With this episode, a conscious decision was made to start moving the show away from a "Villain of the Week" format and into a larger mythology.
The Armour Clark Kent states he couldn't see himself wearing is reminiscent of Superman's uniform. The snake insignia on the center makes an 's' shape and is adorned with blue and red jewels - Superman's colors.
This is the first episode in which the villain is not suffering from kryptonite psychosis.
Clark Kent uses the following abilities in this episode: super strength, super speed, X-ray vision, accelerated vision and Invulnerability.