I am – Hercules!!


“A war is coming!!”

“Help!!!!”

“I believe he can get us off this island!!”

“He said the people on that ship were coming to kill us!! Are you??”

“Not yet!!”

Tonight’s episode, “The Economist,” was scripted by Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz (“Birds of Prey,” “One Tree Hill,” “Life As We Know It”). ABC tells us:

Locke's hostage may be the key to getting off the island, so Sayid and Kate go in search of their fellow castaway in an attempt to negotiate a peaceful deal. Guest starring are Ken Leung as Miles, Jeremy Davies as Daniel Faraday, Rebecca Mader as Charlotte, Jeff Fahey as Frank Lapidus, Mira Furlan as Danielle Rousseau, Marsha Thomason as Naomi, Armando Pucci as Italian man and Thekla Reuten as Elsa.

Beware superspoilers.

What we think we know about tonight’s “Lost”:

* Sayid will propose a deal with angry psychic Miles and bushypilot Frank.

* Ben will continue with the taunting.

* Locke will fail to find Jacob’s cabin.

* Hurley will question Locke’s leadership.

* Kate will join Sayid and Miles for a big convergence on Othertown.

* Kate will find Sawyer, then leave him, presumably to throw in with Jack.

* The flashforwards are Sayid’s.

* Sayid is revealed to be, like Jack, Kate and Hurley, a member of the “Six.”

* Sayid may be living in snowy Germany and putting the bone to Elsa (played by pale Dutch actress Reuten).

* By episode’s end, Sayid may be revealed to be collaborating with the fellow who shot Libby and Ana Lucia to death.

Kristin at E! says we will get a six-week break before the season wraps:

The last episode of the current pod (episode seven) will air Mar. 13. Then the show will be off the air for six weeks and return Apr. 24 at 9 p.m. That Apr. 24 episode will be the already-completed episode eight, which was filmed prestrike, but which apparently works much better as a minipremiere than it does as a minifinale.

TV Guide’s Michael Ausiello said Wednesday that “Grey’s Anatomy” will soon return to take back “Lost’s” current timeslot – but “Lost” will not exit Thursday nights. The final fourth-season adventures of Hurley, Locke, Ben, et al, will inherit the 10 p.m. post-“Grey’s” slot formerly occupied by “Big Shots” and currently occupied by “Eli Stone.”

Next week: Kate Austen heads to “Eggtown.”

9 p.m. Thursday. ABC.

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