Smallville (TV Series)

Shield (2010)

Cassidy Freeman: Tess Mercer

Quotes 

• Tess Mercer : I got your message. I have to say, it wasn't the call I was expecting.

  Oliver Queen : Chloe's gone.

  Tess Mercer : Well, you've been with her for five months, right? Sounds like things are right on schedule.

  Oliver Queen : No, it's not like that. She just disappeared. No warning, no phone call, nothing.

  Tess Mercer : Trust never was the golden rule for the kids in this clubhouse.

  Oliver Queen : Well, you'd just fit right in, then, wouldn't you? Now, if you think I'm gonna sit around here and do nothing just waiting for my girlfriend to come back like Clark's doing, you don't know me very well at all.

  Tess Mercer : Low blow. I'd say Clark's using every ounce of strength he has not to skip over the Azores and bring Lois home. He respects Lois enough.

  Oliver Queen : Maybe that's because Lois hasn't completely disappeared. There's no digital record of Chloe Sullivan anywhere. It's like she never existed.

• Tess Mercer : I had LuthorCorp's ballistic people up all night taking apart that slug from Cat's car.

  Clark Kent : I appreciate that. Thanks.

  Tess Mercer : I'm not asking for your thanks, Clark. Just your trust. You need me.

  Clark Kent : You said this was urgent.

  Tess Mercer : After the lab techs pulled apart the bullet and reassembled it, they found this.

  [turning her computer monitor around, she shows him that it was his name etched into the bullet] 

  Clark Kent : The target is me.

  Tess Mercer : Guess our assassin never was after "Hello Kitty".

• Clark Kent : This guy doesn't know that car explosions and bullets don't hurt me.

  Tess Mercer : It's possible was just testing you. To see what you're made of.

  Clark Kent : Why hasn't he come after me again?

  Tess Mercer : Maybe he didn't realize how difficult of a target you are.

  Clark Kent : This guy never gives up. And he gets every detail right. There must be more to his plan.

  Tess Mercer : If he knows you're faster than his bullets, the only place to aim is at someone he knows you'll save. And maybe you'll be there to...

  Clark Kent : Act as a shield. It's Cat. I have to get back to Smallville.

  Tess Mercer : [glancing at her computer]  Too late. Our kitten reporter is already on the move.

• Tess Mercer : [finding Clark looking through Cat's personnel file]  All you had to do was ask.

  Clark Kent : Cat Grant isn't who she says she is.

  Tess Mercer : I knew you two would have a lot in common.

  Clark Kent : Her real name is Mary Louise Shroger, and that's not the only secret she's keeping.

  Tess Mercer : Let's face it, Clark. You're not gonna like anyone sitting in Lois' chair. So why don't you just take a coffee break and run to the Sahara and bring her back?

  Clark Kent : Lois left for a reason. If I care for her, I'll respect that.

  Tess Mercer : How progressive of you. If you really believe it.

• Clark Kent : Something weird is going on with Cat. She's making suspicious phone calls. And this morning, she almost got blown up in her car. An explosion was caused by a bullet somehow lodged perfectly in the combustion chamber. It's engraved. The only letters visible are A, R, N, T.

  Tess Mercer : "Cat Grant". I think I've seen this work before. Let's hope I'm wrong.

  Clark Kent : You know who did this?

  Tess Mercer : If it's the op I'm thinking of, it was a top target of Checkmate. One of the few they never got, and one of the even fewer they feared.

  Clark Kent : I can see why. Number three on Interpol's most wanted, and top five on FBI and CIA.

  Tess Mercer : Strikes targets with surgical precision. And assassinates all witnesses.

  Clark Kent : What's his name?

  Tess Mercer : Checkmate never could ID him. They just called him Deadshot.

• Tess Mercer : The only one who could erase Chloe is Chloe.

  Oliver Queen : Oh, god. Come on, now, Tess. Don't underestimate yourself. Although, I do have to say I thought the e-mail was a touch much.

  Tess Mercer : [taking a sheet of paper]  "Oliver. I never thought I'd have to tell you how I feel about us because the smile on my lips when I looked at you pretty much said it all. But now that you won't be seeing it anymore, I'll have to use words to tell you. I've never loved anyone the way I've loved you. And I never will again. You will always be my brightest star. My knight in shining leather, my hero." Oliver, this might be difficult for you to face, but I didn't write this. We both know Chloe did. I did help her reset the system, though. And in a bizarre way, she knew that I was the only one who would understand.

  Oliver Queen : Why'd she do this?

  Tess Mercer : I just know it's what she wanted. I trusted that she had a plan. Maybe it's time you trust her, too.