"It's funny about this thing." "I look down at it every day and I'm almost surprised to see it there." "I think about what it means and about you." "And how long it took you to finally put it on." "Yeah, that too." " We've been through a lot." " A lot?" "Lois, salmon swimming upstream haven't had the mating troubles we've had." "Yeah." "Well, now we're just an old, almost-married couple." "And we'll be like this forever." "You cooking, me watching." "What, you're never cooking?" "It's not really something I do." " I thought it was just lack of time." " No, no." "Lack of talent." "Well, I guess there's all kinds of things about you I still have to find out." "And me about you." "You don't have any really big surprises, do you?" " Did I mention the flying?" " I only marry men who fly." "Hello." "Hi, Jimmy." "Yeah, I'm..." "I'm kind of busy right now." "Yeah." "Okay, fine." "Fine, fine, fine." "Bye." "Jimmy says that we have to turn on Channel 6 right now." "Wait, I was just about to find out all this juicy stuff about you." "Tonight, a Top Copy exclusive." "We take you live to the home of Miss Leigh-Anne Stipanovic." "Yes, it's true." "I can remain silent no more." "I had Superman's love child." "These years have been so hard, you know." "I mean, of course, we've always hoped Superman might give us a little loan or something to help us get back on our feet." "But mostly I just want him to come see his boy." "Hey, hey." "Hey." "Turn that trash off." " You don't think there's a story here?" " Jimmy, the story is the crazy times we live in when anybody can get media attention with a cock-and-bull story like that." "The Daily Planet, by the way, is not gonna waste one drop of ink on it." "Hey, CK, what do you think?" "I mean, if I had Superman's powers, his looks tight pants, women falling all over me, I sure might be tempted too." "Or not." "Probably not." "It wouldn't be something I think about." "All right, can we get back to the news here?" "The President of Tanzor is in town for the signing of the peace treaty with Fostonia." "They've been enemies for a century." "There's die-hards on both sides that don't want the treaty signed." "That's why I want you and Lois on it." "Now, how's the engagement thing coming along, by the way?" "You two must be happier than pigs in slop?" "Lois." "I was just saying how happy you two must be." "What?" "I'm sorry, Chief." "I just didn't sleep much last night." "Me, either." "Perry wants us to cover the President of Tanzor's arrival." " Fine." " Lois, what do you think of that babe..." " ...who said she had Superman's...?" " Jimmy." "Oh, babe?" "Is she a babe?" "Clark, do you think she's a babe?" "I don't know." "I barely noticed." "You didn't notice?" "Hello." "You all right?" " Lois, we talked about this last night." " I know." "Okay, so we'll cover the president's arrival, try to forget this whole thing..." "The story's as good as written." "He arrives he waves, he says, "Peace is good," surprise, surprise." "It's not a good use of our time." "What might be a better use of our time?" "Well, maybe we could, you know, check out this Leigh-Anne person." "No." "Lois, Perry's right." "Covering it will just give her credibility." " This whole thing will be over tomorrow." " See, I think that's naive." "I think our job is to expose her as a hoax." "You know, to prove to the world that..." "That my fiance the man that I love, would... would never do what this woman said he did." "Of course he wouldn't." "I mean, I didn't." "Lois, trust me, this whole thing is gonna die." "Yeah, and I'm gonna be the one to kill it." "Perfect." "David Nemeth?" "Extra's covering this?" "Hi, Lois." "Well, I've covered some tragedies before in my time, but this..." "Oh, Jesus." "I forget." "Which one of you kind people did I say was next?" "Excuse me." "Excuse me." "Hello, I'm Lois Lane." "Lois Lane..." "From the Daily Planet?" "Come in." "I feel a woman should tell my story." " I'll be right with you." " No, wait." "Just keep repeating to yourself." "Hoax, hoax." "Hoax, hoax." "Hoax, hoax." " Mama, look." " Jesse, honey." "Excuse me." "Well?" "Well?" " I don't know." "It's impossible." " Impossible." "Impossible?" "Why do you keep saying everything twice?" "Jesse, honey, help Mama pick these things up." "Hi, Jesse." "I'm Lois." "I'm here to be your mom's friend so that she'll tell me the real true story about your life." " I don't like you." " Come on." " I'm sure you don't mean that." " Yes, I do." " I see." " I like him." "Wow, he's usually so shy around strangers." "He's my pal." "Well, shall we begin?" " You wanna play in my room?" " Sure." "So, Jesse, you're pretty strong." "How'd you get to be so strong?" "You wanna play catch?" "Gee." "And you're so fast too." " We now bring you live coverage..." " Yeah." " ...of the Metropolis Peace Conference." " With his flying around..." "We're at the Tanzorian Consulate building where President Florio has just arrived." "Tomorrow he signs the peace treaty with Fostonia with whom his country has a long history of hostile relations." "He does that all the time." "Today's ceremonies include a welcome from federal and local government officials." "At a meeting, the secretary..." "Stay back." " There's some kind of disturbance here." " Bad noise." "What noise, honey?" "I don't hear anything." " Hold on now." " Lois, I'll be right back." "...Secret Service people." "Some of the bodyguards..." "Right this way, Mr. President." "Mr. President, are you all right?" "Ye... ye... yes." "Yes, one of my men acted very quickly, and... and..." "Wh...?" "Where did he go?" "Where did he go?" "Where?" "Honey, he spoiled me something awful." "Cheese from France, and chocolate from Switzerland..." "Of course, he can get to all those places in just two shakes, you know." "Ye... yes." "I'm..." "I'm familiar with that." "But I would just keep saying to him, "Super," I'd say..." "I called him Super." ""Super, honey, the gifts are nice, but I want you to love me like an ordinary man."" "And you know what he would do?" "He would cook for me." "He...?" "He would cook for you?" "Please, I beg you, don't ask about our intimate relations." "Suffice it to say, they don't call him Superman for nothing." " Sugar, you okay?" " Yes." "Yes, I'm..." "I'm fine." "I mean, I can understand if he's no longer in love with me." "A flame that burns so bright, only burns so long." "But I have my little boy to think about." "You know, in..." "In fairness to Superman you haven't really offered any hard proof that he even knows you." "No?" "What about this?" "Now don't you go printing that." "National Inquisitor and Tattle Tale Weekly they're fighting for the rights of that thing." "It is unthinkable you failed today." "We didn't hire you for failure." "Now the old fool's canceled most of his public appearances." "But not all of them." "Fostonia is the historic enemy of my country." "There must be no peace treaty." "You are paying me to launch a nuclear missile from your country which will destroy the capital of Fostonia." "Who is going to sign a peace treaty?" "But you need the launch codes." "And only our president has them and security around him has been tripled." "Well, then I'll just have to be a little more creative, won't I?" "I'll get the damn launch codes as soon as I get my hands on a little super help." "Now, I know this is tough for you, Leigh-Anne but were you and Superman really in love?" "Oh, brother." "Can you believe the whole country is running with this thing?" "Still, these must've been tough years for you, though?" "It's so hard when your little boy turns to you and he says Mama, why can I fly?" "Why can I break steel bars over my head?" "Why wasn't I hurt when Uncle Luke shot me?"" "You felt you just couldn't keep this heartbreak to yourself." "Yes." "My personal code of morality would let me cover for Superman no longer." " You may quote me." " Well, this is television." "Lord help me, I pulled Lois off that peace conference to cover it." " Lois, you got that Superman story yet?" " I guess." "I know, honey, it's always demoralizing when one of our heroes falls." "You don't know the half of it." "You are aware there's a chance Superman didn't do this." "Now, Lois, you and I have been newspeople long enough to know that if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck tastes good with plum sauce, it is a duck." " What's a duck?" " I was just telling Lois she shouldn't let her friendship with Superman cloud her professional objectivity." "Why?" "Did she judge him and find him innocent?" "Not exactly." "The jury's deadlocked." "See, that's exactly why we shouldn't put people on pedestals." "But, you know, I guess even Superman's entitled to a checkered past." " Lois..." " What'd you find on that kidnap attempt?" "The Tanzorians think it might be the work of a radical group inside their country." "I don't have a checkered past." "Perry's right, people shouldn't expect more from Superman than any other guy." "Pretty sophisticated work for a radical group." "Word is they may have hired that terrorist Anonymous." "I thought we put this behind us." "Your shadow's behind you, can't shake it." "I thought they kicked Anonymous out of the United States." "He may have kicked himself back in." "It's easy." "He's a master of disguise." "No one's ever seen his face." "No one knows his voice." "Lois, I can handle anyone else thinking what they wanna think about me..." " ...but you can't tell me that you think..." " I don't know what I think." "What you do know is that I love you." "But what about before?" "I mean, neither of us was born on the day we fell in love." "I guess I don't have the right to get upset about something that happened before." "But it upsets me." "It really upsets me." "And everywhere I go, it's all I hear and it upsets me." "You mentioned that." "Lois, the thing is, I wouldn't lie to you." "See, the thing is, you did." "Every day." "For three years." "And then there's this." "The guys in the photo lab assure me it's authentic." "Do you have any idea how many thousands of people I pose with?" "Do you have any idea how many toddlers can balance a sofa on their pinkie finger?" "Look, I'm tired, and I'm pretty emotional, and I just..." "I'm gonna go home and pace." " Okay, fine." "Then we can..." " Alone." "I'm sorry." "I just need to clear my head." "Jimmy." "Boy, I must be in trouble if the cavalry's here." " Hi, sweetie." " Hi." " Are you okay?" " Fine." "We never watch those tabloid shows." "Hello, boy." "But the Smallville Press has turned its whole front page over to Superman's love child." " I do not have a love child." " Of course you don't." " It's an impossibility." " It's laughable, really." "Laughable?" "Guys, come on, I mean..." "I have dated." "No, no." "What we mean is, we raised you to be responsible." "If anything did occur, you'd live up to your obligations." "If you say this woman is not the mother of your child she's not the mother of your child." "It's just laughable." " How's Lois?" " Not laughing." "Well, of course she'd be bewildered by all this." "You just have to expect that." "Well, you know Lois." "She wants an explanation for everything." "And the only explanation I can give her on this whole thing is I don't know." "Mom, how old was I when I started lifting couches?" "Oh, gosh, honey, I think it was junior high before you did any serious lifting." "And then it was rarely furniture." "You usually leaned towards kitchen appliances." "The freezer, I think." "Well, maybe this kid's not even from Earth." "Maybe I'm not the only person from Krypton here." "I..." " Help me out here." " Clark..." "Clark, don't make yourself crazy." "There's no truth in this." "So, what are you guys saying?" "That I should just sit back and do nothing?" "Of course not." "We're here to support you and fight this little hussy with everything we've got." " Mom." " Well." "Son, science is on your side." "The answer is simple." "It's DNA." "DNA test?" "They want Jesse to take a DNA test." "And that is exactly why you need me and my law firm, Miss Stipanovic." "Son, could you possibly loosen your grip on Uncle Donald's leg." "Son." "Spunky, isn't he?" "Well, maybe I should hire you, Mr. Rafferty." "Up until now my cousin Bobby Bob, he's been handling all my legal affairs." "But he's still in correspondence law school." "They haven't mailed him the chapter on blood stuff, yet." "And Jesse does seem to have taken a shine to you." "Yes." "Mr. Rafferty, as you can see, that test is for later today." "Now, isn't there some sort of writ or judge-type thing you can do, just to delay it, you know?" "My dear, you have nothing to worry about." " Son, the grip, I'm losing all feeling." " Uncle Donald, wanna play with my frog?" "The test will either show that Superman is the father or not." "And how is that last one a good thing?" "Well, I will bring in opposing experts to argue that the DNA tests are inconclusive or contaminated or the result of tampering or part of a conspiracy." " Is that legal?" " My dear, it's the backbone of the entire legal system." "But we won't have to worry about that, will we because the little tyke is the son of Superman, isn't he?" "Of course." "Yeah." "It... it's just that my family doesn't do so well on tests." "So cute." "How old is he?" "Superhero!" "Superzero!" "Superhero!" "Superzero!" "Superhero!" "Superzero!" "Superhero!" "Superzero!" " Superhero!" "Super..." " Superman." " Superman." " Are you really the father?" "Okay, okay." "Okay." "All of you know me and what I stand for." "And what I won't stand for." "I've always tried to protect the weak and the helpless." "And that's why I'm here today." "To protect this little boy from any more of this." "Look, it's Jesse and Leigh-Anne." "All right." "Please, please." "Back up." "Back up." "We're here for the truth and not for publicity." "Hello." "Hello, everyone." "Hello." "Look, angel, say hello to all the nice people." "Perry told me to cover this." "I hate it as much as you do." "The irony is there's really only been one woman in my life." "And she's wearing a ring." "Honey." "I cannot stop myself." "As much as you've shunned me, I still have love in my heart for you." "Look, angel." "Lookit, this is Daddy." " Miss Stipanovic, please." " Darling, don't you be so formal." "You weren't in your love letters, which I'm reading tonight on Nightline." " Go away." "I don't like you." " Hey, what are you doing?" "I don't like them." "Sometimes it's hard, isn't it, being different?" "Sometimes it's scary." "And sometimes you get mad and it'd be easy to hurt people because you're so strong." "But, see the cool thing is that..." "Is that we can do good for people and most people, Jesse..." "Most people are good." "Even those crazy ones outside." "So..." " ...any questions?" " Are you my daddy?" "Hello, Superman." "Jesse." "We obviously won't be drawing blood from you." "I take it Jesse's skin is also impervious to puncture?" "Yes." "Though why that is, I have no idea." "No, really." "I have no idea." "You said you can do DNA test with hair follicles, correct?" "That's right." "I talked to Jesse, and he's agreed to do the same thing." "Excellent." "We'll do our best to rush the tests along, Superman." "The results will be quite definitive." "Incontrovertible, really." "That's great." "And I can expect the results when?" "Based on what I suspect to be the complexity of your cell structure four to five months." "A year, tops." "What?" "Hi, this is Clark Kent." "I'm not here." "But leave a message and I'll get right back to you." "Mr. Kent, this is Leigh-Anne Stipanovic." "I know you're a friend of Superman's..." "Please tell him it's urgent." "I'll meet him in Courthouse Park today at 3:00, okay?" "Thank you so much." "Mama, where do you want this?" " Jesse, put that freezer down." " Okay." " Hello." " Miss Stipanovic?" "This is Superman." "I feel badly about today and would like to clear things up." "Could you meet me in Courthouse Park at 3:00?" "I'd appreciate it." "Okay." " I'm glad we're finally talking about this." " Yeah." " You first." " Leigh-Anne what is it exactly that you want?" "What every mother wants." "A future for her son." "And that's commendable, but he's your son, not mine." "Do you have any idea what raising Jesse's been like?" "Before I got pregnant, I had prospects." "You probably don't know this but I was a runner-up in the Junior Miss Stenographer pageant." " I didn't know that." " I had my sights set on being a Star Search spokesmodel." "But now, that's just a dream." "Leigh-Anne, a lot of people work and raise a child." "Jesse's not just any child." "And since he got the way he is I just..." "I can't keep him in clothes because he grows so fast." "Can't keep a roof above our heads because he just... he wrecks every place." "I can't keep a job because no daycare center will have him." "Well, I'd like to help, if I could." "But how?" "Well, you're a big celebrity." "How do you think?" "Leigh-Anne, I don't have money." "I don't have credit cards or a shoebox full of cash." "Does this look like the wardrobe of a rich man?" "Dear, my attorney said I'd have to file a lawsuit." "Well, then it would be a lawsuit based on a lie." " I don't think I see your point." " Look." "There's still time to get out of all this before Jesse gets hurt." "Hurt him?" "I'm helping him." "We have a book offer." "We have a Movie of the Week deal." "There's a kids' clothing company that wants to do a Jesse line." "I can give him the kind of life I never could have dreamed of." "I see the way people are making money out there." "Who am I?" "The last Girl Scout?" "I don't think so." "I'm sorry that you feel this way." "I thought you called me because you changed your mind." " Me call you?" "You called me." " No, you left a message for me..." " ...with Clark Kent." " No, I did not." " What's going on here?" " Where's Jesse?" "Jesse!" "Jesse!" "He was with Rafferty when you left him?" "Yes." "Mr. Rafferty said he was gonna babysit and now they're gone." "Jesse!" "My God, if anything happens to Jesse..." " Any clues?" " No." "Okay, ma'am, let's see if I have this right." "You return home look around, see your furniture turned over windows unopened and you looked in the back, and up in there." "You might wanna check this out." "I'm not sure what it is." "Some guys in a news van saw Rafferty drive off a couple of hours ago." "Nobody thought anything of it." "Why would he do that?" "Extortion, probably." "Leigh-Anne, we're gonna get Jesse back for you." "This is all my fault." "This is all my fault." "It's strange." "I mean, he's not my son but I do feel close to him." "In a way that's..." "It's just a way I can't explain." "Maybe it's because you lived what he's living." "Or maybe it's because you're the most caring person I ever met." "And the most honest." "I amaze myself sometimes." "I'm so used to having to track down the truth." "Always thinking that things aren't what they appear to be." "I forget sometimes that the truth is just staring me right in the face." "And the truth is?" "The truth is what you tell me." "And what I tell you." "Because that's the kind of relationship we have." "Lois the best day of my life was the day that you found out that I was Superman." "It meant no more secrets." "I am done hiding things from you." "I know." "I guess I'm just still getting used to that." "Come on." "I don't wanna play that." "I wanna play this." "We're almost in." "Tanzor's missile system has a highly sophisticated web of alarms and shunts that must be handled with utmost care." "Hey, kid, put that down." "I want Mommy." "So we just have to wait a few more minutes, okay?" " Throw me the ball." " Okay." " Here it comes." " No, kid." "No!" "Missile launch sequence activated." " I'm in." " What?" " That's wonderful." " Now all you need are the launch codes." "And we'll have them." "Well, that was excellent work, my boy." " Excellent work." " Yeah, well, don't bother thanking me." "Just send the cash." "Good luck with the kid." "He was starting to give me a headache." "Really?" "Then by all means, take two of these." "Check's in the mail." "Okay, thank you." "Well, that's it." "There's no Donald Rafferty at any law firm in Metropolis." " He's faking more than his law degree." " What do you mean?" "The forensic report just came back on the stuff you found at Leigh-Anne's." "It sure has a distinctive smell." "Only to a super nose." "Anyway, it's the same kind of putty used by professional makeup artists." "Or masters of disguise." "Like that master of disguise rumored to be in Metropolis for the peace conference." "Anonymous." "You don't think he has Jesse?" "Excuse me." "I hate to be a bother but I just can't sit home." "Is there any news?" " Nothing that we can confirm." " But everyone's looking for him." "Especially Superman." "Excuse me." "CK, I got news." "Three listings for Ding-Dong Motels." " Joplin, Missouri." " Never been there." " What?" " Nothing." "Go on." "Lincoln, Nebraska and Traverse City, Michigan." "Traverse City?" "Isn't that where an airliner almost went down about a year ago?" "Yeah, big electrical storm." "Superman kept the plane from crashing." "Leigh-Anne, let me ask you." "Were you and Jesse on a plane over Michigan about a year ago?" " What?" " That plane nearly crashed, didn't it?" "Well, yeah." "You were sitting over the left-wing window seat?" "Jesse was by the window." "It was his first time flying." "Superman rescued that plane." "And then he took pictures with some of the passengers." "Outside of the motel." "Well, I really ain't worth much, am I?" "Leigh-Anne, there's no question what you did was really wrong." "But anybody can see how much you love your little boy." "If Superman presses charges, they could take Jesse away from me." "I'm sure Superman thinks you've learned your lesson." "That'd be my guess." "Excuse me." "Clark, that electrical storm." "A lightning bolt must have..." "Hit me and transferred part of my powers through the plane to Jesse." "Only other time it's happened is when I'm touching someone, but obviously..." "I was wondering why I felt so close to him, Lois." "Now I know." "I'm responsible for the way he is." " What you gonna say to him?" " Look." " I'm tired." " Quit your incessant com..." "You can take a nap when we get home, okey-dokey?" "After our game, we'll have ice cream and candy and jellybeans." "Okay." "You're next." "Remember how we play this game?" "Hug." "One more time, Mr. President." "I insist you give me your nation's nuclear launch codes." "Pretty please?" "You are a crazy person." "Do what you want to me." "But there will be peace between Tanzor and Fostonia." "Now, don't get me wrong." "I couldn't care less about your little peace treaty." "It's just that I'm being paid handsomely to level your opposition." "Well, well, well." "Much as I love doing things the hard way perhaps I'll have better luck doing things the easy way." "Truth serum." " No." " Yes." " No, no." " Yeah." "Anonymous obviously has Jesse completely under his control." "There must be something on this tape that can help us." " Listen." " Red choo-choo." " I don't hear anything." " I do." "Just before Jesse flew off with the president, he said something." "He said, "Red choo-choo."" "Red choo-choo?" "Well, I don't speak kid, but, I mean, wouldn't you think that meant train?" "Red train." "Maybe they're leaving by train?" "Maybe Anonymous has him stashed at a train yard." "That's a shot." "I'll check every train and train yard on the coast." "I'll call you, bye." "Miss Lane." "Miss Lane." "Dr. Klein, he's got some news." "Where's Mr. Kent?" "He's helping Superman look for Jesse." "We think we got a lead." "Thank you, God." "Dr. Klein, I already know the DNA results and right now..." "Listen, please." "As I was analyzing Jesse's hair sample I noticed that its molecular structure varied throughout the strand." "Apparently, there's been a gradual, yet steady..." "It's easier if I show you." "This end is about a year old." "Now, this part is much newer." "So, what are you saying?" "Jesse's losing his super powers?" "I'm afraid so." "Well, Superman said that the transfer wasn't perfect so maybe the results are temporary." "At the rate that he is changing, and with this final exertion..." "Miss Lane, Jesse may be no safer right now than an ordinary child." " Oh, God." " Leigh-Anne we think we know where Jesse is." "Before he left with the president he said, "Red choo-choo."" "Right now, Superman is flying over all the train yards..." "But that might not be the place." "Choo-choo is his word for train but it's also his word for smokestacks." " Smokestacks?" " Yes, they remind him of old steam engines, so he uses the same word for both." "If Clark comes back, tell him to meet me at the old Metro-Chem plant." " What?" " Tell him to look for a big smokestack." " Fifteen alpha." " Fifteen alpha." " Twenty-six omega." " Twenty-six omega." " Forty-two sigma." " Forty-two sigma." "What?" "What?" " Oh, my..." " What?" "My papa" " To me he was so wonderful" " No, no." "Stop." "Numbers." " Stop that." "No singing." " Oh, my..." "My papa" " To me he was so..." " Hey." "Hey." "Hey, no sing..." "Numbers." "Mr. President." "Hey." "Hey, hey, numbers." "What is go...?" "I'm getting frustrated really bad." "Oh, God." "Stop it." " Uncle Donald." " Jesse." "Sixty-one epsilon." "Uncle Donald." "Not now, kid." "I am busy." " Nine delta." " Nine delta!" "I'll have the blue cheese on the salad, Miss..." " Launch codes verified." " Uncle Donald." "Jackpot!" "The system is armed, the missiles are ready to launch." "Stand up, back away from the computer." "Okay." " Now what?" " Get down on your knees." "Don't move." "I know how to use this thing." " What's going on here?" " Fostonia goes boom." " Boom." " Yeah." "Kid, you wanna see really big fireworks?" "Jesse, come here, honey." " Just press that button for a big boom." " Cool." "No, Jesse, don't." "Those aren't fireworks." "That's a bad thing." "Auntie Lois will buy you some candy..." " ...if you don't push it." " Yeah." "No, no." "A big boom is better than candy." "Push it, kid." "No, Auntie Lois will buy you a big sofa to lift." "A sectional." "You don't wanna push that button, do you?" " Yeah." " No, Jesse, don't." "Boy, you're a regular Mr. Rogers, aren't you?" "It's... it's no use." "It can't be stopped." "Where's the boom?" "I want the boom." " Shut up, kid." " Jesse." " Jesse, Auntie Lois needs some help." " You're bad." "Yeah, so what?" "Well, what do you know." "The little superkid isn't so super anymore, is he?" "Pity." "No." "No." "Balorium phosphide." "It devours oxygen as it rises." "And now, if you'll excuse me, I've got a fee to collect." "Superman." "Superman." "Superman." "Superman." "It's okay, Jesse." "Everything's gonna be all right." "Help me, Superman." "Excuse me." "Have any of you seen a young boy or a European gentleman?" " They would be with another man." " I think they just got on the last bus." "It was heading downtown." "Thank you." "Anonymous, I take it." "Superman." "Finally we meet face-to-face." " So to speak." " Where are they?" "Superman." "Why, they're... they're..." "Hey, hey, hey." " Hey, that hurts." " I'll deal with you later." "Let's get you out of here." "There's no time." "There's a nuclear warhead headed for Fostonia." "Look." "You'll never make it around the world in time." "Around the world." "You're right." "Missile impact." "We ought to send a copy to Anonymous." "Give him some meaty jail-time reading." "Clark, we just nailed the biggest story of the year." "Gloat." "Yeah, that's great." "I mean, really, it's great." " But?" " I can't seem to find the big story that completely exonerates Superman." "It's there." "Page 53." "Fifty." "Three?" "No, there." "Right between the obituaries and the auction notices." " Great." " You know what they say in journalism school, exoneration doesn't sell papers." "Hey y'all." "We just wanted to come by and say thank you and ask if you could thank Superman for us too and tell him, you know, that I'm sorry I..." "Come on, you two, one more smile for the camera." "Oh, no." "We are 100 percent through with fame and fortune." "Yeah, Jesse's going back to kindergarten, and I'm enrolled in beauty school." "He's back to normal, and that's all I want for us." "Until I win the lottery." "Thank you, both." "Again." " Bye-bye." " Bye-bye, pal." "Hey, don't be surprised if Superman drops by for a visit." " See you later." " Bye-bye." "So, what about us?" "Are we going back to being normal?" " Well, whatever normal is for us." " Well, let's see." "Before we were interrupted, I was just starting to really enjoy being engaged." " Yeah, so was I." " So, what's normal for a woman happily engaged to a really cute guy?" "I know." "Can you hold a moment, please?" "Lois, everybody's watching." "Yeah." "Who cares?"