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Previously on Lois and Clark:
Soon, I'll have everything I want
and as a bonus,
the destruction of Superman.
With this device,
I can implant subliminal messages
into the minds of the masses,
thereby controlling the collective will.
Attention all registered voters:
John Doe is a darn nice guy.
But you have to admit
John Doe really is
- What, a darn nice guy?
- Yeah.
And the next president of the
United States of America: John Doe.
If he touches the window,
Superman is doomed.
- Lois!
- Clark!
- Lois!
- Clark!
No!
Clark!
Lois! No!
He's gone.
He's gone.
Lois?
Lois, you're crying.
Don't you know what happened?
I understand Superman left the country.
Too bad.
I'll miss him.
He didn't leave.
He was sent someplace
by John Doe.
And his name's not John Doe,
it's Tempus.
And And he's a monster.
He's He's from the future
and he's trying to destroy everything
that's good in the country.
Gee, that's just the kind of stuff
he said you'd say.
What?
President-elect Doe told me
you supported the other side.
Mr.
President, you were the other side.
I know.
But in my heart,
I knew he was right.
Lois, the whole country's behind
John Doe.
Get onboard.
He bears you no ill will.
John Doe! John Doe! John Doe!
- We just have to trust him.
- John Doe! John Doe! John Doe!
John Doe! John Doe! John Doe!
John Doe! John Doe! John Doe!
Oh, my God.
We got on the plane
as soon as we got your call.
What's happened to my boy?
- I wish I knew exactly, Martha.
- Lois, are you sure he's gone?
Clark vanished through a time window.
It was brought here by the most evil man
I have ever met.
He comes from the future
and he's always wanted two things:
To control the world,
and to destroy Superman.
But who is this person?
The new president.
John Doe.
Oh, but Lois, that can't be.
John Doe is
Well, he's just a darn nice guy.
See, this is what I'm up against.
I know who he truly is
and as long as I keep that image
I can think the truth.
But no one else knows him.
Somehow
he has brainwashed the entire country
into thinking that John Doe
is a "darn nice guy.
"
Oh, honey.
Honey, we believe you.
It just doesn't seem like Clark is dead.
Maybe he can be found.
If I haven't learned anything else
in this life
I've learned you have to cling to hope.
- That's what Clark would say.
- Hello?
Yes, he would.
Lois.
Perry White.
Lois, don't you dare go
into work right now.
Perry, it's Lois.
Yeah, that's wonderful news
about John Doe.
What?
All right, I'll be there.
- At least get some rest.
- I'm going in.
I've gotta stay close.
I have to find a way to beat Tempus.
What did Perry want?
Congress is so anxious
to have John Doe in office
they may move up the inauguration.
In two days, Tempus might be the most
powerful man in the world.
Well, it's all very presidential
but does it say "emperor" to you?
Well, we don't actually have emperors
in this country.
Not yet, but it's only a pen stroke away.
This is America, Garner.
A man can dream.
You can't go in there.
I tried to stop him, sir.
- You wanted to see me?
- Yes.
Dragon, isn't it?
That's the name.
Dragon, I'm told that you are
the cruelest, most sadistic
most feared cutthroat in Metropolis.
You killed your parents at age 3,
and it's been downhill ever since.
- That's more or less it.
- How'd you like to be Secretary of State?
- Now, my friend, President Garner
- Pleased to meet you, Mr.
Dragon.
and his lame duck congress will be
enacting several bills into law.
They'll need enforcing.
Well, I guess you don't get it.
I don't enforce laws.
I guess you don't get it.
I'm giving you carte blanche
to shoot anyone
who doesn't agree with me.
But everybody agrees with you, Mr.
Doe.
Well, an astronomically high percentage
does, yes
but there's still holdouts.
That's why
I need legislation making it illegal
not to use the phone.
But that's silly, not to mention
unconstitutional.
You want me to plug him?
Patience.
Do me a favor.
Pick me up
some new suits and a new watch.
This stuff was damaged
in a little explosion we had here.
Now, look, Mr.
President
if we're to have an orderly transition,
you have to remember
that I am the most popular politician
the world has ever known.
Even Reagan in his heyday
couldn't have gotten away with this.
You just killed him.
Guess you'll have to report me.
This is for you, prez:
John Doe just did a very wise thing.
This is the president.
I need to
Let you know John Doe just did
a very wise thing.
That's why the phone, you idiot.
Lois.
Where's Clark?
Clark is
He's He's not feeling well.
He's not here.
Well, he'll be all right.
Tell him to drink plenty of liquids.
Now, listen, I want you to skedaddle
over to the Regent Hotel.
President-elect Doe has picked you
for his very first post-election interview.
Oh, he has, has he?
Yes.
He says you're the only one
that understands him.
Oh, he does, does he?
Well, I'd like to have a few words
with Mr.
Doe.
- Oh, I'm sorry.
- I'm dreadfully sor
- Miss Lane.
- H.
G.
Wells, oh.
Mr.
Wells, Tempus is out.
Oh, I feared as much.
He's President of the United States.
Catastrophic.
And Miss Lane,
has something happened to Superman?
Yeah.
That's why I'm here.
I was visiting the future.
The wonderful utopia there suddenly
changed to one of chaos and mayhem.
The statue of you and Superman,
honoring you
for your good work, vanished.
Does that mean Clark is dead?
Oh, it It means he's not present.
Tempus tricked him into stepping into
this time window, and then it exploded.
But you could travel through time.
You could find him.
No, my dear.
It's not so simple.
You see, if the time window exploded
then Clark has been banished
to a nanosecond
that's actually out of time
as we know it.
A vortex without past or future.
Finding him would be
- Impossible.
- You know I don't like that word
but the longer Clark remains
in the time warp
In the next 48 hours, it could diminish
until it vanishes into nothing.
Well, I was wondering how long it'd take
to get to that part of the interview.
You are dirt.
You are filth.
You're pocket lint.
You are pocket lint in the pockets
of lawyers.
Oh, calm down.
You want a martini?
No, I don't want a martini.
Don't you realize that if I was able
to block out this John Doe hypnosis
then others can too.
And we will bring you down.
No, you won't.
You are alone, Lois.
The only other living soul who knows
the truth about me is Clark
and whoops, he's not living anymore,
is he?
Yes, he is.
He's coming back.
What do you think this is,
a family television show?
Only unhappy endings allowed here, Lois.
Let's see, I could shoot you
or hang you on the spot
but what's the fun in that?
No, you're the only sane one
in the asylum, darling.
Between that and losing your husband
you should be clawing the walls
in no time.
This interview's over.
You don't get it, do you?
You can't stamp out goodness.
You might take the whole world
into night
but a little sliver of light will
come through, and we'll have you.
You make a very attractive widow.
John Doe supporters by the millions
flooded Times Square
for the 8th night in a row
to celebrate the election
of America 's newest folk hero:
the president-elect, John Doe.
Not perhaps since Lincoln has a candidate
risen from such obscure beginnings
to seize the ultimate prize
- John Doe doesn't exist.
It's Tempus.
It's Tempus.
Clark, where are you?
- Mr.
Wells.
- Lois, brace yourself.
I've brought
Clark.
No, my dear.
It's not Clark.
Or at least not yours.
I'm sorry, my dear.
I know
this must seem an awful trick
but you remember this Clark,
don't you?
You helped create his Superman
in the alternate universe.
Even in that world,
Tempus wanted him gone.
What he couldn't do there,
he's done here.
Lois, I know how bringing Clark here
must look.
That any thought of retrieving my Clark
is hopeless?
That the only thing that stands between
Tempus and world conquest is Superman?
Is that how you think I think it looks?
I'd say the world could use a Superman
just now.
Lois, I'm not your Clark.
But I can be Superman.
In my world I've become the Superman
that you encouraged me to be.
I know this sounds awful, but I really
don't want you here.
It's like having Clark, but not.
And accepting you means accepting that
he's gone, and I'm not ready to do that.
- Clark would want me to stay.
- How do you know?
He'd want me to protect this world.
He'd want me to protect you.
Hon, your cookie dough ice cream is
Clark.
Oh, Clark.
Son.
Martha, this is not our Clark.
If it's not our Clark,
whose Clark is it?
Perhaps I can explain.
- And who are you?
- H.
G.
Wells.
The writer?
Aren't you dead?
Only some of the time.
Martha, Jonathan, H.
G.
Wells can travel
through time and space
and he brought this Clark here from
a parallel universe where we all exist
but in altered forms.
Oh, I see.
But you look so much like my son.
And you look so much like my mom
and dad.
And in that place we're your parents?
Were.
My parents died
when I was a kid.
I never thought I'd see you
Them, again.
Clark, I'm sorry.
What?
I'm sorry for forgetting that as rotten
as all this is for me
for all of us, that it must
be pretty hard for you too.
Lois, I'd really like to help.
Are you okay with that?
Yeah.
Then I shall be on my way.
Perhaps I can locate your Clark.
Hello, Herb.
Tempus.
That's President-elect Doe,
but I'll forgive the faux pas this once.
I've been expecting you.
Yes.
You knew I'd deduce that
the corrupted future was your doing
and would return through time
to find you.
You're a regular Jack Webb.
On the other hand, as easy as it was for
you to trace my movements backward
that's how impossible it will be
for you to find your Superman.
You are a fiend beyond comprehension.
And a good dancer,
but enough small talk.
Let's go to my place.
There's only room
in town for one time traveler
and you and this contraption
are better off in my hands.
And if I refuse?
Go ahead.
Make my days.
Citizens, voters, and phone owners
thank you for the huzzahs.
If I could have just an
impromptu moment of your time.
Like I have to ask.
Everything I have I owe to you
because we are one big family.
- With me as the papa
- Papa!
and you as the kiddies.
- Kiddies!
We will prosper under one big roof
obey one big set of laws,
use one big phone company
and you'll do everything
that papa says.
I'm pleased to announce
Congress has also
unanimously passed
the Non-Phone Act
making it treasonous
not to use the phone.
And we know that if we're good
girls and boys
- Shut up and get over there.
all will be well.
We also know that if we're bad,
we'll be punished.
A papa must know when to cut back
on your allowance
and when to shoot you.
I had to use a postcard.
We don't own a phone!
A papa must be stern.
Ready.
Aim.
I get to be Commander in Chief
with a war already on my hands.
- Thank you, Superman.
- Yeah, thank you.
He was gonna shoot us
just because we don't use phones.
- He's a madman.
- Nuts.
So you don't like John Doe?
We hate John Doe.
I'm glad you're here.
The world gets pretty desperate
without Superman.
I'll stay as long as it takes.
Did you hear what they said
about not liking John Doe?
There were some homeless people
that were murdered
around the time of the election,
and they didn't like John Doe either.
What do they have in common?
He'd probably have the answer
right away, wouldn't he?
I think it's phones.
They both didn't have phones
and now there's a law against
not using the phone.
So that's how Tempus
is controlling the country.
He's getting his message out
through the phone system.
Exactly.
I'll scan the phone system
for any internal abnormalities.
I'll find out how real
this inauguration is.
Lois?
Is this how it is with the two of you?
Working together like this?
Yeah.
Wow.
I know what you've done,
you treasonous little bug.
You've imported that muscle-locked
Boy Scout
from that other universe to this one.
The power of the human spirit cannot
be confined to one time or place.
- It's everywhere.
- Save that for your overrated novels.
It's only a matter of time
before he scans the city
with x-ray vision and locates me.
Anticipating that possibility I've relocated
to this abandoned fallout shelter.
It's lined with lead.
Now get in that machine
and take that overstuffed set of tights
back where he belongs.
And what will you do if I refuse? Kill me?
- You bet.
- Anticipating your villainy
I have adjusted the machine
so that only I can operate it.
Now what's going to happen
to your plan
when Superman examines
the phone system, as he will
and discovers your fiendish alteration?
While you were anticipating my villainy
I was anticipating your anticipation
and began implementation
of an even more insidious plan
to spread my message.
Now that you're my captive, you won't
be able to blow the whistle on me
or use the bloody
time machine yourself.
But I'm getting bored with you, Herb.
We seem joined at the hip, you and I.
And when I get really bored
with someone, well
Mr.
Secretary, I believe you're familiar
with your duties?
I am.
Hi.
The Kents are already asleep.
I picked up a couple things
from the market.
- What?
- Nothing.
I mean, you don't You know
Spin in and out of the suit?
Spin? Never tried that.
Oh, is that what he does?
Maybe I'll give it a shot sometime.
Oh, no, that's okay.
I mean,
it's a fine way to change.
I just It's not him.
I mean,
you're not him.
I have to remind myself sometimes.
Twinkies, Cup Cakes and Ding Dongs?
Where's my brain? I just thought
That because he likes those things,
so would I.
Yeah.
Anyway
Here.
So did you find any subliminal
message-sending device
in the phone system?
No.
Whatever was there, he must have
moved someplace else.
So the whole country's gonna keep
believing in this lunatic.
Did you hear anything from H.
G.
Wells?
No.
So he hasn't found Clark.
Lois
Love is the only thing
that keeps people going sometimes.
It's that strong.
And right now, you have to grab hold
of that strength
and know that it's gonna get you
through this.
It's a lonely world without love.
I know,
because that's how I live my life.
A while back, before I became Superman
in my world
a new friend told me
to trust in myself.
In the power of the goodness
inside of me.
She was a pretty smart woman
and I believed her.
Now she has to believe me.
You sound like you've gotten
pretty smart yourself.
You helped me get there.
- This is unforgivable.
- I'm so sorry.
- Just shameful.
- I'm really sorry.
No, not you, me.
I almost kissed you.
- How could I kiss you?
- I almost kissed you.
- No, I almost kissed you.
- No, I
Okay, fine, we almost kissed us.
Look, Clark Other Other Clark
I'm in a In a really weird place
right now.
I I miss my husband,
whom you look exactly like
and it wouldn't take imagination
to pretend you were him.
I love him.
You have to understand.
Yes, understood completely.
But, Lois See, my life is that
lonely thing that I talked about
and then there's this
weird chemistry
between you and I
that I don't understand
but I promise you it will never
ever, ever, ever happen again.
Dragon.
Herb.
You scamps.
I knew, given time, you'd find
something fun in common.
I, on the other hand,
have been laboring on a way
to operate my Subliminator
while bypassing the phone system.
The Subliminator's
microwave transmission
has been fed into ordinary
electrical wiring
which acts as an antenna.
No.
- I don't understand.
- There's a surprise.
Every home and business in the U.
S.
will
serve as a continually online receiver
for what I call Tempus Think.
I refuse to believe that something
so diabolical could be so easy.
Well, that's the Protestant in you.
Let's wrap fish in the Constitution
and chuck all the old laws.
Would you turn that light switch on,
Herb?
Let's wrap fish in the Constitution
and chuck all the old laws.
Why did I say that?
Because I wanted you to.
Because the very walls pulse
with Tempus Think.
I may have succumbed to your device,
but there are others who won't.
Only two that I can think of,
and that number's about to shrink.
Trust me on this, Herb.
I'm unstoppable.
What am I doing?
About what?
Oh, Tempus, the country
- You know.
- Sorry if I disturbed you.
No.
I couldn't sleep either.
If Clark can't be found
in the next 24 hours
he may just disappear.
You know the terrible thing
about marriage?
You take it for granted.
You think that that person
sleeping next to you
That sound they make
when they're breathing
You think you'll always have that.
If there was any way I could
get him back
- I know.
Listen
about the "chemistry" thing.
I think that your feelings
Just like it was easy for me
to confuse you with Clark
I think that your feelings for me
are really meant for her.
Your Lois.
Well, you see, I've never even met her.
She was lost on an assignment
in the Congo.
So
I just think that somehow
you're meant to be together.
You know
it is so much less complicated
being Superman
than being Clark.
That sounds like something
Clark would say.
It's amazing how much like him
you've become.
Well, now that we're both up
why don't I make us a midnight snack.
Lois?
- Lois, are you all right?
- Tempus is evil.
There's no such thing as John Doe.
It's Tempus.
- Are you okay?
- I don't know.
All of a sudden I got these warm,
fuzzy feelings about John Doe.
It all started when you turned on
the lights.
What are you doing?
I'm following the electrical wiring
in your house.
I couldn't find any signs of a mind-control
device in the phone system
but they've obviously developed
another delivery system.
John Doe is papa.
He's finally here.
Everything he does is right.
He's sending it through
the electrical wiring.
If you could just stay tuned
into that transmission
I could follow it through
the power system and find the source.
- Yes.
Go for it.
- Okay
What the heck.
You know, I kind of like that spin thing.
I ordered a jumbo pepperoni,
not green peppers
and a six-pack of beer.
I don't care if you are closing,
I'm the Secretary of State.
Where are you, you little worm?
Where are you?
Forgive me if I gloat.
Unconscionable little brute.
No one can answer your call right now,
so leave a message at the beep.
Lois.
Wells here.
I'm being held
against my will
in some sort of underground bunker
Mr.
Wells, what happened?
- Tempus kidnapped me.
- What?
Lois, I have critical news
for Superman.
He's not here.
Oh, my.
Then I'll have to come to you.
I'll be there as soon as the time machine
warms up.
Ta.
So she's finally alone.
No!
Mr.
Wells?
It's you.
Well, I would have preferred "Hail to
the Chief," but everything in time.
What's he doing here?
Making America safe.
I'm clearing the streets of terrorists.
I believe that includes you.
Mr.
Wells, what are you doing?
My dear, I believe if we knew
to the second
the exact moment
of Clark's disappearance
I might be able to find him
with the time machine.
To the second?
Well, anything less and I could miss him
by literally billions of years.
Oh, I have no idea.
There was so much going on,
I barely remember what day it was.
Yes.
Well, there you have it.
You know, as fun as all this is
the one wild card's still that copycat
Superman of yours.
But as I recall he was quite fond of Lois,
here, so he's probably containable.
Probably not.
He's out there right now,
finding your mind control device.
Once that's gone, so is your power base.
Well, you're just Little Miss Spunky,
aren't you?
Garner, get in here!
You'd better pray your boyfriend fails,
Lois
because as bad as you think
things are now
the nightmare's only just started.
Hi, Lois.
I heard you were visiting.
I'm not visiting.
I'm his prisoner.
Oh, Lois, ever the funster.
Stop, my sides are splitting.
Anyway, we have here the country's
nuclear launch codes.
- What?
- I gave them to John Doe as a pal gift.
The traitor, Superman
may find a way to turn the public
against the President-elect.
If that happens, we'll launch a nuclear
strike against every capital on Earth.
- That true?
- Excellent.
You can't do that.
The other countries will retaliate.
- The whole world will be destroyed.
- Also quite good.
If this world no longer wants me,
then I no longer want it.
Let the fools be swallowed up in flame.
I'll go rule the alternate Earth.
It's almost as nice.
Better, even.
For its Superman will be trapped here.
Hero to a lifeless planet.
John Doe is papa.
Everything he does is right.
John Doe is papa.
He's finally here.
John Doe is papa.
He's finally
Well, I'll be damned.
He did it.
He thinks that's all it takes
to finish me?
All that spandex must keep the blood
from his brain.
President Garner, tell your Secret Service
men to arrest him.
- Who?
- Sorry, Lois.
The Subliminator's effects
won't wear off until
well, it's way too late.
Oh, Jonathan
they haven't been here all day.
They weren't at the Planet.
They never showed up.
Maybe Tempus got his hands on them.
- Lois?
- Clark?
Clark.
I found the source of Tempus'
mind-control.
- Where's Lois?
- Oh dear, wasn't she with you?
No.
Maybe she left a note or something.
The answering machine light is on.
She might've called in.
Lois.
Wells here.
I'm being held
against my will
in some sort of underground bunker
- Underground?
- Maybe she's with him.
I just scanned the entire city.
There was no sign of them.
Unless
Unless they're in a place lined with lead.
Back in the '50s, Metropolis built
a series of fallout shelters.
- Those were lined with lead.
- But they were abandoned years ago.
- Where can I find these shelters?
- Honey, we couldn't begin to tell you.
Well, then I'd better find someone
who can.
Gee, you got into the missile launch
system without any help at all.
Computer codes for this century
are so primitive it's laughable.
Well, you look nervous, Lois.
Contemplate your future
as a charcoal briquette.
It's soothing.
Mr.
Olsen.
Mr.
Olsen.
- Mr.
Olsen?
- Oh, sorry.
I keep thinking you own the Daily Planet.
Who can I ask to do
some research for me?
Are you kidding?
Here's how it works:
you come barreling in
and say,
"Jimmy, I need so and so now! "
Then I drop everything and do it.
Not your old self today, huh?
Jimmy, I need to know the location
of every fallout shelter in the city.
Is it urgent? I got this date
with this chick just out of prison
and I think she's really hot
- Jimmy, I need those locations now.
You know, I liked that whole
"Mr.
Olsen" thing a lot better.
Tempus, don't do it.
You still have time.
You could escape
to the alternate universe.
Where Mr.
I'm-So-ln-Shape
can return me to jail?
Thank you, no.
Besides, I wanna kill billions of people.
- Launch configuration locked.
- And that ought to do it.
Here's the city infrastructure
from l958 forward.
Target sequencing locked.
Missile launch in 30 seconds.
Launch in 25 seconds.
Commence primary ignition.
Twenty, 19, 18
On the international scene,
President-elect John Doe
is launching a worldwide
nuclear attack.
- What?
- Wow, great idea.
Fifteen
- I got them.
There's three in the area.
- Thanks, Jimmy.
- Nine, eight, seven
- Nine, eight, seven
You're too late! You need an abort code
to cancel the
Countdown sequence interrupted.
Or that.
You could do that.
John Doe, you are hereby impeached.
Oh, my God.
Superman,
I did a terrible thing.
I gave him the launch codes.
It's understandable, Mr.
President.
It's not your fault, it's his.
- Get them out of here.
- Yes, sir.
- Let's go.
Come on.
Move it.
- Superman, I
Oh, God, I think I'm up
for re-election again.
Thank you.
You were wonderful.
Just like I knew you would be.
Lois, I just wish that I could do
the same thing for your Clark.
We need the exact second
the time window exploded.
We don't have that.
Explosion? You mean like
in John Doe's hotel room?
Yeah.
What do you know about it?
Let me go, you goon.
I'll tell you what, Lane.
If I scratch your back
maybe you could put in a good word
for me.
He wanted me to go out and get
a new watch for him.
He said it was stopped by an explosion.
We must arrive at precisely the moment
I've chosen, or he's lost.
Oh, Lois.
So John Doe was a myth
created by Tempus,
an escaped criminal
and planted into your brains by
a sophisticated method of brainwashing.
He'll return now to prison,
where he'll do no further damage.
Any last words, Tempus?
Why, yes.
Glad you asked.
It's time you chowderheads all got let in
on a little secret.
This Superman of yours,
this chiseled god
is, in reality, Clark Kent
of the Daily Planet.
In chess, this is where I'd say, "Check.
"
Honey, I think the media would like us
to comment on Mr.
Tempus' last remark.
We regret that Mr.
Tempus'
mental health has not improved.
He's obviously still delusional.
This is where I would say, "Checkmate.
"
No! You cretins!
He is Clark Kent!
One of them's from another dimension.
I mean, it's obvious!
Thanks for giving me a world
to come home to.
Thanks for giving me a legend
to live up to.
I can't tell you how grateful I am.
The two of you have been wonderful.
So were you.
We really must be going.
You are the luckiest man alive.
I know.
If my Lois had lived, my world would be
a better place.
Especially for me.
I've been meaning to ask you
she was lost in the Congo
before you two even met?
Which is strange.
You know, missing
someone that you've never even met.
I tried to find her but
that's impossible.
My boy, I never say "impossible.
"
I don't think I'm ever letting go.
I hope you don't.
You know
he's right.
I am the luckiest man alive.
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