Smallville (TV Series)

Subterranean (2006)

Tom Welling: Clark Kent

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• Martha Kent : [having discovered Clark harboring Javier]  I want to help this boy as much as you do, but I took an oath to uphold the law.

  Clark Kent : All he's trying to do is find his mom.

  Martha Kent : I know, but we have to go through proper legal channels.

  Clark Kent : Was it legal when you forged my adoption papers? I'm an illegal immigrant, mom. You've been harboring me for over seventeen years.

  Martha Kent : Your situation was entirely different. We had to protect you.

  Clark Kent : And I need to protect Javier. If I don't defend him, who will?

  Martha Kent : Clark...

  Clark Kent : There's a mother out there who hasn't seen her son in over two years. Do you really wanna stand in the way of that? I thought you of all people would understand.

• Chloe Sullivan : You put a psycho killer away and you reunited a mother with her son. I mean, there are only so many hours in a day.

  Clark Kent : Well, see, that's the thing. No matter how many people I save, I can't solve the world's problems.

  Chloe Sullivan : I don't know anyone else who does more for this world than you.

• Jimmy Olsen : C.K., just the man I wanted to see. Look, I'm a straight shooter, so we should probably just get this out in the open. I know that you got your issues with me.

  Clark Kent : What do you mean?

  Jimmy Olsen : The whole Chloe-and-me thing. And, hey, you know what? I get it. But what I'm about is working through it. Do you play hoops?

  [Clark nods uncertainly, looks at Chloe] 

  Jimmy Olsen : Great. Cool. Then we will, you know, go play a little one-on-one and we'll just leave it out on the court 'cause you know, I'm your bro, not your foe. Ring that bell, dude.

  [Clark meets Jimmy's fist-bump somewhat half-heartedly, obviously a little dumbfounded about what is going on] 

  Jimmy Olsen : There it is.

  Chloe Sullivan : [to Clark]  Please, don't ask any follow-up questions.

• Martha Kent : I'm doing everything in my power to get your family legal status.

  Clark Kent : Mom, you can do that?

  Martha Kent : I'm working on it. I've been talking to Esperanza. Javier seems like an amazing boy; a boy I'd be proud to see as a citizen someday.

  Clark Kent : What about your position on the Senate?

  Martha Kent : Sometimes when you're dealing with extraordinary people, you need to take a risk. That's a lesson I learned from my son.

• Lana Lang : LutherCorp wants to sponsor the residency of the workers on your neighbor's farm. They'll all be given jobs at the plant.

  Clark Kent : You realize the only reason Lex is doing this is to wash his hands of it.

  Lana Lang : Lex had no idea what was going on at that farm.

  Clark Kent : Lana, you don't believe that.

  Lana Lang : Unlike some people I know, Lex doesn't lie to me.

  Clark Kent : Or he just wants his name clear of murder and slavery, so he sends a messenger to do his cleanup work.

  Lana Lang : I'm not Lex's messenger, Clark. This was my idea. And I resent the fact that you think I'm some puppet he can manipulate.

  Clark Kent : No, I didn't mean it like that.

  Lana Lang : That's exactly what you meant.