The Adventures of Superboy (1988) s04e12 Episode Script
To Be Human: Part 2
When Allen died..
it was like the whole world
came crashing down.
My only son.
What could be worse?
And then a year later
Joe, my husband had a stroke.
Both of them gone.
How could you go on?
I had my work..
and my faith.
Faith?
In something bigger.
In a power beyond this
worldthat watches over us.
And works through us.
Even in..
Especially
in the darkest times.
I don't think,
I'm ready for philosophy yet.
Now philosophy
has nothing to do with it.
It's not about words
in a book..
or a bearded guard
on a throne somewhere.
It's about people.
Normal people
like you and me.
Normal people?
Helping each other
and our world.
The way we've been
able to help you.
That's what
this lab grew out of.
Weak as a kid.
All your strength gone.
No rhyme, no reason.
Everything spinning
out of control.
Running downeven you.
In my heart of hearts, I hope
you believe you can stop me.
Now, look at you.
The boy of steel.
The champion of the downtrodden.
You're a joke.
(man on TV)
The following is a forced.
Are you all getting this?
Do you understand now?
Either you embrace
the Chaos, or you drown.
I was like him once.
I bought the whole package.
I believed in hopes, dreams..
power of science
to create a utopian future
where there'll be no wars.
Starvationdestruction
of the ecosystem.
I was gonna save the whole
planet, all by myself.
I know him. He came
here looking for funding.
He's brilliant, passionate
but he's so impatient.
You can bleed for the world
for just so long..
before it takes it's toll.
I was working on
a new non-polluting fuel.
My lab exploded.
My world went up
in flaming Chaos.
That's when I realized
what a fool I've been.
Trying to save a planet
spiraling into madness.
The only solution was
to become one with the madness.
So I could clear
the end of an old era
and the dawn of a new age,
the age of Chaos.
And it begins at midnight
tonight when I climb to the top
of the tallest building
in Capitol City
the Maywood Tower
and toss this pathetic symbol
of all your false beliefs
to his well-deserved death.
Aw-w-w!
[claps]
Things fall apart.
Somy boys and girls
sleep tight if you can.
Oh, here's a preview
of your dreams.
[explosion]
[tires screeching]
How the mighty have fallen!
You really thought, you were
gonna keep flying on forever
didn't you,
Mr. Goodness in virtue
Mr. Immune to the insanity.
Beginning to catch
on now, aren't you?
Aren't you?
[dramatic music]
You idiot! Do you
realize what you've done?
All my plans..
[laughing]
Things fall apart.
Well, I'll never make it
to the tower on foot
so I might as well just
go back to the Paradiso.
- One roof's as good as another.
- Chaos!
It lives,
it breathes, it speaks.
Letme help.
After all I've done to you.
[sizzling]
It's a good thing we're
finishing you off tonight.
You'll never last
a minute in my new world.
[intense music]
(Lana)
They did? Where was it?
Okay, thanks.
I'll be right there.
Where're you going?
The Police found
Chaos's car. It was wrecked.
- Was anybody injured?
- No, it was empty.
- But I'm going there right now.
- You can't.
Matt! You know,
I'm going to go.
Jackson said, I have to report
you if I see you leaving again.
Now, what am I
supposed to do?
Don't look.
What do you know?
Loose laces!
I better tighten
'em up before I trip.
I knew the technology
would have some side effects.
But nothing this bad.
And I have no way
of knowing whether
Superboy's weakened state
is temporary or permanent.
Not that it'll matter
if he goes off that building.
Dammit! I wish I paid more
attention to those dizzy spells.
It's hopeless.
If we could just
get him back here.
How? Right now we need
Superboy just to save Superboy.
Or someone with his power.
Bizarro?
The process
could be reversed.
And then afterwards,
you can change me back?
The technology
is too unpredictable.
You've seen
what's happened already.
Then I won't do it.
There are police out there,
National Guard.
Let them save him.
Let them stop Chaos.
I'm not telling
you what to do Bill.
Why does it have to be me?
This life, this world,
if I go back to what I was
I'll loose everything.
Who you are, isn't in the way
in the way you look..
or talk or think.
It's in here.
Can you stand there and tell me
that, if I let you do this
that people won't look at me
as if I'm some hideous monster.
Some inhuman thing?
[melancholic music]
This has to be
Superboy's doing.
Only his heat vision could
possibly do something like that.
It's some prank, lady.
It's probably
the name of a rock band.
Look, I got to get over
to the tower, I'm sorry.
They're not at the tower.
There's an old hotel,
The Paradiso.
It's been abandoned
for years.
Look, I got more important
things to worry about
tonight than some
stupid prank.
Why won't you listen to me?
[melancholic music]
How did you know?
Oh, when I'm hurting
or confused..
I'll go out
and talk to Allen and Joe.
I thought maybe
you'd do the same thing.
I still miss her.
I loved her so much..
and she loved me.
No judgment, no conditions
just an open caring heart.
She was a hideous monster.
An inhuman thing.
No! She wasjust..
[music continues]
[dramatic music]
Don't!
[Chaos laughing]
Oh, no! No, no, no..
See, you of all
people should understand.
You go out there, day after day,
bleeding for humanity.
Trying to make a difference.
Look at the world..
For all you've done,
nothing's changed.
Ah-ho-o-o! No, answer.
Because you know, I'm right.
Well, after you're gone,
they'll all know, I'm right.
If I have to level this
entire city, they'll know.
[dramatic music]
Now, that was really stupid.
No, really.
That was really..
[laughing]
Come on in. Oh, I think
a friend of yours is here.
(Lana)
Superboy!
You see, is she
what I mean?
You think,
you're about to win?
You think, you've got all the
pieces nicely fitted into place?
I'm Chaos.
[whirring]
Let's go.
[intense music]
Goodbye, Allen.
Midnight! The dawn of a new age!
I swear to you little girl,
I will blow you to pieces
and believe me,
I know what that feels like.
It's not very pleasant.
Farewell to paradise.
[grunts]
(Lana)
Ah-h!
[grunts]
[music continues]
Ah-h!
Ah, things fall apart.
It's, um, over.
You are saving him?
Look at yourself.
Look at me.
You're not a part of his
world, you're a part of mine.
Part of the Chaos.
Join me.
We're two of a kind..
Brothers.
Me only have one..
brother.
(Lana)
Are you alright?
[slow music]
Thanks.
Me did, what me
had to do.
Now, me freak again.
You're as human a soul
as I've ever known.
Wait!
Where do you think
you're going?
We've got a lot
of work ahead of us.
A, is for apple..
auntyalligator.
Hm..
A, um, for apple..
aunty
and a-a, a--
(together)
Al-li-ga-tor.
That's good.
That's really good.
Well, me..
Well, I have good teachers.
[theme music]
[music continues]
it was like the whole world
came crashing down.
My only son.
What could be worse?
And then a year later
Joe, my husband had a stroke.
Both of them gone.
How could you go on?
I had my work..
and my faith.
Faith?
In something bigger.
In a power beyond this
worldthat watches over us.
And works through us.
Even in..
Especially
in the darkest times.
I don't think,
I'm ready for philosophy yet.
Now philosophy
has nothing to do with it.
It's not about words
in a book..
or a bearded guard
on a throne somewhere.
It's about people.
Normal people
like you and me.
Normal people?
Helping each other
and our world.
The way we've been
able to help you.
That's what
this lab grew out of.
Weak as a kid.
All your strength gone.
No rhyme, no reason.
Everything spinning
out of control.
Running downeven you.
In my heart of hearts, I hope
you believe you can stop me.
Now, look at you.
The boy of steel.
The champion of the downtrodden.
You're a joke.
(man on TV)
The following is a forced.
Are you all getting this?
Do you understand now?
Either you embrace
the Chaos, or you drown.
I was like him once.
I bought the whole package.
I believed in hopes, dreams..
power of science
to create a utopian future
where there'll be no wars.
Starvationdestruction
of the ecosystem.
I was gonna save the whole
planet, all by myself.
I know him. He came
here looking for funding.
He's brilliant, passionate
but he's so impatient.
You can bleed for the world
for just so long..
before it takes it's toll.
I was working on
a new non-polluting fuel.
My lab exploded.
My world went up
in flaming Chaos.
That's when I realized
what a fool I've been.
Trying to save a planet
spiraling into madness.
The only solution was
to become one with the madness.
So I could clear
the end of an old era
and the dawn of a new age,
the age of Chaos.
And it begins at midnight
tonight when I climb to the top
of the tallest building
in Capitol City
the Maywood Tower
and toss this pathetic symbol
of all your false beliefs
to his well-deserved death.
Aw-w-w!
[claps]
Things fall apart.
Somy boys and girls
sleep tight if you can.
Oh, here's a preview
of your dreams.
[explosion]
[tires screeching]
How the mighty have fallen!
You really thought, you were
gonna keep flying on forever
didn't you,
Mr. Goodness in virtue
Mr. Immune to the insanity.
Beginning to catch
on now, aren't you?
Aren't you?
[dramatic music]
You idiot! Do you
realize what you've done?
All my plans..
[laughing]
Things fall apart.
Well, I'll never make it
to the tower on foot
so I might as well just
go back to the Paradiso.
- One roof's as good as another.
- Chaos!
It lives,
it breathes, it speaks.
Letme help.
After all I've done to you.
[sizzling]
It's a good thing we're
finishing you off tonight.
You'll never last
a minute in my new world.
[intense music]
(Lana)
They did? Where was it?
Okay, thanks.
I'll be right there.
Where're you going?
The Police found
Chaos's car. It was wrecked.
- Was anybody injured?
- No, it was empty.
- But I'm going there right now.
- You can't.
Matt! You know,
I'm going to go.
Jackson said, I have to report
you if I see you leaving again.
Now, what am I
supposed to do?
Don't look.
What do you know?
Loose laces!
I better tighten
'em up before I trip.
I knew the technology
would have some side effects.
But nothing this bad.
And I have no way
of knowing whether
Superboy's weakened state
is temporary or permanent.
Not that it'll matter
if he goes off that building.
Dammit! I wish I paid more
attention to those dizzy spells.
It's hopeless.
If we could just
get him back here.
How? Right now we need
Superboy just to save Superboy.
Or someone with his power.
Bizarro?
The process
could be reversed.
And then afterwards,
you can change me back?
The technology
is too unpredictable.
You've seen
what's happened already.
Then I won't do it.
There are police out there,
National Guard.
Let them save him.
Let them stop Chaos.
I'm not telling
you what to do Bill.
Why does it have to be me?
This life, this world,
if I go back to what I was
I'll loose everything.
Who you are, isn't in the way
in the way you look..
or talk or think.
It's in here.
Can you stand there and tell me
that, if I let you do this
that people won't look at me
as if I'm some hideous monster.
Some inhuman thing?
[melancholic music]
This has to be
Superboy's doing.
Only his heat vision could
possibly do something like that.
It's some prank, lady.
It's probably
the name of a rock band.
Look, I got to get over
to the tower, I'm sorry.
They're not at the tower.
There's an old hotel,
The Paradiso.
It's been abandoned
for years.
Look, I got more important
things to worry about
tonight than some
stupid prank.
Why won't you listen to me?
[melancholic music]
How did you know?
Oh, when I'm hurting
or confused..
I'll go out
and talk to Allen and Joe.
I thought maybe
you'd do the same thing.
I still miss her.
I loved her so much..
and she loved me.
No judgment, no conditions
just an open caring heart.
She was a hideous monster.
An inhuman thing.
No! She wasjust..
[music continues]
[dramatic music]
Don't!
[Chaos laughing]
Oh, no! No, no, no..
See, you of all
people should understand.
You go out there, day after day,
bleeding for humanity.
Trying to make a difference.
Look at the world..
For all you've done,
nothing's changed.
Ah-ho-o-o! No, answer.
Because you know, I'm right.
Well, after you're gone,
they'll all know, I'm right.
If I have to level this
entire city, they'll know.
[dramatic music]
Now, that was really stupid.
No, really.
That was really..
[laughing]
Come on in. Oh, I think
a friend of yours is here.
(Lana)
Superboy!
You see, is she
what I mean?
You think,
you're about to win?
You think, you've got all the
pieces nicely fitted into place?
I'm Chaos.
[whirring]
Let's go.
[intense music]
Goodbye, Allen.
Midnight! The dawn of a new age!
I swear to you little girl,
I will blow you to pieces
and believe me,
I know what that feels like.
It's not very pleasant.
Farewell to paradise.
[grunts]
(Lana)
Ah-h!
[grunts]
[music continues]
Ah-h!
Ah, things fall apart.
It's, um, over.
You are saving him?
Look at yourself.
Look at me.
You're not a part of his
world, you're a part of mine.
Part of the Chaos.
Join me.
We're two of a kind..
Brothers.
Me only have one..
brother.
(Lana)
Are you alright?
[slow music]
Thanks.
Me did, what me
had to do.
Now, me freak again.
You're as human a soul
as I've ever known.
Wait!
Where do you think
you're going?
We've got a lot
of work ahead of us.
A, is for apple..
auntyalligator.
Hm..
A, um, for apple..
aunty
and a-a, a--
(together)
Al-li-ga-tor.
That's good.
That's really good.
Well, me..
Well, I have good teachers.
[theme music]
[music continues]