L&C METROPOLIS CLUB BRIEF EPISODE GUIDE The Online Electronic "Lois & Clark" Fan Club May 1996 -- Version #13a ________________________________________ L&C&L&S&L&C&L&S&L&C&L&S&L&C&L&S&L&C "LOIS & CLARK: The New Adventures of Superman" 1993/94 -- SEASON 1 -- BRIEF EPISODE GUIDE by Leigh Raglan (leigh4ck@aol.com) copyright 1996 by Leigh Raglan (Note: Please feel free to distribute this.) _______________________________________ CAST: DEAN CAIN -- Clark Kent/Superman TERI HATCHER -- Lois Lane LANE SMITH -- Perry White MICHAEL LANDES -- Jimmy Olsen K CALLAN -- Martha Kent EDDIE JONES -- Jonathan Kent TRACY SCOGGINS -- Cat Grant JOHN SHEA -- Lex Luthor Please note that the numbering reflects original airing sequence of the episodes in the U.S. and not the production numbering. The producers actually numbered the "Pilot" as episode #0 and considered episode #1 "Strange Visitor," episode #2 "Neverending Battle," etc. -- source Bryce Zabel, Supervising Producer. Dates shown are the original airing dates in the U.S. #1 -- LOIS & CLARK: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN PILOT -- 9/12/93 Clark Kent arrives in Metropolis, wins his job at the Planet, and is teamed with crack investigative reporter, Lois Lane--with whom he's instantly smitten--to look into the sabotaging of the space shuttle. Clark creates his Superman disguise so he can use his powers openly without fear of discovery. #2 -- STRANGE VISITOR (FROM ANOTHER PLANET) -- 9/26/93 (1st Trask episode. Chronologically, this episode should have been the 3rd episode aired. Please refer to notes at end of First Season guide.) Jason Trask, from the super secret government agency Bureau 39, arrives at the Planet searching for Superman convinced Lois and/or Clark can contact him. Clark learns he's from Krypton from a mysterious globe he finds at Bureau 39's warehouse with maps of Earth and Krypton. #3 -- NEVERENDING BATTLE -- 10/3/93 (Chronologically, this episode should have been the 2nd episode aired. Please refer to notes at end of First Season guide.) Lex Luthor risks peoples' lives to test Superman's powers causing Clark to consider permanently retiring his Superman creation. Clark decides to teach Lois a lesson after she steals his Superman story and Jimmy's idea. #4 -- I'M LOOKING THROUGH YOU -- 10/10/93 An invisible man and invisibility in the lives of Lois and Clark is the theme: Lois feels invisible to Superman whilst Clark feels invisible to Lois. Clark is overwhelmed by Superman merchandising and media events. #5 -- REQUIEM FOR A SUPERHERO -- 10/17/93 A boxing scandal may involve Lois' father--a famous sports surgeon from whom she's estranged--who is performing reconstructive surgery on athletes who, after being operated on, become invincible. Perry White officially teams Lois and Clark as a reporting team to work on special stories. #6 -- I'VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU -- 10/24/93 Lois goes undercover at The Metro Club--run by gangsters--to try to determine who's behind arsonists known as The Toasters who are burning down the West River area of Metropolis. Lois experiences pangs of jealousy when she thinks Clark, who is also working undercover at the Club, is interested in the Club's owner, Toni Taylor. #7 -- SMART KIDS -- 10/31/93 Delinquent kids are being used as guinea pigs to test a dangerous experimental drug which makes them super-smart. Clark's secret identity might have been uncovered by the kids. #8 -- THE GREEN, GREEN GLOW OF HOME -- 11/14/93 (sequel to "Strange Visitor"--second appearance of Jason Trask) When Lois and Clark go to Smallville to investigate an EPA cleanup, Clark encounters kryptonite for the first time and finds that renegade government agent Trask is there hot on Superman's trail. #9 -- MAN OF STEEL BARS -- 11/21/93 Superman is blamed for an unseasonal heat wave--superfeats equal superheat--and may be forced to leave Metropolis for good, which delights the real culprit, Lex Luthor. Lois works frantically to prove Superman's innocence. #10 -- PHEROMONE, MY LOVELY -- 11/28/93 A pheromone compound is sprayed throughout the newsroom, making staffers fall wildly in love with people to whom they're attracted. Lois falls hard for Clark, much to his chagrin, as he knows her feelings for him "are not real." #11 -- HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS -- 12/12/93 (Chronologically, this episode should have been the 12th episode aired. Please refer to notes at end of First Season guide.) Lois and Clark pose as newlyweds in a honeymoon suite to set up a surveillance operation involving stolen top secret documents and the sabotaging of a top secret experimental defense system code named Project Shockwave. #12 -- ALL SHOOK UP -- 1/2/94 (Chronologically, this episode should have been the 13th episode aired. Please refer to notes at end of First Season guide.) After Superman collides with a 17-mile-wide meteor, he has a total loss of memory and of his superhuman abilities. Clark's love for Lois may be the only thing which will trigger his memory, but he's very confused by their relationship. #13 -- WITNESS -- 1/9/94 (Chronologically, this episode should have been the 11th episode aired. Please refer to notes at end of First Season guide.) After Lois witnesses a murder and writes about it, Clark becomes her bodyguard fearing she'll be the next target. #14 -- ILLUSIONS OF GRANDEUR -- 1/23/94 The kidnapping of rich kids leads to magic and hypnosis. Clark discovers, to his horror, that he's not invulnerable to hypnosis when, as Superman, he helps the kidnapper. #15 -- IDES OF METROPOLIS -- 2/6/94 Clark becomes alarmed when Lois confides she's harboring a computer genius convicted of murder who she believes innocent. Meanwhile, Clark tries to grapple with the shocking news that his mom may be having an affair with an artist. #16 -- FOUNDLING -- 2/20/94 (Second sequel to "Strange Visitor" with reappearance of globe last seen at Bureau 39) The globe Clark took from Bureau 39 ("Strange Visitor") begins to tell him about his parents and Kryptonian past. When his apartment is robbed and the globe is stolen, Clark, fearing exposure, is in a panic to retrieve it. #17 -- THE RIVAL -- 2/27/94 Rival newspapers pit Lois against a rival newsreporter and former school chum who has been scooping her and may lure Clark away from The Daily Planet to The Metropolis Star, much to Lois' chagrin. #18 -- VATMAN -- 3/13/94 After a Superman clone arrives intent on destroying and replacing the real Superman, Clark's anxiety turns to alarm when the clone falls for Lois. #19 -- FLY HARD -- 3/27/94 When Clark, Lois, Jimmy, Jack, Perry, and Lex Luthor are taken hostage at the Planet by gunmen searching for $30M with a nuclear device in their possession, Clark risks revealing his secret identity trying to stop them and save everybody. #20 -- BARBARIANS AT THE PLANET -- Part 1 of 2 -- 5/1/94 (Sequel to "The Green, Green Glow of Home" with reappearance of kyptonite found then) Lex proposes to Lois, then buys and destroys "The Daily Planet" in an endeavor to cut her off from everyone. Clark declares his love to Lois who, in turn, declares her love to Superman. #21 -- THE HOUSE OF LUTHOR - Part 2 of 2 -- 5/8/94 (Sequel to "Barbarians At The Planet") While Lois prepares for her wedding, Clark and the rest of the gang seek proof of Lex's guilt. Clark later fights for his life when Lex imprisons Superman in a cage with kryptonite-coated bars. * * * * * * **NOTES: There was much speculation and confusion about the proper airing sequences of some first season episodes, especially "Strange Visitor" and "Neverending Battle." Bryce Zabel, who was Supervising Producer throughout the first season as well as the author of three episodes ("Strange Visitor," "The Green, Green Glow of Home," and "All Shook Up"), has confirmed that "Strange Visitor" was aired out of sequence before "Neverending Battle" because it was considered a stronger episode by the ABC network and the L&C producers. Based on story continuity, "Neverending Battle" picked up where the "Pilot" left off. The pre-credit sequence opened with Lois describing what Superman looked like to a Planet sketch artist. The first scene after the credits showed blowups of Jimmy's just-developed photos of Superman flying Lois into the Daily Planet newsroom from the "Pilot." Also, Clark wrote his FIRST Superman story in this episode. In "Strange Visitor," Jason Trask came to the Planet looking for Superman convinced Clark Kent and/or Lois Lane knew how to contact him directly because they BOTH had written Superman stories. At the end of the episode Clark gave Lois her first Superman interview. The most compelling PHYSICAL evidence confirming the proper airing sequence appears in the newsroom scene after the opening credits in "Man of Steel Bars"--a line chart of Superman's activities since he arrived in Metropolis shows his catching two jumpers ("Neverending Battle") as his second activity and the interception of the missile ("Strange Visitor") as his third activity. "Witness" was shown in the U.S. as the 13th episode, but elsewhere (notably the U.K.) it was sometimes aired as the 11th episode. Zabel has confirmed that this episode was considered extremely weak which is why it was pushed back in the schedule but, in terms of continuity, it should have been shown prior to "Honeymoon In Metropolis." Leigh Raglan February 4, 1995 revised April 1995 * * * * * * * * * * * * LOIS & CLARK: The New Adventures of Superman 1994/95 -- SEASON 2 -- BRIEF EPISODE GUIDE by Leigh Raglan (leigh4ck@aol.com) copyright 1996 by Leigh Raglan (Note: please feel free to distribute this.) _______________________________________ CAST: DEAN CAIN -- Clark Kent/Superman TERI HATCHER -- Lois Lane LANE SMITH -- Perry White JUSTIN WHALIN -- Jimmy Olsen EDDIE JONES -- Jonathan Kent K CALLAN -- Martha Kent The episodes are listed in the order they were originally aired in the U.S. The numbering represents the airing AND the production numbering. Numbering within parentheses represents what the overall number of the episode is from the "Pilot." #1 (#22) -- MADAME EX -- 9/18/94 (Sequel to "The House Of Luthor") Lex Luthor's ex-wife seeks to avenge his death by turning the citizens of Metropolis against Superman while providing evidence that Lois has now become unbalanced. Clark worries that she is "really affected" by what happened, while Lois tries to clear both Superman and herself. #2 (#23) -- WALL OF SOUND -- 9/25/94 A musician intent on blackmailing Metropolis has created high frequency sounds capable of felling buildings and bringing Superman to his knees. Clark gets nominated for the prestigious Kerth Award creating friction with Lois, who goes undercover to solve the Soundman case on her own. #3 (#24) -- THE SOURCE -- 10/2/94 When a source of Lois'--who reported that faulty switches caused a ferris wheel to go out of control--is believed murdered, Lois is suspended from the Planet. Clark's parents' lives may be endangered when they ride on the inaugural run of a new subway line also supplied with faulty switches. #4 (#25) -- THE PRANKSTER -- 10/9/94 Lois is the recipient of gifts from a secret admirer whose ultimate intentions are of a far deadlier nature since an article she wrote was responsible for sending him to jail. He also has a gas plasma beam capable of vaporizing entire buildings. #5 (#26) -- CHURCH OF METROPOLIS -- 10/23/94 Lois and her uncle become targets for an international organized crime ring called Intergang. Clark falls for a beautiful D.A. who not only hates Superman while being attracted to Clark, but may work for Intergang. #6 (#27) -- OPERATION BLACKOUT -- 10/30/94 Lois' old school chums blackout Metropolis as a diversionary tactic from their real intent of hijacking a deadly military laser satellite which they intend to use to hold the world ransom. #7 (#28) -- THAT OLD GANG OF MINE -- 11/13/94 Professor Hamilton's DNA experiment backfires when the 1930's gangsters he clones--Bonnie & Clyde, John Dillinger, and Al Capone--begin terrorizing Metropolis and "kill" Clark when he tries to protect Lois. #8 (#29) -- A BOLT FROM THE BLUE -- 11/20/94 (Sequel to "Madame Ex" with reappearance of Dr. Gretchen Kelly with Lex's body) When Superman is struck by lightening while holding onto a potential suicide victim, his powers get transferred, creating another superhero in Metropolis, Resplendant Man, a misfit who charges for his services. #9 (#30) -- SEASON'S GREEDINGS -- 12/4/94 A disgruntled toymaker, determined to ruin Christmas in Metropolis, releases toy rats which cause everyone sprayed by them, including Clark, to behave like greedy children. Lois and Clark find they may now be more than just best friends. #10 (#31) -- METALLO -- 1/1/95 After Lucy Lane's boyfriend--an ex-con--is shot, a pair of criminal scientists, who are siblings, turn him into a cyborg with the strength of Superman and an endless power supply--kryptonite! #11 (#32) -- CHI OF STEEL -- 1/8/95 Perry White's life savings in investments have been stolen from his men's club's safe by a Chinese Robin Hood with a chi so strong, the thief is able to throw "Superman around like a ragdoll" and may even be powerful enough to kill him. #12 (#33) -- THE EYES HAVE IT -- 1/22/95 When a device capable of transferring data on a beam of light through the eye and into the brain accidentally falls into Lois' possession, an evil opthomologist, intent on retrieving it first, blinds Superman, then kidnaps Lois. #13 (#34) -- THE PHOENIX -- 2/12/95 (Sequel to "A Bolt From The Blue" with reappearance of Gretchen Kelly and Lex's body) Lex Luthor is resurrected, and not only is he now broke and losing his hair, but his love for Lois is undiminished--he's determined to get her back and obtain kryptonite to kill Superman. Meanwhile, Clark asks Lois out on a date. #14 (#35) -- TOP COPY -- 2/19/95 A beautiful TV reporter, who moonlights as an assassin, is not only determined to expose Superman, but also wants to kill him. She kisses Superman while wearing kryptonite lipstick, causing the poison to get into his bloodstream. #15 (#36) -- THE RETURN OF THE PRANKSTER -- 2/26/95 (Sequel to "The Eyes Have It" with the Prankster using Lois' notes about Superman's blindness to help make his freezing device work on Superman) The Prankster returns with a freezing device he plans to use to aid him in kidnapping the President of the U.S., but first he must get it to work on Superman. #16 (#37) -- LUCKY LEON -- Part 1 of 2 -- 3/12/95 Jimmy Olsen is a murder suspect, and Superman inadvertently helps terrorists hijack nuclear weapons from the U.S. government. Lois and Clark finally go out on their first date. #17 (#38) -- RESURRECTION -- Part 2 of 2 -- 3/19/95 (Sequel to "Lucky Leon") Clark mourns the loss of a friend and tries to solve her murder with Lois' help, while renegade DEA Agent Scardino, also on the case, is making passes at Lois who feels neglected by Clark. #18 (#39) -- TEMPUS FUGITIVE -- 3/26/95 H.G. Wells enlists Clark and Lois' help to travel back in time to try and save the life of the infant Kal-El. Lois learns Clark's big secret in the worst possible way. #19 (#40) -- TARGET: JIMMY OLSEN -- 4/2/95 Jimmy learns he and others were implanted with a device which can, when activated, turn them into cold blooded killers. Clark's constant running off to be Superman is driving Lois away. #20 (#41) -- INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY -- 4/16/95 Perry White is kidnapped by the head of Intergang, Bill Church, Jr., who plans to buy the Daily Planet, and Superman is exposed to red kryptonite, causing him to become apathetic. Clark tries to get Lois to go out with him again. #21 (#42) -- WHINE, WHINE, WHINE -- 5/14/95 After running out on Lois to become Superman one too many times, Clark thinks Lois hates him. This, combined with being sued by the musician he rescued, causes Clark to consider leaving Metropolis. Meanwhile, Lois decides who she really loves--Dan Scardino, Clark or Superman. #22 (#43) -- AND THE ANSWER IS -- Part 1 of 2 -- 5/21/95 (Sequel to "Tempus Fugitive" with appearance of Tempus' diary) Clark turns to crime when a blackmailer named Mazik, who knows Clark is Superman, kidnaps the Kents. His associate, Nigel, may pose a further threat with his chunk of kryptonite and his desire for Lois to be killed. Clark proposes to Lois. * * * * * * * * * * * * LOIS & CLARK: The New Adventures of Superman 1995/96 -- SEASON 3 -- BRIEF EPISODE GUIDE by Leigh Raglan (leigh4ck@aol.com) copyright 1996 by Leigh Raglan (Note: please feel free to distribute this.) __________________________________ CAST: DEAN CAIN -- Clark Kent/Superman TERI HATCHER -- Lois Lane LANE SMITH -- Perry White JUSTIN WHALIN -- Jimmy Olsen EDDIE JONES -- Jonathan Kent K CALLAN -- Martha Kent The episodes are listed in the order they were originally aired in the U.S. The numbering represents the airing AND the production numbering. Numbering within parentheses represents what the overall number of the episode is from the "Pilot." #1 (#44) -- WE HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT -- Part 2 of 2 -- 9/17/95 (Sequel to "And The Answer Is" picking up precisely where it cut off) Lois knows Clark's Superman, but when she says "no" to his proposal, the couple becomes estranged. A reformed Bill Church, Sr. wishes to become Metropolis' new benefactor, but his new, young bride and son scheme to stop him by planning the death of Lois and the destruction of a museum by a bomber. #2 (#45) -- ORDINARY PEOPLE -- 9/24/95 A reclusive playboy wants a perfect body to replace his own deformed one so he lures Lois and Clark to his tropical island as bait to capture Superman. Thinking the invitation to the island is a promotional vacation, Lois and Clark bet they can go an entire weekend without her once working or him being Superman. #3 (#46) -- CONTACT -- 10/1/95 Lois believes she had a close encounter with aliens, but a computer tycoon is controlling her to keep Superman diverted, while his people steal the components to create a deadly microwave transmitter. Clark decides having a relationship with Lois further endangers her. #4 (#47) -- WHEN IRISH EYES ARE KILLING -- 10/15/95 Lois' old Irish boyfriend, Patrick, turns up in town making Clark jealous. But after Patrick steals emeralds from an ancient Irish crown and scepter to use as eyes in an ancient Druid mask giving the wearer mystical powers, he plans to sacrifice Lois to increase his powers. Clark reconsiders breaking up with Lois. #5 (#48) -- JUST SAY NOAH -- 10/22/95 After learning that couples who have visited the retreat of marriage counselor Larry Smiley have disappeared, Lois and Clark go undercover, posing as a married couple, to investigate. Smiley, who believes he's Noah, has built a rainmaking machine and plans to flood the earth. The retreat also helps Lois and Clark reconcile their differences. #6 (#49) -- DON'T TUG ON SUPERMAN'S CAPE -- 11/5/95 A wealthy couple who collect rare, one-of-a-kind objects have set their sights on Superman. With assistance from an escaped criminal, Lois is used as bait to capture him. Meanwhile, Lois dreams Clark is James Bond and she's a Bond girl, playing a secondary role in his life, while he dreams he's Ricky Ricardo to Lois' Lucy in which her attempts to be equal partners with him leads to disasterous results. #7 (#50) -- ULTRA WOMAN -- 11/12/95 (Sequel to "Individual Responsibility" with appearance of Newtrich's two sisters with red kryptonite) Using a red kryptonite laser beam, two sisters plan to make Superman permanently apathetic, but wind up transferring his powers to Lois. When Clark is left completely normal without any of his former superpowers, Lois, with help from the Kents, tries to help by becoming Ultra Woman. Lois and Clark take a big step forward in their relationship when Lois proposes to Clark and he accepts. #8 (#51) -- CHIP OFF THE OLD CLARK -- November 19, 1995 A woman claims that Superman is the father of her love child, to Clark's and Lois' consternation, when her young son demonstrates he has superpowers, too. A master of disguise sees an opportunity to use the boy to help carry out his plan to kidnap a foreign head of state and destroy a peace treaty. #9 (#52) -- SUPER MANN -- November 26, 1995 Some young WWII Nazis awaken after 50 years of hybernation and begin the creation of a new Reich intent on taking over the U.S. and winning WW2. Upon learning about the Man of Steel's amazing powers, they set out to find a way to permanently drive him away from Metropolis, making him radioactive. #10 (#53) -- VIRTUALLY DESTROYED -- December 10, 1995 Lois and Clark get sucked into a virtual reality Metropolis, where Clark finds himself powerless, after a computer genius traps them to learn from Lois the secret access codes needed to unlock a vast computer network. The couple broach the subject of their past relationships, and Clark makes a startling revelation about his past love life. #11 (#54) -- HOME IS WHERE THE HURT IS -- December 17, 1995 Lois is reunited with her parents when they arrive unexpectedly at her apartment for the holidays and meet Clark and his parents. Dr. Lane brings his fiancee who is, to everyone else's consternation, a cyborg. Meanwhile, Mindy Church has found a way to expose Superman to a Kryptonian virus, causing Clark to become very ill and fall into a coma. #12 (#55) -- NEVER ON SUNDAY -- January 7, 1996 While Lois' mom has taken charge of the wedding preparations, a magician/voodoo master, who seeks revenge on Clark and others, causes Clark to have terrifying visions in which he believes he's being buried alive in a coffin and could, quite literally, eventually scare him to death. #13 (#56) -- THE DAD WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD -- January 14, 1996 Jimmy's father, a spy for the government, is reunited with his son after five years. On a mission, he will stop at nothing to recover highly classified information which he believes either Lois and Clark have on their computers or on a diskette. #14 (#57) -- TEMPUS ANYONE? -- January 21, 1996 (Sequel to "Tempus Fugitive") Tempus abducts Lois and takes her to an alternate Metropolis where she meets up with H.G. Wells. They discover that the Clark of this crime-ridden world lost the Kents to a car accident at the age of ten and hasn't become Superman. But he's needed to stop Tempus from taking over and help Lois and H.G. Wells return to their respective world and times. Can Lois recreate Superman? #15 (#58) --"I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU..." -- Part 1 of 5 -- February 11, 1996 Lois' and Clark's wedding day is approaching, but Lois has been apprehensive that something might go wrong to ruin things. A Dr. Mamba has made a clone of the U.S. President, who officially pardons Lex Luthor for all past crimes on Lois and Clark's wedding day. #16 (#59) -- DOUBLE JEOPARDY -- Part 2 of 5 -- February 18, 1996 (sequel to "The Phoenix" and "I Now Pronounce You...") Lex has kidnapped Lois after leaving a clone behind in her place who Clark unknowlingly married. After learning his secret, the clone decides to kill Lois so she can keep Clark for herself. Meanwhile, Lois, in trying to escape from Lex, hits her head, suffers from amnesia and now thinks she's the heroine in her secret novel, Wanda Detroit. #17 (#60) -- SECONDS -- Part 3 of 5 -- February 25, 1996 (sequel to "Double Jeopardy") Lex has a scheme to transfer the souls of himself and Lois into a pair of clones so they can't be pursued by the police. The Lois clone now wants to help Clark get Lex, but will she betray Clark and reveal his secret to Lex to try and get her short life expectancy extended? Lex acquires a military weapon which may be powerful enough to kill Superman. Lois still believes she's Wanda, but is having disturbing dreams about Clark and Superman. #18 (#61) -- FORGET ME NOT -- Part 4 of 5 -- March 10, 1996 (sequel to "Seconds") Clark checks Lois into the care of one of the foremost neurologists in the country, Dr. Max Deter, at the Metropolis Neuroscience Center, to try and help her regain her memory. But does Deter have Lois' best interests in mind when he severely curtails Clark's visits and instructs him not to discuss their relationship? Lois wants to help Clark investigate some murders he's been writing about and thinks she's uncovered evidence linking patients at the Center to the murders. #19 (#62) -- OEDIPUS WRECKS -- Part 5 of 5 -- March 24, 1996 (sequel to "Forget Me Not" and "Don't Tug On Superman's Cape") In order to win his mother's love, Bad Brain Johnson's brother, Herkimer, who invented Bad Brain's diabolical weapons, has created a vibro whammy gizmo which can hypnotise all of Metropolis. Unscrupulous Dr. Max Deter is hypnotising Lois' to make her love him and forget Clark, but Clark has become so distrustful of the doctor's methods he wants to get a second opinion. #20 (#63) -- IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL -- April 28, 1996 Story co-written by Teri Hatcher. Lois' memory is now back. The couple attend Lois' high school reunion and learn that spouses are disappearing. A vengeful classmate has developed a shampoo which can shrink people down to the size of Barbie dolls which she is giving to the spouses of friends. Clark receives the shampoo and gradually start to shrink. #21 (#64) -- THROUGH A GLASS, DARKLY -- Part 1 of 3 -- May 5, 1996 Guest starring: Jon Tenney, Justine Bateman #22 (#65) -- BIG GIRLS DON'T FLY -- Part 2 of 3 -- May 12, 1996 Guest starring: Roger Daltrey, Jon Tenney, Justine Bateman * * * * * * 1 (#66) -- title unknown -- Part 3 of 3 -- September 1996 [Note: As third season episodes #21 and #22 are only the first two parts of a three-part story (the final part, episode #1 of the fourth season to be aired in September 1996), brief summaries will not be provided until all three episodes have aired. The show has always ended in May which is the final ratings sweep month after November and February. Part 3 will be the season premiere for L&C's fourth season. The show has been officially renewed by ABC for 22 more new episodes in 1996/1997, September 1996 to May 1997.] L&C METROPOLIS CLUB DETAILED EPISODE GUIDES INTRODUCTION While the Guides contain important plot points pertaining to both the main story and the developing relationship between Lois and Clark, they are not meant to be scene-by- scene recounts of the entire episodes. In order to maintain some degree of suspense for viewers who may not have seen every episode in the series, the summaries for each episode are deliberately incomplete. Every endeavor was made to end the summary at a suspenseful point in the plot. Leigh Raglan President L&C Metropolis Club * * * * * * * * * * * * L&C METROPOLIS CLUB The Online Electronic "Lois & Clark" Fan Club ________________________________________ L&C&L&S&L&C&L&S&L&C&L&S&L&C&L&S&L&C "LOIS & CLARK: The New Adventures of Superman" 1993/94 -- FIRST SEASON DETAILED EPISODE GUIDE written by Leigh Raglan edited by Evelyn Catano & Sue Kaimann copyright 1995 by Leigh Raglan ________________________________________ Please note that all credits are listed in their airing sequence in terms of whose name appears first, second, third, etc., onscreen for cast members, guest stars, producers, etc. CAST: DEAN CAIN -- Clark Kent/Superman TERI HATCHER -- Lois Lane LANE SMITH -- Perry White MICHAEL LANDES -- Jimmy Olsen K CALLAN -- Martha Kent EDDIE JONES -- Jonathan Kent TRACY SCOGGINS -- Cat Grant JOHN SHEA -- Lex Luthor "Superman" Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster Developed for Television by Deborah Joy LeVine PRODUCTION APPEAR IN OPENING CREDITS: (episode numbers in parenthesis): Co-Producer: Dean W. Barnes (the Pilot) Co-Producer: Philip J. Sgriccia (#8-#21) Co-Producer: Jim Michaels (#8-#21) Producer: Thania St. John (#2-#21) Co-Supervising Producer: Dusty Kay (#2-#6) Supervising Producer: Bryce Zabel (#2-#21) Supervising Producer: Randall Zisk (#14-#21) Produced by Mel Efros (#1-#11, & #13) APPEAR AT END OF EPISODE: Co-Executive Producer: Deborah Joy LeVine (#1-#10) Executive Producer: Deborah Joy LeVine (#11-#21) Executive Producer: David Jacobs & Robert Butler (#1) Executive Producer: David Jacobs (#1-#10) Executive Producer: Robert Singer (#11-#21) APPEAR IN CLOSING/END CREDITS (partial listing of primary production people who appear with episode numbers in parenthesis): Associate Producer: Tony Palermo (#2-#7) Associate Producer: Chris Long (#8-#21) Executive Consultant: David Jacobs (#11 & #13) Executive Consultant: Robert Butler (#2-#21) Executive Story Editor: Dan Levine (#4-#21) Director of Photography: Chuck Minsky (#1) Director of Photography: James R. Bagdonas (#2-#18 & #21) Director of Photography: Bob Seaman (#19 & #20) Production Designer: Mayling Cheng (#1-#9) Production Designer: Jim Pohl (#10-#21) Edited by John Duffy (#1) Edited by Randy D. Wiles (#2, #6, #9, #11, #15, #18, #21) Edited by M. Edward Salier, A.C.E. (#3, #5, #8, #13, #14, #17, #20) Edited by David Ekstrom (#4, #7, #10, #12, #16, #19) Music: Jay Gruska (all) ADDITIONAL CREDIT INFORMATION OF WRITERS AND DIRECTORS Although the writers and directors are listed with each episode, following is a consolidated list of all the writers and directors for the entire season followed by the number(s) of the episode(s) they wrote or directed. Writer: Deborah Joy LeVine (#1, #4, #10, #15, #18, #20, #21 ) -- Co-Executive Producer, later Executive Producer Writer: Dan Levine (#3, #7, #11, #16, #20, #21) -- Executive Story Editor Writer: Bryce Zabel (#2, #8, #12) -- Supervising Producer Writer: Robert Killibrew (#5) Writer: Thania St. John (#6, #14, #19) -- Producer Writer: Paris Qualles (#9) Writer: Bradley Moore (#13) Writer: Tony Blake & Paul Jackson (#17) (became second season producers) Writer: Teleplay by H.B. Cobb & Deborah Joy LeVine, Story by H.B. Cobb (#18) Director: Robert Butler (#1, #9) -- Executive Consultant Director: Randall Zisk (#2, #5, #18) -- Supervising Producer Director: Gene Reynolds (#3) Director: Mark Sobel (#4) Director: Gene Reynolds (#6) Director: Robert Singer (#7) -- Executive Producer Director: Les Landau (#8) Director: Bill D'Elia (#10) Director: James A. Contner (#11) Director: Felix Enriquez Alcala (#12) Director: Mel Damski (#13) Director: Michael Watkins (#14, #17) Director: Philip J. Sgriccia (#15, #19) -- Co-Producer Director: Bill D'Elia (#16) Director: James R. Bagdonas (#20) -- Director of Photography Director: Alan J. Levi (#21) The episodes are listed in the order they were originally aired in the U.S. The numbering represents the airing order not the production numbering (Production numbering for the first season only lists the first episode as #0 -- for the Pilot -- rather than #1). The Nielsen ratings are the rank of the episode when it first aired. #1 -- LOIS & CLARK: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN PILOT -- first aired September 12, 1993 (repeated in two parts re-edited with additional footage on December 22, 1993 & December 29, 1993) Nielsen rating/rank: 21 Guest Starring Part 1: Elizabeth Barondes (Lucy Lane), Kim Johnston Ulrich [Dr. Antoinette (Tony) Baines], Kenneth Tigar (Dr. Samuel Platt); Part 2: Elizabeth Barondes (Lucy Lane), Kim Johnston Ulrich (Dr. Antoinette Baines), Mel Winkler (Inspector Henderson). Written by Deborah Joy LeVine (Co-Executive Producer) Directed by: Robert Butler (Executive Producer) Clark Kent arrives in Metropolis--his first visit to the city--after having travelled the world, living out of a suitcase for the past few years, earning his keep as a freelance journalist. Barely off the bus, Clark stops a runaway bus from mowing down pedestrians in a crosswalk when he jumps in front of it, halting it with one hand. He then goes on his first interview with Perry White, armed with samples of his writing which fail to impress the Editor of the Daily Planet. Lois Lane barges into the interview, and Clark is briefly introduced to her. After first being rejected by Perry White, Clark later wins his dream job at the Daily Planet based on his writing skills and initiative, when he writes the piece Lois had avoided about the old theater being razed. Once onboard, he is then teamed with the established, award-winning, crack investigative reporter with whom he's instantly smitten. Together they investigate the sabotaging of the space shuttle which involves ruthless billionaire Lex Luthor, interested in exploiting space for his own private gain. After visiting Dr. Platt, who informs them that coolants were substituted for the space shuttle's heating system, they meet Dr. Tony (Antoinette) Baines at Eprad to find out more about the shuttle which may have been sabotaged. She says she never got Dr. Platt's report and that he had to be let go after he set fire to the labs. Clark thinks she was very cooperative, but Lois isn't so sure. Back at the Planet, Jimmy shows Clark around, while gossip columnist Cat Grant sizes him up and makes a forward pass. Afterward, Lois asks Clark to escort her to Lex Luthor's ball; she's been trying for a year to land a one-on-one interview with the reclusive, billionaire, philanthropist/business tycoon, who doesn't give interviews. Clark first flies home in his civilian clothes to his parents on their farm in Smallville, Kansas, for dinner. He talks about Lois and also expresses his desire to lead a normal life. Getting his job at the Planet was a "dream come true," but Clark still doesn't feel like he fits in and says he has to watch himself all the time, never using his powers. Clark's relationship with his parents is extraordinarily warm and loving. Clark hopes to be able to find a way to use his powers "to do some good," while still pursuing his dream of "living, working, meeting someone, having a family." Clark then meets Lois at Lex's formal charity ball. Lex is captivated by Lois' beauty, charm, and her boldness, but not as much as Clark, who actually unconsciously levitates as he watches her dancing with Lex. Clark, who takes an instant dislike to the billionaire, instinctively feels Lex's motives to privately fund an alternate space station are suspect, if the government's space station project is abandoned. He's also feeling pangs of jealousy when he cuts in on Lois' dance with Lex, just when she's about to land her interview, thoroughly infuriating her. Lex later shows his guests a hologram of his own space station, which he plans to offer the citizens of Metropolis, if the Space Station Prometheus, the government's space station, becomes inoperative. The next day, Clark and Lois try to go through Platt's notes, but they are so disorganized, they can't figure them all out. Working late into the night, Clark goes out to get Chinese take-out and flies all the way to Shanghai to get Lois a meal she'll remember. Lois' defenses are lowered and, in an electric moment when they're clearly drawn to one another, she tells him, "Don't fall for me, farmboy, I don't have time for it." But it's obviously too late for that, Clark's already fallen for her. They then take all of Platt's notes and go to pay him a visit, but find him dead, electrocuted. The staged "suicide" of Dr. Platt, who had reported to Lois that the shuttle was being tampered with, upsets Clark who feels they ought to have been able to protect him and feels personally responsible. He talks to his parents on the phone. He also talks about rescuing a workman from an underground explosion, and they're very concerned about someone seeing him use his powers, possibly capturing it on a videocamera. He then asks Martha if her sewing machine still works because he thinks what he needs is some sort of outfit to wear in emergencies as a disguise. They further investigate Platt's death and determine that he was right all along; the space shuttle was sabotaged and they think the next one will be, too, which is scheduled to launch in a few days. To celebrate their findings, Clark asks Lois out to dinner, and, after a moment's hesitation, she accepts. He's elated for a moment until she remembers her dinner appointment with Lex Luthor and tells Clark she can't go. Lois has dinner with Lex at his penthouse but doesn't get her interview. Perry White doesn't feel they have enough evidence to write their story. With the launch scheduled, Lois and Jimmy go to Eprad's shuttle hangar in search of evidence but get caught. When they don't return to the Planet, Clark goes out in search of them and finds Jimmy knocked out and Lois being tied up. He breaks down the door, then realizes that if he proceeds, he'll expose himself, so he allows himself to be captured. Later he secretly uses his powers to free them and escape; however, Lois and Jimmy are nearly killed. Consequently, Clark decides to go ahead with his plan to have a disguise so he could use his powers publicly without anyone finding out about him. He enlists his mom's help to create a costume to wear. After trial and error, the famous red, yellow and blue suit is created. The original "S" shield, his family's crest, which the Kents found in the spaceship, is stitched on the front of his first costume (replicas appear on later costumes). Lois and Clark get their story, and the shuttle is repaired, however no reporters are allowed on board for the flight. Lois manages to sneak on, but, during the countdown, finds a plastic explosive onboard with a timer which is also counting down. She can't get out of the shuttle and she can't remove or deactivate the bomb, but she finds wire cutters, cuts some shuttle cables, causing an error reading; the control tower halts the countdown. Clark is in his new costume watching the shuttle countdown with his parents when the countdown is suddenly suspended. He immediately flies to the the shuttle wearing his new costume. Co-Starring Part 1: Gloria LeRoy (Beatrice), Shaun Toub (Asabi), Jean Montanti (Newspaper Worker), Gregory Millar (Homeless Man), Kamala Dawson (Carmen Avarado), Robert Rothwell (Security Guard), Lee Weaver (Supervisor), Yolanda Gaskins (T.V. Announcer). Co-Starring Part 2: Maggie Blye (Mrs. Platt), Lindsay Berkowitz (Amy Platt), Shaun Taub (Asabi), Persis Khambatta (Chairperson), Clyde Kusatsu (Public Affairs Officer), Mimi Maynard (Launch Commander), Gerry Black (Head Colonist), Kamala Dawson (Carmen Avarado), Jim Wise (Man #1), Greg Collins (Man #2), Sean Moran (Man #3), David Fury (Copy), Anne Wyndham (Reporter #2), Christopher Darga (Man With Binoculars), Timi Prulhiere (Soap Opera Actress), Scott McCray (Soap Opera Actor). Featuring Part 1: Marco Hernandez (Worker), Georgy Paul (Elderly Woman), Adrian Ricard (Older Woman). Featuring Part 2: Jerry Hauck (Reporter #1), Mark Frazer (Young Technician). (NOTE: The pilot was originally broadcast at 78 minutes. It was rebroadcast in two parts, re-edited with some additional scenes at 93 minutes. A videocassette release available in the U.K. is reportedly 88 minutes and contains nearly all of the additional footage used in the two-part version. It is also now available in Germany, dubbed in German. The first Superman costume with the laced up boots, the original "S" emblem from the spaceship and the narrower red cape was only worn in this episode. Shaun Toub appeared in this episode and others of the first twelve episodes as Asabi, Lex's Indian or Pakastani manservant.) * * * * * * #2 -- STRANGE VISITOR (FROM ANOTHER PLANET) -- first aired September 26, 1993 Nielsen rating/rank: 53 (First Trask episode. Chronologically, this episode should have been the 3rd episode aired. Please refer to notes below and at end of First Season guide.) Guest Starring: Elizabeth Barondes (Lucy Lane), Joseph Campanella (George Thompson), George Murdock (Air Force General Burton Newcomb, ret.), Terence Knox as "Jason Trask" Written by Bryce Zabel (Supervising Producer) Directed by Randall Zisk (Supervising Producer) A renegade government operative, Jason Trask of Bureau 39 who conducts top- secret probes of alien threats to national security, arrives at the Planet in search of Superman. Trask views him as a national security threat and wishes to destroy him. He believes Superman is a benevolent "advance man" sent here to "soften us up" before the arrival of a hostile alien invasion. Convinced that Clark and/or Lois have a means of contacting Superman as they both have written stories about him, he subjects them to polygraph tests to find out what they know about Superman. Being subjected to a polygraph test panics Clark. Clark later discovers that among the government UFO files, is a file on Smallville, Kansas, 1966, when Clark's spaceship arrived. He sets out to learn more about how he was found by the Kents. They don't know if he might be the by-product of some Russian experiment or an alien, but quite frankly don't care because they love him too much for it to make a difference to them. He learns from his parents that government agents turned up a few days after they found him asking lots of questions. Jonathan confesses that, instead of destroying Clark's spaceship, he buried it because it was a part of Clark. When they go to dig it up, it's gone and they realize that the government agents must have found it. Clark later finds out for the first time that he is from the planet Krypton from a mysterious globe he finds at Bureau 39's warehouse which contains maps of Earth and Krypton (the globe also served as his spaceship's guidance system). He also finds his missing spaceship which he is able to identify by the triangular "S" crest on its bow, similar to the one he wears on his costume. But if he can identify the craft, then Trask can, too, and would know that Superman arrived as an infant in Smallville where he was raised as a human boy. (See #8 "The Green, Green Glow of Home.") Lois and Clark are captured by Trask and placed on a plane. Trask explains to them that he thinks Superman will try to rescue them if they're in jeopardy. Then, to bait Superman, he pushes Lois out of the plane. Featuring: Tom Dugan (Soldier #1), Jeff Austin (Soldier #2), David St. James (Polygraph Technician), Randall Boffman (Government Agent), Alex Wexo (SWAT Leader), Steven E. Einspahr (Young Jonathan) (NOTES: This episode should, chronologically, have been the third episode, rather than the second episode, aired because BOTH Lois and Clark have written Superman stories which is why Jason Trask is interested in them. Clark gives Lois her first Superman interview. Bryce Zabel confirmed that this episode was shown out of sequence because it was a stronger episode than "Neverending Battle." For more details on this, please refer to the notes at the end of the episode guide. The globe which Clark finds at Bureau 39's warehouse reappears in episode #16 "Foundling." Jason Trask appears one more time in #8 "The Green, Green Glow of Home" still hell-bent on trapping and exterminating Superman. In this episode Lois and Clark have their first kiss. The second Superman costume with the padded cape, modelled after the way the cape is drawn in the comics, was worn exclusively in this episode. It was shown in a great many publicity photos for the series and also in stock footage of Superman flying, which crops up from time to time in later episodes both in the first and second season.) * * * * * * #3 -- NEVERENDING BATTLE -- first aired October 3, 1993 Nielsen rating/rank: 51 (Chronologically, this episode should have been the second episode aired. Please refer to notes above, below and at end of First Season guide.) Guest Starring: Elizabeth Barondes (Lucy Lane), Larry Linville (Mr. Grover Cleveland), Roy Brocksmith (Floyd, Clark's landlord), Miguel A. Nunez, Jr. (Jules, the black jumper), Tony Jay (Nigel St. John), Brent Jennings (Inspector Henderson) Written by Dan Levine (Executive Story Editor) Directed by Gene Reynolds Perry White has ordered everyone out to track down Superman and get a follow-up story, upsetting Lois who considers him her exclusive, much to Clark's amusement. Clark finds a new apartment at 344 Clinton Street. He also becomes determined to teach Lois a lesson after she steals his Superman story, another reporters' interview, and later Jimmy's idea on how to track down Superman. Meanwhile, Lex Luthor risks innocent lives to test Superman's powers and to try to scare off the Man of Steel. This causes an alarmed Clark to seriously consider retiring his Superman creation before Luthor makes good on his threat to hurt more people after several bystanders including Lois, get hurt in Lex's bomb explosion. Clark blames himself, rather than Lex, for their injuries because he feels none of this would have happened if he hadn't "created Superman." He also wonders what good being Superman is, if he can't be everywhere, doing everything, saving everyone. When talking to a dejected Clark about Superman's disappearance, Lois convinces Clark to resurrect Superman when she tells him that it's not what Superman can't do that matters, but only what he can do; Superman gives people hope and something to believe in. Lois also has new respect for Clark after he scoops her on a Superman story and admits to sending her on a wild goose chase to the Metropolis Reclamation Facility in search of Superman's spaceship. Jimmy follows Clark's lead with his assertive handling of Lois and learns to stand up to Perry, not just be "Mr. Fix-It" or "Mr. Go-Get-It." Co-Starring: Mary Crosby (Monique), Lou Cutell (Maurice), Ritch Brinkley (Stan), Shaun Toub (Asabi), Wil Albert (Businessman), Yolanda Gaskins (Linda Montoya). (NOTES: This episode should, chronologically, have been the second episode, rather than the third episode aired, based on the opening sequences and the pre and post- opening credits which refer to Lois' first flight with Superman into the newsroom from the "Pilot." Clark writes his FIRST Superman story in this episode. For more details on this, please refer to the notes at the end of the episode guide. This marks the first appearance of Tony Jay who would reappear throughout the first season and several times in the second season as Nigel St. John, Lex's personal assistant and former British Secret Service Agent. He reappeared in: "Man of Steel Bars," "Pheromone, My Lovely," "The Ides of Metropolis," "Foundling," "A Bolt From The Blue," "The Phoenix," and for the last time in "And The Answer Is" when his character is poisoned by Mazik. Brent Jennings played Inspector Henderson in this episode (Mel Winkler played the role in the Pilot), but the part was played by Richard Belzer in all succeeding episodes throughout the first season: "All Shook Up," "Witness," "Foundling," and "The House of Luthor." In this episode, Clark is seen wearing two different versions of the Superman costume: the costume with the padded cape which he wore exclusively in "Strange Visitor" and was seen for the last time in this episode, and the costume with the tucked in cape which appears throughout the balance of the series. This is also the only time we see Clark carrying his costume around in a gym bag, struggling to change into it in a men's room stall, and trying to launder it after it gets a bomb stain.) * * * * * * #4 -- I'M LOOKING THROUGH YOU -- first aired October 10, 1993 Nielsen rating/rank: 40 Guest Starring: Leslie Jordan (Alan Morris). Special Guest Appearance by Jack Carter (Murray Brown). Guest Stars: Patrika Darbo (Helene Morris), Jim Beaver (Henry Barnes), Thomas Ryan (Detective Burke) Written by Deborah Joy LeVine (Co-Executive Producer) Directed by Mark Sobel Lois and Clark grapple with invisibility in their own lives, as they try to track down an invisible man who has two completely different sides to his character. Lois feels she's become invisible to Superman who ignores her when he's given the keys to the city and later when he appears at a charity auction and Lois bids all her vacation money on him. Clark is frustrated by his invisibility to Lois as Clark Kent and her inability to see the real man underneath the suit. He is afraid to reveal his true feelings for her while wearing the cape, since he wants her to notice him as himself, Clark. Also, Clark is overwhelmed by all the Superman merchandising and media events which have turned the superhero into "a superstar." He is relentlessly pursued by talent agent Murray Brown who wants him as a client. He is dismayed when he sees Lois wearing a pair of Superman pajamas and when he's auctioned off for $50,000 to raise money for needy children. Clark not only feels he's losing control, but that his creation is being sold "like a piece of meat" and that he is "losing himself to the man in the red, yellow, and blue suit." The invisible man turns out to be a frustrated inventor who created the special suit to wear to make him invisible so he can be a sort of modern-day Robin Hood. But things become dangerous when an escaped convict and his gang see the publicity surrounding the invisible man and steal the suits so they can go on a crime spree and not get caught. Co-Starring: Miguel Sandoval (Eduardo Friez), Shaun Toub (Asabi), Yolanda Gaskins (Linda Montoya). (NOTE: Leslie Jordan reappears in the second season in the role of William Wallace Webster Waldecker a.k.a. Resplendent Man in "A Bolt From The Blue". Also, Jim Beaver reported that during rehearsals Dean Cain was so strong that not only did he effortlessly pick him up, but he broke a real gun Beaver was holding which Cain thought was the prop gun he was suppose to crush.) * * * * * * #5 -- REQUIEM FOR A SUPERHERO -- first aired October 17, 1993 Nielsen rating/rank: 42 Guest Starring: Denis Arndt (Dr. Sam Lane), Matt Roe (Max Menken), Joe Sabatino (Tommy Garrison) Written by Robert Killibrew (Dusty Kay, see note below) Directed by Randall Zisk (Supervising Producer) The episode was the first to have an unrelated pre-credit sequence in which Clark plays a game of baseball with himself. Back at the Planet, Perry drafts Clark into staying late and participating in a poker game with himself, Lois, Jimmy and other Planet staffers. Clark is losing and finds Jimmy's comments about Superman using his x-ray vision, if he played the game, very tempting, especially when he has a losing hand. Perry then officially teams up Lois and Clark to become a reporting team for the paper, much to Lois' chagrin and Clark's excitement, to cover the street fight of the century between the winning boxer and Superman. They go to Menken Gym where Clark not only learns that Lois knows a lot about boxing, but that Lois' father is Dr. Samuel Lane, a famous orthopedic/sports surgeon who performs reconstructive surgery on injured athletes. He also finds out from trainer Allie Dinello that Perry cheats at poker. The boxers prove to be abnormally strong and are willing to take on Superman. When Allie is killed before he can pass on information to Lois about the fight not being fair, Clark and she begin an investigation into the fights. It leads them directly to Dr. Lane and the reconstructive surgery he performs on athletes, making them far superior after their injuries, than before. Unbeknownst to them all, Lex Luthor is attempting to create his own army of men of steel to combat and defeat Superman, then take over the world. The boxers are half robotic and Lex wants them even stronger than they already are. The winner of the fight is supposed to go up against Superman and defeat him. Dr. Lane and Lois are estranged because his work always came first when she was growing up and he was excessively demanding of her, expecting perfection--she'd get a 98 on a test and he'd tell her that left her with 2 points for improvement. Now he refuses to help Lois with her investigation. But after he is told that he's got a lifetime contract to build even more powerful boxers, he reconsiders, especially after learning from Lois that she spiked the story on him to prevent him from getting hurt. Co-Starring: John La Motta (Allie Dinello), Dave Sebastian Williams (Ringmaster), Jean Speegle Howard (Elderly Woman). (NOTE: Although Robert Killibrew is listed in the credits as the writer, Dusty Kay's name, not Killibrew's, appears on the script. Killibrew may have been a pseudonym of Kay's.) * * * * * * #6 -- I'VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU -- first aired October 24, 1993 Nielsen rating/rank: 44 Guest Starring: Jessica Tuck (Toni Taylor), Michael Milhoan (Johnny Taylor), Johnny Williams (Lou) Written by Thania St. John (Producer) Directed by Gene Reynolds Lois goes undercover at the Metro Club, which is run by mobsters, to try and find out who is behind a group of arsonists known as The Toasters, who are torching the West River district of Metropolis in a fiery reign of terror. There have been so many fires that even Superman is being run ragged by them as he helps evacuate people, contain one fire before moving to the next one. Clark is concerned for Lois' safety, but can't dissuade her from her objective to get the story. It quickly becomes apparent that there is a power struggle between Toni Taylor, who wants to expand into running legitimate businesses, and her brother Johnny, who wants to run the mobsters the old way. After Clark attends a news conference held by Lex Luthor, in which he announces plans to develop the West River district, Clark goes undercover to the Metro Club posing as an out-of-work seaman looking for a job. He hopes to get hired so he can provide Lois backup. When the Toasters pay an unexpected visit to the Club aimed at assassinating Johnny as well as torching the place, only the intervention by the invulnerable Clark thwarts their plans. Clark manages to save Johnny's life pushing him out of the line of fire (literally), and also saves Toni's life when she gets trapped by the flames. After everyone evacuates the premises, he extinguishes them with his superbreath. A grateful Toni hires him as a bartender much to Lois' chagrin. The publication of the takeover of the Metro Club by Toni in the Daily Planet, alerts her to there being a spy in their midst. When Lex shows up to talk to Toni and he sees Lois undercover as a singer, an alarmed Clark takes advantage of an opportunity when he's caught alone with Lois by Toni, to expose her as a reporter which gets her kicked out. Furious, Lois later comes to Clark's apartment to confront him about it. When Toni turns up unexpectedly shortly thereafter to fix him dinner, Clark distracts Toni by passionately kissing her. This gives Lois an opportunity to get out of his apartment without being spotted by Toni. But Lois also believes that Clark might be interested in Toni, and realizes to her surprise and chagrin, that she's very jealous about it. Clark is unconvinced that Toni is behind the Toasters while Lois is equally unconvinced that Lex Luthor would in any way be involved especially after he pays her a visit with information about Toni. Co-Starring: Audrey Landers (Toots), Alexander Enberg (Toaster #1), David DeLuise (Toaster #2), Silusilawnee Hall (Bartender), Greg Daniel (Newscaster), Tom Simmons (Reporter #1), Piper Perry (Girl #1) * * * * * * #7 -- SMART KIDS -- first aired October 31, 1993 Nielsen rating/rank: 67 Guest Starring: Courtney Peldon (Aymee Valdes), Michael Cavanaugh (Dr. Carlton), Scott McAfee (Phillip), Jonathan Hernandez (Dudley) Written by Dan Levine (Executive Story Editor) Directed by Robert Singer A group of delinquent children escape from detention and begin wreaking havoc on Metropolis. Lois and Clark set out to track them down and find out who's behind them, not aware that the kids have the intelligence to operate on their own. The kids blackmail the city when they set about sabotaging the water system so that a green goo comes out instead of tap water; phoney money is in cash machines; they're able to cut into the television transmissions and broadcast their message on every channel simultaneously. After visiting the school and learning that the kids were under the supervision of Dr. Alfred Carlton, Lois and Clark's suspicions are aroused by the doctors' evasive answers. When one of the kids, Aymee Valdes, is captured, Lois takes custody of the girl and soon learns that the kids were being used as guinea pigs to test a dangerous new drug designed to boost intelligence to super levels. Unbeknowst to them all, Lex Luthor is funding the experiments. When searching for the kids as Superman, Clark's secret identity is jeopardized when the kids capture on video Superman landing and disappearing into an alley behind the Daily Planet, and Clark Kent emerging an instant later. Shortly thereafter, somewhat befittingly, Lex Luthor is kidnapped by the kids, who are unaware of his involvement, and is held for ramson. Co-Starring: Emily Ann Lloyd (Inez), Sheila Rosenthal (Karen), Margot Rose (Mrs. Powell). * * * * * * #8 -- THE GREEN, GREEN GLOW OF HOME -- first aired November 14, 1993 Nielsen rating/rank: 61 (First sequel to #2 "Strange Visitor" and second Jason Trask episode.) Guest Starring: Joleen Lutz (Sheriff Rachel Harris), Jerry Hardin (Wayne Irig), L. Scott Caldwell (Carol Sherman), Terence Knox as "Jason Trask" Written by Bryce Zabel (Supervising Producer) Directed by Les Landau After a major storm uproots a tree on his property, the Kent's neighbor, Wayne Irig, uncovers a large, mysterious, glowing, green piece of meteorite. Thinking it might be of value, he sends a small piece off to a lab in Wichita and soon after finds himself overrun with government agents including the EPA with bulldozers. They are there presumably to do EPA testing, but Irig thinks there is a connection with the meteorite and leaves the remaining chunk in Jonathan Kent's possession for safekeeping. Back in Metropolis Superman thwarts a carjacker who, after a failed attempt to shoot him, asks if there isn't anything which can hurt him. Superman responds, "Not so far." Jimmy has acquired an experimental high frequency wrist watch which operates on hypersonic signals. The air force is testing it to signal their pilots, but Jimmy thinks it might work to signal Superman when they need him because of his superhearing. When he demonstrates it to Cat Grant in the newsroom, although no one else can hear it, the painfully high pitch frequency nearly has Clark jumping out of his skin as he tries to locate the source of the sound and deactivate it without revealing himself. Perry orders a very reluctant Lois, who would rather remain in Metropolis and keep a lookout for Superman, to accompany Clark to Smallville to investigate the supposed EPA cleanup on a farmer's property and write about the violation of property owner's rights. Lois stays with the Kents; and, after Martha shows her off to her room, Jonathan takes Clark out to the barn to show him the mysterious glowing green meteorite. No sooner does he open the lead-lined tool box, Clark doubles over in pain, moaning, before passing out cold. When he regains consciousness he has completely lost his powers for the first time in his life and is so weak, he can't even lift a water pitcher. He is also running a fever which is so high, it bursts Martha's thermometer. When Lois notices he doesn't look well, the entire Kent family convinces her that it's just his allergies acting up. When his powers have not returned the next morning, Clark believes he may never be super again and is torn between being dismayed about it and relieved that he could now be like everybody else, which is what he's always wanted. Evidence of how normal he now is, comes in the form of a painful papercut he gets when holding a restaurant menu. "Normal could be good," he tell his parents. But Jonathan doesn't believe Clark could have powers his entire life and just lose them forever; he's very concerned. Things become more ominous when it is apparent that renegade government agent Jason Trask from Bureau 39 is heading the government operation and believes there is more kryptonite than the sample Irig sent to the lab. He is convinced that the meteorite could kill Superman. Trask has Superman's space ship with him which can be identified by the "S" emblem on the bow which is identical to what he wears on his costume (see "Strange Visitor"). Knowing the ship landed in Smallville, Trask also knows that someone there harbored Superman and raised him from infancy. Seeing Lois and Clark on the scene convinces him that Superman can't be far behind. Clark soon realizes that he's being hunted down by the government agents, though it is some time before he learns Trask is also present. If they find him, then his parents are in danger, too. His main concern is that Lois will learn why the government agents are really there, while trying to cope with the possibility he may never regain his powers. Co-Starring: Sharon Thomas (Maisie), Patrick Thomas O'Brien (Barker). (NOTES: Sharon Thomas who plays the waitress, Maisie, is Dean Cain's real mom. This is the only episode in the entire series, so far, where Clark's brief encounters with kryptonite immediately rob him completely of his powers for an extended period of time--approximately 24 hours. In all other encounters, unless he's exposed for a prolonged period of time (as he was in "House of Luthor"), though weakened, he regains his powers in a relatively short period of time once he's away from the deadly meteorite. Clark's reaction to kryptonite, and his recovery from exposure to it is one area in which the show has been very inconsistent. It varies in some way from episode to episode, but over the course of the series, his recovery has been swifter and swifter. Although this episode was suppose to be shot on location, due to budgetary constraints, it had to be shot entirely on the Warner Bros. back lot. It was quite a challenge to Bryce Zabel and director Les Landau to try and make the episode look like it was shot on location, but they, along with their production people, managed to succeed admirably in this endeavor. Consequently, this episode has more out-of-doors scenes than any other episode in the first season as well as a great many episodes in the second season, too, with the exception of "Tempus Fugitive," which actually had some outdoor sequences filmed on location in a lushy green part of Southern California, substituting for Kansas. It should be noted that for many fans, until it was displaced by the airing of "The Phoenix" and later "Tempus Fugitive," this was the episode which was the one by which all others were judged. For many, it was the number one favorite and still ranks at the top of the list.) * * * * * * #9 -- MAN OF STEEL BARS -- first aired November 21, 1993 Nielsen rating/rank: 46 Guest Starring: Richard Fancy (Dr. Edward Sayer), Rosalind Cash (Judge Angela Diggs), Haunani Minn (Patricia Cheng), Elaine Kagan (Dr. Katherine Goodman), Tony Jay (Nigel St. John), Tom LaGrua (Mike McKee). Special Guest Star Sonny Bono (Mayor Frank Berkowitz) Written by Paris Qualles. (Uncredited rewrites by Bryce Zabel, Supervising Producer) Directed by Robert Butler (Executive Consultant) When an unseasonal winter heat wave causes temperatures in Metropolis to soar dramatically, Superman, whose powers appear to be solar induced, is suspected as being the cause of it: super feats equalling super heat. Evidence that the temperature has risen every time Superman used his powers leads to his being called before a court and asked to stop using his powers. But no sooner does Superman agree, than a prisoner tries to escape holding everyone hostage including a class of schoolchildren. Superman uses his powers to stop the man. He's arrested for violating the injunction and has to spend the night in jail. A dejected Clark worries that his solar-induced powers may indeed be adversely affecting the weather. Prior to coming to Metropolis, Clark only used his powers to do "everyday stuff," he will later tell Jonathan, whereas in Metropolis he's "done some really big things." Lex Luthor is the real culprit behind the heat wave. His goal is to get Superman permanently banished from Metropolis, while expediting his new nuclear power plant online to relieve the city of the power surges caused by high power demands as a result of the soaring temperatures. By raising and lowering the temperatures of the Metropolis aquifer which lies beneath his plant, the air temperature in the city also rises and falls. Lex raises the temperatures to coincide with Superman's activities, lending concrete evidence to the claims he's the culprit. Superman is released into the Planet's custody, but finds himself once again having to break his promise not to use his powers after Lex engineers a runaway train which Clark rushes off to stop. The temperature rises once again and Superman is ordered to leave Metropolis. Lois frantically sets out to prove Superman is innocent. Although it is only Superman who may have to leave, Clark, unable to sit back and refrain from helping people in trouble, despairs over the prospect of leaving Metropolis which holds all his dreams. He also fears returning to Smallville, believing his presence could endanger his parents. He doesn't know where he will go, only away from "the people I love the most." Co-Starring: Miguel Sandoval (Eduardo Friez), Scott Burkholder (Prisoner). Featuring: David J. Partington (Stg. Stahl), Hartley Silver (Cabbie) [NOTE: At the 11th Television Festival: The Museum of Television & Radio (formerly called the Museum of Broadcasting) held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art March 2-19, 1994, there was a screening of "Lois & Clark" episode "Man of Steel Bars" on Saturday, March 5 at 7 p.m. followed by a discussion about the show. The producers of L&C chose to present this particular episode because they felt it represented the best balance between Clark and Superman, humor and romance. The entire cast as well as the key producers were in attendance.] * * * * * * #10 -- PHEROMONE, MY LOVELY -- first aired November 28, 1993 Nielsen rating/rank: 30 Special Guest Star: Morgan Fairchild (Miranda). Guest Star: Tony Jay (Nigel St. John) Written by Deborah Joy LeVine (Co-Executive Producer) Directed by Bill D'Elia The episode opens with another amusing unrelated pre-credit sequence (the second one in the series so far) in which Clark is seen waking up, preparing and eating breakfast, then, as Superman, properly disposing of his empty plastic gallon milk container in what proves to be a public service announcement advocating recycling. Perfumer Miranda has finally completed her pheromone compound which will make the recipient fall madly in love. But she's way over schedule for delivery, and her funder, Lex Luthor, refuses to believe the compound works and to further fund her work. To provide Lex with proof, Miranda visits the Daily Planet newsroom and randomly sprays employees including Lois, Clark, Jimmy, and Perry. Clark is immune, but Lois soon begins to look at Clark in an entirely different light--she's fallen wildly in love with him and goes into a seductive act on his desk which alternately intrigues, alarms, and appeals to him. Feeling overwhelmed, very unnerved, as well as perplexed by her unexpected bold advances, Clark is at the point where he's about to succumb to what, for him, is a dream come true, when he becomes aware of the odd behavior of Perry White, who is now hotly pursuing the Planet cleaning woman, Rehalia. Jimmy is coming on to a fashion model, while Cat Grant is seducing a copier repairman on top of the copying machine. Clark realizes that something's definitely not right. The next day Miranda barges into Lex's office masquerading as his fencing instructor and, holding him at swords point, shows him a copy of the Daily Planet newspaper which has a red heart on it and a seductive headline. She urges him to visit the Planet to see the results for himself. An unhappy Clark arrives in the office to see that the entire newsroom has been transformed into a Valentine's Day card, complete with cut-out hearts, balloons, swooning Planet employees in each others arms, suitors with roses, and a radiant Lois in a sexy white lace dress suggestive of a wedding dress. Lois literally runs into his arms overjoyed to see him. Clark is now certain her condition is not real, but substance induced, and valiantly fends her off. After a bit of digging, he concludes that everyone's condition is the result of their being sprayed the day before. Late at night, Lois arrives on Clark's doorstep and removes her raincoat, exposing a very revealing belly dancer costume underneath. She comes onto him, and Clark, feeling extremely distressed, tells her this is what he's always dreamed about, but that what she's feeling for him isn't real, it's substance induced. It requires super willpower, but Clark says he cannot take advantage of her this way. Lois begins dancing the Dance of the Seven Veils when suddenly she sees something--she tells Clark she never noticed this before but he looks a whole lot like Superman! Meanwhile, Lex realizes that he loves Lois and that he's "doomed." His love is quite genuine and he spurns Miranda with whom he was once involved. Miranda, jealous and now bent on revenge, plans to spray the entire city of Metropolis with a 100% version of her spray, the effects of which would be permanent. Co-Starring: Courtney Taylor (April), Sophia Santi (Rehalia), Jeff Austin (Phil), Conrad Goode (Hans). * * * * * * #11 -- HONEYMOON IN METROPOLIS -- first aired December 12, 1993 Nielsen rating/rank: 50 Guest Starring: Charles R. Frank (Congressman Ian Harrington), Charles Cyphers (Thaddeus Roarke), and Richard Libertini as "Sore Throat" Written by Dan Levine (Executive Story Editor) Directed by James A. Contner Nobody believes Lois when she says she's going to spend the weekend in the Lexor hotel to get rest and relaxation. Lois relax? Never. Even more surprising is when she reveals her hotel reservations are in the hotel's honeymoon suite, the only room they had available. Lois has just settled into a bubble bath and is on the phone with Clark (who's checking up on her because he still can't believe she's really relaxing) when she observes some suspicious goings out her window in the building across the way. She manages to capture, with her camera, photos of Congressman Ian Harrington, Chairman of the House Defense Committee, receiving money from a man they much later identify as international arms dealer Thaddeus Roarke. Perry White orders Lois and Clark to pose as newlyweds in the suite to set up a round-the-clock surveillance operation. The couple's survelliance captures further encounters between Harrington and Roarke, who are intent on sabotaging a top-secret experimental coastal defense system code-named Project Shockwave (developed by Luthor Technologies) for his own defense system to be selected instead. His sabotage could put millions of lives in jeopardy. Lois and Clark's only clue to what it could be is when they read photocopies of files Lois scanned and find the word "tsunami." Perry contacts his secret source, "Deep Throat," for information. While on assignment in-between survelliance, the couple have a humorous time dealing with domesticity. Scenes involve who sleeps in the bedroom or on the couch, playing a variety of board and card games to pass the time (Clark accuses Lois of being the "most competitive person" he's ever met), sharing the bathroom facilties, and sharing a passionate kiss when Clark hears the maid coming with fresh towels. The lovesick Clark enjoys this rare opportunity of being alone with Lois for an extended period of time on their first stake-out, while his parents, who learn the couple is there, misread the situation and draw their own erroneous conclusions of what's going on. Co-Starring: Fred Stoller (Phil), Andrea Stein (Ingeborg). (NOTES: This should have been the twelfth episode following "Witness" and preceeding "All Shook Up." For more details please refer to the notes at the end of the this guide. The character "Sore Throat" was a parody of "Deep Throat," the shadowy contact of Woodward and Bernstein of the Washington Post when they wrote what became "All The President's Men." This is considered by many fans to be the most romantic episode filmed in the first two seasons. It is a favorite among fans who love the game playing, the comic banter between the leads, and the entire romantic set up of Lois and Clark having to share a hotel suite on a stake-out which lasted throughout most of the episode, unlike other episodes such as "The Phoenix" in which a romantic interlude lasted no more than one or two scenes, i.e. the yacht sequence.) * * * * * * #12 -- ALL SHOOK UP -- first aired January 2, 1994 Nielsen rating/rank: 34 Guest Starring: J.A. Preston (General Zeitlin), Richard Belzer (Inspector Henderson), Richard Roat (Professor Stephen Daitch), David Sage (John Cosgrove), Matt Clark (Homeless Man), Jenifer Lewis (Mystique) Teleplay by Bryce Zabel (Supervising Producer) Story by Jackson Gillis Directed by Felix Enriquez Alcala After an unannounced eclipse plunges Metropolis briefly and unexpectedly into darkness one morning, Superman is informed that a mammoth 17-mile-wide meteorite is on a direct collision course with Earth. If it were to strike, it would have cataclysmic effect destroying all life on the planet as we know it. Unsure of what his limits really are, Superman is the planet's only hope and he has little choice but to agree to fly a million miles out into space to collide with the meteorite at full speed in hopes of shattering it. His high speed impact knocks him out cold and his body falls back to Earth. His re- entry into Earth's atmosphere burns his costume almost completely off. Clark comes to in one of the worst parts of Metropolis, Hobbs Bay, where a homeless man finds him, gives him some clothes, and even a pair of glasses to wear so he "won't look so dumb"--Clark has no idea who he is, what happened, or even whether he's hungry or not. As a well-known Daily Planet reporter, he is soon recognized and is brought in to police headquarters where it becomes apparent that he's suffering from amnesia. Lois is called by Inspector Henderson to fetch him. She takes him under her wing but is distracted because no one has heard from Superman. His services are desperately needed to destroy the remaining 3-mile-wide chunk of asteroid still on a collision course with Earth. Lois, of course, also has feelings for him, having shared a brief but passionate farewell kiss with Superman before he left. Clark is very confused about his relationship with Lois. He is immediately drawn to her and senses that they are more than just friends, but when he asks her if they're more than just friends, she tells him that while they are close, they're "not close, close." Nevertheless, Clark focuses on trying to remember things about Lois while also trying to assist her and Jimmy in the search for the Superman. The Kents come to Metropolis searching for Clark. Reunited with him, they are dismayed when not only doesn't he recognize them, but he even questions whether or not they really are his parents. They become frantic when even after showing him his Superman costumes, he has no recollection of his superhuman abilities and cannot remember "how to be him" or even how to fly. Meanwhile, Perry gives Jimmy his first big writing assignment after Jimmy's hunch pays off (people had seen and reported Superman's fiery re-entry but didn't know what it was), and they find a piece of Superman's "S" shield from his costume in Hobb's Bay, proving he did return to Earth. However Jimmy, Perry, Cat Grant, and even Lex Luthor begin to prepare for the worst. The worst for Lex is to live in a luxurious underground bunker, hopefully with Lois at his side, for a few years while annihilation faces everyone remaining on the surface above. Clark's love for Lois may now be the only thing which may trigger his memory. Co-Starring: Suanne Spoke (Dr. Jerri McCorkle), Rick Fitts (Frank Madison), Shaun Toub (Asabi) (Note: This episode is a remake of the 1953 "Adventures of Superman" TV episode entitled "Panic In The Sky" starring George Reeves as Clark Kent/Superman. The scenes at the observatory were shot on location in Los Angeles at Griffith Observatory. "All Shook Up" should have been the thirteenth episode in the series following "Witness" and "Honeymoon In Metropolis." For more details please refer to the notes at the end of this guide.) * * * * * * #13 -- WITNESS -- first aired January 9, 1994 Nielsen rating/rank: 48 Guest Starring: Charlie Dell (Dr. Hubert), Richard Belzer (Inspector Henderson), Claudette Nevins (Barbara Trevino), Brian George (?), William Mesnick (Sebastian Finn). Special Appearance by Phil Mickelson, and Elliot Gould as "Vincent Winninger" Written by Bradley Moore Directed by Mel Damski This episode opens with a delightful unrelated pre-credit sequence in which Lois and Clark are on a driving range teeing off. Clark, dressed in two of his Superman colors (red sweater with blue shirt and blue slacks, a cute sight gag) is not faring very well and, after receiving a series of unsolicited advice from a golf pro which, uh, tees him off, cuts loose, striking a ball quite literally out into orbit. Lois has landed herself a prize interview with the reclusive, but brilliant scientist, Vincent Winninger, who also has garnered quite a reputation for being a ladies' man. But in the midst of their interview, while Lois is in the bathroom cleaning up after he spilt a beverage on her, an unknown assailant comes in and shoots Winninger. The murderer then proceeds to clean up in the bathroom, while a terrified Lois hides behind the door. Back at the planet, Perry, Jimmy and Clark become concerned that Lois' article about the murder will clue the killer that she was present when Winninger was killed, which could make her his next target. Over Lois' protestations, Clark appoints himself her bodyguard. After Lois is shot at, Clark has difficulty convincing her she is in mortal danger for three reasons: 1) a motorcycle backfired at the same time the assailant shot at her, 2) Clark secretly used his superpowers to catch the bullets which he then destroyed so he lacks any physical evidence, and 3) earlier in the day when Clark saved her from a hit-and-run, it turned out to be an accident and not, as Clark originally thought, a deliberate attempt on her life. When Lois won't heed Clark's warnings and refuses to let him spend the night (she reacts to the suggestion as if he's has ulterior motives), Superman pays her a visit telling her to be careful, let Clark guard her, and that he'd keep an eye on her. It is Clark, however, not the boy in blue, who camps on her doorstep throughout the night, bursts through her door the next morning and revives her--giving her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation--after she's nearly strangled by the killer. Winninger's old flame, Barbara Trevino, who is about to become Chairwoman of the Rainforest Consortium, has a keen interest in retrieving his diaries and believes Lois has one of them in her possession. The book Lois does have indicates that there is a link between the Brazilian rainforest and a plant Winninger discovered which increases male potency. Winninger wanted to preserve the rainforest. He hoped Lois would write an article publishing his findings, which would create a demand for the plant which could only grow in the rainforest. Thus, the plant would serve as incentive to preserve the rainforest. Trevino, on the other hand, had mining interests worth millions which would be jeopardized if Winninger's findings were made known. The greatest danger to those closest to Winninger and also Lois is that the killer is a master of disguise who can make himself up to look like anyone. Co-Starring: Julie Araskog (Reporter), Hal Sparks (Skateboarder). Featuring: Roz Witt (Teacher), Bradley Pierce (Kid #1), Ahmad Stoner (Kid #2), Megan Parlen (Girl #1). (NOTE: The little black and white bear Lois is seen sleeping with is the bear Clark won for her in Smallville in "The Green, Green Glow Of Home." This episode should have been the eleventh episode shown before "Honeymoon In Metropolis" and "All Shook Up." According to Bryce Zabel, it was considered very weak by the producers due to it's somewhat convoluted plot, which is why it was moved back in the schedule. For more details please refer to the notes at the end of the this guide. However "Witness" remains a favorite episode among fans primarily because Clark's concern for Lois' safety throughout the episode, and the way he looked after her, determined to be her bodyguard, was very endearing. In particular, the scenes in Lois' apartment when he saves her life and later in his apartment when she comes over to spend the night were quite moving. Clark's love for her was evident throughout the episode and there was quite a look of longing when he hugged her when she came over to his place.) * * * * * * #14 -- ILLUSIONS OF GRANDEUR -- first aired January 23, 1994 Nielsen rating/rank: 41 Guest Starring: Ben Vereen (Dr. Andre Novak), Marietta Deprima (Constance), Eve Plumb (Rose Collins), Jarrett Lennon (Nicky Collins) Stephen Burleigh (Mr. Moskal), and Penn Jillette as Darrin "Romick" Written by Thania St. John (Producer) Directed by Michael Watkins In a brief unrelated pre-credit sequence, Superman is having a lazy afternoon flight up in the clouds. He's floating on his back with his hands behind his head when a flock of squawking geese start flying about him and ruin his flight. The pre-credit sequence now switches to behind a huge mansion where two boys are playing. They find a box sitting under a tree covered with moons and stars and go open it. A message posted on the box tells them to "Open the lid and step inside and you'll go on a magic ride." So the one boy gets in, and the other closes it. But when he reopens it, the first boy has vanished. In a meeting at the Planet, Lois and Clark report that children of wealthy parents have been disappearing all over Metropolis and nobody has any leads. Anxious parents are cooperating by paying the ransom demands and getting their kids returned. The parents don't want to talk to the press because they're all high profile people: CEOs, rock stars, etc. Waiting at Clark's desk is Mrs. Rose Collins who is the housekeeper for the wealthy Moskal family. She tells Clark and Lois that her son, Nicky, not the Moskal's, is the one that got kidnapped, but the kidnappers don't know they've got the wrong boy. She wants Clark's and Lois' help because she feels she can't go to the Moskals, who are away on a Safari, and ask them to pay the exorbitant ransom for her son. Clark and Lois talk to the Moskal's son who describes the box in detail, then his parents return (having cancelled their safari after hearing the news from their son) and want nothing to do with the Daily Planet reporters. They'll pay the ransom. Lois, Clark, Jimmy and Perry go to the Magic Club when they're given invitations by Cat Grant. Lois hates magic, but Clark finds it fascinating. Jimmy and a very skeptical Perry watch a hypnotist. When Perry reluctantly allows himself to be a subject, Dr. Andre Novak successfully hypnotizes him. Meanwhile, Lois and Clark watch the great illusionist, Romick, make a cow disappear under a box which looks exactly like the box that Chris Moskal described. They now believe that magic is being used to abduct the children and further investigate. When they interview Romick's assistant, Constance, she tells them that he's recently come into a lot of money. They get proof of the power of magic and hypnosis when they also discover that Perry's sudden change of heart at giving Jimmy writing assignments is due to his being hypnotized and the power of suggestion entered into his mind--whenever Jimmy calls Perry, "Chief," Perry tells him that whatever he just said is "brilliant." After talking to Mr. Moskal again, Lois and Clark learn when the rendezvous is to take place. They agree they shouldn't go to it and Clark leaves. Then Lois takes Jimmy with her to the rendevous. Superman soon appears to save the boy and stop the kidnappers, but is hypnotized and told to respond to the the words "the sun, the moon, the stars." He allows the kidnappers to take the money and still hang on to the boy. Clark has no recollection of any of it the next morning. When Dr. Novak comes to the Planet to help work with a little girl who had been a kidnap victim, he mentions to Clark the words, "the sun, the moon, the stars," which instantly puts him into a trance and he leaves the Planet. Lois later sees Superman walking down the street, demolishing parking meters as he knocks them down like kingpins. He keeps repeating "wrong is right" before flying off. Back home in Smallville, Clark tells his parents that "I could really have hurt someone today." He also mentions that he has no recollection of anything that happened and had awakened to find himself in his bed wearing his Superman suit. He's very worried about being vulnerable to hypnosis and magic. They soon learn that the kidnapper has greater plans to start a Magic television channel and beam subliminal messages to the viewers around the world. Co-Starring: Adrienne Hampton (Mrs. Moskal), Christopher Miranda (Chris Moskal) Featuring: Whitney Young (Little Girl), Vince Brocato (Florist). * * * * * * #15 -- IDES OF METROPOLIS -- first aired February 6, 1994 Nielsen rating/rank: 60 Guest Starring: Melanie Mayron (Detective Betty Reed), Paul Gleason (Henry Harrison), Jennifer Savidge (Lena Harrison), Tony Jay (Nigel St. John), Richard Gant (?), and Todd Susman as "Eugene" Laderman Written by Deborah Joy LeVine (Executive Producer) Directed by Philip J. Sgriccia (Co-Producer) Eugene Laderman is found guilty of murder in the first degree of Henry Harrison and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. When Lois, who's covering the case, bribes one of the guards to let her meet with Eugene, they find that he's gone-- escaped. Returning to her car, Lois finds Eugene already there. He tells her she was the only person who believed he was innocent, that she's got to help him. He says that Lena, who he loves, killed her husband and that he's protecting her. Meanwhile, Clark gets an unexpected visit from Jonathan, who shows him a portrait of Martha, painted in the nude, and says he thinks she's having an affair with an artist. When Martha calls the next morning, it is to say she'll be coming to Metropolis--in a couple of days. Distracted by these domestic woes, Clark disagrees with Lois' comments about Eugene, that it was all right for him to have been having an affair with the murder victim's wife, since the victim was abusive to her. But the evidence points the finger to Eugene very cold bloodedly burning Harrison beyond recognition and then waiting for the police to arrive. Also, he had a strong motive, since he was involved with Lena Harrison and had threatened to kill her husband if he laid a hand on her. Lena comes to the Planet to tell Lois that she loved her husband but does believe that Eugene killed him for her. Detective Betty Reid then drops by the Planet to tell Lois that Lena had an alibi which checked out. She adds that she brought in Eugene once and would do it again, more or less insinuating she believes Lois knows his whereabouts. Lois then goes to Clark, makes him swear not to reveal what she's about to tell him after getting him to reveal his biggest secret "for blackmail material." After hesitating, he tells her that his mother might be having an affair with another man. Lois then reveals that Eugene is staying with her in her apartment. Stunned and extremely alarmed for her safety, Clark urges her to call the police, but she talks him into agreeing to meet with Eugene and look into the case with her. Although Clark's opinion of Eugene doesn't soon improve with a meeting with the man, Lois once again talks Clark into giving him the benefit of the doubt a little while longer. Lois and Clark learn that Henry Harrison, a brilliant computer programmer, had been a former employee at LexCorp who got kicked out, along with a lot of other employees, just short of receiving his retirement benefits. Inordinately bitter, he had been developing a program called the "Ides of Metropolis." Eugene says that Henry had been very protective about the program, that he had been the only one to work with Henry, but that Henry wouldn't show him his program and was very upset, "becoming violent," when he thought Eugene had seen what he was working on. Jimmy follows Lena; he returns to the Planet with a videotape showing her rendezvousing with a mysterious man whom she embraces, clearly indicating she's not the grieving widow. After tapping into the Daily Planet's computers from Lois' PC at home, Eugene is convinced that the computer network has slowed down. He now thinks that what Henry was working on was not a program but a computer virus, one which was so immense, it could virtually shut down the entire country from airports and banking systems to Pentagon computers. No sooner does he say this, than the virus starts appearing on computers everywhere. Only Eugene may be able to crack the code, but he's still wanted for Henry's murder. Co-Starring: Myrna Niles (Miss Bird), Yolanda Gaskins (Newscaster). Featuring: Ben Bolock (Ben the Bailiff), Debbie Korkunis (Aerobics Trainer), Richard F. Whiten (Bodybuilder), Lee Mathis (Technician) * * * * * * #16 -- FOUNDLING -- first aired February 20, 1994 (Second Sequel to #2 "Strange Visitor") Nielsen rating/rank: 51 Guest Starring: Chris Demetral (Jack), Richard Belzer (Inspector Henderson), Robert Costanzo (Louie), Tony Jay (Nigel St. John), and David Warner as "Jor-El" Written by Dan Levine (Executive Story Editor) Directed by Bill D'Elia It's 4 a.m.; Clark is in bed and is having trouble sleeping. A bright light is emitted from a little treasure box, drawing his attention. After unlocking the box, he opens it. Inside is the globe he found at Bureau 39's Warehouse (in #2 "Strange Visitor"). When he goes to touch it, a holographic image appears of a man dressed in white with the "S" emblem in black on his chest who identifies himself as Jor-El. He tells Clark that he and his wife, Lara, are Clark's real parents, that they sent him to Earth, and that his real name is Kal-El. Jor-El tells Clark there will be a total of five messages. Clark later tells the Kents that he never thought the globe was anything more than maps of Krypton and Earth, and that somehow it must be attuned to him but failed to communicate with him sooner because they had been separated for so long (28 years from the time Jonathan buried the ship to the time Clark found it and the globe in the warehouse). At work at the Planet, Clark gets a call and learns his apartment has been burglarized. When he and Lois--who thinks there might be a story in this--go to it, his place is a shambles. To Clark's utter dismay, among the things stolen is the globe. Lois knows someone who is the father of her tennis doubles partner in school, who may be able to help. Louie, it turns out, knows "guys who know guys." Clark becomes very worried about the wrong people getting hold of the globe. Lois senses he's holding back from her about something which was stolen. The boy who committed the robbery is Jack, who is trying to take care of himself and his younger brother, Denny. The boys are orphaned and have been shuffled through the system from place to place. Now they've run away and Jack is fending for the two of them by stealing, then fencing the merchandise. When he goes through the loot he took from Clark's place, he examines the globe. Suddenly a hologram appears, and Jack recognizes the "S" emblem on Jor-El's chest. Figuring the globe belongs to the superhero and must be worth a lot of money, he decides to advertise. Lex Luthor responds to Jack's advertisement. He and Nigel go meet Jack, but Lex remains in the shadows, while Nigel negotiates with the boy and requests a demonstration. They see a short portion of the second message--the same thing Jack saw before--and are convinced of its authenticity. They pay Jack $1,000. Lex is elated to have something belonging to Superman which could tell him something about the mysterious superhero, his arch nemesis. In the course of watching four of the globe's messages, Lex does learn enough to know that Superman did not arrive on the planet as an adult, but as an infant, was raised as a human and "he walks among us." If he could ever find who raised him, then he could get to Superman through the people closest to him. When they get a call from Louie, Lois and Clark go and find practically all of Clark's stolen possessions along with Jack. Jack tries to run away and when Clark goes after him. While he's gone, Lois looks at Clark's things and amongst them finds two photos of the globe which Jack took when the hologram was active. She knows that Clark had something belonging to Superman. Jack can't tell Clark anything since he didn't know who the men were who bought the globe. Clark, fearing exposure, is now in a panic trying to get it back, especially when he is able to see the messages--although he isn't near the globe--each time Lex inadvertently activates it. The globe plays the second and third messages for Lex, and Clark knows that whoever has the globe is seeing the same message and getting more and more information about Superman's life as an infant. Lois is also acting strange and seems to think he's holding back on her and not telling her everything he lost. She doesn't tell him she's got the photos, hoping that by insinuating she knows there's something more, he'll take her into his confidence. Clark tells his parents in a phone conversation that he feels very exposed and that whoever has the globe is closing in on him. Also, he tells them that Lois is becoming a problem because what if she figures out he's Superman? Clark manages to track down Jack and his brother but learns only about their circumstances, not anything more about the globe. However, when Lex, desires to know more about where the globe came from, where Jack got it, Nigel arranges for Jack to be found and abducted. Lex intends to do whatever is necessary to get Jack to talk. Back at the Planet, Lois confronts an alarmed Clark with the photos and demands to know what's going on. Clark tells her she better sit down. Co-Starring: Brandon Bluhm (Denny), Eliza Roberts (Lara) (NOTE: Eliza Roberts is Julia Robert's sister-in-law. Chris Demetral reappeared in the final three episodes in the first season. Many fans were dismayed that his character did not return in the third season.) * * * * * * #17 -- THE RIVAL -- first aired February 27, 1994 Nielsen rating/rank: 21 Special Appearance by Dean Stockwell as "Preston Carpenter", with Nancy Everhard as "Linda King", and Bo Jackson as "Himself" Written by Tony Blake & Paul Jackson (Uncredited rewrites by Bryce Zabel, Supervising Producer) Directed by Michael Watkins In an unrelated pre-credit sequence, Clark plays an amusing one-on-one basketball game with Bo Jackson in which the star wins every throw against an increasingly exasperated Clark. Since megalomaniac publisher Preston Carpenter took over rival newspaper The Metropolis Star, it has regularly been scooping the Daily Planet on every major story for the past month, causing the Planet's circulation to plummet and have financial troubles. The Star's top reporter Linda King, a former college friend of Lois turned enemy, scoops her on a Superman story when he saves a woman from a burning building. Lois tells Clark that Linda is unscrupulous, although, when Linda talks to Clark, she seems absolutely charming. She asks him for an introduction to Superman. After politely refusing, he compliments her on her work. She flirts with him and invites him to come with a date to the Metropolis Press Club to attend a party Carpenter is throwing. Lois is upset Clark accepted the invitation after she told him all the negative news about Linda, but she's not about to let him go to the party alone and agrees to meet him there. The rivalry between the two women becomes more apparent when they compare evening dresses and trade more caustic remarks. Linda introduces Lois and Clark to Carpenter who comments about the Star's recent success, telling them, "Either you make it happen or it happens to you." He is then interrupted by a man on his staff (Stark) who calls him away. Much to Lois' chagrin, Linda then whisks a reluctant Clark away for a dance. The next day, Jimmy shows Lois a picture of Clark and Linda dancing, which appeared on the society page of the Star. To make matters worse, Jimmy then tells her that the Planet has sent out a memo eliminating expense accounts. Lois then asks were Clark is and gets the final piece of bad news: he's off having lunch with Linda King. Lois tells Jimmy she's going to the Fudge Castle on her own money. At lunch with Clark, Linda confesses that she got her story on the hotel fire purely by chance because she was there covering a fashion show. Clark says, "It takes more than great luck to be in the right place at the right time." Linda, clearly flirting with him, compliments him on his articles and wants to know what his relationship is with Lois. Clark, looking uncomfortable, responds that it isn't really "defined." Linda gets interrupted by a call on her cellular phone from Carpenter who wants to know where she is. She tells Clark that Carpenter's a hands-on boss, and Clark comments that "it certainly seems to work for him." At this moment, they hear sirens. An elevator cable broke, and the elevator is dangling. It then breaks, and Superman flies up the elevator shaft and catches it, saving the passengers inside. Carpenter meets in his office with J. Harvey Stark, and tells him he's very pleased with the newspaper headlines and his work on sabotaging the elevator. Carpenter's plan is to put the Daily Planet out of business by continuously outscooping them with news he's creating. He'll need Stark's services until that goal is accomplished. Once the Planet goes under, Carpenter says he'll control 80 percent of what the public reads. Once you control the news, then you control the minds of the public. Carpenter, a megalomaniac, has aspirations to have the power of "Citizen Kane." Perry is upset that once again they got scooped by the Metropolis Star and tells his entire staff they'll all be looking for new jobs if this keeps up. Lois is upset that Clark was with Linda and "let" her scoop him. Clark examines the photo of Superman surrounded by a crowd of people on the front page of the Star and recognizes the man standing behind him as being the person who worked for Carpenter who called him away at the Metropolis Club party. It's Stark, and he's looking at the elevator shaft, not at Superman. Clark shows Lois a piece of elevator cable he found and points out that the cable isn't frayed, but cleanly cut, implying sabotage. They send it to the lab to be checked. At dinner that night at the Metropolis Press Club, they're presented with a complimentary copy of the Star. Clark starts reading it and is puzzled that Carpenter was able to write an essay about elevator inspection fast enough to get it into the same edition of the paper as Linda's article about the accident. Linda shows up, causing sparks to fly between herself and Lois. Linda asks Clark to walk her to the train station because she doesn't know where it is. Lois protests, but Clark tells her he'll be right back and to trust him. On the way to the station, Linda invites Clark to come home with her. When he refuses, she tells him that if his relationship with Lois should change, either professionally or personally, he could come to the Star. Lois did not waited for Clark, but went home. Clark comes to her apartment to apologize and learns why she and Linda are enemies. In college Lois had written a story for the school newspaper hoping to impress the editor of the newspaper, Paul, a senior, with whom she had a crush. Linda had stolen her story and written it under her own name, and Paul had gone out with her instead of Lois. Clark makes the connection between that situation and their present one and surmises that Lois is afraid that it's happening again. Lois vehemently denies it telling him not to flatter himself. They have an angry exchange which ends with Clark storming out of her apartment telling her that she's impossible to work with. Then, in response to Lois' suggestion he work with Linda, he tells her, "Maybe I just will!" Clark meets Carpenter and explains that Lois is difficult to work with because of her obsession with Linda which is affecting her work. Also, he says the Planet is a dying paper and he has to look after his own interests. Carpenter tells him they don't pull any punches and he wants him to go all out. They shake hands on it. Lois tells Perry she's just learned that Clark defected, and Perry calmly responds that Clark had offered two weeks notice, was worried about his career, and Perry couldn't blame him for leaving. Clark was now working at the Metropolis Star. Co-Starring: Kevin Cooney (Secretary Wallace), Mike Sabatino (J. Harvey Stark), Dana Chelette (Fire Chief). * * * * * * #18 -- VATMAN -- first aired March 13, 1994 Nielsen rating/rank: 46 Guest Starring: Michael McKean (Dr. Fabian Leek) Teleplay by H.B. Cobb and Deborah Joy LeVine (Executive Producer) Story by H.B. Cobb Directed by Randall Zisk (Supervising Producer) On the television in the Planet newsroom, there is a news report that an airliner is trying to land at Paris' Orly airport without any landing gear. Clark comes in, hears what's happening, and turns to rush out of the newsroom. At this moment, "Superman" appears and flies under the plane, causing Clark to stop and watch, absolutely stunned, as Superman brings it in for a safe landing. Clark tells his parents on the phone that an imposter made the rescue but he doesn't want to make any announcement until he learns who he's dealing with. He then flies to Paris to examine the plane and finds that the handprints on the underbelly of the aircraft are a perfect fit. Lois is upset that Superman is all over the world instead of Metropolis, that he's behaving oddly and not giving interviews after making rescues. She laments that she has no hold on him after all. Clark tells her she would be "surprised" to know that Metropolis had a greater hold on the superhero than she might think. As Superman, Clark encounters the imposter who is a perfect double. The double (henceforth referred to as Superman 2 as he is in the script) tells him that his father has told him that Superman is his enemy and he's promised never to tell who his father is. He reveals he came from the "womb" and is the same age. He then challenges Superman to catch him and flies off with Clark in hot pursuit. Since they're equally fast, Clark can't catch him. Superman 2 returns to his home, apparently having somehow given Clark the slip, and is greeted by Lex Luthor, who treats him as if he's his son, reprimanding him for coming home late before giving him a piggy-back ride to bed. Superman 2 calls Lex, "father." They're in a laboratory and his "bed" turns out to be a kind of clear tank in which he's hooked up to an EKG and other monitors. Lex lectures him that they'll soon take over Metropolis, that winning is all that counts, and all that satisfies is power. "Might is Right." He tells him that Superman is their enemy who must be destroyed, then he'll be the only Superman, Lex's Superman. Superman 2 stops a robbery in progress, then throws the robber 20 feet through the air into the back of the paddy wagon. Lois is stunned. When she confronts him, Superman 2 doesn't know who she is, which puzzles her. Clark goes home and wonders whether Superman 2 might be a twin brother or some other Kryptonian survivor. Jonathan thinks that Jor-El would have said something in one of the messages on the globe if that were the case. Superman 2 asks Lex about Lois, asks for permission to see her again, and Lex orders him to stay away from Lois. Lois receives a note via messenger from Superman, apologizing for his behavior and asking to see her tonight. She tells the messenger "yes," while Clark, who has used his supervision to read the message, watches in consternation. At home, Lois goes all out dressing up, chilling champagne, and cooking dinner for Superman. When he arrives, he's absolutely knocked out when he sees her. When she sits beside him on the sofa, he puts his arm around her much to her surprise. Then he asks her if she likes him. She responds in the affirmative, then questions his behavior at the robbery. He replies, "Might is right," then grabs her for a passionate kiss. She is struggling in his embrace, when Clark barges into her apartment. Lois runs over to him, and Superman 2, clearly angered, comes over and raises his hand to grab Clark. Clark grabs his hand, surprising Superman 2 with his strength. Lois doesn't quite know what's going on, but after Superman 2 backs down and flies away, she comments on Clark challenging him. She tells Clark that Superman kissed her, but that she's kissed Superman before and knows that whoever that was, it wasn't the real Superman. Lois thinks that Superman 2 might be a clone since she's read an article in Metropolis Science Magazine about cloning. She and Clark visit a Dr. Fabian Leek about his paper on cloning, but he tells them that the process was far more difficult than he imagined when he wrote the paper back in college; it took him 30 years just to clone a frog, and the frog is dead. As Superman, Clark encounters Superman 2 again, who has figured out his secret. Alarmed, Clark asks if he's told anyone yet. Superman 2 says he hasn't but he might, and Clark asks him not to because he's been lied to. He also tells him that he's a clone, that none of his memories are real which is why he has no childhood memories. Superman 2 tells him he's a liar and then flies off. Lois has found a newspaper article which tells that a lock of hair Superman donated to an auction was later stolen and never found. They now know how he was cloned. Superman 2 is examined by Dr. Fabian Leek while Lex looks on. Superman 2 asks Lex why he doesn't have any memories and repeats what Clark told him about his being a clone, which Lex denies. Lex is angered that he's questioning him, consequently Superman 2 does not reveal Clark's secret, but goes to "bed" in the tank. Leek then tells Lex that Superman 2 is dying, his vital signs are weakening, although he has yet to lose any of his superpowers. Lex says they'll have to push up the schedule and have him fight the real Superman tomorrow and kill him. He thinks that Superman 2 can win because he has no morality since he taught him. Therefore, Superman 2 wouldn't hesitate to hurt innocent bystanders to kill Superman. When Lex walks away, Superman 2 looks up; he's heard everything. Superman lands at the Planet beside Lois' desk. He assures her he's the real Superman and he's been trying to get the "low-down" on the imposter. He needs her help and asks her to fly with him. She agrees. He picks her up and lifts off. A few moments later, Clark arrives in the newsroom and asks Cat Grant if she's seen Lois. She tells him that Lois just left--with Superman! With a look of alarm on his face, Clark rushes off. Co-Starring: Ira Heiden (Messenger), Sam Rubin (Newscaster) [NOTE: When Clark goes home to discuss the clone and wonders if he might have a twin brother, Jonathan says if he did, his father (Jor-El) would have mentioned it in the globe. The globe he's referring to Clark found in "Strange Visitor," and it began telling him about his past in "Foundling."] * * * * * * #19 -- FLY HARD -- first aired March 27, 1994 Nielsen rating/rank: 53 Guest Starring: Chris Demetral (Jack), Macon McCalman (Willie), and Robert Beltran as "Fuentes" Written by Thania St. John (Producer) Directed by Philip J. Srigricca (Co-Producer) It is an early Saturday evening at the Planet. Perry has Jimmy assisting him in cleaning out old junk from his office. Clark is there finishing his tax returns. Jack is there waiting for Clark, so they can later go to the movies together. Lois arrives with Lex Luthor to make a last minute change to her story because her source was arrested. Clark, looking unhappy seeing her there with Lex, asks her why she's all dressed up for the office, and learns they're on their way to the opera to see "Madame Butterfly." Cat Grant arrives with a new boyfriend she's passionately embracing, but when they see everyone else, they leave for more secluded surroundings--Metropolis Tower. The elderly night watchman, Willie, comes by and is surprised to see them all there, but they assure him not to worry, everything's okay. Jimmy has gone to take out some of Perry's stuff. Soon the phone lines go dead, followed by the computer network, causing Lois to lose her story. A group of terrorists rush off the elevator and let off a burst of machine gun fire into the ceiling overhead. Unseen by the terrorists, Jimmy slips into the storage room. The leader, Fuentes, holds up in his hand an object he explains is a miniature nuclear device. If he even catches so much as a flash of red cape, he'll activate it, effectively annihilating most of Metropolis. Later in the conference room, Lois, Lex, Perry, Jack and Clark discuss their options. Lex, Lois, and Jack think they'll be killed and should take the offensive. Clark tries to check out the bomb with his x-ray vision, but the casing is made of lead. He thinks they shouldn't do anything which could provoke Fuentes to set off the bomb, that they should wait. Lois impulsively tells Perry to pretend he's having a heart attack, then starts yelling for help before anyone can stop her. Two of the terrorists come in followed by Fuentes, who immediately shoots holes into the floor around Perry's feet. He warns them all, especially Lois, that they should not further test his patience. Some men arrive on the elevator with heavy equipment; he redirects them to go down a floor. Clark overhears Fuentes and Remy, the sole female terrorist, discussing the fate of their prisoners. Remy wants to kill them all because they've seen their faces, but Fuentes nixes the idea, telling her they don't have any say in this until the boss comes. Jimmy manages to escape from the storage room through the air vent and spends most of the rest of the episode crawling around the various ducts, having an amusing monologue with himself. Clark and Lex argue about what to do next. Lex wants to take action; Clark thinks they shouldn't take any chances. He nearly gives himself away when he says he has no choice, that if he tried to get to the bomb, one of the terrorists could kill any one of them, and, if the bomb has a hair trigger, Fuentes could still set it off before he could stop him. Lois tells Clark to relax, he isn't Superman and that Superman will find a way to rescue them. Clark is very frustrated. When Lois is taken to the bathroom, Clark sees his chance to create the necessary distraction to try and get to Fuentes and his bomb. He uses his heat vision to set off the sprinkler system, but, unfortunately, Lex also saw his chance when Lois left and is trying to sneak to the exit. Fuentes looks up, sees Lex and shoots him in the shoulder. Fed up with his captives, Fuentes now handcuffs everyone to someone else--Lois to Lex, Clark to Jack, and Perry, the odd man out, to the chair he's sitting in. He gives a final warning that they're now on the "buddy system"; if anyone tries anything, the person they're cuffed to will be killed. After he leaves, it becomes apparent that Lex is losing a lot of blood. Clark distracts everyone by having them prepare the ingredients for a homemade remedy, while he uses his heat vision to cauterize the wound. They then hear and feel powerful drilling and determine that the terrorists are looking for something. Clark then overhears Fuentes and Remy mentioning the name of Dragonetti. Perry has heard the name before and explains that Dragonetti was a mobster during Prohibition, that he built the Daily Planet building and ran a speak easy in the basement. This is told in several black and white flashbacks (consolidated together here in one paragraph) in which we see that Dragonetti is double-crossing his young partner, Bill. Bill tells Dragonetti that another gangster, Murphy, is making a play for their action. He later tells him he's heard that he, Dragonetti, is dealing with Murphy. Bill wants out. Half of the profits in the vault belong to him, but Dragonetti tells him that if he lets him leave, the business would be worth only half as much. Bill also loves Dragonetti's girl, Lily, who appears to return the affection. Dragonetti kills Murphy and frames Bill. Lily, who is Bill's only witness, double-crosses him and sticks with Dragonetti. Bill is arrested for Murphy's murder and sent to jail where he spends the next 60 years of his life. Dragonetti gets killed a week after Bill is arrested. After Lois manages to get hold of the floor plans Fuentes had her print out from her computer, she shows it to Clark; they realize the terrorists are looking for Dragonetti's secret vault which was never found and believed to be just a legend. It is hidden in what is now Perry's office, and inside is 30 million dollars! As soon as Fuentes and his associates break into it and get the money, they plan on killing everyone. If anyone tries to stop them, Fuentes will activate the bomb. Co-Starring: Alexandra Hedison (Remy), Cole Stevens (Schumak), Anthony Leonardi (Blackman), Don Fehmel (George) * * * * * * #20 -- BARBARIANS AT THE PLANET -- Part 1 of 2 -- first aired May 1, 1994 (Sequel to "The Green Green Glow of Home.") Nielsen rating/rank: 62 Guest Starring: Chris Demetral (Jack), Patrick Kilpatrick (Devane), Castulo Guerra (Steven Sanchez). Special Guest Star: Beverly Johnson (Mrs. Cox) Written by Dan Levine (Executive Story Editor) and Deborah Joy LeVine (Executive Producer) Directed by James R. Bagdonas (Director of Photography) A secret warehouse is broken into and a search is made, until a particular crate is found with the word "Smallville" stencilled on top along with some numbering. It is broken into, and an ominous green glowing piece of kryptonite is revealed inside. High in the sky in his private jet, Lex Luthor is taking Lois to Milan for dinner. He presents her with a huge engagement ring and asks her to marry him. Lois is stunned and finally says she'll have to think about it; her answer is "maybe." Lex then gets a call. It's from the same man who broke open the crate. He tells him that the krytonite is genuine, and if Lex wants it, to pay him the five million dollars. Lex definitely wants it. Lois and Clark arrive in good humor at the Planet, playing word games, but soon find their mood broken when they learn their paychecks were rubber. The Planet is in serious financial difficulties, and some staffers, including Jack and Jimmy, get pink slips. Perry tells them there is a meeting of the Board of Directors taking place right now. Lois starts to tell Clark about the proposal but gets interrupted by the arrival of the Board of Directors, accompanied by Lex Luthor. Lex announces that he's bought the Planet, that no one will be laid off, all jobs will be reinstated, and there will be no interference in how the paper is run. Everyone, especially Lois, is elated, except for Clark who thinks it is a disaster. Lois is upset by Clark's attitude and asks him when he plans to give up this idea he has that Lex is evil. Clark asks why he should give it up when it's true. Lois denies it, then tells Clark that Lex just saved their jobs not to mention that he proposed to her. Clark's floored by the news. When Lois comes in the next day, she learns that, although Jack and Jimmy got their jobs back, they didn't get the same jobs and have been relegated to the printing plant. Lex has hired a new Supervising Editor-in-Chief, Chip, and Perry, furious, goes home early. Clark and Lex then argue when Lex spikes his story about "allegations of excessive rate hikes by Metropolis Electric;" Clark asks if this would have anything to do with Lex being on the company's Board of Directors. Lois talks to Lex who assures her he's trying his best to make things work--although concerned, she seems to be buying it. She tries to reassure Clark, but he's not buying any of it and tells her that all of Lex's philanthropic deeds are just a cover for his nefarious activities, "He's more than just evil, he's a monster." Lois, angered, refuses to listen to anything further Clark has to say and tells him she is thinking about Lex's offer. Clark goes home to his parents and tells them he thinks the time has come for him to do something. He confesses that he loves Lois. But back at the Planet, before he gets the chance to talk to her, a bomb goes off in the printing plant which is located in the basement. Superman rescues everybody, and no one is seriously hurt, but the building is extensively damaged and has to be closed. Jack is arrested because fragments of the bomb were found in his lunch box (before the bomb exploded, we saw his lunch box get switched for a duplicate), but professes his innocence. However, his having a criminal record doesn't put him in good stead. Perry has had it and decides to take an early retirement much to everyone's chagrin. Lex is discussing things with his assistant, Mrs. Cox, and it is clear that he was out to destroy the Planet in a ruthless attempt to sever Lois from her job and friends, causing her to gravitate to him while he makes a nice profit on the side from his activities. Lois then arrives to plead with him to rebuild the Planet, but he tells her its insurance was under funded and there is no money to rebuild. He then offers her a job at his news network, LNN, and asks her if she's reached a decision yet about his proposal. She tells him there is someone she has to talk to first, but she'll give him her answer tomorrow. Lois meets with Clark at LNN that afternoon to show him around and tells him she'll be working there. She asks him to come be her partner. He refuses, saying he'll never work for Lex Luthor. Lois says, "What about us?" and he asks to talk with her in private. In a nearby park, he tells her that, while he could lose his job at the Planet and all his friends there, the one thing he realized he couldn't live without was her. He's "been in love with" her "for a long time." Lois is dismayed. She only loves him as a good friend. She tells him she doesn't know what her feelings are for Lex and she needs to talk to someone first before she makes her decision. She asks a very unhappy Clark to tell Superman she wants to see him. Lex meets with Devane, the mercenary who has the kryptonite, but it turns into a double-double cross with Devane and his men getting killed by Mrs. Cox and a fake Lex, who's also killed in the cross-fire. The real Lex, unscathed, now has the deadly kryptonite in his possession. Superman visits Lois and she tells him she's "completely in love" with him and would love him if he had no powers at all, was "an ordinary man living an ordinary life." Can't he believe her? He wishes he could, "but under the circumstances," he doesn't see how he can. He flies off leaving her in tears. Lois goes to work for LNN. Clark visits Jack in prison, who declares his innocence and tells him that he doesn't like Lex's lawyer; Clark says he'll get him someone else. Later at Perry's retirement dinner, Lois and Clark get into a nasty argument, when he tells her he's looking into what happened at the Planet and what if he finds evidence Lex was involved. Furious, Lois accuses him of trying to destroy her happiness out of sour grapes because she turned him down. This drives the final wedge between them. Afterwards, Lois goes to meet Lex and accepts his proposal, while a distraught Superman secretly watches from outside Lex's penthouse as Lex slides the ring on her finger. He flies off to a desolate polar region where his cries of anguish cause ice caps to fragment and crash. Co-Starring: Alex Nevil (Chip), Darby Hinton (Firechief), Barbara Beck (Sandra Ellis). [Note: The chunk of kryptonite found in this episode was supposedly the "sample" piece which Wayne Irig had sent off to the lab to be analyzed in the beginning of "The Green, Green Glow of Home" and which later disappeared.] * * * * * * #21 -- THE HOUSE OF LUTHOR -- Part 2 of 2 -- first aired May 8, 1994 (Sequel to "Barbarians At The Planet") Nielsen rating/rank: 47 Guest Starring: Chris Demetral (Jack), Richard Belzer (Inspector Henderson). Special Guest Star: Beverly Johnson (Mrs. Cox). Special Appearance by James Earl Jones as "Franklin Stern" Written by Deborah Joy LeVine (Executive Producer) and Dan Levine (Executive Story Editor) Directed by Alan J. Levi Through virtual reality, Lex lives out his fantasy of having destroyed everyone's life-- Jack's in jail, Jimmy is unemployed looking for work, Clark is trying to write a novel on a typewriter with a wastepaper basket overflowing with discarded paper, Superman is dead and buried in an unkept cemetery plot, Perry is in retirement at his beachhouse-- while Lois is getting fitted in her wedding gown. In his virtual reality, Lex is SuperLex, flying over Metropolis in a Superman-like costume, gloating over his triumphs. In reality, Clark works on a laptop computer and, after printing out some pages of his novel, he calls Perry to ask if he's heard from Jimmy, whose phone has been disconnected. He also tells Perry he's still trying to investigate what happened at the Planet. Perry is living the idyllic life in retirement at the beach, but is miserable. He wants to come to Metropolis to help look for Jimmy and help out with the investigation. Meanwhile, Lois and Lex are going over the floorplans for their apartment, which is huge. Lois is not very happy, she misses her friends, none of whom she's heard from in weeks. Lex suggests she call them. That evening, Clark gets a call from Lois, and their conversation is very strained as they try to make small talk. She tells him she misses him and he dittoes it. Jack has broken out of juvenile detention and meets up with Jimmy, who has gotten a job handing out fliers for a strip joint. Jack tells him that he was framed, that another kid was arrested and was bragging about planting evidence. Perry arrives at Clark's apartment, closely followed by Jimmy and Jack. Clark gets interrupted when he hears a bank alarm and excuses himself. He arrives as Superman, but finds it to be a false alarm. Suddenly, he's doubling over in pain and weakness. Mrs. Cox just walked by wearing a kryptonite pendant. She calls Lex on her cellular phone to report that they have the genuine article; it "works like a charm." Perry, Jimmy, Jack and Clark launch their investigation, searching for evidence. They soon learn that the Planet had additional insurance, and there had been more than enough money to rebuild the Planet. Lex made out like a bandit, collecting 75 million dollars. All of the Board of Directors had been bribed, etc. Lois runs into Clark on the street. She's driving a brand new convertible Mercedes sports coupe which dismays him. She wants Clark to come to her wedding, but he refuses. He tells her she's an investigative reporter, she should investigate what happened at the Planet. Lex had Lois' car bugged and heard Lois and Clark's conversation. He asks Mrs. Cox to call Clark to contact Superman for him. When Superman meets Lex in his wine cellar, Lex tells him that Lois is unhappy none of her friends are coming to the wedding, especially Clark, and asks if he'll come. Superman refuses, and Lex drops a cage over him. Soon the bars are glowing an eerie green, and Superman, after grabbing hold of them, collapses in agony--kryptonite. Perry visits Franklin Stern, a business tycoon who owns TV and radio stations, with a proposal for him to buy the Planet. Stern refuses, but is clearly disturbed when he learns Lex was the probable cause of the Planet's demise. The next day, Lois is having second thoughts about marrying Lex, but thinks it is too late. Her mother tells her it's not, that she should follow her heart. As she walks down the aisle, she's thinking about Clark. Trapped and dying in the kryptonite cage far below after spending an entire night there, Clark can hear the wedding beginning overhead. He struggles to get the key to the cage, which Lex tantalizingly left behind, using his last remaining superbreath. Every attempt leaves him racked with painful coughing. Time's running out as the wedding progresses. Desperate, when he's still unable to reach the key, Clark manages to climb to his feet and charge against the side of the cage, pushing closer to it. But the collision against the kryptonite bars causes him to collapse to the ground, crying out in pain. Co-Starring: Phyllis Coates (Ellen Lane), Richard Stahl (Archbishop), J. Madison Johnson (Guard). (NOTES: Phyllis Coates was the first actress to play Lois Lane in the "Adventures of Superman" TV series aired during the 1950s starring George Reeves as Clark Kent/Superman. (Noel Neill played Lois in the earlier film serials and later replaced Coates in the '50s TV series.) When Lois walks down the aisle for her wedding, she has three flashbacks of times with Clark: 1) when she tells him, "You're a strange one..." was from the Pilot; 2) when she sits seductively on Clark's desk, was from #10 "Pheromone, My Lovely;" and 3) when Clark kisses her goodbye, was from #9 "Man Of Steel Bars.") * * * * * * NOTES: There was much speculation and confusion about the proper airing sequences of several episodes, notably "Strange Visitor" and "Neverending Battle." Bryce Zabel, who was Supervising Producer throughout the first season as well as the author of three episodes ("Strange Visitor," "The Green, Green Glow of Home," and "All Shook Up"), has confirmed to me that "Strange Visitor" was aired out of sequence before "Neverending Battle" because it was considered a stronger episode by ABC and the L&C producers. Based on story continuity, "Neverending Battle" picked up where the "Pilot" left off. The pre-credit sequence opened with Lois describing what Superman looked like to a Planet sketch artist. The first scene after the credits showed blowups of Jimmy's just- developed photos of Superman flying Lois into the Daily Planet newsroom from the "Pilot." Also, Clark wrote his FIRST Superman story in this episode. In "Strange Visitor" Jason Trask came to the Planet looking for Superman, convinced either Clark Kent and/or Lois Lane knew how to contact him directly because they BOTH had written Superman stories. At the end of the episode Clark, gave Lois her first Superman interview. The most compelling physical evidence confirming the proper airing sequence appears in the newsroom scene after the opening credits in "Man of Steel Bars"--a line chart of Superman's activities since he arrived in Metropolis shows his catching two jumpers ("Neverending Battle") as his second activity and the interception of the missile ("Strange Visitor") as his third activity. What served to confuse things further were the different Superman costumes seen in both episodes. (The original suit worn in the "Pilot" was never worn again.) In all of "Strange Visitor" and most of "Neverending Battle" the Superman costume was lower cut in the front and the cape had padded shoulders. (This version was used in the majority of first season publicity photos. Apparently a great deal of stock footage was shot with Dean Cain in this costume, as occasionally there are flying sequences shown in later episodes in which he is wearing it, i.e. most notably in the second season episode, "That Old Gang Of Mine," when Superman is flying over Metropolis as he homes in on Lois' beeper.) After a bomb explosion in "Neverending Battle," Clark tells his mom on the phone, "I like the new cape, Mom, we're getting there." He then appeared for the first time in the new costume with the tucked-in cape (seen throughout the balance of the first season and all of the second season) when he visited Lex Luthor's penthouse, however, he reappeared in the old costume with the padded cape in later scenes. * * * * * * "Witness" was shown in the U.S. as the 13th episode, but elsewhere (notably the U.K.) it was sometimes aired as the 11th episode. Zabel has confirmed that this episode was considered extremely weak which is why it was pushed back in the schedule, but in terms of continuity, it should have been shown prior to "Honeymoon In Metropolis." It can also be noted that Producer Mel Efros was listed in the opening credits for "Witness" and "Honeymoon In Metropolis," but not for #12 "All Shook Up" or any succeeding episodes (#14-#21). The same holds true for Executive Consultant David Jacobs (on #11 & #13), formerly Executive Producer on the first 10 episodes, who is not listed in the credits for #12 "All Shook Up" or episodes #14-#21, confirming that "All Shook Up" ought to have been the thirteenth episode aired. On the script itself, it is listed as the twelfth episode after the pilot (the pilot was number as zero by the producers, instead of one) which would have made it the thirteenth episode aired. (Are you thoroughly confused by this yet?) Leigh Raglan revised September 1995 * * * * * * * * * * * * **************************************************************** * LOIS AND CLARK: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN * * Series Episode Guide * * * * Prepared by Jeffery D. Sykes * * sykes@ms.uky.edu * * * * Season Two: 1994-1995 * **************************************************************** This episode guide should be distributed free of charge. Before including it in any other source or archive, please contact me at the above address. Each of my episode guides, as well my first season episode summaries, are available via ftp and e-mail. See my regular posting for more information. "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" premiered in the United States on September 12, 1993 on ABC Television. Barring special programming, the program currently airs on Sunday nights at 8:00 PM EST. All following dates and times represent US airings. Episodes of Lois and Clark have also aired (or are or will be airing) in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, The Netherlands, New Zealand, The Philippines, and Taiwan. Second Season Cast: ------------------ Clark Kent/Superman . . . . . . . . . . Dean Cain Lois Lane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Teri Hatcher Perry White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lane Smith Jimmy Olsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Justin Whalin Martha Kent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K Callan Jonathan Kent . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eddie Jones "SUPERMAN" Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster Developed for Television by Deborah Joy LeVine Co-Producers . . . . . . . . . . . . . Philip J. Sgriccia Jim Michaels John McNamara (Eps. #1-13) Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John McNamara (Eps. #14-15) Supervising Producers . . . . . . . . . Randall Zisk (Eps. #1-12) Tony Blake Paul Jackson Co-Executive Producer . . . . . . . . . Jim Crocker (Eps. #1-10) Randall Zisk (Eps. #13-15) Executive Producer . . . . . . . . . . Robert Singer Superman and all related properties are copyright and trademark DC Comics. 1. MADAME EX --------- Airdate 9/18/94 Written by Tony Blake & Paul Jackson Directed by Randall Zisk From her new position as the Daily Planet's staff psychologist, Lex Luthor's ex-wife seeks revenge upon Lois and Superman for their roles in Lex's death. Special Guest Star: Emma Samms as "Arianna Carlin" Guest Stars: Thomas Ryan, Denise Crosby, Earl Boen, Jack Kruschen, and Barry Livingston 2. WALL OF SOUND ------------- Airdate 9/25/94 Written by John McNamara Directed by Alan J. Levi Clark's nomination for a prestigious journalism award illicits surprise and jealousy in Lois, and a new villain cripples both Metropolis and the Man of Steel with devastating sounds. Special Guest Star: Michael Des Barres Guest Star: Scott Colomby 3. THE SOURCE ---------- Airdate 10/2/94 Written by Tony Blake & Paul Jackson Directed by John T. Kretchmer When her source fails her, Lois is suspended, and she and Clark work diligently to restore her reputation by investigating corporate and political misdealings. Guest Stars: Tim Grimm, Barry Livingston, Jeffrey Joseph, Patrick Pankhurst, and Peter Scolari as "Stuart Hofferman" 4. THE PRANKSTER ------------- Airdate 10/9/94 Written by Grant Rosenberg Directed by James Hayman Clark finds himself scrambling to protect Lois when she draws the dangerous attention of the Prankster, a devious criminal bent on revenge. Guest Stars: Rick Overton, Harold Gould, Leonard Termo, John Fleck, and J.D. Cullum Special Appearance by Bronson Pinchot as "The Prankster" 5. CHURCH OF METROPOLIS -------------------- Airdate 10/23/94 Written by John McNamara Directed by Robert Singer When Intergang arrives, intent on expanding its criminal operations to the south side of Metropolis, Superman is powerless in the face of their threats against the people closest to him. Guest Stars: Bruce Weitz, Farrah Forke, Dick Miller, Steven Gilborn, Michael Holden, and Peter Boyle as "Bill Church" 6. OPERATION BLACKOUT ------------------ Airdate 10/30/94 Written by Kate Boutilier Directed by Michael Watkins Terrorists infiltrate the military and hijack a hi-tech weaponry satellite. But when Lois and Clark discover the operation, the two reporters become targets themselves. Guest Stars: J.T. Walsh, Melora Hardin, Bill Erwin, and Charles Rocket as "Ryan Wiley" 7. THAT OLD GANG OF MINE --------------------- Airdate 11/13/94 Written by Gene Miller & Karen Kavner Directed by Lorraine Senna Ferrara Al Capone, John Dilinger, and Bonnie & Clyde seemingly return from the grave to begin a crime wave in Metropolis, and when Lois and Clark's investigation places them in the line of fire, Clark is forced to fake his death in order to protect his identity. Guest Stars: John Pleshette, Joseph Gian, Amy Hathaway, Robert Clohessy, Ray Abruzzo, Sal Viscuso, and William Devane as "Al Capone" 8. A BOLT FROM THE BLUE -------------------- Airdate 11/20/94 Written by Kathy McCormick Directed by Philip J. Sgriccia A freak accident provides a social misfit with Superman's powers, and an obsessed scientist plans to duplicate the incident and empower Superman's arch-nemesis! Guest Stars: Leslie Jordan, Denise Crosby, and Cindy Williams as "Wandamae" 9. SEASON'S GREEDINGS ------------------ Airdate 12/4/94 Written by Dean Cain Directed by Randall Zisk Christmas may be ruined for Metropolis when a bitter and vengeful toymaker introduces a fast-selling new toy which induces a city-wide frenzy of greed. Guest Stars: Isabel Sanford, Dick Van Patten, Denise Richards, Dom Irrera, Sandee Van Dyke, and Sherman Hemsley as "Mr. Schott" 10. METALLO ------- Airdate 1/1/95 Teleplay by Tony Blake & Paul Jackson Story by James Crocker Directed James R. Bagdonas Lois' sister Lucy returns to Metropolis, and Superman finds himself in a tough spot when a new cyborg villain turns out to be powered by Kryptonite! Guest Stars: Scott Valentine, John Rubinstein, Roxana Zal, Louis Mustillo, Dee Dee Rescher, Mary Pat Gleason, and Christian Clemenson as "Rollie Vale" 11. CHI OF STEEL ------------ Airdate 1/8/95 Written by Hilary Bader Directed by James Hayman Lois and Clark investigate several Chinatown robberies committed by a mysterious Chinese martial arts master, a warrior capable of using the Man of Steel's own strength against him. Guest Stars: Brian Doyle-Murray, Yuji Okumoto, James Hong, Leila Hee Olsen, and Steve Eastin 12. THE EYES HAVE IT ---------------- Airdate 1/22/95 Teleplay by Kathy McCormick Story by Kathy McCormick & Grant Rosenberg Directed by Bill D'elia Lois is threatened on two fronts: a scientist needs her to recover a device that transmits knowledge via a beam of light, and Mayson makes a play for Clark! Guest Stars: Farrah Forke, David Bowe, and Gerrit Graham 13. THE PHOENIX ----------- Airdate 2/12/95 Written by Tony Blake & Paul Jackson Directed by Philip J. Sgriccia Even as things begin to heat up between Lois and Clark, our favorite reporters must face the return of Lex Luthor, who is now intent on recapturing his romance with Lois and on exacting revenge upon Superman! Special Appearance by John Shea as "Lex Luthor" Guest Stars: Denise Crosby, Tony Jay, Barry Livingston, Sal Viscuso, and Christian Clemenson as "Rollie Vale" 14. TOP COPY -------- Airdate 2/19/95 Written by John McNamara Directed by Randall Zisk An Intergang assassin, disguised as an investigative reporter for a tabloid television program, has her sights on exposing the Man of Steel's true identity! Special Guest Star: Raquel Welch as "Diana Stride" Guest Stars: Robert Culp, Wayne Pere, Tom Virtue, and Farrah Forke as "Mayson Drake" 15. THE RETURN OF THE PRANKSTER --------------------------- Airdate 2/26/95 Written by Grant Rosenberg Directed by Philip J. Sgriccia After escaping from prison, the Prankster returns to Metropolis with plans to further torment Lois and to kidnap the President of the United States. Guest Stars: Rick Overton, John Pleshette, Cliff DeYoung, Harold Gould, and Sal Viscuso Special Appearance by Bronson Pinchot as "The Prankster" ***************************************************************************** Jeffery D. Sykes University of Kentucky sykes@ms.uky.edu Department of Mathematics (606) 257-6806 ***************************************************************************** -- Jeffery D. Sykes | When reason fails, God creates the rhyme. sykes@ms.uky.edu | - Cindy Morgan, "Love's Still Love" University of Kentucky | Department of Mathematics | Ask me about THE KRYPTONIAN CYBERNET!