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Annette, une ancienne fille du Lycée qui était détestée de ses camarades de classe décide de se venger en envoyant un shampoing à tous les conjoints de ses camarades. Il fait rapetissir les personnes.
Sur Clark, le produit fonctionne mais au ralenti et de ce fait, il ne se fait pas capturer comme les autres et se faire enfermer dans une maison de poupée. Loïs qui découvre tout, fait des recherches sur Annette et se rend chez elle.
Loïs a faillit se faire tuer mais mini-superman est là pour la sauver et Annette perd l'équilibre et se renverse tout le shampoing sur elle.
Elle devient toute petite mais demeure introuvable...
Note : 8.5/10
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Titre VO
It's a Small World After All
Titre VF
Comme le monde est petit
Première diffusion
28.04.1996
Première diffusion en France
02.07.1996
_LOIS & CLARK_
_The New Adventures of Superman_
"It's a Small World After All"
Teleplay by Teri Hatcher & Pat Hazel
Story by Teri Hatcher
Directed by Philip J. Sgriccia
_CAST_
CLARK KENT/SUPERMAN
LOIS LANE
JIMMY OLSEN
PERRY WHITE
ANNETTE WESTMAN
DR. KLEIN
HANS
JULIE KEATON
DICK KEATON
JOE MALLOY
DEBBIE MALLOY
LES BARRISH
FORTUNE TELLER
_LOCATIONS_
_INTERIORS_: _EXTERIORS_:
Daily Planet Gloomy Alley
Newsroom
Conference Room Clark's Doorstep
Clark's Apartment Dick & Julie's Porch
Living Room
Kithcen
Bedroom
Bathroom
Lois's Apartment
Living Room
Kitchen
Annette's Hotel Suite
Bedroom
Doll House Room
Restaurant
Star Labs
_TEASER_
FADE IN:
1 INT. LOIS'S APARTMENT - NIGHT #1 1
LOIS is dressing for the evening, while CLARK sits on the
couch, thumbing through her high school yearbook. The
yearbook is embossed with the mascot of a lion's head on the
cover and the word "LIONS."
LOIS
My high school reunion. Where does
the time go?! Listen, are you sure
you wanna go to this?
CLARK
(glancing up)
Hmm? Oh. Yeah. Sure.
LOIS
... Because I'd understand if you
didn't. I mean, a bunch of people
you don't really...
CLARK
(stands)
Lois, you just got your memory
back. I just got _you_ back. I
may never let you out of my sight
again.
(stares down at book)
Well, would you look at you.
LOIS
Just my luck. I wear polyester one
day of my life and it's captured on
film for eternity.
CLARK
(reading)
Lois Lane, Student Body President.
You got elected with that hair?
LOIS
I was still stuck in my Charlie's
Angels phase. Everyone was!
CLARK
And who's Joe Malloy?
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL" (#20) 2/20/96 2.
1 CONTINUED: 1
LOIS
We should really get going.
CLARK
(reading poem)
"You're in my dreams
like a touchdown pass,
I can't help noticing
You've got a great' --
Lois jerks the yearbook out of his hands.
LOIS
Give me that. It was also my
'dating the quarterback phase.' It
didn't last long.
CLARK
(amused; standing)
You were also voted least likely to
get married...
LOIS
... and put up a picket fence. I
know, I know. I was independent
and headstrong and, by the way, I
also vowed not to get married until
after my first Pulitzer.
CLARK
So what changed?
LOIS
I met you. Charging through life
alone isn't as great as sharing my
life with you.
A kiss and they are out the door.
CUT TO:
2 INT. ANNETTE'S HOTEL SUITE - BEDROOM - NIGHT 2
A posh hotel suite. Lurking about is a majestic Abyssinian
CAT. We follow it as it stealthily crosses the room, taking
us by issues of the Daily Planet strewn on the bed, a Vogue
magazine with a beautiful model, PEGGY BARRISH, on the
cover, a large scrapbook over-stuffed with high school
memorabilia, then settles on a Lions' football jersey. We
hear someone singing a school fight song, ending with:
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL" (#20) 2/20/96 3.
2 CONTINUED: 2
ANNETTE (O.S.)
Gooooo Lions!
(she roars)
I've been waiting for this moment
for years. I am beautiful, I am
successful, and I...
3 REVEAL ANNETTE WESTMAN 3
Lois's contemporary primping herself for the reunion.
She's neurotic, bird-like, too high strung to ever enjoy
life. She's overdressed in a sort of upscale prom dress,
complete with wrist corsage, and expensively coiffed, the
"after" picture from a make-over brochure.
ANNETTE (CONT'D)
(suddenly enraged)
... was never asked to a dance.
Never, ever, ever!
(flings down her hair
brush; calm again)
But I won't be the wallflower at
_this_ dance, will I?
(beat)
I said, _will_ I?
VOICES (O.S.)
No!
She turns toward a doll house on a table; we see its back.
ANNETTE
(lips curling)
Oh, that sounded _so_ sincere.
_Must_ you be so small?
4 DOLL HOUSE ROOM 4
The fourth wall of the room's been replaced with bars.
Inside cower DEBBIE MALLOY, in an Aspen Barbie ski suit and
LES BARRISH, decked out in a Ken doll type cowboy outfit.
ANNETTE
(evil smile)
Oops. Tasteless question.
(walking towards them)
My darling little Debbie, do you
miss Joe? He never had any time
for me in high school. Well, he'll
have time for me tonight!! Oh, and
Les, I'll comfort Peggy.
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL" (#20) 2/20/96 4.
4 CONTINUED: 4
ANNETTE (CONT'D)
She's probably been crying and
crying since you've been gone.
(angrily grabs magazine,
stares at cover)
Which'll just wreck those perfect
features!
(tosses magazine over
shoulder)
I'm off! Tonight I'll be the belle
of the ball, while Lois Lane's
world is going to get awfully
small.
(at the door)
Oh, if you get hungry, help
yourself to the... mini-bar.
In gales of evil laughter, she leaves and...
BLACK.
_END OF TEASE_
--page break--
"IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL" (#20) 2/20/96 5.
_ACT ONE_
FADE IN:
5 INT. RESTAURANT - ENTRY DOORS - NIGHT 5
Lois and Clark appear in the doorway, survey the noisy
party, decorated in early 80's splendor, a disco ball
suspended in the middle.
LOIS
Oh, so I never asked you... In
situations like this... Are you a
mingler or a clinger?
CLARK
A what?
LOIS
A mingler or a clinger. Do you
hang on the hip all night or do you
like to split up and circulate?
ANNETTE (O.S.)
Lo-Lo! Ooh-ooh!
6 NEW ANGLE 6
Lois and Clark spin to see Annette rushing their way.
CLARK
(through clenched teeth)
'Lo-Lo?'
LOIS
(embarrassed)
My... good friends used to call me
that.
Annette plasters herself to Lois.
ANNETTE
Lois!
(air kisses)
You look wonderful. As always.
(to Clark)
Annette Westman.
Lois is frantically trying to remember this person.
CLARK
Oh. So you were one of Lois' good
friends.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL" (#20) 2/20/96 6.
6 CONTINUED: 6
ANNETTE
No, we barely spoke. Right, Lo-Lo?
Hardly ever. Almost never.
LOIS
Well, I... we.... you know... I
You look great, Annette.
ANNETTE
(spins around)
Really? Like I'm ready for the
prom? Not that I'd know... I never
actually _went_ to a prom. Ha ha
ha ha.
JULIE (O.S.)
Lo-Lo!
Lois spins to see JULIE KEATON and her husband DICK.
LOIS
Juileee! Uh, Annette, let's go say
hi to....
ANNETTE
No, no, you go. Run off to Julie,
just like the old days...
Lois smiles apologetically, grabs Clark's arm and CAMERA
MOVES with them into the crowd, as:
LOIS
Julie, hi! Hi, Dick. Julie, this
is Clark... Clark, Dick, Dick, Clark...
7 ANNETTE 7
Annette's smile suddenly sours. She speaks into her wrist
corsage.
ANNETTE (CONT'D)
Hans, get in here.
HANS, a lumbering henchman, disguised as a busboy in an
ill-fitting white coat, carrying a tray of glasses, appears
in the doorway.
HANS
Yes, Madam.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL" (#20) 2/20/96 7.
7 CONTINUED: 7
ANNETTE
Time to get to work. I _will_ be
the center of attention at this
stupid event.
HANS
Yes, Madam.
He starts away, she grabs his arm.
ANNETTE
I'll get into position... But do
_not release it until my signal_.
HANS
Yes, Madam.
8 JULIE, DICK, LOIS, CLARK 8
The women laugh at some memory; Clark and Dick awkwardly
smile at each other. Then:
JULIE
(noticing)
Oh God, there's Joe Malloy.
CLARK
(interest piqued)
The... quarterback?
JULIE
He's so unhappy. His wife, Debbie,
vanished about six weeks ago.
LOIS
That's terrible. Have the police
been notified?
JULIE
The case is still open, but they
don't have any leads. It doesn't
look good.
9 JOE MALLOY 9
Handsome, athletically built. Annette gloms onto him.
ANNETTE
(gushing sympathy)
Joe. Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, _Joe_.
JOE
Hi. Annette.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL" (#20) 2/20/96 8.
9 CONTINUED: 9
Lois and Clark approach.
LOIS
Joe, I just heard. I'm so sorry.
What can I do?
JOE
It's just good to see you, Lo-Lo.
Having friends around is my only
comfort. Annette, here, has been
such a rock.
(choked up)
I just don't know...
Annette hugs him harder as he sniffles.
ANNETTE
Buck up, big guy.
LOIS
You two have been... close... since
high school?
JOE
Not really, but she sure came along
at the right time. Which is
sweet... her bein' so busy with her
cosmetics company and all...
CLARK
Westman Cosmetics? You're that
Westman?
ANNETTE
(proudly)
Yes! Fortune 500, New York Stock
Exchange, things've changed a _lot_
for me since high school!
JOE
'Scuse me, Annette, I just wanna
talk to Lois for a sec...
Annette stares at them in horror, glares at Clark, who
shrugs innocently.
10 LOIS AND JOE 10
JOE
That guy you're with ... ?
LOIS
Clark. My fiance. Sorry, I meant
to intro...
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL" (#20) 2/20/96 9.
10 CONTINUED: 10
JOE
Hang onto him, Lois. You don't see
it comin' 'til they're gone.
Debbie n' me, we had our
problems... but I never thought
she'd _leave_. Must be something
about bein' thirty. Same thing
happened to Peggy.
LOIS
_Peggy_? Our _friend_ Peggy?
Peggy Barrish?
JOE
Yeah. Her husband, Les. Gone. No
note. No nothing. She's all torn
up...
LOIS
So that's why she's not here
tonight.
A rather sour FORTUNE TELLER done up in Gypsy garb, grey wig
and blacked-out teeth hobbles up.
FORTUNE TELLER
Fortunes... fortunes... I see all.
LOIS
Miss Pomerantz! You taught P.E.
FORTUNE TELLER
Yes. Lois Lane. Always out of
uniform.
11 WITH ANNETTE 11
She speaks into her wrist corsage.
ANNETTE
Ready? Wait 'til my signal.....
CAMERA TILTS UP to reveal the big disco ball, suspended from
the ceiling.
12 INT. CEILING CRAWL SPACE - HANS - NIGHT 12
Hans, on his belly in the rafters, lit by a pool of light
from his LANTERN, loosens the nuts on a series of bolts with
his wrench. Annette's VOICE is heard on his walkie-talkie.
ANNETTE (V.O.)
... The ball will miss me by about
a foot. The room'll go _wild_ with
sympathy and concern...
--page break--
"IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL" (#20) 2/20/96 10.
13 DANCE FLOOR - LOIS, JOE, FORTUNE TELLER 13
Lois smiles patiently as the Fortune Teller scans her palm.
LOIS
So you say I'm getting married...
FORTUNE TELLER
You're wearing an engagement ring,
aren't you? Oh, look. I
definitely see a little Kent in
your future.
14 ANNETTE 14
She glares at Lois, muttering sourly to herself:
ANNETTE
Lois. Get out of the way.
(into her corsage)
Hold it. Just wait...
15 INTERCUT THE CRAWL SPACE - HANS 15
STATIC squawks from the walkie talkie. Hans can't make out
the garble.
ANNETTE
(into corsage)
Not yet! Not yet!
Hans hears the urgent squawking, makes a nervous decision to
yank the final bolt.
16 CEILING - SUPPORT PLATE - INSERT 16
The bolts pull away from the ceiling with a GROAN.
17 THE ROOM - VARIOUS ANGLES 17
Plaster dust falls, Lois stares up. The ball hurtles
straight for her. Screams. A BLUR of blue. SUPERMAN
catches the ball, floats down to the floor. Julie, Dick,
Joe, others rush to Lois, gushing sympathy:
EVERYONE
Lois, are you okay? It barely
missed you! You could've been
killed! Lo-Lo, this is terrible!
Annette glares murderously.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL" (#20) 2/20/96 11.
17 CONTINUED: 17
ANNETTE
_Fabulous_. As if she never got
_enough_ attention.
(into her corsage)
You idiot!
18 LOIS AND CROWD 18
JOE
Superman... How did you know to..?
SUPERMAN
I'm always sort of... nearby. Lois
and I are... friends.
ANNETTE
(throws up a hand)
Of course!
SUPERMAN
Well, I should be going...
JULIE
Oh no... _stay_... Please?
Others join her pleas, a little APPLAUSE. Superman and Lois
smile, shrug at each other. MUSIC comes up; people start to
dance. Lois glances around, Superman gestures for her to
join him, they begin to dance. Lights lower, a SPOTLIGHT
hits them. Superman and Lois dance for a moment, then:
19 ANNETTE 19
Annette's fuming.
ANNETTE
Well, Lois, you're happy now, but
that's all about to change.
CUT TO:
20 INT. DAILY PLANET - COFFEE AREA - DAY #2 20
Lois sips her coffee while Clark pours his.
CLARK
I know you want that Pulitzer
before we get married, I just don't
think it was at your reunion.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL" (#20) 2/20/96 12.
20 CONTINUED: 20
LOIS
Clark, the spouses of two of my
classmates have disappeared in the
last six weeks without a trace.
She starts off down the ramp, Clark right after her.
CLARK
Do you know the divorce rate in
this country?
LOIS
I know these people. They are
just not the vanish-without-a-trace
type.
They pass PERRY at the bottom of the ramp. He is wearing
new cowboy boots and carries a small wrapped gift in hand.
PERRY
Clark, when a pit bull gets a hold
of a bone, it's not going to let go
until it's finished with it.
LOIS
Perry, there's a connection between
some no-shows at my reunion.
PERRY
What makes you think that?
LOIS
Well, they weren't there.
PERRY
How are they connected?
LOIS
Well, they weren't there.
PERRY
Why weren't they there?
LOIS
Well, I don't know.
(exasperated)
They weren't there.
PERRY
Now there's a story crying out to
be told.
LOIS
Jimmy?!
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL" (#20) 2/20/96 13.
20 CONTINUED: 2 20
CLARK
(noticing)
Chief... Are those... cowboy boots
you're wearing?
PERRY
Sally... The lady I'm seein'... is
very big on the whole country
western thing. We went line
dancin' last night. Ever been?
He does a side-stepping line dance away from them.
PERRY (CONT'D)
You just gotta keep track of your
heel and toe and toe and heel....
He practically collides with JIMMY, who's rushed from the
hall. Perry stops, stares, realizes a whole group is
watching him.
PERRY (CONT'D)
Don't you city folk have stories to
write?!
(hands Lois gift)
Here, I got you a gift. You're
gonna need it sooner or later.
He stalks off to his office. Lois watches him with
affection.
LOIS
Thanks Chief.
JIMMY
You called, my queen?
LOIS
(wry smile)
Yeah. Be a prince and run the
names in my senior class.
(handing him her
yearbook)
See if any of their spouses come up
on missing persons lists. And
could you get a phone number for
Peggy Barrish?
JIMMY
Peggy Barrish? The _model_ Peggy
Barrish? The one in the lingerie
ads? The one in the garter belts?
LOIS
Her husband, Les, is missing.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL" (#20) 2/20/96 14.
20 CONTINUED: 3 20
JIMMY
Oh, that's terrible.
(going; to Clark)
_Garter_ belts.
Clark grins as Lois looks from Jimmy to Clark and sighs.
She opens the gift. It's a brass desk nameplate with the
name "Lois Kent." They both stare at it in surprise.
LOIS
Wow. 'Lois Kent.'
CLARK
Lois... Kent.
LOIS
I've never actually seen those
names...
CLARK
... put together before.
They both stare at the nameplate, then slowly look at each
other, each not sure how the other feels about this.
CUT TO:
21 INT. ANNETTE'S HOTEL SUITE - NIGHT #2 21
MUSIC: "At Seventeen" by Janis Ian sets the mood on the
stereo. Annette consoles herself with cookies and milk as
she pets her cat. She flips through the pages of her scrap
book. Pressed flowers, concert ticket stubs, and a page
reserved for valentines that's completely empty. Standing
by her side is Hans, looking guilty and beaten down.
ANNETTE
You can't even _drop_ something
right! I was supposed to get the
sympathy, not Lo-Lo.
(furious sing-song)
'Lo-Lo and Clark.' 'Lo-Lo and
Superman.' 'Lo-Lo and the football
team.' Whatever Lo-Lo wants, Lo-Lo
gets!! Well, not for long!!
22 ANGLE ON CAPTIVES 22
LES
(desperately)
Annette, please, if it's ransom
you're after, Peggy and I will pay
it.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL" (#20) 2/20/96 15.
22 CONTINUED: 22
ANNETTE
(disgusted)
I hate it when tiny people beg. I
don't want ransom! I want Peggy,
stressed out and getting uglier by
the minute, to accept my...
friendship... and tell me daily how
miserable and _lonely_ she is!
(beat, an evil smile)
Just like your Joe does, Debbie.
Debbie turns away, grief-stricken. Annette pulls up a
COBALT BLUE BOTTLE with an ornate top and places it lovingly
into a neon-colored bag marked "For the Man In Love."
ANNETTE (CONT'D)
(to Debbie)
Cheer up, doll. Soon you'll be
joined by two others. As they say,
misery loves company.
(re bottle)
And this lovely stuff is what does
the trick.
(yelling)
Hans! Deliver these packages poste
haste.
And as Hans lumbers in, we...
CUT TO:
23 EXT. CLARK'S DOORSTEP - NIGHT 23
A blustery night; distant THUNDER. Clark returns home to
find the bag labeled "For the Man In Love", swinging from his
doorknob. He pulls out the blue bottle, reads:
CLARK
(reading)
'Does the love of your life notice
the little changes you make? Would
you like to draw her a little
closer? one application of this
shampoo will put you in her hip
pocket forever.'
Lightning, THUNDER. As Clark smiles, enters his apartment:
BLACK.
_END OF ACT ONE_
--page break--
"IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL" (#20) 2/20/96 16.
_ACT TWO_
FADE IN:
24 EXT. DICK AND JULIE'S HOUSE PORCH - MORNING - DAY #3 24
Julie, dressed for work, hurries outside. She shuts the
door, starts away, the door opens. It's Dick, wet, in robe,
towel drying his hair.
DICK
You didn't say good-bye!
JULIE
(smiles, runs back to
him)
I'm late! You were in the shower.
(they kiss)
Mmmm. You smell good.
She hurries down to her car, jumps in, drives off, as Dick
retrieves the morning paper from the bottom of the steps,
returns to the door. As he arrives at the door, he is
suddenly gripped with a strange, constricting feeling. He
drops the paper and towel, grabs his head, then his sides,
then stares at his arms. QUICK CUTS:
25 HIS HANDS 25
are disappearing into the sleeves.
26 HIS FEET 26
The hem of the robe is dropping toward the feet, which seem
to pull back inside the cloth.
27 HIS HEAD 27
Shrinks down into the collar of the robe, which drops to the
porch.
28 THE FALLEN ROBE 28
From under a fold of material, tiny Dick Keaton peers out.
RACK TO REVEAL, behind him, Hans, dressed in coveralls, who
leaps out of the bushes and approaches with a bag attached
to a stick. Dick hears him, vanishes back into the robe.
--page break--
"IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL" (#20) 2/20/96 17.
29 HANS 29
Hans, whose coveralls read "Snoil Exterminating" brings the
bag down onto the wriggling lump under the robe.
CUT TO:
30 INT. CLARK'S BATHROOM - ON RADIO - MORNING 30
"Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" plays on the radio as we
PAN to the glass walled shower. Clark steps in, turns on
the water, reaches for the sample shampoo, shrugs "why not?"
and...
31 CLOSE ON CAP - INSERT 31
Clark twists the cap off the bottle.
32 INT. ANNETTE'S HOTEL ROOM - ON CONSOLE - MORNING 32
A small electronic console with multiple lights. One light
is already lit, and suddenly a second comes on, a BUZZER
sounds as we WIDEN to find Annette, in a smart business
suit.
ANNETTE
My my, we're having a busy morning!
She grabs the little microphone, still attached to the
wilted wrist corsage.
ANNETTE (CONT'D)
Hans! You can make that other pick
up in just a few minutes.
She tosses the microphone, then SLAMS her hand against the
side of the dollhouse.
ANNETTE (CONT'D)
Wake up! You're gonna have
company.
CUT TO:
33 INT. CLARK'S SHOWER 33
Clark is rinsing soap off, now reaches for the shampoo.
ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
Now, to update this morning's
breaking story...
--page break--
"IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL" (#20) 2/20/96 18.
34 CLOSE ON BOTTLE 34
Clark brings it closer to his damp hair.
35 THE RADIO 35
ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
Thousands are fleeing for their
lives as lava from the erupting
Kilauea volcano rushes toward the
villages below. To repeat... (etc.)
36 THE SHOWER 36
Clark slams the shampoo down on the shower shelf and BLURS
out. CAMERA SLOWLY PANS from shower around the now empty
bathroom.
ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
... a disaster unparalleled in
recent times. This just in.
Miraculously, Superman has just
appeared and has diverted the lava
flow into the Pacific ocean! Local
residents stand cheering and it
appears not a single home has been
lost. (etc.)
During this, CAMERA has continued its PAN around the
bathroom, and as it nears the shower, red boots and cape are
dropped into a pile of blue clothing on the floor and we
find a soot-covered Clark back in the shower, rinsing off.
He now reaches for the shampoo, about to pour it on his
head. RING! The phone. Exasperated, Clark leans out of
the shower, grabs the portable phone near the sink.
CLARK
Hello. Lois, can I call you back?
I'm in the shower.
He hangs up, steps back into the shower. He lathers up.
CUT TO:
37 INT. LOIS' LIVING ROOM - DAY 37
Lois picks up her bag and turns to head out. She opens the
door, startled to find Annette, poised to knock.
LOIS
Annette!
ANNETTE
How about that lunch?
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL" (#20) 2/20/96 19.
37 CONTINUED: 37
LOIS
Oh, well, gee, I was just on the
way to...
ANNETTE
(breezing in; all charm)
Speaking of lunch, do you remember
the time those senior boys dumped
oatmeal on a kid in the cafeteria?
LOIS
I'd forgotten all about that.
ANNETTE
I remember it like it was yesterday.
LOIS
Was that you? Oh, I'm sorry. Boy,
kids can be really mean.
ANNETTE
Yeah well, I'm getting the last
laugh. Turns out oatmeal is good
for acne. It cleared up my skin
and inspired my cosmetic line.
(spotting name plate on
table)
I like the new name plate.
LOIS
Oh, that. I'm not quite sure how I
feel about that.
ANNETTE
I know I'd never give up the name
'Westman,' not that that's an
issue. Before you can marry you
have to get a date and to get a
date, you have to have a sense of
self worth! Ha ha ha ha. Gee, I
can't remember the last time the
two of us just had girl talk.
LOIS
You know... me, either.
ANNETTE
Gosh, then I guess it's, oh...
possible... we never did!
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
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37 CONTINUED: 2 37
ANNETTE (CONT'D)
(seizes Lois' hands)
I always thought, if it hadn't been
for all those silly barriers in
high school, we'd have been close
friends. Call me, alright? Any
time you want. Any time you need
help. I want to hear all about it.
LOIS
Well... Thank you.
ANNETTE
Us Lions have to stick together.
(she roars)
Rrraaar!
A devilish grin sweeps across Annette's face.
CUT TO:
38 INT. CLARK'S LIVING ROOM - DAY 38
A large shadow looms across Clark's front door. The door
knob RATTLES and is jimmied open. Hans appears, bag at the
ready. He creeps through the apartment, looking along floor
boards, through the bedroom and toward the closed bathroom
door. A LIGHT IS SHINING beneath the door. We HEAR MUSIC.
HANS
Collection time, little fella.
He pushes the door open, raising his bag.
39 INTERCUT BATHROOM - ON FEET - HANS P.O.V. 39
CAMERA TILTS up to find a very unshrunk Clark, towel around
his waist, brushing his teeth and rocking out to the radio.
Clark turns to see Hans, dressed in the "Snoil Pest Control"
coveralls.
HANS
(covering)
Uh... sorry, I must be in the wrong
apartment.
He swiftly heads out of bedroom, followed by a suspicious
Clark.
CLARK
Hey, hold on a minute....
(CONTINUED)
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39 CONTINUED: 39
HANS
The landlord ordered pest control.
Excuse please.
(rushing out)
Must check work order. Huge rats.
No rats here.
Hans bolts out the door, leaving a bewildered Clark, still
with toothbrush in mouth. Clark goes to doorway, watches
Hans retreat, slowly closes door with a puzzled look.
CUT TO:
40 INT. DAILY PLANET - LOIS' DESK - TAKE-OUT TRAY - DAY 40
In the tray are two sealed cappuccinos. CAMERA TILTS UP to
find Clark hurrying toward the desk, where Lois sits
working, waiting for him, a bit nervous, something on her
mind.
CLARK
Morning. Sorry I'm late.
LOIS
I've been trying to reach Peggy
Barrish, the other girl whose
husband vanished? No luck.
CLARK
You can't believe what happened
when I was getting ready this
morning.
LOIS
Actually, I heard about the
volcano. Nice work.
(offers container)
One latte, fat full, double sugar
lumped, just like you like it.
CLARK
Thanks I'd just gotten outta the
shower; and in walks this
exterminator looking for rats.
LOIS
You're kidding. Did he see
anything?
CLARK
(he winks)
Nah, I had a towel on.
(CONTINUED)
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40 CONTINUED: 40
He's at his desk, glancing at phone messages. Lois sips
cappuccino, awkwardly approaches.
LOIS (CONT'D)
Uh, listen... Clark...
CLARK
(preoccupied)
Yeah?
LOIS
We haven't really talked about
this... but... Just how dead set
are you on me changing my last name
to Kent?
CLARK
Well, I...
LOIS
(rattling on)
Because, you know, it is my
professional name... And marrying
you is a _huge_ part of my life,
don't get me wrong, but so is
(indicates room)
... this. And I won't feel one bit
less married to you holding onto a
name that's taken me years to
establish. Not that tradition
isn't on your side, but why do
_women_ do all the changing?
Change our name when we get
married, change our body when we
have a baby...
CLARK
Lois ... ?
LOIS
(firmly)
Yes, Clark.
CLARK
(nods at her cup)
Next time, de-caf.
LOIS
(flustered)
I just feel _attached_...
professionally and personally to
Lois Lane.
CLARK
Me, too.
(CONTINUED)
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40 CONTINUED: 2 40
LOIS
You, too what?
CLARK
_I'm_ very attached to Lois Lane.
I fell in love with her, I admire
her, I depend on her. I'm not
asking for any other changes, am I?
LOIS
No...
CLARK
I'm marrying who you are. Not who
you'll become.
LOIS
(touched)
Aw...
CLARK
Look, if something's important to
you, it's important to me. We're
in this together.
She stares at him, very moved, and they kiss.
JIMMY (O.S.)
Guys, c'mon.
41 NEW ANGLE 41
As they sheepishly part to find Jimmy waiting.
CLARK
(to Jimmy)
Nice timing.
JIMMY
Lois, I ran those names from your
senior class, none of 'em reported
missing persons except the ones you
told me about.
CLARK
(to Lois)
... Who both happen to be friends
of yours.
LOIS
Yeah, weird, huh?
Loud BANGING O.S. They look, and:
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42 EATING AREA 42
Joe Malloy is banging on the candy machine. Lois and Clark
rush up to him.
LOIS
Joe, are you okay?
JOE
Damn machine. There's one more
Snickers in there, I can see it.
It keeps saying it's empty, but
it's not! I want that last
Snickers.
Clark slips his foot under the machine and lifts it up a few
inches and lets it drop, dislodging the candy bar. He
reaches for it and hands it to Joe.
CLARK
Here you go. Joe Malloy, right?
JOE
I don't mean to bother you people..
I just thought maybe you'd found
out something about my Debbie...
Or Peggy's husband, Les.
(tearing up)
I just don't know what to do
anymore.
CUT TO:
43 INT. ANNETTE'S HOTEL ROOM - DAY 43
"At Seventeen" plays. Annette takes the wriggling bag from
Hans, who holds the second bag. She drops a Malibu Barbie
beach towel in the bag.
ANNETTE
I'm so happy you cheap consumers
used your free shampoo.
(calling to doll house)
Make room for Little Richard.
HANS
There's something I need to tell
you...
ANNETTE
Hans... When Madam is savoring her
triumphs, Madam does not wish to be
disturbed.
HANS
Yes, Madam.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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43 CONTINUED: 43
She gives him a contemptuous look, takes the bag close to
the doll house.
44 INTERCUT DOLL HOUSE ROOM 44
The room of the doll house is full frame, making it look
normal. Suddenly, the front door swings open and Dick
Keaton, covered in a little towel around his waist is shoved
into the room.
LES
Dick!
DICK
Aw man... Les... Debbie... So this
is where you disappeared to.
ANNETTE
(irritably)
Alright, break up the coffee
klatch! You, Dick...
She inserts the point of a pencil into a window. It appears
enormous in the room, prods Dick in the gut.
ANNETTE (CONT'D)
... For God's sake, get in that
closet and put on something
humiliating!
Another push from the pencil and Dick scampers across the
room and into the closet.
ANNETTE (CONT'D)
(snapping her fingers)
Hans, the last bag.
HANS
Madam, please, I...
ANNETTE
(snatching bag from Hans)
Our final guest is the recently
engaged Clark Kent...
She dumps the last bag out. Nothing falls from the bag.
45 ANGLE ON DEBBIE, LES AND DICK 45
Dick peers out from the closet. The three look at each
other: "What's going on?"
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46 ANGLE ON ANNETTE 46
ANNETTE
(too calm)
Hans, you will perhaps note the bag
is empty.
HANS
(wretchedly)
Yes, Madam.
ANNETTE
Tell me he used the shampoo.
HANS
I'm sure he did. But, uhhh...
ANNETTE
(furious)
Quit muttering, you overgrown
tumor! Where is Clark?! Where is
he?! Where is he?! Where is he?!
HANS
The shampoo failed.
ANNETTE
(furious)
The shampoo didn't 'fail!' I don't
'fail!' I gave _up_ 'failing!' If
anyone around here 'failed' who
would it have been?
HANS
Uh, me.
ANNETTE
(calm)
I completely agree.
(enraged)
I want Lois' nightmare to begin!
Find out what happened!!
Hans rushes out as Annette throws open an armoire to reveal
photos of Julie, Peggy, Joe and Lois. Peggy and Joe have
black, crushed flower wreathes around them. She places
another one around Julie's picture and clutches a fourth
wreath in her hands.
ANNETTE (CONT'D)
Lois, I'm going to wash that man
right out of your life.
CUT TO:
--page break--
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47 INT. DAILY PLANET CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY 47
Lois and Clark sit with Joe, who devours the Snickers bar.
Clark pushes up his glasses, which keep slipping down his
nose.
CLARK
Other than the fact you were
friends in high school... There's
nothing that links you and the
other victims.
JOE
I know. After we graduated,
everyone sorta scattered.
LOIS
How's Peggy? I've been trying to
reach her.
JOE
Completely shattered. She and Les
were so happy. Seemed like they
had it all.
(rueful smile)
Guess that's what they used to say
about all of us in high school,
huh, Lo-Lo?
LOIS
(to Clark)
Peggy was Homecoming Queen... Julie
was head cheerleader...
CLARK
Joe was the quarterback...
(to Joe)
That's what you three had in
common. You were all big deals in
high school.
JOE
(glances at watch;
stands)
I got a lunch appointment, don't
wanna keep her waiting. Thanks for
listening.
Lois and Clark have stood, she hugs Joe.
LOIS
We're going to figure this out,
Joe.
JOE
That perfume's nice. Reminds me of
Debbie.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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47 CONTINUED: 47
He sniffs Lois, then glances at Clark.
JOE (CONT'D)
(to Clark)
Sorry, it I s you.
Clark looks puzzled, Joe goes off.
LOIS
(sniffs Clark)
You do smell good. New cologne?
CLARK
I'm not wearing cologne.
Lois, standing close to him now, notices that his shirt
collar and tie are loose around his neck. She goes to
tighten his tie.
LOIS
Getting a little sloppy in your
rushes to save the day, aren't you?
He looks down at his tie and collar, wondering what's up,
and his glasses slip off his face into his hands. Lois
looks back.
LOIS (CONT'D)
(seeing glasses off)
Clark, your glasses!
Clark quickly puts on his glasses, glances around. Lois
smiles, goes off. Now Clark steps around a corner, finds a
mirror hung on a wall.
48 CLARK 48
He loosens his tie, pulls his shirt collar away from his
neck. There is quite a gap. He stares down worriedly and
his glasses slip again. He pushes them back onto his nose.
He stares nervously into the mirror. CAMERA MOVES IN on his
concerned expression, and...
BLACK.
_END OF ACT TWO_
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_ACT THREE_
FADE IN:
49 INT. CLARK'S APARTMENT - NIGHT #3 49
Lois cradles the phone on her shoulder while she consults a
cookbook and pokes at a burning dish.
LOIS
Thanks.
(hangs up)
Jimmy said Julie's been trying to
reach me. Sounds urgent.
CLARK
(looking on stove)
Cajun cooking again?
Lois gives him a look, dials the phone.
CLARK (CONT'D)
I'll try to find a wine that goes
with blackened lasagna.
Clark heads to the wine rack, casually reaches for a bottle
on the top row, is startled to find he can't reach it. He
glances back at Lois, who's preoccupied, reaches again.
50 EXT. SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE - NIGHT 50
Hans, in a neighboring building window or outside the big
glass windows, or out on the patio.... watches.
51 INTERCUT HIS POV (POSSIBLY BINOCULARS) 51
Clark reaches again for the bottles, looks frustrated. Hans
smiles a wide, toothy grin as he pulls out a cel phone.
HANS
(on the move)
It's started.
Hans folds up the cel phone and vanishes.
52 INT. CLARK'S - WITH CLARK 52
He's worried. He looks to Lois to make sure she isn't
watching. He FLOATS up to retrieve the bottle. He puts the
wine on the table and heads to the bedroom.
--page break--
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53 INT. CLARK'S BEDROOM - NIGHT 53
Clark enters and pulls off his sweater to reveal his shirt
sleeves folded up and held in place by rubber bands. He
takes off the elastic and the cuffs drop, hanging just below
his fingertips. Clark looks at his oversized clothes.
CLARK
(to self)
This is insane.
LOIS (O.S.)
I called Julie back and got a machine.
Clark is swimming in his shirt. He quickly tries pulling
the sleeves back up as:
LOIS (O.S.)
Who leaves an urgent message and
then goes out? I hope she isn't...
Clark looks up. Lois has come in the bedroom. She stares,
bewildered, at the dangling cuff.
CLARK
Uh... I was just, uh, noticing that
this shirt is, uh, all stretched
out.
LOIS
(as she approaches)
Not that I'm all that domestic...
But do shirts _stretch_?
Clark continues to roll up the sleeves to hide his problem.
CLARK
I gotta find a different
cleaners...
Lois, now close enough to touch the shirt, sees that it's
really big, everywhere.
LOIS
(afraid)
It looks like either your clothes
are growing or.... Clark, what's
happening to you?
CLARK
(reluctantly)
I don't know. I mean I know what's
happening, I just don't understand
how. Or why.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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53 CONTINUED: 53
LOIS
(struggling for calm)
Has this ever happened before?
CLARK
What's today... Tuesday? The first
I noticed it was Monday.
LOIS
This started yesterday and you
didn't tell me?! What were you
thinking of?!
CLARK
I was thinking, 'Don't tell Lois.
It'll only upset her.'
(off her exasperated
look)
I just wanted to get some facts
first, to make sense out of what's
happening to me.
LOIS
To _us_. Whatever happens to you
or me, happens to us. Didn't you
just get through saying 'we're in
this together?'
She can see the worry in his eyes; puts her arms around him.
LOIS (CONT'D)
(gently)
And we'll get through this.
Together.
CUT TO:
54 INT. STAR LABS - DAY #4 54
We see smoldering wood and a frozen beaker on the counter.
Superman, standing on a scale with a sliding height bar over
his head, bends a steel bar into a pretzel and hands it to a
LAB ASSISTANT. Dr. Klein looks on, making notes on a
clipboard.
DR. KLEIN
Your powers are functioning
normally but you've experienced a
significant loss in height and body
mass. I'm not sure why but the
suit fits as snugly as ever.
(CONTINUED)
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54 CONTINUED: 54
SUPERMAN
It's the aura effect. Anything
within a tenth of a millimeter is
essentially a second skin.
DR. KLEIN
What's happening to you could be a
result of living on Earth all these
years under a yellow sun. Perhaps
your molecular structure can only
tolerate a yellow sun for a finite
period before it begins to break
down.
SUPERMAN
At least it seems to be happening
very slowly...
DR. KLEIN
(awkwardly)
Although... I'm afraid that... as
your body mass declines...
SUPERMAN
It's okay, Doc... Tell me. You can
be blunt.
DR. KLEIN
Think of yourself as a snowman. As
a snowman melts there is less and
less to protect it from the effects
of the sun. Before you know it,
you're nothing more than a puddle
with a corn cob pipe.
Superman stares, stunned.
DR. KLEIN (CONT'D)
(angry at himself)
Too blunt! Too blunt! I knew it!
You can see why I don't do clinical
work.
Dr. Klein notices Superman is a few inches lower than the
height bar. Dr. Klein moves it down and records it.
DR. KLEIN (CONT'D)
(disturbed)
Oh dear. You're smaller than when
you arrived.
Superman swallows hard.
CUT TO:
--page break--
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55 INT. DAILY PLANET - LATE MORNING 55
Lois walks to her desk with Julie Keaton who appears to be
in shock. Lois notices Clark's empty chair. Perry
approaches wearing a new cowboy hat.
PERRY
Lois, where's Clark?
LOIS
(too casually)
Oh... I'm sure he'll turn up...
PERRY
(firmly)
When the rooster crows
cock-a-doodle-doo I expect every
ranch hand to get his keester out
of the bunkhouse and pull his own
weight!
(walking away)
C'mon you dogies, roll 'em out.
LOIS
(off Julie)
He's... going through an urban
cowboy phase.
JULIE
(emotionally)
Dick did, too. I gave him such a
hard time.
(bursting into tears)
God, how I'd love to see him! Even
in those stupid boots!
LOIS
(hugging her)
I'm so sorry. If I'd gotten hold
of you last night, I would've come
over...
JULIE
(drying tears)
Thanks, Lois... Actually, Annette
was with me. She was so nice...
They sit at Lois's desk.
JULIE (CONT'D)
Now I know what poor Joe Malloy and
Peggy Barrish went through...
(welling up)
After you live with Clark for a
while, you'll know what I mean.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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55 CONTINUED: 55
JULIE
There's no emptier feeling than
coming home to the house where your
husband used to be.
LOIS
(consoling)
Oh, Julie.
(then)
And you didn't notice anything
unusual in the house at all?
JULIE
(sniffling)
Just that nothing was touched...
Even Dick's clothes were all still
there.
(then)
Oh... And... I don't know if this
means anything, but my neighbor saw
an exterminator van near our house.
LOIS
(cutting her off)
An exterminator? Clark had an
exterminator in his place too.
What was the name of the company
JULIE
Oh gosh. What did she say ... ?
(beat)
'Snoil.' That was it.
'S-N-0-I-L.'
The phone rings.
LOIS
(picking up phone)
Lois Lane.
56 INTERCUT - ANNETTE'S HOTEL ROOM 56
ANNETTE
Free for lunch?
LOIS
Annette? I can't go to lunch. I'm
sitting here with Julie...
Annette, with her hand covering the phone, talks to caged
Dick now dressed in Ken doll formal wear.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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56 CONTINUED: 56
ANNETTE
(hushed)
And I'm sitting here with Dick.
LOIS
It's so terrible what's happened...
ANNETTE
(feigning sympathy)
I know. There's nothing worse than
loneliness. Believe me, I know.
Please tell her I'm here for her if
she needs me. I know how tough the
disappearance of Joe's wife has
been on him.
LOIS
Can I call you back?
ANNETTE
Oh yes, and tell Julie to think
positively. I'm sure Dick's
devotion to her will get him home
safely.
Annette hangs up.
ANNETTE (CONT'D)
(to Dick)
NOT!
57 BULLPEN - LOIS AND JULIE 57
Lois hangs the phone up.
LOIS
Annette said to think positively.
JULIE
She's just so.... great.
LOIS
Were you guys friends in high
school?
JULIE
No... Want to know something awful?
I used to sort of... tease her.
Lois' PHONE rings again.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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57 CONTINUED: 57
LOIS
(to Julie)
Sorry
(into phone)
Hello... Clark! What did Dr. Klein
say?
(beat)
Meet you? Well, yeah, I could...
(startled; quietly:)
In an alley?
CUT TO:
58 EXT. GLOOMY ALLEY - DUSK 58
Lois edges her way into the shadows of the alley. She is
cautious and anxious. Clark is unseen in the dark shadows
throughout this scene.
LOIS
(calls out quietly)
Clark. Clark are you here?
CLARK (O.S.)
I'm here.
Lois walks towards his voice. She nears him. We will not
see Clark.
CLARK (CONT'D)
Lois, stop. Please don't come any
closer.
LOIS
(frightened)
What's wrong?
59 INTERCUT - VERY CLOSE ON CLARK 59
We are tight enough not to note the size difference; he is
in deep shadow.
CLARK
I went to see Dr. Klein...
LOIS
Clark, I think whatever's happening
has something to do with that
exterminator! Dick is gone, and
there was an exterminator at _his_
place...
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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59 CONTINUED: 59
CLARK
Whatever information you get...
I'll find a way of contacting
you...
LOIS
Clark, would you please come out
and talk to me?!
She steps forward but still can't see Clark.
CLARK
Lois stop. Just listen. I can't
let you see me like this.
LOIS
(emotionally)
Can't or won't? Clark, you know
how scared I was to let you into my
life. I always thought it was weak
to need someone. But it's not.
CLARK
Lois... I need to handle this
alone.
LOIS
(confused)
Handle what??
(fighting tears)
Look, ask me to scour the earth for
a bad guy, ask me to wake up every
cop... knock on every door, ask me
to walk on water, but please don't
ask me to walk away! Because
that's one thing I don't know how
to do.
A silence hangs between them.
CLARK
(with difficulty)
I know.
LOIS
(fighting tears)
I just got you back! I can't let
you go!
CLARK
This is so hard for me to say...
But that's what I'm asking you to
do.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
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59 CONTINUED: 2 59
Lois creeps forward and, for just a second, sees what
appears to be a child's silhouette in the shadows. Her
mouth falls open and immediately the silhouette blurs away
with the familiar WHOOSH!
CUT TO:
60 INT. CLARK'S APARTMENT - NIGHT #4 60
The door is jimmied open and Hans creeps in toward the
bedroom with his bag. Again, he searches along the floor
and in the corners. He hears Lois enter so he quickly
rushes into the bathroom, shutting the door.
61 WITH LOIS 61
Lois enters in a panic looking for Clark.
LOIS
Clark, forgive me. I tried to do
what you asked, maybe not hard
enough, but I tried. I'm here to
help.
She stops when she sees Clark's suit wadded up on the floor
in a pile. His glasses sit on top of the pile. She picks
up his glasses and puts them in her jacket breast pocket.
LOIS (CONT'D)
Clark?
Silence. She picks up his shirt and presses it to her face.
LOIS (CONT'D)
(overcome with grief)
Oh, Clark...
62 INT. BATHROOM - NIGHT 62
Hans listens from the shadows. He reaches into the shower
to retrieve the shampoo from among other bottles on the
shower shelf.
63 LOIS 63
A NOISE of falling objects in the bathroom. Lois spins,
startled, cautiously heads towards the bathroom. She starts
to push the door open when suddenly Hans bursts out,
attempting to escape. Lois spins around to see him. They
struggle into the living room. He pushes her out of the way
with his stick/bag. She falls over a chair as he dashes out
the door. Lois gets up and makes her way to the window.
She looks out to see:
--page break--
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64 LOIS POV 64
Hans dashes across the patio area, leaps onto the ladder
mounted on the building and disappears. On the back of his
coveralls is the big logo 'SNOIL' Pest Control.
65 BACK TO LOIS 65
LOIS
(quietly)
'Snoil.'
As she ponders this, she sniffs a familiar floral scent.
She turns on a light to discover the blue bottle of shampoo
was dropped in the scuffle. It has spilled over a potted
plant that was overturned. She grabs Clark's shirt, sniffs
it. It is the same scent.
LOIS
Joe said Clark's cologne reminded
him of his wife.
(holds up blue bottle)
But it wasn't cologne.
Lois looks back down at the plant.
66 INTERCUT HER POV - THE PLANT 66
The plant has shriveled down to a minuscule version of its
original size. ON Lois' horrified reaction,
BLACK.
_END OF ACT THREE_
--page break--
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_ACT FOUR_
FADE IN:
67 INT. LOIS'S KITCHEN - LATE NIGHT 67
Lois is asleep, slumped over the kitchen table, surrounded
by a phone, legal pads covered in scribbled facts, a dish
with the remains of dinner. In the background we HEAR white
noise from a television set long without programming.
68 ANGLE ON LIVING ROOM WINDOW 68
A torn page from a magazine floats through the window, as if
guided by the wind. It comes to rest on the table by Lois's
dozing face.
69 CLOSE ON MAGAZINE PAGE 69
The headline reads: "Chemist Shrinks Living Cells"
Superman, now six inches tall, comes out from under the
corner of the page. He watches Lois wistfully.
70 LOIS 70
A BLUR of blue streaks away from where she rests, and out of
FRAME. Then a small blanket floats into FRAME, settling
around her shoulders. The edge of the blanket flutters, and
another BLUR streaks out from under it and away.
71 THE TV SET 71
Static plays across its face. The BLUR streaks by, and the
screen goes blank.
72 A SHELF (OR TABLE TOP) 72
On it rests a framed, full length photo of Lois.
73 CLOSER - THE PHOTO 73
Tiny Superman floats down to stand before the picture, his
eyes meeting Lois'. He reaches out to touch her.
74 LOIS 74
She bolts upright.
--page break--
"IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL" (#20) 2/20/96 41.
75 SUPERMAN 75
Upon seeing her wake, he darts behind Lois' picture.
76 LOIS 76
Lois then notices the Article on the table. She looks,
picks it up, looks at it, then glances around and sees the
TV turned off and the afghan around her shoulders. A smile
comes across her face. She knows he's returned.
LOIS
(hopeful)
Clark, are you here?
77 INTERCUT SUPERMAN 77
He stands behind the picture debating whether to answer.
Lois stands and begins to look around.
LOIS
Clark?
SUPERMAN
Lois, I'm here.
She begins to turn on a light.
SUPERMAN (CONT'D)
Please don't...
LOIS
(lovingly)
Clark, I know what happened to you.
It was the shampoo. I took it to
Dr. Klein to analyze.
SUPERMAN
Then you know what it's doing to
me.
LOIS
And I know how scared you must be.
And how scared I am. But what
scares me even more is you think
you have to go through this
_alone_...
SUPERMAN
Lois... I don't know how much
worse this'll get. Or if it can be
reversed...
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL" (#20) 2/20/96 42.
77 CONTINUED: 77
LOIS
And our commitment is to be
together no matter _what_ happens!
How do we face the future if you
can't even face me _now_?!
SUPERMAN
Because I don't know _how_ to face
you like this! I'd never burden
you with the way I am! I
wouldn't _expect_ you to stay with
me.
LOIS
(now angry)
Well, that doesn't say very much
for me!
SUPERMAN
What kind of husband would I be? I
don't know if I can protect you or
even how long I'll be around.
LOIS
Your ego is so tied up in being
this guy who busts through walls...
SUPERMAN
It's not ego, Lois! This wouldn't
be a marriage!
LOIS
I guess it wouldn't. A marriage is
where two people solve their
problems _together_. We would
solve this, Clark!
SUPERMAN
I didn't come here to fight with
you.
LOIS
(frustrated)
Then why did you come here? To
tell me you're going to stay away
forever?
SUPERMAN
Well, I was hoping I'd be more like
a guardian angel.
LOIS
I don't want you to watch over me,
I want you to be with me.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL" (#20) 2/20/96 43.
77 CONTINUED: 2 77
LOIS SUPERMAN
You are so You are so
stubborn! stubborn!
She glares at the picture, and suddenly there's a BLUR of
blue from behind the picture and out the window. Lois
stares at the open window as the blast of air flutters
things around her. The fight goes out of her. She stares
sadly out at the night.
LOIS
(quietly)
I love you, Clark.
She stares down at the article in her hand, then flops down
on the couch. She looks around forlornly, then down at the
yearbook on the coffee table. She looks away, then
something about the yearbook pulls her attention back.
78 COVER OF YEARBOOK - INSERT 78
on the cover, in big bold letters, the word: "LIONS."
79 WITH LOIS 79
She slowly reaches down, picks up the yearbook, goes to a
mirror, holds up the yearbook in front of her. The word
"LIONS" is reflected backwards.
LOIS
(reading)
'S-N-0-I-L.' 'Snoil.'
CUT TO:
80 INT. STAR LABS - ON MAGAZINE ARTICLE - MORNING - DAY #5 80
PULL BACK to find the article in Dr. Klein's hands. He
finishes skimming it.
LOIS
Thanks for meeting me so early.
DR. KLEIN
(covering his fatigue)
Science never sleeps, my dear.
(yawns)
Yes, I recall seeing this a year or
so ago... Dr. Torvold Graham
claimed held found a way to shrink
living cells... Where did you get
the article?
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL" (#20) 2/20/96 44.
80 CONTINUED: 80
LOIS
From Superman.
DR. KLEIN
Superman? You've _seen_ him?
LOIS
We... spoke. Have you had any luck
analyzing the shampoo?
DR. KLEIN
A little. But we're nowhere near
reversing its effect.
(losing it)
Lois, I've never been under so much
pressure! I have this enormous
responsibility! If the world knew
he was shrinking....
LOIS
_Klein_! Pull it together! This
is not about you, it's about
Superman.
DR. KLEIN
Right.
LOIS
If you had this Dr. Graham's
notes... Could you find the
antidote?
DR. KLEIN
Possibly, but the details of the
work were confidential, and Dr.
Graham vanished some months ago.
He was never found.
LOIS
Well, who did he work for?
DR. KLEIN
Gee, I believe his work was funded
by a large... cosmetics firm.
LOIS
(staring)
Cosmetics.... firm?
DR. KLEIN
Yeah, those people are always
trying to shrink _some_thing.
Lois stares off, wheels turning, suddenly piecing things
together and growing more excited:
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL" (#20) 2/20/96 45.
80 CONTINUED: 2 80
LOIS
(suddenly on a roll)
She runs a cosmetics company!!
DR. KLEIN
(lost)
Oh, I see.
LOIS
None of us were her friends in high
school... And suddenly she's
comforting Julie and calling me...
He didn't want to keep 'her
waiting' he said! Joe was having
lunch with _her_!
DR. KLEIN
(nervously)
He was?
LOIS
An exterminator was at Julie's
place and at Clark's! From
'Snoil' pest control! 'Snoil' is
'Lions' backward! We were the
'Lions!!' Dr. Klein, I know where
to get those notes!!
She heads full steam for the door. There is a sudden
WHOOSH, and a note floats down from above. Dr. Klein
snatches it.
DR. KLEIN
(reads)
'Lois, it's too dangerous. Stay
put 'til you hear from me.'
LOIS
(touched)
Aww. He always says that.
(heading out)
And I never listen.
And she's gone.
CUT TO:
81 INT. DOLL HOUSE - ON DOORKNOB - EARLY MORNING 81
There is a SNAP and the lock on the door breaks open. The
door opens and Superman enters. We see Debbie, Les and Dick
sleep on the sofa and easy chairs in their one room hell.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL" (#20) 2/20/96 46.
81 CONTINUED: 81
They begin to stir, and Superman hurriedly steps into the
closet, there's a soft WHOOSH and he immediately reappears,
in wet suit, snorkel and mask from the G.I. Joe collection.
He adjusts the mask (to hide his identity) as the three
captives notice him and jump up.
CLARK
I'm getting you out of here.
LES
Who're you?
CLARK
A... Navy Seal.
DICK
Boy. You guys are good!
DEBBIE
I'm not going out there. There's a
huge cat.
CLARK
I'll take care of the cat. I'm...
a Navy Seal.
DICK
The door's locked.
CLARK
I jimmied it. C'mon, we'll go down
the table leg and across the
floor... Hurry; before anyone wakes
up...
They hurry toward the door. Sudden BANGING on the hotel
room door O.S.
LOIS (O.S.)
Annette! Annette! Open up! It's
Lois!
CLARK
(throwing up a hand)
She never listens!
82 THE ROOM 82
Annette, in gaudy robe, sleep mask pushed up on her head,
staggers for the door, carrying her cat.
ANNETTE
Coming, coming.
She passes the covered doll house, SLAMS her hand on it.
--page break--
"IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL" (#20) 2/20/96 47.
83 INT. DOLL HOUSE ROOM 83
Debbie, Les, Dick, and Clark reel from the vibration.
84 BACK TO SCENE 84
ANNETTE
(to dollhouse)
One word and you're cat food
Think about it.
She continues on to the door, opens it to reveal Lois.
ANNETTE (CONT'D)
Lois, it's so early. Oh I do hope
there isn't a problem.
LOIS
(her best acting)
Annette... Clark's disappeared,
just like the others!
ANNETTE
No!
(hugs Lois)
I'm here for you, Lois.
LOIS
Can I come in?
ANNETTE
Well... Why don't I meet you at...
LOIS
(pushing past her)
I think I really need to sit down.
Lois comes to a stop in the middle of the room, staring.
LOIS (CONT'D)
Oh. Gee.
85 HER POV 85
One side of the room is _massed_ with high school
memorabilia. A cheerleader outfit with "Julie" written in
script is in a plexiglass frame. There's a football helmet
mounted on a stand. Pennants with "LIONS," pom-poms,
pictures of Peggy as prom queen, school paper "The Lionette"
with headline "Lois Lane New President," etc.
--page break--
"IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL" (#20) 2/20/96 48.
86 INCLUDE LOIS AND ANNETTE 86
LOIS
You sure have a lot of stuff from
high school.
ANNETTE
I... was assembling it all for the
reunion.
(then)
Lois. Please. Share your pain
with me.
LOIS
That's Julie's cheerleading
outfit... And isn't that Joe's
helmet..?
ANNETTE
Joe was very grateful for...
everything I've done.
LOIS
Generous of you, considering you
didn't like him in high school.
ANNETTE
No, it was the other way around.
Did you know I went to every one of
his games and he never even looked
my way?
LOIS
And Julie used to tease you ... ?
ANNETTE
She found my weight, wardrobe,
braces, and attempts to speak,
amusing, yes.
LOIS
And what'd I do, Annette?
Annette suddenly realizes where this is headed, heads for
the door.
ANNETTE
I think you'd better go, Lo-Lo...
LOIS
I'd almost forgotten you ran
against me for President.
ANNETTE
Of course you forgot, Lois.
Nothing I _ever_ did made the
slightest impression on you.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL" (#20) 2/20/96 49.
86 CONTINUED: 86
LOIS
And Peggy ... ?
ANNETTE
Pretty Peggy got all the attention,
all the valentines and all the
boys. Interesting, isn't it? Now
everyone needs me to comfort them!
Even you.
LOIS
You don't want to comfort anyone,
you just want to see our pain.
Sudden muffled SCREAMS for help. Lois spins to notice the
covered doll house, and charges over to it.
ANNETTE
DON'T!!!
Lois rips the cover off the doll house and stares, stunned.
87 HER POV 87
Debbie, Les, and Dick stand shouting. Clark is gone.
DEBBIE/LES/DICK
Lois! Get us outta here! She
shrunk us! Call the cops!
88 LOIS 88
She stands staring, and:
ANNETTE (O.S.)
(coolly)
Clark isn't here and Hans is having
great difficulty finding him.
Lois slowly turns as SHOT WIDENS to reveal Annette holding a
gun on Lois.
ANNETTE (CONT'D)
So, maybe he's shrunk away to
nothing.
(a cruel smile)
Lonely, Lois? Need a hug?
LOIS
Annette! You can make things right
by turning over Dr. Graham's
research notes.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL" (#20) 2/20/96 50.
88 CONTINUED: 88
ANNETTE
Don't be silly. I'm more popular
now than I ever dreamed.
(cocks gun)
Good-bye, Lois. Since you appear
not to need me, I have no need for
you.
There is a tiny streak of blue behind Annette.
LOIS
Annette..!
Annette FIRES at Lois; Lois flies down to the floor.
ANNETTE
I guess I'll have to clean up my
own dirty work.
She charges off to the other room.
89 CLOSE ON LOIS 89
Her eyes are closed.
90 ANGLE ON HER BREAST POCKET 90
There's a smoking hole in the cloth. The pocket wiggles.
Superman climbs out of it, holding the mangled bullet.
91 ANNETTE 91
Re-enters with the large jug of the blue shampoo.
ANNETTE
Here's a box office hit for ya.
'Honey, I Shrunk the Reporter.'
92 LOIS 92
Lying still. Superman is no longer on her pocket. Lois
begins to stir. She looks up and sees Annette raising the
jug above her.
93 THE COUCH 93
Is suddenly roaring across the room towards Annette.
94 ANGLE ON SIDE OF COUCH 94
Superman flies, holding the side of the couch.
--page break--
"IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL" (#20) 2/20/96 51.
95 ANNETTE 95
She notices the couch too late, it SLAMS against her,
pinning her to the wall. Annette loses her hold on the jug
and it shatters over her.
ANNETTE
(in horror)
Nooooo!!!
96 QUICK SHOTS - LOIS - SUPERMAN - THE CAPTIVES 96
97 ANNETTE'S CLOTHES 97
Drop in a damp heap on the floor. The Captives cheer.
98 LOIS 98
LOIS
(sadly)
Those teenage years can be hell.
CUT TO:
99 INT. DAILY PLANET - ON FRONT PAGE - NIGHT #5 99
The headline reads: "Couples United; Size Restored." Below
is a photo of Joe and Debbie, Peggy and Les, Julie and Dick.
100 LOIS, CLARK, PERRY 100
PERRY
Good work, people. You two make an
incredible team. But I guess I say
that too often.
LOIS
(glancing over at Clark)
Oh, I dunno... Seems it bears
repeating now and again.
Clark smiles sheepishly at her.
CLARK
Chief... No cowboy boots?
PERRY
Aww, Sally said my boots were
doseying when I was doeing. And I
couldn't get my tush to push.
Maybe I'd do better with the tango.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL" (#20) 2/20/96 52.
100 CONTINUED: 100
And he glides off.
LOIS
So the Fortune Teller was right.
There _was_ a little Kent in my
future.
CLARK
Are you saying I was 'small' not to
share my troubles with you?
LOIS
That's not what I was saying...
But nicely put.
CLARK
(drawing close)
Would the future Mrs. Kent and her
alter ego, Lois Lane, accept an
apology and... dinner?
LOIS
(leaning near)
If Mr. Kent and his alter ego
provide the flight.
CUT TO:
101 INT. LOIS' APARTMENT - ON WINDOW - NIGHT 101
Superman and Lois float down outside the window. She steps
inside.
LOIS
The four of us make a pretty good
team. We should double date more
often.
SUPERMAN
You know what's great about you?
LOIS
Sure. But I can always hear you
repeat it.
SUPERMAN
Everything. No matter what we do,
crack a spy ring or go to the car
wash, as long as we're together
it's... the best.
(CONTINUED)
--page break--
"IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL" (#20) 2/20/96 53.
101 CONTINUED: 101
LOIS
(kisses him, then:)
So that must mean you won't ever
push me away again.
SUPERMAN
And... maybe you could promise
never to put yourself in harm's way
again.
LOIS
Deal.
They link pinky fingers.
SUPERMAN
on three.
LOIS
One, two, three....
SUPERMAN
I promise.
She smiles sweetly.
SUPERMAN (CONT'D)
Lois...
BLACK.
SUPERMAN (V.O.)
_Lois_???
THE END
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