Smallville (TV Series)

Zod (2006)

Michael Rosenbaum: Lex Luthor, Zod

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• Zod : So easily beaten. Disappointing.

  Clark Kent : I won't let you destroy Earth like you did Krypton.

  Zod : Jor-El couldn't stop me, and neither will his son.

  Clark Kent : Then I'll die trying.

  Zod : But you won't be the only one. These humans you care so much about. Swear your allegiance to me, and I'll allow the ones you love the most to live. Kneel before Zod. Kneel.

  [Clark kneels and Zod extends right his hand. Clark slips the Kryptonian crystal into Zod's hand releasing him from Lex's body. Clark stands back up] 

  Clark Kent : My father sends his regards.

• Lana Lang : Let go. Where are you taking me?

  Zod : Zod does not take orders. He gives them.

• Lana Lang : The city's tearing itself apart. All those people. We have to help them.

  Zod : Help them?

  Lana Lang : With the powers Fine gave you, you could end the riots. You could save everyone, Lex.

  Zod : Lex Luthor is dead. My name is Zod.

• Zod : Do you really think Zod cares what a primitive like you believes?

  Lana Lang : If Lex is really dead, then why waste your time with a primitive like me?

  Zod : To bear witness the end of the human era. And the re-birth of Krypton.

  Lana Lang : Krypton?

  Zod : A shining jewel in a vast, dark universe. And you have the privilege of playing a part in its resurrection.

• Lana Lang : What are you going to do?

  Zod : Finish what I've started. The black ship would have sent a pulse around the world, re-shaping its crust.

  Lana Lang : Into what?

  Zod : My home.

  Lana Lang : The planet you were talking about. Krypton.

  Zod : Only this time, it will be perfect. The start of an empire ruled by the bloodline of Zod.

  Lana Lang : I thought you needed the black ship.

  Zod : Its hard drive can still initiate the pulse. But I need access to your military satellites to broadcast it.

• Zod : This virus crippling your technology can only be stopped at the original point of infection. It's the only reason I'm here.

  Lana Lang : [he takes a Kryptonian device out and 'connects' it to a laptop]  You got rid of the virus.

  Zod : I need it to acquire information.

  Lana Lang : [seeing the lights flicker]  The power.

  Zod : It would take days for your people to restore it. If they had that much time.

  Lana Lang : [looking at the laptop]  The Pentagon.

  Zod : There's something there I need.

• Lana Lang : I'm not gonna let you do this.

  Zod : There's nothing to be afraid of. The fate of your race will not be yours if you give me what I want.

  Lana Lang : What?

  Zod : An heir.

  [he catches the pipe she swings and drives it through her hand] 

  Zod : We'll discuss this further when I return from your Pentagon.

• Lana Lang : What is Zod? What are you talking about?

  [seeing Milton Fine's spaceship] 

  Lana Lang : Oh, God. You're one of those things from that ship.

  Zod : Aethyr and Nam-Ek? Mere foot soldiers here at my command.

  Lana Lang : Whatever is happening, it's not you. It's the ship. It's Fine controlling you. You have to fight it, Lex.

  Zod : I already told you, Lex is gone.

  Lana Lang : I don't believe that.

• Lana Lang : That's all it takes to end the world?

  Zod : And begin a new one. You freed yourself, but didn't run. Why?

  Lana Lang : I realized there was nothing to run to. Sometimes, to survive, you have to give up the things that you care about and just give in to your fate.

  Zod : You would give me an heir? Willingly?

  Lana Lang : The first of many.

• Lana Lang : How did you know to come here? This is Lex's home. If there wasn't some part of him still alive inside you, how did you remember this place?

  Zod : You had feelings for this human.

  Lana Lang : Yes.

  Zod : His feelings for you were also strong. They left an... unpleasant taste when I consumed his essence.

• Zod : There's no escaping what's about to happen.

• Zod : You could have been at my side as Krypton is reborn. Now you'll die with all the rest.

  Clark Kent : Let her go.

  Zod : [surprised to see him]  Kal-El.

• Lex Luthor : [catching her at the hospital]  Lana. Are you all right? What happened?

  Lana Lang : You don't remember?

  Lex Luthor : I was in the field with you. Then everything went white. Next thing I know, I woke up here.

  [seeing the injury to her hand] 

  Lex Luthor : Is that why you're afraid of me? Is all this because of me?

  Lana Lang : Lex, you weren't yourself. The things you did, it wasn't your fault. I tried to stop it. Lex, I almost killed you.

  Lex Luthor : Lana. Hey. I would have done the same thing. Look, I can never make up for what happened. All I can do is move forward and try to rebuild everything I've damaged.

  Lana Lang : That might not be easy.

  Lex Luthor : Well, nothing worth it ever is.

• Zod : Perhaps I have underestimated the females of your species.

  Lana Lang : Or maybe you just underestimated me.

  Zod : [stopping her as she tries to stab him with the dagger]  You shouldn't play with things you don't understand.

  [he strikes her and sends her flying backwards; standing over her, he breaks the dagger in two] 

  Zod : Did you really think you could make a difference? Nothing can change the fate of your world.

• Zod : I don't know how you escaped the Zone, but you were safer where you where. Did you really think you could win, Kal-El? You're an idealistic fool, just like your father.