Series three introduction - Radio Times, November 2006

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Series three introduction - Radio Times, November 2006

As Lost embarks on its third season, Benji Wilson rounds up some of the mysteries sure to get fans talking.

• Three castaways have been captured by the "Others", the island's menacing, anonymous locals. Back at camp, the mysterious hatch has proved to contain a giant electromagnet that may have caused the plane crash - but may also have alerted rescuers.

• Clear? No? Well, fear not: it's going to get easier. Executive Producer Carlton Cuse says, "We tried to design it this year to make the basic concept pretty simple: our characters versus the Others."

• So what about those Others? We'll soon learn more about them - like the real name of their leader Henry Gale, and why he's chosen to take Jack, Kate and Sawyer. So can actor Michael Emerson back up Henry's assertion in series two that "we're the good guys"? "I've always thought Henry was a guerilla leader: the Others are people on a mission with a calling of some sort that they believe is ethical. We worry about them because we don't know what the calling is. But when it's revealed it will be something staggering and it will shift our sympathies."

• Take the disquietingly serene Juliet (Elizabeth Mitchell), for example, who's keeping Jack under lock and key. An impending romance? "She's drawn to Jack, but she's massively torn," Mitchell says.

• Other than the Others, there's plenty more to ponder. Like Kate: make your mind up sweet-cheeks, Jack or Sawyer? The love triangle, we're told, will be resolved this year. Our money's on Sawyer.

• What happened to Desmond, Eko and Locke when the hatch was blown up at the end of season two? Well, all three are still on the cast list …

• Locke's legs. We don't know why he was temporarily in a wheelchair. We will soon.

• Sun is pregnant. The kid must be her husband Jin's, right? Come on, this is Lost!

• Charlie and Claire. Last seen enjoying a long-overdue kiss after two series' flirtation. There's no sight of them to start with, but they return in episode three.

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