04x06 - Paranoia

[bunniefuu]

(male narrator)

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 isSuperboy.

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Yes!

That was the ranger from up

in the national park.

You know those calls that's been

coming in about a UFO?

- You mean the media.

- Whatever it is.

Some pilots think they spotted

it in a remote wilderness area.

- I'm going there now.

- Well, that's great.

I'll come with you,

if you need a help.

You'll stay here

and answer the phone.

Uh, Mr. Jackson, there's

someone here to see you.

May I help you?

Yeah, I want you to get your

investigative staff together.

- What? Who are you?

- Your superior.

[gasps]

You're Joseph Flynn.

- Welcome to our humble office.

- Just do it.

Uh, Lou, Alexis,

Margaret, my office.

Matt, you too.

But I was just on my way out.

Uh, what about these two?

They do investigative

work sometimes.

I said your

investigative staff.

Yes, of course, sorry.

You two, my office.

People, I would like

to introduce you--

Sit down.

I can tell them who I am.

My name is Joseph Flynn, and

this is my partner, Mr. Stuart.

And we're here from

the head office.

The reason we're here is,

someone in this room

is hiding something

which in time could prove

to be a breach

in national security.

[intense music]

Now, wait a minute.

My people would never--

Your people?

I wouldn't be

so sure about that.

Any administrator

that would let a thing

like this get past him

needs to be replaced

and I intend to do just that.

Now, sit down.

We already know

which one of you it is.

But, uh, we're more

interested in finding out

where the rest

of your allegiances lie.

So for the next

couple of days

we're going to be interviewing

you individually.

So I suggest you place your

loyalties to one another aside.

Because the person

you're sitting next to..

could be harboring

a very dangerous secret.

[intense music]

What did you tell him?

You were in there over an hour.

I didn't even

mention your name.

Now, get off my back.

Flynn's only been here

few hours and everybody's

totally paranoid.

It's almost as if there's

something in the air.

Maybe it's justified.

Miss Lang.

- Oh, Matt.

- What?

- Did you take the UFO file?

- Listen, the ranger called.

One of the search parties just

found the object the pilot saw.

And it's definitely

an alien craft.

I knew it! What else?

There were humanlike footprints

leading away from it.

And they're tracking them?

Well, they can't.

The dogs can't get a scent.

- Why wouldn't there be a scent?

- I don't know.

That's weird.

I wish I could get outta here

and find out what's happening.

Yeah, I know

what's that like.

I wonder what happened

to that file.

So you and your friend

out there are interns?

- That's correct.

- Mm-hmm.

College girl, huh?

I bet you're getting

quite a bit of experience

for someone so young.

Yeah, I-I've learned a lot from

Matt Ritter and Mr. Jackson.

I wasn't referring

to your work.

- What were you referring to?

- Oh, come now, Miss Lang.

A youngattractive woman,

such as yourself..

What does that have to do

with your investigation?

I just wanna know everything

there is to know about you.

You know all

you're gonna know

unless you start acting

like a professional.

I know about your reputation.

What reputation?

Well..

A lot of things come out

in these interviews.

I don't believe you.

Don't play coy

with me, Miss Lang.

You see, I've learnedwhere

there's smoke, there's fire.

Don't ever put your clammy

hands on me again.

[indistinct chattering]

Are you okay?

Did you say something

to Flynn about me?

No. Why?

Are you hiding

something, Lana?

No. Are you?

Somebody is.

What about you, Ritter?

You were in there

an awfully long time.

You spill your guts

about the rest of us?

- Spill my guts?

- Hey, listen.

[all clamoring]

Things are progressing

rather nicely.

(Matt) I was there a long

time trying not to say a word..

I think you're pushing them

a bit too hard.

I don't care

what you think.

I'm the one in charge.

How about you, Clark?

You're always sneaking around.

Yeah, disappearing

for hours at a time.

Taking long lunches.

Where do you go?

Probably selling secrets

to the Russians.

Oh, no, you idiot.

It's the Japanese now.

Wait a minute!

This isn't like us.

Something's wrong.

We're friends.

We'll probably find out this

whole thing was a big mistake.

Or maybe they'll find the one

they're looking for.

And then we'll all be

on the news

looking like those people

that say..

"I worked with him

for years."

I can't imagine he'd do

anything like that.

I for one, hope they

nail himor her.

Mr. Kent.

[intense music]

I bet you were wondering

when I'd get around to you.

No. I figured

my turn would come.

Mm-hmm.

I kept you till last

until I found out

what everyone else knew.

About what?

Oh, you know.

Question is, are you going

to tell me or do I force you?

Maybe you could tell me

what you're looking for, so..

so I don't waste your time.

Oh, don't worry about me. I have

all the time in the world.

This wouldn't be about,

uhSuperboy?

What do you think?

Well, it's just that it's hard

to believe that Superboy

could be the cause for

a breach in national security.

How or why there is a problem

is not your concern.

You just tell me

what you know.

You better get out here.

[indistinct chattering]

What is going on here?

Margaret's threatening

to k*ll herself.

Stay away from me.

I'll jump.

Margaret,

what's this all about?

- They know.

- They know what?

They know about my affair.

They're gonna tell my husband.

- That's not what this is about.

- They're trying to get me.

- But I won't let them.

- Margaret.

[screaming]

- Jeepers!

- Get an ambulance.

Can't anyone stop this?

[intense music]

[thunder rumbling]

[music continues]

Mr. Flynn.

[music continues]

Yes, The Bureau

Of Extra-Normal Matters.

101 North Siegel, 6th floor.

I think there's been a m*rder.

[elevator bell rings]

And I think the k*ller's still

in the building. Send help.

[dramatic continues]

Charlie, did you see someone

just come down the elevator?

No, siree. What's up?

I think the person coming down

just k*lled someone.

Lana. What were

you doing upstairs?

- Talking to Flynn. Why?

- But Flynn's dead.

(Matt) Hello, bureau.

This is Matt Ritter.

What's going on?

Someone k*lled Flynn

in your office.

Belted him with

your paperweight.

Looks like your jobs

safe after all.

You implying something?

No one goes in there until

homicide and forensics get here.

(Matt) Well, look, you have the

number here. So call me back.

Right. Thanks.

[sighs]

That was my ranger friend.

They've spotted three

maybe four sets of tracks.

The bad news is, they've lost

the trail at the city's edge.

The aliens could be

anywhere in Capitol City.

Someone's giving

you a line of bull.

If they were here,

why hasn't anyone seen 'em?

I don't know.

But there's something else.

The search party just

spotted a second UFO.

And the tracks from it

are following the first ones.

I would k*ll

to get up there.

[intense music]

Oh, you know what I mean.

Nobody's going anywhere.

A man's been m*rder*d and

every one of you had a motive.

That's why I called

you all back here tonight.

Flynn could have been k*lled

by anyone. A burglar.

Mm-hmm. Except when I got back

to my hotel room this evening

I had a message from him.

He said that one of you

was out to k*ll him.

There's an entry

in Flynn's datebook

for 9 o'clock

this evening.

Minutes before

the body was found.

What's the entry?

9:00 p.m., meet L.L.

L.L., huh?

Oh, come on.

You don't think I did it?

Why don't we go

over your story..

one more time?

There's not much else

to tell.

(Lana narrating) As I

stepped out of the elevator

I saw Clark running

into the stairwell.

I was going to call to him

but he was already gone.

So I went in

to talk to Flynn.

I wanted to just clear up

our earlier misunderstanding.

About earlier, I'm sorry

if I was out of line.

I found him in the bureau

and I told him

I needed to talk to him.

But he refused.

He went into his office

and closed the door.

You said you saw him

running toward the stairwell.

But you said earlier that he

was already dead when you..

ran out.

Well..

Maybe it wasn't

me that she saw.

Maybe it was

the m*rder*r.

Come on, people.

Someone must have

seen something.

Someone coming or going.

Anybody hanging

around outside.

Wait a minute,

there was something.

What?

When I checked out with the

guard downstairs, I noticed..

that Lou hadn't

checked out yet.

I thought that was

strange since I knew

I was the last one to go.

What's the big deal?

I just forgot to sign out.

Forgot?

I've been here for 20 years

and not once has Charlie

ever let me get by

without signing in or out.

L.L. Lou Lamont.

You were the one in the

appointment book at 9 o'clock.

He must have come back

after I did.

And k*lled him.

Earlier I heard you tell Dennis

that someone had belted Flynn

with his paperweight.

How did you know what

the m*rder w*apon was?

- You're sweating, Lou.

- He's been doing that all day.

Listen, I didn't k*ll him.

Sure, I came back

to talk to him.

But it was because I wanted

to talk to himprivately.

(Lou narrating) I waited in the building

until I was sure everyone had left.

[elevator bell rings]

I heard the elevator

and knew someone was coming

so I figured

I'd get blamed and I hid.

(Clark)

Mr. Flynn.

[intense music]

I was going to the lobby,

but then I remembered the guard.

So I got off

in the second floor

and waited for the police

and the rest of you to arrive.

Then I came back up.

But I tell ya, I didn't do it.

Why did you wanna

talk to Flynn?

Oh, I knew who you guys

were looking for.

I'd been taking home

office supplies for years.

Nothing big, just

pencils and stuff.

Used to do it all the time

when I worked at the newspaper.

You can't trust him.

He's the criminal type.

You can tell

just by looking at him.

Listen..

I'm not going to jail

for something I didn't do.

Lou, don't be stupid.

I know it's you two.

(Lou)

Clark, Lana.

I know you're both lying

'cause I was there.

He was dead when I arrived.

They must have k*lled him.

(Alexis) They're

probably after our jobs.

They are always trying

to get field work.

Sometimes even

my field work.

Well, it couldn't

have been me.

He was alive when

I was there.

Someone else must have

k*lled him when I left.

I don't know why

you keep saying that.

He was definitely dead

when I saw him.

What're you saying, Clark?

That I am lying?

Is that what you're saying?

That you think Lana's lying?

No, I would never say that.

About any of us.

- I could.

- So could I.

Lou, I don't know what

it is that's making us

all act so paranoid.

But we have to fight it.

We've been together long enough

to realize that none of us

is capable of doing the things

that we've been accused of.

But we can't all

be telling the truth.

Oh, no?

Well, listen to this.

(Clark narrating) Flynn must

have set everything up in advance.

He assumed Lou

would find the body

when he came in for his

9 o'clock meeting.

Mr. Flynn.

But he didn't count

on me coming back too.

And this is where

the plan went wrong.

Flynn knew he had to cancel

my 911 call quickly.

Yes, operator,

you just received a call

from The Bureau

Of Extra-Normal Matters?

It was by accident.

What he also didn't count on

was Lana showing up.

Mr. Flynn?

About earlier, I'm sorry

if I was out of line.

He knew he had

to get rid of her.

I don't want to talk about

it now, leave me alone.

Lou took the elevator down to

the second floor like he said.

It came back upand Lana

took it down to the lobby

where Charlie

and I were waiting.

Why would Flynn

fake his own m*rder?

I don't know. Unless of course

he wanted all this to happen.

Your whole story falls apart

on one little point.

The man had no pulse.

You said so yourself.

No pulse. No heat.

No heat. No scent.

The dogs couldn't pick up

the alien scent because..

you don't have a pulse.

- Let go of me.

- Ice cold.

- They're aliens?

- They have to be.

Including these

two policemen.

Which is why Flynn

canceled the 911 call.

They knew we're the only one's

keeping record of their arrival.

They came here to hold up

the investigation.

Maybe alter the records.

Eliminate some files.

Which means they're interested

in covering their own tracks.

Right. Maybe because

they're on the run.

Which would explain the

presence of the second UFO.

I knew you people were good.

But not this good.

[intense music]

You couldn't have figured

all that out on your own.

We had help.

- But we won't say who.

- Who was it?

Come on, the other ship's

already landed.

Let's just get out of here.

Alright, let's go.

You must have

said something.

Not him again.

I suggest that you

stop right there.

Come on, there's four

of us and one of him.

I like those odds.

[crackling]

(Flynn)

Get off of me.

Why'd you do it, huh?

Couldn't you take the pressure?

I told you everything would be

fine if we just kept cool--

I didn't do anything.

It must have been

one of them.

He did it!

What are you pushing me for?

Don't push me.

They didn't do it!

[all grunting]

We're looking for four

escaped prisoners.

I've been expecting you.

You're from the second ship.

We followed them here.

We just want to return them

to where they belong.

First you've to tell me,

how did they do it?

How did they make

everyone so paranoid?

We generate emotions the way

you humans generate heat.

In this case,

the emotion was paranoia.

I hope they didn't

cause you too much trouble.

No. Not as much as

they caused themselves.

They just needed

a little time together.

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