Smallville (TV Series)

Precipice (2003)

Michael Rosenbaum: Lex Luthor

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• Lex Luthor : I was bullied for years. 'Till one day, I decided I had enough.

  Lana Lang : What'd you do?

  Lex Luthor : One of my father's chauffeurs was an ex-Navy SEAL. I convinced him to teach me to fight. Let's just say the next time I was cornered, the guy ended up needing serious dental work.

  Lana Lang : I could never hurt anybody.

  Lex Luthor : It's not about hurting people. It's about reclaiming your sense of control over your life. Isn't that what you want?

• [Clark is worried about Lana] 

  Lex Luthor : Let's just say that the crouching tigress is about to find her hidden dragon.

• Lex Luthor : Trust me, eccentric bald kids sit pretty low on the prep school totem pole.

• Lex Luthor : I didn't mean to scare you.

  Lana Lang : No, it's okay. I guess I'm still a little jumpy.

  Lex Luthor : That's understandable. You had quite an ordeal.

  Lana Lang : I just feel so stupid. It's not like I was even hurt.

  Lex Luthor : No, no, this place has always been a safe haven for you. Now that's been violated.

• Sheriff Nancy Adams : Mr. Luthor, I am sorry about Dr. Bryce, but I hope you are not planning to take the law into your own hands.

  Lex Luthor : The woman I love is fighting for her life, sheriff, so you'll have to excuse my lack of faith in Smallville's finest.

• Lex Luthor : My lawyer told me that Paul is pleading temporary insanity.

  Dr. Helen Bryce : Lex, I...

  Lex Luthor : I told him not to fight the plea. Paul needs help.

  [pause] 

  Lex Luthor : I wanted to kill him, Helen. I wanted to kill him for what he did to you. I probably could have gotten away with it in everyone's eyes, but... one person would have known the truth.

  Dr. Helen Bryce : Clark?

  Lex Luthor : You. Clark didn't save me in that moment, Helen. You did.