1 00:00:08,100 --> 00:00:10,171 - Tess. - Um... 2 00:00:13,024 --> 00:00:16,017 You didn't have to come out here. There's caffeine dealers in Metropolis. 3 00:00:18,695 --> 00:00:21,847 I just... I just... I just feel like you and I haven't had a chance... 4 00:00:22,159 --> 00:00:23,593 to really catch up lately. 5 00:00:25,454 --> 00:00:27,047 Okay. 6 00:00:28,917 --> 00:00:31,386 - So how are you? - Good. Good. 7 00:00:31,670 --> 00:00:35,425 - How are you? - I'm fine, thanks. 8 00:00:38,221 --> 00:00:39,701 Right. Okay. Uh... 9 00:00:43,266 --> 00:00:47,260 It's just that there has been a little incident with our little project. 10 00:00:47,606 --> 00:00:49,325 What happened? 11 00:00:49,567 --> 00:00:50,762 Um... 12 00:00:51,652 --> 00:00:54,690 Ever since Alexander's reboot, he has been totally glitch-free... 13 00:00:54,990 --> 00:00:57,459 and ready to enter the real world. 14 00:00:57,743 --> 00:01:02,534 Except he needs... He needs someone to guide him. 15 00:01:02,916 --> 00:01:06,148 Um, someone like you. 16 00:01:06,878 --> 00:01:08,471 Me? 17 00:01:10,342 --> 00:01:12,538 He's a genetically engineered version of Lex. 18 00:01:12,803 --> 00:01:15,159 - I don't think I'd be the best mentor. - Mm. 19 00:01:15,431 --> 00:01:19,789 About that, he's soaking up new information like an MIT grad. 20 00:01:20,144 --> 00:01:25,299 And I think... I think he just needs someone there for him, like family. 21 00:01:25,693 --> 00:01:28,572 Well, technically, you are his sister. 22 00:01:29,322 --> 00:01:30,597 But I'm no Clark Kent. 23 00:01:32,326 --> 00:01:35,558 I know you are the one that can bring out the best in him. 24 00:01:37,499 --> 00:01:40,219 Which is why he is outside waiting in the car. 25 00:01:41,627 --> 00:01:43,141 Here? 26 00:01:43,381 --> 00:01:46,180 Tess, you shouldn't... What if he remembers something about me? 27 00:01:46,468 --> 00:01:49,825 He doesn't remember anything. He's going through this metamorphosis. 28 00:01:50,139 --> 00:01:53,098 Ever since he's been changing, we have been learning new things. 29 00:01:53,393 --> 00:01:57,387 Like things about his, um, genetic origin. 30 00:02:13,625 --> 00:02:15,856 Hey, Tess, check it out. 31 00:02:18,006 --> 00:02:21,602 Um, he doesn't just have Lex's genes. 32 00:02:22,010 --> 00:02:24,969 Half his DNA came from you. 33 00:03:47,613 --> 00:03:51,368 So it's not just the Luthor males who like secrets. 34 00:03:51,701 --> 00:03:55,456 Given the fact that you're here, this place isn't really much of a secret. 35 00:03:55,790 --> 00:03:59,784 Ah. Yeah. But you are forgetting I'm running LuthorCorp now. 36 00:04:00,128 --> 00:04:02,802 One of my crackerjack accountants informed me... 37 00:04:03,091 --> 00:04:06,562 that millions of dollars had been funneled into this facility. 38 00:04:06,886 --> 00:04:11,085 But it looks as if you've closed up shop. 39 00:04:12,852 --> 00:04:14,172 I applaud your efforts... 40 00:04:15,355 --> 00:04:18,029 but you can't hide Alexander from me forever. 41 00:04:18,358 --> 00:04:22,238 I'm saving him from an encore performance of Daddy Dearest. 42 00:04:22,572 --> 00:04:23,892 Give me my son. 43 00:04:24,365 --> 00:04:27,324 I'm surprised you are so hell-bent on this family reunion... 44 00:04:27,619 --> 00:04:29,497 given the fact that in this world... 45 00:04:29,747 --> 00:04:32,819 it was Lex that sent Lionel plummeting to his death. 46 00:04:33,125 --> 00:04:37,597 That's proof that the Lex you knew was a true Luthor. 47 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:44,315 I made a terrible mistake, Tess. 48 00:04:45,016 --> 00:04:49,932 I should never have trusted Clark more than my own flesh and blood. 49 00:04:54,193 --> 00:04:56,662 Considering what happened to me... 50 00:04:56,946 --> 00:05:00,781 I'd say that turning your back on your own is the dominant Luthor trait. 51 00:05:01,118 --> 00:05:04,156 Which is why the Luthor legacy ends with you. 52 00:05:07,792 --> 00:05:09,146 Tess. 53 00:05:11,630 --> 00:05:13,064 Yeah? 54 00:05:16,303 --> 00:05:22,698 If I'd been your father when Lionel gave you up for adoption... 55 00:05:24,145 --> 00:05:26,341 I would have done precisely as he did. 56 00:05:27,858 --> 00:05:29,372 Why? 57 00:05:29,818 --> 00:05:32,049 Because you can't control me? 58 00:05:32,321 --> 00:05:33,321 No. 59 00:05:33,532 --> 00:05:35,967 Because you are inferior. 60 00:05:37,953 --> 00:05:42,948 Imagine what a boy like Alexander could do if he had the right guidance. 61 00:05:49,759 --> 00:05:51,398 You're right. 62 00:05:54,557 --> 00:05:58,028 You're right. Come with me. 63 00:06:06,113 --> 00:06:08,264 Your son is in there. 64 00:06:12,118 --> 00:06:16,431 We couldn't find a cure to stop the accelerated mitosis. 65 00:06:19,295 --> 00:06:21,048 You're lying. 66 00:06:21,506 --> 00:06:23,065 I don't believe you. 67 00:06:23,301 --> 00:06:27,261 There are enough bone chips in those ashes for a DNA test. 68 00:06:27,596 --> 00:06:30,509 That will prove that I'm telling the truth. 69 00:06:35,022 --> 00:06:37,617 Your son is dead, Lionel. 70 00:06:38,234 --> 00:06:40,954 You'll never be able to hurt him again. 71 00:06:55,171 --> 00:06:57,163 Thanks for your help. 72 00:06:57,424 --> 00:07:00,144 You're the one hiding a mutant under your roof. 73 00:07:00,927 --> 00:07:03,203 Tess keeps me on the move. 74 00:07:03,473 --> 00:07:07,433 This is a hundred times better than playing lab rat for a bunch of doctors. 75 00:07:08,187 --> 00:07:10,827 They think I can't hear what they say about me. 76 00:07:13,818 --> 00:07:15,616 So your name is Conner? 77 00:07:15,862 --> 00:07:17,740 It's from my medical files. 78 00:07:17,990 --> 00:07:21,870 Cognitional Neuroplastic Replicant. CNR. Conner. 79 00:07:22,204 --> 00:07:25,038 Tess thinks she's kept that a big secret from me. 80 00:07:25,333 --> 00:07:27,245 I think she's just embarrassed, you know? 81 00:07:27,502 --> 00:07:29,414 Taking care of a walking freak show. 82 00:07:29,670 --> 00:07:31,582 She doesn't think that way. 83 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:34,833 I promise, she's trying to protect you. 84 00:07:35,302 --> 00:07:38,101 From how people would react if they found out what I was? 85 00:07:38,681 --> 00:07:42,470 You'd be surprised how much it doesn't matter when people get to know you. 86 00:07:43,145 --> 00:07:44,977 Well, that's really PC of you... 87 00:07:45,232 --> 00:07:49,351 but you don't understand what it feels like every time you meet someone new... 88 00:07:49,695 --> 00:07:51,732 some new doctor... 89 00:07:51,988 --> 00:07:54,378 if they're gonna hate you just for who you are... 90 00:07:54,659 --> 00:07:57,731 or maybe even be jealous that they can't do what you can do. 91 00:07:59,498 --> 00:08:03,014 Is it true you can't remember anything from before you got your abilities? 92 00:08:03,336 --> 00:08:04,531 Zip. 93 00:08:04,754 --> 00:08:06,108 Mutation's a bitch. 94 00:08:08,050 --> 00:08:11,202 Honestly, I understand Tess is trying to protect me... 95 00:08:11,512 --> 00:08:13,743 from a whole bunch of stuff... 96 00:08:14,516 --> 00:08:16,587 but I need to find out where I come from... 97 00:08:16,852 --> 00:08:18,081 why I am the way I am. 98 00:08:21,066 --> 00:08:23,581 I'm sure she'll tell you when you're ready. 99 00:08:24,361 --> 00:08:26,193 Well, I'm ready now. 100 00:08:26,573 --> 00:08:30,692 No disrespect, but I can't stand around here milking cows... 101 00:08:31,036 --> 00:08:33,426 when there's so much I need to know. 102 00:08:34,457 --> 00:08:36,972 I appreciate your hospitality but, uh... 103 00:08:38,670 --> 00:08:40,024 You're not leaving? 104 00:08:42,049 --> 00:08:44,609 That almost sounded like it wasn't a question. 105 00:08:44,886 --> 00:08:46,639 Look, it's important... 106 00:08:47,681 --> 00:08:50,116 to Tess that you stick around here for a while. 107 00:08:50,394 --> 00:08:53,148 And it's important to me that I find out who and what I am. 108 00:08:53,437 --> 00:08:56,350 What if someone catches on to the fact that you're different? 109 00:09:00,238 --> 00:09:02,150 I can't let you take that risk. I'm sorry. 110 00:09:03,075 --> 00:09:05,715 Sorry, but it's my risk to take. 111 00:09:06,495 --> 00:09:08,248 Besides, you can't exactly stop me. 112 00:09:15,548 --> 00:09:17,062 Whoa. 113 00:09:17,299 --> 00:09:18,779 You're... 114 00:09:19,510 --> 00:09:20,785 I'm like you. 115 00:09:22,598 --> 00:09:24,669 So does this mean...? 116 00:09:25,101 --> 00:09:28,094 Oh, my God. Are you, like, my dad? 117 00:09:29,647 --> 00:09:31,286 I prefer brother. 118 00:09:31,526 --> 00:09:33,677 I thought I was the only one with these powers. 119 00:09:33,944 --> 00:09:35,173 Well, me and the Blur. 120 00:09:36,990 --> 00:09:38,390 Wait. 121 00:09:38,616 --> 00:09:39,936 Are you...? 122 00:09:40,161 --> 00:09:42,517 Are you him? The Blur? 123 00:09:44,749 --> 00:09:46,422 How do you know about the Blur? 124 00:09:46,668 --> 00:09:50,503 Are you kidding me? I've read about every save he's made. Or you've made. 125 00:09:50,841 --> 00:09:53,356 Let's go to Metropolis and save somebody together. 126 00:09:53,634 --> 00:09:55,705 You still have some things you need to learn. 127 00:09:55,971 --> 00:09:57,564 All I've been doing is learning. 128 00:09:57,806 --> 00:09:59,081 I wanna do something. 129 00:09:59,558 --> 00:10:01,754 Yeah, it's exciting to have new abilities. 130 00:10:02,020 --> 00:10:04,057 But you need to learn how to control them. 131 00:10:04,315 --> 00:10:07,513 We're gonna stay here on the farm and practice. 132 00:10:08,319 --> 00:10:11,357 Come on. I don't need to practice. Trust me. 133 00:10:11,656 --> 00:10:13,090 - I'm in total control. - Clark. 134 00:10:15,494 --> 00:10:17,690 What the hell? I've been trying to call you. 135 00:10:18,163 --> 00:10:20,280 Uh, Lois... 136 00:10:21,168 --> 00:10:22,602 this is my friend Conner. 137 00:10:22,836 --> 00:10:25,874 Conner, this is my fiancée, Lois Lane. 138 00:10:26,174 --> 00:10:27,324 Hey. 139 00:10:28,093 --> 00:10:29,322 Hi. 140 00:10:29,554 --> 00:10:31,750 I need you to sign off on the byline by noon... 141 00:10:32,014 --> 00:10:34,245 if we're gonna make the evening edition. 142 00:10:51,997 --> 00:10:52,997 What just happened? 143 00:10:54,125 --> 00:10:55,559 Nothing. 144 00:11:05,805 --> 00:11:09,242 Okay, Alexander is now Conner? 145 00:11:09,893 --> 00:11:13,682 I guess if Puff Daddy can become Diddy and Prince can be that squiggly thing. 146 00:11:14,023 --> 00:11:16,174 But I'm worried about what's underneath. 147 00:11:16,442 --> 00:11:18,718 Memory wipe or not, this kid tried to kill you. 148 00:11:18,988 --> 00:11:21,378 Look, his name is not the only thing that changed. 149 00:11:21,656 --> 00:11:23,693 Conner has. 150 00:11:24,660 --> 00:11:26,617 He's only half Lex, it turns out. 151 00:11:26,914 --> 00:11:28,143 What? 152 00:11:28,666 --> 00:11:32,023 If you say the other half is Tess, I'm gonna write that family off for good. 153 00:11:32,336 --> 00:11:34,248 Lois, the other half is me. 154 00:11:38,010 --> 00:11:40,241 Are you trying to tell me... 155 00:11:40,513 --> 00:11:43,870 that Conner is the genetic love child of Clark Kent and Lex Luthor? 156 00:11:45,143 --> 00:11:47,533 You don't have to say it like that. 157 00:11:50,024 --> 00:11:51,299 Does he have your powers? 158 00:11:56,199 --> 00:11:58,794 I have no idea how I'm supposed to be feeling about this. 159 00:11:59,077 --> 00:12:01,637 We have a kid in the barn, and he's really freaked out. 160 00:12:01,955 --> 00:12:04,754 He doesn't feel like he belongs anywhere. He needs our help. 161 00:12:06,043 --> 00:12:08,956 Clark, we don't know what he's capable of. 162 00:12:10,674 --> 00:12:13,394 Lois, I understand that I'm asking you to take on a lot. 163 00:12:13,678 --> 00:12:16,318 I knew when I signed up for the Clark Kent tour package... 164 00:12:16,599 --> 00:12:19,273 that it would be full of surprises. 165 00:12:20,394 --> 00:12:23,910 How can Lex shake up a human-Krypto cocktail without you realizing it? 166 00:12:24,566 --> 00:12:28,560 He had a vial of my blood stolen from Helen Bryce's office years ago. 167 00:12:29,572 --> 00:12:33,088 We thought we destroyed it, but Lex must have kept a sample. 168 00:12:35,370 --> 00:12:36,850 After he engineered Alexander... 169 00:12:37,081 --> 00:12:41,394 he thought that my DNA would stop the accelerated mitosis, and it worked. 170 00:12:42,087 --> 00:12:45,478 Lois, because of me, this kid has no chance of having a normal life. 171 00:12:45,799 --> 00:12:47,631 No, hold on, Chicken Little. 172 00:12:47,885 --> 00:12:50,764 How do we know that Conner wouldn't love to be the only kid... 173 00:12:51,056 --> 00:12:53,616 more powerful than a locomotive? 174 00:12:55,395 --> 00:12:57,352 - What? - It's just sometimes I forget... 175 00:12:57,607 --> 00:13:00,042 that you never saw what it was like... 176 00:13:02,110 --> 00:13:03,863 growing up, being different... 177 00:13:04,112 --> 00:13:07,264 feeling like an outsider, like a freak... 178 00:13:07,659 --> 00:13:09,491 like you were all alone. 179 00:13:11,121 --> 00:13:12,601 You turned out pretty normal. 180 00:13:13,959 --> 00:13:16,997 Lois, you don't understand. It never goes away. 181 00:13:17,296 --> 00:13:19,492 It's always in there. 182 00:13:22,052 --> 00:13:24,726 The only thing that's ever made me feel... 183 00:13:25,972 --> 00:13:27,122 normal is you. 184 00:13:36,485 --> 00:13:38,556 Conner's not alone. 185 00:13:40,156 --> 00:13:41,795 He has us. 186 00:14:01,514 --> 00:14:03,267 What's with all the cloak and dagger? 187 00:14:03,517 --> 00:14:06,032 I feel like I stepped into a Tom Clancy novel. 188 00:14:06,312 --> 00:14:08,383 I know you're reeling from the Conner bomb... 189 00:14:08,649 --> 00:14:10,720 that I dropped on you this morning... 190 00:14:10,986 --> 00:14:13,740 but you're the only member of our league that can help me. 191 00:14:14,030 --> 00:14:17,546 Considering I don't have any powers or gadgets, I find that hard to believe. 192 00:14:17,868 --> 00:14:20,542 You can talk Clark into getting rid of Lionel Luthor. 193 00:14:20,830 --> 00:14:23,550 I know you already went up this hill and got shot down. 194 00:14:23,834 --> 00:14:25,905 Since the Lionel Clark knew came around... 195 00:14:26,169 --> 00:14:29,082 Clark is hoping this Luthor will change his spots too. 196 00:14:29,382 --> 00:14:31,942 Hey, we need to draw a line in the sand, Lois. 197 00:14:32,219 --> 00:14:33,653 Clark needs to act now. 198 00:14:34,681 --> 00:14:38,231 Lionel knows his secret. He knows what can hurt him. 199 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:42,873 And if they rumble in the asphalt jungle, Clark could go down for the count. 200 00:14:43,232 --> 00:14:45,269 Yeah, he could. But we both know... 201 00:14:45,526 --> 00:14:49,406 how Lionel destroyed his own world when he had a superpowered son... 202 00:14:49,739 --> 00:14:52,618 and if he gets a hold of Conner, he will do the same here. 203 00:14:53,244 --> 00:14:56,157 I know how dangerous this is for Clark. 204 00:14:57,249 --> 00:14:59,605 We don't have a choice. 205 00:15:02,796 --> 00:15:05,311 Maybe we do. Just hear me out. 206 00:15:05,591 --> 00:15:08,106 When Eliot Ness couldn't nab Capone for murder... 207 00:15:08,387 --> 00:15:11,778 the government sent him up the river for getting sloppy with his taxes. 208 00:15:12,100 --> 00:15:14,569 You and I know Lionel would have spent a pretty penny... 209 00:15:14,852 --> 00:15:16,844 to hide the fact he's from another world. 210 00:15:17,106 --> 00:15:18,506 What if he was just as sloppy? 211 00:15:18,733 --> 00:15:23,091 If we found a detail that he overlooked, we could prove that he's a fake. 212 00:15:23,696 --> 00:15:26,450 And his entire house of cards will come crashing down. 213 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:38,992 The cremated remains came from one of the other clones. 214 00:15:39,299 --> 00:15:41,416 So my boy is alive. 215 00:15:41,719 --> 00:15:43,438 We've gotta find him. 216 00:15:43,721 --> 00:15:47,601 We convinced Dr. Lamell to tell us that Mercer took him to Smallville. 217 00:15:47,934 --> 00:15:50,244 He's with Clark Kent. 218 00:15:50,646 --> 00:15:52,524 Not for long. 219 00:15:53,357 --> 00:15:57,749 It is time for my prodigal son to return. 220 00:15:58,114 --> 00:15:59,468 Yeah. 221 00:16:14,050 --> 00:16:15,279 This is pointless. 222 00:16:15,509 --> 00:16:18,229 Everything we do with our abilities is our responsibility. 223 00:16:18,513 --> 00:16:21,824 That's why we have to learn how to control them before they control us. 224 00:16:22,143 --> 00:16:24,260 That's why we practice. 225 00:16:24,812 --> 00:16:26,769 I lifted the tractor without any practice. 226 00:16:27,023 --> 00:16:29,777 When you put it down, you broke the beam behind the stall. 227 00:16:30,152 --> 00:16:32,269 Who taught you how to do all this stuff? 228 00:16:33,531 --> 00:16:36,251 My parents were there every step of the way. 229 00:16:37,369 --> 00:16:38,723 My dad... 230 00:16:39,038 --> 00:16:41,792 he believed that all the hard work he had me do... 231 00:16:42,083 --> 00:16:45,633 would teach me how to control my abilities, teach me character. 232 00:16:52,427 --> 00:16:55,386 Conner, you may not have parents, but you have me. 233 00:16:56,725 --> 00:16:58,637 I'll always be there for you. 234 00:17:03,359 --> 00:17:06,113 What do you say we take another shot at your heat vision? 235 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:09,789 Just concentrate and light the candle. 236 00:17:26,844 --> 00:17:28,881 You'll get it eventually. 237 00:17:37,650 --> 00:17:39,164 You know, we have a doorbell. 238 00:17:41,361 --> 00:17:43,001 I stopped by to see how things were going. 239 00:17:43,155 --> 00:17:45,192 Looks like I should've brought marshmallows. 240 00:17:45,658 --> 00:17:48,492 You know, he's getting things faster than I did. 241 00:17:50,289 --> 00:17:53,805 If I didn't know better, that might look like a glint of pride in your eyes. 242 00:17:59,927 --> 00:18:02,567 Unfortunately, Clark, I just talked to my inside man... 243 00:18:02,888 --> 00:18:06,006 and Lionel knows that Conner's here. So we need to move him. 244 00:18:06,307 --> 00:18:09,061 I'm gonna call Oliver and Chloe in Star City, send him there. 245 00:18:09,395 --> 00:18:11,626 We have kept him in the dark about who he is. 246 00:18:11,898 --> 00:18:15,938 Isn't it time to let Conner know the truth about the other side of the family? 247 00:18:16,697 --> 00:18:17,892 Considering everything... 248 00:18:18,115 --> 00:18:21,472 I don't think it's a good idea he knows half of his DNA came from Lex. 249 00:18:21,785 --> 00:18:24,698 We can never let him know that half of him is Luthor. 250 00:18:39,598 --> 00:18:41,351 What did you find on Lionel? 251 00:18:41,602 --> 00:18:44,037 It seems Lionel 2.0 has dotted every I, crossed every T. 252 00:18:44,312 --> 00:18:47,988 I mean, his resurrection is so ironclad, he'd give Lazarus a run for his money. 253 00:18:48,316 --> 00:18:52,196 He's had government lackeys reissue all official documents with his autograph. 254 00:18:52,531 --> 00:18:55,285 We know it seems like a dead end but I'm having some G-men... 255 00:18:55,575 --> 00:18:57,965 turn over that rock and see what's underneath. 256 00:18:58,246 --> 00:18:59,282 Over and out. 257 00:19:57,358 --> 00:19:59,156 Alexander? 258 00:20:04,117 --> 00:20:06,074 I know you're here. 259 00:20:07,287 --> 00:20:10,963 I've had people tracking you since you left the Kent farm. 260 00:20:14,295 --> 00:20:15,524 Who are you? 261 00:20:16,089 --> 00:20:17,409 I'm your father. 262 00:20:23,181 --> 00:20:25,377 I'm sure you have questions. 263 00:20:27,477 --> 00:20:28,911 I'm here to answer them. 264 00:20:31,649 --> 00:20:34,687 Come, son, please. Let me see you. 265 00:20:45,333 --> 00:20:48,326 Oh, Alexander. 266 00:20:48,628 --> 00:20:51,382 What have they done to you? 267 00:20:55,303 --> 00:20:57,135 It was in your files... 268 00:20:57,430 --> 00:21:00,548 what they'd done, but I refused to believe it. 269 00:21:02,853 --> 00:21:05,732 There's a part of you that's Clark Kent. 270 00:21:07,025 --> 00:21:09,585 There's a part of me that's Lex Luthor too. 271 00:21:11,029 --> 00:21:13,225 I overheard Clark say it. 272 00:21:13,866 --> 00:21:15,095 - He lied to me. - Yes. 273 00:21:17,037 --> 00:21:18,312 Because he's afraid of you. 274 00:21:19,540 --> 00:21:22,374 He doesn't want you to be with your real family. 275 00:21:22,669 --> 00:21:24,149 You're a threat to him. 276 00:21:24,378 --> 00:21:25,812 Because of my powers. 277 00:21:26,048 --> 00:21:27,118 No. 278 00:21:27,341 --> 00:21:28,775 Because you're a Luthor. 279 00:21:30,053 --> 00:21:32,124 Lex Luthor created an empire. 280 00:21:34,016 --> 00:21:36,850 Clark Kent wants to keep it away from you. 281 00:21:37,895 --> 00:21:40,649 You must embrace your future. 282 00:21:48,115 --> 00:21:49,344 It's time. 283 00:21:55,750 --> 00:21:56,750 Put the ring on. 284 00:21:57,251 --> 00:21:59,322 It's your birthright. 285 00:22:14,522 --> 00:22:16,320 Yes. 286 00:22:16,817 --> 00:22:19,696 Now the journey begins. 287 00:22:22,616 --> 00:22:25,006 Get your hands off me. 288 00:22:25,619 --> 00:22:27,929 Are you sure you got it tight enough? 289 00:22:31,293 --> 00:22:32,409 Lois. 290 00:22:32,628 --> 00:22:33,778 What is she doing here? 291 00:22:34,046 --> 00:22:36,197 You wanted to know what it means to be a Luthor? 292 00:22:36,465 --> 00:22:41,096 Lesson one, never let anyone stand in your way. 293 00:22:42,556 --> 00:22:44,946 That's fine, thank you. 294 00:22:48,981 --> 00:22:52,053 What's with the slaughterhouse? Trying to scare me into thinking... 295 00:22:52,360 --> 00:22:54,272 I'll end up like a piece of meat? - Heh. No. 296 00:22:54,570 --> 00:22:57,529 You're here because if you scream, no one will hear you. 297 00:22:57,824 --> 00:23:01,659 You see, Clark Kent sends his fiancée to do his dirty work. 298 00:23:02,996 --> 00:23:05,716 No. Clark doesn't know I broke into your office. 299 00:23:06,001 --> 00:23:08,561 Because you realize if he knew, I'd destroy him. 300 00:23:09,714 --> 00:23:11,706 You risked your life for him. 301 00:23:11,968 --> 00:23:13,641 Very noble. 302 00:23:13,887 --> 00:23:14,957 And very stupid. 303 00:23:16,096 --> 00:23:20,329 I've read a great deal about you. I expected more. 304 00:23:20,685 --> 00:23:25,635 Well, I was raised to believe that you risk everything to protect those you love. 305 00:23:26,025 --> 00:23:27,300 That's where we differ. 306 00:23:28,027 --> 00:23:32,658 Oh, I'd risk my own life, but I'd kill to protect my son. 307 00:23:34,910 --> 00:23:37,903 No one will ever take him away from me. 308 00:23:45,048 --> 00:23:47,404 You don't scare me. 309 00:23:47,718 --> 00:23:50,552 The Lionel I knew never got blood on his hands. 310 00:23:51,346 --> 00:23:53,542 I'm not the Lionel you knew. 311 00:24:05,739 --> 00:24:07,776 - Thanks, Conner. - Hope it wasn't too fast. 312 00:24:08,033 --> 00:24:11,470 Oh, I'll trade a little motion sickness for a bullet in the bonnet any day. 313 00:24:11,789 --> 00:24:15,544 We need to call Clark and tell him Don Luthor is going all Godfather on us. 314 00:24:15,875 --> 00:24:17,594 We don't need Clark. 315 00:24:18,212 --> 00:24:19,212 I'll take care of you. 316 00:24:20,548 --> 00:24:24,508 You know what? That's sweet. But I'm freezing out here. 317 00:24:24,887 --> 00:24:26,844 We really need to... 318 00:24:27,932 --> 00:24:29,969 sound the alarms. 319 00:24:30,936 --> 00:24:32,006 Oh. 320 00:24:32,938 --> 00:24:34,418 Thanks. 321 00:24:34,691 --> 00:24:37,809 See? I'll get you anything you want. 322 00:24:42,115 --> 00:24:43,913 Okay, I get it now. 323 00:24:44,202 --> 00:24:46,842 Your neon is flashing red-hot, and I didn't see the sign. 324 00:24:47,122 --> 00:24:50,115 Hey, you! Officer, stop her. She's a thief. 325 00:24:50,419 --> 00:24:52,138 Hey, don't move! 326 00:24:59,136 --> 00:25:01,332 Get in. I'll save you. 327 00:25:02,974 --> 00:25:05,011 - Conner, what are you...? - Stop right there! 328 00:25:05,268 --> 00:25:06,418 Oh. 329 00:25:07,730 --> 00:25:09,289 Sorry. 330 00:25:17,825 --> 00:25:19,100 His first crush. 331 00:25:21,287 --> 00:25:24,963 It's good to know the Luthor libido is still intact. Ha, ha. 332 00:25:25,293 --> 00:25:28,047 Great men, great passion. Ha, ha. 333 00:25:28,338 --> 00:25:29,567 Let him enjoy himself. 334 00:25:29,797 --> 00:25:31,914 But she must not be allowed... 335 00:25:32,176 --> 00:25:35,965 to lead him to Clark Kent. And that ring, he's got to wear that ring. 336 00:25:36,306 --> 00:25:39,743 The tracking device in it will keep him on our radar. 337 00:25:43,856 --> 00:25:46,769 When Conner disappeared, I knew you couldn't be far. 338 00:25:47,068 --> 00:25:51,620 So I searched every LuthorCorp facility, and I found this. 339 00:25:52,910 --> 00:25:56,540 Oh, doesn't compare to the value of rubies... 340 00:25:56,873 --> 00:25:59,786 but personally, I prefer the red of kryptonite. 341 00:26:00,376 --> 00:26:02,607 You used it on Conner, didn't you? 342 00:26:04,549 --> 00:26:07,109 - Unh. - To turn him into something he's not. 343 00:26:07,384 --> 00:26:12,334 I was trying to unleash his dark side, find out what my son is really made of. 344 00:26:12,850 --> 00:26:16,400 Red Kryptonite, if worn, brings out the primal... 345 00:26:16,730 --> 00:26:18,926 uncensored core of self. You're afraid of it. 346 00:26:19,189 --> 00:26:22,421 You won't go near it. You're scared of what you might find inside you. 347 00:26:27,367 --> 00:26:30,121 I won't let you hurt him like you did Lex. 348 00:26:34,584 --> 00:26:37,622 He was my closest friend. Lionel Luthor's influence destroyed him. 349 00:26:38,631 --> 00:26:42,944 You destroyed Lex with your secrets and lies. 350 00:26:43,469 --> 00:26:46,906 And those same lies brought Conner to me. 351 00:26:47,224 --> 00:26:50,979 He heard you talking to Tess about hiding the truth from him. 352 00:26:51,354 --> 00:26:52,868 He knows you betrayed him. 353 00:26:53,106 --> 00:26:54,665 That's why he ran to me. 354 00:26:57,487 --> 00:27:00,241 Then you poisoned him with Red Kryptonite. 355 00:27:01,282 --> 00:27:03,638 The longer he's exposed, the more unstable he becomes. 356 00:27:03,911 --> 00:27:06,142 He's a danger to himself and everyone around him. 357 00:27:06,414 --> 00:27:10,567 No. That's gonna make it easier for him to take everything away from you... 358 00:27:10,919 --> 00:27:13,070 including the woman he's with now. 359 00:27:15,467 --> 00:27:16,696 Lois Lane. 360 00:27:26,814 --> 00:27:28,851 No one will find us here. 361 00:27:31,820 --> 00:27:33,732 I'll keep you safe. 362 00:27:35,532 --> 00:27:37,444 And I'll make you happy. 363 00:27:39,329 --> 00:27:42,845 Thanks. But I think you have the wrong idea, Romeo. 364 00:27:43,167 --> 00:27:46,001 This Juliet is already spoken for. 365 00:27:49,173 --> 00:27:51,085 If this isn't romantic enough... 366 00:27:51,343 --> 00:27:53,574 I'll speed us away to Paris... 367 00:27:53,846 --> 00:27:56,725 or somewhere where Clark will never find us. 368 00:27:57,058 --> 00:28:01,974 Okay, let me make this perfectly clear. You and I, not happening. 369 00:28:03,941 --> 00:28:06,092 I will not let you go back to him. 370 00:28:55,837 --> 00:29:00,036 I'm sorry that I lost my temper. 371 00:29:00,843 --> 00:29:02,323 I promise you... 372 00:29:02,845 --> 00:29:04,802 we'll live here happily ever after. 373 00:29:05,682 --> 00:29:07,639 We belong together. 374 00:29:08,727 --> 00:29:10,684 It's our destiny. 375 00:29:15,569 --> 00:29:16,844 You know what we should do? 376 00:29:18,781 --> 00:29:23,776 We should toast our future together. But I didn't see any champagne. 377 00:29:24,161 --> 00:29:28,121 You should know it is bad luck to start our lives together without a little bubbly. 378 00:29:31,004 --> 00:29:32,154 Be back in a few. 379 00:29:37,010 --> 00:29:39,844 I'll be waiting right here. 380 00:29:43,853 --> 00:29:47,324 There's a reason Lois Lane is known for telling the truth. 381 00:29:52,779 --> 00:29:55,817 Because you're a terrible liar. 382 00:29:56,535 --> 00:29:59,255 Okay, Conner, something strange is happening to you. 383 00:29:59,538 --> 00:30:02,292 You're not yourself. It's the ring. It's the ring. 384 00:30:02,584 --> 00:30:04,621 I've never felt better. 385 00:30:05,461 --> 00:30:07,214 I'm at the top of my game. 386 00:30:07,464 --> 00:30:09,933 And it's all thanks to Clark. 387 00:30:11,094 --> 00:30:13,768 But he has one thing I don't have. 388 00:30:14,472 --> 00:30:16,270 And that's you. 389 00:30:16,850 --> 00:30:18,887 But not anymore. 390 00:30:20,230 --> 00:30:23,109 You are nothing like Clark. I've seen him on Red Kryptonite. 391 00:30:23,401 --> 00:30:26,917 It may bring out his inner angst a little, but it doesn't turn him into this. 392 00:30:27,238 --> 00:30:30,276 This is the other side of you. This is Lex. 393 00:30:30,784 --> 00:30:32,298 We need to make you better. 394 00:30:32,536 --> 00:30:35,096 I don't want to be better. 395 00:30:35,373 --> 00:30:36,523 I want you. 396 00:30:41,421 --> 00:30:43,697 I'll open up a world Clark can't even imagine for you. 397 00:30:46,177 --> 00:30:48,453 Clark is my world. 398 00:30:49,056 --> 00:30:51,810 He's only the person you think he is because he has you. 399 00:30:52,768 --> 00:30:55,363 And if I can't have you, neither will he. 400 00:30:56,606 --> 00:30:59,565 Conner? Lois? 401 00:31:00,946 --> 00:31:02,380 Oh, God. 402 00:31:09,997 --> 00:31:11,511 Conner? 403 00:31:29,311 --> 00:31:31,667 You're not welcome here. 404 00:31:35,028 --> 00:31:36,348 Where's Lois? 405 00:31:36,947 --> 00:31:38,222 She's not yours anymore. 406 00:31:39,741 --> 00:31:43,496 The only reason that Lionel wants you to wear that ring is so he can control you. 407 00:31:43,830 --> 00:31:45,708 - I can help. - I don't want your help. 408 00:31:45,958 --> 00:31:47,278 Or your lies. 409 00:32:06,399 --> 00:32:09,073 I know you can't understand, I'm trying to keep you safe. 410 00:32:09,652 --> 00:32:11,883 Safe from myself? 411 00:32:14,450 --> 00:32:15,930 Conner. 412 00:32:18,621 --> 00:32:20,977 This isn't who you really are, Conner. 413 00:32:21,249 --> 00:32:22,729 You're wrong. 414 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:25,077 I'm nothing like you. 415 00:32:40,482 --> 00:32:42,997 I am a Luthor, and this is where I belong. 416 00:32:43,276 --> 00:32:44,630 No, it's not. 417 00:32:44,861 --> 00:32:46,853 And you're coming home with me. 418 00:33:04,928 --> 00:33:06,157 Clark. 419 00:33:10,808 --> 00:33:13,039 Oh! What's happening? 420 00:33:14,271 --> 00:33:17,264 No. You'll never take my son. 421 00:33:26,536 --> 00:33:27,890 No. 422 00:33:30,123 --> 00:33:32,203 - What are you doing? - Eliminating the one person... 423 00:33:32,417 --> 00:33:35,216 who stands in the way of your destiny. 424 00:33:35,671 --> 00:33:36,946 Let him go. 425 00:33:38,634 --> 00:33:41,149 Let's go, son. Remember who you are. 426 00:33:41,429 --> 00:33:44,501 You were meant to become a god. Together, we can make sure you do. 427 00:33:54,195 --> 00:33:56,266 I know who I am. 428 00:34:15,720 --> 00:34:17,154 - Lionel. - Don't worry about him. 429 00:34:17,389 --> 00:34:19,267 There's no place for him to hide. 430 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:22,193 Let's go home. 431 00:34:47,967 --> 00:34:50,084 Enjoy the view one last time. 432 00:34:50,346 --> 00:34:53,896 Security's on their way up to escort you out of the building. 433 00:34:55,726 --> 00:34:59,276 Now, if you're threatening me, you need something more powerful than hot air. 434 00:34:59,606 --> 00:35:02,326 All the firepower I need is right here... 435 00:35:02,818 --> 00:35:05,538 copies of all the documents that bear your signature. 436 00:35:05,822 --> 00:35:08,053 No discrepancies. Everything matches perfectly. 437 00:35:08,326 --> 00:35:10,602 My DNA, my handwriting... 438 00:35:10,869 --> 00:35:14,340 identical to the other Lionel. 439 00:35:14,666 --> 00:35:16,578 Why would you have them secretly reissued? 440 00:35:18,045 --> 00:35:21,561 You may think you scrubbed evidence of your true identity from this world... 441 00:35:22,884 --> 00:35:24,716 but you missed a spot. 442 00:35:24,970 --> 00:35:27,883 There was one document that you were never aware of. 443 00:35:36,524 --> 00:35:38,436 When Lionel gave you up for adoption. 444 00:35:43,242 --> 00:35:46,121 I wasn't the only thing that he left at the orphanage. 445 00:35:46,411 --> 00:35:49,165 He left his fingerprints on a document when he admitted me. 446 00:35:49,458 --> 00:35:52,018 And as you know, just like our worlds, they're reversed. 447 00:35:53,462 --> 00:35:57,138 His fingerprints and yours are mirror copies of each other. 448 00:35:59,469 --> 00:36:01,381 It proves that you are a fake. 449 00:36:05,352 --> 00:36:06,945 My lawyers are drawing up papers... 450 00:36:07,187 --> 00:36:09,986 that relinquish your complete control of LuthorCorp to me. 451 00:36:12,444 --> 00:36:14,276 Why would I do that? 452 00:36:15,655 --> 00:36:18,375 Because of that Scotch that you're drinking. 453 00:36:19,284 --> 00:36:21,355 - What? - It's laced with nano-trackers. 454 00:36:22,413 --> 00:36:25,485 They've burrowed deep into your stomach lining and entered your bloodstream. 455 00:36:27,502 --> 00:36:30,381 From now on, I will know your every move. 456 00:36:34,136 --> 00:36:38,688 And if you try to retaliate against me or my friends... 457 00:36:39,434 --> 00:36:41,630 I will crush you. 458 00:36:47,109 --> 00:36:49,419 Why don't you have me killed? 459 00:36:50,697 --> 00:36:51,892 Because that's not who I am. 460 00:37:08,427 --> 00:37:12,262 You may want to change yourself to impress Clark Kent... 461 00:37:12,599 --> 00:37:16,559 but we both know, don't we? 462 00:37:16,894 --> 00:37:18,931 Deep down... 463 00:37:19,398 --> 00:37:22,550 you'll always be a Luthor. 464 00:37:35,294 --> 00:37:36,887 Conner. 465 00:37:40,464 --> 00:37:42,023 The barn never looked better. 466 00:37:42,258 --> 00:37:46,571 Well, it was the least I could do to make up for all the trouble I caused. 467 00:37:46,932 --> 00:37:48,252 It's not your fault. 468 00:37:48,475 --> 00:37:52,515 If I hadn't lied to you, you wouldn't have run right into Lionel's hands. I'm sorry. 469 00:37:54,441 --> 00:37:56,910 But I shouldn't have been so quick to trust Lionel. 470 00:37:58,403 --> 00:38:01,601 Conner, you can't beat yourself up. You had no idea... 471 00:38:01,907 --> 00:38:05,378 that he would use Red Kryptonite on you or how it would affect you. 472 00:38:08,750 --> 00:38:11,219 It's one of the drawbacks of being like us. 473 00:38:11,503 --> 00:38:13,222 I'm not like you, Clark. 474 00:38:13,629 --> 00:38:16,428 I mean, maybe on the outside with what I can do... 475 00:38:17,676 --> 00:38:20,987 but what that ring brought out in me, that was all Lex. 476 00:38:22,849 --> 00:38:25,569 There's a shadow inside of all of us. 477 00:38:26,437 --> 00:38:30,716 But that doesn't mean that you need to embrace it. You decide who you are. 478 00:38:33,947 --> 00:38:37,418 I know you'll make the right choice, become the hero you're destined to be. 479 00:38:38,450 --> 00:38:40,726 That means a lot coming from you. 480 00:38:42,790 --> 00:38:44,588 Well, if you feel that way... 481 00:38:44,834 --> 00:38:48,430 maybe, uh, I should start dressing the part. 482 00:38:53,803 --> 00:38:55,157 I know I have a lot to learn. 483 00:38:56,349 --> 00:39:00,138 But when you feel that I'm ready to join the team... 484 00:39:00,478 --> 00:39:02,197 I'd like to. 485 00:39:04,273 --> 00:39:06,070 Nice to hear you're ready to learn. I 486 00:39:06,082 --> 00:39:08,233 picked up an application to Smallville High. 487 00:39:08,571 --> 00:39:10,403 Classes start after spring break. 488 00:39:14,828 --> 00:39:15,978 "Conner Kent." 489 00:39:16,622 --> 00:39:20,332 Hope it's not too presumptuous, but I figured you needed a last name. 490 00:39:21,795 --> 00:39:23,309 Welcome home. 491 00:39:25,758 --> 00:39:28,592 Guess I should start with fixing that fence out back. 492 00:39:36,021 --> 00:39:40,618 It seems to me that Clark Kent's nature and nurture won out in the end. 493 00:39:41,276 --> 00:39:44,826 I'm not sure how nurturing it was not telling him the truth. 494 00:39:46,283 --> 00:39:47,797 If you throw a penance party... 495 00:39:48,035 --> 00:39:50,834 I'm gonna have to unwrap my own mea culpa. 496 00:39:52,873 --> 00:39:55,672 I'm sorry that I didn't tell you I was investigating Lionel. 497 00:39:55,961 --> 00:39:59,591 It put us both in danger, even though I was trying to save you. 498 00:39:59,923 --> 00:40:01,880 It's hard to know where to draw the line... 499 00:40:02,135 --> 00:40:04,286 when you're protecting the people you love. 500 00:40:08,350 --> 00:40:11,468 You know, I have a newfound respect for my mom and dad. 501 00:40:13,608 --> 00:40:17,204 I always knew that my powers could cause harm if I misused them. 502 00:40:17,528 --> 00:40:21,158 But I never appreciated the responsibility they must have felt in raising me. 503 00:40:23,452 --> 00:40:25,409 If they hadn't been such amazing parents... 504 00:40:25,663 --> 00:40:27,859 this world could've been a much darker place. 505 00:40:28,125 --> 00:40:30,560 Luckily, they brought out the best in you. 506 00:40:32,629 --> 00:40:35,701 I'm sure when we have kids of our own... 507 00:40:37,762 --> 00:40:39,242 you'll be an amazing father. 508 00:40:48,232 --> 00:40:49,985 Am I forgiven? 509 00:41:03,917 --> 00:41:07,627 Together, we could have ruled this world. 510 00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:16,152 I would give anything, my son, just to have you by my side.