Smallville (TV Series)

Finale (2011)

Cassidy Freeman: Tess Mercer

Quotes 

• Lex Luthor : [stabs Tess in her gut]  You know I'm actually saving you.

  Tess Mercer : From what?

  Lex Luthor : From turning into me.

  Tess Mercer : It's too late. Clark already did that.

• Watchtower : Manhunter has put the new space station online, per your request.

  Tess Mercer : Thank God for our favorite Martian.

• Granny Goodness : I want to give your soul eternal life! Please, Lutessa, let me save you!

  Tess Mercer : From what?

  Granny Goodness : Darkseid's Apokolips. Evil in its purest form - the heart of human nature, obscured over time as something to be cast away rather than embraced. Hades, Kali - even the word "Lucifer" is an old Latin phrase meaning "morning star," "bringer of light." I'm afraid the centuries and translations have twisted Darkseid's true gifts. But before the end of days, his rapture will be the only salvation.

  Tess Mercer : I will *never* join you.

  Granny Goodness : Farewell, my child. Bless your soul.

  Tess Mercer : Wait. When? I mean, what you do mean? When? When is this hell coming?

  Granny Goodness : It's not *coming*, Lutessa. It's upon us.

• Lionel Luthor : It's time you embrace your lineage, Tess. Time to become the Luthor were destined to be.

  Tess Mercer : Why did you bring me here?

  Lionel Luthor : My son, Lex - your brother, a genius - carried on with the family business. As you know, Lex cloned himself. There were many clones. None of them were perfect, but some pieces were.

  Tess Mercer : No.

  Lionel Luthor : Yes. Lex took the best pieces and grafted them into a masterwork.

  Tess Mercer : I don't believe you.

  Lionel Luthor : Of course you don't. Lex is a visionary, you're not.

  Tess Mercer : Where is he then?

  Lionel Luthor : He'll reveal himself when he's ready.

  Tess Mercer : It's not possible.

  Lionel Luthor : Well, there's one thing Lex wasn't able to duplicate successfully. Lex is missing a heart. And who better to save him then the sister who loves him? Luthors are survivors. You are one of *us*, my dear. It's all right. When the day is done, I will see the Luthor name resurrected more powerful than ever.

• Tess Mercer : Something told me that I'd find you here. I combed the lab, and I saw what happened.

  Lex Luthor : Long time, sis.

  Tess Mercer : Did you *always* know?

  Lex Luthor : Why do you think I recruited you and treated you as my own flesh and blood?

  Tess Mercer : You *used* me.

  Lex Luthor : Semantics. I'd say dear old Dad did most of the abusing. Wouldn't you? I guess the bullet in his chest answered that question, huh?

  Tess Mercer : He wanted nothing more to have you back again.

  Lex Luthor : And what did you want, Tess?

  Tess Mercer : Something I'll never have.

  Lex Luthor : Clark?

  Tess Mercer : Redemption.

• Tess Mercer : Looks like my purpose in your life has changed.

  [shoots Lionel] 

• Granny Goodness : I see you're living up to your Luthor name, last heir to the dark dynasty.

  Tess Mercer : I'm rebuilding this mansion to make it a symbol for something good. To change the way that people see us and the Luthor legacy. Why are you here?

  Granny Goodness : I shouldn't be here, but I couldn't help myself. Look at you. All grown up. I always wanted to be there for you, a loving mother.

  Tess Mercer : You were never my mother.

  Granny Goodness : You were special. Every soul on Earth charts its own destiny, each decision tipping it toward the light or toward the darkness. I could always tell which side of the balance my girls would fall to. But you were different. You were born to darkness, yet you yearned for the light.

  Tess Mercer : Being a Luthor doesn't determine my fate.

  Granny Goodness : Then you must listen to me. I can't bear to see you suffer.

• Lex Luthor : [poisoned by Tess' glove with neurotoxin]  What will I remember?

  Tess Mercer : Nothing. The world before this moment won't exist to you.

• Lex Luthor : I'm really saving you.

  Tess Mercer : From what?

  Lex Luthor : Turning into me.

  Tess Mercer : It's too late. Clark already did that.