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You shouldn't have.
Uh, Clark's sorry
he couldn't make it.
- He and Bart are off
- Yeah.
Dealing with a crisis
in Keystone.
I know.
Well, come on.
Let's, uh
Let's see what you got.
I haven't seen this
in ages.
You okay?
Yeah.
Birthdays just make me
a little reflective.
What do you say we get you
out of your head
and into the party, huh?
Come on.
See? Case in point.
That was supposed to
be my life.
Ollie,
when did this happen?
One day I'm on the fast track
for my dream career
as the intrepid reporter,
and then I blink.
And all of a sudden,
I'm this underqualified shrink
for meteor-infected kids
who will probably wake up
to be psycho killers,
while Lois and Clark
are walking the beach
with matching press passes
together.
Oh, and did I mention
that I was actually able to
hold on to
"happily ever after"
for about 2.
3 seconds
before my marriage imploded?
Is this the part where you
belt out the soprano's aria
and drive a dagger
into your corset?
Right.
Sorry for the operetta.
It's just, I would love to know
how she does it.
You know, Chloe,
if I didn't know you any better,
I'd say there was a hint
of jealousy in there.
No.
It's just
with all these Debbie ups
and downers lately,
I guess it would be really nice
to leave it all behind
and be back
in the bullpen.
Hey!
One year closer to
the sweet release of death.
How wonderfully morbid.
Chloe, I am so sorry.
There's been a factory workers
revolt in Mexico City,
and the Planet is flying me down
el primero classo,
wheels up in 30.
Don't do anything
I wouldn't do.
Love you.
Oh, Chloe, I got to
Duty calls.
It's fine.
I'm I'm sorry.
Happy birthday, Chloe.
Now, there's a man who looks
like he needs a little magic
in his button-up life.
Uh, you know what?
I wouldn't want to steal
the hocus-pocus away
from the birthday girl.
How about
a little something special
for the someone
who truly deserves it?
Okay?
Rough birthday, huh?
You ever seen the *** scene in
"Apocalypse Now"?
More fire, less cake.
Let's make sure
tomorrow's a better day, hmm?
Make a wish.
Oh, my god.
I'm Lois.
S08E17:
So, everything's okay with you
in Mexico, Lois?
Everything's great!
Except for government oppression
and slave labor.
Why?
Uh it's just
You're sure?
Nothing weird?
No.
Chlo, what is going on?
You don't sound like yourself.
No, uh, me?
Just got a frog
in my throat.
Okay.
Well, you take care.
You, too.
Nice job on that
city-hall piece, Lane.
Dry cleaning and
your morning coffee, Miss Lane.
Thanks.
Um
Oh, don't worry,
Miss Lane.
You'll remember my name
one of these days.
Right.
Thank god.
Clark.
You couldn't have been deported
that quickly.
Why aren't you in Mexico?
Isn't there a limit
to how tight a shirt can be
to meet dress code?
Really? Even you?
Well
Here's the thing.
I never made it
to Mexico.
Right, can this wait till
until after your post-lunch,
predinner,
after-coffee snack break?
I can't imagine you having any
more to say after last night.
Last night?
Yeah, you called me five times
from the airport,
one from the airplane.
You had time to answer
six phone calls,
and you couldn't call Chloe
on her birthday?
Chloe knows sometimes
I get hung up at the farm.
And if this not-so-hidden
attitude is because
you still think
that I'm taking Jimmy's side
on the whole
breakup thing,
it's because I believe there
are two sides to every story.
Really?
Exactly what two sides?
Look, he may have
gone overboard on the whole
Davis Bloome
serial-killer thing,
but it's got to be tough
when the person that you're
trying to build your life with
doesn't believe in you.
Lois, are you all right?
No, I am definitely
not all right.
Well, this should help
police standoff, Main and 5th.
Grab your jacket.
Isn't this the part
where you tell me to saddle up?
Start your engines
Smallville.
Now,
why do I get the feeling
you're not my 10:00
from the steel union?
Zatanna.
We weren't
properly introduced.
"Zatanna.
"
Lose a bet with that name?
It's a family thing.
Okay.
- So, uh, Zatanna is it?
- Right.
You mind telling me what
drives a lovely young woman
such as yourself to track down
an unsuspecting C.
E.
O
at a nightclub
and then again at his office?
I need your help.
You don't scream
"charity case.
"
My father left me an estate
in Shadowcrest,
so money isn't an object.
Shadowcrest.
John Zatara,
the maestro of magic
He was your father?
Well, I'm sorry.
I know what it's like
to lose family.
Yeah.
I lost more than my father.
I lost his entire legacy,
recorded in a book
that's been passed down
through generations.
There's a bible's worth
of my heritage in those pages.
When my father died,
Mr.
Luthor acquired that book
at auction.
Well, no offense,
Zatanna,
but, uh,
you're the daughter
of the world's
greatest magician.
Can't you just
I don't know
wiggle your nose and pull it out
of a hat or something?
You're cute.
And, no.
My father refused
to teach me much
beyond practical
parlor tricks.
Well, I'm sorry.
I really wish I could help.
Queen Industries
may have absorbed
all of LuthorCorp holdings,
but I'm afraid
Lex's lawyers
won't let me anywhere near
his private collection.
I thought I was gonna have to
use a little incentive.
See, I have the ability
to grant one wish.
Big or small, whatever you wish
for in that moment,
it can be yours.
Well,
that's very tempting.
But as you can see,
I'm pretty comfortable
with my life the way it is.
Well, there has to be
somebody you've lost,
something
that you've done
that you wish
you could take back.
Get me my book,
and I'll make it happen.
Offer expires
at midnight.
You haven't insulted me
once yet today.
And you actually crossed
at the crosswalk.
Did Jeff not bring you
your coffee today?
Uh let's just say I rolled out
of bed on the right side.
It's amazing how much more
you can see with fresh eyes.
So, anything else
you want to tell me oh, ooh.
What's the look for?
You just never looked at me
that way before.
There's our story calling.
Technically,
it still is a standoff.
All right, Lane.
This squares us up before
Friday night's poker game.
And, by the way, I've been
working on my bluff, okay?
Right.
Keep up the good work,
there, tough guy.
So, what's the deal
with our sophoclean
town crier up there?
Yeah, well,
here's the situation.
Nutjob up there
on the fire escape
he owns Yuri's antiques
over on main street.
He's been babbling in latin
like this all day.
I'll see you on Friday.
"Woman
Magic cursed on.
Book brings death.
"
Since when did you
speak Latin?
Zatanna! Zatanna!
Zatanna.
I bet it is that same
witchy woman who did this to me.
Now, I know where
she's performing tonight.
Maybe you can superspeed
over to this antique shop
and dust off any leads.
"Superspeed"?
We didn't even bring a car.
What?
It's okay.
I'm Chloe.
"Stood her up at formal"
Chloe?
"Planted one on you
because Zod was ending
the world" Chloe?
"Krypton, Jor-El, Fortress,
Brainiac" Chloe!
Chloe.
Bingo.
And just like that raving
wardrobe malfunction over there,
some magician showed up
at my birthday party
in fishnets
and hexed me!
But you'd know that
if you hadn't skipped it
to answer voice mails
from Lois.
Not that I'm dwelling.
Not exactly hiding out,
is she?
You just woke up
like this?
How did I not pick up
on it sooner?
Forget about it.
This is my Shakespearean
nightmare, not yours.
Although it has been
awfully illuminating.
Listen,
what I said about Jimmy
you're an
equal-opportunity good guy.
I get it.
I guess I'm just
not used to seeing you
from this perspective.
By the way,
"Tales of the Weird and Unexplained"
Nice callback.
I thought it might bring you
back to a time
when, you know,
things were--
Weird and unexplained?
You sound like
you miss it.
Oh, I don't know.
It's just there's a whole half
of my life
where this happens
every day.
Weird has become so normal,
it's not even weird anymore.
Honestly, I like what I'm doing
at the Planet now.
But I would be lying if I said
that there weren't days
when I wish I could forget
about saving the world
and just be
a normal reporter.
Well, for now, how about you
not stick to your day job?
It won't be much longer,
Father.
Much longer for what?
I'm sorry.
Have we met?
Does an enchanted cupcake
ring any bells?
You were
the birthday girl.
You need to reverse the curse
that you put on Chloe.
Curse?
Is that what
you think happened?
You kind of got things
backwards.
I granted you a wish.
And why on Earth would
I wish myself into this?
Beats me.
I don't write the magics, honey.
I just use them.
Now, I'm not saying this is
your heart's deepest desire.
But in that moment
This is what you wanted.
Okay,
just for a second,
maybe I was a little jealous
of Lois living my dream life
with Clark
at the Planet.
But I didn't literally
want her life.
Not like this.
Well, don't worry.
It will wear off as soon
as you don't want it anymore.
Fine.
I don't want it.
You keep telling
yourself that.
Do you really think that man
from the antique shop
wanted to end up rambling on
like a crazy person?
Maybe he wanted
a better understanding
of dead languages.
I wanted an heirloom
of my father's.
We helped each other out.
Fair trade.
About that heirloom
what did Yuri mean
when he said
the book you were after
would bring death?
Some people can be a
a little superstitious.
And that makes it okay
to use them.
Use them?
I give people
what they want.
Look, everybody has something
they're hoping for
something something
they wish they could change.
Even you.
I wonder what
your little wish would be.
Clark!
Oh, no, Clark.
Are you okay?
Yeah, I'm fine.
Really?
Something
has to be different.
I never should have
brought you along.
I forgot that magic affects you
just like the rest of us.
Are you sure
you're all right?
Yes, Lois.
Stop asking me that.
And what do you mean
by "the rest of us"?
It's just that
Wait.
What did you just call me?
Help!
Aren't you gonna
do anything?
You're absolutely right,
Lois.
How gullible
do you think I am, Lois?
- I'm Chloe.
- Right.
At first I had trouble
telling you two apart, as well.
But Lois is the tall one.
You just acknowledged
I was Chloe
before our run-in
with Zatanna.
She bippity-boppity-booed
you, too!
Lois, there's no
such thing as magic.
It's all trapdoors
and wires.
Okay, Clark,
think about it.
Right before
we walked in there,
you were just complaining
about how easy it would be
if you could just
forget the whole
hero-alien-everything-weird
side
and were jusust a regular,
mundane reporter
living a normal life.
If something seems too weird
to be true, it usually is.
That's rule number 4.
What?
"Lois Lane rules
of reporting.
"
Come on.
Like you never let me forget.
And you framed this?
Look, you said you wanted
only one of your double lifes.
And whether you meant it or not,
the spell thought you did.
Exactly what other life
is it I'm supposed to have,
Lois?
Lois, what has gotten
into you?!
Now, wait a second.
We're not allowed
to be up here, Lois.
Clark
Snap out of it.
You're a hero.
I'm a regular Green Arrow.
Lois, I don't make the news.
I just report it.
You are the biggest news
there is.
You're a superhuman being
from another Planet.
Okay.
Just don't tell
human resources, all right?
Now, I have a deadline
to meet.
Did you just
lock us up here?
Open the door, Clark.
Lois, it's locked!
We need a key!
Open the damn door,
Clark.
Lois, if you don't
Now do you believe me?
What I believe is that this door
needs better maintenance.
Look at the rust in here.
No wonder it just pulled off
like that.
Okay.
Now we're gonna
be stuck up here
How about this?
Listen.
Really listen.
What do you hear?
That's amazing.
The acoustics up here
are incredible.
It's like there's some perfect
echo point right here.
Have you completely
lost your mind?
That could have
really hurt!
No, it
No, it wouldn't, Clark.
You've got superspeed
and superstrength
and superhearing
and X-Ray vision!
And I have a deadline,
Lois.
Now, please,
if you would excuse me,
I need to find a way
to get off this roof.
Unless my superpowers
include an ability
to fly.
I didn't think so.
Now
Sorry, guys.
I'll make sure you get
a nice Christmas bonus.
Thanks, Lex.
Bravo.
You found my book
and pulled it off in style.
I wish I could say
I've had the pleasure.
Oh, please, Oliver.
Ask a billionaire
for help,
and then a vigilante
steals exactly what I ask for?
You need to work
on your sleight of hand.
Yeah.
Now
Give me my book,
and I'll give you your wish.
A deal's a deal.
You know, this isn't just
a how-to guide
on upping
your stage presence.
There's some really dark stuff
in here, Zatanna.
You don't get it.
The sick irony
of my ability
is that I can grant
so many wishes
everyone's but mine.
No.
Please? Don't.
It's the only way
I can bring my father back.
I'm sorry.
Not good.
You don't
want to do this.
You can't just bring someone
back and change fate!
I'm sorry.
I've waited too long for this.
I'm coming, Father.
I'll handle this, Lois.
Do you speak English?
Yes.
You mind telling me
who you are?
Lois Lane,
Daily Planet.
I'm sorry.
We thought you were
under some kind of spell?
Well, she did.
You know.
We know Zatanna
gave you a wish
in exchange for
some information on a book.
I never should have told her
how to find that book.
I'm afraid she's too blinded
by her grief
to see the danger
that she's in.
Say this woman
does know magic,
what sort of danger
are you talking about?
She must be stopped
from using that book
to resurrect her father.
She isn't prepared
to make the sacrifice.
What kind of sacrifice?
From what I could decipher,
the incantation
to bring a life back
required the taking of a life
in return.
So, in order to bring
her father back,
someone else must die.
A life for a life.
A soul for a soul.
As life is lived
from front to back,
let death be turned
back to front.
Grant me my wish.
Resurrect John Zatara.
That guy really sounded
like he believed
in what he was saying.
That's because
it was true.
Now we just need to
find Zatanna
before she tries to give
dear old dad one final encore.
It looks like
we may be too late.
Clark, you're the only person
who can get up there
and put an end to this
right now.
I know what
you're about to say, but--
No, Clark.
There are no buts with you.
No exception to the rule.
Now, superleap up there
and stop her.
Look, I don't know.
It--
Yeah, okay.
Okay, Clark,
you don't have to know.
If you won't believe
in yourself,
then let me
believe in you.
Okay?
I know that deep inside,
you don't want to just
be a normal guy
sitting behind a desk
reporting on disasters
while you could be out there
stopping them.
Now, use the power
you feel.
The world needs you.
Wait, that's--
Impossible?
Only in your mind.
Sometimes you just need
a little leap of faith.
Come on, Clark.
You can do this.
Up, up, and away.
Daddy?
You need to stop
this spell.
Don't move.
I need to bring
my father back.
At what cost?
Are you willing to sacrifice
your life for him?
It's what he did for me.
He wasn't meant to die.
I owe him this.
I know the rules.
A life for a life.
I have to make it right.
I'm not afraid.
Do you really think your father
would want you
to give up the life he gave you
to bring him back?
What would you know
about losing the one man
who made you
who you are?!
Everything.
The day
that I lost my father,
I thought my world
would never be the same.
It felt like something had been
ripped away from me forever.
But I had to let him go.
No.
No, it was supposed to
be me.
We don't get to choose.
But we do get to choose
how we live the life
that we've been given.
I'm finally the man that
my father wanted me to be.
What does your father
want you to be?
I'm sorry.
Close the door.
Peace offering
for missing your party.
Casualties
of being a hero.
Not everyone could have punched
through Zatanna's whammy
and saved the day.
I couldn't have done it
without you.
Thank you for reminding me
who I really am.
Yeah, I guess rebooting
your superhero O.
S.
rekindled the Chloe fire.
Looks like,
uh, hero support
isn't just a day job
anymore.
And for that
We eat bagels.
Do you remember
everything?
If you're
referring to my
"just the facts,
ma'am" routine
it did feel as though
a weight had been lifted.
It must have been hard
to harness up again.
To be honest,
a life without responsibility
kind of felt empty.
I mean,
this is who I am, Chloe.
Every morning,
I wake up with a purpose.
Yeah,
you're not the only one
who saw the world
through irony-colored glasses.
Why did you wait so long
to tell me what was going on?
Well,
let's face it, Clark.
My life has been a little less
than desirable lately.
I mean,
with Jimmy and everything.
And I can't deny
there's an appeal
to the Dynamic Duo's
Weekly Adventures.
Well, you haven't
missed much.
Things haven't exactly
been smooth between us lately.
Look, I know
you don't want to open
a can of Kryptonian worms
by telling her your secret.
But whether
you like it or not,
Lois Lane is a part
of your life now.
And considering the nonstop
puppy-dog eyes you give her,
I'm guessing
you don't mind much at all.
Clark just because
you were burned once
doesn't mean that you
can't give it a second chance.
Are we still talking
about me?
Or are we talking
about you and Jimmy?
Touch�.
Okay.
I'm talking about neither of us
living in the past.
You can never be
who you want to be
if you're always looking
over your shoulder
at what could have been.
Cheers to that.
What is this? You drop by
to kick my *** again?
So much fun for me
the first time.
I came to apologize.
I just
"Bound by steel," right?
That's what you said
to me backwards
"Bound by steel"?
I had plenty of time
to mull that over
when you, uh
you left me there
strung up to either die
or have my identity revealed.
I can't ever totally make it up
to you or your friends,
but I would like to try
to make sure
that something like this
doesn't happen again.
Here's a thought.
Don't do it again.
Hold on.
Just a second.
It's
I know how difficult
the sacrifices you made
must have been
especially considering
how hell-bent you were
on getting
what you wanted.
Well, anyway, in the end,
you made the tough choice,
and, um
I can respect that.
Just know that there are
far more dangerous people
out there in the world
than me
people with much
greater control
of the genuinely nasty magics
than I do.
So
if you ever run into my kind
of mischief again
Call me.
And wherever I am,
this time, I'm on your side.
So I guess this means you're
taking your show on the road.
Thinking about taking
a little bit of time off
to do some light reading.
If I'm ever gonna do
my father proud
I've got a lot
of catching up to do.
Uh, so
What-What is this,
exactly
Some kind of magic spell
to summon you?
I just hold it up,
say your name a couple times,
and, uh, poof,
you appear?
It's my phone number.
Of course it is.
Is there something
on your mind, Lois?
So, how long did it take
for you to realize
that I wasn't
my usual charming self?
Well, I have to admit,
I should have picked up
on it sooner.
You weren't as bossy
as usual.
And Chloe let me drive.
Well
Little blond sources
tell me
that you don't mind
my assertive flair.
Let me see it.
Lois, I don't know
what you're talking about.
You have a terrible
poker face, Smallville.
Gimme, gimme.
Who would have known
you were this sentimental?
I think we should
hang it up
so that everyone
can see it.
This is a memento
from my first day on the job.
And a constant reminder
there's only one Lois Lane.
You better believe it.
Big night?
Mm, yeah.
This guy
in first class asked me out,
and I figured
why the hell not, right?
Yeah.
What about you?
Big plans?
Oh, I'm just gonna
hang around here,
you know,
follow up on a few things.
You want me to call you if
anything comes through the wire
to see
if you're available?
You mean if you want to
stand me up again?
- Lois, that was a mistake.
- Agreed.
Why don't we just
table this whole,
"Office thrown together
in the trenches sparks"
thing, okay?
Back to basics.
Keep the game on the field.
Yeah,
that's a good rule.
You should add that
to the list.
Ready?
Ready as you are.
Yeah.
This will mean leaving your old
life as a reporter behind.
You sure you want to say goodbye
to that forever?
You know, yesterday
I wouldn't have been able to
answer that question.
But after spending the day
at the Daily Planet,
I realized
that's someone
else's life.
It's interesting.
Every one seems to have
so much clarity
after a dose
of the Zatanna dust.
It almost makes me wish
I had my turn
at the magic lamp, too.
I'll save you
the heel blisters.
You already know
what you really want.
We all do.
We just don't listen.
And you're sure
this is it.
This is where I belong.
Aquaman online.
Canary online.
Cyborg online.
Impulse online.
Arrow online.
Watchtower
is officially online.
Let's get to work.
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