The Adventures of Superboy (1988) s04e14 Episode Script

(male 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.
[music continues]
I guess I've..
always felt the need
to dominate people.
To, um..
..control them..
to prove my superiority.
(female #1)
Why do you think that is?
Why?
(female #1) That's what
we're here for, Lex.
To find answers.
Answers, hmm.
Okay.
How's this?
I need to prove
my superiority
because, one,
I am superior
and two, the idiots
I'm forced to deal with
present company included,
are usually too stupid
to realize it. Hence,
the necessity for proof.
How's that answer?
(female #1) Very good.
Very good. Excellent!
I'm pleased.
You're letting your anger out.
For a change.
No, no. I'm serious, Lex.
We are making real progress.
Ha ha, yeah right.
Pretty soon I'll be
sane enough for execution.
That is the law in this state.
"A prisoner must be sane,
at the time of his execution."
Ha, how hu-humane. Ha.
And utterly futile.
You don't really think
I'll be here
long enough for them
to execute me, huh?
[chuckling]
You'll escape, alright.
I don't have any
doubt about that.
But you'll be caught again.
And then, I'll escape again.
Ad nauseam.
Unless you change
the pattern.
I'm trying, doctor.
Please, I'm really trying.
By killing Superboy?
We all have
our crosses to bear.
You'll never
be able to do it.
Unless you change.
You think, humanity
is nothing more than..
a swarm of insects
crawling around your feet.
Scum. Vermin.
Head lice, actually.
No, toe jam.
But you need them, Lex.
At least,
some of them.
Why?
So you can do
what you want to do.
What I want to do..
Kill Superboy?
Now, why, pray tell, would you
encourage me on that endeavor?
I have my reasons.
[Lex laughing]
Oh, my, my, my!
This is positively byzantine.
What sort of
a doctor are you anyway?
Just a humble civil servant..
who thinks you'll be
well on your way to sanity..
if you just learned
to cooperate
with your fellow man.
Bring in
the other patient, please.
[door opening]
A little cooperation,
can get you anything you want.
[intense music]
I'd advise you to take this
a little more seriously, Lex.
[laughing]
Seriously?
You tell me, the answer to my
problems is to cooperate
with my fellow man
and then you roll in
this Neanderthal hunk of junk.
On his best day, he was no
more than a cheap thug.
Now, what could
he possibly do for me?
Hey, Metallo don't
work for nobody.
Admittedly, this is going
to take some adjustment.
But you are both here
because of one person.
Oh, please!
I'll take care of Superboy
in my own time, in my own way.
And I'm certainly not
about to share the glory
with this
armor-plated cheesehead.
Better get in line,
chrome dome.
I think my hour is up.
Lex!
Goodbye, doctor!
I may be insane,
but I'm not crazy.
[dramatic music]
An alien that wanted
to marry Superboy, and kill me
a demon that tried
to take our souls
a gang that almost
took over the city
a werewolf,
a gollum
a couple of Satanists..
and a partridge
in a pear tree.
Well, it's a living.
Ever wonder what it'd be like
to have a normal life?
Lana, you had a normal life
in Smallville, and you hated it.
You were bored
out of your skull.
That's why you came here.
So maybe I was wrong.
(male voice over P.A.)
All inmates return.
Return to your cells,
or measures will be taken.
[alarm blaring]
Argh.
[alarm continues]
What's that?
Oh. Oh, who cares.
Let me have it.
Oh, yeah.
Come to papa. Yeah.
Whoa!
This is better than I remember.
[alarm continues]
[clanging]
[alarm continues]
Hmm.
Eh.
[glass shattering]
Psst, hey.
Chrome dome, come here.
You want out, huh?
- Ow!
- Armor-plated cheesehead, huh?
Not the better cheap thug?
Well, what's that big fat brain
of yours gonna do for you now?
I was kidding.
Come on.
Open up. We don't
have much time.
No, no, no,
that's not good enough.
- What do you want?
- What do you think?
I want you to suffer.
Metallo! No wait, come back!
Metallo!
[door creaks]
Metallo?
[dramatic music]
Unh.
I miss the stars.
Huh?
You can't see
the stars here.
There's too much
light and pollution.
Remember how many
you could see in Smallville?
I remember it.
Wanna give me a hand?
Do you remember the time we
took my father's telescope
across the county line
in the middle of the night?
And we saw Venus, Mercury,
the rings around Saturn.
- Jupiter's moons?
- You got poison ivy.
Clark, come on.
Don't you miss home
even a little?
Of course I miss it.
But there's a time
when you have to leave.
(Matt)
Clark! Lana!
There's a riot at State Prison.
Luthor and Metallo got out.
Looks like Superboy's
gonna be busy for a while.
- I hope not.
- What do you mean?
He's fought them before
and they've almost killed him.
Yeah, but he beat them.
Never both
at the same time.
[dramatic music]
[theme music]
Good morning.
Did it have a nice nap?
[laughing]
Hiya, pal.
Ey, easy, easy.
She went through a lot
of trouble to set this up.
She?
(Lex)
Well, well, well.
The amazing doctor Vexman.
Tell me, is this your
idea of play therapy?
This is no game, Lex.
And I was serious when
we talked about cooperation.
Mm-hmm, So was I.
Better hear
the lady out. I did.
What's in this for you?
[chuckles]
Oh.
I hope you
have medical insurance.
What could possibly
be worththat?
Superboy.
Ah. How did I know that?
And what do you
have against Superboy?
A long time ago--
A long time ago, what?
A long time ago
I knew him. That's all.
Now, what's it going to be, Lex?
(Vexman)
He'll be flying.
All I have to do, is honk
the horn, or flash the lights.
He'll catch you, too.
(Vexman)
If I can't kill him.
I don't care
what happens to me.
Sowhat about it?
My way
or the highway?
Kinda like the magnificent
seven, huh? Ha, ha.
More like, Abbott and Costello
meet Frankenstein.
[dramatic music]
Did Luthor's cell
look like this?
Nope. Someone
used a key on his.
Someone?
Gotta figure,
it was an inside job.
May I see your
personnel files, please?
Ah, we've already
been through 'em.
Thought you might be
interested in this one.
Doctor Vexman.
Prison psychologist.
She was counseling both,
Luthor and Metallo and..
she didn't show up
for work today.
Dr. Vexman.
Odessa Vexman.
(warden)
You know her?
I know her.
[crackling]
What's taking you so long?
If I explained it to you,
you still couldn't understand.
What's that
supposed to mean, huh?
[chuckling]
My point exactly.
You know, genius,
nobody's ever quite as smart
as they think they are.
My mother told me that.
- Oh, really?
- Uh-huh.
Was that before..
or after she won
the Nobel Prize?
That's it.
I don't have to take
this kinda treatment.. Ah.
You want to kill each other?
Go ahead. Do it.
This wouldn't be
reverse psychology, would it?
Oh.
Ah ah ah.
Ain't smart to hit a lady.
Uh, hey.
Go ahead.
Be my guest.
All the trouble I went to,
it's just wasted on you two.
Well, what're
you waiting for? Do it!
[sobbing]
Oh, please!
Cut me some slack!
You really expect us to fall
for these crocodile tears?
Hmph!
Dames.
Lana, where are you going?
Oh, I just took
a leave of absence.
- What?
- It's okay.
It's only
for a week or two.
Are you alright?
Yeah.
I'm fine.
I just need
to get away for a while.
To Smallville.
Uh, yeah.
Pretty obvious, huh?
- You wanna come with me?
- I-I can't.
They let me go.
I don't understand
why they won't let you.
They would,
but I wanted to wait
and see what happens
with Luthor and Metallo.
It's over. They got away.
Now, it's up to the police.
- Well, Superboy should--
- No, he shouldn't!
It's-it's out of
his hands now, Clark.
I'll-I'll see you later.
If-if you change your mind,
you'll know where I'll be.
Odessa Vexman.
The police think
she may be involved
in getting Luthor
and Metallo out of prison.
I know.
I heard it on the news.
Hell hath no fury.
What does that mean?
"Hell hath no fury
like a woman scorned."
Well, it means--
I know. I was wondering
what it has to do with this.
Remember how Odessa
was working for the guy who was
gonna let that virus loose
a few years back?
Yeah, Superboy stopped him.
But he wouldn't be able to
if Odessa hadn't
switched sides to help him.
I know. She was
acquitted of all charges.
Always wondered,
why she did that.
[chuckling]
Clark, you are
Mattyou don't think that..
Superboy didn't lead her on.
He didn't want her to think--
That doesn't matter.
It's how she felt about
him that's the problem.
But how could
that be his fault?
That doesn't make any sense.
That sort of thing seldom does.
[pleasant music]
[indistinct chatter]
[music continues]
Hello!
- Jim?
- Lana!
What're you doing here?
I-I just took a few weeks off.
It's great to see ya again.
I figured, hell would freeze
over before you'd come back.
Well, you never know.
Um, can I ask you something?
Is that what I think it is?
Yeah, it's a poker parlor.
Isn't that illegal?
Well, you know how bad
the economy's been around here.
Lot of farms were failin'.
Well, this developer
just came into town.
A Mr. Trenton.
Said if we legalize gamblin'
it'd help build the town up.
He just opened this place
and he's got a couple of
others on the edge of town.
He's really turning' the place
around.
He's turning it
into a sewer.
Ha, you sound like
some of the old people.
Lana, this is what
the town wants now.
[explosion]
[dramatic music]
[lady screaming]
[explosion]
- Odessa!
- Superboy, my old friend.
You and I were never friends.
Except when you
needed something from me.
You helped me because
it was the right thing to do.
I helped you because--
Because you wanted
something from me.
Maybe.
But now, there's
only one thing I want.
Hiya, pal!
You and me
got some history, too.
[laughing]
[groans]
[continues laughing]
[groaning]
[whooshing]
Metallo, over here.
Metallo!
Come on, Metallo.
You want me? I'm right here.
Whoa!
[high pitched tone]
[groaning]
Kinda feels like an ice pick
in the ear drum, doesn't it?
But then, I guess
you wouldn't know
what an ice pick in the ear drum
feels like, would you?
It kinda feels like this.
[laughing]
Ah.
You know, I asked myself
"how the devil does he
turn off his super hearing?"
Then I thought,
"Hey, maybe he can't."
So I whipped up this ultra high
frequency tone generator and
you know the beauty of it is, us
mere mortals can't even hear it.
Just you and the dogs.
[laughing]
That was some trip.
Phew!
I bet the balance center
in your inner ear
is going south,
right about now.
[high pitched tone]
[no audio]