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I don't think this blindfold
thing's gonna work.
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I know these halls
better than anyone.
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Hey, it's not my
surprise you're spoiling.
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All right, but I can't get too far
away. I need to hear the phones.
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All right.
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I transferred your line.
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It's not your fault you got phone
duty during Senator Burke's visit.
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But unless he makes a pit
stop to the pole-dancing parlor...
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well, then we can
still make it a date.
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Jimmy...
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Have I mentioned you are the
best boyfriend a girl could have?
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Right back at you, sweetheart.
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I figured you could use an escape
from your real-life soap opera.
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What do you mean?
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Well, you live it every
day, but from the outside.
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Your real life's got Cagney
and Stanwyck written all over it.
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You've got your billionaire
mogul, the confused damsel...
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who chose money over
love, and the friend...
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who shows up everywhere
because he can't get a job.
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Not to mention the steadfast
dame they all depend on.
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A real glimpse into the
mind of Jimmy olsen.
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FYI, "dame"? Not so flattering.
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- What's your name?
- Riley. Doghouse Riley.
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That's a funny kind of name.
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You think so?
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What are you, a prizefighter?
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- No, I'm a shamus.
- What's a shamus?
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It's a private detective.
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- You're making fun of me.
- They don't make them like they used to.
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Movies or people?
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You're cute.
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Yeah. Thank you.
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- That wasn't from...
- The movie.
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Jimmy.
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"Noir."
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No, tell them we're
on our way up.
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Female, early twenties,
gunshot wound to the chest.
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- Is she gonna be all right?
- She's hurt pretty badly. Come on, Clark.
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I'm sorry, Lana.
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Sorry I got you
caught up in all this.
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I'll find whoever did this.
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I'll find them.
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- Lex.
- Where is she?
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She is being medevaced
to our specialist in Smallville.
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- She was with you at the opera.
- You didn't show up.
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So I dropped your
wife at her car.
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- This was about an hour ago.
- You better hope she's all right.
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Now, I know someone as alert and
amazing at his job as you must be...
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you must have some
idea what happened here.
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Nice try, Miss Lane...
51
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but it's not gonna work.
- Well, a girl's gotta try, right?
52
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- Hey, Phil.
- Excuse me.
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Oh, man, I am such
a klutz. I'm so sorry.
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So the police think
it was a mugging.
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- A mugging?
- Inside the building?
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Normally I'd be the
first to cry foul play...
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but she was downtown,
middle of the night, fancy dress...
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stolen purse. He probably jumped her
before she knew what was happening.
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Am I the only one that
thinks it's weird that she was...
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with Daddy Warbucks instead of Lex?
- Whoever attacked her is out there.
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Jimmy and I saw him flee. But
the police will run prints on the gun.
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Which the mugger left behind.
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What was Lana doing here in
the middle of the night anyways?
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I should've been watching. Since
she married Lex, I've been angry...
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Clark, tell me you are
not making this your fault.
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I've always been
there for her until now.
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- I gotta find out who did this.
- Well, the police aren't saying much...
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but maybe you'll
have better luck.
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Jimmy, I need you to download
the photo of Lana's attacker.
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You can ask her.
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She never remembers anyway.
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Just what did she forget
about Sean Reagan?
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What did she tell you?
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Not half as much
as you just did.
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Take it easy.
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I know slaps are good
around this time of the evening.
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You go too far, Marlowe.
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All right, here's what I got.
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- Right over here, boys.
- Listen.
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I'll get it right to him.
81
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Sleeping on the job?
What's the big idea?
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Well, I don't... I can't...
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"I don't"? "I can't"? What's
gotten into you, Jimmy olsen?
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The town's hopping
with the senator's visit.
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I didn't take a job slinging
coffee for just anyone.
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I picked the best,
I tell you, the best.
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The Daily Planet's never seen a reporter
like you. I plan on keeping it that way.
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Jeez, oh, jeez.
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I'm sorry.
90
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Miss Sullivan, we haven't even met
and already I've ruined your blouse.
91
00:08:07,638 --> 00:08:10,766
This is very... Clark Kent.
92
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K. Kent. I'm Clark Kent.
93
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Chloe Sullivan,
and it's quite all right.
94
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What's with the glasses?
95
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Special delivery up
from the mailroom.
96
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So, what, I'm supposed to
answer your phone now too?
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Hello.
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Olsen here.
99
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I hear you're the best.
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I wanna report a murder.
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Whose?
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Mine.
103
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I hope I didn't keep
you waiting, Mr. Olsen.
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Well, how do you like that.
105
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The untouchable Lana Luthor.
106
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Seems a lot of people
got a lot of ideas about me.
107
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Listen, I don't know if
this is such a good idea.
108
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Your old man's gotta
own half of Metropolis...
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not to mention a certain building
at 1000 Broadway. Big globe on top.
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Just talking to you
could lose me my job.
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Better your job than my life.
112
00:10:01,939 --> 00:10:04,271
My husband's trying to kill me.
113
00:10:07,278 --> 00:10:09,439
Now why would you
believe a thing like that?
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The other day I was crossing 6th
Street when out of nowhere this car...
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veered right toward
me, then it sped away.
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It was no accident, Jimmy.
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00:10:22,626 --> 00:10:24,617
You don't mind if I
call you Jimmy, do you?
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Actually, it's James.
119
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You're so confident...
120
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and so brave, and I'm so afraid.
121
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I wonder if you could spare
a bit of your strength for me.
122
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Please.
123
00:10:51,355 --> 00:10:54,688
I always knew something
didn't sit right with Luthor.
124
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Just a shame a girl like you had to
get caught up in this rotten business.
125
00:11:00,831 --> 00:11:02,822
Do you have any proof?
126
00:11:04,134 --> 00:11:06,659
I knew I could count on you.
127
00:11:07,204 --> 00:11:09,729
My husband's been
sneaking out at night.
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I found this in his pocket.
129
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Consider it a thank-you...
130
00:11:23,254 --> 00:11:25,222
for your help.
131
00:11:51,849 --> 00:11:53,510
I'm here to see a friend.
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Ain't everyone?
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00:11:56,086 --> 00:11:59,078
Look, I don't want any
trouble, honest, I just came...
134
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The kid's with me.
135
00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:25,571
Eyes back in your head, olsen.
136
00:12:27,084 --> 00:12:30,110
I didn't peg you as the kind
of guy with a secret identity.
137
00:12:34,291 --> 00:12:35,758
And you're never gonna.
138
00:12:38,329 --> 00:12:41,457
Now, suppose you tell me
what story you're chasing.
139
00:12:42,900 --> 00:12:46,563
No story, just thirsty.
140
00:12:46,904 --> 00:12:50,567
Come on, a guy like you,
with a reputation to uphold?
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00:12:50,808 --> 00:12:53,140
You wouldn't be caught
100 yards of this place...
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00:12:53,310 --> 00:12:55,437
unless you were
sitting on a big scoop.
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00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:57,138
Rye whiskey.
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00:12:59,583 --> 00:13:01,448
Rocks.
145
00:13:01,619 --> 00:13:03,814
Put it on his tab, Joe.
146
00:13:03,988 --> 00:13:05,182
Name's Kent.
147
00:13:06,190 --> 00:13:10,490
You stroll in here with
this crackerjack kid...
148
00:13:10,661 --> 00:13:12,356
You trying to land
me in the cooler?
149
00:13:13,864 --> 00:13:17,061
Cool your jets, Mack. Jimmy
here's just a little down on love.
150
00:13:17,234 --> 00:13:18,633
Ain't you, Jimmy?
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Poor sucker.
152
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Man, dame's his poison.
153
00:14:00,611 --> 00:14:02,806
If that's what you're after...
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get in line.
155
00:14:04,715 --> 00:14:07,149
No, no, I'm just...
156
00:14:16,527 --> 00:14:18,757
- Who's your new heavy?
- Relax.
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00:14:18,929 --> 00:14:21,625
I got nothing on
Kent so far but his tab.
158
00:14:21,799 --> 00:14:24,029
Losing your grip, Paps.
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00:14:24,201 --> 00:14:25,828
You used to run this town.
160
00:14:26,370 --> 00:14:29,999
Now it looks like the only shots
you're calling are from behind that bar.
161
00:14:39,683 --> 00:14:41,742
So it's Luthor you're after.
162
00:14:42,519 --> 00:14:44,885
Better wipe that newsy
smile off your face.
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00:14:45,055 --> 00:14:46,955
Luthor can smell fresh
blood a mile away.
164
00:14:47,157 --> 00:14:51,355
Fresh? Now, you listen
here, Kent... Relax.
165
00:14:51,528 --> 00:14:53,860
I'm one of the good guys.
166
00:14:55,933 --> 00:14:58,231
Yeah, that's what they all say.
167
00:15:01,605 --> 00:15:07,908
If it's young Luthor you're tailing,
I got a tip for you, on the house.
168
00:15:08,078 --> 00:15:12,947
Every night he makes a big exit,
makes sure the whole joint knows it.
169
00:15:13,117 --> 00:15:16,609
But when his car pulls
off out of the alley...
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00:15:18,989 --> 00:15:21,219
he's not in it.
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Lex.
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00:16:59,523 --> 00:17:02,321
Oh, I can't take it anymore.
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00:17:02,492 --> 00:17:04,824
You're never gonna let
me in on your real life.
174
00:17:05,395 --> 00:17:06,555
Believe me, angel...
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00:17:07,531 --> 00:17:10,398
my wife will be out of
the picture soon enough.
176
00:17:10,567 --> 00:17:13,798
You can't keep toying
with a girl's heart like this.
177
00:17:14,171 --> 00:17:16,503
I gotta know it's real.
178
00:17:19,042 --> 00:17:21,408
Is this real?
179
00:17:27,718 --> 00:17:29,379
Hey!
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00:18:52,402 --> 00:18:54,870
Did anyone follow you?
181
00:18:55,038 --> 00:18:58,337
No. I lost them hours ago.
182
00:18:58,542 --> 00:19:02,239
You shouldn't have come.
He could be home any minute.
183
00:19:12,856 --> 00:19:15,518
I can't bear this much longer.
184
00:19:16,293 --> 00:19:19,023
Has it all been in my head?
185
00:19:20,497 --> 00:19:24,558
Have I been so lonely, I've started
making up stories to amuse myself?
186
00:19:27,771 --> 00:19:30,001
I'm afraid not.
187
00:19:35,445 --> 00:19:39,745
You're right about your husband
wanting to get rid of you. And soon.
188
00:19:42,019 --> 00:19:44,817
If I run, he'll track me down.
189
00:19:45,155 --> 00:19:48,750
And if I confront him, he'll
make it look like an accident.
190
00:19:52,729 --> 00:19:56,028
Don't worry. I'll
take care of Lex.
191
00:20:15,285 --> 00:20:19,779
Just to protect
yourself, please.
192
00:20:20,424 --> 00:20:23,621
I couldn't bear it if
anything happened to you.
193
00:20:45,064 --> 00:20:47,897
Nice driving back there.
194
00:20:48,234 --> 00:20:52,301
And don't worry...
I kept my word.
195
00:20:52,505 --> 00:20:53,938
I'm here alone.
196
00:20:55,140 --> 00:20:57,506
I'm afraid your word's
not worth much, Luthor.
197
00:20:58,911 --> 00:21:00,742
Doesn't matter.
198
00:21:00,913 --> 00:21:03,746
By tomorrow you'll be
picking lead out of your lungs.
199
00:21:03,916 --> 00:21:07,079
Not unless you want this
to be the next headline.
200
00:21:13,526 --> 00:21:15,721
I'm guessing this
isn't about a raise.
201
00:21:16,028 --> 00:21:17,757
It's about right and wrong.
202
00:21:17,930 --> 00:21:20,660
Now, what you do with the
singer, that's your business...
203
00:21:20,833 --> 00:21:24,291
but I'm not about to let you
bump off your wife along the way.
204
00:21:25,938 --> 00:21:29,169
Oh, yeah. I heard you say
you were gonna get rid of her.
205
00:21:29,408 --> 00:21:34,579
Sure I am... once
the divorce is final.
206
00:21:34,747 --> 00:21:36,305
I filed for it today.
207
00:21:37,316 --> 00:21:41,616
- Came as a shock to your wife.
- I doubt that.
208
00:21:41,787 --> 00:21:46,952
Don't worry, Jimmy, you're not the
first sucker she's spun in her web.
209
00:21:47,126 --> 00:21:50,459
But you better get
out before you stick.
210
00:22:01,106 --> 00:22:03,336
Gardenia.
211
00:22:31,303 --> 00:22:33,794
- Operator, get me junction 435.
- Would I lie to you?
212
00:22:33,973 --> 00:22:36,032
Just came over the wire. Okay.
213
00:22:39,011 --> 00:22:41,502
- What's all the flurry about?
- There's been a murder.
214
00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:44,911
And they say the
victim is Lex Luthor.
215
00:22:46,151 --> 00:22:47,209
Oh, criminy.
216
00:22:47,386 --> 00:22:51,516
I am such a klutz. I'm so sorry. Listen,
I'll cover you while you go clean up.
217
00:22:52,358 --> 00:22:54,986
Mr. Lex Luthor, dead on arrival.
218
00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,993
A press badge from the Daily
Planet was found on the site...
219
00:22:58,163 --> 00:23:01,030
with a photo of
Mr. Luthor and that singer.
220
00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:03,998
Now, a suspect was seen
fleeing the scene of the crime.
221
00:23:04,169 --> 00:23:09,072
Suspect, 5' 10", brown hair,
brown overcoat, and medium build.
222
00:23:09,241 --> 00:23:11,266
Jimmy.
223
00:23:14,913 --> 00:23:16,608
Last call.
224
00:23:16,782 --> 00:23:18,579
Give me another.
225
00:23:18,751 --> 00:23:20,548
No, make it a double.
226
00:23:25,758 --> 00:23:28,022
Only one thing will drive
a man to drink alone.
227
00:23:29,528 --> 00:23:31,359
I wish it were as
simple as a dame.
228
00:23:31,530 --> 00:23:33,964
Nothing simple about them, kid.
229
00:23:34,166 --> 00:23:37,567
Guess that's what keeps us
coming back for more, huh?
230
00:23:40,072 --> 00:23:42,939
Jimmy, I've been to every
gin joint in town looking for you.
231
00:23:43,108 --> 00:23:44,334
You're not the only one.
232
00:23:44,346 --> 00:23:46,441
Figured it'd be the
last place you were...
233
00:23:46,612 --> 00:23:50,207
but the first place I'd find you.
They think you shot Lex Luthor.
234
00:23:50,382 --> 00:23:53,783
Yeah, I shot him, all right. Went
down cold right in front of me.
235
00:23:54,787 --> 00:23:57,312
Listen, I'm not gonna let
you go down for this, Jimmy.
236
00:23:57,489 --> 00:24:00,583
Someone set you up, and
I just might know who did it.
237
00:24:01,827 --> 00:24:03,988
That telephone line
you had for Mrs. Luthor...
238
00:24:04,196 --> 00:24:06,426
you weren't the
only one dialing it.
239
00:24:06,598 --> 00:24:08,691
Seems that shiny new
reporter, Clark Kent's...
240
00:24:08,867 --> 00:24:11,529
been spinning those numbers
ever since he came to town.
241
00:24:12,004 --> 00:24:13,972
What are you trying to tell me?
242
00:24:14,139 --> 00:24:15,697
Looks like the
boss's old lady...
243
00:24:15,874 --> 00:24:20,004
might be getting a little more
from Kent than just the headlines.
244
00:24:30,923 --> 00:24:33,016
Yeah, it's me.
245
00:24:33,225 --> 00:24:37,628
Listen, boy wonder may have
taken the bait, but he's onto you.
246
00:24:37,796 --> 00:24:39,286
Doesn't matter anymore.
247
00:24:39,465 --> 00:24:41,592
You're on top of the
lowlife food chain...
248
00:24:41,767 --> 00:24:44,930
and I'm out from under
a suffocating marriage.
249
00:25:03,455 --> 00:25:06,151
There's something I
have to take care of.
250
00:25:13,298 --> 00:25:15,858
I thought that's
what I was here for.
251
00:25:17,269 --> 00:25:19,066
Don't worry...
252
00:25:19,271 --> 00:25:22,138
we won't have to sneak
around much longer.
253
00:25:48,999 --> 00:25:52,127
Guess you took me for
a patsy, didn't you, Kent?
254
00:25:54,371 --> 00:25:56,703
You played me right
from the very start.
255
00:25:58,008 --> 00:26:00,670
You saw your chance
to bump off the old man...
256
00:26:00,845 --> 00:26:04,440
let me take the fall for it,
and you get away with the girl.
257
00:26:06,283 --> 00:26:07,511
But why'd you have to?
258
00:26:16,494 --> 00:26:18,519
He didn't, I did.
259
00:26:21,298 --> 00:26:22,993
Aren't you full of surprises.
260
00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:27,166
I'm sorry I had to drag you
into all this, James. I really am.
261
00:26:28,205 --> 00:26:30,799
They are gonna put me away.
262
00:26:31,242 --> 00:26:33,676
They won't get the chance.
263
00:26:50,995 --> 00:26:52,656
Why'd you make me do it?
264
00:26:56,433 --> 00:26:58,663
It was all for you.
265
00:27:06,377 --> 00:27:08,538
Gardenia.
266
00:27:11,348 --> 00:27:13,680
I should've known better.
267
00:27:14,185 --> 00:27:16,449
Rule number one...
268
00:27:17,021 --> 00:27:18,955
never get mixed
up with a girl...
269
00:27:19,156 --> 00:27:21,021
not when you're on the job.
270
00:27:21,892 --> 00:27:23,519
On the job?
271
00:27:27,164 --> 00:27:28,188
You're a cop?
272
00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:32,692
Undercover unit. I was sent
here to watch Lex Luthor.
273
00:27:32,937 --> 00:27:36,031
Falling in love with
his wife, that was...
274
00:27:36,373 --> 00:27:37,601
That was my mistake.
275
00:27:40,978 --> 00:27:43,674
Those were some
eyes that she had.
276
00:27:44,081 --> 00:27:46,072
Would have made any
guy wanna be a hero.
277
00:27:46,250 --> 00:27:49,447
Yeah, well, those eyes
just got you the electric chair.
278
00:27:50,788 --> 00:27:54,315
Someone should've told you, kid,
there are no heroes in Metropolis.
279
00:28:04,468 --> 00:28:06,299
Jimmy?
280
00:28:12,076 --> 00:28:13,976
Oh, my God, are you all right?
281
00:28:18,282 --> 00:28:19,282
Don't bother.
282
00:28:19,450 --> 00:28:22,578
The picture of Lana's
trigger-happy friend's gone.
283
00:28:23,988 --> 00:28:25,819
Gardenia.
284
00:28:25,990 --> 00:28:27,218
Okay.
285
00:28:27,725 --> 00:28:31,024
It was right in front of me the
whole time, I didn't even see it.
286
00:28:31,228 --> 00:28:34,891
Jimmy, remember me?
The one outside your head?
287
00:28:35,065 --> 00:28:38,296
Lana didn't know you were working.
What if she wasn't here to see you?
288
00:28:38,469 --> 00:28:41,870
- What if she's not innocent?
- Why would she come to the cellar...
289
00:28:42,039 --> 00:28:44,132
if it wasn't to visit us?
- Look...
290
00:28:44,308 --> 00:28:45,798
I know Lana's your friend...
291
00:28:45,976 --> 00:28:49,673
and you don't wanna think of
her as a two-timing backstabber...
292
00:28:49,847 --> 00:28:53,305
but, you know, maybe she had
something she couldn't trust you with.
293
00:28:59,056 --> 00:29:01,650
The cigarette case is
missing. Think about it.
294
00:29:01,825 --> 00:29:04,453
Lana doesn't smoke. What
would she be doing with it?
295
00:29:04,628 --> 00:29:05,959
What was inside?
296
00:29:06,130 --> 00:29:07,825
A cigarette case?
297
00:29:08,198 --> 00:29:11,190
Maybe something big
enough to get killed over.
298
00:29:11,402 --> 00:29:14,894
And she was taking it to someone
on the other floor when she was shot.
299
00:29:16,307 --> 00:29:19,902
So, what, she just staggered into
the elevator and ended up here?
300
00:29:25,416 --> 00:29:27,714
You know, the
elevator has a memory.
301
00:29:27,885 --> 00:29:30,718
So its computer could tell
us what floor it was on last.
302
00:29:36,894 --> 00:29:39,658
I was thinking more gossip
column than political intrigue.
303
00:29:39,830 --> 00:29:40,854
My God.
304
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:45,735
Lana, what have you
gotten yourself into?
305
00:29:51,842 --> 00:29:53,332
When did you learn to do that?
306
00:29:53,510 --> 00:29:55,034
Some girls go for sports cars...
307
00:29:55,212 --> 00:29:58,010
I figured you're more of
a lock-picking kind of girl.
308
00:29:58,449 --> 00:30:00,508
According to the
building's exit records...
309
00:30:00,684 --> 00:30:04,950
Brennan was the only reporter
left on this floor when Lana was shot.
310
00:30:05,456 --> 00:30:09,517
Bowling trophies don't exactly
scream cold-blooded killer.
311
00:30:11,428 --> 00:30:12,759
What the hell are you doing?
312
00:30:13,230 --> 00:30:16,893
We have reason to believe that
Lana Luthor was with you last night.
313
00:30:18,535 --> 00:30:19,832
I've never met her.
314
00:30:20,137 --> 00:30:22,128
Maybe you shot her
and snagged her purse...
315
00:30:22,339 --> 00:30:24,432
to make it look
like a petty robbery.
316
00:30:25,109 --> 00:30:27,407
- I'm calling Security.
- Great.
317
00:30:27,578 --> 00:30:30,479
You can tell how you knocked
out Jimmy and erased your photo.
318
00:30:30,914 --> 00:30:34,350
The entire building was sealed off.
Only someone with prior access...
319
00:30:34,518 --> 00:30:36,577
could have done it.
320
00:30:38,789 --> 00:30:43,158
Hey, look. Mrs. Luthor said she
had a story and wanted to meet.
321
00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:46,761
She must've been getting off the
elevator when someone intercepted her.
322
00:30:46,930 --> 00:30:50,627
I heard the gunshot, I saw the
elevator going down, so I took the stairs.
323
00:30:50,801 --> 00:30:51,927
But when I got there...
324
00:30:52,102 --> 00:30:55,128
I heard you coming, and
I guess I just panicked.
325
00:30:56,106 --> 00:30:57,573
I'm sorry about your head.
326
00:30:57,741 --> 00:31:01,302
But if the police had gotten your
photo, they never would've believed me.
327
00:31:01,979 --> 00:31:03,412
What was she bringing to you?
328
00:31:04,148 --> 00:31:07,481
All I know is she said she
needed help, and it had...
329
00:31:09,887 --> 00:31:11,912
Call 911.
330
00:31:18,662 --> 00:31:20,687
Oh, man.
331
00:31:42,286 --> 00:31:44,550
You didn't have to
wait till the last second.
332
00:31:44,721 --> 00:31:46,916
What fun would that be?
333
00:31:49,793 --> 00:31:52,993
Chloe.
334
00:31:53,964 --> 00:31:55,329
Oh, my God. Chloe.
335
00:31:55,499 --> 00:31:58,525
- Did you get him?
- I knocked him out cold, but...
336
00:31:58,802 --> 00:32:02,670
You don't have a scratch on you.
I don't understand. How is that...?
337
00:32:15,152 --> 00:32:16,210
Thank you.
338
00:32:28,499 --> 00:32:30,091
Busy day, Miss Lane?
339
00:32:34,104 --> 00:32:37,403
Does breaking and entering
not mean anything to rich people?
340
00:32:38,609 --> 00:32:42,101
About as much as removing
evidence from a crime scene.
341
00:32:42,279 --> 00:32:44,770
I caught your little
maneuver at the Planet.
342
00:32:47,751 --> 00:32:53,053
So it didn't surprise me that a
piece of evidence was missing.
343
00:32:54,057 --> 00:32:55,786
The silver cigarette case.
344
00:32:56,260 --> 00:33:00,788
Really, Mr. Luthor, I was lucky to
get a quote from a parking attendant.
345
00:33:00,998 --> 00:33:02,260
George.
346
00:33:14,645 --> 00:33:17,011
Lillian loved this.
347
00:33:17,314 --> 00:33:19,748
My wife, she was
fond of gardenias.
348
00:33:22,319 --> 00:33:25,117
But I think what you're
looking for is inside.
349
00:33:25,289 --> 00:33:26,313
You open this?
350
00:33:27,658 --> 00:33:29,216
There was nothing on it.
351
00:33:38,835 --> 00:33:41,099
Ares is supposed
to be operational.
352
00:33:41,271 --> 00:33:43,739
We're in the final
stages of testing, senator.
353
00:33:43,907 --> 00:33:46,307
Well, after all my shuffling...
354
00:33:46,476 --> 00:33:50,310
to keep the appropriations under
the radar, I certainly hope so, Lex.
355
00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:53,847
We both have a
lot to lose, senator.
356
00:33:55,252 --> 00:33:58,483
You didn't know Lex was working
with Senator Burke, did you?
357
00:34:02,125 --> 00:34:06,061
You have got to give Lana major
props for double-crossing both Luthors.
358
00:34:12,936 --> 00:34:17,770
I'd be careful... Miss Lane.
359
00:34:17,941 --> 00:34:19,704
Whoever's protecting
Senator Burke...
360
00:34:19,876 --> 00:34:23,607
hired someone to kill
the wife of a Luthor.
361
00:34:27,584 --> 00:34:31,953
I doubt whether they'd think
twice about silencing you.
362
00:34:56,970 --> 00:34:58,699
Close call.
363
00:34:58,871 --> 00:35:01,840
Luckily I don't remember much.
364
00:35:02,642 --> 00:35:05,873
Let me fill you in on
a few of the details.
365
00:35:08,982 --> 00:35:11,314
Someone didn't want you
and Brennan to expose...
366
00:35:11,484 --> 00:35:13,418
whatever was in
that cigarette case...
367
00:35:13,620 --> 00:35:18,182
so they tried to kill you,
and succeeded with him.
368
00:35:18,858 --> 00:35:21,156
Now, I know that Lex
would never do anything...
369
00:35:21,327 --> 00:35:25,263
to hurt the love of
his life, but who did?
370
00:35:25,932 --> 00:35:29,368
Chloe, if I could tell you,
I would. It's complicated.
371
00:35:29,535 --> 00:35:31,526
I'm a quick learner.
372
00:35:35,208 --> 00:35:36,732
Lionel.
373
00:35:37,043 --> 00:35:40,638
He's been forcing me to dig into
Lex and turn over everything to him.
374
00:35:40,813 --> 00:35:42,644
Lionel has you spying on Lex?
375
00:35:44,183 --> 00:35:46,708
But instead of giving him
the information you found...
376
00:35:46,886 --> 00:35:49,354
you were gonna
give it to the papers?
377
00:35:51,524 --> 00:35:53,082
Why?
378
00:35:53,259 --> 00:35:55,591
It was my only way to
get out from under them.
379
00:35:55,762 --> 00:35:57,662
I don't understand.
380
00:35:57,830 --> 00:36:01,926
I mean, Lionel has a
league of minions. Why you?
381
00:36:05,204 --> 00:36:08,264
He needed someone on the inside.
382
00:36:09,909 --> 00:36:12,935
Someone who could
get close to Lex.
383
00:36:15,615 --> 00:36:17,310
Holy...
384
00:36:18,618 --> 00:36:21,553
Lana, is that why you went
through with the wedding?
385
00:36:22,922 --> 00:36:24,719
Why would you do that?
386
00:36:26,059 --> 00:36:27,890
To protect Clark.
387
00:36:28,061 --> 00:36:29,187
From what?
388
00:36:29,362 --> 00:36:31,057
Clark can take care of himself.
389
00:36:31,230 --> 00:36:32,788
What about his weakness?
390
00:36:33,132 --> 00:36:35,293
Chloe, you admitted
yourself that he has one.
391
00:36:35,468 --> 00:36:37,834
Whatever Clark is capable of...
392
00:36:38,771 --> 00:36:42,229
there's something stronger
than him, isn't there?
393
00:36:44,344 --> 00:36:47,836
If you're keeping this from Clark
because you're trying to protect him...
394
00:36:48,014 --> 00:36:50,141
he needs to know.
- He can't.
395
00:36:50,950 --> 00:36:53,350
Chloe, I know that you
confide everything in him...
396
00:36:53,519 --> 00:36:55,987
but I need you to trust me.
397
00:37:00,460 --> 00:37:02,587
Clark's life could depend on it.
398
00:37:08,267 --> 00:37:11,100
I've been all over town, all I
can find out about the guy...
399
00:37:11,270 --> 00:37:13,431
who attacked Lana is
that he's a hired gun.
400
00:37:13,606 --> 00:37:16,439
He's out of commission, so it
looks like we hit a dead end.
401
00:37:16,609 --> 00:37:17,974
That's it?
402
00:37:18,144 --> 00:37:19,941
Someone takes
a hit out on Lana...
403
00:37:20,113 --> 00:37:22,445
and you're just gonna
give up just like that?
404
00:37:25,885 --> 00:37:28,353
You're holding back
something from me, aren't you?
405
00:37:28,521 --> 00:37:30,386
Chloe, I can't believe
you'd lie to me.
406
00:37:30,556 --> 00:37:33,457
I can't believe you didn't
hear the irony in that statement.
407
00:37:33,626 --> 00:37:37,027
- You know how much she means to me.
- First, ouch.
408
00:37:37,196 --> 00:37:40,962
Second, if you really wanna help,
Clark, just stay out of it, okay? Please.
409
00:37:43,703 --> 00:37:46,831
I'm gonna find Lana's
attacker, with or without you.
410
00:37:48,574 --> 00:37:50,804
How long have you kept
your secret from Lana...
411
00:37:50,977 --> 00:37:53,070
because you were
trying to protect her?
412
00:37:54,714 --> 00:37:57,148
Are you telling me Lana's
doing this to protect me?
413
00:37:57,316 --> 00:38:00,080
Look, all I'm saying is that
sometimes people do things...
414
00:38:00,286 --> 00:38:03,016
that you don't expect,
and you don't understand.
415
00:38:03,189 --> 00:38:07,216
And sometimes they have
a really good reason for it.
416
00:38:09,796 --> 00:38:12,526
As much as I wanna believe
that that reason is Lex...
417
00:38:12,698 --> 00:38:15,394
We both know he'd never
do anything to hurt her.
418
00:38:15,568 --> 00:38:17,661
Well, then if it's
not Lex, then...
419
00:38:21,607 --> 00:38:25,441
There's only one other person
who would manipulate her like that.
420
00:38:39,459 --> 00:38:41,154
Take it from the
look on your face...
421
00:38:41,327 --> 00:38:43,420
the cops can't get
Lana's attacker to talk.
422
00:38:43,596 --> 00:38:44,620
Didn't have a chance.
423
00:38:44,831 --> 00:38:47,959
Guy got knocked off right
after he landed in county lockup.
424
00:38:48,734 --> 00:38:49,860
Mr. Luthor...
425
00:38:50,036 --> 00:38:54,905
the gun at the crime scene didn't
belong to the assailant. It's yours.
426
00:38:55,074 --> 00:38:56,974
Mine?
427
00:38:57,844 --> 00:39:00,711
- Police never mentioned...
- It's unregistered.
428
00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:04,281
I pulled the ballistics report, it
matches your gun. The missing one.
429
00:39:05,084 --> 00:39:06,881
My guess is Lana's
been carrying it...
430
00:39:07,053 --> 00:39:09,749
pulled it on whoever
confronted her and lost.
431
00:39:09,922 --> 00:39:12,482
Lana's never carried a gun.
432
00:39:13,459 --> 00:39:15,950
What would she be so afraid of?
433
00:39:32,578 --> 00:39:34,978
There's my hero.
434
00:39:35,147 --> 00:39:36,409
Just my luck.
435
00:39:37,917 --> 00:39:39,976
I finally get a photo, I'm
in front of the camera.
436
00:39:40,152 --> 00:39:42,677
Even I was impressed with
the Sam Spade quick thinking.
437
00:39:42,855 --> 00:39:46,518
You can't tell me all that just
came from a bonk on the noggin.
438
00:39:46,692 --> 00:39:48,250
You know, it was so weird.
439
00:39:48,427 --> 00:39:51,487
Half of it made sense, but Lana
and Lionel working together...
440
00:39:51,664 --> 00:39:54,690
and Clark Kent leading a
double life as a reporter by day...
441
00:39:54,901 --> 00:39:57,461
and crime fighter by night...
442
00:39:58,404 --> 00:40:00,770
You know, it's funny what
your mind will cook up.
443
00:40:01,908 --> 00:40:05,969
So why the pilgrimage to
Podunk at the peak of your fame?
444
00:40:07,947 --> 00:40:11,508
Well, I made you a playlist to
keep you company while I'm gone.
445
00:40:12,451 --> 00:40:14,043
Gone?
446
00:40:24,630 --> 00:40:26,962
I'm being sent on assignment.
447
00:40:27,433 --> 00:40:29,731
- That's great.
- Yup.
448
00:40:29,936 --> 00:40:32,530
Photo editor saw the paper,
finally knows my name now.
449
00:40:32,705 --> 00:40:35,833
Are you on the human-trafficking
story in Istanbul with Fletcher?
450
00:40:37,009 --> 00:40:40,877
Actually, the Polar Bear Swim
Club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
451
00:40:42,214 --> 00:40:45,206
- Bunch of old guys in a lake, but...
- It's a start.
452
00:40:47,954 --> 00:40:51,515
I gotta go catch my plane, but
there's something I gotta do before I go.