The Adventures of Superboy (1988) s01e03 Episode Script
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[music continues]
[camera clicking]
[metal grinding]
Mr. Wagner?
(man on speaker)
Get off my property.
Mr. Wagner,
I'm a college student.
Get out! Get out!
I'd sure
appreciate an interview.
Lies!
You have been warned!
[camera clicking]
Oh, Henry. Wanna go for a swim?
- I'm sorry, I can't right now.
- Hold on.
Well, it's no big deal.
Lana, I wanna hang out.
I just don't have the time.
I hate to swim alone.
Okay.
Maybe later.
Oh, it was just Henry.
Um, I'll talk to you
later, Betsy. Bye.
Hey, Clark.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Um, wanna go for a swim?
- I can't.
- Yes, you can.
I-I can't.
I'm supposed to meet TJ.
- Not gonna happen.
- What do you mean?
He's off for another
scoop of the month.
We planned to go to the scrap
yard. I hope you're joking.
A scrap yard?
You two are really weird.
No. They sent a pledge
to the scrap yard
to lift a bumper off a car.
Came up with a wild story
of the scrap yard attacking him.
Can I have my hot dog?
I think it's pledger's
imagination running wild.
Not the scrap yard.
- C'mon, let's go for a swim.
- What are you doing?
Mr. Wagner?
[intense music]
[engine revving]
Lana, he shouldn't
have gone by himself.
We're a reporting team.
Fine. So, you and TJ
are a reporting team.
- You and I, are a swim team.
- No, don't--
Help!
[laughing]
Help!
Help!
[theme music]
Clark?
Clark.
(TJ)
Help!
(TJ)
Help!
Didn't you notice
the "no trespassing" signs
and the locked gate?
I'm a reporter.
Should've gotten permission.
Yeah, I wouldn't have gotten it.
Right now, I have something
more pressing on my mind.
That's why I couldn't
find my glasses.
Oh, Clark. Where were you?
Looking for my glasses.
If that's your idea
of a joke, it's sick.
Oh, this is your idea
of a joke?
Yeah, it is.
Clark, you're not gonna believe
what just happened to me.
I know you went out by yourself
again man, I appreciate that.
Hey! Won't you listen to me?
I'm sorry.
That maniac Wagner
just tried to kill me.
Mr. Wagner?
He wouldn't even hurt a fly.
Yeah? If it wasn't for Superboy,
I'd be buried in a ton of junk.
That's a nice man?
Listen, he's very scary.
- He looks like a skeleton--
- Oh, he's overweight, TJ.
Yeah, well. If he's overweight,
I'm a sumo wrestler.
- Yeah.
- I like that.
He's helps out a lot. Like when
we campaigned on drug abuse.
Remember the car
that was totaled by Arthur..
- Omanoff.
- Omanoff, yeah.
When he was high on crack.
And ended up
in Wagner's junk yard.
So what?
He towed it to the campus
free of charge.
He put this sign on it.
"Crack kills."
Talk about effective.
For weeks nobody took
a hit of anything.
That's fine, Lana.
But that's ancient history.
Modern times,
the man is a psycho.
Fine, I'm callin' the cops.
- You can't, TJ.
- Yeah? Well, watch me.
Hey, what Mr. Wagner
needs is a friend.
Go tell that to TJ.
TJ..
I'll see you guys later.
[intense music]
Mr. Wagner.
Mr. Wagner.
[music continues]
That's nice, give me
two more. Come on.
- All the way, on your own.
- Two more. One more-one more.
- Clark.
- Alright. Rack it. Rack it.
- I've been looking for an hour.
- Well, you found me.
- We got trouble.
- Oh, we got trouble?
- Lana, Miss Social Worker?
- She went to the scrap yard?
Yeah, with some food
for that weirdo. Now, come on.
She's gonna get herself killed.
[clearing throat]
TJ, you go get to a phone.
What do you mean get to a phone?
I got the car running, let's go.
Mr. Wagner.
Mr. Wagner.
[dramatic music]
Mr. Wagner.
[music intensifies]
(male #1)
Lena!
Oh, Mr. Wagner.
Lena, you've come back.
Remember, it's Lana?
Lana Lang.
I-I brought you some food.
Yeah, come.
Come right inside.
- I can only stay for a moment.
- Yes.
How long has it been since
you've had anything to eat?
I eat what I can find.
But, there's a supermarket
two blocks away.
- Do you have money?
- I have money.
But who dares to go out?
They throw stones.
I heard about that.
They're just rowdy kids.
No, no, not kids, Lena.
Grown ups.
Men, women, children.
People who were once
our neighbors, turned on us.
You're confusing me
with somebody else, Mr. Wagner.
My name is not Lena.
It's Lana. Lana Lang?
Oh, my poor liebchen.
That's the way of the Gestapo.
They brainwash.
Taking away your identity.
To make nothing of a person.
Mr. Wagner, World War II's been
over for more than 40 years.
There is no more Gestapo.
That is their method!
They twist minds.
Making you think of things
that never happened.
In their drive for power,
they will destroy
the human race if necessary.
I should've stopped her?
When was the last time you
stopped her from doing anything?
Forget I asked.
You stay put, TJ.
And keep the engine running.
I'm gonna grab Lana
and we're out of here. Alright?
Well, watch out
for that monster machine.
I've gotta go, Mr. Wagner.
I've got a class that
starts at 3 o' clock.
No, no, no, no!
I let you leave once, I will
not make that mistake twice.
You must stay here
where I can protect you.
[siren beeping]
- They are here again!
- No, that's Clark.
Don't worry, Lena.
I will not let them get you.
Go away or you will all die.
[dramatic music]
You will never get
my granddaughter again.
Oh, Clark.
Don't worry, Lena.
They'll never take us alive.
Stop it.
Look, you're killing them.
Yes. So they won't kill us.
- No, please.
- No.
- Mr. Wagner!
- No!
[explosion]
The power is off.
I-I must see what it is.
Stop!
[music intensifies]
Superboy.
This is getting
a little repetitious.
[dramatic music]
You stay here,
I'll find them.
What are you doing in here?
Mr. Wagner, look.
Look at your picture.
In the Daily Planet.
Look. Look at the date.
Fifteen years after the war.
Have I not told you
how diabolical they are.
How they brainwash?
My barricades.
They are breaking through.
They're smashing our defenses.
Mr. Wagner, listen to me.
Mr. Wagner, listen to me.
Listen to the Daily Planet.
- Do not be afraid, Lena.
- I'm not afraid.
And there's no reason for you
to be afraid anymore. Look.
"Professor Wagner
is one of the survivors
"of the Auschwitz
concentration camp
"where he was the subject
of inhumane medical experiments.
"He is to conduct
a series of lectures
at Metropolis University."
[soldiers marching]
[men shouting orders]
[metal creaking]
Mr. Wagner.
We still have one way.
[music intensifies]
You are safe now, Lena.
(Mr. Wagner) If anybody
comes through that door
three hundred
pounds of dynamite
will blow up
in their face.
What about us?
We die with it.
With dignity and honor.
No!
That is a mistake.
This is all a terrible mistake.
Are you alright?
But, Clark, he's dead.
No, he's not.
He's alright.
Are you sure?
We gotta get some
help for Mr. Wagner.
You'll never get her!
[gunshot]
Lena, Le-Lena, I..
I've failed you again.
I'm sorry.
There was no other way.
He'll make it.
- He mustn't be blamed.
- Nobody should be blamed.
Let's be grateful
nobody was killed.
The bomb squad is diffusing
Mr. Wagner's dynamites.
Let's get out of here before
they make their big mistake.
Yeah, let's go before
something else goes wrong.
Clark, I thought
you were being--
Where the hell were you
during World War III, huh?
Superboy, he saved me.
I wonder how he always
knows when we're in trouble.
He can bend steel and fly,
maybe he can read minds.
Bye, Mr. Wagner.
Do I know you?
Oh, yes-yes. You're the girl.
The one who wanted the rights
for your school campus.
Poor old man.
Guess the excitement was just
too much for his heart.
It wasn't the excitement, TJ.
He couldn't find a place to hide
from hate and persecution.
Superboy fights
hate and persecution.
Yeah. But there's
only one Superboy.
Yeah, there's only one.
I'll see you guys
back at the dorm.
Feel like walking.
[melancholic music]
(Lana)
Hey.
I think I owe you
a hot dog.
How about it?
- Why not?
- Come on.
[theme music]
Captioned by Grant Brown
[camera clicking]
[metal grinding]
Mr. Wagner?
(man on speaker)
Get off my property.
Mr. Wagner,
I'm a college student.
Get out! Get out!
I'd sure
appreciate an interview.
Lies!
You have been warned!
[camera clicking]
Oh, Henry. Wanna go for a swim?
- I'm sorry, I can't right now.
- Hold on.
Well, it's no big deal.
Lana, I wanna hang out.
I just don't have the time.
I hate to swim alone.
Okay.
Maybe later.
Oh, it was just Henry.
Um, I'll talk to you
later, Betsy. Bye.
Hey, Clark.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Um, wanna go for a swim?
- I can't.
- Yes, you can.
I-I can't.
I'm supposed to meet TJ.
- Not gonna happen.
- What do you mean?
He's off for another
scoop of the month.
We planned to go to the scrap
yard. I hope you're joking.
A scrap yard?
You two are really weird.
No. They sent a pledge
to the scrap yard
to lift a bumper off a car.
Came up with a wild story
of the scrap yard attacking him.
Can I have my hot dog?
I think it's pledger's
imagination running wild.
Not the scrap yard.
- C'mon, let's go for a swim.
- What are you doing?
Mr. Wagner?
[intense music]
[engine revving]
Lana, he shouldn't
have gone by himself.
We're a reporting team.
Fine. So, you and TJ
are a reporting team.
- You and I, are a swim team.
- No, don't--
Help!
[laughing]
Help!
Help!
[theme music]
Clark?
Clark.
(TJ)
Help!
(TJ)
Help!
Didn't you notice
the "no trespassing" signs
and the locked gate?
I'm a reporter.
Should've gotten permission.
Yeah, I wouldn't have gotten it.
Right now, I have something
more pressing on my mind.
That's why I couldn't
find my glasses.
Oh, Clark. Where were you?
Looking for my glasses.
If that's your idea
of a joke, it's sick.
Oh, this is your idea
of a joke?
Yeah, it is.
Clark, you're not gonna believe
what just happened to me.
I know you went out by yourself
again man, I appreciate that.
Hey! Won't you listen to me?
I'm sorry.
That maniac Wagner
just tried to kill me.
Mr. Wagner?
He wouldn't even hurt a fly.
Yeah? If it wasn't for Superboy,
I'd be buried in a ton of junk.
That's a nice man?
Listen, he's very scary.
- He looks like a skeleton--
- Oh, he's overweight, TJ.
Yeah, well. If he's overweight,
I'm a sumo wrestler.
- Yeah.
- I like that.
He's helps out a lot. Like when
we campaigned on drug abuse.
Remember the car
that was totaled by Arthur..
- Omanoff.
- Omanoff, yeah.
When he was high on crack.
And ended up
in Wagner's junk yard.
So what?
He towed it to the campus
free of charge.
He put this sign on it.
"Crack kills."
Talk about effective.
For weeks nobody took
a hit of anything.
That's fine, Lana.
But that's ancient history.
Modern times,
the man is a psycho.
Fine, I'm callin' the cops.
- You can't, TJ.
- Yeah? Well, watch me.
Hey, what Mr. Wagner
needs is a friend.
Go tell that to TJ.
TJ..
I'll see you guys later.
[intense music]
Mr. Wagner.
Mr. Wagner.
[music continues]
That's nice, give me
two more. Come on.
- All the way, on your own.
- Two more. One more-one more.
- Clark.
- Alright. Rack it. Rack it.
- I've been looking for an hour.
- Well, you found me.
- We got trouble.
- Oh, we got trouble?
- Lana, Miss Social Worker?
- She went to the scrap yard?
Yeah, with some food
for that weirdo. Now, come on.
She's gonna get herself killed.
[clearing throat]
TJ, you go get to a phone.
What do you mean get to a phone?
I got the car running, let's go.
Mr. Wagner.
Mr. Wagner.
[dramatic music]
Mr. Wagner.
[music intensifies]
(male #1)
Lena!
Oh, Mr. Wagner.
Lena, you've come back.
Remember, it's Lana?
Lana Lang.
I-I brought you some food.
Yeah, come.
Come right inside.
- I can only stay for a moment.
- Yes.
How long has it been since
you've had anything to eat?
I eat what I can find.
But, there's a supermarket
two blocks away.
- Do you have money?
- I have money.
But who dares to go out?
They throw stones.
I heard about that.
They're just rowdy kids.
No, no, not kids, Lena.
Grown ups.
Men, women, children.
People who were once
our neighbors, turned on us.
You're confusing me
with somebody else, Mr. Wagner.
My name is not Lena.
It's Lana. Lana Lang?
Oh, my poor liebchen.
That's the way of the Gestapo.
They brainwash.
Taking away your identity.
To make nothing of a person.
Mr. Wagner, World War II's been
over for more than 40 years.
There is no more Gestapo.
That is their method!
They twist minds.
Making you think of things
that never happened.
In their drive for power,
they will destroy
the human race if necessary.
I should've stopped her?
When was the last time you
stopped her from doing anything?
Forget I asked.
You stay put, TJ.
And keep the engine running.
I'm gonna grab Lana
and we're out of here. Alright?
Well, watch out
for that monster machine.
I've gotta go, Mr. Wagner.
I've got a class that
starts at 3 o' clock.
No, no, no, no!
I let you leave once, I will
not make that mistake twice.
You must stay here
where I can protect you.
[siren beeping]
- They are here again!
- No, that's Clark.
Don't worry, Lena.
I will not let them get you.
Go away or you will all die.
[dramatic music]
You will never get
my granddaughter again.
Oh, Clark.
Don't worry, Lena.
They'll never take us alive.
Stop it.
Look, you're killing them.
Yes. So they won't kill us.
- No, please.
- No.
- Mr. Wagner!
- No!
[explosion]
The power is off.
I-I must see what it is.
Stop!
[music intensifies]
Superboy.
This is getting
a little repetitious.
[dramatic music]
You stay here,
I'll find them.
What are you doing in here?
Mr. Wagner, look.
Look at your picture.
In the Daily Planet.
Look. Look at the date.
Fifteen years after the war.
Have I not told you
how diabolical they are.
How they brainwash?
My barricades.
They are breaking through.
They're smashing our defenses.
Mr. Wagner, listen to me.
Mr. Wagner, listen to me.
Listen to the Daily Planet.
- Do not be afraid, Lena.
- I'm not afraid.
And there's no reason for you
to be afraid anymore. Look.
"Professor Wagner
is one of the survivors
"of the Auschwitz
concentration camp
"where he was the subject
of inhumane medical experiments.
"He is to conduct
a series of lectures
at Metropolis University."
[soldiers marching]
[men shouting orders]
[metal creaking]
Mr. Wagner.
We still have one way.
[music intensifies]
You are safe now, Lena.
(Mr. Wagner) If anybody
comes through that door
three hundred
pounds of dynamite
will blow up
in their face.
What about us?
We die with it.
With dignity and honor.
No!
That is a mistake.
This is all a terrible mistake.
Are you alright?
But, Clark, he's dead.
No, he's not.
He's alright.
Are you sure?
We gotta get some
help for Mr. Wagner.
You'll never get her!
[gunshot]
Lena, Le-Lena, I..
I've failed you again.
I'm sorry.
There was no other way.
He'll make it.
- He mustn't be blamed.
- Nobody should be blamed.
Let's be grateful
nobody was killed.
The bomb squad is diffusing
Mr. Wagner's dynamites.
Let's get out of here before
they make their big mistake.
Yeah, let's go before
something else goes wrong.
Clark, I thought
you were being--
Where the hell were you
during World War III, huh?
Superboy, he saved me.
I wonder how he always
knows when we're in trouble.
He can bend steel and fly,
maybe he can read minds.
Bye, Mr. Wagner.
Do I know you?
Oh, yes-yes. You're the girl.
The one who wanted the rights
for your school campus.
Poor old man.
Guess the excitement was just
too much for his heart.
It wasn't the excitement, TJ.
He couldn't find a place to hide
from hate and persecution.
Superboy fights
hate and persecution.
Yeah. But there's
only one Superboy.
Yeah, there's only one.
I'll see you guys
back at the dorm.
Feel like walking.
[melancholic music]
(Lana)
Hey.
I think I owe you
a hot dog.
How about it?
- Why not?
- Come on.
[theme music]
Captioned by Grant Brown