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<i>Previously on "Superman & Lois"...</i>

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I don't wanna be just friends anymore.

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I just want what's best for this town.

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<i>By now, it seems pretty clear to me</i>

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<i>that that's Morgan Edge
bringing jobs in.</i>

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They're saying
that Edge was experimenting

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<i>on his employees.</i>

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You just wanted information.

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Well, we're also hanging out.

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I think I'm gonna walk home.

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I knew as much about what Edge is doing

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as the rest of y'all.

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- Okay.
- Hey.

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People are angry. They're lashing out.

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We could also move to one
of the surrounding areas.

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This will blow over.

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DOD is gonna stick around town

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<i>a little longer than they planned.</i>

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Gonna get all the extra Kryptonite out

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<i>so no one else gets hurt.</i>

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So no one else gets powers, you mean.

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Lois Lane is protecting the DOD.

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You're supposed to be
on the side of the people.

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I can't write this story.

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I'm too close to it to be objective.

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But you can.

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[SCREAMS]

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What happened to the Eradicator?

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You had it right before the blast.

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What did you do with it?

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<i>[DRAMATIC MUSIC]</i>

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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<i>Where the hell did he go?</i>

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<i>Now go and complete
what you were sent here to do.</i>

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<i>- Become the Eradicator.
- Become the Eradicator.</i>

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<i>- Become the Eradicator.
- Become the Eradicator.</i>

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<i>You are the Eradicator!</i>

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<i>Become the Eradicator!</i>

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<i>- Our home was ruined!
- Zeta-Rho made a vow.</i>

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<i>His own son to become the Eradicator.</i>

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<i>I can't do this.</i>

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<i>Stop your whining, boy.</i>

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<i>This is what I trained you for.</i>

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<i>Please, Father. I'll find another way.</i>

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<i>My way is the only way!</i>

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<i>I won't survive.</i>

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<i>But you will become
something far greater.</i>

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<i>Become the Eradicator.</i>

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<i>By the mere touch of your hand,</i>

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<i>our people will be resurrected.</i>

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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- Synced and corrected by<font color="#00BFFF"> Firefly</font> -
- <font color="#00ffff">www.addic7ed.com</font> -

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It's just not safe
with Edge still out there.

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Jon and I still go to school.

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How is Sarah's house any less safe?

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Will her parents be home?

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I guess.

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You guess or you know?

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They're having another open house.

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I'm sure there'll be an adult somewhere.

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Another open house. What?

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I'm just asking 'cause you and Sarah

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have gotten pretty serious lately.

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Mom, please.

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We don't have to go over this
for the billionth time.

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We just wanna make sure

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you're making responsible choices.

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Which is why I think you should take

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- your brother with you.
- No, no, no,

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I'm gonna take a pass
on being chaperone.

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And also, I need to, you know,

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work on the hammer with John Henry.

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You've been spending a lot
of time with John Henry lately.

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Okay, yeah, well,
he's basically a genius

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that saved Dad's life twice.

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So, I mean, I think I could
learn a lot from him, you know?

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We're just not that comfortable

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with you building
those kinds of weapons.

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Okay, well, I mean,
you can't have it both ways.

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Either Edge is a threat or he's not.

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I just wanna be prepared
for when he shows up again.

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All right, you're making too much sense.

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Come on. Let's go. You're excused.

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<i>[TENSE MUSIC]</i>

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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Lana had an open house?
When did that happen?

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I don't know.
Why don't you go talk to her?

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And can you also get light bulbs

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- at the hardware store?
- I can't.

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Teague Family Hardware
went out of business.

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What?

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That's the fourth local
business in the last month.

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I know. Smallville's really hurting.

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It's like Edge left this place
worse than he found it.

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Yeah, and it's not helping
that the DOD is still here.

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<i>[WARBLING]</i>

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Speaking of, it's your dad.

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Did he find Edge?

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No. He seems upset.

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He's always upset.

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"DOD holds Smallville hostage"?

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You know about this?

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Chrissy ran it by me last night.

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Then why didn't you kill a story?

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Because she raises a lot
of good questions.

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She's just doing her job.

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By attacking the men and women

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trying to protect this town?

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She called us an occupying force.

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Yeah, that might be a little hyperbolic.

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The DOD has been here for a month.

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People wanna know
when you're gonna leave.

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When I think it's safe.

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But I can't say that
'cause it'll cause a panic

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if people know that Morgan Edge
is still out there.

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I agreed to speak at the town hall today

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to try to calm people's nerves.

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Now that's gonna be
damn near impossible.

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Then just be honest for once.

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Too many of those questions
lead back to our family

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and the very secrets that keep you safe.

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Is that really what this is about?

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Are you questioning my motives?

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Which is it, Lois?

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Am I protecting the world
or protecting our family?

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'Cause I never seem
to get it right with you.

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Dad, I'm sorry.

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Done here.

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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_

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Oh, hey, Clark. Jordan's
out back with Sarah.

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Oh, no, actually, I'm just
here for the open house.

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I'm not too late, am I?

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No, of course not. Come right in.

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Oh, thanks. Thanks.

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So what brings you to Smallville?

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- Oh, you know, I grew up here.
- Oh, you did?

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Yeah. Yeah. Loved it. Really.

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You know, great town, better people.

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- Met my best friend here.
- Well, he must be very lucky.

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She. She.

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And believe me, I'm the lucky one.

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Although it kinda feels like
she's been avoiding me lately.

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I know. I'm sorry, Clark.

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It's just, every time I see you,

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I'm reminded of all that I'm losing.

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Maybe it's a sign you should stay.

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Listen, when you left,

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I would've done anything
to keep you here,

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but you needed a fresh start,
and that's what we need too.

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Yeah.

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I was a kid then,

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and you've been here your whole life.

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And now that my mom's gone,
you're the heart of Smallville.

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You are.

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But Smallville's gone.

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People around here used
to look out for each other.

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After what Edge did, that trust, gone.

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So stay and help rebuild it.

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I'm sorry, Clark.

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I really am.

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We've made up our minds.

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<i>[SOMBER MUSIC]</i>

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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I think your dad just
crashed and burned.

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[CHUCKLES]

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So I guess there's no way
you're staying, right?

168
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No, we're totally staying.

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But your parents are selling your house.

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To who?

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People can't leave
this town fast enough.

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No sane person's moving
to Smallville right now.

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Not sure your mom sees it that way.

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She seems pretty set about leaving.

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How'd you hear that?

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[SIGHS] Well, it doesn't matter.

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They're being ridiculous.

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They actually believe that
moving somewhere else will,

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you know, give us a fresh start.

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Even though they've only gotten
one crappy offer on this place.

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[LAUGHS] That's great.

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Don't let my dad hear you say that.

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No, no, no, no, I just mean,
like, it's great

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that you guys are staying, that's all.

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I knew what you meant.

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<i>[SOFT MUSIC]</i>

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I'm telling Mom!

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- Sophie.
- [LAUGHS]

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Shut up. Sophie, wait.

190
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So how many volts is that?

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- More than you can handle.
- I don't know.

192
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I've used it before with no problem.

193
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Well, it would be a problem now.

194
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So what other modifications
are you making?

195
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What did I say about asking questions?

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Not to ask them.

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So what's... what's the deal with this?

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Ah, that was... that was Nat's idea.

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Right after we finished
building the old suit.

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Wait, she helped you
build your war suit?

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That's awesome.

202
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It's not "awesome".

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She was 14 years old,
and her mom had just been

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killed on live TV.

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I'm... I'm sorry. That was stupid.

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Her whole childhood
was stolen in an instant.

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Spent the last months
of her life hiding in a bunker.

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- I know.
- Then stop wasting my time.

209
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You should... should be out
with your friends

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being a normal kid,
not in here playing war games.

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I just... I wanted to learn
from you, though.

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Well, I don't have
anything else to teach you.

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<i>[TENSE MUSIC]</i>

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Go bother someone else.

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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[EXHALES]

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I just got an earful from my dad.

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- Oh, Lois...
- It's okay.

219
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You were right to publish that article.

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People deserve to know
why the DOD is still here.

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Think we'll get any answers
at the town hall?

222
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Maybe, maybe not,
but there's no one I trust

223
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more than you to ask the hard questions.

224
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Wow, that's so nice

225
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and makes what I have
to tell you so much worse.

226
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I got an offer to sell the "Gazette".

227
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To whom? Some billionaire?

228
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More like a multinational
conglomerate, actually.

229
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That's even worse.
They don't care about the news.

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All they care about is the bottom line.

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Chrissy, they will destroy
everything we've built here.

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I know, but what choice do I have?

233
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We're going broke.

234
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After Edge, our tiny subscriber
base got even tinier.

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- So we build a new one.
- How?

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We're a small-town paper

237
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in a town that's literally disappearing.

238
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Even having the world's
most famous reporter

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can't keep the doors open.

240
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If the "Gazette" folds, Edge wins.

241
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Sometimes, there aren't winners.

242
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Just losers.

243
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Lois, if I don't take this offer,

244
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I'll be underwater in a month.

245
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I don't have a choice.

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<i>[DRAMATIC MUSIC]</i>

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

248
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<i>[VOICES ECHOING] It is done.</i>

249
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<i>A worthy sacrifice.</i>

250
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<i>Let us begin.</i>

251
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<i>[VOICES ECHOING] The time has come.</i>

252
00:10:30,976 --> 00:10:32,610
<i>Krypton will be reborn.</i>

253
00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:41,032
Just doesn't seem right,
Smallville without Lana Lang.

254
00:10:41,037 --> 00:10:42,800
She's a part of this town.

255
00:10:42,805 --> 00:10:46,371
Maybe she has a point though.
Maybe that Smallville is gone.

256
00:10:46,376 --> 00:10:48,773
I mean, Chrissy has worked at
the "Gazette" her entire life

257
00:10:48,778 --> 00:10:50,341
just to have it vanish.

258
00:10:50,346 --> 00:10:52,343
And there's nothing you can do?

259
00:10:52,348 --> 00:10:54,812
Unless Superman starts
robbing banks, no.

260
00:10:54,817 --> 00:10:55,914
She needs a miracle.

261
00:10:55,919 --> 00:10:57,415
ALL: No more DOD! No more DOD!

262
00:10:57,420 --> 00:10:59,217
She's not the only one.

263
00:10:59,222 --> 00:11:02,253
ALL: No more DOD!
No more DOD! No more DOD!

264
00:11:02,258 --> 00:11:03,354
Doesn't sound good.

265
00:11:03,359 --> 00:11:06,424
ALL: No more DOD! No more DOD!

266
00:11:06,429 --> 00:11:09,961
No more DOD! No more DOD!

267
00:11:09,966 --> 00:11:11,362
This is bad.

268
00:11:11,367 --> 00:11:14,566
[CROWD SHOUTING AND CHANTING]

269
00:11:14,571 --> 00:11:17,835
- [GAVEL BANGS]
- Attention, everyone.

270
00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:19,204
We have to do something.

271
00:11:19,209 --> 00:11:20,838
Please calm down and take your seats,

272
00:11:20,843 --> 00:11:22,511
and we can get started.

273
00:11:25,381 --> 00:11:26,611
Hey, babe.

274
00:11:26,616 --> 00:11:28,980
So I'm gonna swing
by the station real quick

275
00:11:28,985 --> 00:11:32,817
and pack up my stuff.

276
00:11:32,822 --> 00:11:35,920
Should be home in time
to put the ribs on.

277
00:11:35,925 --> 00:11:38,923
Do you think
that we're making a mistake?

278
00:11:38,928 --> 00:11:40,662
What, eating baby backs?

279
00:11:42,632 --> 00:11:45,430
Leaving Smallville?

280
00:11:45,435 --> 00:11:48,633
I mean, do you think
we're giving up too easily?

281
00:11:48,638 --> 00:11:51,302
Is that what Clark said?

282
00:11:51,307 --> 00:11:53,705
I just... I don't want us to rush

283
00:11:53,710 --> 00:11:56,311
into a decision that
we're gonna regret later.

284
00:11:57,614 --> 00:11:59,911
I don't think we have much of a choice.

285
00:11:59,916 --> 00:12:03,248
Folks 'round here
kind of forced our hand.

286
00:12:03,253 --> 00:12:05,984
Not everybody's out to get us, Kyle.

287
00:12:05,989 --> 00:12:09,994
All right, look, I am very appreciative

288
00:12:10,426 --> 00:12:12,323
of everything that the Kents
have done for us.

289
00:12:12,328 --> 00:12:15,226
They've been solid, but Lana,

290
00:12:15,231 --> 00:12:17,929
their friendship ain't gonna
put food on the table.

291
00:12:17,934 --> 00:12:21,799
[SIGHS] I know.

292
00:12:21,804 --> 00:12:23,334
It's just hard.

293
00:12:23,339 --> 00:12:25,837
<i>[SOMBER MUSIC]</i>

294
00:12:25,842 --> 00:12:27,643
Yeah, I know.

295
00:12:29,212 --> 00:12:33,417
But hey, as long as I got you,

296
00:12:33,422 --> 00:12:35,720
doesn't matter where we live.

297
00:12:35,725 --> 00:12:38,449
Okay, so you and me, we...

298
00:12:38,454 --> 00:12:41,853
we can make any place home, all right?

299
00:12:41,858 --> 00:12:44,656
Yeah.

300
00:12:44,661 --> 00:12:45,690
[CHUCKLES]

301
00:12:45,695 --> 00:12:48,359
- Bye, now.
- Bye.

302
00:12:48,364 --> 00:12:50,395
Welcome to the new Smallville.

303
00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:51,896
It's the same as the old one.

304
00:12:51,901 --> 00:12:53,765
Just more pathetic.

305
00:12:53,770 --> 00:12:55,466
[LAUGHTER]

306
00:12:55,471 --> 00:12:57,168
Where you been hiding, QB 2?

307
00:12:57,173 --> 00:12:59,137
- Oh!
- [LAUGHTER]

308
00:12:59,142 --> 00:13:01,072
Hey, just... you know how it goes.

309
00:13:01,077 --> 00:13:02,707
Just catching up on some school work.

310
00:13:02,712 --> 00:13:04,575
Uh, our town's under siege,

311
00:13:04,580 --> 00:13:06,978
and you're hiding at home to study?

312
00:13:06,983 --> 00:13:08,780
Dude, wrong answer.

313
00:13:08,785 --> 00:13:10,215
Time to get off the bench, bro.

314
00:13:10,220 --> 00:13:11,583
Jimmy's parents are out of town.

315
00:13:11,588 --> 00:13:13,251
He's got the whole place to himself.

316
00:13:13,256 --> 00:13:15,820
Wellnitz is picking up a keg
as we speak.

317
00:13:15,825 --> 00:13:19,924
Totally crafty. ABVs are super high.

318
00:13:19,929 --> 00:13:22,627
- All right, I'm in.
- [ALL CHEERING]

319
00:13:22,632 --> 00:13:24,362
You should come too, Shortstack.

320
00:13:24,367 --> 00:13:27,165
All right, we're gonna go
pick up Denise and Kaitlin.

321
00:13:27,170 --> 00:13:28,499
See you boys there, yeah?

322
00:13:28,504 --> 00:13:30,234
- Peace.
- See you later, man.

323
00:13:30,239 --> 00:13:31,936
[BELL DINGS]

324
00:13:31,941 --> 00:13:33,838
How much more passive-aggressive

325
00:13:33,843 --> 00:13:35,039
could Sean get?

326
00:13:35,044 --> 00:13:36,774
I don't know, I mean,
maybe it's just weird

327
00:13:36,779 --> 00:13:39,243
'cause you, like, dated?

328
00:13:39,248 --> 00:13:41,512
It wasn't a problem before.

329
00:13:41,517 --> 00:13:43,247
Now that my parents
are all scarlet letter,

330
00:13:43,252 --> 00:13:44,949
it's like I'm Hester Prynne
by association.

331
00:13:44,954 --> 00:13:47,785
- [SCOFFS]
- We don't have to go.

332
00:13:47,790 --> 00:13:50,722
No. It's been, like, forever
since you guys have hung out,

333
00:13:50,727 --> 00:13:53,224
and it'll be fun brother bonding time.

334
00:13:53,229 --> 00:13:56,127
Plus the beer's, like, so crafty.

335
00:13:56,132 --> 00:13:57,795
- You sure?
- Yeah.

336
00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:00,231
I had promised Soph
to do Princess Hair Salon,

337
00:14:00,236 --> 00:14:02,467
- you know, 'cause of earlier.
- [BOTH LAUGH]

338
00:14:02,472 --> 00:14:04,635
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- All right.

339
00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:06,337
Just call me when you get home?

340
00:14:06,342 --> 00:14:08,239
- Yeah. All right.
- See you.

341
00:14:08,244 --> 00:14:10,475
Wellnitz better keep
his shirt on this time.

342
00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:12,110
[LAUGHS]

343
00:14:12,115 --> 00:14:16,013
[CROWD CHATTERING]

344
00:14:16,018 --> 00:14:17,715
You see what kind of hornets' nest

345
00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:19,517
your little paper stirred up?

346
00:14:19,522 --> 00:14:21,486
Then let me help.

347
00:14:21,491 --> 00:14:24,222
I was hoping you'd say that.

348
00:14:24,227 --> 00:14:27,458
[GAVEL BANGING]

349
00:14:27,463 --> 00:14:30,294
All right, everyone. Call to order.

350
00:14:30,299 --> 00:14:33,831
General Lane is here to answer
any concerns you may have

351
00:14:33,836 --> 00:14:37,301
about the continuing presence
of the DOD in Smallville.

352
00:14:37,306 --> 00:14:39,503
- General Lane.
- Thank you, Mayor Dean.

353
00:14:39,508 --> 00:14:42,006
When are your soldiers
gonna leave our town?

354
00:14:42,011 --> 00:14:44,479
- CROWD: Yeah!
- [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

355
00:14:46,382 --> 00:14:49,614
I promise you the DOD is
working as fast as we can.

356
00:14:49,619 --> 00:14:52,183
Once all hazardous materials
have been removed

357
00:14:52,188 --> 00:14:54,051
from the mines, you can expect

358
00:14:54,056 --> 00:14:56,187
a precipitous drop in troop numbers.

359
00:14:56,192 --> 00:14:57,655
Those troops are scaring away

360
00:14:57,660 --> 00:14:59,323
the businesses here on Main Street.

361
00:14:59,328 --> 00:15:01,893
I mean, why can't they all be
stationed over at the mines?

362
00:15:01,898 --> 00:15:03,795
Yeah, and what's in those mines

363
00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:06,064
that's so dangerous anyways?

364
00:15:06,069 --> 00:15:07,665
I'm not at liberty to discuss

365
00:15:07,670 --> 00:15:09,567
the exact nature
of the substance, but...

366
00:15:09,572 --> 00:15:12,003
Well, you'll take it from
under our noses no problem.

367
00:15:12,008 --> 00:15:13,438
Look, everyone, I'm sure

368
00:15:13,443 --> 00:15:15,173
they have a good reason for removing it.

369
00:15:15,178 --> 00:15:17,508
Yeah, it's probably worth
a hell of a lot of money.

370
00:15:17,513 --> 00:15:20,678
I can assure you
no one is profiting from this.

371
00:15:20,683 --> 00:15:23,514
We're merely acting
in the public's best interest.

372
00:15:23,519 --> 00:15:26,884
General Lane, can you tell us
where Morgan Edge is right now?

373
00:15:26,889 --> 00:15:30,354
I'm not able to comment
publicly on that at this time.

374
00:15:30,359 --> 00:15:32,523
Why not? People are afraid,

375
00:15:32,528 --> 00:15:34,125
and they wanna know that they're safe.

376
00:15:34,130 --> 00:15:35,493
- Yeah.
- Yeah!

377
00:15:35,498 --> 00:15:37,061
Ms. Beppo, I think you've caused

378
00:15:37,066 --> 00:15:38,563
enough panic for one day.

379
00:15:38,568 --> 00:15:40,532
Can you at least tell us
if Edge is in custody?

380
00:15:40,536 --> 00:15:43,234
- Ms. Beppo?
- No, he's not.

381
00:15:43,239 --> 00:15:45,603
- Lois.
- They deserve to know.

382
00:15:45,608 --> 00:15:47,472
Edge managed to escape

383
00:15:47,477 --> 00:15:49,106
a holding facility a few weeks ago.

384
00:15:49,111 --> 00:15:51,809
Now, since then, Superman and the DOD

385
00:15:51,814 --> 00:15:54,178
have been working diligently
to try to track him down.

386
00:15:54,183 --> 00:15:55,613
But as of right now,

387
00:15:55,618 --> 00:15:57,915
his whereabouts are still unknown.

388
00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:00,188
Should we be worried that
he's gonna come back here?

389
00:16:02,892 --> 00:16:05,223
I'm afraid until Morgan Edge
is apprehended,

390
00:16:05,228 --> 00:16:06,891
there's reason for concern.

391
00:16:06,896 --> 00:16:10,161
But let me assure you, the DOD
is doing everything we can

392
00:16:10,166 --> 00:16:12,396
to keep the people of Smallville safe.

393
00:16:12,401 --> 00:16:14,970
Don't anyone trust a word that man says.

394
00:16:16,739 --> 00:16:18,536
Is that Derek Powell's mother?

395
00:16:18,541 --> 00:16:19,604
Yeah.

396
00:16:19,609 --> 00:16:22,210
The DOD has been lying for months.

397
00:16:23,579 --> 00:16:27,311
Ever since my son died.

398
00:16:27,316 --> 00:16:29,518
And I have proof.

399
00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:34,540
_

400
00:16:36,553 --> 00:16:40,758
[DOOR CREAKS]

401
00:16:40,763 --> 00:16:42,597
Thought that might be you.

402
00:16:46,435 --> 00:16:49,366
I figured now is as good
a time as any to clear out.

403
00:16:49,371 --> 00:16:50,735
Especially since most of the guys

404
00:16:50,740 --> 00:16:52,574
are at the town hall right now.

405
00:16:54,243 --> 00:16:57,742
I got a call from the chief
in Bristol asking about you.

406
00:16:57,747 --> 00:17:00,845
Just putting some feelers out is all.

407
00:17:00,850 --> 00:17:02,847
Yeah? 'Cause the "for sale" sign

408
00:17:02,852 --> 00:17:05,116
in your front lawn
seems to suggest otherwise.

409
00:17:05,121 --> 00:17:06,955
What do you want me to do, Tamera?

410
00:17:08,357 --> 00:17:10,254
It wasn't easy when I signed up, Chief.

411
00:17:10,259 --> 00:17:12,490
All the looks from the other
guys thinking a woman

412
00:17:12,495 --> 00:17:15,393
had no place at the station,
never mind a Black woman.

413
00:17:15,398 --> 00:17:17,628
But you, you always had my back.

414
00:17:17,633 --> 00:17:19,396
'Cause I knew they were
dead wrong about you.

415
00:17:19,401 --> 00:17:21,766
And I was hoping we can
prove 'em wrong again.

416
00:17:21,771 --> 00:17:25,976
<i>♪ ♪</i>

417
00:17:28,945 --> 00:17:30,841
I want you to know
I told the chief in Bristol

418
00:17:30,846 --> 00:17:33,644
he'd be lucky to have you.

419
00:17:33,649 --> 00:17:36,681
Good luck, boss. I'm rooting for you.

420
00:17:36,686 --> 00:17:40,891
<i>♪ ♪</i>

421
00:17:48,764 --> 00:17:51,762
- [SCREAMING, GUNFIRE]
- What the hell?

422
00:17:51,767 --> 00:17:53,698
<i>[EERIE MUSIC]</i>

423
00:17:53,703 --> 00:17:56,033
- Oh, my God!
- Shoot, shoot!

424
00:17:56,038 --> 00:17:57,335
Oh, my God!

425
00:17:57,340 --> 00:18:00,575
[SCREAMING, GUNFIRE]

426
00:18:02,078 --> 00:18:04,079
[DOOR BUZZES]

427
00:18:10,052 --> 00:18:12,083
This is a letter from
the Department of Defense

428
00:18:12,088 --> 00:18:14,785
signed by that man
right there, and in it,

429
00:18:14,790 --> 00:18:17,987
he says that my son's death
is under investigation.

430
00:18:17,992 --> 00:18:21,192
That's true, Mrs. Powell.
We're still in the process

431
00:18:21,197 --> 00:18:23,294
of gathering facts about how Derek died.

432
00:18:23,299 --> 00:18:25,196
He died because of what Morgan Edge did.

433
00:18:25,201 --> 00:18:27,231
That is how he died!
You have known for months,

434
00:18:27,236 --> 00:18:29,233
and you didn't bother
saying anything to me.

435
00:18:29,238 --> 00:18:32,103
Sharon, I know how difficult
this has been for you.

436
00:18:32,108 --> 00:18:36,313
You have no idea
what it's like to lose a child.

437
00:18:36,318 --> 00:18:38,148
[SOBBING]

438
00:18:38,153 --> 00:18:40,651
The guilt a mother feels

439
00:18:40,656 --> 00:18:42,720
the thinking over and over again

440
00:18:42,725 --> 00:18:44,592
what I could have done differently.

441
00:18:46,088 --> 00:18:47,485
I'm so sorry.

442
00:18:47,490 --> 00:18:51,656
Please, tell me what
Morgan Edge did to my son.

443
00:18:51,661 --> 00:18:53,457
I need to know the truth.

444
00:18:53,462 --> 00:18:55,226
<i>[TENSE MUSIC]</i>

445
00:18:55,231 --> 00:18:57,928
[INAUDIBLE WHISPERING]

446
00:18:57,933 --> 00:19:00,030
My team just got a hit on Edge.

447
00:19:00,035 --> 00:19:01,035
What?

448
00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:03,305
He just attacked the facility
where Larr's being held.

449
00:19:03,310 --> 00:19:04,673
We need to go.

450
00:19:04,678 --> 00:19:06,470
Sorry, folks, but there's a situation

451
00:19:06,475 --> 00:19:07,706
that needs our immediate attention.

452
00:19:07,710 --> 00:19:08,873
No, no, no, no!

453
00:19:08,878 --> 00:19:09,907
Where are you going?

454
00:19:09,912 --> 00:19:11,208
Lady deserves an answer!

455
00:19:11,213 --> 00:19:13,577
- Running away?
- We want answers!

456
00:19:13,582 --> 00:19:16,147
Tell us the truth! We want answers!

457
00:19:16,152 --> 00:19:19,450
ALL: We want answers! We want answers!

458
00:19:19,455 --> 00:19:22,290
We want answers! We want answers!

459
00:19:25,010 --> 00:19:27,345
- We have to get back in there.
- That's not an option.

460
00:19:27,350 --> 00:19:29,395
Smallville is tearing itself apart.

461
00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:31,565
- If we don't do something...
- Did you not hear me?

462
00:19:31,570 --> 00:19:33,401
Edge is out, and he's got Larr with him.

463
00:19:33,406 --> 00:19:36,103
Then we need to warn the town.

464
00:19:36,108 --> 00:19:37,809
He doesn't seem to be
anywhere near Smallville.

465
00:19:37,813 --> 00:19:39,511
That's 'cause they got
a different target.

466
00:19:39,516 --> 00:19:42,681
My tracker picked them up
after they left the DOD.

467
00:19:42,686 --> 00:19:43,716
They're in Metropolis.

468
00:19:43,721 --> 00:19:46,785
- Just like on your Earth.
- You two need to go now.

469
00:19:46,790 --> 00:19:50,188
Wait, on your Earth,
Superman didn't act alone.

470
00:19:50,193 --> 00:19:51,423
He had an entire army.

471
00:19:51,428 --> 00:19:52,428
Does Edge really think

472
00:19:52,433 --> 00:19:54,464
that he and Larr can take
an entire city?

473
00:19:54,469 --> 00:19:55,765
After what we saw him do

474
00:19:55,770 --> 00:19:57,767
when he escaped the DOD, maybe he can.

475
00:19:57,772 --> 00:19:59,469
Or maybe he just wants to hurt me.

476
00:19:59,474 --> 00:20:00,637
He saw my memories.

477
00:20:00,642 --> 00:20:02,406
He knows how much history
we have in Metropolis.

478
00:20:02,410 --> 00:20:03,875
Yeah, but if he just wanted to hurt you,

479
00:20:03,879 --> 00:20:05,942
why wouldn't he come
straight to Smallville?

480
00:20:05,947 --> 00:20:08,144
There is a bigger picture
we're not seeing.

481
00:20:08,149 --> 00:20:10,079
I should go with you.
Can you keep the boys safe?

482
00:20:10,084 --> 00:20:12,148
I'll reach out, make sure
they get back to the farm.

483
00:20:12,153 --> 00:20:14,121
Do you have a location for Edge?

484
00:20:16,358 --> 00:20:19,089
Looks like he's
still in Centennial Park.

485
00:20:19,094 --> 00:20:21,391
<i>[DRAMATIC MUSIC]</i>

486
00:20:21,396 --> 00:20:22,492
[SIRENS WAILING]

487
00:20:22,497 --> 00:20:25,295
Please do not move the barriers.

488
00:20:25,300 --> 00:20:28,068
Everyone, please stand back.

489
00:20:31,573 --> 00:20:34,875
Please tell me that's not
Morgan Edge floating up there.

490
00:20:37,145 --> 00:20:39,075
- Hey, whoa!
- It's Superman!

491
00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:40,343
You need to get everyone back.

492
00:20:40,348 --> 00:20:41,378
It isn't safe here.

493
00:20:41,383 --> 00:20:43,680
Lois, do you know what's going on here?

494
00:20:43,685 --> 00:20:46,383
We think Morgan Edge is about
to attack Metropolis.

495
00:20:46,388 --> 00:20:47,951
Is it just the two of them?

496
00:20:47,956 --> 00:20:49,619
As far as I could tell.

497
00:20:49,624 --> 00:20:51,458
Do we have to worry about more of them?

498
00:20:55,096 --> 00:20:57,360
I don't think that's
Morgan Edge anymore.

499
00:20:57,365 --> 00:20:59,200
Then who is it?

500
00:21:00,168 --> 00:21:03,166
<i>[UPBEAT MUSIC OVER SPEAKERS]</i>

501
00:21:03,171 --> 00:21:06,136
<i>♪ ♪</i>

502
00:21:06,141 --> 00:21:07,370
- Hey!
- Yo.

503
00:21:07,375 --> 00:21:09,172
Hey, hurry up and grab a drink.

504
00:21:09,177 --> 00:21:10,640
We've got Flip Cup out back.

505
00:21:10,645 --> 00:21:12,642
All right, right behind you.
Right behind you.

506
00:21:12,647 --> 00:21:15,683
[PHONE BEEPING]

507
00:21:19,087 --> 00:21:21,485
- It's Granddad.
- Don't answer.

508
00:21:21,490 --> 00:21:23,224
What if something's up?

509
00:21:24,326 --> 00:21:26,389
Then he'll call back.

510
00:21:26,394 --> 00:21:28,592
I don't know. He never calls.

511
00:21:28,597 --> 00:21:31,728
Just be a normal kid for, like, an hour.

512
00:21:31,733 --> 00:21:32,863
Okay? I got the ELT.

513
00:21:32,868 --> 00:21:34,902
If anything serious happens,
I'll call Dad.

514
00:21:37,205 --> 00:21:39,436
Since when did you become Mr. Party Guy?

515
00:21:39,441 --> 00:21:41,137
Shouldn't you be
building rocket launchers

516
00:21:41,142 --> 00:21:42,506
with John Henry or something?

517
00:21:42,511 --> 00:21:43,907
It's a missile launcher,

518
00:21:43,912 --> 00:21:46,042
and I want to beat Wellnitz at Flip Cup.

519
00:21:46,047 --> 00:21:48,011
- Come on. Come on.
- Oh, if it's for Wellnitz...

520
00:21:48,016 --> 00:21:52,052
Hey, John. Can we talk?

521
00:21:57,559 --> 00:21:59,756
- Hey, hon.
- Hey.

522
00:21:59,761 --> 00:22:01,495
How did it go at the station?

523
00:22:03,198 --> 00:22:05,462
Well, I was... I was talking to Tamera,

524
00:22:05,467 --> 00:22:09,672
and she got me thinking that,

525
00:22:09,677 --> 00:22:11,478
I don't know, maybe you're right.

526
00:22:12,607 --> 00:22:15,376
You know, maybe... maybe this
isn't the right call.

527
00:22:16,444 --> 00:22:20,410
I mean, we've built so much here.

528
00:22:20,415 --> 00:22:23,279
It's scary to think
of walking away from all this.

529
00:22:23,284 --> 00:22:27,489
- Yeah.
- [PHONE RINGING]

530
00:22:30,025 --> 00:22:32,993
This is Kyle.

531
00:22:37,599 --> 00:22:39,629
- Sophie, stay still.
- Ow.

532
00:22:39,634 --> 00:22:41,731
- Sophie.
- [KNOCK AT DOOR]

533
00:22:41,736 --> 00:22:43,800
Come in.

534
00:22:43,805 --> 00:22:46,636
[LAUGHS]

535
00:22:46,641 --> 00:22:50,240
So, girls, we have some news.

536
00:22:50,245 --> 00:22:53,877
Your dad just got a job offer.

537
00:22:53,882 --> 00:22:54,978
Doing what?

538
00:22:54,983 --> 00:22:58,081
Still fighting fires, just...

539
00:22:58,086 --> 00:23:00,050
just in a different city.

540
00:23:00,055 --> 00:23:01,584
The job's in Bristol County.

541
00:23:01,589 --> 00:23:03,987
That's, like, two hours away.

542
00:23:03,992 --> 00:23:06,656
Which is why we're gonna have
to move to make it work.

543
00:23:06,661 --> 00:23:07,691
But I thought you said

544
00:23:07,696 --> 00:23:09,293
that the offer on the
house was super low.

545
00:23:09,297 --> 00:23:11,828
It was, but look, Sarah,

546
00:23:11,833 --> 00:23:13,830
this... this is a great opportunity.

547
00:23:13,835 --> 00:23:15,765
Their fire chief is
getting ready to retire,

548
00:23:15,770 --> 00:23:17,667
which means I can just step right on in

549
00:23:17,672 --> 00:23:19,803
and... and help with the transition.

550
00:23:19,808 --> 00:23:21,271
Do you even hear yourself?

551
00:23:21,276 --> 00:23:23,540
After all you said about
people abandoning Smallville,

552
00:23:23,545 --> 00:23:26,409
the minute it gets hard,
you guys are gonna run?

553
00:23:26,414 --> 00:23:28,044
Come on, Sarah. That's not fair.

554
00:23:28,049 --> 00:23:30,246
- You're so full of crap.
- Hey.

555
00:23:30,251 --> 00:23:33,850
- Honey, is this about Jordan?
- No. No.

556
00:23:33,855 --> 00:23:34,918
It's about the fact

557
00:23:34,923 --> 00:23:36,419
that my parents are lying hypocrites.

558
00:23:36,424 --> 00:23:38,922
Hey, this isn't easy for anyone.

559
00:23:38,927 --> 00:23:41,090
Look, we're just simply

560
00:23:41,095 --> 00:23:42,726
trying to do what's best for our family.

561
00:23:42,731 --> 00:23:44,761
Maybe you're not qualified
to make that decision.

562
00:23:44,766 --> 00:23:46,896
I mean, it was you who kissed
Morgan Edge's ass

563
00:23:46,901 --> 00:23:48,365
to come here in the first place.

564
00:23:48,370 --> 00:23:50,734
Hey, do not blame your father
for any of this.

565
00:23:50,739 --> 00:23:52,506
I blame you too!

566
00:23:54,075 --> 00:23:55,872
You guys are so freaking stupid.

567
00:23:55,877 --> 00:23:57,611
Sarah. Sarah!

568
00:24:01,082 --> 00:24:04,247
[SIRENS WAILING]

569
00:24:04,252 --> 00:24:06,082
Your friend has no part in this, Kal-El.

570
00:24:06,087 --> 00:24:07,450
Why are you here?

571
00:24:07,455 --> 00:24:09,653
We thought it poetic that
the city you championed

572
00:24:09,658 --> 00:24:11,021
be the first to fall.

573
00:24:11,026 --> 00:24:12,489
We're not giving up the city,

574
00:24:12,494 --> 00:24:14,924
and you know you can't take it alone.

575
00:24:14,929 --> 00:24:17,598
The Eradicator is gone.
Your Subjekts are gone.

576
00:24:18,633 --> 00:24:22,838
Tal-Rho, no one else needs to get hurt.

577
00:24:23,505 --> 00:24:27,036
There is no Tal-Rho anymore.

578
00:24:27,041 --> 00:24:28,605
<i>John, picking up</i>

579
00:24:28,610 --> 00:24:31,174
<i>four new Kryptonian signatures
in the park.</i>

580
00:24:31,179 --> 00:24:33,276
We got company.

581
00:24:33,281 --> 00:24:36,283
[CROWD GASPING]

582
00:24:37,819 --> 00:24:39,419
[SPEAKING KRYPTONIAN]

583
00:24:39,424 --> 00:24:42,624
_

584
00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:54,865
I thought the Eradicator
machine was destroyed.

585
00:24:54,869 --> 00:24:56,565
It was. This is something else.

586
00:24:56,570 --> 00:24:58,601
Keep an eye on Edge.

587
00:24:58,606 --> 00:25:01,504
<i>[DRAMATIC MUSIC]</i>

588
00:25:01,509 --> 00:25:03,438
<i>Beware of Leslie Larr.</i>

589
00:25:03,443 --> 00:25:04,907
Telling me after doesn't help.

590
00:25:04,912 --> 00:25:09,117
<i>♪ ♪</i>

591
00:25:11,919 --> 00:25:15,851
[CROWD SCREAMING]

592
00:25:15,856 --> 00:25:18,587
Everyone, you need to get
inside and take cover.

593
00:25:18,592 --> 00:25:21,527
Metropolis is under attack. Go!

594
00:25:22,401 --> 00:25:24,365
Any chance you got a camera
we can go live with?

595
00:25:24,370 --> 00:25:26,468
It's back at GBS with Janet.
She went up to the roof

596
00:25:26,472 --> 00:25:28,473
to get a clear shot of the action.

597
00:25:35,448 --> 00:25:37,412
I've got eyes on two
in the business district.

598
00:25:37,417 --> 00:25:39,313
That area is heavily populated.

599
00:25:39,318 --> 00:25:42,254
You need to get there before
we have mass casualties.

600
00:25:49,028 --> 00:25:51,592
[CIVILIANS GASP]

601
00:25:51,597 --> 00:25:54,900
We got one down.
Send a team to Jurgens and 4th.

602
00:25:57,670 --> 00:26:01,035
[BOTH GRUNTING]

603
00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:03,104
No, trust me, you just sell at 42

604
00:26:03,109 --> 00:26:05,139
and leave the rest of the board
holding the bag.

605
00:26:05,144 --> 00:26:09,349
<i>♪ ♪</i>

606
00:26:20,026 --> 00:26:22,023
[GRUNTING]

607
00:26:22,028 --> 00:26:26,333
<i>Defense is at 63%. 59%. 55%.</i>

608
00:26:26,338 --> 00:26:28,072
Enough of this crap.

609
00:26:33,406 --> 00:26:36,938
[CHOKING]

610
00:26:36,943 --> 00:26:40,341
My hammer!

611
00:26:40,346 --> 00:26:42,276
<i>The kinetic hammer is offline.</i>

612
00:26:42,281 --> 00:26:45,083
- Get it back on.
<i>- Reconnecting in 90 seconds.</i>

613
00:26:45,818 --> 00:26:49,417
<i>[UPBEAT MUSIC OVER SPEAKERS]</i>

614
00:26:49,422 --> 00:26:52,386
So I feel like maybe you got
the wrong impression of me

615
00:26:52,391 --> 00:26:54,455
out by the water tower.

616
00:26:54,460 --> 00:26:57,759
No, I don't... I don't really
think I did, to be honest.

617
00:26:57,764 --> 00:26:59,127
Okay, okay. You know what?

618
00:26:59,132 --> 00:27:00,995
I was fishing for answers, which sucks,

619
00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:02,697
and I'm really sorry,

620
00:27:02,702 --> 00:27:06,204
but I actually did want
to hang out with you.

621
00:27:08,608 --> 00:27:10,705
Those things don't have
to be mutually exclusive.

622
00:27:10,710 --> 00:27:14,475
Right, because when I
asked you out before, I mean,

623
00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:17,879
you made it pretty clear
that I was just a charity case.

624
00:27:17,884 --> 00:27:20,281
No.

625
00:27:20,286 --> 00:27:22,817
You know, somehow, I've become
the queen of mixed messages.

626
00:27:22,822 --> 00:27:24,919
[CHUCKLES]

627
00:27:24,924 --> 00:27:28,960
Yeah. Yeah, I mean, I was
kind of warned about you.

628
00:27:31,063 --> 00:27:34,896
Of course you were.

629
00:27:34,901 --> 00:27:37,398
You know, ever since I moved here,

630
00:27:37,403 --> 00:27:40,238
people act like I think
I'm better than this place.

631
00:27:41,641 --> 00:27:43,871
Wait, you moved here? From where?

632
00:27:43,876 --> 00:27:46,745
Central City, two years ago.

633
00:27:48,514 --> 00:27:52,719
My dad,

634
00:27:52,724 --> 00:27:54,954
well, he was sort of sent to prison.

635
00:27:54,959 --> 00:27:58,358
My mom and I decided
we needed a fresh start.

636
00:27:58,363 --> 00:28:00,588
I didn't know that.

637
00:28:00,593 --> 00:28:03,461
It's not really something
I tell most people.

638
00:28:04,797 --> 00:28:08,296
But then people make assumptions,

639
00:28:08,301 --> 00:28:11,999
think I'm, like, some
sort of standoffish bitch.

640
00:28:12,004 --> 00:28:14,101
[LAUGHS]

641
00:28:14,106 --> 00:28:16,804
Well, I'm... I'm sorry about that.

642
00:28:16,809 --> 00:28:19,140
I know it's not easy
coming to a new place

643
00:28:19,145 --> 00:28:20,641
and starting over, you know?

644
00:28:20,646 --> 00:28:21,776
I know.

645
00:28:21,781 --> 00:28:24,312
That's kind of why I was
smiling at you all the time.

646
00:28:24,317 --> 00:28:27,586
I felt like I could relate
to what you were going through.

647
00:28:29,155 --> 00:28:30,685
I guess that makes sense.

648
00:28:30,690 --> 00:28:34,121
<i>[SOFT MUSIC]</i>

649
00:28:34,126 --> 00:28:38,331
So if that means we're cool,

650
00:28:39,732 --> 00:28:43,635
then how about you let me
show you around, new guy?

651
00:28:45,972 --> 00:28:50,104
Yeah, okay, but maybe skip
the water tower this time?

652
00:28:50,109 --> 00:28:51,873
- [LAUGHS] Really?
- Yeah.

653
00:28:51,878 --> 00:28:55,843
'Cause, you know, that's really it.

654
00:28:55,848 --> 00:28:58,679
There really isn't much
to see around here.

655
00:28:58,684 --> 00:28:59,914
Kinda figured.

656
00:28:59,919 --> 00:29:02,116
Yo, Sarah. Sarah, hey.

657
00:29:02,121 --> 00:29:05,119
Sarah, what's going on? Sarah?

658
00:29:05,124 --> 00:29:08,656
Excuse me. Jordan,
I need to talk to you.

659
00:29:08,661 --> 00:29:10,558
Yo, show some etiquette, Cushing.

660
00:29:10,563 --> 00:29:11,726
Shut up, Corey.

661
00:29:11,731 --> 00:29:14,795
[CROWD MUTTERING]

662
00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:16,163
What are you looking at, huh?

663
00:29:16,168 --> 00:29:20,001
Hey, hey, hey, Sarah. What's going on?

664
00:29:20,006 --> 00:29:22,274
My dad got a job offer in Bristol.

665
00:29:23,376 --> 00:29:25,706
I think we're gonna have to move.

666
00:29:25,711 --> 00:29:28,709
I thought you said that wasn't possible.

667
00:29:28,714 --> 00:29:30,444
Hey, hey, everyone, quiet down.

668
00:29:30,449 --> 00:29:32,717
Something's happening in Metropolis.

669
00:29:33,753 --> 00:29:36,317
<i>This footage was taken
in Centennial Park</i>

670
00:29:36,322 --> 00:29:38,686
<i>just before the fighting broke out.</i>

671
00:29:38,691 --> 00:29:41,522
<i>As you can see, Superman
arrived on the scene...</i>

672
00:29:41,527 --> 00:29:43,458
Whoa, whoa, is that Morgan Edge?

673
00:29:43,463 --> 00:29:46,227
<i>Some sort of armored war suit.</i>

674
00:29:46,232 --> 00:29:48,896
[SIRENS WAILING]

675
00:29:48,901 --> 00:29:50,765
<i>[DRAMATIC MUSIC]</i>

676
00:29:50,770 --> 00:29:53,834
Lois, do you have any idea
what this is all about?

677
00:29:53,839 --> 00:29:55,169
Yeah: short version,

678
00:29:55,174 --> 00:29:56,837
Morgan Edge is taking
over people's bodies

679
00:29:56,842 --> 00:29:58,472
and using them to destroy Metropolis.

680
00:29:58,477 --> 00:30:00,441
Well, that's incredibly terrifying.

681
00:30:00,446 --> 00:30:02,910
Janet, we need to tell people
what's going on.

682
00:30:02,915 --> 00:30:05,446
Okay, and it's probably
best coming from you.

683
00:30:05,451 --> 00:30:06,948
There's a mic in my press kit.

684
00:30:06,953 --> 00:30:11,158
<i>♪ ♪</i>

685
00:30:12,992 --> 00:30:16,123
<i>This is Lois Lane
reporting live from Metropolis</i>

686
00:30:16,128 --> 00:30:19,293
<i>where Morgan Edge has
begun an attack on the city.</i>

687
00:30:19,298 --> 00:30:21,433
<i>[EXPLOSION RUMBLES]</i>

688
00:30:22,335 --> 00:30:25,570
[ALL GRUNTING]

689
00:30:30,576 --> 00:30:33,812
- How we doing on time?
<i>- Reconnecting in 15 seconds.</i>

690
00:30:37,049 --> 00:30:38,780
Where the hell is she going?

691
00:30:38,785 --> 00:30:42,150
[GRUNTS]

692
00:30:42,155 --> 00:30:43,918
<i>It seems Edge has the ability</i>

693
00:30:43,923 --> 00:30:46,354
<i>to give people powers
and take over their minds...</i>

694
00:30:46,359 --> 00:30:48,089
Lana, are you seeing this?

695
00:30:48,094 --> 00:30:50,491
<i>For everyone in Metropolis
to find a safe place</i>

696
00:30:50,496 --> 00:30:53,060
to take cover until Edge
is either apprehended

697
00:30:53,065 --> 00:30:54,428
or taken out.

698
00:30:54,433 --> 00:30:56,263
Superman is working to stop Edge

699
00:30:56,268 --> 00:30:58,065
<i>and all of the people he has infected.</i>

700
00:30:58,070 --> 00:31:01,172
- Jon.
- This is how she died.

701
00:31:04,170 --> 00:31:05,867
Lois, behind you!

702
00:31:05,872 --> 00:31:08,937
<i>Connecting in three, two, one.</i>

703
00:31:08,942 --> 00:31:10,905
[HAMMER WHIRRING]

704
00:31:10,910 --> 00:31:13,208
<i>[DRAMATIC MUSIC]</i>

705
00:31:13,213 --> 00:31:15,243
You missed.

706
00:31:15,248 --> 00:31:19,453
<i>♪ ♪</i>

707
00:31:19,458 --> 00:31:21,225
ALL: Oh!

708
00:31:25,291 --> 00:31:28,890
Larr's down, and I got another one.

709
00:31:28,895 --> 00:31:30,863
I'll never miss.

710
00:31:31,898 --> 00:31:33,428
Are you still rolling?

711
00:31:33,433 --> 00:31:37,638
I may have blacked out
for that last part, but yes.

712
00:31:39,539 --> 00:31:42,737
<i>As you can see, Superman is
not alone in this fight,</i>

713
00:31:42,742 --> 00:31:44,906
<i>but since we don't know
how many citizens</i>

714
00:31:44,911 --> 00:31:46,741
<i>have been infected, it's very important</i>

715
00:31:46,746 --> 00:31:49,610
<i>to keep your eyes open
for any suspicious activity.</i>

716
00:31:49,615 --> 00:31:52,180
<i>I'm Lois Lane reporting live
from Metropolis.</i>

717
00:31:52,185 --> 00:31:54,382
Your mom is awesome.

718
00:31:54,387 --> 00:31:55,621
I know.

719
00:32:01,060 --> 00:32:02,223
Who's left?

720
00:32:02,228 --> 00:32:05,760
Just Chuckles over there.

721
00:32:05,765 --> 00:32:06,928
Let's finish this.

722
00:32:06,933 --> 00:32:08,934
[SIRENS WAILING]

723
00:32:12,138 --> 00:32:14,735
[BOTH GRUNTING]

724
00:32:14,740 --> 00:32:16,604
- What the hell just happened?
<i>- I don't know.</i>

725
00:32:16,609 --> 00:32:18,072
<i>I've never seen anything like that.</i>

726
00:32:18,077 --> 00:32:19,644
We didn't even touch him.

727
00:32:24,150 --> 00:32:25,651
He's gone.

728
00:32:26,786 --> 00:32:29,150
Sir, our men are at the Kent farm now.

729
00:32:29,155 --> 00:32:31,252
Boys aren't there.

730
00:32:31,257 --> 00:32:32,954
Thanks.

731
00:32:32,959 --> 00:32:35,957
<i>[TENSE MUSIC]</i>

732
00:32:35,962 --> 00:32:39,967
<i>♪ ♪</i>

733
00:32:39,972 --> 00:32:42,670
Please. We can make this work.

734
00:32:43,269 --> 00:32:45,233
We can talk about this later,

735
00:32:45,238 --> 00:32:47,769
maybe when your mom
didn't almost just get killed?

736
00:32:47,774 --> 00:32:49,808
No, that makes this more important.

737
00:32:50,677 --> 00:32:54,242
Look, I...

738
00:32:54,247 --> 00:32:56,444
I don't want to lose you.

739
00:32:56,449 --> 00:32:58,513
I don't either.

740
00:32:58,518 --> 00:33:00,748
I just don't know how we're
going to make it work.

741
00:33:00,753 --> 00:33:02,584
We'd never see each other.

742
00:33:02,589 --> 00:33:05,686
We can call. We... we can text.
We can video chat.

743
00:33:05,691 --> 00:33:07,655
That's what your brother did with Eliza.

744
00:33:07,660 --> 00:33:09,957
The second that he moved,
she totally bailed.

745
00:33:09,962 --> 00:33:11,959
- But they're not us.
- Yeah, and I like us,

746
00:33:11,964 --> 00:33:15,869
but I'm just scared if we do distance,

747
00:33:15,874 --> 00:33:19,506
we'll start to hate us, okay?

748
00:33:19,511 --> 00:33:21,809
Where the hell are my grandsons?

749
00:33:22,342 --> 00:33:23,671
Hey, Grandpa.

750
00:33:23,676 --> 00:33:25,373
We were... I was just about to call you.

751
00:33:25,378 --> 00:33:28,076
Both of you, in the car, now.

752
00:33:28,081 --> 00:33:29,844
Hey, come on.

753
00:33:29,849 --> 00:33:32,847
Can you, like, tell us what's
happening with Morgan Edge?

754
00:33:32,852 --> 00:33:34,415
Do I look like someone

755
00:33:34,420 --> 00:33:38,019
who gives classified intel
to drunk teenagers?

756
00:33:38,024 --> 00:33:39,487
Grandpa, we're really sorry.

757
00:33:39,492 --> 00:33:41,689
I don't wanna hear it. Let's go.

758
00:33:41,694 --> 00:33:43,791
Can we at least take Sarah home?

759
00:33:43,796 --> 00:33:45,397
We've had a really long night.

760
00:33:49,402 --> 00:33:51,570
Of course. Come on.

761
00:33:52,672 --> 00:33:54,435
- Damn.
- Bye.

762
00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:56,271
[LAUGHTER AND WHISPERING]

763
00:33:56,276 --> 00:33:57,472
I'll see you.

764
00:33:57,477 --> 00:33:59,511
See you.

765
00:34:01,814 --> 00:34:04,812
[SIRENS WAILING]

766
00:34:04,817 --> 00:34:08,516
<i>[DRAMATIC MUSIC]</i>

767
00:34:08,521 --> 00:34:10,485
How was Edge able to use the Eradicator?

768
00:34:10,490 --> 00:34:12,657
Always one step behind, Kal-El.

769
00:34:14,227 --> 00:34:15,823
When Edge was speaking earlier,

770
00:34:15,828 --> 00:34:17,859
- it sounded like...
- A whole bunch of voices.

771
00:34:17,864 --> 00:34:20,528
Maybe that's why you never
found the Eradicator.

772
00:34:20,533 --> 00:34:25,066
Because what, Edge somehow
made himself the Eradicator?

773
00:34:25,071 --> 00:34:26,567
I mean, is that even possible?

774
00:34:26,572 --> 00:34:28,002
It would explain his new powers.

775
00:34:28,007 --> 00:34:29,207
And the four new Subjekts.

776
00:34:29,212 --> 00:34:31,439
Okay, so let's say
Edge can make subjects.

777
00:34:31,444 --> 00:34:34,375
- Where would he go next?
- Isn't it obvious?

778
00:34:34,380 --> 00:34:36,147
To make more.

779
00:34:39,585 --> 00:34:41,182
So how'd you find us?

780
00:34:41,187 --> 00:34:42,783
I run the DOD.

781
00:34:42,788 --> 00:34:45,223
You think I can't track down
my own grandsons?

782
00:34:46,692 --> 00:34:48,322
[WHOOSHING]

783
00:34:48,327 --> 00:34:51,058
What the hell?

784
00:34:51,063 --> 00:34:52,693
- Oh, my...
- Watch out!

785
00:34:52,698 --> 00:34:54,633
[TIRES SQUEAL]

786
00:35:06,479 --> 00:35:10,684
<i>♪ ♪</i>

787
00:35:14,567 --> 00:35:15,997
<i>[DRAMATIC MUSIC]</i>

788
00:35:16,002 --> 00:35:19,734
[ALL BREATHING HEAVILY]

789
00:35:19,739 --> 00:35:22,470
The car hit Edge,
and he didn't even move.

790
00:35:22,475 --> 00:35:24,139
Jon, do you have your ELT?

791
00:35:24,144 --> 00:35:25,875
It got knocked out of my hand
when we crashed.

792
00:35:25,879 --> 00:35:27,308
What are you guys talking about?

793
00:35:27,313 --> 00:35:28,477
There's a pistol

794
00:35:28,482 --> 00:35:30,578
in the glove compartment
loaded with Kryptonite.

795
00:35:30,583 --> 00:35:32,981
I need one of you boys
to come up here and get it.

796
00:35:32,986 --> 00:35:35,116
Okay. [GROANS]

797
00:35:35,121 --> 00:35:36,351
Jon, your arm.

798
00:35:36,356 --> 00:35:37,990
My left is just as good.

799
00:35:41,327 --> 00:35:43,024
Now I need you to take the shot.

800
00:35:43,029 --> 00:35:44,826
Do you have any experience shooting?

801
00:35:44,831 --> 00:35:47,295
- A little, with John Henry.
- That's good.

802
00:35:47,300 --> 00:35:50,432
I want you to get Edge in your sights.

803
00:35:50,437 --> 00:35:52,634
Okay.

804
00:35:52,639 --> 00:35:55,299
- Cock the gun.
- Okay.

805
00:35:55,304 --> 00:35:56,701
He's just standing there.

806
00:35:56,706 --> 00:35:59,704
Okay. Try to keep your hand steady.

807
00:35:59,709 --> 00:36:01,439
You're only gonna get one shot at this.

808
00:36:01,444 --> 00:36:02,807
Okay.

809
00:36:02,812 --> 00:36:05,276
Once you got him, pull the trigger.

810
00:36:05,281 --> 00:36:09,486
<i>♪ ♪</i>

811
00:36:13,300 --> 00:36:15,197
Did you get him? You get him?

812
00:36:15,202 --> 00:36:16,725
I don't know. He just... he flew away.

813
00:36:16,729 --> 00:36:19,060
Flew away where?

814
00:36:19,065 --> 00:36:21,930
- [GRUNTS]
- Jordan!

815
00:36:21,935 --> 00:36:24,366
Jordan!

816
00:36:24,371 --> 00:36:26,138
I love you.

817
00:36:29,275 --> 00:36:32,073
No! No!

818
00:36:32,078 --> 00:36:35,143
Sarah. Sarah, let me out.

819
00:36:35,148 --> 00:36:36,245
Edge took him.

820
00:36:36,249 --> 00:36:37,912
There was nothing that he could do.

821
00:36:37,917 --> 00:36:39,448
We need to help him.
He... he needs somebody...

822
00:36:39,452 --> 00:36:41,549
Look at me. Look at me!
You need to go home.

823
00:36:41,554 --> 00:36:43,051
- Find your dad. Get your dad.
- Okay.

824
00:36:43,056 --> 00:36:46,955
Now! Go! Go!

825
00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:48,856
Grandpa. Grandpa, are you okay?

826
00:36:48,861 --> 00:36:51,226
Worry about me later. Find that ELT.

827
00:36:51,231 --> 00:36:52,994
Okay.

828
00:36:52,999 --> 00:36:54,696
Get her out of here.

829
00:36:54,701 --> 00:36:58,633
[SIRENS WAILING]

830
00:36:58,638 --> 00:37:00,168
<i>- [WARBLING]
- Dad! Dad!</i>

831
00:37:00,173 --> 00:37:01,603
- What is it?
<i>- Dad, please!</i>

832
00:37:01,608 --> 00:37:03,742
The boys.

833
00:37:05,612 --> 00:37:09,744
[WHOOSHING]

834
00:37:09,749 --> 00:37:11,279
- Dad!
- Jonathan, what happened?

835
00:37:11,284 --> 00:37:12,780
- Are you okay?
- Edge took Jordan.

836
00:37:12,785 --> 00:37:14,916
- What?
- You need to find him! Go!

837
00:37:14,921 --> 00:37:19,126
<i>♪ ♪</i>

838
00:37:28,701 --> 00:37:30,402
What do you want from me?

839
00:37:36,909 --> 00:37:40,145
[GROANING IN PAIN]

840
00:37:54,460 --> 00:37:56,024
<i>- [BELLS RINGING]
- [SIRENS WAILING]</i>

841
00:37:56,029 --> 00:37:58,726
<i>- [PEOPLE SHOUTING]
- [HORNS HONKING]</i>

842
00:37:58,731 --> 00:38:01,967
<i>[CACOPHONOUS VOICES]</i>

843
00:38:09,409 --> 00:38:11,473
[WHOOSHING]

844
00:38:11,478 --> 00:38:13,341
Lois.

845
00:38:13,346 --> 00:38:16,210
What happened? Where are the boys?

846
00:38:16,215 --> 00:38:18,446
Where are the boys?

847
00:38:18,451 --> 00:38:20,581
- Edge took Jordan.
- No.

848
00:38:20,586 --> 00:38:22,183
I tried following him. It was too late.

849
00:38:22,188 --> 00:38:23,551
No, go find him.

850
00:38:23,556 --> 00:38:26,888
Lois, Lois, I looked everywhere.

851
00:38:26,893 --> 00:38:29,757
He's gone. He's gone.

852
00:38:29,762 --> 00:38:33,967
[SOBBING]

853
00:38:33,972 --> 00:38:37,074
- What are we gonna do?
- I don't know.

854
00:38:38,905 --> 00:38:40,839
I don't know.

855
00:38:45,078 --> 00:38:48,313
[GROANING IN PAIN]

856
00:38:52,752 --> 00:38:55,750
<i>[OMINOUS MUSIC]</i>

857
00:38:55,755 --> 00:38:56,755
<i>♪ ♪</i>

858
00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:16,500
[AS ZETA-RHO] Well done, my son.

859
00:39:18,085 --> 00:39:22,585
Now, let's begin.

860
00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:54,800
Greg, move your head.

861
00:39:54,805 --> 00:39:58,805
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