1. My most vivid memories
are of the days when my life changed.Copy !req
2. I remember coming to this Earth feeling
the sun on my face for the first time.Copy !req
3. Oh, my God.
Jonathan. It's a baby boy.Copy !req
4. Hold on, Martha.Copy !req
5. Hearing the voices of my parents.Copy !req
6. My mother called me
their greatest surprise.Copy !req
7. And boy, there sure were lots of them.Copy !req
8. I remember loving Smallville.Copy !req
9. The people, the community,Copy !req
10. how the small things were
the big things.Copy !req
11. And I thought I'd live there forever.Copy !req
12. Dad? Dad! Dad...Copy !req
13. Dad, wake up! Somebody call 911!Copy !req
14. But my father's death
set me on a different path.Copy !req
15. Eventually I moved to Metropolis...Copy !req
16. to become who I was meant to be.Copy !req
17. Here you go, friend.Copy !req
18. Thanks. Cool costume.Copy !req
19. Thanks. My mom made it for me.Copy !req
20. But my most vivid memory of allCopy !req
21. was the day I met her.Copy !req
22. Everyone in here,
we're the most dependable friendsCopy !req
23. the people of Metropolis have.Copy !req
24. - You remember that.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
25. Stick with Lane.
She'll show you the ropes.Copy !req
26. Lane, sir?Copy !req
27. Who told you to wear a tie?Copy !req
28. Let me guess, Lombard? Ignore him.Copy !req
29. Though, he can get box seats
to the Meteors. You like baseball?Copy !req
30. Of course. I mean, who doesn't like
America's pastime, Miss Lane?Copy !req
31. It's Lois. What did you say
your name was again?Copy !req
32. Kent. Clark. Clark Kent.Copy !req
33. Oh! Oh.Copy !req
34. Sorry.Copy !req
35. Hmm.Copy !req
36. I've never met a Clark before.Copy !req
37. Oh, uh...Copy !req
38. I've never met a Lois before.Copy !req
39. Actually, there was my first
grade teacher, Lois Hannigan.Copy !req
40. So, I guess technically...
Technically, you'd be the second...Copy !req
41. We fell in love.Copy !req
42. I told Lois who I really was,
where I came from.Copy !req
43. We married,
got our first place together.Copy !req
44. The twins came.Copy !req
45. They were as different as brothers get.Copy !req
46. Jonathan was easy,
always happy, always smiling.Copy !req
47. Good job, babe.Copy !req
48. Things with Jordan
were more challenging.Copy !req
49. Tantrums, night terrors.Copy !req
50. A year ago, he was diagnosed
with social anxiety disorder.Copy !req
51. And suddenly here I am
living in Metropolis,Copy !req
52. raising two teenage boys,Copy !req
53. married to the most famous
journalist in the world.Copy !req
54. Trying to make the world safer
for the people I love.Copy !req
55. Here, here. Here.Copy !req
56. Hey, hey, hey. How long we got
before this thing pops its top?Copy !req
57. A few minutes tops.Copy !req
58. - Fallout?
- As far as Metropolis.Copy !req
59. Come on, Superman.Copy !req
60. - The heat exchanger's offline.
- Where's the damn water tanker?Copy !req
61. His cold breath isn't going to fix it.Copy !req
62. We need water back in the reactor vesselCopy !req
63. or we're going to have a meltdown
the size of Fukushima.Copy !req
64. - A lot of water!
- Tanks!Copy !req
65. It's cooling down.Copy !req
66. It's just like Oyster Creek.
Same kind of crack in the cooling tower.Copy !req
67. How is it no one
at either plant saw anything?Copy !req
68. I don't know yet.Copy !req
69. But you can't get equipment
in here unnoticed.Copy !req
70. - Both cracks were man-made.
- That's what concerns me.Copy !req
71. You've been putting in a lot
of OT lately.Copy !req
72. My daughter okay with that?Copy !req
73. She's not the one I have to worry about.Copy !req
74. Bass are going to start biting
again soon.Copy !req
75. Was thinking I'd take Jonathan fishing,
maybe even get Jordan to come this time.Copy !req
76. I'll talk to Lois about some dates.Copy !req
77. Good night, General.Copy !req
78. And the delivery truck
crashed into your car?Copy !req
79. It was an unmarked box truck?
Can you hold on one sec?Copy !req
80. I've gotta get Foswell copy
first thing in the morning.Copy !req
81. - Okay.
- Your plate's in the fridge.Copy !req
82. Jonathan's got some news,
and apologize to Jordan.Copy !req
83. You missed therapy today.Copy !req
84. Sorry about that.Copy !req
85. Yeah.Copy !req
86. How do you know she is with...Copy !req
87. - Come in.
- You've never met her.Copy !req
88. - Hey, what's up?
- Hey!Copy !req
89. - Mom said you had news?
- Eliza, one second.Copy !req
90. Yeah, yeah. I'm actually starting QB.Copy !req
91. - For varsity?
- Yep.Copy !req
92. Yeah.Copy !req
93. I think I'm the first freshman
to ever do it.Copy !req
94. And some of the upper classmen
are pretty ticked off.Copy !req
95. Don't worry about them.Copy !req
96. Worry? No, it's awesome.
You should have seen their faces.Copy !req
97. Um... Dad.Copy !req
98. Oh. Right. Yeah. Okay, okay.Copy !req
99. - Hi, Eliza.
- Hi.Copy !req
100. - Hey, congrats.
- Thanks, Dad.Copy !req
101. - Proud of you.
- Okay, thanks.Copy !req
102. - Okay, I'm outta here.
- Thanks. All right.Copy !req
103. Hey!Copy !req
104. Wow. You make a pretty good Superman.Copy !req
105. Superman's boring. I'm Raiden.Copy !req
106. Huh. Um...Copy !req
107. I'm sorry I, uh,
missed our therapy today, um...Copy !req
108. I was in Wichita for a story.Copy !req
109. You couldn't catch a flight back,
Mom said.Copy !req
110. So, uh, high school starts tomorrow.Copy !req
111. You nervous? Because, you know,
it's okay if you're nervous.Copy !req
112. I know freshman year
was pretty tough for me.Copy !req
113. Did I ever tell you about the time
I was the team manager of the...Copy !req
114. Everyone duct taped you
to a tractor, yeah.Copy !req
115. Life's little different in Smallville
than it is in Metropolis.Copy !req
116. Okay, well, you know, if you...Copy !req
117. If you need anything,
if you want to talk,Copy !req
118. I'm here.Copy !req
119. Hey, Dad.Copy !req
120. Yeah.Copy !req
121. The music?Copy !req
122. Right.Copy !req
123. I saw you on the news.Copy !req
124. Are you just getting home now?Copy !req
125. Yeah, uh... Got home a little bit ago.Copy !req
126. Honey, I know you've got
a lot on your plate,Copy !req
127. but you really do need
to be around more.Copy !req
128. Mom, I do have a responsibility
to the world, as you know who.Copy !req
129. Well, you've got a bigger responsibility
to your family, as a father.Copy !req
130. The boys need to see what a strong and
loving and vulnerable man looks like.Copy !req
131. What your father was to you.Copy !req
132. You only have them
for a short while longerCopy !req
133. before they go off into the world.
You've got to be present.Copy !req
134. I'm trying.Copy !req
135. I really am.Copy !req
136. I don't want to let anybody down.
Was it, um...Copy !req
137. Was it always this hard for you and Dad?Copy !req
138. Your lives are so much more complicated
than ours ever were.Copy !req
139. Besides, life's a little different
in Smallville, remember?Copy !req
140. You okay?Copy !req
141. I just need to lie down, that's all.Copy !req
142. Get some sleep, Mom.Copy !req
143. Love you.Copy !req
144. Good night, honey.Copy !req
145. Good night.Copy !req
146. - Get 'em while they're hot.
- Thanks.Copy !req
147. - More juice?
- I think I'm good. Thank you.Copy !req
148. Little help?Copy !req
149. Your mom called while you were
in the shower about a visit.Copy !req
150. - Are we going to Grandma's?
- I think we're overdue.Copy !req
151. Great, Smallville.Copy !req
152. A place where you can spend
a full year in one afternoon.Copy !req
153. It's not that bad.Copy !req
154. Wow. Is that how
you're going dressed today?Copy !req
155. Somebody got the
punch-me-in the-face memo.Copy !req
156. I should dress like you? Like some sort
of human participation trophy?Copy !req
157. No, but you could watch a, like,
how-to basic video on style.Copy !req
158. Enough. Both of you, go,
your ride's here.Copy !req
159. Bye.Copy !req
160. - I love you, guys.
- Love you.Copy !req
161. - Good luck today, guys.
- Thanks, Dad.Copy !req
162. You're worried about Jordan.Copy !req
163. I tried talking to him last night,
but he was pretty upset.Copy !req
164. If he knew where you really were...Copy !req
165. Your parents told you about
your real heritage when you were six.Copy !req
166. But that was different.
I lived on a farm. I had powers.Copy !req
167. You don't think Jonathan's
got something?Copy !req
168. Tests at the fortress
said that it was unlikely.Copy !req
169. He's about to be starting quarterbackCopy !req
170. at one of most competitive
high schools in the nationCopy !req
171. as a freshman.Copy !req
172. Yeah. Doesn't mean he has powers.Copy !req
173. Have you seen him throw a deep route?Copy !req
174. And what about Jordan?Copy !req
175. All it's gonna do is make him feel
more alien than he already does.Copy !req
176. Trust me, I've been there.Copy !req
177. We're late.Copy !req
178. - It's too dangerous for them to know.
- It's more dangerous if they don't.Copy !req
179. Lois, they slip up once,
say the wrong thing to one person,Copy !req
180. the whole world knows who I am.Copy !req
181. What?Copy !req
182. - Your father agrees with me.
- Now we care what my dad thinks?Copy !req
183. I'm just saying. They're 14,
they don't need to know yet.Copy !req
184. Maxy, what's going on?Copy !req
185. Troupe. Fired.Copy !req
186. More layoffs? I knew when Morgan Edge
bought the Planet, there'd be cuts,Copy !req
187. but this is unbelievable.Copy !req
188. Kent, you got a minute?Copy !req
189. Foswell fired you?Copy !req
190. Look, it's better me
than somebody else, okay?Copy !req
191. - I do have another day job.
- That's not the point.Copy !req
192. Foswell's no editor.
He's a patsy for Edge.Copy !req
193. All these billionaires
that buy media outletsCopy !req
194. use this moving-to-digital crap
as an excuse to destroy journalism.Copy !req
195. They don't care about
human interest stories or facts.Copy !req
196. All they care about is click-throughs.Copy !req
197. Ow!Copy !req
198. You're gonna need a new excuse
for being gone all the time now.Copy !req
199. Lois, we're not telling the boys.Copy !req
200. Hey, Mom. Sorry.
This morning's just been...Copy !req
201. Dr. Frye?Copy !req
202. Clark.Copy !req
203. How did you...Copy !req
204. The stroke...Copy !req
205. It...Copy !req
206. Faithful God, Lord of all creation.Copy !req
207. The desire that nothing redeemed
by your son will ever be lostCopy !req
208. as we return the ashes
of our sister to the EarthCopy !req
209. to live with you and all your children
forever and ever.Copy !req
210. Amen.Copy !req
211. Clark!Copy !req
212. What's that?Copy !req
213. It's one o'clock, don't you need
to take your pill or something?Copy !req
214. What are you? Mom?Copy !req
215. Someone's got to watch out for you.Copy !req
216. Clark here and his dad,Copy !req
217. they could harvest crops
faster than any farm in the area.Copy !req
218. How's your place, Mr. Branden?Copy !req
219. We had to sell to Oberlee Foods
last year.Copy !req
220. I'm really sorry to hear that.Copy !req
221. It's hard for family farmers to make it
around here nowadays.Copy !req
222. It's been so long since we've seen him.Copy !req
223. Come on, kids, keep up.Copy !req
224. Remember that girl
from that summer we stayed here?Copy !req
225. - Sarah Cushing?
- Yeah.Copy !req
226. She's here.Copy !req
227. Really, where?Copy !req
228. Fifty yards and approaching.Copy !req
229. If you hurry, you'll have time
to go inside and changeCopy !req
230. into a completely different person.Copy !req
231. Clark, I'm so sorry.Copy !req
232. She was always so kind to me.
To all of us.Copy !req
233. - It's good to see you, Lana.
- Same.Copy !req
234. Lois, great to see you. I'm sorry
it's under these circumstances.Copy !req
235. It's nice to see you, too.Copy !req
236. You remember our boys?
Jonathan and Jordan.Copy !req
237. - Hi.
- Hey.Copy !req
238. These are our girls.
The littlest one here is Sophie.Copy !req
239. And the one
with the perma-scowl over there,Copy !req
240. - that's Sarah.
- Dad.Copy !req
241. I'm really sorry about your grandma.Copy !req
242. She was really special.Copy !req
243. Even my dad liked her,
and he hates everyone, so...Copy !req
244. House full of girls.
Someone's always pissed at you.Copy !req
245. - Mommy.
- Mmm-hmm.Copy !req
246. That's him.Copy !req
247. Well, your daddy and I went
to high school with Mr. Kent.Copy !req
248. You dated him.Copy !req
249. That's why Daddy got mad
when he saw you on his Facebook page.Copy !req
250. Okay, sweets, why don't you go play?Copy !req
251. Oh...Copy !req
252. How are you holding up?Copy !req
253. I could really use a drink, actually.Copy !req
254. Now you're talking. Lead the way.Copy !req
255. I didn't think you guys would have
remembered me from that summer.Copy !req
256. Of course we would. I mean...
But you changed your... Everything.Copy !req
257. What my brother's trying to say
is that whatever you're doing is...Copy !req
258. It's totally working for you.Copy !req
259. Well, we still get puberty
in Smallville.Copy !req
260. Although, cell service sucks, so...Copy !req
261. You know, I've been trying
to get on all morning.Copy !req
262. I think there's something
wrong with the router.Copy !req
263. Just probably needs to be reset.Copy !req
264. Jon, it's in the barn.Copy !req
265. Mysterious. What's in the barn?Copy !req
266. Our dad doesn't like us in there.Copy !req
267. He says it's full of stuff
that can kill us.Copy !req
268. Yeah, when we were, like, eight.Copy !req
269. Well, as a member of the FFA,
I think I can keep you guys safe.Copy !req
270. - What's the FFA?
- I don't know.Copy !req
271. Your daughters are so gorgeous.Copy !req
272. Oh, thank you.Copy !req
273. And you look exactly the same
as you did in high school.Copy !req
274. He doesn't age.Copy !req
275. It's good genes, I guess.Copy !req
276. And, Lois, I read all your stories.
It's so impressive.Copy !req
277. Because of you,
I tell my girls they can do anything.Copy !req
278. Thank you. Are you still at the bank?Copy !req
279. Yeah. And Kyle's still at the firehouse,Copy !req
280. made fire chief last year,Copy !req
281. and everybody else we know moved away.Copy !req
282. She means bailed.Copy !req
283. - Lueck?
- Twin Cities.Copy !req
284. - Sippy?
- St. Louis.Copy !req
285. Maybe you'll see them at
the next reunion.Copy !req
286. Kent didn't make it
to the last one now, did he?Copy !req
287. I was supposed to but...Copy !req
288. You know, it used to be that when
folks move away to get their degreesCopy !req
289. well, they bring their skills back home,Copy !req
290. take care of the community
that's helped raise them, you know?Copy !req
291. But that ain't happening anymore.Copy !req
292. Hey, we'll at least get a lifelineCopy !req
293. if this whole Edge proposal
goes through, right?Copy !req
294. What does Morgan Edge
want with Smallville?Copy !req
295. - Oh, boy.
- He's retrofitting the coal minesCopy !req
296. to produce alternative energies.Copy !req
297. He's gonna put a lot of folks
back to work around here.Copy !req
298. - Until it doesn't.
- Lois...Copy !req
299. Morgan Edge ruins everything he touches.Copy !req
300. What's he ruined?Copy !req
301. He is single-handedly destroying
the Daily Planet.Copy !req
302. People quit reading that paper
because you reportersCopy !req
303. can't keep the politics to yourselves.Copy !req
304. Edge's companies prey
on struggling communities.Copy !req
305. He busts up unions.
He barely pays a living wage.Copy !req
306. I don't understand
how he can keep fooling people.Copy !req
307. You mean us dumb, backward,
small-town folk?Copy !req
308. No, no, that is not what I meant.Copy !req
309. I know what you meant.Copy !req
310. See, people like you,
you look at SmallvilleCopy !req
311. and you think of the past
and you feel real bad for us, right?Copy !req
312. People like Morgan Edge, though...Copy !req
313. Now, see, he looks at Smallville,
and he sees the future.Copy !req
314. It's not a future
I would want to live in.Copy !req
315. It's good thing we don't have to worry
about that anymore now, do we?Copy !req
316. We haven't made any decisions
about the farm yet, Kyle.Copy !req
317. But your mother has.Copy !req
318. What does that mean?Copy !req
319. Kyle, go get the girls.Copy !req
320. I'm sorry for your loss, Kent.Copy !req
321. Evening.Copy !req
322. Lana, what's he talking about?Copy !req
323. Your mother had
some business with us, that's all.Copy !req
324. Come by the bank tomorrow.Copy !req
325. Martha was a great lady.Copy !req
326. The heart of Smallville, really.Copy !req
327. I'm sorry she's gone.Copy !req
328. Yeah, your dad's right.Copy !req
329. Pretty much everything
here can kill you.Copy !req
330. - What's that thing?
- That's a hay raker.Copy !req
331. I guess you guys don't see
much of this in Metropolis.Copy !req
332. No, but our dad told us all
these stories about growing up here.Copy !req
333. Did he tell you it sucks?Copy !req
334. Actually, I think he kind of loved it.Copy !req
335. Of course.Copy !req
336. It can't be that bad. I mean,Copy !req
337. it's more the people
that make up a place, right?Copy !req
338. Wow.Copy !req
339. Metropolis boys are really starting
to lose their game.Copy !req
340. Relax, I'm taken.
I didn't mean it like that.Copy !req
341. I'm just saying...Copy !req
342. Well, I guess I'm trying to say
that we're only here for a few daysCopy !req
343. and I figured that we kind of need
someone to show us around.Copy !req
344. Mmm.Copy !req
345. Okay. Phone.Copy !req
346. Oh no, not you.Copy !req
347. You.Copy !req
348. Thank you, uh...Copy !req
349. There's a bonfire tomorrow
at the old Shuster Mine.Copy !req
350. Hit me up if you want to go,
but I can't guaranteeCopy !req
351. I won't get you
into a little bit of trouble.Copy !req
352. Guys, found the router.Copy !req
353. What the hell was Grandma thinking
putting it up there?Copy !req
354. I got it.Copy !req
355. Oh. Jordan, be careful.Copy !req
356. "Come by the bank?"
Wonder what that was all about.Copy !req
357. I shouldn't have lost my cool with Kyle.Copy !req
358. You think he's right?Copy !req
359. Should I have come back
to Smallville more often?Copy !req
360. No, Clark, he's not right.Copy !req
361. Your mom knew where you were
and who you were.Copy !req
362. Right before she died, I...Copy !req
363. I heard her say something
as I was flying here.Copy !req
364. It's time to come home.Copy !req
365. She wanted me to come home.Copy !req
366. I just don't know why yet.Copy !req
367. Careful.Copy !req
368. - It's still not working.
- Got it.Copy !req
369. Oh, my God.Copy !req
370. Help! Somebody help!Copy !req
371. The boys, they're hurt!Copy !req
372. Go get medical supplies.Copy !req
373. It was his idea.Copy !req
374. It's okay.Copy !req
375. You're saying all we have
are mild concussions?Copy !req
376. You're both really lucky.Copy !req
377. A little rest, you should be fine.Copy !req
378. - Thanks, Benny. It's good to see you.
- Yeah.Copy !req
379. - No worries, thank you.
- Best to the family.Copy !req
380. - Thank you. I'm sorry for your loss.
- Thanks.Copy !req
381. Come on, boys. Let's get upstairs.
You've had a long day.Copy !req
382. Great, Engstrom just said
that I might not be starting anymoreCopy !req
383. because I missed practice all week.Copy !req
384. Seriously? Football's what
you're worried about right now?Copy !req
385. How are we fine, Jon?Copy !req
386. Jordan, look, if you want to fixate
on something weird,Copy !req
387. maybe you should start thinking aboutCopy !req
388. how Sarah Cushing
gave you her digits and not me.Copy !req
389. You texted here already, didn't you?Copy !req
390. I don't know. What...Copy !req
391. I just wanted her to know
we were okay, all right?Copy !req
392. What is this?
You sent a waving hand emoji?Copy !req
393. No, that is a Vulcan salute.Copy !req
394. I got to say that's...
That's even worse.Copy !req
395. Kind of a freak.Copy !req
396. You know what?Copy !req
397. Something a lot freakier than me
happened to us in that barn.Copy !req
398. Something we're not being told about.Copy !req
399. And it's up to us
to find out what that is.Copy !req
400. Okay. Whatever, weirdo.Copy !req
401. You thinking what I'm thinking?Copy !req
402. Jonathan must have somehow
shielded them both?Copy !req
403. You saw how confused they are.
They need to know the truth.Copy !req
404. What's the truth gonna do to Jordan?Copy !req
405. It's hard enough on him having a brother
that everything comes easy to.Copy !req
406. But having one that has powers
like Superman?Copy !req
407. We don't know what he can
or can't do yet.Copy !req
408. And yes, it will be hard for him,Copy !req
409. but he will have his family there
to help him figure things out,Copy !req
410. like he does right now.Copy !req
411. I can't lose him, Lois.Copy !req
412. I can't.Copy !req
413. He's pulled so far away from me already.Copy !req
414. When we were dreaming
about having a family,Copy !req
415. it didn't look like this, did it?Copy !req
416. Didn't have lost jobsCopy !req
417. or teens with severe anxietyCopy !req
418. or parents gone too soon.Copy !req
419. No one ever dreams about the problems,
but every life has them,Copy !req
420. even the extraordinary ones.Copy !req
421. Sitrep on the way, General.Copy !req
422. Your dad's back.Copy !req
423. That's not good.Copy !req
424. Had my team analyze
security camera footageCopy !req
425. from both nuclear plants
where the ruptures occurred,Copy !req
426. and this is the only commonality.Copy !req
427. - Whatever did this, it's moving fast.
- That's not all.Copy !req
428. We also discovered
a sub-microscopic etching at both sites.Copy !req
429. Thought maybe it was
a fingerprint at first.Copy !req
430. It wasn't.Copy !req
431. It's Kryptonian.Copy !req
432. "You are not a hero, Kal-El."Copy !req
433. - Whoever did this knows who I am.
- He's studying you, Clark.Copy !req
434. I'm sure there's a phone booth in this
podunk town where you can suit up.Copy !req
435. Now? No.Copy !req
436. Lois...Copy !req
437. I get it. There is a powerful
something out thereCopy !req
438. that doesn't like Superman
or nuclear power plantsCopy !req
439. and that is a bad combo.Copy !req
440. But now is not a moment
Clark can just take off.Copy !req
441. His mom just died.Copy !req
442. I mean it, Clark.Copy !req
443. The world will always need Superman.Copy !req
444. And when there is a problem,
you will be there for them.Copy !req
445. But right now,
this family needs you more.Copy !req
446. She's right, Sam.Copy !req
447. - I tried to warn you, Lois.
- Dad, not this again.Copy !req
448. When you wanted to get married,
I tried warning you.Copy !req
449. You may have fallen in love
with Clark Kent,Copy !req
450. but you married Superman.Copy !req
451. And Superman doesn't get
to have a normal life,Copy !req
452. no matter how much you want one for himCopy !req
453. or yourself.Copy !req
454. How are the boys doing?Copy !req
455. They're fine.
They're just a little shaken up.Copy !req
456. It seems luck runs in the family.Copy !req
457. Did Clark ever tell you
about our accidentCopy !req
458. coming home from a Soul Asylum concert?Copy !req
459. I try not to talk about
my Soul Asylum days too much.Copy !req
460. So, Pete was at the wheel,
fell asleep, drove off the road,Copy !req
461. when we came to, the car was a pretzel.Copy !req
462. Nobody was hurt. Not a scratch.
It was the strangest thing.Copy !req
463. Then again, lots of strange things
happened here back then.Copy !req
464. Okay...Copy !req
465. Mortgage papers?Copy !req
466. - My mom paid hers off years ago.
- Her first.Copy !req
467. About five years ago,
at the peak of the farming crisis,Copy !req
468. banks here were offering
reverse mortgages to seniors.Copy !req
469. Pay now for the opportunity
to let the bank purchaseCopy !req
470. the remainder of the farm
upon their death,Copy !req
471. if the landowner's heirs couldn't repay
the balance of the loan.Copy !req
472. She didn't need that kind of money.Copy !req
473. No, but the Gordons
were gonna be evictedCopy !req
474. from their farm that had been
in their family for generations.Copy !req
475. Margie Kelton's lung surgery made it so
she could hardly put food on the table.Copy !req
476. I have dozens of stories.Copy !req
477. Everyone in town knew
that if you were in trouble,Copy !req
478. Martha would be there.Copy !req
479. She was like your friend
you always write about, Lois.Copy !req
480. She was like this town's Superman
or Superwoman.Copy !req
481. It sounds like they had a lot in common.Copy !req
482. She still protected half
the farm's value.Copy !req
483. She wanted there to be enough money
to send the boys to college.Copy !req
484. So, you can either repay the loanCopy !req
485. or you can accept a healthy buyout
for the remaining value of the property.Copy !req
486. You really think
Dad's hiding something from us?Copy !req
487. We had all those poles land on us.Copy !req
488. Besides, how did he get 'em
up off of us so fast, anyway?Copy !req
489. I don't know, adrenaline maybe?Copy !req
490. Like soccer mom lifting a car,
kind of thing.Copy !req
491. Dad can't put up a Christmas tree
without falling off the ladder.Copy !req
492. And what's the thing he says
every single time we come here?Copy !req
493. "Don't put your finger in that?"
I don't know.Copy !req
494. "Stay out of the barn," dumb-ass.Copy !req
495. Jordan, what are we looking for anyways?Copy !req
496. Something unusual,
something out of place.Copy !req
497. - What?
- You hear that?Copy !req
498. The poles,
they must have shifted the floor.Copy !req
499. I think it's a door.Copy !req
500. Look, look, look.Copy !req
501. Three, two, one.Copy !req
502. Help me with this.Copy !req
503. - Get the flashlight.
- Yeah.Copy !req
504. This is literally just an old cellar.Copy !req
505. It's probably Grandpa's
old tool storage or something.Copy !req
506. Jon.Copy !req
507. All right.Copy !req
508. What is that thing?Copy !req
509. What are you doing? Do not touch that.Copy !req
510. Oh, my God.Copy !req
511. Did you see that?Copy !req
512. Did you see that?
What the hell was that?Copy !req
513. No, no, no, no.Copy !req
514. What was that? Jordan? What was that?Copy !req
515. Jordan, what are you...Copy !req
516. What the hell is that thing?Copy !req
517. Whatever it is, it's not from Kansas.Copy !req
518. All my memories,
my childhood, my parents,Copy !req
519. they're all here.Copy !req
520. Why would my mom want me
to come home just to sell the farm?Copy !req
521. I don't think she wanted you to sell it.Copy !req
522. I think she wanted you to save it.Copy !req
523. How?Copy !req
524. We're not exactly flush with cash,
especially after getting fired.Copy !req
525. I don't know yet,
but those reverse mortgagesCopy !req
526. weren't because the bank
was feeling generous.Copy !req
527. You may have super strength
and super hearing,Copy !req
528. but I have super smell,
and those loans don't smell right.Copy !req
529. I do have super smell, by the way.Copy !req
530. I just don't use it very often,
you know?Copy !req
531. Not with two teenage boys in the house.
Kinda gross.Copy !req
532. Two very upset teenage boys.Copy !req
533. So, that's why? That's why
you never wanted us in the barn?Copy !req
534. Because you keep
a freaking alien ship in there.Copy !req
535. - Look I can explain.
- Yeah, can you?Copy !req
536. Can you explain how we fell 30 feet
and nothing happened?Copy !req
537. - Just give him a chance.
- All you said is that we got lucky,Copy !req
538. but that was a lie, wasn't it?Copy !req
539. Yes. Yes, okay? It was a lie.Copy !req
540. Look, that ship brought me to Earth.Copy !req
541. I landed here in Smallville,
right in those cornfields over there.Copy !req
542. I was sent here when my planet,Copy !req
543. Krypton, was destroyed.Copy !req
544. - Krypton?
- Yes.Copy !req
545. And because I wasn't from here,
I had certain powers.Copy !req
546. Your grandparents, they took me in.Copy !req
547. They raised me.Copy !req
548. Taught me how to control my abilities,
how to blend in,Copy !req
549. until the day I was ready to leave
and become who I was sent here to be.Copy !req
550. You're saying you're Superman?Copy !req
551. No, I've seen Superman before.
We've seen him.Copy !req
552. When your father first told me,
I didn't understand either.Copy !req
553. I understand.Copy !req
554. I understand all the excuses.Copy !req
555. All the times you were gone.
You lied to us.Copy !req
556. - You both did.
- He was saving lives, Jordan.Copy !req
557. That doesn't make it less true.Copy !req
558. You lied to protect his secret.Copy !req
559. All the things I've been feeling.Copy !req
560. You made me think I was crazy.
They put me on pills.Copy !req
561. Your mental health has nothing to doCopy !req
562. - with who your father is.
- And how do you know that?Copy !req
563. I'm half human,
half whatever the hell he is.Copy !req
564. Do not yell at your mother. Okay?
This is not her fault.Copy !req
565. I'm the one that didn't
want you to know.Copy !req
566. - Why?
- Because I knew what kind of burdenCopy !req
567. it would be if you both had powers.Copy !req
568. Or worse, if one of you had them
and the other one didn't.Copy !req
569. You think he's the reason
we survived yesterday.Copy !req
570. - What are you talking about?
- Go on, Dad.Copy !req
571. Go and tell Superboy here
why he's really so perfect.Copy !req
572. We thought your athletic talents
could be latent abilitiesCopy !req
573. starting to emerge, and then yesterday...Copy !req
574. The only way that both of you
survived that accidentCopy !req
575. is for at least one of
you to be like me.Copy !req
576. Wouldn't have it any other way,
would you, Dad?Copy !req
577. Jordan.Copy !req
578. Don't try to talk to me, all right?Copy !req
579. You may have been sent here
to be some hero,Copy !req
580. but you sure as hell weren't
sent here to be a father.Copy !req
581. Just leave us alone.Copy !req
582. Everything I do with the boys justCopy !req
583. seems like it blows up in my face.Copy !req
584. Is Jordan right?Copy !req
585. Am I a bad father?Copy !req
586. - Clark...
- 'Cause right nowCopy !req
587. it feels like it's my fault
that this is all falling apart.Copy !req
588. Your life falling apart
doesn't mean you're special,Copy !req
589. it means you're human.Copy !req
590. Temperature reaching critical meltdown.Copy !req
591. It's another nuclear facility.Copy !req
592. Hey.Copy !req
593. We're gonna be all right, okay?Copy !req
594. Go.Copy !req
595. I found your message.Copy !req
596. - I know you're here.
- And I know you can't see me.Copy !req
597. Lead encasements.Copy !req
598. You can't see through lead.Copy !req
599. It's one of your few weaknesses.Copy !req
600. So, that's why you're choosing
nuclear facilities.Copy !req
601. You could watch me without me knowing.Copy !req
602. And see how good you really are, Kal-El.Copy !req
603. Hey, Sarah.Copy !req
604. Hey, you made it. See you guys later.Copy !req
605. I still don't understand
how you guys didn't get hurt.Copy !req
606. Still figuring that one out.Copy !req
607. Well, I'm just glad that you made it.Copy !req
608. You promised me trouble.Copy !req
609. Well, I will definitely do my best.Copy !req
610. I don't really know how
you guys party in Metropolis,Copy !req
611. but here in Smallville,
we do it a little different.Copy !req
612. How do you know my name?Copy !req
613. I know everything there is to know
about the last son of Krypton.Copy !req
614. Where I come from, let's just say
the two of us have history.Copy !req
615. And where is that exactly?Copy !req
616. Nowhere now.Copy !req
617. My world was destroyed,
but somehow I managed to survive.Copy !req
618. I eventually arrived here,
where I learned you were here, too.Copy !req
619. You're not as fast as I thought.Copy !req
620. Maybe you shouldn't.Copy !req
621. Beer and benzos don't really mix well.Copy !req
622. How'd you know?Copy !req
623. I saw you take one back
at the funeral reception.Copy !req
624. But you're not the only one,Copy !req
625. you know, on something, so...Copy !req
626. You, for what?Copy !req
627. We really gonna do this now?
Go full Euphoria on each other.Copy !req
628. We don't have to.Copy !req
629. You're just kind of
the only person I know around here.Copy !req
630. No, it's cool. Come on.Copy !req
631. Up until I wasCopy !req
632. 11 or 12,Copy !req
633. I had a pretty awesome life.Copy !req
634. I mean, it wasn't perfect,Copy !req
635. but it was nice.
Dolls and dance classes.Copy !req
636. But then something changed.Copy !req
637. People around here,
they get this sadness,Copy !req
638. and they act like it's something
you can catch, like the flu,Copy !req
639. but I never thought
it was gonna hit my house till it did.Copy !req
640. Now, half the nights,
my dad sleeps on the couch.Copy !req
641. And my mom gets really mad at him
for being checked out,Copy !req
642. but honestly, I can't blame him.Copy !req
643. He's a firefighter.
And being a firefighter here,Copy !req
644. you see all the really bad stuff.Copy !req
645. I mean, stuff that no one
really wants to talk about.Copy !req
646. Like what?Copy !req
647. Like, parents cooking methCopy !req
648. and the whole house catching on fire
with their kids inside.Copy !req
649. Anyways,Copy !req
650. about a year ago,Copy !req
651. I took a bunch of my mom's pills.Copy !req
652. I still don't understand why I did it.Copy !req
653. I've never done anything
like that before.Copy !req
654. And my mom,
she made a really big drama out of it.Copy !req
655. Lots of therapy and whatever.Copy !req
656. I know, for a... For a sad story,
it's really basic.Copy !req
657. No, it's not.Copy !req
658. What are you doing?Copy !req
659. - What?
- Hey!Copy !req
660. - Sean!
- That's my girlfriend!Copy !req
661. - Sean, what the hell is your problem?
- What are you doing with this guy?Copy !req
662. - It doesn't even matter. Relax, relax.
- Girlfriend?Copy !req
663. I would have gotten around to it,
but you sort of kissed me first.Copy !req
664. - And it's not that big of a deal.
- Back off!Copy !req
665. What the hell are you doing?Copy !req
666. You know how many townies
I had to randomly DM to find outCopy !req
667. - where this party was?
- Out of the way!Copy !req
668. Back off!Copy !req
669. You really don't want
to get in my face right now.Copy !req
670. Aren't you curious how I know
so much about you, Kal-El?Copy !req
671. Like me, your home was destroyed.Copy !req
672. You were sent here as an infant,Copy !req
673. to world where you'd spend your whole
life trying to prove your worth.Copy !req
674. Convince yourself you were one of them.
But you're not!Copy !req
675. You're still that scared, lost child,Copy !req
676. desperate for the love of people
that will never accept you.Copy !req
677. And the only remnants
of your real home, kryptonite,Copy !req
678. make you sick.Copy !req
679. Dust to dust, Superman.Copy !req
680. Yeah.
You still got those contacts at HUD?Copy !req
681. I need you to check
Smallville Community BankCopy !req
682. for any unusual activity
in the last fiveCopy !req
683. or six years.Copy !req
684. it is a volatile situation
for firefighters...Copy !req
685. Maxy, I gotta go.Copy !req
686. Clark?Copy !req
687. Who told you to wear a tie?Copy !req
688. Clark, come home.Copy !req
689. Dad.Copy !req
690. Jonathan.Copy !req
691. The other one's pretty shook up.Copy !req
692. Twice in two days, Kent.Copy !req
693. Luckiest family I know.Copy !req
694. Kyle.Copy !req
695. Thank you.Copy !req
696. - Hey, are you all right? What happened?
- Dad. Dad,Copy !req
697. I'm okay, but Jordan...Copy !req
698. So, you saved your brother.Copy !req
699. I wasn't sure what happened.Copy !req
700. That's why I didn't say anything.Copy !req
701. All I knew is, when I fell,
I felt something come over me.Copy !req
702. A strength I've never had before. I feltCopy !req
703. control.Copy !req
704. I don't know. It's hard to explain.Copy !req
705. What's gonna happen to him?Copy !req
706. I'm not sure yet.Copy !req
707. Jordan's powers are manifesting
very differently than mine did.Copy !req
708. But we're gonna
help you get through this. Okay?Copy !req
709. Yeah, it's probably like
learning to drive a car, you know,Copy !req
710. if cars were indestructible and
had giant death lasers as headlights.Copy !req
711. Yeah.Copy !req
712. Thanks.Copy !req
713. Apologize to your brother.Copy !req
714. I know. Too soon, I know.Copy !req
715. You were right.Copy !req
716. Should've told him a long time ago.Copy !req
717. Jordan could've killed someone tonight.Copy !req
718. We just got to be
on the same page going forward.Copy !req
719. These are the important years, Clark.Copy !req
720. Life's a little different in Smallville.Copy !req
721. I think I know what my mom meant
when she said to come home.Copy !req
722. She knew how busy we are in Metropolis,Copy !req
723. how absent I've been.Copy !req
724. I've tried convincing myself
that the boys would be fine,Copy !req
725. and that it was okay
for me to be gone so much.Copy !req
726. But I was wrong.Copy !req
727. You think your mom wanted us to move
to Smallville and live on the farm?Copy !req
728. It's a simpler life.Copy !req
729. More time with each other,
be part of a community. And now this.Copy !req
730. I think she felt like this
family needs Smallville.Copy !req
731. As much as the world needs Superman?Copy !req
732. Look, I know.Copy !req
733. I know it would be a huge,
huge change.Copy !req
734. Yeah, it would.Copy !req
735. But I think she was right.Copy !req
736. Really?Copy !req
737. You know, I think about my dad a lot.Copy !req
738. He was just heading off
to church one dayCopy !req
739. when a meteor crashed in his front yard.Copy !req
740. And just like that,Copy !req
741. he was a father.Copy !req
742. I didn't know it back then,Copy !req
743. but he had no idea what he was doing.Copy !req
744. That didn't matterCopy !req
745. 'cause he was always there.Copy !req
746. You were right.Copy !req
747. I haven't always been there for you.Copy !req
748. But I promise you, from now on,Copy !req
749. I will be.Copy !req
750. I pulled some strings.
Got you $2,100 an acre,Copy !req
751. which is well above market value
in Rice County.Copy !req
752. Wow, that... That's very generous.Copy !req
753. Um...Copy !req
754. But we decided we're...
We're not selling.Copy !req
755. You're not?Copy !req
756. We're thinking of reopening the farm,Copy !req
757. and run it the way my folks and I
used to back in the day.Copy !req
758. So, you're staying?Copy !req
759. Well, we're talking it over, but
a change might be good for this family.Copy !req
760. Okay.Copy !req
761. Then, let's go over
the pre-negotiated termsCopy !req
762. for taking on the loan.Copy !req
763. Before we do, Lana,Copy !req
764. I was wondering if you knew
that a couple months beforeCopy !req
765. those reverse mortgages were offered,Copy !req
766. a company had secretly
acquired your bank.Copy !req
767. No, I didn't know that.Copy !req
768. Galaxy Holdings, whose majority
shareholder is Morgan Edge.Copy !req
769. Why would someone like Morgan EdgeCopy !req
770. be interested in a bunch
of family farms in Smallville, Kansas?Copy !req
771. That's a very good question.Copy !req
772. How's everyone doing after last night?Copy !req
773. Tag Harris broke his arm.Copy !req
774. Other than that, nobody else got hurt.Copy !req
775. Anyone say what caused the explosion?Copy !req
776. My dad said it was probably
just a methane pocket.Copy !req
777. Look, I should have never
kissed you last night.Copy !req
778. Wow. That is awkward. Good luck.Copy !req
779. It's not your fault.Copy !req
780. You didn't know about Sean,Copy !req
781. and I'm just really sorry
about how it all went down.Copy !req
782. I just wanted to hang out with you.Copy !req
783. You were so sweet that summer
that we met.Copy !req
784. And then, yeah, I saw you
take the pill at the funeral and...Copy !req
785. I just thought that
if someone like you had issues,Copy !req
786. then someone like me wasn't
so messed up.Copy !req
787. I think maybe it means
we're both just a little messed up.Copy !req
788. Yeah, maybe you're right.Copy !req
789. Do you think that
you can keep it a secret?Copy !req
790. Well, one person finds out,
and then everybody knows,Copy !req
791. - and then just...
- Yeah. Yeah, you don't...Copy !req
792. Your secret's safe with me.Copy !req
793. - Thanks.
- Sarah!Copy !req
794. - I'm sorry.
- It's... It's all right.Copy !req
795. - See you around?
- Yeah.Copy !req
796. Well, that didn't look
like a total disaster.Copy !req
797. - Am I right?
- Yeah. Look...Copy !req
798. Jon, about the powers.Copy !req
799. It's all good.Copy !req
800. - Yeah?
- Yeah.Copy !req
801. Powers are overrated anyways.Copy !req
802. Plus, this justCopy !req
803. confirms what I've known
to be true all along.Copy !req
804. - Yeah?
- Yeah.Copy !req
805. My skills on the field are legit.Copy !req
806. Come on.Copy !req
807. I still cannot believe
you just said that to her.Copy !req
808. You know, when you first...Copy !req
809. Hey, boys?Copy !req
810. What would you guys think about
staying here a little longerCopy !req
811. than any of us planned?Copy !req
812. Like a couple days or something?Copy !req
813. More like permanently?Copy !req
814. I mean, I have school,
practice with the team...Copy !req
815. We know. We know.
It's a big conversation.Copy !req
816. Yeah, we'll have it tonight
at family dinner.Copy !req
817. We just wanted to give you both
some time to processCopy !req
818. what this would really be like
before we do.Copy !req
819. Okay.Copy !req
820. Until then, you two,
follow me out to the barn.Copy !req
821. I wanna show you a few things.Copy !req
822. Like, Superman things?Copy !req
823. Like, how to attach a plow to a tractor.Copy !req
824. - What?
- Seriously?Copy !req
825. Those fields aren't
gonna plough themselves.Copy !req
826. Okay, but, Dad, we have questions.Copy !req
827. - We just found out our dad's Superman.
- I got, like,Copy !req
828. thousands and thousands of questions...Copy !req
829. We need to improve tactile function
and speed if I'm gonna end this.Copy !req
830. We also need kryptonite.
That was the last of your supply.Copy !req
831. Then we'll have to go get some.Copy !req
832. I'll start the upgrades
to your armor right away,Copy !req
833. Captain Luthor.Copy !req