lionel luthor got his sight back in season two.
lionel luthor got his sight back in season two.
how did lionel luthor get his sight back?
season two
in 1989, lionel visits smallville to buy the ross creamed corn company immediately before a meteor shower occurs. twelve years later during season one, lionel exiles his son lex luthor (michael rosenbaum) to smallville to run luthorcorp's local fertilizer plant as a test. when lex makes a profit for the first time in years, lionel closes the plant and blames lex's poor managerial skills. lionel later confronts his son at the luthor mansion when lex tries to orchestrate an employee buyout to save the fertilizer plant. when strong winds force debris to smash through the mansion, lionel is pinned under a fallen support beam and lex hesitates to save his father. in season two, lex saves lionel but loses his sight because of lex's judgment to rush into surgery. season two's first half shows lionel as blind. lex and lucas luthor (paul wasilewski)—lionel's illegitimate son—devise a plan to uncover lionel's deception; it is revealed that lionel was blind but that his eyes healed and he intentionally neglected to tell anyone so he could watch how they acted around him. season two's second half shows lionel is aware of the kawatche caves and tries to unlock the mysterious symbols there, to the dismay of clark kent (tom welling).
lionel luthor
lionel luthor is a fictional character portrayed by john glover in the television series "smallville". the character was initially a recurring guest in season one, and became a series regular in season two and continued until being written out of the show in season seven. the character returned to the show in season ten again as a recurring guest role as a parallel universe (earth-2) version of the character. in "smallville", lionel luthor is the father of lex luthor (michael rosenbaum), and founder and ceo of luthorcorp. lex luthor's father was first introduced in "superman" comics by jerry siegel in 1961 and has since appeared in other superman-related media under different names. "smallville" is the first appearance in which the character has been an intricate part of a superman adaptation. series developers alfred gough and miles millar created lionel luthor for "smallville" to provide an antithesis to the parenting style of jonathan kent (john schneider) and martha kent (annette o'toole). in the dc comics, lex luthor's father was originally named jules luthor, but later was renamed lionel luthor some time after "smallville". he debuted in superman's girlfriend, lois lane #23 (february, 1961) and was created by jerry siegel and kurt schaffenberger.
lionel luthor