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Lex and Lionel's relationship reaches a breaking point. Lionel attempts to drive Lex insane, eventually succeeding in having him committed to Belle Reve and subjected to electroshock therapy to erase his memories of Lionel's crimes. This culminates in Lionel's arrest after a joint sting by Lex and the FBI. The Departure of Friends: Here’s a — structured like a pitch for
John Glover has always played Lionel with charm, but in Season 3, the nuance disappears. This is Lionel at his most monstrous. He murders his own parents in a flashback. He has his son committed. He tries to have Jonathan Kent killed. Most shockingly, in the episode "Memoria," we learn the truth: Lex’s obsession with his dead brother Julian is misplaced. Lionel’s wife, Lillian, died giving birth to a stillborn Julian. To "fix" her depression, Lionel secretly adopted another baby (the actual Julian) and then, when Lillian rejected the fraud, Lionel had the infant killed. He killed a baby. This revelation is the final nail in the coffin for any redemption for Lionel. He is the devil of Smallville , and watching Lex finally imprison him in the finale ( "Covenant" ) is one of the most satisfying moments in television history. This culminates in Lionel's arrest after a joint
Often described as the most "gorgeously shot" season, with some episodes compared to Van Gogh paintings.