Superman & Lois (TV Series)

The Ties That Bind (2022)

Wolé Parks: John Henry Irons

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• Lois Lane : So, you just happen to have a seismometer laying around in your RV, huh?

  John Henry : Ah, I got similar tech in my suit, but like I said, it's retired.

  Lois Lane : Just like you.

  John Henry : Just like me.

  Lois Lane : So how does this work?

  John Henry : All right, look, this measures the difference between a set point when the bedrock isn't moving. It processes all the variables interacting when it starts to shake.

  Lois Lane : So what do we do now, just wait?

  John Henry : That's the thing about earthquakes. I mean, there's not much you can do until they happen.

  Lois Lane : Do you have anything to drink in there?

  John Henry : After you.

• Lois Lane : You're having visions?

  Clark Kent : They started when I saved that sinking sub and then again during the earthquake.

  Lois Lane : And you didn't tell me?

  Clark Kent : You had other things to worry about.

  John Henry : Maybe I should take the kids to school today.

  Clark Kent : No, it's okay. I... I can do it.

  John Henry : Please, no. You'd be doing me a favor. It's Nat's first day.

• Lois Lane : Feel free to do whatever you want in here.

  John Henry : I'm just, uh, trying to help Nat feel at home.

  Lois Lane : Me, too. Breakfast was a bust.

  John Henry : [laughing]  Yeah, but... but you made the effort. That's all that matters.

  Lois Lane : Any pointers on what I can do differently?

  John Henry : Want the CliffsNotes?

  Lois Lane : Sure.

  John Henry : Be yourself. Nat got her mom's natural apprehension of people. So, uh... well, the only way to get her to open up is... to get to know her. That may take a while.

  Lois Lane : I can wait.

• Lois Lane : John, I could use your help.

  John Henry : What kind of help?

  Lois Lane : Figuring out what caused that earthquake.

  John Henry : Inside the mines filled with X-Kryptonite. Listen, my focus is on Natalie and being the best dad I can be for her. I can't get pulled into anything dangerous.

  Lois Lane : I promise, it's a one-time ask. Nothing to do with the Steel suit.

• Lois Lane : [Clark returns from visiting Tal]  Hey, how did it go?

  Clark Kent : He's not gonna be helpful. What about you?

  Lois Lane : Nothing that makes sense yet.

  John Henry : But I'm gonna help her see what we can find.

  Clark Kent : [hearing trouble]  Can you call Coach Gaines, tell him I'm gonna be late?

  Lois Lane : What about this morning?

  Clark Kent : I'll be fine. I just... I got to go.

• Lois Lane : [after a seismic event]  It's over.

  John Henry : Yeah, I think so. But these readings... whatever's down there, I never seen anything like it.

• Lois Lane : I know this isn't ideal, being back here around me.

  John Henry : It's the best thing for Nat.

  Lois Lane : What about you?

  John Henry : I'll make the adjustment.

  Lois Lane : You sure?

  John Henry : I'll make the adjustment.

  Lois Lane : [the seismometer beeps]  Looks like there are small tremors coming from the mines.

  John Henry : [taking the tablet]  Let me see. We need to go check the sensors. Come on.

• Lois Lane : Any luck finding out what was causing your visions?

  Clark Kent : My mom said it was triggered by an invasive cosmological event. She called it "interdimensional kinesthesis."

  John Henry : Nothing you just said sounds good.

  Lois Lane : In layman's terms?

  Clark Kent : Whatever's happening to me, some other being is causing it.

  Lois Lane : How do we stop it?

  Clark Kent : I still don't know. I-I can't see it. I-I've had five of these things. And they're only getting more and more violent. The last one at Tal's Fortress felt like I was being pulled in and out of a horror movie.

  John Henry : [finding a seismology report]  Five times all within the past few days? And nothing before then?

  Clark Kent : No, I felt fine until the submarine.

  John Henry : Which was the day of the first earthquake. And based on Lois' seismology reports, there was a tremor before the quake we all felt, probably around the same time you were in Korea.

  Lois Lane : You think they're connected? How many tremors have there been?

  John Henry : Including the ones that I recorded today? Five. If your visions are linked to these earthquakes...

  Lois Lane : And what your mom said is true...

  Clark Kent : Then whatever's down there is what's causing this.

• Lois Lane : Is Jordan okay?

  Clark Kent : A little shook up, but he's fine. Never should've taken him there in the first place.

  Lois Lane : I get why you did. His powers have been growing.

  Clark Kent : I know, but it doesn't matter. He's too young to be put in those situations.

  Lois Lane : Don't beat yourself up, Clark. There's no way you could have known your brother got his powers back.

  John Henry : When did that happen, anyway?

  Clark Kent : Best I can tell, he's been playing possum for months, just waiting for the right time.