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My mom swears by it, but I never saw an ep. It's a bit too late for me to get into it now.

My shows are Prison Break and 24. Friday Night Lights looked really good last night, too.

kittyeatzjdubs

OH I AM SOOOOO THERE!!!!!

alt WOOT!

Lost rocks!

~luv, jojo

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I liked Prison Break, but I couldn't watch it regulary, so I never got into it.

Friday Night Lights was OK. I am hoping that they will not go into Hollywood cliches of Texas high school sports, and ruin a great book and very good movie.

'Lost' theories

11:23 AM CDT on Wednesday, October 4, 2006

Associated Press

ANSWERS?

Those Lost writer-producers are a secretive bunch. How difficult could it be to give a hint about what to expect next season? Apparently, very. A little digging, however, turned up some clues on the gripping ABC drama.

WHO ARE THE OTHERS?

They're creepy, wear fake beards and have captured Kate, Jack and Sawyer. Are they "the good guys," as one high-ranking Other said, or are they up to no good? Finally – finally! – that enigma will be addressed this season, producers have teased. They better deliver. Also, expect to see much more of bug-eyed Other/hatch escapee Henry Gale, played by new series regular Michael Emerson.

WHO WILL KATE FALL FOR?

It's about time, Kate. The freckled tough girl (Evangeline Lilly) will finally make a choice between doctor-leader Jack (Matthew Fox, right) and con man Sawyer (Josh Holloway, left). Early intel suggests Cupid's arrow is pointing at a Kate-Sawyer hookup – they ARE a couple of good-lookin' outlaws. Why that coupling? According to an ABC press release, "Romance looms on the horizon as Jack's interests veer towards a mysterious woman, whose motives may be questionable."

WHY WAS LOCKE IN A WHEELCHAIR?

John Locke (Terry O'Quinn) lost a bit of his faith last season, thanks to his frustration with entering that numbered sequence on the keyboard every 108 minutes. Still, he can't deny the island's healing powers, which apparently cured his paralysis and allowed him to walk again after Oceanic flight 815 crash-landed. Those powers, and why Locke was in a wheelchair in the first place, will be explored this season, Lost experts say. One theory: Locke, who helped his dad withdraw stolen money from a bank, was handicapped by angry victims of the crime.

WHO IS THE FATHER OF SUN'S UNBORN BABY?

Pre-crash, a doctor said Sun's loving husband, Jin (Daniel Dae Kim), was infertile. There are three possible explanations for Sun's pregnancy: The island healed Jin's infertility (worked for Locke, legwise); the zygote formed inside Sun (YunJin Kim, right) but is neither hers nor Jin's (creepy!); or Jin is not the baby's father. That guy could be Jae Lee, who gave Sun secret English lessons. She was unhappy in her marriage, and planned to leave Jin and go to America.

WHAT HAPPENED AT THE HATCH?

In the season two finale, Locke, Mr. Eko (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) and Desmond (Henry Ian Cusick) were all in the hatch when Desmond turned the fail-safe key to diffuse whatever electromagnetic energy was quaking the island. An explosion ensued. The hatch door landed on the beach. Survival seems like a long shot – but Eko and Locke are under contract. And Mr. Cusick is now a series regular. They gotta come out of this alive, if not somehow changed. Plus, ABC says Locke will team up with Sayid (Naveen Andrews) and others to try to rescue their comrades.

DID MICHAEL AND WALT ESCAPE?

The father-son duo, given a motorboat by Henry Gale, was last seen fleeing the island to destinations unknown. Desperate dad Michael (Harold Perrineau, below right) betrayed his friends to save himself and his son, Walt (Malcolm David Kelley, below left), who was kidnapped at the end of the first season by the Others. But don't be surprised if they return – those Lost-ies aren't the luckiest group. Note that Mr. Perrineau is not a regular cast member this season, but could be back as a guest star. And Walt is way too intriguing to make a permanent getaway.

WHAT IS DHARMA DOING WITH THE KIDS?

The Others snatched Walt; Frenchwoman Rousseau's daughter, Alex; and a very pregnant Claire (Emilie de Ravin). In memories of her abduction, Claire was taken to a hospital-like hatch and given a shot in the belly. A teen girl, who might be a grown-up Alex, warned her that higher-ups planned to kill her and take her baby. That's pretty freaky, and so is another theory: That the Others are a social utopian experiment by the scientist-led Dharma Initiative. This could explain why they steal innocent children who haven't been tainted by society.

WHO IS LIBBY?

Michael shot and killed her last season, but viewers haven't seen the last of Libby (Cynthia Watros). She'll keep appearing in characters' flashbacks, producers said, yet her back story – she claimed to be a clinical psychologist and was supposedly among the plane's tail-section survivors – is shrouded in mystery. In flashbacks, it was revealed that she lived in the same mental hospital as Hurley (Jorge Garcia) and gave Desmond her late husband's doomed sailboat. Fan speculation has it that she might be a member of the Hanso Foundation or a private detective.

IS CLAIRE JACK'S HALF-SISTER?

That's the buzz – and it appears to be so. After losing his medical license for operating while drunk, Christian (Jack's surgeon father, played by John Terry) fled to Australia, where he drank himself to death after attempting to visit his secret daughter. It went down like this: He showed up at the house of a blonde Aussie – Claire's look-alike mother? – and demanded to see the girl. The woman refused. Jack arrived Down Under to bring Christian's body back to the U.S. and, in a made-for-TV twist, wound up on the same ill-fated flight as Claire.

CAN THE SHOW KEEP IT UP?

As many fans complain, Lost is more about the questions than the answers. It's confusing and captivating. At least some things were (sorta) cleared up in the finale of the second season, which had viewers scratching their heads. Thankfully, the Powers That Be heard the fan feedback – and they're doing something about it. In a recent podcast posted on the show's Web site, a producer revealed he was influenced by complaints that season two was "too mythologically dense." Expect to see a lot about relationships in future episodes, including a dose of romance.

Associated Press

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