This is the first instance of his power of flight. He will not fly again until brainwashed as Kal-El in 4x01 Crusade, briefly in early parts of S10 and finally full-fledged flies in 10x22 "Finale".
Lana's necklace is made from the meteor that killed her parents. The meteor contained green kryptonite which makes Clark week, or clumsy, whenever he's around her. Is this interesting? Lex's Porsche has Metropolis plates, all licence plates display the state, not the city. Getting Started Contributor Zone ». Edit page. Top Gap. See more gaps ». Create a list ». Whump Episodes. Smallville Season 1 Ratings. Rosenbaum was able to depict a more sympathetic version of the character, while also teasing a more menacing side throughout the years.
His storylines in the show's early seasons often brought him into conflict against his father, Lionel Luthor, whom he eventually killed in one of his defining villainous moments. Smallville aired for 10 seasons, which chronicled Clark Kent's journey from small-town farm boy to fulfilling his destiny to become Superman. However, as integral as Rosenbaum's Luthor character was to the show, the actor opted to leave Smallville after seven seasons, as did Lana Lang actress Kristin Kreuk.
In many ways, the trajectory of Lex's life was set early in his upbringing. Lionel, an incredibly wealthy business mogul, raised his son after his own image. That included being tough and shrewd, as well as gaining and maintaining power whatever the cost or collateral damage. Believing his son to be a poor reflection of the Luthor name, Lionel spends much of Lex's childhood and early adulthood pushing and testing him in order to fashion his son into a proper namesake.
When Lex, in Season 3, discovers that his father killed his own parents in order to launch LuthorCorp, Lionel has his son drugged and committed to Belle Reve Sanitarium. However, the discovery of Lionel's familicide — and the subsequent attempt to silence his son — change Lex's perspective, as he realizes the true extent of his father's megalomania. Even the healthiest of psyches would have difficulty reconciling these events.
After that Lex is discharged and leaves. Later Lex visits a secret lab of LexCorp, called Network, where its scientists report to him the analysis of meteorites they have found along with the ship that Otis informed him about previously. The results are puzzling: the meteorites are somehow from the Earth itself, and seem as if our planet had exploded, which makes everyone confused. In addition, their atomic charges are exactly opposite of what they should be.
They also inform him that the ship fell at Smallville and that is now owned by S. Labs and so Lex says he wants the object, and this is not a request. Lex, who orders his men to attack S. Labs, is confronted by Otis who wants to be assured that Lex's men won't use any lethal force. Otis tries to convince Lex not to harm anyone saying that even if he didn't know him before he lost his memory he knows he is not that kind of a man anymore.
Tess, while controlling a huge robot, attacks the soldiers sent by Lex in S. Labs and then breaks into the place, where Lex and Otis are. Lex orders Otis to leave the place. Tess then attacks her brother and she is about to kill him, and he even tells her to do it, but at the last moment she reconsiders and ends her connection with the robot, sparing the life of her brother. Later at LexCorp, Otis brings breakfast to his boss and they talk about what happened. Otis says that he erased the security tapes in which he appears asking the robot to end his miserable existence.
Lex says that the data of the ship that his team managed to steal from S. Labs seems conclusive that there was a parallel Earth, which was destroyed and Lex says he'll figure out how to save this one.
Lex finds out the truth about the crash in Russia and gets ready to go investigate the matter. Lex Luthor is informed about the crash in Russia by the newscast and then his assistant, Otis, who enters his boss' office, comments on the recent revelation of Superman being an alien.
Lex seems not to care too much about it, feeling that somehow he already knew. Otis also informs Lex that the recent crash in Russia has yielded similar readings came from the ship that crashed in Smallville months ago and it is now kept in S. Lex realises that the "thing" that fell in Russia may be from alternate reality too so he orders Otis to prepare the jet so they can travel to Russia.
Boarding the plane, Otis tells his boss that he has invited the press to chronicle his "greatness", much to Lex's annoyance. They then watch as Superman fly over them with Lex seeing it as a challenge but Clark, who is inside the plane as a representative of the Daily Plane, says that it might be more of a reminder.
Lex is obviously disappointed having Clark Kent accompanying him in his travel, saying that Lois Lane would be better company. Inside Lex's jet, Clark interviews Lex about what he believes crashed in Russia and asks him why he is so interested on that and if it has something to do with his alleged attack at S. He then asks him about his rivalry with Superman but Lex responds by saying he doesn't trust Superman and in fact nobody should trust him, he also says he is glad the world is finally starting to sober up.
Clark then says that his Lex's amnesia is not a secret so he asks him if it has something to do with that and Lex says he is not sure but maybe his hatred for the superhero has something to do with his old life. It is on this trip, That Clark and Lex, In a Manner, enjoy their old friendship and shows the type of relationship that might have endured had Lex not given in to evil.
After that Lex starts to ask Clark about his relationship with Lois and why they haven't get married yet but Clark says they just haven't find the right moment yet.
So Lex advises him not to wait too long, mentioning the amount of coverage Lois gives to Superman, indicating with that he might lose her to another man. Suddenly the jet gets into a big storm and because of a lightning they lose an engine so Clark prepares to take action but surprisingly someone else catches the jet from its fall. At first, Lex thinks that Superman might have saved them, something that makes him clearly irritated but it is revealed they were saved by a Russian team of superheroes, called the Rocket Red Brigade, who welcomes them in Moscow.
Meanwhile the Russian Prime Minister is informed that the President wants to talk to him about an important matter but he says that it has to wait because he wants to meet with Lex Luthor and find out what he has to offer for his prisoner, revealing that he has already imprisoned the fallen Monitor.
The Soviet leader has granted him the privilege of seeing him first out of gratitude because in the past, Lex helped his nephew Mikhail with his metahuman condition. Lex tells to him everything he knows about the being who fell from the sky, that it is not of this world and is responsible for the destruction of an entire parallel Earth. The conversation is settled with Lex Luthor taking a look on the captive Monitor, and offering a lot of money to the Prime Minister to take him back to the U.
Lex questions the Monitor, who reveals that his name is Ray-Lan. Luthor attempts to negotiate with him but Ray-Lan shows his contempt for this world, so when Lex, seemingly disappointed with him, decides to leave, Ray-Lan says that he knows what is happening on this world and what actually happened to his mind, offering to fill his memory gaps.
Luthor then asks Ray-Lan what does he want in exchange. The freed Monitor is killing soldiers on his way out of the facility. Lex asks him why he does that, and Ray-Lan responds that if he does not understand his purpose, he doesn't deserve to live so he proceeds to kill Lex too. Fortunately, Superman's timely intervention saves Luthor, and the fight between Superman and Ray-Lan begins. After the fight Ray-Lan, who lands on a building, succeeds to escape, while Lex wonders where he has gone, but Superman, seeing his own blood on his hands wonders how the Monitor could hurt him.
Ray-Lan has just escaped from the facility in Moscow he was held captive thanks to the chaos he created. Ignoring Lex who shouts at him to follow the Monitor, Superman flies above the clouds. Switching back to his civillain disguise, Clark returns to the scene of conflict and reunites with Lex Luthor.
Lex decides to go and find the Monitor on his own, whom he can trace through a device. Clark goes with him and when Lex thinks Clark can not hear him, he tells to Otis that he took Clark with him because he wouldn't mind if something happened to him.
Later near in Russia, Clark and Lex have tracked the Monitor in the abandoned and radioactive city of Chernobyl. While searching the place they find there a hole in the ground that leads them to an underground level where a huge spaceship is hidden.
Lex and Clark explore Monitor's spacecraft. Lex tells to Clark that the meteor shower that caused the accident of Karolyev "Guardian" were the remains of a destroyed parallel Earth, and that suggests the existence of others. In fact, deep inside the spaceship, the two discover a glass tube-like structure that somehow contains several parallel earths that have already been decimated. But before they could react to the incredible view, the Monitor appears and tells them that their world has already far exceeded its useful life, and the two of them will not live to see its end.
Beneath Chernobyl, Clark and Lex try to escape from the Monitor, who is stalking them through his ship while revealing bits and pieces of his plan. Eventually Lex and Clark manage to escape the ship, which fires its thrusts in preparation to take off. Clark takes advantage and flies himself and Lex out, timing his movements to make it look like they were thrown out by the blast.
They land on a bridge, and the Monitor surprises them and shoots Clark in the chest, sending him flying through the air and into a frozen lake. Lex dives in after him and approaches the sinking body of an unconscious Clark, whose shirt has been ripped off by the hit of the Monitor, revealing his Superman costume.
Lex is diving into the frozen lake trying to reach Clark, but another shot coming from the Monitor hits Clark and makes him sink deeper in the water, making him unreachable. Luckily for Clark, Lex couldn't reach him and so he did not see his Superman costume inside the shreds of his civilian clothes.
Ray-Lan grabs Lex from the icy water, throws him on the snow and says to him that he will end up dead like Clark because he does not deserve to witness the majesty of the final destruction of this Earth.
Lex, who is suffering from hypothermia, asks Ray-Lan to answer him just one question for himself, why does he hate Superman so much and why, though his memories are gone, he still feels that terrible hatred for him when he sees the "S" on his chest. Ray-Lan does not have the time to answer Lex's question as Superman appears and attacks the Monitor, throwing him far away in the forest. Because of his hypothermia, Lex has fainted and Superman lights a fire around him to warm his body.
Ray-Lan remotely controls his ship but Superman swoops down and destroys his arm cannon. Lex tells Superman to kill the Monitor or else his peers will keep coming. Superman tells him that's not his style and then flies directly into the beam of the ship, using it against itself and destroys it.
As he falls, the ship causes a great explosion throwing shrapnel and fire, but fortunately Otis, wearing an armor of the Rocket Reds that he "borrowed", intervenes and saves Lex. Lex wakes up in a bed in Metropolis General with Clark sitting in a chair beside him.
Lex is shocked to see him alive, and Clark explains that Superman saved him from drowning and warmed his body in the same way he did with Lex's. Luthor apologizes for dragging him to Russia in his expedition, but Clark says he volunteered. Clark tells him the Monitor probably would've tried to destroy the planet with or without Lex's intervention. Clark starts to leave, when Lex tells him he's a good liar. Despite Clark's consoling words, Lex says he can see the disapproval in his eyes.
And he suspects he saw that look in his "past life," before he lost his memories. Clark acknowledges something of their history, saying that many times Lex's need to save the world often butted heads with his ego.
Lex uses Ray-Lan's device to communicate with his other counterparts in the multiverse. Later, at LexCorp, Lex, after uttering a whispered thanks to Otis for saving his life, which Otis almost certainly didn't hear, and a scientist connect the comms device, which was stolen by Lex with a radio station to launch a powerful message to the multiverse: "To all my counterparts residing in what my people have called the multiverse, my apologies for joining the party this late.
My name is Lex Luthor and I think it's time for a little chat. Lex wonders why any of counterparts in the multiverse haven't communicated with him yet. Lex wonders why hasn't any of his other counterparts in the multiverse communicated with him yet and Otis suggests that there might not be any of them left. Lex says that he can't regain access to the Monitor's ship in Russia because of the D.
He tells Otis to put a meeting to the books with Ted Kord and Michael Holt , as he starts to rethink Bruce Wayne's offer about the super-collider endeavor. Then, Lex watches Superman's new powers on TV and says he recognizes the symbol on his ring , but can't actually remember where from. Lex proceeds to visit Abigail Hunkel , the housekeeper of the former headquarters of the Justice Society of America , which contains Alan Scott 's old power battery, to learn more about the history of the Green Lanterns.
Lex is making no progress in his search for answers on the Green Lanterns from Mrs. He wants to know about Alan Scott and comes to the point of threatening Mrs. Hunkel, but she tells him nothing, and also warning him that she will call Ted Grant.
Suddenly, the power battery lights up, relaying a distress signal from Superman. He then orders Otis to get a list of all the individuals who wore Yellow Lantern rings but Otis tells him that all of them are already in prison.
Lex says that something about them was compatible with the rings, which are now on his possession, and he needs them to assemble a team in order to save the world.
As proud as they are of their accomplishments, they tell Lois that none of it would've been possible without the last minute contribution of Lex Luthor. Lois accuses Lex that because of him her fiance almost died back in Russia. She also warns them that no one should trust Lex and she hints that Lex stole alien technology from D.
However, Luthor calmly tells his partners that he is only there to give. Sadly, things don't go as planned for Kord and Holt, because when the scientists start the experiment, a violent gateway opens pulling everyone and everything into the Bleed, the rift between parallel universes, with Lois clinging to a railing.
The only one who seems happy about the incident is Lex who obviously has planned everything. Moments after Superman and Lois' disappearance, Ted wonders where did Superman and Lois went and Lex remarks he's just killed two birds with one stone. In Antarctica, Lex is ready to leave, saying to Kord and Holt that "he's out" as the facility is unstable, given the fact that Superman and Lois Lane disappeared.
Otis informs him that the Monitor's device has already started to lose charge and Lex says that he was hoping not to reveal his new security force so early but now he doesn't have a choice. Holt says that he doesn't need any security force as their own private security, Booster Gold , can escort his plane back to domestic airspace but Lex reveals that he lied to them and that he intends to buy Holt and Kord out.
Kord says they are not selling but suddenly Lex's private security, which is revealed to be powered by rings of the Yellow Lanterns, fires at them and Lex then says they should consider it more of a hostile takeover.
Lex demands from Kort and Holt to give him the access codes for the equipment but they refuse saying that he killed Superman and Lois Lane. Lex insists his actions are to save the world and commands his security force to shoot both men when they refuse him again. Then he orders his henchmen to find Booster Gold and eliminate him. Lex Luthor continues his hostile takeover of the Antarctica facility, convinced his actions are for the greater good of the universe.
He forces the wounded Kord and Holt to work on the equipment and put it back on track. Otis, who is putting a communications interface together, insists that firing Holt and Kord's machine again is not a good idea and reminds Lex that, so far, no other Lex Luthors from alternative universes have tried contacting him. Lex says he's done trying to reach them and intends to contact someone else. Lex orders his Yellow Lanterns to torture Booster Gold and then remove all of his gadgets so they can study them later.
Booster remains defiant, despite his obvious pain. He tells Lex the two of them aren't all that different. They both want to be heroes, he says, but Lex can't shake his greed and ambition. Lex answers that, since losing his memory, he's yet to take a single life. He suspects he'll have to someday, and he doesn't want Booster to be the first. Lex then visits Kord and Holt, who say the proper adjustments are in place with the super collider to accommodate Lex's alien tech.
After that, Lex's Lanterns imprison the two scientists once again along with Booster Gold, and Lex order Otis to activate the machine so they can make some history. Superman wakes up in a holding cell along with Lois after he was attacked by the super-powered Monitors and then they suddenly start hearing a very familiar voice. That voice belongs to Lex Luthor, who achieved to communicate with the Monitors and suggests, rather than razing his universe, simply "reboot" it.
Inside the Monitors' ship, they listen to Lex's proposal to reboot the universe. Superman interrupts his proposal, saying that what he is proposing is madness. Lex is surprised to see that Superman and Lois are still alive, as he was wondering where have they ended up. Lois calls him a monster but Lex insists he's the only one actually trying to save the world by reasoning with the Monitors. The Monitors end the transmission, saying they have much to discuss.
Lex's Yellow Lanterns decide to turn against their employer. However, Lex reveals his contingency plan, that his subordinates' rings were slaved to his own ring and programmed to self destruct on command, and that command is given.
After the corpses of the henchmen fall to the ground, Lex and Otis make their exit. Lex and Otis return to Metropolis, with Otis asking Lex if he appreciated the view of the city before he lost all his memories as much as he does now, and how hard he worked to position himself as a good man emerging from the darkness. Otis wonders if that also includes making deals with the Monitors because it looks like they easily agreed to his plan of rebooting the universe as they watch Washington D. Lex whoever says while the Bleed in Russia was mainly destructive, but the blue Bleed seems to have broken down for reconfiguration, with Otis wondering how they would be able to sort it out with Lex answering if they can reform everything to their specific design.
Lex then assumes that no one would remember exactly what had happened and only knowing the reality created by the Monitors.
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