Superman's archenemy Lex Luthor has had many dark moments of villainy, but season 7 of Smallville showed by far his darkest one ever.
Smallville shows the darkest moment in any movie or TV show for Superman's archenemy Lex Luthor. Smallville first began in 2001, running for 10 seasons and telling the story of a young Clark Kent on his journey to eventually becoming Superman. Lex Luthor is an equally central character on the show, he and Clark becoming good friends after the latter saves his life, with Lex suspecting there is more to Clark than meets the eye.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY As a parallel to Clark's evolution into Superman, Smallville also shows Lex's transformation into a villain. Lex Luthor has been played by numerous actors in many different Superman movies and shows, with all showing his unrivaled diabolical intellect and determination to destroy the Man of Steel.
When Lex receives a text from his hired assassin confirming Julian's death, he is far from elated to learn that his brother has died a second time, going out onto his balcony to scream into the night sky. As a child, Lex had taken the blame for Julian's death in order to save his mother from Lionel's wrath, so however much he might have seen the new Julian as a threat, ordering his second death still breaks his heart.
Lex Killing Julian Completes His Dark Turn In Smallville, Lex's determination to learn Clark's secret is a central component of his story, and shows that despite their friendship, Lex clearly has a dark side. While this is a natural byproduct of growing up under Lionel when his father was still consumed by evil, Lex's drift towards becoming a villain himself is still gradual, and something that Clark tries to stop.
Lex's fate as a villain is fully sealed a few episodes later in "Descent" when he murders Lionel. Still, while Lionel Luthor's death was Smallville's most tragic, Julian's death is, in a sense, also the death of Lex Luthor. The fact that Lex himself knows that he has finally crossed the line by ordering the murder of his brother simply seals Julian's death on Smallville as Lex Luthor's darkest act of evil.
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