Totally agree, it's hard to hear him beat up on himself when he was easily the best actor on the show, playing the most compelling character. He is INCREDIBLE in this scene!!

He is very talented.

what happened? he did no make money?

@@sarabeeinKC We have to send him some love dude earned that.

Artists are like that. Their harshest critics are themselves.

the face of a guilty man about to get caught

So perfect

Loved that too. Had to watch it a few times. The best lex Luther.

what proof? I forgot

@@elitetraders2316 the picture

Thought it was gonna pop off when i watched this scene the first time, haha.

Absolutely, the stress really got to MR.

Rosenbaum must have quit when his contract expired to avoid nicking that vein when shaving his head.

@@whyisblue923taken what do balds to with those veins

ShadesAtKnight and my favorite lex Luther

The only lex luthor

This version of Lex Luthor versus Heath Ledger Joker

Well said.

All it was missing is an S on his shirt

mehul speedy don’t we are know it

Rosenbaum is perfect, but when Welling comes back with "Are you blaming me" I have to fight the urge to laugh a little. I love Welling, but sometimes he's not the best.@@mammaboy1

He was stressed because he wanted to protect Clark but he was completely outside the realm of being able to protect him from most things. He wanted to balance Clark's life so he could become a good man and understand the struggles humans have. He also insisted on doing farm work like his father and grandfather did as tradition. We can see in the early seasons that Clark could do all the work in the farm but Jonathan doesn't allow it. Clark could just tell him he's not perfect and Jonathan was a very hard worker who overdid himself sometimes. Rosenbaum was right about the lines though. Clark just says one line or two and it's his response to a minute or two of Lex being right.

mthakore Not really, Clark had good points to. Lex at this point has been driven by power and control to the point where he manipulated and murdered anyone to satisfy his own quest to be a savior.

TheMegaUzumaki Yeah, I mean, he killed a clone of his brother for wanting to have a normal life, and he murdered Tess out of some twisted sense of "heroism." I mean, let's face it, the name Luthor may not necessarily be evil, but the people associated with it are rather twisted.

Micheal Mah'moud Problem is that Clark assumes that everyone should trust him and not trust anyone else. These two were brothers in all but blood, their main issue was that neither trusted each other enough to keep each others’ secrets. If the both of them had been straight even after Clark saved lex from the mob boss and asked Lex NOT to reveal his secret, do you really think he wouldn’t? All Lex wanted to do was understand Clark and have the true brother he never had, Clark just never had enough faith in people to reveal his secret beyond any accidental encounters where he was forced to them, i.e. Chloe, Pete, Swann, etc.

@@ethrsag735 I get what you're saying, but Clark never pretended to be Lex's friend. He was his friend, the first one Lex ever had, and that's what makes how they end up so much more tragic.

Emily Escott I never said that he pretended, I said that he didn’t trust him, just as he didn’t trust anyone else outside the family unless something forced his hand.

Because he was

He was stabbed in the back

Well said.

He strikes me as the type who'd have a whoopee cushion handy

I can imagine him making "This is Sparta" jokes during some of the takes.

True but we know the Emmy hate comic book movies.

Just like Clark saying Lionel was a better father to Clark because he trusts him … it’s like Clark completely forgot how much of a horrific father Lionel was to Lex and how no matter what Lex did his father always stabbed him in the back over and over. Answering him like that was an insult in which Lex returned in favor.

Clark forced Jonathan to take powers from Jor-El when went on a Red K rampage so yes it is Clark’s fault to an extent. Johnathan beating the crap out of Lionel didn’t help either.

Listen to yourself both of you just delusional fanatics

ALSO there's a third layer-- descent refers to lineage, "descendent", the son comes from the father. Such an incredible title!

Imagine if LEx and Clark actually became friends again in this episode. I mean Clark did see how Lionel treated him. Maybe Clark Luthor would have been friends with this Lex.

True!

Facts!

Well no shit Sherlock, this show had 10 season with 45 minute episodes. Man of steel was legendary. I love smallville too.

Somehow yes, it is sad.

Better than superman returns

I agree, he wasn't always evil, he was broken

He wanted to be the hero of the story. He thought he was the hero of the story. Then he found out the person he thought was his best friend had an incredible secret that diminished Lex. Something broke. Possibly the best characterization of Lex Luthor as an incredibly gifted but incredibly wounded person in all of the Superman mythos.

@@johnmcgreevey7795 It dose suck when your friend doesn't share a secret like that with you. I wouldn't pressure him. I mean Clark could have told Lex then Lex could have gotten beaten up or killed trying to protect Clark secret. Clark would have felt guilty then. He felt he needed to tell Pete because he was about to expose his ship that he found. Guess he figured if Pete knew who he was he wouldn't want to expose the spaceship anymore. Chole found out about his powers so he figured he might as well tell her he's an alien. He was in a serious relationship with Lana so he needed to tell her especially if they got married. I mean imagine if Clark had kids with her then their 5 year old kid punch a grown man into the ribs breaking them, or if they threw and other kid several feet on the playground. Lana would wonder how their kid so strong. So the reason he never told Lex secret because he didn't really feel he needed to. Now if they would have stayed friends for a couple more seasons I think Clark would have told him his secret. Lex did have a lot of resources so he would have been a big help to Clark.

The finale in season 10 is a pretty epic scene as well.

I agree but at the same time, Lex seemed to manipulate and obsessed with knowledge and jealous of Clark's life, which end up leading to his being evil as well

+educhi1989 VM ok ok.

+Taylor Lange Lex gave Clark many reasons not to trust him (Lex). Not the other way around..for the most part. If Clark had told Lex his secret from the start, Lex probably would have destroyed the world by season 5. Sometimes we need to turn away from the people we know because the negatives outweigh the good. That's one of the harsh realities of life. In any case, do you tell your friends everything about you? I'm talking about your deep dark secrets. I don't.

+Taylor Lange I agree with you but from the beginning Lex is destined to be a bad guy, so eventually their friendship would become twisted and mangled, to the point where Lex's unstable personality, and Clark's character flaws would collide.

Lex never would've had good intentions anyway.. He was always power hungry

Any idea what that song's title is? I've been trying to find it but to no avail thus far.

I may be wrong but a few lists I saw online said season 9 was the best. 8 was certainly one of my favourites.

@TheUzumakiSpiral - Lying dumbfuck🤣🤣🤣 You've got issues man. Getting laid once in awhile will do wonders for those anger issues. Best of luck. 👍

TechNOGeek Reviews Seasons 1-7 have the story of Clark's background and the characters were developed so deeply... 8 - 10 had more action... I agree with you GG-

I fully agree with you. sadly they switch writers mid season 8 & obviously Lex isn’t in them either:(

If I was Lex I would have lost it to. To have someone lie to you so easily and so frequently when you KNOW, something is going on.

Khaos768 Yeah, he did try to help others on several occasions, such as helping Jonathan and Martha keep the farm. But you have to admit, a lot of his methods were questionable at best, immoral at worse. I mean, experimenting on human beings, coercing public officials, polluting the water supply....he had good ideas, but very bad execution. Clark gave him multiple chances to do the right thing, but his unhealthy curiosity and his inferiority complex just made him sink deeper and deeper until there was no way out. Yes, Clark had a big hand in Lex's downfall, but Lex was just as equally responsible if not more so.

Yea Lex really wasn't wrong when he said what he said.

Nothing Clark did justified Lex's actions. Lex's actions are his fault.

@@parkerboy795 I'm not sure if I just didnt see a notification or its because I wasn't tagged so sorry this is two months late. The most annoying part about this show is that clark constantly thinks its wrong for other people to lie but he is constantly lying as well. When I was younger and first watched Smallville I never noticed a lot of these things like drinking, one night stands, lying, etc but now as an adult I can't rewatch a single episode without seeing someone drinking or lying lol. I still like this show but its not as great as I remember. I was more annoyed about how often clark lies to people. Also there are parts of this show that don't make sense. Like when clark decided to not be honest with lana after, "going back in time to before he told her and gave her the ring he made".. then eventually he told her anyway and the show made it seem like the reason he didnt tell her was because he still didnt think shed accept him. The script writers jumped around and forgot what they formerly wrote I guess.

@@DaWorldOwner Clark didn't always practice what he preached, but neither did Lex. Especially bad in Lex's case considering the evil things he did. But if you're really annoyed by the melodrama in the show, remember the channel it was on thrived on melodrama. And yeah, the show wasn't really consistent all the time.

Matthew Davis Not to mention Victor Stone, level 33.1 patients, etc

Uhhh no Lex was destined to be who he was regardless .... same with Clark. The main reasons Clark hid his true self was because Lex couldn’t be trusted which was evident and he was always taught to hide who he really was to protect himself by his parents. Towards the end of the show he did have 2 personas tho. It was destiny it doesn’t matter what happened Lex is Lex and Clark is Clark

@NOT YOU Drastic measures? He was manipulating and hurting people. You can't lay that on someone because they were secretive and excuse the guy doing it. Yeah, but so did Lex. Left him alone? Lex was the one who was obsessed with Clark and entered his life.

Except they didn't. Lex did start with good intentions, but eventually it changed to his wants and needs before everyone else. Yes, but Lex could have just appreciated Clark's friendship. He didn't and kept crossing lines to get the truth. Clark didn't let him get his mind wiped. He broke in to Belle Reve to stop it, but failed. As for Lex trying to get Lex memory back, yeah, Clark was being selfish there.

maybe he wants to something besides be Lex Luthor? Actors would like to be known for more than one role.

@@fandomking8939 Maybe for awhile but if dc offer him right money he come back. He almost did crisis but wanted him work for pennies

Matthew Davis Yea, and the baby's to. When he blew up the ship and made their car crash when martha was pregnant. Then when Jonathan was forced to take on Powers to get Clark back....Clark is the last to blame someone.

+Matthew Davis If Clark hadn't gone back in time to save that bitchy pain the ass Lana Jonathan would have lived.

tysswe1 That may be, but he has more for made up for it at this point of the series

Matthew Davis While Clarke is Not a model character, which is one of the many brilliances of this show, he does his best to do the right thing for the right reasons. Now, while the show does good to make the audience empathize with Lex, he is not a good person and does things for the betterment of himself.

tysswe1 once that happened it ruined Clark for me in a way and Clark could have told lex his secret not lied to him and Lionel loved Clark more then lex and Lionels abuse on lex

tysswe1 true that. No matter how hard he tried no one trusted him or gave him a real chance, they're always half-hearted. so what's the point, no surprise when he was like fuck it i'll be evil like you all want me to be

Wizardwiwizard That's exactly what makes this Lex such a compelling villain. He wasn't a bad person starting out, and he made every effort he could to be a good person and strive to gain acceptance and love from others, but no one ever truly gave him a chance so he finally said "screw it" and succumbed to his demons. Lex was relentlessly bombarded with scrutiny, prejudice, distrust, and hatred which molded him into the monster we all know. In my opinion Clark played a major contributing factor to Lex's descent. Had he simply been straight forward instead of frequently stonewalling him, maybe things would have turned out differently.

@TheMegaUzumaki. You're wrong about many things. Lex didn't kill Julian as an infant, it was revealed many seasons prior in the series, before Lionel became Jor-El's emissary (and after Lex reveals this, Lionel tells him that things would've turned out differently between them had he known). He was only protecting his mother and had surpressed these memories many years prior as a result of this. And regarding Tess, he only used her after he succumbed to his demons, as was pointed out earlier. The first version of Lex (especially seasons 1 through 3 or 4), when he and Clark are friends, would never have done such thing.

tysswe1 Not really, Some of his friends have shown not to be able to handle his secret (Pete in season 3), not to mention be afraid or use him or other superpowers beings, so it's not like his fear was unfounded. Clark was right about Lex being lost in his quest for power and control

tysswe1 You're clutching at straws lol. With all the shit Lex did, i cant bring myself to empathise with his position, at all.