Pete Says Goodbye to Clark -- (Smallville - S3; E9/21)

[@rabbychan]

"I could never live with myself if I betrayed you." Everyone needs a friend like Pete.

[@fabricenishimwe9431]

True

[@fabricenishimwe9431]

True

[@imrhannephew1892]

Well said.

[@the_varunrvel]

Really? Him? He betrayed Clark a lot by using Kryptonite against him for his own needs

[@dantejordan4847]

Varun R Vel He did. Which was a horrible thing to do. Tbh, idk if I consider the Season 7 episode canon. I usually like to think that he screwed up so much that that’s why he realized he needed to leave. Like he says, he couldn’t live with himself if he betrayed his secret. Although, he was flawed, he was mature enough to do this

[@MegumiHayashida]

This guy ain't no snitch. A real one fr

[@Eagle0watch7dv]

And that's when I stopped watching the show, when they wrote off Pete.

[@MegumiHayashida]

@@Eagle0watch7dv Although he was clearly the token black guy adding some diversity in the show if I remember well, things were going way too dangerous like he was getting kidnap and shit, leaving SV was actually a better option than getting murdered due to his close relashionship with Kal. Chloe Sullivan basically became Clark sidekick after that

[@Eagle0watch7dv]

@@MegumiHayashida It wasn't his fault that they didn't put more black people on show...wtf kind of criticism is that? Trumper confirmed. 🤦‍♂️😂

[@Eagle0watch7dv]

@Brian Bess Like I said Trumper confirmed and BTW you also confirmed your racism all by yourself by assuming you have to be white to be racist.🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@Eagle0watch7dv]

@Ralis Sedarys Once again it's not Pete's fault it's the writers fault. BTW Pete was a better character than his replacement. I'll go even further to say that Pete was the best Actor on the show. FACTS

[@zour3]

you cannot ever ask for a better and more trustworthy friend.

[@h1ghalpha156]

Clark never visted pete

[@fandomking8939]

@@h1ghalpha156 Pete avoided all of Clark's attempts to contact him. Plus, maybe Clark was a little busy saving people from homicidal maniacs.

[@rabbychan]

@@fandomking8939 Nah he was busy wasting his time with Lana.

[@minato1805]

because Clark is such a good friend

[@Eagle0watch7dv]

And that's when I stopped watching the show, when they wrote off Pete.

[@ethanluttrell]

I really wish Pete had made an appearance in season 10 kinda let Clark know he was OK

[@judai24]

He came back near the end got powers from kryptonite laced gum round when clark was with lana for the last time

[@JG1570]

He came back in season 7

[@Me-tp6ll]

Wtf? U ppl still watch this show? It's 2001 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@shanereid5292]

@@Me-tp6ll So? It''s better than most of the stuff that they have on today.

[@StillJustDreaming]

@@JG1570 What episode?

[@santiagocarreno5881]

Rewatching the series and Smallville was basically filled with the most beautiful people of all ages ever lol.

[@OfentseMwaseFilms]

Why is the lighting always so perfect on smallville? 😂

[@rfkwouldvebeenaok1008]

High budget tv show.

[@SCfanIam100]

Other than the occasional tornado or meteor storm it never seems to rain in Smallville!

[@makasete30]

Filters my friend. Yellow filters.

[@hugoreyes6757]

Clark was very successful keeping his secret about his powers

[@angelfuturejob]

Losing one of your best friends because of what you are has to be the worst

[@JG1570]

Clark wasn't really treating people right anymore. He'd developed such a strong friendship with Lex it was almost like Pete's friendship wasn't important to him anymore. I think Pete leaving was a lesson Clark had to learn from

[@Eagle0watch7dv]

And that's when I stopped watching the show, when they wrote off Pete.

[@Eagle0watch7dv]

@whatakrazyboii. Who said the show wasn't good? 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♂️

[@Eagle0watch7dv]

@Arnulfo Torres On the contrary, I think it's a genius reason to stop watching. They wrote off my favorite character(actor) therefore there wasn't a reason for me to watch anymore. Daaah.🤦‍♂️

[@jonathandoelander6130]

Pete was Black.

[@dominicancutttie1212]

This is the main reason why clark kept his secret from everybody because he knew the stress level of it

[@xXESproductionsXx]

In later seasons, some people always commented on how stupid it was that he just didn't tell people he trusted his secret. Go back to this moment and this is why he always struggled telling people his secret. Never seems to end well.

[@thomasraines1396]

You don’t even need to go back to this moment specifically he angers about it pretty bad.

[@john_avernia]

Best Lex ever. There were times that I watched the show only for Lex's scenes.

[@token1371]

*Sam Jones III felt he was given practically no screen time, and requested to leave because writers and the showrunners didn't include "Pete" in most episodes. Too bad they couldn't see that a hero can also be your best friend keeping a sacred secret.*

[@General_Zod99]

then he decided to sell drugs and did some time. he was a dumbass

[@orlandobabe]

I thought so!!!! Now I know why I look back on the show and why it could’ve been better if only... something!

[@jesushateswood]

Makes sense. I remember the actor Seth Green left because of the same situation. He played a werewolf on Buffy The Vampire Slayer. They added his character to the cast but gave him nothing to do after his introduction storyline. He bounced after a year.

[@yurionedge2199]

@@orlandobabe If only Pete remained on the show and Chloe died like she was supposed to...

[@orlandobabe]

YuriOnEdge it should’ve been just Lana, Clark and Pete. Chloe should’ve never been made

[@emmaj5807]

I was so sad when Pete left, he was such a good friend to Clark.

[@savagedarksider5934]

He should've been at Clark's wedding. And he should have had A brief run with chloe as A couple.

[@kayleysaunders4589]

They are still friends just have to keep distance between them. For the safety of each other.

[@savagedarksider5934]

@@kayleysaunders4589 it's sad how his life turned out.

[@thealienwatcher540]

True also loved & enjoyed his jokes, he was actually funny especially that episode where he and Cloe got stung at the cave by some insect

[@fandomking8939]

No.

[@alanu5109]

Damn Pete’s reaction 😭😭 he was a complex character and interesting to watch but a true friend.

[@Eagle0watch7dv]

And that's when I stopped watching the show, when they wrote off Pete.

[@savagedarksider5934]

@@Eagle0watch7dv You and Me both.

[@savagedarksider5934]

@@Eagle0watch7dv In the comics, Pete ended up becoming President of the united states, and married Lana. Just imagine: we could of had something like that in the show.

[@Eagle0watch7dv]

@@savagedarksider5934 IKR, Makes no sense, the actor that plays Pete in my opinion was the best supporting actor on the show.

[@savagedarksider5934]

@@Eagle0watch7dv I agree, he was the best supporting actor next to the Actors who played Jonathan and Martha I'm only saying: We could had something close to his comic counterpart- all we have to do is switch out Lana with Chloe.

[@Scyllax]

In the comic books decades ago, Clark Kent never finds out Pete knows his secret, and Pete works behind the scenes to keep Superman anonymous.

[@GhostCodeRG]

They wasted pete so bad, he needed to be in the show for the entire run. Someone for clark to lean on and confide in

[@kelsey1467]

casting changes happen whether we like it or not and there was still clohe to lean and confide in

[@jedibateman9452]

Yeah exactly but unfortunately friendships end so makes sense for story

[@Krypton853]

The show focus It more on Chloe.

[@eikeksimimea1071]

Well, when you include character only because hes black you tend to have issues figuring out plotlines for him.

[@Goaheadandstaymad21332]

@@kelsey1467 It wasn't a casting change though Sam Jones III left because the writers were giving him no screen time and he was barely in any episodes. So he decided to get his bread somewhere else.

[@algladyou]

this is the time he understood why Clark hides his identity.

[@derekmathews1557]

Right! Pete is the only person he told. Lex doesn’t know. Lana doesn’t know. I think Lionel Luthor knows somehow how I don’t know. Chloe definitely doesn’t know either.

[@geeked-outturtlesfan4288]

Would've been cool if in the series finale they showed (after Clark flew off to save someone) someone is watching TV (all you can see is a hand holding the remote then the tv switches to a story on the news about Superman. You discover (as the camera pans back to his face) that it's Pete. He whispers "I always knew you would be a hero Clark" as he smiles. He gets up to join his wife and kids for dinner and the camera pans back to the tv as you hear the Superman theme and it cuts to the S logo .

[@keegannicholas8053]

Geeked-OutTurtlesFan40 yea kinda missed him in the show

[@geeked-outturtlesfan4288]

@@keegannicholas8053 yeah unfortunately the actor left because he wasn't being used alot later in early the series

[@minato1805]

that's so lame and corny lol

[@savagedarksider5934]

@@minato1805 That's your opinion. I like that idea.

[@savagedarksider5934]

Great Idea. I love it.

[@trevenmullen435]

Pete is the best “best friend” character ever. Period. Man was a legend.

[@fandomking8939]

Not. Even. Close.

[@claireb9870]

Fernando. Sucre.

[@saix4raw8]

The Brother that Clark Deserved.

[@TFD-sn5nt]

Let’s admit. Pete was the best support character of all in Smallville

[@MKL3165]

Agreed it hurt me when he wasn't in the show.

[@Knick3607]

Until Chloe came along.

[@fandomking8939]

Not even close.

[@SeventhheavenDK]

He was very forgettable in the entire show.

[@DarthDread-oh2ne]

That was because the writers never knew what to do with him.

[@sunnyrawal2999]

There's alot of things that I can handle but I can never live with myself if I betray you.I see u around Clark.super emotional scene.

[@JohnDoe-me4hd]

He then went to college at Blue Mountain State for a semester then became a spokesperson for Stride gum, then disappeared forever.

[@yunlisa2243]

Peter is the greatest friend Clark can ever have! Rarest gem! Look at him crying in tears after saying to Clark “ I can’t never live with myself if I betrayed you!” Peter is loyal and willing to risk his life to protect Clark secrets. Peter has to leave in order to protect Clark from any exposer. It was only best solution.

[@savagedarksider2147]

U couldn't wish for A better friend.

[@RickardoMute]

Always thought that moment between Lex and Pete was interesting. Lex saying "Clark was probably right confiding you instead of me". It's pretty self aware.. one of his moments of light peaking thourgh

[@derekmathews1557]

Well Lex is a big man to admit that. Homestly Clark just met Lex. He’s known Peter way longer.

[@amitkenan3878]

Sad how Lex went from saving Pete to torturing him

[@jaygz6733]

*Pete is lowkey a young Mr. Moseby*

[@yanasakunosuke6736]

Awwww ur right

[@lano2000]

I ain't about to cry.... these onions that I can't see right now are making it tough though...

[@accoustix2832]

Lano Butler lol it’s a movie dude 😂

[@Narutoanime16g]

Best friend ever, I’m so rewatching Smallville

[@williamwalker560]

SpiderSnake1999 how can I watch it it’s not on tv anymore

[@ArshadKhan-ys9ey]

William Walker dvd, online

[@WithPeaceBe]

Just google "watch smallville" there are a few websites that have the episodes that you can watch for free.

[@ottovonbismarck5007]

William Walker search up “fmovies” on Google and click on the first link, look for “smallville” then you get a seasons list. Get Adblock if you don’t want too many ads to close manually.

[@paul_rymar]

Lots of people laugh at how Clark can super speed to Pete any second, no matter where he goes. However the message Pete gives Clark is that he can't be near him. That after all Pete went through Pete warns Clark that he won't be able to hold Clark's secret for much longer. Many of Clark's enemies choose Pete as a target to get to Clark and Pete can't take it anymore, Pete is dead scared of accidently betraying his best friend.

[@SuperKillbill1234]

Loved his acting, it was a sad day when he left the show. Thank you Sam Jones 111

[@derekmathews1557]

I loved Pete as Clark’s best friend but I think it’s funny that the one person Pete says doesn’t have CLARKS back was the guy that SAVED him. That’s crazy. I think Pete might have been a little jealous of Clark’s friendship with Lex. In those early times Lex and Clark had been good friends.

[@acvizuals]

Alil zesty if you ask me

[@BGatts666]

Naw he just knew Lex can not be trusted, even when Lex himself would love to be.

[@derekmathews1557]

@@BGatts666 , well that’s obvious too.

[@Howling_Games]

Pete was a real one man! hope maybe to see him again one day

[@theshape8211]

every time I watch this I get teary. Pete was a real one🥺😢

[@CHRXCR]

ugh I miss you old KZbin account 😔

[@zardox78]

Chloe wanted to know Clark's secret. Lana wanted to know Clark's secret. And Lex _really_ wanted to know Clark's secret. But Pete was never the slightest bit interested in understanding why his best friend was the way he (apparently) was. He just had some odd idiosyncrasies as far as Pete was concerned, and so what? All he wanted to know was why Clark and his father (again, apparently) stole the spaceship he'd found and laid an erroneous claim to. That's it. And he ended up finding out that Clark was far more duplicitous than he'd ever imagined and taking on a burden he never asked for. The only person Clark opted to tell was the one who was ultimately _way_ happier not knowing.

[@DarthDread-oh2ne]

I still get emotional when I watch this scene.

[@Dr._GroovyDude]

Wish Pete had a cameo in the finale or even an episode dedicated to him in the last season.

[@hkesel05]

Here I am 5 years after this is posted, crying my eyes out because I loved the Pete/Clark friendship.

[@DarthDread-oh2ne]

I watch the series from beginning to end. I missed their friendship.

[@MLGaming330]

​@@DarthDread-oh2nehey I'm just wondering are you going to watch it again cuz I'm currently on my rewatch

[@phonegeekster8960]

You can tell it broke Clark's heart hearing that from his closest friend.

[@derekmathews1557]

Of course it did. Best friends are hard to come by.

[@GHfan4life]

I liked Pete and was sad he was written off, he was so loyal to Clark, just like Chloe.

[@thatguyjimbo]

two young male adults expressing their feelings, this is how it usually feels when hanging out with a best friend.

[@kelly3014]

It would’ve been cool if Pete was at Lois and Clark’s wedding. 😊

[@derekmathews1557]

That would have been amazing.

[@minihipsterfan8283]

Pete is all we want Pete is all we need Pete is everything, everything

[@carloscortez1907]

when i first saw this, i thought he was just going to come back sometime in season 4, but nope, he never did, thats when it hit me fr, glad he came back season 7 though !

[@savagedarksider5934]

He should've came back for clark's wedding.

[@manuelalvaradojr5802]

wait a minute...he NEVER come back at all??? not even a cameo???

[@jordanglasper1064]

I remember this episode, damn near cried. 13 years

[@VengefulBatz]

Pete was my dude. No Snitchin’ at all.

[@Kiddo_X]

I liked the fact that they brought him back in S07E13 - Hero. But they could've kept his character in (off screen) with a cameo or two. I do wonder how he'd react to Green Arrow on the scene though.😮

[@DarthDread-oh2ne]

That episode was terrible. They should have brought him back in homecoming -that made more sense.

[@Jfitnesss]

Lol I don’t see the big deal. Clark could fly or run to him within 10 min with his super speed to visit him everyday 😂

[@chosenfallen2024]

My best friend of 10 plus yrs stays about 5 mins from me. I see that man weeks if not month at a time.

[@OrbitFighter]

lol 10 minutes??? more like 10 seconds.

[@mikefit3343]

Joel Oilar the point of Pete leaving in the first place is to protect himself and Clark’s secret. Not for Clark to super speed and all that other stuff you written. It would defeat the purpose of Pete’s departure.

[@Rubrick23.]

He did they brought that u a couple times.

[@ArshadKhan-ys9ey]

They could still visit!

[@scr1231]

Lex was his friend but became his worst enemy.

[@derekmathews1557]

Extactly and how it got to that point was beyond me.

[@phil5053]

Imagine if the car couldn't start after their little moment at the end of the video

[@joshwim8]

Lmao. I think about little shit like that too bro 😂

[@romariohenry412]

😂😂😂

[@thomasraines1396]

They both just sit their awkwardly.

[@cerealgriego]

hahahahahhahahahaha

[@FacebookQueen]

Knowing this show it could of happened 🤣

[@flamingstallion]

pete was the best i know he came back for an episode in seasn 7 but even if its just the high school reunion one i wish he was in more

[@savagedarksider5934]

Me too.

[@kman20]

Pete: Bye Clark. I’m going to jail. Clark: Bye Pete. Say hi to Chloe for me!

[@rhyswallace3590]

Wow

[@MegumiHayashida]

???? He wasn't part of the sex cult wtf?!?

[@cloudcapone7825]

@@MegumiHayashida he went to jail fir other things

[@ottovonbismarck5007]

Megumi Hayashida drugs.

[@MegumiHayashida]

Damn, sad to hear such news about our childhood heroes. I hope Kristin Kreuk and Tom Welling are doing well

[@donniethesportsguy893]

Arguably the best actor on the show 😂

[@Rickyralph]

Honetly Pete deserved better in the series. Even in an interview he talked about how he thought he was coming back the following season but found out he wasn't but had to keep it underwraps while promoting the new season. Plus I tought with him appearing in the one episode in the later season that they were going to bring him back in the series as an adult. They should've given him a proper ending and a better arc.

[@Josh-g2b]

Yeah, they handle him poorly.

[@Rickyralph]

@ yea they sure did

[@kiyenmoodley7013]

Pete knows that snitches get *heat visioned through the head*

[@Mrikeepgettinmoneyagain]

Thats funny asf 🤣

[@awe.so.me.3751]

And nobody should miss that milkdud

[@wtcvidman]

Writing Pete off the show was one of the biggest mistakes they ever made. He was the only real male friend Clark had (Lex was always out to exploit Clark in one way or another) and when he left Clark was never the same again and became mopey. He needed one buddy and they never gave him one. Oliver Queen was never a substitute and in my opinion should've never been on this show since the show was about Clark's days before Superman. At most he should've had 1-2 appearances max. Seeing the chemistry between Clark & Pete here and Pete & Jimmy in the season 7 episode Hero, it would've been awesome had they brought Pete back in season 5 & beyond and had a college environment from seasons 5-8 where Clark, Pete, Jimmy & Lois would've been friends who dealt with one another. Clark & Lois could've worked for their college newspaper along with Jimmy who would be the photographer for it and Pete could've been taking political science courses and getting built up as Lex's vice president in the future. Chloe should've been killed/written off with the way they ruined her in season 5+ by transforming her from a journalist to a hacker in the most unrealistic way and turned her into a mother figure for Clark who he couldn't think or act without. Pete as a character never invaded Clark's character role like Chloe did and was always the best secret keeper.

[@dagameplayer]

Well its sad but it's realistic that not everyone in your life sticks around forever. Even in the fictional super hero universe. I liked Pete a lot but I really can't imagine him fitting in in later seasons.

[@wtcvidman]

@@dagameplayer Well the thing is he is a canon character in the Superman universe and should've been written to be a bigger part of Clark's life. Instead they made a non-canon character like Chloe have a much bigger role than she should've had. A role that had negative effects on canon characters like Clark (who was written like an idiot once Chloe knew his full secret), Pete (who was written off the show) & Lois (who should've been in a reporter role much earlier than she was once they decided to have her on the show). They could've easily had Lionel & those who worked for him go after Pete for much of season 3 like they did in Forsaken instead of having Lionel's crosshairs regarding Clark's friends be mainly Chloe throughout that season. They actually had a great setup to do just that at the end of season 2 when they had Pete run interference for Clark when he stole Lionel's kryptonite key before destroying his ship. Pete's mom was a judge so they could've taken that in very interesting directions. Lionel knew Pete had something to do with the theft of his key and it was very unlike him to just let that go. They didn't give him any role in the events of Exile and Phoenix. Too bad. It would've been smart to have killed off Chloe at the end of season 3 or maybe during the meteor shower in season 4 and keep Pete on and introduce Lois in season 4 than to ruin Chloe's character along with Clark's like they ended up doing.

[@dagameplayer]

​@@wtcvidmanThat's what makes it Smallville though. The show created it's own characters and did things their way which was fine with majority of the audience that watched it. Me included. You say they changed her unrealistically? Just about nothing about Smallville is realistic. There's nothing realistic about Meteroir freaks running around, nothing realistic about Clark Kent in general, etc. Chloe was too popular of a character to just kill off in season 3 or 4.

[@wtcvidman]

@@dagameplayer Well by unrealistic, I meant her character itself. Yeah it had powers and freaks and stuff, but in Chloe used to be a more realistic character in that she had her talent of journalism and had many flaws and limits like a real person did. She was not a hacker in any way, yet in season 5 she was suddenly given that ability when they changed her from what her initial purpose was. Her flaws and limits made her likable and once she lost them, she became a bullshit Mary Sue character whose buildup came at the expense of Clark. Later on in season 9 they turned her into an expert archer (as seen in Pandora) out of nowhere. I like unrealistic things like powers, but having characters with previous limits be whatever the plot needs them to be is weak in my opinion and it makes me hate such characters. Such characters are spotlight hogs who clearly lost their purpose and need to go and make room for other characters who bring something new. I thought Tess was a far more interesting character than Chloe with the way they used her. And that's where the popularity thing comes into play. The show's premise was about Clark before he becomes Superman and about his friendship with Lex and his growth & development. Chloe was a made up character who was a part of his life, but that's all she was---an expendable supporting character, not a character whose death would end the show. Had they killed her off, Lois would have picked up the slack and they could've kept Pete in to continue to be Clark's secret keeping buddy like he was. And unlike Chloe, Pete never intruded in Clark's hero role and made Clark dumber by having him tell Clark what to do and handhold him like Chloe did starting in season 5. My point regarding Smallville that I've brought up many times is that it began as a show whose plot guided the usage of its characters, which is why it was so good in its first 3 seasons. Starting in the 4th season, it became clear that was no longer the case and that they switched to a plot that was guided by characters instead of the plot bringing in the characters on an as-needed basis like it used to be. That's why they started pairing Clark & Lois together on so many nonsense filler episodes and why the main arc of that season, the stones, got only 5 episodes (Crusade, Transference, Spell, Sacred & Commencement) and some of those like Crusade & Transference barely even focused on the stones. That's also why Lana was shoved into the stones plot with that idiotic witch possession plot, something that should've never happened and ruined the stones plot of that season. The quality really tanked starting the 4th season, mainly because they forced characters into episodes and scenes where they had no business being in and other character roles like Chloe's became bastardized and ended up cannibalizing Clark's role. They even screwed up Martha when they turned her into the Red Queen by having her be the antithesis of what Martha Kent is supposed to be. She was shown having an ends justifying the means mentality with the crap she was doing (like kidnapping Maxwell Lord or whoever it was she kidnapped) all for the "protect Clark" bullshit that Lana, Chloe and every other shit character on the show was shown to do at various points. Good shows don't do these things. That's why Supernatural is still on after 14 seasons & will be getting a 15th one because they made decisions to kill off popular characters (Bobby, Ellen, Jo, Crowley, Rufus, etc) and stay focused on the 2 main characters in the series which kept it fresh. Sure it's not as good as it was before, but it still had way more great seasons than Smallville did. The current season has been a lot better than the previous one that had lots of bad writing & retcons (something Smallville had as well with that horrible Veritas plot). It was clear by the 10th season of Smallville that they were out of ideas and just wanted to end it with some of the episodes they had like Harvest, Fortune, Prophecy, and the lame way they did the season's Darkseid plot that showed the writers did not understand who Darkseid is, his powers, and made it clear they didn't have the budget to do it like the actual Darkseid of the comics (who doesn't possess people). Even the reliance on the Oliver Queen character from seasons 6-10 showed me that they didn't know what to do with Clark and had to force another superhero who had no business on a show about a pre-Superman Clark Kent just to fill the time. I think it would be ok to show him 3-4 times over the course of the series, but to have him on as many times as they did felt off, especially when you consider how badly developed the reporter side of Clark was. Smallville focused so much on Chloe that they failed to convince the audience that Clark deserved his job at the Daily Planet and that he actually cared and wanted to be there. They did a realistic job of showing why Chloe (who didn't even remain there) got there, but regarding Clark & even Lois, no newspaper would've hired them under any realistic situation. And for a show that was on for 10 years to fail doing that is pretty sad in my opinion and shows how messed up its priorities were. Even more so when you consider what Clark had been doing with his life in seasons 5-7 outside of fighting evil (he had no purpose like a man should at those years). Sure plenty of people watched, but that doesn't mean the show was brilliant or couldn't have been better. I stuck with it since I wanted to see how it ended after getting into it by the 2nd season (Insurgence is the episode that hooked me). But I refused to watch any other superhero show on the CW network ever since and have stuck by that. I brought up so much of this & plenty of plot ideas in the Kryptonsite forums back when the show was on because I cared & wanted it to be better and Craig who runs the site said that people involved with the show would peruse the forums every now and then. I think Stephen DeKnight had an account there. Anyway, just my thoughts. Take care. The new episode of Supernatural will be starting soon and I don't want to miss it. ;)

[@LegendOfYuka]

wtcvidman bro no offense but you write too damn much to make an incorrect point

[@slimpikin82]

To avoid being attacked again Pete created the witchita backstory he actually moved to star city and changed his name to John digle being attacked by the FBI agent made Pete interested in taking self defense classes and even joining the military. He would later go on to become Oliver queens bodyguard

[@ccoolflamexxz4344]

Jon really

[@slimpikin82]

@@ccoolflamexxz4344 no lol just my fun little fan theory

[@azentic]

Jon I don’t like you 😂😂

[@slimpikin82]

@@azentic fair enough

[@azentic]

Jon I was so excited about that comment until I read your reply 😂 kept me up all night trying to find out if Pete was okay at the end of the series

[@shindukess]

I remember having a weird feeling Pete was leaving the show when this season was aired. We were very unhappy that they got rid of such a rich character that we liked from Pete. The show definitely felt different without him and didn't feel as good. There were some great episodes later on but still.

[@Stuart267]

The emotional moments don't get enough credit

[@ninjason57]

Cant wait for the talkville podcast to talk about the last scene!

[@BradJohannsen]

Damn, the actor that plays Pete is talented.

[@jeffalchemist]

This scene was always sad.

[@bernardhouston3846]

This is how the conversation should have went Clark: what about senior year Pete: I just got my ass whipped by a crazy FBI agent, that I thought was gonna kill me Clark: thanks man have a good life

[@neonrodenson1480]

They did Pete really dirty in the series. Hated that they sidelined him (an ACTUAL Superman mythos character) for Chloe Sullivan. Looking back, the show made alot of decisions that didn't age well or make much sense...

[@DarthDread-oh2ne]

Chloe's very existence undermine actual comic book characters.

[@Josh-g2b]

​@@DarthDread-oh2ne You're right, brother.

[@MysticTien-ls6ow]

Man, I wish Pete stayed for a few seasons more but oh well. Sam Jones III had some really great scenes. It's all over now though

[@lilpudge1503]

@ 4:08 i was tearing up alittle Damn. Good acting. Nice drop top as well.

[@mattkylie6723]

Really hope Tom Welling can come back as Superman!! because with the way (or should I say “state”) WB and DC are in now, anything can happen.

[@odoroku950]

i can't unsee his hair line

[@BackCave5]

Everybody needs a Pete in their life

[@savagedarksider2147]

You are so Right. It's unfortunate he left though, it felt like something was missing.

[@nord4046]

I never even watched this show and this made me tear up

[@bryanmclendonjr9942]

Great friend and great character.

[@15TEEN]

This scene and scene where Clark's dad died was most saddest moment for me. Especially Clark's dad died.. because my father also passed away 3-4 years ago..

[@derekmathews1557]

This scene and that scene, Clark was NEVER the same person never again, and I think that Lex preyed on that.

[@ewa1275]

And i always get hyped when an episode involves pete. They shouldve used him more.

[@Nepthu]

You must be attracted to the dull and the bland.

[@WarhawkBeyond2040]

In the end, Pete Ross was right about Lex Luthor all long and proved that he was truly the better friend

[@savagedarksider5934]

Yup. But Clark didn't listen to him.

[@WarhawkBeyond2040]

@@savagedarksider5934 unfortunately Clark found out the truth too late

[@savagedarksider5934]

@@WarhawkBeyond2040 It's unfortunate at how Pete life turned out.

[@winterrain1947]

One thing that always bugged me about this. NO MATTER what Lex did, or how he tried, or how he helped, they still talked about him like he's the most untrustworthy man on the planet. Just like "trust" is earned, the opposite "mistrust" is also equally earned. I could easily understand if Pete said to Clark, "Don't tell nobody, ever unless you really get to know them really really well." But he directly goes and tells Clark that Lex (specifically) cannot ever be trusted. Like, was he exuding waves of darkness or something? Why'd everyone seem to already know that Lex was evil?

[@thomasraines1396]

It’s the CW they’re not about subtlety.

[@wanderingwade8877]

He read the script.

[@hexagonoctogon3140]

Some people can read people and come on we all THOUGHT hey just tell lex he super cool when he wouldve exploited clark the whole time

[@derekmathews1557]

Clark did the right thing by telling him instead of Lex. I don’t think ever Clark told Lex his secret not because he couldn’t trust him but believe Lex got obessed with meteor rocks. Clark found out he was spying on him. Lex deals with the shadiest characters. I mean for god sake he broke into his own fiancé’s office to steal Clark’s blood, that’s really foul.

[@xZach101x]

Shows can only be as good as the writers

[@stephenison5703]

Pete did the right thing even it was heartbreaking but he just couldn't be around Clark and didn't want to tell everybody a secret especially since this incident happened with him getting kidnapped and beat up and then almost killed. Pete did the right thing even though Clark doesn't really understand 🤷

[@derekmathews1557]

You are right it was sad but it was unfortunate.

[@AurianWarriorOfDarkness]

I never really understood why goodbyes were so sad clark could just superspeed to anyone in the world

[@SpiritualSchmuck]

Lol they have to suspend reason to make the bad premise work.

[@hamsome9511]

Yeah and risk your bestfriend's life and family by doing that.

[@reflex9238]

@@SpiritualSchmuck in this case superspeeding to his friend who left for the very reason to keep his secret, isn't a good idea.

[@thanos1335]

Same thing happened to me. Made a life long friend in the 3rd grade, brother from another mother type friend. Long lost brother type friend. We were so close and thought there was nothing that could ever happened that could separate us... Until Jr. year in HS. Right before Senior year started, he told me that him and his parents got offered a well paying job that could better all of their lives in a type of "happy ever after" type way but at the cost of moving to Italy. They obviously accepted but the only thing he couldn't accept was moving so far away from me. It broke my heart to hear and face the reality that I just refused to believe. It wasn't until the day he was done packing and ready to go to the airport to leave forever. We had a really long goodbye talk until they had to go and I managed to get my parents to take me to the airport so I could at least spend 1 last hour with him until he boarded the plane. It happened and as soon as he entered the plane and the door closed, it hit me. Hard. I saw him in the plane as it flew away and practically died inside knowing I basically just lost the best friend I've had ever had cuz we didn't really have a solid way of communication at the time so it was an "all hope is lost" situation. When this shit happened on my favorite TV show, it made me cry not only because Clark just lost his BFF but also cuz it reminded me of the time I lost My BFF. Smallville was such a great show.

[@savagedarksider2147]

I'm sorry to hear that. But in my opinion, I don't think the show handle him that well.

[@lovelyminx6444]

Awwww

[@JS_246]

I love the stupidity of this scene where Clark acts like its Goodbye forever when Pete says he's moving to another City. Clark can literally run Circles around the U.S in a matter of Seconds 😂. At least with Lana, once she absorbed the Kryptonite, her presence was killing him - so that was practically goodbye forever.

[@Uknowjusticemill]

Pete didn't tell Clark his location and ignored him for a long time dodging Clark's calls he said this when he returned later in the series

[@clayongayle8870]

@@Uknowjusticemill years later in the comics after Clark finally became Superman, Metallo went after Lana (who at the time was doing missionary work down in Africa, protecting the locals and that), and absorbed all her Kryptonite powers, so she’s a regular human being again.

[@clayongayle8870]

But it sucks tho, that Lana and Kal were a wonderful power couple (literally) that it just felt weird watching Lois and Clark on screen from thence. It’s like the writers KNOW that Lois and Clark MUST end up together to keep with comic book accuracy, and they wrote KaLana so well, that they literally made it so that thy couldn’t be together so that Lois could get her some Man of Steel. So sad. 😞

[@derekmathews1557]

@@clayongayle8870, I loved Clark and Lana FINALLY being a power couple! But absorbing Lana with kyrponite was wrong as hell after everything they had been through. What a terrible ending.

[@clayongayle8870]

@@derekmathews1557 agreed. When you get the chance I highly recommend either reading the season 11 continuity comics and see how wonderful it is, or just watching the Comicstorian videos on it. Tho he didn’t cover what Lana’s been up to.

[@roberterniso5475]

They should've kept Pete into this series, they should've had Pete separate from Clark after this episode, but kept him in the show.

[@SellavinAtoms]

You got feel bad for Pete and Clark knowing that their friendship will never be the same because of this.

[@derekmathews1557]

Yeah unfortunately that’s true.

[@mizugami1659]

This version of Superman is so much like Spider-Man

[@ottovonbismarck5007]

Mizugami16 the Spider-Man persona was somewhat inspired by Superman good boy persona.

[@nkuniverse7856]

Yeah the showrunners of this show where the writers of Spider-Man 2

[@2kmaster68]

For me this is the saddest scene in smallville 😢 they should have brought him back to a regular for the later Season they brought him back for one episode but I wasn’t enough for me definition should have given more to do with his character that’s one of the reason he left I heard

[@ladylightning1741]

2:13 Lex: When I'm kidnapped and about to be killed, I'm sure you'll do the same. Pete: Why did you say "when"?

[@Chimi_Chimi_Bang_Bang]

This episode broke me entirely 😭😭

[@henrypeters5291]

You know they did not give Sam Jones a lot to wok with but when he came to work, HE. CAME. TO. WORK.

[@siphon5700]

Pete is such a g god damn he is such a good frnd like if u think so to

[@MoeLehster]

Does every character this guy plays go away in the show? He also went away in Blue Mountain Sate lol

[@keondrehayes3611]

WillyiamLy I forgot he was on that

[@Arkmolin]

Heard it's because the actor is an asshole.

[@loser277]

He went away on Blue Mountain because the actor was in prison

[@Arkmolin]

@@loser277 heard he went away on smallville because he was difficult to work with.

[@thelordofsalem3044]

That's it?! I could've sworn I remember Pete's farewell a little differently than this when I was 11. A sad goodbye song playing, this being the last scene of the episode right before the end credits

[@TrueSake]

I mean, it's not like Clark can't just drop by and hang out with Pete, it'll take him like what, 1 second to get there, half a second if there's no traffic.

[@gregjenkinson7512]

I honestly remember Pete being in the series for longer, I'm surprised it was this early in the show

[@BeazleyStudios]

I wish Pete had been in the show longer.

[@serenabailey4349]

This was heartbreaking 😭

[@Denard-kv3ct]

It seems like Tom didn't know either 😢😢😢😢 and wasn't happy about it

[@jordanglasper1064]

What makes this so tragic is that this is the first major loss that Clark ever experienced in his life and it was a precursor to what he would experience for a good portion of his life. Makin him lonely. Poor guy. This unfortunately gave Clark trust issues where is kept everybody arms distance who wasn’t within his inner circle.

[@sae.4]

Pete a true best friend!

[@UnknowableDandelion]

Imagine he didn’t listen to Pete and told Lex… He would’ve died a long time ago

[@derekmathews1557]

You are right because Lex deals with such shady characters.

[@BoyKagome]

Friend forged in fire right there.

[@Kyle_Bu]

💔💔💔 great series

[@Hodag37]

Really wished they brought Pete back for the finale.

[@SaharaColeman]

“Look out for yourself” that was his bestfriend and that’s the send off they was about to give him? Wtf 💀

[@leomartin1603]

Rossenbaum was a great LEX. ITS SO HARD to believe this is over 20 years old.

[@davelanger]

gotta love how the FBI agent beats up a kid

[@12feettall6]

Bahahaha shh shh shhh