Lois's mom arrives for her daughter's wedding to Lex, but Lois's pals have other plans.

A villain creates a sound-based weapon that can affect Metropolis and Superman. Clark is nominated for the Kerth Awards, and Lois gets mad because she won this prize three years in a row and now she won't get the prize.

The Intergang, now headed by Bill Church Jr., kidnaps Perry when Franklin Stern refuses to sell the Daily Planet and Superman allows the kidnap because he's affected with the strange ""Red Kryptonite"" effects. When Clark gets upset with Lois and Scardino's dates, he asks her out again.

Superman's real identity is in danger of being exposed by a diary written by a man from the future. Clark finally asks Lois to marry him, but the question she asks is even bigger.

Jimmy's father appears in Metropolis and Jimmy introduces him to Clark, Lois and Perry. When Lois and Clark discover that he is a spy, they must tell the truth to Jimmy, but he doesn't believe them. Clark gets worried about the ""father"" subject...he doesn't know if he is going to be a good father because of his job.

Superman declares war on the maniacal Lex over Lois, who is being primed to kill her superhero.