Smallville (TV Series)

Harvest (2010)

Ron Lea: Joseph Cavanaugh

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• Joseph Cavanaugh : [seeing Clark survive getting burned by blue kryptonite]  This is a trick!

  Lois Lane : Clark. Clark!

  Ellis : Look at what he's been through, Joshua. And he's still alive. It's a sign!

  Lois Lane : [seeing the burns on Clark start to heal]  Yes, it's a sign. Move back. Way back! Far away from him. You are not worthy to be in his presence.

  [Joseph picks up the rifle Clark dropped] 

  Lois Lane : Drop your weapon and beg for forgiveness. No, I don't think you get it. He is a-a messenger sent from the heavens!

  Joseph Cavanaugh : I don't believe you.

  Clark Kent : Lois.

  Lois Lane : Oh, you better believe it. Because if you don't listen, he will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger! And he will use his... his heat vision to raze your village and his super breath to smite your crops!

  Clark Kent : Amen.

• Lois Lane : [after Clark is wounded]  You didn't have to kill him.

  Joseph Cavanaugh : He would have told others about us. No one can keep us from our holy task. Our Lord has shown us the light.

  Lois Lane : Light? You justify this by calling it a sacrifice, but you know it's murder. Whatever happened to "thou shalt not kill"?

  Joseph Cavanaugh : We follow His example. Every year for twenty years, a young woman has been sacrificed with fire from above, just like Esther. And for that... our Lord has rewarded his devoted flock. My daughter was the first to give her life. You won't be the last.

• Lois Lane : I can't imagine the pain you must have suffered when you lost Esther. But killing all of those women in her name was wrong. She would ashamed of how you've led your people astray.

  Joseph Cavanaugh : Silence! You do not understand. Because... you do not have faith.

  Lois Lane : I have faith. I have faith! Faith has nothing to do with blindly following this misguided messiah. I believe in knowing right from wrong, just like you all do. Deep down, you know this isn't right.

  Joseph Cavanaugh : She does not know what we suffered before his fiery wrath rained down from the heavens! But you remember those dark days. If we let her live... a vengeful God will smite us yet again. And mark my words! This time, He will take one of your daughters. Ben, would you give up your daughter, Sarah?

  [Ben shakes his head] 

  Joseph Cavanaugh : Any of you? I say better to sacrifice a non-Believer than to lose another one of our own.

  Lois Lane : You don't have to do this. This won't bring her back.

  Joseph Cavanaugh : Shh.

  Lois Lane : It won't.

  Joseph Cavanaugh : Shh. God forgives you.

• Joseph Cavanaugh : You *will* be offered up tonight.

  Clark Kent : I won't let you hurt her.

  Joseph Cavanaugh : You're a mere mortal. And you will not defy the will of our Lord!

• Lois Lane : Yummy. And to think you fixed this all without a kitchen aid or... Costco.

  Joseph Cavanaugh : We believe in livin' the simple life. No modern technology and no worldly temptation. We keep to ourselves. Helps us stay on the righteous path.

  Lois Lane : Uh, speaking of paths, isn't it time we... hit the road?

  Joseph Cavanaugh : Our teachings say when people come together to eat, you make time for your fellow man.

  Lois Lane : Oh, trust me. You don't forget Sunday school on the military base.

• Ruth Cavanaugh : It would be bad luck for a guest to leave our table early on the night of the harvest celebration.

  Lois Lane : Oh. As long as we hit the road as soon as we're finished. I would love to stay and see the festivities one day. I bet that's a lot of fun.

  Joseph Cavanaugh : Fun has nothing to do with it. We glorify the day we were shown the Lord's sign.

  Lois Lane : What exactly... was the sign?

  Joseph Cavanaugh : A fire came from the heavens to tear down our village.

  Ruth Cavanaugh : And our daughter, Esther, was taken from us. She was... ringin' the town bell to warn everyone of the danger. She was struck down where she stood.

  Lois Lane : Oh, I am so sorry. That's awful.

  Joseph Cavanaugh : Before that, we suffered a terrible drought and years of bad crops. People were hungry and sick. But our daughter gave her life so that we could all prosper.

  Charlotte Cavanaugh : Ever since, our crops have been bountiful, and our people never get sick.

  Joseph Cavanaugh : Amen.

  Lois Lane : And you think this happened because your daughter died. I'm pretty sure that didn't make it into the... Good Book I read.

  Joseph Cavanaugh : I don't expect you to understand. You're not a Believer. But every year since her death, we have offered our Lord a sacrifice. And he has rewarded us.