02x15 - Microboy

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"March 1st.

I'm still confident today's

session in the capsule

will be

the last.

I will be energized

to full capacity.

If my calculations

are on track,

Superboy will soon

find out he's not

the only superhero

in the world.

What I'm about to do,

I do for her."

Hector?

Hector?

Hector Hornsby,

you open up this door.

All that money to put

you through college,

and what have you

got to show for it?

Toys, a garage

full of toys!

They're not toys,

Mother.

And you didn't even

finish your dinner.

Why do

I bother?

Why do I bother doing

anything for you?

You are getting

to be just like him.

You remind me more of

your father every day.

He was a sorry excuse

for a human being,

and you're

no better.

Mother, I have to

concentrate.

Could you please

go away?

Don't you talk

to me like that.

Can't you see I'm in

the middle of something?

All I can see is this mess,

your usual mess.

This is not a good time

for you to be in here.

"Once I begin to

appear in public,

people will forget

all about Superboy"?

You can't read that,

it's private!

"Microboy will be

the one they talk about.

Microboy will be the hero

everyone looks up to."

No one reads

my journal, no one!

Hector, what's all this

rubbish about Microboy?

Who's Microboy?

No one reads

my journal.

No one.

Ah!

What are you doing,

Hector?

No, Mother.

Not Hector.

Microboy.

Since Dr. Zubar's

been away in Europe,

you've made some

big improvements

on the original design

of his time machine.

Well, the people here

at Siegel institute

have been

very helpful.

Let's hope this

test run succeeds.

There's the frog.

Right on schedule.

Yes, the micro-timer

functioned perfectly.

I set it to return

little gertrude here

to the present,

precisely five minutes

after her arrival

in 1961.

Here we

go again.

What's going on?

I wish

I knew.

For days now,

some outside force

has been siphoning off

vast amounts

of electromagnetic

waves all around us.

Do you have any idea

what's causing

the disturbance?

Not yet.

So far, the power drain

is focused on

the mid-range

of this spectrum,

between 1 and 300,000

megahertz.

Microwaves?

Precisely.

I've turned my body

into a kind of battery.

I draw microwaves

out of the air

and convert them

into energy

that I now have

At my fingertips.

Heat generation is

just one of the tricks

that I can do.

You almost b*rned me,

Hector.

You don't burn

your mother.

I didn't

mean to.

These powers--

what are they?

And since when do you

think you have to be

a hero like

Superboy?

Since I met

her.

She's the girl of

my dreams, Mother.

She's in my drama

class at school.

I wanna

marry her.

Her name is

Lana.

Lana?

So young.

So pretty.

You can't be serious,

Hector.

Oh, Mother, don't start up

again with this, please?

You're a tinkerer,

Hector.

You have

an inventive mind,

just like

your father.

And like him,

you're jinxed.

You're a loser.

You'll never

amount to much.

You'll never know what

it's like to be a success.

And you'll never--

and I'll never find

real happiness.

Isn't that right,

Mother?

Mm-hmm.

And let's not forget

about love.

I'll never find

true love, either.

It's for

other people.

That's why you've

got to get rid

of that tanning booth,

and I want you to forget

all about this

Microboy nonsense.

Do you hear me,

Hector?

I hear you,

Mother.

Oh, Romeo,

Romeo,

wherefore art thou,

Romeo?

Deny thy father

and refuse thy name.

Or if thou wilt not,

be but sworn my love,

and I'll no longer

be a capulet.

Shall I hear more,

or shall I speak at this?

'Tis but thy name

that is my enemy.

And yet

I know the sound.

Art thou not Romeo,

and a montague?

Neither, fair maid,

if either thee dislike.

Very good.

That's as far

as we'll go today.

Hector, you were

very focused.

I'm done,

for thou hast--

you wanna

act, kid.

Act being

a hostage.

Take another step

and I'll k*ll him!

Ah, ah!

Aaahhh!

I bet

that hurt.

Are you all right,

student?

Uh, I-I

think so.

What-what the hell

are you supposed to be?

Microboy

is my name.

And catching criminals

is my game.

You're under arrest.

No way!

Andy, are you

all right?

Yeah.

Here he is,

officers.

And you tell that

dirtbag when he

wakes up in prison

who sent him there.

The name

is Microboy.

Microboy!

Hey guys,

what's going on here?

Well, you missed

everything, as usual.

Yeah, Clark, you almost

got the chance

to meet Superboy's

competition.

He saved my life

and then just flew off.

What?

You're saying

he flew?

Felix took

some pictures.

I wonder if I'll ever

get to thank him.

You never suspected

that of all the people,

I would be

Microboy.

Microboy.

Oh.

So you think you're

a big sh*t now,

huh, Hector?

Caught one crook

and you got your

picture in

the paper.

So do you, uh,

think this Lana girl

is going to think you're

a big hero now, hmm?

You have an inventive

mind, Hector.

But that won't

change things.

You can't

fight fate.

You're always

going to be a loser.

Just like

your father.

A lifelong loser.

Aaahhh!

Superboy,

thank the stars

you got to the airport

in time.

Three near collisions,

I hear?

Well, luckily I was able

to keep the planes

from colliding

until the tower

got their backup

radar online.

Well, the destruction

this morning

was the worst yet,

but today,

I have a strong hunch

as to what's causing

these disturbances--

or, should I say, who.

Microboy?

And I'm afraid he's

craving more energy

with each exposure.

Like an addict.

Precisely.

But my readings show

that his craving

has shifted to the high

end of the wave spectrum.

Ultraviolet and gamma

radiation, and x-rays?

That's

the bad news.

The good news is that,

knowing this,

we may be able to

predict where Microboy

will go next

to feed.

The solar power station

north of the city.

Lana, this is a solar

power plant.

The energy that

I draw here

will make

me invincible.

And you're gonna

be so proud of me.

Why are you staring

at me like that?

What man art thou who

stumblest on my counsel?

By name I know not

to tell thee who I am.

It is you.

Hector, I-I don't

understand.

Why have you

done this?

Because I love you,

and I knew that

you would never

love me back.

So I gave myself these

powers and this costume

so I could be like

Superboy.

Well, Hector

What I feel for Superboy,

it's got nothing to do

with-with his powers

or a cape.

Love

Real love

Doesn't work

that way.

Don't be afraid.

It's okay.

It's okay, it's just all this

energy that I'm absorbing

from these solar

activators.

Ah, I see.

She wants to be

with you, Superboy.

You've gotta get away

from this place, Hector.

Who was

I kidding?

I never had a chance

with you.

I should have listened

to my mother.

She knew I'd never amount

to anything, ever.

She told me I was

born to be a loser.

A loser with nothing

left to lose.

You've got to

let me help you!

Hector, please,

listen to him.

No, Lana,

not even for you.

Feel that,

Superboy?

I'm strong enough to

create an energy field

powerful enough

to k*ll even you.

But you're not

a k*ller, Hector!

Think again,

Superboy.

Superboy!

Lana!

Undo what you

just did.

I'm dying, Lana.

The energy's

k*lling me.

I don't wanna

die alone.

Hector

You don't wanna

do this.

They'll find us

together.

Like Romeo

and Juliet.

It's hopeless.

If we could stop him from

absorbing microwaves,

perhaps he would survive,

maybe even recover.

ButWe'll

never know.

What do

you mean?

In this day and age,

there's virtually

no place on earth totally

free of microwaves.

"In this day

and age"?

Professor, you just

hit the answer.

No, Superboy, no,

ab-absolutely not.

No, no,

it's too dangerous.

A frog is one thing,

but it'll be months

before I'm ready to test

a human subject.

It may be the only chance

that Hector has.

Professor, if you won't

program zubar's machine,

I'll do

it myself.

Ha, I guess you would,

wouldn't you?

I can't deny that

I seem to be cured.

But why take me

back this far?

Why 1903?

Think about it,

Hector.

In 1903, electricity was

still in its infancy.

Oh, I see.

There were no

microwaves in the air.

That means I can never

go back, can I?

No.

What about

my mother?

I bet she'll be better off

without me.

Would you do

me a favor?

Could you say goodbye

to Lana for me?

Sure.

Thank you.

One more thing.

Where are we?

You'll figure

it out.

But wilbur, we're talking

about sustained flight.

Twelve seconds

is nothing.

One problem at a time,

Orville.

One problem

at a time.

Orville?

Yeah?

Wilbur?

Uh-huh?

Hi, I'm Hector,

Hector Hornsby.

So where

were we?

Lateral control.

Now how do we achieve

lateral control

when we have

a rigid--

Excuse me.

Have you ever thought

of replacing these

static wires with control

wires for the wings?

That way the sail

can-can warp

and twist

in flight.

What did you say

your name was?

HectorHector

Hornsby.

Orville, is this what

you need?

Yeah.

Oh, thank you.

Do I know

you?

Oh, uh, Hector, this is

our cousin, Julianne.

Were-were you at the

square dance last week?

No, I wasn't.

Hector, let's talk about

these control wires.

-Oh, okay.

-Now if we attach 'em

on the inside of

the wing right here--

and then we bring this

one right on down here,

we can control

the sail.

That would be good,

that would be good.

And get

the lift.