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"?" should be outside ' --page break-- (graphic - insert logo.bmp or logo.jpg) "Double Jeopardy" EPISODE SIXTEEN Prod. #457416 Written by Brad Buckner & Eugenie Ross-Leming Directed by Chris Long _Production Draft_ January 3, 1996 FULL Blue 1/9/96 --page break-- _LOIS & CLARK_ "_Double Jeopardy_" FULL Blue 1/9/96 _CAST_ CLARK KENT/SUPERMAN LOIS LANE/LOIS CLONE/WANDA DETROIT JIMMY OLSEN PERRY WHITE MARTHA KENT JONATHAN KENT _________________________________________________________ LEX LUTHOR BIBBO BIBOWSKI RED DIXON CHURCH DEACON PASSENGER * --page break-- _LOIS & CLARK_ "_Double Jeopardy_" FULL Blue 1/9/96 _LOCATIONS_ _INTERIORS_: _EXTERIORS_: Daily Planet Daily Planet Newsroom Perry's Office Metropolis Bank Clark's Apartment Tenement Street Bedroom Living Room Ace O' Clubs Kitchen * Lex's Underground Bunker Alley Ace O' Clubs Ledge Lois' Car Metropolis Street Lex's Limousine Red Dixon's Truck Lex's Sedan --page break-- _LOIS & CLARK_ "_Double Jeopardy_" FULL Blue 1/9/96 _CHRONOLOGY_ SC. 1 - 4 NIGHT 1 SC. 5 - 12 DAY 2 SC. 13 NIGHT 2 SC. 14 - 54 DAY 3 * SC. 55 - 67 NIGHT 3 * SC. 68 - 90 DAY 4 --page break-- _LOIS & CLARK_ _The New Adventures of Superman_ "Double Jeopardy" _TEASE_ 1 FAST RECAP 1 Quick scenes from Episode 15: Lois frets that trouble's coming; happy toast at rehearsal dinner; Church Deacon shows Lois to a door; Lois comes down the aisle; the wedding kiss; Lois Clone eats the frog; Happy Clark watches Lois Clone enter bedroom. DIP TO BLACK and we are: 2 INT. CLARK'S BEDROOM - NIGHT #1 2 LOIS CLONE, breathtaking in her beautiful nightgown, stands watching Clark, who's in bed. CLARK, all but panting, smiles and: CLARK You know, I have... imagined this moment... For so long. He pulls back covers to make a space for her. She smiles, approaches. outside, a soft roll of THUNDER. CLARK (CONT'D) Hello, Mrs. Kent. She gets into bed, he moves in close, kisses her. CLARK (CONT'D) We've gone through so much to get to this night, but none of that matters. It's perfect. He starts to kiss her again. LOIS CLONE Are you as tired as I am? CLARK What? LOIS CLONE It's just the past few days... The preparations... The wedding... I'm just exhausted. CLARK I'm... not that tired. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 2. 2 CONTINUED: 2 LOIS CLONE Clark... I'm really sorry... I just don't think I can keep my eyes open. She rolls on her side, facing CAMERA. A roll of THUNDER. CLARK Uh... well... I guess tomorrow in Hawaii could be just as perfect. More... perfect. He snuggles in close, putting an arm around her. LOIS CLONE Good night. He just stares down at her, astonished, covering how godawful this is. CLARK Lois? (she's asleep) Good night. THUNDER, LIGHTNING. We... CUT TO: 3 EXT. TENEMENT STREET - HIGH ANGLE - NIGHT 3 Pouring rain. THUNDER. LIGHTNING. CAMERA CRANES DOWN as a limousine rolls up to an abandoned tenement. The car's rear door opens, and the Church Deacon from last episode climbs out. He looks inside the car, addresses someone we can't yet see. CHURCH DEACON Welcome to your new home. Oh, I know it doesn't look like much, but I'm sure you'll find it cozy. 4 ANGLE - SIDE OF CAR 4 We now reveal, inside the car, slumped in the seat and unconscious... LOIS LANE, wearing the clothes she arrived at the church in. CHURCH DEACON I suppose I'll just have to carry you across the threshold. He reaches inside for her. THUNDER, LIGHTNING, we... CUT TO: (X) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 3. 4A INT. UNDERGROUND BUNKER - NIGHT 4A(X) Creepy and damp. Items are crated as if about to be moved. (X) We come to Lois, strapped to an ornate chair and gagged. The Church Deacon's body passes through FRAME, as: (X) CHURCH DEACON The whole time I was away, I was (X) consumed... 4B ANGLE - MIRROR, SHELF WITH MAKE-UP 4B(X) The Church Deacon steps into FRAME, begins pulling off wig (X) and mask. CHURCH DEACON ... by the memory of your beauty. I can assure you, the memory (X) didn't do you justice. The mask comes off to reveal... LEX LUTHOR. (X) 4C LOIS 4C(X) She stares in horror, and (X) BLACK. _END OF TEASE_ --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 4. _ACT ONE_ FADE IN: 5 INT. CLARK'S LIVING ROOM - ON LOIS CLONE - MORNING - DAY #2 5 Lois Clone, in robe, dabs at her mouth with a napkin, glances hungrily in her purse as if it were a candy box, selects another frog, pulls it out, prepared to munch, when: CLARK (O.S.) Lois... you out there? She instantly stuffs the frog back in her purse, shuts it, and whips around, assuming an innocent pose as Clark, pulling on robe, comes out of the bedroom. CLARK (CONT'D) Hi. LOIS CLONE Hi. Would you like coffee? (crosses to kitchen) I know you like coffee. It's one of the many, many things I know about you. CLARK Uh, great. Could we talk about last night? LOIS CLONE Warmer than normal for this time of year. CLARK Yeah well, depending on how you define 'warm.' LOIS CLONE (crossly; staring into cupboard) Where are the cups? Where are the cups?! Where are they?! CLARK (yikes) To your right. We changed 'em around. Two weeks ago. Remember? LOIS CLONE Of course I remember. Why wouldn't I? To the right, you say? She flings open the cupboard. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 5. 5 CONTINUED: 5 LOIS CLONE (CONT'D) Ah yes. Right where I left them. CLARK Lois... We've been waiting... And _waiting_... For our honeymoon night... For a long time. Because we wanted that night to be one of the most special... meaningful... moments of our lives. LOIS CLONE You're saying it wasn't? CLARK You fell asleep! LOIS CLONE I was tired! CLARK I understand that! I just hope it was... You know, nothing more than that. Lois Clone, remembering her mission, softens and scoots over to him with a cup of coffee. LOIS CLONE Of course not. Honey. It was just a big day for me. Lots of pressure. CLARK (softening) Well, okay... You're right. Things'll be better when we get to Hawaii today. LOIS CLONE Oh. That's another thing. I canceled the hotel in Hawaii. (X) CLARK _What_?! LOIS CLONE Well, with Lex Luthor on the loose, I thought it was a bad idea to leave the paper! I didn't think you'd mind! CLARK Lois, this is the kind of thing we should _talk_ about first! (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 6. 5 CONTINUED: 2 5 LOIS CLONE Is it? How would I know? I've never been married. You have to give me time! CLARK We both need time! That's why I think Hawaii is a great idea. LOIS CLONE (pouty; toying with his chest) Honey. You don't want to make me unhappy, do you? This is a big adjustment. I'm feeling insecure. I don't want to leave town. CLARK (staring) Lois, are you okay? You're not (X) saying you're going in to work. LOIS CLONE (crosses to bedroom) No. I'm going shopping. He stares, bewildered, we... (X) CUT TO: 6 INT. UNDERGROUND BUNKER - DAY 6 Lois struggles in the chair; furious mumbling from behind (X) the gag. Lex enters FRAME, now carrying a large syringe filled with green serum. LEX Look, we'll make a deal. I'll lower the gag, but you so much as _breathe_ the name 'Superman,' and I'll paralyze your vocal cords. (waves syringe) Can't get fairer than that. (lowers gag) Let me hear that lilting voice. LOIS You sick, twisted, disgusting sociopath. LEX Oh, you finishing school girls. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 7. 6 CONTINUED: 6 LOIS Lex, they're scouring the country for you. Your only hope is to turn yourself in and finish your time. LEX 'Finish my time?' I was doing a double life sentence. LOIS You can catch up on your reading. LEX My Lois has turned cruel. Life in this ugly city can do that. You'll be more chipper in the Alps. LOIS The Alps?! I have a windowless fortress in a mountain. You can scream 'Superman' all day long, but it'll get boring. LOIS (stricken) _Why_?! Why would you want me?! I'm marrying another man! LEX Yes, but you almost married _me_, so obviously you're flexible. (takes her chin) Lois, some component in your brain finds me irresistible. Together we'll find that little clump of cells and awaken them. He kisses her. She bites his lip, he leaps back. (X) LOIS (seething) Don't _ever_ do that again. LEX Oh, things've changed while I was away? People tied to chairs have room to negotiate? LOIS CLONE (O.S.) Lex! (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 8. 6 CONTINUED: 2 6 LOIS (staring) Oh my God. LEX (wearily) What do _you_ want? 7 7 THRU OMITTED THRU 8 8 9 ANGLE 9 As Lois Clone flounces in. LOIS Lex, what have you done?! Is this (X) who Clark _married_?! (X) LOIS CLONE (ignoring her) (X) You didn't tell me about the cups! They moved the cups! They moved the _cups_, Lex! LEX For this you deserted your post? LOIS CLONE I might make other mistakes! LEX (dangerously) But you won't. Because Clark isn't going to suspect a thing until _she's_ out of the country... (nods to Lois) Is he? (closing in) And you're going to find out everything you can about Clark's (X) friend _Superman_, aren't you? Anything that might help me destroy him. LOIS CLONE (intimidated) Yes, Lex. LEX Now go make Clark happy. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 9. 9 CONTINUED: 9 LOIS CLONE (sulky) I don't like him. All those muscles. He's not my type. LEX (thundering) You don't have a type! You've been alive for nine days! (grabs her shoulders) Look. I wrote the checks that got you made. I am God. And God can smite you down. LOIS CLONE What's 'smite' mean? LEX Get out of here!! She dashes out. 10 WITH LEX 10 as he returns to Lois. LEX They're like spoiled children. It's such perfect revenge that Clark Kent is married to... that. Now he notices Lois is crying softly. LEX (CONT'D) Please don't do that. I can't bear it. LOIS Clark... and I... thought this'd be be the happiest time of our lives. LEX (gently) And you _can_ be happy, Lois. You just have to have an open mind. CUT TO: 11 EXT. DAILY PLANET - ESTABLISHING - DAY 11 PERRY (V.O.) Jennings! Get me every recent photo we've got of Lax Luthor. --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 10. 12 INT. DAILY PLANET - WITH PERRY - DAY 12 Frenzied activity as PERRY strides swiftly through the troops, barking orders: PERRY Connors! They've frozen all of Luthor's assets. Dig up any other places he might've stashed some cash! He comes upon JIMMY, seated at Lois' computer, typing and scanning. PERRY (CONT'D) Olsen, what're you doing with Lois' computer? JIMMY (working away) Lois is the expert on Lex Luthor, Chief. I'm pulling up all her Lex files. Maybe there's some clue to where he's hidin' out. PERRY Good idea. Lord, do I envy Lois and Clark right now. Their wedding was the most romantic shindig I ever saw. Kinda inspired me. You know, I've been puttin' off having that first date, but I.... JIMMY Whoa! Look at this. PERRY What? (squints at screen) You're not snoopin' into anything personal there, are you? JIMMY (reading, tickled) Did you know Lois was writing a novel? PERRY What? (reading) 'The True and Amazing Adventures of Wanda Detroit.' Looks like she was workin' on it a couple years back. She probably forgot it's here. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 11. 12 CONTINUED: 12 PERRY Look, just get the Lex Luthor stuff, and... JIMMY (staring at screen; reads, cracking up) 'Wanda Detroit is my name. I sing (X) for drinks down at the docks. But it wasn't always like this.... (X) PERRY Jimmy! Get the Luthor file and shut that darn thing off. Lois' book is no concern of ours! JIMMY (nervously) Sure, Chief. He's about to start typing, when Perry suddenly stops his hands. Something on the screen's caught Perry's eye. PERRY (reading) 'I taunted him with my smoldering (X) smile. I knew Clark wanted me, but I didn't care.' (X) JIMMY (beside himself) '_Clark_'?! Aw man, this is _way_ psychological! PERRY This is none of our business. JIMMY I know. They look at each other, tempted to look back at the screen. Finally Perry gets a grip and clears the screen, charges off. Jimmy looks disappointedly at the empty screen, we... CUT TO: 13 INT. CLARK'S LIVING ROOM - ON FRONT DOOR - NIGHT #2 13 Clark enters with a bag of groceries. The door hits some clothing and shoe boxes as it opens. He stares, then comes inside, staring at a room piled with new clothes (with tags on), shopping bags, empty boxes. A beat, then: (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 12. 13 CONTINUED: 13 CLARK Lois? LOIS CLONE (O.S.) Hi! I've had the best day! And she comes out of the bedroom. Clark is startled to see she's dressed in a kind of trashy teen-age style, with incredibly short skirt, thigh-high stockings, tight top, tags flapping. LOIS CLONE (CONT'D) What do you think? CLARK Well, you know, it's... different. Nice. It's very nice. Lois... Can we afford this? LOIS CLONE Sure! I opened charge accounts at about twenty stores! (as his mouth falls open) Well, it wasn't _my_ idea. _They_ asked _me_. I am very well thought of in this town. Aw please don't be a drag, I've spent all _day_ doing this! It's hard work! CLARK (taken aback) (X) Well. Hey. If it makes you (X) happy, it makes me happy. He gives her a quick kiss, crosses to kitchen. Behind his back, Lois Clone makes a bit of a face at having kissed him. CLARK (CONT'D) I did some shopping, too. I thought I'd whip up some dinner... Crack open a bottle-of wine... You know, our first romantic evening at home. LOIS CLONE But there's a whole big city out there, Clark! (looks out window) All lit up... Clubs... music... dancing... Sometimes I feel like I was just born. Clark has come up behind her. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 13. 13 CONTINUED: 2 13 CLARK Me, too. Is that what getting married does to you? LOIS CLONE (attempting sincerity) I just want you to be happy. That's my job, keeping you happy. Are you happy? CLARK Absolutely. You know, I was a little worried we'd gotten off-track, but we're okay, right? LOIS CLONE What makes you ask that? I'm keeping you happy, right? You are happy. CLARK Yes! Perfect. (moving closer) (X) Tonight's gonna be perfect. He's very close; she feels trapped; he's about to kiss her; (X) she's flustered, and: (X) LOIS CLONE Uh... about Superman.... (X) CLARK What? LOIS CLONE I was just thinking tonight'd be even _more_ perfect if Superman (X) were here. He looks at her, startled. CLARK You... want.... Superman here. LOIS CLONE (seductively) I sure do. Clark considers this, figures it may be a turn-on he wasn't aware of. What the hell. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 14. 13 CONTINUED: 3 13 CLARK (slyly) Well... I just might be able to arrange that. If that's what you want. LOIS CLONE Oh, it really is. CLARK I didn't know you felt that way about him. LOIS CLONE I'm crazy about him. CLARK Well, then let's just see if I can get hold of him. He gives her a jaunty little smile and suddenly SPINS into SUPERMAN. He stands there with an expectant grin. Her mouth falls open. LOIS CLONE You... You're... Superman! SUPERMAN (confused) Well... yeah, Lois. LOIS CLONE (covering badly) I mean, you're Superman. Of course, you're Superman. Well! How 'bout some dinner? She staggers off to the kitchen, Superman looks confused. 13A CLARK'S KITCHEN - LOIS CLONE 13A(X) Lois Clone has a frog close to her face, speaking to it (X) confidentially, trying to control her glee. (X) LOIS CLONE I'm... Mrs. _Superman_! I can have anything I want! Cool. BLACK. _END OF ACT ONE_ --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 15. _ACT TWO_ FADE IN: 14 14 THRU OMITTED THRU 15 15 15A INT. UNDERGROUND BUNKER - DAY #3 15A(X) The room is now empty of crates. Suitcases are piled up (X) Lex wears an overcoat, speaking to a closed door: (X) LEX I had this outfit made for you when we planned our wedding. It'll be wonderful to see you wearing it. (X) Lois enters, wearing a lovely traveling suit. LOIS You were threatening me with a hypodermic needle; it seemed like the thing to do. LEX Forgive me if I stare, but as 'twas in our past, your restless beauty stuns me. The fire in your eyes. the pallor in your cheek, the sultry curl of your lip. LOIS (flatly) It's nausea. LEX (smiles) Do you know why I suffer such castigation at your hands? Because in a few hours we'll be sealed in my fortress in the Alps. You'd be Surprised, Lois my love, at how incarceration can change a person. Look at me. LOIS Yes, you're a regular poster boy for rehabilitation. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 16. 15A CONTINUED: 15A LEX Hardly. You see, once my name and character were branded criminal, my outcast status allowed the true Lex to blossom. I was relieved of a all pretense at respectability. I may be starting over, but on terms far easier to stomach. An empire of pure evil. Created solely for the enrichment and glorification of.... (takes her chin) ... us. She jerks away, trying hard to stay tough, but emotion is getting the better of her. LOIS You're insane. LEX You're melting already. And eventually you'll acclimate yourself to the seductive misuse of power. (gazing hungrily into her eyes) Every lord needs a lady. Every poet, a muse. You'll be at my side Lois, where you've always belonged. Forever. CUT TO: 16 INT. CLARK'S PLACE - MORNING 16 There's a rattling at the door and JONATHAN and MARTHA let themselves in. They're carrying piles of gift-wrapped boxes which they stack in Clark's apartment. MARTHA Careful of your back, hon. Those boxes are heavy. JONATHAN What do they give as wedding gifts these days -- farm equipment? MARTHA Let's just get these gifts sorted so the kids can return from their honeymoon to an organized place. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 17. 16 CONTINUED: 16 JONATHAN (musing) Ah Hawaii... Blue skies, blue water, blue drinks. I can see our boy now. There's a WHOOSH, then Superman LANDS. All three are (X) surprised to see one another. MARTHA Clark! What are you doing here? SUPERMAN Here? Oh, here here. Now. Well... there was a tidal wave in the Philippines that needed looking into. He passes into bedroom, instantly re-emerges as Clark, as: (X) MARTHA Wasn't that last week? CLARK Well yeah, but I'm... very big on follow-up. JONATHAN And you just left Lois in Hawaii? CLARK (evasively) Not exactly. MARTHA What do you mean 'not exactly?' Where _is_ she, exactly? CLARK Metropolis, exactly. JONATHAN You two had a fight. Listen, don't let it get you down. Emotions run high on honeymoons, both good and bad. That first awareness that the two of you have become one is very scary. Sparks are gonna fly. CLARK (ruefully) I wish. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 18. 16 CONTINUED: 2 16 MARTHA Clark, you know you can tell us anything, right? What's on your mind? CLARK (looks off, uncomfortably) Christmas tree lights. MARTHA Sorry? CLARK You know how the holidays come up, and you're all excited about making the house just explode with warmth and love and you hang a box of brand new lights on the tree, waiting for that burst of warmth and love, and you plug 'em in and.... nothing happens. JONATHAN Nothing happens? CLARK Nothing. JONATHAN Nothing. (beat) No sparks? (another head shake) No flickering? (another head shake) No electricity at all? CLARK The power is out. An awkward silence, then it dawns on the parents what he's saying and they look at each other with raised eyebrows. MARTHA Oh Clark, the power's not out, just fiddle with your fuses. The two of you have more electricity than anyone I ever saw. CLARK That's what I thought. I'm telling you things are suddenly different between us. (MORE) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 19. 16 CONTINUED: 3 16 CLARK (CONT'D) (confidentially) For a minute, it was like she didn't even remember I'm Superman. JONATHAN Son, there were times on our honeymoon your mother didn't think _I_ was Superman... MARTHA Jonathan. (to Clark) And what does Lois say about this? CLARK (sighs) Well, lately, 'Let's go to the (X) mall.' JONATHAN What? CLARK She really likes to shop. MARTHA That doesn't sound like Lois. CLARK It's almost like she isn't the same person! (a new thought) You don't think ... ? MARTHA Clark! You don't think you're (X) living with... an impostor... ! (X) He rushes to a cabinet, pulls out a trophy engraved "Best Local News Story, 1994 - Lois Lane/Clark Kent." He now scoops up an orange juice glass, trains beams of MICRO (X) VISION on them. He sighs. MARTHA (CONT'D) Well? CLARK Her fingerprints match. (X) JONATHAN You sound disappointed. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 20. 16 CONTINUED: 4 16 CLARK I was hoping for an explanation I guess. MARTHA Sweetie, marriage is a transition that different people handle in different ways. Don't show Lois your anxiety or frustration. Be romantic... protective... all the things she fell madly in love with. Can you do that? JONATHAN Sure he can. He's Superman. CUT TO: 17 17 THRU OMITTED THRU 18 18 19 EXT. METROPOLIS BANK - DAY 19 Lex's Limousine pulls up in front of the bank. (X) 20 INT. LIMOUSINE - DAY 20 Lois sits opposite Lex in the passenger compartment. (X) LEX We have one quick stop to make before we board the plane. LOIS We're knocking over a bank? LEX Do you recall the bank account I opened for you in honor of our pending nuptials? LOIS No. LEX Well, I deposited a little mad money in it. About $200 million dollars. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 21. 20 CONTINUED: 20 LOIS I had $200 million dollars just sitting around all this time and never knew it? LEX I needed cash that was quickly available and not traceable to me. LOIS What if I refuse to go inside and withdraw it? Who'll get your blood money then? The door opens and Lois Clone climbs in, sits in the seat opposite them. LEX She will. LOIS CLONE How long is this gonna take? The saleslady at the bikini boutique is holding some stuff for me. LEX I guess this means you're enjoying life as Mrs. Clark Kent. LOIS CLONE I think it could maybe work out. He like gives me things. Money... shoes. LEX You see, Lois, how quickly one can adapt? It's the key to a successful marriage. LOIS CLONE And anyway, there are sides to Clark I didn't know about before. LEX What're you talking about? LOIS CLONE I've got a secret. Actually it's not _my_ secret, it's someone else's. But it's _super_ cool. (a mischievous look to Lois) Know what I mean? Lois stares, startled. Lex looks from one to the other. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 22. 20 CONTINUED: 2 20 LEX If there's some little game you're playing here... LOIS (jumping in) Lex, is there really time for small talk? We have a plane to catch. Send in the clone. Lex hands papers to the Clone. LEX Here's the information. You know what to do. Hurry. The Clone looks bored, hops out, slams door. Lex looks over at Lois, frightening her with his obsessive gaze. LEX (CONT'D) I'm so pleased you've had a change (X) of heart. CUT TO: 21 EXT BANK - LIMOUSINE - HIGH ANGLE - DAY 21 CAMERA CRANES DOWN to the car. 22 INT. LIMOUSINE - DAY 22 Lex glances impatiently at his watch. LEX Where the hell is she? LOIS Lex, listen. You know I'm never going to love you. I thought I did, once, but everything's different now. You don't need me. You'll have your money... I couldn't tell anyone how to find you... LEX Stop it! We're never going to be apart again, Lois. Understand that. Accept it. LOIS No! (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 23. 22 CONTINUED: 22 LEX (leaning near) My single redeeming quality may in fact be my love for you. (beat) Accept it. LOIS No... no... LEX Accept it. And something in her snaps. LOIS (crying out) Superman!! And in a flash, an enraged Lex plunges the hypodermic syringe into her arm. She goes rigid for a moment, then clutches her throat. LOIS (CONT'D) (a rasping whisper) Superman... LEX Loose lips sink ships. (then) It doesn't last long, but there's more where that came from. 23 EXT. BANK - DAY 23 The Clone trots down the steps, approaches the Limo. Lex's window slides down. (X) LOIS CLONE I've rethought this. LEX You don't think! You obey. LOIS CLONE I'm like totally and completely bored with your controlling me. It's totally and completely unfair. LEX So? (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 24. 23 CONTINUED: 23 LOIS CLONE So you get to go to Europe and have fun and ski and have _her_... I want something too. LEX You are in no position to... LOIS CLONE I want to be left alone. With Clark. No more spying for you. No more reporting in. Oh and I want all the different cable TV channels. That's the deal. Lex furiously jams on his dark glasses and hat and leaps (X) out. The Clone marches off, Lex follows. LEX I don't cut deals with clones! LOIS CLONE Then I guess the money stays in the bank! (X) He grabs her arm, she wrenches away. LOIS CLONE (CONT'D) You don't wanna make a scene... Do you? And she dashes off around the corner. The Driver has jumped out and Lex turns furiously to him. LEX Follow that clone! The Driver runs off in the same direction as the Clone. 24 24 THRU OMITTED THRU 25 25 26 INT. REAR OF LIMO - ON DOORWAY 26 Lex starts to climb back in, muttering: LEX Wretched... wretched creature... Suddenly Lois' two feet kick up into FRAME, connecting with Lex's jaw. He flies backwards onto the sidewalk. --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 25. 27 LOOSER 27 as Lois rolls out the opposite door, takes off running. CUT TO: 28 EXT. WINDOWS ABOVE DAILY PLANET - DAY 28(X) People in windows are staring down as wisps of smoke float upward. We CRANE DOWN to find smoke pouring from the (X) subway station as terrified Passengers rush up the steps. Superman BLURS IN, blasts SUPER BREATH at the smoke, which (X) quickly dissipates. The Clone hurries over to him. (X) LOIS CLONE Honey, can I have two dollars for a frozen yogurt? SUPERMAN Lois, you know you can't call me that. And I'm kinda tied up right now. A choking PASSENGER has staggered up the steps. PASSENGER Superman!... Two people are trapped in one of the subway cars... The Clone looks impatient as Superman BLURS below and BACK, (X) floating down to a bus stop bench with two coughing (X) Passengers: others from the crowd hurry up to help them. (X) The Clone impatiently taps Superman"s shoulder. (X) LOIS CLONE You're ignoring me. I hate that. SUPERMAN (trying not to be angry) I'm not ignoring you. I just had (X) some lives to save. LOIS CLONE You never have time for me! Maybe I should just move to L.A. and become a super model. SUPERMAN That's not true. I always have time for you... (he hears a distant cry for help) Except now. --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 26. 29 A SIDE STREET 29 Lois runs away from her captors. She stops, staring up ahead: 30 HER POV 30(X) Superman BLURS off. 31 OMITTED 31 32 LOIS 32 sees the take-off, frantically starts running, waving her arms. A SCREECH, and: 33 INTERCUT CAR - VARIOUS ANGLES 33 A car careens toward her, Lois turns mouth open in fright, the car sideswipes her, she flies back onto the sidewalk. The car stops, the driver leaps out, rushes toward Lois. A small crowd forms. 34 THE CLONE 34 She notes the activity across the street, trots over. 35 LOIS - CLONE - VARIOUS ANGLES 35 Lois is unconscious. The Clone pushes through the crowd, sees her. LOIS CLONE That's my twin sister! Someone help me get her into my car. The crowd begins helping lift Lois. CUT TO: 35A INT. UNDERGROUND BUNKER - ON LEX - DAY 35A Lex, livid, is on a cellular phone. (X) LEX What do you _mean_ 'don't yell at (X) you?' I'm your creator! I'm entitled to yell at you! (X) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 27. 36 INTERCUT LOIS CLONE'S CAR - BACK SEAT - DAY 36 The car is parked on a side street. Lois groggily comes (X) to, clutches her aching head. She hears Lois Clone talking (X) into the car phone, peers up over the seat, stares at the Clone, as: (X) LOIS CLONE Oh, then maybe you aren't interested that I have what you want. LEX You're lying. 37 OMITTED 37 38 INTERCUT LOIS 38 She listens with frightened eyes. LOIS CLONE I _do_ have her, and even though you don't deserve it, my offer still stands. LEX You ridiculous child! Do you have any idea who you're dealing with?! Bring me Lois at once, do you understand! I am ordering you to.... LOIS CLONE (screaming into phone) You're really hurting my feelings! You can't have her! You never will! I'm gonna kill her!! For (X) Clark! (X) Lois reaches for the door handle, rolls out, as: (X) LOIS CLONE (CONT'D) You think you can boss me around! Well, I'm a human being, too! Okay, maybe not exactly... You're (X) yelling again!... (X) 39 EXT. STREET 39 Lois is running for dear life through traffic. A battered (X) pick-up truck marked "Red's Dockside Plumbing" SCREECHES to a halt, nearly hitting her. Lois rushes up, to the passenger door, yanks open the door, leaps in, the truck takes off. --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 28. 40 LOIS CLONE'S CAR 40 The Clone jerks her head around to see: (X) 41 HER POV 41 Red's truck tears off around the corner. (X) 42 THE CLONE 42 LOIS CLONE (reading) 'Red's Dockside Plumbing.' 43 INT. RED DIXON'S TRUCK - RED AND LOIS - ROLLING - DAY 43 RED DIXON is big, scruffily handsome, in his 30's. Lois (X) tries to speak, chokes, then rasps: LOIS Sorry, I needed a lift. It's life (X) or death. RED Are you okay? (X) LOIS (regaining voice) (X) Looks like. RED (offers hand) I'm Red Dixon. (a pause) And you're ... ? Lois stares at him, utterly blank. She stares around, (X) clearly trying to recall who she is, touches her throbbing head. Red doesn't get it. (X) RED (CONT'D) C'mon, you got a name, don't you? (X) Everyone's got a name (X) (off her blank look) (X) You from around here? Me, I'm (X) from New Jersey.... (X) LOIS (concentrating hard) (X) Detroit. (X) RED Oh. Detroit. You're from Detroit (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 29. 43 CONTINUED: 43 LOIS No.... (X) Suddenly Lois turns into the hard-livin', hard lovin', tough-talkin': WANDA That's my name. Detroit. Wanda (X) Detroit. Pleased to meet ya, sugar. BLACK. _END OF ACT TWO_ --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 30. _ACT THREE_ FADE IN: 44 INT. DAILY PLANET - PERRY'S OFFICE - DAY 44 Clark gazes idly at framed photos on Perry's shelves, troubled and preoccupied, as: PERRY Clark, it's not that I don't appreciate your comin' into work and all... But why the heck aren't you two in Hawaii? CLARK Lois... Didn't feel like Hawaii, Chief. PERRY (taken aback) Oh. (beat) Son, is there anything you wanna talk about? 45 INT. BULLPEN - LOIS' DESK - DAY 45 Jimmy sits perusing Lois' novel. JIMMY (reading screen) 'Clark had a secret he was hiding, (X) I was sure of it. He made me (X) angry like no other man could.' (X) (then) Wow, she must've been steamed the day she wrote _this_. LOIS CLONE (O.S.) Hello, Jimmy. Jimmy jumps, startled, as we MOVE to REVEAL Lois Clone, loaded shopping bags. JIMMY Lois! Listen, I can explain... I accidentally found your... LOIS CLONE (wearily dumping bags) I have been shopping all _day_. Clark doesn't understand what hard work it is. (MORE) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 31. 45 CONTINUED: 45 LOIS CLONE (CONT'D) (stares at him) Have I ever told you you're very attractive? (nervously) What? No. You never have. She's leaning over him, dangerously close. LOIS CLONE Well, you certainly are. Free for lunch? We could go out for frog legs. Clark comes out of Perry's office in b.g., watches, as: JIMMY (panicky) I gotta get back to work. And, uh, I guess I should tell you... I read your book. LOIS CLONE What book? _Oh_. Oh my book. Want me to autograph it? JIMMY (startled) _No_, Lois. It's on your computer... You were writin' it two years ago. Clark digests this, steps back into Perry's office. 46 PERRY'S OFFICE 46 Perry's editing copy at his desk. Clark crosses over, picks up one of the framed photos. CLARK Lois was writing a book two years ago? PERRY (embarrassed) Yeah, we just sorta stumbled onto... CLARK (sorting it out) (X) She'd _remember_ a thing like that. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 32. 46 CONTINUED: 46 PERRY Excuse me? CLARK Chief, this company ski trip... PERRY (back at work) ... It was just before you started here... CLARK Didn't Lois break her ankle? PERRY Right. Dragged her down off the hill, myself. The language that woman used that day woulda... CLARK When a break heals, isn't there a scar left on the bone? PERRY Yeah, uh-huh, and the bone is often stronger than before the.... He looks up to see he's alone. 47 BULLPEN - LOIS'S DESK 47 The Clone has a mirror set up on her desk, holding a new top up to herself and admiring the view. Clark approaches, and, unnoticed by Lois, tips his glasses, X-RAYS her ankle. 48 CLARK'S X-RAY POV 48 Lois Clone's perfectly intact ankle bone. 49 BACK TO SCENE 49 CLARK You never broke your ankle. LOIS CLONE So? Boy, there's just no pleasing you. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 33. 49 CONTINUED: 49 CLARK (quiet but urgent) I just x-rayed your ankle and you never broke it. Lois did. (a long beat) Where is she? LOIS CLONE What're you talking about?! CLARK (now loud) You are not my wife! LOIS CLONE (noting people staring) Honey! Maybe I'm not the wife you were hoping for, but I'm trying! She charges away, he's right behind her, grabs her arm. Jimmy's crossing toward them. CLARK Who sent you? Lex?! What've you done with Lois?! LOIS CLONE (bursting into tears) Stop it, Clark, you're scaring me! JIMMY C.K., are you alright? LOIS CLONE Jimmy, I don't know what's gotten into him! He's lost his mind! CLARK (shaking her) You're not Lois! Tell me where she is! LOIS CLONE Clark! Perry has arrived, takes Clark's arm. PERRY Son, son... Take it easy... CLARK Chief, this isn't Lois...! (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 34. 49 CONTINUED: 2 49 PERRY Now what would make you say a thing like that? LOIS CLONE (slyly) Yes, Clark. What _would_ make you say a thing like that? Clark looks from one to the other, then wrenches away from Perry and dashes out the entry doors. Lois Clone cries noisily as Perry comforts her. A soft WHOOSH beyond the doors. LOIS CLONE (CONT'D) It's horrible. I don't know why I married him! CUT TO: 50 EXT. BIBBO'S ACE O' CLUBS - DAY 50 Distant ship HORNS; tug WHISTLES. A seedy street near the docks. Red's plumbing truck is parked outside the bar. We MOVE IN on a sign in the window reading "Singer Wanted." Inside, someone's singing. 51 INT. ACE O' CLUBS - ON BIBBO AND RED - DAY 51 A colorful dive loaded with mementos of Bibbo's colorful life. Tough ex-prizefighter and current bar owner BIBBO BIBOWSKI, late 40's, sits at a table with Red, watching the O.S. singer. Chairs are atop tables; a few diehards drink at the bar; a busboy mops the floor. BIBBO That's some set of lungs. RED (transfixed) I told you you'd like her. 52 INTERCUT WANDA DETROIT 52 Wanda belts out her song on a small, raised area of floor that serves as a stage, backed by a guy at an upright piano. Wanda finishes, sashays overland in her gravelly voice: WANDA So do I get the gig or not? Just gimme a straight answer and don't jerk me around. Got any bourbon? (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 35. 52 CONTINUED: 52 BIBBO Easy, it ain't even noon. Pull yourself together. You look like you got hit by a car. WANDA Yeah. A car called 'life.' Think I ain't played Vegas? Think I ain't played New York? I dated a _duke_, doggone it! But one day (X) the liquor and the cigarettes catch up to you and you end up in joints like this singin, for palookas like you. RED That's the saddest story I ever heard. WANDA My life reads like a bad novel. BIBBO Well, you got a job if you want it. (offers hand) Bibbo Bibowski. Put 'er there. RED (shyly) And uh... if you're not doin' anything for dinner... Sadly amused, Wanda takes hold of his chin, looks at him. WANDA You know, kid, I like you. But I'm poison. Trouble sticks to me like stink on old fish. Do yourself a favor and forget me. BIBBO Wanda, Wanda. Life's a lonely road to be travelin' solo. You mean to say you got _no_ one? Wanda glances over at the window, stares off, WANDA (drifting to the window) It's weird, Bibbo. I got this feeling there _is_ someone out there (beat) I just don't know who. --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 36. 53 OMITTED 53 54 EXT. ACE O' CLUBS WINDOW 54 Wanda stares sadly out at the world as we PULL BACK and CUT TO: 55 EXT. DAILY PLANET - WITH LOIS CLONE - NIGHT #3 55(X) Lois Clone hurries out of the building and down the street toward her car. A man suddenly steps from the shadows, in overcoat and hat, his back to CAMERA. The Clone looks shocked and a bit frightened; the man grabs her arm and hustles her into... 56 EXT. GLOOMY ALLEY - NIGHT 56(X) The man is Lex Luthor. LEX (seething) Where... is... she? LOIS CLONE My offer still stands. LEX (grabs her) Don't make deals with me, Frog Eater! You think I won't snap your traitorous little neck? I am at rock bottom. The only thing I have in this miserable existence is the woman I love, and neither you nor any force of nature is going to keep me from her! The Clone defiantly wrenches away from him. LOIS CLONE Let _go_ of me!! LEX What have you done with her?! LOIS CLONE I've lost her! Your Precious is (X) out there somewhere! But don't worry, I'll find her. LEX You certainly will. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 37. 56 CONTINUED: 56 LOIS CLONE Find her and kill her! LEX You... He charges at her; she whips a gun from her pocket, aims it, he freezes. LEX (CONT'D) What are you doing?! LOIS CLONE Who do you think I am? That wimp, Lois Lane? I'm a girl who gets what she wants, and what I want is Clark. LEX You didn't before! LOIS CLONE Well, I do now! LEX He won't want you! LOIS CLONE Maybe he will if _she's_ outta the (X) way!! Can't you even encourage me?!! What kind of father _are_ you? LEX (getting a grip) This is absurd. I am the master in this relationship. You are the creature. I _command_ you to give me that gun. LOIS CLONE Don't be silly. If I give you the gun, I can't shoot Lois. Duh. LEX (drawing near, hypnotically:) You aren't shooting Lois, and you aren't shooting me. Look into my eyes. Look into my eyes! She SHOOTS him in the shoulder. He flies back against the wall, holding his shoulder, staring in disbelief. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 38. 56 CONTINUED: 2 56 LEX (CONT'D) You shot me! LOIS CLONE These must be my rebellious years. She dashes off down the street as he slides down the wall. CUT TO: 57 EXT. METROPOLIS NIGHT SKY - NIGHT 57 A sad, SONG drifts in. Then Superman flies into view, (X) scanning the city below for any sign of Lois. MOVES IN on his face, frustrated and sad, then he soars off. The SONG continues as we go to: 58 INT. ACE O' CLUBS - NIGHT 58 Wanda sits in a pool of light before a make-up mirror with three hinged mirrors. CAMERA ARCS around as she applies make-up then lets her hand drop as she stares into the three images reflected back. DISSOLVE TO: 59 INT. LEX'S BUNKER - NIGHT 59 Dark, but for.a pool of light in which Lex sits, alone and miserable, holding his bandaged arm, plotting. DISSOLVE TO: 60 INT. CLARK'S APARTMENT - NIGHT 60 Lois clone sits poring through the yellow pages in a pool of light at the table. She pops a frog in her mouth as she finds the page and CAMERA MOVES IN ON IT. A small display ad features "Red's Dockside Plumbing." DISSOLVE TO: 61 EXT. BUILDING LEDGE - NIGHT 61 Superman sits on the ledge, staring down at the city below, (X) wrapping his cape around himself, turning sadly toward CAMERA as we MOVE IN CLOSE to find the beginnings of a tear trickling down one cheek. 61A MEMORY SHOTS 61A(X) Clips from previous episodes. Lois laughing. Lois and (X) Clark sharing a warm moment. Lois and Clark kissing. Lois (X) in her window as CAMERA PULLS AWAY from her. (X) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 39. 61B SUPERMAN - TIGHT CLOSE UP 61B(X) He looks devastated at the memories. (X) MATCH DISSOLVE: 62 INT. ACE O' CLUBS - TIGHT ON WANDA - NIGHT 62 Wanda, now with big hair and sleazy outfit, has just (X) finished singing and accepts the APPLAUSE which we begin to HEAR as CAMERA PULLS BACK. She replaces the mike in its (X) stand as the follow spot irises down on her and she bows. Black, then lights come up as the APPLAUSE continues. She (X) moves through the crowd of low-lifes to find Bibbo and Red APPLAUDING at a table. The SONG ENDS. BIBBO Toots, these eyes ain't shed a tear in thirty years, but you dam near got me just now. RED (going off) Lemme get you a brew, Wanda. WANDA Sure, what's one more nail in the coffin? BIBBO The kid there's dyin' to ask you out. Cut him a break. You could do worse than Red. WANDA And have, believe me. Look, if you really like him, tell him to keep his distance. I got this crazy chick lookin' to kill me, and I can't even go to the cops 'cause the cops are lookin' for me. Red has come up during this last, holding a mug of beer. RED (stunned) Wanda. C'mon, not you. (X) WANDA I was stupid. I made a fool of myself over... (darkly) ... Him. RED Him who? (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 40. 62 CONTINUED: 62 WANDA His name's Clark. I always thought of men as paper napkins. You pig out, you clean up the mess, you toss 'en. This guy actually got to me. But Clark had a secret he was hiding. I was sure of it. He (X) made me angry like no other man could. (X) BIBBO What kinda secret? (X) WANDA Whenever we were together, held just take off. No explanation. I'd be right on the edge of pourin' out my heart. Ban. He had somethin' urgent to do. (beat) Turns out he was knockin' over gas stations. Left me sittin' in his car with a trunk full of cash and thirty state troopers on my tail. BIBBO What's this 'Clark' look like? (X) I'll be on the look out. (X) WANDA (confused) (X) 'Look like?' Funny, I can't picture him. All I see in my head (X) is a buncha words. (X) RED Wanda, how can I help? (X) WANDA Keep me away from Clark! I've had enough of that life, I tell ya! He ain't gonna drag me back! (beat; staring off) I sing the sad songs, boys. 'Cause sadness is what I know. But it's a sadness with no face. Who is it I'm lookin' for? 63 EXT. ACE O' CLUBS - NIGHT 63 Foggy and gloomy. Lois' car pulls up to CAMERA. At the wheel is Lois Clone. --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 41. 64 HER POV 64 The truck marked "Red's Dockside Plumbing." 65 LOIS' CAR 65 Lois Clone gets out of the car, steps up to the truck, then glances over at the window of Bibbo's, goes over, pears in. 66 HER POV - INSIDE BIBBO'S 66 Wanda is talking to Bibbo and Red. 67 LOIS CLONE 67 She digests this; her eyes narrow; we... CUT TO: 68 EXT. CITY SKYLINE - TO ESTABLISH DAWN (STOCK) - DAY #4 68 69 INT. CLARK'S APARTMENT - ON DOORS DAWN 69 We hear the lock UNLOCK, and the door opens. Clark, we from a night of searching, enters the din room, flipping on a light. He looks up and his mouth falls open. 70 WIDER - THE ROOM 70 Every image of Lois has been trashed. A large photo has a (X) meat cleaver in it. Pictures of Lois and Clark are ripped (X) in half. Framed Lois photos are smashed. Scrawled on the (X) wall in huge letters: "Lois dies!" Then: LEX (O.S.) It appears we both have our hands full. 71 ANGLE 71 Clark spins and Lex Luthor, coat draped over his shoulders, steps from the shadowy bedroom area. Clark's face contorts and he loses it, charging at Lex and slamming him up against a wall. CLARK (dangerous; seething) Do you know how easily I could kill you? (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 42. 71 CONTINUED: 71 LEX Probably. CLARK Probably not. LEX Unfortunately, we need each other. CLARK What have you done with her?! Where _is_ she?!! LEX I replaced her. Just before the wedding. CLARK And sent that 'thing' to be with me! Where's Lois?! LEX I lost her. CLARK _Lost_ her?! Clark lightly tosses Lex, who hurtles across the room and lands on the couch, hurting his injured arm. LEX Ow!! Easy. (then) Kent, you must hate me with more hate than you thought possible. But there's a larger issue. The Clone's gotten it into her head to destroy Lois. CLARK What? LEX Replicants are quite childish, always throwing tantrums... (nods to the room) ... as you can see. Well, she's decided she wants you and has to eliminate the competition. (pulls down coat to reveal his bloody sleeve) I guarantee she means business. Clark grabs Lex by the shirt front, yanks him to his feet, grabs a phone, dials. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 43. 71 CONTINUED: 2 71 LEX (CONT'D) (screaming) Calling the police? Sending me back to prison? The clock is ticking, Kent! We need each other! I know that Clone's every move. And you... You're the only man on earth who wants to find Lois as much as I. Clark slowly puts down the phone, and with his other hand, brings Lex very close to his own face as CAMERA MOVES IN: CLARK (barely in control) I.... swear to you.... If anything's happened to Lois... LEX We're wasting time. The creature may have already found her. BLACK _END OF ACT THREE_ --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 44. _ACT FOUR_ 72 CLOSE ON DAILY PLANET HEADLINES -- SPINNING OUT AT US. 72 The front page settles and reveals a photo of: "Lois Lane: missing." MATCH CUT TO: 73 INT. ACE O'CLUBS - ON NEWSPAPER - MORNING 73 Red and Wanda Detroit are sitting at the bar, staring at the newspaper. WANDA That's her. The crazy woman who looks just like me. RED And you still can't figure out why she wants to kill you? LOIS Life's been tough. Guess I ruffled some feathers along the way. (then) Boys, it may be time for me to move on. CUT TO: 74 INT. CLARK'S LIVING ROOM - MORNING 74 Lex is there with Clark. CLARK (furious) You gave her _what_?! LEX A simple injection to keep her from speaking. It's possibly why you haven't heard from her. He slams Lex up against the wall. CLARK Lois would move heaven and earth to contact me. Or Superman. I know Lois. (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 45. 74 CONTINUED: 74 LEX Lest you forget, Kent, she was (X) once my intended. The fact that I (X) knew some aspects of her and you (X) others, can be an asset to our search. Clark roughly releases Lex, turns away. CLARK Where'd you see her last? LEX Outside a bank. She'd just kicked me in the jaw. Clark grins in spite of himself. CLARK That's Lois. LEX She's an amazing woman. I've never known anyone like her. CLARK Fearless. LEX (looking off) Stupidly so, at times. CLARK (looking off) I try to get her to take it easy, but... LEX ... She won't listen. And yet, when she's sad, and she cries... CLARK You wanna die. LEX Tell me about it. They stop, glance uncomfortably at each other, Good and Evil met on common ground. Then: LEX (CONT'D) I'll help find her, Kent. In this one instance, you can trust me. He extends a hand to Clark to shake. Clark glances warily at the hand, then a KNOCK at the door. Both men spring back. --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 46. 75 THE DOOR 75 Lex has shrunk back to the bedroom area as Clark opens the door to reveal Jimmy. Rapid fire: JIMMY (urgently) C.K.! This guy just showed up at the Planet. CLARK What guy? JIMMY Red something or other. When you told us last night Lois was missing, we ran her picture on the front page. This 'Red' saw the picture and says we need to know something about Lois Lane. CLARK And that would be..? JIMMY She's a murderer. Or potential murderer. CLARK What?!! JIMMY But that's not the important part. CLARK What _is_?! JIMMY Red says Lois is trying to kill his new girlfriend. CLARK And she would be..? JIMMY Wanda Detroit!! CLARK Who is ... ? JIMMY The heroine of Lois's secret novel. 76 ON LEX 76 He presses against the bedroom doorway, listening. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 47. 76 CONTINUED: 76 CLARK (O.S.) ... Lois is somewhere acting like (X) the heroine of her secret novel?! 77 BACK TO JIMMY AND CLARK 77 Jimmy waves the print-out he made from her computer. JIMMY Wanda Detroit! Wanda's got this (X) jerk of a boyfriend named... (X) 'Clark.' He's elusive and secretive. CLARK She must've written that when she was mad at me. JIMMY Then there's this other dude who she seriously loves. Her hero. The guy she'd do anything for. Only he won't give her the time of day. His name's Kent. One thing about Lois's brain, it sure is filled with a lot of you. CLARK Oh God... Where can I find her? (X) JIMMY At the docks. She sings at this dive called The Ace-O'-Clubs. CLARK Jimmy, thanks! He tosses the door closed as: JIMMY Wait, take me with... SLAM! The door is closed. Clark yanks it back open. CLARK Can't. He SLAMS the door again, dashes down to the bedroom. CLARK (CONT'D) Luthor, I think I know where... But as he looks in the bedroom he finds no one. Then he notices the window is wide open. Lex has fled. CUT TO: --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 48. 78 INT. ACE Of CLUBS - DAY 78 Bibbo is watering the liquor. Wanda comes rushing out of the back room carrying a brown paper bag. BIBBO We're gonna miss you Wanda. You're really stacked, and you enchant the clientele. WANDA Gotta keep movin'. Honky-tonk bars and blues guitars. Story of my life. BIBBO What about Red? WANDA Aw, he's better off without me. I'm like cheap booze, Bibbo: The high ain't bad; the hangover's murder. I'm gonna kiss the cook good-bye. She exits to the kitchen just as: 79 ANGLE 79 The SUPER WHOOSH outside swings open the door, scattering napkins, and knocking over a bottle. Then Clark enters. Inside, he notices an easel next to the piano. on it is a photo of Lois, under which is written "Tonight - Wanda Detroit." He approaches the bar. BIBBO What can I offer you today? CLARK Information. BIBBO The capital of Connecticut is Hartford. CLARK About Wanda Detroit. Is she around now? BIBBO At Bibbo's, our artists have a 'no autograph' policy. CLARK I'm with the Daily Planet. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 49. 79 CONTINUED: 79 BIBBO (dryly) The food critic. At last. CLARK I'm a reporter. And a friend of Lo... Wanda Detroit's. Maybe you could get a note to her. 80 BEHIND THE DOOR BETWEEN KITCHEN AND BAR 80 Wanda listens in horror to: BIBBO (O.S.) All right. What's your name? CLARK (O.S.) Clark. Wanda cringes, frightened. WANDA 'Clark?' Then she looks around, vanishes from FRAME. 81 THE BAR 81 Clark and Bibbo. RED (O.S.) What'd ya say your name was, buddy? Clark spins as CAMERA ADJUSTS to find an angry-looking Red. CLARK Clark. RED Bibbo, this is the creep who's (X) hounding Wanda. (to Clark) I just got one thing to say to (X) you, buster. CLARK Yes? And Red hauls off and slugs Clark. Clark, stares, unaffected. Then he catches himself and feigns hurt. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 50. 81 CONTINUED: 81 CLARK (CONT'D) (mildly) Uh. Ow. BIBBO Maybe this'll teach you to mess with Wanda. And he slugs Clark who once again takes the punch. CLARK Guys... 82 EXT. GLOOMY STREET - DAY 82 Wanda has raced away from the club and is hustling down the street. She turns a corner, and: WANDA You! 83 NEW ANGLE 83 The Clone has a gun aimed at Wanda. LOIS CLONE Yeah. WANDA Who are you? (X) LOIS CLONE Oh, like you don't know. We both (X) have the same boyfriend! WANDA Kid. I doubt we draw from the same date pool. Who's your boyfriend? LOIS CLONE Like you don't know! I've decided being Mrs. Clark Kent is really cool, and you being alive is a drag. So... She raises the gun and prepares to fire. WANDA Now, wait a minute!! O.S., the sound of SQUEALING TIRES. The Clone spins, and: --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 51. 84 NEW ANGLE 84 A dark sedan is bearing down on the Clone. It jumps the curb and ROARS down the sidewalk and she takes off running, finally diving over some trash barrels into an alley as the car ROARS past. The gun has gone flying, Wanda grabs it. (X) Up ahead, the Car goes into a SCREECHING U-Turn and doubles back, skidding to a stop near Wanda, who aims the gun at the driver's door. Lex pops out. (X) LEX Angel! It's me! The man you love. (off her blank stare) Wanda... It's Kent! WANDA (lowering gun) You're... Kent? (X) LEX (tossing gun in car) (X) The man you love and thought you (X) couldn't have. Well, good news. (X) You can. WANDA I sure hope this isn't a dream. (X) LEX A dream come true. (X) Wanda melts in his arms, he kisses her. (X) LEX (CONT'D) Only one person stands in our way. (X) WANDA I know, I know! Clark! He's here! (X) LEX He's got it in his crazed brain (X) that _I'm_ the one who's no good for you. But everything will be (X) fine if you do _exactly_ as I say. (X) 85 INT. ACE Of CLUBS - DAY 85 Bibbo and Red, sweating and weary, stand before Clark, both slugging him in the gut with rhythmic punches, during: CLARK Look. I just need some information. Hello? Please, I've had enough. I give. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 52. 85 CONTINUED: 85 He finally sighs, tosses the two men lightly away from him, they hit the wall. Clark strides off. (X) RED (breathing hard) And if you come back, there's more where that came from. 86 OMITTED 86 87 INT. SEDAN - WANDA AND LEX 87 WANDA I'm not sure I can do what you said... (X) LEX of course you can; you're a thespian. (X) Lex puts the car in gear, it doesn't move. 88 ACCELERATOR - INSERT 88 He floors it. 89 REAR TIRE 89 It spins and smokes; the car goes nowhere. 90 EXT. CAR - LOOSER 90 Superman stands holding the earls rear bumper. The wheels stop turning and Superman gives the car a spin. It spins around at HIGH SPEED and Superman BLURS behind a parked truck and comes out the other side as Clark. The car abruptly stops spinning, facing Clark. Clark yanks open the driver's door and grabs Lex, yanking him out of the car. Wanda jumps out of the passenger door. (X) CLARK Why did I trust you? Even for a second? LEX I'm only trying to protect her... (X) (glances at Wanda) ... _Clark_. (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 53. 90 CONTINUED: 90 WANDA (hurrying over) (X) Clark... (X) Clark tosses Lex back against the car, turns to Wanda, palls her into an intense embrace. (X) CLARK (CONT'D) Oh God, I missed you! (kissing all of her) You're alright! _Are_ you alright? WANDA Clark, we have to talk. (X) CLARK Let's just get you safe. (X) WANDA I'm safe now. (X) (beat) With Lex. (X) CLARK (staring) Lois, what're you talking about? (X) WANDA Clark, we've been saved from a (X) horrible mistake. (X) CLARK What mistake? (X) WANDA Getting married. (X) Clark just stares in horror; Wanda goes on as if repeating (X) memorized lines. (X) WANDA (CONT'D) I had doubts. I was afraid to (X) disappoint you... our parents... (X) I couldn't even face you. That's (X) why I hid out here... pretending to be Wanda. The truth is, I'm not (X) made for marriage. I need to go away and sort things out. (X) CLARK Go... where? (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 54. 90 CONTINUED: 2 90 WANDA Wherever Lex takes me. Seeing him (X) again brought back all my old feelings. (X) CLARK (almost unable to ask) (X) What old feelings? (X) WANDA I love him. (X) CLARK (moving toward her) Lois, you don't mean this. What (X) about me? (X) WANDA I _don't_ love you. (X) (then) I'm leaving, Clark! And if you (X) love me as much as you say you do, you'll let me go! (X) He's stunned; she turns and heads back to the other side of (X) the car, as: LEX Tough break, old man. Well, I hope you'll handle it with dignity. CLARK Lois.... (X) Clark grabs Lex's arm. (X) CLARK (CONT'D) (barely able to control himself; to Lex) I don't know yet what you've done (X) to her, but I will find you. And I will bring Lois back. And if I have to go right through you to do it, I will. I promise you. Wanda glares at Clark. Lex wrenches free. (X) LEX Why, that sounds like a threat, Clark. My woman doesn't take kindly to threats. He smiles, jumps in the car, hits the gas, takes off up the street. We are shooting over Clark's back as the Clone (X) enters FRAME, sidles up to him. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" (#16) FULL Blue Rev. 1/9/96 55. 90 CONTINUED: 3 90 LOIS CLONE Well. I guess it's just you and me. He stares over at her as CAMERA CRANES UP, leaving Clark and the Clone watching each other. 90A INT. LEX'S SEDAN - LEX AND WANDA - ROLLING - DAY 90A(X) LEX My dear, you were magnificent. (X) Wanda snuggles up to Lex, puts her arms around his neck. (X) She is back to the sassy, tough Wanda. WANDA I tell ya, I coulda been an (X) actress. (X) (beat) Who's this Lois, anyway? (X) Lex smiles an evil, contented smile. (X) LEX Oh... Someone better off forgotten. (X) 90B THE STREET 9OB(X) The car races off, rounds a corner, and (X) BLACK. _TO BE CONTINUED..._