Cassidy Freeman credited as playing...
Tess Mercer
- Tess Mercer: Who do you work for?
- Green Arrow: I'm self-employed. It's sort of an occupational safety hazard.
- Tess Mercer: Oh. Well then you know that getting blood out of leather can be a total bitch.
- Tess Mercer: Not exactly the bachelor pad I had imagined.
- Chloe Sullivan: Is Clark expecting you, or is this another one of your daily break-ins?
- Tess Mercer: What's with all the broken glass? Is everything okay?
- Chloe Sullivan: Everything except for the bird that flew into the window.
- Tess Mercer: A bird? All that brainpower and that's what you come up with.
- Chloe Sullivan: It was a large bird.
- Tess Mercer: Blind loyalty can be dangerous, Chloe.
- Chloe Sullivan: That means a lot coming from the protégé of Lex Luthor.
- Tess Mercer: So not the night to mess with me.
- Green Arrow: No "Hello"? No "How are ya"?
- Tess Mercer: What do you know about the crystal?
- Green Arrow: Well, that depends. How good is your shot?
- Clark Kent: You don't think I was in the Arctic based on these pictures?
- Tess Mercer: I think there's a lot more to Clark Kent that even Clark Kent doesn't want to admit.
- Clark Kent: A farmer turned journalist, not a very interesting story.
- Tess Mercer: [meaning Lex] I know that you're hiding something about his disappearance. And I can't wait for the day when you realize that you and I are on the same side. And that maybe it's not in your best interests to lie to your boss.
- Clark Kent: If you want to fire me, Ms. Mercer, go ahead. I have nothing more to tell you about this.
- Tess Mercer: Clark, I don't wanna fire you. I wanna trust you. And I wanna know why Lex didn't. In time, I'm sure the truth will reveal itself.