Smallville: Crush

"Crush" is the ninettenty episode of season one of the superhero teen drama series Smallville. It was directed by James Marshall with a script written by Philip Levens, Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. The episode first aired on the WB Network on Tuesday, May 7th, 2002 at 9:00 pm.

Crew

 * Greg Beeman - Co-executive producer
 * Mark Verheiden - Supervising producer
 * Michael Green - Co-producer
 * Doris Egan - Co-producer
 * Greg Walker - Co-producer
 * Bob Hargrove - Producer
 * Ken Horton - Co-executive producer
 * Alfred Gough - Executive producer


 * Miles Millar - Executive producer
 * Mike Tollin - Executive producer
 * Brian Robbins - Executive producer
 * Joe Davola - Executive producer
 * Tim Scanlan - Associate producer
 * Philip Levens - Executive story editor
 * Attila Szalay - Director of photography
 * Mark Snow - Composer

Notes & Trivia

 * Superman was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.


 * Copyright holder: 2002, Warner Bros. Television.


 * This episode is production code number 227618 (provided at the end of the closing credits).


 * This episode is included on disc five of the Smallville: The Complete First Season DVD collection, which was released in Region 1 format by Warner Home Video on September 23rd, 2003. It is also included on the Smallville: The Complete Series collection.


 * Executive producer Michael Tollin is credited as Mike Tollin in this episode.


 * This is the second episode of Smallville directed by James Marshall. He directs twenty-six episodes of the series in total. He previously directed "Nicodemus". His next episode is "Heat".


 * This is the fourth episode of Smallville co-written by Alfred Gough (including story treatments). He works on thirteen episodes of the series in this capacity. He previously worked on "Zero". His next episode is "Tempest".


 * This is the fourth episode of Smallville co-written by Miles Millar (including story treatments). He works on thirteen episodes of the series in this capacity. He previously worked on "Zero". His next episode is "Tempest".

Allusions

 * Reference to the Daily Planet is made in this episode.


 * Chloe Sullivan makes reference to Mars in this episode. Mars is the fourth planet from the sun in Earth's solar system. Mars will later play a role in the series as the birth place of John Jones - a being whom Clark Kent will meet as an ally. In the comics, he is known as the Martian Manhunter.

Quotes

 * Lionel Luthor: What did she want?
 * Lex Luthor: Forgiveness.
 * Lionel Luthor: She must not know you very well, son.


 * Chloe Sullivan: You know, most men are from Mars, Clark, but you're from some distant galaxy that I've never even heard of.

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 * Chloe Sullivan: So, should we do the, uh, "I told you so" part, or is my perennial bad judgment implicit?
 * Clark Kent: Chloe, I wish I were wrong.
 * Chloe Sullivan: What is it with me? I can spot Wall of Weird material from a mile away, but put it right in front of me, I'm oblivious.
 * Clark Kent: You're not oblivious, you're trusting. You're strong enough to take risks with your emotions. I wish I were as brave as you. I still have those two tickets to the journalism convention; it'd be a good chance for us to spend some time together.
 * Chloe Sullivan: Okay, it's a date.

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 * Clark Kent: I've got these two amazing friends who both happen to be girls.
 * Lex Luthor: For argument's sake let's call them "Lana" and "Chloe."

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 * Lex Luthor: I've only loved two women in my life. One died and the other betrayed me.