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The remainder of the text is in Courier 10 (10 characters per inch) Typos noted: The occasional comma is missing in original Page 11, mid page, "stops, The DRIVER" "The" is capitalized in original Page 35A, "satisified -- and I'm never" satisfied is spelled wrong in original --page break-- (graphic - insert logo.bmp or logo.jpg) "Ultra Woman" EPISODE SEVEN Prod. #457407 Written by Gene O'Neill & Norren Tobin Directed by Mike Vejar _Production Draft_ September 7, 1995 Blue Rev. 9/8/95 Pink Rev. 9/12/95 --page break-- _LOIS & CLARK_ "_Ultra Woman_" Pink Rev. 9/12/95 _CAST_ CLARK KENT/SUPERMAN LOIS LANE/ULTRA WOMAN JIMMY OLSEN PERRY WHITE MARTHA KENT JONATHAN KENT _________________________________________________________________ __ LUCILLE NEWTRICH NELL NEWTRICH SCIENTIST DRIVER HUSBAND THUG GIRL * --page break-- _LOIS & CLARK_ "_Ultra Woman_" Pink Rev. 9/12/95 _LOCATIONS_ _INTERIORS_: _EXTERIORS_: Daily Planet Daily Planet Newsroom Street * Alley Newtrich Garage S.T.A.R. Labs Testing Range Clark's Apartment Metropolis Park Wishing Well Old Gate Open Field - Road Newtrich Garage --page break-- _LOIS & CLARK_ "_Ultra Woman_" _CHRONOLOGY_ SC. 1 - 37 DAY 1 SC. 38 - 40 DAY 2 SC. 41 - 57 NIGHT 2 SC. 58 - 74 DAY 3 SC. 75 - 76 NIGHT 3 --page break-- _LOIS & CLARK_ _The New Adventures of Superman_ "Ultra Woman" _TEASE_ FADE IN: 1 EXT. METROPOLIS PARK - IN TREES NEAR WISHING WELL - DAY #1 1 A familiar, gleaming red chunk of rock is held up to the sun by LUCILLE NEWTRICH, a sassy, sexy woman of presence and determination. LUCILLE Ready? NELL NEWTRICH, her serious and brainy little sis, checks a futuristic looking video camera, almost gun-like in appearance. It is a laser. NELL Ready. Lucille gives Nell the rock. Nell, hands shaking nervously, drops it. Lucille glares. NELL (CONT'D) Sorry. Nell opens the breach of the laser and fumbles the Kryptonite into it. LUCILLE I thought you said I could count on you. NELL You can. Nell snaps the breach shut -- on her thumb -- which causes her to drop the laser, but Lucille, expecting this, grabs the laser before it hits the ground. Then grabs Nell by the collar. LUCILLE Tell me this is going to work. NELL It's going to work. LUCILLE Tell me why. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) O'Neill & Tobin 9/7/95 2. 1 CONTINUED: 1 NELL We're Newtriches. LUCILLE Which means... ? NELL (by rote) ... we live by our own code, go our own way and don't take any crap from anybody. LUCILLE And ... ? NELL We have a Red Kryptonite laser. LUCILLE Which will ... ? NELL Make Superman permanently apathetic. LUCILLE So we ... ? NELL ... can be rich beyond our wildest dreams, spend money like wild baboons and get back at every creep who was mean to us in high school. LUCILLE Mean to _you_, I... NELL ... was very popular and well-liked. Sorry, I always mess up that part. 2 INT. DAILY PLANET - DAY 2 It is literally minutes after the final scene of Episode 6. CLARK is still at his desk, contemplating the ring. He snaps the case shut, determined, and steals a glance at LOIS, just heading back to her desk, away from the celebratory hoopla. He moves to her. CLARK How about dinner tonight? (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) Pink Rev. 9/12/95 3. 2 CONTINUED: 2 LOIS Sure. As long as it's not Chinese. We're kind of in a rut lately, and I've had my life's quota of soy sauce. CLARK Well, I wouldn't take you all the way to Paris for egg rolls. LOIS ... Paris? PERRY crosses as JIMMY races in. JIMMY Chief, there's a kid trapped in the wishing well at Metropolis Park! PERRY Lois, Clark -- LOIS On it. As she packs her purse, Lois sees Clark go to his desk and slip the ring box back in. She pretends not to notice. JIMMY (to Perry) Your wife called. PERRY Call her back for me, willya? Tell her it's lookin' like another late one. Clark, looking back over his shoulder to make sure Perry's not watching -- CLARK (to Lois, loosening his tie) See you there. 3 EXT. METROPOLIS PARK - WISHING WELL - DAY 3 Lois makes her way through the crowd, passing FIREMEN and (X) COPS and, among the cluster of T.V. REPORTERS are Lucille (X) and Nell -- Lucille appearing to be a coiffed correspondent (X) with a mike, Nell the grungy camera-tech, holding the laser (X) like a camcorder. They see Lois and nod to each other. (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) Pink Rev. 9/12/95 4. 3 CONTINUED: 3 Lois sees Superman standing with the CRYING BABY he's just (X) rescued from the well. (X) LOIS Superman, is he all right? SUPERMAN Fine... He shows Lois that the baby is a DOLL -- and the cry is a tape recorder in its chest. SUPERMAN (CONT'D) ... but his batteries are a little run down. LOIS Oh, that is the sickest, most disgusting -- 4 ON NELL AND LUCILLE 4 as Nell trains the laser on Superman. LUCILLE Fire. 5 ON SUPERMAN 5 as he sees a RED FLASH from somewhere in the crowd, instinctively grabs Lois and pulls her into a protective hug. The RED BEAM hits Superman's back in a BLINDING BURST. A CRACKLING GLOW engulfs Lois and Superman. 6 BACK TO LUCILLE AND NELL 6 The laser shorts out with a WHITE HOT SIZZLE. Nell SHRIEKS and drops it as -- 7 SUPERMAN 7 whirls, scanning the crowd -- barely glimpses Nell and Lucille disappear into the trees -- then to his horror, sees Lois start to faint. He catches her. --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) Pink Rev. 9/12/95 5. 8 NELL AND LUCILLE 8 scurry through an old iron gate in the trees LUCILLE Idiot, moron, cretin -- NELL I burned my hand -- LUCILLE hypochondriac -- 9 BACK TO LOIS AND SUPERMAN 9 as Lois starts to come to in his arms. SUPERMAN Are you all right? LOIS Just a little dizzy. What was that? SUPERMAN Somebody shot us with a red beam. LOIS Well, go get 'em. He turns and makes a skyward leap. Only he doesn't take off. A FEW in the crowd note this. LOIS (CONT'D) What is it? SUPERMAN Um, I think I saw them go this way. He gestures for Lois to follow him into the stand of trees. (X) 10 IN THE STAND OF TREES 10 Superman is on the other side of the old rusted gate Nell (X) and Lucille went through; Lois is catching up as he scans (X) the woods, looking for them. (X) LOIS What is it? SUPERMAN I can't fly. LOIS What? (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) O'Neill & Tobin 9/7/95 6. 10 CONTINUED: 10 SUPERMAN And no x-ray vision, no super-hearing... LOIS Clark... SUPERMAN How do _you_ feel? LOIS Fine. She pulls the wrought iron door open -- and TEARS IT off its hinges. Then stands holding it as if it were balsa. SUPERMAN (sighs) Oh, boy. FADE OUT: _END OF TEASE_ --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) Pink Rev. 9/12/95 7. _ACT ONE_ FADE IN: 11 EXT. METROPOLIS PARK - TREES/GATE - DAY - CONTINUOUS 11 A stunned Lois and Superman, as she studies the gate in her hand. SUPERMAN Do you feel... different? LOIS Uhhhh... She studies the light-as-air gate in her grip. (X) LOIS (CONT'D) ... yeah. Yeah, I'd say I feel different. SUPERMAN Let's stay calm. LOIS Okay. She tosses the gate away. It FLIES OUT OF FRAME and lands seconds later with a giant O.S. CLANG. LOIS (CONT'D) Oh, God, what's happening? SUPERMAN I think we know what's happening. The question is how? Let's go back out there -- (gestures to well) -- and see if we can find some clues. LOIS Right. Clues. Good. Clues I can handle. 12 INT. NEWTRICH GARAGE - DAY 12 Nell's workshop. Lots of electronic gadgets and gizmos. Nell's hand is in a bandage. She tinkers with what appears (X) to be a TV remote control. (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) Pink Rev. 9/12/95 8. 12 CONTINUED: 12 LUCILLE 'I can handle it,' you said, 'I won't screw up,' you said, 'This time it's going to be different,' you said. She moves to a blackboard. on it, a map of a Metropolis street corner has been sketched, along with arrows, cars, stick figures and time codes. LUCILLE (CONT'D) It's me. _I'm_ the idiot. The idiot who told you my plan, believed you when you said you'd make it foolproof, then went ahead and invested every last cent in a heist that's never going to happen! She swipes the board with an eraser, taking out most of the plan. NELL Are you through? LUCILLE We both are. NELL The beam hit him. I think it worked. LUCILLE Really. NELL He didn't come after us, did he? LUCILLE Nell, just be grateful that I'm too depressed to beat you to death. NELL In forty-eight hours, we either have to move on that two hundred million dollar shipment -- (points to the blackboard) -- or bail. I'd say with that kind of payoff, it's a worth a little test. LUCILLE What kind of test? Nell just smiles and hits a button on the remote. At the (X) other end of the workbench, a lighter FLICKS ON. (X) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) O'Neill & Tobin 9/7/95 9. 13 EXT. OPEN FIELD - DAY 13 Clark studies a SMOKING, INCINERATED LOG. CLARK Okay, A-plus on the heat vision. LOIS I was aiming for the bottles. They lie on the ground, intact. CLARK Well, you did a good job on the boulders. He indicates some SHATTERED ROCKS. LOIS I was just trying to lift them. Clark, I don't like this. (looks at her hands) All of a sudden I'm scared of my own... my... CLARK (moving to her) I know, I know, it's okay. LOIS When do you think S.T.A.R. Labs'll be able to tell us about that laser? CLARK Well, it was pretty burned up... LOIS But it doesn't make any sense, Red Kryptonite isn't supposed to do this... it made you act a little weird last time, but not this... CLARK Lois, I'm sure they'll figure it out, just like I'm sure we'll track down whoever did this. LOIS Well, why are you so calm? Don't you feel... I mean, aren't you upset...? CLARK I'm fine. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) Pink Rev. 9/12/95 10. 13 CONTINUED: 13 LOIS Oh, don't even _try_ to pull that. CLARK Okay. I'm upset. But I also _know_ we're going to figure this out. In the mean time, you've got powers that need to be controlled... or you're going to do some damage without meaning to. Suddenly her head snaps around and she peers in the direction of a nearby road. CLARK What? LOIS That truck... CLARK What truck? --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) Pink Rev. 9/12/95 11. 14 14 THRU OMITTED THRU 15 15 19 ON THE ROAD - A TRUCK 19 careens into view, out of control. 20 BACK TO SCENE 20 LOIS The brakes Clark instinctively rips his shirt open, exposing the "S" and takes a few preliminary steps, then suddenly remembers. Lois becomes a SUPER-BLUR and WHOOSHES past him. 21 ON THE ROAD - THE TRUCK speeds for a deadly curve. 21 22 LOIS 22 BLURS into its path. The grill hits her hand. The truck PLOWS into her. Her shoes SMOKE as they're dragged backwards along the road, grinding her heels off. Then, as the truck stops, The DRIVER gets out, amazed and confused. DRIVER Lady, did you just do what I think you did? LOIS Ummmmm... (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) O'Neill & Tobin 9/7/95 12. 22 CONTINUED: 22 DRIVER What's your name? I gotta call the papers, this is amazing... LOIS No, please... Superman comes running up behind the truck, then slows to a walk. SUPERMAN Everyone okay? DRIVER (now he gets it) Oh, Superman. Thanks. Geez for a minute there I thought this lady here -- Lois laughs at the ludicrousness of this. Superman joins her. 23 MINUTES LATER - LOIS AND SUPERMAN 23 are walking back across the field to her jeep. Lois is carrying her heel-less shoes. LOIS These shoes were eighty-five dollars. Does the superheroes union cover expenses? SUPERMAN No, but it does bring up an interesting issue. LOIS Which is? SUPERMAN You're just not the kind of person who can sit and watch someone in trouble if you can help... LOIS Oh, I've got a bad feeling about where this is going. SUPERMAN ... but you don't want the world knowing it's Lois Lane stopping trucks, so... LOIS Does this mean I have to start wearing glasses? --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) Pink Rev. 9/12/95 13. 24 INT. CLARK'S APARTMENT - DAY 24 MARTHA No, of course not, dear. MARTHA rummages through a steamer trunk of bright super-heroish fabrics. MARTHA (CONT'D) I think we'll try a mask. Lois looks at JONATHAN, who crosses from the kitchen. LOIS A mask? JONATHAN I think a mask'd be very sharp. Jonathan hands her a cup of tea. MARTHA You want a cape? LOIS Guys, can we slow down? Because I don't think I can do this... MARTHA So no cape? (X) LOIS No, I mean any of it. This -- (X) (grabs material from trunk) -- isn't me, it's Clark. (sighs) He's putting on this brave face when I know it's just eating him alive... and if he sees me all red and blue, what's that going to do to him? JONATHAN Lois, Clark is strong. And I'm not talking about what he can bench press. He's strong where it counts -- and _when_ it counts. MARTHA He'll get through this. You both will. Now. Let's talk boots. --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) O'Neill & Tobin 9/7/95 14. 25 EXT. S.T.A.R. LABS - TESTING RANGE - DAY 25 An outdoor area for exploding, shooting and generally testing cool stuff. Superman with a SCIENTIST, who holds the burned-out laser. SCIENTIST I thought I had it working but it just burned up again. SUPERMAN Do you know how it works? SCIENTIST Like any other laser, except all its power seems to refract through that chunk of Red Kryptonite in the casing. What happened when the beam hit you? SUPERMAN (covering) I felt a little dizzy and uhhh... SCIENTIST No lingering reactions? SUPERMAN Well, between you and me, I'm not quite myself. I'd like to get this working again... fast. SCIENTIST I'll do my best. 26 INT. CLARK'S APARTMENT - DAY 26 Costumed Lois IN SILHOUETTE behind changing screen. MARTHA How's it going? LOIS (O.S.) Feels tight. MARTHA I know. That cuts down your wind resistance. Took me three tries to get Clark's right. Lois steps our from behind the screen but WE DON'T SEE HER. The Kents do. LOIS (O.S.) So what do you think? On Jonathan and Martha's reaction -- --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) Pink Rev. 9/12/95 15. 27 INT. DAILY PLANET - DAY 27 Perry comes in, peels off sport coat. (X) PERRY Jimmy, any word on those nutballs who stuck Betsy Wetsy in the well? JIMMY Not yet but -- An envelope falls out of Perry's coat. Jimmy picks it up. PERRY Hm. From Alice. Wonder how long that's been there? JIMMY Well you've been wearing that coat three years... Perry opens the letter. Reads. His face goes slack as Clark walks up with some copy. PERRY Oh, no... JIMMY What? PERRY She left me. CLARK Alice? (X) PERRY No, no, wait. 'Call me by five and we'll talk... (looks at clock it's five-thirty) '... otherwise, don't bother. Ever.' CLARK Chief, I'm really sorry. JIMMY Me too. This blows. (off Clark's look) In that it's... sad. A PHONE RINGS. Jimmy gets it. Clark moves to Perry. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) Pink Rev. 9/12/95 16. 27 CONTINUED: 27 PERRY Things've been a little rocky lately between us but I didn't think they were this bad. I gotta (X) track her down... (X) JIMMY (cups phone) Chief, anonymous phone call. The Planet gets torched in two minutes -- unless Superman shows. PERRY Lord, raining _and_ pouring. Hit the alarm, son. Let's clear out! Clark heads for the elevator. FIRE ALARM SOUNDS. Major commotion ensues. 28 OMITTED 28 29 EXT. DAILY PLANET - DAY 29 Jimmy and Perry hustle the last few STRAGGLERS out, past a (X) stack of water cooler bottles apparently left at the door (X) in the panic. A canvas tarp partially covers them. Jimmy (X) and Perry move the Stragglers across the street, where they (X) join the STAFF, waiting anxiously. (X) 30 ACROSS THE STREET - LUCILLE AND NELL 30 watch, anxious.. NELL Two and a half minutes and counting. LUCILLE Get the smug out of your voice. NELL Why? LUCILLE He's here. 31 SUPERMAN 31 walks out of the now-deserted Planet, surveys the scene and (X) inspects the sidewalk around the water bottles. (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) O'Neill & Tobin 9/7/95 17. 31 CONTINUED: 31 He sees a wet trail leading from the bottles into the street. He touches it and sniffs. SUPERMAN Kerosene... 32 NELL AND LUCILLE 32 watch him carefully. LUCILLE He doesn't look very apathetic to me. NELL Only one way to find out. Nell hits a button on a remote control device. 33 EXT. NEARBY ALLEY - DAY 33 The trail of kerosene begins in here, where a radio-controlled lighter is flicked on and IGNITES the LINE of gas. It rushes out -- 34 EXT. PLANET - DAY 34 -- toward Superman. He stands right in its path, about to be engulfed. FADE OUT: _END OF ACT ONE_ --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) Pink Rev. 9/12/95 18. _ACT TWO_ FADE IN: 35 EXT. DAILY PLANET - DAY - CONTINUOUS 35(X) The FLAME races toward Superman. Thinking fast, he whips the tarp off the top of the stack of water bottles, drops to his knees with it, and uses it to wipe the kerosene. Then, just as the FLAMES reach the tarp, he rolls out of the way. The tarp is CONSUMED. The line of FLAME is slowed but not stopped. Superman looks inside the Planet lobby and sees a fire extinguisher on the wall. As he starts for it -- A BLAST OF SUPER-BREATH from above blows the FLAMING TARP out. Superman looks up as the Crowd 'ooooohs' at the sight of -- Lois, resplendent in tights, cape and mask, hovering to Earth, blowing out the last of the fire. 36 LUCILLE AND NELL 36 are agape. LUCILLE Oh, my God, now there's two of them... (glaring) ... and funny, neither one seems all that apathetic. NELL I say bolt. They do. 37 BACK TO LOIS AND SUPERMAN 37 He pries the top off one of the water jugs. SUPERMAN Thanks. Great costume. LOIS It sure is tight. SUPERMAN (nods as he dips a finger into jug) Mom says it cuts down on... (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) Pink Rev. 9/12/95 19. 37 CONTINUED: 37 LOIS ... wind resistance, I know. (re: jug) is it -- ? SUPERMAN Water. LOIS Another practical joke. The crowd tentatively approaches. Among them, Perry and Jimmy. She draws close to Clark, whispering. LOIS (CONT'D) Perry, Jimmy -- they'll -- SUPERMAN No, they won't. LOIS Clark, how blind do you think people are -- ? PERRY Miss, you saved the Planet! I'm Perry White. And you are ... ? Lois hesitates. SUPERMAN This is uh... A bus bench ad catches his eye: ULTRA VITAMINS. SUPERMAN Ultra... Gir... Woman. Lois looks at Superman. "Ultra Woman?" Then Jimmy snaps her picture and grins at her. The crowd begins to press in, everyone asking questions or giving thanks. More FLASHBULBS POP and -- CUT TO: 38 INT. NEWTRICH GARAGE - DAY #2 38 The Daily Planet headline screams "Ultra Woman Saves Planet." Nell and Lucille both study it quietly. Then -- (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) Pink Rev. 9/12/95 20. 38 CONTINUED: 38 LUCILLE Why -- when there's 200 million only 24 hours away -- does this happen? Why -- then I take Superman out of the picture -- does _she_ show up? Why -- when I am speaking -- are you not listening in _rapt_ attention? Lucille starts to crumple the paper but Nell pulls it away. NELL I have a theory. LUCILLE Oh. Joy. Nell takes yesterday's late edition of the paper. On the front page, a shot of Lois and Superman in the burst of laser light and the headline "Faster Than Speeding Light.', (X) She lays it alongside today's shot of "Ultra Woman Saves Planet." NELL Let's say that MY Kryptonite laser worked... but not in the way we expected. Let's say it created an unforeseen energy field... that passed through Superman, into this reporter and made her... ultra-unique. She taps the picture of Ultra Woman. Lucille looks at Nell. LUCILLE Tell me you were adopted. Because if we actually share genes, I'll jump in front of a bus. NELL Lucille. Superman didn't fly onto the scene, he walked. He didn't blow the flame out, he used a tarp. I'm telling you, he's got all the super-powers of... Batman. And _she_ is proof that those powers are transferrable. LUCILLE Okay, let's say you're... not totally wrong. We don't have the laser anymore. Nell produces a _second_ laser from her work bench. Holds it up. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) O'Neill & Tobin 9/7/95 21. 38 CONTINUED: 2 38 NELL Last night, while _you_ were binging and purging, some of us were working. LUCILLE And our Red Kryptonite ... ? NELL (flips open breech) Down to our last chunk. So it'd better work. Which means you'd better practice. She hands the laser over to Lucille. LUCILLE Sorry? NELL I'm going to take Ultra Woman's powers. LUCILLE Nell, in every partnership, there's a kind of symbiosis. Ours is inspiration -- (points to self) -- and execution. (points to Nell) My dreams become our reality because of _you_. That's your gift... it always has been. NELL Lucille... LUCILLE (handing laser back) Ultra Lucille, angel. Practice it, it just rolls off the tongue... Ultra Lucille. 39 INT. DAILY PLANET - DAY 39 Lois gets off elevator, finds.huge array of floral arrangements Jimmy carries in another one shaped like a horseshoe. LOIS What are these? JIMMY They're for Ultra Woman. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) Pink Rev. 9/12/95 22. 39 CONTINUED: 39 LOIS (reads bouquet cards) Really? 'The Governor,' 'Deion Sanders,' 'Fabio' ... 'Brad Pitt,' 'Jimmy Ol -- ?' (looks at him) Jimmy? (looks at him) JIMMY I know it's not the biggest bouquet but... you think she'll like it? LOIS I, uhhh... JIMMY I can't get her out of my mind, (X) Lois. I know it's crazy but the way she looked in those tights and those boots... You think they're leather? LOIS I think you should apply ice. And take my advice -- super-heroes don't make the best paramours. Clark gets off elevator, looks tired, has some bits of tissue on his chin. Carries a bottle of orange juice. JIMMY Morning, C.K. Cut yourself shaving? CLARK Repeatedly. LOIS Morning. CLARK Morning. (notes flowers) For Ultra Woman? (she nods; he reads a card) 'Antonio Banderas.' I never liked that guy... LOIS Me neither. But she holds onto Antonio's card to give it a second glance. She and Clark walk to his desk. He tries to open juice bottle. Can't. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) O'Neill & Tobin 9/7/95 23. 39 CONTINUED: 2 39 CLARK (CONT'D) Jimmy, did I get that fax from the State Pen? JIMMY Right there on your desk. Clark bangs top of juice on edge of desk. LOIS Are you onto something? Frustrated, he still can't get bottle open. CLARK Well, I think the key here is the Red Kryptonite. It was found by that geologist, Gene Newtrich, remember? LOIS I remember we helped send him away... (studies fax) ... and since then, he's only had two visitors? CLARK His sisters. Lucille and Nell. Clark can't get the bottle open. Sets it down. Lois takes it. Pops it open easily. He tries to be a sport. CLARK (CONT'D) Don't say I loosened it for you. LOIS (scratches leg) Did I mention how much I hate wearing this costume under my clothes? It feels like long underwear. CLARK It feels good after a while. Snug. You miss it when -- LOIS (eyeing him) You don't like just wearing your boxers? (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) Pink Rev. 9/12/95 24. 39 CONTINUED: 3 39 CLARK (looking down at his pants) Lois... did you x-ray my -- ? LOIS I'm kidding. Jeez. She smiles at him. He turns to his desk. She looks at his butt and we see a burst of PINK X-RAY BEAMS aimed in that (X) direction -- cut short by Perry, who charges in, not in the greatest of moods. PERRY Lois, Clark! You get me that exclusive on Ultra Woman yet? LOIS Not just yet, Chief. CLARK But we're working on it. LOIS Should be any day now. PERRY Any day's not good enough! Any hour's not good enough! Be thinking any minute, people, any minute! He storms into his office. LOIS What's up with Perry? CLARK It's Alice. She left him. LOIS When? CLARK Yesterday. LOIS Is this another super-hero thing to get used to? Missing huge events in your personal life, not being able to be there for friends? (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) O'Neill & Tobin 9/7/95 25. 39 CONTINUED: 4 39 CLARK That's one of the tougher ones, yeah. (re: fax) C,'mon... Lois and Clark move to his desk with the fax and he logs onto his computer. CLARK (CONT'D) ... let's run a check on these Newtrich girls. LOIS I think the bleeding's stopped. She gently picks the tissue off his chin. CLARK Thanks. She touches his face tenderly, leans down to kiss him, then the screen catches her eye. LOIS Here we go. 'Lucille Newtrich... employed by First National Bank of Metropolis... fired... Moved, no forwarding.' CLARK 'Nell Newtrich... employed by Unitech... in laser research.' LOIS Well, this is getting good. CLARK Resigned her job two days after her sister was fired. Again, no forwarding. LOIS Well, that never stopped us before, let's pound some pavement and -- She stops suddenly. SUPER HEARS SCREECHING TIRES. LOIS (CONT'D) Uh-oh. CLARK Go. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) Pink Rev. 9/12/95 26. 39 CONTINUED: 5 39 LOIS But CLARK I'll find these two and we'll catch up later, now go! She starts off, unbuttoning top blouse button. Then she turns back. LOIS Something I've got to finish first.. CLARK What? She kisses him passionately. He rocks back in his seat. 40 EXT. METROPOLIS STREET - DAY 40 A post-accident scene. Banged up cars at an intersection. The door ripped off one of them and lying in the street. Ultra Woman tenderly setting an injured WOMAN on a medic's (X) stretcher. The CROWD CHEERS. The HUSBAND looks on, sour. (X) HUSBAND Excuse me but did you have to tear the whole door off? Who's your insurance company? ULTRA WOMAN Insurance company? HUSBAND It's not coming out of my pocket, lady. ULTRA WOMAN Look, I know you're upset -- HUSBAND You tore up my car! ULTRA WOMAN Because your wife was choking. And by the way, she's fine. I'm sure she appreciates your concern. Another CHEER from the Crowd and the Husband turns away, chagrined. PEOPLE take her picture. She's handed papers to autograph. She tries to take it all in stride. Then a GIRL runs up. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) Pink Rev. 9/12/95 27. 40 CONTINUED: 40 GIRL Ultra Woman, on LNN, there's an oil fire in Texas...! ULTRA WOMAN Texas...? Ultra Woman turns to fly off, then hears A CRY FOR HELP nearby. She turns and starts to fly off the other way. Then she hears A SECOND CRY and turns in that direction. Then she hears an ALARM go off. GIRL Hurry! They say a whole town could burn! She stands, not knowing which way to go first, the SOUNDS of mayhem pounding her. Finally, she takes a deep, calming breath and CAPES OUT. (X) 41 INT. CLARK'S APARTMENT - NIGHT #2 41 Clark is on the phone. His parents watch him, concerned. CLARK (looks at watch) No, believe me, I understand... Absolutely, if the hijackers won't listen, you've got to take them out. In fact, you know, what I did once in a situation like that was -- (stops) Go, go. Be careful. Love you. He hangs up. CLARK (CONT'D) Lois says she's sorry she missed dinner but there's a 747 with a bomb on it... JONATHAN Oh, well, maybe she'll get back in time for pie. CLARK (shakes head) I told her she should head home and get some rest. You guys want to play Monopoly? MARTHA Are you okay, sweetie? (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) Blue Rev. 9/8/95 28. 41 CONTINUED: 41 CLARK I'm fine. MARTHA Clark. What on earth makes you think you can fool me? CLARK I am, I'm fine. I mean, it's not like I'm sick or dying. I'm just... just... (sighs) I don't know what I am. JONATHAN Martha, remember when I had the (X) back surgery that laid me up for six months, and we almost lost the farm? (to Clark) Your mother went to work as a secretary, and ended up as office manager -- with a secretary of her own. MARTHA Oh, Jonathan, stop. (to Clark) It was two secretaries. JONATHAN Anyway, your mother saved the day. And it was hard for me to lie there and watch her do everything. But I got over that. What I didn't get over was her twelve hour days, working weekends, holidays. I guess I was afraid I was losing her. MARTHA Like some silly job could ever replace you. (to Clark) Either of you. CLARK Maybe I'll go for a walk. Maybe... head over toward Lois'. Maybe... wait for her to get home? JONATHAN (beams) Did we raise a smart boy or what? --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) O'Neill & Tobin 9/7/95 29. 42 EXT. METROPOLIS STREET - NIGHT 42 Clark walks. Then, from a nearby alley, he hears the SOUNDS of a struggle. 43 IN THE ALLEY 43 TWO THUGS attack a SKINNY KID. ONE holds him down while the SECOND THUG gets his wallet, opens it and -- THUG Fourteen bucks? That's it? The Thug draws his fist back. Clark catches it and whips the Thug around. CLARK All his, so give it back. The kid scrambles to a corner. The Thug knocks Clark's hand off; he and his partner circle Clark menacingly. THUG I got a better idea. Gimme yours. CLARK Come get it. They attack. But even without super-powers, Clark is nimble and fierce. As he ducks Thug One's roundhouse, he SPIN-KICKS Thug Two into the garbage, then pivots back around... as Thug One whips out a gleaming knife. THUG You wanna get crazy? Huh? He stabs at Clark and catches his sleeve. Clark winces in pain and sees blood on his wrist. The Thug grins and swipes. Clark dodges. The Thug circles, then lunges hard. Clark sidesteps, catches his wrist and flips the punk onto his back. Clark takes the knife away, straightens and -- Thug Two SMASHES Clark on the back of the head with a pipe. Clark drops, stunned. Thug Two prepares to beat Clark to a pulp... From behind, comes the SOUND of a gun being cocked. LUCILLE (O.S.) Back off, Junior. Thugs One and Two look up to see Lucille with a gun, Nell at her side. The Thugs don't move. LUCILLE NOW. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) O'Neill & Tobin 9/7/95 30. 43 CONTINUED: 43 She FIRES, just missing them. The Thugs run out of alley. Clark lifts his aching head. CLARK Thank you... He is of course surprised when the gun is trained on him. LUCILLE Our pleasure, Mr. Kent. 44 INT. NEWTRICH GARAGE - NIGHT 44 Nell ties Clark's wrists behind him, securing him to a metal chair. Lucille keeps the gun on him. NELL I wired this steel chair to a 220 volt line, which will run a double electric range, a four ton air conditioning unit... LUCILLE ... or charbroil a reporter. Unless you call Ultra Woman. CLARK I think she's unlisted. LUCILLE I'm thinking more in the 'Help, help, save me,' area. CLARK Why me? I've never even met her. LUCILLE I'm sorry, you don't know Lois Lane? Your own partner? Clark tries to hide his shock with -- CLARK I don't know what you're talking about. Nell connects a digital timer to the electric chair then sets it for 5:00. LUCILLE I'll make it simple. We want you to get Ultra Woman here... (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) Blue Rev. 9/8/95 31. 44 CONTINUED: 44 Clark watches Nell punch timer, then go to the workbench and pick up the second laser. NELL ... fast. LUCILLE She's got something we want. (X) They exit. Clark looks at the timer. 4:50 4:49 4:48 ... FADE OUT. _END OF ACT TWO_ --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) O'Neill & Tobin 9/7/95 32. _ACT THREE_ FADE IN: 45 INT. NEWTRICH GARAGE - NIGHT - CONTINUOUS 45 The timer reads: 3:58 ... 3:57... 3:56... Clark's wrists are bound behind the chair back and his ankles are tied to the legs. Pressing his toes down, Clark rocks his chair back quietly and looks out the half-open door. Outside, he can glimpse Lucille and Nell in the moonlight, pacing, murmuring. He rocks back a little further and now we see he's trying to free his ankles of their rope-bonds by sliding them down and over the end of the chair legs. The timer counts down: 3:40... 3:39... 3:38... 46 EXT. NEWTRICH GARAGE - NIGHT 46 Lucille slips the gun in her waistband and studies the night sky. Nell, holding the laser, glances back into the garage. NELL If he doesn't yell for help we're not really going to ... ? (off Lucille's look) Lucille, come _on_. LUCILLE It's up to him. Which any Buddhist will assure you slides the whole thing right out of murder and into suicide... keeping us karmically covered. 47 INT. NEWTRICH GARAGE - NIGHT 47 Lucille pops her head in the door. Sees Clark still in the chair. The electric wires looped everywhere disguise that one of his ankles is free. LUCILLE Anything to share with the group? CLARK I'm thinking. LUCILLE Good boy. --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) Blue Rev. 9/8/95 33. 48 INT. CLARK'S APARTMENT - NIGHT 48 Martha's on the phone. MARTHA No, Lois, he said he was going to your place... About an hour ago. (a worried look at Jonathan) He's not? 49 OMITTED 49 50 INT. NEWTRICH GARAGE - NIGHT 50 Clark has both legs free and is now struggling to get his bound wrists up and over the back of the chair. The timer's at 7... 6... 5... 51 EXT. NEWTRICH GARAGE - NIGHT 51 Nell looks at her watch, horrified. Lucille looks at her watch, resigned. 52 INT. NEWTRICH GARAGE - NIGHT 52 Desperate, Clark rocks the chair from side to side and it starts to topple over. 53 EXT. NEWTRICH GARAGE - NIGHT 53 Nell and Lucille both whirl at the O.S. SOUND of the chair CRASHING INTO THE FLOOR. Then a FLASH OF LIGHT and an ELECTRIC SIZZLE through the doorway O.S. Lucille squints against the LIGHT BURST. Nell hides her eyes. 54 INT. NEWTRICH GARAGE - NIGHT 54 Lucille comes in. Nell hovers in the doorway peeks through her fingers. Sees the empty, smoking chair on its side. Charred ropes. NELL (revolted) Oh, no... it worked better than I thought. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) O'Neill & Tobin 9/7/95 34. 54 CONTINUED: 54 LUCILLE You idiot! Lucille steps in further, whips out her gun. And at that moment, Clark -- hands still bound behind him -- charges out of the corner and runs out the door behind them. 55 EXT. NEWTRICH GARAGE - NIGHT 55 Clark takes off like a running back and tears around a corner. Lucille runs after him, gets around the corner and... he's gone. Looks every which way but no Clark. LUCILLE (to Nell) Well. Another job well done. Don't you ever get tired of perfection? She and Nell head back to the garage. PAN DOWN TO REVEAL CLARK in the thick bushes that line the lawn, hiding. As soon as the sisters go back into the garage, he gets up and runs. 56 EXT. BUS STOP - NIGHT 56 Deserted. Clark, arms still bound behind him, staggers up, winded, achy. Collapses. GROANS. Closes his eyes. We hear a familiar O.S. WHOOSH and suddenly Ultra Woman is beside him. ULTRA WOMAN Oh, my God... He sits up. CLARK Hi. She snaps his bonds free. He rubs his wrists. ULTRA WOMAN Clark, what happened? Who did this? 57 INT. NEWTRICH GARAGE - NIGHT 57 An O.S. WHOOSH through the garage door, then Ultra Woman and Clark come in. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) Pink Rev. 9/12/95 35. 57 CONTINUED: 57 CLARK You sure you x-rayed the whole -- ? ULTRA WOMAN They're not here. And they should thank God because when I get my hands on them for what they did to you -- Furious, SMASHES the work bench. A small bolt flies off (X) and CLIPS Clark in the head. He reels. She gasps, (X) startled. ULTRA WOMAN (CONT'D) Honey, are you okay? CLARK I'm fine. ULTRA WOMAN You're bleeding. CLARK It's just a nick... ULTRA WOMAN Oh, Clark... I'm sorry, I'm so sorry... CLARK Lois, it was an accident, it happens. ULTRA WOMAN Well, it can't happen anymore. No (X) more accidents, no more mistakes. (X) Not after tonight... CLARK What do you mean? (beat) (X) Lois, what is it? (X) ULTRA WOMAN I was landing that plane in Paris when I heard about a mudslide in Brazil... I got there as fast as I could but... (tears) I wasn't fast enough... CLARK (taking her in his arms) Sshhhhh, ssssssshhh... (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) Blue Rev. 9/8/95 35A. 57 CONTINUED: 2 57 LOIS What'd I do wrong? How come I (X) couldn't get there fast enough, (X) how come all those people... all (X) those people got... ? (X) CLARK Lois, listen to me. No matter how (X) strong you are, no matter how (X) fast... sometimes it just isn't (X) enough and you have to accept (X) that. ULTRA WOMAN But what makes me a good reporter is I don't accept -- I'm always questioning, I'm never (X) satisified -- and I'm never (X) _going_ to be satisfied getting (X) there five seconds too late. (X) (as he's about to interrupt) (X) And I don't care what you say, you're no good at watching me do what you were born for! So can we (X) please bag these two lunatics and put things back to normal... before we both go nuts? He takes her in his arms and kisses her, wipes her tears. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) O'Neill & Tobin 9/7/95 36. 57 CONTINUED: 2 57 CLARK I overheard them talking about some kind of plan to get 200 million by tomorrow... (looks around) Looks like they cleared out of here pretty fast, maybe they left a clue. Ultra Woman sees the blackboard. It's mostly been erased. She turns on the X-RAY BEAMS. Because the chalk lines are broken up, it's still mostly illegible as she scans. CLARK (CONT'D) What do you see? She zeroes in on the lower corner. There, a NUMBER wasn't erased entirely. It was smeared over by a streak of chalk. So by X-RAYING _beneath_ this streak she can read -- ULTRA WOMAN (CONT'D) A number. 9117841... something, something, something... can't get the other three, they're gone. She looks at Clark. CLARK So how does that add up to two hundred million dollars? CUT TO: 58 INT. DAILY PLANET - DAY #3 58 Lois works at computer. Clark sits on her desk. Jimmy stands. All mulling. LOIS There's no facility in town with that much cash. CLARK So is the money coming _in_ to Metropolis. But what bank needs that much? LOIS 9117841, then three missing digits. JIMMY A phone number? (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) O'Neill & Tobin 9/7/95 37. 58 CONTINUED: 58 CLARK No, the 911 cancels that out. LOIS Too long for a license plate. CLARK Too short for a car registration. Anybody want coffee? Lois and Jimmy, absorbed by the screen, raise their hands. Clark moves off. JIMMY Hey, Lois? LOIS Hm? JIMMY You ever get that interview with Ultra Woman? Lois glances back at him, then the screen again. LOIS Why? JIMMY I just wondered if she... you know... mentioned if she was seeing anybody? LOIS Jimmy -- JIMMY It's not that I think I'm good enough for her -- up against Deion Sanders and Brad Pitt -- but I just can't stop thinking about her and if you could tell her that I... well, that I'm really a nice guy. LOIS You are. JIMMY And that I've been waiting to meet somebody like her my whole life. Perry stalks through the scene, looking rumpled, haggard and pissed off. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) O'Neill & Tobin 9/7/95 38. 58 CONTINUED: 2 58 JIMMY (CONT'D) Morning, Chief. LOIS Morning, Chief. He grunts and moves off as Clark walks up with coffee. CLARK Is the chief okay? JIMMY He's been sleeping in his office. Doesn't want to go home... face that big empty house. LOIS Has he talked to anybody? JIMMY No but he's made up for it by yelling at _everybody_. A phone rings. Jimmy gets it as Lois sips her coffee and Clark looks at the computer. CLARK Maybe it's a winning lottery ticket number. Behind them, Jimmy cups the phone in fear. JIMMY It's Alice! What do I do? LOIS Tell him. JIMMY You. You're his favorite. LOIS Oh, please... JIMMY He'll scream at anybody else. Go on, tell him. Perry's halfway across the newsroom. Lois gets up and goes to him. LOIS Perry? It's Alice, on three. A pause, then -- (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) O'Neill & Tobin 9/7/95 39. 58 CONTINUED: 3 58 PERRY I've got nothing to say to that woman. LOIS I know how you must feel. And it's none of my business but... take it from somebody who's never been all that good at confronting her personal life? The longer you put it off, the more it haunts you. Perry thinks on this a moment, then nods. PERRY Thanks. I'll take it in my office. He moves into his office as Lois heads back to her desk and the guys. JIMMY See? No yelling. The favorite. LOIS That is totally untrue. I simply have the ability to speak rationally and sensitively to the man. CLARK (to Jimmy) She's right. (to Lois) And you're his favorite. The phone rings again. Jimmy, exasperated: JIMMY What do people think this is, a newspaper? LOIS Let's link this up to what we know about the Newtriches. Could it have something to do with the laser or... CLARK ... banking? Like an account number? JIMMY One of you guys better get to the corner of Giordano and Adams. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) O'Neill & Tobin 9/7/95 40. 58 CONTINUED: 4 58 LOIS What's up? JIMMY Jumper on the ledge. LOIS Uhhh, I think I'll take that one. You guys keep working on the number. And she's up and gone. JIMMY This job can really get to you, hearing the worst stuff people do day and night... CLARK Yeah. JIMMY And her sister sounded so upset. CLARK Who's sister? JIMMY The jumper. It was her sister who called, crying and sobbing... Clark gets a very bad feeling. CLARK I think I want to cover this one too. He takes off. 59 EXT. STREET BELOW - DAY 59 Ultra Woman LANDS Lucille gently amidst the small CROWD. ULTRA WOMAN Do you want to talk to someone? A doctor? LUCILLE No. But I would like a hug. ULTRA WOMAN (hesitates) Well... okay. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) O'Neill & Tobin 9/7/95 41. 59 CONTINUED: 59 Clark comes running around the corner. CLARK No! It's her -- In mid-hug, Ultra Woman looks up and sees Clark -- but doesn't see Nell behind _her_ with the laser. Clark is too far to stop it. Nell FIRES. The RED BEAM hits Ultra Woman first, then ENGULFS her and Lucille in that EERIE GLOW. Both women are dazed. Then Lucille grabs Ultra Woman and HOISTS her up. LUCILLE I am an empowered woman! FADE OUT. _END OF ACT THREE_ --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) O'Neill & Tobin 9/7/95 42. _ACT FOUR_ FADE IN: 60 EXT. STREET - DAY - CONTINUOUS 60 Lucille has Ultra Woman hoisted up in her steel grip. LUCILLE Let's see just how strong I am. She's about to toss Ultra Woman when -- CLARK Hey, you in the dime store dress! over here! Lucille turns, pissed. CLARK (circling toward Nell) Is that real polyester? Goes good with the cheap lipstick and the bad wig! NELL Don't talk about my sister like that! LUCILLE Shut up, Nell. (tosses Ultra Woman OUT OF FRAME) I can fight my own battles. CLARK Well, you're losing the one with taste. As Clark taunts, he puts himself between Lucille and Nell. LUCILLE I'm gonna ram you into next Thursday! Lucille charges and becomes a SUPER-BLUR. Clark leaps out of the way. The BLUR shoots by him and RAMS into Nell and now both sisters are a SPEEDING BLUR that zooms OUT OF FRAME. Clark runs to Ultra Woman. ULTRA WOMAN That's the nasty thing about those super-powers. Hard to control with a bad temper. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) Pink Rev. 9/12/95 43. 60 CONTINUED: 60 CLARK Let's get out of here before she calms down. ULTRA WOMAN (as they take off) I guess I'd better get used to being earthbound again... 61 EXT. ALLEY - DAY 61 An O.S. WHOOSH and WHUMPH, then PAN to find Nell and Lucille in a huge pile of garbage, some of it raining back down on them. NELL Well, you're off to a good start. LUCILLE I'm gonna break them both into bite-sized chunks... just as soon as we're rich. (as they get up) Oh, and one more thing. She takes the laser from Nell and THROWS it high into the sky. LUCILLE (CONT'D) Just in case you had one bright idea in your whole life. 61A EXT. EARTH ORBIT 61A The laser spins into space. (X) 62 EXT. DIFFERENT METROPOLIS STREET - DAY 62 Ultra Woman on pay phone, signing autographs for PEOPLE as Clark waits. ULTRA WOMAN (into phone) Thanks, Jimmy. Good-work. (hangs up) That number is a Post Office truck. CLARK A Post Office truck? What are they, gonna steal Ed McMahon's ten million? (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) Pink Rev. 9/12/95 43A. 62 CONTINUED: 62 ULTRA WOMAN Whatever it is, it's the world vs. Hurricane Lucille... unless we can get your powers back. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) O'Neill & Tobin 9/7/95 44. 62 CONTINUED: 62 A LITTLE GIRL hands Ultra Woman a crayon rendering of the super-heroine. ULTRA WOMAN (CONT'D) Oh, thank you, isn't that sweet. The Girl smiles shyly and runs off. ULTRA WOMAN (CONT'D) There are one or two things about this I'm going to miss. They move down the street and into -- 63 INT. NARROW ALLEY - DAY 63 He begins to strip out of his street clothes, exposing the 'S.' She unfolds a blouse and begins to get into her street clothes. CLARK I'll go pay another visit to S.T.A.R. Labs, you get back to the Planet and see if you can narrow down which truck it is. ULTRA WOMAN Okay, be careful. CLARK You too. They kiss and separate, both still changing. 64 INT. PLANET - DAY 64 Lois and Jimmy at the computer. LOIS That's it. JIMMY What? LOIS One of these trucks is making a pickup at the Bank of Metropolis. (looks at watch) No, made a pickup. JIMMY I don't get it, so they picked up some bank mail... (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) O'Neill & Tobin 9/7/95 45. 64 CONTINUED: 64 LOIS No, I'll bet you anything it's old ATM money. JIMMY Sorry, maybe I'm a little slow today... LOIS (dialing) I did a story on this. Banks need to constantly replenish ATM's with new bills. And the old ones are shipped off -- in postal vans. Lucille used to work at -- (into phone) Hi, I'm looking for Superman? 65 EXT. S.T.A.R. LABS TESTING RANGE - DAY 65 The Scientist shows Superman the repaired laser device. SUPERMAN Thanks for the rush job. SCIENTIST But we haven't even tested it properly. It could conk out or even blow up. The Scientist's cel phone BEEPS. SUPERMAN Well, one thing I've learned the last couple days... just roll with the punches. SCIENTIST (into phone) Yes? He's right here. (to Superman) Lois Lane for you. SUPERMAN Hi... Uh-huh... Okay, give me the route. (to Scientist) Do you have a pen? 66 EXT. DESERTED METROPOLIS STREET - DAY 66 An armored Postal Truck is stopped in the middle of a narrow downtown side street. Its back door has been ripped off and tossed half-a-block away. GUARDS and DRIVERS lie on the pavement, semi-conscious and moaning. --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) O'Neill & Tobin 9/7/95 46. 67 IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK 67 Nell and Lucille, amid the stuffed bags of money. LUCILLE You like the way those bullets bounced off my chest? NELL Watching you get shot was a real pleasure, yes. LUCILLE (Smelling handfuls of cash) Ahhhh, this is the way crime ought to be. Forget the gang of guys with Uzis, the getaway chopper just rip, punch and grab. NELL We're rich, we're rich... LUCILLE ... we're happy misers! They laugh. ULTRA WOMAN (O.S.) Oh, ladies, could I have a word? 68 EXT. DESERTED STREET - DAY 68 Lucille and Nell poke their heads out and see Ultra Woman standing there.. LUCILLE Ultra Woman? I believe you qualify for protection under the Endangered Species Act. ULTRA WOMAN You're the one up for early extinction. See, I've still got all my power. Lucille levels a look at Nell. LUCILLE You make me so mad, my hair hurts. NELL She's lying. ULTRA WOMAN Let's just see. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) Pink Rev. 9/12/95 47. 68 CONTINUED: 68 Lucille BLURS out of the back of the van and STOPS behind (X) Ultra Woman. (X) LUCILLE Why do I think you're bluffing? ULTRA WOMAN (a tad nervous) Well... I don't know. LUCILLE (advancing) I see fear in your eyes. ULTRA WOMAN (backing up) That's just... extreme modesty. LUCILLE Nell... let's do a little test. Pick up that guard's gun there. Nell gets out of the van and picks up the gun from fallen guard. LUCILLE (CONT'D) You're familiar with the phrase, faster than a speeding bullet? She indicates that Nell should shoot Ultra Woman. NELL Lucille, I... LUCILLE She knows who we are, Nell. And what we did. Now, there's not a jail on Earth that can hold me but you... (shrugs) ... you'd be in an awful lot of trouble if she talks to the police. So-ooooo, if you're so sure your little laser worked, finish the job. ULTRA WOMAN Look, just come in quietly, I don't want to hurt either of you... LUCILLE Really? I think little Nell feels differently. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) Pink Rev. 9/12/95 48. 68 CONTINUED: 2 68 Yes, she does. With a shaking hand, she aims the gun at Ultra Woman. Squeezes the trigger and -- A cab pulls up and SCREECHES to a halt. Nell, Lucille and Ultra Woman are all startled as the sight of Superman, who leaps out with the laser. Lucille lets out a SUPER-BREATH that knocks him back into the cab. The laser clatters to the ground. He's dazed. LUCILLE (shakes head) Dorks n tights. But which dork dies first? My dear sister, I leave it to you. But Ultra Woman is already in motion, a garbage can lid in her hand, which she flings across the street into Nell's stomach, knocking her back. Lucille starts to go for Lois but Superman grabs the sideview mirror of the cab, flicks it and THE SUN REFLECTS into Lucille's eyes. LUCILLE OW! This gives Ultra Woman enough time to snatch the laser off the ground. (X) ULTRA WOMAN Get her! Superman grabs onto Lucille. She gets her hands on him. (X) LUCILLE Express Shuttle, now leaving Earth! Lois readies and aims the laser as -- Nell sits up and sees Superman struggling against Lucille's fierce grip. NELL Leave my sister alone! Nell FIRES the gun. (X) Lois pulls the trigger on the laser. (X) The beam HITS and engulfs Lucille and Superman. (X) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) Pink Rev. 9/12/95 49. 69 69 THRU OMITTED THRU 73 73 74 THE BULLET 74 bounces off Superman's "S." Superman pries Lucille's hands off him. (X) LUCILLE No... no! Lois grabs the gun from Nell. Lois and Superman meet in (X) mid-street, she holding Nell, he holding Lucille. ULTRA WOMAN Well, not a bad note for Ultra Woman to go out on. SUPERMAN Just one last thing... He goes to the laser, picks it up and SUPERMAN (CONT'D) ... if it's okay with you. ULTRA WOMAN If I could do it myself... I would. -- smiling, he THROWS it into orbit. NELL (to Lucille) Pray we don't end up in a cell together. --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) Pink Rev. 9/12/95 50. 75 INT. DAILY PLANET - NIGHT #3 75 Perry comes out of his office with the hard copy of Lois and Clark's story: "THIEVES FOILED BY ULTRA-SUPER DUO."' He (X) moves up to Lois, Clark and Jimmy. PERRY Fine stuff, kids. But we still don't know... where'd this Ultra Woman come from and are we ever gonna see her again? CLARK (looks at Lois) Well... LOIS She was a very close friend of Superman's... and neither one's saying much more. PERRY That's super-heroes for you mighty cryptic. Let's slap this on the front page and head home. LOIS Does this mean you won't be sleeping here? PERRY Alice is staying with a friend. I'll be moving out at the end of the month. CLARK Chief, I'm really sorry. PERRY Well, the fact is, I've lived and (X) breathed the Planet for thirty (X) years... it's always my first (X) thought in the morning and my last (X) thought at night. And Alice said (X) no matter how much I promise to (X) change, it always _will_ be. She (X) said she's got a right to play (X) first fiddle with somebody... and (X) I can't disagree. (X) (beat) I thank you all for your concern and understanding that my fuse has (X) been a little short lately. (as everyone is about to politely disagree) Now, let's hit it, we got a paper to print! (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) Pink Rev. 9/12/95 50A. 75 CONTINUED: 75 Clark moves off, Perry heads into his office, leaving Jimmy alone with Lois. As Jimmy starts off -- (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) Blue Rev. 9/8/95 51. 75 CONTINUED: 75 LOIS Jimmy? I talked to Ultra Woman before she flew off. She asked me to give you a message. JIMMY Yeah? LOIS 'You're cute.' JIMMY She said that? LOIS Her exact words. JIMMY (in heaven, walking off) Man. I'm cute. All right. Lois moves to Clark's desk and surreptitiously opens his top drawer, reaches in and 76 EXT. METROPOLIS PARK - THE FOUNTAIN - NIGHT 76 Lois and Clark walk, hand in hand. (X) LOIS You know, if somebody asked me three days ago, 'Who's the one person in the world you really admire?' I'd've said you. (X) Without really knowing what that (X) meant. (off his confused look) Without understanding that the (X) hardest thing about _being_ you is all the things you can't do; all the cries for help you can never answer; and all the ways that (X) quietly tears you apart... but (X) never stops you. And living a (X) little of that myself, I felt something... something I never (X) thought was possible. (X) CLARK What? LOIS I love you _more_. More than I (X) ever have... more than I ever thought I could love anyone. (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "ULTRA WOMAN" (#7) Blue Rev. 9/8/95 52. 76 CONTINUED: 76 They're at the fountain. She gently pushes him back and (X) sits him down LOIS (CONT'D) So I have to ask you... (X) She pulls out the engagement ring box. Kneels and opens it. LOIS (CONT'D) ... will you marry me? He looks at her, his every desire met at this moment. Then smiles. CLARK Who's asking -- Lois or Ultra Woman? LOIS Who's answering -- Clark or (X) Superman? He stands. CLARK _I'm_ answering. LOIS I'm waiting. (X) He slides the ring out of the box and onto her finger as CLARK Yes. (X) They kiss. Her bejewelled left hand caresses his cheek as their lips meet and we... FADE OUT. _THE END_