Superman & Lois

- Previously on "Superman & Lois"...

- Let's just focus on what we came here for: family.

- The Smallville team needs a strong leader,

and I'd like to fill that role with you, Lana.

- Something sinister is going on here.

Edge is giving people Kryptonian powers

at the same time some armored lunatic arrives

who knows Superman's real name?

We need to stop Kal-El

before he does to this world what he did to mine.

Your abilities are evolving.

You can heal faster, but you can still get hurt.

Clark!

I hid in the Fortress.

[ears ringing, radio murmurings, horn honking]

- The quiet in here should help.

- I think Jordan's hearing kicked in.

Yes, his mechanosensations

have become significantly enhanced.

How do we stop the pain?

His auditory perception

is causing an allodynic response.

Until he can control what he hears,

every sound will be accompanied by pain.

I have to help him.

- Teach him how to focus, share what you know,

but it will take much practice on his part,

the same as it did for you, Kal-El.

[sirens wailing, insects chirping, birds chirping]

- How long till the super hearing levels out?

- My father said he has to adapt on his own.

- How long were you out of commission for?

- A couple weeks. - So now, let me guess.

I have to come up with another BS excuse

as to why he's not going to school?

I'll call Principal Balcomb

first thing in the morning, okay?

You two should get to bed.

Jordan.

We'll work on this tomorrow.

Hey, hey.

He was in so much pain.

I know, I know.

Once it settles in, he'll be fine.

Promise.

- Listen, I know we already went over this,

but is there anything in particular

I should be looking out for?

- If Edge is making people with powers,

he's not doing it out in the open,

so kind of just anything out of the ordinary.

Buildings, machines, invoices even.

- Okay, and is there a way to tell

if someone already has powers?

Not really,

but we do know that Leslie Larr has powers,

so it's safe to assume that other people do too.

Lana, I don't want you doing anything

that makes you feel even remotely unsafe.

No, I wanna help.

I'll call you if I find anything.

- Thanks. Bye.

Who's this?

The real Marcus Bridgewater.

- So the guy from the mines-- - Lied.

Even tried to cover his tracks by scrubbing all images

of Marcus Bridgewater from the Internet.

Luckily, Maxy still has a friend

at Reuters who had a photo.

- So why is he lying about his identity?

- I don't know. I mean,

it probably has something to do with the fact

that he knows so much about Edge.

- So two people working for Edge have attacked you,

and both have had powers.

- Yeah. I'm sure there are others.

- Yeah, which is why I think

we should tell the boys what's going on.

- Well, that's a pretty big departure

from not wanting them to know anything about Superman.

- Well, hindsight, maybe that wasn't the best choice.

This feels different.

The whole point of moving to Smallville

was to give them a shot at a normal life,

not terrify them. - I know, I know, but--

- Plus Jordan has the stuff going on with the hearing,

and Jonathan hasn't made any friends.

It doesn't feel fair to give them

one more thing to worry about.

I think they can handle this.

- I still think that we need to know more

about what we're dealing with,

and then we can discuss it.

- Okay. Where are you going?

- To confront the former Mr. Bridgewater.

Will you stay close by today?

I have a feeling I'm gonna need your help.

Yeah.

- Why have you not ID'd Lane's friend from the mines?

Believe me, I've looked.

We have no matches from the security footage.

The guy's a ghost.

- A very well-armed ghost.

Between him, Lane, and Superman,

how are we supposed to get the X-Kryptonite out of the mines?

- Maybe we use that to our advantage,

send out a small shipment, see who comes for it.

The intel we get in return could prove invaluable.

A small fragment only.

And Leslie, no more failures.

- Oh, sorry. I was just about to knock.

Don't mind her.

Shall we walk?

- So you want me to create what kind of program?

A leadership program.

I'm looking for people with passion

who, like you, have untapped potential

and are ready to take that first step.

- First step towards what exactly?

Achieving their best selves.

I thought you'd have known that by now.

Okay, and how many candidates

were you looking for?

- Why don't we start with five and go from there?

I'm expecting great things from you, Lana.

You can do this.

It hurts.

I know, but you're gonna have

to work through it, okay?

One sound at a time. Come on.

I can't do it. I'm sorry.

- Jordan. Jordan.

- We'll just try it tomorrow or something.

Audio is fully operational.

It's good to be back, sir.

You're still only at 30%.

- Perhaps you'll consider that next time

before crushing me to smithereens.

Lois Lane.

- Hello, guy who is not Marcus Bridgewater.

- How about you come inside, and we talk about it?

Yeah, that's a hard pass

on me entering your creeper mobile.

- That's unfair and pretty hurtful.

- Meet me at Victoria May's in an hour.

And get ready to tell the truth.

Otherwise, this little team-up of ours is done.

- What are you thinking about this early?

Same thing as last night.

You are playing with fire.

- Ugh, childhood ruined. Therapy needed.

Thanks a lot, Mom and Dad.

- Hey, Nat-Bug.

Look, I'm not gonna be tardy

just because you two can't stop being disgusting.

Whoa, it's not disgusting.

No, this is a loving display of--

- Affection. Yeah, I know.

You know why I know?

Because you two are the most affectionate people

I've ever seen in my life.

What's Superman doing?

And who's he with?

Oh, my God.

[loud clock ticking, rumbling, birds chirping]