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Warning! I have to warn all of you who haven't seen the finale of Lost season 3 yet. There will be spoilers in the following.

I didn't think Carlton Cuse meant it literally when he said that "these characters have a past, a present, and a FUTURE" in the special episode, Lost: The Answers. But now I think everything can happen on the show. The end of season three marks the midway point of the series.

This is the first time we see a flash forward in the series - but it isn't revealed to be a flash forward until the last minute of the finale. Now we're up for three more seasons discovering everyone's future. This is brilliant story-telling!

This is a great way to bring back Walt - and his growth will appear totally natural in the flash forwards. Is Ben one of the good guys after all? Naomi and her crew could be part of the real Dharma operatives from the outside world. And of course we're going to miss Charlie, though he did help Jack with the escape it seems. An escape he will later regret.

Now we'll have to wait more than six months for the fourth season. Sigh.