Smallville (TV Series)

Finale (2011)

Tom Welling: Clark Kent

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• Clark Kent : Where's Tess? What have you done with her?

  Lex Luthor : She's fine. I wouldn't worry so much about my dear little sister. You know, I used to think it was our families who made us who we are. Then I hoped it was our friends. But if you look at history, the great men and women of the world have always been defined by their enemies.

  Clark Kent : You have a second chance. You can change all that.

  Lex Luthor : But that's the thing about memories - you can't forget them. Like how you're always one step ahead of me, Clark. No matter how meticulously I prepared, no matter how strategic I was, if only I'd known I stood a chance.

  Clark Kent : It wasn't a competition.

  Lex Luthor : Of course it wasn't. You were born to be the chosen one. You're simply better than us.

  Clark Kent : And that always killed you.

  Lex Luthor : No. No, what killed me is that you didn't even want it. You fought it - you hid from it! I would have taken it and relished it, embraced it.

  Clark Kent : My destiny wasn't yours to take!

  Lex Luthor : I get that now. Which is why I finally embraced my own. You and I... we will both be great men. Because of each other, we have a destiny together, Clark... only on different sides.

  Clark Kent : I'll always be there to stop you. Always.

  Lex Luthor : Oh, I'm counting on it.

• Lex Luthor : Hello, Clark. Can't say I love what you done with the place.

  Clark Kent : Lex.

  Lex Luthor : You still say it the same way - astonishment mixed with a hint of dread, yet... with a hopeful finish.

  Clark Kent : You're alive.

  Lex Luthor : Seems my father had a... a change of heart. And I got a second chance of life.

• Clark Kent : These were my trials.

  Jor-El : Your final trial is upon you, my son. You are ready. Seize your destiny.

• Lex Luthor : Our story hasn't been written yet, Kal-El. And every villain is only as great as his hero. But, you see, that all relies on you saving us from the coming Apocalypse.

  Clark Kent : You know about Darkseid?

  Lex Luthor : You really thought I just read the cliff notes of the Veritas journals? They foretold of a chosen savior - the light that will inspire this world out of darkness. You are the light, Clark. Only you have the power within.

  Clark Kent : I'm not so sure that Clark Kent can save the entire world on his own.

  Lex Luthor : He can't. But we both know who can.

  Clark Kent : I'm sorry I couldn't save you, Lex.

• [last lines] 

  Lois Lane : Are you ready?

  Clark Kent : I've been ready for seven years.

  Flustered Reporter : Somebody tell Perry White! Just came in over the wire! There's a bomb in an elevator uptown!

  Clark Kent : Just tell the minister I'm gonna be a few minutes late.

• Clark Kent : [at his father's grave, Jonathan's spirit watches Clark]  I never wanted to say goodbye.

  Jonathan Kent : Then don't.

  Clark Kent : I thought I had it all figured out - how to move on... how to bury my guilt, my insecurities, my questions. I'm so close. I know who I'll become. I've seen it. Lois thinks I should let her go. Mom says I should hold on to you.

  Jonathan Kent : You don't need to hold on to someone, Clark, if they're already in your heart.

  Clark Kent : I just keep leaning on you, on Jor-El. I need to stand alone. It's better that way.

  Jonathan Kent : You mean it's easier that way.

  Clark Kent : It's just I've missed you so much.

  Jonathan Kent : Then let me be there for you, Clark. A-and don't - don't push your mother away. We're part of you.

  Clark Kent : It's like I'm on a cliff standing on the edge, and where I'm looking is beyond where you've been before, it's beyond than Jor-El has ever been before. And much as I value everything you've given me, I need to go beyond where either of you can guide me anymore, to be the hero the world needs me to be.

• Lois Lane : You think those three prophets, or whatever you call them, took Tess?

  Clark Kent : We're about to find out. She left her cellphone underneath the car seat with a video message for one of us to find.

  Lois Lane : One of us with x-ray vision, maybe.

• Jor-El : Your journey has come to an end, Kal-El.

  Clark Kent : I shouldn't have tried to push away my Kryptonian side. My strength is accepting it - accepting you.

  Jor-El : You honor me. A father's pride cannot be measured in words, but know that I'm proud of you, son.

  Clark Kent : You have no idea how long I've waited to hear you say that.

  Jor-El : We have been down our long road, Kal-El - one paved with difficult trials. Those trials are behind you now. Any father can only hope that he is one day humbled by the feats of his son. But it is your soul, Kal-El, of which I am most proud. You - and you alone - possess the courage, the determination, and the compassion that will be required of you to life the darkness from the Earth. I ask you to remember one thing. Your abilities may be of my blood, but it is your time in Smallville, with Jonathan and Martha Kent and all the people there, that made you a hero, Kal-El.

  Jonathan Kent : Always hold onto Smallville.

• Martha Kent : No matter where I am or who I'm choosing to bring in my life, your father is always with me. And he's with you, if you just allow yourself to - to see him.

  Clark Kent : I did. Last year. I thought I was talking to him. But then I realized it was just an excuse for me not to face my future - just I was waiting for Jor-El to show me the way. I had to move on.

• Clark Kent : [Lois reads his vows]  I, Clark Kent, take you, Lois Lane, to be my companion, forever. And with you by my side, I will never be alone. Though the world sees a strong and independent woman, I've never known someone with such gentle grace and a more pure heart. When I've been lost, you've always been there to bring me back. So on this day, at this moment, I pledge the rest of my life to you. You've always believed in me, and I believe in you. And when you believe in someone, it's not for a minute or just for now. It's forever.

  Lois Lane : [crying]  I'm such an idiot.

• Lois Lane : [Clark reads her vows]  I wanted these vows to be perfect. But perfection's a hard thing to get your hands on. But life is meant to be a little messy. And when it comes to love, I think it's like my dad always said about the army. You only sign up if it's the only thing you could ever imagine doing. And, Clark, I cannot imagine spending a moment of my life without you. So I promise that I will always have your back as you will always have mine. You're my best friend. You're my home, and you are my true love. And I am yours, and will be forever.

  [putting her ear to the door] 

  Lois Lane : Clark?

  Clark Kent : I'm here. I'll see you at the chapel.

• Lois Lane : [after Clark walks her down the aisle]  Everything okay, Smallville?

  Clark Kent : Perfect. It's perfect.

• Jonathan Kent : I knew you'd see me again when you were ready.

  Clark Kent : I made a mistake, Dad. I thought I had to leave you behind. But it's you and Mom and everyone that I care about that makes this world worth saving.

  Jonathan Kent : But you're worried you're gonna fail this time. I know you're scared, son.

  Clark Kent : I faced Darkseid before. He knows my weakness. He almost defeated me. I need your help.

  Jonathan Kent : But, son, he never saw the man standing before me now. Clark Kent, as much as your mother and I tried to protect you from your origins, tried to prepare you to face any challenge... I'm sorry, son, but our guidance just isn't enough anymore. You're gonna have to let Jor-El guide you from here on out.

  Clark Kent : I can't, Dad. I turned my back on him like I did you.

  Jonathan Kent : He's your father. He'll understand.

  Martha Kent : Don't doubt yourself, Clark. This has been coming for a long time. Before you arrived, we wanted a child so badly. The day you found us in that field, you were the miracle we prayed for. Now the world needs that same miracle.

• Clark Kent : Everything's okay now.

  Oliver Queen : No, it's not. Looks like the world's gonna needs its heroes sooner than we thought.

• Darkseid : The lost son of Jor-El.

  Clark Kent : Darkseid. My father sent me to protect this planet. And will fight you to my last breath.

  Darkseid : There must be a part of you that's disgusted by how easily your people fell to me.

  Clark Kent : They may not be perfect, but I believe even in the darkest soul, there's always hope. People want to believe in something greater, and it may be easier to hate, but it's stronger to love.

  Darkseid : Is it? Eons have passed since I came face-to-face with a force that could possibly tip the balance to the light. You are the light! You cast out the darkness from Oliver Queen, and you will obliterate my darkness from the rest of the world if you are not stopped! You will surrender to me. You will lose your soul. I will annihilate you!

• Clark Kent : Lois, we know the prophets use the people's darkness to mark them with an Omega. What we don't know is why. And Tess quoted one of the prophecies as saying that the markings weren't just spiritual. There's some sort of ant-life dark force that could bring about the Apocalypse.

  Lois Lane : You mean like bringing a giant planet crashing into ours?

  Clark Kent : Exactly like that. Maybe the marking has some sort of unexplainable gravitational pull.

  Lois Lane : Too bad anti-life equations aren't covered in Physics 101.

  Clark Kent : I need to figure out a way to lift the darkness and break whatever's binding these people to that planet.

  Lois Lane : Today definitely tops Chloe's Wall of Weird. Exactly how many are marked?

  Clark Kent : [scans the people in the room with his x-ray vision, they are marked with the Omega]  More than you want to know.

• Oliver Queen : You know, Clark, when I graduated from Excelsior, it was, uh... it was one of the most important days of my life, but... but I don't remember any of the speeches that were given. I don't remember getting my diploma. I just, uh... I remember my parents not being there.

  Clark Kent : I know what you're trying to say, Oliver, but I'm not here to mourn my father's death. I already did that. I've put it behind me.

  Oliver Queen : Okay, well, if by "putting it behind you" you mean saying sayonara to your ice dad, selling the farm, and hanging out in a cemetery instead of being at church wearing an uncomfortably starched suit...

• Clark Kent : I thought Lois was my future. I thought she was my new life and my destiny, but what if she's part of the memories I need to leave behind? What if heroes aren't destined to love?

  Oliver Queen : I've been down this road before. I've gone through this. You know where it landed me? Burning a perfectly good leather hoodie.

• Lois Lane : Clark, you inspired the darkness out of Oliver.

  Clark Kent : I can't do that for everyone on the planet, Lois. If Tess knows how to stop this, I need to find her.

  [running a search] 

  Clark Kent : Our internal database shows it's registered to...

  Lois Lane : A company called Preclox?

  Clark Kent : Yeah. It was founded only six weeks ago.

  Lois Lane : According to their bank records, they have limitless funds.

  Clark Kent : Genetic research.

• Lois Lane : I only know of one mega-mogul who's obsessed with genetic engineering. Lionel Luthor.

  Clark Kent : Who knows that he's being tracked by Tess Mercer.

  Lois Lane : Yeah, but the GPS went down with the satellites.

  Clark Kent : It should tell us where he was fifteen minutes ago.

  [finding a result] 

  Clark Kent : Lois, that's the Luthor mansion.

  Lois Lane : But that place burned to the ground.

  Clark Kent : Maybe what Lionel's after is underground. The Luthor mansion was built on a labyrinth of corridors underneath it.

  [the room rumbles] 

  Clark Kent : Lois, no matter what happens...

  Lois Lane : Clark, a person that I greatly admire once told me that when you believe in someone, it's not for a few minutes or sometimes or just for now. It's forever. Now go save the world.

• Clark Kent : Lois?

  Lois Lane : All satellite and Internet connections went down fifteen minutes ago. Have you found Tess?

  Clark Kent : Only her abandoned car. She was on her way to Smallville to warn us.

  Lois Lane : I think with that planet hurtling toward Earth, everyone got the warning.

• Clark Kent : Some people take the day off when it's their wedding day.

  Lois Lane : There is no wedding. Don't pretend you didn't hear what I said last night. And you're one to talk. That blue underoo sticking out of your collar means you're on the job, too.

  Clark Kent : Just keeping busy. I didn't want to crowd you. You know, you haven't called in eight hours. Usually you figure things out when I give you some space. Or you can just keep avoiding me.

  Lois Lane : I'm not avoiding you. I have work to do. President just arrived in town for a fundraiser, plus a huge stack of police reports just came in. And I have to call all the guests and let them know that the big day has been canceled.

  [as she holds up the guest list, he takes it with his super-speed] 

  Lois Lane : Nice try, speedy, but you can't make 411 disappear.

  [as she takes out her phone, he takes that with his speed, too] 

  Lois Lane : Your Copperfield act's impressive, but it won't change my mind.

• Clark Kent : Lois, there's a whole team of heroes protecting the world. So we can get married.

  Lois Lane : You really don't see it, do you? You're a hero, and that's how it should be. It's just that you've gotten so used to the fact that you know you're gonna be able to fix everything and make everything right that you cut out any possibility that there are some things that you just... you can't fix.

  Clark Kent : We don't need fixing.

  Lois Lane : We don't. But we are in an impossible situation, one that you can't superspeed or superhear or superleap your way out of. Clark, every minute that you spend with me, having dinner, arguing about paint colors, arguing about whether or not to get married... you could be out there saving someone.

  Clark Kent : Lois, this is my future and I want you to be a part of it.

  Lois Lane : Yeah, well, maybe we don't get what we want. I'm just in your way.

  Clark Kent : [seeing her mind is made up, he moves to leave]  You're not in my way, Lois. You're by my side. And if you really want to go through with canceling the wedding, then you're gonna have to leave me standing at the altar.

• Clark Kent : Mom. I thought you were staying at the bed and breakfast.

  Martha Kent : And I thought I was coming back to a home that you and Lois were building together.

  Clark Kent : We are, in Metropolis. I hope. I sent you a message. We close escrow in a few days.

  Martha Kent : Clark, I think you misunderstood when I sent you the deed. This is our home.

  Clark Kent : We've already accepted the offer. You're-you're right in the middle of a re-election campaign.

  Martha Kent : Just because I'm moving ahead with my life doesn't mean I'm letting go of everything that came before. That was a hard lesson to learn.

• Martha Kent : I'm so proud of the man you've become.

  Clark Kent : But why bring up dad today of all days?

  Martha Kent : Because this is a day to celebrate the next step in the journey you're on, and everyone who's been a part of it.

  Clark Kent : And you don't think I'm doing that?

  Martha Kent : Clark, you're so focused on what's ahead that you're starting to cut out the parts of your past that made you who you are. I... I can't begin to imagine the pain you see every day when you're out there. I know you have to put blinders on to cope with your responsibilities, but if you turn your back on all the experiences that made you strong and compassionate because they hurt... I'm afraid that, one day, everything you learned in Smallville will have been for nothing.

  Clark Kent : I'm never gonna let that happen.

  Martha Kent : You already are, and you don't see it. Sweetheart... all I'm saying is you don't have to let go of the past to move on.

  Clark Kent : Yes, you do, mom. I'm sorry, I love you, but you have to find a way to put all of this behind you just like I did. It's the only way to move on.

• Clark Kent : Lois? Lois.

  Lois Lane : [shutting the door on him]  Careful there, Prince Charming. It's bad luck to sneak a peek at the bride before you go to the altar. I know that technically you saw me this morning, but the rules only apply when the wedding is officially on.

  Clark Kent : On? Lois, I-I thought you called off the wedding.

  Lois Lane : Don't have a cow, farm boy. But I read your vows, and I know that that is against the rules, but a little birdie bridesmaid gave it to me, and... they were beautiful. And I-I realized that I was a fool because I was... what we have is a gift and I was trying to return it. And we're a perfect fit.

  [sliding a sheet of paper under the door] 

  Lois Lane : So here's my vows. Now we're even.

• Clark Kent : Lois, sometimes you can see things that I can't. And you-you walked away, I thought because you couldn't bring yourself to be the one to stand in the way of my destiny.

  Lois Lane : Well, here's the thing about that. I can be loud. And, at times, I'm a little bossy. So someone might wonder why a person of your god-like caliber would be with a woman who is so imperfect. Well, don't take this the wrong way, but you come with some baggage of your own. And it's made me a better person. Just like being with me will make you a greater man, and a super hero. I hope.

  Clark Kent : Lois, what if you were right? With your family not being here, and the doubts that you had yesterday... maybe the stars aren't aligned.

  Lois Lane : Well, believe me, it's a buzzkill that the chief of staff whisked daddy away into some hush-hush meeting, but... I'm a big girl. I can walk myself down the aisle. As my mom always said, the ones you love are always with you. And right now, my dad would be telling me that I should have laid out all my clothes the night before so that I wouldn't be whirling around like a dervish. And mom, she's reminding me that I need to breathe and take in every moment so that I can remember them forever. What would your dad say, Clark?

  Clark Kent : I'm not sure he would say anything, Lois. That's kind of the way it was with my dad, you know? I always knew exactly what he was thinking.

• Clark Kent : The eclipse, Darkseid's behind it. That must have been why he tried to get Oliver to put that ring on me. He knows I would have tried to stop him. We need to find Tess. It sounds like she may know a way to defeat the darkness.

• Clark Kent : It might be easier to hate, but it's stronger to love.

• Clark Kent : You're not in my way, Lois. You're by my side.