Writer:	Daniel Levine
Director:	Gene Reynolds
Star:	K Callan (Martha Kent),  Michael Landes (Jimmy Olsen (season 1)),  Dean Cain (Clark Kent/Superman),  Teri Hatcher (Lois Lane),  Lane Smith (Perry White),  Tracy Scoggins (Catherine "Cat" Grant (season 1)),  John Shea (Lex Luthor (season 1)),  Eddie Jones (Jonathan Kent)
Recurring Role:	Tony Jay (Nigel St John),  Shaun Toub (Asabi)
Guest Star:	Mary Crosby (Monique),  Larry Linville (Grover Cleveland),  Miguel Nunez, Jr. (Jules),  Lou Cutell (Maurice),  Ritch Brinkley (Stan),  Wil Albert (Businessman),  Yolanda Gaskins (Linda Montoya),  Rosa Li (Japanese Woman #1),  Saemi Nakamura (Japanese Woman #2),  Roy Brocksmith (Floyd),  Brent Jennings (Inspector Henderson),  Elizabeth Barondes (Lucy),  Louise Rapport (Grandmother)

This is the second episode in production order. (edit)

Lois: I stole it. I have never stolen a story before in my life. How could I do that? It's him. It's Superman. I mean, ever since he held me in his arms, there's something between us, Lucy. I know it. There's this connection.
Lucy: You should be ashamed of yourself.
Lois: I am ashamed of myself. I'm ashamed of myself.
Lucy: And you'll never do it again?
Lois: I won't. Never again.
Lucy: And you'll apologize to Clark Kent?
Lois: Not in this millennium. (edit) Monique: Let me hire a couple of shooters and I'll turn Superman into a large wet spot. Testing won't be necessary.
Lex: Have you ever read Sun Tzu's The Art of War?
Monique: I'm waiting for the Reader's Digest version.
Lex: Sun Tzu was a general od ancient imperial China, and he teaches us, paraphrasing, of course, 'Knowledge precedes victory, ignorance precedes defeat.
Monique: Really? Well, an uzi precedes a bloody mess, even in China. (edit) Cat: 'We' sounds good to me. We, isn't that French for 'yes'?
Clark: Ahem, not in Smallville. (edit) Lois: I should have the exclusive on the follow-up. Those are the rules.
Perry: The rules are off. This is too big.
Lois: But he's mine! He's mine! (realizes she's sounding desperate) As in my story, story mine. (edit) Martha: Clark, is it a dirt stain or an oil-based stain?
Clark: (trying to clean cape) I dunno, mom... It's a bomb stain. (edit)

Goof
The hang of Superman's cape is completely different in various scenes. In some, the cape ends in a long, rectangular section several inches down his chest. In others, it ends in a point, laid back over his shoulders, higher up on his neckline. (edit) For someone trying to maintain a secret identity, Clark certainly is careless in this episode! He changes clothes in The Daily Planet, and he completely fixes up his apartment in the few minutes between his landlord's two visits! (edit) Clark seems to have quite a bit of difficulty changing into his suit in the beginning, so apparently he hasn't started wearing it under his regular clothes yet, and he hasn't yet perfected the "spin and change" that he later does so easily. (edit) Clark's apartment address of 344 Clinton actually was Clark's (and later his clone Superboy's) apartment in the comics until his marriage to Lois Lane. (edit)

Lex's falcon is named Faust. Dr Faustus is a well known fictional character who sells his soul to the Devil in order to get the woman he wants. (edit) Lex Luthor: Have you read The Art Of War?

Written by Sun Tzu, The Art of War is one of the oldest and most famous studies of strategy and has had a huge influence on military planning, business tactics, and beyond. (edit) Lex Luthor: We know Superman can jump high but is he, say, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound? Is he more powerful than a locomotive?

Starting with the Max Fleisher cartoons Superman is described as being "Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. (edit) Lois: Sure, Clark, and when you run across Jimmy Hoffa and the Easter Bunny, why don't you reel them in, too.

Jimmy Hoffa, president of the Teamster's Union, disappeared without a trace on July 30, 1975. (edit) Title: Neverending Battle
The title is a reference to the opening narration for the radio serial and the opening of the George Reeves TV series: "And who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a neverending battle for truth and justice." (edit)