Over the years, fans have witnessed the disappearance and “death” of several characters on Lost.  Michael Dawson (Harold Perrineau) was killed in an explosion on the Kahana while trying to deactivate a bomb, Mr. Eko (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) met his end at the hands of the smoke monster, Charlie Pace (Dominic Monaghan) drowned while trying to help the survivors communicate with the outside world and Claire (Emilie de Ravin) mysteriously disappeared with her dead biological father.  Despite their absence on the ABC series, fans have never really abandoned the idea that they would someday resurface.  Luckily, the dead doesn't have to stay dead in the world of Lost.

Below you will find some of the names of “dead” Lost characters that would possibly return for the upcoming season.

There are no details about upcoming plots and spoilers but if you don't want to find out who's returning, stop reading now!

Dead Charlie remains to be a fan favorite and though many would like to see him back on the show, his portrayer, Monaghan, acknowledges the fact that it's not that simple.

"As we were paying the bill, I said, 'Let's talk about Charlie.'  And we had a five-minute, very accelerated conversation where I said, this is how I would feel about coming back.  These are the things that I really like about Charlie and ideas for Charlie.  And Damon said, 'OK, that's great.  I'll go away and I'll chew on that.' Damon has to deal with not only the arc in the story for the entire show but also all the characters.  He might not have space for me to come back, but if there is space, then we talked about how it would work," Monaghan told Kristin at E! Online about his conversation with Lost boss Damon Lindelof.

Several months back, BuddyTV reported an article about who will return for the fifth season of Lost, given that not every character who made in through the season 4 finale will be returning for upcoming season.  The article also mentioned that Emilie de Ravin will be on a holding contract with Lost for season 5 and not returning until season six.

"I have been keeping up on her," Monaghan explained.  "And I wonder if the world of Lost allows dead people to come back easier than it would be here.  I think to a certain extent they wanted to find something for Claire to do outside of grieving over Charlie, and I think they thought, well if we take her away and essentially if we were to bring her back, there would be some drive to her story."

One character that's sure to return is Jack's (Matthew Fox) father (John Terry), who died of an alcohol-induced heart attack days before the flight, leading to much of his story being told through flashbacks.  Last season, he was featured on the island several times, acting as a messenger for the leader of the Others, Jacob.

“John Terry is gonna be in the show this season, but he was definitely nowhere near Hawaii when we shot that stuff," Lindelof confirmed.

Lost returns to ABC on January 21.



-Kris De Leon, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: E! Online
(Image courtesy of ABC)