03x01 - Into the New World

[bunniefuu]

[wind whooshing]

[heroic music playing]

[gate rattles]

Well, this place has changed.

This is the beginning
of a brand new future, Kara.

Are you ready?

I am ready...

but I should be alone
when I say goodbye to father.

I must make my own peace.

Okay. I'll be right here.

[buzzing]

-[chief steward] Kal-El...
-Whoa!

May I have a word?

Uh, who are you?

Do you... work here?

I am the steward
of this fortress.

Oh. Nice to meet you, friend.

We have matters of great urgency

to discuss with you, Kal-El.

We?

-[steward 1] I hesitate even...
-[steward 2] What are we to do?

[steward 3] Matters
of the greatest urgency

-have been neglected.
-[steward 3] We must discuss

the Kandorian crystals.

-Oh, boy.
-[quarreling continues]

[solemn music playing]

-[brooding music playing]
-[Brainiac] Hello, daughter.

I've come to say goodbye.

[Brainiac] Ah, yes.

On to your new life.

You fooled Kal-El
into believing you are a hero,

and now you will try
to play the part.

But we both know
what you really are, Kara.

You are your father's daughter,
after all.

I am nothing like you.

[Brainiac] When Kal-El realizes

-who you really are...
-I know who I am!

[Brainiac] Oh?

Then who are you, child?

I...

I...

[steward 1] Rao's child stirs
in the heart of the fortress.

[steward 2] The reactor
is unpredictable.

[steward 3] You must tame it
by strength and force of will.

Wow, you are right up in there.

-[buzzing]
-Kara?

[whooshes]

-[chief steward] Kal-El, you...
-We'll talk later.

-[chief steward] But we...
-[whooshes]

[steward 1] He he does not
honor our ways.

[chief steward] He will learn.

He will have to.

[somber music playing]

[screams]

Who am I?

[music crescendos and stops]

[opening music playing]

[Jimmy] When I say everybody
loves Halloween

at the Kent family farm,
I mean, everybody!

Jimmy Flamebird,
the dog is a gourd!

So come on out, Flamebirds,

to the annual
Kent Farm Pumpkin Patch

for the best apple-bobbing,

hay-riding,
and pumpkin-carving around!

And make sure to say hi
at the Corn Maze!

It's so big that Supergirl
had to come save me.

Your distress
was extremely audible.

Hello, humans.

Do not be deceived
by my festive disguise.

It is I, Kara Zor-El, Supergirl,

celebrating your Earth's
Halloween.

-Who are you supposed to be?
-[both] Ah!

Oh, our traditional disguises
have fooled you, Lois Lane.

It is I, Kara...

Yeah, I know who you are,
Kara, but what is...

[gasps] Is this
a couple's costume?

We are Ace Morgan
and June Robbins

from Challengers of the Unknown.

So that's what
you two have been up to.

"Watching television."

Yes! On the couch.
With popcorn.

-Together.
-[groans softly]

Wait, are you two...

Kara, can you please
help me with this tractor?

-Yes. [whooshes]
-[tractor clangs]

Could you not blow up
my spot with Kara?

You like her.

Of course, I like her, Lois!

She is fun and beautiful,

and she watches my television.

Okay, so why are you
being weird?

She clearly likes you.

And I'm crazy about her.

Being with Kara like this,
it's incredible.

But... this is as far
as it's going to go.

Jimmy...

There's a whole world out there
she hasn't seen yet,

and we both know
she can do better.

-Oh, Jimmy Flamebird.
-[screams]

We need some more
small value Earth currency

for the children
at the Plant Labyrinth.

What? Oh, change
for the Corn Maze. Right.

Change can be good, Jimmy!

[children exclaiming
in distance]

Aw, you made breakfast.

-[chuckles]
-Clark.

Jimmy won't tell Kara
how he feels,

-even though he obviously...
-Whoa-h*, Lois,

we cannot get involved.

They need to figure this out
on their own.

Remember, neither of them
has any romantic experience...

Wait. Jimmy does, right?

[Clark] Not that I've seen.

-[gasps]
-[splashes]

-[Lois] Wow.
-[Kara laughs]

So that's why
you two have bunk beds.

[chuckles] Okay. All right.

Let's not ruin Halloween.

[cheerful music playing]

Don't you just love
fall on the farm?

Of course I do.
It's beautiful.

I've been thinking
about the future...

our future, and...

What do you think
about a farm outside the city?

I could like
a hypothetical farm.

-And also a dog.
-Uh...

-Sure.
-Great.

So, hypothetically,
I found this great listing

on the apps
for a moderately-priced,

three-bed, two-bath ranch house

just outside Metropolis

in a well-reviewed
school district...

School district?
Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Uh, how long have you been
looking into this?

Since Brainiac almost
destroyed the world.

It really made me think
about... the future.

Clark, that's a lot of change.

Change can be good.

[chuckles nervously]

But we have a good thing
going on right now.

What's the rush?

Well, if... if that's not
what you want, then we...

No, no, that's not what I meant.

Look, Clark.

You had an amazing childhood
with Ma and Pa,

and I love them.

But I had a different
experience with my... [gasps]

Dad! [chuckles nervously]

-Why are you here?
-The Kents invited me.

Couldn't say no to pie.

And now that I'm retired...

Retired? Really?

I'm at the Pentagon now.

Of course you are.

You're really just here for pie?

And to see my daughter.

I wanted to give her
something I found

while cleaning out my office.

In case you need help
finding your way.

You've got your whole future
ahead of you.

Oh. Thanks, Dad.

I also have a tip
about a recent server breach

at the Pentagon.

Here we go.

Files were stolen
detailing the decommissioned.

-Project Caliban...
-[suspenseful music playing]

a bio tech research program
that ran parallel

to Cadmus and Task Force X.

Wait, a Kryptonian
bio tech program?

Exactly.

I think you should have your

"flying friend" look into it.

Awesome. Thanks for the tip.

Wait, Lois.

Superman should look into this.

Do you hear me? Superman.

-[birds cawing in distance]
-[brooding music playing]

[Lois gasps] This must be it.

But you promise we'll be back
in time to hand out candy?

Of course.

I will not let down
the children of Metropolis

or you.

[rattling]

[slams]

These are all empty.

They really
cleared this place out.

If they were ever here at all.

There were no roads leading in.

There's no plumbing.

Some of these buildings
don't even have doors.

This whole place seems fake.

So why build a fake facility?

Oh, look. A dog.

Kara, not all Earth animals
are dogs.

See? That's a deer.

[growls]

Not a deer! Not a deer!

I told you it was a dog.

I would like to pet you.

[suspenseful music playing]

Well, this is different.

Looks like the door
was forced open.

[clangs]

By something really strong.

Then something re-sealed it
from the inside.

Something that could
still be down there.

-[flashlight clicks]
-Let us investigate.

Wait, you're just gonna
march on in there?

Courage is a Kryptonian
virtue, Kal-El.

And what could be
better than solving

an actual mystery on Halloween

with your three best friends?

I don't know.
Bobbing for apples?

Relax, Smallville.

We've got Superman
to keep us safe.

[groans]

[footsteps]

[Jimmy] Wow, this place
goes pretty deep.

I hope all that digging
didn't upset

the underground Dino-people.

Jimmy, the Earth isn't hollow,

and there isn't a secret race
of Dino-people living inside.

Oh, just like how aliens

and Bigfoot
weren't real? [scoffs]

-[Lois] Clark doesn't count...
-Uh, thanks?

And your "Bigfoot"
was a French gorilla.

-[light clanks]
-Whoa.

[brooding music playing]

[Lois] I think we found
what we're looking for.

What is all this?

I don't know.
But whatever it is...

[crackling]

There's been fighting here.

[drawer clanking]

Hey, y'all, there are a lot
of documents over here.

Official government records.
Confidential memos?

-[object rattles in distance]
-[gasps]

Hello?

[rapid footsteps]

"Subject: B-1Z.

DNA sequence:
Extraterrestrial.

Outcome: Viable"?

Where are you now?

[glass shatters]

[Jimmy] "Genome sequencing.

Tissue samples
from Zero Day?"

Were they making
some type of weapon?

It is Kryptonian DNA,
Kal-El, in these tanks.

They were trying
to create something.

They were trying to create us.

Guys?

Hey, where is everyone?

[foreboding music playing]

[thudding]

Ah!

[growls]

[foreboding music intensifies]

-[snarls and growls]
-[screams]

Lois!

-[Lois panting]
-[rapid footsteps]

-Is this a dog?
-[Clark and Lois] No!

-[Clark grunting]
-[animal snarling]

-[groans]
-[thuds]

-Clark!
-[Kara whooshes]

[grunting]

[thudding]

[crackling]

-[yells]
-[heroic music playing]

This way!

-[screams]
-[snarls]

[rattles]

[panting] We're safe.

-[lights clank]
-[Lois and Jimmy scream]

[machine beeps]

[machine whirring]

[automated voice]
Decontamination complete.

[lights clank]

-[door lock buzzes]
-[door rattles]

[intriguing music playing]

[softly] Incredible.

This is Kryptonian flora.

But how?

This is an oregus.
This, a blood bloom.

And... Uh, Jimmy Flamebird,

the Kandorian ivy
likes you very much.

[screaming]

[laughs]

Um, thank you, Kara.

[Lois] The forest thins out
over here!

[suspenseful music playing]

Were they planting
more Earth trees here, or what?

No. There's a body
buried here.

-What?
-Oh! Who?

And his ID says
he's Dr. George Otto Binder.

So, something got loose in here

and... k*lled
the researchers.

But if something k*lled him,

why would it bury him?

-[intense music playing]
-[Bizarro] No!

-[intense music playing]
-[grunting]

[yells]

[both grunting]

-[yells]
-[groans]

[thuds and groans]

It is a Kryptonian clone.
An abomination.

[panting heavily]

[Lois] B-1Z.

[snarling]

We're not here to hurt you.

-[loud clang in distance]
-[Bizarro exclaims]

[animal whimpers]

[whimpering]

Uh, what's he so afraid of?

-[loud clanging in distance]
-[tense music playing]

[rattling]

What in the world?

[intriguing music playing]

[Supergirl] It is...
like your Earth.

Was someone...
raising a child in here?

-[loud clang in distance]
-[both scream]

[uncanny voice
in distance] Help me.

There's someone in trouble.

[muffled voice over device
in distance] You will be okay.

This is normal.
You can ask for help.

But remember,

being angry is never
a reason to hurt someone.

Make a different choice.

Everyone has bad days
and sad times,

but you have the power
to choose who you want to be.

No matter what,
choose to be kind.

[uncanny voice] Help.

Help.

Help!

[rattling]

[uncanny voice] Help.

[brooding music playing]

[robot] Help me.

Help me.

Help me.

Get back!

Clark!

[Superman grunting]

[intense music playing]

[loud crash]

[clanging]

[intense music intensifies]

[fires]

[expl*si*n]

[Bizarro screaming in distance]

You two, stay with Kara.

Clark, wait!

[groans]

[expl*si*n]

-[beam powers up]
-[whimpering]

[valiant music playing]

[Superman groaning]

This... this is what
destroyed the lab, isn't it?

[yells]

[music crescendos and fades]

It was trying to get to you.

-No!
-[Superman groans]

-[tense music playing]
-[crashes]

[man on screen] Some people
may be afraid of you.

Fear makes people act
irrationally, aggressively.

But you can help them
past their fear.

-[continues indistinctly]
-Who is this guy?

It's Dr. Binder.

Wait, the scientist
who was buried back there?

And the geneticist
in charge of Project Caliban.

So, he was raising
the clone here

to be his weapon.

[Supergirl] No.

That clone
is a weapon so dangerous

that the government
shut this whole lab down.

Do you not see it?

[dramatic music playing]

Binder taught this child
how to nurture and grow.

Do you think my father
allowed me reverence for life?

I do not even know
how to grieve.

This is not the way
you raise a weapon.

Not the way I was raised.

[Jimmy] So, Binder
was protecting the clone

from the people
who would exploit him.

-[music intensifies]
-[groans]

[yelling]

[music fades]

Are you all right?

-[gasps]
-[grunting]

-[robot] Ten, nine...
-[grunting continues]

Eight, seven...

It's going
to self-destruct. Run!

Six, five...

-[panting]
-four, three,

two, one, zero.

[loud expl*si*n and rumbling]

[groans]

-[alarm blaring]
-[tense music playing]

[automated voice] Operational
security compromised.

Flooding to commence. Evacuate.

[dramatic music playing]

[music crescendos and fades]

[rumbling]

[thuds]

My friend.

[Supergirl shouting] Kal-El?

-Where are you?
-[gasps]

[breathing heavily]

[grunts]

[Lois] Clark.

-[Superman] Lois? [grunts]
-[uplifting music playing]

What happened?

[children] Trick or treat!

So, what've we got here?

A bird. Oh, a plane, and...

Aw. Hi there.

[gulps]

[Dr. Binder] Your life
is yours to create.

With your powers,
the possibilities are endless.

You are so special, son.

As long as you choose
to be good, to be kind,

your choices
will change the future

in ways that you and I
can't even imagine.

[uplifting music fades]

[foreboding music playing]

[Wilson] What's the word
on Caliban, boss?

[Lex] Our drone
didn't make it out.

The footage
has been compromised.

It's incomplete,

but I've seen enough.

Should I fetch the drone?

No, forget about Caliban.
It was a failure.

Let's go see Hank Henshaw.

[Wilson] Henshaw?

That man needs machines
just to breathe.

[Lex] Exactly.

He's perfect.

What could be better
than solving

an actual mystery on Halloween?

Oh, I don't know.
I mean, there's corn,

there's turkeys, there's hay.

Just generally speaking,
bales of hay.

And knitting! We can't assume
knitting's off the table...

[chuckles] We just can't.

Okay, you know that feeling
where you walk outside

and it's October,
and you're like,

"Ooh, do I need a sweater?"

But then the sun hits you
and you're like,

"Hmm, maybe I don't."

And then you're like,
"Or do I?"

And finally, you realize
that it doesn't matter,

because it's
that perfect temperature

where you're comfortable
with and without long sleeves.

That... that is better
than solving this mystery.

Right, guys?

[clears throat] Guys?