Superman: Unbound

Fall back!

Go! Go! Go!

Thanks. I'd hate to miss the view.

You know, the cops didn't seem to like you that much, Ms. Lane.

- Occupational hazard. - You and me both.

So which are you guys angling for?

Life in prison or, you know, blaze of glory?

You watch your mouth, Lady. You're not proving to be much use to us.

No offense, it just takes pretty huge stones to get this noisy in Metropolis.

Oh, didn't you hear? Seven-point-two in Belize this morning.

Superman's busy, we scramble.

- You do know he flies fast, right? - We'll take our chances.

- What the?... - Plus there's the other one.

Other one?

- Superman's cousin. Didn't you hear? - No, I didn't hear.

You really should read my column.

You don't know many teenage girls, do you?

Rebellious, angry at the world, doesn't know her own strength?

You're in deep trouble.

Ow!

Hold it, the skirt's the bad cop?

She's just visiting.

Metropolis is my turf.

- You all right, Ms. Lane? - İ am now, Superman.

- Nice outfit. - Thanks.

If I knew I was gonna be abducted, I might have skipped the heels.

Seat belt?

Enough!

Let me explain how this is gonna go.

Anyone else care to educate me?

Kara, what the hell were you trying to prove out there?

I was stopping bad guys. That's what we do, right?

- Stop them, not scramble them. - Don't lecture me, Kal.

I'm still older than you.

No. You may have left Krypton that way, but you're not anymore.

The wormhole got me here faster.

That's not fair.

Tell it to Einstein.

- Who? - Smart guy. Lived here on Earth.

Do your homework.

Why don't you do yours?

Excuse me?

You've spent your whole life on this planet.

You grew up with these powers.

Do you even remember Krypton? Your parents? My parents?

Only a little.

Well, for me, it was only several months ago.

I didn't have powers. Nobody did.

And when bad things happened, we were helpless.

Kara, I can't know unless you tell me.

Ask regular people down there how they feel when guys like that terrorize them.

I have powers now.

And I'm going to use them.

This is U.S. Space Surveillance.

We've got an unknown object, incoming over the southwestern U.S.

Lost contact with communications satellite VN59.

GEODSS, can you get a visual?

- Teenagers. It's a matter of calibration.

She's a good kid. She'll learn.

- So, what's your excuse? - Meaning?

You volunteered to be their hostage?

Well, better me than someone else.

You have to stop doing things like that.

- No, what I have to do is get the story. - Other reporters do their jobs...

...without needing me to save them every time.

Other reporters don't have the access I do.

To the stories or to me?

Both.

Must be awfuI being you.

Most powerfuI man in the world...

...and you still can't controI the women in your life.

Kent.

You're not Kent.

Uh, just leaving a note.

Think he'll mind if I use his DVD player? Mine's...

I busted mine.

You and he aren't dating?

- What makes you ask? - Yeah, didn't think so.

I got a little theory about Kent.

The way he's so secretive about his personal life?

- Yeah? - Ask him if he's got a girlfriend...

...you never get a straight answer.

How he's not really a sports guy, but he's in that great shape.

- Huh. - İ'm just saying.

- So, what's your story? - Me?

We know you're not with Kent.

Oh, it's just, I thought you were asking about Clark because you were...

Me? Hey listen, baby.

Any time you need proof what makes me stand and salute, you just let me... Aah! Unh!

Ooh. Sorry, I've been meaning to get that fixed.

Lois, Perry wants to see us.

Heart rate, breathing, skin temp.

- What? You're mad at me? - You're something else.

I don't care what he thinks about me.

I know that. I'm surprised you didn't think of it yourself.

It's the perfect cover.

- Then what? - You don't want anyone knowing...

...that we're together, but at the same time, you don't let another guy even talk to me.

It's like I'm going out with my own stalker.

Him? Lombard? You want that guy hitting on you?

No. That's not the point. The point is, you need to ease up a little.

Thought you like it when I come to your rescue.

Seems like it, the way you take unnecessary risks.

When I'm falling out of a plane, rescue me.

Getting ogled by the office pig, I can handle.

It's like everything you do is to protect poor Lois.

- And what's wrong with that? - İ don't need protecting.

Heads up, guys.

Some kind of thing falling over Arizona.

Reports of an unidentified object...

...currently projected to impact somewhere in the suburbs north of Phoenix.

- İ gotta go. - Go.

- We'll talk later. - Go.

Ow.

I actually felt that.

Transmitter.

Uh-uh. No phoning home!

Still can't believe you eat these.

Trust me, honey.

In Kansas, bacon is one of the major food groups.

Maybe I'll fry you up some in the morning.

That's okay. Heh.

Come on. It's getting buggy out here.

Okay if I lose these? No one's around for miles.

Sure.

I know Kal means well, but this is just not me.

Got a feeling you're not going...

...to be around Smallville long enough to need a secret identity.

I hope I don't seem ungratefuI.

Oh, honey, you aren't.

You know Clark. He always wants what's best for people.

I think he thinks history can repeat itself.

But we're all different.

Pa and I can never substitute for your parents.

We know that. For one thing, we're too darn old.

And so are you.

Just know that you're special to us...

...and you'll always have a home here whenever you need it.

Thanks.

It can get awfully quiet around this place, but sometimes a person needs that.

...Superman seconds before it nearly destroyed a home in the high desert.

It works for him.

...into a robot and attacked the Man of Steel.

We've received this amateur footage taken of the encounter.

Good lord, what do you suppose?...

Kara?

How far can you zoom in before we lose detail?

Well, lookie here.

What's she looking for?

Hey, I don't bite.

I think you scared her off.

She'll be back.

They always come back.

Kal?

- Kal, where are you? - Over here.

Kara, it's just a robot.

- İ know. Are there more? - İ don't think so.

Hey, are you okay?

Where's that indestructible kid I was arguing with a couple of hours ago?

Kara, whatever it is, it's disabled.

It's not going to do any harm.

You're wrong.

- You've seen these before. - A lot of them.

On Krypton?

In Kandor, the capital.

The day it disappeared.

- A whole city disappeared? - Taken.

- İ don't understand. By who? How? - Lt calls itself Brainiac.

We were in Kandor visiting friends when those things attacked.

The robots were everywhere. Our army threw everything we had at them...

...but they were unstoppable.

They killed people randomly at first.

Then, as they downloaded our knowledge and learned about us...

...they figured out who to keep and who to kill.

Who they found redundant.

Zor-El! Alura!

Kara! Come on!

Our friends tried to help us escape, but we got separated in the chaos.

We never saw the being inside the ship, the thing in charge.

I don't think there's anyone alive outside that ship that has.

No!

Thara! Ak-Var!

You've got to get us out of here, Zor-El! We can't get out!

Please! Please help us! Please!

Fearing he'd return, my parents sent me to Earth...

...after my father and other scientists decoded the memories of robofts left behind.

That's how they found out he was called Brainiac.

They learned from his technology, planned to find him, fight him.

Get back the people of Kandor.

Hey, hey, it's okay. It's okay.

- We were all so powerless. - İ know.

I never want to feel that way again. No one should.

But if that thing's here, it's all going to happen again.

No. I'll make sure it doesn't.

You're going after him, aren't you? Kal, you don't know what you're dealing with.

These probes must be how he searches for planets.

And if this one didn't contact him, someday one will.

I need to finish what your father started.

Isolate this robot's comm signal, scan for others like it and find Brainiac first.

If you're right, there could be a hundred thousand Kryptonians alive...