Superman & Lois

My most vivid memories

are of the days when my life changed.

I remember coming to this Earth,

feeling the sun on my face for the first time.

Oh, my God, Jonathan.

It's a baby boy.

Hold on, Martha.

Hearing the voices of my parents.

Are you gonna join us?

My mother called me their greatest surprise.

And boy, there sure were lots of them.

I remember loving Smallville...

the people, the community,

how the small things were the big things.

And I thought I'd live there forever.

Dad? - Jonathan?

- Dad! Dad! - Jonathan!

Dad, wake up! Somebody call 911!

But my father's death set me on a different path.

Eventually, I moved to Metropolis

to become who I was meant to be.

There you go, friend.

Thanks. Cool costume.

Thanks. My mom made it for me.

But my most vivid memory of all

was the day I met her.

Everyone in here, we're the most

dependable friends the people of Metropolis have.

You remember that. - Uh, yes, sir.

Stick with Lane. She'll show you the ropes.

Uh, Lane, sir?

Who told you to wear a tie?

Let me guess. Lombard? Ignore him.

Though he can get box seats to the Meteors.

You like baseball? - Uh, uh, of course.

I mean, who doesn't like America's pastime, Miss Lane?

It's Lois.

What'd you say your name was again?

Uh, Kent. Clark. Clark Kent.

Oh! Oh.

Sorry.

Hmm. Never met a Clark before.

Oh, uh, I've never met a Lois before.

- Thanks. - Actually, there was

my first-grade teacher, Lois Hannigan,

so I guess technically... oh, tech... technically,

you'd be the second.

We fell in love.

I told Lois who I really was,

where I came from.

We married,

got our first place together...

The twins came.

They were as different as brothers get.

Look out!

Jonathan was easy.

Always happy, always smiling.

Good job, babe!

And things with Jordan were more... challenging.

- Jordan? Stop it. - Tantrums, night terrors.

A year ago, he was diagnosed with social anxiety disorder.

And suddenly, here I am,

living in Metropolis, raising two teenage boys,

married to the most famous journalist in the world...

reporter: I'm here just outside of Metropolis...

Trying to make the world safer for the people I love.

Reporter: Where we just almost had a nuclear meltdown.

Here, here. Here!

Hey! Hey, hey!

How long we got before this thing pops its top?

- A few minutes, tops. - The fallout?

As far as Metropolis.

Come on, Superman.

The heat exchanger's offline.

Where's the damn water tanker?

His cold breath isn't gonna fix it.

We need water back in the reactor vessel,

or we're gonna have a meltdown the size of Fukushima.

- It's out of water! - Tanks!

It's cooling down.

It's just like Oyster Creek.

Same kind of crack in the cooling tower.

How is it no one at either plant saw anything?

I don't know yet.

But you can't get equipment in here unnoticed.

Both cracks were man-made.

That's what concerns me.

You've been putting in a lot of OT lately.

My daughter okay with that?

She's not the one I have to worry about.

Bass are gonna start biting again soon.

Was thinking I'd take Jonathan fishing.

Maybe even get Jordan to come this time.

I'll talk to Lois about some dates.

Night, General.

And the delivery truck crashed into your car?

It was an unmarked box truck?

Can you hold on one sec?

I gotta get Foswell copy first thing in the morning.

Okay.

Your plate's in the fridge,

Jonathan's got some news,

and apologize to Jordan;

you missed therapy today.

Sorry about that. Yeah...

Well, how do you know who she is?

- Come in. - You've never met her.

- Hey. - Hey!

What's up? Mom said you had news.

Uh, Eliza, one second.

Yeah, um, yeah.

I'm... I'm actually starting QB.

- For varsity? - Yep.

Yeah, um.

Think... think I'm the first freshman to ever do it,

and some of the upperclassmen are pretty ticked off.

Oh, don't worry about them.

Worry? Nah, it's awesome. You should've seen their faces.

Um, Dad.

Oh, right, yeah. Okay. Okay.

Hi, Eliza! - Hi.

- Hey, congrats. - Thanks, Dad.

- Proud of you. - Th... okay, thanks.

- Sorry. I'm out of here. - All right.

Hey.

Wow, you, uh, you make a pretty good Superman.

Superman's boring. I'm Raiden.

Huh. Um.

Sorry I...

I missed our therapy today.

Um, I was in Wichita for a story...

You couldn't catch a flight back.

Mom said.

So, uh, high... high school starts tomorrow.

You, uh, you nervous?

'Cause you know, it's okay if you're nervous.

Um, I know freshman year was pretty tough for me.

Did I... did I ever tell you

about the time I was the team manager of the...

Yeah, everyone duct taped you to a tractor.

Yeah, life's a little different in Smallville

than it is in Metropolis.

Okay, well, yeah. You know.

If you... if you need anything, if you wanna talk...

I'm here.

- Hey, Dad? - Yeah?

The music?

Right.

I saw you on the news.

Are you just getting home now?

Yeah, a little bit ago.

Honey, I know you've got a lot on your plate,

but you really do need to be around more.

Mom, I, uh, you know,

I do have a responsibility to the world

as you-know-who.

Well, you've got a bigger responsibility

to your family as a father.

The boys need to see what a strong and loving

and vulnerable man looks like...

what your father was to you.

You only have them for a short while longer

before they go off into the world.

You gotta be present.