Episode 3.08 – Shattered

Written By: Kenneth Biller
Directed by: Kenneth Biller
Original Air Date: November 19, 2003

Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) locates Morgan Edge (Patrick Bergin, Sleeping With the Enemy) and gets him to admit to dirty dealings with Lionel (John Glover), but before Lex can take it to the authorities, someone tries to kill him at the mansion. Barely surviving, Lex flees and asks Clark (Tom Welling) for help. However, when Clark returns to the mansion to investigate he finds nothing amiss, and begins to wonder if it really happened, especially after Lionel announces Lex has had a psychotic break and must be institutionalized.

“Hurt” by Johnny Cash — Played at the end of the episode, when Lionel is looking in on Lex from the outside. Lex is all alone; him and Lionel divided by a one-way wall. At the same time, Clark looks in on Lana. The scenes play as a mini-montage.

Lionel: There’s a psychotic break. Lex has had a psychotic break..

Lex: [whispering] I had to get the baby. He was crying. My father woke him.
Clark: [confused] The baby? What baby?
Lex: [proudly] My little brother Julian.

Lex: You’re either with me or against me Clark. Choose right now.

Lex: [voice breaking] It’s the perfect plan, Clark! As long as the world thinks I’m crazy, no one will believe what I found out about my father and Morgan Edge! Think about it, Clark.

Lana: What exactly are we mixed up in?
Clark: I wish I knew. [pauses] I need you to stay with him.
Lana: Where are you going?
Clark: I’ve got to get some evidence to Chloe that may prove that he’s being drugged. She couldn’t come here because we think she’s being watched.
Lex: Don’t worry Lana. [smiles slightly] I’ll tell you everything.

Lex: I shouldn’t have trusted you!

Lionel: You know, I was never quite sure which of them was more out of touch with reality–Don Quixote, jousting with imaginary enemies, or his loyal lackey Sancho Panza, indulging his master’s fantasies in spite of the danger to everyone else.

Lex: [angrily] I gave you a chance, Edge, but you really screwed it up. Now, drop the gun.
Edge: [muttering angrily] Your father’s the one who screwed up… If we’d done it my way, you’d be dead by now.
Lex: What are you talking about?
Edge: You really believe you could have escaped if I wanted to kill you? It was your father’s idea to make you look crazy instead.
Lex: [angrily pushing Edge into the room] You’re lying!

Edge: Hi, Kal. I had a feeling we’d see each other again. [raises the string of kryptonite beads] That’s why I’ve been carrying these around.
Lex: [disbelieving] You know each other?
Edge: We go way back.
Lex: [accusingly] You’re in on this too, Clark? You’re in on this too?
Clark: [weakly] No, Lex. It’s not what you think.

Lex: I was right about you all along, Clark. You’re not even human.

Lana: I almost died, Clark.
Clark: I know.
Lana: I always thought you were being paranoid.
Clark: About what?
Lana: That being around you is too dangerous… But it’s true.
Clark: Lana…
Lana: It’s OK, Clark. I know. You’re really looking out for me. But you’re right… [sadly] I think I have to stay away from you.

Lionel: [slightly angry] Never believe for a second, Doctor, that this [nods toward the end of the hall] is what I wanted. I love my son more than life itself. But he leaves me no other choice.

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Quote of the Week:

Lex: Tell me Clark! What’s the price of a Judas kiss these days?!