Even though it’s been said many times before, it’s once again been affirmed by Lost executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse: actress Emilie de Ravin, who stars as Claire Littleton, is returning to Lost for its sixth and final season as a full-time cast member.

Speaking to EW’s Michael Ausiello, Cuse commented, “Damon and I are very excited to bring Claire back to the show, and even more excited for people to experience just how she will return.”

So what do you think? How will Claire return? Will the rest of the cast bump into her while she’s still a ghost hanging out in the jungle with Daddy dearest? Did Juliet change history in the Season 5 finale and prevent Claire from ever ending up on the island? Will she wake up next to Bob Newhart?

Theories: bring it!

E! Online’s Kristin dos Santos reports that Jack’s late father, Christian Shephard (portrayed by John Terry), who popped up all over the place in Season 4, will be back for more Lost in Season 5. Kristin also passes along word that Claire (Emilie de Ravin) will return though she won’t be a regular in Season 5, along with some interesting quotes from Dominic Monaghan, aka Charlie, about what it would take to get him back.

Monaghan tells Kristin that he would return to the show — but only if the story was at least as good as the story arc that led to his death. “I wouldn’t come back for just a little hello in the background,” he says.

What do you think? Ready for more Ghost Charlie? And what other dead characters would you like to see return? Take the poll, or fill in an answer not listed there using the Comments below.

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Lost
Character Profile
Aaron Littleton
Flash Forwards

These flash forwards are presented in the order that they were viewed on the show. In parenthesis are numbers corresponding to the order that they flash forwards would appear chronologically for Aaron’s life off the island.

Episode 4.04: Eggtown:
(3) After Kate signs off on the ten year probation she says “I have a child, I’m not going anywhere,” Kate says. Kate goes home to her “son”, Aaron.

Episode 4.10: Something Nice Back Home
(4) Aaron is living with Jack and Kate. Jack reads Aaron a book.

Episode 4.12: There’s No Place Like Home
(1) Ms. Decker, a representative for Oceanic Airways, comes into the cargo area where the Oceanic Six sit. Aaron is being held by Kate. Read more

Lost
Character Profile
Claire Littleton
Flashbacks

Flashback Episodes:

Episode 1.10: Raised by Another
Claire runs out of the bathroom holding a pregnancy test. Thomas says maybe they can work it out but Claire says that her mother would disown her. She also wonders how they can support a baby on her $5 an hour job. Thomas says that he has his painting.

Claire goes with a friend to a psychic. The psychic asks when she found out about the baby and Claire responds that it was two days earlier. After a moment he drops her hands and says that he can’t do her reading. Claire is frightened.

Months later Claire and Thomas fight. He accuses her of trapping him with the pregnancy and leaves.

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According to Kristin with E!Online, Claire will not be a Lost Season 5 regular. Instead Emilie de Ravin will be in a “holding contract” and will return in Season 6.

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Emilie de Ravin recently chatted with the Boston Herald and clues us in on what she does know. Which isn’t a whole heck of a lot!!

“You don’t know what happens to Claire,” she said. “That’s not one of the things that comes to a conclusion. The finale has more questions than answers. I have to be tight-lipped about the finale. What can I ever say? It’s big. There’s a lot going on. It’s sort of interesting what you see in the future.”

Beyond that, Emilie says that we will see Claire popping up at a random time during the season finale, and that’s about it!! Emilie herself wants to know her characters fate.

“I guess I just sort of wondered where Claire’s at,” Emilie said. “Is she still on the island? Did she die? What happened to her?”

When asked about the scene in Jacob’s cabin, Emilie replied, “She is not evil, but there is something going on that I don’t know about. I kind of stopped asking too many questions a long time ago. You are not going to know everything. There are always things you are going to find out.”

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One of the big questions everyone’s talking about right now is “Is Claire Dead?”

Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse give us some scoop, although certainly no answers…

“I think we want the fans to ask, “‘What’s happened to Claire?’” Cuse says. “I don’t think it’s ‘Is she dead?’ I think it’s like, ‘Where is she?’ and, ‘What’s going on with her?’”

Lindelof continues… “What’s fascinating with Lost is there’s a scene where Claire is in the cabin, and she is sitting next to a guy who is dead, and nobody is saying ‘What’s up with that?’ They’re all asking ‘Is she dead?’ I think the more operative question is ‘What is dead?’ That’s a good question to ask, and one you will certainly be asking over the long hiatus.”

Source: E!Online
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According to DarkUFO - one of the following will die by the end of Episode 3.09:

• Claire
• Desmond
• Jin
• Juliet
• Miles
• Sawyer
• Sun

I admit to being a little sad to lose any of them! Who do you think it will be? Vote in our poll on the right hand side of the page.

Lost
Character Profile
Claire Littleton

Actor: Emilie de Ravin

On Flight 815: Claire was flying to L.A. to meet a couple who was interested in adopting her soon-to-be-born baby.

Profession: Worked at the Fish ‘N’ Fry, before that she worked at a tattoo and piercing shop

Prior to the Crash:
Claire was raised by a single-mother. Her only memory of her father is a lullaby he sang to her as a child. She was told that her father had died. As a teenager Claire and her mother were in a car accident (Claire was driving). Her mother was left in a vegetative state. Claire’s father, Christian Shephard, appears and pays for her mother’s medical care. He suggests that they take her mother off of support and Claire leaves angry, never getting his name.

Later on Claire has a boyfriend Thomas and works in a fast-food restaurant. She discovers she is pregnant and Thomas convinces her to keep the baby. He leaves shortly thereafter. Claire visits a psychic, Richard Malkin, who tells her that only she must raise her child herself because danger surrounded the baby. Claire decides to give up her baby and visits Malkin one last time. He tells her there is a suitable couple who will adopt the baby, but they live in Los Angeles. He gives Claire tickets for Oceanic Flight 815, which leaves the next day. Weeks after the crash, Claire realizes that Malkin foresaw the plane crash, leaving her with no choice but to raise her child alone.
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