- Jonathan Kent: Are you okay?
- Clark Kent: Can I answer that in about five years?
- Jonathan Kent: Yeah.
- Clark Kent: Dad I'm glad you and mom are the ones that found me.
- Jonathan Kent: We didn't find you, Clark, you found us.
- Jonathan Kent: Your real parents weren't exactly from around... here.
- Clark Kent: Where are they from?
- [Jonathan looks up at the sky]
- Clark Kent: What are you trying to tell me, Dad? That I'm from another planet?
- [sarcastically]
- Clark Kent: I suppose you stashed my spaceship in the attic?
- Jonathan Kent: Actually... it's in the storm cellar.
- Lana Lang: Nietzsche? I didn't know you have a dark side, Clark.
- Clark Kent: Doesn't everyone?
- Lana Lang: So what are you: Man or Superman?
- Clark Kent: I haven't figured it out yet.
- [after finding Clark]
- Jonathan Kent: Kids just don't fall out of the sky, Martha.
- Martha Kent: Then where did he come from?
- Jonathan Kent: I don't know. But he must have parents.
- [they both spot the space ship]
- Martha Kent: Well, if he does, they're definitely not from Kansas.
- Jonathan Kent: Sweetheart, we can't keep him. What are we gonna tell people? We found him out in a field?
- Martha Kent: We didn't find him... he found us.
- Clark Kent: Hey, this is a great place.
- Lex Luthor: Yeah, if you're dead and in the market for something to haunt.
- Clark Kent: Well, I meant it's roomy.
- Lex Luthor: It's the Luthor ancestral home, or so my father claims. He had it shipped over from Scotland stone by stone.
- Clark Kent: Yeah, I remember. The trucks rolled through town for weeks but no one ever moved in.
- Lex Luthor: My father had no intention of living here. He's never even stepped through the front door.
- Clark Kent: Then why'd he ship it over?
- Lex Luthor: Because he could.
- Pete Ross: It's a Homecoming tradition. Every year before the big game the football players select a freshman, take him out to Riley field, strip him down to his boxers, and then paint an S on his chest.
- Clark Kent: And then string him up like a scarecrow.
- Chloe Sullivan: Jeez, it sounds like years of therapy waiting to happen.
- Lex Luthor: Clark, do you believe a man can fly?
- Clark Kent: Sure. In a plane.
- Lex Luthor: No, I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about soaring through the clouds, with nothing but air beneath you.
- Clark Kent: People can't fly, Lex.
- Lex Luthor: I did. After the accident, when my heart stopped. It was the most exhilarating two minutes of my life. I flew over Smallville, and for the first time, I didn't see a dead end. I saw a new beginning. Thanks to you, I have a second chance. We have a future, Clark, and I don't want anything to stand in the way of our friendship.
- Lana Lang: [talking about Nietzsche] So what are you? Man or superman?
- Clark Kent: Haven't figured it out, yet.
- Lana Lang: Do you want to make a wish?
- Martha Kent: I would love to make a wish.
- Lana Lang: Okay. Abracadabra.
- Chloe Sullivan: Statistical fact. Clark Kent can't get within five feet of Lana Lang without turning into a total freak show.
- Pete Ross: So, anyone ask you to the dance?
- Chloe Sullivan: Not yet.
- Pete Ross: Well, if nothing pans out with you-know-who, maybe you and...
- Chloe Sullivan: Pete, do you want to take a commercial break from the soap opera in your head? I've told you a hundred times - I'm not interested in Clark.
- Pete Ross: Your vehement denial has been duly noted!
- Jonathan Kent: Who was the maniac who was driving that car?
- Lex Luthor: That would be me.
- [offering a handshake]
- Lex Luthor: Lex Luthor.
- Jonathan Kent: I'm Jonathan Kent. This is my son.
- Lex Luthor: Thanks for saving my life.
- Clark Kent: I'm sure you would have done the same thing.
- Lex Luthor: You got quite an extraordinary boy there, Mr. Kent. If there's any way I can repay you?
- Jonathan Kent: Drive slower.
- Lionel Luthor: This has got to stop. Open your eyes, Lex.
- Young Lex Luthor: I can't...
- Lionel Luthor: Luthors are not afraid. We don't have that luxury. We're leaders. You have a destiny, Lex. You're never gonna get anywhere with your eyes closed.
- Chloe Sullivan: I call it 'The Wall of Weird.' It's every strange, bizarre, and unexplained event that's happened in Smallville since the meteor shower. That's when it all began - when the town went schizo.
- Clark Kent: Why didn't you tell me about this?
- Chloe Sullivan: Do you tell me everything that happens in your life? We all keep secrets, Clark.
- Pete Ross: [offering Chloe $5 after Clark spots Lana] Give him ten seconds.
- Chloe Sullivan: Five.
- Pete Ross: One, two, three, four, five.
- [Clark stumbles and falls flat on his face]
- Chloe Sullivan: [seeing Clark has missed the school bus and giving Pete a $5 bill] I can't believe you bet against your best friend.
- Pete Ross: Statistical fact. If Clark moved any slower, he'd be extinct.
- Lana Lang: I didn't see you tonight, Clark.
- Clark Kent: Lana. What are you doing here?
- Lana Lang: I saved you that dance.
- Clark Kent: I won't let you hurt my friends.
- Jeremy Creek: Those people in there aren't your friends. The sprinklers will get 'em nice and wet. I'll handle the rest.
- Clark Kent: They never did anything to you.
- Jeremy Creek: I'm not doing this for me. I'm doing this for you and for all the others like us.
- Clark Kent: What happened to you was my fault. I can understand your pain.
- Jeremy Creek: I'm not in pain. I have a gift. And a purpose and a destiny.
- [turning around, he's surprised to see Clark has sped around him]
- Clark Kent: So do I.
- Jonathan Kent: I know this has gotta be really hard for you. But you gotta just hang in there like we promised.
- Clark Kent: I'm sick of 'hanging in there'. All I want to do is go through high school without being a total loser.
- Pete Ross: We'd love to join you and Scooby in the Mystery Machine for another zany adventure, but we have to turn in our permission slips before homeroom
- Jonathan Kent: What are we supposed to tell everyone? That we found him in a cornfield?
- Martha Kent: We didn't find him. He found us.
- Pete Ross: [whispering] We're trying to avoid becoming this year's scarecrow.
- Chloe Sullivan: What are you talking about
- [loudly]
- Chloe Sullivan: and why are we whispering?
- Lana Lang: Clark wait. I just wasn't expecting to see anyone out here. Are you okay?
- Clark Kent: I'm hanging out in a graveyard. Does that strike you as okay behavior?
- Lana Lang: Who's there?
- Clark Kent: It's me. Clark.
- Lana Lang: Clark Kent? What are you doing creeping around the woods?
- Clark Kent: You'd never believe me if I told you. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you.
- Jonathan Kent: Hey, what you got there, son?
- Clark Kent: Permission slip. It's for the football team. A couple spots opened up. They're having tryouts this afternoon. Come on, dad, you played football in high school.
- Jonathan Kent: That was different, son.
- Clark Kent: Why?
- Jonathan Kent: You know why.
- Clark Kent: I figured I'd run half speed, and I won't hit anybody.
- Jonathan Kent: A lot of things can happen in the heat of the game, son.
- Clark Kent: Most of the guys hardly even play. Chances are I'll ride the bench for half the season. Dad, I can be careful.
- Jonathan Kent: I know that you can be careful, but what if there's an accident?
- Jonathan Kent: [showing Clark his spaceship] This is how you came into our world, son. It was the day of the meteor shower.
- Clark Kent: This is a joke, right? Why didn't you tell me about this before?
- Jonathan Kent: We wanted to protect you.
- Clark Kent: Protect me from what? You should have told me.
- Jonathan Kent: [he whooshes away] Clark. Clark!
- Chloe Sullivan: You two are trying out for the football team? What is this, some sort of teen suicide pact?
- Jonathan Kent: [Lex has given Clark a new truck as a thank-you gift] I know how much you want it, son. But you can't keep it.
- Clark Kent: Why not? I saved the guy's life.
- Jonathan Kent: So you think you deserve a prize?
- Clark Kent: That's not what I meant. Look, how about you drive the new one and I'll drive the old one? Everybody wins.
- Jonathan Kent: This is not about winning, Clark.
- Clark Kent: It's not like the Luthors can't afford it.
- Jonathan Kent: Clark, I know you're upset. Son, but it's normal.
- Clark Kent: [throwing his backpack and jacket down] Normal?
- [going over and turning on the woodchipper]
- Clark Kent: How about this? Is this normal?
- Jonathan Kent: [he sticks his hand into it] Clark!
- [he pulls Clark's arm out, but sees he's unhurt]
- Clark Kent: I didn't dive in after Lex's car. It hit me at 60 miles an hour. Does that sound normal to you?
- Jonathan Kent: Afternoon, Nell.
- Nell Potter: Jonathan. Martha. What a surprise. What brings the reclusive Kents to town?
- Martha Kent: Tulips. Red ones, if you have them.
- Nell Potter: What about a tiger orchid?
- Jonathan Kent: No, thanks. Martha has her heart set on tulips.
- Whitney Fordman: I didn't know your aunt was in with the Luthors.
- Lana Lang: She sold them a ton of land.
- Whitney Fordman: They own the Metropolis Sharks. She could put in a good word for me.
- Lana Lang: If you want someone to put in a good word, ask Clark. He saved Lex's life today.
- Whitney Fordman: You're kidding.
- Lana Lang: Sometimes people can surprise you. I think it's kinda cool.
- Pete Ross: Clark, you'll have to excuse our intrepid reporter. Seems as though her weirdar is on DEFCON 5.
- Chloe Sullivan: Just because everyone else chooses to ignore the strange things that happen in this leafy little hamlet doesn't mean that they don't happen.
- Whitney Fordman: Coach said a scout from Kansas State's coming to the game on Saturday.
- Lana Lang: That's great.
- Whitney Fordman: I don't wanna be a "remember him?". Smallville's got enough of those guys.
- Lana Lang: [giving him her necklace] I want you to wear this to the game on Saturday.
- Whitney Fordman: I can't take this.
- Lana Lang: You can give it back after you win.
- Whitney Fordman: Is it really made from a piece of the meteor that, you know...
- Lana Lang: So much bad luck came out of it. There can only be good luck left.
- Clark Kent: Lana, you ever feel like your life was supposed to be something different?
- Lana Lang: Sometimes I dream I'm at school, waiting for Nell to pick me up, but she doesn't come. So my parents drive up, and they're not dead, just really late. And I get in their car and we drive back to my real life in Metropolis. That's usually when I wake up. And for a minute, I'm totally happy... until I realize I'm still alone.
- Clark Kent: [playing along with talking to her parents] What's that, Mrs. Lang? Yeah, I'll-I'll tell her. Your mom wants you to know that you're never alone. That she's always looking over you. No matter what. What? What's that, Mr. Lang? Your dad thinks you're a shoo-in for homecoming queen
- Lana Lang: [amused smile] They really say all that?
- Clark Kent: Oh, yeah. They're quite chatty once you get 'em started.
- Clark Kent: Hey, mom, whose truck?
- Martha Kent: Yours. A gift from Lex Luthor.
- Clark Kent: [taking a card in an envelope] "Dear Clark, drive safely. Always in your debt. The maniac in the Porsche." I don't believe it. Where are are the keys?
- Martha Kent: Your father has them.
- Clark Kent: Hi, guys.
- Chloe Sullivan: [surprised to see him, knowing he missed the bus] Well, uh... didn't you just, uh... weren't you...
- Clark Kent: I took a shortcut.
- Chloe Sullivan: Through what, a black hole?
- Jonathan Kent: It's time, son.
- Clark Kent: Time for what?
- Jonathan Kent: The truth. I want you to take a look at something.
- [taking out a small, metallic rectangle with Kryptonian writing on it]
- Jonathan Kent: I think it's from your parents. Your... your real parents.
- Clark Kent: What does it say?
- Jonathan Kent: I tried to decipher it for years, but it's not written in any language known to man.
- Clark Kent: What do you mean?
- Martha Kent: Clark Kent, you're gonna be late for the bus!
- Clark Kent: Coming, mom!
- [a few minutes later, he takes a bottle of milk from the fridge and proceeds to drink straight from it]
- Martha Kent: [taking it away] Uh-uh.
- Clark Kent: It tastes better out of the bottle.
- Martha Kent: Where'd you learn your manners?
- Clark Kent: On a farm.
- Lex Luthor: Your father doesn't like me, does he? It's okay. I've been bald since I was nine. I'm used to people judging me before they get to know me.
- Clark Kent: It's nothing personal. He's just not crazy about your dad.
- Lex Luthor: Figures the apple doesn't fall far from the tree? Understandable. What about you, Clark? Did you fall far from the tree?
- Chloe Sullivan: [showing Clark the Wall of Weird] It started out as a scrapbook and just kinda mutated.
- Chloe Sullivan: His name is Jeremy Creek. This is a picture of him twelve years ago. This is one I took four hours ago.
- Clark Kent: That's impossible. He'd be, like, 26 today. Must be a kid who looks like him.
- Pete Ross: My money was on the evil-twin theory, until we checked this missing persons.
- Chloe Sullivan: Jeremy disappeared from the state infirmary a few days ago where he'd been in a coma for twelve years. They say he suffered from massive electrolyte imbalance.
- Pete Ross: That's why he hasn't aged a day.
- Clark Kent: So you're telling me he just woke up.
- Chloe Sullivan: Well, no, there was a huge electrical storm and the hospital's generator went down, and when it came back on, Jeremy was gone.
- Pete Ross: The electricity must have charged him up like a Duracell.
- Clark Kent: And now he's back in Smallville putting former jocks into comas. Why?
- Pete Ross: Because twelve years ago today, they chose Jeremy Creek as the scarecrow.
- Clark Kent: [reading a newspaper clipping] "Comatose boy found in field 20 yards from meteor strike."
- Chloe Sullivan: The exposure to the blast must have done something to his body.
- Clark Kent: No, this can't be right.
- Pete Ross: I think you ought to show him.
- Clark Kent: Show me what?
- Clark Kent: Where are you going?
- Jeremy Creek: Homecoming dance. I never made it to mine.
- Clark Kent: Get me down. Please?
- Jeremy Creek: You're safer here.
- Lex Luthor: [angrily throwing his epee into the wall] Clark? I didn't see you.
- Clark Kent: I, uh, buzzed, but no one answered.
- Lex Luthor: [pulling the epee out] How'd you get through the gate?
- Clark Kent: I kinda squeezed through the bars. I-If this is a bad time...
- Lex Luthor: Oh, no, no, I think Heiki has sufficiently kicked my ass for the day.