Smallville (TV Series)

Metamorphosis (2001)

John Schneider: Jonathan Kent

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Quotes 

• [after saving a boy from an explosion] 

  Clark Kent : You need to talk to Mom. I think I really freaked her out this time.

  Jonathan Kent : You also made her really proud, Clark.

  Clark Kent : Dad, something else happened to me this morning. When I woke up, I was... kind of floating.

  Jonathan Kent : Floating?

  Clark Kent : As soon as I woke up, I crashed. I mean, Dad, what's happening to me?

  Jonathan Kent : I honestly don't know. As soon as you start breaking the law of gravity, we're definitely in uncharted territory.

• Jonathan Kent : I don't know. Seems kind of out there.

  Martha Kent : This coming from the man who's been hiding a spaceship in his storm cellar for the last 12 years.

  [she leaves] 

• Jonathan Kent : Hey, Clark, what is the holdup, son?

  Lex Luthor : Mr. Kent, it's good to see you.

  Jonathan Kent : [shaking hands as a courtesy]  Lex. Come on, we've gotta finish up.

  Clark Kent : Okay, dad.

  Lex Luthor : At least I got a handshake this time.

• Clark Kent : [describing having been floating when he woke up]  I just wish it would stop.

  Jonathan Kent : Look, Clark, I'm your father. I'm supposed to have all the answers. And it kills me that I don't, but... you've gotta have faith. We'll figure this thing out together.

  Clark Kent : I do. But this is happening to me, and I'm scared.

• Jonathan Kent : Whitney's gonna be all right. He's got a couple of cuts and bruises, but nothing serious.

  Clark Kent : Does he remember anything?

  Jonathan Kent : No. Just that something smashed his truck and he woke up in the ambulance.

• Clark Kent : Dad, you ever wonder why all these weird things happen in Smallville?

  Jonathan Kent : Every town has its share of tall tales.

  Clark Kent : Except here, they're all true. Chloe showed me this wall. It was covered with all these articles she collected about all the weird stuff that's happened in Smallville since the meteor shower. It's all my fault.

  Jonathan Kent : Look, Clark, if you're talking about 50-pound tomatoes and... two-headed calves, then I... I got a better explanation for you: LuthorCorp. I mean, God only knows what that fertilizer plant's been pumping out over the last twelve years.

  Clark Kent : LuthorCorp didn't kill Lana's parents.

  Jonathan Kent : Neither did you, son. You can't blame yourself for something you had no control over.

  Clark Kent : Dad, I know. I still feel responsible.

  Jonathan Kent : What happened to Lana's parents was a terrible tragedy. But no matter how many extraordinary gifts you have... you will never be able to change that.

  Clark Kent : Then how do I make this feeling go away?

  Jonathan Kent : You can't. But that's what makes you human.

• Jonathan Kent : I never saw anybody move like that.

  Martha Kent : Did you get a look at his face?

  Jonathan Kent : No, he came right off the ceiling at me. I mean, it was almost as if he...

  Clark Kent : Wasn't entirely human? I saw his face; I think it was Greg Arkin.

  Martha Kent : That's a name I haven't heard in a long time. You and Pete used to hang out with him in grade school.

  Jonathan Kent : Why would he wanna hurt you?

  Clark Kent : I don't know.

  Martha Kent : Are you still friends?

  Clark Kent : I pass him in the halls, but people change.

  Martha Kent : I remember his mother used to keep him on a short leash, but I can't believe he'd hurt a fly.

  Clark Kent : Maybe that's because he was too busy collecting them and every other bug he could get his hands on.

  Jonathan Kent : Uh, Clark, kids don't just leap off the ceiling and attack people.

  Clark Kent : [seeing gooey footprints on the ceiling]  How do you explain that?