My Adventures with Superman
Season 2 – Episode 1
Episode title: More Things in Heaven and Earth
Original air date: May 26, 2024 (Adult Swim)
Plot: Clark agonizes over what to do for his and Lois’ first Valentine’s Day; visions of his father lead Clark, Jimmy, and Lois to the remains of his spaceship and the new villains of Task Force X.
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[crowd cheering]
[whooshing]
Ma?
Pa?
[leaves rustling]
[portal whirring]
Am I not your son?
Am I not human?
[Lois] No.
You’re not their son.
And you’ll never be human.
[wind whooshing]
[Jor-El] Kal-El!
[speaking Kryptonian]
There is another like you.
But we are running out of time.
[rumbling]
[portal whirring]
[screaming]
[panting]
[opening music playing]
[gasps]
[snorts] Yes? What? Hmm?
[sighs] Oh.
[sighs softly]
Got the coffee.
Love you, Clark.
[cell phone chimes]
[chuckles softly]
[signal fails]
[automated voice] The number you have dialed has been disconnected.
[sighing] Dad, where are you?
Oh, the morning pitch meeting.
I’m late!
Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone.
And you get a card, and you get a card.
And you better believe I’ve got a card for my best friend.
[card hissing]
[meows echoing]
Uh, Jimmy. How much did you spend on these?
Clark, as I am now one of the bosses at the Daily Planet,
head of the Flamebird video division,
I have to set an example.
Money is no object.
[counter dings]
Anyhoo, what are you and Lois doing for Valentine’s Day?
I’ve got it all figured out.
First, I’m going to pick up Lois’ favorite ramen,
extra spicy for her, mild for me.
Then we’ll sit on the roof of the Daily Planet and watch the sunset.
Soup? On the roof?
That’s it?
I, Cat Grant, cannot let this stand.
Oh, everyone, quickly.
Darling, if you want a second Valentine’s Day,
you must go all out for the first.
A grand romantic gesture is the only way to go.
I… I can call my card guy for you.
He does emergencies.
I don’t think my plan is that bad.
I… I even wrote her a poem.
[clearing throat]
“Can you read my mind?”
[Grant] Absolutely not!
[all grumbling]
It was sweet while it lasted, honey.
No, it… I… It will be fine, right?
Sure it will.
Because no one’s going anywhere.
Valentine’s Day is canceled.
What?
[all groaning]
[Jimmy whining] Why?
[Perry] Vicki Vale of the Gotham Gazette
has scooped us on every major news story for months.
And I’m sick of it.
I need pitches, people.
“Death from above’!
My old college classmate, Hank, is the PR guy for S.T.A.R. Labs,
the space research group.
According to him, they’ve been tracking an unusual meteoroid
for the last 12 hours.
A meteoroid that, if its orbit decays,
will crash into the Earth!
Yes. This is what I’m talking about, people.
Lane, Kent, you’re on this.
And Jimmy will go too.
Olsen, I’m still waiting on your last video.
You wanna maybe assign a team to help you out?
Aw, Perry. Pear-Pear.
Don’t call me that.
As one boss to another, I get your concern.
But Flamebird is a one-man show.
This man.
[meows echoing]
Just make sure you post by 5:00 p.m.
Well, back to work. We’ve got a paper to run.
[laughs boisterously] Look!
It’s the prototype of the Amazo Tech jump drive ship.
S.T.A.R. Labs bought it when Amazo Tech went under.
Hey, you okay?
No! What should I do about tonight?
Everyone thought my plans were, uh…
Bad? Boring?
A great way to end your relationship?
He’s ready for us. Come on.
[snickering] I built that spaceship.
You should be begging me to work here.
Maybe you should have thought of that
before you helped Ivo build that suit and destroy Metropolis.
[grumbling]
[Jimmy] Hey, man. It’ll be okay.
You! You’re that reporter who yelled at me about Superman.
[chuckles softly] Okay, so we didn’t get off on the right foot
the first time we met.
You’ve got great ideas.
But nobody wants to take a chance on them, right?
Don’t wait for someone to give you a chance,
make one.
Carve your own path and find the people
who will help you make those dreams a reality.
And eventually, it works out.
Take it from me,
a humble leader at the Daily Planet.
You’re right.
[chuckles softly] Thanks, um…
Jimmy Olsen.
Alex…
[Lois] Jimmy, Come on.
Gotta go! Good luck!
Hey, Lois.
Hey. Congrats on becoming a reporter.
I wish we could catch up, but I’m leaving soon.
Flying the wife to Paris. [chuckles softly]
Grand romantic gestures are the only way to go. Right, pal?
Uh…
You said this meteoroid isn’t like anything you’ve ever seen. How so?
Well, for starters, it’s vanished.
See, most meteoroids burn up in the atmosphere, right?
But this thing disappeared after it broke through.
Even before that, its orbit was, uh… erratic.
It kept appearing and disappearing from sensors.
We did manage to get a picture of it
before it blipped out over Antarctica.
Uh, here.
[screen whirs]
My ship.
[imitating gasps] Uh, sorry. Gotta go.
[chuckles nervously] Uh, forgot about that other story we’re covering.
The one about Superman.
Right!
Thanks again, Hank.
[Clark] It’s not a meteoroid.
It’s my spaceship.
[screaming] What? [softly] What?
[softly] How do you know?
I saw a… a vision of it this morning.
And then again two seconds ago.
I… I thought it was a dream.
But now, uh,
I have to find it and make sure it doesn’t open another portal.
And… in the vision, I saw the man I think is my father.
The alien hologram?
Clark, are you sure this is a good idea?
I don’t know.
But… I have to find out what’s going on.
Then I’m coming too.
There’s Kryptonite in there, remember?
Someone needs to keep you safe.
And I’ll rent us a plane.
[counter dings]
Let’s go!
[wind howling]
This is where S.T.A.R. Labs said the ship disappeared.
[sighs] It looks like my vision, but it… It doesn’t feel quite right.
Plus, no spaceship. Just saying.
[sighs]
Was it just a dream?
[eerie noises]
[wind whooshing]
Jimmy?
Kal-El.
You?
But how?
Huh? Wait.
[rhythmic humming]
[electricity crackling]
How did I get in here?
[door closes]
You!
But how?
[static humming]
Tell me what’s going on right now.
[shudders]
[whooshes]
[gasps]
[wind howling]
[engine roaring]
Clark?
Clark, where are you?
Are you sure he went this way?
I am now. Look.
Hmm.
Wow.
[gasps] Uh… Lois.
Did Clark do that?
[both grunting]
[screaming]
Lois!
[muffled thudding]
[Lois groans softly]
Clark? Clark?
[Jimmy sighs] Poor guy.
He was already stressed out about Valentine’s Day, and now this happens.
Wait, it’s Valentine’s Day?
You forgot?
[door slams]
Weird question,
but… wasn’t there a hallway here a second ago?
[whirring]
Run!
[Jimmy exclaims]
[Clark] Why did you lure me in here?
What even is this?
Why did you try to invade Earth?
Why did you save me after I stopped you from invading Earth?
And why did you send me here in the first place?
Why did you leave me here alone?
Kal-El.
Filo.
Which question would you like me to answer first?
You can speak English now?
The translation program needed time to learn your language.
[sighs softly]
In life, I was Jor-El,
a scion of the Kryptonian Empire,
your father.
In life?
I… am a ghost,
a program containing a scan of your father’s mind.
It’s what I tried to explain to you
when you first unlocked the ship.
And then, you buried me and refused to speak to me for over a decade.
[chuckles nervously]
[static humming]
The Kryptonite is still eating through the ship.
We don’t have much time.
Please.
Krypton was about to be destroyed.
The Kryptonian Empire had conquered and spread across the stars like a disease
until we found an enemy we could not defeat.
Our empire was falling into a war of its own making.
And it was clear no one would survive.
[pod door whooshing]
Your mother and I sent you away to save your life.
But we never intended for you to be alone.
No, no, no. That doesn’t make sense.
When… When the portal opened,
I saw that Kryptonian ship coming through to invade Earth.
The ship you saw was a dead remnant.
An unmanned ghost ship running on autopilot.
The Kryptonians aren’t coming back?
The Kryptonians are dead.
You are the last of us, Kal-El.
You and your cousin.
Cousin?
Zor-El, my brother,
and your cousin Kara.
I…
I’m not alone?
You and Kara were both sent away
in the last moments before Krypton fell.
You are the only two Kryptonians in existence.
[baby cooing]
[baby giggling]
Jor-El?
We’re running out of time.
The ship’s Brainiac system is trying to isolate the Kryptonite in one spot,
cycling in and out of dimensional space.
Dimensional space? Is that why the walls are moving around?
Yes, but the ship can’t maintain power much longer.
And the Brainiac system is using too much energy to expel the invaders.
Lois and Jimmy. They aren’t invaders. They’re with me.
You brought them? Then what about the others?
What others?
[Lois grunting]
[both panting]
[groans softly]
[panting]
[whirring]
[both gasp]
The coast is clear, General.
Dad?
[Waller] Excellent work, Damage.
Collect as much of the tech as you can.
Get it done before the next shift.
With these many toys to play with,
we can finally take out Superman.
Superman.
If Sam had done his duty and exterminated the alien,
we wouldn’t have to be in Antarctica.
Don’t worry, General. We’ll finish the job.
[Waller] It’s not enough.
We’re not ready for full-scale invasion,
not with the level of tech we have.
I know Sam squirreled away more.
Just need him to spill where.
When we’re back at HQ,
I’ll get him to tell us everything. [laughs maliciously]
[sighs softly]
No.
They have my dad.
[rumbling]
Not again.
[both screaming]
[crashes]
[exhales]
[grunting] Hey!
[both scream]
[Jor-El] Explain this again.
You brought your mate here.
Your fragile, human mate
who does not have any of our powers.
And then you lost her?
Dad!
I was chasing you.
[sighs] Filo, I don’t know how they do things here,
but if I had done this to your mother,
I would have to perform some sort of
very grand romantic gesture to make up for it.
You too? Ugh! This is taking too long.
[Jor-El straining]
I can hold off the next shift, but you’ll only have a moment.
Go! Now!
Who the heck are you?
[both grunting]
Stay away from my friends.
[scoffs]
Superman.
Thank you.
[straining] Without your people’s weapons,
we would not have been able to build the technology
to take you down!
[grunting]
[chuckling]
[groans]
[grunts]
[grunting]
[both grunting]
[Superman groans]
Is that all you got?
[crackling]
[groaning]
[grunting]
[groaning] What’s happening?
What is that?
[groans]
Something that just took down Superman. Get it!
[grunting]
[groaning weakly]
Hmm.
[grunting]
[groans]
[Lois grunts]
[groaning]
[crackling]
[groans softly]
[sighs in relief]
This is my ship.
And you’re trespassing.
And you’re outnumbered.
[grunts]
[grunts]
[electrical buzzing]
[screaming]
Not anymore.
[high-pitched whistling]
[all groaning]
[gasps]
[wind howling]
[portal whooshing]
[sighs]
No, no, no!
I forgot to post on Flamebird.
[groans softly]
Pear-Pear is gonna kill me.
Take the plane.
I’ll wait with Clark.
[portal humming]
Jor-El… Father, what’s happening?
The Kryptonite is destroying what little of me remains.
This is goodbye, filo.
No!
No. There’s…
There’s so much more I want to ask… To…
To tell you.
I know.
We have never had enough time.
For that, I am sorry.
You said my cousin is out there. Kara.
Where?
I… don’t know.
This ship’s communication beacon was destroyed.
But there is another in the dimensional gateway sent here 22 years ago.
Find it and use it to find Kara.
Kal-El…
Clark.
My boy.
You have turned your power into a shield for the helpless.
You have filled your life with love.
You are more than I could have ever hoped for.
[static humming]
And maybe, one day you’ll forgive me for leaving you again.
Lois,
does it ever bother you that I’m not… human?
Does it ever bother you that I am?
[chuckles softly]
You are perfect the way you are.
Hold on.
[whooshing]
Clark,
I… I have something I need to ask you.
I’ve got something I need to talk to you about too.
Something Jor-El showed me.
Sorry. You should go first.
Please help me save my dad.
Uh, your dad. The General?
I heard Waller talking. They’re holding my dad prisoner.
All because he listened to me.
And… I know it’s a lot to ask…
I’d do anything for you, Lois.
Thank you.
You had something too?
Uh, it can wait.
This is more important.
You’re more important.
Because there’s nothing we can’t handle together.
[energy crackling softly]
[Superman] And we’ve got all the time in the world.
[screams echoing]
[closing music playing]
