Jonathan Kent Attempts to Tame Bad Clark -- (Smallville - S3; E1-2)

With his son wreaking havoc in Metropolis, Jonathan Kent decides to take matters into his own hands. Ultimately, turning to Jor-El to provide him the strength to bring Clark home.
Smallville (Season 3, Episode 1 - "Exile")
Smallville (Season 3, Episode 2 - "Phoenix")
Tom Welling as Clark Kent
John Schneider as Jonathan Kent
Terence Stamp as Jor-El (Voice)

[@Ben82077]

“Looks like the old man’s been working out!!”

[@lundylow]

4:14 "I'm as powerful as you and I'm gonna grab you by the britches, boy!" I love that little moment.

[@benackles9834]

2:30 Clark: What did you do? Jonathan: Scorched earth

[@AllThoughtsActual]

😂😂I understood that reference

[@HisNameIsYah]

Lmao

[@thefurrybastard1964]

John Schneider made the best Johnathan Kent!

[@regishel]

Agree, John Schneider is the best.

[@coreynance3874]

Jonathan: Clark you don't realize how dangerous you are when you're wearing that ring. Clark: it's not the ring i was born that way you just can't accept it.

[@PiazzaGurl]

What’s cool about this scene is proof that compared to Clark, Jonathan actually knows how to fight. So adding powers to his brawler skills just makes him stronger than Clark.

[@xShinigamiRyukuux]

My thoughts exactly, unlike Clark, Jonathan has experience fighting opponents who are on his level.

[@charliedallachie3539]

He’s also much more mature both emotionally and intellectually/wisdom… Clark was still basically a teen

[@g.masterlordoftheg-force4770]

Probably, but Clark has been dealing with a bunch of lunatics since the show started.

[@EthanFelixReigns]

@@xShinigamiRyukuux but Clark is stronger than Jonathan Kent,this version doesn't hold back Jonathan tried to put him down but Clark stands up.

[@EthanFelixReigns]

My brother that's wrong Clark is more stronger than Jonathan he defeated Titan(played by WWE's wrestler hall of famer kane) this version of Clark isn't Clark Kent it is Kal-El who is like his kryptonian parent. Having Clark's powers doesn't make him on the same level Clark, throughout the series many had Clark's powers still Clark whooped their asses in the end.Besides Clark is the main character.

[@Melissa.Garrett]

Jonathan was 100% right in this scene. Jor-el (the AI) was a douche who just gave orders and never explained anything to Clark. He wasn’t teaching his son at this stage, just treating him like property. Who could blame Clark for running from that?

[@gamingcraftgaming101]

yea the real jor el would have actually guided him and prevented this from happening.

[@li32150]

If memory serves me, Didn't Jonathan push Clark away in the season 2 finale? It's been a while since I've seen the series, but didn't Jonathan disown Clark and tell him that he regretted finding him. Because at the time he fought, Clark caused Mathra to have a miscarriage, but it was revealed she was never pregnant, and it was Jor El doing it to try and make Clark leave the farm.

[@Melissa.Garrett]

@@li32150 It’s been over a year since I’ve seen that episode, but as far as my memory goes, this was the chain of events: Martha is confirmed to be pregnant by Helen Bryce earlier in S2, so she *was* actually pregnant . . . but that shouldn’t have been possible given Martha’s inability to have children. Martha assumes that being in the presence of Clark’s spaceship when it activated cured her. In the last episodes of S2, Jor-el’s voice comes from the spaceship telling Clark that he must leave Smallville and embrace his destiny to take over the world and rule mankind. Clark is horrified by this, and in desperation steals a kryptonite key made by Lionel Luthor and places it in the ship to destroy it and Jor-el. The ship explodes, but Jonathan and Martha’s truck is caught in the shockwave and Martha is badly injured. At the hospital, Clark finds Jonathan and learns that Martha lost the baby in the crash. This is the part you’re remembering, I think, because Jonathan is unfairly hostile to Clark and acts as if he destroyed the ship on a whim - he doesn’t acknowledge that Clark had good reason to want it destroyed, or that he had no idea their truck was nearby. I honestly can’t remember if he said he regretted finding Clark or not, but I *do* know I was filled with all sorts of anger at Jonathan in that scene! I understood why Clark would leave, and feel unwanted in that moment. Clark runs off and puts on the red kryptonite ring in the hopes that it will take his pain away (much like people seeking solace in drugs). He leaves for Metropolis still high on red K, thinking that his family no longer want him. I’m sorry that I can’t remember specifically what was said in the hospital scene, but I hope this gives you the general idea!

[@li32150]

@Melissa.Garrett yeah I just checked, and that stuff about him not wanting Clark was actually the sliver kyrtonite episode. Where Clark starts seeing things and acts paranoid, e.g., sees lana cheating on him, thinks his parents are planning to sell him to the government.

[@robertbuckner2374]

This should be in every parent to child counseling video.

[@AwesomePikachu808]

😂😂😂 This is how I fight with my mom.

[@editingman95]

Lawrence Michalec & Kyle Michalec in nutshell

[@buka.a]

Terrance Stamp remains the OG voice of Jor El in my head

[@iidensity]

I love how Jonathan stood up to jor-el saying he’s the real father

[@soupermoviecritic8511]

Imagine if Johnathan Kent was able to keep his powers. He’d be the ultimate Super-Dad.

[@Caine7ify]

Clark could have brought up how they weren’t real family during the fight but Jonathan insists blood isn’t what makes a family a family

[@GawrGurasBathTubPizza]

true, but clarks real parents gave their life to keep clark alive so they know real sacrifice aswell

[@cade.s]

It doesn’t

[@kaylaschulz7515]

Now he's got to accept what comes with those powers

[@SquarecowStudios]

I like how they never wasted a chance to show shirtless Clark.

[@mattkylie6723]

There will never be another series superhero series like this this like Superman the movie 1978 and Superman two 1980 is unique. They will never never be another superhero series like Smallville.

[@williamblake8560]

That is what my dad and I call moving some furniture...

[@MIGHTYBOOSCH198]

What's interesting is Jonathan never throws a punch, he grapples and throws but he never hits his son.

[@VeganGoat96]

To punch Clark would mean he actually hates/despises him, but he just tosses him around enough to make his point known. Tough love, if you will.

[@GawrGurasBathTubPizza]

to the zoomer millennials, THIS is what a true hero, is not your sfx and action for the sake of action, even if johnathan might die taking on a temporarily dose of power given to him by jor-el or his son might kill him he'd die to protect clark from himself, in man of steel clark kills the villain like a coward, if it was tom wellings clark he would step infront of zods heat vision, anything but take the killing option

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

First of all. I'm not a Zoomer, but I watched Man of Steel. Welling's Clark would have done the same. They wasted their only chance to send Zod back because like Superman, Zod managed to get away from the blackhole that would have sucked him back into the phantom Zone. He was literally the only Kryptonian left on Earth other than Clark. He didn't have Clark's values growing up, nor was he gonna stop killing people despite Superman's pleas. And even if he did managed to subdue him? Where are they gonna put him. Kryptonite wasn't even discovered yet and no prison cell can hold a KRYPTONIAN!! If there was any other way Superman could have stopped this he would. Letting that family die would have been the real cowardice and stepping in front of Zod would have at best, roasted Superman and at worst deflected into other innocent bystanders. And FYI Welling's Clark has killed before. Multiple times. He killed Titan by literally beating him until he fell on his own spike, he killed Brainiac more times in one season than Kenny died on South Park. And that's not even scratching the surface.

[@123Jim91]

There is no such thing as a "Zoomer Millennial", ane we are both Millennials. Americans are silly bois lmao

[@francisbloxton2396]

Not many earth men can say they stopped a Kryptonian in not one but two different ways

[@kaylaschulz7515]

John becomes one of them

[@saviourmaximus9431]

Looks like the old man's been working out

[@kaylaschulz7515]

Now John was given the powers

[@gamingcraftgaming101]

yea but temporary its not permanent like clarks.

[@Koldfusion234]

"Son, you're coming home with me, NOW"

[@EliasWolf77]

0:24 Jor-El: Wow bro that's racist

[@chrisallie9960]

Shit happens

[@GawrGurasBathTubPizza]

yep its racist, and rich coming from humans who would dissect clark like a science experiment, hence why they need to his powers

[@Killercoldice22]

@@GawrGurasBathTubPizza lol.....what he said makes perfect sense, and its ment as a personal jab to get Jor-Els attention. You gota speak powerful to get people to respond. Its not racist at all lol. Kids today dont even know what the word racist means. Means to hate completely without compassion or reason, total discontent for another race of people. I'm sad for the people today when they run into a real tyrant who doesn't care about human life yall are gonna have a real eye opener lol. Saying what kind of a race are you is a question,,,asking what there intentions are,,,this phrase can no way what so ever act as a racist comment lol. What kind of Race are you? Like a real scientific question,,,that doesn't = racisim bro lol.

[@Killercoldice22]

not racist at all lol....What kind of a Race are you people is a legit question, when dealing with aliens from other planets.

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

So racism gives you superpowers? Because that's what caused Jor-El to respond. Remember that.

[@edenramos9686]

Sent a Powerhouse to stop a Powerhouse

[@eudemon002]

Bad Clark 😝

[@GrahamBradley]

SuperBo!

[@jedibateman9452]

His health

[@AmazonicoIndio]

It's a dad's duty to give his kid his proper first beating

[@jelch7023]

Love how his dad grabs him by the seat of his pants and tosses him. Perfect analogy of a father scolding his son.

[@eddierivera7206]

When you're almost an adult, and your dad has to give you a whooping lol

[@kaylaschulz7515]

Responsibility

[@zabehhakimzada6944]

ZAEBH

[@joaopedrosousa156]

Pai e o Rogério sonhos

[@charliedallachie3539]

I liked the Jor EL in man of steel better…he had more empathy for an alien race

[@g.masterlordoftheg-force4770]

Jor El in Smallville, at least the AI, was an asshole. He was forcing Clark to do things he didn’t want to, with little explanation. Brainwashed him. Branded a symbol on his chest (painful as hell). I think he also kidnapped and brainwashed some random teen girl as well. Made her think that she was a kryptonian called Kara (which was weird, because that’s the name of his niece). She then proceeded to kill a person, and try to seduce Clark. And when she served her purpose, she was disintegrated. Jor El wasn’t nice. But to be fair, I think the AI in Smallville doesn’t have emotions like real Jor El. Just a machine with his knowledge.

[@quinnsinclair7028]

Smallville gives the impression that the AI didn't copy Jor-El's emotions, just his logic. When we meet a flesh and blood version of Jor-El, he's a lot less of a douche.

[@riss-riel2519]

What was the price of getting this power??

[@jessicacaleno1998]

Thanos: Everything.

[@EliasWolf77]

His heart, he ended up dying

[@eeveemaster8902]

the more he used the powers, the more strain it had on his human body so after a while his heart just gave way

[@josephmccartney5951]

Heart attack. Having those powers zapped his life quick quick

[@GawrGurasBathTubPizza]

@@jessicacaleno1998 be quiet you stupid zoomer, before marvel cheated and turned comic heroes dark just to make people pay attention, DC was making batman films and in the 90s and had celebrities in them (eg nicole kidman) no pandering to the adults just good script writing, DC was at the top, smallville was proof