Superman & Lois (TV Series)
O Mother, Where Art Thou? (2021)
Elizabeth Tulloch: Lois Lane
Quotes
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Superman : [Lana has volunteered to host his Kryptonian mother's consciousness] I don't like this.
Lois Lane : I don't like it either, but it's her choice, and we have to respect it.
Superman : I know, but it's Lana. She's one of my closest friends.
Lois Lane : Which is why you should say something. Even if it's as you, it'll mean a lot.
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Lana Lang Cushing : All this for Morgan Edge.
Lois Lane : It's gonna get a whole lot worse if we don't stop him.
Lana Lang Cushing : [spotting Superman] He's here.
Lois Lane : Everything okay?
Lana Lang Cushing : Oh, I-I know you're used to all this, but it's a little surreal to see Superman in real life. I'm just so used to watching him on TV.
Lois Lane : Yeah, it can be a little weird.
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Jordan Kent : You okay?
Jonathan Kent : Dude, I saw footage of what happened to Dad on John Henry's planet. He killed Mom. I-I mean, her-her doppelganger or whatever.
Jordan Kent : So?
Jonathan Kent : So, what if the Edge from that planet is also that Superman's brother? What if he brought back their mom, and then he gave him a Kryptonian family, and that's why he turned on humanity? What if that's what happened there... and it's happening here, too?
Lois Lane : [in the doorway] It wouldn't change anything.
Jonathan Kent : Look, all I'm saying is going your whole life thinking that you're the only one left in your family, and then finding out that you had a brother that you never knew about and that you could see your mom? That would affect anyone.
Lois Lane : Yeah, it would. But the difference between Edge and your dad is that he has a family: the three of us, right here. We're his family. And no matter what happens, we always will be.
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Lois Lane : Morgan Edge is your brother?
Jonathan Kent : There's no way, right?
Clark Kent : He knew things about Krypton no one could possibly know. He-he spoke the language. He had Kryptonian powers. I... I don't know.
Jordan Kent : What does he want?
Clark Kent : Kryptonians, here. And for me to join him.
Lois Lane : That's why he's putting Kryptonian consciousness into people.
Jordan Kent : He wants Earth to become the next Krypton.
Jonathan Kent : I don't get it, though. Why did he... why did he think that you'd join him?
Clark Kent : Because he can bring my Kryptonian mother back. Our people.
Lois Lane : Clark, before you go down the rabbit hole here, don't you think you should find out if this is even actually true?
Clark Kent : I'm not gonna leave after Edge just sent someone to kill you and Jonathan.
Lois Lane : Babe, half the DOD's on our front lawn. They are moving into town. Edge is not coming here. Go. We'll call you if we need you.
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Lana Lang Cushing : You know, it has been so long since anything strange happened in this town. I mean, I thought we were done with this kind of stuff, and then this happens to my husband.
Clark Kent : Lana, we're gonna save him. I promise.
Lana Lang Cushing : How?
Lois Lane : [turning on an old-school movie projector] Best place to start is by finding where Edge hides his Eradicator.
Lana Lang Cushing : And that's the thing they used on Kyle?
Clark Kent : Yeah, and wherever it is, it stands to reason that location has been receiving shipments of X-K from the Shuster mines.
Lana Lang Cushing : What's X-K?
Lois Lane : X-Kryptonite. It's what Edge has been mining for. It's what gives people these powers.
Clark Kent : The theory is powers only hold with Smallville natives, people who have had prolonged exposure.
Lana Lang Cushing : Like Kyle and Emily and basically everyone I recruited for the Executive Program.
Lois Lane : Dozens upon dozens of what he calls subjekts, his own private army.
Lana Lang Cushing : And these people, you know their identity?
Lois Lane : It's our murderer's row of suspects. Info I pulled from employee files, first-hand encounters, the names you offered, anyone Edge could have interacted with.
Clark Kent : It's a pretty big list that unfortunately doesn't get us closer to the big picture.
Lana Lang Cushing : I don't have the big picture, either. Oh, I except I do see one thing odd.
[recognizing a picture]
Lana Lang Cushing : Him.
[pulling a file]
Lana Lang Cushing : Dr. Dabney Donovan. Listed as Edge's personal physician. He was the one who conducted all the health exams for everyone in the Executive Program.
Lois Lane : [taking the file] This guy left a tenure-track position at MIT to work for Edge?
Clark Kent : That's a pretty big salary to walk away from.
Lois Lane : Dual PhDs in genetics and molecular neuro-chemistry.
Clark Kent : Knowledge that would come in handy if you wanted to swap one person for another.
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Lana Lang Cushing : Hey, Lois. Everything okay?
Lois Lane : Everything's fine. Just stopped by to check in.
Kyle Cushing : Yes. On me.
[whooshing forward and grabbing them both by the throat]
Kyle Cushing : You all are so weak.
Lois Lane : [slugging him and revealing a shard of kryptonite in hand] Not all of us.
General Sam Lane : [entering with his soldiers and getting Kyle restrained] Good job.
Lois Lane : You okay?
Lana Lang Cushing : No. Not really.
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General Sam Lane : How does this thing work?
Lara/Lana : Same principle as a computer. In this case, instead of a computer, it's a brain, and the information being uploaded is a person's consciousness. The Eradicator holds and transfers this information, a new consciousness, into a person.
General Sam Lane : So during this transfer process, does the old consciousness exist?
Lara/Lana : It does until the transfer is complete.
Superman : And then the new consciousness fully takes over.
Lois Lane : How long does that take?
Lara/Lana : Days. Weeks. Depends on how willing the host is to accept this new life, if at all.
Lois Lane : But the Kryptonian part that's developing, that person can just emerge at any time?
Lara/Lana : If prompted, yes. The Kryptonian consciousness will remain in the Eradicator, and their powers will dissipate over time.
General Sam Lane : Then how do we stop this?
Lara/Lana : Prevent the transfer from completing, so only the old consciousness remains.
Lois Lane : Can we do that?
Lara/Lana : We can. We just need to get the people who were affected to go through the eradication process again.
General Sam Lane : Bring 'em here? All of them?
Lara/Lana : Yes.
Lois Lane : And run them through the machine?
Lara/Lana : Yes.
Lois Lane : But we don't know how many people have gone through this.
Superman : There has to be another way to do it all at once.
Lara/Lana : That would require too much energy.
Superman : How much?
Lara/Lana : We would need something that rivals this planet's sun.
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Lois Lane : This isn't your responsibility.
Lana Lang Cushing : Then whose is it? I'm the one who stood by while Kyle rallied the town to Edge's side. I mean, it was me who signed up my own friends to Edge's Executive Program.
Lois Lane : Lana...
Lana Lang Cushing : This is my town, and at every critical juncture, I've failed it. So don't tell me this isn't my responsibility. Not when I stand here about to lose everything.
Lois Lane : I appreciate what you're trying to do, but you have a family.
Lana Lang Cushing : Yeah, and my husband is one of them, who's gonna become some alien psychopath if I don't do something. I have to save Kyle, Lois. If there's a chance that he's still alive, I have to do it.
Lois Lane : What about Sarah and Sophie?
Lana Lang Cushing : They mean the world to me, you know that.
Lois Lane : That's why I can't let you do this.
Lana Lang Cushing : No, it's why you have to. I have to fix this for them, for me, for everybody here.
Lois Lane : There's no guarantee this will even work. This is alien science.
Lana Lang Cushing : Well, it's a good thing I'm just a local loan officer who doesn't know any better.
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Clark Kent : Lana's really beating herself up.
Lois Lane : Hard not to. Clark, why would Edge give Superman time to make a decision?
Clark Kent : Mm, what do you mean?
Lois Lane : Edge is a ruthless corporate shark. He never gives anyone anything. Why give Superman time? The only reason that makes sense is that he needs it. Maybe the Subjekts aren't finished resurrecting or transforming or whatever the process is because they're not done. And Edge knows that if he's gonna defeat Superman, he needs everyone.
Clark Kent : [hearing something] They found Donovan.
[looking at the DOD soldiers around the house]
Clark Kent : Huh. I guess I'll, uh...
Lois Lane : Go out the back?
Clark Kent : Go out the back, yeah.
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Superman : [hearing an ELT signal] It's Edge. Figure out a way to do everyone at once. I'll hold them off as long as I can.
General Sam Lane : How the hell are you gonna do that?
Lois Lane : Appeal to him the same way he did to you. As a brother.
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Superman : Is there any way to communicate with the consciousness inside the Eradicator?
Dabney Donovan : The Kryptonian minds inside aren't actually alive. Once a consciousness is chosen, they need a host in order to become activated.
Superman : So the only way this works is to place the consciousness of Lara Lor-Van into someone from Smallville.
Dabney Donovan : That's my understanding.
General Sam Lane : Get this machine ready.
Superman : This doesn't feel right.
Lois Lane : We don't have any other choice.
General Sam Lane : And we're running out of time. We need to find a volunteer, fast.
Lana Lang Cushing : I'll do it.
Superman : Uh, I'm sorry, but that's not possible.
Lana Lang Cushing : Why not? I'm from Smallville. Makes me the ideal candidate. You don't have to look for anyone.
General Sam Lane : She does have a point.
Lois Lane : Dad! Can everyone just please give us a moment alone?
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Lara/Lana : Tell me. What is it like being with my son?
Lois Lane : Most of the time, it's easy. And sometimes it's very difficult. Most of the time, I feel very secure, and then I've also had some of the most... terrifying days in my entire life. But there's always love and respect.
Lara/Lana : A partnership?
Lois Lane : Very much so.
Lara/Lana : On Krypton, I had all the hopes and dreams one could ever have. And I lived them all. And then one day, those hopes and dreams were for the son I just had. Thank you, Lois, for making them come true.
Lois Lane : He's this world's first and greatest hero, but I want you to know that he's an even better man.
