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You want to rise above sea level,
you better sharpen those teeth!
You will eradicate the other Kryptonian
and then the rest of the planet.
I am not going to hurt anyone.
You have no free will.
And you're destined to
become what you really are.
Doomsday.
No way! I can't believe it!
I thought, just for a
minute, someone needed me.
Well, I'm sure he needs you.
How do you know?
'cause I know Clark.
Great! Thank you!
Nice to be back!
Lois!
Are you kidding me?!
Now you show up?
The one time I actually depend on you,
and you flake on picking
me up from the airport.
I'm really sorry.
Sorry?!
Sorry doesn't buy back the
last three hours I spent
standing in a downpour
watching cheesy curbside reunions.
I can explain.
You e-mailed last night
to say you'd be there.
What, do I need to tie a string
around your finger myself?
But I got held up a-at work.
I finished one thing, Lois,
and something else would come up.
You're a reporter, Smallville.
You're not saving the world.
I know.
I should've called.
Look, I get it.
You have other things on your mind.
I don't expect
to be the person at the
top of your priority list.
Clark Kent.
He can save an entire city
in the blink of an eye,
but when it comes to ladies,
the red-blue blur still
drives with the brakes on.
Linda Lake.
What are you doing here?
Watching you.
Impressive as always.
You're a murderer.
You
should be in prison.
The police cleared my name.
Besides, there's no prison sentence
worse than where I've been
circling the drain of obscurity.
I'm a nobody, Kent.
Two years living underground
dried up my prophetic pen.
But I'm ready to make another splash.
Haven't your stories
ruined enough lives?
Oh, no.
It's different this time.
I want to be the voice
of the red-blue blur.
Every rescue, every takedown,
every kitten that you
rescue from a tree,
you leak the story to me first.
My name will be known alongside yours
on papers around the globe.
Chloe was right you are crazy.
I prefer ambitious.
In fact, I spent a few
hours of my morning
writing your life story.
Partner with me, I'll shred it.
You turn your back on me,
and the whole world reads
about little orphan alien.
We've gone through this
before.
I'll stop you.
Not this time.
You'll make a great headline, Kent.
"Infamous"
Hey, can I raid your dvd collection?
Jimmy's being transferred to met gen,
and I don't think he's
into a chick flick.
You okay?
Linda Lake is back.
What?
I thought that water snake
slithered back into her swamp.
If I don't give her an
exclusive scoop on all my saves,
she's gonna expose me
my name, my face, everything.
Oh, my God.
Okay
well, the h20 has
obviously gone to her head,
and we need to figure out a way
to kill that story once and for all.
She's got a backup plan, Chloe.
Whether we stop her or not,
she's still gonna release my identity.
So I'm going public
on my terms.
Whoa.
Clark.
Okay, I realize that after Lana left,
you really buried
yourself in patrol duty,
and there's nothing wrong with that,
but to come out waving the flag
I mean, that's huge.
Chloe, I always thought that
i would live in secret forever.
But you convinced me
that Jimmy's picture
of the red-blue blur
was a symbol of hope.
Didn't have an address
or a family or a face.
I mean, are you sure
that you're ready to have
all of your intimate details
made into the banner headline?
Well, I don't have a choice.
At least this way,
i can control the way my
story comes out in the press.
Right, because the paparazzi
e paparazzi
are famous for respecting
people's privacy.
Clark
we can stop her.
There's always a way.
No, Chloe, this time is different.
I mean, even if I agree
to be Linda Lake's puppet,
eventually she will stab me
in the back and expose me.
I need to stay one step ahead of her,
not only for me but for
everyone else's sake.
Even in a world this advanced,
people are still pretty backwards
when it comes to accepting change.
I know, Chloe, but when
the red and blue blur
hit the front page, people accepted it.
And maybe they're ready to accept me.
There could be an upside
to all this, you know.
For the first time in my life,
I may actually be able to be myself.
Can I ask you what you're doing?
Davis Bloome I'm
one of the, uh, EMTs.
I've never seen you before.
Well, I've been out for a few weeks.
Do you want to explain this?
I'm just restocking my rig.
Antipsychotics used for
multiple personalties.
Yeah, not exactly your
latest designer drug, is it?
I'm sorry.
I hope whoever it's for,
they get the help they need.
Trust me, so do I.
Can I talk to you?
Wow.
What is that noise?
Is someone talking?
Lois, you can't ignore me forever.
Could be worse
you could be ignored in
a three-hour downpour.
I want you to write my story.
No offense, but I've
long since graduated
from the "lonely seeking
lonely" or classifieds.
It's a pretty interesting one.
Clark, I'm busy here.
You may have forgotten about
me, but the news world didn't.
After the story you're about
to write, it never will.
What story?
I didn't forget to pick
you up at the airport, Lois.
The reason I wasn't there
is because I was protecting people.
I'm the red-blue blur.
That's the best you can do?
That thing that saved
you from the speeding car,
that was me.
That time the barn door
flew off its hinges,
you thought it was a weather anomaly.
I did that.
Yeah, right.
What'd you do sneeze?
Actually
Clark, next time you liquid-lunch,
take the rest of the day off.
Let me help you with that.
Guess I should stop
calling you "Smallville.
"
You're speechless.
That's never a good thing.
The disappearing acts,
the half-baked excuses
all this time, I just coughed it up
to a classic case of
peter pan syndrome, but
you're the opposite.
You're like
a hero?
Look, Lois, this is a lot to take in
all at once, but I wanted
you to hear it from me
before you heard it from anyone else.
So, why am I the first one you told?
Actually, Lois, you're not.
Lana and Chloe already know.
Someone's had a busy morning.
They've known for years.
Right.
Of course.
Start at the beginning.
What guns you got in your arsenal?
Guess I might as well just
throw it all out there.
I can blast fire out of my eyes.
Okay.
I can hear a dog barking
from 10 miles away.
I can see through solid objects,
and I can run faster
than the speed of sound.
Wait.
Rewind.
Expand on your whole
"see through things" thing.
No, lo--I
Look, I have to focus.
How did I not put these pieces together?
I mean, I lived with you,
and now we practically
work on top of each other.
I mean, have I been
high this entire time?
The important thing
is that you know now.
And there's no better reporter
to tell my story than you.
Would you do me the honor?
Consider it done.
Tomorrow's front page will tell the tale
of the red-and-blue,
meteor-infected hero.
About the meteors
we should talk about where I'm from.
Your money's no good here.
For 50 years,
I've watched this city
get eaten alive by crime.
But you picked us up, Kent.
You reminded everybody what
it means to be good again.
Excuse me, Mr.
Kent.
Can I get your autograph?
Sure.
There you go.
I like your outfit.
Thanks!
He's so dreamy!
Oh, my God!
Wow, red-blue blur.
Oh, I want his autograph!
All right!
He is sexy! That guy?
Hey, Clark! Catch!
I'll fall for you any day, Clark.
You can't just do that.
It's not
that's Clark!
No way! You guys see that?!
You may have scooped me, but
i will have the last word.
You don't understand.
There has to be a room available.
My husband's being transferred here now.
I confirmed yesterday.
Yesterday, our parking lots
weren't full of paparazzis,
and our hallways weren't
full of rubbernecking fans.
It's not fair to our other patients.
It's not fair to Jimmy.
I'm sorry, but we can't run a hospital
when everybody's clamoring for pictures.
Of a guy in a neck brace?
A guy in a neck brace married
to the alien's best friend.
Davis.
When did you get back?
Chloe.
Hey.
Uh, just a few days ago.
I think we should talk
about what happened.
You remember?
Well, it's kind of hard to forget.
I mean
you kissed me.
Right, yeah.
Uh
yeah, I'm assuming
that that's what all the
phone calls were about.
I sort of deleted the
messages without listening.
Yeah, well, you didn't miss much.
I-it was basically a long,
rambling, awkward apology.
Look, I-I wasn't blowing you off.
It's just that with
Jimmy's recovery
and then losing a
chunk of my memory
after the wedding from
hell, I was yeah, okay.
See, this is exactly
why I went out of town.
I need to give you some space.
No space is necessary.
Davis, look, let's just
forget that this ever happened.
The problem is I can't seem to do that.
You have been nothing
but a good friend to me.
I just I don't think
that will ever be enough.
So I take it friendship's off the table?
Chloe, a friendship like ours
it can be dangerous.
I guess this is goodbye then.
You actually know her?
Yeah, so?
So? She's famous!
She's the Kryptonian's best friend!
Kryptonian.
Ready to earn your
stripes as city editor?
Linda Lake.
Well, there's a name i
haven't seen in a while.
Here to reclaim the stiletto
out of your assistant's back?
We both know
this news rag's nothing more
than poor man's wallpaper.
Just here to make it readable again.
Clear your page one.
Run this.
We stopped throwing your
gossip grenades years ago.
Don't forget that while
you were chasing ambulances
with the other cubs,
i was breaking real news.
My blog had more hits
than the chicago mob.
My name was feared and
revered around the world.
I'm doing you a favor.
Do yourself a favor,
Lake.
Get a new career.
It's about the alien.
We're live from the Smallville farmhouse
where up until this morning
Clark Kent lived in anonymity.
Now the crowds are gathering
to try and get a peek at
the superhero next door.
There she is.
Chloe Sullivan,
what's it like having an
alien as a best friend?
I'm, uh, just trying to get inside.
Mom, what do you mean, "forced leave"?
Can they even do that to a senator?
Okay, look.
This will all blow over.
People just need time to adjust.
All right.
I'll talk to you later.
Clark, it's Chloe!
The beatles have landed in Smallville.
You okay?
Yeah, I'm fine.
How are you dealing with
the instant star status?
Unfortunately, my 15 minutes
of fame have no end in sight.
Well, I don't mean
to add to the fanfare,
but Lois was just given
an editor's promotion.
And congratulations
you now have a penthouse office
right next to Tess Mercer.
Clark Kent's not
everyone's hero.
Last week, a crane collapsed
at my husband's work site
and killed him.
Where was Clark Kent then?
Who says he gets to choose
who lives and who dies?
Clark, right now we need to
focus on finding Linda Lake.
Now, I think I know why she went m.
i.
a.
It turns out that Linda
shared a cellblock with me
in black creek.
She can turn herself into water, Chloe.
Why didn't she just escape?
Because electricity is her Kryptonite.
Linda Lake's specialized restraints
discharged a chemical
electrical bonding current,
meaning it basically kept her solid.
- Great, then all we have to do is find her.
- We now take you live
to a press conference with Linda Lake.
- Shouldn't be too hard.
- Clark Kent
is not a hero.
He's not a savior.
He's not even a friend.
He is the first wave of
an all-out alien invasion.
My detailed investigation has revealed
that Clark Kent is to
blame for meteor showers,
deadly power outages,
and an unspeakable
trail of human carnage.
When it rains, it pours.
A hero that tried to stop this alien
before it ravaged our homeland again.
And that hero
that hero was Lex Luthor.
And Clark Kent killed him.
She just turned me into a public enemy.
He just turned me
into a public enemy.
Clark, you need to leave.
Now.
I can straighten this out, Chloe.
I'll talk to the authorities myself.
It looks like they want
to talk to you, too.
Look, Clark, this is
only gonna get worse.
You need to leave while you still can.
I'm not running, Chloe.
People need to know the truth.
Now, why don't you
go out the back, okay?
I'll catch up with you later.
Be careful.
Linda Lake is lying through her teeth.
Her points line up, Clark.
So why don't you just tell
me who you're working with?
Like I said, I'm not
working with anyone.
I was sent here alone.
To do what work on a farm?
It's pretty clear there's
a bigger agenda here.
Look, my father sent me
here with a dying wish
that I use my abilities
to protect mankind.
It's what I've always done.
It's what I'm gonna continue to do.
And I'm sure if I ask your
friends, they'll attest to that?
Hmm? Friends like Lois Lane?
You gave her the front
page of a lifetime.
Now, if she's been keeping your secret,
she could be aiding and
abetting an enemy of the state.
No, Lois is innocent.
Everything she knows is in her story.
And Chloe Sullivan?
Impressive how long
she kept your secret.
How many other secrets
is she keeping, Clark?
Look, I have been open about
everything you've asked me.
And I appreciate it.
I really do.
I'm sure you won't have any problem
with us running some tests.
No one agreed to any tests
only to answer the
questions you asked of me.
Just calm down, and everything
will be fine, all right?
No one's running any tests.
Fire!
Keep your car running.
The feds are after you.
What did they do to you?
It doesn't matter, Chloe.
You have to leave Smallville now.
We interrupt this broadcast
to bring you a special bulletin.
Authorities are on a statewide
manhunt for Clark Kent.
He's considered dangerous,
unpredictable, and without remorse.
Granville county has issued a
mandatory curfew of 9:00 p.
m.
And urges families with children
to stay indoors at all times.
Do they know about the
meteor rocks? Not yet.
That's why they're after you
to find a way to stop me, Chloe.
We have to leave town separately.
What?
Am I losing you, Clark?
If this is goodbye, I'm not saying it.
No, Chloe, when this all
dies down, I'll find you.
I promise.
This isn't gonna die down, Clark.
There has to be a way that
we could just undo everything.
I mean, can't you just ask Jor-El
to orchestrate another second chance?
He's gone, Chloe.
He disappeared when
the fortress went dark.
Then unless you're hiding
some sort of latent power
to turn back time, I have no more ideas.
The legion.
They gave me a ring that
makes time travel possible.
I hid it in a toolbox in the barn.
I never thought I'd
have to use it, but
you think you can go back
to before your story broke?
The legion went back
Okay, now, I know i
don't need to remind you
what happened last time
you turned back the clock.
There's always a consequence.
The world fears me, Chloe,
and as long as they know who I am
i can't help them.
I don't have a choice.
Clark, call me.
Whatever trash these people
are spreading about you,
you can count on me to
fire back, guns blazing.
You sit across from the guy, Lane.
How slow are you?
Oh, hell no.
Hold that elevator!
Last I checked,
stories required these
little things called "facts.
"
Maybe the city editor is
willing to print your fiction,
but Tess Mercer will
gladly run my rebuttal.
I'm sorry, katie, I'm I'm
gonna have to call you back.
My connection just took on
a terrible whining sound.
Okay, thanks.
Katie couric.
You see a parade, and you just
have to rain on it, don't you?
You can't stand the fact
that there are actually
good people in this world.
If your boyfriend really
cared about saving people
he would've done things my way.
People looked up to him.
He could've been the
hero they always needed.
Funny thing about people
the only thing they love
more than building up heroes
is tearing them down.
Tess, what were you thinking?
She's up here.
Miss Lane,
we need to speak with you
regarding matters of national security.
Without my lawyer,
you're not gonna hear
me so much as hiccup.
Nice interception, but
you shouldn't be here.
All the bloodhounds in the state
will be sniffing you out.
It's okay.
I know this sounds crazy,
but in a few moments,
this will all be over.
Okay, well, try me.
My shock threshold is
pretty high right now.
Lois, I have a ring
that allows me to go
to any moment in time.
I'm gonna go back
to before Linda Lake
ever wrote that article.
The world isn't ready to
accept someone like me.
Then stay and fight back.
Look, give people a chance
to see who you really are.
It's too late, Lois.
My whole life, I've seemed different.
Some people spend their entire lives
looking for a way to stand out
to be a person that
anybody would call special.
When you first told me who you were
my thought was, "anyone but Clark.
"
And not because of the alien thing.
I I've known enough guys
to know that you can
be born on terra firma
and be light-years from normal.
Lois, you don't have
to explain.
I get it.
No, you don't.
How can someone with
x-ray vision be so blind?
I've been down the hero road before.
And every time, I made a giant u-turn.
But this
this was different.
And this time, it will
be different, Lois.
When I do this, no one's
gonna remember who I am.
And when you hit your reset button
you're not gonna tell
me your secret, are you?
I'm sorry.
That's okay.
Why should I think I'm special?
Clark
i understand.
Lois, you don't understand.
It's because you are special.
I have to go.
Looking for this?
Oh, my God.
What happened?
Chloe, I am so sorry.
It's all a lie.
I thought that I could stop it.
Davis, look at me.
Tell me what's going on.
I'm gonna go get you some
help.
No! No, you can't!
Nothing helps.
What are these?
I built up a tolerance.
I can't control it anymore.
Control what?
The beast.
You must have blacked it out.
You were in the arctic with me.
You told me it was my destiny
to kill the other Kryptonian.
What are you saying, Davis?
"The other Kryptonian"
there's only one Kryptonian.
There's only Clark.
I'm Kryptonian.
You're Doomsday.
I was sent to this planet to kill Clark.
You stay away from him.
You have to warn him, Chloe.
Something's been drawing me back here.
I thought that it was you, but no.
It was Clark.
Davis, your eyes
Chloe, run.
Get out of here!
Lois, I need you to
give a message to Clark.
He's not picking up his phone.
That creature that was at
my wedding is Davis Bloome,
and he's coming for Clark!
I used to think a lot about rings.
I thought getting one meant
I'd found true happiness.
But there is no such thing as
true happiness in this world,
is there?
Not when you only see the bad in people.
Look how fast they turned on you.
One second, you're on top of the world.
And the next,
it's as if your life story's
written in someone else's blood.
Not that I care.
This trumps your blur any day.
That ring it's dangerous.
No.
This ring is every journalist's dream.
I'll know stories before they break.
The entire world will know me.
The rock.
Are you okay? I'll be all right.
Chloe just called.
You're not gonna believe
this, but Davis
i know what you're planning.
Mr.
Kent.
I was just thinking about you.
Two years is too long
to go without a visit.
You're not gonna run my story.
Your story?
Oh, so now you're not
just super, you're psychic.
I'm a journalist now.
I brought you my latest work.
It's about all the
murders you committed.
People are gonna know
who you really are,
and your word will mean nothing.
You're going to jail.
I don't think so.
No one can ever know my name.
Some things never change.
I've been gone a month,
and you still drive in the granny lane.
You're welcome for the ride, Lois.
Did I mention I missed
your ongoing commentary?
No, actually,
and aside from asking me
what the speed limit was,
you barely said a
word on the way home
or since I've been
gone, for that matter,
unless you count the
three 10-second voicemails.
Lois, you know, after the wedding,
things got a little crazy.
Things got a little crazy
before all hell broke loose.
Let's face it.
Or or we could not face it
and just forget that
it ever almost happened.
I think it's a pretty
complicated conversation, Lois.
We don't have to
overanalyze anything now.
I'm gonna work off my jet lag
later on tonight at the cafe.
You want to come by for a coffee, cool.
If not, let's just say I get it.
Okay.
Okay.
See you then.
Or not.
Or whatever.
I'm going to work.
I have to admit,
i would've loved to have seen Clark Kent
as an international-celebrity icon.
It wasn't a pretty sight.
Yeah, but being a
part of your entourage,
i must've had some perks, right?
If you consider complete
invasion of privacy a perk.
Though there was this one moment
right after I told
Lois the truth about me.
I thought everything would be okay.
Thought I could have
it all, but I was wrong.
You know, Clark,
maybe you can have your
cape and wear it, too.
Say that Clark Kent, the
unassuming journalist,
buttoned up in a starched shirt and tie,
but then, when he's playing the hero,
he steps out of the
shadow into his red and blue,
creating two completely
separate identities?
Yeah.
And for the cherry on top,
you get to tell Lois the truth
and still know her reaction.
All of this made one
thing very clear, Chloe
Lois can never know
who I really am.
Clark, is it safe to say
that maybe another benefit
from protecting your secret
is getting to protect
yourself from getting hurt?
I destroyed the Legion ring.
Speaking of that
controlling time
it's too dangerous, Chloe.
It always comes at a price.
Trust me, I'm thrilled that
you got a page-one rewrite.
But it kind of makes me wonder
what might've changed this time.
Can I ask you what you're doing?
Davis Bloome
I'm one of the, uh, EMTs.
Oh, well, there's actually a
patient who's looking for you.
Uh, there must be some mistake.
I don't know you.
While I've been puddling around
metropolis for the last week,
I've seen lots of interesting stories.
What a nice surprise to stumble
upon your dirty little secret.
Painful breathing,
pale complexion
unsightly bone protrusions.
You don't know what
you're talking about.
Right.
You just have a terrible skin condition.
What do you want from me?
I want you to release the beast
and break me out of these restraints.
It doesn't exactly work like that.
Don't waste your time with the pills.
I've seen what you can do.
You don't understand.
You don't know what you're dealing with!
No.
You don't understand.
I can't spend another
second trapped in a cell.
Do you want me to tell
Chloe who you really are?
That's a good boy.
Become the thing you're meant to be.
Stop.
Let it go.
Shut up!
Set me free!
Oh, my God.