The Adventures of Superboy (1988) s03e26 Episode Script
The Road to Hell: Part 2
He's lost
a lot of blood.
We're losing him.
Can't you do anything?
I can't even
close the wound.
What could've cut him
like that?
I don't know.
But I know
someone who might.
- But he's
- He's the only
Well
Here it is.
So, how do you like it?
No, no, no, no, no.
We have to stay here.
This is our home, sweetie.
Home.
- Can you say that?
- Darla, he's not a moron.
A month from now,
he'll be speaking
which isn't saying much.
You see,
we have to live here.
This is the best place
that we could afford.
- You could say that again.
- Shut up.
You see, son.
Really nice homes
cost lots of money.
And the bad people
took all of ours.
- What bad
- Shh!
The bad people took
all of our money,
and they hid it in
places called banks.
Banks?
Banks.
And they keep it there
in these great big vaults.
So?
We have to live like this.
Bank.
You're reading a bit
slowly, aren't you?
It's poetry, Lex.
Sounds better in my mind
when I go slow.
Huh. I was afraid it was going
to be Crime and Punishment.
Remember when I
made you read that?
[laughs] How could I forget?
I was only 12 years old.
It was the worst torture
I wasn't
punishing you, Lex.
I was trying to help.
You showed great promise.
I didn't want you to go
in the wrong direction.
You mean, embark on
a life of crime?
That's a bit far fetched,
don't you think?
We'll never know now,
will we?
Thanks to you.
I owe you so much,
and yet it seems all I
I need your help.
I can't, Lex.
You know that.
No, no.
It's got to be you.
Lex, when you
reach a certain age,
and let the younger
people take over.
They'll never
learn to run it if
I wouldn't have come
here if you weren't
the only one in the world
who can save this patient.
The only one, Lex?
How can that be?
The patient is you.
My car's right outside.
Your car?
I'm not that old.
[whooshing]
No internal injuries.
[Lex] What could cause
a wound like this?
[Clark] There are traces
of a Kryptonian crystal,
he wouldn't have been
invulnerable to it.
Have you ever seen a
crystal like that before?
Oh yes, I have.
It was a long time ago
On the rocket that
brought me here.
I've got some
O negative here.
- Looks like we'll have
to take the chance
I'll give him
some of my own.
[Lex] But how will we
get the needle in him?
[Clark]
That won't be a problem.
Luther!
- [choking]
- Take it easy.
Easy
It's all right.
- He tried to kill me!
- That was a different Luther.
- This one saved your life.
- No, he's tricking you!
You listen to me,
you're alive because of him.
Now, get some rest,
you need it.
Wait!
You hit me.
Yes. And I'll do it again
if you don't get some rest.
But it hurt.
How did you do that?
In the morning
In the morning.
[sighs]
[bell rings]
[people shouting]
Lana, you were right.
Look!
[reporter] About just a
moment ago I was informed
here on the scene,
that the bullets had
And bank officials
estimate the loss of
I'm standing out here
in front of the bank
It was the boy
you told us about.
You were right
all along.
And the worst part
is there's no way
I know someone who can.
You do?
Well, where is he?
I wish I knew.
I can't believe
this is Capitol City.
Well, it just shows
what can happen when
I became Superboy
right after the war.
You'd have thought with
all that fighting and killing,
they'd have had enough of it,
but it didn't look that way.
- Then you stepped in?
- Mm. I did what I could.
And then the
people pitched in.
There you are.
Good as new.
If you're me,
why are you
For the same reason that
boy you found on the
The time warp.
A time warp?
You know those rockets
that brought us here?
Well, it seems they
went through a time warp
I landed during
the Depression.
That boy landed
a few years ago.
You and some others
landed when you did.
Do you know where
the rockets came from?
I do.
- Then tell me.
- It's not your time yet.
When will it be my time.
You'll know.
And from that time on,
you won't be called
Lex?
Thank you, darling.
[sighs]
He just looks so happy.
Mm.
It's a shame
we'll have to kill him.
[laughs] I thought
you were serious
You realize he could tear
us apart with one hand?
What happens when
he turns on us?
Lex, he wouldn't do that.
He loves us.
I turned on my parents.
Of course, I didn't
love them, but
What about the money?
Darla, I'll be a hero.
The man who saved Capitol City.
We'll be broke.
Why do you always
think so small?
Publicity is power.
My power. Under my control.
I can't control him forever.
Your power?
No. No, that's not it.
- You're jealous.
- [scoffs] Of what?
He's going to be
the biggest thing
He may even be running
the country someday,
and what are you
ever going to amount to?
Anything I want to.
As long as he's not
around to stop me.
[Darla laughs]
Is this going to be my future?
It can be.
I don't know if
I can do all this.
Well, of course you can.
I did it. We're the same person.
But all the sacrifices
you must've made.
Are you happy?
Happy?
Look around.
This is a utopia.
All those ideals of yours
ours.
Everyone believes them now.
No war, pollution, crime.
We're wiping out diseases
left and right.
Every single person
on this planet has
We've even gone
into other worlds
So, why shouldn't someone
who's accomplished all that
I can tell you're bored.
Oh, I forgot for a minute
who I was talking to.
Can't lie to myself,
can I?
You don't have any
challenges left.
But that's what
retirement's all about.
- Letting go of challenges.
- How can you stand it?
Oh, it's a part of life.
And it wouldn't be so bad,
except for one thing.
- What's that?
- Being alone.
You see, I never had
time to have a family.
I was always too busy
out helping other people
Now there's no one for me.
- Nobody?
- No one.
Don't you let that
happen to you when you
Well, I don't know
if I'm going back.
- At least, not right away
- You don't have to
Lex Luther's got the boy.
That's not your concern.
Go back to your own world.
The boy needs my help.
I can't let you do it.
Oh, so I see you're
feeling better.
[Superboy] Yeah, terrific.
Well, the portal's all
ready to take you home.
You know he's one of us.
He could've been you or me.
We have to give him a chance.
So, what can
you do to me?
[police chatter]
What are you, crazy?
Get out of here.
Now stay here.
[man] It's a very, very
tense situation here.
They boy is inside
the museum right now.
The SWAT team has just
gone in and they've taken up
in hopes to remedy
the situation
- [gun shots]
- [people gasping]
[gun shots]
No, please. No, no! [screams]
Hey, hey, hey
put me down!
[yelling]
Are we rolling? All right.
Apparently, the SWAT team
was ineffective.
As best as I can tell,
the boy is still inside.
Let's just hope that
no one's been hurt.
This is again, a very, very
tense situation here
Clark? You're OK.
Lana, I'm fine.
But I really have to go
Wait. What happened to you?
Where did you go?
Look, I can't talk right now.
I have to get going.
To go change into the
red and blue costume
What?
Come with me.
Back off! Back off
What are you? Deaf?
I said, back off!
[stuttering]
Look, I think I can help.
We've got all the
help we need here.
Get me your
commanding officer.
I know who you are.
I saw you change.
I've got to go.
I guess you have
a lot of work to do.
A lot of it.
I always wondered
what this would be like.
Wait! The "S"
It's the Superboy.
Son?
Father!
Your mother and I have
been worried about you.
So, we got you
a little present.
- Present?
- Uh-huh.
Here it is.
Thank you.
[gasping]
You again, huh?
[grunting] I see
you're still weak
Strong enough to stop you.
[grunting]
I wasn't gonna hurt ya.
He made me do it.
You remember him,
This time, he said
he was going to hurt
Son?
He's not believing you.
Just watch.
He's one of the
bad people! Bad!
Bad?
[Lex] No!
No!
No, no, no, no
It was a mistake.
I I love you.
Why didn't he kill me?
That's something
you'll never understand.
You go now, too?
- Yeah, I have to.
- No
Wait here.
Somehow, I'm not surprised.
I needed the challenge.
So will you someday.
Well, here's your next one.
He needs someone to show him
the right roads to take.
That's why I came.
And to bring you this.
Take it. Go back
to your own world.
You have a lot of
work ahead of you.
So do you.
[Lana] Wait!
You can't go.
I have so many
questions to ask you.
I have questions, too.
That's why I have to
go back to where I came from.
But I want to
know who you are,
It's better this way.
a lot of blood.
We're losing him.
Can't you do anything?
I can't even
close the wound.
What could've cut him
like that?
I don't know.
But I know
someone who might.
- But he's
- He's the only
Well
Here it is.
So, how do you like it?
No, no, no, no, no.
We have to stay here.
This is our home, sweetie.
Home.
- Can you say that?
- Darla, he's not a moron.
A month from now,
he'll be speaking
which isn't saying much.
You see,
we have to live here.
This is the best place
that we could afford.
- You could say that again.
- Shut up.
You see, son.
Really nice homes
cost lots of money.
And the bad people
took all of ours.
- What bad
- Shh!
The bad people took
all of our money,
and they hid it in
places called banks.
Banks?
Banks.
And they keep it there
in these great big vaults.
So?
We have to live like this.
Bank.
You're reading a bit
slowly, aren't you?
It's poetry, Lex.
Sounds better in my mind
when I go slow.
Huh. I was afraid it was going
to be Crime and Punishment.
Remember when I
made you read that?
[laughs] How could I forget?
I was only 12 years old.
It was the worst torture
I wasn't
punishing you, Lex.
I was trying to help.
You showed great promise.
I didn't want you to go
in the wrong direction.
You mean, embark on
a life of crime?
That's a bit far fetched,
don't you think?
We'll never know now,
will we?
Thanks to you.
I owe you so much,
and yet it seems all I
I need your help.
I can't, Lex.
You know that.
No, no.
It's got to be you.
Lex, when you
reach a certain age,
and let the younger
people take over.
They'll never
learn to run it if
I wouldn't have come
here if you weren't
the only one in the world
who can save this patient.
The only one, Lex?
How can that be?
The patient is you.
My car's right outside.
Your car?
I'm not that old.
[whooshing]
No internal injuries.
[Lex] What could cause
a wound like this?
[Clark] There are traces
of a Kryptonian crystal,
he wouldn't have been
invulnerable to it.
Have you ever seen a
crystal like that before?
Oh yes, I have.
It was a long time ago
On the rocket that
brought me here.
I've got some
O negative here.
- Looks like we'll have
to take the chance
I'll give him
some of my own.
[Lex] But how will we
get the needle in him?
[Clark]
That won't be a problem.
Luther!
- [choking]
- Take it easy.
Easy
It's all right.
- He tried to kill me!
- That was a different Luther.
- This one saved your life.
- No, he's tricking you!
You listen to me,
you're alive because of him.
Now, get some rest,
you need it.
Wait!
You hit me.
Yes. And I'll do it again
if you don't get some rest.
But it hurt.
How did you do that?
In the morning
In the morning.
[sighs]
[bell rings]
[people shouting]
Lana, you were right.
Look!
[reporter] About just a
moment ago I was informed
here on the scene,
that the bullets had
And bank officials
estimate the loss of
I'm standing out here
in front of the bank
It was the boy
you told us about.
You were right
all along.
And the worst part
is there's no way
I know someone who can.
You do?
Well, where is he?
I wish I knew.
I can't believe
this is Capitol City.
Well, it just shows
what can happen when
I became Superboy
right after the war.
You'd have thought with
all that fighting and killing,
they'd have had enough of it,
but it didn't look that way.
- Then you stepped in?
- Mm. I did what I could.
And then the
people pitched in.
There you are.
Good as new.
If you're me,
why are you
For the same reason that
boy you found on the
The time warp.
A time warp?
You know those rockets
that brought us here?
Well, it seems they
went through a time warp
I landed during
the Depression.
That boy landed
a few years ago.
You and some others
landed when you did.
Do you know where
the rockets came from?
I do.
- Then tell me.
- It's not your time yet.
When will it be my time.
You'll know.
And from that time on,
you won't be called
Lex?
Thank you, darling.
[sighs]
He just looks so happy.
Mm.
It's a shame
we'll have to kill him.
[laughs] I thought
you were serious
You realize he could tear
us apart with one hand?
What happens when
he turns on us?
Lex, he wouldn't do that.
He loves us.
I turned on my parents.
Of course, I didn't
love them, but
What about the money?
Darla, I'll be a hero.
The man who saved Capitol City.
We'll be broke.
Why do you always
think so small?
Publicity is power.
My power. Under my control.
I can't control him forever.
Your power?
No. No, that's not it.
- You're jealous.
- [scoffs] Of what?
He's going to be
the biggest thing
He may even be running
the country someday,
and what are you
ever going to amount to?
Anything I want to.
As long as he's not
around to stop me.
[Darla laughs]
Is this going to be my future?
It can be.
I don't know if
I can do all this.
Well, of course you can.
I did it. We're the same person.
But all the sacrifices
you must've made.
Are you happy?
Happy?
Look around.
This is a utopia.
All those ideals of yours
ours.
Everyone believes them now.
No war, pollution, crime.
We're wiping out diseases
left and right.
Every single person
on this planet has
We've even gone
into other worlds
So, why shouldn't someone
who's accomplished all that
I can tell you're bored.
Oh, I forgot for a minute
who I was talking to.
Can't lie to myself,
can I?
You don't have any
challenges left.
But that's what
retirement's all about.
- Letting go of challenges.
- How can you stand it?
Oh, it's a part of life.
And it wouldn't be so bad,
except for one thing.
- What's that?
- Being alone.
You see, I never had
time to have a family.
I was always too busy
out helping other people
Now there's no one for me.
- Nobody?
- No one.
Don't you let that
happen to you when you
Well, I don't know
if I'm going back.
- At least, not right away
- You don't have to
Lex Luther's got the boy.
That's not your concern.
Go back to your own world.
The boy needs my help.
I can't let you do it.
Oh, so I see you're
feeling better.
[Superboy] Yeah, terrific.
Well, the portal's all
ready to take you home.
You know he's one of us.
He could've been you or me.
We have to give him a chance.
So, what can
you do to me?
[police chatter]
What are you, crazy?
Get out of here.
Now stay here.
[man] It's a very, very
tense situation here.
They boy is inside
the museum right now.
The SWAT team has just
gone in and they've taken up
in hopes to remedy
the situation
- [gun shots]
- [people gasping]
[gun shots]
No, please. No, no! [screams]
Hey, hey, hey
put me down!
[yelling]
Are we rolling? All right.
Apparently, the SWAT team
was ineffective.
As best as I can tell,
the boy is still inside.
Let's just hope that
no one's been hurt.
This is again, a very, very
tense situation here
Clark? You're OK.
Lana, I'm fine.
But I really have to go
Wait. What happened to you?
Where did you go?
Look, I can't talk right now.
I have to get going.
To go change into the
red and blue costume
What?
Come with me.
Back off! Back off
What are you? Deaf?
I said, back off!
[stuttering]
Look, I think I can help.
We've got all the
help we need here.
Get me your
commanding officer.
I know who you are.
I saw you change.
I've got to go.
I guess you have
a lot of work to do.
A lot of it.
I always wondered
what this would be like.
Wait! The "S"
It's the Superboy.
Son?
Father!
Your mother and I have
been worried about you.
So, we got you
a little present.
- Present?
- Uh-huh.
Here it is.
Thank you.
[gasping]
You again, huh?
[grunting] I see
you're still weak
Strong enough to stop you.
[grunting]
I wasn't gonna hurt ya.
He made me do it.
You remember him,
This time, he said
he was going to hurt
Son?
He's not believing you.
Just watch.
He's one of the
bad people! Bad!
Bad?
[Lex] No!
No!
No, no, no, no
It was a mistake.
I I love you.
Why didn't he kill me?
That's something
you'll never understand.
You go now, too?
- Yeah, I have to.
- No
Wait here.
Somehow, I'm not surprised.
I needed the challenge.
So will you someday.
Well, here's your next one.
He needs someone to show him
the right roads to take.
That's why I came.
And to bring you this.
Take it. Go back
to your own world.
You have a lot of
work ahead of you.
So do you.
[Lana] Wait!
You can't go.
I have so many
questions to ask you.
I have questions, too.
That's why I have to
go back to where I came from.
But I want to
know who you are,
It's better this way.