Writer:	Todd Helbing, Aaron Helbing
Director:	Mike Rohl
Star:	Michael Rosenbaum (Alexander ('Lex') Joseph Luthor),  Aaron Ashmore (Jimmy Olsen),  Allison Mack (Chloe Sullivan),  Tom Welling (Clark Kent/Kal-El of Krypton),  Kristin Kreuk (Lana Lang),  Laura Vandervoort (Kara),  John Glover (Lionel Luthor)
Recurring Role:	Anna Galvin (Gina)
Guest Star:	Sam Jones III (Pete Ross),  Andrew Fallows (Deejay),  Mark Wynn (Lex's Bodyguard),  OneRepublic (Themselves)

International Air Dates:
Norway: Monday, April 7, 2008 10.50 pm on TVNorge
Denmark: Monday, June 2, 2008 on TV3
Australia: Thursday 19, 2008 on TEN HD
UK: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 on E4 (edit) Elastic Lad
Pete Ross's powers resemble those used by Clark's other sidekick, Jimmy Olsen, in the comics. Jimmy, infamous for having just about every super power at some time or another, some times had the ability to stretch like Pete here. He went by the name Elastic Lad and was a reserve member of the Legion of Superheroes. (edit) Sam Jones III is billed as Special Guest Star. (edit) Stride Gum, the gum that gives Pete his powers, is plugged in this episode. (edit) Erica Durance is credited but doesn't appear. (edit)

Jimmy: Some secrets are better off kept. (edit) Pete: I mean, I had to leave my life behind because of you, Clark. And to be honest, it feels better than living in your shadow. (edit) Jimmy: (about Pete) Well, he is gonna be an overnight superstar. I just got off the phone. He's the first meteor... uh...biologically enhanced individual... who's willing to be interviewed about his powers. (edit) Pete: Maybe it's time for everyone to realize that a real hero doesn't hide in the shadows. (edit) Lex: Now I gather you're trying to impress Chloe by erasing any evidence of her extracurricular projects. I guess things never change.
Pete: You're living proof of that. (edit)

Despite attacking Lex, being tortured by Lex's bodyguard and then being rescued by Clark (who leaves Lex and his bodyguard unconscious), Pete has no problem visiting Chloe at the Daily Planet (which Lex owns) at the end of the episode. (edit) Right before Pete talks to the DJ, you can see the Technics SL-1200 turntable on the left is missing its phono cartridge (needle). (edit) When Pete sees the speaker fall on Kara, he doesn't run toward her, he simply stands there and reaches for her without moving his legs. This doesn't gibe with normal human instincts, and wouldn't have done anything unless he knew he could stretch. (edit) Despite the fact that Jimmy is a photographer and does a lot of photo-taking even when off-duty, when he's at the warehouse the first time he doesn't have a camera and takes a picture of Kara and Pete with his cell phone. (edit) Whenever Pete uses his power, his clothing stretches. Kryptonite doesn't mutate clothing. (edit)

Jimmy: It looks like Gumby found his Pokey.
Gumby is the stop-animation star of his own television series, created by Art Clokey. A green plastic humanoid figure, his pet horse is the red clay Pokey. Not currently in production as this episode premiered, Gumby has been referenced in dozens of other shows. (edit) Chloe: And since the Go Go Gadget Arms has been going public with his abilities...
Chloe refers to Pete's stretching powers referencing the 80's cartoon Inspector Gadget, about a bumbling crime fighter who has several mechanical body parts, one of which allows him to stretch his arms by shouting "Go Go Gadget Arms!" (edit)