The Man From Tallahassee...

Obligatory LOST post alert!

OK, so it's LOST eve and I thought I'd do a quick post on the upcoming season and what I think we may see.

Jack and Kate will have no fewer than 439 shouting matches/heartfelt conversations this season.

We will - God willing - meet no more "new" characters. Paulo and Nikki, thankfully, are dead.

It is still my sincerest hope that Sawyer be left alone in a room with Ben for 15 minutes.

How long before Claire and Jack discover their creepy Luke/Leia relationship?

What are the odds we see Charlie (in flashback or otherwise) within the first four episodes of season four?

Not so bold prediction: We won't know who was in the coffin until the season finale.

Speaking of which, the season finale may take place in July if the writer's strike isn't shored up soon.

The reduced episode format (16 instead of 24) will return the season to its season one form, where every episode had at least two genuine "What!?" moments.

Sayid will be revealed to be the distant cousin of Samir Nagheenanajar from Office Space.

When will we see Walt again? Will he be a grown-ass man at that point?

Locke will put the lives of no less than a dozen people into serious jeopardy at least eight times this season. Good ol' Locke, he's back to doing what he does best.

Hurley, after 90 days on the island, will still not lose any weight. This will be accounted for by a half-hearted cannibalism storyline.

It's a real shame Patrick Patterson couldn't have been on Oceanic Flight 815. If he had been, this whole mysterious black smoke problem would be solved and the others would all be dead. Wait, is it possible that Patterson is the black smoke? I hope for the castaways' sake that it is not.