Superman (1996) s02e05 Episode Script

Wake up, Metropolis.
Oh, yeah, the Livewire's back on attack, folks.
The queen-babe of all media, your mistress of the airwaves.
The one, the only, Leslie Willis.
Shouting out to you on WLXL, 95.
5 Alive.
Okay, now, people, listen up.
I know you've heard this before, but you're gonna hear it again.
Ladies and gentlemen, I am sick and tired of this Superman guy.
You hear me, Metropolis? Sick, sick, sick-- Of Superman.
I wake up this morning, and I'm in a fairly good mood.
But then I turn on the TV, and there he is on every lousy channel.
I almost puked on my corn flakes.
And then, big surprise, there he is again on the front page of the DaiIy PIanet.
Hello.
Hello.
Am I the only one who's ill from this town's pathetic devotion to that phony flying boy scout? Amen to that, sister.
I hear you.
No one's that nice for free, people.
The Man of Steel is pulling the steel wool over your eyes.
Don't buy into that act of his.
Just say no to Superman.
Looks Iike the natives are restIess.
Line three, speak your tiny IittIe mind.
You're darn right I will, missy.
Because I don't appreciate your scurvy remarks about me pal Superman.
Get a Ioad of this oId fogy.
What's the matter, gramps, not getting enough prunes? Now, you Iisten to me, smart Iady.
I don't think-- No, you don't think, do you, dope.
This Superman is nothing more than the world's strongest con man.
How can you just sit there whiIe she spews that trash about Superman? That's what shock-jocks do, Lois.
Create controversy, stir things up.
If she wants controversy, wait tiII I interview her.
Hi, Mr.
Kent, Ms.
Lane.
I'm Sid MeIkin, LesIie's producer.
-She's set for your interview now.
-Now? We were supposed to interview after the show.
Change of pIans.
FoIIow me.
Straight into the Iion's den.
So Iet me ask you something, Lois.
I can caII you Lois, can't I? -Sure, but-- -What's the deaI with you and Superman? What are you taIking about? Come on, you're aIways getting excIusives with him.
How excIusive are you two? It's not like that.
It's not, huh? I guess we'll never know if his p.
j.
's have that big red S on them too.
Hey.
Hey.
Here it comes.
Get out of the way! -Come on, Lois.
Just between us girIs.
-There's nothing to teII.
Something wrong, Mr.
Kent? Am I boring you? As a matter of fact, you are.
Don't go away mad, CIarkie.
WeII, I guess some peopIe can't handIe their faIse idoIs getting knocked-- Listen, WiIIis, just what is your probIem with Superman? ProbIems, pIuraI.
First, he's never around when you need him.
Second, everything's just so darn easy for him.
Look.
My baby! My baby! And third, aII he cares about is himseIf.
I think that sums it up.
We're aImost out of time, but remember, tonight in CentenniaI Park is my third anniversary ceIebration.
We're having a big bIowout with guests and surprises so be there, or eIse.
Do you reaIIy beIieve that garbage you say about Superman? Or is it just a way to get ratings? Look.
To make it in this town I had to be better, sharper and Iouder than any man to get haIf as much notice.
And nothing was handed to me on a siIver pIatter.
UnIike your friend, Superman.
-That's some attitude you have there.
-Pays the biIIs.
Looks Iike mother nature isn't one of your faithfuI fans.
She'II come around.
Everybody eIse does.
I can't beIieve they're not caIIing off this fiasco.
I've seen street riots more orderIy than this.
WeII, maybe reason wiII prevaiI after aII.
Shut it down? With aII of MetropoIis watching, are you crazy? But, Les, the poIice are saying it's too dangerous.
The storm.
Sid, I worked my entire Iife for this moment and a IittIe rain's not gonna stop me, you hear? Hey, MetropoIis.
How's it going? Hey, who are those guys? Seems we got a IittIe probIem, peopIe.
The authorities want to shut the party down.
-No.
-No way.
We're not gonna Iet that happen.
-And the crowd turns ugIy.
-The crowd showed up ugIy.
Are you gonna Iet them shut us down? Are you gonna Iet them teII us what to do? No.
No.
No.
We won't go.
Hey, Iook.
The cops brought their monkey.
You have to stop this.
Can't you see you're putting these peopIe in danger? Everybody, big bIue says you shouId go home and sIeep.
What do you say to that, huh? See, Superman.
I'm the ringmaster of this circus.
I teII these cIowns what to do.
Not the papers and not some pumped-up freak of nature in a cape.
What happened? Where's he taking her? It was touch-and-go for a whiIe, but the prognosis seems to be good.
-She'II be out of here in a few days.
-What a reIief.
I can't expIain her skin discoIoration.
Then again, I can't expIain why she's aIive either.
-There he is.
-Superman, over here.
-How is she? -She's going to be okay.
How come you didn't push her out of the way? -There wasn't time.
-You sure of that? -What are you getting at? -She said some awfuI things about you.
Maybe this was payback.
I did everything I could to save her.
Everything.
Now, if you'll excuse me.
Excuse you? Look what you did to me.
If you think I made things hot for you before, just wait tiII I-- How the? CooI.
Don't come near me.
Oh, yeah.
This I Iike.
Sorry, kids, I can't pIay with you anymore.
I've got bigger fish to fry.
What's that? MetropoIis.
My MetropoIis.
If I can make it here, I can make it anywhere.
-That's enough, Ms.
WiIIis.
-It's not Ms.
WiIIis anymore.
Meet her repIacement.
Livewire.
Neat, huh? I ionized the air around me.
Pretty formfitting, don't you think? Come back to the hospitaI.
They might be abIe to heIp you.
What do I need heIp for.
I'm pure energy now.
And besides, I got enough heIp from you the other night.
So much for Mr.
Goody Two-Boots.
Lights out, super-jerk.
Hope you're not afraid of the dark.
-What's going on? -Hey, wait.
I can't see anything at aII.
Boy, this sure brings back the oId days.
When I was your age, we didn't have computers or fax machines or-- Yeah, yeah.
And you waIked 1 0 miIes in your bare feet to work every day.
Hello, Metropolis.
The tower of power is back, coming at you at about-- Oh, a gazillion megahertz.
Now, you may have noticed I restored some power to the city.
I've done this so that you, my adoring and helpless public can gaze upon moi, your lovely queen of all media.
Actually, I pretty much am the media now, seeing as I've taken complete control.
So don't touch that dial, Metropolis.
Because if you ever want your phone back, your lights your talk shows, your home shopping channels and your stupid little lives then you're gonna have to deal with me.
TypicaI.
Today the airwaves.
Tomorrow the worId.
I'm telling you, people bad things are gonna happen if you don't get with the program.
It just doesn't make any sense.
We've Iost aII radio navigation and radar.
AII we get is that woman.
Look out! So start making those checks payable to me, people.
Because from here on, I'm the electric company, the phone company the cable company.
Don't worry, folks, I'll be back in a flash.
Hey, what's going on? What's the matter, guys, never seen a girI before? Okay, time for a Iate power Iunch.
Lunch is canceIed.
It's you again.
TaII, dark and stupid.
I figured you'd need to recharge yourseIf.
What better pIace than a hydroeIectric pIant.
Now, if you hoId stiII, I'II drain off some of that power of yours untiI you're a bit more manageabIe.
Sorry, blue boy.
But you can't stop me any more than you can stop the rain the wind or Iightning.
Come on, baby.
Come to mama.
As soon as I'm juiced, I'II finish you off, Iickety-spIit.
WeII, at Ieast now we know you hit girIs.
-We don't have to do this, LesIie.
-I'm Livewire.
I thought Willis was a menace from day one.
Good riddance to bad rubbish, that's what I say.
I wonder if Superman had anything to do with this.
-It's not like we can ask Leslie Willis.
-I think it's sweet of Mr.
Luthor to pay for her care, even if she was a maniac.
Honestly, I'll kind of miss her not being on the air again.
She really knew how to shake things up, you know?