There is, as ever, no doubt that they were met and surpassed.

Theres no doubt, this series ofLostis going to feature a fair amount of genuine time travel.

Of course, its not all sunshine and lollipops.

Since were now dealing with time travel, there are some rules to be laid out.

The key phrase: What happened, happened.

You cant change anything.

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Another major change inLostfor Season 5 concerns the structure.

Weve got the Islanders skipping through time, under attack from various parties throughout history.

Weve got the Oceanic 6 trying to reassemble.

And peripheral to both of those, weve got subplots spinning out of all time periods.

The episode ends with the dramatic and startling return of… Ms Hawking.

you might tell that this is going to be an ambitious year forLost.

Im hooked all over again.