Superman & Lois (TV Series)

Fail Safe (2021)

Dylan Walsh: General Sam Lane

Quotes 

• Lois Lane : Dad, this is my home now. These people are my neighbors.

  General Sam Lane : What am I supposed to say? That Edge is Superman's brother? That he was using those people to build a Kryptonian army to take over the world?

  Lois Lane : No, of course not.

  General Sam Lane : I know it's not what you wanna hear, but you need to run your story with the bare minimum. Eventually, this town will be okay. Trust me. But the last thing our family needs is for this story to get out of Smallville, and any quote from me will give it the legitimacy for that to happen.

• Lois Lane : [answering a call from Sam]  This better be about the statement.

  General Sam Lane : Not now, Lois. It's important.

  Lois Lane : What's wrong?

  General Sam Lane : It's about Clark. I'm worried about him.

• General Sam Lane : It's over, but we have loose ends to tie up.

  John Henry Irons : We got Edge and Larr.

  Superman : I think it's safe to say we can finally move on.

  John Henry Irons : [Sam tosses his dog tag to him]  7734.

  General Sam Lane : I had those weapons built for the wrong reasons.

  Superman : What are you saying?

  General Sam Lane : I was wrong to think you could be a threat to the world. I'm gonna take that kryptonite and those weapons, bury them in concrete, and sink 'em to the bottom of the ocean.

  Superman : What about Edge? Larr?

  General Sam Lane : We'll keep enough to guard them appropriately, but there will no longer be enough to supply an army.

  Superman : I don't know what to say, Sam.

  General Sam Lane : Eh, you don't have to say anything. Just know you, Lois, the boys, you don't have to worry anymore.

• General Sam Lane : We've got about two dozen rifles and handguns, a few thousand kryptonite bullets, give or take, in addition to a substantial collection: knives, swords, spears.

  Superman : What about the prototypes in the R&D lab, the biochemical weapons?

  General Sam Lane : Maybe five or so in varying stages of development.

  Superman : And how much raw kryptonite do you have in your stockpile?

  General Sam Lane : A couple warehouses' worth. Why all the questions? It's all gonna be gone anyway.

  Superman : I think it's a mistake.

  General Sam Lane : What?

  Superman : We need 7734. That's why you authorized it in the first place.

  General Sam Lane : And then I saw how it hurt my family. These weapons can kill you.

  Superman : Yeah, that's why we need 'em.

  General Sam Lane : Clark, you're not the enemy.

  Superman : Yeah, but I could have been. Look, Sam, people like me, without these weapons, we're indestructible, and if something like this should happen again without a plan in place, without a fail-safe... that would be the end.

• Lois Lane : I can't believe you.

  General Sam Lane : I don't have time for this, Lois. We are not releasing an official statement, and that's it.

  Lois Lane : But it's standard procedure.

  General Sam Lane : If anything, it's a courtesy.

  Lois Lane : But you always give a comment.

  General Sam Lane : Okay, no comment. You can print that.

  Lois Lane : You can't be serious.

  General Sam Lane : We've already said enough.

  Lois Lane : Enough to create more questions. Dad, people are worried.

  General Sam Lane : As we speak, a pamphlet is being made to address the X-Kryptonite of it all.

  Lois Lane : A work of fiction.

  General Sam Lane : But it will alleviate their concerns, while also scaring them into staying out of those mines.

  Lois Lane : This isn't right.

  General Sam Lane : It's necessary.

• Superman : [after Edge escapes from the DOD]  He's gone.

  General Sam Lane : Then where the hell did he go?