Superman & Lois

My most vivid memories

are of the days when my life changed.

I remember coming to this Earth,

feeling the sun on my face for the first time.

Oh, my God, Jonathan.

It's a baby boy.

Hold on, Martha.

- Hearing the voices of my parents.

Are you gonna join us?

- My mother called me their greatest surprise.

And boy, there sure were lots of them.

I remember loving Smallville--

the people, the community,

how the small things were the big things.

And I thought I'd live there forever.

Dad? - Jonathan?

- Dad! Dad! - Jonathan!

- Dad, wake up! Somebody call 911!

But my father's death set me on a different path.

Eventually, I moved to Metropolis

to become who I was meant to be.

There you go, friend.

Thanks. Cool costume.

- Thanks. My mom made it for me.

But my most vivid memory of all

was the day I met her.

- Everyone in here, we're the most

dependable friends the people of Metropolis have.

You remember that. - Uh, yes, sir.

- Stick with Lane. She'll show you the ropes.

Uh, Lane, sir?

Who told you to wear a tie?

Let me guess. Lombard? Ignore him.

Though he can get box seats to the Meteors.

You like baseball? - Uh, uh, of course.

I mean, who doesn't like America's pastime, Miss Lane?

It's Lois.

What'd you say your name was again?

- Uh, Kent. Clark. Clark Kent.

Oh! Oh.

Sorry.

- Hmm. Never met a Clark before.

- Oh, uh, I've never met a Lois before.

- Thanks. - Actually, there was

my first-grade teacher, Lois Hannigan,

so I guess technically-- oh, tech--technically,

you'd be the second.

We fell in love.

I told Lois who I really was,

where I came from.

[guests cheering and applauding]

We married,

got our first place together...

The twins came.

They were as different as brothers get.

Look out!

Jonathan was easy.

Always happy, always smiling.

Good job, babe!

- And things with Jordan were more...challenging.

- Jordan? Stop it. - Tantrums, night terrors.

A year ago, he was diagnosed with social anxiety disorder.

And suddenly, here I am,

living in Metropolis, raising two teenage boys,

married to the most famous journalist in the world...

reporter: I'm here just outside of Metropolis...

- Trying to make the world safer for the people I love.

reporter: Where we just almost had a nuclear meltdown.

[helicopter whirring, alarm blaring]

Here, here. Here!

Hey! Hey, hey!

How long we got before this thing pops its top?

- A few minutes, tops. - The fallout?

As far as Metropolis.

Come on, Superman.

- The heat exchanger's offline.

- Where's the damn water tanker?

- His cold breath isn't gonna fix it.

- We need water back in the reactor vessel,

or we're gonna have a meltdown the size of Fukushima.

- It's out of water! - Tanks!

It's cooling down.

It's just like Oyster Creek.

Same kind of crack in the cooling tower.

- How is it no one at either plant saw anything?

I don't know yet.

But you can't get equipment in here unnoticed.

Both cracks were man-made.

That's what concerns me.

You've been putting in a lot of OT lately.

My daughter okay with that?

- She's not the one I have to worry about.

- Bass are gonna start biting again soon.

Was thinking I'd take Jonathan fishing.

Maybe even get Jordan to come this time.

- I'll talk to Lois about some dates.

Night, General.

- And the delivery truck crashed into your car?

It was an unmarked box truck?

Can you hold on one sec?

I gotta get Foswell copy first thing in the morning.

Okay.

Your plate's in the fridge,

Jonathan's got some news,

and apologize to Jordan;

you missed therapy today.

Sorry about that. Yeah...

[rock music playing in other room]

- Well, how do you know who she is?

- Come in. - You've never met her.

- Hey. - Hey!

- What's up? Mom said you had news.

Uh, Eliza, one second.

Yeah, um, yeah.

I'm--I'm actually starting QB.

- For varsity? - Yep.

Yeah, um.

Think--think I'm the first freshman to ever do it,

and some of the upperclassmen are pretty ticked off.

Oh, don't worry about them.

- Worry? Nah, it's awesome. You should've seen their faces.

Um, Dad.

Oh, right, yeah. Okay. Okay.

Hi, Eliza! - Hi.

- Hey, congrats. - Thanks, Dad.

- Proud of you. - Th--okay, thanks.

- Sorry. I'm out of here. - All right.

[rock music playing in other room]

Hey.

- Wow, you, uh, you make a pretty good Superman.

- Superman's boring. I'm Raiden.

Huh. Um.

Sorry I--

I missed our therapy today.

Um, I was in Wichita for a story--

- You couldn't catch a flight back.

Mom said.

- So, uh, high--high school starts tomorrow.

You, uh, you nervous?

'Cause you know, it's okay if you're nervous.

Um, I know freshman year was pretty tough for me.

Did I--did I ever tell you

about the time I was the team manager of the...

- Yeah, everyone duct taped you to a tractor.

Yeah, life's a little different in Smallville

than it is in Metropolis.

Okay, well, yeah. You know.

If you--if you need anything, if you wanna talk...

I'm here.

- Hey, Dad? - Yeah?

The music?

Right.

I saw you on the news.

Are you just getting home now?

Yeah, a little bit ago.

- Honey, I know you've got a lot on your plate,

but you really do need to be around more.

Mom, I, uh, you know,

I do have a responsibility to the world

as you-know-who.

- Well, you've got a bigger responsibility

to your family as a father.

The boys need to see what a strong and loving

and vulnerable man looks like--

what your father was to you.

You only have them for a short while longer

before they go off into the world.

You gotta be present.