- [last lines]
- Chloe Sullivan: You just have to promise me one thing: Once you're everybody's all-American, you will still remember your old high school buddy. And you'll still say hi to me on campus and stuff.
- Clark Kent: Yeah, well, I'm not going to Met U.
- Chloe Sullivan: What? What happened? Did another school swoop down and give you the keys to the kingdom?
- Clark Kent: I'm not playing football anymore. I turned down my scholarship.
- Chloe Sullivan: Let me get this straight. You were offered a full ride with crown wheels to play the game that you love, and you said, "Thanks, but not thanks"?
- Clark Kent: I don't know. I'm just not sure that football's my calling.
- Chloe Sullivan: [pauses] I'm proud of you, Clark.
- Clark Kent: You're proud of me? Why?
- Chloe Sullivan: I just have a feeling that you're destined to do a lot more in this world than just score touchdowns.
- Clark Kent: Chloe, you've been saying a lot of weird things to me lately. What makes you think I'm destined to do anything?
- Chloe Sullivan: [smiles subtly] Just a hunch.
- Clark Kent: So what're you gonna do? Are you gonna go stay with Chloe?
- Lois Lane: They've got a tiny one-bedroom apartment. I can't do that to them. It's fine, really, I'm just gonna check into a motel and when the money runs out, I can always sleep in my car. The backseat's not too bad if you bend your knees and avoid the drive train and then, you know, if I have to sell my car for food, that's okay too. I've always dreamed of being a hobo, riding the rails, cooking beans over roadside fires...
- Clark Kent: If you want, I guess you can stay with us.
- Lois Lane: You're a lifesaver! God, am I in need of a hot shower! Don't worry, Smallville. I'll try to keep it under a half hour.
- Clark Kent: What just happened?
- Clark Kent: I thought I told you to wait outside.
- Lois Lane: I don't do good with waiting. Especially when I'm awaiting trial.
- Lois Lane: Knock, knock. You should think about putting up a door or something. I don't know, maybe it's a city thing, but where I come from, we like to have a little privacy.
- Clark Kent: Lois, who would've thought I'd be relieved to hear your voice?
- Jonathan Kent: I realize I already gave you my blessing on this, Clark, and I don't want to lie to you. This whole thing makes me feel uneasy.
- Clark Kent: Dad, we've been watching Met U football games since I can remember. Now they're knocking on my door.
- Jonathan Kent: I know that, and I'm proud of you for it.
- Clark Kent: Then why can't I have a shot at what every other high school kid dreams of?
- Jonathan Kent: Because you're not like every other high school kid, Clark.
- Clark Kent: On that field, I am. I'm not even using my abilities and I can be the new starting quarterback for the Metropolis Bulldogs.
- Jonathan Kent: There's gonna be millions of eyes on you. You're gonna be under a magnifying glass.
- Clark Kent: I have pulled it off before.
- Jonathan Kent: Clark, Met U is not like Smallville High. It's... it's a much bigger stage. There's gonna be much bigger problems.
- Clark Kent: You always told me not to walk away from something just because it's a challenge. Dad, I can do this.
- Jonathan Kent: I know that you can handle it. I also know you'll behave yourself this weekend. Stay clear of the beer kegs.
- Clark Kent: Don't worry, alcohol can't affect me, remember?
- Jonathan Kent: That's not the point. You're still underage. Look, son, I just don't want you to get booted out before you get in, all right?
- Clark Kent: Okay.
- Jonathan Kent: Now, there's one more thing. This is... it's very important. This is a once in a lifetime experience. Have a great time.
- Jonathan Kent: Who would have thought? Geoff Johns always seemed like a nice kid.
- Clark Kent: I know. If I take this football scholarship, I'm gonna be in the same situation as Geoff. I'm gonna have to lie on every physical, rig every test. I'm gonna have to do anything I can to protect my secret. I want to believe that I could go out there and play football like any normal college kid, but the fact is I have powers that no other athlete has. Coop was right; it's not fair that Geoff was out there on that field, just like it's not fair when I'm out there competing. So I've decided to give up football.
- Martha Kent: [temporarily stunned] Clark... I know how difficult it is to give up something you love.
- Jonathan Kent: But this decision you've made, son, shows integrity well beyond your years.
- Clark Kent: Then why don't I feel good about it?
- [Jonathan glances down at an invoice on the table]
- Jonathan Kent: Look at me, Clark. If you have your heart set on going to Met U, or any other school, somehow, some way, your mother and I will make sure that you get to go. Is that understood?
- Clark Kent: [smiles] Yeah.
- Lex Luthor: I take it you've contemplated my job offer.
- Jason Teague: It wasn't a hard decision to make
- Lex Luthor: I forgot to mention a company car is included as well as a generous expense account.
- Jason Teague: I'm not gonna work for somebody whose mission it is to break me and my girlfriend up.
- Lex Luthor: Jason, my only concern is Lana's welfare. But you're not the threat I'm worried about. It's your mother. Did you ever find it strange that every summer as a child, she took you on treks to the far reaches of the globe? Destinations where there wasn't even running water.
- Jason Teague: My mother likes to travel. She always has.
- Lex Luthor: Those weren't vacations, Jason. They were research trips. Investigating a woman who was burned at the stake four hundred years ago.
- Jason Teague: Margaret Isobel Thoreaux.
- Lex Luthor: A countess whose spirit possessed your girlfriend. And the fact that it happened soon after you and your mother came into Lana's life, well, that bothers me. That bothers me a lot.
- Jason Teague: I had nothing to do with that. I would never put Lana in jeopardy.
- Lex Luthor: And I believe you. Or I wouldn't offer you this job.
- Jason Teague: What exactly is it that you want me to do?
- Lex Luthor: I have deep pockets, Jason. Vast resources, but the one thing I don't have is access. Two women in your life are somehow intimately connected to Margaret Isobel Thoreaux. I want you to find out everything they know.
- Jason Teague: So, what, you want me to spy on them?
- Lex Luthor: How you get the information is up to you. Now, I need an answer.