I received this script already scanned from another party. I assume many of its features are like those created around it. 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 I was using legal paper) * and (X) used in script probably mean "this line changed from previous version" Notes: Cover: The scanned txt sent to me had no cover, but we may be safe in assuming it appeared like numbers C11 and C13 Production colors appear to be: FULL Blue 11/3/95 Pink Revision 11/9/95 Yellow Rev. 11/10/95 Typos noted: Without the hard copy, one can only guess at what might have been a typo and what was a scanner error. "All right" is misspelled as "alright" twice --page break-- _LOIS & CLARK_ "_Never On Sunday_" FULL Blue 11/3/95 _CAST_ CLARK KENT/ SUPERMAN LOIS LANE JIMMY OLSEN PERRY WHITE ______________________________________________________________ BARON SUNDAY ZIGGY ELLEN LANE BEVERLY LIPMAN STAR DETECTIVE * ROD CLEMENS MATT YOUNG PASSENGER * * * POLICEMAN ON TARMAC --page break-- _LOIS & CLARK_ "_Never On Sunday_" Yellow Rev. 11/10/95 _LOCATIONS_ _INTERIORS_: _EXTERIORS_: Daily Planet Daily Planet Newsroom Elevator Metropolis Street Clark's Apartment NIA Headquarters * Bedroom Outdoor Cafe Lois's Apartment Living Room Shuttle Stop Sunday's Airplane Airport Theatre Van * --page break-- _LOIS & CLARK_ "_Never On Sunday_" FULL Blue 11/3/95 _CHRONOLOGY_ SC. 1 - 7 NIGHT 1 * SC. 8 - 37 DAY 2 * SC. 38 - 48 NIGHT 2 * SC. 49 - 65 DAY 3 * SC. 66 - 69 NIGHT 3 * SC. 70 - 112 DAY 4 * SC. 113 - 114 NIGHT 4 * --page break-- _LOIS & CLARK_ _The New Adventures of Superman_ "Never On Sunday" _TEASE_ FADE IN: 1 EXT. SKY OVER CITY - FLYING PLANE - NIGHT #1 (STOCK) 1(X) A privately owned 727 streaks over the city. 2 INT. PLANE - ON DOLL - NIGHT 2(X) Two hands reach into FRAME, take a crudely made doll whose (X) back is to us from a counter top. The hands take us to (X) BARON SUNDAY, a very hip, good looking African-American man (X) in his late 30s. He is inside a Boeing 727 that has been (X) completely gutted and tastefully redone into a living area. (X) Sunday is standing in front of a table which is draped with a tapestry that has a crude snake decoration in the middle. A second man, (ZIGGY) stands in the background. He is (X) dressed in Jamaican casual clothing and wears his hair in (X) dreadlocks. He shakes a large rattle made out of a dried (X) calabash. 3 INT. CLARK'S BEDROOM - NIGHT 3 CLARK is sleeping peacefully. Suddenly he opens his eyes and has a very disturbed look on his face. 4 PUSH IN ON CLARK'S FACE 4 as he begins having trouble breathing. DISSOLVE into... 5 INTERCUT - CLARK'S VISION 5 What appears to be the lid of a coffin slowly closing, shutting Clark into a tight, darkened space. He pushes his hands against the lid, but it doesn't budge. 6 BACK TO CLARK 6 His hands are in the air above him, frantically clawing on the imaginary coffin lid. As he struggles for breath, a snake shaped welt, unnoticed by Clark, begins to form on (X) his chest. After a moment, the vision passes. As it does, the welt fades away. Clark suddenly sits up and looks around his empty bedroom, completely unnerved. --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) FULL Blue 11/3/95 2. 7 INT. PLANE - BARON SUNDAY 7 Sunday opens his eyes, which now have the yellow lenses of (X) a reptile. TILT DOWN to find him withdrawing a long silver (X) needle from a doll that looks very much like Clark Kent. (X) FADE OUT. _END OF TEASE_ --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) FULL Blue 11/3/95 3. _ACT ONE_ FADE IN: 8 INT. DAILY PLANET - DAY #2 8 Clark crosses to his desk, troubled, preoccupied, passing (X) PERRY. PERRY If you were a woman and your (X) doorbell rang and you opened your door and it was me, what would you (X) think? (X) CLARK Well... _What_? (X) PERRY I've been fixed up on a blind (X) date. They do that to you the minute you're single again. So you open your door and it's me and you're... CLARK (lost) Happy? (X) PERRY (going off) I gotta give this thought. You're (X) not very convincing. CLARK I'm not a woman! (X) LOIS has come up. LOIS No... You're not. Hi. Clark looks through mail, notes contents of a large red (X) envelope, tosses it in the trash, as: CLARK (subdued) Hi. (X) LOIS I tried calling you last night, but your machine was on. It was (X) really late, but there was this great old movie on, and... (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) FULL Blue 11/3/95 4. 8 CONTINUED 8 CLARK I was out walking. (X) LOIS In the middle of the night? (X) CLARK I... had a really hard time (X) sleeping. I just didn't wanna (X) stay in my place. LOIS (a bit concerned) What do you mean.... You didn't (X) want to stay in your place? CLARK (too lightly) Nothing. It's no big deal. I just had a little trouble sleeping, (X) is all. JIMMY comes over carrying a red envelope identical to the one Clark just opened. (X) JIMMY C.K., this just came for you. (X) Clark reacts to the familiar look of the envelope. (X) CLARK I think I already got one. (X) (peers inside) Yeah, I just got through tossing it (X) in the trash. (X) LOIS What is it? (X) JIMMY C.K., there's nothing in your wastebasket. (X) CLARK (stares at empty trash) What're you.... (X) LOIS What is it? (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) FULL Blue 11/3/95 5. 8 CONTINUED: 2 8 CLARK (feeling inside wastebasket) Tickets to see this guy Baron (X) Sunday. (X) JIMMY Oh wow, and you weren't gonna (X) _use_ 'em?! LOIS He's, what, that magician? (X) JIMMY 'That magician?' _The_ magician. The greatest illusionist in the (X) world! (X) He pulls out an 8 x 10 glossy from the envelope. 9 INSERT - PHOTOGRAPH 9(X) We now see Baron Sunday in a theatrical pose. He's the man (X) with the voodoo doll in the tease. 10 CLARK, JIMMY, LOIS 10 At the sight of the photo, Clark shakes his head as if to (X) clear it. Lois listens to Jimmy, not noticing Clark's (X) reaction. JIMMY The guy is so cool. He lives on (X) his own airplane. (X) PERRY (calling from office doorway) (X) Jimmy! (X) JIMMY (rushes off) Coming! (X) LOIS (amused, to Clark) And to think, you were just gonna (X) throw those tickets.... Clark, (X) what is it? Clark suddenly sits down hard in his chair. (X) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Pink Revision 11/9/95 6. 11 INTERCUT CLARK'S VISION 11 A quick image of being trapped in the enclosed space as a coffin-like lid clamps shut. Ghostly VOICES, a THROBBING HEARTBEAT. 12 BACK TO SCENE 12 Clark is suffering a shortness of breath. LOIS (alarmed) Clark! What's wrong? Clark rubs his face and his breathing slowly gets back to normal as he looks up to see Lois. They stare at each other and the look of alarm in his eyes scares her. CUT TO: 13 EXT. METRO AIRPORT SHUTTLE VAN - PARKED AT AIRPORT - DAY 13(X) People are filing into the van. (X) 14 INT. BUS - DAY 14 CLOSE ON the bus driver, ROD CLEMENS, a jittery 40-year-old combat vet. He wears a "Metro Airport Shuttle" uniform (X) jacket and has a green scarf wrapped around his neck. He speaks with a Southern accent. CLEMENS I'd say I've been workin' for MTD for about three months. SUNDAY (V.O.) It's work you enjoy, Mr. Rod Clemens? PULL BACK to see that the man sitting behind Clemens is Baron Sunday, dressed in dark, nearly opaque round glasses, a tall collar pulled up over his lower jaw. CLEMENS How'd you know my name? (laughs, points up) Oh, my operator's license. SUNDAY Not at all. I'm psychic. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Pink Revision 11/9/95 6A. 14 CONTINUED 14 CLEMENS (laughs) Yeah, right. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Pink Revision 11/9/95 7. 14 CONTINUED: 2 14 SUNDAY What's that accent? Georgia? CLEMENS South Carolina. Born and raised just over the state line in Parksville. You ain't _much_ of a psychic, are you?! The final person boards the van, shutting the door behind (X) them; Clemens Cranks the ignition and fires up the van. (X) SUNDAY Shall I tell you your birthday? CLEMENS Ten bucks says you can't! Sunday concentrates for a moment. SUNDAY November 18, 1949. CLEMENS Not even close. August 24, 1951. 15 CLOSE ON CLEMENS 15 CLEMENS Easiest ten spot I've ever made. Wanna try some thing else? My mama's maiden name? There is a beat and no response. Clemens turns and is shocked to discover that the seat behind him is empty. CLEMENS (CONT'D) What the..? (X) He looks down. 16 CLEMENS' PALM 16 He opens his hand to find a ten dollar bill inside it. 17 BACK TO CLEMENS 17 He's stunned and a bit scared. Something else feels odd, and he reaches to his neck, discovers his green scarf is gone. CUT TO: --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) FULL Blue 11/3/95 8. 18 EXT. METROPOLIS STREET - LOIS AND CLARK - TRACKING - DAY 18(X) LOIS Clark, you really scared me. Are (X) you sure you're okay? You may not (X) be _up_ to lunch with my mother. CLARK I'm _fine_. I told you, I'm just tired. By the way, at what point (X) did we put your mother in charge of our wedding? (X) LOIS She's not in _charge_, she has some _ideas_. I said we'd hear her (X) _ideas_. My family just started talking to each other again, I'm (X) trying to preserve a little peace. (X) CLARK Okay, but we're clear on what _we_ want, right? Small, simple... (X) Small... Right? Simple? (X) ON Lois' reassuring smile. (X) CUT TO: 19 EXT. STREET CAFE - DAY 19 Lois and Clark are sitting at a table with ELLEN LANE, Lois's mother. ELLEN And I know _I'm_ thrilled to at (X) last be able to give my princess (X) the big wedding she always dreamed of. (X) CLARK (surprised) You dreamed of a big wedding? (X) LOIS (uncomfortably) Well, you know, once I did, maybe. (X) (defensively; off Clark's look) Okay, yes, I did. I mean, not _huge_... (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Pink Revision 11/9/95 9. 19 CONTINUED: 19 ELLEN After her second cousin Martita married that jockey, it's all she talked about. (merrily) She'd walk around all day, holding a bunch of flowers, with my slip on her head. LOIS (off Clark's look) I was six! ELLEN _Any_way, don't be shy about picking Beverly's brains for suggestions. CLARK Beverly? ELLEN Beverly Lipman. Acclaimed bridal consultant. LOIS (startled) Mom, isn't that expensive? Who's paying for it? ELLEN Your father, and it's cheap, considering he has years of indifference to atone for. (spots someone, waves) Oo-oo! BEVERLY LIPMAN arrives. She's in her 50's, no-nonsense, she's done this a thousand times. BEVERLY I'm late. Sorry. Don't stand. (sits) Miss? Bourbon, rocks. Have we (X) picked a color palette, yet? I've been doing a lot of tangerine. CLARK Uh, Ms. Lipman, we're steering away from anything too complicated. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) FULL Blue 11/3/95 10. 19 CONTINUED: 2 19 BEVERLY Oh? Mrs. Lane told me if she (X) could hold a beautiful wedding for her favorite daughter, she could die happy. Lois and Clark stare as Ellen emotionally nods. (X) BEVERLY (CONT'D) (X) And what do you mean by 'complicated?' You do want the affair to _say_ something. CLARK I just want it to say that I love (X) Lois. (X) BEVERLY That would be doves. Three hundred. White. (X) CUT TO: 20 EXT. SUNDAY'S PLANE - FLYING - DAY(STOCK) 20 21 INT. SUNDAY'S PLANE (IN FLIGHT) - DAY 21 The shades are drawn, the lighting somber as Ziggy steps (X) into FRAME, peering around the empty cabin. (X) ZIGGY (Jamaican accent) Baron? Baron, I have the chart (X) for this Rod Clemens. (X) The lights dim. Two candles on the table suddenly light. (X) ziggy's a bit apprehensive. ZIGGY (CONT'D) I tell you, brother... This Clemens born under bad sign. A light mist rushes in from under a closed door, swirls (X) around Ziggy's feet. He glances down nervously. (X) ZIGGY (CONT'D) Baron? This Rod Clemens..... The (X) man is living evil. A hand clamps down on Ziggy's shoulder, Ziggy freezes. SUNDAY (O.S.) Not for much longer. --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Pink Revision 11/9/95 11. 22 NEW ANGLE 22 as Ziggy nervously turns to face an unsmiling Baron Sunday. He holds a voodoo doll wrapped in Clemens' green scarf SUNDAY Give me the chart. CAMERA CIRCLES AROUND Sunday as Ziggy hands over the parchment, which Sunday wraps around the doll. Sunday's eyes are closed as we come around to see the paper burst into flames, leaving the doll unscathed. Sunday's eyes fly open, and they once again resemble those of a reptile. He plucks a long silver needle of f the table in front of him and plunges it into the doll's head. CUT TO: 23 EXT. METROPOLIS STREET - DAY 23 Clemens' van is out of control, careening down the street. (X) Pedestrians are SCREAMING as they leap out of the way. 24 INT. VAN - DAY 24(X) The passengers are SCREAMING as well. 25 ANGLE ON CLEMENS 25 who is hunched down behind the wheel, a look of total fear on his face. 26 INTERCUT - CLEMENS' VISION 26 of Viet Cong SNIPERS in the jungle FIRING at the van. (X) Clemens cries out in fear and dives down behind the wheel, causing the van to lunge to the left. (X) 27 EXT. SIDEWALK CAFE - DAY 27 Beverly, Ellen, Lois, Clark continue the meeting. BEVERLY Now, there's nothing wrong with a church organ and a combo after, if you _want_ to go the blah route. The last wedding I did had a dozen Swiss Bell Ringers and a fifty piece orchestra. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Pink Revision 11/9/95 12. 27 CONTINUED: 27 ELLEN (enchanted) Swiss Bell Ringers. What do you think, Lois? CLARK Yes, what _do_ you think, Lois? LOIS (uncomfortably in the middle) Well, I've always admired the Swiss. That chocolate is too die for... And those cuckoo clocks... Wow. Clark suddenly tilts his head, hearing the Bus In Trouble. Lois knows the look. CLARK (sotto) I've... gotta go. (to Ellen and Beverly) Excuse me. He vaults the railing and dashes off. Beverly and Ellen stare, then: BEVERLY He's going to be difficult, isn't he. CUT TO: 28 EXT. STREET - THE VAN 28(X) The van ROARS down the street. (X) 29 EXT. CITY SKY - SUPERMAN IN FLIGHT - DAY (STOCK) 29 30 INT. VAN - ON CLEMENS 30(X) His eyes are wild with fright. 31 ANGLE THROUGH WINDSHIELD 31 The van is headed straight for a grid locked intersection (X) jammed with cars and pedestrians. They look up to see the van headed straight for them (X) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Pink Revision 11/9/95 13. 32 REAR OF BUS 32 Superman FLIES down, grabs a rear bumper. 33 THE STREET - VAN - VARIOUS ANGLES 33(X) The passengers scream, the van nears the intersection, (X) Clemens rolls back in his seat. In the rear, Superman has planted his feet, the van bumper in his hands. The van (X) slows, tires SCREECH and smoke, and the van stops, moments (X) before impact with the traffic jam. 34 CLEMENS' VISION 34 A VC SOLDIER IN THE JUNGLE appears in front of the bus, (X) raises his rifle. 35 ON CLEMENS 35 whose face is twisted in shock and terror. CLEMENS Captain Ellis! It's an ambush! 36 CLEMENS' VISION 36 as the soldier fires. (NOTE: Not directly into Camera.) (X) 37 ON SUPERMAN 37 He opens the door of the van to find Clemens laying on the (X) seat. He checks for a pulse, rips open Clemens' shirt to (X) feel his chest. On Clemens' chest is the snake shaped (X) welt, the same as Clark's. PASSENGER Superman, thank God. (beat) (X) Is he dead? (X) SUPERMAN I'm afraid so. Did he say (X) anything? PASSENGER He just started freaking Out. He (X) yelled something about a Captain Ellis. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Pink Revision 11/9/95 13A. 37 CONTINUED: 37 Superman turns back to Clemens to see the welt fading away. FADE OUT _END OF ACT ONE_ --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Pink Revision 11/9/95 14. _ACT TWO_ FADE IN: 38 INT. THEATRE - NIGHT #2 38 Driving, eerie AFRICAN MUSIC. Baron Sunday is on stage, standing next to a large box which encases Ziggy's body, (X) leaving just his head sticking out. Sunday encloses (X) Ziggy's head in a smaller box, then after some fanfare, the (X) smaller box levitates off of the larger one and slowly (X) floats through the air. APPLAUSE. After a moment, the flap (X) on the small box opens to show Ziggy's smiling face. More (X) APPLAUSE. 39 INTERCUT LOIS AND CLARK 39 They're in the audience. Clark has a silk handkerchief tucked into his coat pocket. LOIS (looks around) Where's Perry? He's on his first blind date since he split up with Alice and he wanted to double with us. CLARK Maybe he got cold feet. (then) I'm waiting to hear from the Army about this 'Captain Ellis' the Bus Driver mentioned before he died. LOIS What was this snake-shaped welt the Bus Driver had on his chest? CLARK It was freaky. It appeared, then just faded away. Finally, the small box comes to rest atop another large box (X) across the stage. Sunday opens the flaps to both boxes and (X) an intact Ziggy steps out. The audience goes wild. (X) 40 CLOSE ON CLARK 40 He has tipped his glasses. As he replaces them: (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) FULL Blue 11/3/95 15. 40 CONTINUED: 40 CLARK I'm not sure how he's doing this. (X) I can't spot any wires... trap (X) doors... 41 INTERCUT - CLOSE ON SUNDAY 41(X) He abruptly looks straight at Clark, flashing a brilliant (X) smile. CLARK (unnerved) (X) Is he smiling at me? (X) He turns to find Lois staring off down the row of seats. (X) LOIS (distracted) (X) Hmmm? (then; re O.S.) This would answer the cold feet (X) question. (X) WIDEN to find Perry and Jimmy coming toward the empty seats (X) next to Lois and Clark. (X) LOIS (CONT'D) (reproachfully) Chief. You chickened out. (X) PERRY Not at all. The lad here had his (X) heart set on seeing this show, and (X) I couldn't break his heart. (X) JIMMY (to Lois) Chickened out. (X) Sssh! Sssh! From all around. On the stage: SUNDAY And now, to finish up the evening, I'd like to create a special illusion for a member of the audience. Any volunteers? You, son? (X) 42 INTERCUT AUDIENCE 42 Perry has sat, but Jimmy is still standing, pulling off his parka Jimmy stares back, startled (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) FULL Blue 11/3/95 16. 42 CONTINUED: 42 CLARK (grinning) Go, Jimmy! (X) They're all egging him on, he accepts the challenge, (X) squares his shoulders, starts toward the aisle. (X) JIMMY Sure. Okay. (X) 43 THE STAGE 43 APPLAUSE as Jimmy trots up the steps to join Sunday, (X) shaking hands. SUNDAY I need your name, birth date and city where you were born. JIMMY James Bartholomew Olsen. Born right here in Metropolis on February 15, 1974. Suddenly a piece of paper and pencil appear in Sunday's hands. He quickly jots down Jimmy's statistics and then holds the paper over Jimmy's head. SUNDAY I want you to relax. When the ashes float down around you, you will fall into a deep trance. JIMMY Ashes? The paper suddenly bursts into flames, and the ashes fall down around Jimmy, who closes his eyes. 44 INTERCUT REACTIONS FROM LOIS, CLARK AND PERRY 44 SUNDAY Now, when I snap my fingers, you will imagine you are back at your first day of second grade. Sunday snaps his fingers. Jimmy opens his eyes. He looks toward the audience and waves. JIMMY (in a childlike voice) Hey Bobby! How was your summer? (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Pink Revision 11/9/95 17. 44 CONTINUED: 44 SUNDAY I forgot to mention... you've come to school completely naked. 45 JIMMY'S POV (OF HIS VISION) 45 He looks down to see a pair of eight-year-old, naked legs. 46 BACK TO SCENE 46 as a flustered Jimmy blushes and tries to cover up his body. JIMMY I don't know what... I mean... I was dressed when I left this morning... The audience is laughing as Jimmy panics, looking for a place to hide. 46A INTERCUT JIMMY'S POV OF A SMALL DESK 46A Jimmy dives underneath the imaginary desk, but as he does, (X) he seems to bump his head and begins to CRY. The audience reacts with a collective "aww..." SUNDAY When I snap my fingers, you will be back here, fully clothed and you will remember everything. Sunday snaps his fingers. Jimmy blinks his eyes, then looks out at the crowd and sheepishly stands up, rubbing his head. Sunday takes his hand, and the two of them bow to an ovation. DISSOLVE: 47 THE STAGE - A SHORT TIME LATER 47 The audience is filing out. Jimmy is standing on the stage with Lois, Clark and Perry. Lois is examining the bump on Jimmy's head. LOIS What happened to your head? (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Pink Revision 11/9/95 17A. 47 CONTINUED: 47 JIMMY I was trying to hide under my desk and I guess I bumped it. Sunday and Ziggy join them from backstage. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Yellow Rev 11/10/95 17A. 47 CONTINUED: 2 47 PERRY But the desk was only in your imagination, son. SUNDAY (smooth and charming) Jimmy was so convinced of what he was experiencing, his body reacted as if his vision were real. Lois and Clark share a look. CLARK Interesting trick. SUNDAY No trick. I only made use of what (X) was already in his mind. (he regards Clark) You're a... Pisces, right? CLARK Good guess. February 29th. SUNDAY Nineteen sixty... five? CLARK Close. Sixty six. SUNDAY Another Metropolitan? LOIS You planning on sending _him_ back to second grade? Sunday shoots Lois a very chilly glance, then recovers and smiles. SUNDAY No, I'd have something much more interesting in mind for a man as worldly as Mr. Kent. Clark reacts to Sunday's use of his name. How does he know who he is? The two share a look for a moment, until... LOIS Well. We should be going. --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) FULL Blue 11/3/95 19. 48 NEW ANGLE 48(X) as they ad-lib good-byes, turn and go. Clark moves toward (X) CAMERA and we see his pocket handkerchief is gone. Now we (X) PUSH IN on Sunday, who, smiling coolly, opens his palm to (X) reveal the handkerchief as we (X) CUT TO: 49 INT. DAILY PLANET - NEXT MORNING - DAY #3 49 Lois crosses to Clark who is sitting at his desk, working on his computer. LOIS Catch up on your sleep last night? CLARK (nods) Back to my old self. LOIS So even though you've been looking (X) kind of troubled and preoccupied, (X) there's no reason for me to be (X) worried. CLARK (covering) (X) About me? None whatsoever. (X) LOIS Because if some hypothetical (X) thing were bothering you, you'd (X) tell me. (beat) Look, are you worried about (X) getting married? CLARK What?! (X) LOIS Well, you know, we start making (X) plans and suddenly you can't sleep (X) and you have incredible anxiety and... (X) CLARK I'm not worried about marrying (X) you. I'm looking forward to marrying you. I'm chomping at the (X) bit. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) FULL Blue 11/3/95 20. 49 CONTINUED: 49 LOIS (still not convinced) (X) Chomping at the bit. Got it. (X) (beat) Did you hear from the Army? (X) CLARK (nods) The Bus Driver, Clemens, served in (X) Vietnam under a Captain Ted Ellis. (X) He was a munitions expert... (X) LOIS (looks at computer screen) This is interesting. After he left the Army, Clemens spent a year in the National Intelligence Agency. (looks up) Don't you know someone at the NIA? (X) CLARK (nodding) Matt Young. I haven't spoken to him in years. LOIS Maybe it's time to renew the acquaintance. CUT TO: 50 INT. ELEVATOR - DAY 50 Doors are open. As Lois and Clark approach: (X) LOIS I just want you to know I know how (X) difficult this Mother-of-the-Bride (X) thing is for you. CLARK No problem. Just as long, as you (X) know, we don't lose sight of what _we_ want... LOIS No, no... They enter. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) FULL Blue 11/3/95 21. 50 CONTINUED: 50 CLARK 'Cause yesterday you looked kinda interested in this Beverly's ideas... LOIS Okay, maybe a part of me _would_ like a big deal kind of thing. A _tiny_ part of me. Very small. (X) Does that bother you? CLARK Well... no... (X) LOIS Good, because we, uh, have another (X) appointment today with my mother. (X) (barely audible) And Beverly. (X) During this, the doors are sliding shut, Clark looks jittery and as the doors snap shut, we PUSH IN ON CLARK (X) and: 51 INTERCUT - FLASH CUT! 51 Clark's vision. The "coffin" lid, the VOICES. Clark suddenly panics as Lois finishes her sentence and seizes the elevator door, forces them open, breathing heavily, staggers back into the office. LOIS (staring) Of course... I could cancel. (X) CUT TO: 52 INT. SUNDAY'S PLANE (IN FLIGHT) - DAY 52 CLOSE ON two dolls laying side by side on the table. One is fashioned out of Clark's handkerchief and the other is in a tiny blue suit. Sunday's hands come into frame and pick up the doll in the suit. 53 CLOSE ON THE DOLL'S TINY FACE... 53 DISSOLVE TO: --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Yellow Rev 11/10/95 22. 51 EXT. NIA HEADQUARTERS - TIGHT ON MATT YOUNG - DAY 54(X) MATT YOUNG is a handsome, dynamic man in his late 30's. PULL BACK to reveal grim fortress of an office building. (X) Young stands holding open a door for Lois and Clark, who (X) come outside. As they walk: (X) YOUNG I was on my way out. Hope you (X) don't mind doin' this on the run. (X) LOIS No, thanks for seeing us. (X) YOUNG (to Clark) You've come a long way from that green reporter I met in Jamaica. CLARK (to Lois) I heard there was gun smuggling goin' on down there, and thought maybe I could get my career in gear with an exclusive. YOUNG That's where I entered. I was on a routine assignment when I suddenly found myself in the middle of a gun smuggling raid. Bullets flying everywhere. CLARK He cut me a break and gave me the story. LOIS Which brings us full circle, because we're here for another exclusive. Wasn't Rod Clemens with the NIA for a while? YOUNG Clemens? I don't recognize the name. CLARK That's funny. We understood he worked in your division. Munitions expert? (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Yellow Rev 11/10/95 22A. 54 CONTINUED: 54 YOUNG (snaps his finger) Oh... Rocket Rod Clemens. He was only in my area for a few months. Had some heavy personal problems. Seems he could never get 'Nam out of his head. CLARK Post war trauma? (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Yellow Rev 11/10/95 23. 54 CONTINUED: 2 54 YOUNG In the extreme. Just before he shipped stateside, he was caught in the chest by a sniper. Almost killed him. Lois and Clark exchange a look. YOUNG (CONT'D) Why? LOIS Just an angle we're pursuing. YOUNG (too curious) What kind of angle? 55 BARON SUNDAY - TIGHT ON HIS EYES 55 They open to reveal the Reptile lenses. 56 BACK TO STREET 56(X) Young suddenly stiffens and his eyes pop open in shock. CLARK Matt! What is it? LOIS Oh, my God. Not again. YOUNG (in terror) The dogs! CLARK There aren't any dogs here. Young starts backing up, a look of total fear in his eyes. He knocks over a display table outside a shop. People are (X) stopping to stare. (X) 57 PUSH IN ON YOUNG'S FACE 57 as we HEAR "his vision," a ferocious pack of SNARLING, BARKING DOGS. --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Yellow Rev 11/10/95 24. 58 BACK TO SCENE 58 He reaches around behind him and pulls his service revolver (X) out of his rear holster. YOUNG Stay back! Before anyone can react, Young starts shooting at the imaginary dogs. People on the street cry out "What's going (X) on?" "Oh, my God" "Somebody stop him!" as they dive into doorways for protection. (X) 59 INTERCUT YOUNG'S POV 59 SNARLING DOBERMAN (STOCK). Young hears the DOGS getting louder. He turns and takes aim directly at a startled Lois. Just as he pulls the trigger, Clark dives in front of Lois. The bullets ricochet off his hands. A moment later, Young drops his gun and puts his hands up in front of his face to block an attack by the "dogs". YOUNG No! Young SCREAMS and then clutches his chest. Lois is on him in an instant, ripping open Young's shirt to see that his chest has fresh scratch marks. Clark is by his side in a moment. In the middle of the scratches, the snake welt starts to rise up. LOIS Clark, look! CLARK Move back. Clark spots the metal plate marked "high voltage" at the (X) base of a street lamp. Still unobserved, since people have (X) run for cover, Clark bends the plate back, grabs a thick (X) cable and pulls it from a connection, revealing bare wire. He grabs the wire, which sparks, then places his other hand on Young's chest, giving him a jolt of electricity. Young's body flops with the charge and Clark feels Young's neck. A SIREN. The scratches and welt have vanished. CLARK (CONT'D) He's got a pulse. People are starting to appear from doorways. A cop car (X) roars toward them from up the street. (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Pink Revision 11/9/95 25. 59 CONTINUED: 59 LOIS First Clemens, and now Matt Young. What's going on? Clark shakes his head in wonder. CUT TO: 60 INT. LOIS'S LIVING ROOM - ON BEVERLY - AFTERNOON 60(X) Beverly sits on the couch near Ellen, rattling on as we (X) PULL BACK. (X) BEVERLY So we'll definitely be going (X) with rose petals strewn by a small (X) child as you come down the aisle, (X) and if you don't know any small (X) children, we'll provide one. (X) Invitations. My printer can do (X) something very stylish on Japanese (X) linen... (X) CAMERA HAS MOVED to a distracted Lois and Clark, lost in (X) thought across from Beverly and Ellen. Lois absently (X) doodles the snake design from the victim's chests on a (X) piece of paper. Beverly notes their preoccupation: (X) BEVERLY (CONT'D) Hello? Invitations? You get a (X) price break when you order in lots (X) of five hundred. (X) CLARK Oh. Sorry. We'll... take one (X) fifth of a lot. (X) BEVERLY He's kidding, am I right? Are we having a serious discussion? LOIS Clark, it does seem you get a price break if you go a little bigger.... ELLEN (beaming) Even as a child, you always made economic sense. BEVERLY I budgeted fifteen hundred for L F & G, but I think I may be light. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Pink Revision 11/9/95 25A. 60 CONTINUED: 60 CLARK L F & G? BEVERLY/ELLEN Loose flowers and greens. CLARK (to Lois) Do we absolutely need L F & G? LOIS Mom? ELLEN Beverly? BEVERLY Well, you don't absolutely _need_ shoes. But sooner or later your feet are bloody stumps. CUT TO: --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Pink Revision 11/9/95 26. 61 INT. PLANE (ON GROUND) - CLOSE ON SUNDAY - SAME TIME 61 Sunday brings Clark's voodoo doll up into FRAME and inserts (X) the silver pin into the head of the doll. The pin goes in (X) a fraction, then stops. He pushes harder and the pin (X) bends. (X) ZIGGY (O.S.) No! WIDEN to reveal Ziggy in a doorway, terrified. Sunday regards him with irritation. ZIGGY (CONT'D) This Clark Kent's magic is too strong. You have _tried_ to kill him. SUNDAY He's been able to resist, for reasons I don't understand. But he can be broken. Ziggy shrinks back into the doorway, still whimpering. ZIGGY We will be the ones to pay. CAMERA PUSHES IN on Sunday as he discards the bent pin and (X) selects a thicker pin from the table. (X) SUNDAY (whispery) Let his fears flow. CUT TO: 62 INT. LOIS'S LIVING ROOM - SAME TIME 62 BEVERLY Does anyone here have a serious objection to white Polonaise sauce with shitaki mushrooms? I need (X) to know. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) FULL Blue 11/3/95 27. 62 CONTINUED: 62 CLARK (wryly) I guess we've pretty much given up (X) the idea of mini-hot dogs. (X) ELLEN (indicates Clark with her eyes) Lois... LOIS It's just that a lot of our (X) friends have, you know, simpler (X) tastes... ELLEN (a tense smile) Oh. Alright. I wanted to make it (X) perfect for you, of course, but (X) it's not really my dreams that (X) matter here, are they? (X) Lois sits with frozen smile as CAMERA MOVES TO Clark. CLARK (eyes fly open) No! They all stare as Clark lurches away from his chair, short (X) of breath, starting to sweat. (X) LOIS Clark! What's happening? (X) 63 INTERCUT QUICK CUT OF CLARK'S VISION 63 Once again, he is wedged into a cramped space. There is a slight metallic glint coming off the walls of his "cell," as well as a rumbling NOISE and hushed, echoed VOICES. (X) LOIS Clark! Clark is in wild eyed panic, lurching toward the kitchen. (X) 64 THE KITCHEN 64 INTERCUT FLASH CUTS of the vision as Clark sinks to the floor, trying to find a way out of his personal hell. Lois (X) rushes in, kneels next to him. (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) FULL Blue 11/3/95 28. 64 CONTINUED: 64 LOIS Clark! Come back to me! (X) CLARK Too tight. Can't... breathe. (X) He's gasping for air as Lois opens his shirt. She spots (X) the snake-shaped welt beginning to form on his chest. (X) LOIS Oh no! Come on, Clark. Snap out (X) of it _now_! FADE OUT _END OF ACT TWO_ --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Pink Revision 11/9/95 29. _ACT THREE_ FADE IN: 65 INT. LOIS'S BEDROOM - DAY 65 Clark lies on the bed, shirt open, groggily coming to. Lois sits next to him. Ellen and Beverly timidly appear. ELLEN Is he alright? LOIS I think so. BEVERLY I've seen pre-wedding stress before, but this is taking it to a new level. ELLEN Honey, we'll just... do this later. Lois nods as the two women hurry out through front door. Clark looks up at Lois, trying to focus. CLARK Lois? Lois sighs with relief and her fear and emotions suddenly come flooding to the forefront. Tears well up in her eyes as they embrace. LOIS Oh, Clark. I thought I lost you. CLARK (managing a smile) You're not going to get rid of me that easy. LOIS When I saw that snake on your chest I thought... CLARK Snake? Like the others? (X) Clark looks down, but the welt is gone. LOIS It was there. I saw it. Clark shakily stands, as: (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Pink Revision 11/9/95 30. 65 CONTINUED: 65 CLARK It's gone now. Everything's fine. LOIS Everything's _not_ fine. You've got to tell me what's going on. This is hard for Clark. CLARK I've been having some weird experiences. LOIS Experiences? CLARK Maybe not experiences. More like visions. LOIS (quiet; frightened) Like those other men, Clark? Before their hearts stopped? Why (X) didn't you tell me? CLARK Because until now I didn't connect it to the others... I thought it'd go away... (soberly) I've never been.... really scared. Not like this. LOIS What is it... you see? CLARK It's like I'm being buried alive. In some kind of coffin. Look, I'm not giving into this.... LOIS See, that's what you do! Your whole life is about _not_ showing fear... Pushing it out of your head. But _this_ fear is part of you. It's something so terrible you've pushed it way down, and it's time to let it out, Clark. Because this thing could... CLARK Scare me to death? (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) FULL Blue 11/3/95 31. 65 CONTINUED: 2 65 LOIS Like the others. (X) (beat) What links you to them? You (X) only _know_ one of 'em. CLARK Matt Young. (X) LOIS Tell me what happened in Jamaica. (X) CUT TO: 66 EXT. SUNDAY'S PLANE (ON GROUND) - ESTABLISHING - NIGHT #3 66 67 INT. SUNDAY'S PLANE - NIGHT 67 The cabin is empty, dimly lit. Eerie metallic moaning sound echo softly as CAMERA GLIDES toward a doorway. Ziggy cautiously comes in, looks anxiously around, moves slowly to the exit door, placing a hand on the door handle. 68 BOTTOM OF INSIDE DOORWAY 68 Low mist rushes in from another part of the plane. TILT UP as Ziggy freezes, hearing: SUNDAY (V.O.) (mellifluous) Going somewhere, Ziggy? (X) ZIGGY No. (X) SUNDAY (V.O.) Were you going to abandon me? Are (X) you that afraid of Clark Kent? He (X) _will_ die. I'm getting closer. (X) Maybe you'd like to warn him. (X) Here's your chance. (X) A SOFT KNOCK. The mist rushes back under the inside door. (X) Ziggy opens the cabin door to reveal Lois and Clark on the (X) plane's stairway. Ziggy is speechless with fear. (X) CLARK Is... Baron Sunday here? (X) SUNDAY (O.S.) Yes. He is. --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Pink Revision 11/9/95 32. 69 NEW ANGLE 69 Baron Sunday, resplendent in a long satin robe. SUNDAY (charming) Mr. Kent. Miss Lane. You've met my assistant, Ziggy. Welcome to my humble abode. Ziggy hurries off into the plane as Lois and Clark come inside. Lois looks around, amazed. LOIS I'd heard about this, but it's... incredible. SUNDAY I love flying. It gives me a sense of freedom, soaring over the towns below like a giant bird. But I'm (X) sure you know what I mean, Mr. (X) Kent. (X) Sunday spins around and two glasses of champagne have appeared in his hands. LOIS You must be very popular at parties. CLARK We needed to talk to someone with your expertise. SUNDAY Oh? CLARK We're looking for information on hallucinations... A kind that might be conjured up in a person's head by someone else. LOIS Can you tell us how you created Jimmy's vision? (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Pink Revision 11/9/95 33. 69 CONTINUED: 69 SUNDAY I looked into the depths of his mind and triggered a memory that was unique to. him. CLARK Is it possible to trigger hallucinations from far away? SUNDAY Mr. Kent, I'm a firm believer that anything is possible. Lois notices a thick, bent pin in the carpet by her feet. She lets her purse slide to the floor, bends to pick it up, scooping up the pin, too, during: CLARK Two people in Metropolis have experienced frightening (X) hallucinations; one is dead and (X) the other's in a coma. (X) SUNDAY I find most of life a frightening hallucination. If I believe I'm hungry or frightened or sad, I am all of these things. CLARK Are you saying these people's (X) bodies shut down because they (X) _believed_ something was killing them? (X) SUNDAY Well, it's a fascinating theory. When our belief in death overpowers our belief in life... It's the end. LOIS Did you happen to know two men named Rod Clemens or Matt Young? SUNDAY Ah, you see, I don't involve myself with people, Miss Lane. I just fly over them. CUT TO: --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Yellow Rev 11/10/95 34. 70 INT. DAILY PLANET - NEXT MORNING - DAY #4 70 Lois is at her desk, examining the bent silver needle. Clark comes by. CLARK What do you have there? LOIS I'm not sure. It came from Sunday's plane. (she shrugs and puts the (X) needle down) I read that story you wrote about gun runners in Jamaica. CLARK Be kind. It was the first big story I ever covered. LOIS You sure nailed this guy John Hendricks. CLARK He was the main man. He was hired by an anti-Castro faction to run guns to a drop-off point in Jamaica. From there, they'd go to Cuba... LOIS (scanning story) ... But the Nacionales found out and busted in on the party. You don't mention Matt Young or the NIA. CLARK They were only sent in to put a happy face on the situation. And Young gave me the story with the understanding he wouldn't be mentioned. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Pink Revision 11/9/95 34A. 70 CONTINUED: 70 LOIS (musing) Hendricks was killed in the raid. It's not like he could argue with anything Young said. CLARK So you think there's more to this (X) story? Maybe some kind of (X) conspiracy? (X) LOIS (pleasant smile) I'm not sure, yet. CLARK (pleasant smile) I don't believe you. 71 NEW ANGLE 71 Jimmy rushes up with a print-outs and a blown-up photo. JIMMY Here's the stuff you wanted, Lois... (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Pink Revision 11/9/95 35. 71 CONTINUED: 71 LOIS (uncomfortably) Uh, Jimmy.... Clark grabs the print-out from Jimmy. CLARK You did a whole computer run on John Hendricks? LOIS Let's say I don't always trust news flashes from the NIA. I got to wondering what this big bad gun runner had in his past. JIMMY (re print-out) Clean as a whistle. Commercial pilot and taxpayer. CLARK (reacting) Completely clean? Not even a... (X) traffic ticket? (X) JIMMY One interesting thing, though.... He pulls a photostat of a driver's license from the pile. CLARK John Hendricks' driver's license. JIMMY I had the guys down in processing do some work on his picture. They lightened it, blew it up, and... Jimmy turns to the next page to reveal an eight by ten shot of Hendricks. JIMMY (CONT'D) Ring any bells? LOIS (startled) Wow. He's heavier and younger, but there's a definite resemblance... (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Pink Revision 11/9/95 36. 71 CONTINUED: 2 71 CLARK ... To Baron Sunday. CUT TO: 72 INT. SUNDAY'S PLANE - ON TAPESTRY - DAY 72 Crude folk stitchery of skulls and death masks. CAMERA MOVES from here, through the darkened cabin swirling with a light mist, to elevated planking covered in dried grasses and herbs. On this rests Baron Sunday, asleep, covered with a thin coverlet, bathed in blue light. CAMERA MOVES to his face, menacing even in sleep, then TILTS UP to reveal the interior door opening. Ziggy creeps out, casts a wary eye toward his master, and silently sneaks to the cabin door. He cracks it open, starts out, as CAMERA RETURNS to Baron Sunday. As the door SOFTLY SHUTS, Sunday's eyes open. CUT TO: 73 INT. LOIS'S LIVING ROOM - ON CLARK - DAY 73 Clark sits warily watching colored glass wands as they pass around his head, down his neck and shoulders. PULL BACK to find STAR conducting the examination as Lois watches. STAR Well. Congratulations, you are definitely not possessed. CLARK Thank you. STAR (to Lois) Handy, having me downstairs, huh? Clark... These visions you've been (X) having... There _is_ the possibility you're just nuts. LOIS He is not nuts. We've gone through all the logical explanations, and we're starting to think maybe the visions are linked to some kind of... metaphysical... supernatural... uh... (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) FULL Blue 11/3/95 37. 73 CONTINUED: 73 STAR 'Magic.' It's okay. You can say it. (to Clark) I knew one day she'd see things my (X) way. CLARK The visions are getting clearer. (X) I'm enclosed in something. There (X) are voices. Colors... red... (X) blue.... And loud noise. Like (X) thunder... And it's terrifying. (X) STAR Maybe. Make it come into (X) focus. Sometimes you shine a (X) light on things, they're not so (X) scary after all. (then) Whoa! (X) As if pulled, the glass wands jerk upward, then rigidly (X) point at something. Staring, Star slowly moves toward (X) Lois' purse on the table. (X) LOIS What is it? STAR Your purse. Lois, is there evil (X) in your purse?! (X) LOIS Just my credit cards. (X) STAR Dump it out. (X) Lois turns the purse over. In the jumble of wallet, (X) make-up, keys, etc., Star finds the silver needle. (X) STAR (CONT'D) What're you doing with this?! (X) LOIS (taken aback) I just picked it up. (X) (sheepishly, to Clark) On... Baron Sunday's plane. (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) FULL Blue 11/3/95 38. 73 CONTINUED: 2 73 STAR (slowly) A Bokor would stick this needle (X) into a doll to cast a spell on his (X) enemy. (X) LOIS A... Bokor? (X) STAR Voodoo, Lois. (X) CUT TO: 74 EXT. METROPOLIS STREET - WITH ZIGGY - DAY 74(X) DRUMS. Glancing fearfully over his shoulder, Ziggy hurries (X) down the street. 75 INTERCUT - INT. SUNDAY'S PLANE - CLOSE ON SUNDAY 75(X) Lit by a single spot of light, Sunday's eyes open to reveal the reptile lenses. CAMERA MOVES IN. (X) Ziggy staggers, stumbles, as if hit by an unseen force. He (X) keeps moving. The eyes seem to glow, now SUPERIMPOSED over Ziggy as he dashes down the street. 76 INT. LOIS' LIVING ROOM - ON NEEDLE - DAY 76(X) RACK FOCUS to reveal Clark staring at the silver needle. CLARK Something like this could cause (X) hallucinations? Kill someone? (X) STAR I don't practice, myself, but (X) that's what I'm told. (X) CLARK Star, if someone were to cast a spell on you, how would you stop it? (X) STAR It's not easy to ward off the (X) black arts. The magic has to come (X) from within. (MORE) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Pink Revision 11/9/95 39. 76 CONTINUED: 76 STAR (CONT'D) The evil's gotta be displaced. You gotta get in touch with (X) something dear to you... more (X) powerful than the spell. LOIS How? (X) STAR Sometimes I hang onto a charm, a (X) keepsake... (X) (holds out necklace) (X) ... a family heirloom. (X) Lois picks up John Hendricks' picture from the table, studies it. As CAMERA MOVES IN ON IT: 77 INT. LOIS' BUILDING - STAIRWAY - HALLWAY - DAY 77 An exhausted, sweating Ziggy tears into the building, stumbles up the stairs. 78 INTERCUT - BARON SUNDAY'S PLANE - CLOSE ON SUNDAY 78 He picks up a crude doll of straw and mud. Ziggy rounds a corner, staggers down the hall to Lois' door and raises his hand to bang on it. Sunday, with a cruel smile, reaches for the doll's head. 79 INT. LOIS' LIVING ROOM - DAY 79 Star, Lois, and Clark look up at the FRANTIC POUNDING on the door. Clark yanks it open it to reveal a panicked Ziggy. ZIGGY (very frightened) Mr. Kent! I come here to warn you! CLARK (confused) Ziggy? --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Pink Revision 11/9/95 39A. 80 CLOSE ON SUNDAY 80 In SLOW MOTION, Sunday violently rips the head from the doll, tears the doll to pieces. 81 BACK TO LOIS'S APARTMENT 81 Ziggy suddenly SCREAMS, falls to the ground. Clark tears open Ziggy's shirt to see the mark of the snake on his chest. DISSOLVE TO: 82 INT. LOIS' HALLWAY - CLOSE ON DOOR - A SHORT TIME LATER 82 A hand reaches into FRAME, knocks on door. --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) FULL Blue 11/3/95 40. 83 INT. LOIS'S LIVING ROOM - ON DOOR 83 A shaken Lois opens the door to admit a Uniformed Cop and a DETECTIVE. Clark looks up from the Hendricks file, Star stands nearby. DETECTIVE I'm Detective Lundren. You're (X) Miss Lane? (as she nods) Where's the body? (X) The Detective crosses to Ziggy's sheet-covered body. LOIS Over there. DETECTIVE The dispatcher said you knew him? (X) CLARK His name's Ziggy. He works, or worked, for Baron Sunday, the Magician. (X) DETECTIVE Oh, yes. Took my boys to see the (X) show last week. The Detective knees, raises up the sheet (blocking our view) and his face registers his shock. DETECTIVE (CONT' D) _How_ long ago did you say he died? LOIS Maybe thirty minutes. DETECTIVE He looks like he's been dead longer than that. LOIS Okay, I may be off by a few minutes. (X) DETECTIVE You may be off by a few _years_. (X) The detective pulls back the sheet to show Ziggy's face, which has shriveled to a near skull with a few strands of hair. Lois, Clark and Star are shocked. FADE OUT _END OF ACT THREE_ --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Pink Revision 11/9/95 41. _ACT FOUR_ FADE IN: 84 EXT. AIRPORT - ANGLE ON LOIS' - JEEP - DAY 84 The Jeep pulls up, Lois at the wheel, Clark on the phone. CLARK (O.S.) Okay, Jimmy. Thanks. He hangs up as Lois shuts off the engine. CLARK (CONT'D) Jimmy says John Hendricks definitely didn't have a brother. As they climb out: LOIS Well, okay.... (beat) If we're in the world of the walking dead, I vote Hendricks and Baron Sunday are the same person. CLARK (nodding) That's pretty much where I went. They start walking across the tarmac. LOIS Matt Young and Rod Clemens were both NIA... CLARK Hendricks and I are connected to Young by the incident in Jamaica. LOIS Hendricks' background check turned up clean.... Clark stops walking, putting it together, troubled. CLARK Which means I helped frame an (X) innocent man. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Pink Revision 11/9/95 42. 84 CONTINUED: 84 LOIS (gently) It makes sense, doesn't it? Young and Clemens were probably running those guns to Jamaica. Hendricks was just some pilot they hired. When the whole thing went sour, Young fed information.... CLARK ... To a very green reporter. (beat) And I wrote a story that ruined Hendrick's life. LOIS And now... he's taking his revenge on everyone. CAMERA ARCS around behind them to reveal Baron Sunday's plane, looming ominously above them. 85 LOIS AND CLARK 85 Both nervously wondering what comes next. CAMERA MOVES IN on Lois, looking worriedly at Clark, then MOVES IN TO her hand as she quietly slips of f her engagement ring. 86 CLOSE ON THE RING 86 Lois silently drops it in Clark's coat pocket. 87 INT. SUNDAY'S PLANE - DAY 87 Sunday opens the cabin door to reveal Lois and Clark. SUNDAY Miss Lane. (lips curling) Mr. Kent. And looking quite healthy. LOIS Mr. Sunday, you said you didn't know Matt Young or Rod Clemens.... CLARK How about John Hendricks? Sunday reacts. Lois and Clark stare at him, waiting for a (X) response (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Pink Revision 11/9/95 43. 87 CONTINUED: 87 SUNDAY John Hendricks was a fool, who trusted the wrong people. CLARK Your assistant Ziggy came to warn us about something, but before he could, he dropped dead. SUNDAY And you think he wanted to warn you about me? LOIS We'll never know, unless your friendly bokor could bring him back to life... again. Sunday reacts. (X) CLARK Your secret's out, Hendricks. (X) Sunday looks at them for a beat, then shrugs. (X) SUNDAY Ziggy was a faithful servant. Never complained. Didn't eat much. LOIS (boldly) Were you raised from the dead, too? Like Ziggy? (X) SUNDAY (unrattled) I never quite passed over. I was found by practitioners of the ancient arts... Given certain powers... But it didn't make up for what had happened to me. CLARK (carefully) I know what you've been through... And the part I played in it... You and I were both set up by pro's. SUNDAY (dangerous) You have no _idea_ what I've been through' My life was _ruined_. _And_ my family's' The only thought that kept me going was the thought of revenge --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Pink Revision 11/9/95 44. 88 SUNDAY 88 His eyes suddenly transform into the yellow snake eyes. SUNDAY (whispery) It's time to finish the job. The voodoo doll resembling Clark suddenly appears in Sunday's hand. Before Clark can make a move, Sunday slams a needle into the head of the doll. Clark immediately doubles over, gasping for breath. LOIS No! Lois charges Sunday, who whirls on her, his eyes GLOWING white hot, a rasping HISS coming from his lips. Lois is stunned by some invisible force and stops in her tracks, trying to shake it off. Clark is fighting his vision and trying to breathe. He makes a grab for Sunday, who opens the cabin door, shoves Clark out with his foot. (X) 89 EXT. PLANE - CONTINUOUS 89 Clark rolls down the steps and comes to land hard on the tarmac. 90 INT. PLANE - CONTINUOUS 90 Sunday SLAMS the cabin door, closing the latch. Lois is groggily coming out of her stunned state. The ENGINES START. SUNDAY (whispery) Air Sunday is about to leave the gate. This is a non-smoking flight... Lois starts toward him. SUNDAY (CONT'D) ... unless I decide to have you burst into flames. A FLAME suddenly appears in Sunday's palm, and Lois stops, wary of Sunday's power. The flame vanishes. 91 EXT. PLANE - CONTINUOUS 91 Clark is on the ground, having trouble breathing. --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) FULL Blue 11/3/95 45. 92 PUSH IN TO HIS VISION 92 which is clearer than before. The enclosure appears to be some kind of small capsule. The lid closes, the ROAR begins. 93 BACK TO SCENE 93 As Clark struggles for breath, he tears at his coat and shirt, shredding them to reveal his Superman suit. he air around him is suddenly filled with the SOUND of Sunday's plane taking off. 94 THE RING 94(X) Lois' engagement ring flies from the coat and lands on the pavement. (X) 95 ANGLE ON SUNDAY'S PLANE LIFTING OFF (STOCK) 95 96 INT. SUNDAY'S PLANE - CONTINUOUS 96 Sunday has an intercom phone in his hand. (X) SUNDAY (into phone) Take her down. (hangs up; to Lois) We'll be flying low over the ocean, so you can discover the joys of free falling. I understand it's quite invigorating. LOIS What's happening to Clark? (X) SUNDAY His own fear is destroying him. (X) He's resisted up 'til now, but he's been weakened by each attack and (X) is ready to surrender. (X) LOIS Young may have set you up, but Clark is a good man. The best man I ever met. He might've made a mistake, but it's not fair that he should die. SUNDAY (shrugs) Life isn't fair. --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Pink Revision 11/9/95 46. 97 EXT. TARMAC - CONTINUOUS 97 Clark's clothes have been shredded away to reveal Superman. He swings out his arm, trying to break out of the imaginary capsule, and hits a runway sign, shattering it into tiny pieces. Superman falls to one knee, blinking, trying to fight the powerful vision. 98 INTERCUT - FLASH CUTS - THE VISION 98 The lid closes. A piece of red material flashes past, (X) covering the eyes. CAMERA MOVES IN ON Superman as he hears VOICES. LOIS (V.O.) (dreamy) ... The fear is part of you. It's time to let it out. (X) Superman is being driven lower to the ground by the vision. We hear a HEARTBEAT sound growing louder and faster. Then his eyes fall on: 99 INTERCUT - SUPERMAN'S POV 99 Beyond the shredded clothing is Lois' engagement ring. Superman fights the vision, reaching, reaching for the ring. STAR (V.O.) (dreamy) Displace the evil with something more dear to you... More powerful than the spell... The ring is nearly in his grasp. He seizes the ring in (X) CLOSE UP. He focuses mightily. LOIS (V.O.) This fear is part of you. It's time to let it out. 100 SUPERMAN'S VISION - FLASH CUTS UNDER THE SOUND OF 100 EXPLOSIONS -A strong pair of hands reaching for him. -A man's face. -The hands lower him into the capsule. -A woman's face, starting to cry. And suddenly the sound of a BABY CRYING! -A blue and red blanket with a golden "S" tucked around him. -The lid of the capsule closing. --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Pink Revision 11/9/95 47. 101 BACK TO SUPERMAN 101 The BABY'S CRIES echo and tears are in Superman's eyes as they blink open, the look of realization on his face. 101A PUSH IN 101A on Superman's eyes to see the image of Krypton exploding. (X) 101B BACK TO SCENE 101B Superman looks down at the diamond ring in his hand and (X) slowly closes his fingers around it. 102 EXT. PLANE - IN FLIGHT - STOCK 102 It is headed out over the ocean. 103 INT. PLANE - CONTINUOUS 103 SUNDAY It's at an end, Miss Lane. I have waited to be at peace for so long. Only one bit of business remains. Sunday OPENS THE AIRPLANE DOOR and the plane shudders with the change of pressure and a WHOOSH of violent wind. 104 BACK TO SCENE 104 Sunday moves to grab Lois and she stuns him by lashing out with a well placed kick, knocking him back. Before she can lash out again, he seizes the back of her head and glares furiously into her eyes. 105 CLOSE ON SUNDAY 105 His eyes are frightening. 106 LOIS 106 She tries to fight it, but she is slipping into a trance. He releases her, and: --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) Pink Revision 11/9/95 48. 107 INTERCUT - HER POV 107 A wall of fire springs up in front of her, separating her (X) from Sunday. 108 BACK TO SCENE 108 Sunday smiles nastily as Lois backs toward the open door. In her POV, the fire is moving toward her, forcing her (X) back. Her feet near the open doorway, the WIND howling (X) around her. 109 EXT. PLANE - FLYING - STOCK 109 Superman flies into FRAME, chasing the plane. 110 INT. PLANE 110 As Lois moves away from the flames, she falls back into the (X) wind. Suddenly, a blur outside the door, and Lois and Superman blur into the cabin. Sunday is stunned, recovers, starts to work another spell. SUNDAY (quickly) Mighty Danballah. Meet my enemy... Superman seizes him by the throat, lifts him into the air, then tosses him. 111 SEAT 111 Sunday flies backward into a seat, there is a BLUR of blue all around him, and he is buckled into place with several seatbelts. SUPERMAN Fasten your seat belts, Sunday. We're beginning our descent. CUT TO: 112 EXT. TARMAC - A SHORT TIME LATER 112 The plane is down. A police car pulls up and a POLICEMAN and another Cop hop out as Superman and Lois come down the stairs. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) FULL Blue 11/3/95 49. 112 CONTINUED: 112 POLICEMAN He's inside? SUPERMAN (nods) Tied up and ready for delivery to the city jail. The Cops head into the plane. (X) LOIS So all along, your hallucination (X) was based on a traumatic experience you had when you were a baby. (X) SUPERMAN Once I faced it, I saw it wasn't (X) a coffin I was seeing. It was the (X) capsule my parents sent me to Earth in. (X) LOIS (softly) Sunday couldn't kill you. Your (X) vision wasn't about death, it was (X) about life. SUPERMAN As I was remembering, I could feel the love and sadness of my parents, sending their baby off into the cold universe. LOIS And into my life. He looks around, then takes her hand, slides the diamond (X) ring onto her finger, kisses her hand. (X) SUPERMAN Thank you. (X) POLICEMAN (O.S.) Superman! Lois and Superman turn to see the policeman standing in the door of the plane holding the four seat belts. POLICEMAN There was no one there. SUPERMAN But that's impossible. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) FULL Blue 11/3/95 50. 112 CONTINUED: 2 112 The policeman shrugs and Lois and Superman share a look of confusion. As they turn away, a large snake slithers away from the plane and into the tall grass along the runway. CUT TO: 113 INT. LOIS'S APARTMENT - NIGHT #4 113 Beverly and Ellen are sitting on the sofa, surrounded by (X) samples, pattern books, sketches. Rapid fire: (X) BEVERLY ... and I spoke to Ivan about the catering. As a special favor to me, only a hundred and fifty dollars per person. During this Lois crosses resignedly from the kitchen, (X) carrying a wine bottle and two glasses. She waves her (X) fingers at the two women, but they don't even notice. She (X) sighs, continues past them. (X) ELLEN I've definitely decided to go with the tangerine. (X) BEVERLY I already ordered twenty bolts. (X) ELLEN And I can't decide... Tent? No (X) tent? I was up all night. (X) BEVERLY Tent. ELLEN Tent. BEVERLY Tent. Doves or Swiss Bell Ringers? With Bell Ringers it's (X) four month's notice or forget it. During all this, Lois has calmly climbed out her window. 114 EXT. LOIS WINDOW - FIRE ESCAPE - NIGHT 114(X) Clark sits there, legs hanging over the iron, a lit candle (X) near him. Lois sits next to him, pours wine. They toast. (X) The women, visible through the sheers in the b.g., rattle (X) on. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "NEVER ON SUNDAY" (#12) FULL Blue 11/3/95 51. 114 CONTINUED: 114 LOIS I don't think I've ever seen her (X) have so much fun. It's scary. (X) CLARK (toasts) To life. (X) LOIS (toasts) Life. (X) ELLEN (calling) Lois! For heaven's sake, this isn't _my_ wedding. Are you going to participate or not? LOIS (calling) You're doing fine, Mom. You (X) just do what you do best, and so (X) will we. And with that, Lois and Clark are kissing. We PULL BACK from the fire escape with wedding plans being furiously made inside, and FADE OUT. _THE END_