look, I believed in what I was
doing! Believed in it so hard I
had to lead a double life. What (X)
would you know about that?
Superman stares at him, the parallel clear. A long beat,
then:
JACK (CONT'D)
He's radioactive.
SUPERMAN
What??
JACK
(yanking out his wallet)
I gave Jimmy my card. It carries a
radioactive marker.
(off Superman's stare)
Spy stuff.
Jack pokes buttons on the inside of his wallet.
68 INTERCUT WALLET - INSERT 68
His license dissolves to a grid-line map of Metropolis.
Coordinates pass along the edge of the screen and lock in.
JACK
The Metropolis Trade Tower.
CUT TO:
69 EXT. ROOF - DAY 69
Sweet Tart holds a gun on Lois and Jimmy, Trevanian watches
coordinates click by on the computer screen, his hand poised
over a button.
70 EXT. AIR FORCE PLANE - FLYING - DAY (STOCK) 70
71 INT. PLANE - FLYING 71
A portion of the cabin has been partitioned off. Five
Distinguished Middle-Aged Men in suits sit chatting or doing
paper work.
--page break--
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72 EXT. ROOF - DAY 72
TREVANIAN
Five, four, three, two....
Sweet Tart glances over at him, and in that moment Jimmy
charges Trevanian.
TREVANIAN (CONT'D)
One!
He punches the button as Jimmy leaps atop Trevanian.
73 EXT. SPACE - EARTH ORBIT 73
A satellite. CAMERA ANGLES on a receiving dish as the
signal received and a hi-tech spike on the satellite glows
red and EMITS A BLAST OF ENERGY toward --
74 EXT. AIR FORCE JET - IN FLIGHT - DAY (STOCK) 74
We HEAR the jet's engines suddenly drop in power.
75 INT. PLANE - HAND HELD - DAY 75
The Plane suddenly shudders and plunges downward. The Five
Men react, start shouting in confusion, holding on.
76 EXT. ROOF 76
Sweet Tart rushes over to aid Trevanian, who grapples with
Jimmy. She aims her gun at Jimmy, as:
SWEET TART
Get off him and stand back!
Lois, hands still handcuffed behind her, lowers her head,
charges. Sweet Tart reacts too late and turns just as Lois
charges into her. She goes down. Trevanian yanks the
dagger from his walking stick, slashes at Jimmy's arm, then
grips Jimmy by the throat, driving him back toward the
roof's edge. A struggle, and Jimmy is tossed over the side!
77 WITH JIMMY - FALLING 77
Jimmy flails in a free fall down the side of the building.
A sudden BLUR of Blue and he WHOOSHES upward.
--page break--
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78 EXT. ROOF - DAY 78
Sweet Tart has the gun aimed at Lois, about to squeeze the
trigger.
SWEET TART
Your turn, Lois.
A BLUR of Blue and Jimmy, Superman and Jack appear on the
roof top. Sweet Tart spins and reflexively fires at
Superman, the bullets bouncing off his chest. As he takes
the gun:
LOIS
Trevanian sent the signal. The
plane's going down.
Superman hops to the roof's edge, glances over at Jack.
SUPERMAN
Jack.
Jack nods with a smile, shakes his hands, and two derringers
shoot out of his cuffs and into his hands. He has one aimed
on Sweet Tart, the other on Trevanian.
SUPERMAN (CONT'D)
Interesting.
And he WHOOSHES off!
79 EXT. AIR FORCE PLANE (STOCK) 79
It is headed down with an awful WHINE.
80 INT. PLANE - HAND HELD - DAY 80
The Five Men brace for death; the cabin's in a steep plunge.
81 EXT. AIR FORCE PLANE (STOCK) 81
Superman suddenly flies into SHOT.
82 INT. PLANE 82
Suddenly there's a Metallic THONK outside the plane and a
JOLT. The SOUND of the dive lessens and the cabin
straightens out. One man looks to the window beside him and
sees Superman's "S" pressed against the glass. The other
men see, along the line of windows, Superman's face, his
"S", and his legs as he grips the plane's fuselage and pulls
the plane out of its deadly dive.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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82 CONTINUED: 82
Superman glances through the window with an "everything's
cool" smile.
DISSOLVE TO:
83 INT. DAILY PLANET BULLPEN - ON NEWSPAPER - DAY #4 83
On the front page is a photo of the Air Force Jet flying
back to earth with Superman beneath it, holding it up. PULL
BACK to find the paper in Perry's hands. He smiles with
satisfaction at Lois and Clark, who lean against Clark's
desk.
PERRY
Trevanian's downfall was the
perfect topper to the Planet's NIA
series. Good work, you two.
(looks off)
Actually, all _four_ of you.
84 NEW ANGLE 84
Reveals Jack and Jimmy looking at Jimmy's snapshots at a
counter nearby.
PERRY
Jack, I had you pegged for a pretty
rotten egg. I apologize.
JACK
Don't apologize, I _am_ a rotten
egg, Perry. It's helpful, in my
line of work
(smiles; then glances at
Jimmy)
I'm... afraid I have to run.
Jimmy smiles resignedly. WITH THEM as they walk toward the
elevators:
JACK (CONT'D)
I feel like I finally got to know
you after all these years, and now
I've gotta dash off to...
JIMMY
Where?
(off Jack's apologetic
shrug)
I know. You can't tell me.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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84 CONTINUED: 84
JACK
You know, Jimmy... They offered to
bring me inside... Give me a desk
job. It's something I could...
JIMMY
(holds up a hand)
Dad. That's not you . It's someone
else's dad. Not mine.
JACK
But I could try.
JIMMY
Just... try to be my dad. That'll
probably be enough.
They hug as the elevator doors open behind them.
85 LOIS AND CLARK 85
Lois watches Clark watching Jimmy watching Jack disappear
into the elevator. He looks troubled.
LOIS
You're obsessing again.
CLARK
Lois, Jimmy grew up without a
father 'cause his dad's work took
over his life. The guy helped keep
the free world together, but he
couldn't do the same for his
family!
LOIS
And you figure the same'll be true
for you, me, and _our_ child.
CLARK
The child who'll barely be able to
pick me out in a police line-up,
because he's hardly seen me? Maybe
I should learn something from Jack.
LOIS
You know what you can learn from
Jack? That he never _was_ father
material. It wasn't the job, it
was the man. Piano tuner or spy,
he wasn't meant to have a family.
You are.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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85 CONTINUED: 85
CLARK
You're trying to convince yourself.
LOIS
No, lunkhead, I'm trying to
convince _you_. The very fact that
we're having this conversation,
that you care so much, proves it.
If you weren't already my fiance,
I'd want you as _my_ dad!
CLARK
(stares)
God, you're good. Awesome.
LOIS
True.
(beat) (X)
Hug? (X)
He pulls her into a deep embrace, then:
CLARK
Lunkhead?
LOIS
But in the best sense of the word.
And as they kiss,
BLACK.
THE END
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