The Adventures of Superboy (1988) s03e14 Episode Script
The Golem
[Announcer] 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.
Five thousand copies and they
put them on the remainder racks.
It was a good book, Levi.
Yeah, but if they promoted it,
I coulda had a best seller.
They tried.
A quarter-page ad
and a 15-minute reading
in a book store?
[scoffs]
I shoulda done television
or magazines.
But then again, who wants to
see an old Jew on a talk show?
That's ridiculous,
you can't
Don't tell me
what's ridiculous!
Were you there during
the Depression, the War?
You don't know.
Yeah, we've been through
all this before, Levi.
[sighs] It's affected
me my whole life.
Where do you think I'd be right
now if it hadn't been for that?
Face it, you write books about
mysticism in the Dark Ages,
that just isn't
relevant anymore.
Just
[wood breaking]
Let go of me!
Not again.
Hey, you kids!
What are you doing?
[grunts]
Still think the Dark Ages
aren't relevant?
The police will
take care of them.
It's always someone else,
isn't it?
That's why it never gets done!
What are you getting at,
Levi?
You've got to fight
hatred with hatred.
Have our people survived for
thousands of years so that we
can become them?
Thousands of years
of persecution!
It's time we fought back!
I've been working
on a way to do it.
[grunting]
[chanting]
[clay cracking]
[laughs]
[clay cracking]
[kitten mewling]
[grunting]
Come.
Come, come.
Listen to me.
I am your creator.
Your only purpose
is to eradicate
the world of bigots.
All of them.
They must be destroyed.
Annihilated. Crushed.
I will tell you
who these men are.
Do you understand me?
It's called a golem.
That's g-o-l-e-m.
Yeah.
They're supposed
to have enormous strength.
Legend says that during
the Middle Ages they helped
to protect the Jews.
And you think your
friend's created one
of these things?
[sighs] I don't know
what to think.
Levi's always been interested
in the kabbalah.
It's a collection of
ancient Jewish mysticism
that among other things
tells how to make a golem.
Most people dismiss it
but Levi believes in it.
You're saying anyone can buy
this book and create one?
No, no, no. It would take
something else as well.
With Levi I think
it's his hatred,
there's so much emotion there
and maybe the ritual
helps to transfer it.
Why would he do it?
To take care of this group
of neo-Nazi kids we've got
in the neighborhood.
He despises them.
And you said the
golem's made from mud?
Well, that's what
the book says.
Then it shouldn't
be too hard to find.
No, no. Once it
comes out of the mud
it looks like
a normal human.
Levi tried to tell me
that this guy was his
border but
I don't know.
How can someone
tell the difference?
The Hebrew sign of life.
- Uh, may I?
- Mm-hmm.
It would be right
over his heart.
Or it could just be a tattoo.
Couldn't it?
Yeah, I guess it
could just be a tattoo.
And I guess I could
just be crazy, too.
And I probably was
for coming in here.
Wait a minute.
No, look. I'm sorry
I've wasted your time.
What do we do now?
File it.
Kind of far-fetched?
I don't know
wouldn't be the
first time a monster was
created out of hatred.
Didn't you people
get our message?
We don't want
your kind around here.
[Levi] Maybe it's time
we sent a message back!
Well, well, well.
What have we here?
You're that Jew writer,
aren't you?
We hate your kind
most of all.
Hate? [chuckles] You
don't know what hate is.
This is what a bigot
looks like.
Go ahead.
[choking]
I'd say the message
has been received. [laughs]
Where are you going?
Stop!
Get him off me!
Stop!
Enough! Enough!
[grunts]
[grunts]
Chief, we got
some food here.
[Clark] Lana, even if
a golem is responsible
for what happened,
Stopping every garbage
man, bodybuilder and
professional wrestler
in the neighborhood
is no way to find it.
[Lana] There's only a couple
of more streets west of here.
[siren blaring]
Looks like there's
some trouble up ahead.
It has to be the golem.
- I better go.
- Where?
To get more police.
There's plenty police.
[air rushing]
[gunshots]
[brakes squealing]
Listen up!
Listen to this:
"I often grew sick to my
stomach from the smell
of these caftan wearers.
Added to this was
their unclean dress
and their genuinely
unheroic appearance."
Incredible.
[chattering]
It's Mein Kampf.
Not the book, the
fact that you can read.
What do you want?
I came here to warn you.
There's a golem that's been
created to destroy your group.
Is that right?
Just ask your friend
in the hospital.
So why would you
want to protect us?
Maybe you sympathize with us
more than you care to admit.
I protect everyone's right
to their own beliefs.
No matter how repulsive
they might be.
[murmuring]
[sighs]
[gasps]
I thought you were going
back to the bureau?
I-I was, but I thought
the golem might come here.
Looks like you're not the
only one with that idea.
[car starting]
He's the guy that helped
the golem get away.
Who is this guy?
My name is Daniel.
Question is: Who are you?
Clark Kent and Lana Lang.
We work for the Bureau
for Extranormal Matters.
Oh, amateurs.
What are you doing
in my home?
You're the guy who helped the
golem get away from Superboy.
Why, I suppose you could
look at it that way.
What I actually did was protect
Superboy from the golem.
Oh, really?
You don't have any
idea what you're dealing
with here, do you?
We know the legend.
So do I. I've been
studying it for years,
and believe me it's
a lot more than a legend.
But if anyone
can stop this thing,
it's gotta be Superboy.
There's only one way
to stop a golem,
the mark over his
heart must be removed.
Well, then that's
what he'll do.
Look, a golem isn't
necessarily evil.
With the proper training, it can
evolve into a force for good.
Well, what are we supposed
to do in the meantime?
Two things:
One, stay out of my way,
and two,
let me handle it.
[bolt locking]
Hey!
[man] It's for
your own good.
We'll never get that off
and it's solid metal.
There's gonna be
a march tonight
in less than an hour.
They're out of their minds.
Look at this!
I found a trap door.
[coughing]
Breathe, breathe deep.
- I gotta talk to him!
- No.
- It's the only chance!
- He'll kill you!
[man] Help me!
Help me!
Listen to me, will you?
I'm here to help you!
I know what Levi said to you
but it's not gonna stop them.
All it's going to do
is create more hatred,
is that what you want?
[coughing]
There's another choice,
you don't have to kill.
[boy whimpering]
No!
Listen to me!
You have a choice!
Do you hear me?
You have a choice!
No, don't.
Shalom.
I couldn't get
through to him.
How did you get out?
- The back.
- But
He was just doing what
he was taught.
Like them.
Will they ever stop?
There's always hope.
I feel sorry for the victims.
Who's going to
protect them now?
I wouldn't worry about that.
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.
Five thousand copies and they
put them on the remainder racks.
It was a good book, Levi.
Yeah, but if they promoted it,
I coulda had a best seller.
They tried.
A quarter-page ad
and a 15-minute reading
in a book store?
[scoffs]
I shoulda done television
or magazines.
But then again, who wants to
see an old Jew on a talk show?
That's ridiculous,
you can't
Don't tell me
what's ridiculous!
Were you there during
the Depression, the War?
You don't know.
Yeah, we've been through
all this before, Levi.
[sighs] It's affected
me my whole life.
Where do you think I'd be right
now if it hadn't been for that?
Face it, you write books about
mysticism in the Dark Ages,
that just isn't
relevant anymore.
Just
[wood breaking]
Let go of me!
Not again.
Hey, you kids!
What are you doing?
[grunts]
Still think the Dark Ages
aren't relevant?
The police will
take care of them.
It's always someone else,
isn't it?
That's why it never gets done!
What are you getting at,
Levi?
You've got to fight
hatred with hatred.
Have our people survived for
thousands of years so that we
can become them?
Thousands of years
of persecution!
It's time we fought back!
I've been working
on a way to do it.
[grunting]
[chanting]
[clay cracking]
[laughs]
[clay cracking]
[kitten mewling]
[grunting]
Come.
Come, come.
Listen to me.
I am your creator.
Your only purpose
is to eradicate
the world of bigots.
All of them.
They must be destroyed.
Annihilated. Crushed.
I will tell you
who these men are.
Do you understand me?
It's called a golem.
That's g-o-l-e-m.
Yeah.
They're supposed
to have enormous strength.
Legend says that during
the Middle Ages they helped
to protect the Jews.
And you think your
friend's created one
of these things?
[sighs] I don't know
what to think.
Levi's always been interested
in the kabbalah.
It's a collection of
ancient Jewish mysticism
that among other things
tells how to make a golem.
Most people dismiss it
but Levi believes in it.
You're saying anyone can buy
this book and create one?
No, no, no. It would take
something else as well.
With Levi I think
it's his hatred,
there's so much emotion there
and maybe the ritual
helps to transfer it.
Why would he do it?
To take care of this group
of neo-Nazi kids we've got
in the neighborhood.
He despises them.
And you said the
golem's made from mud?
Well, that's what
the book says.
Then it shouldn't
be too hard to find.
No, no. Once it
comes out of the mud
it looks like
a normal human.
Levi tried to tell me
that this guy was his
border but
I don't know.
How can someone
tell the difference?
The Hebrew sign of life.
- Uh, may I?
- Mm-hmm.
It would be right
over his heart.
Or it could just be a tattoo.
Couldn't it?
Yeah, I guess it
could just be a tattoo.
And I guess I could
just be crazy, too.
And I probably was
for coming in here.
Wait a minute.
No, look. I'm sorry
I've wasted your time.
What do we do now?
File it.
Kind of far-fetched?
I don't know
wouldn't be the
first time a monster was
created out of hatred.
Didn't you people
get our message?
We don't want
your kind around here.
[Levi] Maybe it's time
we sent a message back!
Well, well, well.
What have we here?
You're that Jew writer,
aren't you?
We hate your kind
most of all.
Hate? [chuckles] You
don't know what hate is.
This is what a bigot
looks like.
Go ahead.
[choking]
I'd say the message
has been received. [laughs]
Where are you going?
Stop!
Get him off me!
Stop!
Enough! Enough!
[grunts]
[grunts]
Chief, we got
some food here.
[Clark] Lana, even if
a golem is responsible
for what happened,
Stopping every garbage
man, bodybuilder and
professional wrestler
in the neighborhood
is no way to find it.
[Lana] There's only a couple
of more streets west of here.
[siren blaring]
Looks like there's
some trouble up ahead.
It has to be the golem.
- I better go.
- Where?
To get more police.
There's plenty police.
[air rushing]
[gunshots]
[brakes squealing]
Listen up!
Listen to this:
"I often grew sick to my
stomach from the smell
of these caftan wearers.
Added to this was
their unclean dress
and their genuinely
unheroic appearance."
Incredible.
[chattering]
It's Mein Kampf.
Not the book, the
fact that you can read.
What do you want?
I came here to warn you.
There's a golem that's been
created to destroy your group.
Is that right?
Just ask your friend
in the hospital.
So why would you
want to protect us?
Maybe you sympathize with us
more than you care to admit.
I protect everyone's right
to their own beliefs.
No matter how repulsive
they might be.
[murmuring]
[sighs]
[gasps]
I thought you were going
back to the bureau?
I-I was, but I thought
the golem might come here.
Looks like you're not the
only one with that idea.
[car starting]
He's the guy that helped
the golem get away.
Who is this guy?
My name is Daniel.
Question is: Who are you?
Clark Kent and Lana Lang.
We work for the Bureau
for Extranormal Matters.
Oh, amateurs.
What are you doing
in my home?
You're the guy who helped the
golem get away from Superboy.
Why, I suppose you could
look at it that way.
What I actually did was protect
Superboy from the golem.
Oh, really?
You don't have any
idea what you're dealing
with here, do you?
We know the legend.
So do I. I've been
studying it for years,
and believe me it's
a lot more than a legend.
But if anyone
can stop this thing,
it's gotta be Superboy.
There's only one way
to stop a golem,
the mark over his
heart must be removed.
Well, then that's
what he'll do.
Look, a golem isn't
necessarily evil.
With the proper training, it can
evolve into a force for good.
Well, what are we supposed
to do in the meantime?
Two things:
One, stay out of my way,
and two,
let me handle it.
[bolt locking]
Hey!
[man] It's for
your own good.
We'll never get that off
and it's solid metal.
There's gonna be
a march tonight
in less than an hour.
They're out of their minds.
Look at this!
I found a trap door.
[coughing]
Breathe, breathe deep.
- I gotta talk to him!
- No.
- It's the only chance!
- He'll kill you!
[man] Help me!
Help me!
Listen to me, will you?
I'm here to help you!
I know what Levi said to you
but it's not gonna stop them.
All it's going to do
is create more hatred,
is that what you want?
[coughing]
There's another choice,
you don't have to kill.
[boy whimpering]
No!
Listen to me!
You have a choice!
Do you hear me?
You have a choice!
No, don't.
Shalom.
I couldn't get
through to him.
How did you get out?
- The back.
- But
He was just doing what
he was taught.
Like them.
Will they ever stop?
There's always hope.
I feel sorry for the victims.
Who's going to
protect them now?
I wouldn't worry about that.