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Winner! -- The Green, Green Glow of Home
While at the Smallville Corn Festival, Clark (who has recently been exposed to Kryptonite) makes an attempt at the strongman/hammer carnival game, and performs miserably. Later in the day, while hanging out with Lois, he makes another go at it. On his third try, he manages to strike the bell at the top -- where a picture of Superman happens to reside. "You get your pick," the game attendant tells Lois and Clark, holding up a stuffed Superman and a stuffed animal. You just know what Clark is thinking -- that the Superman-obsessed Lois is going to go for the plush man of steel. Clark is pleasantly surprised, however, when Lois chooses the mouse.
This scene gets a place on this list for many reasons. One, "The Green, Green Glow of Home" was one of the first episodes I remember watching, and for some reason, my 13-year-old self found this scene to be completely hilarious. Lois is being offered a Superman doll, and Clark's standing right there! Oh, man. I remember running out into the kitchen afterwards and describing this scene to my dad. When this episode reran, I recognized it, and was like "Yesss this is the episode where he wins the stuffed animal!" So thrilling. Two, this scene shows that Lois CAN go for five seconds without being nutso for Superman. Three, the mouse shows up a few episodes later, in "Witness" -- Lois has it with her on her bed. Considering that Clark won it for her, I find that to be completely adorable.
"This is going to hurt me more than it hurts you, believe me!" -- All Shook Up
It's a classic line parents speak right before they impose some sort of heinous sentence or request upon their kid. The irony here is that Jonathan means it literally.
Clark gets amnesia after trying to break up a large asteroid, and doesn't remember he's Superman. His parents tell him, but instead of believing them, he starts going off somewhat hysterically about how maybe this is all some sort of sick joke, some weird game. So what does Jonathan do? He takes a baseball bat, speaks the above line, and whacks Clark across the chest.
The bat snaps in half. Clark looks down, stunned.
He's definitely had some sense smacked into him.
This scene makes me giggle every time.
"I can't." The House of Luthor
Clark, desperate to prevent Lois from walking down the aisle with Lex Luthor, has admitted his true feelings for her, only to be rejected. Lois, in love with no one but Superman, asks the man of steel if there's any hope for the two of them; he -- dejected over Lois's "I love you... like a friend" speech to his alter ego -- turns her down. Fastforward a few weeks. Lois has said "yes" to Lex Luthor's proposal, and she's about to walk down the aisle. Perry, Jimmy, and Jack are feverishly working to expose Lex's criminal ways, but they're going to be a bit too late. Lex has trapped Superman in a Kryptonite cage just a few floors below where the ceremony is taking place.
And then the wedding march begins.
With each step she takes down the aisle, Lois begins to feel less and less sure about this whole thing. Ten minutes earlier, while standing in front of a full-length mirror in her wedding dress, crying, she has found herself practicing her future name: "Mrs. Lex Luthor... Lois Lane Luthor... Lois Luthor-Lane... Lois Lane... Kent." Now it's all she can do to not think about Clark. In flashbacks, she sees him at various stages of their relationship, ending with him saying, "Goodbye, Lois."
When she gets to the altar, and is asked if she takes Lex Luthor to be her lawfully wedded husband, she stammers: "I-- I can't."
Moments later, Perry and the others burst through the door with the police. Down in the wine cellar, Superman has just made his escape from the cage, and is trying to recover his strength.
Superman didn't stop Lois from marrying Lex. The police didn't stop her. The thing that stopped her was Clark. Her emerging feelings for him were enough to bring her to her senses and to refuse Lex.
And that, I think, is one of the most beautiful moments of the whole first season.
The senior journalist -- The Prankster
Convinced that her old college admirer, Randall Loomis, is the guy behind her recent string of bizarre "secret admirer" gifts, Lois decides to track down Randall. She and Clark pay a visit to his house -- actually, a mansion -- and Lois is stunned to learn that this former nerd is now happily married to a very attractive woman, has recently sold his software company, and is getting ready to retire. After telling Lois all this, Randall asks what she's been up to.
At first, Lois tells him she's a reporter. But that doesn't sound good enough, not after all Randall has accomplished since graduation. So she upgrades her title to "senior journalist." Still not good enough. "Actually," she says, "I'm in charge of--"
"Almost the entire newspaper," Clark chimes in, playing along.
And when Randall thinks that Lois and Clark are an item, Clark puts his arm around Lois and plays along with that, too. Hey, sure, so Lois is lying through her teeth. She's not in charge of the newspaper, nor is she dating anyone... but never let it be said that Lois Lane won't do everything she can to make everyone think she's the best. Clark's goofy grin throughout the scene, and Lois's obvious discomfort and embarrassment, are priceless -- especially considering Lois is basically bringing it upon herself.
I can't watch this scene without laughing. And hey, within a year, Lois and Clark will be dating, so... it's just cute.
Couch cuddling -- The Prankster
After Kyle Griffin threatens Lois's life, she heads straight for Clark's apartment. It isn't the first time she's come to his place when she's felt threatened, but this time she tries to mask her fear by bringing along a pizza, a six-pack, and three Lethal Weapon movies. Of course, considering that she shows up there at 11:00 at night, Clark knows something's wrong... and tries to get her to talk. At first, she won't. Then finally she blurts out: "Griffin called me."
"What did he say?" Clark asks, his eyes wide.
"Oh, you know... the usual," she replies dismissively. "He said 'Lois... hi... how are you... long time no see...... I'm going to kill you.'"
After she has admitted her real purpose for coming over, Clark tells her he'd feel a lot better if she stayed at his place tonight. "Oh, well... if it would make you feel better," she says.
A moment later, it all becomes too much, and she crumbles. "Clark... I don't want to die."
Looking straight back at her, Clark says, "Lois, I would not let that happen."
She believes him, she's comforted, and she feels safe... and then she realizes she's gazing at him. Turning away quickly, she makes a comment about the movie. They make small talk. Before long, Lois's eyes begin to close, and her head lands on his shoulder.
She's a tough-as-nails reporter 99% of the time. But she'll let her guard down for this guy.
"He doesn't listen to Lois go off on some weird tangent and secretly love it." -- That Old Gang of Mine
After being shot by gangsters, Clark has to fake his own death in order to prevent people from finding out he's Superman. Lois, who is with him at the time, is completely devastated, and everyone at the Daily Planet thinks Clark has died. So what does Clark do? Flies to his parents' house for some advice, of course. Explaining to them what has happened, he laments: "Everything I've worked for... my life... is over!"
When he finds out how distraught Lois is, he tells his parents, "I wish I could be there for her!"
"You can," his dad tells him, "as Superman."
Sadly, Clark explains that "they all treat me so differently as Superman... epecially Lois."
The gunshots may not have caused Clark any physical pain, but the resulting emotional pain is obviously ten times worse.
The pink shirt -- Chi of Steel
Martha and Jonathan are visiting Clark, and they've decided to switch chores during their stay. So while Martha plays checkers and reads the newspaper, Jonathan takes care of the laundry. Now, that'd be sort of interesting to watch on another TV show, but on a show about Superman? Ha! Not only does Jonathan accidentally burn a hole through one of Clark's capes, but he washes the capes with Clark's white work shirts and thereby turns the shirts pink.
Not a minute after we hear Clark complaining about this, Lois bursts into the apartment on a tirade about something, during which she pauses to glance at Clark. "Nice shirt... you look good in pink!" she declares, before continuing on her babblefest.
And what does Clark do? He thanks her, buttons the shirt up, and wears it to work!
"I have never needed you more than I do right now." -- And The Answer Is...
Lois still doesn't know that Clark is Superman, but she has finally come around to the fact that she loves Clark. Their romantic relationship is just beginning. Sure, she's a bit miffed that he's always running off without explanation, but she's not about to let him get away. Of course, he has been acting a little strange lately....
Long story short, someone has discovered that Clark is Superman, and, when Clark refuses to meet this blackmailer's demands, this man kidnaps Clark's parents. Clark tells Lois about his parents' plight, and she tells him she'll do whatever she can to help. It turns out that Nigel St. John, a former employee of Lex Luthor, is involved in the kidnapping. Nigel hates Lois and wants her dead. Before long, the kidnapper makes a demand of Clark -- kill Lois, and bring me her body... or your parents will die.
Clark's in a panic. He urges Lois to get as far away out of town as she can. But she has another plan. She asks Clark to tell Superman to meet her at her apartment. When Superman arrives, Lois asks Superman to freeze her, so that she'll appear to be dead and so Clark's parents can be saved. She figures that after Clark's parents are rescued, Superman can thaw her out and everything will be fine. He can't do it, he tells her -- there's too much at risk.
"Please, Superman!" Lois begs. "You haven't seen him, you don't know what he's going through. He needs me. And I have never needed you more than I do right now."
It's at that moment that you know this isn't just some run-of-the-mill romance. Lois is willing to die to save Clark's parents -- and, in essence, Clark. In the past two years, Superman has saved Lois from bombs, tsunamis, gangsters and kidnappers... all threats to her life. But it is now that Lois speaks those words. They're powerful, they're beautiful, they're heart-wrenching, and they work.
With tears in his eyes, Superman agrees to freeze Lois.
"If anything h-happens," she stammers, "tell Clark that I love him."
"He knows," Superman replies.
Boy, does he know.
Telepathy -- Home Is Where The Hurt Is
For a while there, it looked as if Clark wouldn't make it. But after emerging from his Kryptonite-induced coma, he begins to murmur Lois's name. Lois, across town, is taking a nap, exhausted from her all-night vigil of watching over Clark. Still half-asleep, she begins to speak his name. This happens a few more times before both Lois's and Clark's eyes flutter open. Lois's phone rings. Before even hearing who's on the phone or what the news is, she knows... she knows Clark is alive. Somehow, she "heard" him speaking her name. This is not the first, nor is it the last, time that it's been hinted that Lois and Clark share a bond beyond the ordinary.
That Superman song -- Tempus, Anyone?
Trying to get Clark Kent (of the alternate dimension) into the red and blue suit is no easy task for our Lois Lane. But once she does -- and once he goes out in public for the first time in the Superman suit -- Clark finds that he really had been missing something. "I've never felt so good about being me," he tells Lois. The scene is set to the song "Superman" (made famous by R.E.M.), and when this episode first aired, I liked this scene so much, I hunted down R.E.M.'s "Life's Rich Pageant" cassette, just so I could listen to this song repeatedly.
Baby dreams -- Faster Than A Speeding Vixen
Lois has babies on her mind. After picking up a book on parenting, she begins to have a kind of daymare fantasy in which she and Clark are the parents of nearly a dozen babies (all named after people they know!) and must also deal with the rigors of their jobs (in this daymare, they're supposed to interview the pope and the queen), not to mention Clark's job as Superman (whoops, gotta go stop a buffalo stampede....) The scene is a bit over-the-top -- but then, it's supposed to be... this is coming out of Lois's imagination, after all. Leave it to her to imagine the worst that could possibly happen. This is the first in a string of episodes dealing with Lois and Clark talking about becoming parents, but this scene in particular is one of my favorites from the later fourth season. And Clark's "would you look at the little nipper, flying already?" line is insanely comical.
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