LOST - "Further Instructions" - The fates of Locke, Eko and Desmond are revealed after the implosion of the hatch, while Hurley returns to the beach camp to tell the tale of what happened when he, Jack, Kate and Sawyer encountered "The Others." Meanwhile, Claire is shocked to find Nikki and Paulo in Jack's tent. Ian Somerhalder guest stars as Boone, on "Lost," WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/MARIO PEREZ) DOMINIC MONAGHAN, EMILIE DE RAVIN

Q: I miss Claire on Lost. Emilie de Ravin is such a great actress. Will she be back for all of next season?

A: Ausiello: Yes! After sitting out last season, de Ravin will return as a full-time series regular for Lost‘s sixth and final season, Team Darlton confirms. “Damon and I are very excited to bring Claire back to the show,” says Carlton Cuse, “and even more excited for people to experience just how she will return.”

And even more exciting than that? Experiencing Doc Jensen’s theory on how she’ll return. Take it away, DJ: Ausiello on Claire

“Any scenario that brings Claire back to Lost must address the mysterious circumstances of her disappearance at the end of season 4, in which many of us were led to believe that she was as dead — or rather, undead — as the Ghost Christian that’s been haunting The Island since season 1. So here’s one thought: Juliet changed time in the season finale by detonating Jughead, and season 6 will tell the story of the new timeline, one in which Claire is alive. Another thought: In light of the revelation that John Locke was actually a supernatural impostor for half of season 5, perhaps in season 6, we’ll get a storyline in which Claire just emerges out of the jungle, with no memory of what happened to her — just like season 1 — and we and the castaways will be left to wonder: Is this the real Claire or another impostor infiltrating them a la Locke? Heck, maybe that’s going to be the major idea of next season: Who’s really alive and who’s really (un)dead? It really will be the fabled zombie season of Lost!”

Well yay! for Emilie de Ravin and her fans but they had never given her much to do on the show and it wasn’t like there was great gaping hole without her (or baby Aaron for that matter). Removing her completely in S5 sort of made her forgotten, IMO.

I don’t agree with Doc Jensen that Claire was dead but since it looks all but sure that they are going to reset the timeline then that point really becomes moot, too.

Actor Terry O’ Quinn who played the “supernatural impostor,” has stated that John Locke is dead and that he (O ‘Quinn) will be playing someone else. It’s just not adding up for me that if  Claire was dead and she’s going to return alive then everyone else on flight 815 should do so, too and I really doubt that that will be the case.

Finally, as much as I dig zombies, “Zombie LOST” does in no way appeal to me as a way for the show to wind up.

LOST - "Left Behind" - After discovering that one of her own has betrayed her to "The Others," Kate is left to fend for herself in the jungle with Juliet. Meanwhile, Hurley warns Sawyer to change his selfish ways and make amends with his fellow survivors or he may face a vote of banishment, on "Lost," WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/MARIO PEREZ) EMILIE DE RAVIN

LOST -- "Further Instructions" - The fates of Locke, Eko and Desmond are revealed after the implosion of the hatch, while Hurley returns to the beach camp to tell the tale of what happened when he, Jack, Kate and Sawyer encountered "The Others," on "Lost," WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/MARIO PEREZ) BABY, EMILIE DE RAVIN, DOMINIC MONAGHAN

LOST - "The Shape of Things to Come" - Locke's camp comes under attack, and Jack tries to discover the identity of a body that has washed ashore, on "Lost," THURSDAY, APRIL 24 (10:01-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/MARIO PEREZ) EMILIE DE RAVIN