Smallville (TV Series)

X-Ray (2001)

Tom O'Brien: Roger Nixon

Quotes 

• Lex Luthor : If you walk out that door, I will make you disappear.

  Roger Nixon : What're you gunna do? You gunna have me killed?

  Lex Luthor : [laughs]  No. You'll be very much alive. But there'll be no evidence of your existence.

  Roger Nixon : What are you talking about?

  Lex Luthor : Driver's license, passports, social security number, bank account, will all be erased. With one call, I can be sure that there will be no record that you actually walk this earth.

  Roger Nixon : You're bluffing.

  Lex Luthor : Call your bank, see if your account still exists. That is, if your cell phone hasn't already been disconnected.

  [Roger tries his phone but notices it's not working] 

  Roger Nixon : What did you do?

  Lex Luthor : Don't worry, Roger. I'm going to give you a new identity. One that's a little less upstanding. Maybe a murderer. Maybe a drug dealer. Either way, you'll lose your job, your house, and your family.

  Roger Nixon : Look, I'll give the money back. Then we'll be even.

  Lex Luthor : No, we won't. Because I also know your brother works for juvenile court. What'd you tell him? "Steal the records and you can make some quick cash"? He could do time for that.

  Roger Nixon : Leave him out of this.

  Lex Luthor : I didn't get him involved, Roger. You did. You came into my life thinking you could shake me down because I was some spoiled rich brat who needed his daddy's protection. Trust me. When I make things disappear, they stay buried.

  Roger Nixon : What do you want from me?

  Lex Luthor : Your help. My father's obsessed with the Daily Planet. But I know the Inquisitor is read by the people. They're the ones I'm interested in. I will feed you stories and you will print them. Any negative stories about me you will kill. You'll be at my disposal 24/7.

• Roger Nixon : It's a hell of a picture, Lex. You know, it really boosted our sales.

  Lex Luthor : I've read comic books with less fiction than your rag.

  Roger Nixon : Well, how about this? Is this fiction? It's your juvenile record. Fascinating reading. That must have taken a Brinks truck of your dad's money to keep those people quiet.

  Lex Luthor : Those records are sealed.

  Roger Nixon : I'm a resourceful guy. You know, I saw that picture yesterday and it got me thinking of a follow-up. "Lex Luthor's Wild Youth in Metropolis." Does the name Club Zero ring a bell?

  Lex Luthor : You print one word about that, I'll sue.

  Roger Nixon : Lawsuits take years. The genie'll be out of the bottle and all the people will know that the new and improved Lex Luthor is nothing but a facade.

  Lex Luthor : You know what I think, Rog? If you wanted to print that, it would already be in the paper. I think you're looking for a payoff.

• Roger Nixon : What happened to your car?

  Lex Luthor : I drove it off a bridge at 60 miles an hour.

  Roger Nixon : Then how are you still alive?

  Lex Luthor : That's the mystery I need your help solving.

• Lex Luthor : Can I fix you a drink?

  Roger Nixon : If it's all the same to you, I'd just soon get my money and get out.

  Lex Luthor : Of course.

  Roger Nixon : I assume I don't have to count it?

  Lex Luthor : I've even supplied the bag.