The Adventures of Superboy (1988) s04e22 Episode Script

For your sake and the sake
of those around you..
emergency measures
have been taken.
Emergency measures?
My powers are gone.
We have removed
your natural abilities
as a precaution.
Until they have undergone
the natural evolution..
they would be
unsafe, unpredictable.
The purple crystal
must be engaged.
What evolution?
What purple crystal?
There is no purple crystal.
Once inserted into the
transport's receptacle..
your abilities can
once again be controlled.
And they will be returned.
If however the crystal
is not found within eight hours
this program will be terminated.
And your abilities
will be gone forever.
Gone?
I'll never fly again?
(Jackson)
This is it.
And this where
you saw the crystal?
Right.
Which should arrive
at our hotel room
within the hour.
What about witnesses?
Is there any local
corroboration to the sighting?
None, once it was
on the ground.
But I've been replaying
that day in my mind
and there was something
that might be significant.
Well, every
little bit helps.
A pick-up truck passed
just as I got here.
Now, I didn't think much
about it at the time
but they came
right by here.
They must have
seen something.
It's not a lot
to go on.
We should start talking
to the people in the area.
Well, you know the Kent farm
is just right over there.
Clark lived
around here?
Explains a lot.
It's as good a place
to start as any.
What's wrong?
Nothing.
- Lana!
- Hi!
How wonderful
to see you!
What a nice surprise!
What a nice surprise!
I'd like you to meet
Matt Ritter and Dennis Jackson.
How do you do?
They work with Clark and I
at the Bureau.
Clark talks about you both
all the time, especially you.
Is, uh, Clark here?
Um, well, he'she's
around here somewhere.
Why don't we
wait in the house?
Oh, that's okay.
I'll go find him.
Actually, we're here
on official business.
About 20 years ago,
to this exact week
some kind of a UFO was sighted
in that field over there.
Twenty years.
Well, that's a long time.
This is not a sight
you'd ever forget.
And judging by
how long and how deep
the trench it left behind was,
this was not a sound
you would ever
forget either.
We were away a lot.
We probably weren't here.
This is a farm, isn't it?
Never heard of farmers
who were away a lot.
What I think
he's trying to say
is it's easy to forget
things over time.
Butwith a little effort,
it can come back to you.
Like tact.
[dramatic music]
I-I'm sorry.
Did I interrupt anything?
No, I was just doing
some chores.
What are you doing here?
Uh, Mr. Jackson and Matt
are investigating
a 20-year-old case.
Something about a meteor
landing nearby.
Just about the same time
we were born.
Really?
How interesting!
Let's go say hi.
Are you coming?
We're staying
at the hotel in town.
If you remember anything..
pleasecall.
Okay, Matt, the crystal
should have arrived
at the hotel by now.
Your work must be
very fascinating.
Meteors, UFO's, crystals.
How do you tie
that all together?
I found that crystal
in the field
the day all this happened,
I must therefore
assume a connection.
- Simple.
- Amazing!
Lana and I will check
the rest of the farms on foot.
- We'll meet you in town.
- You got it, chief.
Come, see us again.
Nice meeting you folks.
That truck is a classic.
Must be20-years old?
More like 25.
Hello, Mr. Jackson.
What are you doing
way out here?
On the trail
of a mystery, Kent.
One I intend to solve.
Nice meeting you folks.
Thank you for your help.
Miss. Lang.
- See you later.
- Alright.
We'll talk later.
- He talked about a crystal.
- Yeah.
It sounded like the one
you're looking for.
Probably fell off
when the rocket hit.
He's expecting it
to arrive at his hotel.
He sent Matt Ritter
to get it.
I better get there first.
- Can I borrow the truck?
- Oh, sure, sure, sure.
No doubt about it.
I'm onto something here.
I've never seen you this
excited. What'd they say?
Wasn't anything they said,
was what they drive.
Theirs was the pick-up
truck I saw that day.
We need to check with the
Smallville clerk's office.
I want birth certificates
medical records,
everything on the Kents.
I've known the Kents
all my life.
They'd have to be pretty sure
to be hiding anything.
A look into
their past won't hurt.
I wish I hadn't sent
Matt off in the car.
I'll tell you what..
I'll get the
information for you.
You can continue with the
investigation out here.
When you get back in town,
it'll be ready.
Okay.
Wait a second!
You're my guide. How am I
supposed to find my way back?
I'll draw you a map.
[dramatic music]
Hello, Lana.
Forget something?
No Mooney Road here.
Well..
if it isn't
my old punching bag.
Hello, Richard.
I thought after graduation
you became one of them
lily-white city types.
Well, I come back
every now and again.
Just to remind myself
of why I left.
What do you want, Kent?
I'm supposed to pick up
a package for my boss.
That's it there.
I don't see nothing on there
about no Kent.
Come on, Richard.
It'll make me look good
with my boss. You understand.
Well..
it's against regulations.
But I guess
I couldn't say anything
if you were to go ahead
and just take it..
while my back was turned.
Hmm?
[intense music]
What do you think I am?
Stupid?
Now, get out of here!
Wimp!
- Lana!
- Hello, Clark.
Or should I say Superboy?
[dramatic music]
How could I possibly
be Superboy?
I have a theory
about that.
That meteor
Mr. Jackson's investigating.
He said it crashed to earth
20 years ago, yesterday.
On your birthday.
- That's a co-inci--
- I'm not done.
Let's just say there was
something on board.
Something like a baby..
with unimaginable strength.
And let's say
a couple happened by..
a childless couple.
Does any of this
ringing a bell?
And let's say
this child grows up
with powers and ability
that eclipse any normal boy's.
It's only obvious
he'd need another identity..
to protect
the ones he loves.
Mr. Jackson said he saw a truck
driving away from crash site.
A truck owned
by alocal couple.
A childless couple.
Ma and Pa Kent?
Which can only mean
one thing.
That baby was you.
That's just about the dumbest
story I think I've ever heard.
Not to mention, it's just
bad investigative technique.
Where's your proof?
What good is a theory
without proof?
This time
I'm gonna get proof.
Ow!
Lana, what are you doing?
Getting my proof.
This-This is
some kind of trick.
Ow!
Cut it out!
I'm sorry but I, uh..
I was..
- I was so sure.
- Well, you are wrong.
Maybe this will put an end
to your silly theories.
Of course.
Clark, I, uh..
Clark, I'm sorry I didn't..
Ow!
Stop that!
I'm sorry!
I'm sorry.
[light music]
Where the hell am I?
Hey!
Hey! Wait!
I'm lost.
Can you help me?
I bet I can.
There's only
an hour left.
How am I gonna
get that crystal?
Easy, son, easy.
Don't give up hope.
I almost had it..
if it wasn't
for that Richard Charles.
After all these years,
I can't believe
he's still trying
to hurt you.
Only, now, he can.
Clark, don't forget
what I always told you.
At the heart of
every bully is a coward
afraid to be found out.
A coward.
(Jackson)
What do you mean?
That's alright, he's probably
gone out to dinner.
I'll try again.
Figures! Finally got a foothold
in my first case in 20 years
I'm stuck here,
in the middle of nowhere.
(female #1)
Ouch!
Is my company so bad?
Nah, of course not.
You're so tense, Dennis.
Gotta learn to relax.
After all, it's just a job.
- That's easy for you to say.
- No, it's easy to do.
Just have to learn how.
(Matt)
Listen, I heard.
But when my boss comes in,
if I don't have that package
I'm gonna be in deep trouble.
Now, I understand
you're closing soon..
The box stays here.
Until somebody named Jackson
shows me some proof.
Are you city folks this dense?
There's no need
to get hostile.
Maybe it's just that us
city folks have a little class.
I'll show you
the kind of class
us country folk have.
(Clark)
I wouldn't do that.
Or what?
Try me.
[dramatic music]
Hey, listen.
Hey, I didn't mean
anything by it.
I'm just tired of that whole,
that whole city attitude.
Hey! Hey. Hey.
Come on, it's no biggie.
Tell him!
Look-Look you can have
your stupid box.
Okay?
Thanks a lot.
Is there anything
I can do to repay you?
Uh, yeah, you could.
Give me that.
You're involved in this?
Do me a favor.
Don't ask me any questions.
Okay.
Would you do me a favor?
Don't tell anyone
where you got it.
Ow!
[dramatic music]
So that's it.
Thanks, Pa.
Time's running out.
The purple crystal
must be activated.
I sure hope this works.
[whirring]
I don't know how you
talked me into this, Grace.
I told you, I'm gonna
teach you how to relax.
- Hmm.
- I was like you.
Burning out
in a high stress job.
Comin' home
to a high-rise.
Then I gave it all up,
and came here.
It's made
all the difference.
Look around you, Dennis.
There are other things
in life besides work.
Like clouds.
You're right, of course.
Sometimes I miss
the most obvious things.
Congratulations!
You're on your way
to full maturity.
Until the next
time of passage, be well.
Hearing's back.
Hello?
- Is somebody there?
- Lana, are you okay?
It's you.
What are you doing
all the way out here alone?
I figured it out.
Somehow you've lost your powers.
That's why the pin didn't bend.
You're crazy.
I saw you
when you left the hotel.
You stubbed your toe.
You're just
a normal guy now.
Oh, no!
But I-I thought,
I thought that..
Lana, get some help.
And leave
poor Clark alone.
But when I stabbed Clark,
it shouldn't have gone in
but it did.
And when I stabbed you,
without your powers..
it should've gone in
but it didn't.
So Clark and..
No. But you..
You know what you need?
- What?
- Proof.
Would Clark do this?
What are you
so happy about?
Apparently, I missed
something last night.
Where did you two go?
I ended up having to
eat dinner by myself.
Thought I was gonna have
to spend the whole trip
back to capital city,
bolstering your ego.
Nonsense. Why?
Because you didn't
solve your big case.
The crystal's gone.
Probably lost in the mail.
You still have no idea
what landed here
or where it went.
Doesn't that
bother you a little?
Matthew, my boy..
you're gonna have
to learn how to relax.
After all,
it's only a job.
Think I can catch a ride
to the airport with you?
More the merrier.
So now that you've had time
to think about it..
I bet you feel
kind of silly
about that whole
Superboy thing, huh?
[theme music]