Smallville · Season 1
When Alexander the Great was dying, his generals asked who he would leave his empire to. If he would appoint a successor, it would keep the legacy intact... prevent generations of bloodshed! His answer was simple, 'I leave it to the strongest'.
I believe the term is 'Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!'
I'll bury you and everyone in Smallville who takes your side!
Why don't you stop playing the protector and admit the truth? You and your wife kept him because you couldn't have children of your own.
We kept him because he is our son and we love him.
He's not your son, you deluded hick! He's not even human! You can kill me if you want for saying this, but you know I'm right. You're just a small man whose son's destiny is too big for you to comprehend. Clark doesn't belong to you. He belongs to the world.
Dad's missing because of me. I brought this upon us.
You can't blame yourself. You can't change who you are. As long as you live, people will try to exploit you. Your father and I have tried to shelter you as long as possible, but one day we won't be there for you. And you're gonna have to carry the burden of your gifts on your own.
Don't say that, Mom.
And when your day comes, I have no doubt in my heart that you'll make us proud.
Mr. Kent, since the beginning of time, people have been looking up at the stars and wondering "What's out there?" Clark is the answer that they have been waiting for.
Dying in a tomb. That's ironic. At least you got a legacy to leave behind... and a son to be proud of.
The first time Clark used his abilities, he'd crawled under a big oak bed that my grandfather had made, and I crawled underneath it to try to get him out. All of a sudden the frame just came up in the air. He was a toddler lifting, I don't know, 500 pounds over his head.
What did you do?
We decided to take him to a doctor scientist, somebody more equipped to understand than we were. But when we got in front of the office, Martha, she said that if we left him there that they would want to keep him and we'd never see him again. So I took him home. Now, that may have been a mistake, but it was a mistake I'd gladly make again.
When the tornado came, I thought this was it. Fate had finally found me. Then I saw you in the truck and you put your arms around me and you told me that everything was going to be okay. I know, it sounds crazy, but I started to think of all the other times that you've been there to protect me. And I thought maybe there's more to Clark Kent than meets the eye.
You're right. It does sound crazy. I mean, there's nothing more to me than what you see.
I started to feel hot. And my eyes started to burn. All of a sudden, the spot I was staring at burst into flames.
Just by looking at it?
Hello? Hi, I'm Clark, I'm the kid who can lift up tractors and see through walls.
I want to make sure everything's okay between us.
Yeah, it's hunky-dory!
Wait. Now I know something's wrong. The only person who says "hunky-dory" is my father.
Dad, you were right. Once I understood what triggered the heat, I was able to control it without thinking about... sex.
You sure about that son?
Trust me. Next time I have a date, I'll be able to take her out without setting her on fire.
Well, that's a relief.
My son is in jail. And your wife put him there.
Maybe these fires were a cry for help.
Is that you talking, or is Mrs. Luthor talking through you?
Mrs. Kent, I would never ask you to take sides against your husband, please don't ask me to doubt my wife.
Any good relationship relies on trust, but there has to be room to disagree. Like the way Jonathan and I disagreed about you. He couldn't see past the Luthor name, but I always thought you were truly trying to be a friend to Clark. Now I'm beginning to think Jonathan was right all along.
Try to be more cautious. I let my passion get the best of me. I won't make that mistake again.
Lex, I don't think having passion is such a bad thing.
You're right, Clark. Passion for life and work and friends is great. As long as you keep it in check. I should take a page out of your book.
Never underestimate the value of eccentrics and lunatics, Lex. Every Arthur needs his Merlin.
[Pete finds Clark's spaceship]
This thing's got extraterrestrial written all over it.
Yeah, I bet there's little green guys running around the cornfield too, Pete.
I'm serious, Clark. Have you ever seen anything like it?
If the aliens came to Earth, don't you think they'd find a place a little more exciting than Smallville?
No, no, no, think about it. Crop circles, cattle mutilation. They'd be like kids in a candy store here!
So you're some sort of... what? You're not a human?
I don't know what I am. I don't know where that ship brought me from. I just know that I grew up in Smallville, and everything that I care about and everyone that I care about is here.
If you care about me so much, how come you never told me sooner?
Pete, believe me, there wasn't a day that went by where I didn't want to tell you, but my parents thought it was too dangerous. Not just for me, but for anyone else who knew the truth.
You didn't think I could handle it?
Can you?
Pete, another reason why I didn't say anything is because I knew people would look at me the exact same way that you're looking at me right now.
And how's that?
Like a freak. Pete, I've tried my whole life just to blend in, to try and be more normal than anyone else. Would you just say something? Call me... call me an alien, call me a monster. I don't care, just say something.
It's like I don't even know you.
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