Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Page #36

152A INT. GROUND CONTROL - DAWN 152A

PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER

one minute and counting...

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152B INT. LOIS' "ROOM" IN MODULE - SAME TIME 152B

Lois tries to scream, but the noise of the rocket boosters

warming up deafens everything.

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152B CONTINUED:
152B

Lois tries to pull the bomb off the wall, but it won't

budge. She rushes to the door, tries to open it. It's

_locked_.

153 INT. GROUND CONTROL - SAME TIME 153

PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER

Forty-five seconds and counting.

154 INT. KENT LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 154*

JONATHAN:

There she blows.

155 INT. LOIS' "ROOM" ON MODULE - DAWN 155*

Lois, desperate, grabs her purse and takes out her Swiss

Army Knife. Looking around, she tears open one of the

cabinets, revealing a million wires. She looks at the

plastic explosive.

LOIS:

I have to warn them..

She starts slashing at the wires.

156 INT. GROUND CONTROL - SAME TIME 156

A YOUNG TECHNICIAN runs over to the Public Affairs officer.

PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER

Thirty seconds and...

YOUNG TECHNICIAN

Sir, we have a circuit failure in

the main panel.

157 OMITTED 157

158 INT. KENT LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 158*

ON TV:

PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER

Due to a mechanical failure, we

have suspended countdown at

twenty-nine seconds. We will

advise.

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158 CONTINUED:
158

JONATHAN:

I don't believe it. Something's

gone wrong. Clark...

He turns, but Clark has flown...

FADE OUT:

END OF ACT SIX:

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ACT SEVEN:

FADE IN:

159 EXT. LAUNCH SITE - DAWN 159*

Hundreds of spectators watch and wait to see if the

transport will be taking off. Suddenly, they see

something else -- our hero, in full costume, flying across

the field to the launch pad.

160 IN THE SPECTATOR FIELD - DAWN 160 *

A bunch of good old boys in a flat bed truck are polishing

off their third six pack. They stare up at the flying

object.

FIRST MAN:

What the hell is that?

SECOND MAN:

Is it a bird?

THIRD MAN:

Is it a plane?

MAN WITH BINOCULARS

(looking through his

binoculars)

Nope. It's just a guy in a pair of

tights and a cape.

A beat, then the Man With Binoculars is pelted with empty

beer cans.

CUT TO:

161 INT. GROUND CONTROL - SAME TIME 161

The LAUNCH COMMANDER and other personnel gather around the

monitor. They stare at the flying man, but are afraid to

look at one another to confirm the sighting. The Public

Affairs Officer, who hasn't seen the monitor, approaches

and taps the Launch Commander on the shoulder.

PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER

Are we scrubbing the mission?

The Launch Commander turns to stare at him.

162 OMITTED 162

163 EXT. ON THE LAUNCH PAD - SAME TIME 163

Superman has reached the transport vehicle, pries open the *

payload doors, jumps inside.

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164 INT. COLONIST MODULE - CONTINUOUS 164*

Superman closes the doors, looks around. With his X-ray

vision, he sees Lois in the Control Panel Room, the bomb

planted on the wall, the cut wires dangling.

SUPERMAN:

(shocked)

Lois?

He pauses for an instant, looking down at his costume.

Will she recognize him? No time to worry about that now.

165 INT. CONTROL PANEL ROOM - CONTINUOUS 165

Superman opens the door. Lois, on the floor, looks up, and

keeps looking. Superman moves directly to the bomb. Lois

leaps to her feet, starts pounding on him.

LOIS:

Hey! Get away from that!

Superman, ignoring her, pulls the bomb from the wall.

LOIS (CONT'D)

What kind of lunatic...

Buried inside the mass of "crazy glue" Superman finds a C-4

plastic explosive, the size of an Oreo. He pops the

explosive in his mouth and swallows. Lois gasps. A moment

later, Superman burps.

SUPERMAN:

Excuse me.

They face each other for the first time. After a beat...

LOIS:

What the hell are you?

On Superman's smile we

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