Smallville (TV Series)

Beacon (2011)

Cassidy Freeman: Tess Mercer

Quotes 

• Alexander Luthor : No, Tess! I am done with all of you! And you. Always making yourself look better by making me look like some kind of monster!

  Clark Kent : You're not him.

  Tess Mercer : You keep blaming everybody, but look who has the gun in their hand. I know how you feel. After living in the darkness for so long, you feel like you can't step into the light, 'cause it makes you feel ashamed. But Clark was the one that changed everything for me. He can do the same thing for you.

  Alexander Luthor : W-Why would you want to help me? I'm your enemy. We've been locked in battle for years.

  Clark Kent : You're not locked into anything. You had something that Lex never had, and that's Tess. She loved you.

  Tess Mercer : I still love you. I do. And I know I'm not perfect. But I'll always be there for you.

• Tess Mercer : Lionel Luthor. I thought...

  Lionel Luthor : Yes, well, rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

• Tess Mercer : Clark, Alexander's not the only Luthor that's crawling back into our lives. Lionel's here.

  Clark Kent : Lionel?

  Tess Mercer : He followed you from his parallel world and he knows about Alexander.

  Oliver Queen : Uh, even worse, he's already found him. I just got back from father/son day at LuthorCorp. Alexander's all grown up. The family's back in business.

• Clark Kent : You're looking for the Phantom Zone crystal, aren't you?

  Tess Mercer : You sent Slade there, didn't you?

  Clark Kent : The VRA forced my hand. And when the justice system here is fixed, I'll bring him back to stand trial.

  Tess Mercer : How could you be so good, Clark?

  Alexander Luthor : Because no one told him to hate. Like Lionel taught me.

• Tess Mercer : Clark told me about this other Earth. You're from there, aren't you?

  Lionel Luthor : It doesn't matter where I'm from, Lutessa, I am still your father. And as far as this trusting world believes, the same man who successfully faked his own death.

  Tess Mercer : Which also makes you the same man who abandoned me.

  Lionel Luthor : Interesting, because in my world, you're the one who turned your back on me.

  Tess Mercer : I'm sure I had my reasons.

  Lionel Luthor : Oh, you did. I neglected you, Lutessa. But I won't make that mistake again. Clark opened the door between worlds, and that's given me a second chance to put things right between us. To be the father you always wanted.

• Tess Mercer : What exactly do you want, Lionel?

  Lionel Luthor : To provide for my family. For you, and for your brother. I was a fool. I... turned my back on you for someone who betrayed me.

  Tess Mercer : Well, Clark was never yours in this world. And Lex is dead.

  Lionel Luthor : That is a lie, Tess. You saved Lex.

  [showing her a printout of Alexander's medical report] 

  Lionel Luthor : And now he's out there, alone somewhere, because you discarded him. And you know the crippling scars that that can have on a child, Lutessa. Where is he? Tell me, now.

  Tess Mercer : I don't know. But I'm gonna find him before you do.

  Lionel Luthor : The boy doesn't need you. He needs his father.

• Lois Lane : It looks like you've been taking spin classes, and not in the gym.

  Tess Mercer : What are you talking about, Lois?

  Lois Lane : Censorship. I write an article against the VRA, and you turn it into venom for vigilantes.

  Tess Mercer : [taking the paper Lois gives her]  I didn't approve this article. I... I didn't approve any of these articles.

  Lois Lane : Well, if you didn't greenlight this garbage, who did? You know, I have better things to do than deal with your mess.