Superman: The Animated Series (TV Series)

Two's a Crowd (1997)

Tim Daly: Superman, Clark Kent

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• The Parasite : You want me to go into this guy's mind and try to find out where the bomb is. No skin off my nose. But I want something in return.

  Superman : What's that?

  The Parasite : Something to help the time go faster in this dump... And not a bunch of boring books either. I want cable *and* the premium channels.

• Superman : Twenty minutes left.

  Maggie Sawyer : He'll call.

  [her landline rings] 

  Maggie Sawyer : Yes?

  Dr. Earl Garver : This isn't a game of chicken anymore, Ms. Sawyer. I still want the money. 50 million in unsigned bearer bonds, understand?

  Maggie Sawyer : So far.

  Dr. Earl Garver : There's just one modification. I want Superman to bring it to me, and I want him to come alone. Agreed?

  Superman : Agreed.

  Dr. Earl Garver : Very good, Superman. Go to the old subway extension. Enter by way of the northside station. I'll be waiting.

• Superman : Where's the bomb, Garver?

  Dr. Earl Garver : Wherever it is, it's already ticking and concealed in lead. So the real question is, where's my money?

  Superman : I don't play those games.

• Professor Emile Hamilton : I think I understand how you feel, Superman. If it had happened to me, I'd be leery, too.

  Superman : That's not it. What you want to do could be more dangerous than a dozen bombs.

  Maggie Sawyer : We'll take every possible precaution.

  [they look into Parasite's cell] 

  Maggie Sawyer : But right now, he's our only hope.

• Superman : Inspector Sawyer, Professor Hamilton.

  Maggie Sawyer : Perfect timing. The man inside's Earl Garver. Used to work at S.T.A.R. Labs.

  Professor Emile Hamilton : Until he stole a radioactive isotope from us.

  Maggie Sawyer : [showing Superman the ransom note]  He sent this to the mayor today. He says used the isotope to make a bomb, and he'll detonate it if we don't pay by tonight.

  Professor Emile Hamilton : It could take out a square mile of the city.

  Superman : Let me see if I can change his mind.

• Superman : The longer this goes on, the weaker you'll get.

  Dr. Earl Garver : Then perhaps we should call an end to the stalemate.

  Rudy Jones : [he re-arms the bomb timer]  What are you doing?

  Dr. Earl Garver : Two minutes. That's all you've got. Now come over here and hold out your hand like a good boy.

  Superman : Shut it off. You'll be killed, too.

  Dr. Earl Garver : Will I? My real body's miles north of here resting peacefully in an ambulance.

  Superman : Hear that, Rudy? He's willing to sacrifice you.

  Dr. Earl Garver : It'll never come to that.

  Superman : He's already taken control of your body, Rudy. What do you think he's going to do with your mind?

  Rudy Jones : You gonna crowd me out, Garver? Is that where this is going?

  Dr. Earl Garver : Rudy, you're a loser without me. It's this or the cell.

  Rudy Jones : Some choice.

  Dr. Earl Garver : Rudy, what are you...

  Superman : [Parasite shouts in pain and holds his head]  Fight him, Rudy.

  [going to disarm the bomb] 

  Superman : He's changed the code. Rudy?

  Dr. Earl Garver : Cat's got his tongue.

• Maggie Sawyer : Did he say anything, Doctor?

  Doctor : It's a severe concussion. He'll be unconscious for the next day or two.

  Maggie Sawyer : The bomb goes off in four hours.

  Superman : Even I couldn't search the city in that time.

  Professor Emile Hamilton : If I might make a suggestion, there's someone who might be able to tell us exactly where that bomb is.

• The Parasite : Why should I help you? You're the one who put me here.

  Superman : Rudy, the whole city's in trouble.

  The Parasite : Tell somebody who cares.

  Maggie Sawyer : The bomb could blow up a huge area of Metropolis. What if that includes Stryker's Island?

  The Parasite : What if it does? Think I'd miss this life of mine? These four stinking walls?

• Maggie Sawyer : Rudy, can you hear me? Did you find out where the bomb is?

  Dr. Earl Garver : I know where it is, all right, but you still have to pay.

  Maggie Sawyer : [taken aback]  Sounds like Garver.

  Professor Emile Hamilton : Rudy?

  Dr. Earl Garver : Sorry, Emil, I've put Rudy on the back burner. You're cooking with Earl now.

  Maggie Sawyer : What's happening?

  Professor Emile Hamilton : The Parasite has somehow taken Garver's consciousness, not just his memories.

  Maggie Sawyer : How?

  Professor Emile Hamilton : Garver's intellect, his ego, his force of personality; it all must have combined to overwhelm...

  Dr. Earl Garver : What's it going to be?

  Superman : You're still stuck here, Garver, and you don't even know what hospital you're in. If that bomb goes off there's a good chance you'll go with it.

  [indicating Garver's physical body] 

  Superman : Both of you.

  Rudy Jones : Come on, man, what are you waiting for? They got you. Cooperate, and they'll treat you real good.

  Superman : You'll never get away, Garver.

  Dr. Earl Garver : Ah, the best-laid plans...

• Maggie Sawyer : Guess he thought nobody'd stumble across his bomb down here.

  Superman : There's the wreck.

  Maggie Sawyer : Once you find the sucker, I can disarm it.

  [he uses his x-ray vision to look inside] 

  Maggie Sawyer : See anything?

  Superman : No, there's too much debris. We'll have to go in.

  Maggie Sawyer : [as he pulls a door off, the debris rumbles]  Let's make this a short visit.

• Maggie Sawyer : [searching for Garver's bomb in a submerged shipwreck]  It's not here. He's playing games with us.

  Superman : No, he's buying time. We'd better get back.