Smallville · Season 1
Whoa!
What? I like to come prepared.
Chloe, where'd you get all this stuff?
eBay.
Is that a flash grenade?
Careful! That was a graduation present from Lois. I'm saving it for a special occasion.
Why didn't you tell me about all this stuff?
We all have our secrets, Clark.
Happiness is such an elusive creature, isn't it? We all wish for it, but very few ever really find it.
Doesn't make the search any less important.
Or the destination... Do you remember the last time we stood here together? I ended up unconscious on the ground and somehow you landed in the artic.
I told you, I don't remember what happened.
Then why have you been avoiding me, Chloe? It's been weeks since I brought you back from that hospital in the Yukon where I found you.
I've been busy, Lex.
Right, I heard being a third wheel is very time consuming.
Clark and Lana are finally together. They're happy. That's all that should matter to a real friend.
I think you know more than you're telling me about what happened in this cave, about Clark's involvement. I know you think you're being a good friend, but you're playing a very dangerous game.
Kinda like covering up the spaceship Lana said crashed during the meteor shower.
Lana was hysterical. She didn't see what she thought she did.
Well, maybe you didn't either, Lex. Stop asking me questions or I will start asking my own.
Destiny's just another word for not having a choice.
It's a lot heavier than I remember.
You're just going to have to learn, Clark. Pace yourself. You're human now.
Ah, the joys of manual labor.
It's not so bad. I kinda like being sore. It makes me feel like I've actually accomplished something. No pain, no gain, right?
Breaking news: Clark Kent saves the day.
Thanks to you.
Yeah, well, I did just what I usually do. You were the one who took down three meteor freaks without any... special advantages. Then again, once a hero, always a hero.
All right, look, okay, my dad isn't going to be up for about fifteen minutes and we gotta get outta here. Well, you gotta get outta here.
You sure? 'Cause sticking around for breakfast sounds like fun.
What?!
Pass me my shoe. "We won't fall asleep. I promise". What else are we going to do at two o'clock in the morning?
You aren't mad, are you?
I'm furious.
[They kiss]
Hello, Kal-El.
How do you know to call me that?
You're my son...
Jor-El?
...and I hope the time is coming when you will call me father.
Am I dead?
Your mortal journey is over, yes, but your eminent destiny is too important to be sacrificed. You will return with all your natural gifts. Unfortunately, this... rectification does not come without a price. The life of someone close to you will be exchanged for yours.
No. No, I would never ask for that.
You already did, when you decided to relinquish your powers and disobey me. It was your choice.
Then just don't bring me back!
It's too late. For everything in nature, there is a balance. The life force that has been returned to you will soon be taken from... from someone you love. You're about to face your darkest hour, my son. But, remember: The lessons that we learn from pain are the ones that make us the strongest.
I can't take that risk. I've risked too much already and now someone else is going to have to pay for it.
Clark, is everything okay? What's going on?
I never should have given up my powers. Why didn't I listen to him? Chloe, I think I've made a terrible mistake.
Son, they told us you were dead.
I was.
Jor-El...
Yeah.
He returned your powers, didn't he?
I'm not human anymore. It's the only way I could come back.
We heard about a missile malfunction. You stopped it, didn't you? It's not easy to sacrifice the things you want the most to save other people. We're so proud of you, Clark.
The sacrifice would've been not coming back at all.
Clark's medical file.
That's confidential.
I heard you asked for it at the hospital. All of his test results came back normal. When are you going to realize, Lex, that he's just like the rest of us?
Do you really believe that, or is that what you have to tell yourself to stay in a relationship with him? You've had your doubts about him too. You can't deny it.
I was wrong. Believe me, there is nothing unusual about Clark. Except his ability to see the good in people who don't deserve it.
I think you're forgetting something, Lana. Whatever new lie he told you, however he swept it under the rug, a normal person doesn't rise from the dead.
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.
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