Teri Hatcher’s guest appearance as Lois Lane’s mother on this week’s episode of The CW’s “Smallville” garnered the series a 2.9 rating (1.3 among the coveted 18-to-49 demo), making it the highest rated episode so far in its 10th and final season.

Entitled “Abandoned,” Friday night’s episode featured Hatcher as the late Ella Lane addressing her daughter Lois (Erica Durance) for the last time via video tape.

It went like this:

Hatcher, of course, played Lois Lane on the 1993 ABC series “Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.” Her hair style on that show looked exactly the same as it did on Friday night’s episode. Coincidence?

Hatcher currently stars as milfy ditz Suzanne Mayer on ABC’s long-running hit series “Desperate Housewives.”