"(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." "[theme music]" "[intense music]" "Anybody down here?" "[music continues]" "Anybody home?" "[music continues]" "Hello." "[light switches on]" "What're you doing down here?" "What's your name?" "Are you okay?" "Are you...okay?" "Oh, I'm fine." "I was just worried about you." "Worried...about you." "Look.." "Look." "You're doing everything I'm doing, aren't you?" "Everything." "Stupid question." "Stupid." "Why don't we go find out who you belong to, okay?" "[intense music]" "Ah, aah!" "[music continues] [buzzing]" "[intense music]" "Let me give you a hand there, Clark." "Thanks, Matt." "Wanna go to lunch in a bit?" "I can't." "I gotta read these files." "What about Lana?" "Can't she help?" "Jackson asked her to but.." "...she got a message about ghosts in somebody's house." "Ghosts?" "Yeah, it's a house on Water Crest." "They think they have a ghost in the basement." "They're so scared they went to a hotel." "Probably been seeing too many Stephen King films." "Kent, aren't you done yet?" " Where's Ms. Lang?" " Well, I" "Out in the field again, when I asked her to help you?" " Well" " Well, what?" "Dennis, I asked Lana to run an errand for me." "She'll be back soon." "She'd better be." "So, I lied." "We're not in Kansas anymore, Clark." "Who are you?" "How did you do that?" "[intense music]" "What are you gonna do?" "[ghostly tone] I am going to be you, totally." "You don't wanna be me." "I have a horrible job, and I'm always risking my life." "And I'm in love with a man who doesn't even call." "[ghostly tone] I need an identity." "What about your own?" "The little girl?" "[ghostly tone] That wasn't me." "That was the first person I encountered when I got to this planet." "So, you're an alien?" "Yes." "See, we have no identities of our own." "We need them to exist." "Lots of them." "What happens...after you take them?" "What's happening to you now." "Death." "No." "[phone ringing]" "(Dennis) I'm sick of this, I really am." "She should be back in a minute, Dennis." "There're a lot of students who'd die for this internship." "Lana almost has." "If she's not back in half an hour you can throw out the word, "almost"." "You don't have to do this." "I'll tell you everything you wanna know." "This...will be easier." "For me, anyway." "[phone ringing]" "What's that?" "You don't know what a telephone is?" "Tell me." "It's a warning system." "If I don't answer, my friends will know I'm in trouble." "Oh, it will be answered." "But not by you." "After all.." "[Lana's voice] ...we have the same voice." "Gotcha." "Got you, honey." "Jackson's going crazy." "We gotta get Lana back here." "I'm trying her now but there's no answer." "Did you dial it right?" "Maybe she's on her way back." "She said she'd be gone an hour." " And it's not up yet." " Let's hope she's on time." "Lana?" "She's always on time." "[intense music]" "Whoo!" "Ha!" "Your friends weren't very patient." "All I heard was some sort of musical note." "That was the emergency tone." "They'll be here in a few minutes." "Are you telling the truth?" "Or are you lying?" "Let's find out, shall we?" "[intense music]" "(male #1) She's a redhead, just like you." "(female #1) I wanna name her Lana, after grandmum." "How many times do I tell you?" "Don't touch the stove." "(Dennis) Lana Lang, A ." "Welcome to the Bureau, Ms. Lang." "Now, get me some coffee." "[music continues]" "Broken!" "We have a temper, don't we?" "Sometimes." "I need to ask you about someone." "I saw him." "He's strong and powerful." "And we love him." "He'll know you're not me in a minute." " Oh, that's all I need." " For what?" "I want his strength." "His invulnerability." "I need them to make myself complete." "Oh, I don't want him." "I wanna be him." "But you're me, it's too late." "Is it?" "Now, tell me everything I want to know about him." "Temper." "(Dennis) Ahem ahem." "About that little errand that your friend Ms. Lang went on?" " Yes, sir." " Why isn't she back yet?" "Well, you see, sir." "Um.." " Hi, everybody." " Lana." "Right on time." "One of my best qualities." "[pleasant music]" "(male #2) Is it ever gonna slow down?" "(Dennis) Kent, Kent." "(Lana) Where is he?" "Where is who?" "You have good hearing, don't you?" "Well, yeah." "I was looking for Superboy." "Why?" "What's wrong?" "Nothing's wrong." "Then, why're you looking for Superboy?" "[intense music]" "[Newton's pendulum clicking]" "Does he only come when something's wrong?" " Who?" " Superboy." "You'd know better than I would." "I would?" "Come on, Lana." "It's almost like the two of you have some kind of psychic thing." "He always seems to know when you're in trouble." " Who does?" " Who do you think?" "Superboy." "He does, doesn't he?" "Now that I think about it." "I have to go back to the basement." " More ghosts?" " Wasn't anything there." "I left my flashlight, that's all." "I'll be back by 7:00 and you know how prompt I always am." "[intense music]" "[footsteps approaching]" "[music continues]" "Ah!" "I should have known you were going to do that." "But you didn't." "My education was incomplete." "But that is going to change, isn't it?" "Now, tell me everything you know about Superboy." "Lana's not back yet?" "She's late." "First time for everything, I guess." "Not for Lana." "Where did he come from?" "Tell me!" "Where did he come from?" "I don't know." "Please, I need a doctor." ""I need a doctor."" "Is he an alien, like me?" "I don't know." "[phone ringing]" "Warning system, huh?" "You lied, then, I think you're lying now." "You didn't learn anything from me, did you?" "Oh, I learnt enough." "He'll never believe you're me." "We'll see about that." "Nine O' clock." "[intense music]" "Is there anything else?" "I told you everything I know about him." "Don't you have some identity of your own?" "We found it easier to survive without one." "We're infinitely adaptable." "And infinitely empty." "What are you doin'?" "If he sees two of us, he'll know something's wrong." "[wind gushing]" "It's him, isn't it?" "Superboy." "Lana." "No, I'm Lana." "She's this thing, this alien." "No, she's the alien." "It wants your identity, it'll kill you." " No." " Don't come any closer." "I have to." "A-ask it a question, something you and I will only know." "It's got my memories." "It'll know the answer." "Do you remember when.." "I can't see." "No, she'll kill you." "She's dying." "No, not yet." "I've gotta get you to a hospital." " But what about her?" " I'll come back for her." " No, do it now." " Do what?" "Kill her, like you always do." "Like I always do?" "I lied." "[intense music]" "No!" "No!" "What happened?" "It could duplicate whatever was on the other end." "But there wasn't anything there." "There never was." "[intense music]" "[theme music]"