To pop everything into place... This script was scanned by a friend and sent to me, so some of the notes I make below are guesses based on scripts made up around the same time as this one. Another friend provided many new color pages, which I scanned and should appear to you pretty much like the real script did. To pop everything into place... use Courier 10 (or 10 characters per inch) set top margin at 0.5", bottom margin at 0.5" (or minimums) (I had to tell the program that my primitive printer was using legal-size paper) left margin at 1" & right margin at 1" for pages---BEFORE TEASE Page For TEASE Page and after, left margin at 0.8 and right margin at .25 (or minimum) Notes: Cover - "SuperMann", Written by Chris Ruppenthal [and] Directed by James Bagdonas are all in large bolt print. The remainder of the text is in Courier 10 (10 characters per inch) Typos noted: page 1, prose after Lisa speaks, "advertsing" misspelled in original. page 21, FULL Blue and Yellow Revs, at top, "geniunely" may have been misspelled in original. --page break-- (graphic - insert logo.bmp or logo.jpg) "Super Mann" EPISODE NINE Prod. #457409 Written by Chris Ruppenthal Directed by James Bagdonas _Production Draft_ September 29, 1995 FULL Blue 10/5/95 Pink Rev. 10/10/95 Yellow R. 10/12/95 Green Rev. 10/13/95 Gold Rev. 10/13/95 White Rev. 10/17/95 Blue Blue 10/18/95 --page break-- _LOIS & CLARK_ FULL Blue 10/5/95 "_SuperMann_" _CAST_ CLARK KENT/SUPERMAN LOIS LANE JIMMY OLSEN PERRY WHITE _______________________________________________________________ STEVE LAW* HANK WEST* LISA ROCKFORD SENATOR TRUMAN BLACK SKIP WALLACE DR. KLEIN VOSS WILLIAM STOCKDALE KAREN * NED * SPORTSCASTER * REPORTER TV ANCHORMAN * * --page break-- _LOIS & CLARK_ FULL Blue 10/5/95 "_SuperMann_" _LOCATIONS_ _INTERIORS_: _EXTERIORS_: Daily Planet Daily Planet Newsroom Perry's Office Metropolis Street Near Car Lois's Apartment Garage Bunker Lois's Apartment Street S.T.A.R Labs Mine Shaft Mine Chamber Speedy Ambulance Garage* Trade Tower Basement --page break-- _LOIS & CLARK_ FULL Blue 10/5/95 "_SuperMann_" _CHRONOLOGY_ SC. 1 - 2 FLASHBACK SC. 3 - 11 DAY 1 SC. 12 - 24 NIGHT 1 SC. 25 - 45 DAY 3 SC. 46 - 48 NIGHT 2 SC. 49 - 50 DAY 3 --page break-- _LOIS & CLARK_ _The New Adventures of Superman_ "SuperMann" _TEASE_ FADE IN: 1 INT. BUNKER - DAY - FLASHBACK 1 SUPER ON SCREEN: TWO YEARS AGO We're deep under Metropolis in a long abandoned coal mine. Heavy, forgotten machinery hums. The room is sturdily constructed. Three rectangular iron boxes, seven feet long, three feet wide, connected by pipes to the machinery, gather dust. Slowly a series of analog clocks register May 7, 1993 on the side of the machinery. There's a shift in pitch; fluids are pumped, electric voltage is increased, and LIGHTS flick on inside the three boxes. The lids automatically CREAK open; clouds of liquid nitrogen boil upwards in evaporation and three naked bodies are revealed. A man. A woman. Another man. All blond, in their mid-20's, and athletically built. And all alive. As the CAMERA DOLLIES over and past them, it comes to rest on the inside the cover of the last creche: the Nazi eagle clutching a swastika. 2 EXT. GARAGE - 1430 SHEPPERTON STREET, METROPOLIS - DAY 2 The three Nazis emerge blinking into the sunlight, the first they've seen in almost fifty years. Their names are "STEVE", "LISA", and "HANK". Lisa inhales deeply, savoring the air as they all look in guarded wonder. LISA (slight German accent) We made it. They all grin. THEN WE SEE A SHOT FROM THE EPISODE "NEVER (X) ENDING BATTLE" IN SEASON 1: Across the street, a crane lifts a large billboard advertsing the Daily Planet into position on the front of a building. (BACK TO ORIGINAL FOOTAGE:) Hank quickly crosses to a Daily (X) Planet newspaper dispenser and rapidly, but carefully, reads the instructions, digs in his pocket and produces a quarter. He puts it in, but the thing still doesn't work. He jiggles the handle, frustrated. HANK (X) Ha. Some things never change. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Pink Rev. 10/10/95 2. 2 CONTINUED: 2 With a sharp twist, Steve wrenches the door open in a move slightly more powerful than an average person's. STEVE There. Hank frowns as he reaches in for a paper. Lisa coughs a warning and Hank and Steve notice a MAN staring at them. STEVE (CONT'D) What're you staring at, bub? The Man quickly turns away. Hank divides up the paper and they each eagerly scan a section. Hank studies the paper's headlines. "Democrats and Republicans Deadlocked over Budget." "Congress votes new pay raise." LISA We lost. HANK (to himself) And America won. STEVE But we will correct that. Nothing can stop _us_. Suddenly, there's a commotion that causes them to turn. MORE FOOTAGE FROM "NEVER ENDING BATTLE": The rope supporting the billboard starts to fray. A LITTLE GIRL loses her teddy bear underneath it. Her GRANDMOTHER tries to pull her away, but the little girl runs back for it. Superman, flying overhead, spots the danger and swoops down. Just as the rope breaks, he lands, catches the billboard, and saves the Little Girl. Bystanders clap and cheer. BACK TO THIS EPISODE'S FOOTAGE: Hank, Steve and Lisa stare in amazement. STEVE (in German) Gott im Himmel. Ein Super Mann. (X) (pronounced "zuper-mann") HANK (sotto) Speak English. Hank, Steve and Lisa crane their necks as OFFSCREEN Superman streaks upwards. STEVE A super man. (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 3. 2 CONTINUED: 2 They look around in alarm at all the people who smile and then calmly go about their business. HANK (X) What if there are more like him in America? STEVE (X) (grimly determined) Then that is just one more obstacle we must overcome. LISA (beat) Why are his undergarments on the outside? A long sleek limo suddenly purrs to a stop in front of them. They warily tense as the rear door opens. Inside, SENATOR TRUMAN BLACK, a tanned and vibrant 64, smiles. He's the embodiment of wealth, power and privilege. (X) SEN. BLACK Hail the New Reich. I'm Senator Truman Black. We've been waiting a long time. Won't you get in? Hank, Linda and Steve share a glance for a moment, then (X) they make up their mind and get in. The door closes and the limo glides away. FADE OUT: _END OF TEASE_ --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 4. _ACT ONE_ FADE IN: 3 EXT. DIFFERENT METROPOLIS STREET - DAY #1 3 SUPER ON SCREEN: "THE PRESENT" LOIS and CLARK stroll towards work. From a record store's speakers ahead of them we hear a song: "Big as the USA". HANK (O.S.) (X) (singing) "My love for you is as big as the U.S.A., And I love you both in the same ol' fashioned wayyy. I'll fight for my country and I'll fight for you,..." They amble in front of Chelsea Record's huge display window (X) which features large posters promoting cowboy-hatted country-western star Hank West and his latest smash (X) album: "How the West was Sung". WE recognize that Hank (X) West is Hank the Nazi. As they cross the street... (X) LOIS HANK (X) You know I've (singing) (X) always liked his "Won't change my songs. mind, I'll always be true, CLARK 'Cause my love Umhmm. for you is as big (X) as the U.S.A." Clark holds a copy of that morning's Daily Planet. He proudly reads the headline aloud as they continue walking. CLARK 'Four Indicted in National Intelligence Agency Scandal. By Lois Lane and Clark Kent.' Lois suddenly spots a display of wedding dresses in a store window. (PER COSTUME DEPARTMENT) LOIS Oh, look. Look. Isn't that adorable? Oh, and that one, I really like that one. CLARK That's nice. Yep, I bet they're not too happy with us over at the NIA right now. Probably kinda... ticked. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 5. 3 CONTINUED: 3 LOIS You know, Clark, we should be booking a church _now_. I mean, if you want to get married in a church. Or, we could go non-traditional; do it someplace else, but not too weird because I always kinda felt that really wasn't me. (beat) Unless it was you. Clark snaps out of a thought he'd been contemplating. CLARK No. No. Either way. I was just thinking about invitations. LOIS Catering. CLARK The band. LOIS Oh, my God, we are so far behind. CLARK Lois, we haven't even set the date, yet. LOIS We're late on that, too! Clark laughs, but it's cut short by the CRUNCH of metal on metal. They turn to see a slow moving car scrape against a parked car and then crash to a stop against another car. The driver slumps onto the wheel. The HORN BLARES. Lois and Clark look at each other and run over. 4 EXT. CAR - DAY 4 WILLIAM STOCKDALE, 70, dressed in an expensive suit, leans against the steering wheel. Clark gently pulls him back. CLARK Sir? Sir, are you all right? Clark pulls his left hand away from Stockdale's chest; there's blood on it. Stockdale is flickering in and out of consciousness. Lois digs in her purse for her cel phone. LOIS I'll call an ambulance. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 6. 4 CONTINUED: 4 Suddenly, we hear the SIREN of an approaching ambulance. STOCKDALE (feeble) Police. Call... police. CLARK Don't worry, sir. Help is on it's way. The ambulance arrives with a SHRIEK. On its side it reads "SPEEDY AMBULANCE SERVICE". STOCKDALE (urgent; through his pain) No! A bomb... in the basement... LOIS The basement? Of what? KAREN and NED, two mid-twenties ambulance attendants, leap out of the ambulance and drag out a collapsible gurney. STOCKDALE Metropolis... Trade Tower. They reach Stockdale and open the door to take him away. Stockdale sees them and terror fills his eyes, but Lois and Clark misinterpret it. They think he's disoriented. STOCKDALE (CONT'D) No! Help! Karen slaps a bandage on Stockdale's chest as Ned takes his blood pressure. (ALL THIS ACTION IS EXTREMELY FAST) KAREN It's going to be okay, sir. (to Ned) We've got a GSW, through the chest. NED BP dropping. Ninety sixty. Pulse 120. (stethoscope to lungs) No rales. STOCKDALE No, don't let them take me. They're -- He's cut off by Karen slamming down a heavy oxygen mask over Stockdale's mouth. Stockdale struggles some and then his eyes roll up into his head. They load him onto the gurney. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 7. 4 CONTINUED: 2 4 He mumbles something, but it's incoherent. LOIS (to Stockdale) They'll take good care of you. They're taking you to the hospital. KAREN (smiling) And we'll have you there in no time. NED That's right! (to Stockdale) Don't try to speak right now. Save your strength. Stockdale passes out. Karen and Ned load him in the back. Clark looks at Lois, he's got to go check out the bomb. CLARK Lois... LOIS Go. He does, loosening his tie as he runs. Lois smiles and a second later the ambulance shoots off, SIREN blaring. Lois watches for a beat, then hails a cab. LOIS (CONT'D) Taxi! One SCREECHES to a halt. LOIS (CONT'D) Metropolis Trade Tower! 5 INT. BASEMENT - METROPOLIS TRADE TOWER - DAY 5 Lois picks her way through the massive steel intestines of the tower's heating and cooling systems. LOIS Superman? SUPERMAN (O.S.) Over here. Lois crosses to him. He's squatting by an open space, studying a few tiny particles of something on the floor. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 8. 5 CONTINUED: 5 LOIS Find anything? SUPERMAN Nothing. I x-rayed the whole place. Nothing... except this. Lois gets down beside him. LOIS What is it? SUPERMAN Coal dust. LOIS But this is one of the most modern buildings in Metropolis, they wouldn't use coal for anything. SUPERMAN Exactly. They look at each other. 6 INT. DAILY PLANET - DAY 6 CLOSEUP - TV MONITOR A SPORTSCASTER interviews a quarterback in a crowded, excited locker room after a game. Players HOOT and HOLLER, waving their fingers in the We're Number One sign. WE are very TIGHT on the quarterback... and we SEE that it's Steve. Supered on the screen is: Steve Law, Quarterback, (X) Metropolis Tigers. There's a LSPN logo in the lower right corner. STEVE (X) (exuberant) All I can say is, look out 49'ers! We're going to clean your socks! Boisterous CHEERS from his teammates as they move away and the Sportscaster turns to CAMERA, grinning. SPORTSCASTER Well, whether Steve Law means (X) 'socks' or 'clocks', the 49'ers had better look out because the long arm of the Law is going to the Superbowl! --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 9. 7 ANGLE ON JIMMY - INT. PLANET 7 He watches the monitor with a handful of other staffers, among them is SKIP WALLACE, 25, a friend of Jimmy's. skip, basically, is a dork. He's frustrated because he has ambitions to be a reporter and all he lacks is the talent... which is something everyone is aware of except Skip. REPORTER (smiles; facetious) Steve, nice speech. (X) JIMMY Hey, don't make fun of him, he's my man. Steve can do no wrong. (X) SKIP He's going all the way. REPORTER In an alternate universe. He leaves. Jimmy and Skip slide over to the coffee table. SKIP (re: Reporter) What a dip. JIMMY So, Skip-meister, how's Classifieds? SKIP Ads are up six percent. JIMMY Whoa, be still my beating heart. SKIP Did you get a chance to talk to Perry? JIMMY Yeah. He says there aren't any openings now, but as soon as there is, you're the man. SKIP But he hired two new reporters last week! JIMMY I know, but they had lots of experience. Both of them. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Yellow Rev. 10/12/95 9. 7 ANGLE ON JIMMY - INT. PLANET 7 He watches the monitor with a handful of other staffers, among them is SKIP WALLACE, 25, a friend of Jimmy's. Skip, basically, is a dork. He's frustrated because he has ambitions to be a reporter and all he lacks is the talent... which is something everyone is aware of except Skip. REPORTER (smiles; facetious) Steve, nice speech. JIMMY Hey, don't make fun of him, he's my man. Steve can do no wrong. SKIP He's going all the way. REPORTER In an alternate universe. He leaves. Jimmy and Skip slide over to the coffee table. SKIP (Re: Reporter) What a dip. (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 10. 7 CONTINUED: 7 SKIP One of them used to work for 'Welding News'. Jimmy squirms. Across the room, PERRY pokes his head out of his office and spots them. PERRY Wallace! You lookin' for a pay cut?! Get back down to your cubbyhole! And Jimmy, where're those shots of Lisa Rockford for the Supermodel article?! And the (X) ones for the gourmet pet food piece? JIMMY On my way! Perry shuts the door. Jimmy lingers a beat. SKIP One of these days, he's going to be very sorry. JIMMY (smiles) I hear ya. SKIP You know that Hank West song: (X) "Just 'cause you got a bigger salary, don't make you a bigger man?" _Think about it._ And why are we 'doing stories on pet food (X) when people are starving in Texas? It's un-American. And he knows it! Jimmy's completely lost by Skip's confusing outburst. JIMMY Uh... yeah. Well... I gotta put my smaller salary butt in gear. See ya. Jimmy leaves. Skips stares at Perry's door, then goes. 8 ANGLE ON PERRY'S OFFICE 8 As Perry re-emerges with Senator Black and they head for the elevators. They're both laughing over something. They're very old friends. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Yellow Rev. 10/12/95 10. 7 CONTINUED: 7 Across the room, PERRY pokes his head out of his office and (X) spots them. PERRY Wallace! You lookin' for a pay cut?! Get back down to your cubbyhole in Classifieds! And (X) Jimmy, where're those shots of Lisa Rockford for the supermodel article?! And the ones for the gourmet pet food piece? JIMMY On my way! Perry shuts the door. Jimmy lingers a beat. SKIP One of these days, he's going to be very sorry. If he'd just give me (X) the chance, I could be a reporter. (X) I can _spell_. (X) JIMMY (skeptical) (X) I hear ya. SKIP You know that Hank West song: "Just 'cause you got a bigger salary, don't make you a bigger man?" _Think about it_. And why are we doing stories on pet food when people are starving in Texas? It's un-American. And _he_ knows it! Jimmy's completely lost by Skip's confusing outburst. JIMMY Uh... yeah. Well... I gotta put my smaller salary butt in gear. See ya. Jimmy leaves. Skips stares at Perry's door, then goes. 8 ANGLE ON PERRY'S OFFICE 8 As Perry re-emerges with Senator Black and they head for the elevators. They're both laughing over something. They're very old friends. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 11. 8 CONTINUED: 8 SEN. BLACK Now Perry, you sure I can't persuade you to skip school and play a little golf this afternoon? PERRY No can do, Truman. I've got this rabble to keep in line. SEN. BLACK I think you're afraid to lose to an old man. PERRY (smiling) Would I lie to a U.S. senator? Sen. Black smiles back as he steps into the elevator. SEN. BLACK You can't hide forever. See ya. The doors close and the doors on the other elevator open. Lois and Clark exit and head for the ramp. Perry keeps pace with them as they walk. PERRY (teasing) Listen up, everybody. Look who's decided to join us this morning. LOIS Perry... PERRY How 'bout a big round of applause for Lois and Clark! Let's give it up, people! Everyone in the newsroom applauds and whistles. CLARK Chief, we were on a story. PERRY I'll bet you were. You know, son, I was engaged once, too. We used to call it something different. Lois and Clark blush. Various staffers give WOLF WHISTLES. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Gold Rev. 10/13/95 11. 8 CONTINUED: 8 SEN. BLACK Now Perry, you sure I can't persuade you to skip school and play a little golf this afternoon? PERRY No can do, Truman. I've got this rabble to keep in line. SEN. BLACK I think you're afraid to lose to an old man. PERRY (smiling) Would I lie to a U.S. senator? Sen. Black smiles back as he steps into the elevator. SEN. BLACK You can't hide forever. See ya. The doors close and the doors on the other elevator open. Lois and Clark exit and head for the ramp. Perry keeps pace with them as they walk. PERRY (teasing) Listen up, everybody. Look who's decided to join us this morning. Let's give it up for Lois and Clark! Everyone in the newsroom applauds and whistles. CLARK Chief, we were on a story. PERRY I bet you were. (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 12. 8 CONTINUED: 2 8 LOIS (to the whole office) Someone said there was a bomb in the basement of the Metropolis Trade Tower, okay? Ask the police. Ask Superman. We're late because we checked it out. PERRY So... was there? CLARK Um... no. PERRY (still teasing) Well, that oughta be an easy story to write up. Short and sweet. Why, heck, I'll write it myself. You both probably have more important stuff to do, like... plan a wedding, huh? Have you decided on what kind of music you're gonna have, yet? LOIS Not... exactly. PERRY Whoever you get, they gotta be able to play the King. The King puts people on the dance floor. Jimmy arrives with several large glamour shots of Lisa; some in swimsuits, some headshots. JIMMY One supermodel, coming up. Lois glances at the photos and sags. LOIS Where do they make these people? (X) CLARK Lois, you are far better looking than Lisa Rockford. LOIS See how well trained he is already? CLARK (smiles; to Perry) Chief, does Alice ever say things like that to you? I mean... (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Yellow Rev. 10/12/95 12. 8 CONTINUED: 2 8 @ LOIS (to the whole office) Someone said there was a bomb in the basement of the Metropolis Trade Tower, okay? Ask the police. Ask _Superman_. We're _late_ because we checked it out. PERRY So... was there? CLARK Um... no. PERRY (still teasing) Well, that oughta be an easy story to write up. Short and sweet. (X) Why, heck, I'll write it myself. (X) Leave you the rest of the day for more important stuff... like (X) planning a wedding, huh. Have you (X) decided on what kind of music you're gonna have, yet? LOIS Not... exactly. PERRY Whoever you get, they gotta be able to play the King. The King puts people on the dance floor. Jimmy arrives with several large glamour shots of Lisa. JIMMY One supermodel, coming up. Lois glances at the photos and sags. LOIS Where do they make these people? CLARK Lois, you are far better looking than Lisa Rockford. LOIS See how well trained he is already? CLARK (smiles; to Perry) Chief, does Alice ever say things like that to you? I mean... (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 13. 8 CONTINUED: 3 8 Too late he remembers that Perry and Alice have split. But Perry gives a warm smile and drops his teasing tone. PERRY That's okay, Clark. Things between Alice and me may not be so great right now... (heating up) ... particularly since I got my first call from her _divorce_ _lawyer_ last night! Lois clears her throat to stop Perry from veering off. PERRY (CONT'D) But when we were engaged... (smiles at the memory) I couldn't remember a single story I wrote for six months. My feet never touched the ground. And I've never regretted getting married... (poignant) ... I just regret that I haven't been a better husband. (shifts gears) But you two'll do fine. Perry smiles, turns, and charges towards his office. Jimmy shoots after him. LOIS (to Clark) He is so sweet. CLARK (smiles) Yeah. Perry stops at his door, whirls and yells back. PERRY (sharp) Hey! Who told you about that bomb?! LOIS (startled) A man in a car. CLARK He'd been shot. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Yellow Rev. 10/12/95 13. 8 CONTINUED: 3 8 Too late he remembers that Perry and Alice have split. PERRY That's okay, Clark. Things between me and Alice may not be so great right now... (heating up) ... particularly since I got my first call from her _divorce_ _lawyer_ last night! Lois clears her throat to stop Perry from veering off. PERRY (CONT'D) But when we were engaged... (smiles at the memory) I couldn't remember a single story I wrote for six months. My feet never touched the ground. (X) (shifts gears) But you two'll do fine. Perry smiles, turns, and charges towards his office. Jimmy shoots after him. LOIS (to Clark) He is so sweet. CLARK (smiles) Yeah. Perry stops at his door, whirls and sharply yells back. (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 14. 8 CONTINUED: 4 8 PERRY What is this, a wax museum?! Get me the rest of that story, or you're fired! He slams the door behind him. Clark looks at Lois. CLARK (beat) I think he's handling this Alice thing pretty well. Lois gives a wry smile. 9 INT. BUNKER - DAY 9 Hank, in a khaki Nazi uniform, pensively STRUMS a guitar in (X) front of a wall of four TV monitors. On them we see (X) newsreel footage of various Superman shots/feats (STOCK FOOTAGE). Lisa, in her zealous, but tightly controlled way, is dressing down Steve. (X) LISA (mimicking Steve) (X) Clean their _socks_? Clean their _socks_?! (points at TV) _He_ is a super man. _You_ are a super idiot! STEVE (X) They barely noticed. HANK (X) (without looking up) He's right. It was just the sportscaster and fifty million other Americans. LISA (to Steve) (X) We can't afford the tiniest slip (X) up. HANK (X) Maybe you should watch some Sesame (X) Street; get the basics down again. STEVE (X) (hot headed) (X) I know English as well as you do! Besides, in two days we can drop all this stupid pretense, so what does it matter? (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Gold Rev. 10/13/95 14. 8 CONTINUED: 4 8 PERRY Hey, who told you about that (X) bomb?! (X) Lois and Clark exchange startled looks. Before they can (X) answer... (X) PERRY (CONT'D) What is this, a wax museum?! Get (X) me the rest of that story, or you're fired! He slams the door behind him. Clark looks at Lois. CLARK (beat) I think he's handling this Alice thing pretty well. Lois gives a wry smile. 9 INT. BUNKER - DAY 9 Hank, in a khaki Nazi uniform, pensively STRUMS a guitar in front of a wall of four TV monitors. On them we see surveillance footage, footage of various Superman shots/feats (STOCK FOOTAGE), and Steve's locker room interview. Lisa, in her zealous, but tightly controlled way, is dressing down Steve. LISA (mimicking Steve) Clean their _socks_? Clean their _socks_?! (points at TV) _He_ is a super man. _You_ are a super idiot! STEVE They barely noticed. HANK (without looking up) He's right. It was just the sportscaster and fifty million other Americans. STEVE (hot headed) What does it matter?! In two days we can drop all this stupid pretense! (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 15. 9 CONTINUED: 9 LISA (angry; to Steve) (X) How can you be so dense?! For two years we've been recruiting new (X) members from all across the country! HANK (X) (sarcastic) (X) Some are even college graduates. (X) LISA (ignoring Hank) (X) _Fifty years ago_ one thousand of the chosen youth were sent here undercover from the Fatherland. Today they're captains of (X) industry! Politicians! TV (X) anchormen! Men and women of power and influence. They have waited (X) five _decades_ for us to appear and lead them to the New Reich! They (X) have spent _years_ preparing and planting backgrounds for us; pulling strings and smoothing the way so we can become an overnight success. They have made us what (X) we are today. HANK (X) Celebrity freaks. Next stop, (X) Barbara Walters. Or Oprah. LISA (in German) _Sei still!_ (Be quiet! (X) pronounced "zi steel") (to Steve) (X) And now you want to throw all this (X) away because you can't be bothered to speak correctly? You're a disgrace! STEVE (X) Stockdale was one of the chosen youth, and look how he wound up! An old man who loved this country more than he loved the Fatherland! He was going to tell the world everything until I found out and had him stopped! Lisa simmers as a Nazi recruit named VOSS silently enters and drops off some papers. Voss is about 35. Hank rallies (X) from his sarcasm and re-exerts some control. (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Blue Blue Rev. 10/18/95 15. 9 CONTINUED: 9 LISA (angry; to Steve) How can you be so dense?! For two years we've been recruiting new members from all across the country! HANK (sarcastic) Some are even college graduates. LISA (ignoring Hank) _Fifty years ago_ one thousand of the chosen youth were sent here undercover from the Fatherland. Today they're captains of industry! Men and women of power and influence. They have spent _years_ preparing and planting backgrounds for us... setting up fake parents (X) that say how adorable we were for (X) interviews... (X) (to Hank) (X) with magazines or DJ's... (X) manufacturing photos of childhood (X) birthday parties... (X) (about herself) (X) threatening fashion editors (X) that weren't already part of the (X) Reich to try a new girl... (X) (to Steve) (X) ... or bribing a coach to let a (X) walk-on try out for the team; a (X) _complete unknown_ who was (X) schooled at home and never went to (X) college... (X) HANK (a dig) (X) Which would explain his bad English. (X) Lisa glances at Hank, but continues speaking to Steve. (X) LISA ... they have smoothed the way so (X) we can become an overnight success and lead this country to the New Reich! STEVE Stockdale was one of the chosen youth, and look how he wound up! (MORE) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Blue Blue Rev. 10/18/95 15A. 9 CONTINUED: 2 9 STEVE (CONT'D) An old man who loved this country more than he loved the Fatherland! He was going to tell the world everything until _I_ found out and had him stopped! Lisa simmers as a Nazi recruit named VOSS silently enters and drops off some papers. Voss is about 35. Hank rallies from his sarcasm and re-exerts some control. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 16. 9 CONTINUED: 2 9 HANK (X) Enough. I'll take Voss and talk to Lane and Kent and see if Stockdale told them anything else. (country-western accent) Sometime folks are a lil' more open 'round celebrities. (to Steve; normal (X) voice) No more slip-ups. Now smile for (X) the cameras. Steve starts to give a heated reply, then stops himself. (X) He clicks his heels. Hank nods and presses a button. The (X) TV screens change to show four (or six, if budget allows) (X) different people, all in their mid-to-late sixties: a four-star GENERAL, a distinguished TV ANCHORMAN, a prosperous WOMAN BANKER and SEN. BLACK. (X) HANK (X) (in German) Guten tag, meine freunde. (X) SEN. BLACK Guten tag, Western Reich Fuhrer Von Hagen. The others also smile and wait expectantly. (X) SEN. BLACK (CONT'D) Where are we on the Superman (X) situation? HANK (X) Since all reported attempts to (X) kill him in the past have failed, I have decided to go with our alternate plan: instead of trying to assassinate him, we will simply _banish_ him. Forever. SEN. BLACK Good. Once he's gone, the (X) government and the banks will fall in line; and where the banks go, everyone else follows. Right, Cynthia? The WOMAN (CYNTHIA) smiles and nods in agreement. (X) SEN. BLACK (CONT'D) Then Canada and Latin America will (X) be next. They're both weak. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Pink Rev. 10/10/95 16. 9 CONTINUED: 3 9 HANK Enough. I'll take Voss and talk to Lane and Kent and see if Stockdale told them anything before the (X) ambulance came. (country-western accent) Sometime folks are a lil' more open 'round celebrities. (to Steve; normal voice) No more slip-ups. Now smile for the cameras. Steve starts to give a heated reply, then stops himself. He clicks his heels. Hank nods and presses a button. The TV screens change to show four (or six, if budget allows) different people, all in their mid-to-late sixties: a four-star GENERAL, a distinguished TV ANCHORMAN, a prosperous WOMAN BANKER and SEN. BLACK. HANK (in German) Guten tag, meine freunde. SEN. BLACK Guten tag, Western Reich Fuhrer Von Hagen. The others also smile and wait expectantly. SEN. BLACK (CONT'D) Where are we on the Superman situation? HANK Since all reported attempts to kill him in the past have failed, I have decided to go with our alternate plan: instead of trying to assassinate him, we will simply _banish_ him. Forever. SEN. BLACK Good. Once he's gone, the government and the banks will fall in line; and where the banks go, everyone else follows. Right, Cynthia? The WOMAN (CYNTHIA) smiles and nods in agreement. SEN. BLACK (CONT'D) Then Canada and Latin America will be next. They're both weak. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 17. 9 CONTINUED: 3 9 STEVE (X) Then... _Europe_. (X) TV ANCHORMAN What about Russia? (X) SEN. BLACK A joke. We'll crush them like we (X) started to in Forty-Two. Then, we will assume our rightful place as (X) world leader. Sen. Black and the others on the monitors smile, as do Steve and Lisa. Hank's face is unreadable.. (X) FADE OUT _END OF ACT ONE_ --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 18. _ACT TWO_ FADE IN: 10 INT. PLANET - DAY 10 Clark hangs up his phone and crosses to Lois. CLARK Lois, the police have no record of the accident. LOIS They probably haven't filed yet. They get busy, too, you know. Just like Superman. She crinkles her nose at Clark. He crinkles back. VOSS (O.S.) Ms. Lane? Mr. Kent? They both turn around to see Voss in a detective-salary suit. Next to him is a bashfully smiling Hank West in a (X) casual country-western star outfit. VOSS I'm Detective Carter. And this is... LOIS (impressed) Hank West. I'm a big fan. (X) Everyone shakes hands. HANK (X) (country-western accent) Thank you, m'am. Mr. Kent. Hope you don't mind me taggin' along. Some Hollywood folk have an idea of puttin' me in a dee-tective movie and I'm kinda checkin' things out. CLARK No, not at all. VOSS I wonder if I might have a word with both of you about the accident you witnessed this morning? CLARK Sure thing. Who was that guy, anyway? (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 19. 10 CONTINUED: 10 VOSS (checks notepad) His name's William Stockdale. Age 70. I hate to bother you about this, but it's routine, you know? Anytime somebody reports a bomb, we've gotta check out all the angles. Even if there _is_ no evidence. LOIS Well, ask away. VOSS Did Mr. Stockdale mention anything to you besides the location of the alleged bomb? CLARK No, he really didn't say much. VOSS What a surprise. (routine) Did he mention a name? Or an address? Or something that might indicate that someone other than himself was involved? LOIS He just seemed extremely worried. Almost terrified. HANK (charming) You know, if I was playing that role in a movie, I might've played it terrified, too. Babbling my head off. Maybe even using a cuss word or two. Then I would've let slip that one, important, vital clue, like they always do. LOIS (charmed) I _hate it_ when they do that. But he really didn't say anything else. CLARK But why would he say there was a bomb in the first place? (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Pink Rev. 10/10/95 19. 10 CONTINUED: 10 VOSS (checks notepad) His name's William Stockdale. Age 70. I hate to bother you about this, but it's routine, you know? Did Mr Stockdale mention (X) anything to you besides the location of the alleged bomb? Anything that might indicate that someone other than himself was involved? CLARK No, he really didn't say much. (X) LOIS He just seemed extremely worried. Almost terrified. HANK (charming) You know, if I was playing that role in a movie, I might've played it terrified, too. Babbling my head off. Maybe even using a cuss word or two. Then I would've let slip that one, important, vital clue, like they always do. LOIS (charmed) I _hate it_ when they do that. But he really didn't say anything else. CLARK But why would he say there was a bomb in the first place? (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 20. 10 CONTINUED: 2 10 VOSS Lemme tell ya, you get shot, your mind's in a world of confusion. He could've been talking about anything; a movie, a TV show, maybe a book he was reading last night. HANK (X) There're one or two bombs in this movie they want me to do. Seems like just about every other movie these days has got some. He smiles and Lois and Clark smile back. Voss closes his notepad and grins. VOSS Thanks again for your time; sorry, but we gotta make the motions, huh? CLARK No problem. VOSS And if you do remember anything, please call. He hands Clark his card, smiles and he and Hank leave. (X) CLARK Detective Carter. Voss and Hank stop and turn. (X) CLARK (CONT'D) How did Mr. Stockdale get shot? VOSS Carjacking attempt. Happened about a mile away while he was stopped at a traffic light. He was probably on his way to the hospital when he crashed. HANK (X) (tips his hat) M'am. Mr. Kent. LOIS Oh, Mr. West. (X) West and Voss pause. (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Yellow Rev. 10/12/95 20. 10 CONTINUED: 2 10 VOSS Lemme tell ya, you get shot, your mind's in a world of confusion. (X) Thanks again for your time; sorry, but we gotta make the motions, huh? CLARK No problem. VOSS And if you _do_ remember anything, please call. He hands Clark his card. They smile and start to leave, but then Clark's voice stops them. CLARK Detective Carter. How did Mr. Stockdale get shot? VOSS Carjacking attempt. HANK (leaving; tips his hat) M'am. Mr. Kent. LOIS Oh, Mr. West. I know you probably hear this all the time, but I just had to tell you: I have a cousin who was, well, she was sort of depressed. But when she heard your song: 'The First Person You Can Count On... Is Yourself,' well... it really turned her life around. So... thanks. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 21. 10 CONTINUED: 3 10 LOIS I know you probably hear this all (X) the time, but I just had to tell you: I have a cousin who was, well, she was sort of depressed. But when she heard your song: 'The First Person You Can Count On... Is Yourself,' well... it really turned her life around. So... thanks. (X) Lois gives an embarrassed smile. Hank is geniunely (X) touched. Voss gives a subtly cynical smile. HANK (X) You're welcome. (X) He smiles again and he and Voss get in the elevator and (X) leave. Clark turns to Lois. Lois watches Hank. (X) LOIS He's... kinda handsome. And (X) taller than I thought. (X) CLARK (frowning) (X) Stockdale was shot in the back. (X) That's not likely if you're sitting in your car. LOIS Maybe he was twisting to get away. (off Clark's look) Fine. Let's just ask him. She picks up her phone and dials. LOIS (CONT'D) Hello, yes, I'd like to speak to a Mr. William Stockdale. He was admitted this morning around 9 A.M. (beat; waits) Yes, I'm certain. I saw him put in the ambulance. Okay. Thank you. (to Clark) There's no record of him being admitted. CLARK I kind of doubt the ambulance guys were too busy to file _him_ this morning. LOIS Unless they took him elsewhere. Or... he didn't make it. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Yellow Rev. 10/12/95 21. 10 CONTINUED: 3 10 Lois gives an embarrassed smile. Hank is geniunely touched. Voss gives a subtly cynical smile. HANK You're welcome. He smiles again and he and Voss get in the elevator and leave. Clark turns to Lois. Lois watches Hank. LOIS He's... kinda handsome. And taller than I thought. CLARK (frowning) Stockdale was shot in the back. That's not likely if you're sitting in your car. LOIS Maybe he was twisting to get away. (off Clark's look) Fine. Let's just ask him. She picks up her phone and dials. LOIS Hello, yes, I'd like to speak to a Mr. William Stockdale. He was admitted this morning around 9 A.M. (beat; waits) Yes, I'm certain. I saw him put in the ambulance. Okay. Thank you. (to Clark) There's no record of him being admitted. (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 22. 10 CONTINUED: 4 10 CLARK You start with the hospitals, I'll take the funeral homes. Clark notices Lois glancing at the elevators; then Lois (X) notices Clark. CLARK (CONT'D) He wears lifts in his boots. Clark taps his glasses to indicate he used his x-ray (X) vision. Lois gives a wry smile. As she sits at her desk, Skip suddenly runs up. SKIP Hey, is Hank West here, I heard he (X) was up here! LOIS He just left. SKIP Man, I wish I'd been here. He is the greatest. CLARK He certainly has a huge following. SKIP (with growing passion) That's because he tells the truth. He sticks up for the little guy. And he's not afraid to tell it (X) like it is! America used to be (X) great, and he wants to get it back on track. Skip looks at them fiercely for a moment, then leaves. (X) Lois and Clark exchange glances. LOIS Yikes. (X) CLARK Yeah. (X) 11 INT. BUNKER - AFTERNOON 11 Steve leans back in a chair, feet up on the counter, (X) watching the TV monitors. Each one portrays a different sport, or talk show, or sitcom re-run. He laughs contemptuously at a Perfect Strangers joke. An irritable (X) Hank strides in, brushes Steve's feet off the counter. (X) Steve puts them back. (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Yellow Rev. 10/12/95 22. 10 CONTINUED: 4 10 CLARK (sensing a story) (X) You start with the hospitals, I'll take the funeral homes. Clark notices Lois glancing at the elevators; then Lois notices Clark. CLARK (CONT'D) He wears lifts in his boots. Clark taps his glasses to indicate he used his x-ray vision. Lois gives a wry smile. As she sits at her desk, Skip suddenly runs up, looking around. SKIP Hey, is Hank West still here?! LOIS He just left. SKIP Oh, man... He's the greatest. CLARK He certainly has a huge following. SKIP (with growing passion) That's because he tells the truth. He sticks up for the little guy. And he's not afraid to tell it like it is! America used to be great, and he wants to get it back on track. Skip looks at them fiercely for a moment, then leaves. Lois and Clark exchange glances. LOIS Yikes. CLARK Yeah. 11 INT. BUNKER - AFTERNOON 11 Steve leans back in a chair, feet up on the counter, watching the TV monitors. They all show the same Perfect Strangers re-run. He laughs contemptuously at a joke. An irritable Hank strides in and brushes Steve's feet off the counter. Steve puts them back. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 23. 11 CONTINUED: 11 HANK (X) We don't have time for this. STEVE (X) I'm studying my English. (mimicking Larry on (X) "Perfect Strangers") 'Balki, what's wrong with your (X) hair?' (mimicking Balki) (X) 'I dried it in the microwave, cozzin.' (X) HANK (X) Do I have to order you? Steve shoots up. Lisa enters during his speech. (X) STEVE (X) You _can't_ order me. _We_... (X) were chosen for this. We ... were bred for this. _We_... were _born_ for this. _We_ are the masters of the Master Race, the true supermen. _And not just you_. LISA Stop it! What happened with Lane and Kent? HANK (X) They know nothing. But they're (X) inquisitive. As are all good reporters. STEVE (X) We should kill them. Why take the chance? HANK (X) And draw more attention to us? Why don't we just take out an ad? (X) STEVE (X) (heating up) To put an end to their investigation. (X) HANK (X) others will investigate. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Yellow Rev. 10/12/95 23. 11 CONTINUED: 11 HANK We don't have time for this. STEVE I'm studying my English. (mimicking Larry on "Perfect Strangers") 'Balki, what's wrong with your hair?' (mimicking Balki) 'I dried it in the microwave, cozzin.' HANK Do I have to order you? Steve shoots up. Lisa enters during his speech. STEVE You _can't_ order me. _We_... were chosen for this. _We_... were bred for this. _We_... were _born_ for this. We are the masters of the Master Race, the true supermen. _And not just you_. LISA Stop it! What happened with Lane and Kent? HANK They know nothing. But they're inquisitive. As are all good reporters. STEVE We should kill them. Why take the chance? HANK And draw more attention to us? Why don't we just take out an ad? (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 24. 11 CONTINUED: 2 11 STEVE (X) By then it will be too late! (off Hank's look) (X) What would you have us do?! Forget about our plan to eliminate Superman?! Dismantle the organization?! Settle down like good Americans and get a mortgage and cable TV? (dangerous) You actually believe those stupid songs you sing! HANK (X) (heated) Not everything here is worth destroying! STEVE (X) There's nothing here worth saving! HANK (X) If we destroy everything, what're (X) we going to rule, genius?! STEVE (X) America is morally and culturally (X) bankrupt! They care more about (X) their favorite soap opera than they do about the homeless! No wonder you have millions of fans, they're all idiots! HANK (X) You don't know what you're talking about! STEVE (X) Oh, I don't?! Ha! You've gone over, just like Stockdale! LISA Shut up. Both of you. We're (X) here to fight the Americans, not each other. Hank stays quiet; maybe he's exposed a side of him that was (X) too dangerous to reveal. Finally, wearily... HANK (X) If we're going to kill them, we (X) should blame the deaths of Lane and Kent on someone else. Say, one of those middle-eastern terrorist cells. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Yellow Rev. 10/12/95 24. 11 CONTINUED: 2 11 STEVE What would you have us do?! (X) Forget about our plan to eliminate Superman?! Dismantle the organization?! Settle down like good Americans and get a mortgage and cable TV? (dangerous) You actually believe those stupid songs you sing! HANK (heated) Not everything here is worth destroying! STEVE America is morally and culturally bankrupt! They care more about their favorite soap opera than they do about the homeless! HANK You don't know what you're talking about! STEVE Oh, I don't?! Ha! You've gone over, just like Stockdale! LISA Shut up. Both of you. We're here to fight the Americans, not each other. Hank stays quiet; maybe he's exposed a side of him that was too dangerous to reveal. Finally, wearily... HANK If we're going to kill them, we should blame the deaths of Lane and Kent on someone else. Say, one of those overseas terrorist cells. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 25. 11 CONTINUED: 3 11 STEVE (X) Why waste an opportunity?! Why not the National Intelligence Agency? They must hate Lane and Kent for their last series of articles. We'll kill three birds with one (X) stone. (to Hank) Oh. Did I say that right? (X) LISA Steve. (X) (to Hank) He's right, though. They need to (X) be eliminated; and since you two seem to enjoy bickering so much, I'll take care of it myself. (X) HANK (mixed emotions) (X) Death to everything then. (salutes) To the Reich. STEVE AND LISA (X) (saluting) To the Reich! Hank gives a thin smile. Is he envisioning the deaths of (X) Lois and Clark? America? Or himself? 12 INT. LOIS'S APARTMENT - NIGHT #1 12 Lois and Clark enter, frustrated and tired from a long, fruitless day of work. LOIS But a seventy year old man with a gunshot wound can't just disappear into thin air! CLARK Maybe he was taken to a private doctor, or admitted under another name. Lois throws down her purse and valise with a crash. LOIS God, this makes me _so_ mad. CLARK Look, tomorrow we'll call the hospitals again, and ask for -- (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 26. 12 CONTINUED: 12 LOIS No, not that. Our wedding; it's a disaster! CLARK Don't worry, Lois, it'll all work out. LOIS But how? Are you going to help? CLARK Of course. Lois's hand darts into her purse and pulls out a reporter's notebook. She opens it and tears out a page. LOIS Good, because here's a list of all the things that have to be done. Here, you take this page and I'll take the other. CLARK All this? Lois, it's a wedding, not a coronation. LOIS Now you're backpedaling! CLARK No, I'm not! It's just, you know, I can't always be around to _do_ stuff. LOIS Clark....! There's a knock on the door. JIMMY (O.S.) Lois, it's me, Jimmy. LOIS (to Clark) We'll continue this later. (X) 13 EXT. STREET - NIGHT 13 A dark, non-descript van pulls to a stop across the street from Lois's apartment. WE see that Lisa is driving. The Hank West song "This Ol' Country" plays on the radio. (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 27. 13 CONTINUED: 13 HANK (ON RADIO) (X) (singing) "Now this ol' country's great, But before it gets too late, We gotta put our differences aside and stand together. Sure we've got our faults, our do's and should's and ought's, But we can work it out and last forever. Yeah, we can work it out and last forever." Lisa pointedly turns down the radio. LISA (to herself) Steve's right. You've gone over. (X) She looks up through the windshield at Lois's apartment. 14 LISA'S POV - LOIS AND CLARK AND JIMMY 14 can be seen moving inside Lois's apartment. 15 BACK TO LISA 15 who makes a thin grin of satisfaction, then moves between the front seats and disappears into the body of the van. 16 INT. LOIS'S APARTMENT - NIGHT 16 Jimmy is handing Lois out stacks of paper to Lois and Clark. JIMMY These are all the bomb threats the cops got in the last couple of years. (a bigger stack) And these are all the other strange things or robberies that have been reported. CLARK Looks like fun reading. LOIS Anything weird? (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Pink Rev. 10/10/95 27. 13 CONTINUED: 13 HANK (ON RADIO) (singing) "Now this 'ol country's great, But before it gets too late, We gotta put our differences aside and stand together. Sure we've got our faults, Our do's and should's and ought's, But we can work it out and last forever. Yeah, we can work it out and last forever." Lisa pointedly puts down the radio. LISA (to herself) Steve's right. You've gone over. She looks up through the windshield at Lois's apartment. 14 LISA'S POV - LOIS AND CLARK AND JIMMY 14 can be seen moving inside Lois's apartment. 15 BACK TO LISA 15 who makes a thin grin of satisfaction, then moves between the front seats and disappears into the body of the van. 16 INT. LOIS'S APARTMENT - NIGHT 16 Jimmy is handing out stacks of paper to Lois and Clark. (X) JIMMY These are all the bomb threats the cops got in the last couple of years. (a bigger stack) And these are all the other strange things or robberies that have been reported. CLARK Looks like fun reading. LOIS Anything weird? (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 28. 16 CONTINUED: 16 JIMMY (grinning) It's all weird; we live in Metropolis. LOIS Good night, Jimmy. JIMMY See ya. He leaves. 17 EXT. STREET - NIGHT 17 The van's side door slides open. Lisa hefts a rocket propelled grenade launcher; she sights it on Lois's window. 18 INT. LOIS'S APARTMENT - NIGHT 18 Lois holds up the two stacks. LOIS Bomb threats or other stuff? CLARK I'll take 'other stuff' for fifty. Lois smiles and hands him the stack. 19 EXT. STREET - NIGHT 19 Lisa pulls the trigger. The RPG streaks towards the window and the two shadows behind it. 20 INT. LOIS'S APARTMENT 20 SLOW MOTION: Clark turns in alarm; he hears the RPG coming. 21 ANGLE ON WINDOW 21 SLOW MOTION: As the RPG punches through the glass. CLARK, continuing his turn, reaches up and grabs the RPG as it rockets across the living room; he snatches it like a defensive back snagging an interception one-handed. BACK TO NORMAL SPEED as Clark holds onto the RPG and Lois reacts to the sound of breaking glass. She looks in stunned surprise at the RPG in Clark's hand. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 29. 21 CONTINUED: 21 LOIS What the -- CLARK Later! He spins into Superman BLURS out the window. 22 EXT. STREET - NIGHT 22 Lisa shoots away in the van, but suddenly the van slams to a stop as it runs into Superman's outstretched hand. Superman lifts up the RPG in his other hand and waggles it. SUPERMAN Lose something? Superman smiles confidently, then notices who's driving. Hank West's song still plays softly on the radio. (X) SUPERMAN (CONT'D) Miss Rockford? Lisa glances at Superman, then clinches her jaw. Superman walks around to her door and pulls it open. A second later Lois runs up. Lisa's head lolls back against the seat and her eyes close. SUPERMAN (CONT'D) Would you mind stepping out of the van, please, Miss Rockford? Lisa doesn't move. Superman is puzzled. He leans in close, then suddenly feels for a pulse Lisa's neck. There is none. He straightens up. SUPERMAN (to Lois) She's dead. LOIS But how? Superman leans in and sniffs. SUPERMAN Cyanide. Lois stares at Lisa in amazement as Hank West's song swells (X) to a finish. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 30. 22 CONTINUED: 22 HANK (ON RADIO) (X) (singing) "Sure we've got our faults, Our do's and should's and ought's, But we can work it out and last for-everrrrr!" FADE OUT. _END OF ACT TWO_ --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 31. _ACT THREE_ FADE IN: 23 EXT. STREET - NIGHT 23 Superman and Lois are talking. Behind them, a detective and TWO COPS inspect the van. LOIS I mean, it's just so bizarre. (X) She's a _supermodel_. What would she be doing trying to kill us? SUPERMAN I haven't a clue. I can't even (X) imagine how she got a grenade launcher. LOIS Maybe she got it in Milan. (X) (off Superman's puzzled look) That's a joke. Stress relief? Something us non-invulnerable people do a lot in terrifying situations? SUPERMAN She must've been pretty terrified (X) too to take that cyanide. LOIS Or dedicated. SUPERMAN (calls to detective) (X) If there's nothing else, I'd like to escort Ms. Lane back to her apartment. The detective turns around...it's Voss. (X) VOSS Be my guest. (X) 24 INT. LOIS'S APARTMENT - NIGHT 24 Lois enters ahead of Superman. She's scared by her brush with death, but also slightly charged by it. She paces around, antsy. LOIS Clark... (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 32. 24 CONTINUED: 24 SUPERMAN I know, Lois, but it's okay. LOIS No, it's not that. I mean, it is, but it isn't. It's just, all these brushes with death; who knows what's going to happen next? We always think life's going to go on and on and on, but maybe it won't. You know what I'm saying? Superman is getting some very strong vibes here. SUPERMAN Yes! They slam together in a passionate kiss, hands everywhere. A second later they drop out of sight behind the sofa in a rush of urgent murmurings. All we hear are moans and clothes shifting against clothes and then there's a knock on the door and... JIMMY (O.S.) Lois, are you okay?! I just heard what happened! A breathless Lois pops up from behind the couch like a teenager caught by her parents. Maybe a button is undone, her clothes slightly askew. LOIS (gulping) Um... just a minute. There's a GUST OF AIR behind the couch that blows her hair and then Clark pops up in his Clark clothes, looking slightly flushed. He fumbles his glasses back on as Lois quickly returns her clothes to normal. JIMMY (O.S.) I came back to tell you something I just remembered, and then I ran into all those cops and... and... I'm not interrupting anything, am I? LOIS No! Not at all! Lois stumbles to her feet and waves for Clark to hurry up and get up. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 33. 24 CONTINUED: 2 24 LOIS (loudly) Is he, Clark? CLARK Um, no, not at all. Lois gives a final adjustment to herself and opens the door. LOIS No, we were just discussing... those papers you brought over. JIMMY That's what I wanted to talk to you about. Lois notices a hint of Clark's Superman costume showing (X) between buttons. She gives him the eye and he fixes it. (X) JIMMY There was one thing I noticed: about two years ago, there was a brief string of burglaries, and attempted burglaries, where the guys spoke German. They never caught 'em, though. Weird, huh? CLARK I'd say that qualifies. Thanks, Jimmy. 25 INT. DAILY PLANET - DAY #2 25 Perry steams up to Lois's desk where Lois and Clark are lost in thought. PERRY Clark, Lois. Where's that bomb threat story? LOIS We're working on it, Chief. CLARK Lisa Rockford tried to kill Lois and me last night, we think they're related. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 34. 25 CONTINUED: 25 PERRY (sarcastic) No. Really? What'd she try to do, beat you to death with her eyelashes? (beat) You're serious? LOIS Rocket propelled grenade through the window. Fortunately, Superman was there, we were talking to him about the bomb threat. PERRY Lisa Rockford?! That's incredible; I mean, it's unbelievable. This is huge! What else have you got?! CLARK We traced the serial numbers from the launcher to the National Intelligence Agency, but -- PERRY Lisa Rockford's a spy for the NIA? Who's next, Madonna? No, no, the whole thing stinks. The NIA would never leave serial numbers on anything. Sounds like somebody's trying to frame 'em to me. Now if I had half a brain, I'd check overseas; terrorist groups, that kind of thing, see if there's any connection to her. LOIS Thanks, Perry. Perry nods and starts away. Stops, turns. PERRY Say, I know I've been kind of short-tempered and irritable lately. I've been quick to judge and quick to condemn. Sometimes I've even been downright mean, and I just want to say... you can expect a lot more of it. Perry almost makes it to his office door, but then he's intercepted by Skip. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Yellow Rev. 10/12/95 34. 25 CONTINUED: 25 PERRY (sarcastic) No. Really? What'd she try to do, beat you to death with her eyelashes? (beat) You're serious? Lisa Rockford? This is huge! (X) LOIS Rocket propelled grenade through the window. CLARK We traced the serial numbers from the launcher to the National Intelligence Agency, but -- PERRY That's unbelievable! Lisa Rockford's a spy for the NIA? Who's next, Madonna? No, no, the whole thing stinks. The NIA would never leave serial numbers on anything. Sounds like somebody's trying to frame 'em to me. (X) LOIS Thanks, Perry. Perry nods and starts away. Stops, turns. PERRY Say, I know I've been kind of short-tempered and irritable lately. I've been quick to judge and quick to condemn. Sometimes I've even been downright mean, and I just want to say... you can expect a lot more of it. Perry almost makes it to his office door, but then he's intercepted by Skip. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 35. 25 CONTINUED: 2 25 SKIP Um, Mr. White, I wonder if I might talk to you about -- PERRY Not now, Skip, I'm on a rampage. Lois, who's been watching Perry, turns back to Clark. LOIS Supermodel or terrorist? Supermodel or terrorist? How do you wake up in the morning and decide to be that? CLARK Good question. Let's start with her background, see if anything turns up. He glances around and does a little SUPERSPEED hacking. Suddenly he stops. CLARK Interesting. There's a birth certificate on record at Mercy hospital in Metropolis, but _no_ record of her parents checking in or out. LOIS You thinking what I'm thinking? CLARK Maybe her birth certificate is a plant. LOIS Let's see what we can do with her fingerprints. 26 INT. BUNKER - DAY 26 Hank sits pensively behind his desk, his face a canvas of (X) mixed emotions, watching an old Superman clip on the monitors. Superman is at some event, saying the Pledge of Allegiance. Steve paces nearby. (X) STEVE (X) She knew what she was doing! HANK (X) We have to postpone. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Pink Rev. 10/10/95 35. 25 CONTINUED: 2 25 SKIP Um, Mr. White, I wonder if I might talk to you about -- PERRY Not now, Skip, I'm on a rampage. Lois, who's been watching Perry, turns back to Clark. LOIS Supermodel or terrorist? Supermodel or terrorist? How do you wake up in the morning and decide to be that? CLARK Good question. Let's start with her background, see if anything turns up. He glances around and does a little SUPERSPEED hacking. Suddenly he stops. CLARK Interesting. There's a birth certificate on record at Mercy hospital in Metropolis, but _no_ record of her parents checking in or out. (X) LOIS Maybe her birth certificate is a (X) plant. CLARK Let's see what we can do with her (X) fingerprints. 26 INT. BUNKER - DAY 26 Hank sits pensively behind his desk, his face a canvas of mixed emotions, thoughtfully toying with his guitar. (X) Steve paces nearby. STEVE She knew what she was doing! HANK We have to postpone. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 36. 26 CONTINUED: 26 STEVE (X) We are an army waiting to strike! An army doesn't stop because one (X) soldier dies! HANK She wasn't just a soldier, she was (X) one of _us_! We have been weakened; we must be strong again before we can strike. STEVE (X) The truth is, you don't want to strike! That'd be an end to all your adoring, cow-like fans. HANK (X) Stop it. STEVE (X) I mean, how can you like people stupid enough to follow a celebrity?! HANK (X) They're not stupid! STEVE (X) See?! You've turned your back on the Fatherland! (sneering) All you want to do is stay on tour and rake in your millions! It's the American way! HANK (X) (leaping up) The Fatherland is gone! The War is gone! Don't you see?! All we are are the last echoing _death throes_ of an idea buried fifty years ago! STEVE (X) No! We can still win! The idea lives! Steve pulls his gun and shoots... (X) HANK (X) No! HANK... (X) who's face goes wide in surprise. Then he collapses. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Yellow Rev. 10/12/95 36. 26 CONTINUED: 26 STEVE We are an army waiting to strike! An army doesn't stop because one soldier dies! HANK She wasn't just a soldier, she was one of _us_! We have been weakened; we must be strong again before we can strike. STEVE The truth is, you don't want to strike! That'd be an end to all your adoring, cow-like fans. HANK Stop it. (X) STEVE See?! You've turned your back on the Fatherland! (sneering) All you want to do is stay on tour and rake in your millions! It's the American way! HANK (leaping up) The Fatherland is gone! The War is gone! Don't you see?! All we are are the last echoing _death throes_ of an idea buried fifty years ago! STEVE No! We can still win! The idea lives! Steve pulls his gun and shoots... HANK No! HANK... who's face goes wide in surprise. Then he collapses. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 37. 26 CONTINUED: 2 26 STEVE (X) And I say 'yes'. Ned, Voss and Karen run in, alarmed. STEVE (CONT'D) (X) Remove this traitor. Stunned, they nevertheless bend to obey. Steve turns to (X) the console in front of the monitors and punches several buttons. The six screens light up again, with the same six people as in Act One. SEN. BLACK Where is Western Reich Fuhrer Von Hagen? STEVE (X) (hard) He has been executed for treason. TV ANCHORMAN Treason? SEN. BLACK On whose authority? STEVE (X) Mine. He wanted to dismantle the organization. Any further questions? Sen. Black absorbs this. The TV Anchorman is too shocked to ask further questions. After a beat, Sen. Black speaks. SEN. BLACK No. If necessary, all dissenters (X) should be dealt with that way. STEVE (CONT'D) (X) Good. The time has come then. (X) (to TV Anchorman) Do your story in exactly thirty (X) minutes. (salutes) To the New Reich. BLACK & TV ANCHORMAN To the New Reich! --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Pink Rev. 10/10/95 37. 26 CONTINUED: 2 26 STEVE And I say 'yes'. Voss and TWO NAZIS run in, alarmed. (X) STEVE (CONT'D) Remove this traitor. Stunned, they nevertheless bend to obey. Steve turns to the console in front of the monitors and punches several buttons. The four screens light up again, with the same (X) people as in Act One. SEN. BLACK Where is Western Reich Fuhrer Von Hagen? STEVE (hard) He has been executed for treason. TV ANCHORMAN Treason? SEN. BLACK On whose authority? STEVE Mine. He wanted to dismantle the organization. Any further questions? Sen. Black absorbs this. The TV Anchorman is too shocked to ask further questions. After a beat, Sen. Black speaks. SEN. BLACK No. If necessary, all dissenters should be dealt with that way. STEVE (CONT'D) Good. The time has come then. (to TV Anchorman) Do your story in exactly thirty minutes. (salutes) To the New Reich. BLACK & TV ANCHORMAN To the New Reich! --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 38. 27 INT. DAILY PLANET - DAY 27 Lois's face lights up as the computer BEEPS as it makes a match with Lisa's fingerprint, which fills the left side of the screen. LOIS Got her! The data starts to fill the screen... except it's all in Russian. LOIS (CONT'D) But it's all in Russian. CLARK Here, let me see. LOIS (sotto) Are there any languages you don't know? CLARK (grin) Well, sometimes I have trouble understanding you. Lois makes a face back. Clark turns to the screen. CLARK (CONT'D) This is some kind of declassified Russian military document. Let's see, her name is Liesl Scholtzklink. Born in Hamburg, Germany, October seventeenth, nineteen-twenty-one. LOIS What? She looks great for being seventy-four years old. CLARK I know it seems impossible, but that's what it says. (increasing puzzlement) Member of the Nazi party. And was part of Operation Gotterdammerung. He scrolls down some more. CLARK (CONT'D) Which was a... secret Nazi experiment... in suspended animation. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 39. 27 CONTINUED: 27 LOIS I'd say it worked. Perry torpedoes out of his office, with Jimmy in his wake. He points towards the TV monitors. PERRY Turn that thing up! Someone cranks up the volume on the monitor that shows a "Special Bulletin" billboard. PERRY (CONT'D) Lois, Clark, get ready to roll. The "Special Bulletin" is replaced by the face of the TV Anchorman. TV ANCHORMAN This word just in, five mining engineers are believed to be trapped at the bottom of an abandoned coal mine at the Metropolitan United Coal fields. Located in Westminster County five miles from downtown Metropolis, the engineers entered mine shaft number Seventy-Three about eight-thirty this morning to conduct a feasibility study on reopening the mine. Once known for its high quality -- 28 ANGLE ON PERRY, LOIS, CLARK AND JIMMY 28 Clark starts to edge away so he can change. CLARK I just remembered I left, uh... LOIS ... the name of that friend of yours, the mining engineer... CLARK ... uh, right, in Lois's car. I'll be right back. Clark dashes away. Perry turns to Lois. PERRY Now that's what I like to see around here, some _pep_! (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Pink Rev. 10/10/95 39. 27 CONTINUED: 27 LOIS (beat) I'd say it worked. How many people'd they do this to? (X) Perry torpedoes out of his office, with Jimmy in his wake. He points towards the TV monitors. PERRY Turn that thing up! Someone cranks up the volume on the monitor that shows a "Special Bulletin" billboard. PERRY (CONT'D) Lois, Clark, get ready to roll. The "Special Report" is replaced by the face of the TV (X) Anchorman. TV ANCHORMAN This word just in, five mining engineers are believed to be trapped at the bottom of an abandoned coal mine at the Metropolitan United Coal fields. Located in Westminster County five miles from downtown Metropolis, the engineers entered mine shaft number Seventy-Three about eight-thirty this morning to conduct a feasibility study on reopening the mine. Once known for its high quality -- 28 ANGLE ON PERRY, LOIS, CLARK AND JIMMY 28 Clark starts to edge away so he can change. CLARK I just remembered I left, uh... LOIS ... the name of that friend of yours, the mining engineer... CLARK ... uh, right, in Lois's car. I'll be right back. Clark dashes away. Perry turns to Lois. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Pink Rev. 10/10/95 39A. 28 CONTINUED: 28 PERRY Now that's what I like to see around here, some _pep_! (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 40. 28 CONTINUED: 28 He glares at Jimmy. JIMMY Pep's my middle name. Jimmy manages a weak smile. 29 EXT. SKY - DAY - (STOCK SHOT) 29 Superman flies through the air. 30 EXT. MINE SHAFT 73 - DAY (STOCK SHOT) 30(X) Superman blurs into frame and into the mine shaft. The (X) area is deserted except for a van marked "Metropolitan United Coal". 31 INT. MINE CHAMBER - DAY 31 (HOPEFULLY A REDRESS OF PART OF THE BUNKER SET) Superman blurs to a stop in front of a slope of fallen rock. SUPERMAN Hello?!!! Can anybody hear me? He waits a second and then starts to SUPERSPEED away the pile of rocks. Suddenly he stops. He's uncovered something metallic... it's an atomic bomb. SUPERMAN (CONT'D) What the -- BOOOOM! The bomb goes off and completely whites out the screen. 32 INT. DAILY PLANET - DAY 32 Lois, Perry and Jimmy all react, as does everyone else, to the slight vibration that passes through the building. JIMMY Did I feel what I just think I felt? LOIS It felt like an earthquake. PERRY There hasn't been an earthquake in Metropolis in forty years. Lois -- (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Pink Rev. 10/10/95 40. 28 CONTINUED: 2 28 He glares at Jimmy. JIMMY Pep's my middle name. Jimmy manages a weak smile. 29 EXT. SKY - DAY - (STOCK SHOT FROM ANY PREVIOUS EPISODE) 29(X) Superman flies through blue sky. (X) 30 EXT. MINE SHAFT 73 - DAY (STOCK SHOT) 30 Superman blurs into frame and into the mine shaft. The area is deserted except for a van marked "Metropolitan United Coal". 31 INT. MINE CHAMBER - DAY 31 (HOPEFULLY A REDRESS OF PART OF THE BUNKER SET) Superman blurs to a stop in front of a slope of fallen rock. SUPERMAN Hello?!!! Can anybody hear me? He waits a second and then starts to SUPERSPEED away the pile of rocks. Suddenly he stops. He's uncovered something metallic... it's an atomic bomb. SUPERMAN (CONT'D) What the -- BOOOOM! The bomb goes off and completely whites out the screen. 32 INT. DAILY PLANET - DAY 32 Lois, Perry and Jimmy all react, as does everyone else, to the slight vibration that passes through the building. JIMMY Did I feel what I just think I felt? LOIS It felt like an earthquake. PERRY There hasn't been an earthquake in Metropolis in forty years. Lois -- (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 41. 32 CONTINUED: 32 JIMMY Hey, look. He points towards the monitors. There's a moment of static on every channel and then suddenly all the screens display the same image: a large American flag completely filling the screen. LOIS That's amazing. It's on every (X) channel. PERRY Jimmy, get me any one of those stations, pronto! Jimmy darts away. Suddenly, a figure rises from the bottom of the frame, bobbing higher and higher, much like George C. Scott did in front of the American Flag in Patton. It's Steve in casual denim shirt and khakis. His smile is (X) friendly, warm, personable. He's flanked by six or eight adorable kids between six and twelve. LOIS That's Steve Law. (X) STEVE (X) (on TV) Hi, howya doin'? For those of you who don't know me, I'm Steve Law, quarterback for the Metropolis Tigers. (chuckles) Now, this is _not_ a plug for football; I'm here to talk about something much more important: the future of our country. JIMMY Chief, they don't know where it's coming from, but they can't stop it! PERRY Okay! Shhh! Shhh! Shhh! STEVE (X) (on TV) You know, I love this country. But like you, in the past couple of years I've become increasingly worried. Everything seems to be gettin' worse. (MORE) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 42. 32 CONTINUED: 2 32 STEVE (CONT'D) (X) The crime rate is growing, and so are taxes... but for every dollar we pay, we seem to get less and less from our government. The homeless, our school systems... He lovingly tousles the hair of a couple of kids. STEVE (CONT'D) (X) (on TV) ... why just about anything you name, has suffered growing neglect. But like my good friend Hank West says in one of his songs, "We can work it out and last forever." It won't be easy, it'll take a lot of hard work and sacrifice, but together we can make it happen. That's why I invite you to join me, and the National Society for a Better America. Behind Steve, a huge Nazi flag dissolves through and (X) replaces the image of the American flag. It's a Nazi eagle, clasping a swastika, with the letters NSBA just along the curve of the circle around the swastika. LOIS Is this some kind of sick joke? STEVE (on TV) (X) Sure, I know you're saying, is this some kind of joke? I assure you it's not. I'm only one of millions across this country who have already dedicated their lives to the NSBA. Now you know I mentioned sacrifice, and right now is when the hard work begins: we're asking the government to turn over its authority to the NSBA. If it doesn't, well, it's like when you're in school, sometimes you have to be taught a lesson. Nuclear warheads have been hidden in Metropolis, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles and will be detonated in twelve hours, which is 9 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, should the President and Congress fail to comply. (MORE) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 43. 32 CONTINUED: 3 32 STEVE (CONT'D) (X) All major corporations will also be expected to turn over their authority to authorized NSBA representatives. The choice is yours. (smiles broadly) Remember, together we can work it out and last forever. He hugs and kisses some kids. LOIS He's a Nazi! JIMMY Man, Superman is going to kick some Nazi butt from here to Pluto! (X) STEVE (on TV) And for those of you wondering about Superman, I'm afraid he's been eliminated. LOIS No! STEVE (X) (Nazi salute) Here's to the National Society. The screen instantly changes to a full shot of the swastika. Wagnerian-style martial music fills the air. Everyone looks at each other, dumbstruck. LOIS Oh, my God. FADE OUT. _END OF ACT THREE_ --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 44. _ACT FOUR_ FADE IN: 33 INT. DAILY PLANET - DAY - LATER 33 Lois is near tears as she urgently speaks into her phone. LOIS Clark, it's _me_. Call me as soon as you get this message. She hangs up. Jimmy flies by a few desks away. LOIS (CONT'D) Jimmy, has Clark called yet?! JIMMY I've beeped him a million times, but he hasn't called back. Lois is now almost completely freaked. She grabs her purse and starts to bolt, but is stopped by a shout from Perry. PERRY Lois! Where're you going?! LOIS I've gotta go check on Superman! PERRY Lois, don't go out there! I just spoke to my buddy Jim Mooney in the White House. The President's meeting with his advisers right now. He's planning to make an announcement five minutes before the 9 PM deadline. It doesn't look good. People are already fleeing Metropolis. LOIS I have to go! JIMMY Lois, S.T.A.R. Labs on line three. Said it's urgent. Lois stops, runs back and grabs the phone. LOIS Lois Lane here. (listens) Uh-huh, uh-huh I'll be right over. She rushes out. Perry and Jimmy charge after her. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Yellow Rev. 10/12/95 44. _ACT FOUR_ FADE IN: 33 INT. DAILY PLANET - DAY - LATER 33 Lois is near tears as she urgently speaks into her phone. LOIS Clark, it's _me_. Call me as soon as you get this message. She hangs up. Lois is now almost completely freaked. She (X) grabs her purse and starts to bolt, but is stopped by a shout from Perry. PERRY Lois! Where're you going?! LOIS I've gotta go check on Superman! PERRY Lois, don't go out there! I just spoke to my buddy Jim Mooney in the White House. The President's meeting with his advisers right now. He's planning to make an announcement five minutes before the 9 PM deadline. It doesn't look good. People are already fleeing Metropolis. LOIS I have to go! JIMMY Lois, S.T.A.R. Labs on line three. Said it's urgent. Lois stops, runs back and grabs the phone. LOIS Lois Lane here. (listens) Uh-huh, uh-huh I'll be right over. She rushes out. Perry and Jimmy charge after her. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 45. 33 CONTINUED: 33 PERRY Lois! LOIS Tell the President to stall! PERRY What?! LOIS Tell him to say whatever he has to, just don't give up! The elevator doors close. Perry whirls on Jimmy. PERRY Where the hell is Clark?! 34 INT. STAR LABS - DAY 34 Lois rushes into the lab past Dr. Klein and up to the solid lead radiation isolation chamber, which looks like a dull, grey cube. A window of foot-thick leaded glass allows you to see inside... and inside is a pacing Superman. LOIS Superman! SUPERMAN (turns to window) Lois! Superman's voice comes through a small speaker set in the wall of the chamber. LOIS What happened? Why are you in here? SUPERMAN That coal mine disaster was a trick; there was a nuclear bomb down there. They set it off as soon as I arrived. LOIS But... but you're okay, aren't you? SUPERMAN I'm fine, it's just... I'm radioactive. Lois turns to Dr. Klein in confusion. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Yellow Rev. 10/12/95 45. 33 CONTINUED: 33 PERRY Lois! LOIS Tell the President to stall! PERRY What?! LOIS Tell him to say whatever he has to, just don't give up! The elevator doors close. (X) 34 INT. STAR LABS - DAY 34 Lois rushes into the lab past Dr. Klein and up to the solid lead radiation isolation chamber, which looks like a dull, grey cube. A window of foot-thick leaded glass allows you to see inside... and inside is a pacing Superman. LOIS Superman! SUPERMAN (turns to window) Lois! Superman's voice comes through a small speaker set in the wall of the chamber. LOIS What happened? Why are you in here? SUPERMAN That coal mine disaster was a trick; there was a nuclear bomb down there. They set it off as soon as I arrived. LOIS But... but you're okay, aren't you? SUPERMAN I'm fine, it's just... I'm radioactive. Lois turns to Dr. Klein in confusion. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 46. 34 CONTINUED: 34 DR. KLEIN Superman has been exposed to a particularly 'dirty' bomb. Tiny radioactive particles are lodged in the microscopic crevices of his skin and inside him. And... there's no way to get them out. SUPERMAN Without this shielding, anyone who got near me would be killed instantly. LOIS How long will you stay that way? Superman looks at Dr. Klein; neither wants to say. Finally... SUPERMAN Dr. Klein, will you go get me those estimates you're running? DR. KLEIN (understanding nod) Yes, of course. He departs, leaving Lois and Superman alone. He walks past a TV; on the TV is the Nazi swastika. LOIS _How_ _long_? SUPERMAN (beat) Thirty thousand years. LOIS Clark! Tears spring to Lois's eyes; she presses close to the glass. LOIS (CONT'D) This can't be happening to us! SUPERMAN Don't worry, Lois, we'll get through this, just like every other problem we've gotten through. Superman tries to lighten the mood. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Pink Rev. 10/10/95 46. 34 CONTINUED: 34 DR. KLEIN Superman has been exposed to a particularly 'dirty' bomb. Tiny radioactive particles are lodged in the microscopic crevices of his skin and inside him. And... there's no way to get them out. SUPERMAN Without this shielding, anyone who got near me would be killed instantly. LOIS How long will you stay that way? Superman looks at Dr. Klein; neither wants to say. Finally... SUPERMAN Dr. Klein, will you go get me those estimates you're running? DR. KLEIN (understanding nod) Yes, of course. He departs, leaving Lois and Superman alone. LOIS _How_ _long_? SUPERMAN (beat) Thirty thousand years. LOIS Clark! Tears spring to Lois's eyes; she presses close to the glass. LOIS (CONT'D) This can't be happening to us! SUPERMAN Don't worry, Lois, we'll get through this, just like every other problem we've gotten through. Superman tries to lighten the mood. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 47. 34 CONTINUED: 2 34 SUPERMAN (CONT'D) Just think of it as another one of those annoying wedding details we have to figure out. LOIS It's not funny! SUPERMAN (dead serious) Lois, nothing will stop me from marrying you. I will move heaven and earth if I have to. I love you. LOIS And I love you. They press themselves as close to the glass as they can. A moment later, Dr. Klein returns and Lois springs back from the glass and surreptitiously wipes her tears away. DR. KLEIN Yes. Well. It seems, um LOIS That's okay, Superman's already told me. DR. KLEIN (relieved; but sorry) We're doing everything possible. LOIS I know. SUPERMAN Lois, the NSBA. We've got to find out where their base is before this becomes the Fourth Reich. LOIS This is a _nightmare_. SUPERMAN (determined) And remember, I'm going to get out of this. Lois gives a brave smile and leaves. 35 INT. DAILY PLANET - DAY 35 Lois impatiently urges her computer on. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Yellow Rev. 10/12/95 47. 34 CONTINUED: 2 34 SUPERMAN (CONT'D) Just think of it as another one of those annoying wedding details we have to figure out. LOIS It's not funny! SUPERMAN (dead serious) Lois, nothing will stop me from marrying you. I will move heaven and earth if have to. I _love_ you. LOIS And I love you. They press themselves as close to the glass as they can. After a beat, Superman speaks. (X) SUPERMAN Lois, the NSBA. We've got to find out where their base is before this becomes the Fourth Reich. LOIS This is a _nightmare_. SUPERMAN (determined) And remember, I'm going to get out of this. Lois gives a brave smile. (X) 35 INT. DAILY PLANET - DAY 35 Lois impatiently urges her computer on. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 48. 35 CONTINUED: 35 LOIS Come on, come on. Jimmy approaches and looks at the screen. JIMMY What're you doing? LOIS Cross referencing the location of all known coal mines in the greater Metropolis area with anything we know or suspect about the NSBA. JIMMY Why coal mines? That was just a one shot deal to get rid of Superman, wasn't it? LOIS Superman also found some coal dust in the basement of the Metropolitan Trade Tower. Two instances of coal are too much to be a coincidence. The computer beeps, there's a match. Lois looks at the screen: a glowing square marks where a coal mine and an address overlap. The address reads out in the upper right corner: 1430 Shepperton Street. LOIS (CONT'D) Fourteen thirty Shepperton Street. The computer identifies the address. Jimmy reads it. JIMMY Speedy Ambulance Service. LOIS (reading screen) It's right over the entrance to mine number twenty-six, Greater Amalgamated Mines, closed in nineteen twenty three. Lois bolts for the elevators. LOIS (CONT'D) Tell Perry I'm -- Perry comes out of a back room, intercepting Lois on her way. PERRY What?! Where're you going now? (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Pink Rev. 10/10/95 48. 35 CONTINUED: 35 LOIS Come on, come on. Jimmy approaches and looks at the screen. JIMMY What're you doing? LOIS Cross referencing the location of all known coal mines in the greater Metropolis area with anything we know or suspect about the NSBA. JIMMY Why coal mines? That was just a one shot deal to get rid of Superman, wasn't it? LOIS Superman also found some coal dust in the basement of the Metropolitan Trade Tower. Two instances of coal are too much to be a coincidence. The computer beeps, there's a match. Lois looks at the screen: a column of data about the NSBA is on the left; a (X) column of coal mine locations and addresses on the right. A glowing bar highlights two addresses that match: ON THE (X) LEFT: 1430 Shepperton Street; Speedy Ambulance Service. ON (X) THE RIGHT: 1430 Shepperton Street; former site of mine Number 26, Greater Amalgamated Mines. Closed 1923. (X) LOIS (CONT'D) Fourteen thirty Shepperton Street. (X) JIMMY Speedy Ambulance Service. LOIS (reading screen) They picked up Stockdale! (X) They're right over the entrance to (X) mine number twenty-six, Greater Amalgamated Mines, closed in nineteen twenty three. Lois bolts for the elevators. LOIS (CONT'D) Tell Perry I'm -- Perry comes out of a back room, intercepting Lois. (X) (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Pink Rev. 10/10/95 48A. 35 CONTINUED: 2 35 PERRY What?! Where're you going now? (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 49. 35 CONTINUED: 2 35 LOIS I think I've found where the Nazis are. An elevator door opens and out come six Nazis in full uniform, led by Skip dressed as a Nazi lieutenant. SKIP Going somewhere, Lois? LOIS Skip?! SKIP (smug) Oberleutnant Wallace, if you please. (to Perry) I'm here to inform you that from now on, _you_ will be reporting to _me_. In a split second Perry goes from stunned amazement to rage. He suddenly swings that big right fist of his and decks Skip. Instantly two Nazis grab Perry as the other four pull and point their guns. SKIP (getting up) No! PERRY Go ahead and shoot, you little weasel! SKIP I don't think you appreciate the gravity of the situation, Perry. _We_ are in control, now, and despite your great personal magnetism... (rubs his sore jaw) ... we will struggle on without you, if we have to. Lois suddenly gets an inspiration from something Skip said. LOIS That's it! She gets in the elevator, but stands with her back to (X) everyone. SKIP Lois, get out of the elevator. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 50. 35 CONTINUED: 3 35 LOIS I don't think so. You'll have to shoot me in the back, Skip. SKIP Get her. As the doors start to slide shut, two Nazis start for her, but Jimmy charges into them, knocking them aside just long enough for the doors to shut. JIMMY Lois, run! Jimmy stops struggling only when a gun is jammed into him. SKIP You and you, go get her. Two Nazis head for the stairs. SKIP (CONT'D) (to Perry) Oh, by the way, from now on the paper will be called the Daily Reich. Catchy, huh? Perry's and Jimmy's faces are furious. 36 EXT. DAILY PLANET - DAY 36 Lois runs out of the Planet. Two NAZIS stand on ladders (X) leaning against the globe statue of the Daily Planet. They unfurl a huge NAZI banner that nearly hits Lois as she runs past underneath. She looks up in amazement, but keeps on going. Loud speakers broadcast invitations to join the NSBA from cars decorated with Nazi flags. All around her, Nazis (X) hang banners and flags from light posts or store fronts. People stand in stunned and terrified clumps on the (X) sidewalks. A COP looks around in dismay; he's outnumbered (X) by Nazis with guns. We have a sense that Metropolis is (X) being held hostage. Several cars with Nazi emblems draped on their sides or with staff flags rush by importantly. 36A ANGLE ON STOREKEEPER 36A Who comes out and tears down a Nazi poster on his window.(x) Immediately TWO NAZIS grab him. One roughly shoves the (X) Storekeeper back inside as the other sticks the poster back up. --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 51. 36B LOIS 36B crosses the street to her car and yanks a Nazi flyer off (X) the windshield. As she jumps in her Jeep in this world (X) gone mad, we CUT TO: 37 CLOSEUP - TV SCREEN 37 Steve, in a black Nazi uniform, is speaking again. (X) STEVE (ON TV) (X) (smiling) ... and join me, and millions of your friends and neighbors, in.the National Society for a Better America. There's a new tomorrow with the new Reich. A breathless Lois WIPES FRAME as she enters. 38 INT. STAR LABS - DAY 38 Dr. Klein and Superman turn from watching the TV. SUPERMAN Lois, did you find them? LOIS Maybe. But there're a bunch of goons at the Planet right now and a couple tried to tail me. I think I lost them, but I better be quick. I've got an idea on how to deradiate you. DR. KLEIN Technically, the term is -- LOIS Excuse me, okay? I'm in kind of a rush. DR. KLEIN Sorry. LOIS Anyway, I was thinking, those little pieces of radioactivity that are in you, it's like you've been shot with shotgun pellets. Now if you had a big enough magnet, you could suck them all out of you. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Blue Blue Rev. 10/18/95 51A. 36B LOIS 36B crosses the street to her car and yanks a Nazi flyer off the windshield. As she jumps in her Jeep in this world gone mad, we... CUT TO: 37 CLOSEUP - BOOM BOX 37 Steve's voice issues from the radio on a lab bench. STEVE (V.O.) ... and join me; and millions of your friends and neighbors, in the National Society for a Better America. There's a _new_ tomorrow with the _new_ Reich. A breathless Lois WIPES FRAME as she enters. 38 INT. STAR LABS - DAY 38 Dr. Klein and Superman turn from watching the TV. SUPERMAN Lois, did you find them? LOIS (in a rush) (X) Maybe. But there're a bunch of goons at the Planet right now and a couple tried to tail me. I think I lost them, but I better be quick. I've got an idea on how to deradiate you, thanks to Skip, but (X) that's another story. (X) DR. KLEIN Technically, the term is -- LOIS Excuse me, okay? I'm in kind of a rush. DR. KLEIN Sorry. LOIS Anyway, I was thinking, those little pieces of radioactivity that are in you, it's like you've been shot with shotgun pellets. Now if you had a big enough magnet, you could suck them all out of you. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 52. 38 CONTINUED: 38 DR. KLEIN Shotgun pellets are lead. They're non-magnetic. LOIS Go with me here! Okay, _steel_ shotgun pellets. And gravity's kind of like magnetism, right? SUPERMAN Right. LOIS So what we need is a bigger gravity magnet than the Earth to suck the radioactivity out of you. So we use the Sun. DR. KLEIN Hmmm. SUPERMAN Lois, it'll take me hours to get there and back. DR. KLEIN And once you're within the Sun's gravitational pull, do you think you'll be able to escape? SUPERMAN There's only one way to find out. In the meantime, Lois, don't do anything 'til I get back. Superman presses a large button inside his chamber. 39 ANGLE ON LOIS AND DR. KLEIN 39 A deep rumbling vibrates through them as they look up. A bright square of light cuts and expands across their faces as OFF SCREEN, HUGE CEILING DOORS slide apart. The chamber (X) starts to lift. Then there's a RUSH OF AIR and a whoosh. (X) 40 WIDESHOT 40 The chamber blurs out (budget permitting). Superman has (X) flown off inside it. DR. KLEIN Amazing. Lois heads for the door. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 53. 40 CONTINUED: 40 LOIS Tell him I've gone to check out Speedy Ambulance. I think the New Reich is underneath it. DR. KLEIN But he told you to wait for him. LOIS I know he did. And then she's gone. DR. KLEIN (to himself) Hmph. It's almost like they were married. 41 EXT. SPACE 41 Superman flies up from Earth towards the Sun, free of the isolation chamber. We see the isolation chamber tumbling below him back towards Earth like the jettisoned first stage of a Saturn V rocket. 42 EXT. STREET - SPEEDY AMBULANCE GARAGE 42 Lois skulks towards the garage. 43. INT. BUNKER - DAY 43 Steve, still in uniform, watches various monitors. One (X) shows Lois lurking around the Speedy Ambulance garage. STEVE (X) Lois Lane, in her last investigative exercise. He pushes an intercom button. STEVE (CONT'D) (X) Lois Lane is outside the garage. Bring her to me. 44 ON THE MONITOR 44 We see Lois peeking through the glass front door of the garage. Behind her, a car screeches to a halt. Ned, Voss and Karen jump out, grab her, and hustle her inside the garage. --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 54. 45 EXT. SUN 45 Superman FLIES close to the huge surface of the sun and its towering arms of flame. For a moment he's sucked towards it by the gigantic tides of gravity, then he fights back and pulls himself away. Finally, when he reaches a point of equilibrium, he leans back and opens his arms, his feet hanging straight beneath him, like Christ on the Cross. For a moment, his face shows the increasing strain of holding his position. Then slowly, a few sparkles leave his body. Then a few more. And more. Until finally, a ghostly cloud that looks like a shimmering shadow of Superman emerges from his body and is rapidly sucked into the Sun. Cleansed, Superman permits himself a smile. Then, a look of determination comes to his face and he turns and shoots towards Earth. 46 INT. DAILY PLANET - NIGHT #2 46 Skip and his Nazis still guard Perry and Jimmy. They all watch the clock in the newsroom. It goes from 3 minutes to 2 minutes to 9. Skip gulps. PERRY Looks like your tenure may be a little short. SKIP Shut up! PERRY You know, I only hired you because your mother went to college with Alice. SKIP Shut up _shut up_ _SHUT UP_! JIMMY And you know what else, I spoke to Monica. She thinks you're a dork. SKIP That's a lie! (recovers; angry) I'll make you pay for that. Skip's face tightens in an ominous frown. --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Pink Rev. 10/10/95 54. 45 EXT. SUN 45 Superman FLIES close to the huge surface of the sun and its towering arms of flame. For a moment he's sucked towards it by the gigantic tides of gravity, then he fights back and pulls himself away. Finally, when he reaches a point of equilibrium, he leans back and opens his arms, his feet hanging straight beneath him, like Christ on the Cross. For a moment, his face shows the increasing strain of holding his position. Then slowly, a few sparkles leave his body. Then a few more. And more. Until finally, a ghostly cloud that looks like a shimmering shadow of Superman emerges from his body and is rapidly sucked into the Sun. Cleansed, Superman permits himself a smile. Then, a look of determination comes to his face and he turns and shoots towards Earth. 46 INT. DAILY PLANET - NIGHT #2 46 Skip and his Nazis still guard Perry and Jimmy. They all watch the clock in the newsroom. It goes from 3 minutes to 2 minutes to 9. Skip gulps. PERRY Looks like your tenure may be a little short. SKIP Shut up! PERRY You know, I only hired you because your mother went to college with Alice. SKIP Shut up _shut up_ _SHUT UP_! JIMMY And you know what else, you belong (X) in Classifieds. SKIP I do not! (X) (recovers; angry) I'll make you pay for that. Skip's face tightens in an ominous frown. --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 55. 47 INT. BUNKER - NIGHT 4 7 Lois sits in a chair, watched by Steve. No one moves. (X) They just watch the clock on the wall. It goes from 2 minutes to 9, to 1 minute to 9. Steve slams his fist on (X) the desk. STEVE (X) What is your President waiting for?! (to Voss) Arm the bombs. Voss flips some switches. He steps aside as Steve (X) approaches the firing button. LOIS What about your people above ground? STEVE (X) They will become martyrs to the cause. The second hand sweeps towards 9 o'clock. Steve prepares (X) to push the button. Lois gulps. Then, just before he pushes the button, Superman CRASHES in a BLUR through the (X) wall. Steve instinctively jumps back from the console. (X) Superman HEAT VISIONS the console; sparks fly as it blows (X) up. Steve tries to bolt, but Lois jumps up and kung fu's (X) him and he goes down. Superman glares at Voss and he immediately raises his arms in surrender. VOSS Don't! Superman BLURS and Voss and Steve are tied together with a (X) floor lamp that's been bent around them. LOIS Welcome back. SUPERMAN (determined) Good to be back. Come on. He scoops Lois up in his arms and whooosh! They're gone. 48 EXT. DAILY PLANET - NIGHT 48 Skip and his Nazis run out of the Planet, panicked. SKIP Faster! We've gotta get out of here before -- (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Pink Rev. 10/10/95 55. 47 INT. BUNKER - NIGHT 47 Lois sits in a chair, watched by Steve. No one moves. They just watch the clock on the wall. It goes from 2 minutes to 9, to 1 minute to 9. Steve slams his fist on the desk. STEVE What is your President waiting for?! (to Voss) Arm the bombs. Voss flips some switches. He steps aside as Steve approaches the firing button. LOIS What about your people above ground? STEVE They will become martyrs to the cause. The second hand sweeps towards 9 o'clock. Steve prepares to push the button. Lois gulps. Then, just before he pushes the button, Superman CRASHES in a BLUR through the wall. Steve instinctively jumps back from the console. Superman HEAT VISIONS the console; sparks fly as it blows up. Steve tries to bolt, but Lois jumps up and kung fu's him and he goes down. Superman glares at Voss and he immediately raises his arms in surrender. VOSS Don't! Superman BLURS and Voss and Steve are tied together with a flag from a nearby standing flag pole. (X) LOIS Welcome back. SUPERMAN (determined) Good to be back. Come on. He scoops Lois up in his arms and whoosh! They're gone. 48 EXT. DAILY PLANET - NIGHT 48 Skip and his Nazis run out of the Planet, panicked. SKIP Faster! We've gotta get out of here before -- (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 56. 48 CONTINUED: 48 He's jerked to a stop by a blue arm of steel. SUPERMAN Superman arrives. (grins) Too late. (hard) Say goodbye, _Skip_. Superman lifts him off the ground by his throat. Lois watches as it looks like Superman is going to vaporize him. SKIP No! Twin HEAT BEAMS leap out... and flash past Skip's head and incinerate the bottom of the huge Nazi flag hanging from the globe statue of the Planet. As the FLAMES consume the swastika, Lois and Superman smile. 49 INT. DAILY PLANET - DAY #3 49 Everything is back to normal. A happy Lois and Clark walk with Jimmy towards Perry's office. JIMMY Then, as soon as they heard Superman was back, they bolted. Man, you should've seen Skip. He was out of here so fast he left half his uniform behind. Everyone laughs. LOIS I imagine most of his Nazi buddies will be in custody soon, thanks to Superman and those computer files he got from the Reich's headquarters. CLARK Superman had a little help. Lois smiles and they enter Perry's office in high spirits. 50 INT. PERRY'S OFFICE - DAY 50 Perry stands with his back to them, staring out a window. He's in a somber mood. All three enter, but Perry doesn't turn to face them. After an uncomfortable pause... (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 57. 50 CONTINUED: 50 LOIS Perry? Are you all right? PERRY (Without turning) 'Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.' Thomas Jefferson said that. (turns around) You all are too young to remember World War II. I mean, for you, (X) it's all books and movies, but for (X) me, it's a different story. The (X) _entire_ _world_ was at war. And (X) it was a war about many things. But mainly... (X) (beat) ... it was a war about Evil. (X) Lois starts to speak, but Perry holds up a hand. PERRY (CONT'D) (reflective)-- They say Lucifer was the brightest (X) angel in Heaven. That's why Evil's so seductive. At first it (X) seems beautiful, or logical, or reasonable; but it's not. And make no mistake, Evil _does_ exist. The Nazis were evil. Their _ideas_ were evil. And you know, ideas (X) never go away. They can sort of (X) 'disappear' for awhile, but they can come back in an instant. Anytime. Anywhere. That's why ol' Jefferson was right. The price of liberty _is_ eternal vigilance. Perry finishes and there is a respectful silence. It's broken by a polite KNOCKING on the frame of the open door. Perry looks over as the others turn to see... SEN. BLACK Am I interrupting? PERRY (smiling) No no no. I was just climbing off my soapbox. SEN. BLACK I came by to see if I could entice you into a little lunch. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) White Rev. 10/17/95 57. 50 CONTINUED: 50 LOIS Perry? Are you all right? PERRY (turns from window; (X) musing) (X) I was just thinking. You know, (X) they say Lucifer was the brightest (X) angel in Heaven, that's why Evil's (X) so seductive. (X) CLARK You mean the NSBA? (X) PERRY Yeah. On the outside, they looked (X) good, but on the inside, they were (X) _evil_. JIMMY (grinning) (X) But, now they're gone. We kicked (X) butt. (X) (off everyone's look) (X) I mean... Superman did. (X) PERRY For now. But you know, ideas (X) don't die. We thought we got rid (X) of the Nazis once, but here we are (X) again. That's why I always say, (X) 'Eternal vigilance is the price of (X) liberty.' (X) LOIS (beat) (X) That's a great line. (X) PERRY Thomas Jefferson said it first. I (X) just repeat it. (X) Perry gives a slight smile. There's a polite knocking on (X) the open door. Perry looks over as the others turn to (X) see... SEN. BLACK Am I interrupting? PERRY (smiling) No no no. I was just climbing off my soapbox. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) White Rev. 10/17/95 57A. 50 CONTINUED: 2 50 SEN. BLACK I came to see if I could entice you into a little lunch. (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Rev. 10/5/95 58. 50 CONTINUED: 2 50 PERRY Absolutely! Then I intend to humiliate you on the golf course! SEN. BLACK You can dream. Perry exits with Senator Black. Lois, Clark and Jimmy watch them go. CLARK Thank God for Perry. LOIS (nodding) And men like Senator Black. JIMMY Amen. And as the elevator doors close on Sen. Black's smiling (X) face, we... FADE OUT. _THE END_ --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) FULL Blue Revision 10/17/95 58. 50 CONTINUED: 2 50 PERRY Absolutely! Then I intend to humiliate you on the golf course! SEN. BLACK You can dream. Perry exits with Senator Black. Lois, Clark and Jimmy watch them go. CLARK Thank God for Perry. LOIS (nodding) And men like Senator Black. JIMMY Amen. And as the elevator doors close on Sen. Black's smiling (X) face, we... FADE OUT. _THE END_ --page break-- TO: EVERYONE CONCERNED FROM: CHRIS RUPPENTHAL DATE: October 13, 1995 Per ABC's request, _two_ endings will be shot for the very final moment of Scene 50. The alternate ending is attached. Thank you. --page break-- TO: EVERYONE CONCERNED FROM: CHRIS RUPPENTHAL DATE: October 17, 1995 The following is a revision to the ALTERNATE ENDING previously distributed. Please note that _both_ endings will be shot. Thank you. --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) White Rev. ALTERNATE ENDING 10/17/95 57A. 50 CONTINUED: 50 LOIS Perry? Are you all right? PERRY (turns from window; (X) musing) (X) I was just thinking. You know, (X) they say Lucifer was the brightest (X) angel in Heaven, that's why Evil's (X) so seductive. (X) CLARK You mean the NSBA? (X) PERRY Yeah. On the outside, they looked (X) good, but on the inside, they were (X) _evil_. JIMMY (grinning) (X) But, now they're gone. We kicked (X) butt. (X) (off everyone's look) (X) I mean... Superman did. (X) PERRY For now. But you know, ideas (X) don't die. We thought we got rid (X) of the Nazis once, but here we are (X) again. That's why I always say, (X) 'Eternal vigilance is the price of (X) liberty.' (X) LOIS (beat) (X) That's a great line. (X) PERRY Thomas Jefferson said it first. I (X) just repeat it. (X) Perry smiles briefly, then his face goes serious again. (X) PERRY (CONT'D) They picked up Truman Black a few minutes ago. JIMMY Senator Black?! He's a Nazi?! (CONTINUED) --page break-- "SUPERMANN" (#9) Green Rev. ALTERNATE ENDING 10/17/95 59. 50 CONTINUED: 2 50 PERRY Apparently one of their high (X) mucky-mucks. I've known him since (X) I was Jimmy's age. Now if you'll (X) excuse me, I think I'll take the (X) rest of the day off. (X) They watch him exit, struggling to keep his dignity and (X) hide the deep, deep pain of a friend's betrayal. (X) LOIS (beat) How many more are out there? CLARK I don't know. (X) On Lois, Clark and Jimmy's thoughtful expressions... (X) FADE OUT. _THE END_