Smallville (TV Series)

Persuasion (2010)

Tom Welling: Clark Kent

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• Clark Kent : I need to figure out a way to reverse this. I think I breathed in some sort of new meteor rock.

  Dr. Emil Hamilton : [laughs]  Dude, hasn't anyone ever told you not to inhale?

• Lois Lane : Valentine's Day is just a smarmy Hallmark holiday engineered by corporate executives to convince people to spend hard-earned money on dead flowers and overpriced meals...

  [stopping short when she sees a couple nearby] 

  Lois Lane : ...but not you two.

  Clark Kent : Lois. You're kind of overreacting, even for you.

  Lois Lane : History has proven that if I embrace V-Day in any romatic way at all, it always ends in disaster.

• Clark Kent : I realize you're not on board with me helping the Kandorians.

  Chloe Sullivan : Yeah, well, you know how it is. You find out that one of them skewers you to death in the post-apocalyptic future, you kind of lose interest.

  Clark Kent : Yeah, well, I know it seems like I may have overlooked some of their mistakes.

  Chloe Sullivan : Mistakes? By "mistakes" do you mean them building a tower so they give themselves powers to take over the world?

  Clark Kent : I'm going to lead them to a better place.

  Chloe Sullivan : The tower will be completed in two days. Granted, they haven't gotten the satellite up and running to change the atmosphere, but come on, Clark. We both know that one of them killed your father. Look, maybe it'll just be safer if we sent the Kandorians to the Phantom Zone.

  Clark Kent : I know that you're saying that because you want to protect people, but right now I want you to focus on watching my back. Leave the rest of the planet to me.

  Chloe Sullivan : Clark. I will protect you... no matter what it takes.

• Clark Kent : How do I stop putting people into hypnotic trances?

  Dr. Emil Hamilton : Well, maybe... you don't need to stop it. Maybe you just need to chill. Use it or lose it, Kent. Come on! There's got to be something out there that you're after. Huh?

• Tess Mercer : I confided in you, Clark. You confided in me. You revealed your powers. You know I haven't told anyone your secret.

  Clark Kent : Only to sell me out to Zod and the others.

  Tess Mercer : No. So that you could lead them.

  Clark Kent : You've seen the future, Tess. You know what happens.

  Tess Mercer : Which is why you have to join the Kandorians and defeat Zod so he doesn't take your powers away.

  Clark Kent : He doesn't take them, Tess. Your tower does when it goes online.

  Tess Mercer : No, the satellites just create a shield that filters the radiation.

  Clark Kent : And block the source of my powers, giving them theirs.

  Tess Mercer : You have to believe me. I had no idea that your powers disappeared.

  Clark Kent : Don't worry, Tess. I'll save your world. Just not with you in it.

• Zod : She confessed she murdered your father. She was one of the zealots who thought he would find a way to destroy us.

  Clark Kent : She didn't deserve to die. You've gone too far. Just like when you did when you sent me to see Tess!

  Zod : You want to become one of us. You want to live by our ways, and yet, you reject them. Kal-El, when you came to us with your powers, I thought... I thought it represented hope for all of us, but because you were too weak to do it, I had to kill one of my own soldiers... to get justice for you.

  Clark Kent : This isn't my kind of justice.

  Zod : In the coming days, you will see there is only one kind of justice. And then you will have to decide if you really are one of us.

• Clark Kent : Faora. Alia. I have the papers. It's your new life. You'll have your own identities.

  Alia : I misjudged you, Kal-El.

  Faora : I was born into the military. I never had a choice to live as a civilian. We can't repay you.

  Clark Kent : Tell me who killed my father. I know Zod took him from Tess. And was he the last one to see Jor-El alive?

  Faora : I know you want justice, but be careful. Zod has a lot of loyal followers, and if you go after him, there will be war.

• Zod : [about Jor-El]  I didn't kill him. But I know who did. Tess Mercer.

  Clark Kent : How is that possible?

  Zod : Well, she obviously had her own agenda. She was the only one who know where he was. She was the only one who could finish the job. You are his firstborn. Only you can seek retribution.

  Clark Kent : I'm not gonna kill Tess.

  Zod : It's the Kryptonian way. You cannot let this injustice stand. Kal-El, you knew when you started on this path that you had to get your hands dirty. You must avenge him.

  Clark Kent : I... I can't.

  Zod : I tortured him. I beat him black and blue. I threatened him and he still wouldn't give you up. You were the son he never met, and he was still willing to sacrifice his life for yours. He died protecting you, and won't even defend his honor.

  Clark Kent : [grabs Zod]  You don't think I want justice? I don't think I want revenge? You don't think sometimes I want to be a killer like you?

• Clark Kent : Do you know where Chloe is?

  Dr. Emil Hamilton : [Freaking out]  She's gone. She's activated laser trip wires around the system core. There's firewalls around firewalls around firewalls. I can't get into it. I've tried every iteration.

  Clark Kent : Emil, look, I want you to calm down. Just try to relax for once.

  [blue magic light lights up in Emil's eyes] 

  Clark Kent : Emil?

  Dr. Emil Hamilton : Whatevs. This place goes nuclear, it is not my problem.

  Clark Kent : [Realizes what just happened]  : I want you to go back to the way you were.

  Dr. Emil Hamilton : There are no backsies in this lifetime.

  Clark Kent : Where are you going?

  Dr. Emil Hamilton : I need a brew. This job's way too stressful.

• Lois Lane : [standing on Clark's shoulders]  Sorry about the heels. I need the inches.

  Clark Kent : I'm not sure this is such a good idea.

  Lois Lane : Look, either RAO Incorporated is throwing a Valentine's Day party for their workers behind this wall, or they are running double shifts on a Saturday night. A total union violation.

  Clark Kent : Lois, I'm sure someone is keeping an eye on the situation.

  Lois Lane : [she slips and he catches her]  Bingo. They are moving more tech equipment into that building than NASA. And if they're skulking around in the middle of the night, they are definitely hiding something.

• Clark Kent : Looks like it's too late to follow that story anyway.

  Lois Lane : It's never too early for nachos, and it's never too late for hard-hitting journalism.

  Clark Kent : Lois, maybe we should put our relationship before our work just for tonight, and...

  Lois Lane : Hold hands? You could come a-courtin' on your horse and buggy. All we need is a chaperone. Sounds mighty traditional.

  Clark Kent : And what's wrong with that? With all of our crossed text messages lately, I thought maybe sometimes... I want... us to have a more traditional relationship.

• Chloe Sullivan : I was gonna ask you for the lowdown on your V-Day with Lois, but something about you being here with me tells me it didn't go over so well.

  Clark Kent : Do you have the passports and ID cards ready?

  Chloe Sullivan : Or we could get right down to business.

• Clark Kent : If you were really under a command to protect me, why didn't you let me kill her?

  Chloe Sullivan : Because sometimes protecting you means protecting you from yourself. You're someone we all have to believe in. Nothing can compromise that.

• Clark Kent : Zod took matters into his own hands. He killed Jor-El's murderer. It was Alia.

  Chloe Sullivan : So now Alia can't slay me in the future like she's supposed to. This means the future that we saw is changing.

  Clark Kent : But there's only one way to be sure.

• Clark Kent : Yeah, mom, about the engagement. There was a, uh, miscommunication. They're gonna print a retraction. Sure, I'll tell her. Okay, I love you too, mom.

  [hanging up] 

  Clark Kent : My mom says "When you're ready, you can borrow it." Do you have any idea what she's talking about?

  Lois Lane : Nope. It's Greek to me.

  Clark Kent : Speaking of Greece, your dad left a message.

  Lois Lane : Oh, you know what? I... I just need to make a few phone calls here. Donna Reed on crack. I-I-I just... I'm never gonna buy chocolate from another fairy. I promise you. I wasn't... myself. I don't know what she put in that stuff.

  Clark Kent : It's too bad. I kind of liked your outfit.

  Lois Lane : You really are an old-fashioned romantic, aren't you?

• Lois Lane : So, in the face of the candy-coated emotional manipulation of V-Day, maybe I just... need to trust that what we have is something more.

  [her phone chirps] 

  Lois Lane : It's Chloe. She's been really sweet. She left twelve messages apologizing for what she said after she found out that I moved in together... with you, here.

  Clark Kent : Yeah, we should talk.

• Lois Lane : When you asked me to move in with you here, I know it seemed like a good idea at the time.

  Clark Kent : Yeah, but it wasn't...

  Lois Lane : And about the whole proposal. It was... a dream-come-true level of wow, but, um... things are moving a little too fast for me.

  Clark Kent : Right. I don't know what I was thinking. We should just stick to our plan and take things slow.

  Lois Lane : I am so relieved to hear you say that.

  Clark Kent : We just have to continue being honest with each other.

  Lois Lane : Yeah. About everything, right? God knows I spilled my guts.

• Lois Lane : Clark, if you had a really big secret, would you trust me with it?

  Clark Kent : You're the most trustworthy person I know.

  Lois Lane : But I confessed to the whole world that I was talking to the Blur on national television, and I really meant to keep that secret.

  Clark Kent : I don't think the Blur minds, Lois. You were doing the right thing. You were protecting him.

  Lois Lane : But that's not the point. Look, I know it sounds crazy, but I'm just afraid that my big mouth is gonna wreck our relationship one day.

  Clark Kent : Don't worry, Lois. It's not gonna be that easy to get rid of me.

• Clark Kent : You sold my friend and I some candies the other night.

  Valentine Fairy : Oh, yeah. That's right. You were with the bitter chick.

  Clark Kent : Right. Well, the bitter chick isn't feeling so good. She got kind of sick. I'm retracing her steps. Was there anything in that chocolate you sold her?

  Valentine Fairy : Uh, yeah. Fat. I ate two boxes and gained three pounds.

  Clark Kent : Okay. Thanks.

  [seeing her basket of fairy dust] 

  Clark Kent : Fairy dust. That was... that was cute. Where'd you get it?

  Valentine Fairy : Yeah, I... I don't know what it is, but it comes from some quarry in Smallville.

  Clark Kent : [realizing]  Meteor rock.

  Valentine Fairy : [his phone rings, and he sees a 911 from Lois]  Is that your girlfriend?

  Clark Kent : No, she's not my... we don't use that word.

• Clark Kent : [finding Lois in the barn sobbing]  Are you all right? What's the emergency?

  Lois Lane : Oh, um... f-f-false alarm.

  Clark Kent : Are you sure? 'Cause you seem kind of...

  Lois Lane : Kind of pathetic. Right? I mean, why even bother going through the motions, Clark? This whole moving-in thing together was a joke!

  Clark Kent : You're not yourself right now.

  Lois Lane : Come on! I'm not stupid. I could tell that you just hated that burned brick of meat!

  Clark Kent : Let's get you some water.

  Lois Lane : S-Stop trying to sugarcoat it, Clark. I am not good for you, Clark!

• Lois Lane : Chloe was right to protect you from me.

  Clark Kent : Well, Chloe can be overprotective sometimes.

  Lois Lane : No. She hit the target head-on. She said that it was gonna wreck us, and she's right. Clark, I don't... I don't know the first thing about... family time or-or dinners at home. I don't.

  Clark Kent : Lois, I'm glad that you're opening up to me. But there's something else going on here.

  Lois Lane : You're right. Somethig is going on. I've made a fool of myself long enough. It hurts me to be around you. I have to leave you, Clark. Leave Smallville.

  Clark Kent : Lois, you... you need to sleep on this. I-I promise things will look better in the morning.

  Lois Lane : No, they won't. Clark, I'm a big girl. I can pull myself up by my own bootstraps, thank you very much. I just... I had hoped that somehow I'd be able to pull it off, the whole making-a-home thing.

  Clark Kent : Lois, stop. You are home.

  Lois Lane : No. A home is for real. For always and forever. Not this. Goodbye, Smallville.

  Clark Kent : Lois, you can't leave. Not yet. I promise we'll be together. Always, and...

  Lois Lane : Forever? Do you mean it?

  Clark Kent : I do.

  [she drops her suitcase and they kiss] 

  Lois Lane : Guess we can move my stuff out of the guest room now.

• Lois Lane : Move over, Betty Crocker. I have got this cooking thing down. How's your pot roast?

  Clark Kent : [giving it to Shelby, who disregards it, too]  Oh, it's delicious.

  Lois Lane : Wonderful.

  Clark Kent : It was really sweet of you to do all of this.

  Lois Lane : Well... I am just so proud of you for bringing home the bacon. The least I can do is cook it up in a pan. And, well... never let you forget that you're the man.

• Clark Kent : Lois, did something happen? You just seem so cheerful. I...

  Lois Lane : Well, you said you wanted a more traditional relationship. And you... were very persuasive.

  Clark Kent : What if I miss the old Lois?

  Lois Lane : It's too late. I... quit my job at the Planet.

  Clark Kent : You did what?

  Lois Lane : Yeah. Now... instead of being chained to a desk all day, I get to be your ball and chain.

  Clark Kent : Lois, you can't quit reporting. That job is your life.

  Lois Lane : Well, now my life is with you. For better or for worse, for richer or for poorer.

  Clark Kent : Lois, what are you talking about?

  Lois Lane : Yeah. You're absolutely right. What kind of adjective is "poorer"? Somebody is gonna need an editor... for their vows.

  Clark Kent : Right. You know, Lois, there's something at the, uh, office that I need to... investigate.

  Lois Lane : All right, Mr. Cold Feet. I'll keep the home fires burning. Rain check on talking about the big event for now.

  [watching him leave] 

  Lois Lane : You better make an honest woman out of me, Clark Kent.

• Lois Lane : Hey, sweetie pie. Welcome home.

  Clark Kent : Lois, what's going on?

  Lois Lane : I moved in. But don't worry, I'm camped out into the guest room until... we get engaged.

  Clark Kent : Engaged?

  Lois Lane : Mm-hmm.

• Buddy Brown : The RAO has scheduled a, uh, ribbon-cutting at the solar tower in two days. I'm gonna need the exposé now.

  Clark Kent : Two days. Lois, maybe I should check on those building permits that you were talking about and... y-you wanted to avoid the whole Valentine's Day thing-thing, right?

  Lois Lane : Anything for your career, sweetie.

  Buddy Brown : [seeing her stare off into space]  Lane?

  Lois Lane : [coming to]  Here's the scoop, buddy. A traditional woman does not spend her time in the office when she can be at home taking care of her man. I quit.

• Clark Kent : This is serious. It's like you and Lois are doing whatever I say, but then I can't un-do it. Normally, Kryptonite only affects me, not other people.

  Dr. Emil Hamilton : Sounds kind of like hypnosis to me. People are pathetic. They're open to suggestion. I bet it's great with the ladies.