I'm still getting used to seeing Michael Ausiello's name over at Entertainment Weekly instead of TV Guide, where he became known for bringing TV scoop to the masses.  His latest bit of info at EW.com is about Lost actors John Terry (Christian Shephard) and Alan Dale (Charles Widmore).  Both actors are in talks to return next season on a recurring basis, which isn't unexpected, but he also revealed that their contracts have an additional option that's a bit more interesting.  The contracts state that the Lost producers have a right to sign both actors on as full-time series regulars in season 6.

What could this mean for Lost's final season?  Entertainment Weekly's Jeff Jensen weighs in with a theory:

"The prospect of expansive roles for Jack's maybe-dead dad and Penelope's dastardly deep-pocketed pop suggests a theory about the Island's true significance.  Here is a seemingly-magical place where the lame can walk anew, the impotent can once more shoot bullets, and anyone can crank on ancient donkey wheels and leap through time.  In other words, the Island provides the means for death-spooked mortals to cheat the grim reaper.  I'm betting that's why Old Man Widmore is so desperate to find it.  As for Ghost Dad, the Island allows him to stick around in his inexplicable spectral state and might even be facilitating a full-blown bodily resurrection; either scenario represents a violation of the natural order of things.  In the end, Jack will no doubt have to convince his father — and possibly his maybe-dead half-sister Claire, too — that they need to move on.  Regardless, keeping Terry around portends an emotional climax to Jack's father issue arc."

What do you guys think will become of Lost's two mysterious father figures?

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