notes: To pop everything into place... use Courier 10 (or a 10-characters-per-inch, nonproportional font) set top margin at 0.5", bottom margin at 0.5" or less left margin at 1", right margin at .5 (I had to tell WordPerfect 5.1 that my primitive printer was printing on legal paper) NO LOGO is present on either Cover or Title page Cover page: All in an Arial-type font, except "Casting, (15 copies), 140-139" which is in Courier 10. LOIS & CLARK is very large, maybe 24 points, and bold. The New Adventures of Superman is smaller (18 points?) and italic bold. HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS maybe 16 points The remainder perhaps 13 points Title page: All in a serif font (maybe Times New Roman), except Prod. #455311 [and] Production Draft, Oct. 29, 1993, which is in Courier 10 LOIS & CLARK is very large, maybe 24 points, and bold. The New Adventures of Superman is smaller (18 points?) and italic bold. The rest of this page is maybe 16 points Typos noted in original: Page 19: near top, Jimmy says: "Apocalyse moved in a couple months" should be "Apocalypse" Page 22, Scene 36, first line, "remants of their room" should be "remnants" Page 29: Clark's first line. Two "." after problem; should be one (or three) Page 37, last paragraph, "Lois takes the proferred" should be "proffered" Page 45, first Luthor speaking, near before 2nd "(beat") "cable chanel. Instead, I decided" should be "channel" Page 47, Scene 48, "Lois is still stuggling" should be "struggling" CASTING (15 copies) 140-139 LOIS & CLARK The New Adventures of Superman HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS Episode #11 Prod. #455311 Written by DAN LEVINE WARNER BROS. TELEVISION _PRODUCTION DRAFT_ October 29, 1993 _LOIS & CLARK_ The New Adventures of Superman "Honeymoon in Metropolis" EPISODE ELEVEN Prod. 1455311 Written by: DAN LEVINE Directed by: JAMES CONTNER WARNER BROS. TELEVISION _Production Draft_ Oct. 29, 1993 _LOIS & CLARK_ "_Honeymoon in Metropolis_" _CAST_ CLARK KENT/SUPERMAN LOIS LANE PERRY WHITE JIMMY OLSEN CAT GRANT LEX LUTHOR MARTHA KENT JONATHAN KENT _________________________________________________________________ CONGRESSMAN IAN HARRINGTON PETER ROARKE SORE THROAT PHIL THE BELLBOY INGEBORG THE MAID _LOIS & CLARK_ "_Honeymoon in Metropolis_" _LOCATIONS_ _INTERIORS_: _EXTERIORS_: Daily Planet Lexor Hotel The Pit Conference Room Office Building Lexor Honeymoon Suite Metropolis Harbor Living Room Pier 31 Bedroom Out to Sea Bathroom Corridor Apocalypse Offices Luthor's Limo Underground Parking Lot Warehouse Clark's Apartment Kent's Living Room _LOIS & CLARK_ "_Honeymoon in Metropolis_" _CHRONOLOGY_ SC. 1 DAY 1 SC. 2 - 12 NIGHT 1 SC. 13 - 18 DAY 2 SC. 19 - 30 NIGHT 2 SC. 31 - 37 DAY 3 SC. 38 - 62 NIGHT 3 SC. 63 - 74 DAY 4 SC. 75 - 94 NIGHT 4 SC. 95 DAY 5 SC. 96 - 103 NIGHT 5 _LOIS & CLARK_ The New Adventures of Superman "_Honeymoon in Metropolis_" TEASER FADE IN: 1 INT. DAILY PLANET PIT (DAY #1) 1 CLARK, JIMMY and PERRY are clustered at Clark's desk. LOIS is at her own desk shutting off her computer, cleaning her desk, donning her coat, grabbing her briefcase, getting up to leave. From under her desk she pulls a suitcase. CAT pauses in passing. CLARK (surprised) Lois, are you going somewhere? LOIS Yes, I am. CLARK Where? LOIS Clark, I don't want to seem rude but... it's none of your business. CLARK You've got a scoop. JIMMY It's the revolution in South America, isn't it? CAT Nuh-uh. The riots in Miami. JIMMY Five bucks? CAT You're on. PERRY Hold on now, Lois. I'll have to get this cleared with the budget office. LOIS (exasperated) I am _not_ going on a story. I _do_ have a personal life. (CONTINUED) HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 2. 1 CONTINUED: 1 Everyone stares at her, not buying it. LOIS (a sigh) Okay, if you must know, I am on my way to check into the Lexor Hotel for a weekend of pure relaxation... period. No pressure, no deadlines, no riots. PERRY (after a beat) Is it the prison break upstate? LOIS You want to see my reservations? She offers a slip of paper. CLARK (reading) 'Honeymoon Suite.' Lois grabs the paper back. LOIS It was the only thing available. CAT Lois Lane in the Honeymoon Suite? JIMMY Stranger things have happened. CAT Name one. LOIS Thank you all very much. I'm leaving now. PERRY Lois, you have to admit: the idea of you spending an entire weekend _relaxing_ is a little, well, far-fetched. The others are nodding in agreement. LOIS Oh ye of little faith. Lois turns on her heel and starts to exit as we... CUT TO: HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 3. 2 EXT. LEXOR HOTEL - TOP FLOOR - (NIGHT #1) - ESTABLISHING 2 A smoked-glass facade: you can't see in. 3 INT. HONEYMOON SUITE - BEDROOM - NIGHT 3 A panoramic view of the city, an enormous, quilted and canopied heart-shaped bed with a teddy bear on the pillow, matching chaise lounge, a large, bubbling spa, steam rising off the water in the darkened room. Lois, wearing a terry cloth robe, wanders around the room a bit aimlessly. She flops on the bed: way too big. She turns on the TV with the remote: "An Affair to Remember" comes on. She turns it off. Finally, she slips off the robe, lets it drop to the floor. We are on her legs as she climbs in the spa, closes her eyes. The cordless phone RINGS. She answers. LOIS Yes? 4 INT. DAILY PLANET PIT - NIGHT 4 Clark at his desk. CLARK Working hard? 5 INTERCUT 5 LOIS No, Clark, I'm relaxing. CLARK Yeah, right. How's the view? Lois glances out the window. LOIS Wonderful. It's... 6 LOIS' POV 6 The lights in the top floor offices in the building directly across the way come on. Three men enter the reception area, move through to the inner office. One (CONGRESSMAN IAN HARRINGTON) is tall and slim, wears a business suit. Another (PETER ROARKE) is short and stocky, wears black slacks and a black turtleneck. The third (BART) is huge, wears muscle pants, a t-shirt, a stiletto in a shoulder holster. HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 4. 7 LOIS 7 leans over to the floor where her briefcase lies. She snaps it open, gropes for a small pair of binoculars. LOIS ... wonderful. 8 LOIS' POV (THROUGH BINOCULARS) 8 Congressman Harrington opens his briefcase and hands Roarke a sealed envelope. In turn, Roarke hands Harrington a smaller, thicker envelope. Both briefly examine contents. 9 DAILY PLANET/LOIS 9 CLARK Lois? You okay? LOIS Fine. She puts down the binoculars, gropes in her briefcase for something else. The binoculars drop into the foaming water. Lois makes a stab for them, misses with a SPLASH. She finds what she's looking for in the briefcase: her pocket camera. CLARK How's the bed? Lois struggles to hold the now-slippery phone and aim the camera at the same time. LOIS Bed? Uh, the bed's great. Clark, hold on a sec, I'm in the jacuzzi and... Lois puts down the phone, gets on her knees, back to camera, to snap off a series of shots. Clark reacts to the NOISE. We can hear him on the phone. CLARK Lois, is the TV on? Lois fires off another series of shots, then sits, picks up the phone. LOIS Huh? Oh, no. I mean... _yes_, the TV. It's on. Old movie. Great old movie. War movie. John Wayne. HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 5. 10 ACROSS THE WAY 10 Roarke points to a date on a wall calendar. Harrington appears to protest. Roarke gets in Harrington's face, taps the date again. Harrington appears to acquiesce. 11 DAILY PLANET/LOIS 11 Clark is a bit perplexed, but decides to give Lois the benefit of the doubt. CLARK You get a good night's sleep. Lois sets the camera down, begins to fish for the binoculars. LOIS I will. Before she can hang up... CLARK Lois, I didn't think you had it in you. LOIS I didn't? What? CLARK The ability to take an entire weekend off. Congratulations. Lois finds the binoculars as the men exit the inner office and the lights go out. LOIS I'm hanging up now, Clark. I'm going back to relaxing. Lois puts the phone down on the edge of the spa. She leans forward, training the binoculars on the darkened room. She slips. The phone is knocked into the water. 12 INT. DAILY PLANET - NIGHT 12 Clark hears Lois' YELL, then, as the phone sinks, STATIC. on his expression we... FADE OUT. _END OF TEASER_ HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 6. _ACT ONE_ FADE IN: 13 INT. DAILY PLANET PIT - (DAY #2) 13 Jimmy is hanging blow-ups of Lois' snaps on a line for Lois, Clark, Perry, and Cat to observe. 14 CLOSE ON ONE PHOTO 14 The envelope handed by Harrington to Roarke has a red "Top Secret" prominent on the cover. The envelope handed by Roarke to Harrington bulges with cash. 15 BACK TO SCENE 15 Cat, surprised, points to Harrington. CAT Isn't that...? LOIS Congressman Ian Harrington. CLARK Chairman of the House Defense Committee. CAT _And_ the most notoriously sexy man in Washington. LOIS Unsubstantiated rumors. CAT The best kind. PERRY (pointing to Roarke and Bart) What about these jokers? JIMMY We don't know. I'm running our Identafile program looking for a match. LOIS We _do_ know those offices are leased to a company called 'Apocalypse Consulting.' (beat) Chief, I was just thinking... (CONTINUED) HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 7. 15 CONTINUED: 15 PERRY Let me take a wild guess: you want the Daily Planet to put you up in the Honeymoon Suite until we figure out exactly what's going on in Apocalypse Consulting. LOIS Thanks, Chief. PERRY Now, hold on a minute. We're talking a major surveillance operation here. LOIS Perry, this _is_ major. A Washington VIP selling highly classified information. PERRY (thinking seriously) Maybe I should contact my source, _the_ source, just to see if there's anything to this, before we get in too deep. JIMMY (awed) You don't mean...? Perry cuts him off with a finger to his lips. PERRY Don't even say that name out loud. CLARK Who...? PERRY Ssssh... (beat) Okay, you guys have got three nights. LOIS Guys? PERRY You and Clark. LOIS Did you say 'Clark?' CLARK _I_ heard him say 'Clark.' (CONTINUED) HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 8. 15 CONTINUED: 2 15 JIMMY He definitely said 'Clark.' CAT Definitely. LOIS Chief, I am not sharing that Suite with Clark. How would it look? PERRY The Honeymoon Suite? Natural. LOIS But... PERRY Lois, think it through. No hotel's going to sit still for us using it as a base for spy operations. You need a cover. What better cover than honeymooners in the Honeymoon Suite? It's called: keeping a low profile. LOIS But... PERRY Besides, how are you going to manage 'round the clock surveillance all by yourself? Lois doesn't have an answer for this. CLARK It would be business, Lois. Strictly business. PERRY That's the deal. Take it or leave it.. Lois shoulders sag. She has no choice. CLARK (smiling to Lois) Just don't try anything funny. On her expression we... CUT TO: HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 9. 16 INT. HONEYMOON SUITE - LIVING ROOM - DAY 16 We HEAR the key turn in the lock, and the door opens to admit the bellboy, PHIL -- 25, slight of build, a perpetual leer stamped on his thin-mustached lips -- pushing a luggage cart. He leaves the cart in the center, of the room, quickly grabs a video camera off the cart, turns toward the door. PHIL Action! Clark enters carrying a furiously-blushing Lois. Phil rolls the tape. Clark, pretending to struggle under his bride's weight, balances Lois on his knee and boosts her up again. PHIL (Cont'd) That's it. Hoist 'er up, big fella. Smile. Great. Hold on. She can't be _that_ heavy. Lois struggles free, advances on Phil, who shuts off the camera. LOIS Listen here, you... Clark catches up to her, puts a restraining arm around her waist. CLARK She's a little shy. PHIL (knowingly, man to man) She'll get over it. Phil winks at Clark, rolls the cart into the bedroom. Lois pulls Clark's arm away. LOIS That man gets no tip. There's a KNOCK on the open door and Jimmy enters carrying a large canvas tote bag. He looks around at the suite's pastel-tinted opulence and WHISTLES before turning back to Lois and Clark. JIMMY Can I kiss the bride? No tongue. Scout's honor. Lois nails him with a well-thrown sofa pillow. (CONTINUED) HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 10. 16 CONTINUED: 16 LOIS The next person who cracks a newlywed joke gets fitted for a body cast. CAT (O.S.) Oooh, count me in. Cat enters through the still open door, shuts it behind her. LOIS What _are_ you doing here? We're _supposed_ to be undercover. CAT I was at a reception downstairs. Thought I'd pop up and say hello. LOIS (to Jimmy) What about you? Jimmy points to his tote bag. JIMMY Surveillance equipment. Cat, meanwhile, has moved to a panel of wall switches. Without looking she presses one and a hidden wet bar rotates into view. HUMMING absently to herself, she extracts a bottle of sparkling water from the fridge and adds ice by rubbing a Cupid statue's belly (ice cascades from his mouth.) She plops in a chair, presses a hidden toggle, and the chair begins to vibrate. She then CLAPS her hands twice: MUSIC fills the room. The others stare in amazement. LOIS Why do I get the feeling you've been here before. CAT This old place? Cat raises the cloth cover off the wooden end table by her chair. 17 CLOSE ON TABLE TOP 17 Etched in the wood is "Cat." HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 11. 18 BACK TO SCENE 18 Cat replaces the cover. CAT It's kind of a home away from home. Phil re-enters from the bedroom. PHIL Hanging garments in the closet. Toiletries in the bathroom. (to Lois) You're in the drawers on the left. LOIS (horrified) You unpacked my stuff?! PHIL (insulted) This _is_ a full service hotel. Phil moves toward the door, pauses by Lois, waiting for the obvious. Lois looks at Clark. He urges her on. Annoyed, she reaches in her purse and hands Phil a bill. He doesn't budge. Another bill: still no progress. A third bill: Phil smirks and heads for the door. As he opens it, a maid, INGEBORG, sticks her head in, looks disapprovingly at the unexpected crowd. INGEBORG (thick Swedish accent) Extra towels, yah? CUT TO: 19 INT. HONEYMOON SUITE - (NIGHT #2) 19 A video camera with a large telephoto lens and a directional microphone hooked to a tape recorder are trained on the lighted but empty offices of Apocalypse Consulting across the way. A computer/printer set-up is positioned nearby. Lois and Clark sit on the sofa. Lois wears baggy shorts and a tee, Clark sweat pants. Nearby, the remains of a room service dinner. Bored, Lois fiddles with the directional controls of the mic, tuning in bytes of NOISE and conversation from unseen sources. CLARK What if no one shows? LOIS Then the honeymoon's over. (beat) Don't worry, they will. They made it real clear on the calendar. (CONTINUED) HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 12. 19 CONTINUED: 19 Clark riffles a deck of cards. CLARK Old maid? LOIS We're here to work, not play games. Lois pauses as she tunes in... MAN #1 (V.O.) ... so I told her to stop calling me. I mean, when a things' over it's over. Right? MAN #2 (V.O.) Exactly right. Next time, don't even pick up the phone. Remember when I dumped Tawny? Women hang on like there's no tomorrow. LOIS Men are pigs. Clark reaches over and shuts off the mic. CLARK People are entitled to private lives and thoughts, Lois. Who are we to judge? LOIS Are you sure you're in the right business, Clark? Our _job_ is to rip away the veil of secrecy and expose the naked truth. CLARK (archly) Well, when you put it like that... LOIS O... kay. I'm going to bed. You've got first shift. Wake me when our friends across the way show up. CLARK Wait a minute. Aren't you forgetting something? LOIS What? (CONTINUED) HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 13. 19 CONTINUED: 2 19 CLARK This _is_ our first night alone together. LOIS (warily) So? Clark pulls out a coin. CLARK So, we flip for the bed. LOIS How about: I get the bed, I lend you a pillow. CLARK How about we alternate nights? LOIS How about we don't? CLARK It's a really _big_ bed. We could share. LOIS How about we alternate nights? CLARK Deal. 20 INT. SUITE - LIVING ROOM - LATER 20 The lights are off. Clark shifts uncomfortably on the too small couch, tries to get the pillow right, falls, rolls off the couch and hits the floor with a THUD. Chagrined, he floats up and back onto the sofa. 21 INT. SUITE - BEDROOM - SAME TIME 21 Lois sits at the dressing table brushing her hair. She turns at the THUD, gets up, moves to the door, listens, shrugs, moves toward the bed. 22 INT. SUITE - LIVING ROOM 22 Clark stands by the bedroom door, listening. From beneath the door, a bar of light. We HEAR what he hears with _SUPER HEARING_: the whisper of silken sheets being pulled back. Then... something else. HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 14. 23 BEDROOM - CLOSE ON LOIS' THROWN SHORTS 23 As they settle, in SLOW MOTION, to the carpet at the foot of the bed. 24 LIVING ROOM 24 Clark is even closer to the door. What was that sound? He lowers his glasses, starts to peek with _X-RAY VISION_, then restrains himself. He moves back to the couch, settles down. From the bedroom he _HEARS_ a contented SIGH. CLARK (calling out) Good night, Lois. 25 BEDROOM 25 Lois lies in bed, wide awake. CLARK (V.O.) Lois? Good night. Lois is determined not to answer. She sits up in bed. CLARK (V.O.) (continuing) Good niiight, Lois. LOIS (snapping) Oh, good night, Clark. She reaches to shut off the light. 26 LIVING ROOM 26 Clark, from the couch, sees the light wink out. Again he tries to get comfortable. He pounds his pillow... too hard. Feathers explode from the pillow to drift on the air currents. 27 BEDROOM - LATER 27 Lois is sleeping soundly, curled in one corner of the oversize bed. Clark leans over her, shakes her awake with a start. CLARK. They're back. HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 15. 28 LIVING ROOM - LATER 28 The video camera and mic are recording and Lois has her binoculars trained on the suite across the way. She lowers them, offers them to Clark, but he declines with a shake of his head. He doesn't need them. LOIS (pointing to the audio dial) Turn that up. Clark complies. Immediately the voices of Roarke and Harrington fill the room. 29 INT. APOCALYPSE OFFICES - NIGHT 29 Bart stands silently by as Harrington again hands Roarke an envelope. HARRINGTON That's the last of the system specs. I'll have the information on the testing for you tomorrow. Dates, procedures, the whole thing. ROARKE Good. What about a new vote? HARRINGTON (exasperated) I can't initiate a re-vote until after the test results are analyzed and the plan rejected. Hopefully... ROARKE 'Hopefully' isn't good enough. That's why I bought insurance: _you_. HARRINGTON (flaring) You don't own me, Roarke. Roarke gets in Harrington's face, pushes him hard against the wall, grabs him by the collar. ROARKE (deadly) I own you lock, stock, and re-election fund, Mr. Chairman. Never forget that. Impassively, Bart drags Roarke back. Harrington straightens up, draws himself together. (CONTINUED) HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 16. 29 CONTINUED: 29 HARRINGTON (shakily) I only meant... are you sure you can pull this off? ROARKE I guarantee it. HARRINGTON (nervously) Because if you don't, what... happens to me? ROARKE Pray you never find out. Harrington hurriedly leaves. When he's gone, Roarke and Bart burst into LAUGHTER. 30 INT. HONEYMOON SUITE - NIGHT 30 Lois and Clark continue to spy, fascinated but mystified. LOIS Clark, what would you say if I said that I don't have a clue what they're talking about, but that, whatever it is, it's even bigger than I originally thought. CLARK I'd say... you're absolutely right. FADE OUT. _END OF ACT ONE_ HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 17. _ACT TWO_ FADE IN: 31 INT. SUITE - LIVING ROOM - (DAY #3) 31 Clark stretches, then drops to his hands and feet and does _PUSH-UPS AT SUPER SPEED_. At the CLICK of the bedroom door opening, Clark continues at normal speed. Lois yawns, stares at him a moment, then shuffles to the table. Clark stares at her. LOIS What? CLARK Nothing. LOIS What? CLARK _Nothing_. It's just that, well, you look pretty... decent, for first thing in the morning. LOIS Oh. You look decent, too. An awkward moment as they lock eyes. Then, just as quickly, they look away. CLARK I ordered coffee. LOIS Great. A KNOCK, Clark answers the door. It's Phil, wheeling a cart. PHIL (suggestively) 'Early to bed, early to rise.' Phil notices the bedding strewn around the couch _and_ the remnants of the exploded pillow. He doesn't know exactly what it all means, but he's impressed. PHIL (Cont'd) Whoa! Tough night? Clark hurriedly hands Phil a bill, ushers him to the door, and out. Lois looks at the pillow, then at Clark. CLARK I'm... a heavy sleeper. CUT TO: HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 18. 32 INT. LEX LUTHOR'S LIMO 32 LUTHOR is on the phone. The panel between himself and the driver is closed, assuring complete privacy. LUTHOR Yes, Admiral, my staff at Luthor Technologies will be available to you both during and after the test. Um hmm. As agreed, we'll delay our combined statement to the media concerning Shock Wave until _after_ the results are in. Naturally I expect nothing less than total success. (beat) I look forward to that, Admiral. Lex hangs up, pours himself a glass of mineral water, stares at the glass before drinking. CUT TO: 33 INT. DAILY PLANET CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY 33 Lois, Clark, Jimmy and Cat. LOIS (ticking off on her fingers) Who's Roarke? What 'system' are they talking about? And what 'test?' CLARK Don't forget the 'vote.' We should get our hands on every available record of every vote taken by Harrington's committee for the past... JIMMY Six months? (smiling) Already on it. CAT Gotta be something big. Congressmen don't sell out for less than 'big.' JIMMY I ran Roarke, name _and_ picture through every program the Daily Planet has access to... the man's a ghost. (CONTINUED) HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 19. 33 CONTINUED: 33 CLARK And 'Apocalypse Consulting?' JIMMY No bank accounts or transactions that I can trace. (beat) Apocalyse moved in a couple months ago. Paid off a five year lease on the offices _in advance_. CAT Business must be good. LOIS _What_ business? Perry enters, very pleased with himself, removes a photo of Roarke in a dinner jacket from a file folder and drops it on the table. PERRY Thaddeus Roarke. International arms dealer, electronic weapons system analyst, entrepreneur, and general bad boy. Last known base of operations: Beirut. LOIS JIMMY How'd you... Where'd you... PERRY (mysteriously) Sources, boys and girls, sources. The life blood of journalism. Cat turns the photo over. CAT (reading) 'People Magazine.' Perry grabs the photo away. CLARK (grimly) Arms dealer, House Defense Committee. Makes sense. PERRY Now team, we should talk about this. A scoop's a scoop, but if we're into something that impacts on national security, we have to bring in the Federales. (CONTINUED) HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 20. 33 CONTINUED: 2 33 LOIS (dismayed) Now? PERRY No. When the time's right. So far we have more questions than answers. (beat) Let's hear some theories. JIMMY Okay. The Defense Department is about to test some new weapons system and Roarke wants to know about it. CLARK So he bribes Harrington to slip him the info. LOIS But, Harrington is also afraid of Roarke. CLARK Or _maybe_ afraid of what Roarke will do once he has the information. All pause: it's a short list, but the theories end there. PERRY Seems to me we should be doing some legwork to back up our surveillance. Cat, do you think you can find Congressman Harrington and stick with him? CAT (offended) Please. PERRY Jimmy, next time Roarke shows... JIMMY Got him. PERRY (to Lois and Clark) You two need any help? LOIS I'm coping. (CONTINUED) HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 21. 33 CONTINUED: 3 33 CLARK _We're_ coping. LOIS Whatever. PERRY Fine, you've got two more days. Make the most of them. CUT TO: 34 INT. SUITE BEDROOM - DAY 34 Lois and Clark sit in the hot tub, in their bathing suits, playing cards. LOIS Gin! CLARK No way. LOIS Read 'em and weep. Lois shows Clark her hand. He shakes his head. She laughs. DISSOLVE TO: 35 INT. SUITE - ONE HOUR LATER 35 Lois and Clark sit on the floor, a board game, Metropoly, spread out in front of them. Lois takes a bite of an apple, rolls the dice, moves her little "shoe" and lands on Main Ave. LOIS Yes! CLARK Unbelievable. LOIS Okay, I'll take the merchandise mart. Lois hands Clark a hundred thousand dollars in play money, puts the "mart" on her spot. Clark looks disgusted. He picks up the dice, rolls, lands on Main Ave., counts his meager bankroll. (CONTINUED) HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 22. 35 CONTINUED: 35 CLARK I can't make the rent. LOIS Give me whatever you have. Then... go directly to the poor house. DISSOLVE TO: 36 INT. SUITE - ONE HOUR LATER 36 Lois and Clark are on the sofa, the remants of their room service lunch on a tray beside them. Lois SLURPS the last of her milkshake. They are now playing the Metropolis version of Scrabble -- "Scramble." Lois puts her letter tiles on the board. CLARK What is that? LOIS It's my word. Clark stands, walks over to the window, glances out. Still nothing. CLARK There is no such word as 'chumpy.' LOIS Of course there is. Somebody's a chump. Therefore, he's chumpy. CLARK Try again. LOIS Are you challenging me? CLARK You bet your sweet chumpy I am. Clark leans over, grabs a dictionary, looks up the word, turns back to Lois, smiling. CLARK Told ya. Lois grabs the dictionary from him. LOIS You call this a dictionary? (CONTINUED) HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 23. 36 CONTINUED: 36 CLARK Lois, you are the most competitive person I've ever met. What is it about you that makes you need to win all the time? LOIS I don't need to win all the time. DISSOLVE TO: 37 INT. SUITE - LATER 37 Clark still sits on the sofa, while Lois paces in front of it, eating a bag of chips. Clark holds a Metropolis version of a Trivial Pursuit card in his hand. CLARK Time's up. LOIS No it's not. I know the answer to this question. Give it to me again. CLARK 'What was the name of Jerry Lewis' suave alter ego in the Nutty Professor?' Lois can't think of it. Clark's voice drips with satisfaction. CLARK Buddy Love. LOIS I _knew_ that. CLARK You're right, Lois. You don't need to win all the time. Lois gives him a sneer as we... DISSOLVE TO: 38 INT. SUITE - BEDROOM - (NIGHT #3) 38 Lois and Clark are setting up a spotting scope on a tripod. Suddenly, Clark _HEARS_ the CLICK of the door opening in the living room, _X-RAYS_ through to see... HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 24. 39 LIVING ROOM 39 Ingeborg has entered bringing fresh towels. She's headed for the bedroom. 40 BEDROOM 40 Clark quickly grabs the scope and tripod, throws it on the bed, throws a blanket over it and... LOIS Are you insane? The door begins to open. The tripod and scope are still visible. Clark grabs Lois, flings _her_ on the bed. LOIS (Cont'd) Clark, this is not funny! Clark leans over her, gently pins her arms, kisses her as Ingeborg pokes her head in. INGEBORG Towels? Yah? Oops. Sor... ry. She ducks out. Clark ends the kiss. They hear the front door OPEN and CLOSE. Clark stands. Lois is still breathless with surprise and flushed with... something else? LOIS (protesting to cover) Doesn't anybody knock around here?! CUT TO: 41 LIVING ROOM - LATER 41 Bart is filing papers in a cabinet across the way. Roarke and Harrington are nowhere in evidence. Lois wanders around the room, finally settles next to Clark on the couch. LOIS Have you ever lived with anyone? I mean, full time. A relationship. With a member of the opposite sex. CLARK No. Not full time. LOIS Me neither. Full time. (beat) What do you think it's like? (CONTINUED) HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 25. 41 CONTINUED: 41 CLARK I guess, scary at first. LOIS Compromises. CLARK Forced intimacy. LOIS Sharing responsibilities. CLARK Never alone. LOIS Never alone. Suddenly there's an inexplicable tension in the room. CLARK Nothing like what we're doing now. LOIS Of course not. This is artificial. CLARK And temporary. LOIS A charade. CLARK An act. LOIS Pure make-believe. Just then Clark reacts as, with _SUPER HEARING_, he picks up the elevator's DING across the way. LOIS (Cont'd) What is it? CLARK I heard something. Lois looks... 42 ACROSS THE WAY 42 Bart also reacts, closes the file drawer he's in, locks it, puts the key in the pocket of his jacket hanging on a coat tree. Roarke and Harrington enter, move through the offices to join Bart. HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 26. 43 LOIS AND CLARK 43 Lois grabs the binoculars, turns up the sound. 44 INT. APOCALYPSE OFFICES - NIGHT 44 ROARKE ... no possible way the test will be postponed? HARRINGTON (shaking his head) Weather's clear. Naval monitoring ships are en route. Dawn, day after tomorrow. It's set. ROARKE Good. And after the test fails, we'll get _my_ system approved and installed. How soon before you can vote again? HARRINGTON There'll be delays, of course. Analysis of test results, modification proposals... ROARKE (flatly) No. HARRINGTON (trying to placate) We have to go through the process, Thaddeus. ROARKE After what happens at that test, no one will be interested in 'modification proposals.' HARRINGTON (apprehensive) What exactly _will_ happen? ROARKE Why don't I show you? We had a video made from our computer model. Bart, get the lights and the shutters. Bart shuts off the lights, then moves to close the heavy shutters. HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 27. 45 INT. HONEYMOON SUITE 45 As their view is blocked out... LOIS Rats! Clark lowers his glasses, tries to X-RAY through, fails, mistakenly says aloud... CLARK Lead lined. Lois thinks it's the mic talking. LOIS What did they say? 'Lead-lined?' What does that mean? CLARK (struggling to cover) Beats me. STATIC from the mic speaker. CUT TO: 46 SUITE - LATER 46 Lois and Clark stare glumly at the shuttered office window across the way. The STATIC has been turned down, but is still present. LOIS This is torture. Then, the STATIC ends. 47 ACROSS THE WAY 47 Bart is opening the shutters. Roarke and Harrington are gone. Bart leaves. His jacket still hangs on the coat tree. 48 LOIS AND CLARK 48 With _SUPER HEARING_ Clark hears the elevator arrive across the way-and the sound of HYDRAULICS as it descends. The PRINTER comes on. Clark moves to look at the cover sheet. CLARK From Jimmy. Voting records of the House Defense Committee. (CONTINUED) HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 28. 48 CONTINUED: 48 Lois is staring across the way. She looks at Clark, comes to a decision. LOIS (Cont'd) (innocently) Clark, I'm going down to the lobby for a few minutes. I... need something from the drug store. CLARK Okay. Lois surreptitiously removes a credit card and a pocket copier from her briefcase, heads for the door. LOIS Back in a few. Clark waves without looking up. Lois exits. 49 SUITE - LATER 49 Clark is still studying the print-outs when the PHONE RINGS. CLARK Hello? 50 INT. KENT BEDROOM - SAME TIME 50 Jonathan and Martha sit in bed, pillows propped behind them. Naturally, they speak into separate phones. MARTHA Clark Kent, what are you doing in the honeymoon suite of the Lexor Hotel? 51 INTERCUT 51 CLARK I'm undercover with Lois, Mom. How'd you find us? JONATHAN Perry White gave us the number. MARTHA (tentatively) Lois and you? Is that... does everyone know? (CONTINUED) HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 29. 51 CONTINUED: 51 CLARK Oh sure, Mom. No problem.. We're registered as husband and wife. JONATHAN (stunned) Clark, is there anything... you'd like to tell us? CLARK Not really. Things are going pretty smoothly, assuming Lois keeps her end of the bargain and lets me have my turn in the bedroom tonight. Jonathan and Martha nearly drop their phones. JONATHAN I... that would be... I'm sure she will, Clark. MARTHA Honey? Just then Clark _HEARS_ something across the way. He looks over to see... 52 INT. APOCALYPSE OFFICES 52 Lois enters the outer office, having breached the lock with her credit card. 53 INT. HONEYMOON SUITE 53 CLARK Mom, Lois is in trouble. Call you tomorrow. He hangs up. 54 INT. KENT BEDROOM 54 JONATHAN (stunned) Why didn't they invite us to the ceremony? 55 INT. HONEYMOON SUITE 55 Clark rushes to the window and looks across. HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 30. 56 INT. APOCALYPSE OFFICES 56 Lois moves carefully into the inner office and turns on a desk lamp. She shuffles through papers on the desk, opens and closes several drawers, looks unsuccessfully for the videotape, finally retrieves the key from Bart's jacket and unlocks the cabinet. She pulls out a handful of file folders, carries them to the desk, and begins to scan them with her pocket copier. Just then she hears something, snaps the desk light off. 57 INT. HONEYMOON SUITE 57 Clark _HEARS_ the same something: the elevator. CLARK Lois... 58 INT. APOCALYPSE OFFICES - FROM ACROSS THE WAY 58 Roarke and Bart enter the outer office, switch on the light. 59 INT. HONEYMOON SUITE 59 The door slams behind Clark/Superman on his way out. 60 INT. APOCALYPSE OFFICES - FROM ACROSS THE WAY 60 Lois is stuffing the files back in the cabinet. She moves to the door and locks it, then locks the cabinet and puts the key back. Meanwhile, Roarke tries the door, finds it's locked. He glances at Bart, who shrugs, then pulls out a large keychain and begins to hunt for the right key. Lois tries hiding under the desk, no good. She opens a small closet and wedges herself in. Roarke has found the key, is about to fit it in the lock when we see Superman open and close the outer door and switch the lights off. Bart gropes back toward the switch. Then, Superman looks up at the ceiling and with _HEAT VISION_ sets off the alarm and sprinkler system. Water rains into the offices. Roarke and Bart run for the exit. After they've SLAMMED the door behind them, Lois emerges from the closet, runs, hands over her head, through the inner and then outer doors. Lastly, Superman exits. From the street below, the sound of SIRENS. 61 INT. SUITE - LATER 61 Lois enters, drenched, to find Clark still studying his print-outs. (CONTINUED) HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 31. 61 CONTINUED: 61 CLARK Lois! What happened? LOIS (excited) I don't know! Did you see it? CLARK See what? LOIS You are so oblivious. Never mind, we can catch it on replay. Lois moves to the video camera, opens the cartridge compartment... empty. LOIS (Cont'd) You didn't re-load the camera! CLARK (innocently) I didn't? Clark drops something in the waste basket. 62 INSIDE WASTE BASKET 62 A crushed and fused videotape cassette. 63 LOIS AND CLARK 63 LOIS Aaahhh! CLARK Sorry. Across the way, firemen are entering the Apocalypse offices. LOIS (defeated) I'm taking a hot shower, and I'm going to bed. She heads for the bedroom door. CLARK Good night, Lois. LOIS _Good_ _night_! (CONTINUED) HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 32. 63 CONTINUED: 63 The door SLAMS after her. The lock CLICKS shut. FADE OUT. _END OF ACT TWO_ HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 33. _ACT THREE_ FADE IN: 64 INT. HONEYMOON BEDROOM - (DAY #4) 64 Clark stands in front of the closed bathroom door, hears the WATER from the shower shut off. He waits a beat, then KNOCKS. A moment later the door opens, and Lois stands there wrapped in a towel, her hair dripping wet. Both Lois and Clark are momentarily embarrassed. Clark looks at the floor. CLARK Uh... I needed to... LOIS No problem. I'll just be a sec. Lois closes the door and Clark leans against the wall. A "sec" later the door opens and Lois, still towel-clad, exits. Clark enters, closing the door behind him. 65 INT. BATHROOM 65 Clark is in the shower; the room is completely steamed up. Clark hears a knock, calls out... CLARK What? Lois opens the door and walks inside. LOIS I have my eyes closed, Clark. I forgot my talcum powder. Lois feels along the counter, grabs her powder and exits. Clark opens the shower door, puts a towel around his waist and steps out. Lois enters again. LOIS (Cont'd) Sorry, I need my toothbrush. Lois squeezes behind Clark to grab her toothbrush. CLARK That's okay. I'm done. Clark walks out of the bathroom, closes the door behind him. Lois starts to brush her teeth. A KNOCK at the door, and Clark enters. CLARK (Cont'd) Sorry, forgot _my_ toothbrush. (CONTINUED) HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 34. 65 CONTINUED: 65 Clark squeezes behind Lois to grab his toothbrush. It's an awkward moment, with the two of them, clad in towels, each holding up their respective brushes. CLARK (Cont'd) Got it. (beat) Tough, isn't it? LOIS What? CLARK Sharing? LOIS Yeah. How do people do it? CLARK I don't know. Clark smiles at Lois, and she smiles back at him. On Clark's exit, we... CUT TO: 66 INT. DAILY PLANET CONFERENCE ROOM - LATER 66 Lois, Clark, Perry, Jimmy, and Cat have enlargements of Lois' copies pasted together and spread all over the table. Cat picks up a copy of a file cover, reads the label. CAT 'Tsunami.' (looking up) Is that the one with avocado and crab? LOIS (exaggerated patience) Yes, Cat, that's the one. (beat) I was about to copy that file when I heard something in the outer office. (pointedly to Clark) What, we'll never know. CAT Why would they keep a file on Japanese seafood? (CONTINUED) HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 35. 66 CONTINUED: 66 CLARK Cat, 'tsunami' isn't... what you think it is. JIMMY It's a giant wave. Like a tidal wave. Cat looks at everyone: are they pulling her leg? PERRY Wave? I've got a wave here, too. Perry holds up a sheaf of copies. 67 CLOSE ON FILE COVER 67 It reads: Shock Wave / Preliminary Analysis. 68 BACK TO SCENE 68 JIMMY Wait a minute, 'Shock Wave' ... He jumps up and grabs the stack of print-outs off the desk. JIMMY (Cont'd) Harrington's committee voted on something called Project Shock Wave not too long... here it is! (reading) 'Appropriation approval for system test installation.' The others are now up and leaning over Jimmy's shoulder. LOIS This vote was taken five weeks ago. CLARK Passed eight to zero, with one abstention. (beat) Congressman Ian Harrington. LOIS But nothing about what it is. (beat, realizing) This is what they were talking about. Roarke wanted Harrington to have the vote reversed. (CONTINUED) HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 36. 68 CONTINUED: 68 PERRY And his own system approved instead. Whatever that means. LOIS If we only knew what 'Shock Wave' _was_. CLARK (to Cat) How'd it go with Harrington yesterday? Cat flips open her notebook. CAT One-thirty: lunch with a semi-attractive blonde. Three o'clock: haircut and manicure. Four-thirty: drinks with a-so-so redhead. Seven p.m.: dinner with a mousey brunette. PERRY Nice to know our tax dollars are being spread around. CAT (continuing) Ten o'clock: drinks with an auburn-haired beauty. JIMMY Finally, a little class. Who was she? CAT Me. (off their reaction) Told you I'd stick with him. (beat) Then he came back here to meet Roarke. She closes her notebook. Clark looks at Jimmy. JIMMY After last night's fire drill, Roarke and Bart drove to Pier 31 and went into a warehouse. They were still there this morning when I left to come back here. Warehouse leased to... Apocalypse Consulting. Jimmy hands Lois his notes. (CONTINUED) HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 37. 68 CONTINUED: 2 68 CLARK Did you look inside? JIMMY No windows. LOIS (frustrated) We're spinning our wheels. Some test, monitored by Naval units, is taking place tomorrow at dawn, and Roarke is planning on sabotaging it. PERRY I think it's time. Time to go to the top. To the man who always knows what's going on. The man who's never let me down. JIMMY (awed again) You don't mean...? PERRY (nodding) I do mean. (beat) Sore Throat. CUT TO: 69 INT. UNDERGROUND PARKING GARAGE - LATER 69 Lois, Clark and Perry wait in the shadows. Lois keeps moving to keep warm. LOIS Why here? It's freezing. PERRY (shrugging) Sore Throat's choice. CLARK Take my jacket. Lois takes the proferred jacket, starts to wriggle into it. As if appearing out of thin air, someone helps her into it from behind. She jumps back. Sore Throat is male, portly, 50ish, wears a long overcoat and sunglasses, remains in the shadows. (CONTINUED) HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 38. 69 CONTINUED: 69 SORE THROAT (raspy) You should dress more warmly, Miss Lane. This _is_ the cold and flu season. Sore Throat COUGHS, SNIFFLES, pulls out tissue. SORE THROAT (Cont'd) Allergies. They're killing me. He puts the tissue away. PERRY What can you tell us about Project Shock Wave? Silence for a moment, portentous silence. SORE THROAT Where did you hear that name? CLARK We have reason to believe Thaddius Roarke is working with Congressman Ian Harrington to sabotage Project Shock Wave. (beat) It's due to be tested... SORE THROAT At dawn-tomorrow. I know all about it. (clears his throat) Project Shock Wave: experimental coastal defense network. A couple of years ago, the Navy began lobbying for their own version of a Star Wars system. Several proposals were made, the Navy picked Shock Wave. Roarke's system was runner-up. PERRY Who's behind Shock Wave? SORE THROAT Luthor Technologies. All exchange a glance. LOIS Why was Shock Wave picked? (CONTINUED) HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 39. 69 CONTINUED: 2 69 SORE THROAT More sophisticated. It's designed to automatically analyze any foreign object within sensor range and calibrate an appropriate response. CLARK What kind of response? SORE THROAT Think of it as a sonic 'curtain.' Sonic vibrations providing an impenetrable barrier that would disable whatever tried to pass. (beat) Roarke had millions tied up in his own system. I'm not surprised he's taking steps. Another COUGH, then Sore Throat blows his nose. SORE THROAT (Cont'd) Tissue? Lois hands one over. LOIS Mr... Throat, what would you suggest we do? SORE THROAT You could take whatever evidence you have to the Navy, but they'd probably charge _you_ with espionage. This test is top secret. (beat) You could publish your theories, force the Navy to cancel the test, and face government censure and a slew of lawsuits. (beat) Or, you could do what I intend to do. CLARK What's that? SORE THROAT Get out of town. (another throat clearing) I need a drier climate. (CONTINUED) HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 40. 69 CONTINUED: 3 69 LOIS (incensed) That's _it_? _That's_ your advice? The great Sore Throat has spoken? SORE THROAT What'd you expect to hear? 'Follow the money?' (beat) I never understood that. Sore Throat starts to leave, pauses. SORE THROAT (Cont'd) Did I mention that Roarke was completely insane, with maniacal delusions of grandeur? CLARK No? SORE THROAT Well, he is. CUT TO: 70 INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE HONEYMOON SUITE - LATER 70 Lois and Clark approach the door. LOIS I say we publish. We gather up everything we've got, video, audio, research, and put it in the afternoon edition. CLARK Assuming Perry goes for it... I agree. LOIS Roarke scares me. If half of what we've heard is true... he's got to be stopped. Clark opens the door. Both recoil in shock, then slowly enter. 71 INT. SUITE LIVING ROOM - CONTINUOUS 71 It's been ransacked. The audio/video equipment is smashed to pieces, tapes destroyed, furniture overturned, sofa cushions torn, wallpaper peeled off the walls. Lois pushes the door shut. (CONTINUED) HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 41. 71 CONTINUED: 71 Pinned by Bart's knife to the back of the door is Lois' credit card. LOIS (subdued) I was wondering where that was. Lois heads for the bedroom. From inside, we hear EXPRESSIONS of anger and dismay. Clark begins to examine the room carefully with his _TELESCOPIC_ _VISION_. Nothing there, nothing there, then... 72 CLOSE ON - SOFA CUSHION 72 Clark _X-RAYS_ through to reveal a TICKING bomb: one second left on the timer. 73 CLARK 73 _SUPERSPEEDS_ to the couch and sits on his hands on the bomb. We hear, barely, a muffled EXPLOSION. Lois sticks her head in. LOIS Did you hear something? CLARK Nope. LOIS (disapprovingly) Don't just sit there. Lois ducks back out. Hurriedly Clark jumps up and bats at the smoldering seat of his trousers. A smoking hole now exists where the cushion once was. Clark covers it with the other cushion as Lois re-enters holding something at her side. LOIS Roarke knows we're on to him. CLARK Worse than that, he's destroyed all our evidence. Clark looks across the way, lowers his glasses. 74 CLARK'S TELESCOPIC POV 74 The offices have been cleared out, file drawers hanging empty. HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 42. 75 LOIS AND CLARK 75 CLARK I'll bet he's cleared out across the way, too. LOIS We have to find him. (beat) That man is capable of anything. She holds up the teddy bear, stomach slashed wide open. FADE OUT. _END OF ACT THREE_ HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 43. _ACT FOUR_ FADE IN: 76 INT. DAILY PLANET PIT - (NIGHT #4) 76 Jimmy enters and joins Clark and Cat. CLARK Where _is_ she? JIMMY I checked her apartment, the gym, _and_ the Chocolate Parlor. All the usual places. Nothing. CLARK I'm starting to get worried. JIMMY Lois _was_ pretty upset. CAT I'm starved. JIMMY Chief! Perry enters. PERRY I called everyone I know in Washington. No one's interested. And, as far as the Navy's concerned, there _is_ no test. (beat) Lois turn up? Clark shakes his head, picks up the phone, dials. JIMMY Who you calling? Clark holds up his hand to Jimmy to wait. CLARK (into phone) Hello. This is Clark Kent of the Daily Planet. I'd like to speak to Lex Luthor. (beat) Yes, it is important. CUT TO: HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 44. 77 EXT. METROPOLIS HARBOR - NIGHT (ESTABLISHING) 77 78 EXT. PIER 31 78 Lois squeezes through a chained gate and approaches a boathouse on the docks. The small sign on the door reads: Apocalypse Consulting. She removes lock picks from her purse, fiddles with the lock, it opens. she moves inside. 79 INT. WAREHOUSE 79 Dark. The sound of WATER slapping against pilings. Lois moves toward a light ahead, slows, looks. 80 LOIS' POV 80 Tied up and gagged is Congressman Ian Harrington. Behind him, Roarke loads electronic equipment onto a motor launch. 81 LOIS 81 ... reaches inside her purse for her camera. Suddenly Bart appears beside her and holds a knife to her throat. CUT TO: 82 INT. DAILY PLANET PIT - NIGHT 82 Clark, Perry, Jimmy, Cat. Clark paces. CLARK Lois hasn't dropped this. I know it. What would I do if I were her? PERRY Something impetuous. JIMMY And headstrong. CLARK And dangerous. CAT Is anyone else hungry? LUTHOR (O.S.) No, thank you. He enters, to everyone's surprise. (CONTINUED) HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 45. 82 CONTINUED: 82 PERRY Lex. What are you doing here? LUTHOR Perry, Mr. Kent, Cat... (he pauses at Jimmy) ... and... whoever, Luthor Technologies has approximately half a billion dollars in research and development tied up in a project code-named Shock Wave. Shock Wave, even the name, is top secret. Yet, Mr. Kent, you call to tell me you not only know of the project, but suspect that Thaddeus Roarke, a man with whom I've had previous unsatisfactory dealings, is intent on sabotaging the impending test. (beat) Under the circumstances I might have elected to stay home and watch reruns of Flipper on the all night cable chanel. Instead, I decided to come here. (beat) What is going on? Clark looks at Perry. Perry nods. CLARK We've had Roarke and Congressman Ian Harrington under surveillance. Roarke is positive your system will fail its test, leaving the door open for _his_ system to be adopted instead. LUTHOR Roarke and Harrington. I should have known. (beat) You say Roarke is positive? Clark nods. LUTHOR (Cont'd) That would imply sabotage. No one ever described Thaddeus Roarke as an incurable optimist. PERRY How could your system be sabotaged? LUTHOR So far as I know, it can't. (CONTINUED) HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 46. 82 CONTINUED: 2 82 CLARK But Roarke _is_ a weapons system expert. LUTHOR He is. JIMMY What about a power failure? LUTHOR (shaking his head) Too many back-ups. CLARK Besides, Roarke hinted at more than a simple breakdown. Something... bigger. All are temporarily stymied. Cat returns to a subject of greater interest to her. CAT How about take out? I could go for Japanese. (kidding) Even some of that 'tsunami.' The word registers on Clark first, then Perry, then Jimmy. LUTHOR (puzzled) Tsunami. CLARK Tsunami. A giant wave caused by an undersea tremor. JIMMY Shock wave. CLARK And Apocalypse Consulting has a warehouse on Pier 31. PERRY Great Shades of Elvis! CUT TO: 83 EXT. PIER 31 - PRE-DAWN 83 Lois and Harrington are securely tied to the dock railings of the pier. Roarke and Bart are in the motor launch about to cast off. (CONTINUED) HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 47. 83 CONTINUED: 83 ROARKE (to Lois and Harrington) I envy you two. You'll have a much better view from where you are. Sayonara. The motor launch heads out to sea. LOIS What'd he mean? HARRINGTON (shivering with fear) We're dead. LOIS Congressman, we'll be fine. Someone will find us. HARRINGTON No, it's too late. (beat) I never meant for this to happen. LOIS What? Harrington continues to stare out to sea. Lois rolls her eyes, begins to struggle against the ropes. 84 EXT. WATERS OFF METROPOLIS - DAWN 84 Blue-black and calm under a lightening sky. Nearby, at anchor, several Naval ships ride the gentle swells. From one of the ships a HORN sounds. Signal flares erupt. A torpedo is fired. It streaks through the water. The Shock Wave system engages. First, a barely heard VIBRATION and a shimmer of golden light over the water. But, the vibration escalates into an ear-splitting HUMM. The ships rock in the sudden troughs. Warning ALARMS sound. CLOSE ON WAVES Building in size and power. 85 EXT. PIER 31 85 Vague echoes of the ALARMS. Lois is still stuggling when... CLARK (O.S.) Lois! (CONTINUED) HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 48. 85 CONTINUED: 85 LOIS Clark! Over here. Clark runs up, begins to work on untying the heavy ropes. Harrington is still staring. CLARK Where's Roarke? LOIS Gone. Out to sea. CLARK (re: Harrington) Is he all right? LOIS I think he's in shock. Oh, and he never meant for this to happen. CLARK For what to happen? LOIS How should I... From seaward a RUMBLE, like rolling thunder. Lois' eyes widen. Harrington SCREAMS. Clark swivels to look. 86 OUT TO SEA 86 A towering wall of water rushing toward them. 87 CLARK 87 No time to waste, he snaps the ropes with ease. Lois and Harrington are too transfixed to notice. He helps them to their feet, again looks. 88 OUT TO SEA 88 The wave to end all waves, roaring toward Metropolis like a freight train. 89 CLARK 89 pushes Lois and Harrington away from the water. CLARK Run! They do. He turns back toward the wave, tears open his shirt to reveal the "S." HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 49. 90 OUT TO SEA - LONG SHOT 90 The wave hangs between heaven and earth, dwarfing the Metropolis skyline. 91 WAVE 91 seen STRAIGHT ON. It begins to crest. Then... Superman, a mere dot, flies into its face. But, before impact, he dives. A large splash marks the entry, but it's hardly noticeable against the backdrop of the wave. 92 LOIS 92 stops running. Harrington continues. She looks back at the wall of water about to engulf her. No chance for escape. She, and Metropolis, face certain doom. Then, as if magically, the wave seems to fold into itself. 93 OUT TO SEA - LONG SHOT 93 The wave melts away to nothing. 94 LOIS 94 can't believe her eyes. 95 PIER 31 95 Water laps gently against the pilings. 96 INT. DAILY PLANET PIT - (DAY #5) 96 A normal busy morning. Lois, Clark, Jimmy, Perry, and Cat gather around the morning edition. The featured photo is of the giant wave. The headline reads: Surf's Up. Sub-heads are: Superman Builds Undersea Trench, Saves Metropolis With Seconds to Spare. And: Thaddeus Roarke Held For Questioning. JIMMY 'Held for questioning.' They caught the guy red-handed. PERRY Amazing how he manipulated the Shock Wave sensors to make them think something the size of the Rocky Mountains was trying to penetrate the system. (CONTINUED) HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 50. 96 CONTINUED: 96 LOIS The system worked fine. It just over-reacted. CLARK And the resulting seismic effect caused the tsunami. LOIS So, Luthor Technologies, with some modifications, gets the contract. End of story. CAT Not quite. Congressman Ian. Harrington is claiming he set the whole thing up as a sting operation to trap Roarke. He says any claims of collusion on his part are merely unsubstantiated rumors. CHORUS 'The best kind.' Everyone LAUGHS. CUT TO: 97 INT. CLARK'S BEDROOM - (NIGHT #5) 97 Clark's in bed talking on the phone. CLARK I'm sorry if I gave you the wrong impression, Mom. 98 INT. KENT LIVING ROOM - SAME TIME 98 Jonathan and Martha, vastly relieved, on phones. MARTHA The wrong impression? Why, whatever do you mean, Clark? 99 INTERCUT 99 CLARK You know that Lois and I are just friends and co-workers. JONATHAN If you say so, son. (CONTINUED) HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 51. 99 CONTINUED: 99 CLARK I mean, if anything ever happened between us, not that it ever would... MARTHA We understand. CLARK ... it'd be because we'd gotten to know each other really well, and we'd talked things through. It wouldn't be... impulsive. JONATHAN Very sensible, Clark. CLARK So... MARTHA So, you liked it, didn't you? CLARK I... JONATHAN (grinning and nodding at Martha) Goodnight, son. 100 CLARK 100 CLARK 'Night, dad. 'Night, mom. He hangs up. Immediately the phone RINGS again. Clark picks up. CLARK Hello? 101 INT. HONEYMOON SUITE - BEDROOM - SAME TIME 101 Lois is also in bed. LOIS You'll never guess where I am. (beat) Our former love nest. HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 52. 102 INTERCUT 102 CLARK The Honeymoon Suite? How...? LOIS Just the management's way of apologizing for any inconvenience suffered during our stay. CLARK I was the one who never got to have the bedroom. LOIS Well, this'll give you something to look forward to. (to correct any misunderstanding) When you find the right woman, of course. CLARK Of course. LOIS It's _so_ relaxing here. (beat) I've got the drapes closed. CLARK (his chuckle ends in a yawn) This is all fascinating, Lois, but I'm beat. Think I'll turn in. LOIS Me, too. Uh, Clark? CLARK What? Was there something else? LOIS No, nothing. Just, well, goodnight, Clark. Silence from the other end. LOIS (Cont'd) Good _night_, Clark. CLARK (smiling) 'Night, Lois. 103 LOIS 103 hangs up, stares into the darkness a moment, shakes her head, rolls over to sleep. HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS (#11) LEVINE 10/29/93 53. 104 CLARK 104 still smiling, settles down, plumps his pillow... too hard. Pillow stuffing explodes above the bed. FADE OUT. _END OF ACT FOUR_