Smallville (TV Series)
Persuasion (2010)
Erica Durance: Lois Lane
Quotes
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Lois Lane : Hey, Chloe.
Chloe Sullivan : Lois.
Lois Lane : Well, it is amazing what four hours of scrubbing a kitchen can do. It simple sparkles.
Chloe Sullivan : Okay, let's open a window. I think you may have gotten a contact high with that lemony-fresh scent.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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Chloe Sullivan : Why is your vinyl collection here?
Lois Lane : Drumroll, please. Chez Kent has a new resident. I moved in!
Chloe Sullivan : Great. We can have you move back to the Talon and all packed up before the sun's up.
Lois Lane : Look, I-I'm sorry that you're, uh, having a hard time with this, Chloe, but this love train has left the station.
Chloe Sullivan : No, the love train has jumped the tracks. I've seen Clark in love before, and it always holds him back.
Lois Lane : Hey, you know what? It is just a little sad that the only way that you can get close to Clark right now is to play mother hen.
Chloe Sullivan : Clark is a very private person, and when the chips are down, everyone can see your cards.
Lois Lane : Hey. Clark knows that he can trust me.
Chloe Sullivan : Just like the Blur? When you were secretly talking to him and you announced it to everyone on national television?
Lois Lane : I never planned for it to happen that way.
Chloe Sullivan : Okay, Lois, look, you know what? As long as I've known you, you have always had to have the scoop, but when it comes to understanding the real Clark, you are always gonna be a second-stringer.
[they struggle over a framed picture, which falls and breaks]
Chloe Sullivan : You know, this whole Martha Stewart makeover thing isn't fooling anyone. Once Clark knows you, the real you, underneath all of this Lois armor, he's gonna see that you're just a scared little kid who runs way the second anything goes wrong. If you really love him, the best thing you can do for Clark is leave him.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
