Episode 1.15 - Nicodemus

Written By: Michael Green; story by Greg Walker
Directed by: James Marshall
Original Air Date: March 19, 2002

Clark (Tom Welling) must solve the riddle of the mysterious Nicodemus flower and Lex’s (Michael Rosenbaum) shady involvement after it infects the residents of Smallville removing their inhibitions - Jonathan (John Schneider) becomes a couch potato, Lana (Kristin Kreuk) puts the moves on Clark as the town Lolita and Pete (Sam Jones III) tries to kill Lex - then puts them into a deadly coma.

“I
Will Make You Cry” by Nelly Furtado — When Lana makes her entrance
through the hallway after her drastic change of appearance, this is the music
that is playing.

“Destiny”
by Zero 7 — This is playing when Clark first sees Lana’s new
“appearance” and they talk about trust.

“Supernatural”
by Divine Right — This is played during the infamous “pool
scene.”

“Sadie
Hawkins Dance” by Relient K — If you’ve never heard of the band
before, they once did an *awesome* remake of the Charles in Charge theme. Ok,
you’re scared now… first Dukes of Hazzard and now this…

“Big
Day” by Puracane -– The famous whip Cream scene with Lex and
Lana, where she comes on to Lex, but Lex pushes her away.

“Beautiful
Day” by U2 — This is playing at the very end of the episode.

 

Lex: Dr. Hamilton. I thought part of our arrangement was
that you don’t drop in on me.

Dr. Hamilton: A situation’s come up in my lab.

Lex: Don’t you mean your barn?

Dr. Hamilton: One of my experiments was stolen by one of your employees.

Lex: Why would anyone at LuthorCorp know about your work?

Dr. Hamilton: He was helping me install some new equipment.

Lex: What’d he steal?

Dr. Hamilton: A flower.

Lex: You’re kidding.

Lex: I hired you to study the effects of meteors on this town. That is
your focus. You’re a geologist. Why are you wasting time on bringing flowers
back from the dead?

Clark: It’s good to see this whole hero thing didn’t go to your head.

Jonathan: No, it’s not enough, Martha. You see, I don’t like Lex
Luthor. I don’t like Lionel Luthor, and I don’t like your friendship with my
son. In fact, if all of you Luthors were to dry up and die, I wouldn’t shed a
tear.

Chloe: Principal Kwan thinks that I need to get more in touch with the
pulse of the student body. So I’ve decided to do a poll. Now, if you would
both please do your statistical duty…

Chloe: No, it’s good, it’s good. I like it. It’s unleashing the
inner Lana.

Chloe: Okay, Clark. You’re up. Clark, remember it’s a PG-13 poll.

Chloe: You know, Clark, there are other girls out there that don’t
require crossing an emotional minefield.

Chloe: You know, the choice is yours. You can either sit in your loft and
play with your telescope, or move on.

Jonathan: Hello, Jim? Yeah, listen to me. I have done nothing but give
back to this community, and all anyone has ever done for me is screw me over. So
what I’m gonna do is I’m gonna come down there to that bank and you are
gonna have to turn down my loan right to my face. That way, I can see whether
you still have a pair or whether your wife keeps them in a drawer too!

Chloe: Wow, the debris starts from way over there and ends over in that
ditch. That’s some serious road rage.

Lex: If Jonathan Kent dies, you’re gonna lose something a lot more
valuable than your tenure.

Chloe: She just stripped down in front of you? Lana Lang in all her
glory.

Chloe: Well, what do you think made Lana Lang go soft-core?

Lex: You’re not impressing anyone with the attitude, Lana. You’re
talking to someone who set the bar for adolescent rebellion.

Lana: That’s right. I hear you were quite the bad boy before you joined
us here in Smallville.

Lana: Please. You don’t really care about the Talon. You only invested
because I asked you to. Now why would you go and do a thing like that? Hmm? The
Luthors are famous for their ulterior motives. So tell me, Lex. Was it really
about profit?

Lex: This isn’t you.

Lana: Why? Because I’m not doing exactly as I’m told? ‘Cause I’m not
sitting in a corner, hiding in a book? For once I’m not scared of life, and no
one can handle it because you all prefer the insecure little girl. Well, I’m
sick of her and all her talk about her dead parents.

Clark: Lana. What’s going on? Does Lex know you have his car?

Lana: He should by now.

Lana: It’s called self-confidence. For the first time, I’m not
repressing my feelings. I’m free.

Chloe: It’s a first-hand account of Smallville’s first mystery. In
1871, the whole settlement went postal before they even had a post office.

Pete: Nice to know Smallville was still whacked before the meteors got
here.

Clark: So you think Hamilton pulled a Jurassic Park and brought back the
Nicodemus.

Chloe: Okay, keep your flashlight low.

Pete: You’re an expert on breaking and entering now?

Martha: And I remember looking at him, completely embarrassed because I
was thinking the dumbest thing. I was thinking God, I hope he marries me. I
still think that. Every day there’s part of me that says, God, I hope he
marries me.

Clark: You can’t talk your way out of this one, Lex. I see how you
really are. The friendship is over.

Lex: You had me for a moment. I thought you were serious. What do they
feed you on that farm?

Dr. Hamilton: Remember, Lex. You’re the one opening Pandora’s box.

Clark: You spoke your mind and you did what you wanted. Kind of an alpha
Lana.

Lana: Good, good. So how does it feel being on top of the world? Or at
least Smallville.

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Quote of the Week:

Pete: Wow. Drinking beer, mouthing off, and counter-macking with your
mom? Congratulations, Clark. Your dad’s regressed back to being a teenager.