Peter Lockwood, Ben Lockwood and others in “Unfinished Business”

We lost the Luthor Corporation contract last week.

Ben Lockwood

What?

I had to shutter two blast furnaces. Takin' on statue commissions just to make ends meet.

Lockwood

What if you retrofitted the factory to process Nth metal? You could re-train your employees.

This town was built on steel. American steel. You rip out that foundation, and everything will crumble around it. You mark my words.

Lockwood

People thought textiles would be the end of modern society, but the Industrial Revolution, it created unprecedented opportunities...

I'm not one of your students, Ben. And I'll remind you, it was called a revolution for a reason. And I'll also remind you that steel is what paid for that fancy college education of yours that you only wanna use when you wanna condescend to your old man.

Lockwood

Worth every penny. Right, dad?

Not so much.