Smallville (TV Series)

Vessel (2006)

Michael Rosenbaum: Lex Luthor, Zod

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• Lex Luthor : Ever since that day on the bridge, you've always seen yourself as my savior. The one thing that would pull me off the dark path I'd started. See, that's why you cling to the idea that there's still some good in me. You don't want to face the fact that you might have failed.

  Clark Kent : Or maybe I just can't believe that someone would have so little willpower.

  Lex Luthor : It's a little hard to compete with the iron willpower it takes to kill one of your best friends. How did you know I was gonna come back like this?

  Clark Kent : You don't realize how much danger you're in.

• Lex Luthor : I used to think you had this... strong inner core. You were so virtuous. And yet you lie all the time. To me, to Lana, to all the people who cared about you. What kind of sick person would do that?

  Clark Kent : If you thought this friendship was so doomed from the beginning, then why did you fight so hard to keep it?

  Lex Luthor : Because I wanted everything you had. The family, the inconspicuous life, the loyal girlfriend. Well, at least I walked away with the part you loved the most.

  Clark Kent : You're not yourself.

  Lex Luthor : Or maybe I finally am.

• Clark Kent : I won't let you destroy this planet like you did Krypton.

  Zod : You don't have a choice. Unless you join me.

  Clark Kent : I'll *never* join you.

  Zod : Well, I hope that's a decision you'll be able to live with... forever.

  [Zod banishes Clark to the Phantom Zone] 

• Lex Luthor : You tried to warn me about Fine, but I didn't listen.

  Lionel Luthor : You never have. Not matter what I've given you, the things you've always wanted were beyond your grasp. This time you've overreached yourself.

  Lex Luthor : Did you come out here to lecture me or to help me?

  Lionel Luthor : It's too late to do either, isn't it? You made a deal with the devil. He always comes to collect.

• Zod : You have your father's eyes. Hello, Kal-El.

  Clark Kent : Where's Lex?

  Zod : Lex is dead.

  Clark Kent : Why are you here?

  Zod : For the same reason for anyone who'd been imprisoned like a beast. Revenge.

• [after Lex sends Lionel flying into the limosine windshield] 

  Lex Luthor : Dad, are you okay?

  Lionel Luthor : What have they... done to you... Lex? What have they turned you into?