Episode 2.13 - Suspect

Written By: Mark Verheiden and Philip Levens
Directed by: Kenneth Biller
Original Air Date: January 28, 2003

When Lionel (John Glover) is shot, Jonathan (John Schneider) is arrested, but after Clark (Tom Welling) and Pete (Sam Jones III) perform their own crime scene investigation, they realize that more than one person had the opportunity to kill Lionel - including Lex (Michael Rosenbaum). Meanwhile, Lana (Kristin Kreuk) is suspicious after she asks her father (guest star Patrick Cassidy) to take on Jonathan’s case and he declines for mysterious reasons.

No songs were heard during this very intense, mysterious episode.

Martha: We need to get you a lawyer. I’m going to call my father and ask him to take your case.

Jonathan: Martha, that man has never believed in me before. I don’t see
any reason why an attempted murder charge is gonna change that.

Dominic: You can save the concerned son routine, Lex. I have everything
under control.

Lex: The, uh, loyal lapdog sitting watch at his master’s door, secretly
hoping he doesn’t make it?

Dominic: As I recall, you almost let him die once. Who’s to say you
didn’t try to finish the job? God knows after yesterday, you’d have enough
reason to want him dead.

Lex: You know what I find so amusing about you, Dominic, is that you
actually believe my father is grooming you.

Lionel: You’re jumping to conclusions, Mr. Kent. It was simply a token
of appreciation.

Jonathan: Oh, I think it was quite a bit more than that, don’t you?

Lionel: It’s all relative, isn’t it? I mean, a Roget DuBois watch
from me is equivalent to a Whitman sampler from you.

Pete: I don’t mean to rain on your CSI parade, but the only thing that
bullet proves is that somebody shot a shed.

Lionel: All right, Lex. What’s so urgent you insisted I fly in for a
face-to-face? I’m missing Domingo’s “La Bohème.”

Lex: Well, consider this a curtain call on our own private opera, Dad.
Would you ask your seeing-eye dog to wait outside?

Chloe: Okay, usually when I do this, people seem to get really mad at me,
but… I found it really odd that your dad passed up an opportunity to take on a
Luthor so I ran a search on his legal history. (Pause) And since you don’t
seem to be freaking out, I guess I should continue?

Lex: So now you’re implying I pulled the trigger?

Clark: It’s not like I haven’t seen you shoot someone before.

Lex: After all this time, I thought you knew me better than the average
tabloid reader.

Clark: The guy’s lying. He’s involved. I think he’s the one who
spiked my dad’s drink.

Pete: Clark, look, I’m on your side, but putting a bartender through
spin cycle isn’t the most intelligent thing to do right now.

Lionel: You’ve been loyal, Dominic. But, uh, Lex… is blood.

Lex: Look, this shooting is related to the buyout. I needed the guilty
party to make a mistake.

Clark: Like trying to kill me and Pete?

Lex: In case you hadn’t heard, Sheriff Ethan has been charged in the
murder of the bartender and for the attempt on you.

Lionel: Oh… It truly is a sad day in Smallville.

Ethan: Our arrangement was for this one time only.

Lionel: Now, did that proviso come before or after you insisted on cash
in advance?

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Quote of the Week:

Pete: You doing the eye thing? Hey, I need you to check my backyard
some time. I buried a jar of quarters when I was 10. I never could find it.