1. I just don't know
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I said I have a nice wife.
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who thinks it's impossible
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you like him and I like her
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and we like them.
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- Yes, honey.
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after another for us.
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to hate them.
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11. - Hi.
- Hi.
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wife—
- This is my wife carol.
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really
listen to it
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of a weird song.
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I mean, we like it, but I..
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chardonnay is not ironic.
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on a song called
"Ironic"
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That's ironic.
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normally
have to keep
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in sight at all
times.
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an important call?
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interview with Grant Gendell.
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hear.
I'm sorry.
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on the Eastern seaboard
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an interview with Grant
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the guy in, what, uh, 20—
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a couple of years ago
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when he was hit with his
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that would be a target
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what drove him into
hiding
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47. Anyway, blah, blah,
blah.
Let's talk dessert.
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49. My thought exactly.
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possible
friendship, stage one.
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- Stage two in one minute.
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tonight went alright?
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57. It went fine.
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58. Well, as usual, your sources
were right on the money.
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59. Gendell did pick Lois Lane
to spill his guts to.
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60. When have I ever let you down?
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Fire at high-rise, 15-86..
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as a Sunday for
you.
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- Be careful.
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gonna have to kill
Lois.
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friends with us is easy.
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out of me as I get older.
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Grant Gendell.
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forgotten
how much fun it was
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town
with us the other night.
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uh, something, chief.
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to have met Candy.
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some
brainless knockout.
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of a whipped dairy product.
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- Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
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for a professional
bowler
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a lot going for her.
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hit it off like sisters.
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- Yeah!
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- Yeah, yeah.
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wait to do it
again.
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doing this weekend?
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have to check with, uh..
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108. - Oh, oh, okay.
- Okay.
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109. (Jimmy)
So then Aurora pulls me
into this maintenance duct
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111. And we're walking
through
this broken glass and
rats.
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112. And just when I think I'm
about
to meet the mole people.
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there
in the subway tunnels!
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116. What beautiful music
they make, you know?
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I love your haircut.
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118. Oh, oh, thanks.
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on wanted posters all over
town.
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for a new look.
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to get my hair cut.
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122. - Like this?
- No.
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to go with us tonight?
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126. Oh, oh, well.
Well, that would be..
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127. I would have to,
uh,
'cause that's..
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128. Uh, oh, I have to get
this.
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130. What about you, C.K.?
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131. Oh, you know what,
I-I have to check with,
uh..
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a cup of coffee
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136. Lois, I hope you don't mind
my calling you at work.
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is impeccable.
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too much of an imposition'
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swatches from that drapery
place
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and I'm not having much luck
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chocolate eclair?
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145. Are you kidding?
I love chocolate eclairs.
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146. Well, isn't that amazing?
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148. Sure, I-I think the guys
are playing basketball then.
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149. Great.
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150. Well, I'll see you then.
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151. Whoo, choices, choices.
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us to a monster truck rally.
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us to go sewer hopping.
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to hurt anybody's feelings.
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- So..
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unfortunately already have
plans
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- No.
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161. But we will
as soon as I make
'em.
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in cautious stage one.
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163. We are, but if it means a
real,
adult, normal night out
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164. I say we move
quickly into stage
two.
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you've been following.
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167. Yeah, I just got a report
of another one on Kelton
Drive.
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- Okay.
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the body, please.
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- Uh, let him through, guys.
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in healthy individuals.
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around the heart.'
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on to something big here?
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178. I was thinking it might
be some kind of, uh, new
virus.
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you is off the record for
now.
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181. Normally, we could
handle
this ourselves, but, uh
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standing next to
me?
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184. That's because there
isn't anybody.
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185. They fired my partner.
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186. 'They fired
everybody's partner.'
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with all the cool stuff in
it.
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A real one.
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189. Hey, I'm real sorry
about that, Pete.
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191. Anyway, there's been a
series
of deaths in town
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work
of an assassin
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apparent
heart attack.
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sort of jumpsuit'
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a female accomplice.
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before the kill.
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mission's not for money.
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and create a base then you—
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of all new residents
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and my cool car..
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up something you let me
know.
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to keep an eye peeled.
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'Miss Lane, I'm afraid
you won't be hearing'
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lawyer today'
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uh, trying to write something
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halfway human to the world?
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222. That depends. Are you?
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about you, Miss Lane.
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People trust you.
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me, the people will buy it.
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write puff pieces.
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questions
that you might not like.
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228. Well, it's not the questions
that I'm afraid of, Miss
Lane.
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trust
the person asking them.
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out thoroughly'
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don't
like, you'll never see me.
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talked
to Grant Gendell?
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Kleenex boxes for shoes
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237. I don't know.
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things you have
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sort of charming about him.
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240. I think he wants to come out
of hiding for a specific
reason.
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241. Oh, see, now, this is an exact
copy of the one we almost chose
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you're worried about,
Carol.
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feel at home when you're..
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you have a husband
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to save the world.
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literally
saving the world.
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a professional life too.
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254. - But Bob's work is so, so..
- All-consuming?
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but this is an emergency."
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- Superdoctor.
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259. - Oh.
- Uh.
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260. Where'd you learn
those moves, huh?
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263. Let's just say... ambitious.
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266. I wouldn't have
it any other way.
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I was telling you about
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marks around his heart?
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seems to know
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kind of clotting.
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277. Whoo!
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278. - Murder?
- Yeah.
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279. See, the death fits the
pattern
of a number of other
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be killing all these people?
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How was your game with Bob?
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Carol
have a good time?
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we may be super-speeding
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friendship stages
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really paid off.
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uh, ever.
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was helping me.'
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298. Did you slip her the phone
with the bug in it?
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299. I thought it was gonna
be harder to distract her
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she's quite a talker, in
fact..
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really interesting.
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302. - Yeah?
- About how hard it is.
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in our careers
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and Bob are, and..
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dollars sound?"
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309. You're kidding. Lois said that?
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"Oh, my God, they know."
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311. They know our whole plan!
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312. You know, Clark kept talking
about the murders.
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313. But we knew he was writing
about
that before we targeted them.
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314. No. The panic passed,
and I realized this is
normal.
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good friends
should.
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was gonna work out.
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to happen, isn't
it?
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gonna stop
running
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down
and have a normal
life.
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kill
Grant Gendell.
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all his money.
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but a desert island is better.
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who became a bodyguard.
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329. What do they all have in common?
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want them dead?
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you and Lois do
this.
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look at the pattern,
alright?
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men.
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background these guys
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341. Does your father
still work for the NIA?
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342. Yeah.
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get online with him
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344. and then see what he can
tell us about Deathstroke.
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345. Hunt Deathstroke?
Hah, now you're
talkin'.
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- 'Denzler here.'
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348. - 'We've spoken before.'
- Mr. Denzler!
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351. Completely against
my better judgment.
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to meet with you.
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- Yes, I am.
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the ground rules.
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you will ask no questions.
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with where you are going.
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or recording devices.
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about him or this meeting.
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the rear door yourself'
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that you've been accompanied'
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leave without you.'
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373. Now?
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374. You get the speaker.
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375. Well, these guys bring new
meaning to the word
paranoid.
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377. Good luck.
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378. Yes, Sandy, I'm now
on to couple number nine.
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380. 'We're on the move.'
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Mr. Denzler here?
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that Grant Gendell
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386. Oh, no, no, no, no.
Can't trust drivers.
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let almost anyone have
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their personal relationships.
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'I'm sorry about this, Ms.
Lane'
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to be paranoid.'
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393. Oh, I understand.
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have actually met Mr. Gendell.
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it would stay that way.
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security questions to ask
you.
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398. (Grant)
'Um, have you visited a
foreign
country in the last 7 months?'
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'Does New Jersey count?'
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or is that a death
rattle?
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charmed by her.
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or talked to him
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407. but the, uh, list of
people
they think he killed
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410. Yeah, my dad says
nailing him has
been
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412. but nobody
can agree where he
is.
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413. London, Hong Kong, China,
LA, here in Metropolis
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415. Yeah, I know. I heard.
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of plastique, AK-47s
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explosives, weapons, or
poisons?
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or have you ever been
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with any employee
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428. 'past or present?'
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429. Not until today.
Copy !req
430. Uh-huh!
Copy !req
431. She means you, you idiot!
Copy !req
432. Oh. Of course.
Copy !req
433. Your kind words
on my behalf, Ms. Lane
Copy !req
434. have not gone unnoticed.
Copy !req
435. 'You flew into battle
even though we'd never met.'
Copy !req
436. 'That took guts.
That's a trait I also
admire.'
Copy !req
437. I think we're being followed.
Copy !req
438. - NIA again?
- We'll see.
Copy !req
439. (Grant)
'And I'm supposed
to be a half-insane'
Copy !req
440. 'potentially dangerous hermit.'
Copy !req
441. 'And, uh, I suppose what
I'm trying to say, Ms. Lane'
Copy !req
442. 'is, uh, I like you.'
Copy !req
443. (Lois)
'Thanks, I think.'
Copy !req
444. Where do these guys cross?
Copy !req
445. Three of them have
the same hat size.
Copy !req
446. All four have been paid
Copy !req
447. by a company called
"Denzler Limited."
Copy !req
448. Denzler. That sounds so..
Copy !req
449. Gendell's lawyer.
Copy !req
450. All four of these men
worked for Gendell's lawyer.
Copy !req
451. When did Lois
say she was coming back?
Copy !req
452. She didn't.
Copy !req
453. C.K., where you going?
Copy !req
454. (Grant)
'And I'm beginning
to realize that, uh'
Copy !req
455. a person like me
has a place in history
Copy !req
456. whether he likes it or not
Copy !req
457. and I'd just as soon
have that history be correct.
Copy !req
458. Thanks.
Copy !req
459. Good afternoon, Ms. Lane.
Copy !req
460. Well.
Copy !req
461. I could've done without
the sarcasm of your answers.
Copy !req
462. But it appears
Mr. Gendell trusts you.
Copy !req
463. As much as he trusts anyone.
Copy !req
464. So do I get the interview?
Copy !req
465. Meet me again in front
of the Planet Building.
Copy !req
466. Tomorrow at noon.
Copy !req
467. Tomorrow at noon.
Copy !req
468. - We're almost there.
- Not quite.
Copy !req
469. He's NIA, alright,
and he's made us.
Copy !req
470. (Bob)
'Just like Berlin.'
Copy !req
471. When are these people
gonna leave us alone?
Copy !req
472. Careful.
Copy !req
473. When you're emotional,
you get a power surge.
Copy !req
474. Bob.
Copy !req
475. Soon we'll disappear
into whole new lives.
Copy !req
476. Until then, we've got
to take care of him.
Copy !req
477. Now, pull into that alley
up there, and he'll follow us.
Copy !req
478. Hey.
Copy !req
479. Guess who just nabbed
the interview of the century?
Copy !req
480. Are you alright?
Copy !req
481. Well, yeah.
Copy !req
482. Were you out looking for me?
Copy !req
483. - Well—
- Superman doesn't lie.
Copy !req
484. Okay, yes,
but only because of those
deaths
Copy !req
485. that I've been
following, you
know
Copy !req
486. the red marks around the heart?
Copy !req
487. - The Deathgrip?
- Deathstroke, yes.
Copy !req
488. All four victims
worked for
Denzler.
Copy !req
489. - Denzler Limited?
- Yes.
Copy !req
490. It's a shell company.
Copy !req
491. Gendell uses it when
he doesn't want records
Copy !req
492. that would indicate anyone
ever worked for him directly.
Copy !req
493. He only uses it with people
he makes direct contact
Copy !req
494. with bodyguards—
Copy !req
495. Doctors, contractors.
Copy !req
496. And that's exactly who
Deathstroke's been
killing.
Copy !req
497. I wonder why?
Copy !req
498. Down the street.
Someone's in
trouble.
Copy !req
499. - Deathstroke!
- Superman.
Copy !req
500. You know me?
Copy !req
501. Agent Rawlins
is a friend of mine.
Copy !req
502. He'd better be alive.
Copy !req
503. Or what?
Copy !req
504. That's enough.
Copy !req
505. I'm not letting go.
Copy !req
506. Neither am I!
Copy !req
507. Oh, my God.
Copy !req
508. What did he do to you?
Are you alright?
Copy !req
509. I will be.
Copy !req
510. God, he's strong!
I couldn't hold on.
Copy !req
511. It's alright, honey.
I'll get you out of
here.
Copy !req
512. - Lois is back there.
- I know.
Copy !req
513. Agent Rawlins.
Copy !req
514. Oh, man.
Copy !req
515. He was a good guy.
Copy !req
516. Lois, I never felt
anything like that.
Copy !req
517. My chest tightened up,
my head was spinning.
Copy !req
518. It must be what having
a heart attack feels
like.
Copy !req
519. You need to see Dr. Klein.
Copy !req
520. When I tried to get close
Copy !req
521. it was like when you
push
two magnets together
Copy !req
522. and they repel.
Copy !req
523. Magnetism?
Copy !req
524. Yeah.
Copy !req
525. Magnetism, of course.
Copy !req
526. Uh, Superman,
can I get a tissue sample?
Copy !req
527. Sure.
Copy !req
528. Are you okay?
Copy !req
529. I'm okay.
Copy !req
530. I feel pretty good.
Copy !req
531. I think next time
I will take him.
Copy !req
532. (Bernard)
Maybe not.
Copy !req
533. The composition
of Superman's blood
Copy !req
534. is obviously different
from that of Agent Rawlins.
Copy !req
535. 'But in both samples
the erythrocytes'
Copy !req
536. are either clinging together
Copy !req
537. or repelling each other.
Copy !req
538. As if the bloodstream
itself was magnetized?
Copy !req
539. Exactly.
Copy !req
540. So Deathstroke is affecting
the iron in the bloodstream
Copy !req
541. and cutting off the flow
of blood to the heart.
Copy !req
542. And since there's less
iron in your bloodstream
Copy !req
543. he couldn't kill you
as easily as the others
Copy !req
544. although he has dangerously
altered your blood chemistry.
Copy !req
545. Meaning?
Copy !req
546. Meaning that if your blood
Copy !req
547. doesn't get a chance
to repair itself
Copy !req
548. I can't promise you
that another bout
Copy !req
549. with Deathstroke
wouldn't kill you.
Copy !req
550. Certainly, anyone
without superpowers
Copy !req
551. doesn't stand a chance.
Copy !req
552. Lois.
Copy !req
553. I want you
to rethink this interview.
Copy !req
554. Look, I know
what you're gonna say.
Copy !req
555. It's gonna be something
very sensible and very—
Copy !req
556. True, which is this.
Copy !req
557. The second that you see
Gendell in person
Copy !req
558. you become a target.
Copy !req
559. And I don't know
if I can stop him.
Copy !req
560. This is the
interview
of a lifetime.
Copy !req
561. And I appreciate that.
Copy !req
562. Which is why I
know
you'll understand
Copy !req
563. when I say I have to do it.
Copy !req
564. Then I guess we're gonna
have to figure out a way
Copy !req
565. to stop Deathstroke
by tomorrow at noon.
Copy !req
566. Dr. Klein, do you have
any scientific records
Copy !req
567. available on magnetics research?
Copy !req
568. S.T.A.R. Labs maintains
a fairly complete archive.
Copy !req
569. Can you run a trace for anyone
Copy !req
570. who might've done
this sort of
research
Copy !req
571. for Gendell Technologies?
Copy !req
572. Agent Rawlins said something
Copy !req
573. about a possible revenge motive.
Copy !req
574. Maybe this is a,
a grudge against
Gendell.
Copy !req
575. I hate Gendell.
Copy !req
576. (Carol)
I know you do, sweetheart.
Copy !req
577. Hold still.
Copy !req
578. I think the hatred has gotten
you through the years.
Copy !req
579. Through the pain,
the rehabilitation.
Copy !req
580. Well, hate has made
my career possible.
Copy !req
581. Of course it has.
Copy !req
582. You're not a killer by nature.
Copy !req
583. But I do take pride
in my work.
Copy !req
584. 'I may not like retirement.'
Copy !req
585. Honey, you can still take
a little job now and then.
Copy !req
586. It's running
all over the world
Copy !req
587. that drives me crazy.
Copy !req
588. Okay. I'm finished.
Copy !req
589. But stay in the polarity circle
Copy !req
590. until we can
get you into a suit.
Copy !req
591. How am I doing?
Copy !req
592. The fight with Superman
definitely drained you
Copy !req
593. but that's because you just
finished a kill.
Copy !req
594. 'I realigned your parallel
and antiparallel currents'
Copy !req
595. so you should be fine.
Copy !req
596. And if I go up
against Superman again
Copy !req
597. uh, assuming I'm fully charged?
Copy !req
598. I don't think
it'll be a problem.
Copy !req
599. Listen, you ever think
about the guy?
Copy !req
600. I mean, he's a lot like me.
Copy !req
601. He's always on a mission
Copy !req
602. wears a special suit.
Copy !req
603. But yours
is so much nicer, Bobby.
Copy !req
604. And like me, he's different
from anyone else.
Copy !req
605. Except he's isolated,
and we have each other.
Copy !req
606. So we're lucky.
Copy !req
607. Come over here.
Copy !req
608. Why?
Copy !req
609. Because I can't come over there.
Copy !req
610. If I step out of this
stupid
circle without my suit
Copy !req
611. the magnetism
will probably go nuts
Copy !req
612. and everything in the room
will stick to me.
Copy !req
613. It's not magnetism
that makes me stick to you.
Copy !req
614. You know, just once
I'd like to be this
close
Copy !req
615. without a polarity circle.
Copy !req
616. Oh, come on, honey.
Copy !req
617. I like to think of a polarity
circle as our place.
Copy !req
618. Are you okay?
Copy !req
619. Just, uh, just a little winded.
Copy !req
620. Maybe we should've
canceled tonight.
Copy !req
621. Maybe we should've
canceled tonight.
Copy !req
622. Maybe I should be off
flying around
Copy !req
623. looking for Deathstroke.
Copy !req
624. And you should call Dr. Klein
and see what's going on.
Copy !req
625. Clark, this is how we got
so isolated in the first
place.
Copy !req
626. We let our work run our lives.
Copy !req
627. Now, we just have
to face the fact
Copy !req
628. that we're both
in high-risk
professions
Copy !req
629. and we're the
target
of evil plots.
Copy !req
630. And we're gonna
go have a nice
dinner
Copy !req
631. with our new friends.
Copy !req
632. Yeah, you're right.
Copy !req
633. Now, we're not gonna
let this make us crazy.
Copy !req
634. Oh, you look nice.
Copy !req
635. Hmm.
Copy !req
636. Clark, I think I just
saw something very..
Copy !req
637. - Hi!
- Hi.
Copy !req
638. (Carol)
This has been a crazy week
for Bob and me.
Copy !req
639. You look a little tired, Clark.
Copy !req
640. I'm okay.
Just a little low on energy.
Copy !req
641. Bob too.
Copy !req
642. (Bob)
'Yeah, a man died
on me this morning.'
Copy !req
643. 'And, uh, there was nothing I
could do to save him.'
Copy !req
644. When you can't help someone..
Copy !req
645. It-it must be, uh, terrible.
Copy !req
646. Yeah.
Copy !req
647. I just love the wood
you chose for these
bookshelves.
Copy !req
648. Is it cherry?
Copy !req
649. It came with the house.
Copy !req
650. Well, you have
quite a library.
Copy !req
651. Clark, do you remember
that article I wrote last year
Copy !req
652. on my favorite books?
Copy !req
653. They have all of them.
Talk about a coincidence.
Copy !req
654. Bob?
Copy !req
655. Do you smell
something burning?
Copy !req
656. What?
Copy !req
657. In the kitchen.
Copy !req
658. Oh, yeah, uh, I hope
it's not the cacciatore.
Copy !req
659. Be right back.
Copy !req
660. Clark, there's a secret
compartment behind this.
Copy !req
661. Come X-ray it.
See what's inside.
Copy !req
662. What?
Copy !req
663. What?
Copy !req
664. We may have to kill
them both tonight.
Copy !req
665. I saw through
the front window.
Copy !req
666. Bob was putting
something away in there.
Copy !req
667. Come on, quick,
before they come back.
Copy !req
668. Why?
Copy !req
669. Because it's
a secret compartment.
Copy !req
670. I don't go around X-raying
everyone's secret compartments.
Copy !req
671. How many people do we know
Copy !req
672. that actually
have secret compartments?
Copy !req
673. Good people, I mean.
Copy !req
674. Honey, we don't know
that many people.
Copy !req
675. And we won't if we go
around
X-raying everyone.
Copy !req
676. - Carol.
- I'm telling you, they
know.
Copy !req
677. I saw the look in her eyes when
she was staring at those books.
Copy !req
678. Maybe she doesn't like
your taste in books.
Copy !req
679. They're her books too.
Copy !req
680. They're my books too!
That's when it hit me.
Copy !req
681. She likes the same books as me,
the same foods as me
Copy !req
682. and why are they always
so eager to see us
again?
Copy !req
683. Nobody is that
eager
to see us again.
Copy !req
684. That's why
you're suspicious, honey?
Copy !req
685. Because someone likes us?
Copy !req
686. And when did they
start liking us?
Copy !req
687. When I started
talking to Grant
Gendell.
Copy !req
688. And what do all the
murder
victims have in common?
Copy !req
689. A link to Grant Gendell.
Copy !req
690. Hors d'oeuvres?
Copy !req
691. (both)
Carol.
Copy !req
692. Thank you.
Copy !req
693. You should've seen the way
they looked at me just now.
Copy !req
694. I'm telling you, they know!
Copy !req
695. Okay, we're gonna
have to calm down.
Copy !req
696. It's no time to get emotional!
Copy !req
697. Look who's not
getting
emotional.
Copy !req
698. Okay, we're gonna have
to take a deep breath.
Copy !req
699. - And just..
- Relax, alright?
Copy !req
700. There's something
in that wall, I
saw it.
Copy !req
701. Okay, they have a secret.
Copy !req
702. We have a secret too.
Copy !req
703. They fit the profile,
everything
you told me about Deathstroke.
Copy !req
704. Think about it, Lois. So do we.
Copy !req
705. Now, if Bob and Carol
are the kind
Copy !req
706. of friends we want
to have we have to respect
Copy !req
707. and honor their friendship.
Copy !req
708. You don't really
want me to do it, do you?
Copy !req
709. Well..
Copy !req
710. maybe it's been so long
since I've had a friend.
Copy !req
711. I've forgot how.
Copy !req
712. You're right,
I have to stop being
Copy !req
713. so suspicious of everyone.
Copy !req
714. There you go.
Copy !req
715. Because there's no need to
be.
No one can stop us.
Copy !req
716. Rage and hatred
like ours is unstoppable.
Copy !req
717. It's too bad about
the Kents, though.
Copy !req
718. I rather like them.
Copy !req
719. Well, I've gotten used to them.
Copy !req
720. Well, sooner than later,
we'll murder them.
Copy !req
721. But for right now,
let's enjoy the evening.
Copy !req
722. Dinner is served.
Copy !req
723. Wow. That looks great.
Copy !req
724. Well, Bob's the cook.
Copy !req
725. I'm practically
useless in the kitchen.
Copy !req
726. Seriously? You too.
Copy !req
727. Well, to good friends.
Copy !req
728. To good friends.
Copy !req
729. And we'll maybe remain friends
Copy !req
730. 'for the rest of our lives.'
Copy !req
731. I couldn't have
put it better
myself.
Copy !req
732. Any minute.
He's calling any minute.
Copy !req
733. I-I don't know, honey.
Copy !req
734. I mean, sewers and tunnels
are cool but railroad tracks?
Copy !req
735. I don't know, I..
Copy !req
736. Well, there's the trains,
for one thing.
Copy !req
737. (female #1)
'Jimmy, pick up line three.'
Copy !req
738. Hold on, honey.
Copy !req
739. City room.
Copy !req
740. Hold on.
Lois, Dr. Klein on line
three.
Copy !req
741. - Now?
- I-I got it, honey.
Copy !req
742. Dr. Klein, this is Clark.
Copy !req
743. (Bernard)
I think I may have
turned up something.
Copy !req
744. About six years ago
Copy !req
745. a man named, uh,
Earl Gregg, was performing
Copy !req
746. experiments in magnetics
Copy !req
747. 'at one of Grant Gendell's
companies.'
Copy !req
748. 'Well, the experiment
went awry.'
Copy !req
749. And Gregg's body was flooded
Copy !req
750. with microscopic
magnetized particles.
Copy !req
751. Well, I'm-I'm faxing
you the background.
Copy !req
752. Yes?
Copy !req
753. (Denzler)
'I'm waiting, Ms. Lane.'
Copy !req
754. 'I'm outside
the Daily Planet now.'
Copy !req
755. 'All of the terms
of our agreement are in
effect.'
Copy !req
756. 'If I should sense any change
of heart on your part'
Copy !req
757. the interview will be
terminated immediately.
Copy !req
758. Mr. Gendell supports
me entirely in this.
Copy !req
759. He's here.
Copy !req
760. Give me a second.
Superman's tagging along too.
Copy !req
761. (Denzler)
'No one is to be tagging
along.'
Copy !req
762. This also will be grounds
for terminating the
interview.
Copy !req
763. Now, assuming all that
is agreeable, grab your
notepad.
Copy !req
764. Now, once again, recording
devices are unacceptable.
Copy !req
765. 'You have 40 seconds
to reach the car.'
Copy !req
766. I gotta go.
Copy !req
767. Hang on, Lois.
There's a fax coming in
that..
Copy !req
768. (Denzler)
'Thirty five seconds, Ms.
Lane.'
Copy !req
769. And believe me,
if you can't make it
Copy !req
770. I'll be more than happy
to tell Mr. Gendell that..
Copy !req
771. I gotta go.
Copy !req
772. Okay, I'm right behind you.
Copy !req
773. This fax could tell
us who we're dealing with.
Copy !req
774. This is it.
Copy !req
775. The start of our new lives.
Copy !req
776. You're sure you're okay?
Copy !req
777. I am if you are.
Copy !req
778. Dr. Klein, can you hold
on one second, please?
Copy !req
779. How did this Mr. Gregg survive?
Copy !req
780. A fellow researcher
created a suit
Copy !req
781. which brought
his condition under control
Copy !req
782. as long as the suit
remains intact.
Copy !req
783. 'Anyway, he sought damages
from Gendell Technologies'
Copy !req
784. 'but the company fought it'
Copy !req
785. 'and cut him
off without a cent.'
Copy !req
786. So what'd the guy do?
Copy !req
787. Well, he married the woman who
made the suit, for one thing.
Copy !req
788. And the two of them
exhibited classic signs
Copy !req
789. of disgruntled
postal worker syndrome.
Copy !req
790. In other words,
they flipped out
Copy !req
791. and declared undying revenge
against Grant Gendell.
Copy !req
792. 'Oh, no.'
Copy !req
793. Bob and Carol.
Copy !req
794. Why are we stopping here?
Copy !req
795. Because we are precisely
where we should be.
Copy !req
796. Grant Gendell lives here?
Copy !req
797. Oh, I get it. These
aren't
really street people.
Copy !req
798. They're undercover bodyguards?
Copy !req
799. No. They're street people.
Copy !req
800. Well, where's your security?
Copy !req
801. Our security is in only
hiring people we can trust.
Copy !req
802. But you don't trust anybody.
Copy !req
803. Exactly.
Copy !req
804. Where's the last place
you'd look
Copy !req
805. for the richest man
in Metropolis?
Copy !req
806. The worst street in town.
Copy !req
807. It's the one thing the army
taught me that was worth a
damn.
Copy !req
808. The best camouflage
is plain sight.
Copy !req
809. Mr. Gendell.
Copy !req
810. Fine, uh..
Copy !req
811. Of course... everything's
different now.
Copy !req
812. I'm a different man.
Copy !req
813. And I want the world
to know it too.
Copy !req
814. - Well, that's why—
- No, no, no.
Copy !req
815. I want to say my piece.
Copy !req
816. Ms. Lane, I want
to live out there
again.
Copy !req
817. I want to make up for all
the bad things I've done
Copy !req
818. and I'm donating my entire
fortune to charity.
Copy !req
819. That's very—
Copy !req
820. My money's made
a prisoner of me, Ms. Lane.
Copy !req
821. I'm locked in here
24 hours a day, paranoid
Copy !req
822. Uh, crazy.
Copy !req
823. Denzler driving me nuts.
Copy !req
824. Then, while I was watching
"Ice Station Zebra"
Copy !req
825. again, I suddenly realized!
Copy !req
826. What have I got
to be afraid of?
Copy !req
827. - Well, a lot.
- Exactly. Nothing.
Copy !req
828. Uh, Mr. Gendell,
I don't want to alarm you
Copy !req
829. but do you have
any bodyguards?
Copy !req
830. Ha, used to have
a whole platoon of them.
Copy !req
831. Useless, every single
one of 'em.
Copy !req
832. Fired the last one
two years ago.
Copy !req
833. My security, Ms. Lane,
is all up there.
Copy !req
834. Well, uh, reassuring as that is
Copy !req
835. there's an assassin
named Deathstroke
Copy !req
836. and he's killing everyone
that knows you by sight.
Copy !req
837. And we think that he's after—
Copy !req
838. What's that?
Copy !req
839. Superman.
Copy !req
840. I figured out who
Deathstroke is, Lois.
Copy !req
841. Bob?
Copy !req
842. Bob and Carol?
Copy !req
843. Do you recognize
these people, sir?
Copy !req
844. No. No, I'm afraid not.
Copy !req
845. Earl Gregg and his wife were
employed by your company
Copy !req
846. six years ago.
Copy !req
847. He suffered a terrible accident
Copy !req
848. and received
no compensation from—
Copy !req
849. The mighty and powerful
Gendell Technologies.
Copy !req
850. - Deathstroke.
- Superman.
Copy !req
851. - Carol.
- Lois.
Copy !req
852. - Bob.
- She recognizes me.
Copy !req
853. I always said the glasses
weren't enough of a disguise.
Copy !req
854. Your plan's blown, Bob, Carol.
Copy !req
855. It's over.
Copy !req
856. You have no idea
what the plan is.
Copy !req
857. Everyone who knows
Grant Gendell is dead.
Copy !req
858. And you what, replace
your medical records with his?
Copy !req
859. You take over his life.
Who'd know?
Copy !req
860. Siphon off his fortune
and disappear in style.
Copy !req
861. Something like that?
Copy !req
862. They do know
what the plan
is.
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863. That's it?
You want to be me?
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864. What are you, brain dead?
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865. Take a look around you, kids.
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866. I-I live in a cube.
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867. Yeah. Mr. Gendell, I
really
don't think this is the
time—
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868. Believe me, Mr. Gendell, how
you've lived and how we'll
live
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869. are two very different things!
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870. Here, honey.
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871. Alright, alright, alright.
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872. Looking for a rematch, Superman?
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873. Trust me... you can't handle it.
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874. Carol, stop them!
They'll kill each other!
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875. No! No, the suit is all that
contains his power!
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876. Bob!
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877. Bob.
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878. Do you know what it's
like
seeing your husband
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879. go through a thing like that?
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880. Yeah. I have
a pretty good idea.
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881. Hi.
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882. Uh, the-the police told me
where I could find you.
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883. How are you?
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884. Let's just say
I've had better days.
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885. Haven't we all.
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886. I just want to say
I wish that—
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887. I think what
carol's
trying to say
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888. is that we're sorry
about the way it turned
out.
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889. You mean sorry you got caught.
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890. - No.
- Well, yes.
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891. Okay, yes, but sorry
about the circumstances too.
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892. 'If Bob hadn't been
in an industrial accident'
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893. if his body weren't
a ball of horrific power
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894. 'if we weren't
scientists turned paupers'
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895. 'turned international
assassins.'
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896. If we weren't consumed
by bitterness and rage..
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897. we might've been friends.
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898. That's a lot of ifs.
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899. Yeah, and I didn't really
like your taste in books
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900. that much, either.
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901. - Bye, Carol.
- Bob.
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902. - Lois.
- Clark.
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903. And I just bought
four great tickets
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904. for the Buffalo, Metropolis
football game.
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905. Well, you were right
about Bob and Carol.
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906. Yep. But you busted 'em,
so we're even.
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907. Hmm.
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908. - Love.
- What a waste.
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909. Yeah. Tell me about it.
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910. You guys okay?
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911. Oh, Candy dumped me
like yesterday's rice.
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912. Aurora's moving to Beirut.
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913. Well, I guess we won't
be double-dating anytime soon.
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914. Well, to tell you
the truth, chief
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915. I think our
double-dating days
are..
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916. Ms. Lane!
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917. Mr. Gendell!
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918. I just came by to thank you
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919. for reintroducing
me to the world.
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920. And I was kinda wondering
whether you and your husband
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921. would like to join my new
friend
Connie and me for dinner.
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922. Oh, thanks,
but we-we're not
gonna—
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923. - We'd love to.
- We would?
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924. Well, of course you would.
Take it from me.
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925. Get out. Take a few risks. Live.
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926. Exactly.
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927. Well, alright, then, sure.
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928. Say, have you heard this song
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929. about the fly
in some girl's
chardonnay?
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930. Now, unless they rewrote
the dictionary
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931. I see nothing
ironic about that.
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932. However, a recluse who finally
decides to come out of hiding
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933. on the very day
he's almost killed..
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934. That's ironic.
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935. You like The Bills, Mr. Gendell?
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936. (Grant)
'I have to. I own 'em.'
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