Tess and Lex
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The relationship between Tess Mercer and Lex Luthor remains one of the most heart-breaking and oldest relationships in the series. Their relationship is also known as "Tex" or "Less".
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[edit] Early History
It's unknown when Lex Luthor first met Tess Mercer. Lex sent Tess and a group of other LuthorCorp employees to gather viruses. When Tess and her co-workers returned to their LuthorCorp site, an explosion destroyed the base. While the other LuthorCorp guards escaped, Tess was left for dead. Lex went into the facility and rescued Tess, who was extremely grateful and felt indebted to Lex after this. [citation needed]
[edit] Season Seven
After Lex learned Clark Kent's secret from a Kara Kent disguised Brainiac, Lex contacted Tess and asked her to run LuthorCorp for him in his absence. Her dedication to him was apparent, as she came to Smallville immediately to carry out his orders to kidnap Lana Lang after she recovered from a Brainiac-induced coma. Soon afterward, Lex disappeared in the Arctic Circle after the Fortress of Solitude collapsed at the hands of Jor-El. After this, Tess inherited LuthorCorp and all of its subsidiaries.
[edit] Season Eight
Tess went to the Arctic Circle to search for Lex after his disappearance. She had clearly learnt a lot from Lex as she presented herself to people in a very similar manner. She eagerly looked for clues of Lex's whereabouts and soon discovered that he was in fact alive.
When she met Lana she seemed to be jealous of her previous marriage to Lex, indicating her love for him. Lana revealed to Tess that he had injected tiny cameras in her optic nerves and had been spying on her for some time. Tess was devastated by this news and confronted him in a mirror via her optic nerve transmission. She confessed her love for him, which quickly turned to hatred. She then announced his death in the Daily Planet and arranged a merger with Queen Industries, Lex's biggest rival.
Lex was clearly angered by this, as he hired Winslow Schott a.k.a The Toyman to plant a bomb in LuthorCorp Plaza during a board meeting with intention to kill Tess and Oliver. However, Tess was not at the meeting as she was reversing the optic nerve procedure with a plastic surgeon and Oliver was able to survive the blast. Later, Lex was killed by Oliver using Winslow Schott's toy bomb to which Tess showed no sadness.
[edit] Notes
- Ironically, Lex and Tess are never seen on screen together.
