Episode 1.17 - Reaper

Written By: Cameron Litvack
Directed by: Terrence O’Hara
Original Air Date: April 23, 2002

Clark (Tom Welling) must stop a kryptonite-infected man (guest star Reynaldo Rosales) who seeks to relieve the suffering of the elderly and sick by turning them into ashes - and Whitney’s (Eric Johnson) ailing father may be his next victim. Meanwhile, Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) is furious after his father sends someone to look into LuthorCorp’s financial records and this man reveals Lex’s secret investigation into Clark and his family

“Friends
& Family” by Trik Turner

“Sparkle”
by Rubyhorse. — Played at the end when Whitney is playing football with
the Sharks while his parents watch him play, and Clark and Lana are in the
stands.

Martha: Clark, I’m only asking for two hours. I’m
sorry to cut into your busy social schedule.

Tyler: Hank tells me you grow the best organic produce this side of
Metropolis.

Clark: You just made a friend for life.

Dominic: Your father’s very disappointed with you, Lex.

Lex: My father’s disappointment is perennial. Only the circumstances
change. What do you want, Dominic?

Lex: Do you know what my father gave me for my tenth birthday? A copy of
“The Will to Power.” “Behold the super man. Man is something to be
overcome.” Sun Tzu, Machiavelli, Nietzsche. They were the voices that nurtured
me after my mother died. My father made every question a quiz, every choice a
test. Second best was for losers, compassion for losers, trust no one. Those
were the lessons I grew up.

Dominic: I’ll remember that if I’m ever interviewed by the biography
channel.

Jonathan: Don’t you know it is not a good idea to sneak up on somebody
with an acetylene torch?

Clark: Dad, what would you say if we could be sitting in a deluxe box
next Sunday watching the Metropolis Sharks?

Jonathan: I’d say the Milk River’s changed quite a bit.

Martha: I’m not gonna play referee. You two need to work this out.

Clark: We will. First, we’ll have a week of uncomfortable silence, and
then we’ll start talking about something trivial, and then we’ll move on.

Chloe: Well, the official story is that there was some sort of a fire,
but all they found were her ashes.

Clark: And the unofficial?

Chloe: Spontaneous combustion.

Chloe: Am I that transparent?

Clark & Pete: Yes.

Jonathan: Is this the part where I’m supposed to feel sorry for you?

Lex: No. I just want you to understand if I’m guilty of anything
regarding your family, it’s envy.

Clark: You see that Kansas State game last week?

Whitney: What are you doing here, Clark? Did Lana send you?

Clark: I told her you’d see it coming a mile away.

Whitney: Hey, I’m not angry. So, he’s come to find out why the
heartless son hasn’t gone by the hospital to visit his dying father.

Clark: Something like that.

Clark: No barking.

Chloe: I wasn’t planning on it.

Lex: Limitations. All my father ever told me was “Don’t get caught.
Don’t cause a scandal.” That’s not love, that’s public relations. You
have no idea how lucky you are. When my father dies, kings will come to his
funeral, but when yours does, his friends will come.

Dominic: Then, there’s a discrepancy between the purchasing and
shipping records.

Lex: Stop. I know my father authorized this investigation, but enough
bean-counting for one day.

Lex: You know, in ancient Persia, the kings would kill a messenger who
brought them news they didn’t like. In modern times, a sword in the chest
might seem a little extreme. Something more subtle would be in order. Enjoying
your drink?

Clark: If that’s the case, why aren’t all the dead bodies in
Smallville rising from their graves?

Chloe: I think it’s the lethal combo of pain killers and meteor rocks
that caused Tyler to pull a “Thriller.”

Lana: Where are you going?

Chloe: Don’t look at me. He does that all the time.

Lionel: My auditors discovered a number of unaccounted expenditures
coming out of the Smallville plant. I thought it prudent to investigate.

Lex: Come on, Dad. I squandered more than a weekend in Hong Kong. You
didn’t sic your adding machines on me then.

Lex: You want to ask an accounting question, Dad? Call me. And the next
time one of your drones bother the Kents, he’ll be lucky to catch a ride home
with the spare.

Lionel: Lex… Well done.

Lex: That day was a miracle. Haven’t you ever wanted to find out why
things like that happen?

Jonathan: No. I just accept the fact that they do. You don’t need an
explanation for everything, Lex.

Clark: Hey, Dad, I know how we can catch more fish this year.

Jonathan: What, new lures?

Clark: X-ray vision.

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Quote of the Week:

Lex: All I’m saying, Dominic, is try and remember who I was raised
by. I try to deny it, but I’m still my father’s son. Tread carefully.