Lane appears to aid Lois after the monkey Titano wreaks havoc in Metropolis. In Smallville, Lieutenant General Sam Lane appeared in the second and third episodes of Season 4 portrayed by Michael Ironside. When Chloe Sullivan and her father were put in protective custody, Lex Luthor managed to get General Lane in to shield her from the blast when they got into the "safe" house. In the fourth season episode "Lucy", it is noted that "the General" (as both his daughters call him) was unable to cope with raising his daughters alone after the death of his wife. He modeled his parenting on that of his Army career where he implemented a chain of command. He was in charge of Lois and Lois was in charge of Lucy. Both his daughters resented their father for this. At the end of the episode, he sent Lois to Europe in order to locate his younger daughter Lucy, but it is unclear if the efforts were successful. In subsequent episodes, Lane has been casually referenced by other characters. Chloe states that General Lane provided her with covert surveillance equipment in "Mortal". With it, she helps Clark Kent infiltrate the LuthorCorp building and rescue his family. In the sixth-season episode "Prototype", Lois told Clark and Chloe that Wes Keenan was the only soldier that the General ever respected. Ironside reprised his role as the General (now a four-star General) in the Season 10 episode "Ambush", where Clark becomes the first person to pass the "tests" the General has arranged for Lois's previous boyfriends. General Lane reveals that he gave the list of chores to Lois' boyfriends to test her, not them, and Clark is the only one that Lois has ever stood up for, which proves she loves him. The two bond despite their initial disagreement over General Lane's role in the Vigilante Registration Act, which makes him a target of the Suicide Squad and Rick Flag, before dispatched. As seen on his uniform, General Lane is a recipient of the Silver Star. General Sam Lane appears in Supergirl portrayed by Glenn Morshower. He is depicted as having strongly anti-alien views, and as wanting to take over the Department of Extranormal Operations in order to focus its efforts on the eradication of aliens, even using untested robots like Red Tornado. After Supergirl saved him several times, his stance lessened on them and assisted her