Lost

By Brian Howard What a difference a DVD makes. I’ve slowly been making my way through my Office Season 5 DVD set, having watched all the deleted scenes, the blooper reel and two of the commentaries so far. But it was the “100 episodes, 100 moments” montage, eight and a half minutes of highlights from the show’...

By Brian Howard But adding Amy Ryan in the first place, executing the brilliant Michael Scott Paper Company arc, allowing “Broke” to air and scenes like Dwight, Andy and Erin performing “Country Roads” and everyone walking out with Michael at the end of “Blood Drive” went a long way toward redeeming tho...

By Heather Salerno Sun’s dad, Mr. Paik, makes sense. This Lennon character might be one way the show explains how Paik Industries is tied to Widmore’s company and the Hanso Foundation (which funded the Dharma Inititative). ABC “House” promo featuring Hurley: ABC “House” promo featuring Sawyer:

By Heather Salerno Lost-philes, rejoice! That’s according to the Hollywood Reporter, which quotes an insider who says the show’s producers (Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof) asked ABC for an 18th hour because “they had some extra story to tell.” Photo courtesy of FOX)

By Heather Salerno As for the series’ final scene, which producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse have had in their minds for years? Hmm. Maybe more Walt and Michael? I’d love to see that storyline pushed a bit more, and ABC did just cancel Michael Perrineau’s other ABC gig, “The Unusuals…”

By Heather Salerno “Lost” fans, did your heart skip a beat after seeing Dominic Monaghan – a.k.a. the late, great Charlie Pace – in the latest promo for ABC’s upcoming TV lineup? And while I’m all giddy at the prospect, Michael Ausiello of Entertainment Weekly is reporting that this is NOT the case.

By Brian Howard Looks I’ll be continuing my long run of not watching ABC. I admit I’m in the minority there, though, because shows like “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Lost” and “Desperate Housewives” dominate the ratings. 8PM “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” 9PM “Desperate Housewives”

By Heather Salerno So what does that fade-to-white ending actually mean? Theories will abound in the next nine months (damn you, Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof, damn you!) • Jack’s surgery flashback fleshed out the story that he told Kate in the very first scenes of the series. He deals with fear by counting...

By Heather Salerno THE AFTERMATH OF DANIEL’S DEATH Kate. HURLEY CONTINUES TO BE AWESOME Radzinksy’s knowledge that Hurley is working with Jack and Kate could come into play; the episode made a big deal of highlighting that fact. Hey, Mr. Alpert, is Locke the leader of the Others now? Yes?

By Heather Salerno Oh yeah, and polar bears poop a lot. After all, as last night’s final scene showed, Daniel Faraday is back on the island. He’s spent the last three years of doing scientific mumbo-jumbo at Dharma world headquarters in scenic Ann Arbor, MI. Photos courtesy of ABC)

By Heather Salerno LINUS VS. WIDMORE BEN BOWS TO LOCKE Is she part of Dharma? Is Dharma still in operation? • Is Ellie (or Eleanor Hawking) still on the island when Widmore is exiled? If so, what happened to her when Ben took over as Leader? If not, where did she go? Was her son, Daniel, born on the island or off?

By Heather Salerno Season 1 gave us “The Bagel” (Walt’s abduction by the Others) and last year’s finale offered “The Frozen Donkey Wheel” (when Ben moves the island). This time around, producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse asked fans to submit their suggestions, from which they’d pick the most appropr...

By Heather Salerno Bravo, Evangeline Lilly! MOMMY KATE Kate confesses the truth about the plane crash and why Sawyer stayed behind. But instead of seeing Sawyer as a hero – as Kate and the rest of us have – Cassidy calls Sawyer a coward who couldn’t face a future with Kate. HURLEY IS AWESOME

By Heather Salerno Of course we’re all excited about tonight’s Kate-centric – and hopefully time-travel explaining – episode, “Whatever Happened, Happened.” None other than John Locke, in a flashback scene. Once again, the folks at DarkUFO say it’s a young… Sawyer. Photos courtesy of ABC)

By Heather Salerno We also discovered how Sayid got back to the island. Unwillingly. Based on a few clues dropped by ABC, my suspicion is we’ll learn what Sawyer whispered to Kate in the helicopter in last season’s finale … and what Kate did with Aaron before she came back to the island. Photos courtesy of ABC)

By Heather Salerno To their credit (sort of), Cuse and Lindelof owned up to the mistake – albeit, in a completely confusing statement to Ausiello. Something about using Mader’s actual July 1979 birthday in the Season 4 script, which didn’t jibe later with Season 5’s Dharma 1974 episode. (If you can figure out...

By Heather Salerno SAWYER IS THE NEW LEFT-BEHIND LEADER WHERE THE HECK IS DANIEL? THE SAWYER-KATE REUNION: DOES THAT MEAN BYE-BYE JULIET? Sawyer and Juliet are a serious couple in Dharma-land, except despite what Sawyer told Horace, he’s still carrying a torch for Kate after three long years.

By Heather Salerno LOCKE MEETS THE 316ers LOCKE and CHARLES WIDMORE LOCKE AND THE 815ers LOCKE’S SUICIDE LOCKE’S RESURRECTION Check back here next week when we dissect “LeFleur,” which brings us back to the island’s Dharma days and introduces Reiko Aylesworth as Amy. Photos courtesy of ABC)

By Heather Salerno For instance, a couple of episodes back, Sawyer smacked Daniel around until he explained the island’s time jumps. When the off-island gang gathered at the marina last week and argued about returning to the island, Kate did what any reasonable person would do: She said, “You people are cra...

By Heather Salerno I’m also psyched about a recent interview with Michael Emerson: TV Guide got Mr. Benjamin Linus to spill a few details about what upcoming episodes will reveal about Mystery Island’s prince of darkness. Plus, next Wednesday’s episode introduces actress Reiko Aylesworth (formerly of “2...

By Amy Vernon This YouTube video is amazing, splicing together Gaeta's Lament, the song he sang in snatches throughout the episode. Who knew that Juliani had such a gorgeous voice (he studied opera at McGill University in Montreal!)? I liked how they even commented on that in the episode.

By Heather Salerno Ladies and gentlemen of the press, meet the Oceanic 6. And the fact that no one was there to greet Kate and Sayid was heartbreaking. But they seemed to be embraced by the others as part of their families: Hurley dragging Sayid over to meet his parents was sweet.

By Heather Salerno So last week I gave you a heads up on a conference call that "Lost" producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse did with reporters about the return of "Lost" this Thursday. First up, what's in store for Thursday's episode (in the show's new post-"Grey's Anatomy" time slot of 10 p.m.).

By Heather Salerno That "Lost" will move to Thursdays at 10 p.m. after "Grey's Anatomy" in April, and newbies like "Pushing Daisies" and "Dirty Sexy Money" will come back in the fall. Favorites like "Desperate Housewives" and "Boston Legal" will come back starting in early April for a handful of fresh episode...