Writer:	Jeph Loeb, Kenneth Biller
Director:	James Marshall (III)
Star:	Annette O'Toole (Martha Clark Kent),  Michael Rosenbaum (Alexander ('Lex') Joseph Luthor),  John Schneider (Jonathan Kent),  Tom Welling (Clark Kent/Kal-El of Krypton),  John Glover (Lionel Luthor (Recurring Season 1, Regular Season 2+)),  Kristin Kreuk (Lana Lang)
Recurring Role:	Patrick Cassidy (Henry Small)
Guest Star:	Kevin Gage (Pine),  Byron Mann (Kern),  Colin Cunningham (Nicky),  Jill Teed (Captain Sawyer),  Eileen Pedde (Jennifer Small),  Karen Holness (Bishop),  Paul McGillion (Lex's Lackey),  Dagmar Midcap (Newscaster)

The visual effects team was recognized by the Visual Effects Society with a 2004 VES Award for Outstanding Matte Painting in a Televised Program, Music Video, or Commercial award for this episode. (edit) Music: "Bittersweetheart" by Ed Harcourt, "Tomorrow" by SR-71, and "Invisible Man" by Theory Of A Deadman. (edit) Samuel L. Jones and Allison Mack do not appear in this episode (edit) The female cop in Metropolis' name is Sawyer -- a likely reference to Maggie Sawyer of the comic book and Metropolis, head of the Special Crimes Unit (the unit which deals with super-powered stuff) and a friend of Superman's. (edit) When Clark jumps he is wearing a blue shirt and red jacket. While he is flying (or falling) through the air the red jacket is flapping, somewhat like a cape (edit)

Jonathan: Clark! Clark! I suppose you know why there's a helicopter on our front yard? (edit) Lex: Big Brother is listening. Or should I say 'Big Daddy'? (edit) Lex: I want you to know I was doing everything I could to secure your release.
Lionel: Oh I'm sure you did a great deal. (edit) Lex: With my father there's no such thing as a personal life. (edit) Clark: Just because you have a family doesn't mean every day's a picnic.
Lana: Unless you're a Kent. (edit)

The officer who caught Clark ends up being the negotiator? Even if she was a captain, would she have been doing perimeter watch to catch Clark? A hostage negotiator has authority over the entire situation from a law enforcement standpoint. she is never seen communicating with the other departments, like SWAT or the local police. It doesn't seem like she would be the one talking to the hostage takers, with no other authority figures present, considering how big of a name the Luthors are. (edit) When Clarks mom shoves the green kryptonite into the vault, Pine shoves his hand in the way of the closing door, which seems to bounce off his hand, which he then falls to the ground in pain. A vault door with that much weight would have sheared his hand without even slowing down, due to its mass. (edit) Clark pulls a small conduit cable from a small breaker box, and it shuts down power to the entire building? Even the entire floor wouldn't be affected by one small conduit, and they show no evidence of him even being on the same floor. (edit) In the aerial shot of Clark jumping, there was no forward movement at all. (edit) Jonathan has a good idea of how far it is from the Daily Planet building to the LuthorCorp building, but he doesn't have any idea of Clark can make the jump. Shouldn't he? Clark spends a lot of time speeding and running around the farm - didn't they ever test how far he could jump? (edit)

Lana: What if she votes me off the island?
Of course, a reference to that most famous of reality shows, Survivor. (edit)