Trying to watch all or part of season 5 before the new season airs?

If you have Netflix, you can watch season five on your computer or streaming to your PS3 or BluRay. Actually, all five seasons are available this way.

The same is true for Hulu.com, and it's free there!

EW's Doc Jensen interviews J.J. Abrams

Over on EW.com, LOST guru Doc Jensen has an interesting interview with the show's co-creator, J.J. Abrams, whom the magazine has named one of their Entertainers of the Decade. He gives full credit for the show's success to co-creator Damon Lindelof, executive producer Carlton Cuse, and lead director Jack Bender, who anchors the crew on location in Hawaii.

Doc J. also has a new column, in which he challenges readers to decipher the hieroglyphics on the Season 5 DVD package, which reportedly just might contain a Season 6 reveal. There's lots more, too, including an interview with super-fan Andrew Wilmar.

LOST producers talk about Juliet's fate

EW.com's Dan Snierson has a good interview with showrunners Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof about the fate of Dr. Juliet Burke, played by Dallas' own Elizabeth Mitchell. Although the producers confirm that Juliet's coming back for multiple episodes in LOST's sixth and final season, they also say that yes, she is dead.

However, "There's still something very significant that we have not yet learned about the character," Cuse teases. And that's what we'll be seeing in S6.

Liz also talks about Juliet's big scenes in the Season 5 finale. "I love that we got to see all of her rage, because to me, that's what's driven her," she says. "To have the calm exterior, I always had to have that underneath."

'Mysteries of the Universe," part 2

The second segment of Mysteries of the Universe is online, continuing the vintage pseudo-investigation of the Dharma Initiative. In this one, a neighbor worries about "Phil," who vanished after his final job interview for the mysterious outfit. Her family wonders what happened to "Olivia," a teacher who also went for interviews with Dharma.

You'll be able to see the full version of the Mysteries video on the Lost: The Complete Fifth Season DVD, which is due to be released on Dec. 8.

So, how did it go?

What did you think of episode Five?

Was it what you expected? What surprised you?

Will Ben ever not get his way?

What do you think about the smoke monster?

Remember, your comments post in real time, so you will be able to respond to each other's thoughts and questions.

Season 5 of 'Lost' begins tonight...

...and that officially makes this the best week of the new year so far. Tune in to ABC at 7 p.m. (CST) for an hour-long clip show to refresh your memory of events. Then stick around for the first two new episodes: "Because You Left" at 8 p.m., followed by "The Lie" at 9. Word is that "Because You Left," in particular, will leave fans gasping. Here on Losties Island, of course, we'll blog about the show ASAP afterward.

So many questions to be answered, although most of them probably won't be resolved conclusively until the series ends in its sixth season. Among the mysteries bugging me:

Is Claire dead or just MIA? Miles seemed more than usually interested in her fate. That's never a good sign, having a ghostbuster interested in you.

What's Charlotte's connection to the Island? Was she a Dharma Initiative child who escaped the purge but grew up elsewhere? Is that why Ben tried to kill her -- because she knows things he doesn't want anyone else to know about the bad old days?

Are we going to become reacquainted with Annie, Ben's childhood sweetheart, and learn what became of her?

What will we learn about that four-toed statue? (Spoiler warning: On EW.com, the Ausiello Files reveals that showrunner Carlton Cuse says the statue helps to illustrate the Island's long, rich history. Could it really be so simple? Nah...)

How do Ben Linus and Charles Widmore know each other? Obviously, they go way back. Why is Widmore so assertive about the Island belonging to him?

Do Desmond Hume and Frank Lapidus also have to return to the Island, along with Ben and the Oceanic Six?

Why does the ageless Richard Alpert remain so extraordinarily well-preserved? Is he perhaps a centuries-old survivor of the Black Rock?

Are Bernard and Rose destined to become "Adam and Eve"?

Will we finally meet Dr. Pierre Chang, aka Edgar Halliwax/Mark Wicklund/Marvin Candle? And was he, like the other Dharmaites, really doomed to die in the Purge?

Does Daniel Faraday get involved with trying to change the Island's fate, or its timeline? Will we meet Desmond's enigmatic Ms. Hawking again?

Will Penny evade Ben's stated goal of killing her as revenge for the death of his adopted daughter, Alex, at the hands of Charles Widmore's mercenary?

Will we learn more about the late Libby? About Danielle Rousseau?

Is Locke really dead? Or will he, like Christian Shephard, appear to be alive again once his body is back on the Island? Was Christian also connected to the Island before his death?

Is Jin really dead? What exactly does Sun have planned for Charles Widmore?

How will Sawyer and Juliet cope with the presumed deaths of Kate and Jack? Will they turn to each other for comfort?

When will we ever find out the real scoop about the mysterious Jacob and his watchdog, Smokey?

And finally: Why does everybody on this show have so dang many daddy issues?

Another S5 sneak peek is coming online...

...according to Lost showrunners Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof, in this week's special preview -- e-mailed to fans who were Dharma Initiative volunteers in ABC's most recent ARG:

Hello Dharma Friends,

In less than a week, LOST season 5 premieres! You're hopefully excited.
We're heavily medicating ourselves to overcome our anxiety.

What you'll be seeing on premiere night is, first, a special clip show
designed to get you back up to speed after our eight months off the air. The
clip show is followed by episodes one and two of this season. While we did not
write them to air as a two-hour block, we are happy that you are getting to see
both episodes on the first night.

Episode one, entitled "Because You Left," picks up where the finale left
off, and the second episode, "The Lie," is a Hurley-centric episode.
Honestly, we're very excited for you to see them.

Speaking of the Hurley episode, this week we've got a special sneak peek at
a scene from that episode just for you...

What follows is a 45-second flashback clip from "The Lie" of the Oceanic Six, plus Penny and Desmond, on board the Searcher, Penny's rescue boat. Jack's explaining to Hurley and the others why they must lie to protect their friends who remained behind. It's not really spoilery, but as always, don't watch if you do want to be totally surprised next Wednesday night.

Click here for more details and a look at that newest video clip from the Jan. 21st premiere. It's not posted on www.abc.com/lost yet, but should appear there within the next 48 hours.

EW's Doc Jensen previews two new eps...

...three weeks before Lost's Season 5 premiere on Wednesday, Jan. 21, and he tells about it here.

The good doctor is quite discreet, and he gives virtually nothing new away, especially if you've already seen the "sneak peeks" that ABC has been airing in recent weeks. Like the shocking fact that we'll be seeing a whole lot of Josh Holloway minus his shirt.

Is anyone upset by that knowledge? No, we didn't think so.

So, in our opinion, no real spoilers to worry about from Doc Jensen. But you should skip the EW.com story if you really don't want to know anything about what to expect before the S5 premiere of Lost.

Above: Josh Holloway as Sawyer (ABC.com photo)