Lindsay Hartley (Justin Hartley's then real-life wife) appears in this episode as one of Granny Goodness' Female Furies known as Mad Harriet. Ironically, Justin Hartley doesn't appear in this episode. Lindsay also costarred with Justin on the NBC soap opera, Passions.
Teri Hatcher, who plays Lois' mother Ella in this episode, previously played Lois Lane in the series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993).
Helen Slater who plays Clark Kent's Kryptonian mother, Lara-El, is also a veteran of the DC universe. She played Supergirl (1984) in the 1984 movie of the same name.
The group of girls in this episode are based off the Female Furies; a squad of Apokolips's great female warriors led by Granny whose job it is to protect Darkseid.