Superman & Lois (TV Series)

The Ties That Bind (2022)

Mariana Klaveno: Lara Lor-Van

Quotes 

• Superman : Mother.

  Lara Lor-Van : Look at you. This grown man towering before me.

  Jordan Kent : Dad?

  Superman : Jordan, this is your grandmother Lara.

  Jordan Kent : Hi, Grandma.

  Lara Lor-Van : And you are?

  Tal-Rho : Of course you don't recognize your forgotten son.

• Tal-Rho : Your powers have matured.

  [putting Jordan in a chokehold] 

  Tal-Rho : But you're still just a coddled child.

  Lara Lor-Van : Tal, stop this. You have no cause to harm this boy.

  Tal-Rho : You can't know the cause I have! Nor what I have endured.

  Lara Lor-Van : Yes, and that will forever be my burden. But you are not your father, Tal. There is good in your heart. I can see it. Please... you must let the boy go.

• Superman : [recovering from a vision attack]  Jordan.

  [whooshing over and breaking him free of Tal's grip] 

  Superman : Don't you ever touch him!

  Lara Lor-Van : [he throws punches at Tal]  Stop! Enough!

  Superman : [letting Tal go]  Jordan?

  Jordan Kent : I'm fine. I'm fine.

  Superman : This was a mistake. I never should have trusted you!

  Lara Lor-Van : No, Kal. He was right to bring you here. I know what's wrong with you.

• Lara Lor-Van : You used the Eradicator on the people of Earth? I never should have designed that machine.

  Tal-Rho : We were so close, Mother.

  Lara Lor-Van : My life's greatest regret left in the hands of a monster.

  Tal-Rho : You left *me* in the hands of a monster!

  Superman : Easy, Tal.

  Tal-Rho : Do you know what it was like living under that man's thumb, the pain he inflicted?

  Lara Lor-Van : That was not my decision. I had no knowledge of your existence until it was too late.

  Jordan Kent : You're his mother.

  Lara Lor-Van : Genetically, yes. But I did not give birth to him. On Krypton, all children were engineered.

  Tal-Rho : [glancing at Clark]  Except for one.

  Lara Lor-Van : Tal, you must believe me. I tried reaching you, but the barriers they'd erected were insurmountable.

  Tal-Rho : Oh, you stand here, pleading walls were too thick, gates were too high, when we both know the true obstacle was your own heart and love's absence within it.

  Lara Lor-Van : That is not true. My love for you has always been real. And now fate has given us another opportunity.

  Tal-Rho : Fate intervened long ago. You have but one son to care for now, and he's in need of his mother's help.

• Superman : Tal, if you even think of trying anything...

  Tal-Rho : Brother, your suspicions are without merit. I'm simply here to help. May I?

  [retreiving a red crystal from its hiding place] 

  Tal-Rho : This is no trick, Kal. In fact, it's something far, far greater.

  [inserting it into a crevice in the wall] 

  Tal-Rho : It's a family reunion.

  [a hologram activates] 

  Lara Lor-Van : Kal-El, my son... is that you?

• Lara Lor-Van : Tal-Rho? You were able to escape Krypton. Oh, thank the gods. Both my sons, alive and together.

  Superman : No, we're... we're not.

  Lara Lor-Van : What is the meaning of this?

  Jordan Kent : I'm guessing this is not the same grandma that helped you before.

  Tal-Rho : This consciousness was uploaded before the destruction of Krypton and therefore remains untainted by your father.

  Superman : Your actions tainted her perspective, not me.

  Lara Lor-Van : My sons! I require an explanation.

  Tal-Rho : I tried to resurrect the planet we lost. Unfortunately, humans proved to be ungrateful hosts.

• Lara Lor-Van : What is the matter?

  Superman : I've been having visions, and I believe they may be of the destruction of Krypton.

  Tal-Rho : He also believes they're caused by the Eradicator.

  Lara Lor-Van : Then I should be able to provide answers. Come.

• Lara Lor-Van : Your son... he reminds me of your father.

  Superman : Father was so proud of him. Of both the boys.

  Lara Lor-Van : You have no idea how happy that makes me.

  Tal-Rho : [watching nearby with Jordan]  See how she favors him? Your father?

  Jordan Kent : Well, yeah, he's not a genocidal sociopath who tried to destroy civilization.

  Tal-Rho : And your mother... does she favor the weakling?

  Jordan Kent : From what I hear, Jon's probably stronger than you now.