Superman & Lois (TV Series)

What Lies Beneath (2022)

Ian Bohen: Lt. Mitch Anderson

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• Superman : [summoned to the DOD]  This about the sub?

  Lt. Mitch Anderson : It's not really playing well around these parts.

  Superman : I was just trying to save lives.

  Lt. Mitch Anderson : Sure, I get it. I do. The problem is you rescued a North Korean submarine, a nuclear one, and then you returned it to them. Couldn't you have just dropped it by American soil?

  Superman : It's important that I stay out of the...

  Lt. Mitch Anderson : Geopolitics of it all. It's just that we seem to keep having these issues... communicating with each other. The whole reason that I got this position is because I was the one who knew everything about you; all your saves, all your history. Now it's feeling clear to me that actually, I know nothing about you.

  Superman : Lt. Anderson, that's not true. Maybe a little true.

  Lt. Mitch Anderson : Look, we don't need to be best friends, okay? But we do need to be up-front with each other just like you and General Lane were.

  Superman : It wasn't that simple.

  Lt. Mitch Anderson : Doesn't matter. That's how the upper brass see it.

  Superman : They're not my concern.

  Lt. Mitch Anderson : Sure, not yet. But if I can't get your firm commitment that American interests come first, our working relationship's gonna have to change.

  Superman : Lieutenant, we've been over this. I will continue to do everything I can to help the DOD.

  Lt. Mitch Anderson : That's not a commitment.

  Superman : It's the best I can do.

  Lois Lane : [sending an ELT signal]  Clark, I need you home now.

  Superman : I have to go.

  Lt. Mitch Anderson : Wait, what's so impor...

  [he whooshes away] 

  Lt. Mitch Anderson : Important now?

• Superman : [encountering two soldiers with Kryptonian-like abilities]  Who are they?

  Lt. Mitch Anderson : They're from our school.

  Superman : Your school?

  Lt. Mitch Anderson : Surely General Lane told you that the DOD is training some of our gifted students. I think they did a great job on their inaugural mission tonight, don't you?

  Superman : Saving people during an earthquake, that's one thing. They're not ready for what's out there in the world.

  Lt. Mitch Anderson : I disagree. Regardless, it's not your call. I asked you repeatedly, be part of my team.

  Superman : What you asked for was my allegiance to America.

  Lt. Mitch Anderson : And you refused.

  Superman : Because I gave it to the world a long time ago.

  Lt. Mitch Anderson : America needs to come first. And to them, it does. And the rest of my new team.

  [giving the ELT device back] 

  Lt. Mitch Anderson : When it does to you, come on back. I'd love to have you. Bring your friend.

  Superman : I told you, he's done

  Lt. Mitch Anderson : Then they're who I'm calling.

  Superman : [he moves to leave]  Anderson. That crest you put on their suit, it's not yours to give.

  Lt. Mitch Anderson : That's the most recognizable symbol on the planet. I want everyone to know that we are the good guys. Besides, America can have more than one Superman.