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He sits up, gazes at the wall and, using his Heat Vision,

burns his initials in. He lies back down, then guilty,

sits up.

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Using his heat vision he "erases" all the graffiti from the

wall.

Still restless, Clark stands, paces, walks up one of the

side walls, stopping to think, parallel with the floor.

After a moment, he walks back down to the floor, sighs,

turns and walks toward the door.

27 INT. LOIS' BEDROOM - LATER THAT NIGHT. 27

Lois sits cross-legged on her bed in-pajamas, the

half-eaten contents of the microwave dinner beside her.

There is paper work spread across the bed, and she has

donned her reading glasses. She stretches, takes off her

glasses, gathers up the paperwork and dumps it on the floor

next to her, the microwave tray beside it. She moves to

her TV, rewinds a tape in the VCR, switches the TV on, hops

back onto the bed, grabbing an unopened box of Kleenex from

a stack on her bedside table.

ON TV:

Titles to Lois' favorite Soap Opera, "The Ivory Tower."

LOIS:

is glued to the tube, opens the box of Kleenex and gets

ready for a good cry.

ON TV:

A gorgeous man pulls a gorgeous woman into his arms.

SOAP ACTOR (ON T.V.)

Gwendolyn... Have you made your *

decision? *

SOAP ACTRESS (ON T.V.)

All right. You win. I'll keep my

promise. Tonight, my body is

yours. But my heart... my heart

beats only for one man.

LOIS:

lets herself go, the tears falling freely down her cheeks.

She gets under the covers, snuggles in for the night as

we...

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30 EXT. FORTY-SECOND STREET - MORNING 30

Clark walks down the street, SEES a small crowd which has

gathered to watch the wrecking ball come down on an ornate

building.

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In a matter of moments, the Sarah Bernhardt Theatre will be

a pile of rubble. Clark joins the group, mostly elderly

men and women, shaking their heads at the cruel fate

awaiting this relic of a time long ago. Some of the

elderly carry signs: "Save the Sarah Bernhardt", "No More

Parking Garages", etc. Clark notices as an ELDERLY WOMAN

looks around, asks aloud to a friend...

ELDERLY WOMAN:

Where's Beatrice?

Her friend shrugs her shoulders, and the elderly woman

begins to panic, searching the faces in the crowd.

ELDERLY WOMAN (CONT'D)

Bea?

Intuitively, Clark looks beyond the crumbling walls of the

theatre, inside.

31 CLARK'S POV - INSIDE THE THEATRE 31

There, a woman in a long gown and feathered hat, stands on

the stage, emoting to a nonexistent audience.

32 CLARK 32

looks quickly toward the wrecking ball. The driver of the

truck has started his engine. Clark uses his heat vision

to fuse a screw and the engine suddenly dies. As the

driver gets out to look and the crowd CHEERS, Clark

disappears behind the building.

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34 INT. THE SARAH BERNHARDT THEATRE - DAY 34

BEATRICE, an elderly woman, is on stage, mid-soliloquy.

BEATRICE:

"oh, for the days of my childhood! *

Back when my soul was pure! I *

slept right here in this nursery, *

looking out at the orchard from *

this very room,,and every morning *

I awoke with such joy in my heart! *

My orchard is just the same as it *

was then. Nothing different." *

(laughs with joy) *

"All of it, all of it dressed in *

white! My lovely orchard! *

Suddenly, the sound of applause from the dark house.

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BEATRICE (CONT'D)

Who ... who's there?

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Clark stands and steps into the light from the open

ceiling.

CLARK:

Just ... a fan.

BEATRICE:

I'm not leaving. Not until I

finish.

CLARK:

All right. Mind if I watch? I

always loved this play.

BEATRICE:

(still skeptical)

You know it?

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