03x12 - Special Effects

[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.

All right, where are we?

"Children, close-up." Sure.

Master sh*t.

Nah, not so hot.

[footsteps]

All right.

[chains rattling]

OK, close-up,

and that's that.

Jeez, lousy prop.

Don't they

[object thuds]

Oh!

Oh, jeez, Frank, you shouldn't

come up on me like that.

I just had a bypass.

No, no, no.

- [growls]

- This isn't what I wanted.

It looks too '50s.

- It doesn't look real either.

- [growling]

[chuckles] Well, what

are you waiting for?

You go back and tell Max that

I'm gonna buy him a hearing aid,

so next time I ask him to

do something, he'll do it.

Well, go on!

[growls]

Very funny.

- [growling]

- Hey! Hey! Hey!

[bones cracking]

[yelling]

[growling]

- Morning.

- Mm, hi.

Ready for another day of filing,

faxing and brewing coffee?

If that's what they need.

I think they're

threatened by us.

What do you mean?

They're afraid that if we

go out into the field

we'll do a better

job than them.

Lana, I think they just

want us to be a little

more experienced first.

Do you really believe that?

No. [chuckles]

[Jackson] Kent! Lang!

I've got something for you.

- The Lloyd case.

- The movie director?

Supposed to have been k*lled

by some kind of a monster.

- I just filed that one.

- No, there was a witness.

You want me to file that, too?

No, I want the two of you

to go out and interview him.

[Matt coughs]

Us?

- Or I could send Matt.

- No, no. We'll do it.

Dennis, you are a real

[door unlocks]

- [Clark] Mrs. Watson?

- Yes.

I'm Clark Kent, this is

Lana Lang. We spoke to

you earlier today.

Sure, about the monster.

Can we see your husband?

If you'd like to,

but he's not the one

you should be talking to.

Tommy, there's some

people here to see you!

Thank you, Mr. Jackson.

My dad works at the studio.

He lets me come to work

with him sometimes.

I'm going to be a director.

But Tommy,

what about the monster?

Oh, yeah, like I was saying,

I heard this guy

scream on Stage 21.

I looked in and I saw it.

The monster!

It was choking him like this.

Oh! Tommy! Tommy!

OK, OK.

And then it just ran away.

Did anybody else see it?

No, just me.

You don't believe me,

do you?

- Tommy, it's just that we

- I'll show you.

This is what I saw.

That's just from a movie.

It's not real.

Hey, I've got an IQ of 145,

I've skipped two grades

in school,

and I'm at advanced-expert

level at "Turbo Kong."

I know if something's

real or not.

- OK, but

- What's your IQ?

[woman] It's beautiful,

Milt, every word.

It made me cry real tears.

[chuckles] Yeah,

you're wonderful.

Right, see you

at the Oscars.

In your dreams.

- [man on phone] Yeah?

- Hello, Chuck?

- Yeah?

- It's Risa Owens.

- Uh-huh?

- Boy, do I need a rewrite.

- It's only a one pager.

- Uh-huh?

Milt really let

me down this time.

He's old, is what he is!

Let me tell

Hello? Hello?

I'm trying to make a call here.

Take a number!

What is

- [gurgling]

- [screams]

[man] Yeah, that's mine.

So what?

Mr. Von Norman,

two people have been k*lled.

One of them by something that

looked like this thing.

This isn't a thing.

It's a man wearing makeup.

A man who's been

in Vancouver all summer.

[Clark] Anybody can wear makeup.

That's a good point,

that's what I told the police.

[Lana] The police?

You know, those guys in uniforms

that investigate murders?

They came by a few

days ago asking the same

questions you're asking.

And what did you tell them?

I told them somebody broke

into my house last month

and stole some masks

and prosthetics.

I thought it was a fan,

but apparently it

was some kind of psycho.

Maybe whoever it is is both.

It's a fine line

in this business.

Doesn't it bother you that

somebody's out there

in your makeup

k*lling people?

It would be,

if people were dying.

But they are.

No.

They're producers and

directors not people.

[man] All right, everybody.

Quiet on the set!

- Ooh, a little bitter, huh?

- [man] Quiet, please!

Roll sound! Action!

You see? Machines can

do almost anything.

Hmm, anything but lie

and cheat and

[sighs] I'm sorry.

I forgot the line again.

[man] Cut!

Get me another one.

[man] Another cigarette

for Mr. Melville.

Not the cigarette,

the girl.

And make sure this

one can act.

[squeals]

Well, at least it wasn't

your fault this time.

It's hard to believe

he's the same guy that

does all those commercials

for the South American

orphans, huh?

Andy!

What are you doing here?

Well, it's a part-time

job, but I figure in a

year I'll be directing.

Only a year?

I'm gold at this place.

Hey, McAlister,

what about that coffee!

I-I'm right on it.

That's what you

said an hour ago.

He doesn't think

you're gold.

Yeah, like he counts.

He's just a writer.

So what are you guys up to?

We're here to see

Max Von Norman.

Yeah, Max?

He's the greatest.

He's such a happy guy, too.

It's an occupational hazard,

you know?

Six months ago,

he couldn't get arrested

and now he's a genius.

[chuckles]

[instrumental music playing]

[low growling]

Lisa?

Carrie?

Lisa and Carrie?

[growling]

[gasping]

[low growling]

Oh!

Thanks a lot!

[laughing]

[screaming]

- You all right?

- I don't know.

What was it?

It was a guy

in a monster suit.

There!

I don't think that's

a guy in a suit.

I'm gonna call security.

[growling]

[air rushing]

[woman] Oh, my God!

Watch out! Watch out!

[crowd gasping]

It was real.

How did you know?

Just a hunch.

What was it?

Where did it come from?

All the police know is that

thing k*lled Robin Melville.

Von Norman didn't have to

k*ll it, Superboy had it down.

- Well, maybe he was afraid.

- For Superboy?

No, afraid that maybe

we'd find out something

[Von Norman] "Best special

effects in a horror film."

Do they think this can make up

for all those years of abuse?

[chuckles] The humiliation?

The insults?

Do they think they can buy

my friendship with this?

Six months ago I was dirt,

now everybody wants me

to work on their films.

To be at their parties,

to have lunch with them.

[growls]

And I go along smiling,

kissing their cheeks.

But all that stops tonight.

Caliban.

Where is Ajax?

Ajax, he was k*lled

[grunts]

by Superboy.

[growling]

He was sent by the ones who

are going to be here tonight.

No! No more k*lling.

That was our bargain.

You do what I tell you to do,

just like you did for my father.

Then

Your father never asked

us to k*ll for him.

That's it.

You wanna stop.

You wanna go back

to where he found you?

Good, then let's go.

You've got a busy day.

Up to about six months ago,

Max's stuff was terrible.

Make a list: Lowry,

Lou Lloyd, Risa Owens

Owens and Lloyd

were both m*rder*d.

Oh, forget it. If Max was

going around trying to k*ll

he'd need an A-b*mb.

Besides, everybody

loves him now.

He just turned it around.

All of a sudden his stuff

became a lot more realistic.

As good as anything

his dad ever did.

Look, I wanna show you

this other project.

How can you not remember

where you saw a monster?

I see them day and night.

I see them in my dreams.

It's easy to lose track.

Boy, you shoulda seen

that fight last night.

That thing was almost

as strong as Superboy.

Really?

Yep, but for once someone

else got to be the hero.

Max turned it into

a pile of ashes.

He suddenly jumps out

with this flamethrower.

Hey, Lana!

We're gonna go

look at some tapes.

[Clark] Andy thinks he

saw the monster before.

- You saw it before?

- Yeah, I'm sure of it.

I'd like to see them but

She's going to

Von Norman's party with me.

Von Norman's party?

I wasn't invited to that.

[Clark] I hope these

tapes help you remember.

Yep, it's going to be

just like Saturday nights

You, me and the VCR.

- I'll go get the pizza.

- All right.

[piano playing]

Hey!

Oh, ladies' room.

That's what they

always say. [sighs]

[scary music playing]

[woman screaming,

monster growling]

I knew I'd seen you

somewhere before.

[knocking on door]

Yeah, Clark, come on in.

[door opens]

I think I found our monster.

[growling]

[door creaks]

[Von Norman] Miss Lang.

Here for a preview?

[gasps]

Andy, it's Clark.

[sniffs] I got the pizzas.

Andy?

"Special monster effects

by Max Von Norman, Jr."

[air rushing]

This is what all the

others are going to get.

- Only you're going to be first.

- [yelps]

What is it?

I've always been afraid

to ask that question.

[gasping] What's back there?

Kind of like a

different dimension,

That's why his monsters

always looked so real.

They were real.

Get him!

He k*lled Ajax!

[gurgling]

Stop

or he dies.

[growling]

Go, my friend.

You are free to go.

What are you doing?

You lied! Superboy

didn't k*ll Ajax!

Wait, Caliban,

I can explain.

Ask him! He saw!

No wait! Wait! No! Stop!

Where did they go?

Movie magic.