notes: I received this script from another party, already scanned. There was no front page provided. I suspect it probably looked like B01 and B03. The other party did provide quite a few second versions of pages; they are included here. To pop everything into place otherwise... use Courier 10 (or 10 characters per inch) set top margin at 0.5", bottom margin at 0.5" (or minimums) (I had to tell my program that my primitive printer was using legal-size paper) left margin at 1", right margin at .25 (or minimum) * and (X) used in script probably mean "this line changed from previous version" Revisions that would probably have appeared on the front page, under "production draft": Full Blue 8/2/94 Pink Rev. 8/3/94 _LOIS & CLARK_ "_Wall of Sound_" Blue Rev. 8/2/94 _CAST_ CLARK KENT/SUPERMAN LOIS LANE PERRY WHITE JIMMY OLSEN ____________________________________________________________________ LENNY STOKE/ SOUNDMAN DEREK CAMDEN * DR. GREEN BARTENDER AMAZON WOMAN MAYOR SHARP WINO 1 WINO 2. ---page break--- _LOIS & CLARK_ "_Wall of Sound_" Blue Rev. 8/2/94 _LOCATIONS_ _INTERIORS_: _EXTERIORS_: Daily planet Daily planet Newsroom * Bank and Tux Shop Metropolis Bank Cafe Clark's Apartment Stoke Rock Club Lois' Apartment Suicide Slum Alley Lois' Car Abandoned Building Stoke's Rock Club Diamond District Main Room Back Room Echo Canyon Music Room Cellar City Hall Abandoned Building Press Awards Building Ranger Station ---page break--- _LOIS & CLARK_ "_Wall of Sound_" Pink Rev. 8/3/94 _LOCATIONS_ _INTERIORS_: _EXTERIORS_: Daily Planet Daily Planet Newsroom Bank and Tux Shop Metropolis Bank Cafe Clark's Apartment Stoke Rock Club Lois' Apartment Suicide Slum Alley * Abandoned Building Stoke's Rock Club Diamond District Main Room Back Room Echo Canyon Music Room Cellar City Hall Abandoned Building Press Awards Building * ---page break--- _LOIS & CLARK_ "_Wall of Sound_" Blue Rev. 8/2/94 _CHRONOLOGY_ SC. 1 - 5 DAY 1 SC. 6 - 19 DAY 2 SC. 20 - 29 DAY 3 SC. 30 - 67 NIGHT 3 * SC. 68 - 100 DAY 4 * SC. 101 - 102 NIGHT 4 ---page break--- _LOIS & CLARK_ _THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN_ "Wall Of Sound" _TEASE_ FADE IN: 1 EXT. METROPOLIS STREET - (DAY 1) 1 LOIS and CLARK walk to work. She scans the morninq edition of the paper as he sips his take-out cappucino. CLARK So, you must be excited. LOIS I don't know, Clark, walking to work with you isn't really the thrill it used to be. CLARK No, no. The Kerth Awards. They announce the nominees tomorrow. LOIS (blase) Oh, is that tomorrow? CLARK C'mon, Lois, you get nominated every year... LOIS Not every year... just... every year since I've been eligible. CLARK I bet you get it for the Bolivian Drug Cartel Series. LOIS Well, the awards dinner's always fun and it'd be a nice way to break in that new black dress I picked up. (as they pass a FORMAL WEAR STORE) You rent your tux yet? CLARK (head shake) The dinner's just for nominees. (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 2. 1 CONTINUED: 1 LOIS And dates. If you want to go... CLARK Sure, yeah. LOIS Why don't you go pick out your duds? I'll run into the bank and meet you back out here in five. She heads into the BANK and he goes into the FORMAL WEAR PLACE next door. TIME CUT TO: 2 EXT. SAME STREET - A FEW MINUTES LATER 2 Clark emerges with his ticket, folds it into his pocket and scans the street for Lois. She's nowhere in sight. He glances through the bank's plate glass window. 3 CLARK'S POV - THE BANK 3 Through the plate glass window, he sees ALL THE CUSTOMERS and EMPLOYEES sprawled on the floor, in chairs, over desks. Not moving. 4 CLARK 4 _SUPER-SPEEDS_ through the revolving door into -- 5 INT. THE BANK - DAY 5 -- finds Lois flat on her back. CLARK Lois! He cradles her in his arms and sees she's still breathing. Her eyes flutter open. LOIS Clark...? What happened...? She straightens up, woozy, and they look around at all the Unconscious People, some just beginning to stir. Then they spot the vault -- wide open and stripped clean. (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 3. 5 CONTINUED: 5 CLARK Somebody made a withdrawal. LOIS Last thing I remember, I was standing here, feeling kind of tired... Clark studies severai People lying near Lois -- including a BUSINESS MAN sound asleep, SNORING loudly. CLARK Looks like you weren't the only one. LOIS What could've knocked us all out so _fast_? (X) FADE OUT: _END OF TEASE_ ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 4. _ACT ONE_ 6 INT. DAILY PLANET - (DAY 2) 6 JIMMY is all the way across the newsroom, watching Lois from a distance, a sneaky smile on his face. 7 CLOSE ON LOIS 7 at her desk, on the phone. LOIS (into phone) Look, I've talked to your Sergeant, your Detectives and your Lieutenant, now Captain, how can the police have no leads? ...Oh, I see, you _have_ them but you won't share. Didn't your mother teach you it's _rude_ not to share? ...Hello? Hung up on, she glares at the phone and SLAMS it down. Then picks up a pen and tries to make some notes. It's out of ink. Jimmy saunters up. JIMMY 'Didn't your mother teach you it's rude not to share?' Good one. LOIS Didn't _your_ mother teach you it's rude to eavesdrop? (scratching pen on paper; no ink) What is _with_ this pen? JIMMY It's not a pen. LOIS Jimmy, if this is some Zen parable about pens not being pens and desks not being desks, I'm not in the mood. Jimmy takes the pen and uncaps it -- revealing its electronic inner works. (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 5. 7 CONTINUED: 7 JIMMY It's a bug. I stuck it on your desk. (pulls a small receiver from his ear) You listen on this. Cool, huh? Got it at Spies R Us. LOIS Super-hearing for sale. JIMMY Not super-super, it's only got a range of about five hundred feet. But here's a cool thing, see this switch? AM/FM radio... Clark bursts in, clutching a videotape. CLARK Got it. He moves to the bank of TV monitors on the wall and pops the tape into the VCR. Lois and Jimmy follow. LOIS What? CLARK Video from the bank security cameras. Now maybe we'll find out why the police have such a tight lid on this thing. They all gather round the set. INTERCUT: 8 ON TV - THE BANK 8 Seen from the HIGH ANGLE of the security camera the morning of the robbery. Customers are in line, Employees at their stations. Lois stands at a Teller's window in the foreground. Quiet chatter, Muzak. Then, a strange SOUND: Eerie, seductive, almost melodic. People in the bank begin to wilt like water-starved flowers, then drop, one by one. 8A BACK TO LOIS, CLARK AND JIMMY 8A watching, curious. Clark turns up the STRANGE SOUND on the TV and Lois' eyes get heavy, Jimmy starts to yawn. ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 6. 8B ON TV - IN THE BANK 8B Everyone has passed out. 8C BACK TO LOIS, CLARK AND JIMMY 8C Clark looks at his drowsy coworkers beside him and turns down the SOUND. They immediately perk up. CLARK It's the sound... JIMMY Sound? LOIS What sound? CLARK That sound in the bank here, the one that made you guys -- uhhh, that made us all drowsy just -- JIMMY (studies screen) Look. 8D ON TV - IN THE BANK 8D FOUR MEN in black jumpsuits enter. They are all wearing leather jackets, high-tech helmets and visors and move with the swift purpose of thieves, stepping over the sleeping bodies, heading right for cash drawers and the big, locked vault. 8E BACK TO JIMNY 8E he freezes the tape -- JIMMY Whoa, check it out. CLARK What? JIMMY That jacket... Jimmy poins to the unique studding on one of the four's leather jacket. JIMMY (CONT'D) (leans close) ... wonder where he got it? (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 7. 8E CONTINUED: 8E LOIS (starts the tape again) Will you pay attention? JIMMY I'm looking for a biker jacket, I thought there might be a label... CLARK (studies Jimmy) Biker jacket? JIMMY I'm going for an image adjustment. (X) They turn their attention back to -- 8F ON TV - THE BANK 8F At the far corner of the bank, a GUARD enters from a back room, sees the Thieves and draws his gun. And the Leader of the Thieves, heretofore known as THE SOUND MAN, draws _his gun_ -- part pistol, part satellite antenna -- aims it at the Guard and the same pleasing SOUND emanates. The Guard keels over. 8G BACK TO LOIS AND JIMMY 8G reacting to this, startled. JIMMY Wow. The first sound that can put a whole room to sleep... LOIS No, I think Yanni did it _first_. CLARK I can see why the police don't want this in the papers until they can figure out what this _is_... PERRY (roaring as he strides in) All right, people, listen up! Lois, Clark and Jimmy move from the TV into the bullpen, as everyone gathers around PERRY. (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 8. 8G CONTINUED: 8G PERRY (CONT'D) The nominations for the Kerth Investigative Journalism prize are in and I'm proud to announce that one of our own has received the nod, so I want a big round of applause for -- LOIS He always does this, it's so embarrassing... PERRY -- Clark Kent! Lois stands up, pretending to hate the adulation as the APPLAUSE and CHEERS fill the room. Then, it hits her the same moment it hits Clark. She looks at him, quickly sitting back down as -- PERRY (CONT'D) C'mon, son, don't be shy, get up! Clark gets to his feet, nods and smiles uncomfortably, then sits back beside a humiliated Lois. The APPLAUSE dies down as Perry comes over and claps a proud hand on Clark's shoulder. PERRY (CONT'D) I think you've got a real shot at winning -- that retirement home scandal you uncovered was -- LOIS (disbelief) Wait. He got nominated for the _retirement home_ series? PERRY Top grade journalism. Emotional wallop. JIMMY Good pictures, too, if I say so myself. They didn't happen to mention...? PERRY It was your first photo (X) assignment, son. Even Secretariat (X) didn't snag a purse the first time (X) out. (X) JIMMY Who? (X) (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 9. 8G CONTINUED: 2 8G PERRY (CONT'D) Lois? Don't you have something to (X) say to Clark? LOIS Right, yes. Clark, this is... ahhhh... I'm very... CLARK Surprised? LOIS Stunned. Shocked. In need of oxygen. PERRY Now Lois, you've been nominated every year, you've won threes times, don't go getting petty. The Planet's a team. One success is everybody's success. Got it? LOIS Gotten PERRY Good. Back to work everybody. Lois and Clark are left in an awkward silence. Then -- CLARK Look, Lois -- LOIS (back to the TV) So. What's our next step? CLARK Well, I put in a call to a physicist at U of M... LOIS Really. CLARK I just thought I'd get a little background... LOIS You didn't mention it before... do you have any other sources you're not telling me about? (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 10. 8G CONTINUED: 3 8G CLARK It's not a source, it's just a guy who... knows some stuff. LOIS Okay, all right, whatever. So this guy _said_... CLARK He talked a lot about frequency. He said that every object has its (X) own natural frequency. People have one frequency, this pen would have a different one and so would this table. The theory among physicists (X) is, find the precise frequency, it's like a code, you make (X) anything or anyone do whatever you want -- sleep, blow up, disappear. That was always just a theory, though. LOIS Boy, you really dug deep... CLARK Anyway, I asked him who was close to getting this kind of technology up and running and he gave me four names. (X) LOIS All _I_ found out was the police don't want to talk... CLARK Well, hey, that was... good, too. (moves to computer) (X) C'mon, let's access the library (X) files on these guys. (X) 9 OMITTED 9 9A INT. DAILY PLANET - NEWSROOM - DAY 9A Lois and Clark at her computer, comparing notes. (X) LOIS Hans Schimmel of Austria died of coronary thrombosis four weeks ago. (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 11. 9A CONTINUED: 9A CLARK Minaru Yamamoto of Japan has been on a research trip to Antarctica for the last six months. How about Lenny Stoke? Pictures of the flashy and devilishly charasmatic Lenny (X) Stoke FLASH on the screen. (X) LOIS Get this -- a rock musician. Put (X) out a couple albums a few years back; great reviews, no sales. Heavy into sonic R and D. Had (X) some bad luck financially -- patents stolen, accountants ripping him off. What about Camden? Clark hits buttons. Pictures of the dour and serious Derek (X) Camden appear. (X) CLARK Cracked up because he tested a new (X) kind of thought-altering sound on himself. Got shipped off to the state mental ward... where he was released six weeks ago. Now, here's the interesting part -- LOIS Camden and Stoke worked together once. CLARK More than that, they were friends, then -- (X) LOIS Stoke sued Camden for patent infringement. Any idea where Camden landed? CLARK Current whereabouts unknown. (X) LOIS Lives above some rock club he owns. Never talks to the press. So, sounds like we're looking at two likelies. (X) 10 EXT. STREET IN FRONT OF PLANET BUILDING - DAY 10 As Lois and Clark push through the doors. (X) (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Pink Rev. 8/3/94 11. 9A CONTINUED: 9A CLARK Minaru yamamoto of Japan has been on a research trip to Antarctica for the last six months. How about Lenny Stoke? Pictures of the flashy and devilishly charasmatic Lenny Stoke FLASH on the screen. LOIS Get this -- a rock musician. Put out a couple albums a few years back; great reviews, no sales. Heavy into sonic R and D. Had some bad luck financially -- patents stolen, accountants ripping him off. CLARK What about Camden? (X) Lois hits buttons. Pictures of the dour and serious Derek (X) Camden appear. CLARK (CONT'D) (reading) (X) Cracked up because he tssted a new kind of thought-altering sound on himself. Got shipped off to the state mental ward... released six (X) weeks ago. (X) (scanning) (X) Hey, look at this. (X) LOIS Camden and Stoke worked together (X) once. Says Stoke sued Camden for (X) patent infringement. CLARK Sounds like we're onto two (X) likelies. (X) 10 EXT. STREET IN FRONT OF PLANET BUILDING - DAY 10 As Lois and Clark push through the doors. (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 12. 10 CONTINUED: 10 LOIS Who do we go after first? Camden (X) or Stoke? (X) CLARK Well, actually, there was something I wanted to ask you first... LOIS Shoot. CLARK Since we already went ahead and made plans, I wondered if you wanted to go to the Kerth Awards. She stops and looks at him. LOIS You mean, as your date? CLARK I was going to be _yours_. LOIS You want me to hang on your arm, smile and tell everybody how proud I am of my great big reporter man? CLARK Sounds good to me. (off her fuming -- ) Hey. Kidding? I just thought we might have a good time. And you _did_ buy that new dress for the -- LOIS I did not buy it for the awards! (as PASSERSBY stare) I happened to buy it... around... the time of the awards. It's a coincidence. And the more I think about it, the more I don't even like the stupid thing, so I'm returning it! CLARK Lois, are you upset that I got nominated and you didn't? LOIS Oh, don't be ridiculous. I mean, we both did good stories. (MORE) (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 13. 10 CONTINUED: 2 10 LOIS (CONT'D) Mine destroyed an international drug network and yours... really told the searing truth about... old people. And... and... (snapping) I just can't believe it! There's _got_ to be some mistake! They lost my story or their brains were taken over by aliens or -- ! (stops) Oh, God, look at me. This is pathetic, I never thought I was this _small_. I'm sorry. CLARK That's okay. So... you want to go with me, or not? LOIS Clark? CLARK Yeah? LOIS Can we talk about this later? (X) CLARK Sure. So who do we track down (X) first? Camden or Stoke? As they mull this -- CUT TO: 11 EXT. METROPOLIS DIAMOND DISTRICT - DAY 11 A narrow block of retail jewelry merchants. Crowded with SHOPPERS The EERIE SLEEPING SOUND is heard, growing louder and louder. People on the sidewalk keel over first, followed by People in cars, then People we glimpse through the store windows. CUT BACK TO: 12 EXT. STREET IN FRONT OF PLANET - DAY 12 LOIS I say it's Stoke. (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 14. 12 CONTINUED: 12 CLARK I would, too, but he doesn't have the technical background. Now Camden -- Clark's head Swivels around as his super-hearing picks up the growing VOLUME of the sleep-sound. 13 EXT. DIAMOND DISTRICT - DAY 13 In seconds, Everyone on the street is slumbering and now we PAN OVER TO SEE: A van parked at the corner. Atop that van, a large satellite antenna -- a much bigger version of the sound pistol the Sound Man used. It swivels, emitting the sleep-inducing waves, then -- The side doors of the van open and the Sound Man and his Three Gang Members emerge in their high-tech helmets and jumpsuits. 14 EXT. STREET - PAYPHONES - DAY 14 Clark is suddenly in motion, moving down the sidewalk. CLARK Look, uhh, maybe the smart thing to do here is to uhhhh, split up. LOIS Split up? What are you -- ? Oh, I get it. You've got some lead you're not telling me about. You're going to track it down yourself. CLARK Lois, that's not -- LOIS No, that's fine. It's fine, (X) Clark. (X) CLARK You find Stoke, I'll find Camden, we'll meet back at the Planet! LOIS Uh-huh, right, and you've got your (X) next prize all sewn up. (X) (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Pink Rev. 8/3/94 14. 12 CONTINUED: 12 CLARK I would, too, but he doesn't have the technical background. Now Camden -- Clark's head swivels around as his super-hearing picks up the growing VOLUME of the sleep-sound. 13 EXT. DIAMOND DISTRICT - DAY 13 In seconds, Everyone on the street is slumbering and now we PAN OVER TO SEE: A van parked at the corner. Atop that van, a large satellite antenna -- a much bigger version of the sound pistol the Sound Man used. It swivels, emitting the sleep-inducing waves, then -- The side doors of the van open and the Sound Man and his Three Gang Members emerge in their high-tech helmets and leather. (X) 14 EXT. STREET - PAYPHONES - DAY 14 Clark is suddenly in motion, moving down the sidewalk. CLARK Look, uhh, maybe the smart thing to do here is to uhhhh, split up. LOIS Split up? What are you -- ? Oh, I get it. You've got some lead you're not telling me about. You're going to track it down yourself. CLARK Lois, that's not -- LOIS No, that's fine. It's fine, Clark. CLARK You find Stoke, I'll find Camden, we'll meet back at the Planet! LOIS Uh-huh, right, and you've got your next prize all sewn up. (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 15. 14 CONTINUED: 14 He disappears around the corner. She stands there, yelling after him: LOIS (CONT'D) Notice I'm not even getting angry about this? Know why? I'm a bigger person than that! She kicks a garbage can and storms off, then from behind a (X) building, hears a familiar supersonic WHOOSH, looks up and sees -- 15 _SUPERMAN - FLYING_ 15 Over the downtown skyscrapers. 16 EXT. DIAMOND DISTRICT - DAY 16 The Sound Gang Members run into stores, looting and robbing. 17 SUPERMAN 17 _LANDS_, facing the Sound Man. SUPERMAN It ends here. SOUNND MAN (voice electronically MASKED) How right you are. The Sound Man draws his sonic pistol like an Old West gunfighter, aims at the Man of Steel and FIRES the NOISE at him. Superman comes at him, unaffected, until the Sound Man dials up, the noise hits a HIGHER PITCH and -- Superman is stopped cold, in sudden pain. The Sound Man keeps the gun aimed at him and dials up the noise higher. The pain for Superman becomes unbearable. He brings his hands up to his ears and drops to his knees, in agony. SOUND MAN Superman... this one's for you. FADE OUT: _END OF ACT ONE_ ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 16. _ACT TWO_ FADE IN: 18 EXT. DIAMOND DISTRICT - CONTINUOUS 18 In agony, Superman stumbles to his feet, backing away from tbe Sound Man, who advances with the sonic pistol. SOUND MAN Never thought super-hearing'd make you super-vulnerable? Guess under that steel skin, you're just a sensitive guy. The Sound Man dials up the gun again as Superman topples. SOUND MAN (CONT'D) Your equilibrium's shot. In a minute, you'll never walk again, let alone fly. TWO SQUAD CARS squeal around the corner. The Sound Man spins around, dialing the sound gun to another frequency. He aims at the cops as they rush out of their cars. A HUGE SOUND BLAST erupts from the sonic pistol; the four Cops are all BLOWN off their feet, high into the air, then CRASH into a line of trash cans. The Sound Man turns his gun back on.Superman and dials up to super-frequency. Superman has just managed to regain his equilibrium and has no choice but to _FLY OFF_. SOUND MAN Bye, Superman. You'll be hearing from me. (to his men) All right -- let's liberate some stones. CUT TO: 19 INT. CLARK'S APARTMENT - DAY 19 Empty, silent. Then, from just off screen, we hear a GLASS-SHATTERING BLAST and PAN TO REVEAL: Superman has just CRASHED through the apartment's enormous window. He lies under its jagged hole amid tinkling shards, trying to shake his head clear as he stumbles to his feet, in agony. CUT TO: ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 17. 20 INT. DAILY PLANET - (DAY 3) 20 Jimmy drops the morning edition on Lois' desk. The banner head line reads: THIEVES LOOT DIAMONDS, FELL SUPERMAN! '"Sound Man" and Gang Put Whole Block to Sleep' JIMMY I never thought I'd see it... Superman having to run. LOIS Knowing Superman, you won't have to again -- he'll think of something, then take this guy _out_. (X) PERRY (entering frame) 'Course he will. But until then, this paper's priority one is finding out who this lunatic is. LOIS I'm on it, Chief. PERRY That's my girl. Clark walks into view, looking a little wobbly. PERRY (CONT'D) (right in Clark's ear) Kent! Clark tries to hide the excruciating pain this causes as he steadies himself on his desk. PERRY (CONT'D) It's eleven o'clock! Where've you (X) been! CLARK (maneuvering away from Perry's bark) I've uhhhh, I... LOIS (calmly) I'll tell you where he's been -- out chasing leads. CLARK Yes. LOIS Without me. (X) (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 18. 20 CONTINUED: 20 CLARK No. JIMMY C.K., you feel okay? CLARK Just a little headache... LOIS Clark, it's fine. You've decided that it's best to work alone, I've decided you're right. There's no argument -- PERRY There something going on between (X) you two I should --? (X) SOUND MAN (V.O.) Hello, Metropolis. Everyone jumps, startled. The Sound Man's Voice is coming in through the windows: SOUND MAN (V.O.) For those of you who haven't read the papers, I'm the one who brought Superman to his knees. Clark's jaw sets in anger as he and everyone else in the room move to windows, throwing them open and -- 21 EXT. METROPOLIS - VARIOUS STREETS - DAY 21 In a series of QUICK CUTS we see TINY SPEAKERS, stuck to exterior walls of buildings, high and low... lamp posts... billboards.. the tops of moving cars. 22 EXT. METROPOLIS - SIDE STREET - DAY 22 The van from the diamond heist drives by. A LEATHER-GLOVED HAND pops out the window, sticks one of these speakers to a wall, retracts and the van ROARS off. The Sound Man's VOICE ECHOES -- 23 EXT. METROPOLIS - VARIOUS STREETS - DAY 23 -- from all these speakers as PEOPLE stop and listen. (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 19. 23 CONTINUED: 23 SOUND MAN (V.O.) In celebration of that momentous event, I'm creating a new tax. A sound tax. The rate: fifty percent of all money in Metropolis banks. Seem like a high price? Then don't pay. And find out what a high price _really_ is. 24 INT. DAILY PLANET - DAY 24 As Lois, Clark, Jimmy, Perry and the others all listen: SOUND MAN (V.O.) The money will be bagged and waiting outside each branch by nine AM tomorrow. Oh, and one final message... to Superman. Clark burns as he listens: SOUND MAN (V.O.) Try and stop me. Please? Jimmy moves off. (X) PERRY Olsen! Where're you going? JIMMY I'm gonna get you some page one, (X) prize-winning pictures, chief! (X) CUT TO: 25 AN OLD L.P. COVER OF LENNY STOKE - MINUTES LATER 25 as Lois' finger stabs it and -- LOIS (O.S.) That's our man. Lenny Stoke. (X) 26 REVEAL CLARK, PERRY AND LOIS 26 c1ustered around Lois' desk, looking at the album. (X) PERRY Kent? What's your read on this? (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 20. 26 CONTINUED: 26 CLARK Well, Stoke knows a lot about sound but among experts he's considered hit and miss. He doesn't have tne technical know-how to pull off something like this. On the other hand... He pulls a file photo of Derek Camden. (X) CLARK (CONT'D) ...Derek Camden does. And he (X) might just be crazy enough. LOIS It's Stoke, Chief, I know it. The theatricality of it all, the look-at-me, see-how-great-I-am... (right at Clark) ...it's pure rock and roll. PERRY Sounds like you two are heading for a fork in the road. LOIS He forked first. PERRY All righty, you want to go your separate ways on this one, be my guest. Just bag me a headline. A REPORTER moves up to Perry and shows him some copy. Clark looks at Lois plaintively: CLARK Lois, this is stupid. I'm sorry I ran off, it was a... a personal thing. Now, come on, let's work together. Lois moves demurely to Clark, gets close to him and -- LOIS NOOOOOOOOO WAAAAAAY! Clark reels. Lois stalks off. Perry appears alongside Clark. PERRY Son, I've seen her like this before. Her doors are locked, her alarm's on and you ain't getting in. (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 21. 26 CONTINUED: 2 26 CLARK (swabbing his aching ears) Well, maybe a little time apart wouldn't be such a bad idea... CUT TO: 27 EXT. METROPOLIS STREET - DAY 27 Jimmy is snapping pictures of TWO COPS on a ladder, pulling down one of the Sound Man's micro-speakers. He steps back and focuses his camera on the sinall CROWD watching the cops. 27A JIMMY'S POV - THROUGH CAMERA 27A as he swings his lens across the sea of BODIES and FACES, suddenly FOCUSSING ON a very distinctive-looking biker jacket with a unique array of studs across the back. JIMMY The jacket from the bank... Worn by a long-haired Man who moves down the street fast. Jimmy stays on the Guy and watches as he moves past a building, slaps the wall with his gloved hand and -- a micro-speaker is left thcre. Jimmy's eyes widen as the Guy climbs into a waiting van. Jimmy climbs on his battered old 750 cc motorcycle, pulls on his helmet, kickstarts and -- JIMMY (CONT'D) Kerth Award for Outstanding Photography -- As the van takes off, Jimmy follows. JIMMY (CONT'D) -- here I come. 28 EXT. METROPOLIS STREET CAFE - DAY 28 Clark sits at a corner table with DR. GREEN, a psychiatrist. DR. GREEN (withdraws a folder from his valise) These files are normally confidential, Mr. Kent, but under the circumstances... (MORE) (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 22. 28 CONTINUED: 28 DR. GREEN (CONT'D) (skims the file): Camden was released into the care of a friend. Lenny Stoke. CLARK Stoke? I heard they hated each other. DR. GREEN (shrugs) I spoke to Derek not long after (X) his release. He said he and Stoke had a new business venture in the works. And the last address I had for him was -- CLARK Let me guess. Stoke's. CUT TO: 29 INT. DAILY PLANET - DAY 29 Lois sits at her computer, studying microfilm documents. They're all PHOTOS of Stoke over the years: at openings, parties, concerts. And always on his arm -- one dazzlingly exotic BRUNETTE after another. Lois ZOOMS in on the photos of the Women and arranges them in tile formation across her screen. There's a definitely a pattern here. Lois smiles as the idea comes to her. CUT TO: 30 EXT. LENNY STOKE'S ROCK CLUB - NIGHT 30 Called, appropriately enough, THE STOKE CLUB, it's a converted old municipal building with concrete pillars and big steel doors dramatically lit by sweeping klieg lights. 31 INT. THE STOKE CLUB - MAIN FLOOR - NIGHT 31 Clark, preppily out of place among the leather and nose ring CROWD, talks to a bald, tattooed BARTENDER in a dark corner. BARTENDER Camden was living in one of the rooms in back. Weird little guy. Jumpy. (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 23. 31 CONTINUED: 31 CLARK Thanks. Clark moves out into the crowd, finds a doorway and slips through. it. Across the room, a devastatingly gorgeous, SIX FOOT TWO INCH WOMAN in spandex and combat boots sees Clark and moves through the crowd after him. 32 INT. STOKE CLUB - ROOM - NIGHT 32 A bed, a desk and a chair. Clark scans the room and with his _X-RAY VISION_ sees the desk is empty. He continues looking around, then sees something on the wall next to the bed. A BLOB of ink. He leans closer. It's a name scribbled on the wall that's been scratched out with magic marker. With _X-RAY VISION_ he makes the magic marker lines _INVISIBLE_ to see underneath -- NOAMI VALDEZ, 555-3417. Clark scribbles the name and number on a pad, puts the pad away, straightens up and A HUGE HAND suddenly grabs him by the shoulder and he's jerked around by -- -- the devastatingly gorgeous Amazon Woman from the club. We now see a tattoo on her muscular arm that says in vertical letters from shoulder to elbow: SECURITY. She yanks Clark into a fierce judo hold. He pretends to wince. AMAZON WOMAN What're you doing here? CLARK Looking for a bathroom...? She jerks Clark out the door and -- 33 EXT. STOKE CLUB - MAIN ROOM - NIGHT 33 -- shoves him back into the club. Points. AMAZON WOMAN It's that way. She stands in the doorway, arms crossed. CLARK Thanks. He moves through the crowd toward the exit, bumping hard into the back of a scantily-clad GROUPIE -- CLARK 'Scuse me... (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 24. 33 CONTINUED: 33 As he fumbles, his hand lands on her bare midriff. GROUPIE Watch it. She SLAPS his hand away, turns all the way around, tips her head up and Clark sees this barely-dressed, teased-hair groupie with a nose ring is in fact -- CLARK Lois? What... what are you...? Why are you dressed like that? LOIS You're just too much competition, Clark, so I'm chucking my career and becoming a groupie. CLARK Look, I've got a lead on Camden. He was staying here and -- LOIS That's great, Clark, I'm really happy for you. I'm on a lead of my own, so what else is there to say but... see you at the finish line? P.A. VOICE Ladies and gentlemen, it's time. In his first appearance on his own or any other stage in over two years... The Recluse of Rock, the Duke of Decadence... the one, the only... LENNY STOKE! The lights on the floor dim as the stage lights suddenly blaze to life, revealing LENNY STOKE, in head-to-toe leather, sportihg metallic, elbow-high gloves, he SHRIEKS into his microphone and the THREE MEMBER BAND kick off an EAR-SPLITTING SET. Lois waves back at Clark and shoves her way toward the stage. Clark plugs his sore ears and moves for the exit. Lenny sings, enthralling the crowd, particularly the tightly-packed, DARK-HAIRED GROUPIES in the front row. Lois tries to get into the front row-but ONE GIRL elbows her and ANOTHER shoves her. Lois is sent sprawling into the second row. The Amazon Woman who grabbed Clark appears, with TWO OTHER IDENTICALLY DRESSED AMAZONS, also sporting vertical SECURITY tattoos on their arms. They I.D. Lois as the problem element and swiftly move her to the back. (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 25. 33 CONTINUED: 2 33 Lois' jaw sets -- these girls don't know who they're dealing with. she pulls open her purse, then signals to FIVE HUGE ROCKERS, flashing a wad of bills and -- 34 LOIS - MOMENTS LATER 34 wades back into the front row, this time flanked by the Five Huge Rockers, who block the Dark-Haired Groupie Girls out of the way and clear a big space for Lois, guarding her and -- Lenny can't help but notice this knockout brunette at his feet -- the only one dancing in her own wide space. The Amazon Bodyguards start toward Lois. Lenny makes a hand signal -- let her be. The Amazons reluctantly retreat and the Groupies scowl, suddenly on the sidelines as -- Lenny grins down at Lois. She smiles up at him and does a sexy dance to his pounding music. CUT TO: 35 EXT. SUICIDE SLUM ALLEY - NIGHT 35 A frightened-looking HISPANIC WOMAN comes out the side door of her rooming house. Clark is waiting. CLARK Ms. Valdes? I'm Clark Kent, from the Daily Planet? I'm looking for Derek Camden. Your phone number (X) was on the wall of his room. She just looks at him, not really comprehending. CLARK (CONT'D) Oh, you don't speak English? (X) Senorita Valdes, mi nombre es (X) Clark Kent, yo soy un reportero... (X) CUT TO: 35A EXT. METROPOLIS STREET - NIGHT 35A A line of old crumbling buildings, mostly abandoned. The (X) Sound Gang van is parked in the shadows. (X) Jimmy is across the street, hiding in the grassy overgrowth (X) of an empty lot. He lifts his camera, now outfitted with a (X) long telephoto lens. (X) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Pink Rev. 8/3/94 25. 33 CONTINUED: 2 33 Lois' jaw sets -- these girls don't know who they're dealing with. She pulls open her purse, then signals to FIVE HUGE ROCKERS, flashing a wad of bills and -- 34 LOIS - MOMENTS LATER 34 wades back into the front row, this time flanked by the Five Huge Rockers, who block the Dark-Haired Groupie Girls out of the way and clear a big space for Lois, guarding her and -- Lenny can't help but notice this knockout brunette at his feet -- the only one dancing in her own wide space. The Amazon Bodyguards start toward Lois. Lenny makes a hand signal -- let her be. The Amazons reluctantly retreat and the Groupies scowl, suddenly on the sidelines as -- Lenny grins down at Lois. She smiles up at him and does a sexy dance to his pounding music. CUT TO: (X) 35 OMITTED 35 35A EXT. METROPOLIS STREET - NIGHT 35A A line of old crumbling buildings, mostly abandoned. The Sound Gang van is parked in the shadows. Jimmy is across the street, hiding in the grassy overgrowth of an empty lot. He lifts his camera, now outfitted with a long telephoto lens. ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 26. 35B JIMMY'S POV - THROUGH THE LENS 35B He sees two of the Sound Gang members come out of an (X) abandoned building. Then the lens suddenly goes BLACK. (X) 35C JIMMY 35C lowers the camera and looks up, facing the Man in the Biker (X) Jacket. (X) JIMMY Uh, hi. (X) The Man snatches Jimmy up off the ground and stares (X) fiercely at him. (X) JIMMY (CONT'D) I was just wondering where you got (X) your jacket...? (X) 36 INT. THE STOKE CLUB - NIGHT 36 A PARTY is in progress. Stoke, his Band Members, several of the front row Groupies, The Amazons, Various Hangers-On, Deadbeats... and Lois. Stoke has taken a special liking to Lois and is plying her with his considerable British charm. Lois has assumed the adoring demeanor of a bimbonic fan: STOKE You see, I think there gets to a point in a relationship -- one that's got this kind of instant connection, where it's not just about me, Lenny, and you... You, uhhh, .hhhh... what was your name again, darling? LOIS Linda. STOKE Right, yes, but my point is not about names or identities or the five or ten minutes we've known each other. Time's irrelevant; something else is taking over. LOIS (faking wide-eyed wonder) Wow... what? STOKE This. (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 27. 36 CONTINUED: 36 As he leans in to kiss her, she "accidentally" spills her drink down his pants. He jumps back, startled and annoyed. LOIS Oops. Sorry. STOKE Please, darling, don't think about it... As he bends to wipe -- 36A TIGHT ON LOIS' HAND 36A _Jimmy's spy pen clutched in it_. She slips it into the pocket of Stoke's leather jacket as he's bent over, looking away. 36B BACK TO LOIS AND STOKE 36B He straightens up, then looks down at the jacket. STOKE What's this? Lois freezes. STOKE (CONT'D) You've gotten a bit on the ol' jacket. He wipes and she relaxes. Then her smile fades as he peels the jacket off and throws it over a chair. STOKE (CONT'D) (moving in) Now where were we? Trying to keep some distance from him, she steps back, keeping her eye on the jacket -- _and the spy pen sticking out of the pocket_. Then -- The Amazon Bodyguard who hoisted Clark walks up. As Lenny talks to her, Lois snatches back the spy pen. AMAZON WOMAN Lenny? There's a message for you. STOKE. Right, then. (to Lois) Ahhhhh . .? (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 28. 36B CONTINUED: 36B LOIS (again) Linda. STOKE Linda. I won't be a moment. As he heads off, Lois suddenly pulls him into a long, hard kiss that surprises even the seen-it-all Stoke. And while in the embrace we go -- 36C TIGHT ON LOIS' HAND 36C again as she slips Jimmy's spy pen into one of Stoke's shirt pockets. As soon as the pen's in -- 37 LOIS 37 breaks with an alluring smile. LOIS Don't forget me. STOKE Not to worry. He moves off with the Amazon, through a big Gothic steel door, which he closes. Lois turns away and fits a tiny receiver into her ear. 38 INT. STOKE'S MUSIC ROOM - NIGHT 38 A sonic mission control. A massive keyboard, huge super-computers, hooked to massive power transformers. TWO TECHNICIANS are making some last-minute retro-fits. Amazon stands guard at the door as Stoke takes his seat at the keyboard and several video screens flicker to life. 39 ON ONE SCREEN - THE MAYOR 39 silver-haired SUSAN SHARP, is at a podium delivering a statement at a live televised press conference. MAYOR SHARP Neither this city nor its financial institutions will cooperate with such outrageous blackmail. Furthermore... ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Pink Rev. 8/3/94 28. 36B CONTINUED: 36B LOIS (again) Linda. STOKE Linda. I won't be a moment. As he heads off, Lois suddenly pulls him into a long, hard kiss that surprises even the seen-it-all Stoke. And while in the embrace we go -- 36C TIGHT ON LOIS' HAND 36C again as she slips Jimmy's spy pen into one of Stoke's shirt pockets. As soon as the pen's in -- 37 LOIS 37 breaks with an alluring smile. LOIS Don't forget me. STOKE Not to worry. He moves off with the Amazon, through a big Gothic steel door, which he closes. Lois turns away and fits a tiny receiver into her ear. 38 INT. STOKE'S HUSIC ROOM - NIGHT 38 A sonic mission control. A massive keyboard, huge super-computers, hooked to massive power transformers. Two TECHNICIANS are making some last-minute retro-fits. Amazon stands guard at the door as Stoke takes his seat at the keyboard and several video screens flicker to life. 39 ON ONE SCREEN - THE MAYOR 39 silver-haired SUSAN SHARP, is at a podium delivering a statement at a live televised press conference. MAYOR SHARP Neither this city nor its financial institutions will cooperate with such outrageous blackmail. (X) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 29. 40 INT. STOKE CLUB - MAIN ROOM - NIGHT 40 Lois fiddles with the receiver in her ear, getting mostly STATIC. She twists it around, a bit, then gets a BASEBALL GAME. 41 INT. STOKE CLUB - MUSIC ROOM - NIGHT 41 Stoke watches the Mayor on TV, more disappointed than angry. STOKE (to Amazon) I think it's time to get back to business; clear out the party. 42 ON OTHER SCREENS 42 Various shots of a block of abandoned buildings. The Sound Gahg van is pulling away. 43 BACK TO SCENE 43 Stoke swings a microphone over to his lips. STOKE Talk to me. JACKET GUY (V.O.) Everything's set. But we caught a kid following us and taking pictures. 44 INT. STOKE CLUB - MAIN ROOM - NIGHT 44 As the three Amazon Bodyguards push the reluctant and disappointed partyers out the door. AMAZON WOMAN Everybody out, party's over... Lois is in a corner, still fidding with her earpiece. She's now getting drippy RADIO MUZAK. AMAZON WOMAN You too, honey. She grabs Lois by the arm and propels her to the door. LOIS Lenny asked me to wait. (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Pink Rev. 8/3/94 29. 40 INT. STOKE CLUB - MAIN ROOM - NIGHT 40 Lois fiddles with the receiver in her ear, getting mostly STATIC. She twists it arouhd a bit, then gets a BASEBALL GAME. 41 INT. STOKE CLUB - MUSIC ROOM - NIGHT 41 Stoke watches the Mayor on TV, more disappointed than angry. Her speech continues under: (X) MAYOR SHARP (V.O.) The Metropolis Police in (X) conjunction with State and Federal (X) authorities are following a number (X) of strong leads and we expect to (X) have this individual identified (X) and apprehended in a very shot (X) time. Cttizens are urged to (X) remain calm... (X) STOKE (to Amazon) I think it's time to get back to business; clear out the party. 42 ON OTHER SCREENS 42 Various shots of a block of abandoned buildings. The Sound Gang van is pulling away. 43 BACK TO SCENE 43 Stoke swings a microphone over to his lips. STOKE Talk to me. JACKET GUY (V.O.) Everything's set. But we caught a kid following us and taking pictures. 44 INT. STOKE CLUB - MAIN ROOM - NIGHT 44 As the three Amazon Bodyguards push the reluctant and disappointed partyers out the door. AMAZON WOMAN Everybody out, party's over... Lois is in a corner, still fiddling with her earpiece. She's now getting drippy RADIO MUZAK. (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Pink Rev. 8/3/94 29A. 44 CONTINUED: 44 AMAZON WOMAN You too, honey. She grabs Lois by the arm and propels her to the door. LOIS Lenny asked me to wait. (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 30. 44 CONTINUED: 44 AMAZON WOMAN And I'm sure he meant it at the time. (shoves Lois out) It happens, sweet-face. She SLAMS the door on Lois. 45 INT. CLUB - MUSIC ROOM - NIGHT 45 Stoke places his hands on the keyboard gently. STOKE Listen up, Metropolis. Stoke's gloved fingers strike the keys. Instead of musical notes, we get a deep RUMBLING, LIKE THUNDER. 46 EXT. ABANDONED BUILDINGS - VARIOUS SHOTS - NIGHT 46 In the streets around this block WE SEE several of Stoke's tiny speakers. A great RUMBLING NOISE emanates from them, louder and louder. 47 INT. ONE ABANDONED BUILDING - NIGHT 47 It's like an EARTHQUAKE -- the sudden ROAR, everything shaking, chunks of plaster falling, a window SHATTERING, the ROAR building and Jimmy Olsen in the middle of it all -- bound, gagged and terrified out of his mind. FADE OUT: _END OF ACT TWO_ ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 31. _ACT THREE_ FADE IN: 48 THE ABANDONED BUILDING - NIGHT 48 VIBRATES, assaulted by SHOCKWAVES of sound, its walls starting to CRACK. 49 INT. ABANDONED BUILDING - NIGHT 49 As plaster chunks fall, a massive beam comes loose from the ceiling above, plummeting toward the bound and gagged Jimmy. SUPERMAN'S HAND shoots into frame and _CATCHES_ the beam. 50 EXT. ABANDONED BUILDING - NIGHT 50 Windows and walls EXPLODE. 51 INT. STOKE'S MUSIC ROOM - NIGHT 51 Stoke watches the EXPLOSIONS on several monitors as he picks up his phone. STOKE (into phone) Hi, is the Mayor around?... Well, you might want to have her get down to the corner of Ninth and Grandview. I'm going to be toppling all the buildings on the block, one by one... Yes, think of them as pins and this is sort of a sonic bowling for dollars. He grins to his Technicians but the grin is cut short by the sight of -- 52 ON A MONITOR - SUPERMAN 52 _STREAKING_ out of the building with Jimmy. 53 EXT. ABANDONED BUILDING - NIGHT 53 Superman _SETS_ Jimmy down -- SUPERMAN Run, Jimmy! The boy doesn't have to be told twice. He takes off like a cheetah, as Superman wheels around and _SHOOTS HEAT VISION BEAMS_ at several roaring mini speakers _BLASTING_ them to bits The RUMBLING SHOCKWAVES cease. ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 32. 54 INT. STOKE MUSIC ROOM - NIGHT 54 STOKE (seeing this; into phone) Tell the Mayor I'll call right back. He hangs up and swings the microphone to his lips. 55 EXT. ABANDONED BUILDING - NIGHT 55 STOKE (V.O.) Well, well, look who's back for more... Superman _TAKES OFF_ and _FLIES_ after the sound of Stoke's VOICE, which is coming from more speakers around the corner. 56 EXT. STREET CORNER - NIGHT 56 Superman _SHOOTS_ into sight, sees a speaker on a second story wall, _BLASTS_ it with a _HEAT VISION BEAM_ but -- Three other speakers hidden on walls surrounding Superman EMIT a new and powerful SOUND and -- Superman covers his ears in agony. The VOLUME increases. His _FLYING_ becomes wobbly and he _DROPS_ from the sky, CRASHING into a parked car, COLLAPSING its roof. STOKE (V.O.) Like my new sound? Superman climbs out of the car wreckage and stumbles onto the street. He looks at one of the speakers, trying to summon up a heat beam. His eyes _FLICKER RED_ for a moment, but he's just too besieged by the noise. He collapses. INTERCUT: 57 INT. STOKE MUSIC ROOM - NIGHT 57 STOKE This one doesn't just go after the ear drums. It's an ultra-high frequency of five hundred million megahertz tearing through you -- melting that metallically dense nervous system of yours. ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 33. 58 EXT. STREET - NIGHT 58 Superman is on his hands and knees. STOKE (V.O.) To put it a little more simply -- This is your brain, this is your brain on _sound_... any questions? Superman is lying near a manhole. Pulls the metal disc cover off, rolls to his feet with it and with a final burst of super-strength _THROWS THE MANHOLE COVER_ like a discus. It _HITS_ the first speaker on the wall above Superman with a CLANG, destroying it, then _BANK SHOTS_ across the street, HITS the speaker there, then _BANK SHOTS_ back across the street and hits the third and final speaker. The SOUND is cut off. 59 INT. STOKE MUSIC ROOM - NIGHT 59 STOKE (impressed) Well -- you must be quite a pool player. 60 EXT. STREET - NIGHT 60 Superman gets to his feet. STOKE (V.O.) I believe that makes it your shot. SUPERMAN You can't hide forever. (X) STOKE (V.O.) Believe me, I don't intend to. Superman _TAKES OFF_. CUT TO: 61 INT. DAILY PLANET - NIGHT 61 Lois, a trench coat buttoned up over her groupie outfit, comes in, looking extremely depressed. Jimmy is sitting at her desk, furiously typing at her computer. She stands over him, glowering; it's a moment before he notices, then -- (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 34. 61 CONTINUED: 61 JIMMY Oh, hey, Lois... (off her silence) ...I know you hate people at your desk but I was just borrowing your computer, hope you don't mind. She just stares silent daggers. JIMMY (CONT'D) See, uh, Superman saved me from this building the Sound Guy blew up and even though I'm not a reporter, I thought I'd show the (X) Chief a few paragraphs on it but (X) uhhhh... (gathers his notes) ...I'll just finish it someplace else and get right out of your way. That he does. She sits. JIMMY (CONT'D) Hey, you're wearing the receiver... for my spy pen? How'd it work? Lois pulls the receiver out of her ear and drops it in the trash. JIMMY (CONT'D) Uh-_huh_. She yanks her drawer open and pulls out a bottle of aspirin. JIMMY (CONT'D) I get the feeling you're not really into the talking thinq right now... (fishing receiver out of trash) ...so I'll just cut you a wide berth... She SLAMS the drawer so hard chotchkes tumble oft the desk.(X) JIMMY (CONT'D) ... like a couple blocks. Fiddling with the receiver, he heads OUT OF FRAME. Lois gets up and walks to the water cooler, next to the stairs that lead up to the library. She gets a cup of water and starts to down the aspirin as Perry walks by. PERRY Nice nose ring. (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 35. 61 CONTINUED: 2 61 He heads for the elevators. She plucks the ring from her nostril and starts back to her desk when Clark comes barrelling down the stairs, holding an atlas. He stops. CLARK Oh, hi. LOIS Hi. They head to their stations together. CLARK How's the Stoke lead going? LOIS I was so close... then I rammed myself right into a dead end. Dejected, she sits at her desk and undoes her coat, revealing the groupie disguise. LOIS (CONT'D) Clark, I've lost something... CLARK (per her outfit) Your fashion sense? LOIS My edge. When did it happen? Is it gone forever, like socks that go the dryer but never come out? CLARK Lois, you're babbling. LOIS I know. See? I never babble. CLARK Are you kidding, you're a _brook_. But that's not the point -- the point is you're the same reporter you've always been: dedicated, hard working, a little over the top sometimes... you could use a few more vacations, maybe a hobby, I don't know, even a _life_ -- LOIS Is this leading anywhere? (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 36. 61 CONTINUED: 3 61 CLARK You're the best reporter in the city, Lois. You always have been and you always will be. LOIS (touched) Awww. Thanks. You really are a good friend. I'm sorry I got so wound up over a stupid award. CLARK Not even an award, just a nomination. LOIS Exactly. How ridiculous. (quickly) So, how's the Camden search going? CLARK (opens atlas) I think I know where he is. LOIS We do? CLARK 'We?' LOIS (checks map in atlas) Echo Canyon, interesting... CLARK What is this 'we' stuff? LOIS Didn't you just say I was the best? CLARK Well, yeah.. LOIS And who do you want for a partner, the worst? CLARK Well, no, but... (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 37. 61 CONTINUED: 4 61 LOIS (buttoning her trench coat, in motion) Look, do you want to sit here and quibble or get out there and tackle our story? Jimmy walks up and hands her the ear receiver. JIMMY It should pick up the bug now. LOIS What was wrong with it? JIMMY Nothing. You just had it set to AM radio. CUT TO: 62 EXT. ECHO CANYON - NIGHT 62 A vast, rocky gorge. Lois' headlights are tiny pinpricks in the distance. CLARK (V.O.) Camden had a friend from the hospital, Noami Valdez; she didn't speak English too well but she talked. about a place he liked to go... Canyon Del Sonido... LOIS (V.O.) Canyon of Sound? CLARK (V.O.) Very good. (X) 63 EXT. CANYON ROAD - NIGHT 63 Lois' car bumps along a twisting dirt road. CLARK (V.O.) Anyway, according to the atlas, Echo Canyon's famous for the way sound can bounce and carry for miles. ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Pink Rev. 8/3/94 37. 61 CONTINUED: 4 61 LOIS (buttoning her trench coat, in motion) Look, do you want to sit here and quibble or get out there and tackle our story? Jimmy walks up and hands her the ear receiver. JIMMY It should pick up the bug now. LOIS What was wrong with it? JIMMY Nothing. You just had it set to AM radio. CUT TO: 62 EXT. ECHO CANYON - NIGHT 62 A vast, rocky gorge. Lois' headlights are tiny pinpricks in the distance. CLARK (V.O.) Camden had a friend from the hospital, Noami Valdez; she didn't speak English too well but she talked about a place he liked to go... Canyon Del Sonido... LOIS (V.O.) Canyon of Sound? CLARK (V.O.) Very good. According to the (X) atlas, Echo Canyon's famous for (X) the way sound can bounce and carry (X) for miles. It's a state park, no (X) houses, no camping, but there's an (X) old ranger station up here... (X) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 38. 64 INT. LOIS' CAR - NIGHT 64 Lois at the wheel, Clark scanning the road ahead. CLARK It's a state park, no houses, no camping, but there's an old ranger station up here... 65 EXT OLD RANGER STATION -- NIGHT 65 A crmmbling shack being engulfed by encroaching forest. Lois and Clark creep through the surrounding brush. She stumbles. LOIS Ow. She glares down at her spiked heels. CLARK Shhhh. LOIS Sorry, does my ankle shattering annoy you? CLARK (suddenly freezes) Not me, him. LOIS Who? CLARK The guy with the gun. She whirls and stumbles hard, startled by crazed-looking DEREK CAMDEN, who steps out from behind a stand of trees, a (X) .45 aimed at them. Clark catches Lois, whose flaying hand knocks his glasses askew. CAMDEN Are you my Appointment in Samarra? LOIS What? CAMDEN Are you death come to visit me? CLARK No, we're reporters. And you're Dr. Camden, right? (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Pink Rev. 8/3/94 38. 63 63 THRU OMITTED THRU 64 64 65 EXT. OLD RANGER STATION - NIGHT 65 A shack. Lois and Clark creep through the surrounding (X) brush. She stumbles. LOIS Ow. She glares down at her spiked heels. CLARK Shhhh. LOIS Sorry, does my ankle shattering annoy you? CLARK (suddenly freezes) Not me, him. LOIS Who? CLARK The guy with the gun. She whirls and stumbles hard, startled by crazed-looking DEREK CAMDEN, who steps out from behind a stand of trees, a .45 aimed at them. Clark catches Lois, whose flaying hand knocks his glasses askew. CAMDEN Are you my Appointment in Samarra? LOIS What? CAMDEN Are you death come to visit me? CLARK No, we're reporters. And you're Dr. Camden, right? (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 39. 65 CONTINUED: 65 CAMDEN You work for _him_, you're his assassins. LOIS (as she teeters in her heels) Oh, for God's sake, if we were assassins, would we be this clumsy? CLARK (fumbling with his glasses) She's got a point. CUT TO: 66 INT. RANGER STATION - NIGHT 66 A cot and on old pot belly stove. Camden is at the window, gun still in hand, paranoid, as Lois and Clark try to get to the bottom of this. CLARK So those sounds that put people to sleep and blow things up -- CAMDEN (points to head with (X) gun) Here, all from _here_... (X) LOIS Doctor, be careful... (X) CAMDEN (points at her) (X) Don't touch me. (X) LOIS (backs off) Don't worry. CLARK (steps in) (X) Calm down, we're your friends. (X) CAMDEN He used that word, too. What does (X) that word mean -- friends? I used (X) to know... (X) (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Pink Rev. 8/3/94 39. 65 CONTINUED: 65 CAMDEN You work for _him_, you're his assassins. LOIS (as she teeters in her heels) Oh, for God's sake, if we were assassins, would we be this clumsy? CLARK (fumbling with his glasses) She's got a point. TIME CUT TO: (X) 66 EXT. RANGER STATION - LATER 66(X) Camden is pacing, gun still in hand, paranoid, as Lois and (X) Clark try to get to the bottom of this. CLARK So those sounds that put people to sleep and blow things up -- CAMDEN (points to head with gun) Here, all from _here_... LOIS Doctor, be careful... CAMDEN (points at her) Don't touch me. LOIS (backs off) Don't worry. CLARK (steps in) Calm down, we're your friends. CAMDEN He used that word, too. What does that word mean -- friends? I used to know... (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 40. 66 CONTINUED: 66 CLARK Stoke lied to you. He said he was (X) your friend just to get you out of (X) the hospital, then stole all your (X) inventions, right? (X) CAMDEN No, my dreams! He stole my (X) dreams! He want to end my body (X) and keep my dreams! (X) LOIS But Stoke _is_ the Sound Man? (X) CAMDEN Thief, killer, destroyer... (X) LOIS I'll take that as a yes. Ha! I (X) knew it! I was right! (X) CLARK We were both right. (X) LOIS Dr. Camden, what about that (X) frequency that hurst Superman? (X) Was that your... dream, too? (X) CAMDEN Never wanted to hurt, no (X) hurting... theories, play, circles (X) in the air... but not Lenny. (X) Lenny has the power. (X) CLARK What power? (X) CAMDEN The power, the power... it's all (X) about power... doesn't work (X) without power, where's he getting (X) the power? I never found the (X) power. But Lenny... he found the (X) power. He _stole_ the power. (X) (huddles in the (X) corner with his pistol) (X) And he's coming... for me, for (X) you, for everybody... and (X) _nothing_ can stop him. (X) CUT TO: ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Pink Rev. 8/3/94 40. 66 CONTINUED: 66 CLARK Stoke lied to you. He. said he was your frient just to get you out of the hospital, then stole all your inventions, right? CAMDEN No, my dreams! He stole my dreams! He wants to end my body and keep (X) my dreams! LOIS But Stoke _is_ the Sound Man? CAMDEN Thief, killer, destroyer... LOIS I'll take that as a yes. Ha! I knew it! I was right! CLARK We were both right. LOIS Dr. Camden, what about that frequency that hurts Superman? (X) Was that your... dream, too? CAMDEN Never wanted to hurt, no hurting... theories, play, circles in the air... but not Lenny. Lenny has the power. CLARK What power? CAMDEN The power, the power... it's all about power... doesn't work without power, where's he getting the power? I never found the power. But Lenny... he found the power. He _stole_ the power. (huddles in the corner with his pistol) And he's coming... for me, for YOU, for everybody... and nothing can stop him. CUT TO: ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 41. 67 INT. STOKE MUSIC ROOM - NIGHT 67 Stoke with his feet up, on the phone. STOKE (into phone) Mayor Sharp, I hope you're not trying to trace this call. I've routed it through three oceans, five isldnds and four continents. You'll be drawing social security before you I.D. me. I also hope you're not thinking this is a negotiation. It's _demand_. Now, yes or no. (pause) I see. Well then, maybe it's time for more show and less tell. He hangs up and turns to the Techies. STOKE Into the cellar, boys. We're going to need more power. CUT TO: 68 INT. LOIS' CAR DRIVING THROUGH METROPOLIS - DAWN - (DAY 4) 68(X) Lois at the wheel, Clark beside her, in mid-argument: LOIS I agree -- a tactical police team could infiltrate Stoke's place and pull his plug but come on, do we _really_ have enough evidence to go to them? CLARK Camden said -- LOIS The Nutty Professor? Come on. CLARK All right, what do you have in mind? Something reckless, dangerous? The kind of fly by the seat of your pants plan guaranteed to get you killed? LOIS You couldn't be more wrong. She parks the car. (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 42. 68 CONTINUED: 68 LOIS (CONT'D) We're not even leaving the car. She smiles, pulls Jimmy's spy pen receiver out of her coat pocket and fits it in her ear. And we REVEAL that they're parked across the street from -- 69 EXT. THE STOKE CLUB - DAY 69(X) Dark and ominous looking. 70 BACK IN THE CAR 70 Lois tunes the receiver. LOIS Just give me first hand confirmation that Stoke's our man and a few juicy quotes for page one and... hang on, I'm getting something... We MOVE IN ON Clark's ear as he tips his head toward the car's open window and -- CUT TO: 71 INT. STOKE MUSIC ROOM - DAY 71(X) Start TIGHT ON THE BULGE OF THE SPY PEN in Stoke's shirt pocket, then REVEAL: STOKE (into microphone) Are the speakers set? JACKET GUY (V.O.) Two more minutes... CUT TO: 72 EXT. CITY HALL - DAY 72(X) JACKET-GUY (V.O.) ...and City Hall will be ready to fall. With the van in the background, we see a Sound Gang Member set a speaker in the bushes of the park across the street and a Second Gangster sets one at the base of a lamp post, both aimed at the Main Building. ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 43. 73 INT. LOIS' CAR - DAY 73(X) LOIS Clark, he's going to destroy City (X) Hall. What do we do...? (X) FADE OUT: _END OF ACT THREE_ ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 44. _ACT FOUR_ FADE IN: 74 EXT. STREET IN FRONT OF STOKE CLUB - DAY 74(X) as Lois and Clark climb out of the car. LOIS What are we going to do? Clark tips his head, hearing a THRUMMING ELECTRIC BUZZ, then drops his glasses and follows the sound with -- 75 CLARK' S X-RAY POV - OF THE CELLAR UNDER THE CLUB 75 and the two Techies toiling there. He sees they've cut into the concrete floor and linked a juncture of cables to the city's main grid power lines running underground. 76 BACK TO SCENE - FRONT OF STOKE CLUB - DAY 76(X) CLARK You know what? I bet he's getting his power from the city lines underground, siphoning it off and if we could get into his cellar, maybe we could -- LOIS Clark, that is absolutely the most ridiculous theory I ever -- She stops and adjusts her ear piece as -- 77 INT. STOKE MUSIC ROOM - DAY 77(X) STOKE (into mic) ...I need as much power as you can pull but make sure the city can't trace it. 78 EXT. STOKE CLUB - DAY 78(X) LOIS You're right. How'd you -- ? CLARK Lucky guess. We have to get into the club. CUT TO ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 45. 79 EXT. STOKE CLUB - FRONT DOOR - MOMENTS LATER 79 Lois POUNDS. The Three Amazons pull it open. LOIS Hi. I just thought I'd give you girls a tip. Lenny told me he really likes his women to be... well... how should I put this? Smaller than your average milk cow? So if I were you, I'd either drop some poundage, or graze someplace else. As the Amazons burn LOIS (CONT'D) I'm sorry, should I be using smaller words...? Amazon 1 lunges for Lois, who catches the huge woman's wrist and flips her onto her back as the Two Other Amazons come at Lois, she blocks, punches and retreats, leading everyone away from the open door as -- Clark slips out from behind a pillar, through the door and -- 80 INT. STOKE CLUB - MAIN ROOM - DAY 80(X) Alone in here, he _SUPER-SPEEDS_ through the backstage door and -- 81 INT. CELLAR - DAY 81(X) Clark _SUPER-SPEEDS_ down the stairs and _STOPS_ between the two Techies manning the electric juncture. They look up, seeing him for the first time as he BANGS their heads together. 82 INT. STOKE'S MUSIC ROOM - DAY 82(X) Stoke hits a switch. 82A ON MONITORS - CITY HALL 82A from various angles as the van drives off. 82B BACK TO STOKE 82B As he gives a little bye-bye wave. ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Pink Rev. 8/3/94 45. 79 EXT. STOKE CLUB. - FRONT DOOR - MOMENTS LATER 79 Lois POUNDS. The Three Amazons pull it open. LOIS Hi. I just thought I'd give you girls a tip. Lenny told me he really likes his women to be... well... how should I put this? Smaller than your average milk cow? So if I were you, I'd either drop some poundage, or graze someplace else. As the Amazons burn -- LOIS (CONT'D) I'm sorry, should I be using smaller words...? Amazon 1 lunges for Lois, who catches the huge woman's wrist and flips her onto her back as the Two Other Amazons come at Lois, she blocks, punches and retreats, leading everyone away from the open door as -- Clark slips out from behind a pillar, through the door and -- 80 INT. STOKE CLUB - MAIN ROOM - DAY 80 Alone in here, he _SUPER-SPEEDS_ through the backstage door and -- 81 INT. CELLAR - DAY 81 Clark _SUPER-SPEEDS_ into view and _STOPS_ between the two (X) Techies manning the electric juncture. They look up, seeing him for the first time as he BANGS their heads together. 82 INT. STOKE'S MUSIC ROOM DAY 82 Stoke hits a switch. 82A ON MONITORS - CITY HALL 82A from various angles as the van drives off. 82B BACK TO STOKE 82B As he gives a little bye-bye wave. ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 46. 83 INT. STOKE MAIN ROOM - DAY 83(X) Lois is fighting what looks like a losing battle with the three Amazons, then she rallies and in a fantastic series of kicks and blows, drops all three to the ground. LOIS (winded) Also, you could get those roots (X) lightened up. (X) 84 INT. STOKE MUSIC ROOM - DAY 84(X) Stoke's fingers are poised over the keys. 85 INT. STOKE CELLAR - DAY 85(X) Clark _YANKS_ all of Stoke's cables out of the juncture. SPARKS FLARE. 86 INT. STOKE MUSIC ROOM - DAY 86(X) Stoke's fingers hit the keys just as ALL THE POWER KICKS OUT --lights, monitors, computers, everything plunged into darkness. 87 INT. STOKE CELLAR - DAY 87(X) Dramatically lit by the POPPING SPARKS, Clark pulls his glasses off -- ready to kick some _serious_ ass. 88 INT. STOKE CLUB - MAIN ROOM - DAY 88(X) Lois comes in, just in time to see Superman crossing to the door of Stoke's music room. She beams at him, he returns the smile, grabs the door handle and -- 89 INT. STOKE MUSIC ROOM - DAY 89(X) The door is _RIPPED_ off the hinges and sent CLATTERING. Superman charges in, Stoke whirls and lifts his hand -- STOKE Rude not to knock. SUPERMAN You're the one who's going to learn some manners. Stoke hits a remote control in his palm and -- (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Pink Rev. 8/3/94 46. 83 INT. STOKE MAIN ROOM - DAY 83 Lois is fightingwhat looks like a losing battle with the three Amazons, then she rallies and in a fantastic series of kicks and blow, drops all three to the ground. LOIS (winded) Also, you could get those roots lightened up. 84 INT. STOKE MUSIC ROOM - DAY 84 Stoke's fingers are poised over the keys. 85 INT. STOKE CELLAR - DAY 85 Clark _YANKS_ all of Stoke's cables out of the juncture. SPARKS FLARE. 86 INT. STOKE MUSIC ROOM - DAY 86 Stoke's fingers hit the keys just as ALL THE POWER KICKS OUT -- lights, monitors, computers, everything plunged into darkness. 87 INT. STOKE CELLAR - DAY 87 Dramatically lit by the POPPING SPARKS, Clark pulls his glasses off -- ready to kick some _serious_ ass. 88 OMITTED 88 89 INT. STOKE MUSIC ROOM - DAY 89 The door is _RIPPED_ off the hinges and sent CLATTERING. Superman charges in. The chair is empty. No Stoke. Lois (X) comes running in. (X) LOIS Superman! (X) Suddenly, Superman sees Stoke step out from behind an (X) archway -- grabs Lois and holds a pistol to her head. (X) Superman kicks into _SUPER-SPEED_ but Stoke holds up a metal-gloved hand and with a strange WARBLING SOUND, the air around Lois and Stoke SHIVERS slightly and -- About two feet from Stoke's outstretched hand, the _SPEEDING_ Superman HITS an INVISIBLE FORCE FIELD at full speed (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 47. 89 CONTINUED: 89 STOKE Am I? EVERYTHING COMES BACK TO LIFE -- lights, monitors, computers and from the enormous number of speakers in here. THE DEADLY SUPER-SONIC SHRIEKS and drops Superman to his knees, right at Stoke's feet. STOKE (CONT'D) No, I think _you're_ the one with a bit to learn. For instance -- if you rely on power, always have a backup generator. Stoke grins and gestures to a tall, cylindrical device in the corner THRUMMING and GLOWING with energy. Lois comes through the door -- LOIS Superman... SUPERMAN Stay back, Lois. He fights his way to his feet and takes a wide swing at Stoke. Stoke sidesteps the sloppy blow and gives Superman a shove. He SLAMS into Lois, knocking her over. STOKE Oh, now see, there you are being rude again, smashing up my pretty guests. Stoke laughs and hefts Superman. Gets ready for a Sunday Punch but Lois is all over him like ugly on a monkey. She clobbers him from behind and stuns him. Amazon 1 races in with a pistol drawn. Lois does a spin-kick round-house combination, knocks the gun out of her hand -- The gun goes flying. Lois and Stoke both dive for it at the same time but Lois gets it first, rolls and aims at the glowing backup generator in the corner and -- STOKE NOOOOOOOOO! She FIRES FOUR ROUNDS into the generator. Bullets PUNCTURE its steel skin. SPARKS ERUPT. SMOKE BILLOWS and -- ALL POWER DIES, including the SOUND felling Superman, who shakes his head clear and gets to his feet as -- Stoke charges Lois, grabs her wrist, twists and the gun drops into his free hand, puts the pistol to Lois' head. (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Pink Rev. 8/3/94 47. 89 CONTINUED: 89 The field around Stoke and Lois RIPPLES like water as Superman is bounced back off it. STOKE Surprise. (to Lois) Darling, please. He pulls back the hammer of the gun. Lois stops squirming. Superman gets to his feet, circles Stoke, looking for a way in. STOKE (CONT'D) As you can see, these gloves aren't just an affectation. Little something I dreamed up called the Wall of Sound. A sonic barrier so dense nothing can get through it, not even you, Superman. And there's no plug to pull -- independent power supply. Superman moves at Stoke. STOKE Well, there's that lantern-jawed look of concern for human life. (studies Lois) Or something else? She's your girl, then? (smiles) She is, isn't she? Superman stands his ground. STOKE (CONT'D) You've got five seconds to go or (X) she dies. Five, four, three, (X) two -- Superman _TAKES OFF_, _FLYING_ across the room and out the door. LOIS No... STOKE I know, darling, but really, you'll see... I'm _much_ more fun. CUT TO: 90 EXT. SUPERMAN _FLYING_ - DAY 90 Over the Metropolis skyline (X) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 48. 89 CONTINUED: 2 89 Superman kicks into _SUPER-SPEED_ but Stoke holds up a metal-gloved hand and with a strange WARBLING SOUND, the air around Lois and Stoke SHIVERS slightly and -- About two feet from Stoke's outstretched hand, the _SPEEDING_ Superman HITS an INVISIBLE FORCE FIELD at full speed. The field around Stoke and Lois RIPPLES like water as Superman is bounced back off it. STOKE Surprise. (to Lois) Darling, please. He pulls back the hammer of the gun. Lois stops squirming. Superman gets to his feet, circles Stoke, looking for a way in. STOKE (CONT'D) As you can see, these gloves aren't just an affectation. Little something I dreamed up called the Wall of Sound. A sonic barrier so dense nothing can get through it, not even you, Superman. And there's no plug to pull -- independent power supply. Superman moves at Stoke. STOKE Well, there's that lantern-jawed look of concern for human life. (studies Lois) Or something else? She's your girl, then? (smi1es) She is, isn't she? Superman stands his ground. STOKE (CONT'D) You've got five seconds. Five, four, three, two -- Superman _TAKES OFF_, _FLYING_ across the room and out the door. LOIS No... STOKE I know, darling, but really, you'll see... I'm _much_ more fun. CUT TO: ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Pink Rev. 8/3/94 48. 91 INT. STOKE MUSIC ROOM - DAY 91 Stoke and Lois still inside the Wall, which SHIMMERS around them as they walk. Amazon 1 comes in. STOKE Get downstairs and hook us back into the city main. 92 INT. STOKE CELLAR - DAY 92 With the Amazon overseeing, the Techies re-attach the cables to the power supply. 93 INT. STOKE MUSIC ROOM - DAY 93 The power comes back on. Monitors alight with the sime SHOTS of City Hall we saw earlier. Computers HUM. Stoke and Lois, still in the Wall, move to the keyboard. LOIS Look, Lenny, this is -- STOKE Oh, come on, you're not going to say something tiresome like, 'You can't possibly get away with this,' are you? LOIS Well... STOKE Just keep those happy little greeting card thoughts to yourself, hm? 94 EXT. SKY OVER METROPOLIS - DAY 94 Superman _STREAKS_ by, a BLUE BLUR, moving so fast there's an ear-shattering BOOM. 95 EXT. METROPOLIS ALLEY - DAY 95 Two WINOS sit in filth, sucking down their hooch. As the BOOM reverberates, they glance up.. WINO 1 What the hell was that? (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 49. 90 EXT. SUPERMAN _FLYING_ - DAY 90(X) Up, up and away from Stoke's mansion. 91 INT. STOKE MUSIC ROOM - DAY 91(X) Stoke and Lois still inside the Wall, which SHIMMERS around them as they walk. Amazon 1 gets to her feet. STOKE Get downstairs and hook us back into the city main. 92 INT. STOKE CELLAR - DAY 92(X) With the Amazon overseeing, the Techies re-attach the cables to the power supply. 93 INT. STOKE MUSIC ROOM - DAY 93(X) The power comes back on. Monitors alight with the same SHOTS of City Hall we saw earlier. Computers HUM. Stoke and Lois, still in the Wall, move to the keyboard. LOIS Look, Lenny, this is -- STOKE Oh, come on, you're not going to say something tiresome like, 'You can't possibly get away with this,' are you? LOIS Well... STOKE Just keep those happy little greeting card thoughts to yourself, hm? 94 EXT. SKY OVER METROPOLIS - DAY 94(X) Superman _STREAKS_ by, a BLUE BLUR, moving so fast there's an ear-shattering BOOM. 95 EXT. METROPOLIS ALLEY - DAY 95(X) Two WINOS sit in filth, sucking down their hooch. As the BOOM reverberates, they glance up. (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Pink Rev. 8/3/94 49. 95 CONTINUED: 95 WINO 2 Sound is a mechanical disturbance with limited speed. When an object reaches seven-hundred-and-forty miles per hour, it catches up with its own noise and the piled-up energy takes the form of a violent shockwave called a sonic boom. WINO 1 They never shoulda fired you from NASA. WINO 2 (guzzling) Tell me about it. 96 INT. STOKE MUSIC ROOM - DAY 96 Lois and Stoke now stand before his keyboard. He extends his forefinger. Grins and lowers it onto -- A key. The SHIVERING FORCE FIELD surrounding his hand depresses the key about an inch from the finger tip and -- 97 EXT. METROPOLIS CITY HALL - VARIOUS SHOTS - DAY 97 We hear that deep, sonic RUMBLE coming from the tiny speakers. Everything begins to VIBRATE. 98 INT. STOKE MUSIC ROOM - DAY 98 Stoke watches this on monitors, smiling, when -- Superman's Blue Streak _BLASTS_ through a wall and in a SERIES OF LIGHTNING FAST CUTS, WE SEE: -- his Blue Streak _SHOOT_ through the Wall of Sound as the clear force field RIPPLES HUGELY, then Stoke's gloves and pistol are _SNATCHED_ away so fast it's like they _DISAPPEAR_ and the keyboard and monitors are _SMASHED_ in a spectacular _EXPLOSION_ as the Super Blue Bolt _FLIES_ out the other end of the force field, _DESTROYING_ the equipment. 99 EXT. CITY HALL - DAY 99 Stops quaking. The speakers are silent. ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 50. 95 CONTINUED: 95 WINO 1 What the hell was that? WINO 2 Sound is a mechanical disturbance with limited speed. When an object reaches seven-hundred-and-forty miles per hour, it catches up with its own noise and the piled-up energy takes the form of a violent shockwave called a sonic boom. WINO 1 They never shoulda fired you from (X) NASA. WINO 2 (guzzling) Tell me about it. 96 INT. STOKE MUSIC ROOM - DAY 96(X) Lois and Stoke now stand before his keyboard. He extends his forefinger. Grins and lowers it onto -- A key. The SHIVERING FORCE FIELD surrounding his hand depresses the key about an inch from the finger tip and -- 97 EXT. METROPOLIS CITY HALL - VARIOUS SHOTS - DAY 97(X) We hear that deep, sonic RUMBLE coming from the tiny speakers. Everything begins to VIBRATE. 98 INT. STOKE MUSIC ROOM - DAY 98(X) Stoke watches this on monitors, smiling, when -- Superman's Blue Streak _BLASTS_ through a wall and in a SERIES OF LIGHTNING FAST CUTS, WE SEE: -- his Blue Streak _SHOOT_ through the Wall of Sound as the clear force field RIPPLES HUGELY, then Stoke's gloves and pistol are _SNATCHED_ away so fast it's like they _DISAPPEAR_ and the keyboard and monitors are _SMASHED_ in a spectacular _EXPLOSION_ as the Super Blue Bolt _FLIES_ out the other end of the force field, _DESTROYING_ the equipment. 99 EXT. CITY HALL - DAY 99(X) Stops quaking. The speakers are silent. ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Pink Rev. 8/3/94 50. 100 INT. STOKE MUSIC ROOM - DAY 100 Stoke is left standing gloveless, gunless, his equipment smashed and SPUTTERING, as he turns and sees Superman standing amid the smoking wreckage. LOIS (beaming) Like I was saying, you don't want to do this... because you don't want to make him mad. Holding Stoke's gloves and gun, Superman crushes them. (X) STOKE But how -- ? How -- ? SUPERMAN Simple. Broke the sound barrier. He tosses the crushed guns and gloves aside and grabs Stoke. STOKE No, no, please, I -- I hate flying. SUPERMAN Look on the bright side -- you won't be getting the chance for a few decades. He hefts Stoke by the arm and -- CUT TO: 101 EXT. PRESS ASSOCIATION BUILDING - (NIGHT 4) 101 Lois and Clark emerge, looking spectacular in their evening wear. Clark holds a small cut glass statue -- the Kerth Award. Perry, also in tux, shakes Clark's hand. PERRY Son, I'm as proud as a papa. LOIS Not as proud as I am. Your speech was great. PERRY Well, that's a nice little attitude adjustment. What brought that on? LOIS I'm just... glad I have such a good partner. (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 51. 100 INT. STOKE MUSIC ROOM - DAY 100(X) Stoke is left standing gloveless, gunless, his equipment smashed and SPUTTERING, as he turns and sees Superman standing amid the smoking wreckage. LOIS (beaming) Like I was saying, you don't want to do this... because you don't want to make _him_ mad. Holding Stoke's gloves and gun, Superman molds them into hunks of modern sculpture: STOKE But how -- ? How -- ? SUPERMAN Simple. Broke the sound barrier. He tosses the crushed guns and gloves aside and grabs Stoke. STOKE No, no, please, I -- I hate flying. SUPERMAN Look on the bright side -- you (X) won't be getting the chance for a (X) few decades. He hefts Stoke by the arm and -- CUT TO: 101 EXT. PRESS ASSOCIATION BUILDING - (NIGHT 4) 101 Lois and Clark emerge, looking spectacular in their evening wear. Clark holds a small cut glass statue -- the Kerth Award. Perry, also in tux, shakes Clark's hand. PERRY Son, I'm as proud as a papa. LOIS Not as proud as I am. Your speech was great. PERRY Well, that's a nice little attitude adjustment. What brought that on? LOIS I'm just... glad I have such a good partner. (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Pink Rev. 8/3/94 51. 101 CONTINUED: 101 PERRY (looking off) Comin', honey! (with a wink) Everytime Alice sees me in a monkey suit, she can't wait to get me home and tear it off. 'Night, you two. Off he goes. Lois and Clark walk. LOIS So how did I rate as a date? CLARK A-plus. LOIS I hung on your arm decoratively? CLARK You did. LOIS Fawned appropriately? CLARK Absolutely. LOIS And then just faded into the background during your big moment. CLARK You were beautiful, yet invisible. LOIS (with a thousand watt smile) Make me go through another night like this and I'll rip out your spleen. CLARK Fair enough. Clark studies his prize. CLARK (CONT'D) It's smaller than I thought. (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 52. 101 CONTINUED: 101 PERRY (looking off) Comin', honey! (with a wink) Everytime Alice sees me in a monkey suit, she can't wait to get me home and tear it off. 'Night, you two. Off he goes. Lois and Clark walk. LOIS So how did I rate as a date? CLARK A-plus. LOIS I hung on your arm decoratively? CLARK You did. LOIS Fawned appropriately? CLARK Absolutely. LOIS And then just faded into the background during your big moment. CLARK You were beautiful, yet invisible. LOIS (with a thousand watt smile) Make me go through another night like this and I'll rip out your spleen. CLARK Fair enough. Clark studies his prize. CLARK (CONT'D) It's smaller than I thought. (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Pink Rev. 8/3/94 52. 101 CONTINUED: 2 101 LOIS And not quite as shiny close up. (shrugs) You win a few of these, you find out they don't mean much. A quick rush, a few pats on the back, then you're back on the beat, only as good as your next story. CLARK Where do you think I should keep it? LOIS I'm the wrong person to ask. I keep mine at the bottom of a closet... CUT TO: 102 INT. LOIS' APARTMENT - NIGHT 102 She opens an armoire and there, spectacularly lit and dazzlingly displayed, are her three Kerth Awards. She sighs contentedly at the sight of them, then notices a smudge on one. She picks up a chamois cloth, spritzes a cleaning solvent on the spot and rubs fastidiously. Behind her, she hears curtains RUFFLE in the breeze, turns and -- Superman is standing in front of the open window. SUPERMAN I saw your light. Is this a bad time? She sets down the rag and cleaning fluid. LOIS No, no, just doing a little... cleaning. He moves to her. SUPERMAN I wanted to thank you for the other night. I couldn't have stopped (X) Stoke without you. You were very (X) brave. (X) LOIS Well, me and Clark. (X) (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 53. 101 CONTINUED: 2 101 LOIS And not quite as shiny close up. (shrugs) You win a few of these, you find out they don't mean much. A quick rush, a few pats on the back, then you're back on the beat, only as good as your next story. CLARK Where do you think I should keep it? LOIS I'm the wrong person to ask. I keep mine at the bottom of a closet... CUT TO: 102 INT. LOIS' APARTMENT - NIGHT 102 She opens an armoire and there, spectacularly lit and dazzlingly displayed, are her three Kerth Awards. She sighs contentedly at the sight of them, then notices a smudge on one, She picks up a chamois cloth, spritzes a cleaning solvent on the spot and rubs fastidiously. Behind her, she hears curtains RUFFLE in the breeze, turns and -- Superman is standing in front of the open window. SUPERMAN I saw your light. Is this a bad time? She sets down the rag and cleaning fluid. LOIS No, no, just doing a little... cleaning. He moves to her. SUPERMAN I wanted to thank you for the other night. You saved my life. LOIS Well, hey, a few dozen more times, we'll be even. A look is held between them -- the kind that could lead to (X) almost anything. (CONTINUED) ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Pink Rev. 8/3/94 53. 102 CONTINUED: 102 SUPERMAN Yes, I'll be sure to thank him, (X) too. (X) A look is held between them -- the kind that could lead to almost anything. Then Superman's eyes flick to the three Kerth Awards in the armoire. SUPERMAN (CONT'D) What are those? LOIS Nothing, they're just, uhhh... SUPERMAN Journalism awards. (hefts the cleaning fluid) You sure do keep them in good shape. LOIS (caught and embarrassed) Not really, I hardly even know they're -- SUPERMAN I like the lighting; makes them look... bigger. She's not quite sure how to take his mischevious grin. SUPERMAN (CONT'D) Well, I'd better get going. (X) LOIS Wait. (X) She plucks a white rose from a vase of flowers and hands it (X) to him. He hesitates, then takes it with a smile. (X) SUPERMAN What's this for? (X) LOIS Do I have to have a reason? (X) SUPERMAN I guess not. (X) She kisses his cheek. (X) SUPERMAN (CONT'D) Good night, Lois (X) He moves off. ---page break--- WALL OF SOUND (#2) Full Blue Rev. 8/2/94 54. 102 CONTINUED: 102 Then Superman's eyes flick to the three Kerth Awards in the armoire. SUPERMAN (CONT'D) What are those? LOIS Nothing, they're just, uhhh... SUPEAMAN Journalism awards. (hefts the cleaning fluid) You sure do keep them in good shape. LOIS (caught and embarrassed) Not really, I hardly even know they're -- SUPERMAN I like the lighting; makes them look... bigger. She's not quite sure how to take his mischevious grin. SUPERMAN (CONT'D) Well, good night, Lois. He moves off. (X) 102A CLOSE ON LOIS' SMILING FACE 102A as she hears the familiar WHOOSH of Superman's takeoff and (X) the wind b1ows her hair back. (X) LOIS Good night. FADE OUT. _THE END_ WALL OF SOUND (#2) Pink Rev. 8/3/94 54. 102A CLOSE ON LOIS' SMILING FACE 102A as she hears the familiar WHOOSH of Superman's takeoff and the wind blows her hair back. LOIS Good night. FADE OUT. _THE END_