Lois Lane (Smallville)

Lois Lane
Smallville character
Erica Durance as Lois Lane
First appearance	"Crusade" Smallville September 22, 2004
Last appearance	"Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 2" Batwoman December 9, 2019
Based on	Lois Lane by Jerry Siegel Joe Shuster
Adapted by	Alfred Gough Miles Millar
Portrayed by	Erica Durance
In-universe information
Affiliations	Daily Planet

Lois Lane is a fictional character on the television series Smallville; she was portrayed continually by Erica Durance since her first appearance in the season four premier "Crusade" to the series finale. Durance began as a guest star in season four but was promoted to series regular status beginning in season five. The character of Lois Lane, first created for comic books by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in 1938 to be the love interest for Clark Kent and his alter-ego Superman, was adapted to television in 2001 by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar - this is the fourth time the character has been adapted into a live-action television series.

In Smallville, Lois comes to town to investigate the apparent death of her cousin Chloe Sullivan at the start of the fourth season. After finding Chloe still alive, Lois is forced to enroll in Smallville High to complete the remaining credits of high school she failed to achieve. As the series progresses, her interest in journalism grows, first writing a couple of articles for the Smallville High Torch in season four, landing a job at the Inquisitor in season six, and finally being hired at the Daily Planet in season seven. Throughout seasons four, five, six and seven, Lois's relationship with Clark Kent is depicted more as a brother/sister relationship, with the two characters often butting heads. By season eight, Lois begins to realize that she is falling in love with Clark, and by season nine the two become an official couple. During season ten the relationship goes through several milestones and midseason the pair get engaged. It's not shown but sometime between the series finale and the Arrowverse crossover "Crisis on Infinite Earths" they officially get married and are happily married with two unnamed daughters.

Series developers Gough and Millar had always envisioned bringing the character of Lois Lane to Smallville, but it was not until the end of season three that the creative team had the right storyline to bring her in. Erica Durance was hired to portray the iconic female reporter from the comic books.^[1] Smallville's interpretation of Lois was designed to embody similar traits to that of various leading female characters in the film. Described as "fiercely independent",^[2] critics have favorably compared this version of Lois Lane against the other live-action performances of the character in both film and television.