Smallville (TV Series)

Upgrade (2010)

Cassidy Freeman: Tess Mercer

Quotes 

• Chloe Sullivan : I should have known that Clark took a walk down the ruby-red road. That explains his lack of "edit" button.

  Tess Mercer : I thought Clark was only affected by green meteor. What's the red do?

  Chloe Sullivan : Basically it turns him into the bad boy every girl dreams of... in her nightmares.

• Chloe Sullivan : Guess who's coming for dinner, together... with powers. But you already knew that, didn't you?

  Tess Mercer : What I don't know is why the sudden bromance.

• Tess Mercer : [in his lair, Zod finds a photo of him and Clark at the Space Needle]  You're not that naive, are you?

  Zod : If Kal-El and I can work together, why wouldn't I try?

  Tess Mercer : Because he doesn't have your best interests at heart. But you and I... we have a commitment to each other. You're not backing out on me, are you?

  Zod : Well, I'm not the one that sent a modern-day metal Nero to attack you.

  Tess Mercer : No. Not today. You can't bet everything we've worked for, including the safety of your people, on someone who's so quick to switch allegiances.

  Zod : I don't think you have any idea of the power that lies within Kal-El.

  Tess Mercer : Well, I hope you're right. 'Cause you're losing control of the Kandorians. I discovered a secret rebellion.

  [showing him a surveillance photo of Clark with Faora and Alia] 

  Tess Mercer : A group of your people have turned against you, and are looking to a new leader. Clark.

• Tess Mercer : I am so sorry to disappoint you, Lois. But I doubt that the government is going to want their covert defense programs on the front page of the Daily Planet, so if you could just...

  [putting her finger to her lips] 

  Tess Mercer : Shh.

  Lois Lane : I saw what you did to Corben. I was on the bus when you sent me on a tranq trip to Mount Rushmore. You can't cover this up, Tess.

  Chloe Sullivan : [knocking her out with chloroform]  Sorry, Lo.

  Tess Mercer : You take care of her, and I'll clean the rest of this up to make sure that no one will believe Lois' trip down the rabbit hole.

• Chloe Sullivan : [tracking Corben]  I lost the GPS feed.

  Tess Mercer : Where'd you send him?

  Chloe Sullivan : On a hunch.

• Tess Mercer : Well, my ops found our soldier of fortune on a bus. Any luck with your problem child?

  Chloe Sullivan : How often does it snow in Seattle?

  Tess Mercer : Not a great time for a game of Trivial Pursuit, Chloe.

  Chloe Sullivan : No. Seriously, Tess. Seattle just had a fluke snowstorm with the temperature at 64 degrees.

  Tess Mercer : [searching on her phone]  Oh, I got it. Thank god for blogging. They saw something vaulting towards the Space Needle six minutes ago.

• Tess Mercer : Clark's made it clear that he's not my knight in shining armor. Which is why I made my own all-purpose bodyguard.

  Chloe Sullivan : Well, believe it or not, Tess, this isn't all about you. Sooner or later, Clark will out himself and your merry band of Kryptonians.

  Tess Mercer : If the world gets wind of their existence, there's no turning back.

  Chloe Sullivan : Right, but you can protect your alien pet project if you help me find Clark.

• Tess Mercer : Last time I checked, this was private property.

  Chloe Sullivan : Looks like Tess Mercer's skeleton is finally crawling out of the closet.

  Tess Mercer : Well, speaking of being hidden in the closet, how's Oliver doing these days?

  Chloe Sullivan : Don't worry your pretty little head about that. And by head, I mean the one that the secret government agency Checkmate is wanting to lop off. That must really suck to be on the outs of your own walls.

  Tess Mercer : I'm guessing you'd know. Since you're not cuddling up to your own cyber screens... I'm venturing that Clark has finally uncovered your kryptonite arsenal.