Ted Whittall: Carter Bowfry

Power

Carter Bowfry

Lana Lang: Money means nothing to me. I'll pay you whatever you want.
Carter Bowfry: I don't need your dollars, ma'am. I'm just a retired teacher living off his pension.
Lana Lang: A teacher who trained Green Berets and Navy SEALs to withstand extreme pain and torture. I've done my homework. I need your help.
Carter Bowfry: What I have to teach, you're not ready to learn.
Lana Lang: You'd be surprised. Please just give me a chance.
Carter Bowfry: Well, you're not a soldier. And you're definitely not a government agent. So why are you here?
Lana Lang: I want to be invincible.

Carter Bowfry: This thirst for power, Lana... I've seen it before. Most of the time, it doesn't have a happy ending.

Carter Bowfry: I'm not training you to be like someone else. I'm training you to be Lana Lang. To rise from the ashes of your previous life. Stronger, more powerful, fearless. It's time to rise.

Clark Kent: After Edge City, where'd she go?
Carter Bowfry: Metropolis. She was so full of hope. Wanted to imprint this stamp of positivity on the world. I... I couldn't let anything happen to her. After all the death and destruction I've been responsible for, Lana was my chance at redemption, so I tracked her down.
Clark Kent: When you found her, what was she doing?
Carter Bowfry: Investigating LuthorCorp. I told her to put it in the past, but she wouldn't listen to me. So I joined her cause. Keep an eye on her. And I got this job on the inside, feeding Lana information, while I advised Tess Mercer on defense-contract strategies.
Clark Kent: Did Lana contact anyone else when she was in Metropolis?
Carter Bowfry: A blond woman. They went to high school together in Smallville.
Clark Kent: Chloe?
Carter Bowfry: Sullivan.

Carter Bowfry: You don't look ready for class.
Lana Lang: Carter, I have learned so much from you. But what I need, I-I can't get it here.
Carter Bowfry: What you need are skills, Lana. Maturity.
Lana Lang: I need power.
Carter Bowfry: You'll have it. But it doesn't just happen overnight.
Lana Lang: Well, I've had it before. Skills and abilities beyond what you can imagine. But I wasn't ready for them, physically, mentally, or emotionally. And now, thanks to you, I am.

Carter Bowfry: What are you waiting for?
Lana Lang: I'm just not used to scorching myself.
Carter Bowfry: Get used to it. No fear, no pain.
Lana Lang: [extending her arms, then retracting them] I can't.
Carter Bowfry: It's not fear that's stopping you, is it? You're holding on to something. Or someone.
Lana Lang: Do you see anyone else here?
Carter Bowfry: Oh, I can feel him. So can you. As long as you're trying to be someone you're not, you are gonna be vulnerable. You are gonna feel the pain.

Clark Kent: You tortured her?
Carter Bowfry: I trained her. That's how she came back stronger.
Clark Kent: She's always been strong. Now she's missing because of you.
Carter Bowfry: All I did was help get over the one thing that was holding her back.