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Elizabeth Mitchell, Matthew Fox and Evangeline Lilly in a scene from the Lost episode Cabin Fever.

Elizabeth Mitchell, Matthew Fox and Evangeline Lilly in a scene from the Lost episode Cabin Fever. (© 2008 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. NO ARCHIVE. NO RESALE.)

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The Lost discussions

As the TV series Lost plays out its final season, fans gather for online discussions after each episode

Jorge Garcia, left, Josh Holloway, middle, and Evangeline Lilly appear in Lost.
Earlier discussion
Lost season premiere: Andrew Ryan's liveblog

Read Globe television critic Andrew Ryan's live blog of the opening episode

The face-off between the survivors and the freighter people continues, and the Oceanic Six find themselves closer to rescue, on the two-hour Season Finale of Lost, Thursday May 29 on the ABC Television Network. Pictured: Yunjin Kim, Evangeline Lilly, Naveen Andrews.
Earlier discussion
Kickoff: Join the Lost club

Join author and Lost expert Nikki Stafford and Globe TV critic Andrew Ryan Friday at noon ET to dish about Tuesday's season premiere

Evangeline Lilly: Lilly, who was born in Alberta, hit the jackpot when she landed the role of fugitive Kate Austen. Previously, she had played bit parts in 2003’s Freddy vs. Jason and the TV series Smallville. Last year she appeared in the critically acclaimed war film The Hurt Locker.
In Pictures
Life on the Island: Before and after

Where you've seen your favourite Lost stars before, and what they've been up to off the Island

Archives: Interview
Is Lost the last of the great television epics?

A producer predicts there will never be another drama on the same scale

Archives: Interview
Lost producer sets up Season 5 and end of series

Stephen Williams can keep the story straight -- but only with the help of a large staff

Features

The Lost lover’s top 5 moments

Nikki Stafford details the five moments, since the series began, that stand out among the rest

Cracking the Easter eggs: decoding Lost’s secret messages

The numbers (4 8 15 16 23 42). The anagrams (guess what Hoffs-Drawlar really spells?). Nikki Stafford reveals clues in the series that only your subconscious would have picked up

Top fan theories

From purgatory to time loops, Nikki Stafford runs through the top theories on what's really happening on the Island

Lost: The Lost Club talks about the season premiere

The Globe's "Lost Club" met online to chat about last night's opening episode of the show's final season

A guide to the season 5 finale of Lost

Read an excerpt from Finding Lost: Season Five - The Unofficial Guide, by Nikki Stafford. The passage examines events that took place in last year's season finale.

Finally, you can get Lost again

As fans get set for the last season, Andrew Ryan talks to the show’s cast and creators

Found: Lost's meaning

Weird, intelligent, complicated and allegorical. And sometimes irritatingly obscure

Fans in Hawaii get special preview of Lost premiere

Cast joins 10,000 fans on Waikiki Beach to kick off final season

Take a course at Lost U. Seriously

A new multimedia site offers courses in all areas of the show - but you have to pass the entrance exam first

No sequels, spinoffs for Lost

Jack, Sawyer and Kate's TV roles will end with the final season of the show, producers say

As Lost barrels along, its creator finds inspiration at the Fringe

Two TV series and a 'Star Trek' movie? No problem for J.J. Abrams

Brave new marketing? Lost reconfigures TV

The show has spawned a cottage industry of spinoffs, some of which may or may not provide answers to the plot's may mysteries

Interviews

The blooming of Evangeline Lilly

The actress went from dead-body bit parts to starring in Lost. The worst part? Losing her anonymity

Maybe Benjamin Linus isn't so evil after all

Michael Emerson on playing a character whose intentions aren't known even to him

Previous seasons

Fans, prepare to be flummoxed all over again

Lost groupies won't be disappointed by fifth season, promises producer-director Stephen Williams