Smallville (TV Series)

Dominion (2011)

Erica Durance: Lois Lane

Quotes 

• Tess Mercer : Lois... I don't want to give up on Clark either. I don't, but we have a responsibility. To not put the world at risk for selfish reasons, which is what you're doing by wanting to see him again.

  Lois Lane : I will *not* let you sacrifice him.

  Tess Mercer : Being with a hero means accepting that hero's sacrifices.

  Lois Lane : That's where you're wrong. Being a hero's wife means never accepting defeat.

• Clark Kent : What ever happened to take the time to merge our lives together? Finding the right place for everything?

  Lois Lane : Oh, well, you know me. Waiting isn't exactly my strong suit. So I guess nervous energy equals power unpacking.

  Clark Kent : What'd you do? Enlist John Jones and Bart?

• Clark Kent : Hey, Lois, where can I put this box?

  Lois Lane : Well, I don't think that requires any super-sleuthing. It does say "living room".

  Clark Kent : No, I can decipher your scrawl. I'm just thinking it was mislabeled.

  Lois Lane : If you're talking about my Whitesnake throw pillow, loving everything about me includes the sentimental. I made this from my eighth-grade concert t-shirt. And I talked to Oliver, and he told me how smoothly he and Chloe fused their hero green and geek chic.

  Clark Kent : Don't worry, my "for better or worse" will include your love of hair metal. But seriously, let me move us in a lot faster. I can unpack this in, like, two seconds.

  Lois Lane : No! No. Hold the horsepower. Part of us merging our lives together is taking the time to find the right spot for everything.

  Clark Kent : All I know is my perfect spot is here with you. We'll take as much time as you need.

• Lois Lane : Clark. I knew you'd make it.

  Clark Kent : I told you I would.

• Clark Kent : How long we were gone?

  Lois Lane : Three weeks.

  Clark Kent : We were only in there a few hours.

  [realizing] 

  Clark Kent : The crystal. Crushing it must have altered time. So a few hours for me was almost a month for you. You waited all that time.

  Lois Lane : Well, the League decided that it wasn't safe to send any more people in after you, so Tess and I took turns camping out at Watchtower, trying to re-establish contact with you and Oliver. I, uh... brought the pillow with me for downtime. Because... well, it reminds me of you now. Silly, huh?

• Clark Kent : After three hours, Tess was supposed to...

  Lois Lane : Blow up the gate. Yeah. Tess and I had a little unexpected heart to heart about your secret plan. I brought her around to seeing things my way. I just... I wish you could have had a little faith in me, too.

  Clark Kent : Lois, I didn't want you to have to make that kind of choice. I was trying to...

  Lois Lane : Protect me? I know. But you're part of me now, Clark. A half of a whole. So, in the future, if there's even a chance that the mission might claim my better half, sign me up, because I'd rather be in some sand-blown purgatory with you than in the hell of not knowing if I'll ever see you again.

• Clark Kent : Lois, I am so sorry. I try to make choices using my human side, but sometimes my Kryptonian side takes over. I try to control the situation. Instead of hiding that side, I should try to help you understand it.

  Lois Lane : Promise to put that in your wedding vows.

  Clark Kent : The wedding.

  Lois Lane : Yeah, T-minus two days, Smallville.

  Clark Kent : You didn't postpone it.

  Lois Lane : No. I couldn't. Believing that you would come back to me was the only thing that kept me going. But if you want to postpone, that's fine.

  Clark Kent : Lois.

  Lois Lane : Hmm?

  Clark Kent : There's nothing in this world that could prevent me from walking down that aisle.

• Tess Mercer : Destroying the crystal was a last resort, Lois. I didn't want to worry you.

  Lois Lane : Well, I'm sorry if I'm not cheering the game plan, but you do realize that this is Clark and Oliver's lives we're talking about here.

  Tess Mercer : Yeah. Clark knew the risks. And you know what could come through that gateway if it stays open. It's like a homing signal for anything in there.

  Lois Lane : So, what, you're just gonna shut it behind them with no way home? I cannot believe you turned on them. You were supposed to be a member of this team.

  Tess Mercer : I'm following Clark's orders.

  Lois Lane : Well, that is a terrible plan. And there's no way he'd be okay with it.

  Tess Mercer : You said it yourself, Lois. These phantoms, they're dangerous. The last time they got out, people died, and Clark wouldn't want that to happen again. I know this is hard, okay? A-And I-I understand that you love Clark and you'd do anything not to lose him.

  Lois Lane : [taking out a gun taped under the desk]  You bet I would.

• Lois Lane : They aren't back yet?

  Tess Mercer : Lois. I-I told you that I had this under control.

  Lois Lane : My entire future just leapt head-first into a world that makes hell look like the Taj Mahal. I am not gonna leave here until I know he's safe.

• Lois Lane : Why did that just cut out?

  Tess Mercer : I don't know. I'm trying to reach them, and I'm getting no signal.

  Lois Lane : Maybe the problem's on our end.

  Tess Mercer : No. Either the signal's been blocked or the communicator has been destroyed.

  Lois Lane : Okay, what do we do next?

  Tess Mercer : There is no "next".

  Lois Lane : What?

  Tess Mercer : Clark and Oliver are on their own now.

• Tess Mercer : Sorry for the digital disruption, but it's important.

  Lois Lane : What is it, Tess?

  Tess Mercer : I just heard from one of my military contacts. Slade Wilson's back. He was found unconscious on a street corner. He's in a coma and completely unresponsive.

  Clark Kent : There's only one way out of the Phantom Zone. It has to be activated by a member of my family. The House of El.

  Lois Lane : Well, I'd say Slade is living proof that someone stole your family key to never-never escape land.