Smallville (TV Series)

Crusade (2004)

Annette O'Toole: Martha Kent

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• Lois Lane : Look, I didn't come here fishing for thanks. I think Clark might know something about my cousin Chloe's death.

  Martha Kent : I'm so sorry for your loss.

  Lois Lane : Yeah. Were she and Clark ever an item?

  Martha Kent : Oh, I think for a minute...

  Lois Lane : It's funny, I never thought she'd fall for the farm boy type.

  Martha Kent : Trust me, that can happen to the best of us.

  Lois Lane : Not me. Give me a nerd with glasses any day of the week.

  Martha Kent : Clark has many sides.

  Lois Lane : Yeah, I've seen several of them already.

• Martha Kent : This was a mistake. I never should have called. I wish that Clark hadn't contacted Dr. Swann in the first place.

  Bridgette Crosby : Your son's destiny was set in motion long before their paths crossed.

  Martha Kent : You don't know anything about my son.

  Bridgette Crosby : You're right. You're right. I don't. But I do know what it's like to love somebody whose calling's greater than your own.

  Martha Kent : You and Dr. Swann?

  Bridgette Crosby : In a different lifetime. Martha, I can help you if you'll let me. Now, where's your son?

  Martha Kent : I don't know. He flew. He flew away.

  Bridgette Crosby : So he's... He has completely embraced his Kryptonian destiny.

  Martha Kent : Do you know what that destiny is?

  Bridgette Crosby : No, but the symbol burned into your field three months ago, that's the Kryptonian symbol for 'crusade'.

  Martha Kent : I don't know what Jor-El did to him, but I know deep down Clark is still in there.

  Bridgette Crosby : Martha, the only challenge to a father's will is a mother's love.

  Martha Kent : I - I can't possible face Clark alone.

  Bridgette Crosby : You don't have to. Look.

  Bridgette Crosby : [opens box]  It's Black Kryptonite. You're his only hope.

• Jonathan Kent : Clark, your mother tells me you can fly?

  Clark Kent : Kal-El can fly. Clark Kent is still earthbound.

  Jonathan Kent : How did that feel?

  Clark Kent : Amazing. And scary. Because if I can do that, maybe I'm capable of anything.

  Martha Kent : You are.

  Clark Kent : No, that's you Mom, because I don't know if I would have the strength to hold on three months not knowing where I was and Dad would pull through.

  Martha Kent : My father used to tell me life asks of you what it thinks you can handle. There were days when I thought it had asked too much. But then, I would think about this family and... all the things we've endured and the good things ahead of us. And I found the strength to keep going because I knew the three of us would be together again.

• Kal-El : I am Kal-El of Krypton. It is time to fulfill my destiny.

  Martha Kent : Destiny? That's Jor-El talking. He did this to you. I want my son back. Give me my son back!

  Kal-El : Clark Kent is dead.

  [pushes Martha aside and flies off]