Smallville · Season 1
Clark, how did you get inside?
The boy's resourceful, Lex. What difference does it make how he did it? He saved us. That's what's important.
Dad. I want you to know I was doing everything I could to secure your release.
[sarcastically] Oh, I'm sure you did a great deal.
Wait. Are you sure that this is the best thing to do? Quit, I mean.
What do you mean? I thought you'd be happy about it.
If you hadn't been working for Lionel, then we'd have no way of knowing that he was keeping tabs on Clark.
So, instead of staying away from him...
Maybe we should take a page out of the Luthor playbook.
You can save the concerned son routine, Lex. I have everything under control.
The loyal lapdog sitting watch at his master's door, secretly hoping he doesn't make it?
As I recall, you almost let him die once. Who's to say you didn't try to finish the job? God knows after yesterday, you'd have enough reason to want him dead.
You know what I find so amusing about you, Dominic, is that you actually believe my father is grooming you.
It's unfortunate that they already have a suspect in custody. I can't think of a person with a better motive for killing your father than you.
If you were really ready to run LexCorp, there's no way I could have taken it from you. Look at this as an opportunity for us to work together again, father and son.
When I broke away from you, I swore I'd never be under your thumb again.
It's my hope that you'll stay and rise to the challenge.
Your ego wouldn't allow it. I'll fight you on this and I'll win.
You better have something stronger than words to back up those threats, son, because as of this moment you are just another employee.
So now you're implying I pulled the trigger?
It's not like I haven't seen you shoot someone before.
Get out of here before you say something you really regret.
I'm not going anywhere. Not until I get some answers. Are you trying to frame my dad?
After all this time, I thought you knew me better than the average tabloid reader.
If you don't start trusting me with the truth, what else am I supposed to think?
Stay out of it, Clark.
My dad's life is at stake here!
So is my father's!
You grow up with someone, you think you know them, but... I mean, darkness like that just doesn't come out of nowhere... I'm sorry about your company. What's gonna happen next?
My father thinks I'll go back to work for him.
Will you?
It's hard to imagine working for a man who can enrage four people to the point where any one of them had motive to kill him.
Even you.
You know that darkness you were talking about? I'm not sure we're born with it. I think people like my father find a way to bring it out.
So you took an honest man and destroyed him. And by proxy, almost ruined Jonathan Kent. How does it feel, Dad, knowing you brought this on yourself?
But I didn't, Lex. You did... engineering your ill-advised employee coup.
And you actually believe that?
It's all right, son. I forgive you.
My feelings for Clark are so ancient, they're... they're fossilized!
What are you?
Let's just say I'm not from around here.
[to Pete] You knew about this?
He's my brother... from another planet.
Can you fly?
Whoa, wait a minute. I may be an alien, but I'm not a cartoon.
[to Lex] You know, I always wondered. For a boy who has all the money in the world, you'd think he could afford a good toupee.
[Pete knocks Clark unconscious with Kryptonite]
Whoa! How'd you do that?
Clark's Achilles' heel. He may be a boy scout, but I'm always prepared.
Working at the Talon... could you be any more obvious?
What happened to the Pete Ross rule of proximity? "If you wanna get in the game, you've gotta get on the court".
Clark, Lana would be your boss. She's going to take out all of her pent up frustrations of all the times you've ever let her down. You're not going to be in the game. You're going to be in the locker room cleaning the toilets.
[to Clark] So, you and Lex seem close.
What, are you kidding? They're like brothers.
So, Lucas, where did you grow up?
All over.
Must be kind of weird not knowing your mom or your dad.
No, not really. Parents always try to make you little versions of them selves. When you grow up without those constraints, you're allowed to become your own person.
It's an interesting theory. I don't think I buy it, though.
All right. Let's take you and Lex, for example. If he were raised by your parents and you were raised by Lionel, you wouldn't grow up to be different people? Trust me, you'd be rich and miserable, and he'd be wearing flannel. But if you were left totally alone, abandoned by your parents, how do you think you'd turn out?
I bet a lot of people are out looking for you. Like your friends from Edge City.
Oh, wow, Lex, is that a threat?
You know, Lucas, the Luthor gene pool is a shark tank, and our father's just chummed the waters. Good Luck.
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