User blog comment:Rassilon of Old/Ep. 124 "Performance" discussion/@comment-4454131-20120407195238/@comment-432124-20120407201330

Like I've said before, he was gonna get addicted to them and that's happened now. He's over-relying on the shields and that's what Luthor wants. And the way they affect them in this episode, they're definitely like steroids.