Smallville (TV Series)

Patriot (2010)

Elena Satine: Mera

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• Mera : I thought Orin was exaggerating, Clark, but everything about he said about you is true. Even when the tide is turning, you work hard to bring change by delivering justice. Not bombs. As a patriot to the country, not just the cause.

  Arthur Curry : That's our Boy Scout.

• Mera : You're Lois Lane.

  Lois Lane : [watching her unabashedly strip naked]  Wow! Brazen much?

• Mera : I am Mera, wife of Orin, future king of the Seven Seas. The one you call Arthur Curry.

  Lois Lane : A.C. got married. Aren't you just full of reveals?

  Mera : Orin is finally embracing his destiny and leading his people.

  Lois Lane : Hang on. "His people." Like, down under and not Australia? Anyway, I need to find Clark.

  Mera : Certainly you're not a partner in his endeavors?

  Lois Lane : Wow, some people get a ring on their finger, and everyone else's relationship just doesn't cut it.

  Mera : Spoken like one who can't be satisfied by a man of her own kind. You desire those who are extraordinary - first Orin, then Oliver, now Clark.

  Lois Lane : You've gotta be kidding me? Little Mermaid? Your prince and I dated for a day.

  Mera : It's understandable that you seek that would seek a superior being companion. I'm just surprised that powerful men would choose someone of lesser ability.

  Lois Lane : Listen, squid lips, you don't anything about me *or* Clark.

  Mera : I know you came here looking for Clark. You're in the dark... protected but not included. Do you really want the harsh light of truth?

• Mera : You do carry a lot of baggage.

  Lois Lane : Seriously, don't make me take my hair dryer out and shrivel you.

  Mera : Perhaps I was too hasty in my judgment of you, Lois Lane.

  Lois Lane : You think? Because we didn't just get off on the wrong fin.

  Mera : I stand by what I said before. You're not like us, not like Clark. But... you are what he needs. You treat Clark not as your superior, but as an equal. And insist that he do the same.

  Lois Lane : Thanks.

  Mera : You'd make a good partner for him, Lois. In your own way.

  Lois Lane : If he lets me.

  Mera : It took months, and more than just a few water blasts to the head, for Orin to let me stand with him, not just beside him. Give Clark time.

• Tess Mercer : It's like some sort of multifunctional weaponry. The government is preparing for anything that comes its way.

  Mera : Including Orin. He should have been back by now.

  Clark Kent : He could be at any one of the four facilities he was checking out.

  Lois Lane : If he ended up in one of Slade's nets, I might know how to find him.

  Clark Kent : [she shows them the schematic Slade had]  It's the design blueprint for the prisons.

  Lois Lane : And according to this, there's only one facility that is operational. It's in Alaska.

• Clark Kent : Do you recognize this structure?

  Arthur Curry : Looks like the facilities at LuthorCorp when Lex was trying to build his own private zoo of the superpowered.

  Clark Kent : It couldn't be LuthorCorp. Tess and Oliver would know about it.

  Arthur Curry : Looks like Uncle Sam raided the patent offices for his own end. Mera, you still reading us?

  Mera : [staticky]  Barely... can hear you. Just heard from Watchtower... There's news...

  Arthur Curry : You're breaking up.

  Mera : Watchtower found eight locations with similar seismic readings. You need to check them right away. Oliver's been taken off the grid.

  Arthur Curry : If we split up, we can cover the facility faster.

  Clark Kent : They've taken one of ours. Let's go get him back.

• Clark Kent : Considering your activist streak, I never saw you settling down.

  Mera : It was his passion and conviction that drew me to him. There are qualities we share, and on which we've built a partnership.

  Clark Kent : The outside world, your passion looks a lot like terrorism.

  Mera : Do you really want people to see us as scared, hunted victims?

  Arthur Curry : We can't stop the government from targeting us, but we can show them we're not gonna take it.

  Clark Kent : And show them you're the criminals they fear you are.

  Mera : And be the heroes people hope we are.

• Mera : Who is your hero, Clark? Everybody has one. I'll never forget the day I read about mine. This little lady named Lucy Burns who just wanted to vote like her father. But she didn't just sit back and expect people to do the right thing, because you know what? They didn't. It wasn't until she refused food, and endured the infamous Night of Terror, that's when people decided to do the right thing.

  Arthur Curry : Victories aren't won by spectators, but by fighters. Like me and Mera. What are you doing to fight for us?

  Clark Kent : We shouldn't be fighting anyone, especially the government. We should be protecting people.

  Mera : And right now, we are the ones who need protection the most. Clark, that rig we took out wasn't drilling for oil.

  Arthur Curry : Neither are the ones the government's building around the country.

  Clark Kent : Then what are they?

  Arthur Curry : High-tech holding facilities deep below the earth. And they're building them for us.

• Clark Kent : Who are you working with?

  Arthur Curry : You think 'cause I'm not checking in at the treehouse I've gone rogue? Nice trust.

  Clark Kent : You're not going anywhere.

  Arthur Curry : [Clark is knocked into a tank by a wave of water]  Oh, and if you thought I was working solo...

  Mera : You haven't met his wife.