You live in Metropolis if CostMarts ACTUALLY have a basement.
You live in Metropolis when the reporters are so often kidnapped that you shrug when you hear they're missing.
You live in Metropolis when the latest gossip is about the bad guy of the week.
CLARK: No. I'm just worried I'm a jinx.
JONATHAN: A jinx?
CLARK: Yeah. Let's face it, ever since she's known me, Lois's been kidnapped, frozen, pushed off buildings, almost stabbed, poisoned, buried alive and who knows what else, and it's all because of me.
-"Contact" (You're not her jinx, you're her blessing.)
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