Smallville (TV Series)

Phantom (2007)

John Glover: Lionel Luthor

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• [Lionel is trying to make his way into the complex. He runs into Bizarro thinking it is Clark] 

  Lionel Luthor : Clark. Son, what is it?

  Clark Kent : That's not me. It's the phantom.

  Bizarro : How do you like my new look?

  [Lionel takes out the Kryptonite and thrusts it onto Bizarro's chest. He screams in pain as the Kryptonite glows with a bright white light. Bizarro is rejuvenated from the Kryptonite and looks triumphant] 

  Bizarro : Thanks. That's just what I needed.

  [He strikes Lionel, sending him flying against a wall and collapsing to the floor, unconscious. He walks towards Clark] 

  Clark Kent : What the hell are you?

  Bizarro : I'm you, only a little more bizarre.

• Clark Kent : I don't understand. None of this makes any sense.

  Lionel Luthor : It was when Lex was possessed with Zod. I became possessed with all your father's knowledge. I found myself writing... in Kryptonian, the symbol for power.

  John Jones : It was a beacon. The same beacon Jor-El used when he needed me.

  Clark Kent : You knew my father?

  John Jones : I worked for Jor-El, bringing criminals to justice. When Krypton was on the verge of annihilation, he asked me to keep an eye out for you.

  Clark Kent : Where have you been all these years?

  John Jones : Watching from a distance, from my residence on Mars.

  Lionel Luthor : Your father wanted you to pass the test without any help. He wasn't to interfere unless it was absolutely necessary.

  John Jones : When you unleashed those phantoms, your life was at stake. I didn't have a choice. I had to help you out.

  Lionel Luthor : Like what happened at the docks in Seattle.

  Clark Kent : When that phantom infected my mind?

  Lionel Luthor : That's right.

  John Jones : Unfortunately, I've lost a step since then.

  Clark Kent : What happened?

  John Jones : Nothing.

  [Clark opens John's jacket and sees he was injured] 

  Clark Kent : That doesn't look like nothing.

  John Jones : I had a run-in with the last phantom. I have to leave Earth's atmosphere to heal, but first I must complete the job I started.

• Lex Luthor : Ever since the day I've put on this wedding ring, you seem to have the uncanny knack for being one step ahead of me.

  Lionel Luthor : I don't have time for this. I have things to do.

  Lex Luthor : Like have a private screening of that DVD? You know the documentary - the one that Lana stole from me and gave to you.

  Lionel Luthor : Oh, dear. I'd hoped married life have lessoned some of your paranoia.

• [Clark lifts Lionel by his throat] 

  Lionel Luthor : Clark, if Lana's spoken to you, I know what you must be thinking, but you've got to listen to me.

  Clark Kent : I've listened to you for too long!

  Lionel Luthor : Lex is tracking a wraith from the Phantom Zone. I had to force Lana to marry him. It was the only way she could get close to him to get the information for me I need to you help.

  Clark Kent : No. I never asked for you help. And I never will.

  Lionel Luthor : You're not a murderer. You're Kal-El.

  Clark Kent : Don't call me by that name!

• Lex Luthor : As hard as it is for you to believe, Lana actually loves me.

  Lionel Luthor : Oh, you know so little about women, Lex. I suppose losing your mother at such an early age didn't help matters. Lana does not love you. The only reason she agreed to marry you was that I gave her a gentle, yet very firm, nudge.

  Lex Luthor : Using my wife against me... That's deplorable even for you. Whatever debts you think I still owe, we are even. I want you out of my life.

  Lionel Luthor : I don't think you're gonna get rid of me that easily.

• Clark Kent : I'll go after the phantom. I have the crystal that Raya gave me.

  John Jones : I doubt that crystal will work.

  Lionel Luthor : It's not an ordinary phantom, Clark. It's the product of a Kryptonian lab experiment. It's been destroying one human being after the other, desperately searching for the only host that will ensure its survival: a Kryptonian body.