Annette O'Toole |
Martha Clark Kent |
Michael Rosenbaum |
Alexander ('Lex') Joseph Luthor |
John Schneider |
Jonathan Kent |
Allison Mack |
Chloe Sullivan |
Tom Welling |
Clark Kent/Kal-El of Krypton |
John Glover |
Lionel Luthor (Recurring Season 1, Regular Season 2+) |
Michael Karl Richards |
Sheriff Billy Tate |
Guest Star |
Tom Heaton |
Dex McCallum |
Guest Star |
William B. Davis |
Mayor William Tate |
Guest Star |
Camille Mitchell |
Sheriff Nancy Adams |
Recurring Role |
The newspaper article that Lana holds in the beginning of the episode is full of typos, including uncapitalized words and incomplete sentences. In addition, the third panel of the article, as well as the accompanying article on the right, are duplicates from the first panel.
When Clark opens his hand after receiving the medallion from the slot in the cave wall, the pointed tip was facing the camera, towards Clark's fingers. In the closeup shot, it was point to the side.
When Clark and Lana are looking through Louise's things to get some clues, Lana asks Clark to put her old necklace on her and starts to move her hair to the side. In the next shot her hair is already tucked to the side
Since Rebel Without a Cause was made in 1955, it is highly unlikely that it would still be playing it in theaters six years later.
When Clark is talking to Pete on the sidewalk after his vision, around time index 9:07, you can see a red and white truck to the left of the scene. That is a Canadian postal truck.
Early on in the episode Billy Tate introduces himself to Joe as Sheriff Billy Tate. Later on when Chloe gets a copy of Lachlan Luther's release papers it is signed by Deputy Billy Tate.
Could Clark talk any louder when talking to Pete about Jor-El, the cave, super-powers, etc., while outside with people walking around fairly close in the background?
Clark touches the car in the barn to get a flashback...to 40 years ago when the car was in the barn. So the same car has been in the barn for 40 years??
Why does Joe seem to be injured by Hiram hitting him? And how does Hiram manage to shove him to the ground?
How did Hiram and his wife know they were having a boy? Was medical technology that sophisticated back in 1961? (editor's note: even back then, people were "sure" they were going to have a child of a particular gender without medical technology. Weren't always right, though... :) )
In a closeup of Clark's hand holding the silver talisman, the hand had a callus - how does invulnerable super-healing Clark get calluses?
When the mayor touches Clark's shoulder, Clark gets a flashback to when Tate confronted Joe and Louise back in the 60s, out in the cornfields. But...in the flashback Tate leaves the scene. If Tate wasn't there, and Clark isn't at the cornfield, how is he having flashbacks to the scene? In the rest of the episode he has to be at the scene, or touching something at the scene when stuff he's seeing happened, to trigger and maintain the memory playback. Alien magic, I guess.
Somewhere between 1961 and ending up as a spaceship voice in 2003, Jor-El picked up an English accent.
Lex: (talking about Lex's grandfather) I'd always assumed that my father's knack for taking people's money was inherited, but I hardly think petty crime runs in the family.
Joe: Where I'm from, we have colors that you've never seen. Our moons are so close they fill up half the sky. We have sunsets that last for hours.
Clark: It's crazy.
Chloe: You passed crazy about four random clues ago.
Clark: Since when can you take police records out of city hall?
Chloe: Since I caught the clerk and his girlfriend playing Cops & Robbers while on the job.
Lana: You must have come from somewhere. It's not like you just fell out of the sky.
This episode was billed by the WB both on-air and at their website as "Smallville 1961."
Original/working title: "Yesterday."
This episode won a Leo Award for Best Costume Design in a Dramatic Series.
Music: "In Your Eyes" by Aaron D, "I Only Have Eyes For You" by The Flamingos, "Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)" by The Penguins, and "Matchbox" by Toby Keith.
Injoke: The 14th name on the list of people that have accessed Luthor records is Glen Winter, one of the writers for Smallville.
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