7.22 Eclipse by MR & TW (Part I)

TW: Open with Lois facing the camera, KTMP microphone in her hand.
ED: Lois is now a television reporter?
MR: Just pay attention and don't interrupt.
ED: Can I at least read my lines?
MR: If you must.
ED: "This is Lois Lane reporting for KTMP from atop the Daily Planet building." So she is a television reporter!
MR: No.
ED: But...
MR: Just read.
AM: [Sigh] Why are we starting with her anyway?
TW: You'll see.
ED: OK, "Where in moments military forces plan to hand the mysterious visitor from another planet..."
KK: You just can't resist, can you, Tom?
ED: Hello?! I'm reading here!
TW: It could be our last episode. We had to get a few in.
AM: A few? Great.
ED: "...known simply as 'Kal-El' over to..."
JG: Known "simply as" or know "as simple"?
KK: Either applies, I suppose.
TW: Shut up.
ED: Am I going to be able to finish here or not?
JG: I don't know Erica, are any big words coming up?
ED: Stuff it, Glover. "...over to the supreme leader of Apo... Apoko...
MR: Apokolips.
ED: What Michael said, "Lord Darkseid." Who comes up with these names anyway?
TW: Comic writers.
ED: But Apoko... er, Darkseid? Seriously?
KK: Just be thankful it's not an episode with the Legion of Super Heroes.
MR: Don't diss Lightning Lad. He's cool!
ED: "Lad"? God, if we do an episode with them I hope to God I'm not in it.
TW: That can be arranged.
AM: I'm with Erica.
ED: You have a full contract. You'd have to be in it. Ha!
AM: I meant I hoped you weren't in it.
KK: Ouch.
MR: Be nice, Allison. As we get toward the end of Erica's little monologue we transition to show it's was being viewed on someone's TV.
TW: The president's Oval Office TV to be exact. And Lex Luthor in his crisp white Armageddon suit shuts it off.
ED: How dare he shut off Lois!
MR: Only way to get her to shut up. To a secret service person, "It's time."
TW: The secret service person hesitates.
MR: "Must I remind you the president has given me full authority of national security matters?"
TW: The man hands Lex an aluminum briefcase, "Of course, Mr. Luthor."
MR: Lex uses his thumb print to verify his identity. It unlocks and he opens the nuclear lock computer. He taps his Blue Tooth, "Chloe. I knew I could count on you."
TW: Switch to a close up of Chloe. She seems slightly bitter. Allison?
AM: Slightly bitter, huh? I think I can handle that. "It's not as if you left me any choice." Chloe is working with Lex?
MR: Yep. Back to Lex, "I know you have your reservations, but unless you have a better plan ..."
AM: "...to save the world let you know. Got it. Chloe out."
ED: She finished his sentence. How romantic.
AM: Shut up.
TW: Pull back to show reveal Chloe is riding in the back of a van next to Clark who finally speaks, "Chloe, you don't have to do this."
AM: Doesn't have to what? What is she going to do?
MR: Just read, will you?
AM: "Lex is right, Clark. This is the only way." She pauses when the Van comes to a halt. "I'm sorry, Clark." Light flows in as Chloe opens the door now revealing Clark is in glowing green shackles. Chloe... she what?
MR: She shoves Clark out.
JG: Face first into the dirt? I love it!
AM: No way.
TW: Yeah. Clark lands with a thud in front of a huge set of feet.
MR: The huge feet of David Bowie...
TW: Yeah, right. Of big ugly cgi Darkseid.
MR: Voiced by David Bowie.
TW: In your dreams. "Kal-El. How kind of you to drop by."
KK: "Drop by"? You can't be serious.
TW: I liked it.
ED: Even I think it's bad.
AoT: It's bad for Smallville bad.
MR: I told you.
TW: Fine. We'll go with your version.
MR: Yes!
TW: "Kal-El. How quickly they turned on you surprises even me." He casts an admiring eye at Chloe who glares back in defiance. "They are a cruel, vile people Kal-El, they just lacked the light to show them the way."
ED: Oh. That's just...
JG: I like it.
ED: You would.
KK: I think I almost like the "drop by" line better.
MR: The line rocks and you know it, Kristin. Cut back to Lex. "Lex Luthor authorization Alpha, Mike, Sierra, Uniform, Charlie, Kilo."
TW: The computer accepts the authorization and displays the text "Nuclear launch authority accepted... Awaiting launch confirmation."
KK: So nuking Smallville wasn't enough? You have to nuke Metropolis too?
MR: Who said it's just Metropolis?
AM: "Just Metropolis?" What, are you insane?
ED: Is it just me, or did Lex Luthor's authorization code spell out "AM Sucks?"
AM: What?!?!
AoT: Oh, that's pretty low, Michael.
MR: "Suck", as in Al & Miles suck!
AoT: You know, one of these days you might realize that Al & Miles weren't so bad. We could have worse show runners.
MR: Worse than Singer?
AoT: Maybe.
TW & MR: Doubtful.
ED: You really think something like this will get by them?
MR: If they can't spot the difference between ancestor and descendant they're not going to catch this one.
TW: But if they do the plan is to claim "AM" stands for Allison Mack.
AM: The hell?
MR: Gotta have a plan B.
AM: Plan B is that I suck? Ever think about going with it being a completely random coincidence?
TW: Or we could go that way.
AM: You sure as hell better!
MR: Problem is then they might make me change it.
AM: Screw you, Rosenbaum!
TW: And with that we hit the credits.
MR: Somebody saaaaaaave me!

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