1 00:00:04,486 --> 00:00:07,999 Lois, you've had a near-death experience. You should be resting. 2 00:00:08,064 --> 00:00:09,923 What are we doing out here? 3 00:00:10,089 --> 00:00:12,701 I'm going to find out what Lex is up to. 4 00:00:12,968 --> 00:00:16,348 Clark, you, on the other hand, are not required to attend. 5 00:00:16,420 --> 00:00:19,092 After what happened to Lana, why don't you take up Chloe's offer... 6 00:00:19,127 --> 00:00:20,658 and hang out with her at the Talon? 7 00:00:20,788 --> 00:00:22,553 It's dangerous out here. 8 00:00:22,782 --> 00:00:26,450 And it seems that keeping you out of trouble has become a bad habit of mine. Besides, 9 00:00:26,485 --> 00:00:29,499 it gives me a good opportunity to say goodbye. 10 00:00:29,875 --> 00:00:33,017 You can't break up with me, Clark. We're not even a couple. 11 00:00:33,955 --> 00:00:36,396 Lois, I'm leaving Smallville... 12 00:00:36,742 --> 00:00:38,795 after Lana's funeral. 13 00:00:40,884 --> 00:00:43,306 Wow, didn't see that coming. 14 00:00:43,376 --> 00:00:45,471 Where are you running away to? 15 00:00:45,536 --> 00:00:48,840 Up north. There's something I need to do. 16 00:00:48,875 --> 00:00:52,427 Well, what about the farm? You can't just let the corn die on the vine. 17 00:00:52,492 --> 00:00:55,507 My neighbor Ben Hubbard, he's gonna run things for a while. 18 00:00:57,330 --> 00:01:00,494 What's wrong, Lois? I thought you'd be happy to get rid of me. 19 00:01:00,711 --> 00:01:03,334 Are you kidding? Who am I gonna pick on? 20 00:01:03,758 --> 00:01:05,997 I'm sure you'll find someone. 21 00:01:08,105 --> 00:01:10,683 Now, which direction did you enter the dam from? 22 00:01:11,089 --> 00:01:13,336 Southeast. Follow me. 23 00:01:18,646 --> 00:01:20,702 What is that? 24 00:01:22,890 --> 00:01:25,443 Holy crap, this is amazing. 25 00:01:29,653 --> 00:01:31,941 Check this out, Clark. 26 00:01:32,007 --> 00:01:33,865 Oh, my god. 27 00:01:34,513 --> 00:01:35,819 What do you think it is? 28 00:01:35,986 --> 00:01:38,668 Lois, it's probably just some sort of experimental airplane. 29 00:01:38,735 --> 00:01:40,906 Then why aren't there any windows? 30 00:01:41,419 --> 00:01:43,439 And those symbols - 31 00:01:43,842 --> 00:01:46,527 They aren't like any airline logos I've ever seen. 32 00:01:46,893 --> 00:01:50,729 If you ask me, we're looking at a real live spaceship. 33 00:01:50,903 --> 00:01:54,967 Come on, Lois. You and I both know that they don't really exist. 34 00:01:55,102 --> 00:01:59,325 And based on this algae, it looks like it's been underwater for a while. 35 00:02:01,984 --> 00:02:03,909 Lois? 36 00:02:13,115 --> 00:02:17,123 That's what happens when you touch my stuff. 37 00:02:31,385 --> 00:02:36,341 Go get your girlfriend and don't ever come back. 38 00:04:24,686 --> 00:04:26,486 I'm serious. You need to go to the hospital. 39 00:04:26,553 --> 00:04:29,819 What? For this little bump? My head has been bonked a lot harder than that. 40 00:04:29,885 --> 00:04:32,696 - Where's my laptop? - What happened to you guys? 41 00:04:32,719 --> 00:04:35,991 You are gonna want to lock me in the loony bin when I tell you this, but Clark and I... 42 00:04:36,026 --> 00:04:38,119 just saw a spaceship. 43 00:04:39,186 --> 00:04:42,296 Lois' imagination has finally kicked into overdrive. 44 00:04:42,431 --> 00:04:45,351 It was probably just some sort of styrofoam prop for a school play. 45 00:04:45,418 --> 00:04:47,418 Right. That makes sense, actually. 46 00:04:47,485 --> 00:04:51,717 Okay, but the world I live in - school props don't knock people unconscious. 47 00:04:51,783 --> 00:04:53,417 I'm thinking maybe a force field. 48 00:04:53,483 --> 00:04:55,689 How many times do I have to tell you, Lois? You slipped in the mud, 49 00:04:55,724 --> 00:04:56,984 you hit your head on a rock. 50 00:04:57,050 --> 00:04:59,749 I was the one who helped you to your feet. Why do you think I've got mud all over me? 51 00:04:59,816 --> 00:05:01,036 I know what I saw, Smallville, 52 00:05:01,083 --> 00:05:03,849 and once I change out of these clothes, I'm going straight to The Inquisitor. 53 00:05:04,016 --> 00:05:06,417 My editor is gonna flip. 54 00:05:08,431 --> 00:05:11,515 - Tell me she's just seeing things. - It's what she didn't see, Chloe. 55 00:05:11,641 --> 00:05:14,048 A kryptonian girl with blond hair and a bad attitude. 56 00:05:14,115 --> 00:05:16,315 She moved so fast that Lois didn't even know what hit her. 57 00:05:16,382 --> 00:05:20,426 - A kryptonian attacked Lois? - Yeah, right before she came after me. 58 00:05:20,781 --> 00:05:23,481 Chloe, not only is she as strong as I am... 59 00:05:23,748 --> 00:05:25,363 she can fly. 60 00:05:25,498 --> 00:05:26,946 Whoa. 61 00:05:27,013 --> 00:05:29,180 Sounds like we got ourselves a true-blue supergirl. 62 00:05:29,247 --> 00:05:30,646 Well, define super. 63 00:05:30,713 --> 00:05:33,913 Nearly every kryptonian I've come across has turned into a cold-blooded killer. 64 00:05:33,980 --> 00:05:35,414 Yeah. What is it with you people? 65 00:05:35,455 --> 00:05:38,612 Are you the only half-decent member of your kryptonian race? 66 00:05:39,849 --> 00:05:42,536 Listen, I got to go back to the dam. If you can - 67 00:05:44,079 --> 00:05:47,599 Wow, a lot of painkillers for someone who's not feeling any pain. 68 00:05:48,344 --> 00:05:49,677 It's just a little headache. 69 00:05:49,944 --> 00:05:52,830 By the time I get back to The Inquisitor, I'll be good as gold. 70 00:05:52,865 --> 00:05:55,497 You've lost consciousness. You could very well have a concussion. 71 00:05:55,677 --> 00:05:58,143 Well, I'll let you know if I'm seeing double when I'm typing my story. 72 00:05:58,210 --> 00:06:00,177 You know, Lois, no. I'm sorry. 73 00:06:00,244 --> 00:06:01,743 But after everything we've just been through together, 74 00:06:01,810 --> 00:06:05,876 I'm not letting you put yourself in danger. I'm taking you to the hospital. 75 00:06:06,958 --> 00:06:09,091 - Okay - Okay. 76 00:06:09,130 --> 00:06:11,169 But 10 minutes, and I'm gone. I don't have time... 77 00:06:11,270 --> 00:06:13,309 to just sit around all day in a waiting room... 78 00:06:33,239 --> 00:06:36,073 Well, I'm glad someone has something to smile about. 79 00:06:36,139 --> 00:06:38,673 Well, this smile means that you've been cleared of all charges. 80 00:06:38,739 --> 00:06:40,857 You're a free man, Mr. Luthor. 81 00:06:44,338 --> 00:06:47,005 - On what grounds? - They caught the killer. 82 00:06:47,339 --> 00:06:49,671 A disgruntled employee from your tunnel-construction crew... 83 00:06:49,738 --> 00:06:52,538 claimed he got cancer from the chemicals down there. 84 00:06:53,304 --> 00:06:56,011 He blew up my wife to get back at me? 85 00:06:56,138 --> 00:06:58,339 That's what he said in his confession. 86 00:06:59,537 --> 00:07:01,888 Come on. Let's get out of this cage. 87 00:07:02,503 --> 00:07:04,961 I'll buy you a big, juicy porterhouse. 88 00:07:05,103 --> 00:07:06,803 He didn't do it. 89 00:07:06,870 --> 00:07:11,200 Lex, they found his fingerprints at the scene. He confessed to the crime. 90 00:07:11,235 --> 00:07:15,536 I don't care what kind of evidence there is. The man did not murder my wife. 91 00:07:15,602 --> 00:07:17,700 - As your attorney - - As my attorney, 92 00:07:17,735 --> 00:07:21,435 I want you to set up a meeting with this disgruntled employee. 93 00:07:21,501 --> 00:07:24,844 - I want to hear it from him. - What's the point? 94 00:07:25,861 --> 00:07:28,245 I'm not sure Lana's dead. 95 00:07:47,065 --> 00:07:50,178 Move along, sir. This is a crime scene. 96 00:08:22,861 --> 00:08:27,261 Lex, I thought you'd be sharpening your shiv behind bars by now. 97 00:08:27,328 --> 00:08:29,361 Someone else confessed. 98 00:08:29,827 --> 00:08:35,003 Once again, a Luthor snake manages to slither away from the grip of justice. 99 00:08:35,238 --> 00:08:37,874 How much did you have to pay this poor guy? 100 00:08:38,309 --> 00:08:40,668 I didn't pay him anything. 101 00:08:41,026 --> 00:08:44,591 Apparently, my father did before he disappeared. 102 00:08:44,693 --> 00:08:47,192 The man who confessed happens to be dying of cancer. 103 00:08:47,259 --> 00:08:49,492 He wanted his family taken care of. 104 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:51,758 It doesn't matter what legal sleight of hand you pulled this time, Lex. 105 00:08:51,825 --> 00:08:55,152 - It's not bringing Lana back. - What if she isn't dead, Chloe? 106 00:08:55,991 --> 00:08:57,573 Lex, you're already free. 107 00:08:57,608 --> 00:09:01,624 You don't need to keep coming up with more convoluted conspiracy theories. 108 00:09:01,691 --> 00:09:05,090 As you probably know, before Lana "died," 109 00:09:05,157 --> 00:09:08,348 she managed to steal highly classified research from me. 110 00:09:08,383 --> 00:09:13,256 Lana's remains have all been positively I.D.'d down to every last strand of DNA. 111 00:09:13,323 --> 00:09:15,389 I'm well aware of the DNA evidence. 112 00:09:16,071 --> 00:09:17,546 Look, Chloe, you're Lana's best friend. 113 00:09:17,568 --> 00:09:20,429 If she told anyone about her plan, it would be you. 114 00:09:23,155 --> 00:09:25,128 Tell me, Chloe. 115 00:09:25,363 --> 00:09:27,178 Tell me everything you know. 116 00:09:27,288 --> 00:09:29,590 Here's everything I know, Lex. 117 00:09:30,155 --> 00:09:33,080 You need some serious psychiatry. 118 00:09:48,706 --> 00:09:50,153 Hey, are you all right? 119 00:09:50,219 --> 00:09:51,385 Uh, yeah, I'm fine. 120 00:09:51,451 --> 00:09:55,633 But you know, your little kryptonian gal pal is been showing up all over Lowell county. 121 00:09:55,668 --> 00:09:58,085 Have you seen her since she went all space-shuttle? 122 00:09:58,152 --> 00:10:00,092 No, but I found her victims - 123 00:10:00,527 --> 00:10:03,879 Two dead park rangers right where her ship used to be. 124 00:10:05,117 --> 00:10:07,582 I need to find her before she hurts someone else. 125 00:10:07,617 --> 00:10:11,649 Well, I-I think she's still grounded, considering these 911 calls coming in. 126 00:10:11,684 --> 00:10:13,683 Three different preschools called and reported some... 127 00:10:13,750 --> 00:10:16,637 blond woman storming in, scaring the children. 128 00:10:16,972 --> 00:10:19,127 Where was she last seen? 129 00:10:19,162 --> 00:10:20,782 Can't catch me! 130 00:10:28,315 --> 00:10:30,381 What's your name? 131 00:10:32,281 --> 00:10:34,448 It's okay. I won't hurt you. 132 00:10:35,015 --> 00:10:36,965 Cody. 133 00:10:42,980 --> 00:10:45,978 What about you? What's your name? 134 00:10:46,913 --> 00:10:48,845 Whatever you're doing, it stops now. 135 00:10:48,912 --> 00:10:51,379 You again. You following me? 136 00:11:00,045 --> 00:11:02,911 Humans can't move that fast. Who are you? 137 00:11:03,078 --> 00:11:07,116 Doesn't matter. I'm not gonna let you kill one more person. 138 00:11:08,038 --> 00:11:11,402 I haven't killed anyone. At least not yet. 139 00:11:11,477 --> 00:11:13,900 But you're starting to tempt me. 140 00:11:24,434 --> 00:11:26,800 You want to tell me what you're doing on Earth? 141 00:11:29,966 --> 00:11:31,767 You can trust me. 142 00:11:37,734 --> 00:11:39,800 Looking for a small boy. 143 00:11:40,096 --> 00:11:42,481 I've searched everywhere with no luck. 144 00:11:43,056 --> 00:11:45,151 This boy have a name? 145 00:11:46,703 --> 00:11:48,699 Kal-El. 146 00:11:55,738 --> 00:11:59,174 Lois, a story about a spaceship is not gonna send your career into the stratosphere. 147 00:11:59,242 --> 00:12:00,976 It'll embarrass you. 148 00:12:01,041 --> 00:12:03,377 It's the truth, Chloe. I saw it with my own eyes. 149 00:12:03,444 --> 00:12:05,013 Lois, you don't know what you saw. 150 00:12:05,078 --> 00:12:07,360 Besides, I'm still trying to resuscitate my credibility... 151 00:12:07,434 --> 00:12:10,383 after writing about the Smallville believe-it-or-not set. 152 00:12:10,750 --> 00:12:14,783 We are talking about an alien invasion. Two men are dead. 153 00:12:14,818 --> 00:12:17,734 You know if you were there, you'd be clacking away on the keyboard as we speak. 154 00:12:17,769 --> 00:12:22,028 Not now. The Daily Planet just hired a new editor wonder boy from the Star City Post. 155 00:12:22,157 --> 00:12:25,091 And spaceships are not the stuff of good first impressions. 156 00:12:25,159 --> 00:12:27,450 Did I hear someone say spaceship? 157 00:12:28,083 --> 00:12:30,439 Didn't anyone teach you that eavesdropping is rude? 158 00:12:30,574 --> 00:12:33,073 Eavesdropping is my livelihood. 159 00:12:33,108 --> 00:12:34,532 Grant Gabriel, your new editor. 160 00:12:34,599 --> 00:12:36,800 Actually, she doesn't work here. I do. 161 00:12:37,066 --> 00:12:39,021 - I'm Chloe - - Anne Sullivan, 162 00:12:39,168 --> 00:12:41,302 former editor of the Smallville High Torch, 163 00:12:41,369 --> 00:12:44,234 taking Met U. Journalism classes by night while writing... 164 00:12:44,669 --> 00:12:48,675 filler stories sandwiched between sofa ads by day. 165 00:12:49,341 --> 00:12:51,042 Tell me about your close encounter. 166 00:12:51,409 --> 00:12:55,126 Can't share a trade secret. I work for your rival, The Inquisitor. 167 00:12:55,261 --> 00:12:56,756 Our rival? 168 00:12:56,791 --> 00:12:58,214 This is the Daily Planet, 169 00:12:58,281 --> 00:13:02,008 read in virtually ever country across the globe. We have no rival. 170 00:13:02,243 --> 00:13:03,237 That's true. 171 00:13:03,272 --> 00:13:05,785 Besides, The Planet wouldn't publish a story like that anyway. 172 00:13:05,852 --> 00:13:08,021 See, that's the kind of old-guard thinking... 173 00:13:08,087 --> 00:13:11,156 that's putting newspapers in the crapper all around this country. 174 00:13:11,939 --> 00:13:14,458 Since when is truth in journalism old guard? 175 00:13:14,625 --> 00:13:16,861 Well, she says it's true. I believe her. 176 00:13:18,827 --> 00:13:19,927 I'll tell you what. 177 00:13:19,962 --> 00:13:23,398 You deliver me your spaceship story, a story that will sell papers, 178 00:13:23,465 --> 00:13:25,133 And you've got yourself a job here. 179 00:13:27,033 --> 00:13:30,236 - Are you serious? - Do I sound like I'm joking? 180 00:13:46,447 --> 00:13:48,230 You can't be Kal-El. 181 00:13:48,265 --> 00:13:52,129 He's a sweet, chubby baby who laughed when you tickled his feet. 182 00:13:52,851 --> 00:13:57,092 - You knew me on Krypton? - Yeah. I used to watch over you. 183 00:13:57,892 --> 00:13:59,155 I don't understand. 184 00:13:59,222 --> 00:14:02,424 I mean, I left the planet right after you. We were on the same trajectory. 185 00:14:04,591 --> 00:14:06,594 Your ship - 186 00:14:06,761 --> 00:14:08,295 It seemed to be underwater for a long time. 187 00:14:08,361 --> 00:14:12,030 You must have crash-landed during the meteor shower into the reservoir. 188 00:14:12,097 --> 00:14:14,951 When the dam broke, it finally brought you to the surface. 189 00:14:17,267 --> 00:14:20,080 How long was I in suspended animation? 190 00:14:20,415 --> 00:14:22,474 18 years. 191 00:14:24,605 --> 00:14:28,577 My imbedded learning programs covered a lot of scenarios, but this... 192 00:14:29,139 --> 00:14:31,164 clearly wasn't one of them. 193 00:14:33,244 --> 00:14:35,280 Kara, why are you searching for me? 194 00:14:36,946 --> 00:14:39,983 My father, Zor-El, told me to find you. 195 00:14:40,048 --> 00:14:41,603 That was my mission. 196 00:14:41,738 --> 00:14:43,367 Zor-El? 197 00:14:43,902 --> 00:14:46,601 Zor-El and Jor-El are brothers. 198 00:14:47,636 --> 00:14:50,749 Then that makes us... 199 00:14:51,256 --> 00:14:53,076 cousins. 200 00:14:53,411 --> 00:14:55,567 Jor-El never mentioned your dad. 201 00:14:55,702 --> 00:14:57,963 He and his brother never talked. 202 00:14:58,298 --> 00:15:00,122 Why? 203 00:15:03,131 --> 00:15:07,367 The house of El has a lot of family secrets that nobody ever discussed. 204 00:15:09,035 --> 00:15:11,585 As humans would say, we were... 205 00:15:12,888 --> 00:15:14,706 dysfunctional. 206 00:15:17,441 --> 00:15:21,644 I'm sure you have a lot of questions, but right now we need to find my ship. 207 00:15:22,110 --> 00:15:25,214 I'd do it myself, but those green rocks- they keep weakening me. 208 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:29,583 And trust me- you want to stay away from them. 209 00:15:29,750 --> 00:15:32,483 If you're around them too long, they can kill you. 210 00:15:33,438 --> 00:15:35,462 Kill me? 211 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:38,580 Zor-El told me that the yellow sun would give me abilities... 212 00:15:38,615 --> 00:15:40,741 beyond my wildest dreams, but... 213 00:15:41,408 --> 00:15:43,993 he definitely never mentioned any fatal weaknesses. 214 00:15:44,028 --> 00:15:45,793 It's because he didn't know. 215 00:15:45,860 --> 00:15:51,115 The green rocks, they're called kryptonite- radioactive pieces of our home world. 216 00:15:54,767 --> 00:15:57,968 How did pieces of Krypton travel 23 galaxies? 217 00:16:00,199 --> 00:16:01,939 You don't know what happened after you left. 218 00:16:02,004 --> 00:16:06,260 Well, I know we were in the midst of a global civil war led by general Zod. 219 00:16:06,395 --> 00:16:09,543 Zor-El told me that Krypton's salvation was on Earth... 220 00:16:09,609 --> 00:16:11,931 and that you and I were the key. 221 00:16:13,211 --> 00:16:15,241 I hope we're not too late. 222 00:16:17,748 --> 00:16:19,830 Kara, Krypton is gone. 223 00:16:22,518 --> 00:16:24,698 What do you mean, "gone"? 224 00:16:27,021 --> 00:16:29,340 It exploded. 225 00:16:30,557 --> 00:16:33,633 You and I are the only survivors. 226 00:16:37,361 --> 00:16:39,429 No. 227 00:16:39,596 --> 00:16:42,399 Planets don't just explode, Kal-El. 228 00:16:51,338 --> 00:16:53,047 Ours did. 229 00:16:57,084 --> 00:16:58,543 I'm sorry. 230 00:16:58,609 --> 00:17:02,946 No. This yellow sun has fried your brain cells. 231 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:09,073 Come on. Help me find my ship. We can hide it here on your farm. 232 00:17:09,283 --> 00:17:11,333 Your ship's missing. 233 00:17:13,586 --> 00:17:16,488 If it's missing, then humans took it. 234 00:17:16,955 --> 00:17:19,390 Kal-El, if anyone but me tries to open that ship, 235 00:17:19,457 --> 00:17:21,791 It will activate the self-destruct sequence. 236 00:17:24,260 --> 00:17:26,829 Define self-destruct. 237 00:17:27,895 --> 00:17:30,641 I think you call it something like a... 238 00:17:31,297 --> 00:17:33,532 nuclear explosion. 239 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:55,966 There was no sign of alien life near that site - None whatsoever. 240 00:17:56,748 --> 00:17:58,739 Open it. 241 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:36,642 Surface temperature rising steadily. 242 00:18:36,709 --> 00:18:39,944 Begin extraction protocol. Prepare to evacuate now. 243 00:18:40,011 --> 00:18:42,416 We don't have a lot of time, people. 244 00:19:05,487 --> 00:19:08,729 Lane, I had a feeling you worked fast, 245 00:19:08,764 --> 00:19:10,252 but I didn't know you were a lightning bolt. 246 00:19:10,718 --> 00:19:13,792 - You got pages for me? - Actually, I need to talk to you about that. 247 00:19:13,844 --> 00:19:16,420 I'm not interested in talk. I want to read. 248 00:19:16,846 --> 00:19:19,382 Look, Chloe Sullivan should write this story. 249 00:19:19,417 --> 00:19:23,245 She's already on your staff. And let's face it, she can write circles around me. 250 00:19:23,412 --> 00:19:27,464 I know she's family, Lane, but Chloe Sullivan's lost her mojo. 251 00:19:27,499 --> 00:19:30,474 Now she's just another run-of-the-mill hack giving herself carpal tunnel... 252 00:19:30,542 --> 00:19:32,974 covering city hall and Fourth-of-July parades. 253 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:36,905 Look, my cousin's feelings mean a lot more to me than some stupid article. 254 00:19:36,972 --> 00:19:39,955 Your cousin's feelings? How sweet. 255 00:19:40,190 --> 00:19:42,232 Let me tell you something, Lane. 256 00:19:42,367 --> 00:19:45,123 Newspapers don't have feelings. They have stories, 257 00:19:45,158 --> 00:19:47,068 and stories are what pay the bills around here. 258 00:19:47,133 --> 00:19:49,434 You think I'm being honored by the publishers guild tonight 259 00:19:49,500 --> 00:19:51,356 because I'm Mahatma Gandhi? 260 00:19:51,391 --> 00:19:53,305 Because I give a damn about feelings? 261 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:57,257 No. I break stories any way, any how. 262 00:19:57,292 --> 00:20:00,304 Well, you're gonna have to break this one with someone else. 263 00:20:02,493 --> 00:20:04,425 This isn't about your cousin. 264 00:20:04,460 --> 00:20:08,045 This so-called flying-saucer story - It's all smoke and mirrors. 265 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:11,472 You're using some high moral ground to bail out of a sinking ship. 266 00:20:13,488 --> 00:20:16,887 This ship is far from sunk, bow tie. 267 00:20:17,891 --> 00:20:21,051 I happen to have a contact in the Air Force who supplied me with these. 268 00:20:21,117 --> 00:20:23,117 They're satellite photos showing a caravan of trucks... 269 00:20:23,184 --> 00:20:26,582 driving from the dam to a grain silo in Granville. 270 00:20:26,999 --> 00:20:29,145 Does that look like smoke and mirrors to you? 271 00:20:29,180 --> 00:20:31,181 No. It looks like passion, 272 00:20:31,248 --> 00:20:33,946 and it's what separates you from the rest of the pack. 273 00:20:34,012 --> 00:20:35,845 This is the fork in your road, Lane. 274 00:20:35,911 --> 00:20:38,921 In a dozen years, you'll either be Lois Lane, 275 00:20:38,964 --> 00:20:42,300 star reporter whose name is synonymous with the Daily Planet, 276 00:20:42,335 --> 00:20:45,300 or Lois fill-in-the-blank, 277 00:20:45,341 --> 00:20:47,407 married to an insurance adjuster in the sticks... 278 00:20:47,772 --> 00:20:49,868 With four kids and 40 extra pounds. 279 00:20:49,903 --> 00:20:51,305 You won't be able to look in a newspaper... 280 00:20:51,370 --> 00:20:54,102 because it will always remind you of what could have been. 281 00:20:55,089 --> 00:20:57,089 Which road sounds better to you? 282 00:21:11,501 --> 00:21:12,787 What do you have for me? 283 00:21:12,822 --> 00:21:14,847 We applied voice-recognition software... 284 00:21:14,882 --> 00:21:18,327 and, using our satellites, cast a net over every landline and cellphone on the globe. 285 00:21:18,362 --> 00:21:20,079 I don't care how wide your net is. 286 00:21:20,114 --> 00:21:22,624 If you don't find Lana, it's not worth the string it's made of. 287 00:21:22,690 --> 00:21:25,141 We have a map, sir. She's in Asia. 288 00:21:26,048 --> 00:21:27,627 - Where? - China. 289 00:21:27,662 --> 00:21:30,779 Our GPS puts her just a few miles from central Shanghai. 290 00:21:32,798 --> 00:21:34,916 Prepare the jet for takeoff. 291 00:21:34,951 --> 00:21:36,663 Yes, sir. 292 00:21:49,973 --> 00:21:51,701 Those doors would have opened if you'd have just waited. 293 00:21:51,736 --> 00:21:54,551 We don't have time to wait for ancient technology. 294 00:21:54,786 --> 00:21:57,174 Between the two of us, we can cover more ground. 295 00:21:58,175 --> 00:22:00,600 Of course, it would help if you could defy gravity. 296 00:22:01,035 --> 00:22:04,386 Explain to me again why you can't fly. 297 00:22:05,221 --> 00:22:06,725 I'm not sure. 298 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:08,868 I guess the humans are right, Kal-El. 299 00:22:09,135 --> 00:22:11,575 Girls do mature faster than boys. 300 00:22:12,610 --> 00:22:14,883 It's Clark, remember? 301 00:22:16,998 --> 00:22:19,292 Just start walking. Don't look back. 302 00:22:24,495 --> 00:22:28,258 I should have known you were Clark's cousin from all the primary colors. 303 00:22:31,192 --> 00:22:34,643 Do you know where my ship is? Kal-El's getting me nowhere. 304 00:22:34,778 --> 00:22:37,035 It's Clark. 305 00:22:39,739 --> 00:22:42,481 We've checked every Luthorcorp facility in the area. 306 00:22:42,716 --> 00:22:43,952 Do you have any leads? 307 00:22:43,987 --> 00:22:48,696 Unfortunately, not too many extraterrestrial vehicles are actually registered at the DMV. 308 00:22:49,501 --> 00:22:51,139 I have nothing. 309 00:22:51,274 --> 00:22:53,618 I told you coming here was a waste of time. 310 00:22:53,653 --> 00:22:55,632 She's just a human. 311 00:22:55,667 --> 00:22:58,172 A human who's smarter than both of us combined. 312 00:23:00,222 --> 00:23:03,508 Look, I'm sorry, Clark, but this new editor is breathing down my neck. 313 00:23:03,543 --> 00:23:05,324 He wants some big, splashy story, 314 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:08,840 and all I could come up with is the sudden loss of AM/FM radio in Granville. 315 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:13,577 I'm out of here. I'll just do a flyover and start X-raying every single building. 316 00:23:13,612 --> 00:23:15,104 Kara, wait. 317 00:23:15,171 --> 00:23:18,525 Your ship - does it emit any sort of frequency? 318 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:21,719 Well, yeah. If it's opened, there's an alarm. 319 00:23:21,954 --> 00:23:24,943 Could that alarm be disrupting the AM/FM radios? 320 00:23:28,053 --> 00:23:30,461 Kal-El, if that alarm's been triggered, 321 00:23:30,696 --> 00:23:33,308 I'm the only one who can disarm it. 322 00:23:43,391 --> 00:23:45,592 What are we doing up here? Time's running out. 323 00:23:45,757 --> 00:23:47,772 Look, you cover the grounds. I'll get the bird's-eye view. 324 00:23:47,807 --> 00:23:49,820 What does your ship sound like? 325 00:23:50,155 --> 00:23:51,088 What? 326 00:23:51,154 --> 00:23:53,340 If your ship is emitting an alarm, 327 00:23:53,587 --> 00:23:56,978 then you can hear it, even if it's miles away. It's one of our abilities. 328 00:23:57,185 --> 00:23:59,916 You have to focus. Block everything else out. 329 00:24:00,412 --> 00:24:02,191 Just try. 330 00:24:11,292 --> 00:24:14,531 - All I hear is the wind. - Close your eyes. It might help. 331 00:24:16,462 --> 00:24:20,136 Try to focus. I know you can do it. 332 00:24:21,574 --> 00:24:24,391 Just try to listen to all the sounds around you. 333 00:24:26,338 --> 00:24:28,290 Make it stop. 334 00:24:29,565 --> 00:24:31,349 Make it stop. 335 00:24:31,751 --> 00:24:33,788 - Oh, make it stop. - Listen. Listen. 336 00:24:33,801 --> 00:24:36,776 I know it's loud at first, but you have to focus, okay? 337 00:24:42,166 --> 00:24:45,988 Eliminate the sounds one by one until all you can hear is your ship. 338 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:54,981 Kal-El, I - I can hear it. 339 00:24:56,654 --> 00:24:58,827 Then you can find it. 340 00:25:06,436 --> 00:25:10,619 I knew those roadblocks I slipped past weren't there for just a chemical spill. 341 00:25:11,462 --> 00:25:15,061 They evacuated the area because of what's down here underground. 342 00:25:15,527 --> 00:25:18,791 And judging by that funky sound... 343 00:25:20,022 --> 00:25:22,583 and the megawatt light show, 344 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:28,399 something is going on behind that door, and it's not laserium. 345 00:25:46,502 --> 00:25:48,569 Oh, my god. 346 00:25:49,647 --> 00:25:51,485 It's official. 347 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:54,101 I found the Holy Grail. 348 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:37,933 Are you okay? 349 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:41,563 My ship - It's gone. 350 00:26:45,193 --> 00:26:47,225 What are we gonna do? 351 00:26:55,488 --> 00:26:58,216 That's the last time you'll ever touch me. 352 00:26:58,250 --> 00:27:00,881 Do you really think I could just let you walk away? 353 00:27:00,948 --> 00:27:02,580 What are you going to do, Lex... 354 00:27:02,647 --> 00:27:04,316 kill me? 355 00:27:04,489 --> 00:27:07,293 That's the last time you'll ever touch me. 356 00:27:07,345 --> 00:27:10,009 Do you really think I could just let you walk away? 357 00:27:10,044 --> 00:27:11,741 What are you going to do, Lex... 358 00:27:11,808 --> 00:27:13,397 kill me? 359 00:27:13,565 --> 00:27:16,177 That's the last time you'll ever touch me. 360 00:27:16,244 --> 00:27:18,852 Do you really think I could just let you walk away? 361 00:27:18,969 --> 00:27:20,967 What are you going to do, Lex? 362 00:28:01,639 --> 00:28:03,170 I'm impressed. 363 00:28:03,235 --> 00:28:05,452 I did learn from the master. 364 00:28:07,333 --> 00:28:10,209 As soon as I heard you'd freed yourself, I laid out the breadcrumbs... 365 00:28:10,268 --> 00:28:12,775 and waited for the wolf to come knocking. 366 00:28:13,696 --> 00:28:15,526 Tell me, Lex. 367 00:28:15,594 --> 00:28:17,960 How were you planning on getting your revenge? 368 00:28:18,026 --> 00:28:23,153 Lana, if I wanted revenge, we wouldn't be having this conversation. 369 00:28:24,488 --> 00:28:27,274 I've come here to beg for your forgiveness. 370 00:28:27,319 --> 00:28:30,632 With a gun pointed at your head, you'll say anything, won't you? 371 00:28:30,717 --> 00:28:33,879 The things I did to you were beyond inexcusable. 372 00:28:34,851 --> 00:28:36,646 I don't blame you for wanting to ruin my life. 373 00:28:36,713 --> 00:28:39,215 I probably would have done the same thing... 374 00:28:39,644 --> 00:28:41,881 only not as elegantly. 375 00:28:42,042 --> 00:28:44,406 I always knew you were smart, Lana. 376 00:28:44,573 --> 00:28:47,051 I didn't know you were brilliant... 377 00:28:49,071 --> 00:28:51,301 using my own science against me. 378 00:28:51,369 --> 00:28:53,809 It wasn't science, Lex. 379 00:28:54,161 --> 00:28:56,634 It was your own psychosis. 380 00:28:59,861 --> 00:29:01,848 You cloned me. 381 00:29:05,190 --> 00:29:07,726 Not exactly. 382 00:29:07,861 --> 00:29:10,553 Model 503 was never alive. 383 00:29:18,747 --> 00:29:21,212 That's why you were able to wheel it out of my lab... 384 00:29:21,580 --> 00:29:24,021 and place it in your driver's seat. 385 00:29:29,176 --> 00:29:31,542 By the time the car exploded, 386 00:29:32,638 --> 00:29:37,798 you were safe and sound while model 503, with your DNA, was being blown to bits. 387 00:29:37,801 --> 00:29:39,698 It was perfect. 388 00:29:39,765 --> 00:29:41,964 As far as the world's concerned, 389 00:29:42,130 --> 00:29:44,395 Lana Luthor is dead and buried. 390 00:29:44,561 --> 00:29:47,443 And a dead woman can't be convicted of murder. 391 00:29:49,392 --> 00:29:52,193 You'll never hurt another person again, Lex. 392 00:29:57,552 --> 00:29:59,521 I don't want to. 393 00:29:59,683 --> 00:30:01,017 Don't come any closer. 394 00:30:01,084 --> 00:30:03,365 I want to give you a better target. 395 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:07,539 After all the pain I've put you through, I deserve to die. 396 00:30:07,574 --> 00:30:11,128 Please, Lana. Pull the trigger. 397 00:30:12,742 --> 00:30:17,555 I promise you the world will be a better place. Do it. 398 00:30:19,003 --> 00:30:21,046 Kill me. 399 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:54,801 If you want to come back to Smallville, you'll be safe. 400 00:30:55,313 --> 00:30:57,987 I'll take care of everything. 401 00:30:58,201 --> 00:31:01,414 You can live your life however you want. 402 00:31:01,522 --> 00:31:04,816 My father's gone, presumed dead. And as for me... 403 00:31:05,528 --> 00:31:08,073 I would never, ever hurt you again. 404 00:31:12,390 --> 00:31:14,489 I'm sorry, Lana. 405 00:31:51,558 --> 00:31:52,608 When you're scaling the wall of weird, 406 00:31:52,671 --> 00:31:55,267 There aren't any mattresses to break your fall. 407 00:31:55,332 --> 00:31:57,571 To think I could have landed a job at the Daily Planet. 408 00:31:57,637 --> 00:31:58,940 What a joke. 409 00:31:59,008 --> 00:32:01,414 I am no Chloe Sullivan and never will be. 410 00:32:02,177 --> 00:32:05,493 Lane, I just read your story. It's ridiculous. 411 00:32:05,556 --> 00:32:07,459 But it was just her first draft, Mr. Gabriel. 412 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:09,330 It's absurd how good it is. 413 00:32:09,498 --> 00:32:13,875 Your prose leaps off the page like a Bengal tiger. I was riveted. 414 00:32:14,341 --> 00:32:17,839 - So, you're actually gonna run it? - Absolutely not. It's utterly unprintable. 415 00:32:17,974 --> 00:32:21,157 I don't care if every word of it is true. I can't run a story... 416 00:32:21,192 --> 00:32:23,832 about a ship from outer space without a photo. 417 00:32:23,998 --> 00:32:26,736 You got to learn, Lane. Always carry a backup camera. 418 00:32:26,804 --> 00:32:29,659 She's just starting out. If you would just give her a second chance - 419 00:32:29,694 --> 00:32:31,534 You like water, Lane? 420 00:32:31,969 --> 00:32:35,418 - As much as the next girl. - Cause I'm giving you a waterfront view. 421 00:32:35,590 --> 00:32:38,229 This is your new desk right here, right across from cousin Chloe. 422 00:32:38,298 --> 00:32:39,501 Excuse me? 423 00:32:39,567 --> 00:32:42,507 If you're lucky, Sullivan, some of her passion will rub off on you, 424 00:32:42,574 --> 00:32:46,917 Maybe put a little fire on that torch you let burn out after high school. 425 00:32:47,883 --> 00:32:51,361 Am I hearing things, or did you just offer me a job? 426 00:32:51,428 --> 00:32:53,730 Welcome tothe Daily Planet, Lois Lane. 427 00:32:53,765 --> 00:32:56,740 You play your cards right, you'll be out of this basement quicker than your cousin. 428 00:32:57,407 --> 00:33:00,832 Nothing like a little family rivalry to keep the bullpen hopping. 429 00:33:18,723 --> 00:33:20,795 Kara? 430 00:33:21,262 --> 00:33:23,174 You okay? 431 00:33:28,846 --> 00:33:30,908 How did it happen? 432 00:33:35,094 --> 00:33:37,478 Krypton, I mean. 433 00:33:40,073 --> 00:33:41,764 I don't know. 434 00:33:44,717 --> 00:33:48,045 I'd always heard whispers of a doomsday scenario, but... 435 00:33:49,115 --> 00:33:51,821 I never thought anyone would actually do it. 436 00:33:54,804 --> 00:33:59,905 We were supposed to be the most advanced civilization in the galaxy. 437 00:34:01,438 --> 00:34:03,238 One thing I've learned... 438 00:34:03,373 --> 00:34:06,025 Is that evil exists in all cultures, 439 00:34:06,260 --> 00:34:08,329 no matter how advanced they are. 440 00:34:10,309 --> 00:34:13,933 Maybe if I had had my abilities on Krypton, I could have saved it. 441 00:34:14,651 --> 00:34:16,945 You saved a lot of people here today. 442 00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:19,451 You should feel good about that. 443 00:34:20,186 --> 00:34:22,788 It's different for you, Kal-El. 444 00:34:23,138 --> 00:34:25,895 You don't have any memory of Krypton. 445 00:34:26,946 --> 00:34:29,051 This has always been your home. 446 00:34:31,323 --> 00:34:33,451 Well, then, be my memory. 447 00:34:34,884 --> 00:34:37,001 Tell me about my family. 448 00:34:39,544 --> 00:34:43,383 It's hazy from all those years of sleep in the ship. 449 00:34:43,987 --> 00:34:46,004 I do remember some. 450 00:34:50,135 --> 00:34:54,591 I used to, uh, sneak away from Kandor and come and see Lora. 451 00:34:55,151 --> 00:34:57,013 She always made me smile. 452 00:34:58,955 --> 00:35:00,325 You knew my mom? 453 00:35:00,393 --> 00:35:02,919 The day she found out she was pregnant, 454 00:35:03,664 --> 00:35:06,017 I'd never seen her so happy. 455 00:35:07,065 --> 00:35:09,211 You were so cute. 456 00:35:10,139 --> 00:35:12,362 You were her miracle baby. 457 00:35:18,331 --> 00:35:20,482 And now she's gone. 458 00:35:20,517 --> 00:35:22,999 My parents are gone, 459 00:35:23,234 --> 00:35:25,743 The entire House of El. 460 00:35:27,989 --> 00:35:31,584 I'll never see any of my family ever again. 461 00:35:41,150 --> 00:35:43,206 You're with family now. 462 00:35:45,126 --> 00:35:48,988 Look, you can stay here with me on the farm as long as you want. 463 00:35:51,140 --> 00:35:53,813 You know, these humans are not as bad as you think. 464 00:35:57,553 --> 00:35:59,593 Thank you, Kal-El. 465 00:36:02,701 --> 00:36:05,945 I mean, Clark. 466 00:36:11,221 --> 00:36:13,595 I just wish I didn't feel like such a failure. 467 00:36:13,860 --> 00:36:16,964 I made my father a promise, and I couldn't keep it. 468 00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:19,041 Kara, that wasn't your fault. 469 00:36:19,307 --> 00:36:21,548 We can't always be everything our fathers expect us to be. 470 00:36:21,578 --> 00:36:22,903 I know that firsthand. 471 00:36:23,100 --> 00:36:25,789 The way he spoke of the crystal - 472 00:36:25,888 --> 00:36:29,206 He told me to guard it with my life, and now it's gone. 473 00:36:29,730 --> 00:36:32,188 Wait, there's a crystal in that ship? 474 00:36:33,403 --> 00:36:37,183 With all of my directives and the power to help me along the way. 475 00:36:37,942 --> 00:36:40,661 If that crystal fell into the wrong hands, 476 00:36:41,031 --> 00:36:43,072 It could be disastrous. 477 00:36:43,526 --> 00:36:46,634 Luckily, we don't have to worry about that since it was destroyed with the ship. 478 00:36:46,710 --> 00:36:51,486 No. That explosion wouldn't scratch the crystal. 479 00:36:51,647 --> 00:36:54,476 Only a kryptonian can destroy it. 480 00:36:55,054 --> 00:36:57,450 I've searched everywhere. 481 00:36:58,864 --> 00:37:01,188 That crystal is gone. 482 00:37:23,017 --> 00:37:25,356 The spacecraft was eviscerated, 483 00:37:25,823 --> 00:37:27,962 but all is not lost. 484 00:37:53,821 --> 00:37:55,926 Kal-El, my son, 485 00:37:56,006 --> 00:37:59,353 you have finally chosen to start your training. 486 00:37:59,767 --> 00:38:03,184 A kryptonian girl showed up at my doorstep. 487 00:38:03,687 --> 00:38:06,059 Her name is Kara. 488 00:38:06,884 --> 00:38:09,715 Last time that happened, you were behind it. 489 00:38:09,950 --> 00:38:12,675 I know nothing of her arrival. 490 00:38:13,666 --> 00:38:17,017 She says she was sent here by her father, Zor-El. 491 00:38:17,776 --> 00:38:20,503 You might remember him, since he's your brother. 492 00:38:21,617 --> 00:38:24,451 Care to tell me why you ignored that branch of the family tree? 493 00:38:24,559 --> 00:38:26,684 Whatever Zor-El wanted with you, 494 00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:29,999 It was not for the greater good of Krypton. 495 00:38:30,504 --> 00:38:34,671 He could not be trusted, and neither can his daughter. 496 00:38:34,782 --> 00:38:37,223 You can't blame kara for the actions of her father. 497 00:38:37,291 --> 00:38:39,270 She's not here to cause any harm. 498 00:38:39,357 --> 00:38:42,742 That is an emotional, human reaction. 499 00:38:42,901 --> 00:38:45,418 Be careful of your feelings, Kal-El. 500 00:38:45,573 --> 00:38:47,016 They can betray you. 501 00:38:47,075 --> 00:38:50,203 My feelings are part of who I am, whether you like it or not. 502 00:38:52,858 --> 00:38:54,603 Now, what about my training? 503 00:38:54,663 --> 00:38:58,159 Your training starts with Kara. 504 00:38:58,918 --> 00:39:01,373 Watch over her, Kal-El. 505 00:39:01,477 --> 00:39:05,240 She poses a greater threat than you believe. 506 00:39:14,038 --> 00:39:15,768 Mr. Luthor. 507 00:39:15,944 --> 00:39:18,337 I take it you found who you were looking for. 508 00:39:20,019 --> 00:39:22,825 There's someone else I need you to locate. 509 00:39:28,773 --> 00:39:31,764 This drawing isn't much to go on, sir. 510 00:39:32,447 --> 00:39:34,248 It's all I have. 511 00:39:35,755 --> 00:39:38,226 That woman saved my life. 512 00:39:39,131 --> 00:39:42,442 Use whatever resources are necessary to find her. 513 00:39:43,591 --> 00:39:45,366 Is that clear? 514 00:39:45,603 --> 00:39:47,524 Yes, sir.