Smallville (TV Series)

Abandoned (2010)

Tom Welling: Clark Kent

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• Clark Kent : Yes *and* no. Yes, I think your mother is still watching over you, and, no, I don't think you're crazy.

  Lois Lane : She didn't want me to see her because she was afraid she would look weak. I think she felt like she had failed me by leaving. Clark, she's the bravest person I know.

  Clark Kent : Maybe our parents thought that their mistakes would be some sort of burden on us.

  Lois Lane : I would have liked to said goodbye. I think I could have handled it.

  Clark Kent : Maybe they couldn't. I used to think Jor-El was this strong, unshakable force, kind of like I thought I was supposed to be.

  Lois Lane : I don't think he's the easiest guy to read, being that he's an ice fortress and all. But there's part of him that's very human.

  Clark Kent : Yeah. He blames himself for losing our home. All the weight I thought I had on my shoulders, he was carrying something so much heavier.

  Lois Lane : And he didn't want you to carry it with him.

  Clark Kent : I'm glad that you got to see him. Thank you for showing me that.

  Lois Lane : Thank my Mom.

• Tess Mercer : Thanks. I thought I could handle that on my own. I'm so used to looking after myself.

  Clark Kent : You're a part of my team now. I wasn't gonna abandon you.

• Clark Kent : Why don't you let me take you out? It's power-ballad night at the Ace of Clubs.

  Lois Lane : Clark Kent and karaoke. Isn't that one of the signs of the Apocalypse?

• Clark Kent : Jor-El, let her go! I may not have lived up to your expectations, but if you hurt her, you would have failed all of mine!

  [with his speed, he rescues Lois from Jor-El's force field] 

  Clark Kent : Lois, are you all right?

  Lois Lane : I guess I need to work a little on my dismount.

• Lois Lane : Haven't you felt like something is missing in your life since you cut ties with your dad?

  Clark Kent : Well, Jor-El really isn't my dad. He's a machine. It's different.

  Lois Lane : He sent you all the way here. He created an ice house, and he... he trained you. He wouldn't do all of those things if he didn't care about you.

  Clark Kent : Look, if I'm up, I really should be on patrol. I can stay if you need me to.

  Lois Lane : It's okay, Clark.

• Clark Kent : You don't have to do this. I can get you out of here. Help your younger sisters find real homes!

  Mad Harriet : No one could ever love us as much as Granny.

  Clark Kent : She controls you. That's not love.

  Mad Harriet : She will never leave us. We'll never be lonely or afraid.

  Clark Kent : Someone who loves you doesn't make you forget who you are and where you came from.

  Mad Harriet : This is our family now. And you don't know Granny the way we do. Her power is absolute. And she is smarter than *any* human. Just as these green fire rocks temper our weapons, making them stronger, she makes us stronger. She's preparing. Soon, a great fury will consume this world and no one will be able to stop us.

• Clark Kent : Does "Saint Louise's" mean anything to you?

  Tess Mercer : This might come as a surprise to you, Clark, but I've never really identified with any Saints.

• Clark Kent : Are you blushing?

  Lois Lane : No! I'm... I'm just happy. But if we don't, uh, get there soon, someone is gonna steal all the Whitesnake songs.

  [as she heads out, he takes a wedding ring box out of his pocket] 

  Lois Lane : [waiting on the porch]  Hurry up, Clark. It's gonna start soon.

  Clark Kent : Sooner than you think, Lois.

• Lois Lane : Jor-El! He's here! Clark is here. Come out, come out, wherever you are!

  Clark Kent : Lois, he's not talking. I'm fine with that. After what he did to you, I'm done.

  Lois Lane : No. Wait. I love you too much to let you and your father give up on each other. Just try one more time. Please.

• Granny Goodness : Don't fret, my child. I'm here to ease your pain.

  Clark Kent : I have no pain.

  Granny Goodness : Oh, but you do. You are an abandoned soul. It's not your fault your parents didn't want you. Let me help push all that anger away.

  Clark Kent : You're way off.

  Granny Goodness : It's tempting, though, isn't it?

  Clark Kent : No. Challenges are what make us who we are. The people that I've lost, the things that I've learned, I wouldn't be the same without them.

  Granny Goodness : We've all had moments we regret and people who have let us down. I can take that all away. You just ask any of my girls. I'm the most compassionate one of all.

• Tess Mercer : I swear I've never been here before.

  Clark Kent : You may not remember, but that was you standing on those steps twenty years ago. And someone broke into your house to remind you of it.

• Clark Kent : You said you needed help. I thought you meant Watchtower, not scrapbooking.

  Tess Mercer : Clark, I-I meant when we came in to work tomorrow morning.

  Clark Kent : Well, since I'm here...

  Tess Mercer : Someone broke into the mansion. And left this with a gift tag. It said "Happy Birthday, Tess". It's not my birthday. Someone's messing with me, Clark. And I had this nightmare where I was a little girl, and I was holding this exact music box. And then I woke up and I found it in the library.

  [he sets it in motion; after a few bars, she stops it] 

  Tess Mercer : I thought that maybe I'd find a picture of it in this old photo album, but... but this just reminds me why I don't like going home for Christmas.

  Clark Kent : [peeling the gift tag off, he finds a potential clue]  Tess, I may have found something.

• Tess Mercer : Who is she?

  Clark Kent : She's the woman who runs the orphanage. She's the Mother Teresa for needy children. They call her Granny Goodness.

• Clark Kent : You know, if you'd just admit that you've moved in with me, you wouldn't have to sneak down here in the middle of the night and unpack your things.

  Lois Lane : Well, they're not my things. I mean, they... they are my things, technically.

  Clark Kent : What is it?

  Lois Lane : Something I've been avoiding for fifteen years. The General sent it after he left. It's been in the back of my closet growing up. I've never opened it. It's the keepsakes my mom gave me after she found out she had cancer.

  [he takes a glass bird out of the box] 

  Lois Lane : Oh, my god. It's old Blue. Mom used to keep it in her kitchen window. I haven't seen it since... I never went to visit her in the hospital, Clark. What kind of kid refuses to visit their sick mom?

  Clark Kent : A really scared one.

  Lois Lane : She was there for five weeks, and... I didn't... I didn't say goodbye to her. But it looks like she did.

  [taking out a labeled VHS tape] 

  Lois Lane : This is from the hospital. Clark, what if she's angry? That I didn't go see her? You know what, I'm not sure I can face this.

  Clark Kent : Lois, you shouldn't feel guilty for not wanting to open up old wounds.

• Clark Kent : I'm here to *help* you.

  Mad Harriet : No one here needs saving except you.