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Ah yes, the long awaited Miles episode! I usually complain about needless backstory episodes (cough, Jack’s tattoos, cough) that don’t push the narrative forward enough, but “Some Like it Hoth” was a crowd pleaser, and I thereby refuse to judge it harshly. Miles the Swindler Ghost Whisperer held court this week as we sprinted through his life story: toddler Miles in a single-parent low-rent household; punk Miles uneasy with his gifts and searching for answers; and adult Miles, exploiting the grieving for cash and about to be recruited by Widmore. Finally, we learned that Dr. “Douchebag” Chang is Miles’ “Douchebag” Dad. Fellow watchers inform me that the rumor of Chang as Miles’ father has been around for some time, but since I apparently missed that boat my mouth was suitably agape at the thought. Of course, Miles has had three years to get used to the idea since, “on the third day here I was in line in the cafeteria and my mom got into the line behind me.  That was my first clue.”

At first gander, “Some Like it Hoth” feels chock full of island lore, but for most “Lost” devotees the reveals weren’t anything new.  Hey, there’s the Hatch! Hey, Kate’s messing something up! Hey, everyone on the island has Daddy issues! We saw the beginnings of study regarding the island’s electromagnetism (thanks to an unfortunate Dharma Denizen’s filling being yanked through his brain. It’s not a plane but … it will be). We don’t know what Chang is learning from the bodies (or what he’s doing with them when he’s done), but we do know something even stranger — he loves country music.

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“Lost” was a rerun last night, so The Televangelist took the week off. However, that’s no reason why we should take a break from pointless speculation about the show, especially given this week’s rumor that a major character will be killed off this season. A few weeks ago the buzz had Evangeline “Kate” Lilly leaving the show and auditioning for a new series, but that rumor has apparently been quashed. Yesterday, though, E! Online posted an item claiming:

• A current series regular is getting killed before the end of season five.
• The character who will die is someone who is much-loved by many of you fans.
• This is a real leaving-the-show death, à la Shannon or Charlie, not a quick-fix time-travel death like Jeremy Bentham/John Locke.
• The character getting killed off is not, I repeat, not Evie’s character Kate Austen.

So the question is, who? Given that the show just brought Jin and Locke back from the dead a few episodes ago, bumping them off would seem pretty cruel. One theory seems to suggest that Juliet’s number is up — but would they kill off another female character so soon after Charlotte’s demise? ? I personally would find it fascinating if it were Jack — according to the “Lost” Season One DVD, the show creators considered killing off Jack at the end of the pilot, as a way of setting up Kate to be the show’s true protagonist.That’s probably unlikely, so who? Anybody but Hurley. Or Desmond…

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