03x14 - The Golem

[bunniefuu]

[Announcer] Rocketed

from a distant planet

to a bold new

destiny on Earth.

Found by a Kansas family

and raised as Clark Kent,

he learned he possessed

the strength of steel,

the speed of light

and the desire to

help all mankind.

He is Superboy.

Five thousand copies and they

put them on the remainder racks.

It was a good book, Levi.

Yeah, but if they promoted it,

I coulda had a best seller.

They tried.

A quarter-page ad

and a 15-minute reading

in a book store?

[scoffs]

I shoulda done television

or magazines.

But then again, who wants to

see an old Jew on a talk show?

That's ridiculous,

you can't

Don't tell me

what's ridiculous!

Were you there during

the Depression, the w*r?

You don't know.

Yeah, we've been through

all this before, Levi.

[sighs] It's affected

me my whole life.

Where do you think I'd be right

now if it hadn't been for that?

Face it, you write books about

mysticism in the Dark Ages,

that just isn't

relevant anymore.

Just

[wood breaking]

Let go of me!

Not again.

Hey, you kids!

What are you doing?

[grunts]

Still think the Dark Ages

aren't relevant?

The police will

take care of them.

It's always someone else,

isn't it?

That's why it never gets done!

What are you getting at,

Levi?

You've got to fight

hatred with hatred.

Have our people survived for

thousands of years so that we

can become them?

Thousands of years

of persecution!

It's time we fought back!

I've been working

on a way to do it.

[grunting]

[chanting]

[clay cracking]

[laughs]

[clay cracking]

[kitten mewling]

[grunting]

Come.

Come, come.

Listen to me.

I am your creator.

Your only purpose

is to eradicate

the world of bigots.

All of them.

They must be destroyed.

Annihilated. Crushed.

I will tell you

who these men are.

Do you understand me?

It's called a golem.

That's g-o-l-e-m.

Yeah.

They're supposed

to have enormous strength.

Legend says that during

the Middle Ages they helped

to protect the Jews.

And you think your

friend's created one

of these things?

[sighs] I don't know

what to think.

Levi's always been interested

in the kabbalah.

It's a collection of

ancient Jewish mysticism

that among other things

tells how to make a golem.

Most people dismiss it

but Levi believes in it.

You're saying anyone can buy

this book and create one?

No, no, no. It would take

something else as well.

With Levi I think

it's his hatred,

there's so much emotion there

and maybe the ritual

helps to transfer it.

Why would he do it?

To take care of this group

of neo-n*zi kids we've got

in the neighborhood.

He despises them.

And you said the

golem's made from mud?

Well, that's what

the book says.

Then it shouldn't

be too hard to find.

No, no. Once it

comes out of the mud

it looks like

a normal human.

Levi tried to tell me

that this guy was his

border but

I don't know.

How can someone

tell the difference?

The Hebrew sign of life.

- Uh, may I?

- Mm-hmm.

It would be right

over his heart.

Or it could just be a tattoo.

Couldn't it?

Yeah, I guess it

could just be a tattoo.

And I guess I could

just be crazy, too.

And I probably was

for coming in here.

Wait a minute.

No, look. I'm sorry

I've wasted your time.

What do we do now?

File it.

Kind of far-fetched?

I don't know

wouldn't be the

first time a monster was

created out of hatred.

Didn't you people

get our message?

We don't want

your kind around here.

[Levi] Maybe it's time

we sent a message back!

Well, well, well.

What have we here?

You're that Jew writer,

aren't you?

We hate your kind

most of all.

Hate? [chuckles] You

don't know what hate is.

This is what a bigot

looks like.

Go ahead.

[choking]

I'd say the message

has been received. [laughs]

Where are you going?

Stop!

Get him off me!

Stop!

Enough! Enough!

[grunts]

[grunts]

Chief, we got

some food here.

[Clark] Lana, even if

a golem is responsible

for what happened,

Stopping every garbage

man, bodybuilder and

professional wrestler

in the neighborhood

is no way to find it.

[Lana] There's only a couple

of more streets west of here.

[siren blaring]

Looks like there's

some trouble up ahead.

It has to be the golem.

- I better go.

- Where?

To get more police.

There's plenty police.

[air rushing]

[g*nshots]

[brakes squealing]

Listen up!

Listen to this:

"I often grew sick to my

stomach from the smell

of these caftan wearers.

Added to this was

their unclean dress

and their genuinely

unheroic appearance."

Incredible.

[chattering]

It's Mein Kampf.

Not the book, the

fact that you can read.

What do you want?

I came here to warn you.

There's a golem that's been

created to destroy your group.

Is that right?

Just ask your friend

in the hospital.

So why would you

want to protect us?

Maybe you sympathize with us

more than you care to admit.

I protect everyone's right

to their own beliefs.

No matter how repulsive

they might be.

[murmuring]

[sighs]

[gasps]

I thought you were going

back to the bureau?

I-I was, but I thought

the golem might come here.

Looks like you're not the

only one with that idea.

[car starting]

He's the guy that helped

the golem get away.

Who is this guy?

My name is Daniel.

Question is: Who are you?

Clark Kent and Lana Lang.

We work for the Bureau

for Extranormal Matters.

Oh, amateurs.

What are you doing

in my home?

You're the guy who helped the

golem get away from Superboy.

Why, I suppose you could

look at it that way.

What I actually did was protect

Superboy from the golem.

Oh, really?

You don't have any

idea what you're dealing

with here, do you?

We know the legend.

So do I. I've been

studying it for years,

and believe me it's

a lot more than a legend.

But if anyone

can stop this thing,

it's gotta be Superboy.

There's only one way

to stop a golem,

the mark over his

heart must be removed.

Well, then that's

what he'll do.

Look, a golem isn't

necessarily evil.

With the proper training, it can

evolve into a force for good.

Well, what are we supposed

to do in the meantime?

Two things:

One, stay out of my way,

and two,

let me handle it.

[bolt locking]

Hey!

[man] It's for

your own good.

We'll never get that off

and it's solid metal.

There's gonna be

a march tonight

in less than an hour.

They're out of their minds.

Look at this!

I found a trap door.

[coughing]

Breathe, breathe deep.

- I gotta talk to him!

- No.

- It's the only chance!

- He'll k*ll you!

[man] Help me!

Help me!

Listen to me, will you?

I'm here to help you!

I know what Levi said to you

but it's not gonna stop them.

All it's going to do

is create more hatred,

is that what you want?

[coughing]

There's another choice,

you don't have to k*ll.

[boy whimpering]

No!

Listen to me!

You have a choice!

Do you hear me?

You have a choice!

No, don't.

Shalom.

I couldn't get

through to him.

How did you get out?

- The back.

- But

He was just doing what

he was taught.

Like them.

Will they ever stop?

There's always hope.

I feel sorry for the victims.

Who's going to

protect them now?

I wouldn't worry about that.