notes: To pop everything into place... use Courier 10 (or 10 characters per inch) set top margin at 0.5", bottom margin at 0.5" (or minimums) left margin at 1", right margin at .25 (or minimum) (I had to tell the program that my primitive printer was using legal- size paper) * and (X) used in script probably mean "this line changed from previous version" Notes: Cover: "Top Copy", Written by John McNamara [and] Directed by Randall Zisk are all in large, bold print. WARNER BROS. TELEVISION is in an arial-type font. The remainder of the script is in Courier 10. While my version claims to be "FULL Blue Rev." dated 1/5/95, I also have some Pink Rev dated 1/5/95. note where Pink pages update FULL Blue pages Typos noted: Page 32, 1/4 way down page, KRYPTONIE GLOW... "kryptonite" spelled wrong in original Page 43, scene 32, at end of paragraph, "heart monintors and EKG'S." monitors spelled wrong in original and 'S should be 's --page break-- "Top Copy" EPISODE FOURTEEN Prod. #456464 Written by John McNamara Directed by Randall Zisk WARNER BROS. TELEVISION _Production Draft_ Dec. 20, 1994 FULL Blue 1/5/95 --page break-- _LOIS & CLARK_ "_Top Copy_" Blue Rev. 1/5/95 CAST CLARK KENT/SUPERMAN LOIS LANE PERRY WHITE JIMMY OLSEN MARTHA KENT JONATHAN KENT _____________________________________________________________ DIANA STRIDE ROLF MAYSON DRAKE DOCTOR MR. DARRYL SWAT MEMBER (Voice) TV ANNOUNCER (Voice) --page break-- _LOIS & CLARK_ "_Top Copy_" Blue Rev. 1/5/95 _CHRONOLOGY_ SC. 1 - 16 NIGHT 1 SC. 17 - 24 DAY 1 SC. 25 - 43 NIGHT 2 * SC. 44 - 46 DAY 3 * SC. 47 - 50 NIGHT 3 * SC. 51 - 70 DAY 4 * SC. 71 - 104 NIGHT 4 * --page break-- _LOIS & CLARK_ "_Top Copy_" Blue Rev. 1/5/95 _LOCATIONS_ INTERIORS: EXTERIORS: Daily Planet Skyscraper Terrace Pit Conference Room Woods Elevator Safe House Back Hall Pond Clark's Apartment Clark's Apartment Terrace Diana Stride's Office Front Door Hospital Daily Planet Room Building Window Corridor Ventilation Room Park Park Cafe Kent Work Shed Nuclear Power Plant --page break-- LOIS & CLARK The New Adventures of Superman "Top Copy" TEASE FADE IN: 1 EXT. A MIDTOWN METROPOLIS SKYSCRAPER - NIGHT #1 1 one of the tallest in the city. From inside its penthouse, the sudden WHOMPH of an EXPLOSION, then FLAMES flicker behind the windows. 2 EXT. PENTHOUSE TERRACE - NIGHT 2 Through curtained French doors, we glimpse FLAME and smoke, spreading. A WOMAN stands in the doorway, her curving back to us, holding a lit lighter. A trendily smooth Euro-man named ROLF steps up behind her. Neither seems at all concerned by the fire. ROLF Nice work. WOMAN (clicks off lighter) Thanks. ROLF How long till the flames engulf (X) this floor? WOMAN Six, maybe seven minutes. How do I look? ROLF Fabulous. Naturally. She turns and steps into the light, a striking beauty with the soul of a born predator: DIANA STRIDE. Rolf opens a compact so she can inspect her face. DIANA See him yet? (X) Rolf studies the sky. (X) CUT TO: --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 2. 3 OMITTED 3 3A INT. DAILY PLANET - PIT - NIGHT 3A LOIS and CLARK are at their desks, each intent on their (X) computer monitors. Clark is just hanging up the phone. (X) CLARK The fax from Iberia should be here (X) in a few minutes and we can (X) finally get out of here. Okay... (X) (clicking his keys) (X) Queen to King one. Your move. (X) We see now they're playing computer chess on their (X) respective machines. (X) LOIS I know. It's been my move for a while. CLARK What do you mean, I just -- ? (X) LOIS I mean the date thing. CLARK Oh. LOIS So. About the date thing... CLARK Yes? LOIS I know I've been kind of avoiding the subject lately... CLARK Yes. LOIS ... but I've finally decided I think we should -- Clark SUPER-HEARS a WAILING of SIRENS, then picks up a POLICE VOICE: (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 3. 3A CONTINUED: 3A VOICE LOIS ... fire at the -- go ahead and Metropolitan do it, I mean, I Building, know there's a penthouse... lot to lose but can't get a we're both helicopter up adults, right? there, winds are And it's just a too strong... date, right? Clark? CLARK Lois, please, hold that thought, (X) okay? LOIS 'Hold that thought?' Did you just say, 'Hold that thought?' CLARK I'm sorry, uh, but I have to... (suddenly grabs a videotape up off his desk) (X) ...return this video or I'm gonna get triple-charged -- (out the door) -- I'll be right back. He's gone. She's alone. (X) LOIS It's me, right? I do this, I make them insane. No, no, it's _them_ -- they're insane but they hide it... ah-ha-ha, but I always see it, because I'm too smart. Smart... and alone... and talking (X) to myself. (X) CUT TO: 4 EXT. PENTHOUSE TERRACE - NIGHT 4 We're near the edge with Diana and Rolf. The searing LIGHT of the off-screen fire plays across their faces as SMOKE drifts by. Rolf is scanning the skies with a pair of high-tech binoculars. Diana smears a GOLD CREAM on her (X) hands with a dispenser. It gives a slight SPARKLE on her (X) fingers. (X) DIANA See the Big Red 'S' yet? (X) ROLF Heading right this way. --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) Pink Rev. 1/5/95 3. 3A CONTINUED: 3A VOICE LOIS ... fire at the -- go ahead and Metropolitan do it, I mean, I Building, know there's a penthouse... lot to lose but can't get a we're both helicopter up adults, right? there, winds are And it's just a too strong... date, right? Clark? CLARK Lois, please, hold that thought, (X) okay? LOIS 'Hold that thought?' Did you just say, 'Hold that thought?' CLARK I'm sorry, uh, but I have to... (suddenly grabs a videotape up off his desk) (X) ...return this video or I'm gonna get triple-charged -- (out the door) -- I'll be right back. He's gone. She's alone. (X) LOIS It's me, right? I do this, I make them insane. No, no, it's _them_ -- they're insane but they hide it... ah-ha-ha, but I always see it, because I'm too smart. Smart... and alone... and talking (X) to a piece of plastic. (X) CUT TO: 4 EXT. PENTHOUSE TERRACE - NIGHT 4 We're near the edge with Diana and Rolf. The searing LIGHT of the off-screen fire plays across their faces as SMOKE drifts by. Rolf is scanning the skies with a pair of high-tech binoculars. Diana smears a GOLD CREAM on her (X) hands with a dispenser. It gives a slight SPARKLE on her (X) fingers. (X) DIANA See the Big Red 'S' yet? (X) ROLF Heading right this way. --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 4. 5 THROUGH THE INFRA-RED BINOCS - ROLF SEES SUPERMAN 5 streak toward them. 6 BACK TO SCENE 6 Diana hands the dispenser to Rolf, who tucks it away. ROLF Oh. Your charm? (X) She reaches into her blouse and pulls out a distinctive looking _silver crescent moon pendant on a chain_. (X) DIANA I always have my charm. (X) She tucks the pendant back in; she and Rolf air-kiss, then (X) she steps up onto the ledge. DIANA (CONT'D) You'll be all right up here? ROLF As long as your plan works... and I know it will. DIANA Okay. Show time. She turns, extends her arms like an Olympic diver and swan dives off the side of the building. 7 DIANA STRIDE PLUMMETS TWENTY STORIES 7 face first, a blur of beauty. FADE OUT. _END OF TEASE_ --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 5. ACT ONE FADE IN: 8 EXT. METROPOLITAN BUILDING - NIGHT - CONTINUOUS 8 The FIRE in the penthouse glows brightly against the night sky, the SMOKE an ever-growing plume. 9 EXT. DIANA'S PLUMMET - CONTINUOUS 9 She tumbles as she picks up speed and -- 10 DIANA'S POV 10 of the street rushing up at her and -- 11 HER FACE 11 betrays the sudden thought: maybe this wasn't such a hot idea and -- 12 DIANA 12 drops OUT OF FRAME with a SCREAM, then the SCREAM is cut (X) short and a beat later -- (X) 13 SUPERMAN 13 swoops up INTO FRAME, Diana in his arms. SUPERMAN It's all right, I've got you. DIANA (beaming at him) Yes... yes, you do. As she laces her hands around his neck -- 14 CLOSE ON THE HAND WITH THE GOLD CREAM ON IT 14(X) as her fingers rub it into Superman's neck, wetting it. (X) 15 BACK TO SCENE 15 as they soar up, up and away. CUT TO: --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 6. 16 EXT. PENTHOUSE TERRACE - NIGHT - LATER 16 No more flames, only residual smoke. We hear O.S. BLASTS of SUPER-BREATH coming from inside. Diana and Rolf wait out here. He holds what looks like a hand-sized TV but is in actuality (we shall learn) a tracking device. ROLF You're sure you tagged him? DIANA On the neck. Are you getting a reading? ROLF Not yet. DIANA Here. Adjust the calibrations to a higher frequency -- (X) Superman steps out of the penthouse. Rolf kneels and slips the tracker into a camera case at his feet, then hefts his (X) camera out, puts it on his shoulder. (X) SUPERMAN It's all right, the fire's out. Rolf and Diana feign great relief. DIANA Superman, thank you so much. I'm Diana Stride. SUPERMAN Yes, Ms. Stride, I've seen your news show. Rolf's camera light goes on. He is now filming Diana and (X) Superman. (X) DIANA Really. You watch TV? SUPERMAN Once in a while. He rubs his neck where Diana touched him. Rolf and Diana glance at one another. DIANA This is my cameraman. Rolf. ROLF Pleasure. (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 7. 16 CONTINUED: 16 SUPERMAN What were you two doing up here, anyway? ROLF We came to get some vista shots for a piece Diana's doing on urban renewal. Superman scratches his neck now. Rolf has to hide a smile. DIANA Then we just stumbled into an (X) exclusive. I can't imagine how (X) this fire got started. Can you, Rolf? ROLF I simply can't. SUPERMAN I checked the elevator, it's still working. You should be able to get down okay. DIANA Superman, if there's ever anything I can do for you... SUPERMAN Take care, Ms. Stride. (still scratching) Nice to meet you, Rolf. ON THEIR FACES they watch him WHOOSH off. Rolf lowers the (X) camera. (X) ROLF So good, so decent. Don't you just want to vomit? DIANA Nice quads, though. (X) Diana lifts the tracker. It BEEPS. She smiles. DIANA It's working. We can track him. (the BEEPING stops) Wait. What's wrong? ROLF He's so fast, he just flew out of range. (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 8. 16 CONTINUED: 2 16 DIANA We'll get him in range again. And then it's just a matter of time before we have... CUT TO: 17 INT. DIANA STRIDE'S OFFICE - DAY #2 17 DIANA ... the story of the century. The walls covered with photos of Diana with various luminaries and on the cover of every magazine imaginable. She addresses a GROUP of five, including Rolf. She crosses in front of a poster that reads DIANA STRIDE'S TOP COPY -- SUNDAYS AT 8:00. DIANA (CONT'D) Face it. Our show has always been uplifting and intellectually challenging. And that's why our (X) ratings suck. So I've decided -- (X) people want dirt, we'll give them the _dirtiest_, starting with Superman. Everything the public (X) is _dying_t o know. What are his weaknesses? Who are the women in his life? ROLF I for one would love to meet those girls. The group has no choice but to nod. DIANA But most importantly... who is he when he's out of uniform?. Does he have another life... a secret identity? If he does, we're going to expose it on worldwide television, it'll be sensational, (X) it'll be... 18 INT. DAILY PLANET - CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY 18 PERRY ... the story of the century. Lois, Clark, JIMMY and PERRY in a closed door session. Throughout the following, we glimpse some residual tension between hero and heroine. (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 9. 18 CONTINUED: 18 Scratching his still-itchy neck, he occasionally chances a warm glance her way, while she remains steadfastly arctic. PERRY (CONT'D) A key member of Intergang's been arrested, made a deal... and is gonna testify. JIMMY Who is it? Perry hits a remote on the TV. A grainy video of a HOODED MAN being led out of a car by HEAVILY-ARMED COPS and into a government building. PERRY We don't know. The DA's calling him Mr. X. Word is, Intergang's been killing world leaders for decades, making it look like accidents, and _this_ fella's gonna finger their number one assassin. Now I want the story on this guy so by the time he takes the stand, the Planet has the headlines -- who he is, where he came from, what he's gonna say. All right? Go get him. They break. Jimmy and Perry head for the doors. Lois makes some notes. Clark busies himself putting on his jacket. CLARK Lois... about last night... LOIS It's okay, Clark, we can finish the chess game some other time. CLARK I'm not talking about the chess game. I'm talking about us. You were trying to say something and I... I... LOIS ... had a sudden urge to return a tape. Perfectly understandable. I needed to express a deep, personal feeling and you needed to save three dollars. CLARK You know, Lois, I really hope someday you learn... (MORE) (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14). Pink Rev. 1/5/95 9. 18 CONTINUED: 18 Scratching his still-itchy neck, he occasionally chances a warm glance her way, while she remains steadfastly arctic. PERRY (CONT'D) A key member of Intergang's been arrested, made a deal... and is gonna testify. JIMMY Who is it? Perry hits a remote on the TV. A grainy video of a HOODED MAN being led out of a car by HEAVILY-ARMED COPS and into a government building. PERRY We don't know. The DA's calling him Mr. X. Word is, Intergang's been killing world leaders for decades, making it look like accidents, and _this_ fella's gonna finger their number one assassin. Now I want the story on this guy so by the time he takes the stand, the Planet has the headlines -- who he is, where he came from, what he's gonna say. All right? Go get him. They break. Jimmy and Perry head for the doors. (X) JIMMY Hey, new specs? (X) CLARK Yeah. (X) JIMMY Can I try 'em on? (X) CLARK No! I mean, they're pretty (X) strong, I wouldn't want you to (X) hurt your eyes. (X) PERRY C'mon, Jimmy, I want to see those (X) proofs. (X) Jimmy and Perry exit. Lois makes some notes. Clark busies (X) himself putting on his jacket. CLARK Lois... about last night... (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14). Pink Rev. 1/5/95 9A. 18 CONTINUED: 2 18 LOIS It's okay, Clark, we can finish the chess game some other time. CLARK I'm not talking about the chess game. I'm talking about us. You were trying to say something and I... I... LOIS ... had a sudden urge to return a tape. Perfectly understandable. I needed to express a deep, personal feeling and you needed to save three dollars. CLARK You know, Lois, I really hope someday you learn... (MORE) (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 10. 18 CONTINUED: 2 18 CLARK (CONT'D) (pause; she looks at him, waiting) why sometimes what it _seems_ like people are doing isn't what they're really doing. LOIS What are you, a fortune cookie? If you had some other reason for leaving last night, say it. CLARK I guess... I don't. LOIS Then I guess that's it. (heads for door) Let's get to work. 19 INT. DAILY PLANET - PIT - DAY - CONTINUOUS 19 Jimmy and Perry linger near the open door, pretending to go over some photos as Lois and Clark emerge. JIMMY Man... you're looking at two very tense people. PERRY Norcross and Judd. JIMMY Sorry? PERRY Billy Norcross and Serena Judd. Reporters before your time. Almost as good as these two. They were an inch from the Pulitzer when... JIMMY ... they got involved? (Perry nods) And it didn't work out? PERRY Son, it was such a disaster, they shoulda filed for federal aid. She ended up teaching yoga to oil workers in Anchorage. (MORE) (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 11. 19 CONTINUED: 19 PERRY (CONT'D) He emptied every bottle in the Tri-State area, found God and started his own cable TV ministry. (watching L & C) All 'cause they were partners, best friends... and fell in love. 20 INT. DAILY PLANET - ELEVATOR - DAY 20 Diana and Rolf get in, alone. He pulls out the tracker. It BEEPS. ROLF Superman is definitely in the building. DIANA Be still my beating heart. 21 INT. DAILY PLANET - BACK HALL - DAY 21 Clark steps out of the men's room, wiping his neck with a wet towel. Still itches. Then, he SUPER-HEARS the tracker's BEEPING, getting louder as he ZEROES in on it through the BABBLE of the world around him and -- DIANA (O.S.) Get the camera ready. 22 INT. DAILY PLANET - ELEVATOR - DAY 22 DIANA (checking to see her pendant is there) (X) Superman might be disguised as anyone, so whoever the tracker says we tagged -- 23 INT. DAILY PLANET - BACK HALL - DAY 23 DIANA (V.O super-hearing) (X) -- get it on film. Clark's eyes widen. Hol-eee shit. He touches his neck. --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 12. 24 INT. DAILY PLANET - PIT - DAY 24 The elevator doors snap open and Rolf, camera on shoulder, follows Diana as she gets off, holding the tracker. People stop and stare at the sight of her. She sweeps through the enormous room like royalty, following the tracker's BEEPS to the back hall as they come faster and louder. Lois looks up and sees her move past. Perry is standing nearby. All three exchange a confused look. PERRY Is that who I think it is? Diana moves right past Lois, _her crescent moon pendant_ _hanging outside her blouse for the rest of the scene_. (X) DIANA Got him. He's right -- Superman steps around the corner. DIANA (CONT'D) -- here. (smiles) Superman. You didn't hear about my story, did you? SUPERMAN (tight) Afraid so. DIANA There goes my surprise. (to the room, tucking her pendant back in) (X) Everyone -- I'm Diana Stride and _Top Copy_ is doing a tribute to Superman. APPLAUSE as she makes a grand gesture toward him. He scratches his neck and looks annoyed. DIANA (CONT'D) We know he has a lot of great friends here at the Planet and I want to interview all of you. I had hoped it would be a surprise for him -- (slips her arm through his) -- but I guess there's no keeping secrets from the Man of Steel. So. Let's get started, shall we? Who wants to talk about Superman? She is practically mobbed by Staffers. (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 13. 24 CONTINUED: 24 DIANA (CONT'D) And Superman, I can count on you for an interview soon? He glances down at the beeping tracker in her hand. SUPERMAN Careful, whatever you've got in your hand there... A QUICK BLAST of heat vision from him and the tracker SMOKES. SUPERMAN (CONT'D) ... has a short. Let me take it, before you get burned. They lock eyes -- predator and prey. She smiles, conceding (X) this battle. (X) CUT TO: 25 INT. DIANA'S OFFICE - NIGHT #2 25 She sits with Rolf, having a drink, planning their next move. DIANA Maybe he works there, as someone else. ROLF Ah. Your secret identity theory. A lamp on her desk blinks on -- then off. Then on again. ROLF (CONT'D) Must be the bulb. DIANA (sharp) I'll get it. You go home. ROLF But -- DIANA I want to be _alone_, Rolf. He nods and exits. The TV switches on by itself. ON (X) SCREEN, a MAN'S FACE appears. This is MR. DARRYL. (X) MR. DARRYL (X) Hello, Diana. You're looking good. (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 14. 25 CONTINUED: 25 DIANA Cut the flattery... I retired. (X) MR. DARRYL (X) A hiatus. You don't retire when you work for Intergang. DIANA Whatever it is, I'm not interested. MR. DARRYL (X) Ohhhhh, I think you will be. ON TV, his image is replaced by the grainy video of the Hooded Man being led out of the car by the cops -- the same film Perry showed. DIANA Nice hood. Couture? MR. DARRYL (X) He's one of ours, turning state's. The DA's calling him Mr. X but _you_ know him... A new image ON SCREEN -- a photo of Diana and a gruffly handsome man in a suit. MR. DARRYL (CONT'D) (X) ... as Michael Disanto. Your former partner. Diana stares at the screen in shock. MR. DARRYL (CONT'D) (X) In one week, he's going to tell the Grand Jury everything he knows -- how we plucked you out of nowhere and made you a world famous journalist. So you could meet the rich, the powerful... and kill them for us. DIANA All right, where is he? (X) MR. DARRYL (X) (chuckles) That's my girl. CUT TO: --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 15. 26 EXT. PARK - NIGHT 26(X) Lois and Clark walk down a shrub-lined path. CLARK I'm not really comfortable with this, Lois. LOIS Why? Mayson works in the DA's office and she's a friend of yours, so she might tell us something about Mr. X. I don't see the problem. CLARK You don't. LOIS Just because she's in love with you? (light laugh) You don't think that _bothers_ me, do you? CLARK (rubs his head as she walks on ahead) God, help me make it through the day... CUT TO: 27 EXT. PARK CAFE - NIGHT 27(X) Lois reading notes. Clark fidgeting. MAYSON stirring her coffee. MAYSON Sorry, guys, I can't give on this one. LOIS Look, we wouldn't be irresponsible with the information. We'd hold it till the day he testified. MAYSON This isn't a matter of trust. I have orders. And these orders come from way up. (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) Pink Rev. 1/5/95 15. 26 EXT. PARK - NIGHT 26 Lois and Clark walk down a shrub-lined path. CLARK I'm not really comfortable with this, Lois. LOIS Why? Mayson works in the DA'S office and she's a friend of yours, so she might tell us something about Mr. X. I don't see the problem. CLARK You don't. LOIS Just because she's in love with you? (light laugh) You don't think that bothers me, do you? CLARK (rubs his head as she walks on ahead) Help me make it through the (X) night... (X) CUT TO: 27 EXT. PARK CAFE - NIGHT 27 Lois reading notes. Clark fidgeting. MAYSON stirring her coffee. MAYSON Sorry, guys, I can't give on this one. LOIS Look, we wouldn't be irresponsible with the information. We'd hold it till the day he testified. MAYSON This isn't a matter of trust. I have orders. And these orders come from way up. (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 16. 27 CONTINUED: 27 CLARK We've heard the rumors about the assassin Mr. X is going to ID... there's nothing at all you can give us? Mayson looks at Clark. Melts more than a little. Lois controls the urge to hurl and looks away as -- MAYSON Well. All right, but I shouldn't even be saying this. Apparently, the assassin is famous. Lois' eyes light on a beeper sitting in Mayson's bag. She pretends to drop her pen, then pretends to bend to get it. MAYSON (CONT'D) (to Clark, who is busy scribbling) Really famous. Lois reaches for the beeper. Should she? MAYSON (CONT'D) And if I say another word, I'll be looking for a new career. CLARK I appreciate this, Mayson. Thanks. Lois? Lois palms the beeper, straightens up and tries not to look guilty. LOIS Yes! CLARK We should get going. LOIS (up and out like a shot) We should! Thanks, Mayson, bye! She heads off. CLARK (to Mayson, moving to catch up with Lois) I'll uhhh... I'll call you. MAYSON I'd like to talk. Things got left kind of up in the air between us... (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 17. 27 CONTINUED: 2 27 CLARK I know, I apologize, I will call. CUT TO: 28 EXT. WOODS - NIGHT 28(X) Dressed in dark outdoor clothes, Jimmy, Lois and Clark skulk through the brush. CLARK I still can't believe you stole her beeper. LOIS See, that's where you're wrong. I hesitated because I _thought_ it was stealing, then I realized I could get the information I wanted and mail it back anonymously. Morally remaining on very solid ground. Lois crouches and pulls out binoculars. JIMMY You gotta admit, C.K., it was pretty smart getting those phone numbers then tracing them to the addresses. CLARK Yeah, brilliant. We now know where Mayson's maid lives, her secretary, two lawyers, a judge -- LOIS -- and Mr. X. I think we just found the government safe house. She hands the binoculars to Jimmy. Clark lowers his glasses and -- 29 SUPER-TELESCOPIC VISION 29 reveals a PHALANX OF SWAT GUARDS around a small ranch house next to a pond. --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 18. 30 BACK TO SCENE 30 CLARK I don't see any Mr. X. (off his friends' look) I mean, I bet I wouldn't... if I looked. LOIS We need to get closer. CLARK Lois, he's not being guarded by the Three Stooges. VOICE No. He's not. They whip around and see THREE SWATTERS levelling rifles at them. CUT TO: 31 EXT. ANOTHER PART OF THE WOODS - NIGHT 31 Two SWATTERS patrol the forest. They pass a tall tree and move OFF CAMERA. A FIGURE IN BLACK drops silently out of the high branches, moves into the moonlight and we see it's Diana -- wearing a black commando jumpsuit, boots, gloves and an array of weaponry around a web belt. She crouches, pulls out a mini-cannon, snaps open a stand and sets it down. Then loads a small rocket into it, hits a button and moves off. WE MOVE IN ON the cannon, seeing its computerized countdown. 32 EXT. WOODS NEAR POND - NIGHT 32 Diana glides through the forest like a panther -- silent, deadly and utterly sure of herself. She comes to the pond's edge pulls a black hood up over her hair and slips into the water, disappearing under the surface. 33 EXT. SAFE HOUSE - NIGHT 33 Lois, Jimmy and Clark, hands laced behind their heads, led by the three Swatters who nabbed them. JIMMY I'm too young and boyish to go to jail. 34 EXT. WOODS - ON DIANA'S MINI-CANNON - NIGHT 34 The countdown hits ZERO, the cannon FIRES and -- --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 19. 35 EXT. SAFE HOUSE - NIGHT 35 Clark hears the BLAST of the cannon and the O.S. WHISTLE of the incoming, grabs Lois and Jimmy. A WINDOW on the safe house SHATTERS and suddenly spews WHITE SMOKE. Pandemonium. Clark dives on Lois and Jimmy, protecting them. (X) 36 EXT. SAFE HOUSE - BACK DOOR - NIGHT 36 MICHAEL DISANTO is run out the back door by TWO PLAINCLOTHES AGENTS. (X) 36A DIANA 36A is flat on her belly in the brush, twenty feet away, aiming (X) a rifle with silencer and telescope. She squeezes off (X) three quick SHOTS. (X) 36B DISANTO 36B is hit and falls into the Agents. (X) 36C DIANA 36C gets up and takes off, disappearing into the woods. (X) 36D SUPERMAN 36D LANDS near Disanto and the Agents; sees the felled Witness (X) moaning on the ground. Alive. (X) SUPERMAN (to the agents). I'm getting him to the hospital. Meet me there. He picks Disanto up and FLIES OFF. 37 EXT. SAFE HOUSE - NIGHT 37 The gunfire has stopped. Lois and Jimmy lift their heads and look around. No sign of -- LOIS Clark... ? 38 EXT. BACK OF SAFE HOUSE - CONTINUOUS 38 Agents bark into walkie-talkies. Swatters race out into the forest, looking for the assassin. Lois and Jimmy appear. (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 20. 38 CONTINUED: 38 LOIS Clark... JIMMY C.K ... ? Lois looks for Clark -- then spies something gleaming in the mud next to the water's edge. She bends and picks it up. 39 OMITTED 39 40 EXT. BACK OF SAFE HOUSE - NIGHT 40 Lois picks up the gleaming object, which rests among (X) several muddy footprints. Lois holds it to the light. (X) _It's Diana's crescent charm_. Her eyes widen as she (X) recognizes it. FADE OUT. _END OF ACT ONE_ --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 21. _ACT TWO_ FADE IN: 41 OMITTED 41 42 INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR - NIGHT 42 Superman walking with a DOCTOR. (X) DOCTOR One slug is still dangerously (X) close to the heart. I can't (X) operate till he stabilizes. (X) SUPERMAN This witness needs to be (X) protected... can he be moved? (X) DOCTOR Only if you want to do the (X) assassin's job for him. (X) Superman and the Doctor turn a corner and find it's -- (X) Jammed with NEWS CREWS and REPORTERS. COPS both uniformed and PLAINCLOTHES are trying to control the circus. Then, a sudden hush as Supermen steps comes into the fray, grimly determined. SUPERMAN I'd like to make a statement. Cameras and lights all turn his way. SUPERMAN (CONT'D) An attempt was made on the life of a state's witness. I want to say to anyone out there thinking of making a second attempt.... 43 INT. DIANA'S OFFICE - NIGHT 43 ON TV, Superman speaks: SUPERMAN ... don't. I am now _personally_ protecting this witness... REVEAL Diana, an ice pack on her knee. She looks at (X) Superman on TV with undisguised venom. (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 22. 43 CONTINUED: 43 SUPERMAN (CONT'D) ... and if anything happens to him, I will hunt his killers. _Relentlessly_. Diana moves to the light on her desk. Clicks it off, then on, then off again. The TV switches to a black screen, then the image of MR. DARRYL comes up. (X) DIANA Did you watch the news? MR. DARRYL (X) Not like you to bungle one, Diana. And now you've turned Superman into a bodyguard. Tsk, tsk, tsk... DIANA There's been a rumor about a substance that can kill him... a chunk of meteor Lex Luthor got ahold of. Can you get it? MR. DARRYL (X) Are you telling me ... ? DIANA I'll kill Superman. For free. Just get me the rock. Then get me in touch with the Science (X) Division. (X) 44 INT. DAILY PLANET - PIT - DAY #3 44(X) Lois sits at her computer, utterly absorbed. Clark hovers, holding the crescent pendant she found. (X) CLARK And you found this ... ? LOIS Right after you disappeared. And what happened to you, anyway? CLARK I thought I saw the assassin. LOIS (turns to him) _You_ went after a professional killer? (he nods) By yourself? Clark... (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 23. 44 CONTINUED: 44 CLARK Lois, come on, it wasn't that danger -- (stops, moves close) Well, no, I guess it was. I guess I could've been killed... and we never would've settled things. Maybe this is fate handing us a second chance. LOIS Nice. You rehearse that one? CLARK Improvised on the spot. LOIS 'A' for effort. 'F' for fat chance. CLARK (nods, backs off) Anyway, I lost him. LOIS Well, I've got a real feeling it's not a 'him.' I think it's Diana Stride. CLARK (lifts pendant) (X) All because of this? LOIS You know, you get this _tone_ in your voice when you're humoring me and you think I don't hear it, but I do. CLARK Sorry. What have you got? LOIS She was in the army. The only woman ever in Special Forces. _Then_ she pops up in a TV station in Omaha, starts a very fast rise to legendary anchorwoman. CLARK And ... ? She hits a button. Clark studies the screen: a tile (X) grouping of faces. (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) Pink Rev. 1/5/95 23. 44 CONTINUED: 44 CLARK Lois, come on, it wasn't that danger -- (stops, moves close) Well, no, I guess it was. I guess I could've been killed... and we never would've settled things. Maybe this is fate handing us a second chance. LOIS Nice. You rehearse that one? CLARK Improvised on the spot. LOIS 'A' for effort. 'F' for fat chance. CLARK (nods, backs off) Anyway, I lost him. LOIS Well, I've got a real feeling it's not a 'him.' I think it's Diana Stride. CLARK (lifts pendant) All because of this? LOIS You know, you get this _tone_ in your voice when you're humoring me and you think I don't hear it, but I do. CLARK Sorry. What have you got? LOIS She was in the army. The only woman ever in Special Forces. _Then_ she pops up in a TV station in Omaha, starts a very fast rise to legendary anchorwoman. CLARK And ... ? She hits a button. Clark studies the screen: a tile (X) grouping of faces. (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 24. 44 CONTINUED: 2 44 LOIS (CONT'D) What do all these men have in common? CLARK They're famous... LOIS ... powerful... CLARK ...dead... LOIS ... and were interviewed by Diana Stride. CLARK (extends his hand across the desk) Lois, what am I doing right now? LOIS Reaching? CLARK And I'm not the only one. Mayson walks up. MAYSON Can I talk to you guys? 45 INT. DAILY PLANET - CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY 45 Mayson looks at Lois and Clark. Hard (X) LOIS Look, I told the police everything... MAYSON Well, now you're going to tell (X) _me_. How did you find him? LOIS I don't think I like your tone. MAYSON And I don't like my witness on life support. (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 25. 45 CONTINUED: 45 LOIS You can't force a reporter to reveal sources. MAYSON True. But let me tell you what I can do. I can convene a Grand Jury, put you on the stand and if you refuse to answer, toss you in jail till you do. (eyes boring into Clark) Both of you. CLARK Mayson, hold it, we're on the same side here, we all want to bring down Intergang... MAYSON Then tell me _how_ you found my witness, and anything you know about the assassin. Clark folds his arms. He won't betray Lois. MAYSON (CONT'D) I'll give you twenty-four hours. If I don't get an answer by then, I'll hit you both so hard you'll think it was raining hammers. She exits. LOIS She's watched a _little_ too much Perry Mason. CLARK Maybe we haven't watched enough. 46 INT. DAILY PLANET - PIT - CONTINUOUS 46 Mayson strides out, Lois and Clark follow. LOIS What does that mean? CLARK It means maybe we stepped over the line. LOIS _We_ didn't, I did, is that what you mean? (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 26. 46 CONTINUED: 46 CLARK Lois, whatever one of us does, the other takes responsibility for. That's what being partners is all about. LOIS Okay. Well, we've got a little (X) time here. If we can ID who's trying to kill her witness, that might get her off our backs. Mayson moves up to the elevators as the doors slice open and out steps Perry and Jimmy with Diana, all three laughing and having a great time as Mayson gets on. LOIS (CONT'D) Huh. Speak of the devil. (X) Lois gets a gleam in her eye. LOIS (CONT'D) I've got an idea. She whispers in Clark's ear, then moves to her desk. Diana, Perry and Jimmy cross the pit to Perry's office. DIANA (as the laughter subsides) ... Perry, you've got to tell that story on film... PERRY Oh, I don't know, Diana, I'm kinda shy... JIMMY Yeah? Compared to what? (off Perry's glare) Sir. DIANA (to Jimmy) And _you_. You are just (X) delicious. Mmmm, j'ador. (X) JIMMY Yeah, me too. (X) She stops, seeing Clark for the first time. (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 27. 46 CONTINUED: 2 46 PERRY Diana, this is Clark Kent, the fella I was telling you about. Now _he_ and Superman are real tight. A long look is held between Clark and Diana. Then she holds out her hand. DIANA It's hard to believe we haven't met. I've read everything you've ever written. LOIS I didn't think TV people had time for newspapers. DIANA Lois Lane. This is a real honor. I understand there's no one in the world closer to Superman. I hope we can spend some time together. CLARK (pointedly) That's a pretty _necklace_, Lois. He points to Diana's crescent in Lois' hand. (X) LOIS Oh, it's not mine, I found it... Diana's eyes light up as she sees it, then her eyes flick (X) to Lois' and she stops herself from speaking. (X) LOIS (CONT'D) Is it yours? (X) Lois and Diana hold a look. (X) DIANA No. (X) LOIS You sure? I saw you wearing one (X) just like it the other day... (X) Diana's eyes flick to the crescent. (X) LOIS (CONT'D) ... and I thought it was so (X) appropriate. You know, Diana the (X) Huntress, from Greek mythology, (X) who stalked her prey by the (X) moonlight. It's really not yours? (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 28. 46 CONTINUED: 3 46 DIANA Mine's in a jewelry store, being (X) cleaned. (X) LOIS My mistake. Well, I hope whoever (X) lost this little charm finds it... (X) (exchanges a look with (X) Clark) (X) ... or they're in for some bad (X) luck. (X) CUT TO: 47 INT. KENT WORK SHED - NIGHT #3 47(X) Clark is there with JONATHAN, who strains to lift a big metal box. Clark picks it up with one hand and moves it across the room to MARTHA, dressed in greasy overalls, standing among a web of cables, a computer, a high-tech-looking video camera and two black boxes on tripods. CLARK Lois is onto something. Diana Stride's not what she seems. MARTHA Too bad. Your father always had a little crush on her. JONATHAN That's not true, Martha, I've just always thought she was very... MARTHA Sizzling? Vivacious? JONATHAN ... trustworthy. CLARK I don't know about that, Dad. She wants to find out Superman is Clark Kent and tell the world. And I'm not sure I can stop her. MARTHA But if you and Lois could prove this theory about her being some kind of assassin... (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 29. 47 CONTINUED: 47 CLARK (head shake) It's all just pieces. We don't even have enough to tell Perry. And she's closing in. Funny. I've never felt like this before. JONATHAN Like what? CLARK Like I was being... stalked. Martha hits a switch. One of the tripod black boxes lights up and emits a laser beam. CLARK (CONT'D) Mom... is that a laser? MARTHA (adjusting some dials) Uh-huh. CLARK I thought this was an art project. MARTHA It is. My professor says it's the sculpture of the future -- light. Clark and Jonathan just look at each other. 48 INT. DIANA'S OFFICE - NIGHT 48 Diana stands before Mr. Darryl on TV.- She holds a small (X) vial in her hand. MR. DARRYL (X) What our lab guys know about this Kryptonite is still sketchy. Diana lifts the vial to the light. Inside, a green GLOWING (X) paste. (X) MR. DARRYL (CONT'D) (X) But they ground it down to a (X) paste, just like you asked. (X) Diana studies the pastey Kryptonite. (X) DIANA And the device I sent you? (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 30. 48 CONTINUED: 48 MR. DARRYL (X) Should be modified by tomorrow. Diana just smiles, studying the vial. (X) 49 INT. CLARK'S APARTMENT - NIGHT 49 We hear an O.S. WHOOSH, then Superman enters. He hits the (X) PLAY button on his phone machine. (X) DIANA (V.O.) Clark, this is Diana Stride. Could you contact Superman for me? I'd really like to spend some time with him. Tonight. One on one. Superman's face hardens. (X) SUPERMAN You got it. (X) 50 INT. DIANA'S OFFICE - NIGHT 50 Shadowy. An O.S. WHOOSH and Superman steps into frame. A match is lit across the room, illuminating Rolf, who is bending to light the candles at an exquisitely set dinner table for two. ROLF Hello, there. Diana will be here in just a moment. Meanwhile, can I get you some wine? It's not a bad Merlot. SUPERMAN No, thank you, Rolf. ROLF You know, while I have you here, there's something I've always wanted to ask you. When I wear my very tightest ski pants, I always get a bit... chafed. Do you find this happens to you? SUPERMAN No. But it helps to be invulnerable. Diana makes her entrance, dressed in a gown that would make grown men weep. (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 31. 50 CONTINUED: 50 DIANA Rolf, I'd like to be alone with Superman. ROLF (sighs, exiting) Qui ne voudrais pas ca? (X) SUBTITLE: 'What girl wouldn't?' SUPERMAN (nods) Ms. Stride -- DIANA (moving close) Diana. SUPERMAN (moving away) -- I know your story isn't a tribute, it's an attempt to expose me. DIANA Expose you? (runs her fingers lightly across 'S') Do you have something to hide? SUPERMAN We all have something to hide. Some of us for the good of others... and some of us for our own gain. I'm here to tell you, Ms. Stride -- drop this story. DIANA Superman... She suddenly turns away and crosses to the table, pours a drink. DIANA (CONT'D) ... I can't... He looks at her. Her back is to him. DIANA (CONT'D) I'm going to lose my show... and it's all I have. When you want so much from life, then get more than you ever expected, the thought of having it all taken away can make you do things that you... (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 32. 50 CONTINUED: 2 50 From Superman's POV he sees her set the drink down; shoulders shake and she lifts her hand to her face, crying. DIANA (CONT'D) ... never thought you were capable of. SUPERMAN Don't cry. Now we are CLOSE on Diana's face as she pulls a lipstick (X) out of her pocket and uncaps it. The lipstick has a GREEN (X) KRYPTONIE GLOW. She dabs it onto her lips, which give off (X) a deadly little SPARKLE. (X) DIANA That's what made me do this, or maybe it's just because I'm no good. Superman moves to her and puts a hand on her shoulder. SUPERMAN There's good in everyone. She turns and suddenly kisses him hard on the mouth. He's startled and it takes a moment before he gently pries her off. DIANA (with an evil smile) Not everyone. He touches his lips and looks at her, getting woozy. He drops to his knees in front of her. DIANA (CONT'D) Please, Superman. Not on a first date. Superman shakes his head clear and gets up. SUPERMAN Ms. Stride, you don't want me for an enemy. DIANA But I've got you. Superman touches his lips again and exits with a WHOOSH. Diana sits back in her chair and wipes her lips. (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 33. 50 CONTINUED: 3 50 DIANA (CONT'D) (singing) Yes, I've got you... under your skin... And as she laughs to herself, studying the green smear on the tissue -- FADE OUT. _END OF ACT TWO_ --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 34. _ACT THREE_ FADE IN: 51 INT. DIANA'S OFFICE - DAY #4 51(X) Diana is talking to Mr. Darryl. (X) DIANA The Kryptonite is in his blood stream. He should die a slow and painful death within a day or so. MR. DARRYL (X) Diana... you are the _best_. She smiles and picks up the tracker. DIANA Thank the lab boys for modifying this so fast. MR. DARRYL (X) You'd better hurry up and get that story on Superman. Doesn't sound like he's going to be around much longer. DIANA Don't worry, I'll get my story. And Disanto. She switches off the TV. Rolf walks in. ROLF So... we have a new way to track Mr. Steely Pants? Diana hits a button on the tracker. It starts to BEEP. DIANA I made him swallow a radioactive substance. ROLF (grins) I'll just bet you did. DIANA And this time when we get close, he'll probably be a little too distracted to notice us. She dials down the noise of the BEEPER, silencing it. Now a light just flashes. The two share a nasty laugh. --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 35. 52 INT. DAILY PLANET PIT - DAY 52 Lois and Clark exit the elevator. Across the room, Jimmy and Perry watch them. PERRY What's your read on 'em, Jimmy? JIMMY They seem like they're getting along. PERRY Very professional, doing their jobs, no fuss, no muss? JIMMY Exactly. PERRY (shakes his head) Norcross and Judd all over again. JIMMY You really think it's that bad? PERRY Son, they're a truckload of nitro speedin' down a mountain, the brakes are out and they don't even know it. Lois and Clark walk up to her desk. LOIS Well, we've hit a big wall on the Diana front. What next? (studies him) Hey. You look kind of pale, you okay? CLARK I'm fine. Just a headache. Jimmy walks up with a message slip. JIMMY Message from Mayson Drake. (reads) She says you've now got exactly one hour to answer her question, or else. Lois and Clark look at each other. LOIS How do we play this? (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 36. 52 CONTINUED: 52 CLARK Your call. Whatever you decide, you're my partner and I'll back you up. She looks at him, touched by his loyalty, when -- Across the room, the elevator doors open and in comes Diana and Rolf-with-camera and 53 SUPER-TELESCOPIC VISION REVEALS 53 the silent tracker in her hand and -- 54 CLARK 54 suddenly drops behind a desk to tie his shoe. 55 DIANA AND ROLF 55 stand on the rise near the elevators, scanning the room. She can't see Clark because he's crouched behind the desk but, using the tracker, moves in his direction. 56 BACK TO SCENE 56(X) CLARK I'm gonna run out and get some aspirin. LOIS I think I've got some in my desk. As she turns away, Clark SHOOTS out of the room in a BLUR (X) of SUPER-SPEED. Diana sees only the wake of rustling papers he leaves. She (X) checks the tracker. (X) DIANA He left the building. Let's -- Perry walks up, wearing his best suit. PERRY Diana, I'm ready for our little... (grins) ... tete a tete. Diana and Rolf exchange a look of annoyance. Diana plasters on a grin. (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 37. 56 CONTINUED: 56 DIANA Of course, Perry. (straightens his tie) Let's do it in your office. 57 INT. CLARK'S APARTMENT - DAY 57 He drops onto the couch in a cold sweat, shivering. Wipes his forehead, picks up the phone and dials. 58 INTERCUT: KENT WORK SHED - DAY 58(X) Martha is aligning the lasers Clark helped her hook up. Jonathan is over on the work bench, sharpening some kitchen knives. The phone RINGS. Martha picks up. MARTHA Hello? CLARK (weak) Mom... MARTHA Clark? What is it, you sound awful. CLARK I need you and Dad to come to Metropolis... JONATHAN What's the matter? MARTHA He sounds sick. Clark, are you sick? JONATHAN (picks up extension) He doesn't get sick. MARTHA Unless... Clark is it -- ? CLARK Kryptonite. JONATHAN Oh, no. (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 38. 58 CONTINUED: 58 CLARK I recognize the symptoms. I suddenly got so weak I couldn't even fly home. MARTHA Well, can't you get away from it? CLARK No, it's inside me. MARTHA What can we do? CLARK Nothing but there's this other problem JONATHAN _Another_ problem? CLARK Just one of those days, Dad... I need you to get here fast... bring that laser sculpture, Mom... MARTHA You mean the hologram? What for? CUT TO: 59 EXT. PARK - DAY 59 Mayson sits, eating a bag of popcorn. Lois appears. (X) LOIS Thanks for meeting me. MAYSON Sure. LOIS (sits) Look, I did something I shouldn't have... She pulls Mayson's beeper out. MAYSON You stole it. (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 39. 59 CONTINUED: 59 LOIS Yes. And it's not that I haven't bent the law for a story before but this time I felt bad. Because when I got through rationalizing I realized a big part of why I did this is... I don't like you. MAYSON Really? (smiles) Oh, God, that is such a relief -- I don't like you either. LOIS (smiles) Really? MAYSON Really. LOIS That makes me feel so much better. I couldn't stand the idea that I was just jealous because of Clark, it's so... MAYSON (nods) ... petty, I know, it feels much better just to... LOIS ... really dislike you because of you. Mayson nods, tips the bag of popcorn toward her. Lois takes a handful. They munch. CUT TO: 60 INT. CLARK'S APARTMENT - DAY 60 Clark still on the phone: CLARK ... great, I'll be here at the apartment. 61 INTERCUT: KENT WORK SHED - DAY 61 Jonathan and Martha on their phones: (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 40. 61 CONTINUED: 61 JONATHAN No, Clark, you get yourself to a hospital. CLARK Dad, they can't operate, I'd break the scalpels. MARTHA There's got to be something they can do. CLARK I guess you're right. But I'd better go as Superman... He starts to unbutton his shirt, getting weaker by the second. CUT TO: 62 EXT. CLARK'S APARTMENT - TERRACE - CONTINUOUS 62 Diana and Rolf come up the fire escape ladder and creep onto the terrace, following the map on the tracker. They move to the big slanted window and through it -- 63 DIANA'S POV 63 of a weakened Clark hanging up the phone and coming into view, unbuttoning his shirt and revealing the Big Red S. He pulls off his glasses. 64 DIANA AND ROLF 64 drop down, not wanting to be seen as their eyes go wide. DIANA Oh, my God. Clark Kent is Superman and we've got it on _film_. ROLF Woops. DIANA Woops. Did you just say... _woops_? (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 41. 64 CONTINUED: 64 ROLF (nods) My battery pack is dead. The camera won't work. I have to get a fresh -- She grabs him by the throat. DIANA (viciously) Go. She throws him back. He scurries over the wall and down the ladder. Diana watches as Clark pulls off his pants and stumbles into the living room, heading for the door. 65 INT. CLARK'S LIVING ROOM - DAY 65 He moves up the stairs to the door, so weak he can barely walk. He stumbles and drops to his knees. 66 EXT. CLARK'S FRONT DOOR - DAY 66 Lois walks up and knocks. Peers through the glass and sees Superman on his knees, collapsed. LOIS Superman! He doesn't respond. She pulls her coat off, balls it around her fist and SMASHES it through the glass, unlocks the door and yanks it open. 67 INT. CLARK'S APARTMENT - LANDING - DAY 67 Lois kneels. LOIS Superman, what are you doing -- ? SUPERMAN Gotta get... gotta get to a hospital... (X) 68 EXT. CLARK'S TERRACE - DAY 68 Breathless, Rolf scurries up the ladder. Diana glares at him icily. ROLF I'm sorry, I'm so sor -- (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 42. 68 CONTINUED: 68 DIANA Idiot! She BACKHANDS him. He reels, then -- ROLF I deserved that. You can do it again if you like. DIANA (moving to back door) There'll be plenty of time for that later. 69 EXT. CLARK'S APARTMENT - FRONT DOOR - DAY 69 As Lois helps Superman down the steps, TWO AMBULANCE ATTENDANTS race up. LOIS Hurry, please, he's dying! As Lois and the Attendants help Superman, WE SEE Diana and (X) Rolf in Clark's apartment. (X) 70 INT. CLARK'S APARTMENT - DAY 70 Rolf films, Diana searches, tapping walls. She finds the hollow behind the false wall of the secret closet in his living room, slides it open and -- -- there are Superman's spare uniforms. DIANA Well, well. (touches hair, stands next to uniforms) I'm ready for my close up, Mr. De Mille. As Rolf aims the camera at her and the super-uniforms, she lifts the mic to her lips. FADE OUT. _END OF ACT THREE_ --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 43. ACT FOUR FADE IN: 71 INT. DIANA'S OFFICE - NIGHT #4 71(X) Diana bursts in with Rolf, followed by a Cadre of Assistants. She hands them the tape. DIANA I want this spliced into the interviews with Superman's friends. Then get on the phone with the network -- we broadcast tonight. (checks watch) I've got to get going. ROLF Where? DIANA Doctor's appointment. 72 INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - NIGHT 72 The Doctor who attended to Disanto examines the ever-weakening Superman, who lies on a bed under covers, (X) bare-chested, hooked up to heart monintors and EKG'S. (X) SUPERMAN The witness... (X) LOIS Disanto? (X) SUPERMAN In danger... She did this... Diana (X) did this... LOIS Why? SUPERMAN To get to him... I've got to... got to... He tries to get up but he can't. DOCTOR Easy, Superman, easy. There are over a hundred police officers protecting that witness. Let them handle it. CUT TO: --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 44. 73 INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR - NIGHT 73 A UNIFORMED POLICEWOMAN comes around a corner. She is suddenly snatched into a shadowy alcove. 74 INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - NIGHT 74 Superman lies back, his breathing ragged. Lois and the Doctor confer. (X) DOCTOR I'm not going to lie to you, miss Lane, I don't know what to do. This Kryptonite you told me about has invaded his system. It's spreading, almost like a cancer... LOIS Wait. If it _were_ cancer... DOCTOR We'd try to kill it, with chemo or... LOIS Superman, did you hear that? SUPERMAN I heard. LOIS If there was some way to... to burn it out of you... a heat or... SUPERMAN Radiation. DOCTOR We have facilities here. LOIS I think we need something bigger. Superman reaches for his uniform. (X) 75 INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR - NIGHT 75 Diana comes around the corner, dressed in the policewoman's hat and uniform, along with a pair of mirrored aviator glasses. She passes TWO UNIFORMED COPS in the hall. They exchange nods. She moves around the corner, to -- A checkpoint. TWO MORE COPS and Mayson Drake. She stops. (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 45. 75 CONTINUED: 75 MAYSON You are ... ? DIANA Rourke. Mayson and Cop 1 check the list. Cop 2 checks her badge number against the list. MAYSON You're early, Officer Rourke. DIANA Wanted to get some coffee. Mayson nods. They let Diana through. CUT TO: 76 OMITTED 76 76A INT. INDUSTRIAL ROOM - NIGHT 76A we sense piping, steel walls, but thick radioactive gas (X) obscures almost everything. We glimpse Superman moving (X) through. He crosses to another steel door. This is the (X) reactor. He unlocks it, pulls it open and -- (X) SEARING WHITE LIGHT BLASTS out at him. He shields his eyes (X) and moves inside the reactor, shutting the door behind him. (X) WE PUSH IN ON the door and see the words METROPOLIS NUCLEAR (X) POWER PLANT. (X) 77 INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR NEAR DISANTO'S ROOM - NIGHT 77 Thick with Cops and Swatters. A NURSE is searched with a metal detector at Disanto's door. Diana moves past the cops and around the corner to -- (X) 78 INT. HOSPITAL VENTILATION ROOM - CONTINUOUS 78 Diana closes the door behind her and moves to the main heating and cooling juncture; pries open the vent. Then, from her jacket, takes two items: one, a gas mask; the other, a metal canister. She slips the gas mask on, then pulls a pin on the canister. A jet of gas hisses out of the canister. She sets it inside the juncture, closes the vent and looks at her watch. --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 46. 79 INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR - MAYSON'S CHECKPOINT - NIGHT 79 Lois walks up. A Cop is about to detain her but -- MAYSON It's all right. What is it, Lois? LOIS Your witness is in a lot more danger than you think... CUT TO: 80 OMITTED 80 81 INT. VENTILATION UNIT - NIGHT 81 Diana's canister of gas HISSING. 82 INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR NEAR DISANTO'S ROOM - NIGHT 82 TIGHT ON the air vent near the ceiling. We see just a whisp Diana's gas escape, then evaporate. TILT DOWN to all the Cops and Swatters around Disanto's door -- on the floor, (X) unconscious. (X) 83 INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR - MAYSON'S CHECKPOINT - NIGHT 83 Lois and Mayson conferring at the far end of the hall. (X) MAYSON ... wait, you're telling me that Diana _Stride_ is a professional assassin? LOIS Look, I know it's hard to believe but -- Lois hears a THUNK, turns and sees all the Cops in the hall (X) passed out. Mayson moves to the cops and suddenly gets (X) woozy herself. Lois sniffs the air. (X) LOIS (CONT'D) Mayson, it's gas, get back! Too late. Mayson keels over next to the cops. Lois stumbles, about to succumb, then grabs an oxygen mask off a (X) gurney. Cranks the oxygen on the tank and breathes. (X) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 47. 84 INT. HOSPITAL VENTILATION ROOM - NIGHT 84 Diana looks at her watch again, takes off her gas mask. (X) Then, a la Clark's change to Superman, Diana grasps her cop's shirt and tears it open, revealing a white nursers uniform underneath. 85 INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR NEAR DISANTO'S ROOM - NIGHT 85 Dressed in nurses's white, Diana walks over the sleeping (X) cops and enters Disanto's room. (X) 86 INT. DISANTO'S ROOM - NIGHT 86 Disanto is on his bed, unconscious, hooked up to life support. Diana creeps in, then extracts a syringe from her pocket and -- DIANA Hello, Michael. His eyes flutter open. Then widen in horror. DIANA (CONT'D) Good-bye, Michael. She lays the needle against his arm, as the window flies open and Lois leaps in from the ledge and launches herself at Diana. Diana shoves Lois off. Her movements are (X) assured and deadly as she circles Lois. (X) DIANA (CONT'D) You're in way over your head, Lois. LOIS I've only got one thing to say to you, honey -- Diana goes for the kill but -- LOIS (CONT'D) (blocks the blow) (X) -- keep your lips off Superman! Lois finishes with a roundhouse wallop. Diana drops back, pulls up her white dress and we see a commando knife strapped to her thigh. She pulls it and smiles. COP VOICES (various) In here! This way! Come on! Diana hears the running footsteps approach. She deftly flips the knife, catching the blade in her fingertips as she brings it up behind her head (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 48. 86 CONTINUED: 86 Lois dives and grabs a tray off a table -- Diana throws the knife -- Lois brings the tray up and the knife THWACKS into it, its blade sticking out the other side, an inch from Lois' throat as -- Diana leaps out the window, onto the ledge and is gone. Lois gets to her feet and -- THREE SWATTERS IN GAS MASKS burst in and level guns at her. LOIS Wrong reporter. She points out the window. 87 INT. NUCLEAR GAS TREATMENT CENTER - NIGHT 87 We hear a SUPER-SCREAM, then the door flies open, light SEARS through the gas and Superman stumbles out, face contorted in pain, the SCREAM dying down. He drops to his knees. He rises slowly. Takes a step. Then another. Each more assured than the last. 88 INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR - NIGHT 88 Near the nursers station. Woozy Cops and Hospital Staff (X) are coming to. Superman and Lois in mid-embrace. (X) LOIS I'm so glad you're all right. SUPERMAN She didn't hurt you...? LOIS I'm fine... I'll be a little achy in the morning but -- Mayson walks up, still groggy. (X) MAYSON Diana made a clean getaway, we can't find her. (to Superman) Maybe _you_ could, ohhh, I don't know... help out with the search? (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 49. 88 CONTINUED: 88 SUPERMAN I'll be glad to, Ms. Drake. MAYSON And Lois, I just wanted to say... thanks. I owe you an awful lot. Keep this up and we may have to (X) like each other. (X) LOIS (smiles) Oh, no, anything but _that_. (X) Their attention is caught by the TV and -- 89 ON TV - SHOT 89 of Superman, then -- TV ANNOUNCER Tonight on _Top Copy_! Diana Stride and the secrets of Superman! SHOT of Diana: DIANA Does the Man of Steel lead a secret life? Find out -- tonight, only on _Top Copy_. 90 MAYSON AND LOIS 90 both look at Superman. He tries to be casual. SUPERMAN Boy, those people'll do anything for ratings, huh? He moves off. Lois and Mayson look at each other. 91 INT. DAILY PLANET - NIGHT 91 Perry, Jimmy, Lois and STAFFERS are gathered around the TV's, watching, their mouths as agape. 92 ON TV - DIANA 92 opens Clark's closet, revealing Superman's uniforms. (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 50. 92 CONTINUED: 92 DIANA ... and here in this apartment, we find the final piece of the puzzle which tells us that Superman is Clark Kent. 93 BACK TO SCENE 93 as our Planeteers stare in utter shock. JIMMY I don't believe it. PERRY I don't either. JIMMY They always kinda looked alike, though. PERRY Hey, I've been told I look a little like Nixon but I've never been to the White House. Lois? You buying this? LOIS I... (words won't come) I... She makes a head shake, then a shrug, lets out a pained sigh and sits, in a state of shock. The elevators PING open. Everyone turns. Clark steps off. Everyone stares. Silence, then -- CLARK (innocent as a lamb) Hi. (X) 94 EXT. DAILY PLANET - NIGHT 94 REPORTERS clog the street and sidewalk, grouped around a podium on a dais. Lois, Jimmy, Perry and some Staffers are led out of the lobby by Clark. LOIS Clark, what is going on here? (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 51. 94 CONTINUED: 94 CLARK I decided the easiest way to settle all this would be a press conference. He gestures for his fellow staffers to move among the reporters as he steps up behind the podium and speaks into the mic: CLARK (CONT'D) My name is Clark Kent. I'm sure you all saw the story on TV tonight and I'd just like to say -- There is an O.S. WHOOSH, everyone looks up and -- 95 SUPERMAN 95 has just landed on the ledge in front of the Planet Globe. 96 THE REPORTERS 96 are stunned now at the sight of -- 97 SUPERMAN AND CLARK 97 together, the Man of Steel standing only a few feet over the head of the mild-mannered reporter. SUPERMAN Clark, I don't mean to interrupt but maybe it'd be easier if I explained. Diana Stride is now a wanted fugitive. 98 EXT. WINDOW OF A BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET - NIGHT 98 Where we spy Martha and Jonathan Kent, each manning a (X) laser, activated and aimed down at the Planet Globe. (X) MARTHA Jonathan, we're getting a blip in the hologram... 99 EXT. PLANET - ON SUPERMAN - NIGHT 99 TIGHT ON a tiny speaker stuck to one of the beams holding up the Globe. This is where his VOICE is coming from. (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 52. 99 CONTINUED: 99 REVEAL Superman and SEE that indeed, there's just a faint electronic WARBLE visible around the edge of his cape, near (X) the shoulder. (X) SUPERMAN Her contention that I'm Clark Kent is an attempt to deflect the fact that she's long been using her celebrity as a cover -- so she could operate freely as an assassin for Intergang. The WARBLE is corrected. The image is perfect. 100 EXT. WINDOW - NIGHT 100(X) The Kents. (X) JONATHAN What am I doing playing with (X) lasers? I'm a farmer. MARTHA We're helping our son. Now get your telemetry straight. 101 EXT. PLANET - NIGHT 101 As Clark and everyone else watch, Superman finishes his statement. SUPERMAN Clark Kent is a friend. My uniforms were in his closet because he's nice enough to clean them for me. (shrugs) I don't have a washing machine... or a place to hang my spare capes. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got to go pick somebody up. He SOARS over the Crowd and out of sight. Clark looks at the assembled Reporters, then zeroes in on Lois: CLARK Any questions? The ROAR of VOICES is deafening. --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 53. 102 EXT. WINDOW - NIGHT 102(X) She switches off the lasers and lets out a long sigh, looking at Jonathan. (X) MARTHA Kids. CUT TO: 103 INT. DARK HALLWAY - NIGHT 103 Diana and Rolf skulk out of a passport office. (X) ROLF I don't understand why we have to leave the country... Diana, what's going on? An O.S. WHOOSH, they turn and there's -- SUPERMAN The police'll be glad to answer that. ROLF Ohhh, am I in trouble? Are you going to... to punish me? SUPERMAN No, Rolf. Rolf's disappointment is palpable. DIANA Superman... (moving very close) ... isn't there something we can work out here? SUPERMAN I don't think so. DIANA Then how about a kiss good-bye? SUPERMAN Diana, you ought to come with a Surgeon General's warning. DIANA (with an evil chuckle) Who says I don't... Clark? (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 54. 103 CONTINUED: 103 SUPERMAN I'm afraid I've got some bad news (X) on that front, too. (X) He picks up a copy of THE PLANET lying in front of a door (X) and hands it to her. She and Rolf see the headline: DIANA (X) STRIDE'S SUPERMAN HOAX EXPOSED! (X) ROLF But that's... but... (X) DIANA I don't care what this says. We (X) know what we saw. (X) SUPERMAN I tried to tell you, Diana -- you (X) don't want me as an enemy. Come (X) on. (X) 104 EXT. PLANET - NIGHT 104 Lois comes out onto the deserted street alone, stifling a yawn. Clark appears. She stops. They look at each other. CLARK Working late? LOIS Big news night. Where've you been? CLARK Superman caught Diana. I got us the exclusive. LOIS (smiles, moves to him) You are some partner. CLARK Is that all I am, Lois? She looks at him. LOIS I don't know. I know how I feel... but I also know what I think. And they're two very different things. CLARK Can I make a suggestion? LOIS Please. (CONTINUED) --page break-- TOP COPY (#14) FULL Blue Rev. 1/5/95 55. 104 CONTINUED: 104 CLARK Let's finish what we started. (off her look) The chess game, remember? Then... take it from there. They move back into the Planet as Jimmy and Perry come out. (X) PERRY You two going back to work? (X) LOIS Nope. We're going back to play. (X) They move into the lobby. Perry just shakes his head in (X) dread. (X) PERRY Jimmy, I've got a bad feeling in (X) the pit of my stomach. (X) JIMMY Must be the chili dog you had for (X) lunch. 'Cause I think they're (X) kind of cute. (X) PERRY (head shake) Ah, youth. (X) FINAL FADE OUT. _THE END_