Superman & Lois (TV Series)

Holding the Wrench (2021)

Tyler Hoechlin: Clark Kent, Superman

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• Lois Lane : Are you out of your mind? You don't go snooping around some guy from another world's murder van!

  Jonathan Kent : I mean, I... I thought it was safe earlier.

  Clark Kent : Jonathan, nothing is as it seems with this kind of stuff.

• General Sam Lane : Sounds like you're on the mend.

  Superman : Yeah. Breathing is better. That was some nasty stuff.

  General Sam Lane : The gas was an experimental, synthetic kryptonite designed to invade your respiratory system, weaken you from the inside, leave you vulnerable to more traditional tactics. You should know it was my sincere intention none of this would ever be deployed.

  Superman : Sam, I want to save you the trouble of lying to my face.

  General Sam Lane : I hope for the best, but it's my job to prepare for the worst, even when it comes to you. I am sorry you had to find out like this.

  Superman : Trust goes both ways.

  General Sam Lane : I know. And I know I have some work to do to regain yours.

• Lois Lane : [after Jon got trapped in Irons' RV]  I said I would go back in there with you. What were you thinking?

  Jonathan Kent : I-I just thought I'd look around.

  Lois Lane : Without me? Jonathan, what were you really doing in there?

  Jonathan Kent : Mom, even I knew how upset you were earlier about what we saw in there, and then that crazy hammer thing that he made, I thought that maybe I could go in there and I could... I could look for...

  Clark Kent : Whoa, whoa, whoa, hang on. You were looking for weapons?

  Jonathan Kent : Dad, you and Jordan basically *are* weapons. I am the only one in this house that is completely unarmed.

  Clark Kent : Jonathan, your mother and I will protect you.

  Jonathan Kent : Really?

  Clark Kent : Yes!

  Jonathan Kent : Because I was one second away from being dead, and Mom couldn't do anything, and you? You almost didn't even make it in time.

  Lois Lane : Jonathan, look at me. Look at me! I let you come with me because I trusted you. I trusted that you were responsible enough to know what's at stake, to know how dangerous this all is!

  Jonathan Kent : So, now... so now you-you don't trust me?

  Clark Kent : Okay, okay, let's calm... calm down.

  Lois Lane : You knew there was a risk! I know you did, and yet you went in anyway, alone, behind my back! What... to find weapons? You almost *DIED*, not because you were unarmed, because you were reckless and stupid! And if you had died, the only person that would've been to blame is yourself.

• Clark Kent : [after Lois yells at Jon]  Are you okay?

  Lois Lane : I'm fine, Clark.

  Clark Kent : Okay, okay. I'm... I'm gonna mark that as a no.

  Lois Lane : He could have been killed.

  Clark Kent : I know, I know. And-and it was scary, and... I don't know. Do you think maybe you were, like, a little harsh? Do you want to talk about what you saw in the RV earlier?

  Lois Lane : [irritably]  I said I'm fine, Clark.

  Clark Kent : Okay, okay, okay. Look, I... I know you can handle anything, but it is okay to ask for help. And I want to be that person for you always, but I also understand if I'm not right now. What about the woman you talked to before, your dad's friend?

  Lois Lane : Dr. Wiles.

  Clark Kent : Is she still at the DOD? Look, just think about it. I'm... I'm gonna check on Jonathan.

• Lois Lane : We'll figure this out. We've been in similar situations.

  Superman : Learning that the man who's trying to kill your husband is your other husband from another world? It kind of feels like new ground to me.

  Lois Lane : I meant the part about having to clean up the mess caused by an evil version of you.

  Superman : Lois, look at these articles. I mean, other than the suit, this guy was just like me right up until he started killing innocent people.

  Lois Lane : Clark, it doesn't matter. That's not you. And if John Henry wants to save humanity here, he has to accept that.

  Superman : You really think that's possible, knowing everything he's lost? His wife? His daughter, Natalie? Look, Lois, I can come home and we can talk about this right now.

  Lois Lane : Clark, no. I feel sorry for him, but that was his life on his Earth. He's here now and we need answers. Maybe I should go talk to him.

  Superman : No. No, not yet. I understand where he's coming from now. I think maybe I can get through to him.

  Lois Lane : I hope so. We need him to tell us how to save our world.

• Clark Kent : [hearing an ELT signal]  That's your dad. I've got to get to the DOD and question John Irons.

  Lois Lane : [kissing him goodbye]  I'll let you know what I find in the RV.

  Clark Kent : Okay.

  Lois Lane : Good luck.

  Clark Kent : [taking off into the sky]  Boys.

  Lois Lane : I'll be in the barn. You two stay out of trouble.

  Jonathan Kent : Mom, um, you think maybe I could come with you? I don't know, I feel like I wasn't much help fixing the truck, but I think I could help you.

  Lois Lane : Yeah, sure.

• Lois Lane : I know the last few weeks have been hard on us all. Bottom line, there's a lot going on. Morgan Edge, people suddenly getting powers, mystery guy trying to kill your dad. So we just wanted to check in and see how you were doing with all of it.

  Clark Kent : I talked to Coach Gaines. He's not happy, but he knows the three of us are taking a break from football. He just needs your uniforms back.

  Jordan Kent : Yeah, I'll go do it today. It's my last time in a high school locker room probably ever.

  Jonathan Kent : [offering a wrench]  Dad?

  Clark Kent : [aligning the grille on the family truck]  Uh, no, I'm good. Uh, can you just hold this?

  Jordan Kent : Yeah.

  Jonathan Kent : [Clark uses his heat vision to weld the grille back on]  Can I be excused, or...

  Lois Lane : We're not done talking. Listen, the stuff that we're dealing with would be a lot for anyone, so if you're stressed or worried, you need to tell us, okay?

• Superman : Have a seat, John. That is your real name, isn't it? John Henry Irons; Ranger, two tours in Afghanistan. Got into the private sector and made a name for yourself as a mechanical engineer. The problem is John Irons died six years under mysterious circumstances. At least that's what happened to the John Irons of this Earth. How did you get here?

  John Henry Irons : All you need to know is I'm the one who's gonna end you.

  Superman : Because you think I'll turn on humanity.

  John Henry Irons : Because you're a traitor, Kal-El. A soulless monster who feels nothing for the billions of people who believe in you.

  Superman : You have no idea how much I care about these people.

  John Henry Irons : I do know. What happened on my world is already happening on this one. The Kryptonians are here, and you joining them is the last domino to fall before it all goes down. I'm not saying another word until you bring me Lois Lane.

• John Henry Irons : Looks like you pretty much recovered.

  Superman : More or less.

  John Henry Irons : And I'm free to just drive out of here?

  Superman : It's simple. If there really is a war coming, we're gonna need all the help we can get. This is a show of trust.

  John Henry Irons : I let you live. Doesn't mean I'm ready to fight by your side.

  Superman : I understand. If you change your mind, you know how to find me.

• Military Person : Sir, alarms in Sector Five.

  Superman : Where's Irons?

  Military Person : Unknown. Cams are down and unconfirmed reports put a body in prisoner holding.

  [touching the earpiece of her headset] 

  Military Person : Sir, it's Trask. He's dead, sir.

  General Sam Lane : Get me eyes on Rosetti.

  Superman : I'll find him.

  General Sam Lane : Wait. It's Sector Five. You can't go.

  Superman : [understanding]  That's where you're keeping your stockpile of kryptonite.

  General Sam Lane : It's a research and development lab, about a dozen prototypes for kryptonite-based weapons; fragment grenades, bladed weapons, aerosol sprays, biochemical gas. Bottom line, you go down there, there's a chance you don't come back alive.

  Superman : [whooshing away, anyway]  Talk to me, General. I'm blind down here.

  General Sam Lane : The feed is still out, but you can't miss it. It's number 7734.

• Superman : About Rosetti...

  General Sam Lane : Mm. He was third-generation military. Loved his job, his country, never showed a hint of superhuman ability.

  Superman : And what if it wasn't him? When Derek Powell killed himself, he implied that he was someone else, said that I wasn't alone anymore.

  General Sam Lane : Meaning what, exactly?

  Superman : I don't know. Lois has a theory. She thinks that Morgan Edge has found a way to transfer alien sentience into human hosts.

  General Sam Lane : Kryptonians? Are you telling me John Irons might be right?

  Superman : It's very possible that Morgan Edge is building an army.

• General Sam Lane : It's time to change tactics. Trask can get us what we need.

  Superman : No. No, not like this. We don't torture people.

  General Sam Lane : What we do and don't do is not your call, so Lieutenant Trask will tap in if I can't get him to talk first.

  Superman : You're going in?

  General Sam Lane : Where he's from, we're allies. I could use that.

  Lt. Jason Trask : Not that I don't have faith in you, General, but I'm gonna get my things.

• Superman : Why do you want to see Lois Lane? Answer the question.

  John Henry Irons : Not until I talk to her.

  Superman : She doesn't want to talk to you.

  John Henry Irons : Let her tell me that.

  Superman : You lied to her.

  John Henry Irons : It was for her own good.

  Superman : She doesn't trust you.

  John Henry Irons : You're the one she shouldn't trust! You're the one who killed them.

  Superman : What are you talking about?

  John Henry Irons : She was everything to me. She was the love of my life, my wife, the mother of my daughter... until you murdered her. And I won't let you do it again.

• Superman : Are you still considering Trask?

  General Sam Lane : Actually, I think we need Lois.

  Superman : Oh, come on, Sam.

  General Sam Lane : She can handle herself.

  Superman : I know she can, and normally I would agree, but this guy was married to another world's version of her. They had a family, a child, a daughter named Natalie.

  General Sam Lane : After my mother? Same name as the baby you lost. Yeah. It's weird, but there's no time for weird. I'm trying to save the world, and the best chance we have to figure out his agenda is to let my daughter do what she does best.

• John Henry Irons : [holding a spear with a kryptonite blade]  On my world, we had our own 7734. Out of all the weapons I used to kill Kryptonians, this one this was my favorite.

  Superman : I'm not your enemy.

  John Henry Irons : I figure, why take the chance?

• Superman : Where's Irons? Whatever he's got planned, I can help you.

  Lt. Rosetti : You've got it all wrong. The only prisoner who needs help is you.