General Lost Season 5 Spoilers

The following is a list of general spoilers for season 5 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.

Season 5 spoilers and rumors

 * Michael Ausiello (Entertainment Weekly columnist): A new villain codenamed Dan, likely a Widmore henchman and liaison between Widmore and Sun, is being cast.
 * Secretagentman (Spoiler source): Two new British teenagers, Nigel and Sophie, are being cast for episodes 2 and 3.
 * Nestor Carbonell (Richard Alpert): He is returning to film new episodes in August, possibly as a regular.
 * Damon Lindelof (Co-creator, writer), Carlton Cuse (Writer, producer): Richard Alpert will be seen without his shoes.
 * Kristen Veitch (E! Online correspondant): Claire is not returning in season 5, but will be back in season 6.
 * 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 not until the end of the show.
 * Damon Lindelof (Co-creator, writer): Thinking Libby was part of DHARMA is not "barking up the wrong tree."
 * 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.
 * Damon Lindelof (Co-creator, writer): Eko may return, and not neccessarily in a flashback.

Former season 4 spoilers and rumors

 * ABC: Harold Perrineau will be returning to play Michael in season 4.
 * TRUE
 * DarkUFO (Spoiler source): An upcoming episode is called "The Outlier", has Ben flashbacks, and features a math proof called the Jacobian Code. Pre-strike, this episode was going to be episode 9, but has now been pushed to later in season 4.
 * FALSE
 * DarkUFO (Spoiler source): Characters to have flashbacks this season: Alexandra, Rousseau, Locke, Ben, Juliet.
 * FALSE, the Rousseaus never had their flashbacks.
 * DarkUFO (Spoiler source): Locke, Jin, and Sawyer are alive on the island in the future.
 * FALSE, Locke is dead in the future and Jin may be as well.
 * DarkUFO (Spoiler source): Scenes with Ben at an airport are being filmed.
 * FALSE

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.