<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"Smallville star Erica Durance has admitted that she was &amp;quot;thrilled&amp;quot; to discover that Teri Hatcher will play Lois Lane&amp;#039;s mother. It was previously reported that the Desperate Housewives actress will portray Ella Lane in an upcoming episode, having previously played Lois herself in ABC drama Lois &amp;amp; Clark: The New Adventures of Superman from 1993 to 1997. &amp;quot;I was shooting another scene at the time [I found out] and it was supposed to be a really funny scene,&amp;quot; Durance told Zap2It. &amp;quot;I got the text and I burst into tears. I had an absolute, unequivocal fan moment.&amp;quot; She also confirmed that Lois would soon return from Africa to reunite with Clark (Tom Welling). &amp;quot;She comes back for Clark, of course!&amp;quot; she revealed. &amp;quot;So far, the stuff that we&amp;#039;ve done is about her finding out where she fits in with who he is and how she can best be a partner and support him.&amp;quot; Smallville continues this Friday at 8/7c on The CW. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/smallville/news/a280221/smallville-star-thrilled-with-hatcher/>