7.07 Repercussions by AM & AoT (Part I)

Martha's bill to protect meteor freaks alienates both the general public and Lionel. Meanwhile Clark attempts to find out why Chloe has placed herself in seclusion.

AM: We start out with Lana.
KK: Didn't you get the memo? Lana is dead.
AM: I know. It's time to start beating a dead horse.
KK: You can't do this! Lana is dead!
AM: Because you had Chloe kill her. Get ready for an episode that's as close to your worst nightmare as you can get!
KK: Do your best.
AM: She's in the shower.
KK: You are so dead!
AoT: Just kidding.
KK: Thank god!
AM: The shower scene is later.
AoT: We start of with Lois.
ED: Sweet!
KK: I thought you were mad at Erica.
MR: Maybe Lois is in the shower.
ED: I haven't done a shower scene in a while.
AM: She's not in the shower!
AoT: She's on the phone...
KK: In the shower.
AoT: ...asking Clark to check on Chloe.
KK: So you're not mad at Erica?
AM: Oh, I'm still mad at Erica...
ED: I don't know why...
AM: ... but she's not my immediate concern.
AoT: Besides, Erica and I have an agreement.
TW: Not you too!
AM: Apparently Erica is smarter than I gave her credit for.
AoT: Erica is going to make sure Martha's screen time is maximized any episode she's picked for.
ED: And Annette will make sure Lois doesn't look like a complete idiot any episodes she's picked for.
KK: Dammit, Annette! I never would have picked you for more episodes if I'd known about this!
ED: [Fake smile] Sorry.
KK: Screw you, Durance! And Annette you know this voids our deal!
AoT: [Cracks her knuckles] We can re-negotiate anytime you want, Kreuk.
AM: Clark is working on a makeshift lead lined suit.
KK: He's making it himself? It must look horrendous.
TW: Kristen!
AM: It's going to look a lot like the Superman suit.
TW: Allison!
JG: So it is horrendous.
AM: Sorry, gotta fill that anvil quota somehow. He tells Lois that Martha was going to check on Chloe. Besides, he's sure Chloe is getting plenty of attention from Jimmy.
AoT: Lois informs Clark that Jimmy is MIA...
AM: [to KK] Thanks to you!
AoT: ...which is all the more reason Clark should drop by.
AM: Clark asks why Lois can't check on Chloe.
AoT: "Other than the fact she hates my guts?" Lois adds that she is on the trail of a story.
AM: Pull back to show Bittleman checking his watch. They are back stage at talk show where mutant advocate guy is a guest.
AoT: "I swear, Snow White, if you take any longer on that telephone you might as well drive to whoever you are talking to and bother them in person. At least that way you would be bothering someone other than me, so only one poor soul would suffer the pain of dealing with you, and I could actually do my job, instead of being paid an absurd amount of money to stand here watching you gab. Which you are still doing."
AM: I know Erica sucks at exposition...
ED: I do not!
KK: If she's naked maybe the audience won't notice.
ED: Shut up! [Pause] Wait, was that supposed to be a compliment?
KK: You figure it out.
ED: [Furrows her brow as she concentrates]
AM: Perhaps I did give you too much credit.
ED: [scowls]
AM: But since Chloe is busy doing something else...
MR: Crying, probably.
AM: She's not... [takes a deep breath to calm down] You know what? Why don't we finish this scene and we'll find out what Chloe is up to soon enough.
KK: But speculating is so much more fun.
AM: Bittleman and Lois exposition about rumors of recent attacks on LuthorCorp research facilities.
AoT: Lois thinks it's the work of mutant advocate guy's group.
KK: Idiot.
ED: Hey!
AM: Bittleman,"Oh. My. God. I was completely wrong about you."
ED: See? Lois is growing on him.
AM: "You are even dumber than I imagined. You think the people Lex was trying to frame for his illegal experiments are actually the people going after him? Tell me, newbie, do you ever stop and think before you talk, or do the words just flow out like a river of dumb from the Great Dumb Lakes, feeding into the Dumb-lantic Sea, where breakers of dumb wash up onto the shore?"
ED: What? Annette, what about our agreement?
AoT: The dialogue was too snappy to turn down.
AM: The villain of the week is given the mic
TW: Does he have a name?
AM: Why do you assume it's a he?
TW: Does she have a name?
AM: It's a he.
TW: [rolls eyes]
AM: And no. Instead of asking a question he spews anti-mutant hatred. Security drags the guy kicking a screaming off stage bumping into Lois. She makes a snarky comment about finally finding someone with a shorter fuse than Kahn. End the teaser.
TW: That's a pretty lousy teaser.
AM: I don't know why you're complaining. You were in it.
TW: Sewing? And telling other people to check on Clark's best friend? That the hell is up with that?
AoT: You'll find out soon enough.
TW: The teaser still sucks.

AoT: We come back from the break with the mutant advocate speaking to the audience on the talk show.
MR: Is this supposed to be exciting? Because I'm not getting the exciting vibe.
AM: The excitement will build.
MR: If you say so. Wake me up when that happens, will you?
AoT: Then cut back to a green room where they've sequestored the villain.
AM: In the name of ratings they allow him to continue his anti-mutant diatribe.
AoT: Pull out to reveal someone is watching this on TV. Out of nowhere cartoon style devil horns and tail are drawn on the Villain's image.
AM: We hear Chloe say something dismissive about him.
AoT: Sex...
AM: Hex.
AoT: Hex...
MR: Hex?
AoT: That's Allison's new name for Sex.
MR: Excuse me? Who told you you could rename Sex?
AM: It's my episode. I'll call him whatever I like.
TW: Why Hex?
AM: He's just in Chloe's head... Head Lex... Hex. Plus being stuck with Lex in her head is pretty much a curse.
MR: You should be so lucky to have such a curse!
ED: Why do we have to go and rename him after all this time anyway?
AM: I'm tired of the Sex puns.
TW: I like them.
AoT: Me too. I never approved of Allison's decision to change Sex.
TW: [Chuckles]
AM: [Irritated] See? That's exactly what I'm talking about!
AoT: When I see Michael in that white suit it just screams Sex.
MR: Why thank you.
AM: Annette, we agreed to go with Hex.
AoT: I know, but I just went along for the extra screen time.
MR: You traded Sex for more screen time!?!?
ED: And it's not the first time either.
TW: Hey, watch it! That's my TV mom you're talking about!
AM: [More irritated] This is exactly why we never should have had Sex in the first place!
MR: Having Sex is the best thing we ever did!
TW: [chuckles]
AM: Shut up!
JG: [chuckling] Michael, I think it's safe to say you enjoy Sex a lot more than Allison.
MR: You know what? I can do without Sex if that's the way it has to be.
TW: [Chuckles]
AM: Oh, grow up Tom.
MR: Of course, you know what this means.
KK: I hope it means Allison is going to suffer.
MR: If you insist on calling Sex a curse...
TW: [Chuckles]
MR: I'm going to start referring to Kahloe by her original name.
ED: Hoe?
AM: [Pissed] You wouldn't.
MR: I would.
AM: [Stares daggers at MR for a few seconds] Fine. [Mutters] We can have Sex.
TW: [Suppressing a smile] What was that again, Allison? A didn't quite catch it.
AM: I said we can have Sex.
TW: [Laughs heartily. AM punches him in the arm.] Ow!
KK: Well played, Michael.
MR: Thank you.

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