- Superhero twins Zan and Jayna (aka: the Wonder Twins) show up in Metropolis to help 'The Blur' fight crime with their combined shape-changing abilities. But the clumsy and naive teenagers end up botching several rescues, landing Clark in hot water with the District Attorney's office. Clark decides to come forward as The Blur to clear his name despite Chloe's protests. Meanwhile, Lois begins seeing a therapist to deal with her growing romantic feelings for Clark, and gets dangerously close to discovering his secret identity.—matt-282
- Lois wakes up, un-clothed, and stares out of the window. Clark comes up behind her, telling her that he wished they had more time. The two begin kissing while the red sun shines behind them...
Lois is daydreaming at work, and Clark notices. He accidentally spills coffee and snaps her out of her daze. Clark comments on Lois' impromptu vacation and also brings up their kiss. He suggests that the two should talk about it. Lois becomes flustered and begins to change the subject when a delivery boy stops her and asks her to sign for a delivery. Lois gladly does.
In the basement, Clark and Lois are shocked to find half-clothed men inside the box. The men reveal themselves to be undercover policemen having wrongfully been served justice. Just when Clark begins questioning the origins of the blunder, a commotion leads Lois and him outside to find a giant House of El crest on a building next to the Daily Planet.
Lois immediately assumes that it is the work of the Blur, and implies that the Blur must've made a mistake. She also divulges to Clark that, to her frustration, the Blur has stopped calling her. Though Clark tries to defend the Blur, Lois, in unusually demure attire, leaves swiftly for a "top-secret interview for an expose."
Lois actually goes to visit a psychiatrist, trying to understand her strange dreams. She embarrassingly and uncomfortably blurts out that in her dreams, she is "doing the virtual Kama Sutra with Clark Kent." The psychiatrist suggests that the lack of clothing in Lois' dreams may represent the fact that Lois thinks Clark has a secret. Lois admits that the closer she gets to Clark, the more she feels he is going to disappear. Her psychiatrist brings up Lois' three weeks of blocked memory, and that she may be trying to protect herself. The subject of the Blur comes up and Lois' phone begins ringing (with the Holding Out for a Hero ringtone) and Lois tries to prove that she is over the Blur by ignoring the call.
Clark is on the other line with Chloe at Watchtower. Chloe defends Lois' action by saying that he cannot immediately expect Lois to forgive the Blur. Clark explains that he stopped calling her as the Blur after the events of Metallo. They begin to discuss the Blur's impostor, and Chloe brings up the fact that the impostor has created social networking sites for promoting the Blur's "brand". Chloe suggests that the impostor is actually trying to help the Blur, stating that she discovered five other messy saves in Metropolis not done by Clark. Clark tells Chloe that the impostor still needs to be stopped.
Across town, a black limousine pulls up near a power station, with drug kingpin Ivan Petrovich inside. Suddenly, a cougar jumps onto the hood of the car. The driver then finds himself driving on ice and the car crashes into the power source, knocking the passengers unconscious. The cougar transforms into a teenaged girl while the ice transforms into a boy of the same age. The two, very proud of their work, discuss their mistake with the "cops in the box". The girl, Jayna, brings out her cellphone to take pictures while Zan, her brother, jumps on top of the car and begins to mark it with the House of El crest. They are interrupted when the electric cables fall over and cause an explosion, knocking out all of the power in Metropolis.
The next morning, Clark and Lois arrive at the scene, and Lois begins rambling about the "blundering Blur". They walk by where the District Attorney, Ray Sacks, is speaking to the press, blaming the Blur for the recent happenings in Metropolis.
Lois sees the Blur's mark on the hood of the car, which confirms her beliefs that it is his work. Clark alludes to the Blur trying to call Lois, and Lois proudly tells him that she blocked the call. She leaves to look for witnesses while Clark notices a noise under the wreckage. Following the noise, he proceeds to find Jayna's cellphone.
Zan and Jayna are bemoaning their attempted heroic efforts when Zan's phone begins to ring. Knowing that Jayna lost her phone amidst the wreckage, the two panic and are about to activate their powers when they are both knocked out by Clark. They wake up at Watchtower, which they assume is the Blur's lair. But they are greeted by Chloe, who explains to them that their actions, however well-intentioned, were destroying the Blur's mission to help people. They promise to stop impersonating the Blur, explaining that they were only trying to help. Chloe tells them that when it's time, they will know when to step up.
Lois is trying to write an article on the recent events in Metropolis with an old manual typewriter when the power returns. Then her phone rings. Realizing it's the Blur, this time she answers and deduces that the Blur was responsible for the power reboot. Over the phone, Clark as the Blur tells her that he wasn't responsible for the recent botched saves, though he had found the perpetrators. He also explains that it was only the work of some misguided fans, and that he would not turn them in.
At Watchtower, Jayna explains that she and Zan only had each other to depend on all their lives. Zan begins to play around with some of Chloe's computers before Chloe catches him, telling him not to touch anything.
In fact, Zan had interfered with Clark's phone call so that, while Lois is berating the Blur over the phone, his response is mixed with static and then the voice-disguise is turned off and Lois is able to hear Clark's real voice.
The next morning, Lois goes to see Clark at the farmhouse, bringing him the morning paper. She suggests that they begin car-pooling to know each other better, which confuses Clark. Lois tries to make up for her "Blur-bashing" and attempts to indirectly tell him that she believes that he is the Blur. Clark tries to act oblivious, and then they're interrupted by the television, which reports that Sacks has called out the Blur to reveal himself in a press conference later that afternoon.
Lois rushes to her psychiatrist, quickly ushering out the current patient. She spills to her psychiatrist her finding that Clark and the Blur are one. The psychiatrist cautions Lois that this may only be what she wants to believe. "What do you think is more likely? That your mysterious caller and Clark are the same man, or that you are trying to make them one person in order to create your dream man?"
Lois still thinks that Clark has been hiding his secret from her, and she tells her psychiatrist that she does not care, though she deduces that perhaps Clark coming clean would not be the best idea. All she wants to do is help him.
Before the press conference, Clark tells Chloe that he plans to reveal himself to the public. He tells her that he is wearing Jor-El's crest, something that will give the public hope. Chloe argues against Clark's plan by telling him that he cannot sacrifice himself. Chloe tells him that he must let the public hear Sacks' condemning lies and put the importance of his identity above that of Jor-El's crest.
The conference begins and Clark watches as Sacks calls out for the Blur to reveal himself. As he is about to step up, Lois walks up onto the podium and announces to the public that she knows the Blur. She also announces that in order to best protect the people, the Blur must remain a light in the darkness, and a symbol of hope. To a convinced crowd, she asks for the public to let the Blur be the hero he needs to be.
Back at the Daily Planet, Lois finds a 'thank you' note with a rose, asking her to meet on the roof. Happily, Lois goes up, but she finds Sacks waiting for her. Sacks demands that Lois reveal the true identity of the Blur, but Lois resists and tells him that she is planning to write an expose about his dirty political antics. Sacks brushes her off, telling him that she is actually a part of his next antic, revealing a large fake House of El crest on the rooftop. Sacks tells Lois that he is planning to murder her and frame the Blur since she had publicly revealed their association. Sacks' henchmen then grab Lois and forcibly throw her off the roof, leaving hurriedly. In fact, Lois, not yet fallen, has grasped onto a flagpole at the side of the building, and is hanging on for her life.
A high-spirited Clark goes to Lois' desk to greet her, but finds her missing. The clamor leads Clark outside to see Lois dangling on the side of the building. He super-speeds to the rooftop, but with the crowd watching and cameras flashing, Clark can only climb over the ledge himself, desperately asking Lois to grab onto his hand.
Jayna arrives back at Watchtower, having overseen the situation at the Daily Planet in the form of a ladybug. She pleads to Zan that they must act, and that it is their time to step up and help the Blur. Zan agrees, and the two touch their rings, exclaiming 'Powers, Activate!'
Lois, unable to reach Clark, tells Clark that he cannot reveal his identity to the crowd below, and that she knows that he's been living two lives. Clark tries to dissuade her, but she asks him to let her go. Suddenly, a large fog made by Zan sweeps over the crowd below, blocking their view. Clark tells Lois to hang on, but she is unable to and falls into the mist. Clark super speeds down and Lois awakens after she's been gently placed onto the ground.
Sacks tries to leave inconspicuously in his limousine, but inside, he is greeted by a fiercely barking dog.
Lois, amazed that she survived the fall, credits Clark who emerges out of the fog and they hug. Lois thanks Clark, but Clark says that he wasn't the one who saved her, and lies to her by saying that he took the elevator down. The phone rings in a nearby phone booth, and a disappointed Lois goes to answer the call. The Blur's voice greets her on the other end, and Lois is shocked to hear from the Blur with Clark standing in front of her.
Zan and Jayna are back at home, relishing their heroic actions, when Clark greets them in the dark as the Blur. Clark thanks them, saying that their actions should not be in efforts to aid the Blur, but to help the message of the Jor-El's crest. Stepping out of the shadows and revealing his face, he tells the two that they must believe in themselves, and be their own heroes. He also cautions them that by being heroes, they mustn't make mistakes with the world watching.
At the psychiatrist's, Lois castigates herself for seeing Clark "through Blur-colored glasses". Her psychiatrist assures her that it's normal for Lois to project the Blur's unattainable qualities onto someone close to her. Lois admits that it would be much easier if Clark and the Blur were one and the same. She also admits that, while she was happy to hear from the Blur, her thoughts keep returning to Clark.
Chloe greets Clark with Blur merchandise items being sold with Jor-El's crest on them. Clark says that one day Zan and Jayna will also be household names, referring to them as 'wonder twins' (alluding to their future legendary titles). Chloe tells Clark that Sacks is off to prison and that, with training, Zan and Jayna could provide Clark with some much-needed backup. Clark changes the subject to Chloe's save: she was the one who called Lois through the phone booth. Chloe explains that she has developed a new program that can impersonate the Blur's voice. Clark, however, is still confused as to Chloe's impeccable timing. Chloe admits that she has been monitoring security cameras, as well as cellphone activity in Metropolis. Clark becomes alarmed at how much Chloe is involving herself in his personal life, but Chloe defends her case by saying that had she not interfered, Lois would still believe that Clark was the Blur.
Back at the Daily Planet, Clark and Lois are in the copy room. Clark confirms to her that he had in fact been keeping a secret from her, and reveals to her that he's nearsighted, and dons his iconic back-rimmed glasses. Lois tells him that they are "very Clark Kent". She apologizes for assuming that he was the Blur, concluding that nobody can be two different people. Lois teases Clark by recommending contact lenses, and that she'd only call him "four-eyes" once in a while. She starts to walk away, but turns back to initiate a long passionate kiss with Clark.
However, during the kiss, Lois again has a vision; seeing Clark and the red sun, Metropolis being enslaved in tyranny, and Chloe lying lifeless on the ground. Finally, Lois faints in Clark's arms.
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