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Lex veut que Loïs et lui change de corps pour pouvoir vivre leur amour mais Loïs, alias Wanda, revoit des images de son ancienne vie, celle dont Loïs est mariée à Clark. Lex, qui ne le supporte pas, et il pense qu'elle doit tuer Superman pour s'en sortir.
Pendant ce temps, le clone de Loïs est tombé amoureux de Clark et elle lui raconte pour l'argent à la banque. Alors ils concoctent un plan pour piéger Lex. Effectivement, Lex tombe dans le panneau mais qu'à moitié et il dit au clone qu'il ne lui reste plus que deux jours à vivre...Alors, le clone dévoile le secret de Clark et Lex est ravi de cette révélation.
Lex, pour tuer l'amour de Loïs, kidnappe Martha et donne un fusil à Wanda pour qu'elle tue Superman mais elle n'y arrivera pas et elle tire sur le plafond qui menace de s'effondrer.
Lex prend alors les choses en main pour tuer Superman mais le clone arrive pour détourner l'attention et Superman peut alors sauver sa mère et Wanda mais Wanda reçoit une grosse pierre sur la tête et il doit l'emmener d'urgence à l'hôpital où elle redevient Loïs Lane mais elle ne reconnaît plus Clark...
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Titre VO
Seconds
Titre VF
Luthor, Wanda et le clone
Première diffusion
25.02.1996
Première diffusion en France
26.06.1996
_LOIS & CLARK_
_The New Adventures of Superman_
"Seconds"
Teleplay by John McNamara
Story by Corey Miller & Philip Chung
Directed by Alan J. Levi
_CAST_
CLARK KENT/SUPERMAN
LOIS LANE/LOIS CLONE/WANDA DETROIT
JIMMY OLSEN
PERRY WHITE
MARTHA KENT
JONATHAN KENT
LEX LUTHOR
DR. KLEIN
ASABI
BANK V.P.
LEONARD THE LAB ASSISTANT
MILITARY MAN
DOCTOR
PASSERBY
_LOCATIONS_
_INTERIORS_: _EXTERIORS_:
Daily Planet Deserted Street
Newsroom
Metropolis Street
Clark's Apartment
Clark's Terrace
Lex's Lair
Star Labs
Star Labs
Abandoned Factory
*
Metropolis Bank
Underground Tunnel
Hospital
Metropolis Bank
Hospital Corridor
Lex's Van
_TEASER_
FADE IN:
RECAP OF EPISODE 16
Lois' Clone marrying Clark, Lex holding Lois prisoner, Lex
and Clone arguing about the $200 million in the bank, Clone
trying to kill Lois; Jimmy explaining the novel Lois was
working on; Lois becoming Wanda Detroit, thinking Clark's a
bad guy named Clark and Lex is a good guy named Kent, going
off with Lex, leaving Clark in the dust... all with blurry
intensity of a fever dream and --
1. INT. LEX'S UNDERGROUND LAIR - ALCOVE - NIGHT #1 1
LOIS' eyes snap open and she sits up from her cot with a
startled gasp. She looks around the dark, shadowy enclave.
It is similar to the lair from Episode 16, but darker, even
more labyrinthine (in other words, the same set, slightly
redressed). LEX gets up from his tool-strewn work bench and
crosses to her.
LEX
Wanda? Are you all right?
Lois, still believing she is WANDA DETROIT, looks at him.
WANDA
Yeah. Yeah, I'm... Jeez, what a
crazy dream.
LEX
Tell me, my darling.
WANDA
No. I hate when people tell their
dreams.
(mulls this)
Least I think I do... But y'know, I
can't remember anybody who ever
told me their dreams so how come
I say I hate it?
LEX
You're tired. We both are. These
last few days have been a
nightmare.
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SECONDS" (#17) FULL Blue Rev. 1/18/96 2.
1 CONTINUED: 1
LEX (CONT'D)
(shakes his head)
Hunted, hiding like rats. But all
that is about to end. I have a
plan that will free us forever from
Clark and his evil factotum,
Superman.
WANDA
Kent... why is this happening to
us?
LEX
We're simply too good for this
world, Wanda.
He kisses her and moves off. She watches him; then, feeling
her head, lies back down on the cot.
2 INT. CLARK'S APARTMENT - NIGHT 2
SUPERMAN comes in, greeted by JONATHAN and MARTHA.
MARTHA
Anything?
Superman shakes his head, moves to the couch, sits.
JONATHAN
Are you hungry?
SUPERMAN
No.
MARTHA
You need rest...
SUPERMAN
I can't believe I let her go, just
let her drive off with him...
MARTHA
Son... (X)
SUPERMAN
I'm an idiot -- (X)
JONATHAN
Clark, what were you going to do? (X)
She told you she didn't love you, (X)
she didn't want to see you -- (X)
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SECONDS" (#17) FULL Blue Rev. 1/18/96 3.
2 CONTINUED: 2
SUPERMAN
It was a trick, it had to be, she
can't love him --
MARTHA
This won't do any good.
SUPERMAN
-- but I let my feelings cloud my (X)
judgement. Now I've looked
everywhere and I can't find --
Suddenly, an ULTRASONIC WHINE, then --
LEX (V.O.)
Superman. I'm speaking on an
ultra-frequency only you can hear.
Superman stands.
MARTHA
What is it?
SUPERMAN
Luthor.
LEX (V.O.)
I imagine you'd like to see me.
Well, then you shall. The corner
of Kirby and Steranko.
Superman BOLTS out in a STREAK.
3 EXT. DESERTED STREET CORNER - NIGHT 3
Lex waits, relaxed. Superman LANDS and starts for him.
LEX
Don't.
SUPERMAN
Give me one good reason.
LEX
(holds up a remote
control)
How about fifteen? Explosives.
Wired to office buildings, museums,
two or three of those ubiquitous
twenty-something coffee hangouts.
Tell me -- what _is_ the appeal of
those places?
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SECONDS" (#17) FULL Blue Rev. 1/18/96 4.
3 CONTINUED: 3
SUPERMAN
Where's Lois?
LEX
(grins)
It's good to be at it again, mm?
Be honest, isn't one of us without (X)
the other... incomplete, almost
unnecessary? Or am I all alone
here? Oh, I hope not. There's
nothing quite so painful as
unrequited hate.
SUPERMAN
Luthor. When this is done, I will
personally build your next prison
and seal the lock.
LEX
Well, I wish I were taking
challenges tonight but this little
meeting is about love...
SUPERMAN
If you think what you're doing to
Lois is love, you're sicker than I
ever thought.
LEX
You think I don't love her? That
I'm what, incapable? Too (X)
consumed with evil to feel?
(shakes head)
What a simple world you live in.
All the powers fate gave you, how
little you understand an ordinary
man's heart and the lengths it
will drive him to. Take her from
me and I will unleash all the
forces of hell on this city.
SUPERMAN
Do that and this is war.
LEX
Well, then... (X)
He presses a button on the remote, a light BLINKS, then the
sound of a MASSIVE EXPLOSION O.S. and --
4 EXT. A BUILDING (STOCK) - NIGHT 4
SHATTERING in a GIGANTIC FIREBALL.
--page break--
"SECONDS" (#17) FULL Blue Rev. 1/18/96 5.
5 EXT. STREET NIGHT 5
Superman STREAKS off. Lex calls to the sky like a warrior
challenging the gods:
LEX
... _this_... _is_... war! (X)
6 EXT. BUILDING - NIGHT 6
BLASTING out of existence.
FADE OUT.
_END OF TEASE_
--page break--
"SECONDS" (#17) FULL Blue Rev. 1/18/96 6.
_ACT ONE_
FADE IN:
7 EXT. BUILDING (STOCK) - NIGHT 7
BLOWING APART as Superman STREAKS in and --
CUT TO:
8 AN EDITION OF THE DAILY PLANET 8
and the headline: "ABANDONED BUILDING DESTROYED BY LUTHOR
No One Injured." (X)
DR. KLEIN (V.O.)
Last night, while this building (X)
was exploding (X)
REVEAL that the paper is in someone's hand and we are in: (X)
9 INT. STAR LABS - DAY #2 9
CLARK is conferring with DR. KLEIN as they walk into the (X)
lab.
DR. KLEIN
... someone tried to kidnap the (X)
Clone while she was on her way (X)
back from the NIA Lab in (X)
Washington. (X)
REVEAL FURTHER, a LAB ASSISTANT with thick glasses,
tinkering in the background. Behind that, a cell, in which
the LOIS CLONE is being held, her back to us. (X)
CLARK
One guess. Lex Luthor. (X)
DR. KLEIN
We don't know. Leonard -- (X)
(the lab assistant) (X)
-- was the only one close enough (X)
to get a good look but (X)
LAB ASSISTANT
My glasses got knocked off. (X)
The Lois Clone doesn't yet see Clark and Klein as she hurls
a beaker, SHATTERING it against the wall.
DR. KLEIN
Fortunately, the Clone -- (X)
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SECONDS" (#17) FULL Blue Rev. 1/18/96 7.
9 CONTINUED: 9
The Clone suddenly picks up a beaker and throws it against (X)
the cell wall, SHATTERING it. (X)
DR. KLEIN (CONT'D)
-- fought him off. If you can (X)
imagine. (X)
LOIS CLONE
(shouts into an
intercom, back to Clark
and Klein)
Hel-lo! I _think_ I said, I
would like to see...!
(now sees him)
... oh, Clark...
(sweetly)
... hi.
CLARK
Hi.
LOIS CLONE
You got my message.
(to Klein, hard)
Finally.
(to Clark) (X)
I'd really like to talk to you.
(to Klein)
Alone. Subtle hint.
DR. KLEIN
I'll go dissect something.
Klein gestures for the Assistant to exit with him. (X)
LOIS CLONE
So. How've you been?
CLARK
Okay, I guess. You?
She picks up a live frog, eats it.
LOIS CLONE
Oh, y'know.
(sees look on his face,
gulps fast)
Uh, does this gross you out? I'm
sorry, I'm trying to cut down but I
kind of need the vitamins... (X)
CLARK
Look, I'm sorry about what (X)
happened last night. Was it (X)
Luthor?
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SECONDS" (#17) FULL Blue Rev. 1/18/96 8.
9 CONTINUED: 2 9
LOIS CLONE
I didn't get a real good look but (X)
yeah, I think it was him. (X)
CLARK
Why would he want to kidnap you? (X)
LOIS CLONE
Well... I can get something he (X)
needs. (X)
CLARK
What? (X)
LOIS CLONE
That's why I wanted to see you. I (X)
think it's like, a way to get him? (X)
CLARK
But what is it? Specifically.
LOIS CLONE
Well, actually, I've got this whole
speech memorized? So, could I sort
of go in order?
CLARK
Sure.
LOIS CLONE
Okay. Um.
(giggles; stifles)
Sorry. Okay. I'm really, really,
really sorry I tried to kill Lois.
That was totally, just... wrong.
CLARK
Uh-huh.
LOIS CLONE
It was really, _really_ immature
and I know now that just because we
have a thing with the same guy, it (X)
doesn't mean one of us has to die,
I mean, that's really, just...
y'know... duh. But I'm only like
nine days old, right? So cut me
some slack, or whatever, I mean I
really don't think that I like
deserve to be locked up, I think
that's like really _unfair_, okay?
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SECONDS" (#17) FULL Blue Rev. 1/18/96 9.
9 CONTINUED: 3 9
CLARK
Look. Could we just get to the
point here? What do you know about
Luthor that can help me get Lois
back?
LOIS CLONE
Oooohhh-kay speech, adios. This
thing Lex wants? I know where it
is... and I'm one of two people on
the planet who can get it.
CLARK
What is it?
LOIS CLONE
I'll tell you on our walk.
CLARK
What walk?
LOIS CLONE
The one you're going to take me on?
When you sign me out of here? Or
else I'm gonna like, get dumb and
forget? Except the part about you
really being Superman, which I'll
have to tell _somebody_. (X)
CLARK
(sighs, under her
prattling)
Oh, my life...
10 INT. LUTHOR'S LAIR - DAY 10
Lex tinkers with an electronic device at his tool-strewn
bench. A cell phone rings. Lex picks it up. (X)
LEX
Yes. (X)
10A INTERCUT STAR LABS - THE LAB ASSISTANT 10A
murmurs into the phone:
LAB ASSISTANT
The Clone is gone.
LEX
Of course she is. Clark Kent
checked her out.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SECONDS" (#17) FULL Blue Rev. 1/18/96 10.
10A CONTINUED: 10A
LAB ASSISTANT
Yes how'd you know -- ? (X)
LEX
Because I'm not an obsequious (X)
snitch, bungling the plans of my (X)
superiors. After our failed (X)
attempt to get her -- for which I (X)
blame you entirely, by the way -- (X)
it was obvious she'd fall into (X)
enemy hands. Fortunately, I have (X)
a second scenario. Tonight, make
certain the two canisters of which (X)
we spoke are in the main lab vault (X)
and that the vault is open. Can (X)
you do that? (X)
LAB ASSISTANT
Yes. (X)
LEX
If you can't, my boy, I suggest (X)
you run, hide and pray. (X)
Lex clicks off. ASSISTANT OUT. Wanda walks in from one of
the tunnels.
WANDA
So Kent... (X)
LEX
My pet. (X)
WANDA
... do you have a plan where we (X)
could actually breathe real air,
see the sun again? Not that this
isn't a real Wonder Palace down
here, great for keepin' skin moist
and growin' mushrooms.
LEX
Yes, I have a plan and... if it (X)
works, we will not only walk free (X)
again... but outlive every one of
our pursuers. And the best thing (X)
of all
(takes her in his arms)
... is we'll be together, Wanda.
She looks at him oddly.
LEX (CONT'D)
What?
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SECONDS" (#17) FULL Blue Rev. 1/18/96 11.
10A CONTINUED: 2 10A
WANDA
Wanda. It just sounded weird
you're calling me that. Wan-da
De-troit. Kind of a stupid name
when you roll it around your
tongue.
LEX
Well, my darling --
WANDA
Kent... how come there's so much
about me I don't know? Who are my
parents, where was I born? I (X)
gotta admit, it scares me, like
being in the dark...
LEX
That bump on your head's got you a
little foggy, is all. But what's (X)
a name? Or for that matter, a
past? Can you touch it, feel it?
Love it? Who we are, how we feel,
right here, right now... that's
everything. Isn't it?
WANDA
I guess. Yeah, sure.
LEX
All right, then. Let me show you
The Plan -- Phase One...
He unfurls an architectural diagram of STAR Labs.
11 EXT. STREET - DAY 11
Lois Clone licks an ice cream cone and walks with Clark.
LOIS CLONE
Mmmmm, almost as good as a handful
of tadpoles.
(looks at him) (X)
Which I don't even eat anymore... (X)
much. (X)
She stops, seeing some posters of far off places in a travel
agent's window, among them --
LOIS CLONE (CONT'D)
Wow. Paris. I was looking at
pictures in the lab. You been?
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SECONDS" (#17) FULL Blue Rev. 1/18/96 12.
11 CONTINUED: 11
CLARK
Yes.
LOIS CLONE
Is it great?
CLARK
It's... very nice.
LOIS CLONE
I wanna go. Can we go now?
CLARK
No.
LOIS CLONE
You promised!
CLARK
No, _you_ promised. You promised
if I got you out, you'd tell me
this thing Luthor's after --
LOIS CLONE
Okay, I will, after you promise me
Paris.
CLARK
Uh-uh, the bargaining is done.
LOIS CLONE
Ple-eeeeease. I want to go to
Paris, I want to really bad!
CLARK
Will you keep your voice down? (X)
A PASSERBY stops. Looks. (X)
PASSERBY
Hey... Lois Lane... (X)
(holds up a Planet with (X)
a 'Lois Missing' (X)
headline and photo) (X)
found you! (X)
CLARK
No, this is uhh, her twin sister. (X)
LOIS CLONE
(to Clark) (X)
Promise me! (X)
CLARK
She's... not well. (X)
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SECONDS" (#17) FULL Blue Rev. 1/18/96 13.
11 CONTINUED: 2 11
He leads her off. (X)
LOIS CLONE
C'mon, promise _me_! (X)
CLARK
I'll tell you what I will
promise... and this is our final
deal, okay?
(she nods)
You tell me what he's after _and_
help me get him, you will never go
back to the lab.
LOIS CLONE
Really?
CLARK
Really.
LOIS CLONE
And Paris?
CLARK
Let me put it this way. _Out_ of
the lab you have a much better
chance of seeing Paris than _in_
the lab. Am I getting through?
LOIS CLONE
Wow. You're tough. But fair.
Deal.
(they shake)
Lex has money. Like, two hundred
million in these whaddayacallem,
not stocks... bears ...? (X)
CLARK
Bearer bonds.
LOIS CLONE
Riqht, yeah. Anyway, they're in
this bank and only Lois Lane can
get them out. I was supposed to
get 'em for him but I refused. But
I was thinking -- he wanted that
money pretty bad, doesn't seem like
he's rolling in it, and he can't
use the real Lois 'cause
everybody's looking for her, right?
CLARK
Right.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SECONDS" (#17) FULL Blue Rev. 1/18/96 14.
11 CONTINUED: 3 11
LOIS CLONE
And trust me it takes like a half (X)
hour to sign all the forms and (X)
stuff and if he used the real Lois (X)
you'd be there _but_ you gotta (X)
figure Lex has guys at the bank
watching, to make sure I don't
get the money? So let's say I
do ... and one of those guys calls
Lex ...
CLARK
It'd flush him out.
LOIS CLONE
And you'd snag him. Pretty cool,
huh?
CLARK
Not bad.
LOIS CLONE
I'm helping you, aren't I?
CLARK
Yeah, yeah, you are.
LOIS CLONE
Does this mean you love me?
CLARK
What?
LOIS CLONE
I think I love you. See, um, I was
reading about it in this magazine?
How love is helping each other?
And you know, you're helping me get
out and I'm helping you get Lex...
and I gotta admit you sorta grow on
a person and... well, maybe I love
you. Think you love me?
CLARK
Don't take this the wrong way
but... no.
LOIS CLONE
We-llllll, is it okay if I love
you?
CLARK
Sure. Just don't kill anybody over
it.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SECONDS" (#17) FULL Blue Rev. 1/18/96 15.
11 CONTINUED: 4 11
LOIS CLONE
_God_. That was days ago. You
really need to like, let go of the
past.
CLARK
I'll work on it.
12 EXT. STAR LABS - NIGHT #2 12
Quiet. Dark. TWO GUARDS patrol near the lighted entrance.
A van pulls up across the street.
13 INT. VAN - NIGHT 13
Wanda and Lex in black. He holds what looks like a small
television wired to a tiny radar dish. Fiddles with it.
Hits a button. It emits a SERIES of BEEPS.
LEX
Well, that takes care of the
security cameras. Ready?
WANDA
I don't know about this, Kent...
breakin' the law. Doesn't that
make us just as bad as that no-good
hunk o' jerk, Clark?
LEX
Of course not. He does it out of
desperation. Too stupid to make a
living, he resorts to petty theft.
Pathetic, really. But you and I
are falsely accused, relentlessly
hunted, what other methods are left
to us? We're rebels against the
oligarchy.
WANDA
Oligarchy... that's a few bad
people telling all the good people
what to do.
LEX
Exactly.
WANDA
And Clark and this Superman of his,
they're part o' this... oligarchy?
LEX
They are its very fulcrum.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SECONDS" (#17) FULL Blue Rev. 1/18/96 16.
13 CONTINUED: 13
WANDA
Middle.
LEX
Yes.
WANDA
Got it.
LEX
Good.
He starts to get out. She stops him.
WANDA
It still doesn't feel right.
LEX
Maybe it will.
(holds up a high-tech
pistol)
Once you've done it.
She looks at it, unsure.
14 EXT. STAR LABS - NIGHT 14
The two Guards pass near each other. Wanda comes up,
wearing a wig and glasses.
WANDA
Hey, boys. I'm flat.
(hefts a tire iron)
Either of you good with your hands?
They blink, then move toward her eagerly. Lex steps out of
some-bushes behind them and hefts his pistol and FIRES two
SILENCED SHOTS.
Darts appear in the guards' backs. They reach for their
guns but drop. Lex kneels and takes a key card. Tosses it
to Wanda.
LEX
Unlock the door.
(she hesitates)
We don't have long, my dear. If
you're having a crisis of
conscience, let's have it somewhere
else.
Lex watches as she holds the card, hesitating, then moves to
the glass door and swipes the card down the electronic lock
scanner. The door clicks and she pulls it open.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SECONDS" (#17) FULL Blue Rev. 1/18/96 17.
14 CONTINUED: 14
Lex moves up next to her. His arm goes around her.
LEX (CONT'D)
Well?
WANDA
It's kind of exciting.
LEX
Welcome to a whole new world.
He kisses her and they hurry in.
FADE OUT.
_END OF ACT ONE_
--page break--
"SECONDS" (#17) FULL Blue Rev. 1/18/96 18.
_ACT TWO_
FADE IN:
15 INT. STAR LABS - NIGHT 15
The same lab where the Clone was kept. Dr. Klein takes a
set of test tubes out of an open walk-in vault, sets them on
his work table. Hears a footstep, turns. O.S. we hear
silenced gun FIRE and he hits the floor, a dart in his neck.
Wanda and Lex step over him. She kneels to make sure he's
okay. Lex heads right for the open vault, filled with
scientific equipment.
LEX
And here we have... the labors of
one, Dr. Mamba.
WANDA
Who?
She ditches the wig and glasses. He removes two foot-high,
metal canisters.
LEX
A scientist who worked for me.
Genius in the field of genetics and
cellular research. But his genius
was co-opted by Clark. It was
Clark who had the good Doctor
create the clone that's trying to
kill you.
WANDA
Oh. Her.
LEX
Still, Mamba may have gone wrong,
but what he achieved is the key to (X)
our freedom... and two hundred
million dollars. Because, when
free, it's always best to be
well-off.
WANDA
Yeah, well, avoiding the cops is
also right up there on my list, so
can we maybe scram?
LEX
Beautifully put, my dear.
He hefts one canister, she the other and off they go. (X)
--page break--
"SECONDS" (#17) FULL Blue Rev. 1/18/96 19.
16 INT. DAILY PLANET - DAY #3 16
JIMMY and Clark at the computer.
JIMMY
It's not exactly a hundred percent
legal but... here's the diagram of
that bank you asked for.
Entrances, exits, alarms, cameras,
the whole shot.
CLARK
Thanks, Jimmy. Can I get this on
paper?
JIMMY
Look, C.K., I know you've been
under a lot of stress lately but
you're not like... planning a life
of crime or anything, are you?
Before Clark can answer, the phone rings.
JIMMY
Hold that thought.
(picks up)
Daily Planet.
(to Clark)
For you. Dr. Klein.
CLARK
(takes it)
Dr. Klein?
17 INTERCUT DR. KLEIN - IN THE LAB - DAY 17
that was robbed. There are COPS there, dusting. Dr. Klein,
still a bit woozy, talks into the phone --
DR. KLEIN
Clark, the lab was robbed last
night.
As Clark and Klein talk, Jimmy prints out the various (X)
diagrams of the bank.
CLARK
What was taken?
DR. KLEIN
Two clone fetuses created by Dr.
Mamba. Male and female. I have a
feeling the thief was --
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SECONDS" (#17) FULL Blue Rev. 1/18/96 20.
17 CONTINUED: 17
CLARK
So do I. I'll get back to you (X)
Doctor, and thanks. (X)
KLEIN OUT.
18 BACK TO SCENE 18
Jimmy hands Clark the diagrams.
JIMMY
There you go. Call me if you need
a character witness.
PERRY walks up.
PERRY
Any word on Lois?
CLARK
No, nothing.
PERRY
(shakes head)
Poor thing, out of her head,
kidnapped by Lex Luthor... You
married to a clone.
(hand on Clark's
shoulder)
Lord, if it's not one thing with
you kids, it's another.
Clark just... nods.
18A INT. LEX'S LAIR - NIGHT #3 18A
Wanda sleeps, fitfully. MUSIC UP. WE MOVE IN CLOSER, (X)
CLOSER... now we're TIGHT ON Wanda's dreaming face. And
suddenly -- (X)
18B A SLOW MOTION IMAGE OF CLARK 18B(X)
then another, and another, layered over one another, (X)
then --
18C POP BACK TO WANDA SLEEPING, 18C(X)
turning over, then -- (X)
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18D A SERIES OF IMAGES OF CLARK 18D(X)
in quick succession this time, CUT TO the beat of the music
we're hearing, then -- (X)
18E INT. CLARK'S APARTMENT - NIGHT 18E
Clark sits at the dining room table, poring over the bank (X)
diagrams. His Mom hands him a cup of coffee. His father (X)
watches TV. The Clone sits on the other side of the room, (X)
staring at Clark like a lovestruck teenager. MOVE IN SLOW (X)
on her face now and -- (X)
18F A SERIES OF IMAGES OF SUPERMAN 18F(X)
doing fast-cutting, heroic, selfless things for humanity (X)
then
18G BACK TO THE CLONE 18G(X)
staring. Jonathan glances over and sees the stare. The (X)
Clone, embarrassed, looks away. Jonathan looks at Martha. (X)
She, also noticing this, shrugs. (X)
The Clone gets up and moves to the fridge, walking slowly (X)
past Clark, who ignores her. She stares. More ignoring. (X)
She opens the fridge, gets milk. (X)
18H INT. LUTHOR'S LAIR - NIGHT 18H
Wanda rolls over. MOVE IN FAST on her face (X)
18J IMAGES OF CLARK 18J(X)
then, in a BLUR, DISSOLVE TO images of Superman and -- (X)
18K INT. CLARK'S - NIGHT 18K(X)
Watching Clark, The Clone pours herself a glass of milk. (X)
18L SHE'S FANTASIZING IMAGES OF CLARK 18L(X)
now, just being his cute and adorable self in a series of (X)
CUTS, then --
18M BACK TO THE CLONE 18M(X)
and she's staring at Clark, milk spilling out over the rim (X)
of the glass as she seriously over-pours. She smiles (X)
sheepishly and gets a towel. As she wipes, she looks up at (X)
him, we MOVE IN and (X)
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18N IMAGES OF CLARK 18N(X)
now, then (X)
18P IMAGES OF SUPERMAN 18P(X)
INTERCUT and -- (X)
18Q INT. LUTHOR'S LAIR - NIGHT 18Q
PULL BACK away from Wanda (X)
18R INT. CLARK'S - NIGHT 18R(X)
PULL BACK away from Clone... mopping and we INCLUDE Clark. (X)
He glances at her. She smiles at him hopefully. He smiles (X)
hesitantly and goes back to his work. She sighs. (X)
19 INT. LUTHOR'S LAIR - NIGHT #3 19
Wanda's eyes snap open. She sits up, a little dazed as the (X)
MUSIC FADES and Lex enters, says to Wanda: (X)
LEX
We have a visitor. Wanda, meet
Asabi.
ASABI enters behind him. Indian, of indeterminate age, with
a calm, mystical demeanor.
ASABI
Hello.
WANDA
Hiya.
LEX
Asabi worked for me, several years
ago, trying to instruct me in the
mystic ways of the Thugee Cult.
But I rejected his teachings.
(moves to his table of
gadgets)
I was in love with all things
scientific. What a fool. I know
now that science is only the key
which opens the prison door but the
power of spirit...
ASABI
... is the freedom to never again
be trapped in _any_ prison.
(CONTINUED)
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19 CONTINUED: 19
WANDA
Uh, Kent? What are you yakkin'
about? In English.
ASABI
Allow me. I speak of your soul.
What is it, do you think?
WANDA
My soul? It's uhhh... y'know, who
I am... and right now I'm a little
fuzzy on that, to be honest.
Asabi moves to Lex's table. Picks up a beaker of water.
ASABI
The soul is this water. The glass
is your body.
WANDA
I'm with you so far.
ASABI
The soul is only trapped within the
glass until one learns the very
simple trick of...
And he pours the water from the beaker into a bowl.
WANDA
Send a search party, I'm lost.
LEX
My darling, do you know the Greek
definition of seconds?
WANDA
'Hey, Nick, gimme another
Souvlaki.'
LEX
(patiently)
No. The seconds that tick, tick,
tick?
WANDA
Oh. No.
LEX
'Each is an arrow, the last one
fatal.' But not for us.
(moving across the lair)
Our final seconds will be the first
step to life everlasting.
(CONTINUED)
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19 CONTINUED: 2 19
And with a flourish, he pulls down a ten foot tarp spread
across the wall. Revealing --
TWO BODIES, suspended in eight foot glass cylinders,
partially obscured by the gases swirling within. One is
MALE, one FEMALE. So far as we can tell, they each
represent youthful perfection.
LEX
The clone fetuses we took from the
lab, their growth accelerated,
their bodies now almost ready.
WANDA
Almost ready... for what?
LEX
We are sought by a man with great
power... and x-ray vision. How do
you hide from such a man? You
don't. Unless you exchange one
body...
(gestures to his own
body)
for another.
(then the male clone)
Lex looks at Wanda expectantly. During this, Asabi has
moved to a corner, assumed the Lotus position and closed (X)
his eyes. (X)
WANDA
Okay. One question.
LEX
Of course.
WANDA
Are you orbiting the planet?
You think I'm gonna shuck my body
like a piece o' corn? I got enough
problems here, Lex --
LEX
Darling, please
WANDA
-- I barely know who I am as it is,
I'm having all these crazy dreams
and -- hey. Who's Lex?
LEX
Pardon?
(CONTINUED)
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19 CONTINUED: 3 19
WANDA
I called you Lex. Your name's
Kent. You told me your name's Kent
LEX
Well, that's easily explained --
WANDA
-- but Lex rolled right off my
tongue like I've said it a hundred
times, Lex...
(fighting to remember)
Lex L...
LEX
(quickly)
Lex Kent. You've always called me
by my last name. That hit you took
on the head must be worse than we
thought.
WANDA
Lex Kent...? Well, whatever.
I'm not doin' this. Nothin'
personal, Mr. Asabi --
(sees Asabi is in a (X)
trance) (X)
but it's nuts. Hello?
LEX
Then let me tell our future. We
run, we hide; we're caught, caged
and die alone. And let me tell you
something else. If that's what you
wish...
(tenderly)
...I'll make it so. I'll give up
my freedom, my future, my life
for you.
WANDA
(studying him)
Oh, Lex...
LEX
(close, taking her hand)
But know that at this moment, we
stand at the very precipice of all
our tomorrows. And if you just
close your eyes and make the leap,
we shall know eternity. Together.
(CONTINUED)
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19 CONTINUED: 4 19
WANDA
Yeah, but come on I mean, can (X)
this guy really pull off magic? (X)
Lex starts to say something, looks at Asabi -- and now, (X)
just has to gesture to make his point. For Asabi, still in (X)
Lotus, is levitating a few inches off the ground. (X)
She looks at Asabi, transfixed. Looks over at the clones, (X)
then --
WANDA (CONT'D)
I just never saw myself as a blond.
But... all right, what the hell --
it can't be any crazier than the
rest of my life.
Lex smiles.
LEX
That's my girl. Now get some rest.
We've got a big day tomorrow.
She moves off, into the shadows, lays down on the cot.
Asabi levitates a little higher, unfolds his legs and (X)
stands; comes up next to Lex. The two men study her. (X)
ASABI
I see into her mind, her heart.
LEX
And?
ASABI
Memories submerged in darkness,
fighting to find the light. She is
strong. And she is not alone.
LEX
Of course not. She has me.
ASABI
No. Another. A great love; one
that transcends time. Even now,
she longs for him in her dreams.
LEX
And if I kill him?
ASABI
The love would not die. The
memories would surface.
LEX
Help me, Asabi. I can't lose her.
(CONTINUED)
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19 CONTINUED: 5 19
ASABI
There is but one way to sever this
love and bind her to you forever.
She must kill this man. With her
own hands and of her own free will.
That done, the love dies... and she
is yours.
LEX
(suddenly grins)
Well, why didn't you just say so?
For a second, I was actually
worried...
20 INT. METROPOLIS BANK - DAY #4 20
Lois Clone, very much the center of everyone's whispers and
attention, is escorted across the floor of the bank to the
vault room. She stops in the doorway as her hand is placed
on a scanner. A BANK V.P. picks--up a phone, dials and
BANK V.P.
Mr. Luthor?
21 INTERCUT LEX - IN HIS LAIR 21
on cell phone.
LEX
Hello, Philip.
BANK V.P.
Well, she's here, making the (X)
withdrawal, just as you predicted. (X)
It should take at least a half (X)
hour. (X)
LEX
Thank you for the call. Expect
your payment by the end of the
week.
The V.P. hangs up. LEX OUT. (X)
22 BACK TO SCENE 22
REVEAL Clark IN THE BANK watching the V.P. from the other (X)
side of the bank. He looks from the V.P. to Lois Clone,
whose hand scan is now finished. A MANAGER motions that she
may proceed into the vault. She glances back at Clark. He
nods. She goes in with her empty valise. (X)
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23 INT. LUTHOR'S LAIR - DAY 23
Lex picks up a child's rubber ball. (X)
LEX
Time for Phase Two. (X)
24 INT. METROPOLIS BANK - DAY 24
The Clone walks out of the vault, holding a large valise.
Clark scans with X-RAY BEAMS. The Clone moves up next to
him.
LOIS CLONE
This plan is totally excellent.
CLARK
Yeah, except no Lex.
LOIS CLONE
Well, you know, I was thinking and
it's just like outloud talking?
But what would be the worst thing
in the world if you never saw Lois
again?
CLARK
What?
LOIS CLONE
Just, open the mind, _okay_? I
look like her, I sound like her,
everybody thinks I am her. I
learn real fast; give me a month,
I'll be her. And I got two
hundred million dollars. So
you've gotta admit, the whole
package...
(does a model-runway
turn)
... doesn't exactly suck.
CLARK
No, no it doesn't... Look, I'm (X)
sure you mean well... but I love
Lois. Who she is, everything she's
been, done, dreamed, thought; every
second of her life up to now. You
can't just make that.
The Clone's chin begins to quiver. She's about to cry.
CLARK (CONT'D)
Hey, wait...
(CONTINUED)
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24 CONTINUED: 24
LOIS CLONE
I'm never gonna have anyone!
CLARK
Come on, I'm sorry, I didn't --
LOIS CLONE
I'm a freak I don't have a past,
a life, I bet I don't even have
a... a soul... there's nothing for
anybody to love!
Her sobbing is of the inconsolable-teen-angst variety. Very
loud. People are staring. Clark reaches out to comfort
her.
CLARK
Look, that's not true, you're just
different. Different is good. I
ought to know. Okay? You just
need to get your own life... and
you will.
LOIS CLONE
Really?
CLARK
Really.
LOIS CLONE
You'll help me? Maybe meet
somebody as nice as you?
CLARK
Sure.
LOIS CLONE
Will he be able to fly?
CLARK
Well...
The child's ball from Lex's Lair comes rolling in off the (X)
street, right past Clark and stops in the middle of the
bank. He looks at it and --
It suddenly SEARS WHITE-BRIGHT like a tiny sun. BEAMS go
SHOOTING IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
Everyone covers their eyes, blinded, including the (X)
Clone. But Clark is not blinded, just pretends to be as he (X)
looks around the room and sees --
Lex, wearing goggles, moving past him. (X)
(CONTINUED)
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24 CONTINUED: 2 24
LEX
Clark. Long time, no see. (X)
Clark reaches out and grabs Lex's arm. Lex looks down,
amused.
LEX (CONT'D)
(looks skyward)
Superman! Another building is (X)
exploding in fifteen seconds (X)
and the real Lois is in that
building!
And now Clark SUPER-HEARS:
WANDA (V.O.)
Superman! Help! (X)
LEX
You now have ten seconds to save
her ! (X)
(to Clark) (X)
... and I'd better get back to my (X)
detonator in the next three minutes
or _another_ building goes, then (X)
another, and another.
(in Clark's face) (X)
Tick. Tock. Clark. (X)
WANDA (V.O.)
SUPERMAN! (X)
Clark lets go. Clark exits frame, ripping open his shirt. (X)
Lex grabs the Clone. (X)
25 EXT. ABANDONED FACTORY - DAY 25
Superman lands, goes right to the bomb and sees Wanda's (X)
CRIES for help are emanating from a speaker. He pulls the
bomb's wires and Wanda's voice cuts off, replaced by:
LEX
(pre-recorded V.O.)
Well done, Man of Steel. Of
course, there were no explosives
here. Much as I can count on your (X)
behavior when she's in danger, I'd (X)
never leave her life in anyone's (X)
hands but my own. I love her too (X)
much... (X)
Off the look of burning rage on Superman's face -- (X)
(CONTINUED)
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25 CONTINUED: 25
LEX (V.O.)
... and she loves me. Says (X)
there's never really been anyone (X)
else. You might pass that on to (X)
you friend Clark -- (X)
Superman SMASHES the machine with his fist. (X)
26 26
THRU OMITTED THRU
28 28
29 INT. UNDERGROUND TUNNEL - DAY 29
Lex, goggles gone, pulls the Clone into sight, throws her
against the wall and takes the valise. He looks inside,
pleased by the sight of the bonds.
LEX
You're probably wondering why I. (X)
didn't just snuff out your
miserable life up there. I wanted
to tell you a bit about yourself,
answer a few questions about your
place in the world.
LOIS CLONE
That's... that's really nice of
you.
LEX
Yes, considering what a graceless
little traitor you are. You see, (X)
Dr. Mamba designed two classes of
clones. An A Class with a lifespan
of ohhhh, hundred years or so. And
a B Class, with a lifespan of
about... two weeks. You my dear,
are very much a B Class.
LOIS CLONE
What?
LEX
What are you now? Eleven, twelve
days old? Well, with a lifespan of
two weeks, I wouldn't be making any
holiday plans.
LOIS CLONE
No... no...
(CONTINUED)
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29 CONTINUED: 29
LEX
You'll be quite dead by Friday.
LOIS CLONE
But you... you can fix me, can't (X)
you? Lex? (X)
LEX
I had you made, I can have you
remade. (X)
WANDA
And I'd do anything for you, you (X)
know that... (X)
LEX
Do I? (X)
WANDA
Like if I could give you something (X)
you wanted -- ? (X)
LEX
What could _you_ possibly tell (X)
me? (X)
LOIS CLONE
Superman... you hate him, right?
Well, he's someone else... someone
else you hate -- they're the same
person.
LEX
What are you prattling on about?
LOIS CLONE
Superman is really Clark Kent. (X)
A moment as Lex absorbs this.
LEX
My God...
LOIS CLONE
(clinging to him,
desperate)
That's good, isn't it? Didn't I do
good?
LEX
I'm very impressed. This (X)
information could not have come at
a better time.
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
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29 CONTINUED: 2 29
LEX (CONT'D)
How wonderful that that which I
brought into being could teach (X)
me. Now let me give you a very
important lesson -- don't...
trust anyone. (X)
(pushes her off) (X)
There's no reversing your lifespan.
You will die in two days. A (X)
soulless, paper thin copy...
LOIS CLONE
No...
LEX
... unloved in life, unmourned in
death; forgotten faster than you
ever lived.
(moving off)
Have a nice week.
She crumples to the floor, devastated. He strolls off, as
her voice echoes behind him:
LOIS CLONE
No... please... Lex, please don't
leave me... please!
FADE OUT.
_END OF ACT TWO_
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_ACT THREE_
FADE IN:
30 INT. CLARK'S APARTMENT - DAY 30
Lois Clone lies on his bed. Clark stands over her. (X)
CLARK
He didn't hurt you, did he? I
mean, do you need a doctor?
She shakes her head and rolls away.
CLARK (CONT'D)
Well... do you want to talk about
what happened down there?
She stares off.
CLARK (CONT'D)
Did he talk about Lois? Did you (X)
get any clue about where his (X)
hideout is? (X)
Nothing. He glances through the doorway at Jonathan and
Martha. Shrugs, no idea what to do. Martha walks over.
MARTHA
I'll talk to her.
CLARK
Good luck.
Clark moves into the living room.
JONATHAN
Come on, son, why don't we take a
walk, clear your head?
Clark nods. They exit as Martha sits on the edge of the
bed.
MARTHA
Lois?
The Clone looks at her.
LOIS CLONE
Don't call me that.
MARTHA
Well, that's your name, isn't it?
(CONTINUED)
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30 CONTINUED: 30
LOIS CLONE
I don It have a name. I shouldn't
even be alive. So I guess it's a
good thing I'll be dead in two
days.
MARTHA
Oh, no.
LOIS CLONE
Just here long enough to see
everything I'll never have. All I
want to know is why? Can you tell
me that?
MARTHA
I... I don't know. But I do know
that what we are isn't really about
how long we're here... it's about
who we touch, and how. Clark cares
for you. You've been a friend to
him... he can trust you...
LOIS CLONE
You see? I can't even do that
right.
30A EXT. ALLEY - NIGHT #4 30A(X)
A young MILITARY MAN opens a steel attache case and removes (X)
high-tech rifle. Lex looks on. The Military Man presses (X)
button on the side of the rifle. It HUMS. (X)
MILITARY MAN
The quantum distruptor is probably (X)
the most important weapon we're (X)
developing right now. It can (X)
literally separate and destroy the (X)
molecules... (X)
He FIRES at a garbage cannister. The BEAM is a colorless (X)
surge of energy. As it strikes the object, it seems to FLY (X)
APART in a billion micro-bits. Leaving nothing. (X)
LEX
That's one way to take out the (X)
trash. (X)
MILITARY MAN
Our most recent tests indicate it (X)
could even kill Superman. (X)
LEX
I'll take it. (X)
(CONTINUED)
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30A CONTINUED: 30A
MILITARY MAN
That'll be fifty million dollars. (X)
LEX
(removes a wad of
bearer bonds from his (X)
coat) (X)
Cash all right? (X)
31 INT. UNDERGROUND LAIR - NIGHT 31
Wanda listens to Asabi (who stirs a small fire) as Lex
fiddles with some dials on the clone tubes.
ASABI
Tomorrow, you will inhale the smoke
of this sacred flame; it takes all
that you are, all that you shall
ever be... exhale, and at that
moment, your new bodies inhale the
smoke and...
WANDA
... and that's it?
ASABI
Yes.
WANDA
(looks at clones)
Just like that, boom, I'm a blond?
Jeez. It's harder dyin' your
roots.
ASABI
Our souls are made to escape. It
is only thought which holds them
prisoner.
LEX
And we are prisoners no longer, my
love. Soon we shall be free to
start any lives we dare dream. So.
What would you like to be, hm? A
European countess? A South
American horsewoman? No? I have
it. A Russian poet.
WANDA
A writer...
LEX
Hm?
(CONTINUED)
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31 CONTINUED: 31
WANDA
A writer... when you said poet,
I... yeah, a writer. That's crazy,
though, I can barely talk, who do I
think I am being a writer?
LEX
You have more locked within you
than you can possibly imagine.
Believe me.
WANDA
I just wish I didn't have this...
weird feeling. I know this is the
right plan to get us outta this
corner we're in but somethin' keeps
eatin' at me... somethin'... It's
like being in the dark, looking for
a light switch; you know it's there
and it makes you nuts not to find
it.
Asabi and Lex exchange a look. Then Lex moves to her and
kisses her.
LEX
We'll find it together. But first,
I've got to run a little errand. I
won't be long.
He picks up the disruptor and heads for the exit. Asabi
moves with him.
ASABI
(sotto voce)
She is emerging from her darkness.
Struggling ever closer to her truth
-- the love she longs for, the --
LEX
Yes, I know. But that love _will_
be severed. I'm going to lure him
here tonight and she's going to
kill him.
Lex exits.
32 EXT. CLARK'S TERRACE - NIGHT 32
Lois Clone stands, looking at the sky. Clark comes out.
LOIS CLONE
Hi.
(CONTINUED)
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32 CONTINUED: 32
CLARK
Hi.
He looks at her compassionately. (X)
LOIS CLONE
Your Mom told you?
CLARK
(nods)
I'm really sorry. Look, we should
get you to STAR Labs, there's got
to be something Dr. Klein can do...
LOIS CLONE
(shakes head)
I don't have much time; I don't
want to spend it getting stuck with
needles.
(looks at him)
Your Mom's a great person. I can
see why you turned out the way you
did. She understands so much. So
I believe her when she says... that
you care about me.
CLARK
Well, I don't like to see anybody (X)
in trouble I want to help. (X)
LOIS CLONE
I don't think you will when I tell (X)
you what happened. I... I did (X)
something bad... to you. I wanted
Lex to help me, to live longer, so
I... I told him that you're
Superman.
Clark just looks at her.
LOIS CLONE (CONT'D)
It's okay if you hate me...
CLARK
No.
LOIS CLONE
I hate myself.
CLARK
Don't. You were scared, you made a
mistake. It's all right.
(CONTINUED)
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32 CONTINUED: 2 32
LOIS CLONE
(tears)
I'm so ashamed.
CLARK
Shhh...
LOIS CLONE
I'll help you find Lois; I'll help
you catch him... I hate Luthor, I
hate him for making me...
Lex comes up the ladder, aiming his disruptor.
LEX
Now is that any way to talk about
your creator? Some would call it
blasphemy.
CLARK
(pushes Clone away)
Stand back.
LEX
Yes. You'll get a better view...
Lex pulls the trigger. A BOLT of ENERGY BLASTS out and hits
Clark square in the chest. When it STRIKES it's as if all
the molecules in and around his chest are scattered in a
small explosion, then SNAP BACK into place. But his shirt
is ripped open, exposing the S, and he's thrown back into
the wall. Stunned.
LEX
(admiring the weapon)
Your tax dollars at work. (X)
His parents come running out. (X)
JONATHAN
Clark!
MARTHA
Oh, my God --
LEX
Jonathan and Martha Kent? I don't
believe we've met. Lex Luthor.
JONATHAN
What'd you do to my son?
(CONTINUED)
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32 CONTINUED: 3 32
LEX
What I'll do to _you_ if you take
another step.
(moving across terrace)
Well, Clark, all these years we've
known each other... and you've been
keeping a secret.
(clucks his tongue)
Now is that any way to treat your
best enemy?
(studies him)
How long I've feared you, envied
you... yet never really knew you.
I wonder, can you beg?
(aims gun)
For your life?
Clark tries to get up. He can't, too weak.
LEX (CONT'D)
(fingering the torn
shirt, so he can see the
S better)
No? Too un-Superman? I
understand. So how about...
(gun on the Kents)
... the lives of your parents?
You'll beg for that, won't you?
He is ready to fire at them, then
CLARK
(weak)
No. Please, don't kill them.
(Lex gestures for more)
I beg you. Don't.
LEX
Nicely done. You grovel with
style. That's important. Because
I intend to tell every criminal in
the world who you really are. And
as an added bonus, I'll give them
the design of this weapon, the
address of your parents...
(in his face)
and you'll spend your _life_
begging. Or hiding. Trust me,
they're both equally humiliating.
(straightens)
I imagine that famous strength';;
be coming back in a minute. So I
need a bit of getaway insurance,
let's see now...
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SECONDS" (#17) FULL Blue Rev. 1/18/96 41.
32 CONTINUED: 4 32
LEX (CONT'D)
(grabs Martha)
I always prefer female company.
Jonathan lunges.
JONATHAN
Let her go!
Lex belts him. Jonathan drops. Martha struggles but the
weapon is aimed at her --
LEX
Ah-ah. Let's be ladylike.
(to the Clone)
You too. Stay and tend your
wounded hero.
He takes Martha through the apartment and out the front.
Clark makes his way to his father. Clone bends to Clark.
CLARK
Dad, you okay?
JONATHAN
I'm fine. Can you -- ?
CLARK
(shakes head)
I can't even stand.
JONATHAN
We better call the police.
CLARK
Too dangerous.
(to Clone)
You're the only chance I've got.
Follow Luthor. Take a cell phone.
Don't let him see you. When he
gets where he's going, call me.
Hopefully, I'll have my strength
back. Okay?
LOIS CLONE
Okay.
CLARK
Be careful.
She nods, starts to go, then comes back and kisses him on (X)
the lips; exits out the front. (X)
--page break--
"SECONDS" (#17) FULL Blue Rev. 1/18/96 42.
33 INT. UNDERGROUND TUNNEL - NIGHT 33
Luthor finishes tying Martha to a support beam.
MARTHA
Is Lois here? Is she all right?
LEX
She's fine. Thank you for asking.
It occurs to me, Martha, if I'd had
a mother as loving as you, I might
be a better person.
(grins)
Thank God I didn't.
He picks up the disruptor and goes.
34 INT. LEX'S LAIR - NIGHT 34
Lex pauses at the doorway. Rips his shirt, musses up is
hair, then enters with the disruptor. Breathless.
LEX
Wanda? I just had a close call
with Superman.
WANDA
Lex. Are you okay?
LEX
Fine. Fortunately, I was able to
defend myself.
(hefts, the disruptor)
But he's quite insane... and
incredibly strong. God forbid
anything should happen but I think
you should learn how to use this.
WANDA
I don't know if I could shoot
somebody.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SECONDS" (#17) FULL Blue Rev. 1/18/96 43.
34 CONTINUED: 34
LEX
Believe me, no one treasures life
more than I do but this man is
evil. He works for Clark and wants
to destroy us. So we must be ready
to defend ourselves...
(twists a dial on the
weapon)
... with deadly force, if
necessary. Now...
(puts gun in her hands)
... it's set at full power. Finger
goes on the trigger there, aim and
fire at that canister in the
corner.
She does. A BLAST OF ENERGY. The MOLECULES of the canister
FLY APART in a billion bits. (X)
LEX (CONT'D)
Well done, my dear.
Asabi, from the corner, looks at Lex and nods. Lex nods
back.
FADE OUT.
_END OF ACT THREE_
--page break--
"SECONDS" (#17) FULL Blue Rev. 1/18/96 44.
_ACT FOUR_
FADE IN:
35 INT. UNDERGROUND TUNNEL 2 - NIGHT 35
The Clone comes out of the shadows. Looks left, then right.
Finally, flips open the cell phone.
LOIS CLONE
Clark?
36 INTERCUT CLARK - IN HIS APARTMENT 36
still groggy but on his feet.
CLARK
(into phone)
Yeah?
LOIS CLONE
I followed him and he's somewhere
under Fourth and Grand? But way,
way deep. If you just follow the
tunnels under the old subway tracks
CLARK
My Mom, is she okay?
LOIS CLONE
She was, the last time I saw her,
but see, I got kind of lost. Not
really lost, just a little, I'm
sure I'm gonna find her any --
CLARK
Fourth and Grand, under the old
subway. I'll find it. You just
sit tight.
He hangs up. CLONE OUT. Clark pulls his glasses off. Rubs
his eyes.
JONATHAN
Son, are you all right?
CLARK
Boy, whatever that thing is -- it
hits, you feel it.
(off his father's
concern)
Don't worry, Dad, I'll get her
back. And Lois.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SECONDS" (#17) FULL Blue Rev. 1/18/96 45.
36 CONTINUED: 36
JONATHAN
Just be careful.
He nods, pulls what's left of his shirt open and exits
frame.
37 INT. UNDERGROUND TUNNEL 2 - NIGHT 37
The Clone comes around the corner. Still lost. Sighs,
starts back the other way and --
Hears the O.S. WHOOSH and runs into Superman. He still
seems kind of ragged.
LOIS CLONE
Hi. Sorry, I'm still lost.
SUPERMAN
It's okay. You should head back
up. I'll take it from here.
LOIS CLONE
You don't look too good.
SUPERMAN
I'll be all right.
He moves off. She watches him.
38 INT. LUTHOR'S LAIR - NIGHT 38
Asabi sits at the ceremonial fire. Lex and Wanda stand
before the two clones. He pulls a lever.
LEX
Seems they're done a little early.
We're ready anytime you are, Asabi.
ASABI
Then come to me... and open your
minds to the eternal. Remember
that death is irrelevant. The soul
is indestructible and ever
transitive. Death is not to be
feared.
Superman strides through the doorway.
SUPERMAN
All right, Luthor, it's over.
LEX
Superman...
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SECONDS" (#17) FULL Blue Rev. 1/18/96 46.
38 CONTINUED: 38
He breaks from Wanda and crosses to Superman.
LEX (CONT'D)
... get out of here, leave us
alone!
Superman grabs Lex by the collar and hoists him.
SUPERMAN
I don't think so. Where's my Mom?
LEX
Wanda!
She looks and sees the disruptor. Picks it up. Aims.
LEX (CONT'D)
Shoot him! (X)
SUPERMAN
Lois...
She stops, looks at him. Asabi watches her, expectant.
SUPERMAN (CONT'D)
... don't.
LEX
Shoot him! Now!
WANDA
(to Superman)
Let him go.
Superman drops Lex. Starts for Wanda.
WANDA (CONT'D)
Stay back.
SUPERMAN
Lois. It's me.
Lex and Asabi both watch.
WANDA
I'm not gonna tell you again -- get
back.
SUPERMAN
I will when you put the gun down.
He is almost to her. She pulls the trigger
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SECONDS" (#17) FULL Blue Rev. 1/18/96 47.
38 CONTINUED: 2 38
then ticks the gun to the left. The disruptor BEAM
BLASTS into a supporting post just over Superman's shoulder,
eradicating it. An ominous RUMBLE from above. Superman
moves to check it out.
Asabi shakes his head at Lex.
LEX
Wanda -- _shoot_ him!
WANDA
I ... I can't...
She lowers the gun as, above the post, chunks of rock and
waves of dust begin to fall. Superman holds the area where
the post used to be.
LEX
Oh, for God's sake...
Lex goes to Wanda and takes the gun. Superman watches
helplessly.
SUPERMAN
Luthor, I can barely hold this...
the whole thing's going to cave.
LEX
We'll take our chances.
He aims and FIRES at Superman. The BEAM hits him full in
the chest and we see his entire solar plexus EXPLODE,
shimmering in a billion fragments. He is thrown into a far
wall. Hits the ground. The shimmering bits SNAP BACK and
his chest is whole again. But he's weak, almost
unconscious.
Above, the RUMBLING grows more ominous.
LEX (CONT'D)
(offers her gun)
My dear, would you do the honors?
WANDA
What?
LEX
I want him dead and I want you to
do it.
WANDA
No. He can't hurt us...
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SECONDS" (#17) FULL Blue Rev. 1/18/96 48.
33 CONTINUED: 3 38
LEX
True. But he can bring us
together. Now shoot rim.
WANDA
Are you crazy? No!
LEX
Asabi, will you talk to her?
ASABI
I believe it is time to be leaving
soon before the caving in is
complete.
LEX
My God, surrounded by the
spineless.
He aims at Superman. Wanda tries to stop him. He shoves
her back.
LEX (CONT'D)
Learn this now -- I love you, but
never, ever stand between me and
what I want.
He aims, squeezes the trigger and
The Clone charges in and leaps.
LOIS CLONE
NOOOOOOOO!
Tackles him. The disruptor FIRES, the beam SEARING between
their entangled bodies as they hit the floor.
Another support post is ERADICATED by the BEAM in a BURST.
More rumbling. More falling chunks.
Lex and the Clones's bodies RIPPLE and CRACKLE, made
unstable by the beam which glanced off them. Both are in
agony. Roll away from each other.
Asabi heads for the door.
ASABI
I think now I will be moving on.
Good luck and good karma to you
all.
He's gone. Superman gets to his feet. Makes his way across
the room to the Clone.
Wanda moves to Lex.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SECONDS" (#17) FULL Blue Rev. 1/18/96 49.
38 CONTINUED: 4 38
WANDA
Lex... Lex?
Lex can't speak.
Superman kneels to the Clone.
SUPERMAN
Come on, I'm gonna get you out of
here...
He tries to pick her up, can't.
LOIS CLONE
I found your Mom... down that
tunnel, around the corner...
(smiles) (X)
I did good, didn't I?
SUPERMAN
Yes. Come on, sit up, can you sit
up?
LOIS CLONE
Do you love me now?
(touches his face)
Do you? Please?
Before he can answer, she dies. He holds her, helpless,
then looks over at Wanda with Lex. A rock chunk falls, just
missing her. He goes to her.
SUPERMAN
We've got to get out.
She looks at Superman. Their eyes meet. Lex sees this.
LEX
No.
He grabs Wanda's arm fiercely.
SUPERMAN
Let her go, Luthor.
Luthor pulls her close. Both hands gripping her now.
Superman tries to pry him off but he's too weak. He
slumps, fighting to stay conscious.
LEX
She stays with me.
SUPERMAN
She'll die.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SECONDS" (#17) FULL Blue Rev. 1/18/96 50.
38 CONTINUED: 5 38
LEX
We all die, then.
Wanda tries to release Luthor's grip. They can't. The cave
in is getting worse all around them.
WANDA
Lex, get up, I'll help you... (X)
Lex's body RIPPLES again, unstable.
LEX
Too late (X)
SUPERMAN
Luthor, you say you love her, you
say she's everything -- then let
her live. _Give_ her that. Do (X)
you want me to beg again?
Luthor looks fiercely at Superman... then releases his grip
on Wanda. Smiles.
LEX
And you said I couldn't love. How
little you understood me.
(to Wanda, as he touches
her hand)
How little anyone ever did.
His hand goes limp. Then his body. He slumps. Dead.
WANDA
Lex...
SUPERMAN
Come on we've got to get out of
here
He gets to his feet and pulls her along with him to the
door. A falling rock HITS her head. She cries out and
stumbles. He catches her.
SUPERMAN (CONT'D)
Lois! Lois?
She's conscious, but barely. He loops her arm around his
shoulders and they hurry out. MASSIVE CHUNKS fall in their
wake.
--page break--
"SECONDS" (#17) FULL Blue Rev. 1/18/96 51.
39 EXT. STREET - DAWN - DAY #5 39
We hear the sound of a distant subterranean CAVE-IN.
Superman, Martha and Lois emerge into the light from a
basement doorway -- dusty but alive. Wanda is groggy.
MARTHA
Is Lois okay?
SUPERMAN
I don't know, I've got to get her
to a hospital. Are you -- ?
MARTHA
I'm fine. Go.
With every bit of strength he can muster, he picks her up in
his arms and FLIES OFF with her.
40 EXT. HOSPITAL - DAY - TO ESTABLISH 40
41 INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR - DAY 41
Clark stands with a DOCTOR.
DOCTOR
There's been repeated cranial
trauma. Pretty bad concussion;
shock. No evidence of hematoma,
thank God. But --
Clark looks and sees Lois being wheeled out of her room by a
NURSE. As the wheelchair is turned toward him --
CLARK
Wanda?
No reaction from her. He kneels. Stops the chair.
CLARK (CONT'D)
Lois?
LOIS
(for that's who she is
again)
Yes?
He smiles, relieved.
CLARK
How are you feeling?
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"SECONDS" (#17) FULL Blue Rev. 1/18/96 52.
41 CONTINUED: 41
LOIS
All right, I guess.
(as their eyes meet)
I'm sorry, do I know you?
He just looks at her, stunned.
CLARK
Uhhh... yes.
LOIS
What's your name?
CLARK
Clark.
LOIS
Clark. Hm.
He just nods, numb.
LOIS (CONT'D)
Well, see you... Clark.
CLARK
See you, Lois.
He straightens up. She and the Nurse and Doctor all go down
the hall. Clark watches. Takes a breath.
FADE OUT.
_THE END_
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