This episode marks the first time that Chloe Sullivan and Lex Luthor meet each other.
Amy Adams, who plays Jodi Melville in this episode, would later go on to be cast as Lois Lane in the DC Extended Universe, including Man of Steel (2013), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Justice League (2017) and Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021).
Joe Morton (Dr Steven Hamilton) also cameos in Batman vs Superman 2016 as Silas Stone (Cyborg's father) in the DC Extended Universe in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Justice League (2017) and Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021).
Whitney Fordman's present to Lana Lang was a first-edition copy of A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.