The Adventures of Superboy (1988) s03e23 Episode Script

[Narrator] Rocketed from a
distant planet,
to a bold new destiny on earth,
found by a Kansas family and
raised as Clark Kent.
He learned he possessed the
strength of steel.
The speed of light,
and the desire to
help all mankind.
He is Superboy.
[speaking Russian]
- [gasps]
- [alarm buzzes]
It was so real.
And today in the Mideast, the
United States has completed
it's deployment
of 450,000 troops, which the
President says is sufficient to
make an offensive strike
should negotiations break down.
In other local news, the
National Alliance for
Charitable Services
today named Capital City
homeless advocate Garrett
Waters
the organizations new vice
president.
Waters, whose been in Capital
City only a short time
was active in charitable causes
throughout the world before
arriving here.
In a ceremony just two weeks
ago, Superboy signed one of the
declarations
of principles that Waters had
been circulating.
The declaration states that the
signatory agrees that all
homeless people
have the right to food,
shelter, and legal assistance.
I've just been informed that
the Soviet Union that
approximately
two hours ago, an American ICBM
was sighted over the Maragrad
Nuclear Missile Base,
six hundred miles
northeast of Kabul.
All Soviet Forces have been
placed on full alert
in reaction to what a spokesman
called "the latest in a series
of American provocations".
Clark, have you read the
newspapers?
Who hasn't?
Well, we could have had
another war.
Lucky we didn't.
Is there something wrong?
I'm fine.
No, you're not.
You're still not sleeping,
are you?
It's just a little insomnia,
that's all.
I knew I shouldn't
have told you about it.
Clark, if you can't talk to me,
who can you talk to?
- I'm your friend.
- I know. I know.
But, let's just forget about it,
OK?
Well, will you at least go and
start talking to somebody about
this?
Yeah, I have.
Lee Woods?
What can I do for ya?
It's about a friend of mine.
He's been having these dreams.
Everybody has dreams, what's
that got to do with me?
He's been seeing things in his
dreams.
Things that really happen later.
Who sent you?
I'm here on my own, but I work
at the Bureau of External
Matters.
That's where I found out
about you.
You guys are like a bad cold,
aren't you?
You never go away.
Look, I know you're psychic.
You used to register your dreams
and predictions with the bureau.
You're the most accurate one
they've ever had.
Yeah, well I don't do that
anymore.
- Why not?
- I just don't. That's all.
But, I really need your help.
This is important.
Yeah, well it was really
important for 246 other people
too.
A year ago, I had a dream
about a plane crash.
I saw everything.
Airline, flight number,
the dates.
But, I wasn't really sure.
At least that's what
I told myself.
I was so tired of being probed,
prodded, and treated like I
was some kind of freak,
that I convinced myself I wasn't
really sure.
So, I didn't report it.
That was flight 281
out of Dayton, remember?
But you didn't
make the plane crash.
No, but maybe I
could've stopped it.
I didn't even try.
That's something I got to live
with for the rest of my life.
So, when you come around here
asking about that kind of stuff,
I only got one answer for you
the door is locked.
I don't let that stuff inside my
head anymore.
I don't want the responsibility.
Take him down.
But you can't ignore it.
You have a power.
A power that can help people.
Yeah right. You look like an
authority on the subject.
[Superboy] Mr. Waters?
Here's the last
of the donations from the
fundraiser, as promised.
Great. Great.
You've been such a big help to
the organization.
I don't know how to thank you.
You don't have to.
You know that petition? That
petition you signed, means a lot
to me.
I'm glad to have my name on it.
Is everything all right
with you?
You seem a little distracted.
Maybe a little.
I know what you mean, there's a
lot going on in the world right
now.
A lot to worry about.
There always is.
I'll be seeing you again.
[TV reporter] Furthermore, the
latest press briefing this
afternoon
revealed no comments from
officials on the latest
incidents.
This is David Latham, at the
White House.
[TV reporter 2] And the State
Department will neither confirm
nor deny
the Soviet premiere's plan
to meet the President.
The only item said to be on the
agenda is the easing of
east-west tensions.
To recap, word came out of the
Soviet Union earlier
Superboy
Superboy
Superboy, can you hear me?
[echoes]
Now, just relax.
And do everything
I tell you to.
See how easy it is?
Every step toward Armageddon
gets easier
and easier.
Now, listen carefully.
Well, look who's back.
[TV news plays]
Guess you're not going to stiff
me after all.
What?
You took off without paying for
your juice.
No, I didn't.
I just fell asleep.
You took off.
Well, how long was I gone?
Two hours.
Here, keep the change.
Hey, thanks!
And, any time you want to take
off on me again, feel free.
- Excuse me?
- Yeah?
What's that all about?
Soviet's are insisting this was
another American provocation.
A news bulletin.
Something about an oil pipeline.
An oil pipeline?
In Russia?
I think so.
Are you all right?
And it was broken?
They say we did it,
we say we didn't.
How'd you know?
I don't know.
I don't know.
Hey
God can still grant you
forgiveness.
But, only if you
abandon your heresy.
You are the heretic.
Kill me and God will curse you
to walk the earth until the
world comes to an end.
A convicted witch invoking the
name of God?
I can't pray for you.
Oh, you'll pray. You'll pray for
the end of the world,
because that will be the only
way to end your misery.
[screams]
Honey? Are you all right?
Are you having those
dreams again?
No. I don't have
those dreams anymore.
Go back on with sleep.
I'm going to be perfectly frank.
We could be in a nuclear war by
the end of the week.
I went through the whole
campaign never thinking once
that I might be the one who
presses the button.
What can I do, Mr. President?
I'm going to talk to the
Russians.
Try to convince the Russians
we're not the ones responsible
for these incidents.
I won't be too believable if
something should happen to him
while he's here.
You want me to protect him?
I'm not sure that I'm the one
for the job.
At least not right now.
Funny.
That's how I've been feeling
about myself lately.
But I'm stuck with it.
And if I have anything to say
about it, so are you.
Eternal life
ever think about it?
Think about losing
family after family.
Watching your children
die of old age.
Your great-grandchildren's bones
turning to dust.
Endless pain. Endless guilt.
It's the worst curse there is.
But soon, it will be
over for me.
- [beeping]
- It's a time bomb.
I want you to put it in the
Premiere's hotel room.
Set it so it detonates after
you're gone.
The Soviet's will blame the
Americans.
The Americans will blame the
Soviets.
And it will be Armageddon
at last.
The end of the world.
[beeping continues]
The end of me.
You're not going to try and
fight it, are you?
Look.
Written with the blood of a
newborn baby and the hand of
Satan himself,
nine centuries ago.
Hitler, Lee Harvey Oswald, John
Wilkes Booth, they all signed
these.
And they had to do
what I told them.
But none of them were able
to do what you're about to.
Now take it.
Now, we'll see the culmination
of everything I've worked for.
We've worked for.
The pipeline, the missile.
The dreams were real.
You were there.
You were my way of setting the
two sides at each other's
throats.
Dave. It's been a long time.
I wish it'd been under better
circumstances.
Yes. You've come to sweep the
Premiere's room with us?
Not me, him.
Um I'll have to ask you all
to leave the room.
I'll need total silence to
listen for electromagnetic
activity.
[speaks Russian]
[Waters] Good.
Now, hide the bomb.
[bomb beeping]
You have no choice,
you must obey me.
As long as I have the parchment
you signed,
you must do whatever I say.
[Waters] Leave.
You must obey me.
It's safe.
Thanks. We'll all be resting a
little quieter now.
Yes, Superboy,
thank you very much.
[Waters] Now go.
We would like to prepare
ourselves for our meeting with
the President now,
may we have privacy?
We'll contact you if we need
further assistance.
[Waters] Get out of there.
- Sir.
- You must obey me.
Superboy.
Leave the room. Now.
Superboy. Now leave there
and return to me.
I'm not going to let you do it.
Who are you?
What are you doing in here?
- I came to stop you.
- Stop me?
It's just the way I saw it
in my dream.
- Are you crazy?
- Crazy?
Maybe I used to be.
But not anymore.
[screams]
[groans]
[screams]
Superboy you still have to
obey me.
[groans]
Kill him! [echoes]
Take it easy, you'll be OK.
Will the defendant please rise.
Is there anything you'd like to
say before this court passes
sentence?
Guilty as charged.
[murmuring]
All the murders, bombing, and
atrocities you tried me for
and a lot more you
don't know about.
And you know something?
Long after all of you are in
your graves
I'll still be at it,
until I get what I want.
This court sees it fitting,
that you be forced to
comprehend the gravity
of the crimes you've committed
against mankind.
So, go ahead shoot me.
Gas me.
Electrocute me.
It won't work.
Certainly, those things have
crossed my mind,
but you need time to understand
what you've done.
This court sentences you
to imprisonment without parole
for the rest of
your natural life.
No.
No! No!
No!
No! No!