First aired November
6th, 2008

Provided by
Suzanne
Previously on "Smallville"...
Kara: Clark, I'm happy you're in my life.
Clark: Well, I'm happy to be in your life, Kara.
Kara never came back from Krypton, did she?
Brainiac: You'll never see her again.
Clark: You killed her.
Brainiac: Oh, no, something much worse.
Davis: We all have some part of us
that we hold underneath the surface.
Even I do.

Clark: If this is because of Brainiac,
then we don't know what can happen!
Chloe: Clark, this is my life.
I'm choosing to look at this as a gift.
Tess: It was stolen.
Only a handful of people knew about that device.
When I find out who has it, I'm taking it back.
[ Grunting ]
Chloe:
Where did you go?
Clark:
A place I never want to go again.
[ Knock on door ]
Clark: Lois.
Lois: Handle with care, Smallville.
I've had those albums since I was 10.
Clark: What could I possibly want with your Def Leppard anthology?
Lois: I'm taking you upon your offer.
Just like old times --you, me, "Guitar Hero" weekends.
I'm moving in.
Clark: Really?
Lois: Mm-hmm.
Clark: Uh, you didn't like it here. Remember?
The rooster woke you up every morning.
Lois: Yeah, but at least the rooster only crows once.
You try sharing walls with pre-wedding Chloe and Jimmy.
Clark: I didn't need
to know that.
Lois: [ Chuckles ]
Clark: But you think it's a good idea
that we live and work together?

Lois: Carpooler's dream.
Come on. What's the worst thing that could happen --
I'd see you in your Snoopy boxers?
Oh, I, uh, found this on your doorstep.
Guess Ma Kent is still gonna make you, uh, care packages.
I think she put lead in the cookies.
Clark:
There's no return address. That's weird.
Lois: What's the funky paperweight for?
Clark: I'm not sure.

Lois: At least it came with batteries.
[ Buzzing ]
[ Whirring ]
Clark: Lois, get away! Run! Now!
Lois: Smallville, just drop it!
Chloe:
Hello? Lois?
Can you remind me again
why we're moving stuff
you never use?
Tess: Not exactly the bachelor pad
I had imagined.
Chloe: Is Clark expecting you,
or is this another one
of your daily break-ins?
Tess: You keep holding on tight
to that grudge, Chloe.
What's with all
the broken glass?
Is everything okay?
Chloe: Everything except the bird
that flew into the window.
Tess: A bird?
All that brainpower, and that's
what you come up with.
Chloe: It was a large bird.
In fact, Lois and Clark
are out buying a new pane
as we speak.
Tess: Where's the crystal?
Chloe: You're still looking
for that thing?
Because I can assure you
that no NASA-caliber rock
is just gonna pop up
in some innocuous cornfield.
Tess: Actually,
that's exactly what it did.
My frequency generator
recorded an energy surge
about two inches
from where you're
standing
Chloe: Well, I can't speak on behalf
of your "frequency generator,"
but on behalf of logic,
Clark's the copyboy in your newspaper.
What would he would want with some supercomputer?
Tess: More appropriately, what do you want with Clark Kent, hmm? Look at you.
So eager to cover his tracks.
Blind loyalty can be dangerous, Chloe.
Chloe: That means a lot coming from the protégé of Lex Luthor.
[ Wind gusting ]
Clark: [ Groans ]
Aah.
Lois.
Lois!
Lois: Huh?
Clark: Are you okay?
Lois: Where are we?
Clark: Let's get you up.
Lois: What the Hell?
Look, I'm no astronomy major,
but I thought there was only supposed to be
one sun in the sky.
Clark: Come on. We got to keep moving.
Lois: Clark, I don't think you understand.
We're not on Earth.
Clark: That's impossible, Lois.
Lois: How many spaceships does a girl need to stumble upon
to convince you that there are aliens among us?
Clark, we've been abducted!
Chloe: Venezuela? Well, when does he land?
Okay, can you have
Oliver call me immediately?
It's urgent. Thanks.
[ Sighs ]
[ Knock on door ]
Chloe: Hey.
Davis: Um, this a bad time?
Chloe: It's just one of those days
when I feel like my friends have left the planet.
Um, can I actually call you a little later?
Davis: I, uh, remember what you said.
I don't mean to violate your no-fly zone, but...
my blackouts are gettin' worse.
Chloe: Are you okay?
Davis: I thought if I could find my birth parents,
they'd answer some questions,
but I'm starting to feel like I just fell out of the sky.
Chloe: I highly doubt that.
Here, let me see what you brought me.
Davis: That is my life story.
That's a list of all known schools and foster homes.
Chloe: Jones, Webber, Pearson, Vogal, McBride, Moss.
Wow!
I mean, I know you leapfrogged homes as a kid,
but your family tree is more like the Redwood Forest.
Davis: The problem is, I can't find anything
on the first three years of my life.
Chloe: That is weird.
Davis: Yeah, so, um...how about it, Chloe?
Do you want to dust off your reporter's hat
and help a guy out?
Clark: Come on, Lois. You're doing great.
Keep moving.
Lois: At least somebody thinks so.
We've been hoofing it for hours.
My legs feel like two-ton barbells.
Clark: Something tells me that standing still isn't a good idea.
Lois: Right, because you've been here before?
Let's move.
Clark: Lois!
Lois:
Come on! Ugh!
Clark: Lois!
Lois: What is that thing?!
Clark: Stay back.
[ Breathing heavily ]
Zoners.
[ Creature growling ]
Lois: I don't want to die here, Clark!
Clark: All we have to do is keep an
eye out for each other, okay?
We'll be fine.
Lois: We're not fine. We're standing on our graves!
We're gonna die, us together.
No more farmhouse,
no more Daily Planet!
Clark: Listen to me!
Listen to me.
No one's gonna mess with Lois and Clark, right?
Lois: They better not.
Let's keep moving.
Clark: Okay.
Lois: Unh.
Clark: Lois!
Kara?
It's me.
Kara: Kal-El.
Clark: I should have known that Brainiac put you here.
Kara, are you okay?
Kara: I thought you were Zoners.
Zoners kill.
For the blood.
They can smell it.
What were you thinking, bringing Lois here?
Clark: Lois was there when I touched the crystal.
We need to find a portal back.
Kara: I did. Zor-El built me an escape hatch.
Clark: If you know a way out, then why are you still here?
Kara: I didn't want to make the same mistake that you did.
Zoners got out when you left.
They're just waiting for me to open the portal again.
Clark: So you stayed here all this time,
fending for your life to protect Earth?
Kara: Your lifeline.
You lose it, you die.
She better be able to fight.

Clark: She won't have to. We're sending her back.
Kara: How many innocent lives is she worth to you?
Clark: Why are you acting like this?
What happened to you, Kara?
Kara: The same thing that would have happened to you
had you been here for more than a day.
The portal stays closed.
Clark: She doesn't belong here!
She's not one of us, Kara.
I'll guard the gate, but she's goin' home!
Lois: Oh, my god.
Kara.
[ Breathing heavily ]
They've abducted you, too?
Chloe: You know, Oliver, for a guy with three cell phones,
you sure are hard to get a hold of.
Oliver: Chloe, hey.
You know, the captain hasn't even turned off
the "fasten seat belt" sign yet.
What warrants this visit out to the tarmac, huh?
Chloe: Clark and Lois disappeared this morning.
Oliver: Did you check The Planet?
I'm sure they're just out chasing fire trucks again.
Chloe: Yeah, I checked everywhere.
I think it has something to do with this.
It's Clark's crystal.
It's his link to his Kryptonian heritage.
Oliver: Yeah.
Look, uh, when it comes to Clark's...that,
I, uh -- I steer clear.
Chloe: I need you to steal a piece of equipment, Oliver.
It powers this crystal.
Now, I think that if I can gain access
to the crystal's database,
I may be able to reverse its effects.
Oliver: [ Chuckles ] That's your plan, Chloe?
You're gonna hack into alien technology?
Come on. That's a bit ambitious, isn't it, even for you?
Chloe: There is no door number two. This is my only option.
Oliver: Well, look, even if that thing is responsible
for their disappearance,
I don't think Clark would want you messing with it, Chloe.
That stuff is dangerous.
Chloe: I'm not messing with anything.
I know what I'm doing.
Oliver: What are you not telling me, huh?
Chloe: I don't have time to explain.
Are you gonna steal the generator or not?
Oliver: All right, who does this fancy piece of equipment belong to?
Chloe: Tess Mercer.
Oliver: Mercy?
Well, why didn't you just say so?
Lois: So, first Kara, then Clark and I.
It's like the Kent Farm's ground zero for alien abductions.
Clark: The important thing is we get out of here.
You go ahead with Kara.
Lois: Actually, I think I'll stick by you and your right hook.
Kara: You can't!
He's guarding the entrance so we can open the portal.
Clark: It's okay, Lois.
I'll be right behind you.
Lois: You better be!
[ Breathing heavily ]
Kara: The altar's this way.
Lois: This is our DeLorean?
Kara: We just have to touch it.

[ Creature growling ]
Clark:
[ Gasps and screams in pain]
Lois: Clark! He needs us!
Kara: No!
He'll be fine.
You have to go.
[ Breathing heavily ]
[ Air whooshing ]
Lois: We can't leave yet, Kara. We have to wait for Clark.
Kara: Lois, there's no time!
Go!
[ Growling ]
Lois: Clark?
Clark.
[ Wings flapping ]
[ Air whooshing ]
Lois/Faora: This'll do.
Tess: [ Scoffs ]
Well, look who decided to show up to work today.
Oh, I'm sorry. Am I bothering you?
Lois/Faora: I need to find my son.
Tess: Your son?
I have to admit,
it's difficult to imagine a mini-Lois running around.
[ Keyboard clacking ]
Tess: You mind me asking who the father is?
Lois/Faora: A great leader -- General Zod.
Our creation arrived here
attached to the Kryptonian spacecraft
housing the baby Kal-El.
Tess: A Kryptonian spacecraft.
Well, that makes perfect sense.
Lois/Faora: You know about it?
Tess: Absolutely.
I can connect you with your son.
Lois/Faora: Tell me what you know.
Tess: I'm actually searching for a Kryptonian artifact myself.
A crystal was stolen from me,
diamond-shaped, and I think --
Lois/Faora: You want to exploit me?
Tess: Of course not.
We'd be partners.
We could combine our resources.
Lois/Faora: You're lying.
You're worthless to me.
[ Air whooshes ]
Clark:
[ Groaning ]

Kara: Kal-El.
Clark: No.
I thought you got out!
Kara: A wraith escaped.
Clark: I'll get you out of here.
Kara: [ Grunting ]
Open the portal.
Get out before more prisoners come.

Clark: No, Kara. They'll kill you.
Kara: Kal-El, look at me.
Clark: [ Grunts ]
Kara: It was my destiny to find you and protect you,
not the other way around.
Go.
Clark: I'm not going anywhere.
Chloe: Lois!
Are you okay?
Lois/Faora: I read your articles, Chloe Sullivan.
What do you know about the Kryptonian spacecraft
that landed in Smallville?
Chloe: Where's Clark?
Lois/Faora: The man you call Clark
will die in the prison his father created.
Chloe: What did you do with Lois?
Lois/Faora: I needed her vessel.
Not my first choice, but surprisingly flexible.
Chloe: And you would be...
Lois/Faora: Faora...
wife of Zod.

[ Air whooshes
]
[ Gasps ]
Lois/Faora: Where's my son?
Tell me where he is or suffer the consequences.
Chloe: I don't know what you're talking about.
Please let me go.[ Gasping ]
Lois/Faora: You must know more.

Chloe: [ Choking ]
I can't breathe.
[ Gasping ]
Lois/Faora: Thank you.
[ Air whooshes ]
[ Gun cocks ]
Tess:
So not the night
to mess with me.
Oliver: No "hello"? No "how are ya?"
Tess: What do you know
about the crystal?
Oliver: That depends. How good is your shot?
Tess: Who do you work for?
Oliver: I'm self-employed.
It's sort of an occupational safety hazard.
Tess: Oh.
Well, then you know that getting blood
out of leather can be a total bitch.
Oliver: Don't worry.
You can't move now, but in a couple of minutes,
you'll be back to your normal, cuddly, charming self.
Thank you, I'll see myself out.
[ Indistinct conversations ]
Doctor: Excuse me, Miss? This area is restricted.
Lois/Faora: Please.
That's my son.
Davis: There you go,
and now all your friends are gonna be envious.
High five. Yeah!
Okay. Now she's gonna have to find your dad, okay?
Lois/Faora: You helped him.
Davis: Hey. What are you doing here, Lois?
Lois/Faora: I might ask you that question.

Davis: [ Chuckles ] Is everything okay?
Lois/Faora: I don't understand.
All that human carnage.
Is that not your doing?
Davis: Maybe we need to find you a doctor.
Lois/Faora: All I need is you, my son.
Mother's here.
Oliver: Phantom Zone, huh? Seriously, who names these things?
Chloe: Picture an alien Alcatraz,
and if I don't bail Clark out soon,
who knows what kind of havoc Lo-bot will leave in her wake.
Oliver: Yeah.
That still doesn't explain
how you're hacking into that crystal, Chloe. It's not hooked up to anything. There's no computer here.
Chloe: Do I tell you how to shoot your arrows?
I don't think so. Stay back.

[ Air whooshing ]
Oliver: Chloe?
Chloe, you're bleeding.
[ Air whooshing ]
Oliver: All right, you know what? Chloe, we're done here!
Clark: [ Grunting ] Kara? You have to stay strong.
Kara:
Look. Take my blood.
Clark: No.
Kara: It'll open the portal and take you home, okay?
Clark: You are my home.
Do you hear me?
You're my family.
You make me feel like I actually belong.

[ Air whooshing ]
Kara: Aah!
Clark: Kara, grab my hand!
Please.
Kara, I can't let you die here! You're meant for more than to rot away
in the Phantom Zone.
Please.
Kara:
[ Grunts ]
Chloe:
[ Breathing heavily ]
Clark:
Chloe.
Are you okay?
Chloe: I'm fine.
Clark: Chloe, what did you do?
Chloe:
It doesn't matter.
You're safe now,
and I see you snuck something through Customs.
Clark: Where's Lois? Have you seen her? Is she all right?
Chloe:
Far from it. She was infected by something.
Does the name Faora ring any bells?
Strong, quick, hater of man?
Kara: Zod's wife.
Chloe: Yeah.
The wraith that escaped.
Clark: I need you to go to Metropolis Police Department.
Find John Jones. Ask him for his crystal.
He'll know what you mean.
Chloe:
Hey, Clark, just a heads-up --
Lois has all of your abilities
without any of your inhibitions.
Clark: Don't worry.
I can handle Lois.
Davis: Here -- this won't sober you up,
but it'll help clear away the cobwebs.
Lois/Faora: You don't recognize me...
but you are the spitting image of your father.
Davis: Okay.
Lois, you got to reason with me.
What kind of drugs did you take --
pills, powder, paste?
Don't tell me you injected anything.
Lois/Faora: You don't know who you are.
You experience blackouts?
Hours of your life mysteriously lost?
Your body's still evolving.
Davis: Okay, um...
How do you know that?
Lois/Faora: Before we were phantoms, Zod and I were unable to have children.
So we created you.
Davis: You, uh, created me...
Lois/Faora: You arrived here as genetic matter,
containing our planet's most powerful life-forms...
so that, in time,
you would evolve to become Earth's ultimate destroyer.

Davis: [ Chuckles ]
I drive an ambulance.
Lois/Faora: The duty of a child
is to continue the legacy
his parents began.
Our family is meant to take this planet as our own.
And after seeing you with these humans,
I realize that you are still too weak
to fulfill your destiny.
Davis: [ Gasps ]
Lois/Faora: Trust me, my son.
That which kills you makes you stronger.
Davis:
[ Inhales sharply ]
Lois/Faora: I'll be back when you're ready.
[ Air whooshes ]
Clark: I've been looking for you.
Lois/Faora: You're too late, Kal-El.
Zod may be gone,
but our creation will destroy your world.
Clark: Lois, I know you're in there.
Lois/Faora: Remind me, Kal-El --
did Jor-El and Lara come looking for you? Of course not.
They didn't love you like I love my son.
Clark: This is all my fault, Lois.
I'm sorry.
Lois/Faora: You have feelings for this creature I inhabit.
[ Scoffs ] Like
father, like son.
Clark:
[ Groaning ]
[ Air whooshes ]
Clark: Aah!
Lois, stop.
Lois/Faora: Lois can't hear you.
Clark:
[ Gasping ]
[ Air whooshing ]
Lois/Faora: Aah!

Clark:
[ Coughs ]
Clark and Lois:
[ Both exhale sharply ]
Kara: [ Breathing heavily ]
Does that mean she's okay?
Clark: I don't know.
I hope so.
Davis:
[ Inhales sharply ]
[ Telephone ringing ]
Lois: I just came from Tess.
I got a raise.
Clark: Why would she give you a raise?
Lois: Because I'm me. Hello.
Clark: Right, but...
it feels kind of random, doesn't it?
Lois: Aw, hang in there, Smallville.
You just have to pay your dues until the boss sees
that you can photocopy like the best of them.
Clark: Did you see Tess yesterday?
Lois: Beats me.
All I remember is touching that rock,
having some "Arabian Nights" acid trip,
and waking up very confused.
Clark: It was pretty intense hallucination, even for you.
Lois: So I passed out, just like that?
Clark:
It was probably a blood-sugar thing. Lois, the best part about you living at the farm
is I can keep an eye on you.
Lois: Yeah, about that --
change of plans.
Nothing against you.
It's just this raise means I can afford a place,
you know, without farm animals.
Clark: Does this have anything to do
with the hallucination you had?
Lois: Yeah, right. It was a dream.
It's called make-believe.
What other reality stars you as my knight in shining armor?
Clark: I was your knight in shining armor?
Lois: Like I said, "crazy."
Man: Kent.
Miss Mercer wants to see you.
[ Knock on door ]
Tess: I shouldn't have underestimated Lois.
She really blew me away yesterday.
Clark: So you
did see her.
Tess: You know, just when I thought
she couldn't get an interesting bone in her body,
she starts going on about a Kryptonian spacecraft
carrying someone called Kal-El?
Clark: Well, she hit her head. She was hallucinating.
Tess: I'm sure Chloe told you that I stopped by your farm?
It's a hell of a muddy driveway you got there.
You were the last one to see Lex alive, weren't you?
This was taken in the arctic.
If the boot fits...
Clark: A lot of people have work boots.
You don't think I was in the arctic
based on these pictures.
Tess: I think there's a lot more to Clark Kent
that even Clark Kent doesn't want to admit.
Clark: A farmer turned journalist --
not a very interesting story.

Tess: I
know that
you're hiding something
about his disappearance.
And I can't wait for the day when you realize
that you and I are on the same side
and that maybe it's not in your best interests
to lie to your boss.
Clark: If you want to fire me, Miss Mercer, go ahead.
I have nothing more to tell you about this.
Tess: Clark, I don't want to fire you.
I want to trust you.
And I want to know why Lex didn't.
In time, I'm sure the truth will reveal itself.
[ Crickets chirping ]
[ Door closes ]
Oliver: Hallmark didn't have any, uh,
"Welcome back to Earth" cards, so...
Clark: Olive
r.
It's nice to see everyone has a key to this place.
Oliver:
[ Chuckles ]
Clark: I spoke to Chloe.
She said if it wasn't for you,
I probably wouldn't be here right now.
Thanks.
Oliver: Actually, uh, if it wasn't for Chloe
tweaking into a supercomputer,
you wouldn't be here right now.
Her eyes turned white,
and then she, uh --with one hand, mind you --
pushed me into the other room.
So, uh, what happened to her?
Clark: It's Brainiac -- He infected her somehow.
Oliver: What are you doing about this?
Clark: Everything I can. I've tried to talk to her, but I can't control her life.
Oliver: Her life? It's not her life
anymore, Clark.
She's living yours.
Chloe's knee-deep in these situations that -- pardon the expression,
but humans just don't understand.
As her best friend...
make her stop before she gets hurt.
Kara: Looks like someone's got cold feet.
He's not even at the frozen tundra yet.

Clark: After what this crystal did to Lois and I,
there's no way I can trust it to rebuild the fortress.
Kara: So, did your adventure with Lois
end with you telling her your secret?
Clark: Not exactly.
All I ever wanted was to keep Lois away from my secret.
But yesterday, that nearly got her killed.
Kara: You want your cousin's two cents?
Lois can handle it.
She's tough...
and strong.
You wouldn't have let her get so close
if you didn't think so, too.
Clark: I was beginning to miss these family lectures.
Kara: [ Sighs ]
I'm leaving Smallville.
Clark: Kara, you just got back.
Kara: When I was in that Hell hole,
I heard rumors that Kandor still exists.
Kal-El, I think that a part of our civilization
may have survived before the explosion.
If I can find that city, I can save our bloodline.
Clark: Then I'll go with you.
Kara: Kal-El, there is a reason that you were sent to Earth
and raised as a member of the Kent family.
Your path is on Earth,
living amongst the humans and inspiring mankind.
Clark: Kara, we can do all of this together.
Kara: We can't.
I don't fit in here.
My journey is somewhere else.
Clark: I'm gonna miss you.
Kara: See?
You're always with me,
close to my heart.
[ Air whooshes ]
[ Exhales sharply ]
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