7. That Old Gang of Mine

Complete story — includes the ending

Perry and Jimmy get car-jacked by Bonnie and Clyde ( Amy Hathaway and Joseph Gian ) and they all believe that the people who did it were just impersonating the two robbers. When John Dillinger ( Robert Clohessy ) and Al Capone ( William Devane ) also appear in Metropolis, things get even more weird and Lois and Clark discover that a scientist named Professor Emil Hamilton ( John Pleshette ) cloned the criminals because he believed he could alter people's personalities. Hamilton is not able to control the criminals anymore, who try to take over Metropolis, and Capone also forces him to recreate his old gang. Lois and Clark go to a club to find out more about the criminals and during a confrontation there, Clyde shoots Clark who has to fake his death so his Superman identity will not be revealed. While everyone mourns the loss of Clark, Lois manages to track down Hamilton and confirm his role in the criminals' resurrection, but she and Hamilton are nearly killed in a gang-style execution before Superman finds and saves them. Having learned about Hamilton's research, Clark then 'returns' and explains that Superman was able to preserve his body until he could use Hamilton's machine to bring him back. The criminals attack Daily Planet but Superman gets there in time and stops them while the police arrest them, followed by Clark revealing his 'resurrection' to everyone else. Overjoyed at his return, Lois decides to tell Clark her real feelings about him, only to realize that while she was talking Clark fell asleep and did not hear anything of what she had said.