A powerful Smallville Scene for Glover (MIB) 

Very true.

RomanceGirl6666 No doubt about it. Very powerful moment.

Agreed

I'd also give Johnathon and Martha Kent some credit. Their scenes either alone or with Clark are just as good imo. Not to mention the scenes at the High School that kept teens watching every week. All of this is what kept the show afloat.

Well considering John Glover was a guest star in S1, his acting and performances earned him a regular full-time spot on the show (even the show runners admitted Glover was a happy accident and something they didn't intend to factor in, the show was to be solely about Clark but they made it about Clark and lex being raised differently) , honestly the show writers struck gold with the angle of making Jon Kent and Lionel polar opposites in parenting via season 1, Lionel treated lex like shit and only feigned love when around other people (strangers)

Yeah it is

JayD965 It also created the "Monster" in lex, for destroying that bond he & father couldve had - lies cut hard

Lex as a child bore a massive burden but let's face it lex being hated is solely on Lionel, Lionel was so ignorant to his own faults that even his wife seen how bad Lionel treated people and so regardless of she mercy killed Julian or not, Lionel would've played favourites just like he did with Lexs other brother (an affair with a maid), raised lex in a rich life style, where as the illegitimate son was put on the streets to see how he would fair without money, and if Lionel didn't do that angle of rich vs poor, Lionel would've made the boys hate each other through fighting for Lionel attention AND Love, Lionel didn't love anybody he just wanted heirs to his empire and Lylian seen this hence her mercy killing of Julian

I appreciate the positive aspects of what he did but he also covered for a murderer. I mean his mom seem to have postpartum but she still killed his baby brother

@@bosspoke this was the only moment where Lex could have reconcile with Lionel but Jesus Lex just had to throw the opportunity a way to do so if I where a illegitimate son of Lionel and grew up out side the Luthor mansion and life style I rather be naïve and happy not knowing that i am a member of the Luthor famliy that is so screwed up and narcissistic in nature and have to be worried about being killed off by Lex or sent to be experimented on.

that was the most impressive scene.

***** I remember the episode. Lex's evil side made Lionel go back to his old ways for a while though.

Xehanort10 Clark and Jor-El put him on the right path

@Name Unavailable who else but lional hes lional hes lional you never really know what hes going to do next

Lionel changed after the transference between him and Clark. Clark's soul healed his liver and changed his ways

And Lex killed him for it

One of my favorite emotional powerful scenes here

It's just so incredible that he instinctively can tell that Lex is telling the truth, and that I as a viewer completely buy his belief of Lex, even without Lex providing any proof. Somewhere, the acting and the writing convinced me that Lionel Luthor is really that perceptive, and that's an amazing thing for a show to do.

If they did it consistently it would become less impactful in moments like this.

Same

dude half of the writers left after season 4

The first season are full of scenes so powerfull like this.

@@jsuperboy Yes and showrunners wanted to make a less darker and less serious season 4 (which was cool but totally useless appart from the premiere and the finale) than season 3 because many fans complained about it

​@@Amikeur well if those aren't "facts" pulled out of your ass I don't know what are.

+NeonTime Yeah, lex may have had a bad side and a bad past. Much of it was because of lionel. But because of it he worked harder then anyone to make things right and helping people. Then Clark being a complete idiot flipped on him for minor things, considering that Clarks own choices led to his fathers Death and the Death of marthas unborn baby. Clark was fucking worse then lex. And his "your faulth attitude" tipped lex over. Instead of helping him, he pushed buttons.

+tysswe1 Lex became evil because of his hunger for power and being willing to kill anyone who stood in the way of him getting it not because of Clark. I agree about Clark being the cause of Jonathan's death though. If Clark hadn't been so obsessed with Lana that he went back in time to save her from dying in the car crash she got into while trying to get away from Lex Jonathan would never have died of a heart attack after his argument with Lionel. Clark's obsession with Lana killed Jonathan but Clark isn't worse than Lex. Not by a long shot. Clark may have made mistakes and not been perfect but Lex was pure evil. You're just one of those Lex fanboys who blames Clark for everything wrong with Lex's life. Lex is my favourite Smallville character but he's to blame for most of the problems in his own life and his brother Julian's death, Lionel's abuse, being bullied by Oliver and his friends at Excelsior Academy and all that other stuff didn't justify the evil things that Lex did. He chose to become evil. He wasn't made evil and no one forced him to be evil. Both him and Clark are equally to blame for their friendship falling apart but if Lex hadn't been so obsessed with finding out Clark's secret that he wouldn't leave it alone they might have remained friends.

+Xehanort10 good point dude

In the Nu52 he's kind of had a redemption arc. He legitimately wants to be a hero and help the world now, even if he's still kind of manipulative and cruel.

+Graham Post too bad New52 is over

They were honestly the reason I became hooked on the show due to their awesome portrayal of the evil lineage known as the Luthors. Welling's awesome and Lana was easily the sweetest eye-candy in the store, but these two held it down for the entertainment value of the show. That's probably why Season 8+ kind of lost some charm once Lex left. Tess was a phenomenal successor but imagine had she and Lex worked alongside one another in an on-screen duo of destruction.

Yeah I focus on the earlier seasons; I preferred it then. Later I still watched but once Mike left the show; it failed to hold my attention.

Chloe, Lois, Alicia and the like were far hotter than Lana who looked more like a plastic doll than a real woman.

@@Xehanort10 yeah a never understand this but its the plot of the show but yeah a never finded lana attractive at all always finded lois and alicia far more hottdr than here actually a never understanded clark if a girl like lana existed a will never date here its not the look of lana but her personality she is annoying

This is my favourite scene in the entire run of the show.

Be created organizer or look for a new episodes of season

Lex was smart in taking the blame of his mother murder of Julian because Lex knows one day he can take down Lionel tyrannical control off him in swift blow

@@CaptainViral84 yeah but I don’t think that was his intention.

​@@erikphelan7508It wasn't. Not to mention, it may not have been the right call. His mom still killed his brother.

@@erikphelan7508Yeah, and in the end he became exactly what Lionel wanted anyway. The one who ultimately won in the end was Lionel. You can even see the smugness in his expression after Lex pushes him out the window

***** I remember I scene from the movie Men in Black III where a being described his talent for seeing into the future as a "Gigantic pain in the ass... but it has its moments." A perfect description of Smallville, full of angsty soap opera drama, yet with rare gems like this as an exception.

+John Curcio It WAS a teen soap opera. Looking back now, every single love triangle with Lana or any of the other girlfriends of Clark is practically unbearable. However, the Lex/Lionel elements of the show were pretty damn good. In fact, it's best to watch the show by just skipping all the crap on fast forward to get to great moments like this which were sadly few and far in between.

+Josh Sullivan No, it wasn't full of a lot of crap. You're just repeating what idiots of the internet tend to write. In the first 6 seasons there's no crap at all. Even the witchy stuff is fun.

+THX-DC There's no such thing as a "teen soap opera", a teen drama is one thing and a soap opera is a completely different genre of television. There's no crap to fast forward, you're just a sheep following the stupid crowd. The first 6 seasons of Smallville are incredibile, they destroy everything on TV these days.

No the witchy stuff wasn't fun. In fact Season 4 is one of the 2 worst seasons in the show along with Season 6. Lana having an ancestor who was a witch was one of the stupidest plotlines in the show and was nothing but a pathetic attempt by the original producers of the show Alfred Gough and Miles Millar to try to make Lana interesting even though she's boring as hell and a way to continue shoving her down the audience's throats because Gough and Millar were obsessed with Lana because they fancied her actress Kristin Kreuk. That's literally the only reason she was kept around until Season 8 even though she should have left for good at the end of Season 3. The best Smallville seasons IMO are 3, 5, 7 and 9. Saying people are only repeating what idiots on the internet tend to write and that they're sheep following the stupid crowd just because they have different opinions to you is pathetic. And of course Seasons 1-6 had flaws and crap in them Seasons 4 and 6 especially and saying otherwise because you like them makes you a fanboy. The only good things Season 4 did were introducing Lois and redeeming Lionel.

same here, this episode has the most feels to me as well, just how everything went down almost made me cry haha

Yes hes the best Lex!!

Also Clark and his parents

Up there with clarke and Lana's last kiss. For sure

@@renlentlesstourist7574 Jesus whaaaat? What do you even compare?

What series

same i never realize the actors and characters were great.. i love lionel

Keep watching till the end you're going to love it

The show went on 2 seasons too long but Lex and Lionel remained the best thing about the show. Their scenes are delightfully fucked up lol, you're in for a treat. I'm surprised people are still getting into Smallville at this point in time, did you really run out of TV series to watch? How did you land on this one?

Edriss Scofield well I started to watch smallville mostly because superman is alot cooler to me now than back when I was younger lol. Im a huge DC fan. Love the movies man of steel and batman v superman. Shortly after watching bvs and buying some superman comics, the show was my next option and I love it.

I'm just now getting into Smallville too and just finished this episode. I'm in tears!

Ikr

I think if lex had a good father he wouldn't of been how he is he would of be a man good man

To be fair to Lionel, the episode showed he tried to be a good father before Julian's death. So really, Lex is partially to blame because Lionel truly believed he murdered his brother.

But to be fair he still tried, despite believing he killed his brother he still raised him. I broke my brothers fingers & my dad put me through a damned window lol

This is my favourite episode of Smallville, hands down. And when My Immortal starts it's even better!

A few episodes later, lionel died pretty much where he stood right there

same

Because the idiots in hollywood think superhero stuff are just for kids.

@@DarknessIsThePath can we blame them when Marvel is taking out all of the complexity from the stories to just make mindless entertaiment, like their movies are entertaining but just that

Replying extremely late here but recently Rossenbaum explained that WB did try to nominate them for an Emmy but they wouldn't bother to even acknowledge the nomination cause it was the WB channel

Yeah! Exactly! That's the point! The change of this scenes, the drama in the Lex's life and the love on Clark's life with his parents is so intense to ser and watching. I feel sorry for Lex in this time because actually he doesnt deserve this.

Yeah its a perfect 1-2 punch

I am 3 years late but you are absolutely correct

Lionel definitely deserves a lot of blame, but some of it is on Lex too. We make our own choices and Lex chose to protect his mother. A well meaning move, but not necessarily right.

Very powerful indeed. The actors did full justice to the portray the this kind of emotion. Very intense.

Didn’t Lionel try to kill himself prior to this? I can’t remember the reason.

The end of S7 when Clark finds Lex in the fortress is pretty powerful too!!

With Lois , Jonathan Kent and Oliver Queen also Tess was badass

Ikr!! I dont care what the comics say. Ppl can interpret this show in different ways. I dont think Lex started out evil and if he was saved in TIME. it would've been before he became irredeemable

@@lessismore8533 You sound like ME jolly old chap, intellect don't work here, its neither appreciated nore understood by the majority of ppl here...I KNOW, they usually tell you you spelt a word wrong you get MOBBED by the gramma police to STUPID to understand words DON'T have to be spelt correctly hahah, RU-vid is mostly below middle class and extremely UNEDUCATED bt I'm sure you already have experienced this 😆 We esoterically dignified must maintain respect for the lower class as they ARE still human, run around RU-vid desperately trying to impress their idiotic peers or seek approval due to a lack of emotional connection with mummy and daddy 😆 I'm NO genius yet even I noticed how in this series, Lex is a contrast to the usual beginning. In retrospect a refreshing change I thought

She killed his brother and let him take the blame. It may have been well intentioned, but it was wrong.

Micheal Taylor omg i remember the tv spots for it, the magazine ads, nostalgia as fuck! WB before CW.

judging from your grammar, that was probably a few months ago

Agreed to an extent. However Lionel was already a tyrant before the tragedy, which is why Lex's mother killed Julian in the first place. He probably would have been an abusive father anyway, though maybe not as bad.

​@@CGCareerCentralPerhaps, but he did actually try to be a good father to Lex before it. And killing Julian robbed him and Lex that chance.