Smallville Quote
Lionel: I've been expecting you, Kal-El.
Clark: How long have you known?
Lionel: From the moment I held in my hand the crystal that helped to create your Fortress of Solitude.
Clark: The one that put you in a coma.
Lionel: Coma? I like to think of it as... a state of contemplative repose.
Clark: You've known my secret for almost a year.
Lionel: Yes.
Clark: Why haven't you done anything?
Lionel: What? Expose you to the world? A strange visitor from another planet? I've tried to tell you--I am not your enemy. To reveal your secret would change your destiny. And it would harm someone I care about very deeply.
Clark: You had a choice: To kill my mother or to kill yourself.
Lionel: I could never harm your mother. There was no choice.
Clark: Yeah. [pause] Unless you knew the gun wasn't loaded.
Lionel: You have no reason to believe anything I say. I realize that. I hope eventually you will come to trust me. I only want what's best for you and your mother, son.
Clark: [angrily] You don't call me that. Jonathan Kent was my father.
Lionel: No. I'm not trying to take his place.
Clark: You couldn't. My mother seems to think there may be some good in you, but I'm not so sure.
Lionel: It takes time, Clark. Maybe you will be.
Clark: Or maybe you'll just show your true colors. Secret or no secret, you stay away from my mother, or you'll wish I'd never saved your life.
Clark: How long have you known?
Lionel: From the moment I held in my hand the crystal that helped to create your Fortress of Solitude.
Clark: The one that put you in a coma.
Lionel: Coma? I like to think of it as... a state of contemplative repose.
Clark: You've known my secret for almost a year.
Lionel: Yes.
Clark: Why haven't you done anything?
Lionel: What? Expose you to the world? A strange visitor from another planet? I've tried to tell you--I am not your enemy. To reveal your secret would change your destiny. And it would harm someone I care about very deeply.
Clark: You had a choice: To kill my mother or to kill yourself.
Lionel: I could never harm your mother. There was no choice.
Clark: Yeah. [pause] Unless you knew the gun wasn't loaded.
Lionel: You have no reason to believe anything I say. I realize that. I hope eventually you will come to trust me. I only want what's best for you and your mother, son.
Clark: [angrily] You don't call me that. Jonathan Kent was my father.
Lionel: No. I'm not trying to take his place.
Clark: You couldn't. My mother seems to think there may be some good in you, but I'm not so sure.
Lionel: It takes time, Clark. Maybe you will be.
Clark: Or maybe you'll just show your true colors. Secret or no secret, you stay away from my mother, or you'll wish I'd never saved your life.
TV Show: Smallville
