Superman & Lois (TV Series)

Haywire (2021)

Elizabeth Tulloch: Lois Lane

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• General Sam Lane : Boy, they really pack 'em in here, huh?

  Lois Lane : Dad?

  General Sam Lane : I know it's a surprise, but it's Jon's home opener.

  Lois Lane : You never came to any of my games.

• Lois Lane : Look, I'm kind of bored with the whole "faux-British accent, billionaire at a football game trying to fit in" con job.

  Morgan Edge : I can assure you, my accent is genuine. I was raised in...

  Lois Lane : Oh, my god, who cares?

• Lois Lane : Gorgeous husband, love of my life, really, and my dear, personal champion, a tiny favor to ask.

  Clark Kent : Does it have anything to do with your dad?

  Lois Lane : No. He's in national security mode. It has to do with the assembly. I was thinking that since my article was shredded and I can't technically speak out about Morgan Edge, the next best thing would be to have Smallville's favorite son show up and say some words on behalf of justice.

  Clark Kent : Okay. Well, when you put it that way, yeah, I'll be there.

  Lois Lane : Great. Now if you'll excuse me, I just found out Edge is at the mines.

  Clark Kent : Whoa, whoa, you're gonna go confront him after he sent a guy to attack you?

  Lois Lane : Look, Edge thinks he has me up against the ropes. If I show up out of nowhere, knock him off balance, maybe I'll pop something loose.

  Clark Kent : If you wait, I can go with you.

  Lois Lane : No, I got it. You have practice. I can handle myself.

• General Sam Lane : How could you not tell me?

  Lois Lane : What? That he's good at football?

  General Sam Lane : He's not. The kid's a buck twenty soaking wet, never played a down of tiddlywinks. Now he's T-boning players twice his size? He has powers and you didn't tell me.

  Lois Lane : All right, well, it'll probably never even happen again. Bottom line, he doesn't have powers. We just wanna keep an eye on him.

  General Sam Lane : That's why you moved to Smallville?

  Lois Lane : No! Well, yeah, sort of.

  General Sam Lane : And now he's playing football? Mistake. The Kent family needs to fly under the radar.

  Lois Lane : My sons need to live their lives. Dad, Clark and I can handle this.

  General Sam Lane : Clark? How is he helping? By coaching the team?

  Lois Lane : He's involved, which is a hell of a lot more than you ever were.

  General Sam Lane : I don't like his priorities changing.

  Lois Lane : It's called being a father.

• Lois Lane : Let's just lay it out on the table. First, you changed my story. Then you sent some goon who almost killed Sharon Powell. Now you have your minion threatening my career? Let me tell you how this goes. You sue me, I countersue. Your records get opened up in discovery, and that doesn't end well for you or your brand name.

  Morgan Edge : My, my. You have thought this all through.

  Lois Lane : Why Smallville? There's other towns, other mines. Why are you going to all this trouble?

  Morgan Edge : That's curious. I was about to ask you the same question. World-renowned journalist, short-listed for the Pulitzer twice. And you move here with your unemployed husband and two adolescent boys. Seems like there must be something here that's very important to you. Maybe I'll find out what that is.

  Lois Lane : Is that a threat?

  Morgan Edge : Well, I could offer you your old job back, on the condition you play by the rules, but let's be honest, you'll never work at the Daily Planet again. You're past your prime, playing a high-stakes game with a losing hand. You should fold while you still can.

  Lois Lane : Actually, I have one more ace to play. I'm bringing it with me to the town assembly. Maybe we can talk more then. For now, I'm done with you, unless this creepshow has anything to add.

  [Edge's assistant Leslie stays silent] 

  Lois Lane : I didn't think so.

• Chrissy Beppo : [spotting Edge at a Crows game]  He's got a lot of nerve coming here. After totally trying to murder you?

  Lois Lane : I can't prove it, though. The town votes tomorrow on whether to grant him mining rights, so he's visiting all the spots, letting everyone see him as this man of the people, pretending like he's actually gonna pump money into this area.

• General Sam Lane : There's an armored nutjob on the loose who wants you dead, and your priority seems to be...

  Clark Kent : Coaching my sons, yes. And there are nutjobs who wanna kill me all the time.

  General Sam Lane : You need to understand, the military is terrified of you. They note any change in routine. I'm the one keeps 'em in check.

  Lois Lane : Yes, and we are grateful for that.

  General Sam Lane : Moving out of Metropolis raised a red flag. Nobody's seen you in the skies. Crime groups like Intergang are already planning an uptick of activity. The higher-ups wanna transfer high-risk inmates out of Metropolis Penitentiary. Why? Because if Superman's not around, the site is more vulnerable to attack.

  Lois Lane : So, what? Is he supposed to babysit a prison?

  General Sam Lane : Show of good faith. Escort the transfer. They're moving Thaddeus Killgrave, the psycho genius who got radicalized off hating you.

  Clark Kent : If anything goes wrong, I will be there, but I am not throwing away time with my family for a show of good faith.

  General Sam Lane : So you're going against my advice?

  Clark Kent : I don't work for you, Sam.

  General Sam Lane : Fine. New day in the Kent house. Let me get my bag from the car. Stick around this weekend. Maybe it'll be easier if I pitch in.

• Leslie : Your old contract. For your lawyer.

  Lois Lane : What are you talking about?

  Leslie : We're aware of the piece you intend to publish tomorrow.

  Chrissy Beppo : How could you know that?

  Leslie : Any such action would be in breach of your previous contract, as I'm sure your lawyer will explain. I told you he would crush you.

  Lois Lane : [Leslie leaves]  It's okay. Edge is just trying to scare us.

  Chrissy Beppo : Yeah, well, it's totally working. The Gazette can't afford to fight off an army of Edge's lawyers. We don't even have *a* lawyer.

  Lois Lane : But the vote is tomorrow.

  Chrissy Beppo : I'm sorry, Lois, but until this gets worked out, I... I can't risk publishing a word you write.

• Morgan Edge : Ms. Lane. Have you come to take a tour of our facilities?

  Lois Lane : Yeah, after what happened in New Carthage, I would rather not follow you into a dark tunnel.

  Morgan Edge : Whatever could you be insinuating?

• Chrissy Beppo : This is savage.

  Lois Lane : Edge picked the mayor to parrot his misinformation, so I had to reply.

  Chrissy Beppo : Yeah, but it reads like a debate with a first-grader. The mayor keeps saying "jobs," and then you fire off a list of EPA infractions, mortgage rate inflation scams, a whole string of missing employees. This is exactly why I hired you.

  Lois Lane : I even did my own copyediting.