Sometime a year later in 1981, Lionel fathered his second child Lutessa Lena Luthor with Pamela (It is unknown if Pamela raised her with Lionel without Lillian's knowledge or not). He characterizes Lionel as an intelligent man who can read people easily. Clark showed up and saved Lionel, who was later hospitalized with minor injuries. O'Toole also said she believes Martha's motivation is to get close enough to Lionel to know what he is planning to do to Clark. Simpson, Paul, (Season 1 Companion), pg.144, Simpson, Paul, (Season 3 Companion) pp. Lionel's distrust of Lex partially arises because he believes Lex is a coward. Lionel Luthor grew up as the son of Scottish immigrants Lachlan Luthor and Eliza Luthor in Suicide Slums. "Truth". A few months later, Lionel offered Chloe Sullivan a column at the Daily Planet in exchange for her helping him get information on Clark. Lionel later told Lana Lang about how Margaret Isobel Thoreaux was using her to get the Stones of Power, and gave Lana a map of China, saying Jason Teague was there with Lex attempting to find the Crystal of Air. [41] In the 2004 miniseries Superman: Birthright, Lex's father is not a billionaire but immediately puts Lex to work making millions for him after he discovers his son's astronomical IQ. "Commencement". "Descent". [3] In Season two, Lex saves Lionel but loses his sight because of Lex's judgment to rush into surgery. Nixon later gave photos to Lex of Lionel in an intimate position with Victoria. Clark then came in and accused Lionel of having Lana marry Lex. He also sent a mysterious young man named Adam Knight to Smallville to get close to Lana so she could tell him everything there is about Clark. As a teenager, Lionel conspired with Morgan Edge to kill his parents to collect the insurance money to fund LuthorCorp, and their criminal dealings continued well into their adult years after their lives have taken divergent turns. Lionel Luthor Written by Russ Dimino ... an episode where he and Lex construct a device that is supposed to render Superman blind... but it takes Lionel's sight, instead (maybe the "Smallville" writers caught this episode during season two?). When she leaves at the end of season six, Lionel no longer has that influence. He gave Clark the key to Lex's secret room, ending the friendship between Lex and Clark; had Chloe and her father's safe house compromised, resulting in it exploding; and had Lex's brandy poisoned. You know you can't stop watching it, but at the same time you feel, 'Oh my God, he's going to kill me.'" The character was initially a special guest in season one, and became a series regular in season two and continued until being written out of the show in season seven. This was not lost on Lex, who questioned Lionel on it; Lionel replied that Clark was "the kind of son a father can be proud of," furthering his preference of Clark over Lex. When Earl Jenkins attempted to get Lionel's attention by holding hostages inside the LuthorCorp plant, Lionel came to Smallville and was confronted by Lex about a secret project named Level Three, but Lionel refers to Level Three as a redundant storage area. He later confronted Clark with another message from Jor-El about Zod instructing Clark to destroy the "vessel" to prevent Zod from being unleashed onto the Earth. Miles Millar, Alfred Gough (writers) and Miles Millar (director) (April 28, 2004). Wanting the evidence to link him to the murders of the Veritas members, Lionel agreed to set Clark free, but Pierce betrayed him and intended to kill Clark. Maurice Cobbs of DVD Verdict said Lionel was taking away from the primary characters' screen time in season four, and the producers should have killed him at the end of season three. Lionel managed to save Chloe and witnessed General Zod, now inhabiting Lex's body, take flight with Lana in tow. Lana told Clark the news himself, and later came to Lionel's office and told him she had no information. Smallville is the first appearance in which the character has been an intricate part of a Superman adaptation. Once he did, he witnessed Lex possessing Kryptonian powers, which Lex demonstrated on Lionel by tossing him onto the hood of his car. [30], For his portrayal of Lionel Luthor on Smallville, John Glover has been nominated for two Saturn Awards in the category of Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series. "Mercy". [47], In the 1988–1992 television series Superboy, Lex's father appears in season four's "Know Thine Enemy" (Part 1), in which Superboy becomes Lex Luthor in a virtual reality and watches Lex grow up with an abusive father; Lex's father is unnamed. Whe she leaves at the end of season six, Lionel no longer has that influence. As Lionel failed to persuade Lex from working with Milton Fine, he again channeled Jor-El and scribbled another Kryptonian message on paper. Lionel's signature mane of hair is used to symbolize his power—by growing it out and refusing to style it, Lionel attempts to show he is so powerful that he can do whatever he wants without any backlash. When the secret is uncovered, Lex murders his father, realizing he has been covering up the Traveler's existence. Later on, while in Metropolis, Lionel gave Martha a beautiful watch and told her that she had been promoted and had her own office there in Metropolis. Sometime later, he redecorated the mansion and conducted business there, much to Lex's annoyance. "Shattered". Lex Luthor's father was first introduced in Superman comics by Jerry Siegel in 1961 and has since appeared in other Superman-related media under different names. Months later, Lionel returned to Smallville for a surprise visit, to compliment Lex's work at the Smallville plant, and offered Lex a new position in Metropolis as Special Advisor to the Chairman but Lex ultimately turned him down. Lionel revealed to Lana that he knew Clark's secret too, but that he also knew Clark's weakness; he then told her that if she didn't marry Lex, he would kill Clark. Lex's father has previously been depicted in other media. It's one of my favorite videos I've done so I really wanted an HD version of it, because the original is in 480p which sucks lol. This all plays into Lionel's "pretty huge ego". When Lionel took Grant to a steak restaurant in Metropolis, Lex had an assassin find Grant and kill him in front of Lionel. Lionel was confused when Clark told him to bring Chloe to her apartment without taking her to a doctor. He then told Clark that he only wanted what was best for him and his mother, but Clark did not believe him and told him to stay away. Series developers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar created Lionel Luthor for Smallville to provide an antithesis to the parenting style of Jonathan Kent (John Schneider) and Martha Kent (Annette O'Toole). Lionel Luthor is a fictional character portrayed by John Glover in the television series Smallville. [14] Lionel is released from prison by Genevieve Teague (Jane Seymour), and begins searching for three stones of knowledge. Lionel was placed in an upstairs bedroom. After Lex tried to free Lionel, Marilyn had a gun pointed at his son, and Lionel snuck up behind her and beat her to death. He kept his information about the Kryptonian symbols to himself, and informed Clark and Martha about everything happening with Lex. The character can also get past people's defenses and manipulate them. [44] In Blackest Night #6, Lionel Luthor is revived as a member of the Black Lantern Corps. However, J'onn J'onzz revealed to Clark Kent that Lionel was still an emissary of Jor-El. [29], Glover believes Martha influenced Lionel to start believing that sacrifice is necessary to make the world a better place. After that encounter, Lionel revealed his deceitful nature once again, blackmailing Lex into giving him the Crystal of Air (which Lana had) or else he would reveal Lana's killing of Genevieve Teague. "Vortex". Lionel's distrust of Lex partially arises because he believes Lex is a coward. Lionel has a strained relationship with Lex and regularly tries to test him. [18], Season ten reveals that Tess Mercer (Cassidy Freeman) is Lionel's illegitimate daughter, fathered with Lex's nanny Pamela Jenkins (Donna Bullock). [13] Lionel attempts to switch bodies with Lex using a stone from Clark's homeworld of Krypton but Clark intervenes and Lionel switches bodies with Clark instead. [31], John Glover characterizes Lionel as a businessman who is disappointed with his son. Lionel got a hold of the Crystal of Water, which he planned to use to switch bodies with Lex, but the attempt failed when Clark interfered, resulting in Lionel switching bodies with Clark instead. Believing him to be the Traveler, Lionel took Davis in. When Kal-El's ship landed on Earth, he sent a search team to get the Traveler, only to grab a young boy, named Davis. Later, Lionel was confronted by Clark, who had discovered the truth about Lex and Lana's wedding; Clark was about to kill him until Martian Manhunter stopped him, telling him that Lionel was an emissary of Jor-El. Lionel discussed the situation about Kara with Clark and Lana, but unbeknownst to Clark, Lionel had Kara's bracelet in his vault, which Lex knew about and Clark later found out about. Due to being exposed to the energy from the Crystal of Water, Lionel was transformed into a Kryptonian vessel for the essence of Jor-El, Clark Kent's Kryptonian birth father, and installed with all the knowledge of the planet Krypton. Lionel then ordered for Lex to receive electroshock therapy at Belle Reve; afterward, Lex remembered little of the last seven weeks. Whenever he received a message, Lionel was overcome with a headache, dropping to his knees and frantically starting to jot the message down on paper. 136-139, Byrne, Craig, (Season 6 Companion) pg.132. "Gone". [7] When Chloe Sullivan (Allison Mack) discovers the truth,[8] that evidence is used to assist Lex have Lionel arrested for his parents' murder. Apparently, Lionel knew a great deal about Clark from the day he held one of the crystals that created the Fortress of Solitude. When Clark Kent escapes back to his own reality, Lionel follows him. [46], In the television series' comic book continuation written by the show's writer Bryan Q. Miller, it is revealed that Lionel had tried to recruit Bruce Wayne's father Thomas Wayne into the secret society Veritas with Virgil Swann. By the end of the fifth season, Lionel has learned that people have a responsibility to each other. During the story of Smallville, Lionel evolves from being a nemesis of Clark Kent (Tom Welling) who develops multiple schemes to uncover Clark's secrets, to becoming an ally who eventually dies to protect Clark's secret from his own son.
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