1 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:22,740 It's good to know I can still beat you at something. 2 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:26,605 Thanks for the afternoon, Clark. 3 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:30,240 Champagne, truffles... It wasn't even my birthday. 4 00:01:30,275 --> 00:01:31,275 Overkill? 5 00:01:32,340 --> 00:01:34,005 No, I loved it. 6 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:37,750 But normally, that kind of romance comes with a tag that says... 7 00:01:37,785 --> 00:01:41,592 "sorry I wrecked your car or I accidentally slept with your sister." 8 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:43,566 Well, to be honest Lana, you... 9 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,440 lately you've seemed a little distant. 10 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:49,140 I guess I've been busy. 11 00:01:50,940 --> 00:01:53,491 We finally get a chance to make this relationship work. 12 00:01:53,526 --> 00:01:56,043 It's not a big deal. I'm just getting used to the new life. 13 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:00,740 Lana, I know what this is really about. 14 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:02,805 You do? 15 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,340 Between my cousin and that crystal from Krypton, 16 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:07,705 it's been as far from a normal life as you can get. 17 00:02:07,740 --> 00:02:10,240 Clark, I wanted normal I would have rethought the part... 18 00:02:10,275 --> 00:02:12,640 about dating a guy who shoots fire from his eyes. 19 00:02:22,340 --> 00:02:25,040 If everything we've been through was just for that... 20 00:02:25,740 --> 00:02:27,140 it was all worth it. 21 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:34,149 We should get out of here. 22 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:42,016 Clark! Clark, are you okay? 23 00:04:21,840 --> 00:04:24,816 Lana, you have to be careful with this speed thing. It's a little... 24 00:04:24,840 --> 00:04:27,918 I was moving and everything else was frozen. 25 00:04:28,340 --> 00:04:31,998 Clark, this is so cool. How come you didn't tell me it was like this. 26 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:34,640 One of those had-to-be-there kind of things. 27 00:04:35,340 --> 00:04:37,361 Listen Lana, it took me a lot of time to adjust. 28 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:41,455 Relax, Clark. You live with these abilities every day. 29 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:43,490 I think I can handle it. 30 00:04:43,525 --> 00:04:45,432 Yeah, but we don't know that for sure. 31 00:04:45,567 --> 00:04:47,514 And Lana, a human with my abilities can be dangerous. 32 00:04:47,538 --> 00:04:49,439 We have to find a way to get rid of them. 33 00:04:49,489 --> 00:04:54,502 Eventually yes, but being on an equal playing field could have its benefits. 34 00:04:54,676 --> 00:04:56,487 Like what? 35 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:04,746 Lana. 36 00:05:05,140 --> 00:05:07,441 I don't think that's such a good idea. It... 37 00:05:18,140 --> 00:05:19,840 There's no harm in trying. 38 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:11,240 Lana... 39 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:14,858 I guess I should go out and fix the barn. 40 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:25,057 You're X-raying me? 41 00:06:25,092 --> 00:06:27,440 My God, that's amazing! 42 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:29,319 You can do so much with this. 43 00:06:29,354 --> 00:06:32,836 Well, let's start with you not getting so up close and personal with my vertebrae. 44 00:06:33,340 --> 00:06:36,240 I just wish this had happened a long time ago. 45 00:06:36,840 --> 00:06:39,128 I always tried to guess what your life was like, 46 00:06:39,163 --> 00:06:42,613 but there was always a part of you that I could never get close to. 47 00:06:43,140 --> 00:06:46,927 No matter how hard I tried I could never really know you. 48 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:49,336 Not until now. 49 00:06:55,540 --> 00:06:58,282 I've left you like ten messages. 50 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,783 We've been busy. 51 00:07:03,840 --> 00:07:05,601 Oh that's nice, while you two have been busy 52 00:07:05,613 --> 00:07:07,265 I have been practicing my cardiac arrest. 53 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:09,047 Are you okay? 54 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:12,659 Better than ever. Why? 55 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:16,556 I don't know, only because there've been constant seismic tremors... 56 00:07:16,591 --> 00:07:19,523 all around Smallville since two o'clock. 57 00:07:23,740 --> 00:07:25,613 That was probably us. 58 00:07:27,340 --> 00:07:29,740 What do mini-earthquakes had to do with you guys? 59 00:07:34,940 --> 00:07:36,140 Oh. 60 00:07:40,140 --> 00:07:41,500 I thought you said you couldn't... 61 00:07:41,525 --> 00:07:43,497 Yeah, we normally can't. 62 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:45,800 You guys talk about this? 63 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:49,640 What? It's just Chloe. 64 00:07:53,540 --> 00:07:55,240 Awkward. 65 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:59,440 Oh, someone has been eating their wheaties. 66 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:05,158 Um, I'll go get a screwdriver. 67 00:08:12,540 --> 00:08:14,540 Ok, I need a little explain-o. 68 00:08:16,740 --> 00:08:19,518 There was Kryptonite and lighting and it happened so fast... 69 00:08:19,542 --> 00:08:22,340 it's not really clear. The transfer wasn't complete. 70 00:08:24,340 --> 00:08:26,361 I still have my powers. 71 00:08:28,340 --> 00:08:30,254 And now Lana does too. 72 00:08:31,940 --> 00:08:35,763 Clark... Been here and done this and it doesn't end well. 73 00:08:35,798 --> 00:08:38,440 Hey, the last human you supped up... 74 00:08:38,475 --> 00:08:40,473 became a psych 101 case study. 75 00:08:40,497 --> 00:08:42,919 Yeah, but Lana is different. We know her. It's not gonna happen. 76 00:08:42,943 --> 00:08:45,102 Ok, Eric Summers was just a geek who collected rocks... 77 00:08:45,126 --> 00:08:47,140 and then ended up in an asylum. 78 00:08:48,740 --> 00:08:51,511 And I hate to bring this up, but when your dad took your powers... 79 00:08:51,617 --> 00:08:53,440 His heart failed. 80 00:08:53,475 --> 00:08:58,140 So, whatever extra curricular benefits this could have... 81 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:00,957 they don't outweigh what could happen to Lana. 82 00:09:06,140 --> 00:09:08,053 Could you keep en eye on her for me? 83 00:09:08,340 --> 00:09:12,210 Don't worry about, Clark. I won't let Lana out of my sight. 84 00:09:40,340 --> 00:09:42,689 I so needed this girls night out. 85 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:45,837 You don't have to cover Clark asked you to babysit me. 86 00:09:45,872 --> 00:09:47,877 No, he didn't. 87 00:09:48,740 --> 00:09:50,594 Superhearing. 88 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:52,838 Right. 89 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:55,987 But, Lana... 90 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:59,549 I don't want to ruin your super high or anything but you just... 91 00:09:59,684 --> 00:10:00,949 have to watch yourself. 92 00:10:00,984 --> 00:10:02,449 Chloe... 93 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:05,399 I wish you could know how this feels. 94 00:10:06,340 --> 00:10:10,429 It's like you can do anything. Like nothing can hurt you. 95 00:10:11,940 --> 00:10:13,840 Like you're untouchable. 96 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:18,230 I've been given a gift. 97 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:21,800 I can break into any locked door, slip into any room unnoticed... 98 00:10:23,267 --> 00:10:25,441 eavesdrop on any conversation. 99 00:10:25,476 --> 00:10:28,814 So are you passing on the circus so you can go and join the KGB? 100 00:10:28,917 --> 00:10:30,559 You're always after the hard-to-get articles. 101 00:10:30,583 --> 00:10:33,801 You can't tell me that you wouldn't use these powers if you had them. 102 00:10:33,836 --> 00:10:35,570 Yeah, but you're not a reporter. 103 00:10:35,605 --> 00:10:37,591 I may not be, 104 00:10:39,140 --> 00:10:41,475 but I do have a story to tell. 105 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:48,040 What's churning in that head of yours Lana? 106 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:00,204 What am I looking at? 107 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:05,070 We don't really know. 108 00:11:06,740 --> 00:11:10,640 The metallic dust, somehow liquefied. 109 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:18,840 On its own? 110 00:11:20,940 --> 00:11:24,440 That dust was the last remnant of the alien technology I have. 111 00:11:24,540 --> 00:11:26,040 What's left of Milton Fine Ship. 112 00:11:26,075 --> 00:11:27,857 Now whatever you did with it I want it back. 113 00:11:27,892 --> 00:11:31,402 I swear to you, Mr. Luthor, you're staring at what you gave me. 114 00:11:31,426 --> 00:11:33,096 This is an airtight container. 115 00:11:33,231 --> 00:11:36,236 The sample has been under lock and key 24 hours a day. 116 00:11:36,337 --> 00:11:38,496 Dust doesn't just turn to liquid. 117 00:11:38,912 --> 00:11:40,555 It's evolving. 118 00:11:45,299 --> 00:11:47,656 That metal is sentient. 119 00:11:50,340 --> 00:11:51,716 It's alive. 120 00:11:57,440 --> 00:11:59,040 Here. 121 00:12:00,540 --> 00:12:03,840 It's my report and all the data on project Scion. 122 00:12:05,140 --> 00:12:09,503 That organism exhibits conscious behavior. 123 00:12:11,740 --> 00:12:15,017 Without being contained by meteor rocks and low levels of radiation, 124 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:17,540 the liquid has mobility. 125 00:12:19,140 --> 00:12:21,189 It appears to want out. 126 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:43,096 I know you're an ethical man, Dr. Jansen. 127 00:12:43,340 --> 00:12:45,440 But project Scion... 128 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:49,964 needs to remain confidential at any price. 129 00:12:50,540 --> 00:12:52,515 Am I making myself clear? 130 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:47,555 Well, I always knew you'd make an impression on Washington, Martha. 131 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:52,985 Oh, two bills in one session - That is truly remarkable. 132 00:13:53,092 --> 00:13:54,240 Congratulations. 133 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:59,029 Yeah, all right. Keep in touch. 134 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:01,640 Goodbye. 135 00:14:04,740 --> 00:14:07,645 Thanks to your mother, Clark, we have finally got a senator... 136 00:14:07,680 --> 00:14:10,071 who is gonna put Kansas on the map. 137 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:14,709 What is it, son? 138 00:14:16,540 --> 00:14:18,740 There's another woman about to make her mark. 139 00:14:23,140 --> 00:14:24,240 It's Lana. 140 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:29,736 There was an accident, and she has my abilities. 141 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:35,078 I need to switch her back, Lionel. 142 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:38,446 I know it's a long shot, but I thought if someone had technology... 143 00:14:38,470 --> 00:14:40,571 that could reverse the effects... 144 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:42,298 you can get it. 145 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:45,040 Clark... 146 00:14:46,740 --> 00:14:51,540 Do you realize the potential danger we're involved with here? 147 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:53,940 She is not - 148 00:14:54,140 --> 00:14:57,387 May not be the person you think she is. 149 00:14:58,340 --> 00:15:00,534 It will take her some time to get over what Lex did to her. 150 00:15:00,558 --> 00:15:02,505 No. No, that's not it. 151 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:07,030 Listen, Clark... 152 00:15:08,340 --> 00:15:10,805 Those weeks that I was missing... 153 00:15:10,892 --> 00:15:13,988 after the dam broke. 154 00:15:15,540 --> 00:15:18,363 When I was being held captive... 155 00:15:23,740 --> 00:15:25,844 Lana was behind all that. 156 00:15:26,940 --> 00:15:29,400 Lana's incapable of doing something like that. 157 00:15:29,535 --> 00:15:30,535 You sure? 158 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:35,655 Have you ever allowed yourself to take a really honest look at Lana? 159 00:15:37,540 --> 00:15:39,198 Have you? 160 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:44,191 If you're saying this because you think I'm wasting my time with Lana... 161 00:15:44,215 --> 00:15:47,391 instead of pursuing some master plan that Jor-El set out for me, 162 00:15:48,339 --> 00:15:50,424 that's my decision to make. 163 00:15:50,985 --> 00:15:52,618 Yeah. 164 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:57,672 Samson trusted Delilah with the secret of his strength, 165 00:15:57,940 --> 00:16:01,740 but his trust didn't prevent Delilah from betraying him. 166 00:16:09,940 --> 00:16:11,308 Lana? 167 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:18,040 Lana? 168 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:38,140 I wouldn't trust her, either. 169 00:16:40,140 --> 00:16:41,203 - Lex. - You can skip the... 170 00:16:41,227 --> 00:16:43,230 "you're not welcome here" prologue. 171 00:16:44,140 --> 00:16:46,440 Someone left my vault door on the rug. 172 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:50,640 Now, Lana was seen walking out of the mansion. 173 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:54,179 You want to tell me what the hell is going on? 174 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:56,200 I wish I knew. 175 00:16:56,640 --> 00:17:00,513 Knew why she'd steal from me or how she seems to possess superhuman strength? 176 00:17:00,548 --> 00:17:02,340 She's obviously been infected. 177 00:17:03,340 --> 00:17:05,100 As to why she was breaking into your mansion, 178 00:17:05,225 --> 00:17:07,765 I'm sure you could answer that question better than I could. 179 00:17:08,340 --> 00:17:10,740 You really don't know what Lana's after, do you? 180 00:17:11,340 --> 00:17:13,982 She's got a lot of reasons not to trust you. 181 00:17:14,740 --> 00:17:18,388 Funny. I was under the impression she'd moved on. 182 00:17:18,740 --> 00:17:21,140 Looks like it's harder to cut that cord than she thought. 183 00:17:22,140 --> 00:17:24,140 Revenge is like an addiction. 184 00:17:25,540 --> 00:17:27,640 I'm sure you would see it that way, 185 00:17:27,675 --> 00:17:29,557 but I think I know Lana better than you do. 186 00:17:29,592 --> 00:17:31,795 Is that why you were digging through her things? 187 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:35,347 Let me guess - 188 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:39,008 You're the last to know about her Isis foundation? 189 00:17:40,540 --> 00:17:42,573 Stings, doesn't it? 190 00:17:43,340 --> 00:17:44,340 You know what this is? 191 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:50,069 On the surface, it's a clinic to help the inflicted. 192 00:17:50,104 --> 00:17:52,183 But what she's really doing, I don't know. 193 00:17:52,740 --> 00:17:55,882 I wouldn't expect you to understand that some of us just want to help people. 194 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:59,340 If she's so aboveboard, why didn't she tell you about it? 195 00:18:00,740 --> 00:18:03,952 You can say what you want, Clark, but I could see it in your eyes. 196 00:18:04,387 --> 00:18:07,009 You don't trust her, either. 197 00:18:23,540 --> 00:18:24,647 What? 198 00:18:24,682 --> 00:18:26,940 I can't believe you've never had famous franks before. 199 00:18:26,975 --> 00:18:29,257 I can't believe anyone's had famous franks. 200 00:18:29,292 --> 00:18:31,940 That thing could survive a nuclear holocaust. 201 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:36,340 Um... maybe next time, Lane. 202 00:18:40,340 --> 00:18:43,442 It's just like this Frank you don't respond to my articles... 203 00:18:43,577 --> 00:18:45,267 because you are not down with the people. 204 00:18:45,313 --> 00:18:48,050 Careful with the attitude, Lane. I'm still your boss. 205 00:18:48,085 --> 00:18:51,939 Oh, I'm just quoting - From several reputable sources, actually. 206 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:57,240 Oh, was there a Joan Jett audition no one told me about? 207 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:02,093 Miss Lang, you'll ha to speak with my assistant about an appointment. 208 00:19:02,140 --> 00:19:04,940 Or I can go to the assistant to the editor at the Herald. 209 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:08,848 I came straight to the top. Do you want a story or not, Mr. Gabriel? 210 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:10,288 I'm listening. 211 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:17,758 Proof that the born-again Lex Luthor isn't as changed as he claims. 212 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:20,448 It a classified project - Something called Scion. 213 00:19:20,483 --> 00:19:22,917 And he just handed over his hard drive to you? 214 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:24,940 It doesn't matter where it came from. 215 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,440 The world needs to know what kind of person Lex really is. 216 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:33,889 I'm not gonna settle your personal vendetta in the pages of the Daily Planet. 217 00:19:34,036 --> 00:19:35,426 It's news, and you know it. 218 00:19:35,501 --> 00:19:37,640 We can't run a story from stolen sources. 219 00:19:38,140 --> 00:19:40,190 Verify the facts any way you want. 220 00:19:40,225 --> 00:19:42,282 You are printing that story. 221 00:19:42,417 --> 00:19:44,440 Somebody better switch to decaf. 222 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:55,440 Then I'll take care of Lex myself. 223 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:15,640 Hey. 224 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:20,940 Hey, word of advice there, Smallville. Don't forget flowers on Valentine's day. 225 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:22,916 Lana did this to you? 226 00:20:22,940 --> 00:20:25,340 Yeah, no offense, but your girlfriend has issues, 227 00:20:25,375 --> 00:20:27,757 not to mention an Amazonian left hook. 228 00:20:27,792 --> 00:20:30,140 She must be juiced with meteor rock. 229 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:34,640 Can you remind me again why I decided to move to the mutant capital of the world? 230 00:20:34,775 --> 00:20:37,940 Can we just put a moratorium on that word, please? 231 00:20:38,140 --> 00:20:39,937 Sorry, Miss P. C. Barometer. 232 00:20:40,215 --> 00:20:42,302 I'm just hoping that Lana's only temporarily 233 00:20:42,314 --> 00:20:44,032 a member of the socially challenged. 234 00:20:44,067 --> 00:20:46,140 She did this all over a story? 235 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:47,943 On Lex. 236 00:20:47,978 --> 00:20:50,580 I mean, I've heard of vengeful, but the look in Lana's eyes... 237 00:20:50,681 --> 00:20:52,339 made Medea look like mother Hubbard. 238 00:20:52,374 --> 00:20:54,440 Lex said that Lana broke into his safe. 239 00:20:54,940 --> 00:20:56,940 But he didn't exactly let me in on what she found. 240 00:20:57,140 --> 00:20:58,729 It was some project named Scion, 241 00:20:58,775 --> 00:21:01,655 and as soon as I'm bondo-ed back together, I'm gonna find out what it is. 242 00:21:01,817 --> 00:21:03,760 Do you know which way she was headed? 243 00:21:04,140 --> 00:21:06,983 Sorry. My face was polishing the hardwood floors. 244 00:21:07,340 --> 00:21:09,640 Miss Lane, the doctor will see you now. 245 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:11,240 See you. 246 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:15,690 Lana would never hurt Lois intentionally. 247 00:21:15,769 --> 00:21:18,340 The longer she has these powers, she's growing more aggressive. 248 00:21:19,340 --> 00:21:20,440 We have to find her. 249 00:21:59,185 --> 00:22:00,892 - Oh! - Oh! 250 00:22:00,927 --> 00:22:03,104 Let me guess. Vera Wang? 251 00:22:03,339 --> 00:22:05,231 Maybe Dolce? 252 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:08,240 This is me laughing hysterically. 253 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:11,140 Is the jello really that bad? 254 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:14,240 Gut-wrenching laughter. 255 00:22:16,340 --> 00:22:19,240 Daisies make me sneeze, but thanks. 256 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:21,470 Lois, what are you doing? 257 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:23,794 Escaping. 258 00:22:24,740 --> 00:22:27,840 And if you even try to narc on me, I may have to take you hostage. 259 00:22:28,340 --> 00:22:30,721 Wow. If you're working the fantasy angle - 260 00:22:30,756 --> 00:22:32,458 Shut up. 261 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:37,970 You know what? You may not want to print Lana's exposé on Lex's Scion project, 262 00:22:38,205 --> 00:22:40,775 but she wouldn't have come to us if there wasn't truth to it. 263 00:22:40,810 --> 00:22:42,891 And when I land this story, you'll thank me. 264 00:22:42,926 --> 00:22:45,633 No, I told you, don't clash horns with the Luthors. 265 00:22:45,968 --> 00:22:48,040 Then I guess the claws will have to do. 266 00:22:48,140 --> 00:22:49,740 No, I'm serious. 267 00:22:55,340 --> 00:22:57,440 I don't want to lose my ace reporter. 268 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:02,740 Oh, I know what's going on here. 269 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:04,462 You do? 270 00:23:05,940 --> 00:23:10,938 Look, I don't deny the little sexual tension that's built up between us but, 271 00:23:11,173 --> 00:23:13,944 honestly, what office romance ever works out? So... 272 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:19,740 keep your wick in your... candle- Or however the saying goes. 273 00:23:21,740 --> 00:23:23,740 The fantasy stops here. 274 00:23:38,140 --> 00:23:40,140 Chloe, Lana didn't pick up. 275 00:23:41,340 --> 00:23:44,190 - Any headway on the location of Scion? - Nada. 276 00:23:44,325 --> 00:23:47,482 I mean, it's possible that Lex has finally learned to cover his tracks. 277 00:23:47,517 --> 00:23:50,795 Or what if, for once, Lex doesn't have anything to hide? 278 00:23:51,540 --> 00:23:56,140 "Yeah, maybe when I hit 5'10" and Prince Harry sweeps me off my feet. 279 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:58,240 Clark, Lex hasn't changed. 280 00:24:00,740 --> 00:24:03,931 What if having these powers is amplifying Lana's true feelings? 281 00:24:03,966 --> 00:24:05,804 Maybe this is all in her head. 282 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:10,272 Clark, are you pushing this theory because you really want to believe... 283 00:24:10,327 --> 00:24:15,364 in Lex's metamorphosis or because you're already trying to exonerate Lana? 284 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:21,442 Chloe, do you know what it feels like to wonder if someone close to you... 285 00:24:22,043 --> 00:24:23,687 isn't who you think? 286 00:24:25,740 --> 00:24:28,040 Did you really just asked me that question? 287 00:24:28,341 --> 00:24:30,056 Well... 288 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:32,940 Look, I haven't been willing to admit it, 289 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:36,940 but ever since Lana came back, she's been different. 290 00:24:37,540 --> 00:24:39,740 There's something darker about her. 291 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:44,140 Lex said that she's hiding things from me. 292 00:24:45,740 --> 00:24:47,840 Have you heard of this Isis foundation? 293 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:52,582 Clark, I think there's something you need to see. 294 00:24:56,440 --> 00:24:58,872 I want to know if the alloy is responding to its environment... 295 00:24:58,896 --> 00:25:01,908 or if it's being controlled by something somewhere. 296 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:03,940 That's a tall order, sir. 297 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:06,290 Well, with all the resources at your disposal... 298 00:25:06,325 --> 00:25:08,540 I have confidence you'll rise to the occasion. 299 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:30,340 Oh my God, Lana, what are you doing? 300 00:25:42,740 --> 00:25:44,340 How long is being Lana doing this? 301 00:25:45,340 --> 00:25:47,880 She started the foundation a few months ago. 302 00:25:47,915 --> 00:25:49,642 - Months? - She was trying to help people... 303 00:25:49,666 --> 00:25:52,540 who were victimized by LuthorCorp and their experiments. 304 00:25:52,940 --> 00:25:54,440 Why didn't she tell me about this? 305 00:25:54,740 --> 00:25:56,740 She thought you'd say it was too dangerous. 306 00:25:56,940 --> 00:25:58,140 She was right. 307 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:00,940 Look, Clark, maybe she doesn't want you to make a big al out of it. 308 00:26:00,975 --> 00:26:03,640 Maybe she wants to help people on her own terms. 309 00:26:18,140 --> 00:26:22,114 Or she's secretly spying on Lex and she doesn't want us to know... 310 00:26:22,149 --> 00:26:24,540 how totally depraved she is. 311 00:26:24,740 --> 00:26:27,740 Chloe, tell me you didn't know anything about this. 312 00:26:28,940 --> 00:26:31,418 Trust me, Clark, I had no idea that there was... 313 00:26:31,491 --> 00:26:35,040 a La Femme Nikita lurking behind our little Florence Nightingale. 314 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:41,240 I don't see anything about Scion in here. 315 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:45,240 - What is it? - It's labeled "Lex's mobile." 316 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:46,940 Do you think she's bugging him? 317 00:26:48,140 --> 00:26:49,640 Can you rewind the track? 318 00:26:54,740 --> 00:26:56,740 My god, Lana, what are you doing? 319 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:01,077 Where's Scion? 320 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:03,640 Plant No. 4. 321 00:27:04,740 --> 00:27:06,540 Plant No. 4. 322 00:27:17,940 --> 00:27:20,940 If I lose any more patience, Lex you won't be around to see it. 323 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:24,440 I told you I don't have anything to hide. 324 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:26,540 This is project Scion. 325 00:27:27,340 --> 00:27:30,520 You can see for yourself. The password is 51805. 326 00:27:30,555 --> 00:27:32,640 That's the date of the last meteor shower. 327 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:42,240 You're tracking aliens? 328 00:27:43,340 --> 00:27:45,540 You said you stopped looking into this. 329 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,182 If you don't stop, more people will die. 330 00:27:48,206 --> 00:27:51,982 Lana, there's a reason for everything that has happened to me. 331 00:27:52,117 --> 00:27:55,528 Don't you see? My miraculous rescue from the river, the spacecrafts, 332 00:27:55,863 --> 00:27:58,527 those creatures who landed with the meteors - It's not a coincidence. 333 00:27:58,551 --> 00:28:02,941 You're right, because your hunger for power landed you in the middle of it all. 334 00:28:02,976 --> 00:28:04,710 There's a reason you came to me a not Clark. 335 00:28:04,745 --> 00:28:06,685 - You trusted me. - That's all over. 336 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:07,740 Is it? 337 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:11,847 Then why have you been trailing me, spying on me, stalking every move that I make? 338 00:28:11,882 --> 00:28:14,334 Because the world should know what a liar you are. 339 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:17,740 I will dig up every track you have buried until it kills me. 340 00:28:18,340 --> 00:28:19,551 I won't let you hurt anyone else. 341 00:28:19,575 --> 00:28:21,694 And I haven't, have I? 342 00:28:22,340 --> 00:28:24,640 Lana, I'm trying to save people. 343 00:28:25,940 --> 00:28:27,640 We started this together. 344 00:28:29,540 --> 00:28:31,139 Those creatures - 345 00:28:32,188 --> 00:28:34,213 They were only the first. 346 00:28:34,540 --> 00:28:35,840 There will be more. 347 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:38,440 Project Scion might be our only hope. 348 00:28:38,540 --> 00:28:42,140 So, you've appointed yourself prophet of the alien invasion. 349 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:46,998 It wasn't until Saint Paul was struck blind by lightning on the road to Damascus... 350 00:28:47,099 --> 00:28:48,894 that he saw his higher calling. 351 00:28:49,940 --> 00:28:52,240 I want the world to know you as well as I do. 352 00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:58,840 Saving the world isn't in your nature, Lex. 353 00:28:58,875 --> 00:29:00,840 What are you really up to? 354 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:05,308 Lana, wait. 355 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:08,340 Killing me would almost be a release. 356 00:29:08,441 --> 00:29:10,840 The only person who would really suffer is you. 357 00:29:11,140 --> 00:29:13,990 From guilt? I think I'll get over it. 358 00:29:14,025 --> 00:29:16,840 From knowing that Clark would never look at you the same way again. 359 00:29:18,340 --> 00:29:20,140 He's not like us, Lana. 360 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:23,640 You might not want to admit it, but we understand each other. 361 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:27,040 We understand doing whatever it takes to survive. 362 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:46,440 You can't kill me, Lana. 363 00:29:47,340 --> 00:29:49,140 You'd lose Clark forever. 364 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:56,879 Lana! 365 00:29:57,540 --> 00:29:59,840 - You have to stop. - I can't. 366 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:01,940 I have to take care of your unfinished business. 367 00:30:01,975 --> 00:30:04,507 - I'll take care of Lex. - No, you won't! 368 00:30:04,542 --> 00:30:06,740 You're too afraid to get blood on your hands. 369 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:09,640 Taking people's lives is not our choice to make. 370 00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:12,444 And how many people would still be alive if you had had the guts... 371 00:30:12,468 --> 00:30:14,540 to get rid of Lex a long time ago? 372 00:30:16,340 --> 00:30:18,240 Lana, I'm taking Lex out of here. 373 00:30:44,140 --> 00:30:49,344 You can do anything, and all you've done is hide out on some farm. 374 00:30:49,379 --> 00:30:51,874 I protected the people I care about. 375 00:30:53,140 --> 00:30:55,040 At least, I've tried to. 376 00:31:57,140 --> 00:32:00,196 Don't worry, sir. It's been taken care of. 377 00:32:01,940 --> 00:32:03,240 I give you my word. 378 00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:12,840 You're busy? 379 00:32:12,940 --> 00:32:14,898 Actually, yes. 380 00:32:14,933 --> 00:32:16,482 - I was just... - Oh, please. 381 00:32:16,717 --> 00:32:18,626 Online poker doesn't count. 382 00:32:18,661 --> 00:32:20,240 Oh, busted. 383 00:32:20,740 --> 00:32:22,040 What can I do for you? 384 00:32:22,540 --> 00:32:25,522 I hit the pavement about Lana's story on Lex, 385 00:32:25,557 --> 00:32:27,411 but all I found was a new pizza place. 386 00:32:27,456 --> 00:32:30,103 And without the hard drive, there wasn't much of a piece. 387 00:32:30,138 --> 00:32:32,440 So, I was right. 388 00:32:33,940 --> 00:32:35,340 Say I was right. 389 00:32:36,940 --> 00:32:40,440 You were dipping your toes in the correct vicinity. 390 00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:44,899 Well if that's all, Miss Lane, I should get back to my royal flush. 391 00:32:46,940 --> 00:32:48,440 Actually, it's not. 392 00:32:51,140 --> 00:32:54,540 I think we should talk about what happened in the elevator. 393 00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:13,741 I'm glad that I got that off my chest. 394 00:33:17,759 --> 00:33:19,255 Wow. 395 00:33:19,940 --> 00:33:21,714 If news of that spread through the mail room, 396 00:33:21,775 --> 00:33:24,140 I could have my nameplate on your door by tomorrow. 397 00:33:24,940 --> 00:33:26,940 That's sexual harassment. 398 00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:35,881 But that wasn't. 399 00:33:59,740 --> 00:34:01,340 Well, that's a new twist. 400 00:34:01,540 --> 00:34:03,490 Lana's sending you to do her apologies for her? 401 00:34:03,825 --> 00:34:05,583 Especially after today. 402 00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:08,425 Whatever infected Lana's gone now. She's back to normal. 403 00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:11,251 I came here to find out if you're pressing charges against her. 404 00:34:11,275 --> 00:34:13,440 For breaking in or almost killing me? 405 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:18,656 Lex, I know, in your world, nothing comes without payback... 406 00:34:18,891 --> 00:34:20,837 so, what are you gonna do to her? 407 00:34:23,540 --> 00:34:24,540 Nothing. 408 00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:31,040 You'd never let her just walk away. 409 00:34:33,740 --> 00:34:35,940 You know, the ironic part of all this... 410 00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:38,840 is I'm the one who ended up with something I wanted. 411 00:34:39,940 --> 00:34:41,940 Lana still has feelings for me. 412 00:34:42,240 --> 00:34:45,238 Don't flatter yourself, Lex. Those powers made her obsessed. 413 00:34:45,517 --> 00:34:46,862 Exactly, 414 00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:49,640 and passion like that doesn't come out of the blue. 415 00:34:50,940 --> 00:34:52,940 What do you think is stronger, Clark - 416 00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:55,140 her hatred for me or her affection for you? 417 00:34:55,729 --> 00:34:59,980 She was angry. But, eventually, she'll move on. 418 00:35:00,015 --> 00:35:01,786 Don't hold your breath. 419 00:35:02,240 --> 00:35:06,640 The funny thing about obsession is it outlives everything... 420 00:35:08,140 --> 00:35:09,673 even love. 421 00:35:11,540 --> 00:35:15,039 Lana never would have done anything like this before she'd been with you. 422 00:35:16,540 --> 00:35:19,640 Well, I wish I could take all the credit, but... 423 00:35:19,675 --> 00:35:22,740 I wasn't the first person to teach her about betrayal, 424 00:35:23,340 --> 00:35:24,540 now, was I? 425 00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:30,040 It's hard to face what you've created, isn't it? 426 00:35:51,940 --> 00:35:54,040 I didn't realize big sister was watching. 427 00:35:56,840 --> 00:35:58,340 I guess Lex cut me off. 428 00:36:00,240 --> 00:36:01,969 It wasn't Lex. 429 00:36:03,340 --> 00:36:08,166 After everything he's done, I have a right to protect myself. 430 00:36:10,240 --> 00:36:14,340 It would have been nice to know about the impressive operation you're running. 431 00:36:14,740 --> 00:36:16,730 I'm sorry that I lied. 432 00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:21,140 I didn't think that you would understand if you saw the whole picture. 433 00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:25,540 Well, it's in crystal-clear HD. Now. 434 00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:32,340 Isis seemed to make a lot of sense when I thought you were just out to help people. 435 00:36:32,740 --> 00:36:37,472 In textbook talk, Isis is the goddess of love and life and healing. 436 00:36:38,140 --> 00:36:42,982 She even marched to the ends of the earth to help jump-start the man she loved. 437 00:36:44,140 --> 00:36:47,240 I want Clark to have that kind of loyalty in his life. 438 00:36:48,540 --> 00:36:50,740 But I'm just not sure it's from you. 439 00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:56,140 I would do anything for Clark. 440 00:36:58,840 --> 00:36:59,940 Even kill. 441 00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:02,340 What a lucky guy. 442 00:37:06,340 --> 00:37:10,896 What the textbook left out is that Isis is also the goddess of the underworld. 443 00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:15,940 She's responsible for bringing the great god Ra to his knees. 444 00:37:17,140 --> 00:37:19,540 You believe that I would do that to Clark. 445 00:37:20,740 --> 00:37:22,140 Not intentionally. 446 00:37:24,340 --> 00:37:27,040 But I realize now that you're capable of it. 447 00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:33,740 You should just know that I'm not gonna let that happen. 448 00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:49,934 There's no way to trace where the alloy disappeared to? 449 00:37:49,969 --> 00:37:53,039 Mr. Luthor, I don't need to remind you that the properties of that substance... 450 00:37:53,063 --> 00:37:55,075 weren't exactly conventional. 451 00:37:55,110 --> 00:37:57,260 We just barely started to study it. 452 00:37:57,940 --> 00:38:00,169 Well, unless you're ready for a front-row 453 00:38:00,181 --> 00:38:02,640 seat to the apocalypse, I suggest we find it. 454 00:38:13,140 --> 00:38:14,733 Sir. 455 00:38:46,340 --> 00:38:47,740 I went to see Lex, 456 00:38:48,540 --> 00:38:50,240 he's not gonna press any charges. 457 00:38:56,140 --> 00:38:59,793 If it hadn't been for you, we wouldn't know Lex was still tracking Kryptonians. 458 00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:03,240 At least one good thing came out of the mess I made. 459 00:39:10,540 --> 00:39:13,940 I wish you wouldn't look at me like you hadn't seen me before. 460 00:39:17,140 --> 00:39:19,740 I guess I'm just trying to find a part of you I recognize. 461 00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:23,740 Clark, it was the powers. 462 00:39:24,240 --> 00:39:27,240 You have to know that I would never hurt you. 463 00:39:27,940 --> 00:39:31,031 Even before you had the powers, Lana, you kidnapped Lionel. 464 00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:32,840 Yes. 465 00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:36,740 But he threatened to kill you. 466 00:39:37,940 --> 00:39:40,340 I was trying to save your life. 467 00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:42,440 And that justifies everything? 468 00:39:43,240 --> 00:39:48,240 I'm not going to apologize for going to extremes to protect the person that I love. 469 00:39:53,740 --> 00:39:55,240 You sound like Lex. 470 00:39:57,440 --> 00:39:59,240 I sound like you. 471 00:40:03,240 --> 00:40:08,040 You can't tell me that you haven't crossed the moral line in order to save somebody. 472 00:40:11,540 --> 00:40:14,190 These last few weeks have been so great with you, I just- 473 00:40:14,625 --> 00:40:16,640 I didn't want to look below the surface. 474 00:40:17,240 --> 00:40:21,221 Clark, I'm sorry. I wanted to be honest with you about the Isis foundation but... 475 00:40:21,392 --> 00:40:23,640 That's never been a part of our relationship. 476 00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:26,940 But I guess it's my fault. 477 00:40:28,340 --> 00:40:33,736 I didn't trust you years ago, and now, for some reason, you can't trust me. 478 00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:37,240 We will find our way back from this. 479 00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:38,840 Will we? 480 00:40:41,740 --> 00:40:42,980 Lana, I can live with you changing. 481 00:40:43,004 --> 00:40:45,940 I just need to accept the fact that I'm responsible for it. 482 00:40:48,740 --> 00:40:50,612 Don't do that. 483 00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:52,740 Do what? 484 00:40:53,240 --> 00:40:58,640 Take all the blame so that you don't taint the image of me that you created. 485 00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:03,581 I have to live with the decisions that I've made. 486 00:41:06,340 --> 00:41:09,240 I just need to know that you love me... 487 00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:15,440 no matter what.