03x05 - Roads Not Taken: Part 1

[bunniefuu]

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!

[music playing]

Hello.

Anyone home?

Yoo-hoo, Mr. Wizard.

[gasps]

It's true.

He did it.

Lex, what is it?

What is it?

This is the most

amazing invention

in the history

of the human species.

Yeah, but what does it do?

This, my mumble-headed

sweetheart,

is an inter-dimensional

portal.

Oh.

- Whoa.

- Lex, be careful.

[laughing maniacally]

Lex!

Lex.

Those aren't alien bones.

They're from a cow.

So? They don't have cows

on other planets?

None I've ever been to.

Clark, you seen Lana?

She's got a report due.

Not today.

I'll take care of the report.

I couldn't interest you

in a couple of sides

of beef, could I?

Real cheap.

Thanks anyway.

Is this the Bureau

of Extra-Normal Matters?

What else could this place be?

Great. This is for

whoever's in charge.

What's that?

A hair, a red hair.

Oh, man, eww!

Are you gonna sign

for this or what?

Thanks.

[rock music playing]

[music stops]

- Where's Lana?

- Lana? Who's Lana?

"Anyone wants to see Lana Lang

again, send Superboy

to Dr. Winger's lab

at Shuster University.

No police."

I'm sorry.

I'll do what I can to help,

but I didn't write this.

- Then who did?

- I did.

Darla.

You and Lex took Lana?

Nope, just me.

And you're never gonna see her

again unless you save Lex.

Save him?

He fell into that thing.

I didn't know what to do.

So I did what Lex does

when he has a problem

that he can't solve.

I kidnapped Lana.

Look, Darla,

I'll do what I can.

But you gotta let Lana go.

No, not until I get Lex back.

And it better be

within 24 hours, too.

Because after that,

it's too late.

Don't try anything,

Superboy.

She dies whether

I'm there or not.

And you'll never find her

without me.

If Luthor fell into the portal,

there's no telling where he is.

What does this thing do?

Twelve years of my life

and you want me to explain

it in two seconds?

Will you just give him

the Cliffs Notes?

All right.

Ever hear of the alternate

worlds theory?

Well, some people think

there's trillions of 'em,

all in different

dimensional planes.

Every time there's

an accident,

or someone makes a decision

or doesn't make a decision,

a whole new world is created

just like here.

So it's like a time machine?

No, no, no, no.

Not like a time machine.

That's been done before.

There's no movement

along the temporal continuum.

It's about worlds diverging

at the crucial points.

Roads not taken.

Worlds where wars are

won by the other side.

Where history is

totally different.

Can this thing get me

to one of those other worlds?

I haven't really tested

it yet.

Well, I think you've got

your guinea pig.

Yeah, but I don't know

where it will take you.

I don't know if

I can get you back.

Superboy, you find him

or Lana dies.

Well, I guess I don't have

any other choice, do I?

[coughs]

[shivers]

Lex.

[spits]

Die, Superboy, die.

Die, Superboy, die.

Die, Superboy, die!

- Die, Superboy, die.

- Die, Superboy.

Die, Superboy.

Die, Superboy, die!

Spare any change?

Just a couple of cents.

Lana.

I didn't think I'd ever

see you again.

What happened to you?

I didn't deserve this.

Deserve what?

I was there for you.

I was the only one left

and you couldn't even

look me in the eye.

I believed in you,

everything you stood for.

What is it

that you think I did?

Think? I know you did it.

I saw you. I saw you.

We all hated him,

but he didn't deserve

what you did to him.

Whatever it is,

I didn't do it.

Shut up.

Go to Eastlake Cemetery,

section 6,

row D.

Then tell me you

didn't do it.

[chanting]

Lex! Lex! Lex! Lex!

[man] Luthor!

[chanting continuing]

Rejoice,

for I am resurrected.

- Yes! Yes!

- [cheering]

I am resurrected.

But why did I wait so long?

That must be what

you're asking.

Immediately after the m*rder,

I could have come forth

and shown the world

that Superboy had only

m*rder*d an impostor.

Why did I wait?

Because I was waiting for you.

I was waiting for each

and every one of you

to open your eyes

and see what I saw

from the very beginning.

That our noble virtuous

Superboy was really

a spineless, murderous

vicious hypocrite!

[cheering]

You see,

you see,

everyone needs heroes.

You do. You do.

I know you do.

And I do, too.

That's right.

I'm just like you.

I worshipped him, too.

He was my hero, too.

I trusted him.

I believed in him.

I loved him.

My God!

I would have named

my children after him.

But then I saw

one pure shining truth.

I saw

and it was as looking

into a mirror.

I saw

and now you see, too.

And though we are few,

soon we will be many.

Soon one truth will be

in the eyes and on the lips

of all our brothers

and sisters.

And the multitudes

shall rise up

and one vision,

one voice, one truth

will echo

from the mountaintops,

and the heavens will answer.

Lex! Lex! Lex! Lex!

[chanting continuing]

Why don't you just send

Air Force One for me?

I'm not proud.

Oh, that'll be perfect.

Tell me, how's Barb?

That's beautiful.

Be sure to give those grandkids,

my love, all right?

OK, ciao, babe.

Lex Luthor.

No, wait, no, please,

don't k*ll me.

I'm not who you

think I am.

Take it easy.

I'm only here

to take you home.

- Home?

- Where you came from.

Oh, it's only you.

You're the other Superboy.

My, my, my.

What a fascinating

turn of events.

Tell me,

how'd you get here?

Same way you did.

I had to make a deal

with Darla. She wants you back.

You know, I'm gonna

miss that woman.

But on the other hand,

there's probably a Darla

in this world, too.

Maybe one day

I'll run into her.

I don't think so.

I'm not going anywhere.

In this world,

I'm practically a God.

[groans]

Do you think I'm so stupid

as to go into the public

in a world where my k*ller

is still at-large?

Not without insurance!

[clamoring]

It's him!

It's Superboy. k*ll him!

[cheering]

Matt.

- Don't hurt me.

- Wait. What happened?

We're closed. That's all.

Nobody cares about this

stuff anymore.

Nobody.

I saw you flying here.

Who the hell are you?

I'm a version of you

from another world.

It's in a different dimension.

Tell me something.

Would you believe that?

And would you believe

that I know that we're

both Clark Kent?

Did you k*ll Luthor?

- Did you?

- He was gonna get away again.

He always got away.

Do you remember the time

he kidnapped those children

who later d*ed?

- I remember.

- Do you remember

how angry you were?

So angry you could

almost do anything?

What did you do

about it?

I fought it.

I had to. I almost

I did.

I used my heat vision.

Cut him right in two.

Don't look at me like that.

What's in me

is inside you, too.

I gave in.

Except this is what would happen

if I did k*ll him.

So?

All that hero stuff

is outdated anyway.

Is that what Lana believed?

Is that why you don't wear

the suit anymore?

Or is it because

you're ashamed?

It's all hopeless.

No, it isn't.

You still have a chance.

I used to be that naive.

Remember you said you know

what's inside of me?

Well, I know what's

in your heart, too.

[rock music playing]

[pounding on door]

All right, all right!

Why don't you just

use dynamite?

Whoa. Whoa! Just kidding.

Dr. Winger.

You look just like him.

I need a favor.

Darla, I'm freezing.

So freeze.

I mean, I wasn't sure

if I should have called you.

I mean, you're busy

with that whole

resurrection thing.

No, no, no, no.

There's always

time to appreciate

a fellow scientist.

Tell me, just what is it

this thing does?

You know exactly

what it does, Luthor.

I don't know what

you're talking about.

It's how you got here,

same as me.

And it's how

you're going back.

Come on, let's go home.

[grunting]

You know, you keep

underestimating me, Superboy.

[laughing]

[music playing]