The Adventures of Superboy (1988) s02e04 Episode Script

Fifteen isn't
nearly enough.
You need
a 25.
Skin as lovely as yours should
never be tainted by the harsh
light of day.
Your cash.
Come on, fast.
You, over here.
Are you looking to dye today
man?
Death and I are already
well acquainted.
You however,
I have no wish to know.
You are going
to drop that gun.
Now you're going
to show me how sorry you are
for hitting
an old man.
You're sorry too.
No sense banging your head
against the wall.
Use the floor.
Give me 911.
I was
never here.
You were
never here.
What do you think of my new,
uh, shirt, Clark,
pretty cool huh?
I like it,
it has like,
it's a confident,
it's a joie de vivre
No, it's a je ne sais quoi,
like je ne sais quoi.
Do you like it?
Well it,
it certainly
'Cause you can borrow it,
if you want to borrow it.
So here's the scoop, Clark.
I contact this, uh, t-shirt
dealer, um, in Taiwan.
And he can get me a boatload of
these little beauties for next
to nothing.
Andy, look out!
Clark?
Uh, wow.
Uh, could somebody call an
ambulance or something?
Uh, Doc?
How is he?
Persistent.
He wants to go home.
We're going to run one more test
just to be on the safe side.
Uh, can I see him?
Oh, sure.
Clark?
I, um, just wanted to tell you,
um, well
What is it, Andy?
Uh, so there I was today
walking along,
talking about my shirt
and before I knew it
you were saving
my life.
I guess what I'm trying to say
here is, uh, you know, thanks.
Mr. Kent,
I am Dr. Shelley.
Dr. Johnston said I'm supposed
to have a look at you
before we send
you home.
Amazing.
It's like I've been telling
everybody, I, I'm fine
and the girder
barely grazed me.
So it appears, but sometimes
appearances can be deceiving.
If you'll hold these,
and hop up here.
Lie back.
But, but, what are you
what are you doing?
But, but
This is a CAT scan.
But, but
Just to make sure there are no
surprises hidden under that
resilient scalp
of yours.
Clark, don't
be embarrassed.
Naked brains, they, they must
all look alike.
Keep your head very still
please.
That's odd we seem to have
a dead screen here.
Um, those things happen
sometimes.
Thank God.
I thought you might be
in a coma or something.
Is, uh, this guy
tough or what?
We meet again.
Byron Shelley, I'm a visiting
resident here.
Lana Lang, I'm a friend.
I can
see that.
She's my friend
too.
I'd like you to make an
appointment for another X-ray,
just to be safe.
Okay, Doctor, I'll do that.
Thanks very much
Dr. Shelley.
Come on, Lana,
let's go.
Good bye
Dr. Shelley.
Good bye,
take care.
Byron,
is that you?
Come closer
my dear.
I don't really know why I'm
here exactly.
I just knew I had to see you
again.
It's a power we have child over
the female of the species.
We are irresistible.
So I found you
at last.
You will not
stay here.
I'm taking you with me,
alive or undead once more.
No.
Lana, are you
all right?
Yeah, yeah,
I'm fine,
he didn't
attack me.
He was trying
to help.
He's like nothing
I've ever seen.
We better get him
out of here.
How did you know
where I live?
The address is
on your paycheck.
That's extraordinary
X-ray eyes of yours.
Hi.
We keep meeting,
you and I.
I keep wanting
to see you.
I know.
I just wish we were somewhere
else at the moment.
Oh it's
all right.
I, I told him everything
about how you saved me
from that thing.
Speaking of things
Dr. Shelley,
you're unlike any human being
I've ever seen.
There's something flowing
through you,
some strange energy force that
defies the laws of science.
What if I were to tell you that
this energy force prevents me
from living
a normal life?
Or dying
a mortal death?
I'm listening.
That creature who accosted
Lana, that was one of my kind.
One of your kind?
Yes.
A lot stronger than me
and older, but yeah.
And we may not
be safe here.
Well we got Superboy
to protect us.
You don't know what we're up
against.
Follow me please.
Fortunately I have
a few powers of my own
with which
to demonstrate.
That's great.
How did
you do that?
I'm a vampire,
not a magician.
Fear is the usual reaction
I get when people
see proof of
the supernatural.
It's the same for me
when people find out
I'm from
another planet.
You're sort of like
kindred spirits.
Sadly enough, one side of me
is not at all like, Superboy
or anyone else
alive.
As you grow older, Superboy, you
will find there are forces on
the dark side that not even your
powers can withstand.
Yes I know.
Supernatural forces seem
to be one of the few things
that can
harm me.
You never believe how much
practice that took
or how many
injections.
My mother was just one
of his many victims.
He used his forces to make her
carry his child.
She hated him.
But she loved me from the very
day that I was born.
So she took me far away
from him.
Growing up I thought
that I was normal,
she knew different.
She knew it was only a matter
time before the curse of my
bloodline caught up
with me.
So she instilled me with
the courage to fight back.
To reject my
father's ways.
That's why I went
into medicine.
All those years of hard work
finally paid off.
I came up
with this.
The chemicals in that solution
could be fatal.
Not to me.
A daily injection of my serum
enables me to make
my reflection appear,
resist my craving for blood
and endure
the sunlight.
Mortal enemy
of all vampires.
You've made a lot
of progress.
Well not enough.
History says vampirism
is a curse.
I say it's
a disease.
The oldest and most dreadful
affliction known to man.
But it is
controllable.
And one day,
maybe even curable.
When that day comes, my father
will understand why I rebelled.
And the others,
they will finally know that
I'm their salvation,
not their enemy.
They don't share your desire
to be cured?
Most of these creatures are
hopeless addicts who have been
stalking their prey
for centuries.
The old one in the garage,
he was there for me.
But when Lana came along his
bloodlust took control,
nothing else matters.
Look out!
Cheers.
He used me.
Byron.
He's dead.
The young man is beyond life
and death and now,
he has no choice but to return
to the fold.
Your bite, what did you do
to him?
Soon he will rise,
but the unholy blood
of his father will flow through
his veins once more.
He tried
to help you.
To lead you all
into the light.
Death and thirst
and blood.
That's all
there is.
Not where
I come from.
In any event no trace
of this research
must be prevented
to survive.
This house of blasphemy
must burn.
Not a chance.
Where I come from, Superboy,
they've mastered skills
beyond the grasp
of mortal men.
The power in our eyes to bend
the will of any living
for example,
a most useful talent.
You will forget this foolish
nonsense about vampires.
Superboy,
don't give in.
Another moment nothing will
remain of this dwelling
but smoke
and ash.
And you will start the fire
Superboy, with your heat vision.
Do it now.
Start the fire
Superboy.
You cannot
defy me.
He used me.
Fight it.
Fight it!
You cannot
defy me.
He used me.
What are you
doing?
Are you mad?
Good and mad, now I'm in
control bloodsucker.
Over my
dead body!
Pathetic creature.
You think all it takes
is strength to hold me?
Watch, feel me slip
through your fingers.
No, you watch.
You fool.
Darkness is
my friend.
The nights will
cloak me.
Not for long.
The sun!
No, not
the sun!
Well, I'm glad to see you made
it back, my friend.
And the old
one?
Well, for what it's worth,
you didn't really kill him,
he was already
dead.
So he said.
And you?
Are you
all right?
Oh, it's just
a scratch.
But he
bit you.
Is that going to make you just
like the rest of them?
Not on your
lifeline.
Your serum, I suppose
you built an immunity.
Science marches on.
Schuster kind of
grows on.
You sure you won't change
your mind?
No, I have to stay
on the move.
You've destroyed one of them,
but my father will send others.
You don't
know him.
Maybe we should keep
it that way.
Well perhaps one day you and I
may meet again.
Who can say?
Can't you?
That's right, you're a vampire,
not a fortune-teller.
Good bye
my friend.
So long
Byron.
Good luck.
Huh?
Captioned by Grant Brown