LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION! (A FOLC guide to Metropolis)

1- Daily Planet, newsroom, Perry's office, conference room
2- Lois' Apartment- where she tells her uncle to call her if he has trouble and she’ll call the police
3- Clark's Apartment- where Lois witnesses a kiss between Clark and Mayson
4- Americana Café, patio café area- where Lois and Clark become involved in Mike Lane’s troubles
5- Southside Street, Alley- where we are introduced to Baby Rage
6- CostMart Store- site of a grand opening and an underground operations center for Intergang
7- Parking Lot- where Perry White introduces us to Bill Church, owner of the CostMart chain of discount stores
8- Passage Way/Elevator- the location of the entry to Church’s underground lair
9- Church's Lair- deep underground beneath the new CostMart store
10- Arboretum- a local attraction, possibly built and financed by Bill Church
11- Camouflaged Pillbox/Woods- a part of an underground complex at the Arboretum
12- Courthouse, courtroom, corridor- where Mayson Drake and Martin Snell face off in the Baby Rage hearing
13- Metropolis Street- where Lane and Kent meet with Mayson Drake
14- Police Station- where Lois, Clark and Mike go to press charges against Baby Rage
15- Charity Ball location, courtyard- where Bill Church takes care of business, eliminating loose ends

LOCATIONS (Outside of Metropolis)

Kent Farm Tool shed- where the three Kents have a talk about girls, adult education and the dreaded appearance of the third person
Metropolis Skyline- seen in Superman flyovers and while following the trajectory of the projectiles fired by the pillbox gun

POWERS USED AS SUPERMAN

Breath- blows out a fire in the Americana Café
Strength- breaks through the concrete walls of the pillbox to destroy the installation there
Flight- goes to Kansas, goes to various sites around the city
Speed- in conjunction with flight, is able to save Lois from being hit by a paint filled projectile
Hearing- Snell’s transmitter is set at a frequency only he can hear

POWERS USED AS CLARK

Hearing- the first message from Martin Snell is sent while he is at work as Clark


HINT! HINT! (for the galactically stupid)

N/A

CLARK’S LAME EXCUSES
1- Tells Lois he just remembered he has an errand he needs to run and will be right back and rushes out of the newsroom to go to the Arboretum.
2- Tells Lois and Mayson he has to leave- it won’t be long- to do that thing he has to do at the place he’ll be back from in just one second, then leaves to investigate the insect that tried to bite him. (MD, watching him leave: “Does he do that a lot?” LL, also watching him hurry away, “Constantly.”)


DEVICES
1- explosive device with a digital timer used by Baby Rage
2- card swipe reader protecting entry to a locked door in a back area of a CostMart store
3- state-of-the-art telecommunications setup in Church’s underground lair with audio and video signals sent and received around the world in real time with no noticeable delay or degradation of the signals
4- small, handheld smart phone-like device used by Bill Church to communicate with Snell and to detonate bombs
5- small transmitter used by Snell to broadcast on a supersonic frequency only Superman ( and a few bats) can hear
6- small, rocket-like projectiles about 4 inches long that can carry various kinds of payload inserts
7- a high powered gun for firing the projectiles
8- small mechanical insects whose sting leaves radio isotope markers on the victims
9- The Swing King- a golf game of sorts that CostMart might carry for $49, guaranteed to improve the player’s putting- Church misses his putt and lowers the price to $39
10- a programmable holographic conference table in Church’s lair that shows a map of all the properties Intergang has bought on the Southside
11- bomb hidden in Snell’s office, remotely detonated by an audio signal
12- the super fast computer network/system at the Daily Planet where Lois is able to call up the police files on Bill Church immediately with instant search speeds making long loading of information nonexistent


BEEN THERE (Clark’s travels)
N/A


SAY WHAT? (Clark’s languages)
N/A


HISTORY, HOBBIES, ALL CHARACTERS

CLARK KENT/SUPERMAN
1- spills raspberry on his tie while eating at the Americana Cafe and goes into the men’s room to clean it
2- sees a suspicious man in the alley next to the restaurant though the men’s room window and the man sees him
3- wonders how this once vital neighborhood around the restaurant could go downhill so fast
4- as Superman, apprehends the man as soon as he runs out of the restaurant and blows out the fire, much to the man’s dismay
5- chains the man to a dumpster and flies away despite the man’s threats, and returns immediately as Clark, almost forgetting to put his glasses back on
6- assures Mike he will tell the police he saw everything the man did
7- upon discovering the man is called Baby Rage, he watches him struggle with officers and threaten them, and bemusedly wonders why he is called that?
8- promises to testify so Mayson can stop Baby Rage
9- is attracted by Mayson’s obvious interest in him as more than just a witness
10- can’t help but smile when she reminds him to call her
11- going over information from Lois’ source, is distracted by a high frequency call for Superman
12- reaches the Daily Planet newsroom just as the first projectile is about to hit Lois
13- breaks open the rocket shaped and discovers it is filled with paint
14- returns to the Arboretum where Snell is waiting
15- understands the seriousness of Snell’s warning that someone close to him will be killed if he tries to stop what is happening on the Southside, but flies away with the promise that it isn’t over yet
16- goes to talk to Mayson Drake and is mystified by her cool attitude towards him
17- leaves her, barely acknowledges Lois’ arrival and flies off muttering, “This just isn’t my day.”
18- suspects Mayson knows Intergang is controlling the Skins, which she admits is true
19- tells Lois Snell is a lawyer for Intergang, citing a source of his own for the information
20- suggests Lois take a look at Bill Church’s police files, but he is clean, or never been caught, at least, just as Lex Luthor was never caught until the end
21- admits they may be on to something but feels Snell is who they should be investigating
22- goes to Lois’ apartment as Superman to talk about Intergang’s threats and she gives him an idea how he can get around them
23- buys a police officer’s uniform and is looking it over when Mayson Drake arrives at his apartment unexpectedly
24- spends the evening with her going over the case against Baby Rage, agrees to a lunch date with her and is surprised by her impulsive kiss before leaving
25- still bemused by these events, he lets Lois in just a few moments later
26- is surprised by a photo she has of Mayson with Snell and Church: the two used to work for Church acquisitions
27- goes immediately to the Southside when Lois says her uncle is in trouble and disguised as policeman, breaks up the Skins’ attack on the man and the café
28- is careful to inform them of their Miranda rights as he takes them on one by one and leaves them dazed on the ground
29- heads off to call for backup as a bewildered Mike points out backup is almost here
30- argues with Lois the next day over the direction their investigation is going and denies Mayson is his girlfriend and he doesn’t want to believe she is dirty
31- tells Lois, “If anyone is blind around here it’s you!” and he walks away angrily
32- goes to visit his parents and talk about the argument
33- meets Mayson for lunch at Mike’s and tells her what he and Lois have discovered about Church, Snell and her
34- doesn’t try too hard to stop her from angrily walking away (“Jeez, this is just not my week!”)
35- after giving testimony in court, he apologizes to Lois for loosing his temper the day before
36- is disturbed by Lois’ suspicion that Mayson is in on the sudden twist in the Baby Rage case
37- is buzzed by the same kind of insect Lois says bit her
38- catches the insect and sees that it is mechanical and is remote controlled
39- backtracks the signal used to control it and bursts through the wall of the underground control center, which he proceeds to destroy
40- at the charity ball he dances with both Lois and Mayson and afterwards, visits Lois’ apartment as Superman to thank her for her advice
41- dances with her and distracts her from questioning him by levitating them into the air, saying:
“This isn’t dancing. This is.”



LOIS LANE
1- declares she will move into her gym for a month after eating dessert at her uncle’s restaurant
2- is startled when a fire suddenly breaks out inside the cafe
3- calls the police and is annoyed to be put on hold despite describing the crime as an attempted arson
4- goes to the police station with Clark and Mike to file reports
5- shrugs it off as if it was nothing when Clark tells Mayson Drake that the arsonist, Baby Rage, threatened Lois’ life, even though she showed concern when first hearing the threats
6- notices that Mayson is clearly attracted to Clark and he is returning her interest
7- is disdainful when Mayson gives him her business card with her office and home phone numbers on it
8- dismisses her with a roll of her eyes and a smirking mutter, “Subtle.”
9- is disbelieving when Clark says he’ll ask Superman to call Mayson later and the woman dismisses the idea
10- tells Drake most people would consider it an honor to meet Superman and is further astonished when she replies that she is not most people
11- assures her uncle she and Clark will find out why the police aren’t doing anything in response to the gang activity in his area, batting away an insect as she speaks
12- in response to Clark telling her she’s got her “I have a plan look,” she tells him she has a source in the commissioner’s office
13- looking through information from the source, she and Clark realize half the major cities of the world might have been infiltrated by the same organization behind the Southside’s decline
14- tells Clark the Australian press has nicknamed it “Intergang” and the reporter who worked on the story was killed in a car accident
15- sees Superman with Mayson Drake and calls a greeting to him just as he flies away
16- watches with Mayson and angrily begins to argue when Drake muses that he’s a lot shorter in person
17- is interrupted by Clark’s arrival
18- the three of them walk along, she tells Drake what she and Clark have discovered about Intergang, the organization they believe is trying to infiltrate Metropolis
19- suspects they have people inside the Southside Police Department but have no names to back it up
20- doesn’t trust Mayson because of her distrust of Superman
21- calls Snell a greasy creep in a silk suit
22- discovers he was once staff counsel for Bill Church, the CostMart guy, working in acquisitions, responsible for buying up overseas companies
23- on a hunch she does a computer search and discovers the spread of Intergang matches the spread of CostMart stores worldwide
24- hurrying to Clark’s apartment with the new discovery she witnesses a kiss between him and Mayson
25- after Mayson leaves, she shows him a picture of Mayson with Snell and Church and tells him what she’s discovered
26- just then her beeper sounds – it’s Uncle Mike and he’s in trouble
27- argues the next day with Clark: she is positive Mayson is as dirty as Snell but Clark demands proof
28- tells him he has no proof against Snell but is willing to go after him
29- though he says he has a source, she accuses him of using a double standard
30- denies she is jealous when challenged, just concerned his interest in Mayson is affecting their job
31- calls Mayson his girlfriend who has him finger wrapped and blindfolded; later tells Perry Clark is letting his feelings for a woman get in the way of their investigation and she doesn’t like it. . . but she doesn’t know why
32- when the charges against Baby Rage are questioned in court by Snell, she tells Clark that Mayson set it up- it’s the evidence they need to prove she is corrupt
33- calls a source in the police department for information on the sudden new evidence but the source hangs up on her
34- reluctantly agrees to help Mayson investigate the new evidence threatening to derail the Baby Rage case
35- has a plan to get information from Snell which involves Mayson pretending to make a deal with Snell and Lane and Kent taping the conversation (CK: “Your plan worked.” LL: “My plans always work. I love saying that!”)
36- tells her uncle, she and Clark are going to prove Bill Church is not a great guy
37- allows Mayson to cut in on her dance with Clark at the ball and tells Perry that she and Clark are fine, she’ll never lose him no matter what happens, and that Mayson is not so bad
38- feels Mayson is pushy, obviously desperate, but who can blame her?
39- after the ball she listens to music and dances slowly by herself until Superman arrives unexpectedly
40- she asks him to dance and comments that she knows little about him after he tells her he likes the song she has playing



PERRY WHITE
1- attends CostMart store opening to announce the Daily Planet and CostMart are co-sponsoring a charity ball for the Urban Redevelopment Fund
2- walks through the parking lot looking at the sales merchandise with Jimmy
3- decides to give Jimmy the benefit of his long experience on the treacherous (“exotic, beautiful but uncharted”) jungle river that is love (every rock, rapid and twist)
4- proceeds to give Jimmy the worst romantic advice ever
5- gives Lane and Kent tickets to the charity ball (“Make sure you invite people who know how to dress and don’t mind dancing close.”)
6- talks to Lois about her argument with Clark and gets her to admit she doesn’t like that Clark appears to be letting his feelings for Mayson get in the way of his job
7- assures her she won’t lose him as a friend and though they may experience a bump or two along the road, things will work out
8- saved by Superman from one of the deadly projectiles, he wonders if he wants to know what it was. “No.” Superman replies.
9- at the ball, tells Jimmy he wants to meet Kelly, the girl he was dating and learns his romantic advice didn’t work out
10- dances with Lois at the ball, telling her he dips suddenly and deeply, and when he does says, “I warned you!”



JIMMY OLSEN
1- takes pictures at the CostMart opening and during Perry’s speech
2- doesn’t notice a passing pretty girl, thus alerting Perry that something is wrong
3- is having problems with a girl named Kelly with whom he has been out twice with a third date coming up
4- should never have listened when Perry said, “…trust me, Jimmy. Trust me.”
5- is hit by a projectile that bursts open and spatters him with paint just seconds after Superman stops another one from hitting Lois
6- tells them it was all a joke and they won’t be bothered again
7- calls Kelly at Perry’s urging and tells her he has to work all weekend
8- feels bad about lying to her and wants to call her back
9- attends the charity ball alone, sitting at the bar and nursing a (soft) drink
10- tells Perry that following his advice resulted in Kelly finding a new boyfriend who lives in Switzerland, which is where she is now


MARTHA KENT
1- is fixing a chair in the tool shed on the farm
2- tells Clark his outburst with Lois was a “subconscious desire in search of a context” according to Freud, but Jung would dismiss it as “an anger induced synaptic anomaly”
3- asks who Mayson is and is he attracted to her?
4- is concerned, afraid this would happen, Clark is beginning to talk about himself in the third person
5- puts it down to pressure and she is glad she began her classes not a moment too soon


JONATHAN KENT
1- asks Clark what he meant by telling Lois she was the blind one in their partnership
2- dryly informs Clark Martha is taking adult education courses
3- brings in lunch from the house
4- tells Martha there is no big problem- their boy has two gorgeous women chasing after him and that is not high on the list of world problems
5- asks Clark if he will join them for a piece of pie


MIKE LANE
1- Lois’s uncle and owner of the Americana Cafe whose real specialty is baking
2- an ex-Marine, hanging tough in a neighborhood of abandoned, boarded up buildings with trash and old furniture left in the streets
3- laments the declining state of his neighborhood and its affect on his business because the lack of police interest in its problems
4- serves Lois and Clark a chocolate tort with raspberry sauce which he baked himself
5- identifies the would-be arsonist as a local guy who is a member of a gang called the Skins who have been chasing people out of the neighborhood and taking it over
6- at the police station he assures Mayson Drake he will not be scared out of his neighborhood
7- notices his niece’s reaction to Ms. Drake’s interest in Kent with no expression
8- attacked and roughed up by the Skins, he fights back and makes them angry enough to pull a knife on him
9- is stunned when a police officer suddenly appears and starts beating up the gang members while quoting them their rights
10- get a few hits in himself as the gang members are tossed around like toys, then assures the officer they seem to understand their rights as sirens begin to approach
11- later, looks for the mysterious officer with the wish to thank him for his timely help with a cake
12- on meeting Bill Church, chairman of the Urban Redevelopment Fund, thinks he’s the nicest billionaire in the world
13- attends the charity ball and provides the food which everyone raves about and asks about the restaurant
14- is happy and grateful for Lois and Clark’s article – no more gangs and no more slow cops in the Southside – Intergang doesn’t like the spotlight on the area
15- thinks Church is a great guy


BILL CHURCH
1- appears at the store opening and says CostMart is not here in Metropolis just to do business, but to be a part of the lives of the public
2- leaves the parking lot festivities and goes to the back of the CostMart store
3- an elevator hidden behind a door with the sign “Air Conditioning Equipment” takes him deep underground beneath the store, where he enters a large conference room/control center
4- the moment he takes a seat four TV monitors are turned on and a voice announces overseas operatives are online and standing by
5- pauses the video conferencing for ten minutes when he is joined by a man striding confidently out of the elevator and we discover his name is Martin Snell
6- has high blood pressure, has been advised to get it under control by reducing stress in his life and delegate responsibility to others
7- demands to know why Baby Rage was setting fires in the middle of the day with witnesses around
8- tells Snell they are at a crucial point in Metropolis and can’t be “doing business” openly until Superman is out of the way
9- listens to Snell’s entire conversation with Superman when Snell warns him to stay out of Intergang’s business
10- reveals the organization’s plan to influence the city council to approve the development of hotels, casinos and off shore gambling centers on the Southside in the very near future
11- gives the order to kill Mike Lane: “Do him,” he orders Snell. “Have the Skins do him, Don’t let it fall back on us. Big, loud, messy- a gang vendetta. Do him.”
12- visits the Americana Café with Mayson after the Skins fail to kill Mike Lane
13- manages to impress Mike, who will think he is a nice guy to the end
14- denies he has ever done business with Martin Snell and tells Mayson he understands why she had to ask him, and “Go enjoy the party.”
15- gives Lane a thumbs-up sign from the food table at the charity ball
16- leaves the ball after a time and walks across a courtyard to a quiet spot away from other guests
17- with his smart phone like device he begins to watch Snell and several men seated at a table in Snell’s office an listens to their conversation
18- as Snell seems to be about to tell the other men who the head of Intergang is, Church enters a code on the device's keyboard and a bomb explodes on the screen, killing Snell and all the men with him (presumably all the bad cops)


MAYSON DRAKE
1- deputy district attorney
2- introduces herself as she looks for Clark Kent to ask if he is willing to testify in the attempted arson
3- tells them the alleged arsonist goes by the name Baby Rage
4- tells Mike Lane she is sorry about what happened to his restaurant
5- is clearly more interested in meeting and dealing with Clark than with Superman
6- on meeting Superman, asks him several questions: Does he have a license to go after criminals? Does he read them their rights? Is he insured if he hurts someone? Where does he live? Does he work? Who is he?
7- promises Lois she will help her and her uncle and leaves, touching Clark’s arm with another promise to talk soon
8- talks about the case at Clark’s apartment and impulsively kisses him before leaving- both unaware they are being watched by Lois
9- tell Clark she knows Superman has done a lot of good things but she’d like to see him go up against the biggest criminal gang in town without his super powers, just as Clark is
10- leaves elated that Clark has agreed to have lunch with her- without talking about the case
11- at lunch, gets angry with Clark when he appears to be questioning her friendship with Bill Church after revealing he has evidence that links Church to Intergang- and her by association
12- questions Clark at the court hearing, they exchange a look as he is excused and passes her to take his seat
13- is worried when Snell presents new evidence, and tells the judge it’s all a mistake
14- goes to Lane and Kent for help- if the case is dismissed and her office in implicated in wrongdoing, she could be disbarred
15- wants to find out what’s happening, too, but doesn’t know who to trust
16- decides to trust Clark and gives him, and Lois, a file containing all the information her office has on Intergang, along with her personal files on Martin Snell
17- approaches Snell and asks to make a deal and when he tells her to try CostMart, tells him to shut up and listen for once
18- tells Snell Kent and Lane have a source in the police department, a leak in the group of officers Intergang has on its payroll and she can help him get rid of the guy
19- tells him it’s a one time deal- the name of the guy in exchange for what (amount) he pays his Southside cops ($5000 a month and more for special favors)
20- believes Church at the charity ball when he tells her he has never had any business dealings with Martin Snell
21- cuts in when Clark and Lois are dancing



MARTIN SNELL
1- arrives at Church’s lair and immediately tries to soothe his anger at the arrest of Baby Rage
2- tells Church the Skins are getting difficult to control
3- is told to “make it work or cut them loose”
4- tells Church the plan to stop Superman is ready and waiting for his okay
5- asks Superman to meet him at the Arboretum or someone is going to die
6- greets Superman cheerfully and bets he wonders how he was able to call him
7- demonstrates the transmitter
8- he’s a lawyer, he tells Superman, and that Lois Lane is going to die in 10 seconds if he can’t get there in time to save her
9- speaks into the transmitter and sets Church’s plan into motion: “Lock on the target.”
10- claims to be a big fan of Superman, likes him, in fact, but he and his partners want Superman to stay out of their business
11- says he is from Paramus, New Jersey, and drives a Ferrari but he is just a link in a chain – if Superman turns him over to the police someone will step in and take his place
12- tells Superman to keep doing his job, just don’t do it in the Southside or someone he knows will die because although he can’t be in two places at once, the little rocket projectiles can
13- shows Church the one obstruction on the Southside that prevents them from controlling the area – Mike Lane’s café
14- has no questions for Clark at the hearing
15- accepts the delivery of a file, which he seems to be expecting, during the proceedings
16- shows the contents of the file to Mayson and the judge: new evidence that the police officer who arrested Baby Rage did not read him his rights, and the warrant issued to search his house had the wrong address on it and tells Mayson “better luck next time” after the judge halts proceedings
17- watching with Church as Superman raids the hidden control room at the pillbox, Snell angrily uses a keyboard to send a code to fire the gun
18- calls Mayson Frosty the Snow Queen
19- dismisses her request for a deal and denies knowing anything about what she tells him
20- convinced she’s being honest with him, remarks that the good little girl is coming to the bad side of the street, offers her $7000 a month (“You’re a college graduate…”)
21- agrees to the deal but when presented with their conversation on tape and before the judge, he denies it was him speaking, the tape is fake, it’s an impersonator
22- barely contains his anger when Mayson bids him “Better luck next time.”
23- is killed in an explosion in his office


BABY RAGE
1- a young thug and gang member we discover has been hired to terrorize the neighborhood and force property owners to sell-out
2- spotted by Clark in the alley beside Mike Lane’s café, he runs inside and quickly sets a bomb underneath a table and runs back outside
3- after Superman prevents his escape, he threatens him
4- upon learning Lois’ name, he laughs and tells her that word on the street is that someone wants her dead
5- claims they won’t be able to prove anything because no one saw anything, until Clark says he saw it all
6- belligerently insults and fights with the police officers arresting him at the police station
7- while being transferred into the courthouse, spots Lane and Kent across the street and asks if Clark (“Hey, reporter man!”) has a match
8- has a few words with Snell before being taken inside
9- after the judge orders a 24 hour recess in the case, he looks over his shoulder at an angry Mike Lane and smiles and winks
10- grimaces painfully when the judge tells him, “Daniel Anthony Bell, you’re going to trial.”



OTHER CHARACTERS

Silhouette Source
1- meets with Lane and Kent and tells them about the Southside Police Precinct’s troubles
2- says there were budget cuts, men transferred away, equipment sabotaged, cops paid to look the other way
3- the neighborhood went bad, people moved, whole blocks went up for sale at low prices
4- gives Lois a floppy disk and tells her not to call him again
5- he wants to help but he can’t do more

Judge Lance A. Davis
1- upon reading the new evidence presented by Snell, gives Mayson twenty-four hours to investigate and refute the charges
2- if she can’t, he will have no choice but to declare the arrest invalid and set the defendant free
3- listens to the taped conversation between Drake and Snell and tells Snell it does not bode well for his future as an attorney or as a free man
4- reveals Baby Rage’s real name when he announces he is going to trial for attempted arson

Mystery Cop
1- saves Mike Lane’s life and breaks up the Skins gang when they attack him at his cafe
2- disappears as quickly as he appeared and is hard to find later

Tech 1
1- in an underground weapons center, operates a high powered gun in a concealed pillbox along with another tech operative
2- on Martin Snell’s order, fires the gun twice and sends tiny projectiles into the skies above the city
3- complains to his fellow tech that they’ve broken another needle on this guy Kent, trying to get their mechanical insects to mark him
4- nervously admits to Superman- who has just entered through the wall- that a radio isotope is used to help the projectiles track their targets

Church’s Overseas Operative
1- reports on an election where a government minister wants $500,000 for an endorsement (a speech and a handshake)
2- reveals the minister has a 12 year old daughter and is instructed to offer the minister $150,000 and a picture of the child, then offer him nothing
3- “Done.” he tells Church


NAME THAT TUNE

Unknown piano dance music at the charity ball
“Fly Me To The Moon” (Dinah Washington) plays in Lois’ apartment as she and Superman dance


PERRY-ISMS

1- Perry’s Love Analogy #1: “Love is tricky. You gotta think of it as a jungle river. Exotic, treacherous, beautiful but uncharted. Reach up and grab a mango from a tree and you’re just as likely to get your arm ripped off by a jaguar!”
2- Perry’s Love Analogy #2: “I neglected to tell you that love is most like a big casino. Flashing lights. Free drinks. Wayne Newton. Plenty to distract a player from what’s really going on. But sometimes when you throw them big dice in casino love. . .well, you crap out.”



NOT -SO SUPERMAN

Unable to fight crime on the Southside because he can’t give Intergang reason to kill someone to whom he is close, Superman takes on the disguise of a police officer and breaks up the Skins gang, and prevents the murder of Mike Lane, with the use of only boxing and fist fighting skills.


LIFE GOES ON (other headlines)

N/A

MISCELLANEOUS

1- Employment Applications Not Being Accepted, a sign in the window of the Americana, which is s bright spot in the abandoned neighborhood with crisp, white tablecloths and flower arrangements on all the tables
2- The Patio Café at the Americana serves Breakfast from 6:30 AM to 11:30 AM, and lunch from 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM
3- Intergang’s MO: They acquire companies, other criminal organizations, even governments – swallow them whole and start running them, while staying safely hidden from a distance.
4- a lot of mocking laughter happens in this episode: Martin Snell laughs after making his supersonic call to Superman; over-confident Baby Rage laughs at Clark after teasing him in front of police officers; Lois’s source laughs while leaving after their meeting where he stayed in the shadows and all Lane and Kent could see was his silhouette against background street lights. He tells Lois she hasn’t complimented him on his new mustache and laughs heartily at his own joke, yet, when he turns away, he clearly doesn’t have one.
5- the smile Bill Church gives after killing Martin Snell and all of the dirty cops is an indication that he is as insane as Lex Luthor was.
6- Like Lex, he ran his empire hands on at all times, and almost like Lex, his downfall was nearly brought about by the delegation of tasks to other people. Church saved himself by getting rid of all his loose ends. Lex didn’t, because he was distracted by his wedding.
7- Superman goes to talk to Lois, to tell her she has been targeted by Intergang. The paint bullets fired at her and Jimmy were a warning to him, Superman, that if he continues to interfere with the organization’s plans on the Southside, the next bullets will be real, and one of them will die. He has been warned that they don’t want to see him anywhere on the Southside.
She muses that he is a pretty visible sight, and it isn’t as if he can go undercover- SNAP! HISS! A light saber – that is, a light bulb clicks on over Superman’s head. His expression brightens, he thanks her and leaves.
8- Intergang’s silent partners have bought up 27 city blocks of real estate with five areas in purchase negotiations, according the Snell. One lone hold out, Mike Lane and his business establishment stands in their way.
9- Mason tells Clark she appreciates his willingness to be a witness. In her line of work, she doesn’t see very much bravery. He says he just telling the truth and there is nothing brave about that. She tells him he’s not flying around with a big re S on his chest bragging about what a big hero he is. Clark asks if she’s really heard Superman brag. Not in so many words- she knows they are friends and Superman has done a lot of good things, but Clark is ten times the man he is, because he’s an ordinary guy getting ready to stand up to a big criminal organization. She’d like to see Superman do that without his cape on. Clark tells her maybe she will.
10- the arrival of the third person: “ Mayson like me but she hates Superman, which is confusing because Lois loves Superman but only likes Clark. Mayson likes Clark but in a different way than Lois does. And Mayson hates Superman in a different way than anybody!”
11- When Clark apologizes for losing his temper with her, Lois brushes it off. They both lost their temper. He’s entitled. She’s been known to get angry once every, what? “Three or four minutes,” he mutters.
Good moment between them. He can’t resist teasing her every chance he gets.
13- The judge has the second best line in the story. When Snell dismisses Mayson’s taped conversation between them as fake, with an impersonator doing his voice, the judge replies, “Really? I’d love to hear his Brando.”
14- The best line is Jonathan’s, after Martha’s Freud and Jung analysis: “Adult education.” (Pause) “It’s a beautiful thing.” The sarcasm is just right and a funny play on that old TV commercial. Poor guy! He’s had many discussions over dinner with her about her psych class.

OBSERVATIONS IN REAL LIFE

- There is a funny moment when the judge reveals Baby Rage’s real name and remands him over for trial, and he grimaces and looks down, and one wonders if he’s reacting to discovering he isn’t being released after all, or to the revelation of his real name.
- I know next to nothing about guns so my descriptions of the weapons used may be way off. The pill box gun, for example- a gun or a small cannon?
- Peter Boyle’s performance as Bill Church is every bit as evil as John Shea’s as Lex Luthor, but unlike Lex, Bill doesn’t try to justify his criminal actions to himself. The smile on his face after he kills Snell shows his insanity is just as much a part of his personality as Lex’s madness was.
- This Superman has a lot of skills the movie and comic incarnations don’t have. For one thing, he developed his powers gradually, not all at once, and as a result he can do things the others can’t. He can fight with the gang members without hurting them, for one thing, and appear to be nothing more than a police officer who happened on the scene of their attack on Mike Lane.
- when Clark and Lois are declining the chocolate torte in the first scene, the salt and pepper shakers keep changing place and after all these years I still haven’t figured out what animal is on Clark’s tie, or if it is a reptile or an insect.
- Totally enjoyed how Farrah Forke played the scene when Mayson goes to Clark’s apartment and he opens the door shirtless and wearing khaki shorts. The way she says her lines, as if having to pluck words out of a totally blank mind one by one and hope they relate to one another in some way, is complemented by her facial expressions and the shirt nonsense that follows. Great scene. And Clark’s fascination is well done, too. Unlike indifferent Lois and over the top Cat, Mayson is interested but unsure of herself. She was attracted on first meeting, but falling in love here. Lois falls in love gradually, over time, and we don’t see the moment, so it’s fun to see Forke’s performance as Mayson actually does. She nailed it.
- I’ve listed the original song recordings used in the episodes as they are on the DVDs. No one seems to know the name of the song that replaces “Fly Me To The Moon” in recent re-broadcasts of the show.