When Martha drops the lemonade jug it broke on its side. But when she falls it is only broke at the top, and is sitting upright.
Martha holds the Key and shot moves to focus on the keyhole in ship 0:31, yet when she looks back over to the ship after Clark left, the ship is turned around, and the hole is nowhere near visible 0:56.
At 19:34 Helen removes the rubber strap from Clark's arm, but seconds later it is back on his arm and she removes it again.
When Jonathan breaks into the compound, his truck is left outside of the compound and was easily accessible during the escape, which means it should have been noticable. Wouldn't a security guard notice an unidentified truck parked right outside of a high security area?
When Jonathan is breaking into the DCA compound, the fence that he "cuts" isn't cut at all. It's just two separated fences. The only cut parts of the fence are the cuts we see him make as well as one cut below.
When Jonathan is breaking into the DCA compound, he's holding the fence shut as the security guard is passing by. It should be pretty hard not to notice an irregularity in the fence pattern, especially when you're a trained security guard.
When the DCA are heading to the Kents' farm, they are heading the same way that Clark and Pete are driving to get the ship away from the farm.
When Jonathan breaks into the military compound, how did Clark get there in that short a time, seeing as Jonathan drove and Clark is without his superpowers? Furthermore, if he was so ill he needed Jonathan's help to stay up and escape from the compound, how did he get into the compound and into the building unnoticed?
Clark tells the DCA that Martha has been in the storm cellar instead of keeping quiet and avoiding another detailed search.
Why was Clark waiting by Nell's house? Lana doesn't live there anymore, since she moved in with Chloe's family.
In the beginning, when Martha coughs and drops the pitcher breaking it into a sharp barb in the ground. She faints and is seen to be falling into it, but Clark catches her. When we see the long shot, the broken pitcher isn't there.
Clark's hair changes several times. In the beginning, when he sees his mom in the cellar, his bangs are straight, and parted to the side, like the way they were in the beginning of the series. Then, when he's in the kitchen, his bangs are how they usually are, curly and across his forehead. They continue to look like that at the hospital. When he races home to get the ship in the cellar, he pulls the sheet off of the ship and once again his bangs are straighter and parted to the side. Then, when he's driving with Pete, his bangs are curly and across his face.
Lex and Dr. Trenton do a really good job being subtle. They chose to exchange private information in a parking lot, in cars with non-tinted windows, and where people are passing by them and can see their faces.
So it doesn't seem like the Kents are really in the clear. The DCA has their red truck (and if Pete claims its stolen, that'll be on his record as a criminal offense), they know the octagonal key is missing, and they know the Kents used to have it. Is the DCA just going to ignore all of this, pack up, and leave? They may not have a purely legal case, but they appear to have enough to warrant investigation. Furthermore, the DCA had two vehicles as well as a helicopter following Pete, telling him to stop, which he doesn't do until he can't proceed any further. Shouldn't this lead to further speculation?
Clark has a zit on his chin. He has invulnerable skin - how can he get little dirt particles in his pores?
Inexplicably, Pete has somehow managed to pay for yet another new vehicle in this episode.
So the DCA has a base near Smallville? Note that the storage area has DCA stencilled on its windows so it looks to be more than just a temporary installation at an existing military base.
Lex gives Dr. Helen Bryce a master key to the manor. We've seen in the past that anyone (including Helen herself) can easily get into the mansion without a key with no one being the wiser - heck, using it would just slow her down.
Spores that were irradiated by meteor rocks made Mrs. Kent sick. The meteor shower happened how many years ago? 12? Apprently the spores haven't proliferated in all that time - they're in soil, and since spores imply some sort of fungus or mold, it's not like they would've had a hard time growing. Also, how could those spores lie dormant in the soil of the storm cellar and be irradiated by meteor rocks? Presumably, the Kent farm wasn't hit, and the spaceship occasionally sucks up green rock-radiation. Sooo...the meteor rocks came from where? (Some thought it might have something to do with Lana's necklace in "Visage", but the green rock doesn't seem to have been there long enough to irradiate the area and any spores.)
Clark: (to Lana) It's weird how random memories can just pop into your head, huh? When I was in second grade, I was afraid to go to school because I thought my mom would disappear while I was gone and never come back. I wouldn't even get on the bus in the morning until she promised she'd be there when I got home. Sure enough, every day, there she was when I walked in the door.
Chloe's Letter: I want to let you in on a secret. I'm not who you think I am. In fact, my disguise is so thin I'm surprised you haven't seen right through me. I'm the girl of your dreams masquerading as your best friend. Sometimes I want to rip off the façade like I did at the spring formal. But I can't because you'll get scared and you'll run away again. So I decided that it's better to live with the lie than expose my true feelings. My dad said there are two types of girls -- the ones you grow out of and the ones you grow into. I really hope I'm the latter. I may not be the one you love today, but I'll let you go for now, hoping one day you'll fly back to me. Because I think you're worth the wait.
Jonathan: (as Bryce tries to take Clark's blood sample) You don't understand... you can't do that. Dr. Bryce: Is this some kind of religious thing?
Pete: Given a choice I'd rather play D.J. than decoy any day.
Lex: The Kents are like family – they mean more to me than my own.
Lex: Trust me – there's nothing worse than a missed opportunity.
Jonathan: Son, hard as it is to believe, sometimes even your abilities are no match for a 3/4" copper washer.
Deleted Scene: Clark and Lex are talking about Helen's success in her career and whether or not if Lex should make a move or let her go.
In Chloe's poem to Clark she reads the line: 'In fact, my disguise is so thin, I'm surprised you haven't seen right through me'- this is a small reference to how Clark disguises himself when he is not Superman. By simply wearing glasses.
John Glover doesn't appear in this episode.
The bit about the Talon soundtrack Pete is mixing is a reference to the fact the Smallville soundtrack was released the week after this episode aired.
Music: "Not That Simple" by Jamestowne, and "Wave Goodbye" by Steadman.
The DCA doctor's name is probably an in-joke reference to two famous DC writers - Denny O'Neil and Alan Moore.
Pete: Indiana Jones couldn't find it down there. Indiana Jones is a fictional archaeologist and adventurer. Played by Harrison Ford, Indiana is the star character of the films Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). Several spin-offs of the Indiana Jones mythos have also been created.
Pete: Yeah, we'll put it between the old Betamax and my dad's Pong games. Pete is referring to icons of 1970s pop culture and entertainment. Betamax is video cassette format used in early camcorders, similar to VHS. Pong is a classic video arcade game consisting of two paddles bouncing a small ball between them.
Pete: X-Files alert! Alluding to the TV show - coincidentally or not, the guy who plays Dr. Moore appeared in several episodes of that show as an FBI agent.
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