The Adventures of Superboy (1988) s04e08 Episode Script

[music continues]
[music continues]
[thud]
[clicking]
Come on.
My God, Lex, make it stop!
You can't go through with this.
(Lex)
Oh, yes, I can.
Just think, my darling..
we'll have what we
always dreamed of together.
What he would
never let us have.
A little peace.
A little happiness.
What're you doing?
Are you out of your mind?
She is just a dummy!
You are the dummy,
you arrogant twit.
She's more alive
than you've ever been.
[choking]
You don't love me.
Uhyou never did.
How perceptive.
[gasps]
Warning, 30 seconds
to complete psycho-meld.
29, 28..
27, 26..
25, 24..
[laughing]
Better say your
prayers, folks
'cause it's all over now.
I flip this little switch
and in three minutes..
I'm in line for a whole
lot of insurance money.
[panting]
[eerie music]
You can't do this. It goes
against everything you are.
- You don't know what I am.
- I know your heart.
I don't care what
these people did to you.
But you can't
kill them like he did.
- You're not Lex.
- Yes, I am!
No, you're not.
[slow-paced music]
This isn't real.
None of this is real.
You're real.
[instrumental music]
[laughing maniacally]
[beeping]
(man in hologram)
Memory loop broken.
Memory loop broken.
Psycho-meld averted.
No-o-o!
[thud]
[crackling]
Lana, it's really you.
[panting]
The life he had
all they put him through, no
wonder he turned out that way.
You lived it too and you
didn't become a killer.
It's not the same. Before I ever
went in there I had a good life.
And even when I was
in there I had you.
Who did he have?
Lena.
We've gotta find her.
She's the only person
in the world Luthor ever loved.
You think she's in there?
Well, he's hooked up to every
information system in the world.
Must have kept track of her.
There's gotta be something.
Bingo.
Oh, no.
[slow-paced music]
(Lex)
You see, my darling,
that you had died
in that horrible crash
my world ended.
So now, I'm taking out
the rest of the world with me.
And thenthe two of you..
can have it all
to yourselves.
Forever and ever.
(Darla)
Stop it, Lex.
[dramatic music]
[chuckling]
Oh, come on, please, Darla,
you're not gonna shoot me.
You worship me, remember?
Come on, nitwit,
give me the gun.
Stop the countdown, Lex,
or I'll shoot.
I'm shakin' in my boots.
I gave you everything
I've got, Lex.
[intense music]
I've done things for you
that I never thought I could do.
But I'm not gonna stand by
and let you wipe everything out.
You mean, uh..
somewhere in that
dim consciousness
there lurks a noble soul?
You're like a dog, Darla.
A street mongrel.
You just take it
and take it and take it.
I loved you.
[gunshot]
[dramatic music]
[beeping]
Fascinating.
I didn't think
you had it in you.
Obviously, you..
Stop the countdown, Lex.
No, can't do.
Once it's started,
no way to stop it.
Might as well finish me off
right now, Darla.
We're all gonna be
nuclear dustsoon enough.
(automated message)
Detonation in 55 minutes.
[intense music]
[chuckling]
Oh, ooh..
Something's not right.
What do you mean?
Lena's car went off the bridge,
but they never found the body.
So, the body
was washed away.
Maybe.
Why would she fake
her own death?
Think about it.
If you were Lex's sister,
wouldn't you wanna put
as many miles between
the two of you as possible?
Hold it.
Look at this.
She had all of her
utilities turned off
the day before she died.
Coincidence?
Probably is.
Or maybe this was left
on the computer to trick us.
It's just another one
of Luthor's traps.
It's hopeless.
Lanayou can never
give up hope.
[instrumental music]
[music continues]
[beeping]
[clicks]
- Ah! Ah..
- Superboy.
[buzzing]
[panting]
Keep looking for Lena.
I've gotta go.
What is it?
What's wrong?
[theme music]
[buzzing]
[buzzing stops]
Alright, Luthor,
you've got my attention.
What do you want?
[footsteps]
[intense music]
Darla, what's this? Another
trick to get me out of the way?
No.
I got out of there so I could
signal you without him knowing.
You gotta stop him.
Tell Luthor it's
not gonna work.
Wait, no, don't go, please.
He doesn't know
that I'm here, I swear.
You gotta stop him, please.
Where can I find him?
I'll take you to him.
I'm Bob Sokoler,
here is what's happening.
Less than an hour left
until Luthor's deadline runs out
and there's been no word
yet from Superboy.
The evacuation of Capitol City
is continuing
or should I say,
attempted evacuation.
Many people have
refused to leave.
And rioting and looting
is widespread.
[knocking on door]
That's the latest
we have at this hour..
[knocking continues]
[clicks]
My name is Lana Lang.
I'm with the Bureau
for Extranormal Matters.
(female #1)
Yes?
I need your help..
that is, if you are
who I think you are.
[thud]
[pounding on door]
(Lana)
We really don't
The whole world
is depending on you, Lena.
[instrumental music]
[knocking on door]
Hark, visitors at this hour?
Entrer, my homicidal
sweetheart.
[thud]
[dramatic music]
Darla, you are full
of surprises today.
And who says they can't
teach an old dog new tricks?
[laughing]
Okay, Luthor, party's over.
Disarm the warhead!
And you, you actually escaped
from the memory loop.
That's very impressive.
You know, you're the only
opponent I've ever faced
who's near worthy of me. You're
not, not quite, but close.
So I think it's only appropriate
that we be together
when the world goes, poof!
[intense music]
[groans]
Disarm the warhead.
The countdown can't be stopped
even if I want it to.
Which I don't.
Luthor..
[intense music]
[laughing]
[eerie music]
- Luthor?
- Just call me Lex.
Turning off the utilities a day
before you died is one thing.
But leaving your return address
on the work order..
My God, if I could find
you that easily
don't you think Lex could?
It would never occur to him,
not even for a second
that I would do
something like that.
So he'd never bother
to look for clues.
Why would his adoring little
sister stage her own death?
[instrumental music]
Do you know what it's like
to be haunted by a ghost
that follows you everywhere?
Last name's Luthor?
Any relation to that maniac?
They always find out.
And then it's time
to move again.
Find new friends,
make a new life.
But it never works.
[music continues]
People look at me
like I'm a freak.
The police are always watching
in case he shows his face.
And he keeps writing to me.
Letters full of fantasy.
About how the day will come
when we can be together again.
Happy and free.
[music continues]
That's why I thought
if I could just kill Lena
once and for all--
But when you killed Lena,
you killed Lex too.
That's what's driven him to
this. Pushed him over the edge.
Oh, I pushed him
over the edge? No.
No one is going to
blame me for this.
He killed our parents, he..
[breathes heavily]
Oh, what's the point?
Pretty soon it will
all be over with.
And the Luthor legacy
goes on
to the end of the world.
But it doesn't have
to be that way.
If we could find out where Lex
is, I could bring you to him--
No! No, I won't go.
He's worse than my father was.
He's a monster.
Well, that monster did
everything in his power
to protect you.
He did protect you!
And he paid the price.
[instrumental music]
[shattering]
[thwacking]
You think this will
change anything?
It won't make the memories go
away. It won't end your pain.
I was in the machine,
I lived it too.
[instrumental music]
Don't listen to that
pseudo-psycho garbage.
Kill him.
What's the point?
He'll be dead soon enough.
Excuse me, now just
who invented whom here?
(automated message)
Three minutes to detonation.
Uh-uh-uh, smash that
and the bomb will go off now.
Don't just stand there
doing nothing, stop him!
There's nothing he can do
except try to find that bomb.
Try to beat the clock.
[imitates clock ticking]
Oh, it's hopeless.
(Lana)
Don't ever give up hope.
[laughing]
We'll bust out the party hats.
So glad you could
make it, darling.
We're planning
to have a real blast.
How the hell did you find me?
- It was in your letters.
- Letters? What letters?
(Lena)
The ones you wrote me.
The place you begged
me to come to.
Your haven.
Your bunker.
Lead-shielded underground
where not even
Superboy could find you.
(both)
Lena.
No-no, no, no, I'm Lex.
He's just a machine.
But how can it be?
What is that?
Oh, that'syou.
(automated message)
One minute to detonation.
Buthow?
Stop the countdown.
But you're alive.
Stop the countdown, Lex.
Lenatell me what happened.
Who did this?
Who wanted me to believe
that you were dead?
I did.
I hate you, Lex.
- What?
- Don't you understand?
I hate you.
You're a disease.
You're a cancer.
You're like a cancer
in my life.
Everything you touch,
you kill.
- No.
- Everything you love..
The only thing you love
is yourself and death.
- I hate you, I hate you..
- Y-you made her say this!
Make her stop!
- I hate you!
- Make her stop.
(automated message)
Thirty seconds to detonation.
No, nobody controls me.
Not father, not you, no one.
I wanted my own life
free all of you.
No one talks to
Lex Luthor like that.
No one.
You're not Lex.
You're as much a machine
as that thing is.
(automated message)
13, 12, 11, 10..
Well, then you can just die,
along with everyone else.
No.
Code genesis LX666 abort.
(automated message)
Countdown aborted.
Lena.
Please, don't leave me.
I love you,
I would never hurt you.
I can be good.
I promise.
Please, we'll be happy.
Code LX0 terminate!
We..
You said you couldn't
stop the countdown.
I lied.
Leave.
[chuckles]
The party is over, folks,
could you just get out!
You were always such
a brainless little twit
just like all the rest.
I never loved you.
[instrumental music]
I never loved you.
[music continues]
- Let's get that arm looked at.
- I never loved her.
[music continues]
Sure, Lex, whatever you say.
[music continues]
[theme music]
[music continues]