Smallville (TV Series)

Hothead (2001)

John Glover: Lionel Luthor

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• Lionel Luthor : You know perfectly well how I feel about you.

  Lex Luthor : Hence, I'm at a crap factory in Smallville.

• Lex Luthor : Two trips in one week. I'm flattered, dad.

  Lionel Luthor : What is this?

  Lex Luthor : It's my new proposal. I worked out how to cut the operating budget by twenty percent without losing a single job.

  Lionel Luthor : Lex, I specifically told you to cut your workforce.

  Lex Luthor : Why? With this plan, you don't get the bad P.R.

  Lionel Luthor : That's not the point.

  Lex Luthor : Careful, dad, you're getting emotional.

  [picking up a fencing foil] 

  Lex Luthor : We could always try a rematch. Are you afraid you can't take your son again?

  Lionel Luthor : You get one.

  Lex Luthor : One what?

  Lionel Luthor : One chance to defy me.

  Lex Luthor : I can't figure out what you hate more; the fact that my plan works, or that you didn't come up with it first.

• Lionel Luthor : [fencing with Lex]  Look at your moves, Lex. They're rash, no thought to their consequences.

  Lex Luthor : If I wanted a running commentary, I'd buy one of your books on tape.

  Lionel Luthor : You know what your problem is?

  Lex Luthor : Enlighten me.

  Lionel Luthor : You're ruled by your emotions. You always have been.

  [getting the upper hand] 

  Lionel Luthor : And that can be a fatal flaw. I want those workers gone by noon tomorrow.

  [tapping Lex's chest with his foil] 

  Lionel Luthor : Meeting adjourned.

• Lionel Luthor : All right, here's how I propose we solve our impasse.

  [picking up a fencing foil] 

  Lionel Luthor : We'll fence for it. If you win, I'll let you pursue your plan. If I win, you fire 20% of your workforce. The question you have to ask yourself, Lex, is are you good enough to take your old man?

• Lionel Luthor : Congratulations, Lex. You made the business page for once.

  Lex Luthor : I told Dominic I was doing this two days ago.

  Lionel Luthor : Yes, and my drone dutifully reported it to me. I just didn't think you'd be stupid enough to implement it.

  Lex Luthor : If you had a problem, why didn't you pick up the phone and call me?

  Lionel Luthor : We have a reporting structure. Just because you're my son, don't expect any special treatment.

  Lex Luthor : Believe me, I never have.

  Lionel Luthor : That wounded-pride routine may have worked for your mother, but don't try it with me.