Smallville (TV Series)

Mercy (2006)

John Glover: Lionel Luthor

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• Lionel Luthor : I've been expecting you, Kal-El.

  Clark Kent : How long have you known?

  Lionel Luthor : From the moment I held in my hand the crystal that helped to form your Fortress of Solitude.

  Clark Kent : The one that put you in a coma.

  Lionel Luthor : Coma. I'd like to think of it as a... a state of... contemplative repose.

  Clark Kent : You've known my secret for almost a year.

  Lionel Luthor : Yes.

  Clark Kent : Why haven't you done anything?

  Lionel Luthor : What? Expose you to the world? Some strange visitor from another planet? I've tried to tell you, I am not your enemy. To reveal your secret would... change your destiny. And it would harm someone I care about very deeply.

  Clark Kent : You had a choice. To kill my mother or to kill yourself.

  Lionel Luthor : I could never harm your mother. There was no choice.

  Clark Kent : Yeah? Unless you knew the gun wasn't loaded.

  Lionel Luthor : You have no reason to believe anything I say, I realize that. But I hope eventually you will come to trust me. I only want what's best for you and your mother, son.

  Clark Kent : You don't call me that. Jonathan Kent was my father.

  Lionel Luthor : No, I'm not trying to take his place.

  Clark Kent : You couldn't. My mother seems to think there may be some good in you, but I'm not so sure.

  Lionel Luthor : It takes time, Clark. Maybe you will be.

  Clark Kent : Or maybe you'll just show your true colors. Secret or no secret, you stay away from my mother, or you'll wish I never saved your life.

• Lex Luthor : Someone tried to kill you?

  Lionel Luthor : Oh, is this the part where you feign innocence?

  Lex Luthor : I brought you in to help run LuthorCorp again. Profits have never been higher. Why would I want you dead?

  Lionel Luthor : Not so long ago, I tried to take LuthorCorp away from you.

  Lex Luthor : The Apex takeover.

  Lionel Luthor : Right.

  Lex Luthor : Please. Seeing you fail miserably was retribution enough.

• Lex Luthor : I may not like you very much, dad, but you're a valuable asset to LuthorCorp. Killing you would hurt the bottom line.

  Lionel Luthor : [sarcastic]  Your concern is truly touching.

• Lionel Luthor : It was you, Lex. I know it.

  Lex Luthor : What?

  Lionel Luthor : Disabling my limo in the path of an oncoming train. You know that kind of melodrama went out of style with silent movies.