1. Yes. Yes, yes.Copy !req
2. I realize that your division
has been trying very hard,Copy !req
3. but unfortunately,
this isn't grammar school.Copy !req
4. Efforts don't count.Copy !req
5. You only get
an "a" for results.Copy !req
6. Well, you know,
if I give you more time,Copy !req
7. that will continue
to reflect negativelyCopy !req
8. on Luthorcorp's
balance sheets.Copy !req
9. So I, um...Copy !req
10. I wish you and your people
much successCopy !req
11. with a less
demanding company.Copy !req
12. Yeah, well, thank you.Copy !req
13. Hello, Lionel.Copy !req
14. Alex!
What are you doing?Copy !req
15. Sorry.Copy !req
16. Alex is
a little busy right now.Copy !req
17. What the hell are you doing?
Who are you?Copy !req
18. You're used
to being in control.Copy !req
19. If you want to regain it,Copy !req
20. you're going to have
to play a little game.Copy !req
21. The 11:35 from Smallville to
Metropolis is running on time.Copy !req
22. Win the game, or you'll be
catching a ride the hard way.Copy !req
23. What game?Copy !req
24. Hangman.Copy !req
25. Call out a letter.Copy !req
26. Guess the phrase.Copy !req
27. Lose the game,
your life follows.Copy !req
28. Hurry, Lionel.Copy !req
29. You'll only get
an "a" for results.Copy !req
30. Uh, "a."Copy !req
31. Too obvious.Copy !req
32. "E."Copy !req
33. "O."Copy !req
34. Lucky guess.Copy !req
35. "T."Copy !req
36. Wrong again.Copy !req
37. Um, "g."Copy !req
38. Sorry.
"S."Copy !req
39. No.Copy !req
40. Would you like a hint?Copy !req
41. It's a lesson
I learned from you.Copy !req
42. "M."Copy !req
43. "C."Copy !req
44. "R,"y,"n."Copy !req
45. No mercy!Copy !req
46. The answer is "no mercy"!Copy !req
47. Lionel's
at my house constantly,Copy !req
48. acting like
he belongs there.Copy !req
49. And from
what you're telling me,Copy !req
50. it sounds like your momCopy !req
51. kind of invited
the wolf to come on in.Copy !req
52. I know we've tiptoed
through these tulips before,Copy !req
53. but what if you're wrong?Copy !req
54. What if Lionel
doesn't know your secret?Copy !req
55. The things he says to me, the
look in his eye — he knows.Copy !req
56. Then he's probably using
your mom to get closer to you.Copy !req
57. He's always there,
helping her, offering advice.Copy !req
58. She's trusting him
more and more.Copy !req
59. She wouldn't
if she knew the truth.Copy !req
60. I know I need to tell her.Copy !req
61. I was going to
right after I found out.Copy !req
62. So what stopped you?Copy !req
63. She's been
through so much...Copy !req
64. Since my dad died.Copy !req
65. I don't want to give her
one more thing to worry about.Copy !req
66. Well, by not telling her,Copy !req
67. you could be putting her
at risk of a lot worse.Copy !req
68. Chess.Copy !req
69. You haven't played chess
in years.Copy !req
70. Why the sudden interest
in such a complex game?Copy !req
71. A friend of mine wants
to learn the finer points.Copy !req
72. I used to dismantle
your two-dimensional assaultsCopy !req
73. with alarming regularity,
remember?Copy !req
74. Maybe you should teach
your friend somethingCopy !req
75. a little less complicated.Copy !req
76. What about a game of hangman?
That's always fun.Copy !req
77. Thanks.Copy !req
78. I'll stick with chess.Copy !req
79. You'll lose, as always.Copy !req
80. I'm not playing to win.Copy !req
81. I'm playing to instruct.Copy !req
82. No mercy?Copy !req
83. What are you
talking about?Copy !req
84. It was you, Lex.Copy !req
85. I know it.
What?Copy !req
86. Disabling my limo in the path
of an oncoming train.Copy !req
87. That kind of melodrama went out
of style with silent movies.Copy !req
88. Wait.Copy !req
89. Someone tried to kill you?Copy !req
90. Oh, is this the part
where you feign innocence?Copy !req
91. I brought you in
to help run Luthorcorp again.Copy !req
92. Profits have never
been higher.Copy !req
93. Why would
I want you dead?Copy !req
94. Not so long ago, I tried to take
Luthorcorp away from you.Copy !req
95. The apex takeover.Copy !req
96. Right.Copy !req
97. Please.Copy !req
98. Seeing you fail miserably
was retribution enough.Copy !req
99. All right.Copy !req
100. All right.Copy !req
101. So it wasn't you.Copy !req
102. I may not like you
very much, dad,Copy !req
103. but you're a valuable asset
to Luthorcorp.Copy !req
104. Killing you
would hurt the bottom line.Copy !req
105. Your concern
is truly touching.Copy !req
106. I am concerned.Copy !req
107. A threat against you
is a threat against Luthorcorp.Copy !req
108. I have been fending off
attacks on my lifeCopy !req
109. since before you were born.Copy !req
110. I think
I can handle one more.Copy !req
111. Oh, Clark.Copy !req
112. What do you think
about this as a closing?Copy !req
113. "It isn't enough
to simply give when we can.Copy !req
114. "Upholding the principles
of truth, justice,Copy !req
115. "and the American way
isn't a matter of convenience.Copy !req
116. It's a matter
of conscience."Copy !req
117. Sounds like words
to live by.Copy !req
118. Let's hope
the deep pocketsCopy !req
119. at the civil liberties
fund-raiser think so, too.Copy !req
120. There's something I need
to talk to you about.Copy !req
121. Can't it wait?
I got to get to Metropolis.Copy !req
122. Lionel knows.Copy !req
123. Knows what?Copy !req
124. Lionel knows about me.Copy !req
125. About my secret.Copy !req
126. I don't know how.Copy !req
127. I think I might.Copy !req
128. A while ago, I found
a package on our doorstep.Copy !req
129. Inside was a video of you
surviving an explosion.Copy !req
130. Who sent it?Copy !req
131. I'm not sure, but...Copy !req
132. Lionel took care of it.Copy !req
133. He said
he wasn't interestedCopy !req
134. in why
I was being blackmailed.Copy !req
135. He just wanted to help.Copy !req
136. And I believed him.Copy !req
137. Why didn't you tell me
about this?Copy !req
138. You were still in so much pain
about your father.Copy !req
139. I guess I...Copy !req
140. I just wanted
to protect you for a change.Copy !req
141. Lionel's gonna be
at this fund-raiser tonight.Copy !req
142. When I see him —Copy !req
143. no, you can't say anything.Copy !req
144. We have to handle this
the same way dad would.Copy !req
145. Stick to our regular routine.
Give nothing away.Copy !req
146. Not until we know
what Lionel's up to.Copy !req
147. I better get going.Copy !req
148. I'll go with you.Copy !req
149. No, no.Copy !req
150. If you start guarding me
all the time,Copy !req
151. he'll definitely know
something's up.Copy !req
152. Don't worry.Copy !req
153. I can handle Lionel.Copy !req
154. Well, there are no concealed
electronic devicesCopy !req
155. here in the office anywhere.Copy !req
156. Sir, the office is clean.Copy !req
157. I hope so, for your sake.Copy !req
158. Or you'll find yourself working
in a convenience store,Copy !req
159. watching hot dogs spin.Copy !req
160. Thank you.Copy !req
161. Watching hot dogs spin?Copy !req
162. That wasn't very nice.Copy !req
163. But then again, that's the way
you treat all the peopleCopy !req
164. who work for you,
isn't it, Lionel?Copy !req
165. What do you do —
read lips?Copy !req
166. I see everything.Copy !req
167. 911.Copy !req
168. Masked man:
Hello, Lionel.Copy !req
169. How does it feel
to be helpless?Copy !req
170. I'll let you know
if it ever happens.Copy !req
171. Now, that's that winning spirit
that made you a billionaire.Copy !req
172. Let's see
if it can keep you alive.Copy !req
173. So...Copy !req
174. What do you want?Copy !req
175. Huh?Copy !req
176. I want
to play another game.Copy !req
177. Aah!Copy !req
178. Hello again, Lionel.Copy !req
179. Where am I?Copy !req
180. In a hell
of your own making.Copy !req
181. Who are you?Copy !req
182. Just another one
of the many faceless peopleCopy !req
183. your greed has destroyed.Copy !req
184. That narrows it down some,
doesn't it?Copy !req
185. You may not know me,
Lionel...Copy !req
186. But I know you.Copy !req
187. You're a man
above it all...Copy !req
188. Commanding your workersCopy !req
189. to carry the burden
of your empire.Copy !req
190. They toil while you profit.Copy !req
191. It's called
running a business!Copy !req
192. That's how it works!Copy !req
193. Not anymore.Copy !req
194. Now you're gonna have
to get your own hands dirty.Copy !req
195. Bright, isn't it?Copy !req
196. Oh, well, now.Copy !req
197. What do we have here?Copy !req
198. Take a closer look.Copy !req
199. Go on.Copy !req
200. Not exactly
springwater, is it?Copy !req
201. A good story always needs
a hook, wouldn't you agree?Copy !req
202. All right.Copy !req
203. So what happens now?Copy !req
204. Now we're gonna play
another game.Copy !req
205. Would you like
to see how it's played?Copy !req
206. Yeah.Copy !req
207. Show me.Copy !req
208. These are
the scales of justice.Copy !req
209. Fill the buckets
with the liquid from the tapCopy !req
210. and balance them
on the pole.Copy !req
211. Succeed, and the door
to this room will open.Copy !req
212. Aah!Copy !req
213. Alex, he didn't do too well.Copy !req
214. Did I forget to mention
that the liquid is flammable?Copy !req
215. He was my driver.Copy !req
216. An innocent man.Copy !req
217. No one connected to you
is innocent.Copy !req
218. Ready to play?Copy !req
219. No.Copy !req
220. No. Lionel Luthor
doesn't jump through hoops.Copy !req
221. In 10 minutes,Copy !req
222. flames beneath your feet
will consume this room.Copy !req
223. Balance the scales
or burn for your sins.Copy !req
224. Take your time.Copy !req
225. The key to mastering chessCopy !req
226. is to anticipate
your opponent's movesCopy !req
227. and keep him
on the defensive.Copy !req
228. Lex, what are we doing?Copy !req
229. I thought we were enjoying
an evening of chess.Copy !req
230. I think I have monopoly.Copy !req
231. You know
what I'm talking about.Copy !req
232. We've spent the last week
avoiding what happened.Copy !req
233. I was kind of waiting
for you to bring that up.Copy !req
234. You kissed me.Copy !req
235. And then you kissed me back.Copy !req
236. God, after all that talk
about friendshipCopy !req
237. and not wanting
to ruin what we have...Copy !req
238. We really don't listen
very well, do we?Copy !req
239. Are you asking me
to forget what happened?Copy !req
240. Because short
of a serious blow to the head,Copy !req
241. I think it's a memory that's
gonna linger for quite a while.Copy !req
242. You should get that.Copy !req
243. I'm gonna go
back to Metropolis.Copy !req
244. I'll call you later.Copy !req
245. What?Copy !req
246. Get a security team and
meet me at Luthorcorp Plaza,Copy !req
247. and keep this internal.Copy !req
248. I don't want anyone
to know my father's missing.Copy !req
249. Getting a little warm?Copy !req
250. How does it feel —Copy !req
251. the flames
licking at your heels,Copy !req
252. every step blistering pain?Copy !req
253. I'll bet a pairCopy !req
254. of those $1,000
Italian shoes you favorCopy !req
255. would really make
a difference right about now,Copy !req
256. wouldn't they?Copy !req
257. I understand
how hard it must beCopy !req
258. for a man who's not used
to breaking a sweat.Copy !req
259. I grew up in suicide slum.Copy !req
260. Sweat's something I'm very
familiar with, my friend.Copy !req
261. I know all about your
underprivileged youth,Copy !req
262. but that all changedCopy !req
263. when your parents died
in the fire you set.Copy !req
264. Did I hit a nerve?Copy !req
265. I didn't kill my parents.Copy !req
266. Tell a lie long enough,Copy !req
267. you'll believe it
to be truth.Copy !req
268. You're running
out of time.Copy !req
269. Do want to tell me what
you've learned from this gameCopy !req
270. before the flesh
is seared from your bones?Copy !req
271. Yeah.Copy !req
272. You talk too much.Copy !req
273. Shut up.Copy !req
274. Careful.Copy !req
275. Remember what happened
to your limo driver.Copy !req
276. The scales of justice
are hard to balanceCopy !req
277. with blood on your hands,
aren't they?Copy !req
278. Oh, be careful.Copy !req
279. Congratulations
on your acquittal.Copy !req
280. What?Copy !req
281. Another game?Copy !req
282. Yes.Copy !req
283. But this time,Copy !req
284. you're going
to need a partner...Copy !req
285. someone to help you
through the dark times.Copy !req
286. Martha!Copy !req
287. Don't... Don't...Copy !req
288. Don't...Copy !req
289. Don't panic!Copy !req
290. Martha?
Lionel, what's going on?Copy !req
291. Someone is playing
a very sick game.Copy !req
292. Who?
I don't know.Copy !req
293. How did you get here?Copy !req
294. I don't know.Copy !req
295. I was in the parking structure
at the Plaza,Copy !req
296. and I — I heard
this noise behind me.Copy !req
297. I don't know.
Please get us out!Copy !req
298. All right.
All right.Copy !req
299. Martha, stand back.Copy !req
300. All right!Copy !req
301. Argh!Copy !req
302. All right!Copy !req
303. She's got nothing to do
with this. Let her go!Copy !req
304. She has everything
to do with this.Copy !req
305. You use your wealth
to buy influence,Copy !req
306. controlling
the halls of power.Copy !req
307. You're the man in the shadows
pulling all the strings.Copy !req
308. And your puppets — they're
as guilty as the master.Copy !req
309. And they deserve
a similar fate.Copy !req
310. All right.Copy !req
311. All right,
so what's this game?Copy !req
312. How do I get her out, huh?Copy !req
313. You use words as weapons,Copy !req
314. twisting them to your purpose,Copy !req
315. obscuring truth
with double meaning.Copy !req
316. Now it's my turn.Copy !req
317. "A toad like fever"?Copy !req
318. I don't understand this.Copy !req
319. Shift your perceptions.Copy !req
320. Shift... Your...Copy !req
321. Her life is in your hands.Copy !req
322. What?
No, wait, wait!Copy !req
323. I need more.Copy !req
324. I understand the whole
acting normal thing,Copy !req
325. but ferreting out the truth
is acting normal for me.Copy !req
326. Chloe...Copy !req
327. You're not the only one
Lionel's been playing.Copy !req
328. He fed me information
about fine being in HondurasCopy !req
329. because he knew
I'd come to you with it.Copy !req
330. Why don't you let me use that
as an in,Copy !req
331. to find out
what he's really up to?Copy !req
332. What if he finds out
what you're up to?Copy !req
333. It's too risky.Copy !req
334. Oh, and waiting
for darth LuthorCopy !req
335. to hatch
his evil plan isn't?Copy !req
336. Hey, Lois.Copy !req
337. No.Copy !req
338. She left hours ago.Copy !req
339. All right, I'll let you know
if I hear anything.Copy !req
340. What is it?Copy !req
341. My mom never showed upCopy !req
342. at the fund-raiser
in Metropolis.Copy !req
343. Oh, my God.Copy !req
344. Pull the security vids
for the last 24 hours.Copy !req
345. See if you can find
anything else unusual.Copy !req
346. Yes, sir.Copy !req
347. It's okay.Copy !req
348. Clark, what are
you doing here?Copy !req
349. Looking for your father.Copy !req
350. Where is he?
I wish I knew.Copy !req
351. He's missed
a couple of meetingsCopy !req
352. and never showed up
for a fund-raiser at the Plaza.Copy !req
353. Neither did my mother.Copy !req
354. Lex, if you have any idea
what's going on,Copy !req
355. you better tell me right now.Copy !req
356. Clark, earlier today
my father accused meCopy !req
357. of orchestrating some bizarre
attempt on his life.Copy !req
358. You think someone's
giving it a second shot?Copy !req
359. All I know is that
he was taken from this office.Copy !req
360. How do you know that?Copy !req
361. I found his cellphone
on the floor.Copy !req
362. The last call
he tried to make was to 911.Copy !req
363. The time stamp on it
matches an unexplained gapCopy !req
364. in the building
security tapes.Copy !req
365. What about the cameras
in here?Copy !req
366. There aren't any.Copy !req
367. My father liked
to have a placeCopy !req
368. where he could conduct
certain transactionsCopy !req
369. without
any electronic records.Copy !req
370. Would that be
the less-than-legal kind?Copy !req
371. Lex...Copy !req
372. Has this always
been chipped like that?Copy !req
373. My father
wouldn't tolerate a flawCopy !req
374. in his prized collection.Copy !req
375. Nice catch.Copy !req
376. Whoa.Copy !req
377. This isn't
your standard issue.Copy !req
378. This was homemade
by somebodyCopy !req
379. who really knew
what they were doing.Copy !req
380. High res,
wireless carrier...Copy !req
381. Is it transmitting?Copy !req
382. No, it's powered down.Copy !req
383. But if we juice it up,Copy !req
384. I might be able to piggyback
the transmissionCopy !req
385. and trace where it's located.Copy !req
386. Let's try it.Copy !req
387. "A toad like fever"!Copy !req
388. Fever. It doesn't...Copy !req
389. It doesn't make
any sense.Copy !req
390. It has to mean something.Copy !req
391. Have you ever
heard it before?Copy !req
392. No.Copy !req
393. Wait.Copy !req
394. Why aren't they
all the same?Copy !req
395. What?
What do you mean?Copy !req
396. The first letters
of the words.Copy !req
397. The "t" and the "f"
are capitals,Copy !req
398. but not the "a" at the beginning
and the "l" in "like."Copy !req
399. "T,"f."
Right, right.Copy !req
400. He said it was a —
what did he say?Copy !req
401. He said it was
uh... Shift — shift —Copy !req
402. shift your perception!Copy !req
403. Uh, uh...Copy !req
404. It's an anagram.
It's an anagram...Copy !req
405. Where the true meaning
is scrambled —Copy !req
406. a word puzzle!Copy !req
407. A word puzzle!Copy !req
408. It's transmitting
on a rotational code.Copy !req
409. I'll see
if I can hack the sequenceCopy !req
410. and locate
the termination point.Copy !req
411. Hurry.Copy !req
412. It's a shame, isn't it?Copy !req
413. Takes a crisis like this to get
us in the same room together.Copy !req
414. Look, Clark,Copy !req
415. maybe when this
is all over,Copy !req
416. we can try to find our way
back to some common ground.Copy !req
417. Excuse me.Copy !req
418. I got to take this.Copy !req
419. Is there anything I can do
to make this go faster?Copy !req
420. Not unless computer skills
are one of your abilities.Copy !req
421. Signal's strong,
minimal degradation,Copy !req
422. which means
it must be local.Copy !req
423. Got it.
8320 Vermont Avenue.Copy !req
424. Five Miles from here.Copy !req
425. Great.Copy !req
426. Find something?Copy !req
427. An address
not far from here.Copy !req
428. Great.
Take my Porsche.Copy !req
429. It's a lot faster
than your truck.Copy !req
430. Let's go.Copy !req
431. "V,"I,"l."
"Evil."Copy !req
432. "To dare fake evil."Copy !req
433. It's gibberish.Copy !req
434. There's meaning in it —
there has to be!Copy !req
435. No. There's...Copy !req
436. You want me to fail,
don't you?Copy !req
437. You want me
to watch her die?Copy !req
438. Is that what you want?
Lionel!Copy !req
439. He wants me to fail.Copy !req
440. To... Fail.Copy !req
441. Fail. Fail.Copy !req
442. Fail. He said the truth is
obscured with double meaning.Copy !req
443. Double.Copy !req
444. Double meaning.
No mercy.Copy !req
445. Uh... Greed.Copy !req
446. Grab. Take.Copy !req
447. Take, take, take.Copy !req
448. Take, take.
Do take.Copy !req
449. Over...
Takeover.Copy !req
450. Failed takeover!
Failed takeover!Copy !req
451. The answer
is "failed takeover!"Copy !req
452. Failed takeover!Copy !req
453. Apex. Apex!Copy !req
454. Apex!Copy !req
455. It's apex.Copy !req
456. Martha.Copy !req
457. Martha.Copy !req
458. Martha.Copy !req
459. You're all right.Copy !req
460. It's all right.Copy !req
461. Genuine concern
for another human being?Copy !req
462. I suspected your relationship
with the senatorCopy !req
463. was more than just political.Copy !req
464. All right.Copy !req
465. Martha.Copy !req
466. All right,
we won your game.Copy !req
467. Now let us out.Copy !req
468. As you wish.Copy !req
469. Wait, wait. Wait.Copy !req
470. What's up here?Copy !req
471. Freedom...Copy !req
472. or death, depending on
the outcome of your final game.Copy !req
473. You expect us to walk
right into another trap?Copy !req
474. You could stay
right where you areCopy !req
475. and wait for the floor
to be electrified.Copy !req
476. Come on!
Aaahhh!Copy !req
477. What happens now?Copy !req
478. I don't know.
No!Copy !req
479. Aah!Copy !req
480. I'm sorry that
you got dragged into this.Copy !req
481. Dragged into what?
Who is that man?Copy !req
482. I don't know.Copy !req
483. Apex? A failed takeover?
What does that mean?Copy !req
484. Apex group
was an Asian consortium.Copy !req
485. I used it to try to
take back control of
Luthorcorp from Lex.Copy !req
486. Lex found out and made
a very compelling argumentCopy !req
487. for me to pull out.Copy !req
488. Apex funded
hundreds of companies.Copy !req
489. Investors were ruined.Copy !req
490. A lot of people
lost everything.Copy !req
491. Because of you.
Because of your greed.Copy !req
492. No. This wasn't about me.
This was about Lex.Copy !req
493. Lex?Copy !req
494. About hurting him?Copy !req
495. You hate him that much?Copy !req
496. I was trying to teach him,
Martha, lessons.Copy !req
497. Hard lessons.Copy !req
498. I thought that
if I removed the temptationsCopy !req
499. that power and money
gave him,Copy !req
500. maybe then
he would be ableCopy !req
501. to rediscover
his own humanity.Copy !req
502. Did you ever think of just
talking to him, father to son?Copy !req
503. That might work
in the Kent family,Copy !req
504. but Lex
is not Clark, and...Copy !req
505. I'm not the father
Jonathan Kent was.Copy !req
506. It's never
too late to change.Copy !req
507. Unless you're dead.Copy !req
508. Lionel Luthor,Copy !req
509. you've destroyed so many lives
without consideration,Copy !req
510. all to win your own games.Copy !req
511. Let's see
if you can do the sameCopy !req
512. when the life in the balanceCopy !req
513. is someone you
so obviously care about.Copy !req
514. One bullet.Copy !req
515. Kill senator Kent —
win your freedom.Copy !req
516. Or she kills you.Copy !req
517. Winner goes free.Copy !req
518. No!Copy !req
519. We're not playing
any more games.Copy !req
520. There's an explosive chargeCopy !req
521. attached to the elevator cable
above your head.Copy !req
522. If one if you isn't dead
in two minutes, you both lose.Copy !req
523. Your decision.Copy !req
524. Clark, how close are you?Copy !req
525. We're in the building.Copy !req
526. I think we found it.
Hold on.Copy !req
527. You want to wait
for the security team?Copy !req
528. No.Copy !req
529. Me neither.Copy !req
530. Chloe...Copy !req
531. There's no one here.Copy !req
532. They must have
re-routed the signalCopy !req
533. in case we found the camera.Copy !req
534. Clark.Copy !req
535. Mom.Copy !req
536. I'm sorry, Martha.Copy !req
537. Please forgive me.Copy !req
538. Only one of us
is gonna walk out of here.Copy !req
539. Lionel —Copy !req
540. no, don't talk.Copy !req
541. Take it.Copy !req
542. You're good, Martha.Copy !req
543. So many people
depend on you...Copy !req
544. Especially Clark.Copy !req
545. And we both know
that he —Copy !req
546. what a special boy he is.Copy !req
547. And now,
because Jonathan's gone,Copy !req
548. he's going to need you
more than everCopy !req
549. to become the man this world
so desperately needs.Copy !req
550. Do it.Copy !req
551. And go home to your son.Copy !req
552. I can't.Copy !req
553. I...Copy !req
554. I'd hoped that...Copy !req
555. I'd always hopedCopy !req
556. that things would end
differently with us, Martha.Copy !req
557. Don't blame yourself.Copy !req
558. Your life
is truly important.Copy !req
559. No!Copy !req
560. Chloe?Copy !req
561. What happened?Copy !req
562. The feed was terminated
at the source.Copy !req
563. I'm trying
to back-trace the location.Copy !req
564. The signal's bouncing
all over the place,Copy !req
565. trying to throw us off.Copy !req
566. A selfless act
from Lionel Luthor.Copy !req
567. Life is
full of surprises.Copy !req
568. So is death.Copy !req
569. You son of a —Copy !req
570. I got it.
They're somewhere across town.
Where?Copy !req
571. It's gonna take a minute
to narrow it down.Copy !req
572. Start heading west.
I'll guide you in.Copy !req
573. Clark, we should —Copy !req
574. there's no escaping,
Lionel.Copy !req
575. The charges
have been primed.Copy !req
576. One more touch
of a button,Copy !req
577. and the Luthorcorp empire
mourns its founder.Copy !req
578. You were never gonna
let us go, were you?Copy !req
579. You're the
master manipulator, Lionel.Copy !req
580. You should know
that some games are rigged.Copy !req
581. Why didn't you
just kill me?Copy !req
582. Because I wanted to watch you
suffer like I did.Copy !req
583. You're... You're the...Copy !req
584. I stood right
in front of you today.Copy !req
585. You didn't even know
who I was.Copy !req
586. You didn't see
the house I lost...Copy !req
587. The wife...Copy !req
588. Children.Copy !req
589. An entire life goneCopy !req
590. because of your little game
with apex.Copy !req
591. I'm no one.Copy !req
592. Just another pieceCopy !req
593. of Lionel Luthor's
collateral damage.Copy !req
594. This is between me...Copy !req
595. And you.Copy !req
596. Let her go.Copy !req
597. Does it hurt, Lionel?Copy !req
598. Knowing you're
gonna watch her die?Copy !req
599. The one person you would have
sacrificed your life for.Copy !req
600. Let her go.Copy !req
601. This is my fault.Copy !req
602. All of it.Copy !req
603. I'm sorry.Copy !req
604. That's all I wanted
to hear.Copy !req
605. That... Was...Copy !req
606. miraculous.Copy !req
607. Thank you...Copy !req
608. Son.Copy !req
609. Oh, sweetie, thank you.Copy !req
610. You're sure you're okay?Copy !req
611. I got some bumps and bruises,
but I'll live.Copy !req
612. No thanks to Lionel.Copy !req
613. What happened was the work
of a very disturbed man.Copy !req
614. Lionel's no Saint,
but this wasn't his fault.Copy !req
615. Maybe not directly.Copy !req
616. He was willing
to sacrifice himselfCopy !req
617. for your future.Copy !req
618. Lionel never does anythingCopy !req
619. that doesn't benefit him
in the end.Copy !req
620. We can't trust him.Copy !req
621. If we want
to protect your secret,Copy !req
622. we might not have
a choice.Copy !req
623. Lincoln Cole.Copy !req
624. That was the name
of the man who did all this.Copy !req
625. You found him.Copy !req
626. In a bar around the block.Copy !req
627. He was toasting your demise.Copy !req
628. Didn't care if he was caught,
as long as you were dead.Copy !req
629. The authorities
had to sedate himCopy !req
630. when he found out
you weren't.Copy !req
631. Powerful men, son.Copy !req
632. We attract
the occasional lunatic.Copy !req
633. It wasn't insanity
that drove him to that, dad.Copy !req
634. It was you.Copy !req
635. We all make mistakes, son.Copy !req
636. And yours almost cost
Martha Kent her life.Copy !req
637. Well, I'm just thankful
the elevator safety brakeCopy !req
638. slowed us down enough
to survive the fall.Copy !req
639. Yeah.Copy !req
640. You should be.Copy !req
641. Especially since
Cole disabled them.Copy !req
642. That's enough to make a man
believe in miracles.Copy !req
643. Isn't it, son?Copy !req
644. I, uh, don't suppose ClarkCopy !req
645. had anything to do
with that divine intervention.Copy !req
646. Clark...Copy !req
647. I heard what you said
over the video...Copy !req
648. About what
a special boy he is.Copy !req
649. What'd you mean by that?Copy !req
650. I meant that...Copy !req
651. he's the kind of son
a father could be proud of.Copy !req
652. One minute he's standing
in the same room with me...Copy !req
653. and the next,
he's across town.Copy !req
654. You're still obsessing over him
after all these years.Copy !req
655. Clark Kent's
a simple farm boy.Copy !req
656. Let it go, Lex.Copy !req
657. Let it go.Copy !req
658. I've been expecting you...
Kal-El.Copy !req
659. How long have you known?Copy !req
660. From the moment I held
in my hand the crystalCopy !req
661. that helped to form
your fortress of solitude.Copy !req
662. The one that put you
in a coma.Copy !req
663. Coma?Copy !req
664. I'd like to think
of it as a...Copy !req
665. A state of...Copy !req
666. Contemplative repose.Copy !req
667. You've known my secret
for almost a year.Copy !req
668. Yes.Copy !req
669. Why haven't you
done anything?Copy !req
670. What?
Expose you to the world?Copy !req
671. Some strange visitor
from another planet?Copy !req
672. I've tried to tell you —
I am not your enemy.Copy !req
673. To reveal your secret
would change your destiny.Copy !req
674. And it would harm someone
I care about very deeply.Copy !req
675. You had a choice...Copy !req
676. To kill my mother
or to kill yourself.Copy !req
677. I could never harm
your mother.Copy !req
678. There was no choice.Copy !req
679. Yeah.Copy !req
680. Unless you knew
the gun wasn't loaded.Copy !req
681. You have no reason
to believe anything I say.Copy !req
682. I realize that.Copy !req
683. But I hope eventually
you will come to trust me.Copy !req
684. I only want what's best
for you and your mother...Copy !req
685. Son.Copy !req
686. You don't call me that.Copy !req
687. Jonathan Kent
was my father.Copy !req
688. No.Copy !req
689. I'm not trying
to take his place.Copy !req
690. You couldn't.Copy !req
691. My mother seems to think
there may be some good in you,Copy !req
692. but I'm not so sure.Copy !req
693. It takes time, Clark.Copy !req
694. Maybe you will be.Copy !req
695. Or maybe you'll just show
your true colors.Copy !req
696. Secret or no secret,Copy !req
697. you stay away
from my mother,Copy !req
698. or you'll wish
I never saved your life.Copy !req
699. — Captions by vitac —
www.Vitac.ComCopy !req
700. captions paid for by
Warner bros. TelevisionCopy !req