Criminal Minds · Season 1, Episode 15
“Unfinished Business” · Season 1, Episode 15
In this episode: Dean Winchester (940), Damon Salvatore (715), Sam Winchester (665), Olivia Benson (637), Stephen Fry (608), Narrator (554), Clark Kent (523), Nate (486)
I just ran into Mrs. Kent at the Talon and right out of nowhere, she asked if I would like to move back in at the farm.
Yeah, right... Really?
I know, isn't that sweet? Oh, don't worry. You little snuggle bunnies can hop right on away. I'm a light sleeper. I'm going for a dip.
[to Lana] Do you think she could sleep through me smothering her with a pillow?
So, I take it Lana hasn't gotten to peek into the confidential files of Clark Kent yet.
Chloe, you think I'm happy about having my powers back and lying about them? I didn't ask for this to happen.
We didn't ask for a world that needs heroes, but the truth is we do. Now more than ever, Clark.
History is not about facts. It's about the context and who is telling the story. So, what is history? What is her story? What is your story, Mr. Kent? How will you affect the world around you for generations to come?
I'm not sure you can know that at eighteen.
Tell that to Alexander the Great or, to bring it closer to home, Lex Luthor. Now, he's not much older than you are and yet he's turned his father's agro business into a leading defense contractor. He's gone from feeding people to killing them, and yet his story is that he's a white knight who's just put a small Kansas town on the map. Beware of white knights, people. They don't slay dragons. They train them for their own dark purpose. Think of Hitler, Stalin, Napoleon.
Lex isn't a saint, but I don't think you can put him in the same league as those guys.
An honest opinion. I like that.
Why else would the son of family farmers be defending such a man?
It's a long story, but Lex's not the man you make him out to be.
Well, you know, Groucho Marx said there was only one way to find out if a man is honest: ask him. If he says yes, then he must be crooked.
I would think a college professor would be quoting Karl Marx, not Groucho.
German philosophy is easy. Comedy's hard.
[Arthur "A.C." Curry (the future "Aquaman") bids Clark adieu.]
Maybe when I'm finished saving the world, we could start a Junior Lifeguard Association.
Nah, I don't think I'm ready for the JLA yet.
The question is: will you leave your footprints on the history of time or let them be washed away by the tides of more powerful men? Mr. Kent, what about you?
Me? I, um...
LuthorCorp practically owns your hometown Smallville. What if you found out that Lex Luthor, the emperor of the company, was a dangerous, unstable, megalomaniac, bent on destroying your world. Would you have the courage to try to stop him?
Why would a man of your stature be so concerned with the comings and goings of a freshman farmboy?
If you know so much about me, Professor, I'm sure you realize I donate a considerable amount of funding to this university that allows me an unusual amount of access to the dean and the academic review board.
Yeah, I know. The buying of influence is part of my second semester.
If you have a second semester.
Okay, for someone with a keen weird-ar, I can't believe I did not see the signs, but I defy anyone to tell the difference between a nascent vampire and a freshman girl with a hangover.
I'm sorry it had to be this way, Clark. But we don't always get to choose who we are. Sometimes, our destiny leads us to places that we don't want to go, and there's nothing we can do about it.
I got in on the ground floor of my dream. Okay, so it's actually the basement. But, it's Daily Planet! The paper of record for kings, presidents and prime ministers; not to mention future superheroes. The way I look at it, I had no place to go, but up, up, and away.
Clark, look, I'm not great at this, so just keep your mouth shut and listen up. Even though I was kicking butt on the helicopter, it was really nice to have backup. And you didn't have to come after me, but you always do. So I wanted to say thank you. You're a really good friend. Oh, and about the lap dance. If you decide to tell anyone about it, your Elmer Fudd nightlight will make a very public appearance.
Aye-Aye... sailor.
Is it true, Lex?
You know, after you've been M.I.A. for weeks, I don't think a hello is too much to ask for.
How long you been planning to run for state senate?
Several months now, and if you're implying I should have told you, you might want to rethink the barrier you've drawn on this friendship.
You've never had a lie get out of hand? Or you've never been caught at it?
I've never been in a position where people look up to me. You are Clark's hero.
So I'm not supposed to have any faults, huh? Who can live up to that? You know why there's no heroes today? It's because at the end of the day, people don't respect them; they envy them. And they're just waiting for them to screw up.
Tell me what you remember about King David. Humor me.
King David... Slew Goliath, saved his people.
And afterward, he saw a beautiful woman bathing and fell madly in love. The problem was, she turned out to be his best friend's wife. So you know what our great hero did? He sent his best friend off to die in battle so he could have her to himself.
Kind of leave that part out, don't they?
We all need to believe in heroes, Clark, and even the best ones are far from perfect.
After 20 years, the man's still got a Hell of a knack for the guilt trip, doesn't he?
Usually works 'cause he's right.
Your father's always had some pretty high expectations of the people around him. He's the one man I never wanted to disappoint.
You should try being his son. The thing I always try to remember is, no matter how much he lays on, he never expects more than he expects of himself.
You think your dad will ever forgive me?
Yeah. I've given him a lot of trial runs in the forgiveness arena.
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