General Lost Season 5 Spoilers

The following is a list of general spoilers for season 4 of Lost. It is not known specifically which episode each spoiler happens in. When the correct episode is know, the spoiler will be moved to the episode's page.

Spoilers and rumors

 * Michael Ausiello (TV Guide columnist): "I'd bet my firstborn we'll see him [Aldo] again."
 * Damon Lindelof (Co-creator, writer): Cerberus is DHARMA's name for the Monster. The Monster will be explained, but he was unclear as to whether this will happen in season 4. The Monster's explanation is not "ten seconds of blank tape."
 * Damon Lindelof (Co-creator, writer): Thinking Libby was part of DHARMA is not "barking up the wrong tree."
 * Damon Lindelof (Co-creator, writer): Jack and Claire will find out they're siblings.
 * Damon Lindelof (Co-creator, writer), Carlton Cuse (Writer, producer): Ben and the real Henry Gale "had words" before his death. Ben was caught in Rousseau's trap on accident.
 * Aint' It Cool News (Spoiler source), Carlton Cuse (Writer, producer): There are going to be both flashbacks and flashforwards in season 4.
 * Various spoiler sources: "The Ruins" are the main set of season 4, as the caves were in season 1, the hatch in season 2 and the Hydra in season 3.
 * Michael Emerson (Ben): Ben is actually fighting someone else, someone who will make the Others vs crash survivors conflict pale in comparison.
 * Damon Lindelof (Co-creator, writer), Carlton Cuse (Writer, producer): Libby will be back in season 4.
 * Carlton Cuse (Writer, producer): The Desmond-Penny love story is important to the overall mythology of the show.
 * Damon Lindelof (Co-creator, writer): Eko may return, and not neccessarily in a flashback.

Casting spoilers and rumors

 * Damon Lindelof (Co-creator, writer), Carlton Cuse (Writer, producer): Jeff Fahey will play a character in season 4. Based on his appearance and the producers' demands for him specifically to play his role, many speculate he may play Jacob. Others report his character will be named Frank Lapidus.
 * Damon Lindelof (Co-creator, writer), Carlton Cuse (Writer, producer): Jeremy Davies will Russell in season 4.
 * Damon Lindelof (Co-creator, writer), Carlton Cuse (Writer, producer): Rebecca Mader will play Charlotte in season 4.
 * Damon Lindelof (Co-creator, writer), Carlton Cuse (Writer, producer): Lance Reddick will play Arthur Stevens in season 4.
 * Damon Lindelof (Co-creator, writer), Carlton Cuse (Writer, producer): Ken Leung will play a character in season 4.
 * ABC Press Tour: Harold Perrineau will be returning to play Michael in season 4.
 * Kristen Veitch (E! Online correspondant): Nestor Carbonell (Richard Alpert) has been asked to be a main character for season 4.

Former season 3 spoilers and rumors

 * Various spoiler sources: Jacob is coming to the island in a week, which is why Juliet needs to be back.
 * FALSE
 * Michael Ausiello (TV Guide columnist): There are not one, not two, but five deaths coming in May. However, these are probably not all main characters.
 * TRUE, the deaths are: Anthony Cooper (The Brig), Charlie, Greta, Bonnie, Mikhail, Tom, Ryan Pryce, and Naomi (all in Through the Looking Glass)
 * DarkUFO (Spoiler source): The "Door" hatch seen in "Three Minutes" and "Live Together, Die Alone," which supposedly was a facade, actually leads to the island's "magic box."
 * FALSE
 * DarkUFO (Spoiler source): Rousseau appears in all four May sweeps episodes ("The Brig", "The Man Behind the Curtain", "Greatest Hits", and "Through the Looking Glass")
 * TRUE, except she does not appear in "The Man Behind the Curtain."
 * Kristen Veitch (E! Online correspondant): There will be a major reveal in every episode from "One of Us" until the end of the season.
 * TRUE
 * Edward Kitsis (Writer), Adam Horowitz (Writer, producer): There will be an incident on the island that will shake up everything we thought about the show.
 * TRUE
 * Damon Lindelof (Co-creator, writer), Carlton Cuse (Writer, producer): Michael and Walt are not returning this season.
 * FALSE, Walt returned.