Smallville Season 4 Episode 21

Chloe: You know, not to go all "psycho-sympathizer" on you guys, but I can't blame Brendan for wanting to keep everybody together. Although, after that little lock-in I can't think of anything scarier than being stuck in the past and not moving on.

Chloe: So I guess this is it, huh?
Clark: It's not like we're never going to see each other, right?
Lana: Yeah, you'll have summers and holidays.
Chloe: This sucks.
Lana: Yeah, big time.
Clark: Suddenly, all those tests and teachers we hated seem a lot less scary than the big question mark that's hanging out there.
Lana: You'd think after everything that happened with Brendan, it'd be a whole lot easier to say goodbye to all this.
Clark: There's a lot here to say goodbye to.

Jonathan: Look. Clark, the time comes in everybody's life when they realize their parents aren't gonna be around forever.
Clark: Dad, I...
Jonathan: Clark, I just... I just don't want you sacrificing your potential because of me.
Clark: It's not a sacrifice, Dad. It's a choice.

Clark: You know. maybe there's another way in around the corner. Why don't you go check? I'll see if I can find a key for this lock.
Lois: Keys? Well, I highly doubt they're under the welcome mat, but, uh, you knock yourself out.

Jason: Wait, Lex, don't do this! Don't do this! Come on, look at me. Look at me. You and I, we're not that different. It was never about you and me. It was about our parents. Please! Lex, please!
Lex: I always knew I had to protect Lana from you.
Jason: But not as much as you've been protecting your best friend, huh? Clark?
Lex: Clark doesn't have anything to do with this!
Jason: Oh, you don't believe that. Clark's more connected to this than any of us. You just choose to ignore it. I mean, think about it... the symbols burned into the Kent barn? The fields?
Lex: It's a little late and obvious to be shifting the blame in the eleventh hour.

Jason: You know, with all your resources, I would've thought by now you'd know that Lana is nothing more than my mother's pawn.
Lionel: Pawn? Well that's true but, a pawn you fell in love with. It must be killing you that you've sacrificed your feelings for Lana in exchange for some maternal warmth... it seems you can't do without.

Lionel: I don't blame you for getting caught up in all this, Jason. Your mother, ooh, she's a difficult woman to resist. You were supposed to get close to Lana, but what happened? Did you stray a little too far from those apron strings?

Haley: (to Chloe) I told Brendan you had a crush on him just like you wanted me to.
Lana: What are you guys talking about?
Chloe: Brendan wants high school? We'll give him high school.

Chloe: Brendan, a.k.a. Mr. Medusa's touch, recreated this place. It's kind of like a cage. Gives new meaning to the phrase "capturing the moment", doesn't it?
Lana: But how... the last thing I remember doing is signing his yearbook.
Chloe: Lana, will you sign my yearbook?
Lana: (playing along) Okay.
(Chloe opens her yearbook to the "Most Likely to..." page)
Chloe: Look at the names. I seriously doubt it's just a coincidence that the slumber party's guest list is all on the "most likely to..." page. We have been collected.

Lois: I'm impressed, Smallville. Of all the seniors skipping the last day of school, I didn't expect to see you.
Clark: I'm on lunch break.
Lois: Right, right. Because why would you do anything like any other normal teenager in America? The last day of school is a "get out of jail free" card. Even my best employee Haley flaked on her morning shift.

Genevieve: Lionel, the stones may be just another hobby for you, but I didn't search all these years just to reach a stalemate.
Lex: You're making a big mistake Jason. I know she's your mother but don't think for a second she won't turn on you. Trust me on this one.
Genevieve: Jason...
Jason: It's okay, Mother. I don't expect him to understand the meaning of family loyalty, especially when the only thing running through the Luthor blood is betrayal.

(after Lex awakens to find both himself and Lionel tied to chairs)
Lex: I guess I should have trusted my instincts. I knew you were working with Jason.
Lionel: Judging from the fact that 10 minutes ago I lost all feeling in my hands, you have a very curious definition of collaboration, Lex.

Clark: There's no way that Chloe would let the last day of school go by without getting in her final word.
Lana: And when was the last time that Chloe pulled an all-nighter with a deadline and didn't finish her latte?
Clark: (finding Chloe's cell phone) Or leave without her lifeline?

Jonathan: Martha, what exactly is it that you want me to do? You want me to tell our teenage son that we couldn't possibly survive around here without him? What kind of parents would that make us?
Martha: Honest ones. How many times has he asked to be treated like an adult? This decision took a lot of maturity.
Jonathan: Or guilt. Martha, Clark still feels responsible for my heart problems. I'm not going to allow him to do this out of pity.
Martha: It's not pity, Jonathan. Clark knows that if he leaves, he can only come back a few times a year. And he doesn't want one of those times to be your funeral.

Martha: You can't take the place of Clark on this farm, no one can. Every other farm in the county has at least five hands to help out.
Jonathan: Sweetheart, my family managed to run this farm for generations before Clark came around. I see no reason why I can't run it by myself.
Martha: Sometimes I wonder which one of you is more stubborn.

Clark: You're the one that's always dreamed of leaving this town, ever since you were a little girl.
Lana: I know, it's just that right now I feel I'd be making that decision because it's what everyone expects us to do. If I go, I want to make that choice for the right reasons.
Clark: So you're staying in Smallville?
Lana: I don't know. I think it would be really hard with all of you guys gone.
Clark: Well, not all of us will be gone. I'm thinking of commuting to Central Kansas.
Lana: (smiling) Then maybe I won't have to spend any more time trying to figure out how to say goodbye.

Clark: I think it's finally starting to hit me. It's really over, isn't it? (Lana nods) You know I remember walking through those doors the first day of freshman year.
Lana: Actually, I think you tripped.

Brendan: Just because it's the last day of school, doesn't mean it can't last forever.
Chloe: Brendan, you're not serious. Why would you want to stay stuck in high school when there's so much else out there?
Brendan: I thought you of all people would understand. You're the editor of the Torch, Prom Queen. Chloe, you had everything in high school. Once you leave, all that's going to be left is a lifetime of disappointments. But not in here.
Chloe: Brendan, you cannot keep us here forever. You have to move on.
Brendan: To what? Look Chloe, some of us didn't get into our dream colleges like you. When you're staring at a pile of rejection letters, moving on really means working at a local video store for the rest of your life.

Genevieve: I have a feeling that he'd sooner die than give up that stone. But all that might change if his own flesh and blood were at stake.
Lex: You obviously don't know my father as well as I do.

Jonathan: Clark, your destiny lies far beyond those corn fields out there. And I'm not about to let you turn your back on that just because of us.

Lois: How cliché – an abandoned warehouse.