Smallville (Season 8, Episode 13)

I don’t want you to make the same mistake I did. I know how much you want to get revenge on Lex and who could blame you? I have felt that exact same rage.

He didn’t implant a microchip into your brain.

All that anger will lead you down a long tunnel that you will never find your way out of. You are an amazing woman, Tess. But it’s hard to see when you’re stuck in the dark shadow of an even darker man.

You may have gotten rid of the microchip but every second that you are consumed by hate is another second Lex is still in control of you. Don’t be a victim anymore.