Smallville (TV Series)

Cool (2001)

Tom Welling: Clark Kent

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• Clark Kent : [arriving home, all smiles]  Hello, citizens.

  Martha Kent : I'm not familiar with this child. Where's the moody one? Lives upstairs, runs real fast?

  Clark Kent : Oh, he's going on a date tonight. Not a "date" date, but to a concert.

  Jonathan Kent : Well, just who might this "not a date" date be with?

  Clark Kent : Lana Lang. Lex hooked me up with a couple of serious tickets and his limo.

  Jonathan Kent : [pointedly to Martha]  Oh, he did.

  Clark Kent : It's okay if I go, right?

  Jonathan Kent : Well, I guess Lex Luthor has worked out all of our evenings for us.

  Martha Kent : Clark? Isn't Lana still going out with Whitney?

  Clark Kent : She's not married, mom.

• Lex Luthor : [Clark notices Lana sitting by herself]  You know, she's free tomorrow night. Hey, Clark. This is the perfect time for you to ask her out.

  Clark Kent : She's got a boyfriend, Lex.

  Lex Luthor : A high-school boyfriend isn't a husband, he's an obstacle. And I bet if you ask Lana to go with you to the Radiohead concert in Metropolis tomorrow, she'll say yes.

  Clark Kent : And if she says yes?

  Lex Luthor : [taking them out of his coat pocket]  I'll give you the tickets.

  Clark Kent : [suspicious]  Why are you doing this?

  Lex Luthor : You're like the younger brother I never had. I figured someone should benefit from my experience.

  Clark Kent : I can't just ask her out.

  Lex Luthor : The hardest thing in the world is telling the girl you love that you like her. I'll raise the bet. You ask her in the next 60 seconds, you get the tickets and I'll throw in a round-trip limo ride.

  [looking at his watch] 

  Lex Luthor : Starting now.

• Clark Kent : Did you just write your phone number down on Sean Kelvin's hand?

  Chloe Sullivan : Don't sound so shocked, Clark. Guys do find me attractive even though I don't have raven hair and the initials "L.L."

• Chloe Sullivan : He may be a little intellectually challenged, but he's really hot. Besides, he begged to get together tonight just to talk, so I told him he could bring me a coffee at the Torch.

  Clark Kent : Sounds like a date.

  Chloe Sullivan : It's not a date. It's a fact-finding mission to see if he deserves a date.

• Pete Ross : Then why don't you ask some other girl out?

  Clark Kent : Like who?

  Pete Ross : Like Chloe?

  Chloe Sullivan : Okay, wait! I'm not some crash test dummy you guys can use to try out your dating skills.

  [to Clark] 

  Chloe Sullivan : You, if you like Lana so much, why don't you just ask her out and get it over with.

  [to Pete] 

  Chloe Sullivan : And you, stop acting like a Vegas bookie picks your dates. And both of you, treat me better.

• Chloe Sullivan : Your online horoscope suggests that you try not to flaunt your excitement, which I know will be hard since you've been waiting for this date since, like, your first growth spurt.

  Clark Kent : I'll say this one more time and then I'll print up bumper stickers. This isn't a date.

  Chloe Sullivan : All right, just check out Lana's outfit. If a girl wears something new to hang out with you, you know at least she thinks it's a date.

  Clark Kent : I thought you came over for fashion advice.

  [holds up shirt] 

  Chloe Sullivan : Burn that. What else have you got?

  Clark Kent : I'll check the laundry.

• Lana Lang : How come you know so much?

  Clark Kent : Magic. You don't believe in magic? I'll show you.

  [picks up a deck of cards and reshuffles it] 

  Clark Kent : Pick a card.

  Lana Lang : All right.

  [Lana picks a card. Clark clears his throat while using his X-ray vision to see what card she is holding] 

  Clark Kent : Three of hearts.

  Lana Lang : [laughs]  Full of surprises.

• Clark Kent : Hey, Lana, you busy?

  Lana Lang : Completely swamped.

  [showing him "Doctor Zhivago" in her hands] 

  Lana Lang : That's why I'm sitting in a coffee shop attempting to wade through a Russian classic.

  [he isn't sure how to respond] 

  Lana Lang : That was a joke, Clark.

• Chloe Sullivan : Did I thank you for that rescue yet?

  Clark Kent : I heard about Jenna on the news and I didn't want you to be next.

  Chloe Sullivan : Well, I finally find a guy I like and he turns out to be homicidal.

  Clark Kent : You deserved a lot better than Sean even before he tried to kill you.

  Chloe Sullivan : That's sweet. I think.

• Chloe Sullivan : Ah!

  Clark Kent : What?

  Chloe Sullivan : Blue's a good color on you.

  Clark Kent : Really?

• Chloe Sullivan : Wait, let me get this straight. You walked in to get a cappuccino and walked out with a date with Lana Lang.

  Clark Kent : Well, it's not actually a date.

  Chloe Sullivan : Even with the "just as friends" rider, I'm impressed.

  Pete Ross : How did you score the tickets?

  Chloe Sullivan : I'm guessing a certain follically-challenged individual was behind it.

  Clark Kent : Lex hooked me up. Actually, Chloe, I have you to thank.

  Chloe Sullivan : What did I do?

  Clark Kent : Well, you were right. I just had to get it out there.

• Lana Lang : This is weird, huh? I felt like I had to explain tonight to Nell.

  Clark Kent : I spent the better part of the day convincing people this was not a date. How about Whitney?

  Lana Lang : I didn't tell him.

  Clark Kent : You're feeling guilty about that?

  Lana Lang : He's hanging out with his friends, and I'm hanging out with mine.

  Clark Kent : Exactly.

• Clark Kent : If I recall correctly, you're the one who wanted to come to this party.

  Chloe Sullivan : Well, yeah, but I-I didn't know it was gonna be so cold. It's, like, 20,000 degrees below zero here.

  Clark Kent : I don't know. It doesn't feel that cold to me.

  Chloe Sullivan : What, are you from an ice planet? It's freezing. I'm gonna go thaw out by the fire.

• Clark Kent : So, did Sean call?

  Chloe Sullivan : Negative. Not that I was waiting by the phone or anything.

  Pete Ross : Maybe he got caught up. One time, my sister didn't hear from a guy for a week. When she called to tell him off, turned out his grandmother died.

  Chloe Sullivan : Uh, as much as I appreciate the spotlight here, I'm fine.

  Clark Kent : Well, you're probably better off. Sean's a total dog, anyway.

  Pete Ross : He's not that bad, Clark. He's always been cool to me. Just because you can't get past your Lana crush, don't knock the rest of us for trying to make a love connection.

  Chloe Sullivan : I thought we were focusing on me here.

• Clark Kent : [after Sean tries to kill Chloe]  Any idea what happened to him?

  Chloe Sullivan : The only similar thing I can find is a medical condition where there's damage to the thermosensitive cells in the brain. The person literally can't stay warm. It's like a permanent case of hypothermia.

  Clark Kent : So Sean's getting his heat where he can take it.

  Chloe Sullivan : Yeah, preferably from high school girls. But, I mean, you saw the pool. You take heat out of water, you get ice. I mean, he's like... he's like a battery that can't hold its charge. Uh, I think we should call for help.

  Clark Kent : I'll take care of that. We need to get you home. Come on.

  Chloe Sullivan : You know, you-you have to believe me when I say that almost getting my heat sucked was not a passive-aggressive attempt to ruin your date.

  Clark Kent : [realizing he left her alone]  Lana.

• Martha Kent : The distributor gets 12.5.

  Jonathan Kent : Mm-hmm, feed bill over six months at 5%.

  Martha Kent : Plus the mortgage at 8.2. Plus the harvester repairs gives us...

  Clark Kent : $54,501.38.

  Jonathan Kent : Hey, uh, son. Look, I'm sorry. We didn't mean for you to hear all that.

  Clark Kent : You don't have to protect me. Is it that bad?

  Martha Kent : Yeah, it's pretty bad. We might have to take out a bank loan.

  Clark Kent : Another one? The interest on the loan would put us up...

  Martha Kent : Clark, don't.

  Clark Kent : Maybe I can help.

  Jonathan Kent : You already have. Last season, you saved us four part-time hands.

  Clark Kent : I'm thinking bigger picture. You know, forget about this whole high-school thing and... try out for a pro sports team. I could make a ton of money in endorsements.

  [seeing their looks] 

  Clark Kent : Just trying to lighten up the mood.

  Martha Kent : Much as we'd love to see your face on a cereal box, we'd settle for you getting to school on time.

• Clark Kent : I've never actually sat in a limo before tonight.

  Lana Lang : I did once. Nell got one to take us to the ballet. But it wasn't as nice as this.

  Clark Kent : Beats another night of defensive reading. You've done it since we were kids. Whenever the world gets disappointing, you retreat into a book.

  [seeing she's a little insulted] 

  Clark Kent : There are worse things.

  Lana Lang : No, you're right. It's just... it's easier than dealing with my own life. You know what I mean?

  Clark Kent : I do the same thing with astronomy. I look at different worlds and wonder if my life would be better there.

  Lana Lang : You always seem to understand what I'm trying to say.

• Clark Kent : Sean, you have to get to a hospital.

  Sean Kelvin : Oh, what are they gonna do? Put me under an electric blanket? I need heat, Clark. Contact. That's the only thing that's gonna work for me. Every person's another fix.

  Clark Kent : You're not getting into that house.

  Sean Kelvin : Who's gonna stop me? You?

• Lana Lang : You never came back the other night.

  Clark Kent : Well, I-I did, but you were gone. I'm sorry. I wanted things to work out differently.

  Lana Lang : Don't worry about it.

  Clark Kent : I was thinking maybe we could, you know, try again sometime. How about Saturday?

  Lana Lang : Whitney's taking me to the city. He's got the whole day planned. I think our non-date freaked him out.

  Clark Kent : What'd you tell him?

  Lana Lang : The truth. That we're just friends.

• Clark Kent : You okay?

  Chloe Sullivan : Yeah. The memorial service is tomorrow. Just thinking how that could have been me. All because some guy expressed a modicum of interest in me. I thought I was stronger than that.

  Clark Kent : Everybody's searching for their soulmate, Chloe. It's not a sign of weakness.

  Pete Ross : I can't believe both your dates went straight to hell and I ended up with the limo.

  Clark Kent : How was that?

  Pete Ross : It was sweet. I've already hooked up with another date for next weekend.

  Chloe Sullivan : I'm swearing off men.

  Clark Kent : They're not all bad.

  Pete Ross : [playfully poking her]  Maybe you should just swear off heat-sucking horn dogs.

  Chloe Sullivan : Yeah, well, the next time a guy asks me out, I'm definitely doing an in-depth background check.