Superman & Lois 3x1

1. Previously on Superman & Lois...

2. Lana, there's something I've wanted to tell you my entire life.

3. Clark is Superman.

4. You and your dad, looking back, it makes so much sense.

5. We just kind of need to reset. See how we feel.

6. I'm not over what happened and I don't know that I ever will be.

7. I wanted to talk to you about Bruno Mannheim. The head of Intergang.

8. On this planet, Bruno Mannheim is the person that killed John Henry Irons.

9. Are you gonna try to build another fortress?

10. Yep. Only this time, it's for all of us.

11. It's been 27 days since the world almost ended.

12. Twenty-seven days since everyone, on two planets,

13. nearly had their lives change forever.

14. And you know what?

15. Because we all knew what we were about to lose,

16. because we all felt that fear,

17. something amazing happened.

18. A new fortress.

19. I thought it was time to make one available to the whole family.

20. Lois,

21. Jordan

22. and Jonathan.

23. We decided we wanted change.

24. A place to use together so every voice is heard.

25. Our soon-to-be...

26. town hall.

27. We wanted to make our lives better.

28. Improve on what already existed.

29. And get rid of what caused us grief.

30. Shut the mines down for good.

31. But what's become clear in the last 27 days

32. is that all of us, around the globe...

33. - Wow. - Yeah.

34. We're gonna have to thank Tal for the use of his villa.

35. Yeah.

36. It's gonna be a little hard to do now that he's on Bizzarro world, but...

37. - You'll see him again, Clark. - Yeah.

38. Time to go already?

39. The boys wanna practice before we head back to The Gazette.

40. Yeah, I'm not gonna be there today. I have an appointment in Metropolis.

41. What? Lois. Lois, John Henry said to leave it alone.

42. I know he did, but this is Bruno Mannheim, leader of Intergang.

43. Allegedly.

44. I'm just saying, all the years we spent investigating him in Metropolis,

45. we couldn't make anything stick.

46. Yeah, for a reason.

47. Bribery, extortion, intimidation.

48. We couldn't get a single person to say anything

49. about the biggest illegal weapons dealer in the country?

50. - Just be careful. - Okay.

51. - The boys again? - I...

52. - They're gonna have to wait. - Yeah? Yeah.

53. Whoa!

54. Oh, yeah!

55. Whoa!

56. Won't catch me this time, old man. Whoo!

57. Whoo!

58. Man, I'll tell you, your flying ability has really improved,

59. but you got a ways to go if this old man can beat you.

60. Yeah. Well, we at least gotta bring a wetsuit next time.

61. I get soaked every time I come here.

62. Yeah, we might be able to do something about that.

63. But right now, while I'm at work,

64. I want you to spar.

65. When you're done,

66. fly home.

67. Like, by myself?

68. Straight home.

69. Okay, Jonathan, both hands on the wheel.

70. - Yes, ma'am. - Ten and two.

71. - Yes, ma'am. - You text and drive, you're done.

72. Mom, I know.

73. I should have got Dad to help me.

74. Your father is a terrible driver. Let's go.

75. Easy. Easy. Nice and easy.

76. Indicator. Hit the indicator.

77. Slow down. Slow down.

78. You can speed up.

79. You're tailgating. You're gonna hit that car!

80. Mom, please.

81. Sweetie, you can't take your driver's test in this monstrosity.

82. Let's practice again in the morning in my car.

83. You know, now that you're working for me,

84. you can come in to the DOD,

85. save us this trek back and forth.

86. I like it here. Besides, Nat's more qualified than anyone you got.

87. What if I get her clearance? She comes in with you.

88. I want her hanging with high schools kids,

89. not DOD eggheads.

90. She's gotta build some new relationships.

91. Nat,

92. in your Earth, I was your grandfather.

93. Did we do anything fun?

94. - Watched horror movies. - Every Friday night, yeah.

95. No kidding.

96. - Like the one playing in town? - Slaughter Cabin 3? Yeah.

97. - Exactly like that. - Then let's go.

98. If it's okay with you, of course.

99. Yeah.

100. - All right then. It's a bloody date. - Okay.

101. Yeah, looks good, Manito. Right there.

102. A few more of these blood drives and we'll be good on our reserves.

103. - Hi, guys. - Hey, Lana.

104. Um, listen. My lawyer has been calling,

105. and he says you hadn't signed the divorce papers yet.

106. Yeah, I know.

107. - Something you don't agree with? - No, no, the terms are all fine.

108. Okay. Then what is it?

109. I have just been so slammed, Kyle.

110. Dean left such a huge, huge mess,

111. and every time I sit down to sign the papers—

112. Mayor Lang, we got a problem at the school.

113. some crisis pops up.

114. One more story. I'm done proofing Lois' copy for you—

115. Don't worry about the copy.

116. I want you to cover whatever is going on at the high school.

117. I have to go. I'll be there as soon as I can.

118. Sure. Go save whatever you're saving.

119. Jordan?

120. That's not gonna help. Stop!

121. No!

122. I told you to fly straight home.

123. I got turned around.

124. - "Turned around"? We were in Malaysia. - Yes, I know.

125. But when I realized that, I saw what was happening and I came to help.

126. Jordan, you disobeyed me.

127. You put everyone in the vicinity of that building in danger,

128. and on top of that, you almost revealed yourself to the entire world.

129. - Do you understand— - I had it under control.

130. Home. Now.

131. And unless I tell you it's okay, never do that again.

132. Is that black mold?

133. Construction crew found it when they opened up the wall yesterday.

134. This stuff is so toxic.

135. We'll have to hire someone to come clean it up.

136. I'm afraid this isn't from what busted up the hallway.

137. This is water damage.

138. - It's probably been here for years. - I'll take it from here.

139. - Okay. - Thanks.

140. - Hey. Is everything okay? Oh. - We may have a mold problem.

141. Oh, wow. Not may have. You definitely do.

142. It's kind of everywhere.

143. We don't have money in the budget for something like this.

144. You'll figure something out. You always do.

145. Yeah, well...

146. Anyways, how's everything with you and Lois?

147. Honestly, they've never been better.

148. Why do you say that?

149. I'm...

150. - Clark Kent. - Wait. No. No, no, no.

151. Don't worry. I won't say anything when I meet her for drinks later.

152. All right.

153. - Mm-hm. Mm-hm.

154. What are you doing here?

155. Please, Dr. Irons. Just a few questions.

156. I've made it very clear I didn't wanna talk.

157. But now you come into my office pretending to be Ginger Metcalf.

158. I just need to know

159. if your brother might have had some connection to Bruno Mannheim.

160. John Henry was mixed up with a lot of bad people.

161. He was a decorated army veteran.

162. Everyone in my family is military.

163. My father raised us to serve.

164. John Henry took that service and abused it.

165. How so?

166. By selling tech and weapons to the wrong sort of people,

167. like Lex Luthor and Bruno Mannheim.

168. I shouldn't be talking to you about this.

169. This might help solve your brother's murder.

170. - Don't you wanna know who killed him? - I don't even know who he was.

171. The brother that I was raised with never would have betrayed his country.

172. Something changed when he got out of the service.

173. And whatever that was, I don't care.

174. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have brought all that up.

175. I'll go.

176. Hold on.

177. You told my nurse that you've been experiencing fatigue lately,

178. along with swollen breasts and an irregular menstrual cycle.

179. Yeah, but nothing out of the ordinary. Why?

180. Well, I'll need to run a urine sample,

181. but have you been sexually active recently?

182. That's crazy.

183. Yeah. That, crane was, like, 50 stories high.

184. - Fifty? - Yeah.

185. Geez. And your dad's cool with you going, like, full superhero?

186. I mean, we're still, like, feeling out what I'm allowed to do.

187. Oh, uh...

188. I got you something.

189. It's a Borneo pygmy elephant, found in Indonesia and Malaysia.

190. Got it for you when I was there.

191. Cool. Thanks.

192. What's wrong?

193. Nothing. It's just...

194. I mean,

195. you're still so nice to me,

196. even after everything that's happened.

197. I care about you, Sarah.

198. I care about you too, Jordan, but,

199. you know, as a friend.

200. Sarah, you're the only one that knows about my secret.

201. Exactly. So, you know, while you're out there saving people,

202. you don't have to risk your identity to buy a friend a present.

203. - Okay?

204. Oh, crap. I'm supposed to go pick up Soph.

205. Um...

206. I'll see you at your birthday party tomorrow.

207. - Yeah. - Okay.

208. You know, I still can't believe

209. they killed Kimmy in the last one.

210. I'm just excited to see how many people The Carver drops in space.

211. Yeah, well, Mr. Carver is pretty handy at dropping things, right?

212. Hold on. Have you ever actually seen a Slaughter Cabin movie?

213. No. I'm more of a Guns of Navarone guy myself. Sorry to disappoint.

214. No, even better. It'll be fun to watch with a Slaughter Cabin virgin.

215. Well, glad you feel that way,

216. 'cause there's something I wanted to discuss with you.

217. - Have you ever heard of the DOD Academy? - Uh, the one in Metropolis?

218. See, I think you could really benefit from a place like that.

219. I'm already in school.

220. Genius like you has no business being at Smallville High.

221. You need to be challenged,

222. tackling the kind of projects that bring about real world change.

223. So you invited me out here to recruit me?

224. Sooner I get you there, I'm telling you, sky's the limit.

225. Two tickets for the space murder movie, please.

226. Okay. So I went to stop a crane from collapsing in Kuala Lumpur.

227. And guess who was already there. I'll tell you who. Jordan.

228. - He went there alone? - Yeah.

229. And when I asked him about it, he said he "had it under control."

230. Like it was completely fine for him to be in another country.

231. Right. We'll talk to him later tonight.

232. You know, it is truly amazing how much they don't listen to us.

233. I just keep telling myself it's gonna be so much easier

234. when they're out of high school.

235. Uh-huh.

236. - You okay? - Yeah. I think so.

237. I don't know.

238. I might be pregnant.

239. Pregnant?

240. There's still some blood work she has to do,

241. but there's a pretty good chance.

242. - I... How? - Clark.

243. No. You know what I mean. Did you think this would happen?

244. I mean, I didn't even think it was possible.

245. Me neither, but here we are.

246. Pregnant. How are you feeling?

247. Surprised, mainly.

248. This would be a really big change for us.

249. Are we ready for something like this?

250. - I don't know. - Me neither.

251. Hey, whatever happens, we'll figure it out, you know?

252. There's nothing the two of us can't do together.

253. Probably means no more day trips to Tal's villa.

254. I'm pretty sure that's how we got into this situation.

255. Yeah.

256. It appears due to shipping delays,

257. neither of the birthday gifts you purchased will arrive in time.

258. Cancel the order. I'll pick them up myself.

259. - Hey. How was it? - Sucked.

260. What'd Sam do?

261. He didn't invite me out to get to know me better.

262. He just wanted me to go to a stupid school

263. and work at the DOD someday.

264. He said that?

265. You know, I don't know why I thought he'd be like Grandpa.

266. He's nowhere near the same guy.

267. - Where have you been? - You know, flying around.

268. Sarah's being Sarah, and dad's all mad at me, so...

269. Yeah, he's had that weird look on his face all afternoon.

270. What'd you do?

271. Tried to stop a construction crane

272. from falling off a high-rise in Kuala Lumpur.

273. Right.

274. - Yeah. Dad said I made it worse. - Did you?

275. I don't know, man. I was just trying to help.

276. I get it. I do.

277. But, you know, if you can't yet,

278. maybe just leave that stuff to him until you can.

279. I mean... he's been Superman a long time.

280. - Why are you still studying? - Gotta pass this test, man.

281. I mean, I know you returned your truck

282. and driving means nothing to you anymore,

283. but...

284. this is my freedom.

285. Nervous?

286. You know, I wasn't until I practiced with mom today.

287. She nitpicks everything, so...

288. Yeah. Yeah, it's annoying. But, I mean, is she right?

289. Dude.

290. I mean, if driving really does mean everything you say it does,

291. maybe you should listen to her.

292. - She has been driving a long time.

293. All right, man. Look, I'm no mom,

294. but if you wanna practice some of the things

295. she thinks you need to work on, I'm game.

296. Let's go.

297. - Hey. - All right.

298. I can't promise that you're not gonna die, though, so...

299. This is all you have?

300. More in the back.

301. Wow. Uh...

302. How is Lois?

303. Uh...

304. Still processing.

305. Mm-hm. Mm-hm. Uh...

306. And you?

307. I mean, starting over,

308. two teenagers in the house.

309. Yeah. Yeah.

310. Um...

311. Look, Clark, I don't mean to overstep,

312. but if there's any hesitation on your part...

313. I mean, you need to tell Lois.

314. This is a nightmare, Lois.

315. Right? Dean's books make no sense,

316. so now I have to figure out which pot to borrow money from

317. for all the mitigation work at the school.

318. You got this. You were a loan manager for years.

319. You could do this in your sleep.

320. - Another old fashioned? - Perfect.

321. - Good with water still? - Yeah, thanks. Thanks.

322. What? Water? Lois?

323. No.

324. - Lana.

325. Oh, my God. Wait.

326. Clark told me things are really great between the two of you.

327. - He was right. - He said that?

328. Yeah. It was written all over his face,

329. the same way it's written all over your face right now.

330. - Oh, my God. How far along? - I don't even know if this is a thing.

331. Also, we have two almost 16-year-olds. What am I even thinking?

332. You're thinking how perfect it is when a baby's asleep in your arms.

333. And how you want to just nibble those little toes.

334. The first time you hear them giggle and they say your name,

335. and all the things we're too tired to appreciate the first time around.

336. So you would want another one?

337. Yeah.

338. For sure.

339. You?

340. I don't know.

341. I think so. Yeah.

342. Then that's your answer.

343. And remember, for the three-point turn,

344. first you steer left.

345. - I got this, Mom. - Don't worry, honey.

346. Nothing is gonna come up that we haven't practiced for.

347. Coach Gaines?

348. - You work at the DMV? - Imagine that.

349. Why would I need another job?

350. Good luck.

351. Should I start driving?

352. You gonna crash this car like you did my football program?

353. No, sir.

354. No, sir.

355. So?

356. Coach Gaines deducted points right off the bat for attitude.

357. - Attitude? - Yeah, being detriment to public safety.

358. Oh.

359. I'm sorry, bud. Well, maybe next time?

360. But I still passed.

361. What? You passed?

362. That's amazing. Congrats.

363. All right. I'm gonna go ask Jordan if he wants to ride up to Vicky May's.

364. Okay. All right. Hey, we still need to sit down and talk car rules.

365. Yeah, yeah. Maybe later.

366. We have another driver.

367. It was incredible, Clark. He was so happy.

368. He hasn't hugged me like that in years.

369. I feel like I got my little boy back.

370. - I'm glad you were there for that. - I think I want more.

371. Driver's tests?

372. Kids.

373. Today just reminded me how truly magical it is to be a mom.

374. Even when it's hard, it's the best thing in the world.

375. I know it'll be different,

376. but it's also a chance to start over and do it even better.

377. Yeah. Yeah. No, you're right.

378. Totally.

379. - Okay.

380. Cake's here. We'll talk more about it later, okay?

381. - Yeah. Yeah. - Okay.

382. Oh, look. Sarah's here.

383. Hey, John.

384. I had a nice time with your daughter—

385. You had no business talking to her about schools.

386. Whoa.

387. Hand to heart, I was gonna run it by you.

388. I just wanted to gauge her interest first—

389. Nat's interest was you.

390. She was excited to spend time together.

391. - Same here. - Then what were you doing?

392. She's a 15-year-old girl whose world was destroyed.

393. She needs friends and family,

394. not a recruitment officer looking for his big prize.

395. Damn it. You're right.

396. I was... I was out of line.

397. I know you're not her granddad. You don't have to be.

398. But don't get her hopes up that you wanna be part of her life.

399. She's lost enough people already.

400. Dude. Dude, I get to the DMV. Guess who ends up taking my test.

401. - Who? - Coach Gaines.

402. - I'm not kidding. - You invited teachers?

403. - Hey, hey. - She works with my mom.

404. Hey, Miss Beppo.

405. Hey, I got you something. Oh, God. No, please. It's just Chrissy.

406. Here. Um, I got you something for your big one-six.

407. It's an alarm clock.

408. You know, for, like, waking up in the morning.

409. For, like, school and— You know, an alarm clock that makes— Yeah.

410. - You know what an alarm clock is. Okay. - That's cool.

411. Thanks.

412. Well, I'm gonna go party like it's 1999.

413. We should go inside.

414. - Yeah. - Yeah.

415. So, what do you think?

416. - You even put any rub on the skin? - Uh, was it not enough?

417. Well, see, now the fact that you're even asking that question right there

418. tells you the answer.

419. Number one rule in barbeque, you can't fear the flavor.

420. Uh, okay. Any ideas on how to fix it? Maybe, like, garlic pepper?

421. Uh...

422. Let me go raid your pantry

423. and see if I can come up with something.

424. Okay.

425. Smells good to me.

426. Hey there, Beppo.

427. What, are you hiding out in here or something?

428. The biggest event on my social calendar is a party for teenage boys.

429. This is what rock bottom looks like.

430. I see your rock bottom

431. and raise you my daughter's Quinceanera.

432. - Sorry. That was pretty tragic. - Yeah.

433. Well, tragic is kind of how I roll these days.

434. You're certainly not alone in that.

435. I appreciate the company.

436. Thank you, everyone, for coming out. It means so much to us.

437. And because we do love to embarrass our 16-year-olds,

438. let's take a look back

439. at what feels like it was just yesterday.

440. Aww.

441. This is the first day of my life

442. Swear I was born right in the doorway

443. I went out in the rain, suddenly everything changed

444. They're spreading blankets on the beach

445. Yours was the first face that I saw

446. I think I was blind before I met you

447. And I don't know where I am, I don't know where I've been

448. But I know where I want to go

449. - Jordan! Look how cute he is!

450. And so I thought I'd let you know

451. Yeah, these things take forever, I especially am slow

452. But I realized that I need you

453. And I wondered if I could come home

454. Happy birthday!

455. Help!

456. Henry Miller?

457. You're supposed to be in jail.

458. - You have powers? - Just like you.

459. I can do this all day.

460. Not around them.

461. Henry, who did this to you?

462. Who gave you powers?

463. They're coming for me.

464. - Who? - I can't let them stop me.

465. I have to finish this first.

466. Happy birthday.

467. Oh, uh...

468. Hi, Sarah.

469. You ignoring me?

470. No. I—

471. It kind of feels like you're ignoring me.

472. Yeah. I didn't know what to say.

473. How about, "What's up, Sarah? How's your day going?"

474. I just— I don't want this to be awkward.

475. I mean, it is awkward.

476. I wanna be with you but you don't wanna be with me.

477. That's super awkward.

478. Jordan, the last thing I wanna do is hurt you,

479. because I do still really care about you.

480. I just need some time for myself.

481. And all that I'm asking is that you respect that.

482. Please?

483. Okay.

484. What are you doing? Oh, can you, like, hear something?

485. Yep.

486. Is it bad?

487. Yep.

488. Are you gonna, like, fly off?

489. No.

490. Happy birthday.

491. Thanks.

492. Henry, just tell me who did this to you.

493. - I can help you. - No one can help me.

494. There aren't any bullets.

495. What's Mayor Dean doing here?

496. Lana. You need to put those funds back where you found them.

497. George?

498. You may think moving that money around is a good idea,

499. but I had it earmarked for a reason.

500. Then you'll have to convince me it's better than fixing our school.

501. The same school your son goes to.

502. The kids there have got healthy enough lungs.

503. A little fungus isn't gonna do any harm.

504. - Okay. We're done here. - This is serious.

505. You can't be messing around in things you don't understand.

506. That is so unbelievably patronizing.

507. I am the mayor, George, not you.

508. - You are in way over your head. - I think it's time for you to go.

509. This isn't finished, Lana.

510. Let's have some cake, shall we?

511. - I wanna apologize for last night. - Don't.

512. You're not my granddad.

513. You're right. I'm not.

514. That doesn't mean I don't want to get to know you.

515. And not because of some school,

516. which was a really stupid, asinine thing to bring up.

517. Look.

518. What you need to know about me, the me of this Earth,

519. is I'm terrible with people.

520. I always say the wrong thing at the wrong time.

521. I'm basically a failed nation

522. when it comes to any sort of personal relationships.

523. But I did genuinely wanna spend time with you.

524. And if you could forgive me...

525. I'd really like another chance for us to get to know each other.

526. Okay.

527. - Yeah? - Yeah.

528. Okay. Well, here.

529. - Thanks. - No, I got it for you. So...

530. Seriously?

531. Just wear them once for your granddad and then you can take them back.

532. - Great. - So did you guys have a good birthday?

533. - Pretty much. - It was cool.

534. - "Yeah, it was cool." - "It was fun."

535. - Thank you very much for the birthday. - It was great.

536. It was a lot of fun.

537. You know, I remember it was right around this time, 16 years ago—

538. Okay. She's starting the play-by-play. She's starting it.

539. Come on. You guys don't wanna hear about when you were born?

540. - You know, not for the hundredth time. - No, thanks.

541. It was very painful. Don't you ever forget that.

542. What?

543. I think I want another one too.

544. Right after I'm screeching about how painful it was?

545. Yeah, that was pretty much, like, the final push.

546. - No pun intended.

547. It's just— I don't know. Watching that video today

548. and seeing how much the boys have grown up, it just...

549. It made me miss having little ones in the house.

550. Especially ones we made.

551. - We do make pretty good kids. - Yeah.

552. You know, the boys are upstairs.

553. - And nobody's at Tal's ski chalet. - No.

554. - Morning. - Yeah. Hey. How's it going?

555. Um...

556. So, last night, that was fun.

557. I mean, you're so great.

558. Great as a person, not at,

559. you know...

560. Though... Yeah, very enjoyable.

561. I appreciate that.

562. But we can't ever do that again, right?

563. Because, like, super messy.

564. But again, you are so great.

565. Just wonderful, right? Wonderful man.

566. But this, you know, it's gonna have to be a one-and-done.

567. Yeah, I pretty much figured that was the case.

568. Okay. So, this never happened, right?

569. Right.

570. - Hey. - Hey.

571. I didn't see you at the party.

572. Uh...

573. No. I just left early. Um...

574. What's up? What can I do for you?

575. I signed the divorce papers.

576. I didn't want your lawyer to bother you anymore.

577. Uh...

578. I'll talk to you later.

579. Yeah.

580. - You're not gonna believe this. - What?

581. Henry Miller had a brain tumor.

582. That's why he was out of prison.

583. They granted him a compassionate release

584. 'cause he only had a few weeks left to live.

585. When did he get out?

586. - Three months ago. - What's he been doing this whole time?

587. Is everything okay?

588. Yeah, of course everything's okay. Why wouldn't it be?

589. Please tell me that you have the mold story ready.

590. Uh, just under 1,000 words.

591. - This is Lois. - Hello, Miss Lane.

592. - This is Dr. Irons. - Hey, Dr. Irons.

593. So I just got your results back and it seems we can rule out pregnancy.

594. - Are you sure? - Yes.

595. And I'm still concerned about some of these symptoms you're having.

596. Needs a better closer.

597. Let's schedule you an appointment

598. with our lab here in Metropolis.

599. I'd like to run some more tests and figure out what's causing all this.

600. Try again.

601. - It's been too long. - Then increase the dosage.

602. He's dead. So if we increase the dosage...

603. Yes, Mr. Mannheim. Right away.

604. Don't look at me like that.

605. It appears to be working.

606. Just like I told you.

607. We're getting closer.