Superman & Lois (TV Series)

Pilot (2021)

Erik Valdez: Kyle Cushing

Quotes 

• Lois Lane : You remember our boys, Jonathan and Jordan.

  Lana Lang Cushing : Hi.

  Jordan Kent : Hey.

  Kyle Cushing : These are our girls. The littlest one here is Sophie. And, uh, well, the one with the perma-scowl over there, that's Sarah.

  Sarah Cushing : Hi. I'm really sorry about your grandma. She was really special. Even my dad liked her, and he hates everybody, so.

  Kyle Cushing : House full of girls. Someone's always pissed at you.

• Kyle Cushing : See, people like you, you look at Smallville and you think of the past, and you feel a little bad for us, right? People like Morgan Edge, though, now, see, he looks at Smallville and he sees the future.

  Lois Lane : It's not a future I would wanna live in.

  Kyle Cushing : It's a good thing we don't have to worry about that anymore, now, do we?

  Clark Kent : We haven't made any decisions about the farm yet, Kyle.

  Kyle Cushing : But your mother has.

  Lois Lane : What does that mean?

  Lana Lang Cushing : [in a "this conversation is over" tone]  Kyle, go get the girls.

  Kyle Cushing : [finishing his beer and leaving]  Sorry for your loss, Kent.

  Clark Kent : Lana? What's he talking about?

  Lana Lang Cushing : Your mother had some business with us, that's all. Come by the bank tomorrow. Martha was a great lady. The heart of Smallville, really. I'm sorry she's gone.

• Kyle Cushing : You know, it used to be that, uh, when folks moved away to get their degrees, well, they bring their skills back home, take care of the community's helped raised 'em, you know? That ain't happening anymore. Well, hey, we'll at least get a lifeline if this whole Edge proposal goes through, right?

  Lois Lane : What does Morgan Edge want with Smallville?

  Kyle Cushing : Oh, boy.

  Lana Lang Cushing : He's retrofitting the coal mines to produce alternative energies.

  Kyle Cushing : It's gonna put a lot of folks back to work around here.

  Lois Lane : Until it doesn't.

  Clark Kent : Lois.

  Lois Lane : Morgan Edge ruins everything he touches.

  Kyle Cushing : What's he ruined?

  Lois Lane : He is single-handedly destroying the Daily Planet.

  Kyle Cushing : People quit reading that paper 'cause, uh, you reporters can't keep your politics to yourselves.

  Lois Lane : Edge's companies prey on struggling communities. He busts up unions. He barely pays a living wage. I don't understand how he can keep fooling people.

  Kyle Cushing : Oh, you mean us dumb, backwards, small-town folk?

  Lois Lane : No. No, that is not what I meant.

  Kyle Cushing : I know what you meant.

• Jonathan Kent : [after an explosion at Shuster Mines]  Dad.

  Clark Kent : [hugging him in relief]  Jonathan!

  Kyle Cushing : The other one's pretty shook up. That's twice in two days, Kent. Luckiest family I know.

  Clark Kent : Kyle. Thank you.

• Lana Lang Cushing : Lois, I read all your stories. I mean, it's so impressive. 'Cause of you, I tell my girls they can do anything.

  Lois Lane : Thank you. Are you still at the bank?

  Lana Lang Cushing : Yep, and Kyle's still at the firehouse, made fire chief last year, and everybody else we know moved away.

  Kyle Cushing : She means "bailed".

  Clark Kent : Lueck?

  Kyle Cushing : Twin Cities.

  Clark Kent : Sippy?

  Kyle Cushing : St. Louis.

  Lois Lane : Maybe you'll see them at the next reunion.

  Kyle Cushing : Kent didn't make it to the last one, now, did he?