Recap
Clark arrives home in the morning and finds Tess in his kitchen with a cup of coffee. She claims she just wants to catch up, and an awkward conversation ensues. Tess finally tells him that there's a problem with Alexander, and he needs Clark to guide him. Clark doesn't understand why, until Tess explains that Alexander is going through a metamorphosis. They hear a crashing noise and go to investigate, and find Alexander hefting a tractor above his head with his bare hands. Tess whispers to Clark that half of Alexander's DNA came from Clark...
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Episode Quotes
Lionel: Give me my son.
Tess: I'm surprised you are so hellbent on this family reunion, given the fact that in this world, it was Lex that sent Lionel plummeting to his death.
Lionel: That's proof that the Lex you knew was a true Luthor.
Clark: I'm like you.
Conner: So does this mean... oh my God, are you like my dad?
Clark: I prefer brother.
Clark: Conner has... he's only half Lex, it turns out.
Lois: What? Okay, if you say the other half is Tess, I'm going to officially write that family off for good.
Clark: Lois, the other half is me.
Lois: Are you trying to tell me that Conner is the genetic love-child of Clark Kent and Lex Luthor?
Clark: You don't have to say it like that.
Clark: It's just sometime I forget you never saw what it was like. Growing up, being different, feeling like an outsider, a freak. Like you were all alone.
Lois: You turned out pretty normal.
Clark: Lois, you don't understand. It never goes away. It's always in there. The only thing that's ever made me feel... normal is you.
Conner: Who taught you how to do all this stuff?
Clark: My parents were there very step of the way. My dad, he believed that all the hard work he had me do, would teach me how to control my abilities. Teach me character. Conner, you may not have parents, but you have me. I'll always be there for you.
Conner: I'll open up a world Clark can't even imagine for you.
Lois: Clark is my world!
Lionel: Why don't you have me killed?
Tess: Because that's not who I am.
Conner: I'm not like you, Clark. I mean, maybe on the outside with what I can do. But what that ring brought out in me, that was all Lex.
Clark: There's a shadow inside of all of us. But that doesn't mean that you need to embrace it. You decide who you really are. And I know you'll make the right choice and become the hero you're destined to be.
Cultural References
Tess: I'm saving him from an encore performance of
Daddy Dearest.
The 1981 movie
Mommy Dearest, adapted from the 1978 novel of the same name, portrays the life of actress
Joan Crawford and her abuse of daughter Christine.
Lois: Now hold on, Chicken Little.
Chicken Little, or Henny Penny, is the protagonist in the Aesop's story of a chicken who is hit in the head by a falling acorn and believes that the sky is coming down and everyone is doomed.
Lois: I feel like I stepped into a Tom Clancy novel.
Tom Clancy is a writer of espionage and techno-thriller games, with at least four of his novels adapted into movies.
Lois: He'd give Lazarus a run for his money.
The Biblical character Lazarus is raised by Jesus in one of the miracles attributed to the Savior.
Lois: We have to call Clark and tell him Don Luthor is going all Godfather on us.
The Godfather is a 1972 movie based on the novel by Mario Puzo, chronicling the rise of the Corleone mob family in the U.S.
Lois: Thanks, but I think you've got the wrong idea, Romeo. This Juliet is already spoken for.
Romeo and Juliet is among William Shakespeare's most famous plays, featuring a tale of doomed love between members of two rival families.