7.13 Exit by MR and AoT (Part II)

As retold by Bill C

MR: The opening credits roll as Clark is scrambling around the FoS, recovering some crystals Zod dropped while jacking a big chunk of them. He shoves a couple of them into the FoS control panel, some lights come on, etcetera. And Clark goes...Clark goes... [leans over and taps TW on the shoulder] Tom?
TW [distracted]: What? Oh, sorry. Where were we?
AoT: Zod's bitch...
MR [to TW]: That's Clark.
AoT: ...is kickstarting the FoS.
TW: Zod's bitch?
MR [points at AoT]: Her idea.
AoT: My idea.
TW: Bad idea.
AoT: Well, it's not your episode. [deliberately] Zod's...bitch...
[TW sighs]
AoT: ...puts another crystal into the panel, more glowy lights come on, and he goes...
TW: "Jor-El, answer me."
AoT: With feeling, okay?
TW: Right, right. "Jor-El! Answer me!"
MR: And Jor-El finally replies. "Kal-El. Zod has been freed from his prison."
ED: Fashionably late. Typical.
TW: Okay... "J'onn was trapped in the--"
MR: "For the time being, he will have to fend for himself."
TW: "What? But J'onn is trapped in the Phantom Zone--"
ED: Hey--aren't all the Zoners dead?
KK: Until a plot device resurrects them, sure.
ED [brightly]: So he's all alone in a big desert. Which is still safer than anywhere with Zod.
MR [after a few seconds]: ...moving on. Uh--okay, "J'onn is a powerful entity. He will survive. The only thing standing between Zod and the fate of this world is you, Kal-El, and any time spent attempting to retrieve J'onn from his prison will give Zod that much more of an advantage."
JG: So get a move on, bitch.
AoT: Clark looks down at the seal MM got sucked into, in his hand. He reluctantly puts it on top of the control panel.
TW: "Damn it..."
MR: "You must find him, my son. And you must stop him, for he will not stop until he finds his prey--and he will not let anything stand in his way."
AoT: And Zod's bitch super-speeds out of there. Back we go to LuthorCorp, just in time to see another security guard go flying across the lobby and hit something expensive. Zod is bellowing.
JG: Can I do the arrogant bellowing? I'm bored.
AoT: Go ahead.
JG: Thank you. "You mindless primitives! You are actually protecting him? You cattle! You have no idea what your alliance of evil with him will lead to! Bring me Hasaad!"
TW: You really enjoy that.
JG: Damn straight.
MR: Lex and Dr. Richards are over by a wall, covered by a phalanx of suit-clad security goons. In addition, there are perhaps a dozen LuthorCorp security guards in the lobby...okay, most of them are unconscious and on the floor, but they're there. Lex wisely keeps his mouth shut, though.
JG: Zod glares around the lobby, at the few folks who aren't wise enough to run like hell. He then super-speeds over to one of Lex's goons, a couple of feet away from Lex, and lifts him off the floor by his throat. "One piece of chattel is as another to you, human. I know this from when I entered you."
ED: Okay, so is this scene the gayest one in the episode or the first one?
KK: Still the first one.
ED: Just checking.
MR: Lex. "What are you talking about?"
AoT: There's a nice slow zoom on Zod's face for this next part. Along with some choking noises from the goon.
JG: "Your minions are just valuable pieces of property to you, human...so while you wouldn't miss, oh, one piece--"
AoT: Zod rolls his shoulder forward, the one his goon-holding arm uses. There's a loud cracking noise, and the goon noises stop immediately after that.
KK: Ow.
JG: "Human, I will slaughter every piece of cattle in this building--" This is where Zod drops the now dead beefcake like a slab of beef, okay... "--if you do not bring me the emi--"
MR: Dr. Richards chimes in at this point. "Wait! Wait! I can take you to Hasaad!"
KK: So he's really a big old wuss? Lex's employee of the month?
MR: Lex goes "What are you doing?" under his breath, but Richards doesn't back down.
JG: Zod shoots a look at the good doctor. "You will take me to the beast."
MR: Richards nods, looking fairly frazzled, and Zod all but drags him away down a hallway. But as he gets pulled away, even as Lex is giving him a curious "What's up, Doc?" look--
ED: "'What's up, Doc?'"
KK [laughs]: That should probably be aimed at Zod.
JG [shouts]: I'll kill the wabbit!
MR: Richards manages to get a quick nod off in Lex's direction. A "trust me" sort of nod.
TW [quietly]: That can't possibly end well.
AoT: Okay, there's a short scene right after this with Lionel at the hospital.
JG: Not flatlining, right?
AoT: No, but if you really wanted it...
JG: You're oddly mercurial today.
AoT: Lack of sex. So Lionel is in his hospital bed, looking thoughtful, when Otis comes in. "Sir?"
JG: What the hell. "Otis? What is it?"
AoT: "There's an incident in progress at LuthorCorp, sir."
JG: "You woke me up for that? Piss off and wake me up when a real problem occurs."
MR: John...
JG: Okay, okay. But he would say that, dammit. "What kind of incident?"
AoT: "Apparently it was attacked by a lone humanoid. Security reports he identified himself as a 'Zod.'"
JG: Let me guess... [skims script] Yup. One of those "Jor-El reaches out and touches someone" moments?
MR: Yup. With appropriate dramatic/spooky music.
JG: Okay, fugue state, quickie twitching, blah blah blah.
AoT: While that's going on, Otis is droning on with the big lie about how security is holding their own for the time being. And then Lionel comes out of it and says...
JG: "Otis, my clothes. We have to go."
AoT: "Sir? LuthorCorp isn't safe right now--"
JG: "We're not going to LuthorCorp." Wait, that's it? Shit.
MR: And we cut to the usual establishing shot of the Talon, then to Clark going into the apartment.
TW: Nobody ever just goes for coffee any more. It's always straight to the apartment for information, arguments, every once in a while some sex, and then straight out.
KK and ED: And this is a bad thing?
ED [looks at KK]: Out of my head.
TW: Just saying. Shaking things up might be a good idea.
MR: Annette, can we put a fight scene in the Talon?
AoT: Someone should just blow it up.
ED: Damn, if only Allison was here...
KK: I'll pay!
JG: Oh, shit now...okay, Kristen, you're on!
KK: Seriously?
JG: If money's involved? We'll find a way.
MR: Coming back on point now...
TW: Why is Clark in the apartment, anyway?
AoT: He's looking for Lois. Rather, he's looking for her so she can help him find Hasaad.
TW: Okay. So he looks for her, "Lois? Lois?", and doesn't find her...
AoT: But he notices a message on her answering machine. Being Clark, he plays it...Erica, would you mind? It's Bittleman.
ED: 'kay. "Lois? Bittleman. I'm running a little late, Blondie, so if you get this go on to the LuthorCorp facility we located. I'll be along in a few. Out."

TW: Okay, so Clark hears the message. And all he says is "LuthorCorp..." and runs off? Can't he at least get a headshake or something wry in here?
MR: Clark does wry? Since when?

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