According to IGN, the mystery of Dominic Monaghan’s new casting on ABC has been solved, and it’s not a long-running show that the former Charlie Pace will be joining at all. It’s a new one.

IGN reports that, in a super-secret bit of casting, Monaghan is joining Flash Forward, the new scifi-tinged show based on the novel by Robert J. Sawyer. If true, Monaghan will find at least one familiar face there: another member of the stellar-looking cast is Sonya Walger, aka Lost’s Penelope Widmore.

Today is the day. The end of Season 5. The last season-ending cliffhanger Lost will ever produce. The prelude to the final season.

Whatever you want to call it, tonight is the night that “The Incident” airs. Remember that it’s a 2-hour episode, beginning at 9:00pm EST/PST, and it’s preceded at 8:00pm by another Lost recap/clip show.

Let’s start, as always, by taking a look at ABC’s official synopsis and guest cast for the episode. The SPOILER WARNING flashing neon light is on from here on out — though I won’t be spilling any major secrets, just teaser-y stuff. Strap in and get ready, this is going to be a big one…

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Can you believe this is the 100th episode of Lost? Airing tonight! Same time, same station! Don’t miss it!

Here’s what we know:

“The Variable”

written by Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz
directed by Paul Edwards

On the 100th episode milestone for the series, the time of reckoning begins when Daniel Faraday comes clean regarding what he knows about the island.

Guest starring:
Nestor Carbonell as Richard Alpert
Sonya Walger as Penny
Alan Dale as Charles Widmore
Francois Chau as Pierre Chang
Fionnula Flanagan as Eloise Hawking
Patrick Fischler as Phil
Eric Lange as Radzinsky
Sarah Farooqui as Theresa
Alice Evans as younger Eloise Hawking
Wendy Pearson as E.R. doctor
Todd Coolidge as paramedic
Peggy Anne Siegmund as caretaker
Jennifer Sojot as E.R. nurse
Spencer Allyn as young Daniel Faraday
Michael Dempsey as foreman
Maya Henssens as young girl
Ariston Green as workman
Marvin DeFreitas as young Charlie
Brad Berryhill as anxious guy

Eloise Hawking returns! Woohoo!

Next up you can take a look at three spoilerific clips from the episode if you like, courtesy of E! Online.

Last but not least, take a look at Doc Jensen’s crazy-but-oddly-lucid theories and teasers for this week’s episode right here.

Start your week off right with a brief peek at this week’s all-new episode of Lost, “Namaste.” Courtesy of E! Online’s Watch with Kristin.

It’s becoming a weekly habit: ABC has released three new advanced peeks at scenes from this week’s episode of Lost, 5.07 “The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham,” in which we learn the story of John Locke’s time off the island and how he died. Beware of major spoilers after the jump!

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This week’s metareview of Lost 5.06 “316” is a very mixed bag, even though most of these reviews are overall positive. People get pretty picky when it comes to their Lost — they know how they like it and what they want from it…

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Courtesy of Watch with Kristin, here are a pair of clips from this week’s episode, 5.06, titled “316″. Note that the first one is very spoiler-heavy, so watch at your own peril! The second one picks up right where 5.05 “This Place Is Death” left off.

Here are a couple of early looks at tonight’s episode, 5.05 “This Place Is Death,” courtesy of Watch with Kristin at E! Online. Some awesome stuff here, and it goes without saying that there are spoilers within. But watching the clips only heightened my excitement to see what all unfolds tonight.

Kristin at E! Online provides these four preview videos from this week’s episode, “The Little Prince,” which focuses mostly on Aaron and the mysterious party on the mainland who knows his true lineage. (Who do you think hired the lawyers? Ben? Sun? Widmore? Claire’s mom?)

The first vid is below, the remaining three are right after the jump.

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I have to be out of the house the rest of the afternoon, so this will be my final post until after the Season 5 premier… With that in mind, allow me to shamelessly point you in the direction of some of ApproachingLOST’s best “Season 5 Prep” features.

There’s nothing here that will spoil tonight’s experience for you, just some tasty stuff to wake up that part of your brain that’s needed to follow Lost’s many plotlines and mysteries.

• Start with Lost Season 5’s Top 10 Mysteries, aka “the big island mysteries most likely to be answered in Season 5.” And let us know what you’re looking forward to this season.
• Take a look at these features on Ajira Airways, the new alternate reality tie-in to the show. You might just turn up some hints about where the show is going.
• The Dharma Special Access series of videos and updates will catch you up on all of the Season 5 teasers that Team Darlton have (intentionally) released thus far. There’s early glimpses of new characters, a new Dharma station logo, a behind-the-scenes look at the Lost writers’ room, and much more.
• And even though I just posted it this morning, this Season 5 Refresher is essential reading for viewers of all kinds. It’ll jog your memory about where every character on the show left off at the end of Season 4.

Still craving more? Check out all of our Season 5 coverage here.

Remember, the 2-hour season premier of Lost airs at 9:PM, immediately following a “Destiny Calls” recap special. I’ll be back with an episode recap, theories, and observations on the season premier (very) late tonight! Enjoy the show, everybody!