7.12 Return by TW and JG (Part II)

BS: [pounding on the door] I'm not through with you, Welling!
TW: Do it.
[MR presses a remote. There's a splashing sound outside]
BS: Dammit!
AoT: What did you do?
MR: Remote pail of water.
BS: You know this suit is dry clean only! It's going to shrink! [BS's foot falls can be heard as he stomps off] I've got to save the suit!
TW: That should hold him off for a while.
BS: Save the suit, save the world!
TW: [To JG] How far did you get?
KK: We just started.
TW: What the hell have you been... [notices the magazines] John!
KK: Tom, you're a man of infinite patience.
MR: Yeah, thanks for distracting Bryan for us.
TW: Somebody's got to do it. And with Allison out of the picture...
AoT: I just hope he doesn't fire you too.
TW: [frowns] Yeah...
ED: What aren't you telling us, Tom?
TW: Nothing to worry about right now. Let's just get through this before he gets back.
KK: Um, sure. [Points in script] Jor-El was just suggesting J'onn destroy the portal.
JG: J'onn points out "they" would hunt him down and kill him leaving Kal-El with no one to guide him.
ED: What about the Jor-El AI?
JG: Like I said, J'onn points out they would hunt him down and kill him leaving Kal-El with no one to guide him.
TW: He mentions Jor-El once told him there was a way to defeat their enemy.
JG: Jor-El, "The solutions you propose presents great danger."
TW: J'onn is pissed. "You would let this world suffer the same fate as Krypton?!?!"
JG: Jor-El relents, "Do what you feel must be done, old friend."
MR: This sounds like Reckoning all over again. You're not bring Lana back are you?
KK: Yeah, right.
AoT: But this episode is called Return...
MR: And since Allison is under contract somewhere else.
JG: Why would I bring back Lana when I'm finally getting the screen time I've always deserved?
KK: Not to mention values his life?
JG: Ahem. That too.

TW: Cut to the mutant recruitment center.
JG: Dozens of freaks are signing papers and getting prints done.
TW: Martha enters at the same time as a nervous looking young man.
JG: He introduces himself as Zack O'Donnell and asks Martha if she is there to register too.
TW: She says no, introduces herself as a senator and explains she's there to meet Lucius. A man greets them and introduces himself and Titian Vinebracer.
TW: He says Lucius has been waiting for Martha...
JG: ...to chew her out.
AoT: John!
TW: ..and points towards an office.
JG: I'm sorry, I can't let Lucius get between Lionel and Martha. Martha walks off as Titian asks Zack for his paperwork.
ED: Are you going turn Lucius evil?
JG: Now why would I turn him evil? Martha is attracted to evil!
TW: She is not.
AoT: Actually I think she is.
TW: She is not!
JG: Lucius is disgusted that Martha has asked "his people" to do this. He compares it to being treated like cattle.
KK: Like the cattle on the Kent farm?
TW: Don't go there Kristen...
KK: Fucked over?
TW: I said...
ED: So you're turning him into a martyr so Lionel can keep Martha to himself.
JG: Damn straight!
MR: Maybe Lucius should be evil.
TW: What?
MR: You know, we could have a love tri... [makes a face] uh, never mind.
ED: That's a great idea!
AoT: Works for me. Martha hasn't had two men fight over her since John died.
TW: I hate it! Martha's phone rings and she excuses herself.
JG: Titian enters as Martha exits and explains he has a lead on the "matter" Senator Kent asked them to look into.
TW: He hands Lucius a piece of paper.
JG: Lucius glances at it and thanks Titian before putting it in his pocket.
TW: Martha returns. She's obviously upset.
JG: Lucius asks what is wrong.
TW: "It's Chloe... the procedure..." she chokes up. Martha gestures to the freaks registering and explains that if having the mutant community show good faith is the only way to get the rest of the world to accept them and keep them from feeling like they have to take a chance with Luthor's "cure" then so be it.
JG: Lucius seems to understand. He tells her Titian has finally made progress on the other "matter".
TW: Martha seems somewhat comforted by this and thanks Lucius.

JG: Cut to Clark in the barn.
TW: He looks at a picture of him and Chloe at the dance.
ED: Aw. I wish Allison were here to hear that.
KK: But she's not because Chloe is dead.
ED: Way to bring down the mood, Kristen.
JG: J'onn appears, "I have grave news, Kal-El."
TW: "Whatever you're here for it can wait. There are things I need to do."
KK: Like "milk" the cows.
TW: Shut up.
JG: "This cannot wait, Kal-El. The fate of this world hangs in the balance."
KK: The fate of the world is always hanging in the balance on this show. It's a wonder Clark ever gets a chance to "milk" the cows.
TW: Shut up, Kristen.
KK: I bet they miss Papa Kent.
TW: Shut up, Kristen!
KK: Just trying to have some fun. Geez.
TW: Can we get through the rest of the barn scene without another bestiality joke?
KK: Maybe. We'll see.
TW: They stare at each other for a moment to let the gravity of the situation sink in.
KK: Speaking of sinking in...
TW: Kristen!
KK: What?
TW: Enough with the jokes!
KK: [takes a danish off the refreshment tray] What jokes? Was just looking forward to sinking my teeth into this. [Takes a bite]
MR: I think he meant you were going to make a joke about Clark sinking his...
TW: Michael!
KK: You have such a dirty mind, Michael.
TW: [sighs]
JG: Lois walks in yammering to Clark about her "plan" to get back at Lex. When we cut back to Clark J'onn is gone.
ED: Yammering? Since when does Lois yammer?
[Cast stare]
ED: I didn't think so. She's carefully explaining her well thought out plan.
TW: Actually we can't tell if it's well thought out or not because Clark cuts her off and tells her he has to leave before she can finish.
JG: Lois, "So that's it? You're just going to walk away when things get tough?"
ED: He is kind of a coward that way.
TW: It's irony. He's going to deal with something big and Lois doesn't even know it. So Clark asks her if her lecture is over.
ED: He's kind of an ass that way.
TW: Clark is an ass?
ED: Yep. Pretty much.
TW: He's not an ass, he's going to go save the world!
ED: Just because you save the world doesn't mean you're not an ass.
JG: Lois, "I thought you were stronger than that, Clark. I need you to be stronger than that because I don't know if I am."
TW: Clark, "Look, I've got to go." He turns away.
JG: Lois tries to hold back tears, "Well, that's just great. From the first day you two met Chloe looked at you like you were some kind of... I don't know, super hero." She chuckles bitterly, "I'd even started to think maybe she was right. Is all that strength and nobility she saw in you just going to die along with her? You're not the man I thought you were after all, are you, Clark?"
TW: Clark... [looking at the script] um... what's this?
JG: Read it. Clark's under a lot of stress.
TW: I...
MR: [Reading ahead] Heh! Looks like Clark looses it, and yells at Lois to get the hell out of his house.
ED: See? He's an ass.
TW: [Sighs] John, I asked you to clean it up, not butcher it.
KK: That was my change.
TW: Yours?
JG: I was talking with publishers. I asked Kristen for some help.
TW: Great.

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