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91 INT. DAILY PLANET - DAY 91

Lois is at her desk on the speaker phone. We can HEAR

Detective Henderson on the other end.

LOIS:

... but, Henderson, if there were

contusions on Dr. Platt's head...

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HENDERSON (O.S.)

Inconclusive. He could have gotten *

them last week. I'm sorry, but the

autopsy result is going to read

"suicide."

LOIS:

This isn't over. I'll call you *

back. *

Lois ends the call as Clark approaches, hands her a *

message slip.

CLARK:

I spoke to Platt's wife. She wants

to see us right away.

Lois grabs her purse and the twosome are off as we

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92 EXT. MRS. PLATT'S HOUSE - DAY 92

A small house in the suburbs. Lois and Clark walk up the

driveway.

93 INT. MRS. PLATT'S HOUSE - DAY 93

MRS. PLATT (O.S.)

There is no other explanation.

My husband was killed.

Lois and Clark sit on the sofa facing MRS. PLATT, an

attractive woman in her late forties. She's very upset. *

LOIS:

When you and Amy left your *

husband... *

MRS. PLATT

(shaking her head)

No. We never left him. He made *

us leave. He was sure they'd come *

after him. He was afraid that Amy

and I would get hurt, so he sent us

away.

Mrs. Platt tries to control her grief, but can not. When *

her daughter, AMY, twelve, enters the room in her

wheelchair, she quickly wipes her tears.

MRS. PLATT (CONT'D)

Amy, this is Lois Lane and Clark

Kent.

ANY:

Hello.

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LOIS:

It's very nice to meet you, Amy.

AMY:

Mom? Can I go over to Susan's?

MRS. PLATT

Okay. Ask her if she'd like to

come here for lunch.

Amy nods, wheels from the room. Mrs. Platt turns back to

Lois and Clark.

MRS. PLATT (CONT'D)

I haven't told her yet.

(beat)

Everything we worked for was for

Amy. The space lab Prometheus was

the only hope... and now...

(breaking down once

more)

My husband was not insane.

LOIS:

Mrs. Platt, do you have any idea *

who might have killed your *

husband? *

MRS. PLATT

All I know is that Samuel knew *

that Prometheus was being sabotaged

and that knowledge got him killed.

(a desperate plea) *

Please. Help me. Don't let his

daughter grow up believing her

father committed suicide. You have

to clear his name.

Clark takes her hand.

CLARK:

We'll try. We promise.

Lois and Clark exchange looks as we

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94 INT. PRESS ROOM - 6:00 PM 94

A table with microphones has been set up for various

members of the Congress of Nations. The CHAIRPERSON is a

Hindu woman in traditional garb. She addresses a packed

room of journalists, photographers, and TV news crew.

CHAIRPERSON:

I am pleased to announce that we

have unanimously decided that Space

Station Prometheus will _proceed_.

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FIRST REPORTER:

What about Lex Luthor's proposal?

95 INT. LEX LUTHOR'S STUDY - SAME TIME 95

Luthor watches the news conference on his giant screen TV,

Asabi attentive at his side.

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On the desk in front of Luthor is a model of his proposed

space station in a glass enclosed globe.

ON TV:

CHAIRPERSON:

This body would like to extend our

deepest gratitude to Mr. Lex Luthor

for his generous offer... but it is

our firm belief that the Space

Station should go forward as

originally planned: a project

dedicated to global cooperation for

the advancement of the sciences.

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