Mr. Woodruff: Out there. If anyone approaches, he becomes
hysterical.
He claims he's protecting his brother Julian.
Lionel: Thank you. I'll handle
this, Mr. Woodruff.
Mr. Woodruff: Mr. Luthor --
Lionel: He's my son.
Lex: [ Singing quietly ]
Lex: ...Little baby, don't say a word. I'm gonna buy you
a mockingbird. And if that mockingbird won't sing , I'm gonna buy you a diamond ring.
Lionel: Lex?
Lex: Hush, little baby...
Lionel: Lex! If this is an attempt to get yourself
expelled, it's not gonna work.
Lex: Shh. You'll wake the baby.
Lionel: Lex, Julian's
gone.
Lex: He's right here. I found him inside of my dorm, crying. I
told him
I'd never let anyone hurt him again.
Lionel: Julian is dead, Lex. We both know
why. You have to come to terms with that. Now!
Lex: No! Leave us alone!
Lionel: No.
No, Lex,what are you doing?
Lex: Just go home!
Lionel: Lex! Come down off that
ledge.
Lex: Stay away from us!
Lionel: Stop this, Lex! Get down now!
Lex: Julian needs me.
Lionel: Lex, no!
Lex: Aaaah!
Lionel: Lex! Lex!
Lex: Julian!! Julian!! Julian!
Lionel: Lex!
Lex: Julian!!
Lionel: Stop it, Lex!
Lex: Julian! Ju--
Lex: --lian! Julian! Julian!
Lana: Lex!
Lex: Julian! Julian!
Lana: Lex, what were you doing?
Lex: Where am I?
Lana: I
hope I'm not interrupting. Chloe told me you were farm-bound all week.
Clark:Yeah, my dad's Cardiologist sent
him to Metropolis for some more tests, so I'm pulling double-duty.
Lana: I
thought he was getting better.
Clark: He is. But when your heart's been
through something like that, the scars just don't magically disappear.
Lana: No. No, I guess they don't.
Clark: But I'm sure you didn't come all this way
just to admire my stall-mucking abilities.
Lana: I think there's something
wrong with Lex. I was dropping off the Talon payroll, and I found him
out on the ledge, screaming for
someone named Julian. What is it, Clark?
Clark: Julian was the name of Lex's
baby brother. He died of sids when Lex was a kid. Did he give you any
kind of explanation?
Lana: No. He shrugged it off
as a bad dream.
Clark: The last
time Lex had a breakdown, I found him over there, singing a lullaby to
a
blanket he thought was Julian.
Lana: Well, maybe he's had a relapse.
Clark: Whatever
it is, I think you better stay clear for a little while.
Lana: Oh, Clark, he's
my friend.
Clark: Lana, the last time Lex
went off the deep end, you got
trampled by a horse.
Lana: Lex didn't mean to hurt me.
Clark: But he did,and I
promised myself I wouldn't let that happen again.
I'll talk to him.
Lex: Well, tell him I'm on my way
and he needs to clear his
schedule for the rest of the afternoon. Lana told you about my
nocturnal
adventure, didn't
she? I can see I spooked her, and that usually sends
her running to you.
Clark: Are you okay?
Lex: Well, I haven't lost my mind, Clark, if
that's what you mean. I just indulged in a little harmless
sleepwalking,
that's all.
Clark: Lex, you were on a ledge, yelling Julian's name. You
could've killed yourself.
Lex: You know, when I found you asleep in the
middle of route 8 last year, I don't remember questioning your mental
health.
Clark: I hadn't just spent seven weeks at Belle Reve.
Lex: According to my
doctors, I'm cured. But apparently, a
clean bill of
health isn't good enough for Clark Kent. I can take care of myself.
Lex: These nightmares are
becoming more frequent.
Dr. Garner: They're not nightmares, Lex. They're spontaneous
memories.
Lex: Look, Dr. Garner, whatever you call them,
they're starting to impact my waking life.
Dr. Garner: The electro shock therapy
atrophied this part of your brain. These memories are the
equivalent of a
muscle spasm. They indicate that the treatment's working.
Lex: Doctor, I
didn't come to you to relive repressed childhood traumas.
Dr. Garner: If you're
concerned, we can stop at any time. The choice is yours. Just
relax, Lex. Close your eyes, and open the door to
your mind. Think about your father. Take us back to where
we left off. Where are
you now?
Lex: My 12th birthday party.
Lionel: Lex? I'm, um, I'm sorry,
son, that your friends didn't get to see the beautiful party that your
mother planned for you.
Lex: I told you nobody would come. Everybody hates me.
Lionel: That's not true. Lex.. Lex.. They're jealous, Lex. You're
a Luthor, and
you're -- you're -- you're special, and... it's always going to be
difficult for others to accept that. I, um... lex. Your
mother
wanted to give you this in person, but she's resting, so...
Lex: Is she okay?
She seemed so sad.
Lionel: No, no, she's -- she's just tired, that's all. This
pregnancy's been very difficult for her, but once the baby comes, I
know
she'll be as excited as we are. Here.
[ Chuckles ]
Lex: It's just an old box.
Lionel: No, no, it's much more than that.
This box was... forged from the armor of St. George.
Lex: The dragon slayer?
Lionel: That's right. According to the legend, St. George was, uh,
fighting a
particularly fierce dragon. The battle between them raged on for days,
and St. George was losing his strength. And his faith. So he took a
piece of broken armor, and he made it into this box. Inside it, he put
all
his doubts and his fears... and he then he went out to face the dragon
again.
Lex: Without any armor?
Lionel: Yeah. But when the dragon saw St. George
coming to do battle with him again, it hesitated and drew back.
And in that moment, St. George
plunged his sword into the dragon's heart, and it fell dead. So
when
people are cruel to you, you take all your fears and your doubts and
you
put them in here in this box. And then you lock it. Huh? You'll
find
that you're, uh, you're stronger than you think you are.
Dr.
Garner: Bring him up. That was a good session, Lex. We're making
progress.
Clark: What are you doing with
Dr. Garner, Lex?
Lex: I thought I told
you to stay out of this.
Clark: Lex, you know what he did to Molly. And to Ryan.
Lex, he's dangerous.
Lex: I really don't have to explain myself to you, Clark.
Clark: Yes, you do, Lex, because I can't understand why my best
friend keeps lying to me.
Lex: What if you lost seven weeks of your life?
Clark: That's what this is about.
Lex: Clark, if I could retrieve those memories, they would give me the
answers to the questions that have been plaguing me.
Clark: But Dr. Garner
knows no boundaries, Lex. If you get caught up in his
experimental
research, it could kill you.
Lex: I don't care. I'm going to remember
everything.
Lionel: When I got your call, I
was...shocked. I, uh, couldn't
imagine why you would want to see me.
Clark: Lex is using a highly experimental
procedure at Summerholt Institute. He's trying to retrieve the
memories
he forgot. Mr. Luthor, you're the only one powerful enough to
shut Summerholt down.
Lionel: Well, I'm flattered by your rather naive view of my
business prowess, but, uh... why do you think I would resort to
behaving
like a thug?
Clark: Because I don't think you really want Lex to remember what he forgot.
Lionel: No one cares
more about Lex's mental health than I do, Clark, but it's not
prerogative to stop him from regaining those lost memories.
Clark: Even if he
uncovers the truth about his grandparent's death?
Lionel: You know, Clark, I
always thought your parents' corn-fed hokum made you weak, but, uh,
clearly, I have underestimated your dark side.
Clark: I'm trying to save my
friend.
Lionel: No, you're not. You came here trying to strong-arm me
under the
guise of concern for Lex, but it's you who doesn't want him to regain
his
memory.
Clark: That's not true.
Lex's voice: I know your secret, Clark. I know
your secret, Clark. I know your secret, Clark. I know your
secret, Clark.
Lionel: You want Lex to stop this highly
dangerous therapy? I suggest you start telling
the truth.
Lex: What brings you to
Smallville, dad?
Find more evidence of little green men in the Kawatche caves?
Lionel: Another
one of your extracurricular activities has been brought to my
attention.
Your, um, excursions to the Summerholt Institute.
Lex: Where did you hear
that?
Lionel: Your good friend Clark.
Lex: Summerholt is a highly
respected Institution.
[ Scoffs ]
Lionel: "Respected" Lex, this Garner character operates on the
outer fringes of accepted science.
Lex: Well, then you should feel right at
home.
Lionel: Lex, your mind is still very fragile. Why would you
risk jeopardizing your sanity for the sake of a few lost memories?
Lex: What's
wrong, dad? Hmm? You, uh, you afraid of what I'm going to remember?
Because so far it's been very illuminating.
Lionel: Lex, it's foolish for you to
go on with this treatment. It could trigger another psychotic break.
Lex: Look, that's ridi--
[ Baby crying ]
Lionel: Would you, uh, would you get something to clean that
up, please, Mary?
Mary: Yes, Mr. Luthor.
Lionel: No, let me have Julian. Yes... yes.
Oh, look --look in his eyes. Hmm? How he looks at you... look at
that.
Lillian, he's like a prince.
Lillian: I don't want to hold him.
Lionel: Lillian, it's
unnatural for a mother not to want to bond with her child. Please...I
will not let you inflict psychological scars on my children.
Lillian: That's why
they have you, Lionel.
Lionel: No, you don't mean that, Lillian.
Lillian: I told you I
didn't want any more children. I see how
you treat Alexander,
chipping away at his spirit.
Lionel: Because you have made him weak.
Lillian: You're going
to pit these boys against each other.
Lionel: No.
Lillian: Make them fight for your
affection. I won't let you turn them into monsters. I want
a
divorce, Lionel.
Lionel: Lillian, these threats -- these constant threats of
yours -- are tiresome. I allowed lex to come home for your
sake. Now you
are going to start to try. Lillian, try. [Crying] Try.
That's it. The four of us are going to be a family.
All right? I'm going to give mary the night off. I think you need some
time alone with your son. Lex? Lex? What -- wha-- Lex! Lex, what
are
you doing? Hmm?
Lex: Dad, it was an accident.
Lionel: Lex? What are you...talking
about? Hello, son. What are you two boys up to, huh? Hmm? Lex?
Lex: He
wouldn't stop crying. I tried to rock him... and then... You have to believe
me.
Lionel: What
have you done, Lex? What? What have you done? Wha-- what have you done?
What have you done?!
Lionel: Lex. Son?
Lex: What happened?
Lionel: I don't know.We were
talking. You went into a catatonic state, and... I'll call a doctor.
Lex: Don't bother.I'm fine, I'm fine.
Lionel: This is a side effect of your
treatment, isn't it? You're playing with fire, son.
Lex: Stop it! You only
care about preventing me from getting back those seven weeks.
Lionel: No. I've
got nothing to hide from you, Lex. You spend too much time living
in the
past. You've got to start looking to the future.
Lex: Get out.
Lionel: It's always been your
weakness.
Lex: Get out! Martha: I love you,
too,sweetheart. Okay, bye. I
just spoke to your dad. He's doing well, but they want him to stay an
extra day.
Clark: Did you tell him about Lex?
Martha: I thought it was better to keep
that under wraps until it looks like more of a threat.
Lionel: Unfortunately,
I'm afraid that time has come. Excuse the intrusion. The
door was open.
Martha: What are you doing here?
Lionel: Clark didn't tell you. He came to see me. Your
son has always had... a penchant for secrecy.
Clark: Mom, can you give us a
minute?
Martha: Sure.
Lionel: Martha, I... would you, uh,give my best wishes to your --
to Jonathan? I'm sure it must
be...a
challenge for him to, um, run the farm in his weakened condition.
Martha: Don't
worry about Jonathan. He'll be fine. His strength of
character will see
us through anything.
Lionel: I miss your sage advice, Martha. There's always a
job waiting for you if you ever want to come back to Luthor Corp. Um,
thank you, Clark, for letting me know what Lex has been up to.
Unfortunately, our collective meddling has convinced him to accelerate
the whole process.
Clark: Wait, he could seriously hurt himself.
Lionel: I know, but he
--he's an adult, Clark, and people have to make their own
mistakes sometimes before they realize that they've gone down the wrong
path.
Clark: What if he doesn't? What if he comes out of this a vegetable?
Lionel: Then
I'll have no choice but to... to have him
committed again, to Belle Reve. This time, permanently.
Clark: Where is he?
Clark: Where's Lex?
Dr. Garner: How the
hell did you get in here? I'm calling security.
Clark: If he continues these
experiments, his father's going to have him institutionalized again.
Dr. Garner: Lex
is well aware of the risks. What's the matter, Mr. Kent? You're not
looking well.
Clark: You have to stop what you're doing.
Dr. Garner: You've always
been intrigued with my research. And now you're going to have the
opportunity to be a part of it. Strip him. The mouse took
the bait.
Lionel: All right. Now, I've delivered my end of the deal, and I
expect you to live up to yours.
Dr. Garner: Lex will never under go another
treatment at Summerholt.
Lionel: Now we can put your talents to use on a far
more interesting project. I want us to begin studying Clark
Kent...
immediately.
Dr. Garner: We're ready.
Lionel:I'll feed you the
questions, all right? I want to know the truth about Clark Kent. Where
does he come from?
<>Lex: I'm here to see Dr.
Garner.
Receptionist: Mr. Luthor, Dr.
Garner left word with your assistant. Your session's been canceled.
Lex: I got the message. I want
to speak with him personally.
Receptionist: Well,
I'm afraid he's off-site at a seminar.
Lex: (Disbelieving.) Thank you.
[ Cellular phone rings ]
Lionel: Lex, I'm in a meeting.
Lex: At Summerholt?
Is that
why Dr. Garner canceled my session?
Lionel: I don't have time for this now, Lex.
Lex: Then you'd better make time. Because my treatment worked. I
remember
everything.
Lionel: Where are you?
Lex: You know where I am, dad.
Lionel: I have to solve a
problem. Wait till I get back.
Dr. Garner: Lower him into the tank. I'm not
waiting for anyone. Clark, I need you to relax. Take me back to your
earliest memory. Where did you come from?
Jor-El: Put him inside, Lara.
Our time has passed. The hourglass is empty.
Lara: What if they don't
love him?
Jor-El: Lara, his destiny is set. As is
ours.
Lara: Goodbye, my sweet Kal-El.
Clark: Lara! Lara! Lara!
Dr. Garner: Who's Lara, Clark? Why
isn't he responding?
Lab Technician: I'm not sure, Doctor, but he's having some sort of
reaction to the solution.
Clark: Lara!
Lab Technician: We need to pull him out!
Dr. Garner: No. He hasn't
told us what we want.
Clark: Lara!!
Lionel: Lex? Lex, what's so urgent that you needed
to call me out of a meeting? What's the problem, son?
Lex: I don't know, dad.
The fact that you co-opted Dr. Garner tells me that you really are
scared
of the memories I could recover. What'd you give him?
Clark: Lara! Lara!
Dr. Garner: Shut it down!
[ Explosion ]
[ Alarm ringing ]
Lionel: What the hell was that?
Receptionist: The alarm in the memory
well has been triggered.
Lex: Looks like I'm not the only one playing with
fire.
Lionel: Lex... Lex? Lex!
Lex: Clark.
Clark: Lex, help me.
Lex: I'm gonna get you out of
here.
Lex: I wanted to see how you
were feeling. You looked pretty messed up.
Clark: Yeah, I'll survive.
Lex: What were you doing at Summerholt, Clark?
Clark: I was
trying to save my friend from making a big mistake.
Lex: That was your
opinion. I told you to let it go, but you kept pursuing it.
You even
involved my father.
Clark: Yeah. Believe me, Lex, he's the
last person I'd ask for help, but I didn't have any other
options.
Lex: He
betrayed you, Clark. He stopped my sessions with Garner by
offering you
up as a lab rat. I've tried to keep my father away from you, but he's
obsessed. If I'd got back those seven weeks, I could've finally
stopped
him.
Clark: Maybe, Lex. Or maybe you'd make it worse. You're always telling
me how you don't want to turn into your father, and I truly believe
that.
But the more you two go at each other, the more like him you become and
the more people get hurt.
Lex: I will never become my father. I would never
sacrifice you or anybody I cared about to bring him down.
Clark: Lex. Why does your
father hate you so
much?
Lex: Take care of yourself, Clark.
[ Baby crying ]
[ Crying abruptly stops ]
Lex: Mom? Mom? What'd you do?
Lillian: Shh. Don't wake
the baby. He's sleeping.
Lex: No. No. What about dad?
Lillian: Ssh.
Dad has nothing to worry about, sweetheart. Julian's happy
now.
Lex: No. Lex?
Clark: Are you all right?
Lex: Yeah.
Yeah, I'm fine.
Lex: I see, once again, you
managed to walk away from a major debacle unscathed.
[ Chuckles ]
Lionel: I was only there at Summerholt, Lex, because... I was
concerned about you. And Clark. I was as shocked as you
were to find out
that Dr. Garner was holding him there against his will.
Lex: In yesterday's
melee, I didn't get a chance to tell you about a repressed memory I
recovered.
Lionel: Oh, Lex.
Lex: Don't worry, dad. It wasn't about those seven weeks.
It was about Julian.
Lionel: Yes, well, we, uh, put that tragedy behind us years
ago, didn't we?
Lex: I didn't kill him.
Lionel: Lex, I understand that you need to,
uh, excuse your behavior, but I, uh... I saw you, Lex I saw you
standing over julian's crib. It's the past. It's history.
Lex: Mom did it. I walked in, and I found. That's what I
repressed.
Lionel: Don't you dare. I won't let you desecrate your mother's memory
like that.
Lex: I don't blame her. I blame you.
Lionel: What are you talking about? Your mother loved
Julian. She would never--she wasn't capable of mudering her own
child. She loved him.
Lex: Loved him
so much she couldn't bear the thought of subjecting him to you
particular brand of parenting.
Lionel: All right, Lex. Why would you take the blame for your
brother's death?
Lex: Because I was your sole remaining heir, dad. I knew you
wouldn't let anything happen to me. But mom...she would have been the
lamb to the slaughter.
Lionel: Oh...I...if I'd known--if--if I'd seen--
Lex: What?
Lionel: Things...would've been...so different between us.
Lex: Yes, dad. You might've actually loved me. No. No.
Lionel: I--
Martha: You barely said anything about what happened at Summerholt.
Clark: Don't worry, mom. My secret's still safe.
[Sighs]
Martha: Well...I'll be in the house if, uh, if you want to talk.
Clark: Lara...is my biological mother's real name.
Martha: How did you know that?
Clark: When
I was in the tank, I saw my earliest memory. She was putting me in the
ship. Her only fear was that no one would love me.
Martha: I can't imagine the
agony of putting my son in a lifeboat and sending him across the stars.
Clark: Because of Jor-El, I always thought that... my biological
parents were
monsters, but she wasn't. I just can't believe I forgot about her.
Martha: You
didn't, Clark. Your first word was Lara. Your father and I could never
figure out what it meant. Now we know.
Clark: I wish she
could've met you, to see what a great mom I have.
Martha: She knows, Clark. A
mother's love never dies.
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Get down now! 
He shrugged it off
as a bad dream. 
the last time Lex
went off the deep end, you got
trampled by a horse. 
adventure, didn't
she? I can see I spooked her, and that usually sends
her running to you. 
and open the door to
your mind. Think about your father. Take us back to where
we left off. Where are
you now? 
I, um... lex. Your
mother
wanted to give you this in person, but she's resting, so...
what he forgot. 
I see how
you treat Alexander,
chipping away at his spirit. 
[Crying] Try.
That's it. The four of us are going to be a family.
All right? I'm going to give mary the night off. I think you need some
time alone with your son. Lex? Lex? What -- wha-- Lex! Lex, what
are
you doing? Hmm? 
You have to believe
me. 
I'm sure it must
be...a
challenge for him to, um, run the farm in his weakened condition. 
to have him
committed again, to Belle Reve. This time, permanently. 
Receptionist: Well,
I'm afraid he's off-site at a seminar.
Lex: At Summerholt?
Is that
why Dr. Garner canceled my session? 
Why does your
father hate you so
much? 
re
monsters, but she wasn't. I just can't believe I forgot about her. 
Now we know. 
