Smallville (TV Series)

Idol (2009)

Erica Durance: Lois Lane

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• Lois Lane : There is no try, Skywalker.

• Lois Lane : I've been thinking a lot about my carbon footprint lately, and I figured, you know, we could start carpooling. I thought, you know, the ride would give us a chance to get past the whole kiss-and-run of it all, and... get to know each other better.

  Clark Kent : Better? You tell me the color of your underwear every day. What else is there to know?

• Lois Lane : [Walks into the therapy clinic]  Dr. Evans...

  [Sees a patient already there] 

  Lois Lane : I'm going to save you a lot of time and money, okay? It's all your parents' fault.

  Crying Patient : Ahhh...

  [Runs off crying] 

  Dr. Evans : [Enters]  Marjorie?

  Lois Lane : Oh, she had to take off. Family issues.

• Clark Kent : Earth to Lois.

  [she wakes from her stupor] 

  Clark Kent : It's like you've been on another planet for the last fifteen minutes.

  Lois Lane : Easy, Armstrong. This space case is buried in research. I've got, like, two weeks' worth of work to catch up on.

  Clark Kent : It was sort of a last-minute vacation, wasn't it?

  Lois Lane : Yeah, well, I've got a pretty tightly wound bolt reflex.

  Clark Kent : Is this about what happened?

  [she doesn't know what to say] 

  Clark Kent : Are you turning red?

  Lois Lane : Believe it or not, my ejector-seat malfunction... wasn't totally about you.

  Clark Kent : We should talk about it.

  Lois Lane : When I want to talk about it, I'll send up a smoke signal.

• Lois Lane : [signing for a package at the Planet]  Ho ho ho. Merry Christmas to me.

  Clark Kent : Want me to help you with this?

  Lois Lane : No. Did I ever tell you that before Christmas, I used to unwrap all my presents and then re-wrap them while my parents were still sleeping?

  Clark Kent : [helping her open the crate]  You know, Lois, that doesn't surprise me at all.

  Lois Lane : [seeing a group of men in their underwear surrounded by baggies of white powder]  Just what I've always wanted.

  Clark Kent : Is that...

  Lois Lane : I don't think it's powdered sugar, Smallville. Lois Lane, Daily Planet. Care to comment on what illegal activities you've been up to that got you trussed up like a turkey?

  Cop : [she takes the duct tape off his mouth]  I'm a cop. We're all undercover cops! Our sting went south.

  Clark Kent : Someone must've thought you were the real dealers.

  Lois Lane : Who could be responsible for such a super screw-up?

  [hearing a commotion, they look outside and see the Blur's sigil lit up on the next building] 

  Lois Lane : Now that's what I call a scoop.

• Lois Lane : I'm Lois Lane from the Daily Planet, and I'm here to tell you that I know the Blur. The D.A. says that a true hero would come forward. Well, the Blur can't. It's because he knows that the best way for him to protect you and me is to steer clear of all this political hooplah and remain the one thing that you and I need most. A light in the darkness. A symbol for us to believe in when all other hope is lost. I've looked into the Blur's heart, and I can tell you that his intentions are good. Let the Blur be the hero he needs to be.

• Lois Lane : Two hours to get here with the monorail down. Chalk another one up to the blundering Blur. He may have stopped a diamond heist, but his blackout belly flop has crippled Metropolis.

  [seeing D.A. Sacks] 

  Lois Lane : And the scavengers have already started circling. District Attorney Ray Sacks, my pet research project.

  Clark Kent : Since when is a veteran D.A. newsworthy?

  Lois Lane : Since his Christmas-card roster reads like a Sopranos hit list. I call him "Sacks-ophone" 'cause

  [loudly so Sacks can hear] 

  Lois Lane : he loves to blow his own horn!

• Clark Kent : Lois, I can't help but think there's more to this story than people are seeing.

  Lois Lane : I think it's pretty obvious. Either the Blur is hitting a quarter-life crisis or his ego has gotten really supersized.

  Clark Kent : And you're sure he didn't try to call you and explain himself?

  Lois Lane : He called. I didn't pick up.

• Lois Lane : Since when did you become the Blur's big defender?

  Clark Kent : He just doesn't deserve the silent treatment just because he's been out there saving people.

  Lois Lane : Of course you would say that, Clark. You're a guy. The Blur can't expect me to be his beck-and-call girl after weeks of no contact.

• Lois Lane : Oh, man!

  [taking a sheet of paper out of her typewriter and putting in a new one] 

  Lois Lane : I don't know how old-school journalists broke a story without breaking somebody's neck.

  [the power is restored, and she tenderly touches her computer monitor] 

  Lois Lane : I will never take you for granted again, I swear.

• Clark Kent : What's with the disguise?

  Lois Lane : All my flannel's at the dry cleaner's. Go figure.

  Clark Kent : Lois...

  Lois Lane : Leave it alone, Inspector Gadget. I have a top-secret interview I'm doing for an exposé on the hush-hush. So don't follow me.

• Lois Lane : Could you lose the notebook? I'd prefer that all our meetings remain off the record.

  Dr. Evans : Whatever makes you more comfortable, Lois. Why don't you start by describing these dreams you've been having?

  Lois Lane : Okay, well, they're as real as you and me right now. More real, actually. And despite some flashes of some serious NC-17 violence, really the situation involves clothes... coming off. You know, naked. Skin, skin on skin, just... lots of skin.

  Dr. Evans : So it's a sex dream? With the co-worker you mentioned before? Clark Kent?

  Lois Lane : What is this, "Nightline"? All right, yes, I'm doing the virtual Kama Sutra with Clark Kent. My desk is softcore central.

• Dr. Evans : Listen, Lois, you came to me to explore the deeper meaning within these vivid dreams that you've been having. And all of this doesn't have to be taken literally. A lack of clothing in a dream can signify the desire to uncover what's actually hidden.

  Lois Lane : You know, sometimes I do feel that Clark is hiding something. It sounds crazy... but the closer I get to him, the more... I feel like he's going to disappear.

  Dr. Evans : Could this have something to do with your three weeks of blocked memory? Maybe you're trying to protect yourself, Lois. Didn't you say that the last time you opened up to someone, your mysterious caller, he vanished?

  Lois Lane : [her phone rings, and she sees it's the Blur calling]  Speak of the devil. The Halley's Comet of phone dating himself.

  [declining the call] 

  Lois Lane : Sayonara, super stud.

• Dr. Evans : You still have strong feelings for this mystery man.

  Lois Lane : Please. Remember 8-tracks and rotary phones? That's him. Ancient history. And the fact that you haven't gotten that news flash means I'm probably wasting my time with all this head-shrink mumbo jumbo stuff.

  Dr. Evans : Lois, you have projected so much onto this mystery caller. Maybe you should focus on the man that's right in front of you.

• Lois Lane : I suppose you were the one who gave us that little reboot.

  Clark Kent : [as the Blur]  In a way, the city going dark was my fault. The least I could do is put things right.

  Lois Lane : You know, just because you threw a few switches doesn't make up for all your bonehead moves lately.

  Clark Kent : Lois, I wasn't the one behind the saves.

  Lois Lane : The Blur has an imposter nipping at his heels? How did you let that happen?

  Clark Kent : It's not that simple. They were just misguided fans. I'm not turning them over to the D.A.

  Lois Lane : Without proof, nobody's gonna buy the misguided fans angle. You're risking a lot to protect some feckless meteor freaks.

  Clark Kent : Maybe. But doesn't everyone deserve a second chance?

  Lois Lane : [suddenly irritable]  Oh, you wanna go there? Let me tell you about second chances, buddy. There's a way you treat a woman. It's called respect.

• Lois Lane : [on the phone with the Blur]  You have superpowers. Why don't you pick up a phone?

  Clark Kent : Lois, you're just gonna have to do something you've had trouble with lately.

  [she hears static, and when it clears, she's stunned to hear Clark, loud and clear] 

  Clark Kent : You're gonna have to trust me.

  Lois Lane : [to herself]  Smallville.

• Lois Lane : I hope you didn't misunderstand all my Blur-bashing I did yesterday. Deep down, I never doubted him.

  Clark Kent : I'm sure he'd be happy to learn that your faith in the Blur never wavered.

  Lois Lane : Of course, he never explained why he didn't call me back.

  Clark Kent : Lois, what's going on?

  Lois Lane : Okay, look. I woke up this morning... and I saw things clearly for the first time.

• Lois Lane : Look, I know you think you're pretty good at this head-shrinking stuff. But thanks to you, my head is about to explode, and I don't know what to do. I focused on the man in my dreams, and now I found out that my mystery caller and Clark are the same person.

  Dr. Evans : The same?

  Lois Lane : Unbelievable. Up until today, he couldn't lie his way out of a speeding ticket. An-and now he can hold down an alter ego?

  Dr. Evans : Lois, take a step back. What do you think is more likely? That your mysterious caller and Clark are the same man, or that you're trying to make them one person in order to create your dream man?

  Lois Lane : [thinking]  Okay, they're not that different. My mystery caller is brave and selfless, and so is Clark. In his own way. I can't believe how difficult this must have been for him to carry his secret all this time. I just wanna tell him that it doesn't matter to me. But... maybe coming clean isn't the best idea, either. Right now, Clark has this really big decision to make. And more than anything, I just wanna help, but I'm not sure how.

  [getting an idea] 

  Lois Lane : Wait. I know what I have to do. Thanks, doc.

  [hugging her goodbye] 

  Lois Lane : You're a gem. There's gotta be something to this therapy stuff.

• Ray Sacks : If you're out there, Blur, come. Come join me at this very podium and take your place as a role model in this great city of ours. A true hero would not hide. He would show himself, and take responsibility for mistakes he's made.

  Lois Lane : [pushing her way on stage]  Out of my way! Excuse me! Move it or lose it.

  Ray Sacks : No, it's all right. It's all right. Let her up.

  Lois Lane : Zip it, counselor.

• Lois Lane : [hanging off the side of a building]  Let me go.

  Clark Kent : That's insane, Lois.

  Lois Lane : You can't reveal yourself to the cameras. You mean too much to the city. To the world. Clark... I know that you've been living two lives and having to lie to me about it every day.

  Clark Kent : Lois, you're not making any sense.

  [a cloud of smoke appears down on the street] 

  Clark Kent : It's gonna be okay. Just hold on.

  Lois Lane : I've always know deep down that you were a hero.

• Clark Kent : You're alive.

  Lois Lane : [hugging him]  Thank you.

  Clark Kent : I'm flattered, Lois. I wish I could have been the one to rescue you, but I'm not that fast. I took the elevator.

  Lois Lane : Even after all this, you still can't tell me.

• [SPOILER:] 

  Chloe Sullivan : [disguising her voice]  Next time you take on the D.A. of Metropolis, remember to watch your step.

  Lois Lane : But that was just...

  Chloe Sullivan : Hope I made up for not calling.

  Clark Kent : [she hangs up]  Lois, who was that?

  Lois Lane : The Blur.

• Dr. Evans : I am happy to see that you're alive, Lois. After what I saw on the nightly news. And I never would have guessed that your mysterious caller was none other than Metropolis' famous Blur.

  Lois Lane : I can't believe I was so stupid. I must have been crazy to look at Clark through Blur-colored glasses.

  Dr. Evans : Lois, you are not crazy. That's the point of therapy; to learn about yourself.

  Lois Lane : But just looking at the facts... what's easier to believe, that there was some phone glitch or that the farm guy who sits across from me every day is a superpowered hero?

  Dr. Evans : It's perfectly natural, Lois, to project the heroics of the unattainable men you tend to fall for onto someone close to you.

  Lois Lane : But it would be so much easier if they were the same person. When I heard the Blur's voice again, something stirred inside of me. But my thoughts... I keep going back to Clark. That scared guy... who stepped out onto that ledge to save me.

• Clark Kent : Your eyes still closed?

  Lois Lane : This isn't what I had in mind when you said you wanted to meet me in the copy room, but, hey, I'm open.

• Clark Kent : You said I had a secret. You're right.

  Lois Lane : I was dangling a hundred stories above the pavement. I think I get a free pass on that one. Let's see what you've got.

  Clark Kent : [turning around, wearing a pair of horn-rimmed glasses]  I'm a bit near-sighted.

  [taking them off] 

  Clark Kent : I've been trying not to wear them.

  Lois Lane : They're very...

  [taking and trying them on, then taking them off] 

  Lois Lane : ...Clark Kent.

• Lois Lane : I guess you're not the only one who's a little shortsighted. It's just sometimes I feel like I see whole other side of you than anyone else.

  Clark Kent : Lois?

  Lois Lane : It's okay. It's my hero complex to resolve. I take the nicest guy that I know and I weigh him down with all this shining armor. And it's not fair. Nobody can be two different people.

  Clark Kent : [she puts his glasses in his shirt pocket]  I wish I could. Is this your long-winded way of saying that you hate these?

  Lois Lane : Personally... I don't mind the bump in your geek factor. But, professionally... there are these newfangled things you can try. They're called contacts.

  Clark Kent : It means a lot that you thought I had it in me.

  Lois Lane : Don't worry, Smallville. I'll only call you four-eyes every once in a while.

  [turning to leave, then stopping] 

  Lois Lane : But just so you're clear on one thing...

  [she kicks a stack of Daily Planets on the floor toward him; as they stop at his feet, she climbs onto them and kisses him] 

• Lois Lane : First, the Blur doesn't call for weeks and now he's overnighting our boys in blue? Of course, he's probably tailspinning into the stratosphere because he doesn't have his go-to girl to keep him grounded.

  Clark Kent : There's no way the botched save is the work of the Blur. It's not his M.O.

  Lois Lane : I'll admit sugarcoating isn't exactly his style, but the 20-story calling card was unmistakable. I never thought I'd say this, but I'm beginning to lose faith in our resident hero.

  Randall Brady : You're breaking my heart, Lane. I need a feature on the Blur's questionable tactics by the end of the day.

  Clark Kent : You don't really think this is big news, do you?

  Randall Brady : Turns out Adrian Pope, the organized crime boss, is still on the street because of the Blur's blunder. The D.A.'s out for blood.

  Lois Lane : When is the D.A. *not* out for blood? He's just trying to cover up his dirty connections. Listen, I am not your Blur girl on this one.

  Randall Brady : Just run with it.

  Clark Kent : Listen, just see this as an opportunity to investigate both sides of the story.

  Lois Lane : Well, that would require a certain super someone to actually find five minutes to give me a call.

• Ray Sacks : When you said you had looked into the Blur's heart, I had no idea how close a relationship you had.

  Lois Lane : Not that it's any of your business.

  Ray Sacks : Oh, the safety of this city is always my business, young lady. Now, tell me the true identity of the Blur, and I'll overlook your annoying antics.

  Lois Lane : You talk a good game, counselor, but you don't believe a word of it. All your shady backroom deals with organized crime have just come home to roost. I've picked out a nice little font for my exposé. "Shady Sacks Sucks the City Dry."

  Ray Sacks : Ooh. Well, well, well. I actually had another headline in mind. And you're standing right on top of it.

  [she looks down and sees a large reproduction of the Blur's symbol spray-painted on the ground] 

  Ray Sacks : "The Blur Murders Lois Lane". Has a nice ring, doesn't it?

  Lois Lane : Nobody will ever believe you.

  Ray Sacks : Honey, when the Blur decided not to come forward, he put the ball back in my court. I can make him whoever I want him to be. It just takes a little doubt.

• Lois Lane : You don't give people enough credit. Why would the Blur suddenly turn into a murderer?

  Ray Sacks : [laughing]  Because you just announced in front of millions of people that you're the only person who knows his true identity.

  Lois Lane : [she runs for the exit, but is stopped and grabbed by his thugs]  You're the one who's hiding in the shadows, not the Blur, you coward!

  Ray Sacks : Unfortunately, that's not a story you're gonna get to write.