Get Lost Again

After an absurdly long hiatus, Lost finally returns this Wednesday! I have some spoilers for you, courtesy of Kristin at E! Online:

Big Reveals Ahead! "There will be some answers to questions that people have been wondering about for a while," executive producer JJ Abrams told me. "Things like why Locke is in the wheelchair and what is in the monster. I really think it is a thrilling remainder of the season."

We're Going Back to the OG Losties: "We are going to start dealing with the people on the original island," Daniel Dae Kim told me. "And we are going to get away from the others and come back and see what we have been doing, and the tone of the show lightens up a little bit. Jorge’s got a great flashback that was so much fun to do, and it’s me, Jorge and Josh. It’s a lighter episode, and I was really happy to do it."

Hurley Comes to Charlie's Rescue: "If someone needs to be picked up somehow, Hurley is there to do it. And I think that hasn't changed. In the coming episodes, he definitely makes a little bit of a project out of Charlie," said Jorge. (Sources tell me Hurley's help may have something to do with the Charlie 'n' Claire lovey-doveyness that lies ahead!)

Juliet and Jack Are Sittin' in a Tree: Despite what Evangeline says about Kate "not giving up" on Jack, I'm told Juliet and Jack are gonna stay tight. Really tight. At the Lost event, I asked Elizabeth Mitchell (who, in person, is perhaps the world's most gracious woman, FYI), which other castaways she'd be sharing scenes with, besides Jack, and she said, "Mainly just Jack. That's basically it." And that's foxy!

Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid: When I asked Yunjin Kim what was coming up, she told me, "There is so much, so much. We'll definitely find out a lot more about the Others, and the more we find out, the more scary they are. They’ve got some power, and they’re very well connected in a very scary way. " And Michael Emerson said he thinks a bigger game is afoot: "Everyone, sooner or later, is a pawn in Ben’s game, I think. Everyone, sooner or later, has a target on their back."

Kate and Sawyer Aren't Playing House—Yet: I asked Josh Holloway (a man who once planned to ditch acting for a gig as a realtor) if Kate might soon be moving in with her man, and he said, "Well, I don't know about that. She is going to have to work a little bit for that, the real estate. I have the windows, you know! She is going to have to step up the game for that."

Flashback Madness: From the mouths of the Losties themselves...According to Emilie de Ravin, this season's Claire episode "goes back to when Claire was a lot, lot younger and in a very different place in her life." And when I asked Henry Ian Cusick if the hatchplosion had turned him into some sort of seer, he said, "Those questions will be answered on Feb. 14." Cancel your V-Day plans, people, because that's the night Lost throws its Desmondpalooza!

Bottom Line: If you don't watch Lost this Wednesday, you are a stone-cold fool.