Lex Luthor Witnesses Clark Kent's Powers -- (Smallville - S3; E8) 

you caught it. you caught it. yes. yes. yes. that's it. XD

On his podcast, Rosenbaum said that it was his proudest moment on the series.

"You're not even human!" probably ruined any chance of Clark confiding in Lex

Those "special" FX though.

Yes. One hundred times yes

Anakin's descent should have been done this well!

@@victorpradha9946 Yes!!!! But the Clone Wars animated series fleshed out Anakin much more!!!

Honestly I hated Superman till I watched Smallville

I think exactly the same. Have a good day :)

@@jaychild78 Yes...it did and I appreciated the effort.

his eyes... 🥺

When Chloe first found out, that was pretty powerful too. The scene where he caught the car in mid-air. It's just too bad about the sicko actress. Because she did really well with the character, but now I almost cringe when I see her onscreen. Bleh.

That was iconic

Came here to say this!

I love his acting always. That was also a great moment when you could sense what he was thinking.

Getting Joel vibes from The Last of Us

Yes bro that music was perfect ,and all of this arc when lex knows the truth was perfect and when lionel erased lex memory uffffff brutal

Nine Inch Nails

@@Joseph-sg3jz why? The song is not even in the game.

@@leonardopereira4458 well people have made tons and I mean tons of fan edits with that song

Tom Welling is a terrible actor. Not as bad as Justin Hartley but not the greatest. Michael Rosenbaum and John Glover were amazing though

@@rrhev what do you do

@@Wally-pu2hh Machine Learning Engineer in Artificial Intelligence

@@rrhev Tom Welling is a good actor but he was overshadowed by Micheal and John Glover most of the time during the show.

@Katia S that literally makes no sense. I can't spend time outside of my career commenting on a show I used to watch growing up?

Don't forget about the constant judgements of the Kents (specifically Jonathan and Clark), despite how many times Lex DID help them out. (Buying the Kent Farm and giving them the deed so they didn't lose their home in Season 3 Episode 2 should have won their trust and love and shown that Lex only ever wanted to be loved by them). Never mind the fact that Clark gaslighted Lex constantly and tried to make him seem crazy, when EVERYONE continued to be like "Clark Kent is special, he has a secret" and Clark refusing to budge even when Lex did his best to be a friend. The gaslighting (Clark), the blaming Lex because of being Lionel's son (Jonathan), and just the abuse you mentioned (Lionel) would be enough to make the sanest man alive snap and just be *done* with everything and everyone.

They actually did show Lex's origin in the old Silver Age Superman comics. Him and Superboy were friends until Superboy blew out a fire in Lex's lab which accidently exposed Lex to a cloud of chemicals that made his hair fall out. He vowed revenge on Superman thereafter

It's like Lex is only - technically a villain - but not exactly - Wrong on what he does - though

Not really. He actually decided it was ok, before his mind was wiped.

This is why Clark didn’t tell him. Eventually Lex would have either exposed or used Clark’s powers

He done goofed😂

Alicia Borth but he could have and should have just grabbed lex and ran away instead he allowed him to be taken to an insane asylum that Clark failed to save him from

@@diamondjohnson3219 lex is still evil

Reportedly this was also partially a tribute to Johnny Cash, since he had just died when this episode aired.

@Matthew Harrup Can a company like that just mess with Copyrights and Works that way..... disgusting. Gotta love how people get offended by music with no lyrics

Nearly every early 2000s show did

To be fair, the music in the scenes are just as important as the people portraying characters.​@@xm_heecka.laddder.job_mx5962

This was right around the time Johnny Cash passed away, so the choice of music is definitely appropriate not only for the story, but as a tribute.

Agree..

Aren't Lex and Superman enemies in any Superman universe?

@@yurionedge2199 i think so but they could have changed it for the show because the show is a different version from other superman stories

@@alyssamadrid9626 They could have. Lex gets all his memories erased at the end of SV anyways.

@Nolo Kobo thats a game

My favorite show

it was a good show and it started a trend, even tough towards the end I started to get impatient with all the petty excuses found by writers so Clark would not fly (I adored in season when he was "possessed" and flew :-) even if it was short ... so powerful) ... but there were also nice story arcs as well. But personally I much prefer X-Files and by a long long shot (even tough it had its own flow) but it was more my generation too, so I m surely a bit biased.

I loved every episode. They rushed the end though.

superman/clark have a force field and he can pass it to others, so no.

@@dagan8659 he doesnt have a forcefield lmao You could merely assume he slowed down before hitting him or ignore the laws of physics since his speed and other powers are also not a natural thing. But dont make stuff up just for the sake of it

@@miguelolsen70 actually he's right superman generates a kenitc shield that protects others wen traveling at super speeds this same energy always him to fly

@@micka3255 interesting, never read that anywhere, in what comic is that mentioned?

@@miguelolsen70 in his general powers overall

Much better than Flash and SuperGirl

@@alexandere6350 it is but I do enjoy Flash. Although I'm not a Supergirl fan "I tried" we did get the Superman from Superman and Lois and I'm liking that show soo far. Have you seen it?

@@captaincooool Yeah. Superman and Lois are so much similar to Smallville and Man of Steel.

Smallville was my introduction to Superman and his entire story. Lex, Lana, Lois, everything in general. I am glad it was though cos I would have not enjoyed it that much. I had no idea Lex would turn evil or that Clark would not end up with Lana but instead, Lois.

Superman's nemesis could just as easily be Brainiac or Darkseid.

@@Matthew-Anthony they’re his most powerful enemies but Lex is his most recurring and they’ve built quite a history.

The thing about Lex is because he was shown no true trust or unconditional love, he can not extend the same to anyone: he is alone. The only person he considered a brother was lying to him the whole time no matter how hard he tried to prove he could be trusted… He isolated himself and slowly started making choices that a normal person would not.. the forced cloning of your wife? A fake pregnancy? Clones of himself as spare parts? The way he disregards special people he uses to get at Clark… he slowly becomes evil. The world isn’t black and white but there is “right” and Clark is the epitome of “right thing to do” and Lex chooses the wrong. When it came to stealing Lana from Whitney, Clark asked Lex: “what would you do?” And lex said he would go for it and take advantage of Lana and Whitney’s misunderstanding…. Only a dick does that. I’m not sure what constitutes as evil but I know evil means bad and Lex goes bad.

It was meant to be.... sorry girl

I know.

John Glover voices Riddler in Batman: Animated (1992).

He's been amazing for years

maybe,but is it worth the risk? I don't think so at this point. Too much evidence that Lex could go either way.

First thing he did when that lady got out of the car was say Look at the Guys Alien powers.

@@Shephchan yeah but to be fair he was off his tits from the drugs. If Clark had been a true friend to him, he would have taken Lex away, given him some time to dry out, and then talked things over like a sane person. Instead, he just abandoned him.

That was the point. Interesting when you hear the fights over what rights they could and could not use.

I understand your pov, but trusting Lex was dangerous, as he was raised by a monster, and had been through some really horrible sh!t by the time they met when Clark was a teenager, and Lex 20ish. Lex was a loose cannon, and Clark's secret was way bigger than lying about, for example, if Clark was gay or something. The ramifications of Lex knowing the truth could have ended Superman before he even began! Clark was in an awful predicament, for sure. Trust has to be earned, not just freely given. Lex's first response to seeing Clark use his powers was to tell anyone and everyone! He did not keep quiet. If he had, maybe Clark could have considered trusting him, and Lionel would never have drugged him. Just my thoughts about it!

I agree

yes, kent family had do a terrible mistake not trusting lex.

reminds me of Cole from Charmed.

Davide Gandolfo would u trust a Luthor? Let’s be honest

@@SANDMAN_7 Someone shouldn't be considered untrustworthy simply because of their last name .

This sounds like the basis of a new future series.

Lex always had a problem with paranoia. It would have eventually split them apart because Clark tends to trust people while Lex does the opposite.

@@nikkfrostt I agree - but one can wonder if the underlying nagging feeling that maybe Clark was lying, kind of helped the fall. So... if Clark were more open... it could have moved the needle in the other direction?

@@splatbubble I think they would have been friends longer. But eventually Clark's good nature of helping others, while Lex thinking everyones out to get him would have split them apart at some point. My guess is that Clark would keep prioritizing innocent people over Lex and he would become paranoid/jealous and just turn on him (maybe a few years later after it happens over and over).

@@nikkfrostt That's a good point! Kind of a nature vs nurture debate.

And now they need to stay far, far away.

Wrong universe, different origins.

@@nofacedgoldfish6216 he still goes insane in both universes. so.

@@skyecode Fair point.

Watch the show

NoFacedGoldfish it kind of still applies to this

It makes perfect sense. He wanted to be the hero, indirectly wanting the powers but when rejected he'd become the super villain.

he decided to go hancock

He was just Trina flex

Only abilities he got from the meteor shower was enhanced immunity which prevented him from growing hair since I guess it saw his hair as a disease. Just think chemotherapy without the weakness.

Good point! Ironic if so.

I would have assumed that the car was run into a tree and then parked in the driveway before it finally died. Stupid rich boy doing dumb things - probably drunk or on drugs.

You trippin

Now that it's pointed out I see it too, just a millisecond...😆

Watch Talkville with Mike and Tom. They discuss that topic and more as they re-watch every episode. Currently it is Season 3, approx episode 20.

Lex was abused and betrayed by anyone he loved and when he found out Clark lied to him and tried to make a fool out of him he finally snapped that a guy he thought was his brother would be so shallow and untrustful. I feel bad for Lex but let's not forget that Lex also took things a little too far.

My theory is that most of the conflict was caused by Jonathan and his obsession with "protecting Clark's secret". He forced Clark into lying to his friends, and eventually damaged most of his relationships, irreparably in Lex's case

Remember all the way back when Luthor first appeared in the comics. Clark caused Lex to be evil by rescuing him from a fire in his lab, but in the process causing his hair to fall out. Cheesy, but that's how Lex has always been meant to be...evil "created by" Superman.

You're all forgetting that it was in luthor bloodline to be evil - the Kent's or Clark felt it was too high a price (exploitation, etc.) To risk...

@@joemars41 Based on what I got from Smallville he didn't show signs of being evil to Clark specifically. Looking back I think that what you said is partially true, that Lex would've exploited him for evil, but at the same time that would be more likely to happen if he was driven for revenge. I fully believe that Smallville Lex could've had a different outcome. Either way if he would've told Lex or not he would've been taken advantage of. I would have rathered it not been out of a place of anger because now he has a real goal to hurt instead of "just business."

Yeah, Lex losing his memory at the end of the series was litteraly denying his entire character arc. So dumb. I would have write their last scene together with Lex telling Superman that from now on he will be ruthless and without mercy with anyone who gets in his way, but also making the promise that he would never touch or reveal his private identity in honor of the good old times.

​@@CallOfEuropeanSpiritDamn that totally would have been better then entirely wiping away Lex's memories.

The first 4 seasons were amazing around season 5 and it started to get boring than season 7 made it more interesting.

​@@jonathanbhatty8592Season 7 wasn't that great, though. Haha!

@@External29I agree season 7 wasn’t as strong. I just completed that season actually lol

Once you get past an adult hanging out with high school freshmen.

Yeah