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lost season finaleWho cares whether the groundhog saw its shadow this morning -- "LOST" IS BACK. After five years of getting jerked around -- emotionally, mentally and in the space-time continuum -- it's finally time for some answers.
But if we've learned anything from the show, it's that those answers will come with even more questions, which has made the almost nonstop theorizing of the last few weeks much more fun. Who is Jacob? Where did Claire go? Am I a Man of Science or a Man of Faith?

We asked six TV bloggers and "Lost" fanatics to share their predictions for the show's end. Read on, and make sure to weigh in with your own in the comments section!

Amy Amatangelo, Zap2it
"My big prediction is [that there will be] an emotional reunion between Jin and Sun. I'll probably cry more than when I thought Jin had died at the end of season four. For my broader prediction, I think we'll find out this has all been some sort of experiment on human behavior -- how humans behave when placed in an unimaginable crisis. And that all the characters were picked to be part of this experiment because of their issues with their parents."

Jo Garfein, Get LOST with JOpinionated
"I have a strong feeling that the final season of "Lost" will provide a direct connection between the characters and the island that dates back centuries. I'm not sure where or when we'll be when the season opens (post-Jughead detonation), but I wouldn't be surprised to see the next generation of chosen ones arrive on the island in the final episode; Clementine Ford, Charlie Hume, Ji Yeon Kwon, Aaron Littleton and Walt Lloyd. Jacob's nemesis said that "they come, they fight, they destroy, they corrupt," but I believe that it will finally end with the offspring who have been designated for destiny. Charlie's sacrifice will not have been for nothing; Desmond's vision of Claire and Aaron on a helicopter will come true, but not exactly the way he saw it unfold. Claire does get rescued, but Aaron is already off of the island when that occurs. At some point in the future, Aaron will return as the fourth Shephard to be summoned (Ray, Christian, Jack, Aaron) to serve the island in some capacity."

Whitney Jefferson, Gawker TV
"I'm pretty sure that when Juliet turned the key she somehow made it so that the passengers of Oceanic 815 never crashed, or that the island never moved in the first place. Regardless of which actually happened, I predict that all of the characters we've come to know and love, including Juliet, will be alive in this upcoming season. I don't think that they will know each other at all in this life that never experienced crazy times on the island, but I do think that they will all come to meet each other in some way, shape, or form. Although I'd like to imagine a happy ending for everybody, I'm sure the writers will have found a way to tug at our heartstrings and make us all cry (again.) In my ideal world, Jack and Kate will get together and have their own baby Aaron. They would live across the street from the undeniably attractive coupling of Juliet and Sawyer, whose kid will grow up to date (and then marry) the spawn of Kate and Jack. However it's possible that the former island-dwellers do too much celebrating in their normal lives, and the cast is killed off one-by-one because of drunk driving."

Jen Chaney and Liz Kelly, Washington Post
"We think that Claire and Aaron will be reunited; both Sayid and Ben will die; that the bomb detonated, essentially giving our characters' fates a do-over (possibly in an alternate dimension) and allowing Oceanic 815 -- at least when we first re-encounter it during season six -- to land safely at LAX. Our characters' fates may get reset, but not everything will change. Translation: Sawyer will still spend significant portions of season six without a shirt. He'll also (temporarily) turn to the dark side and assist Esau (the man in black) in the struggle for the island. The show will end with Jack and the others doomed to play out the entire story line again. Will they be able to change the outcome this time, though?"

Steve West, CinemaBlend
"I believe the island itself is a manifestation of the ideals of humanity. It's where selected people are guided to confront the truths about themselves and the world of man as a whole. Jacob is not God. The Man in Black is not the Devil. They are far older than any human notion of divinity, and they are playing a game with each other that ultimately brings balance to the world. I'm not talking good versus evil either. Remember way back in season one when Locke explained Backgammon to Walt? Locke makes it a point to mention that Archaeologists found Backgammon sets long before Jesus Christ was around. Then he says, "Two players. Two sides. One is light. One is dark." Right there in the pilot for the series we were given the general overview of what is going on. One is light. One is dark. The Man in Black (MiB) has grown tired of the millennia-old game he and Jacob have been playing, so he has set in motion a way to finally kill Jacob. In order to battle back, Jacob has had to meddle in human affairs far more than he is allowed.

While the island and what it does has been going on for a long time, there is a reason why we're being told this particular part of its history. This is the MiB's attempt at an endgame. So Jacob went to all of the people we saw in the finale of season five to touch them, Sistine Chapel–style. But this guiding of the Losties to the island violates their free will, which in turn opens Jacob up for mortality -- a fact that I feel Jacob knew. Jacob's sacrifice will cause those who believe in his side to rise up for battle (although I'm not really envisioning actual combat). The very act of getting Jacob killed will be the thing that prevents the MiB from freeing himself from the chore of being Jacob's dark counterpoint. And in the end I feel that Locke will finally realize that he was not being duped and played by Jacob but instead it was the MiB all along. Locke will end the series one of two ways: dead and finally at peace or as the new Jacob for the island."

Erika Olson, Long Live Locke lost last supper
"I think we'll be treated to an 'alternate reality' for all of the main characters that shows what their lives would've been like had Oceanic 815 never crashed. Something tells me that they wouldn't have been better off if they'd landed at LAX. But I can't believe that the writers would undo everything that's happened over the past five seasons, so I imagine that within a few episodes they'll find a way to flip back and pick up where they left off in the Island's present-day timeline, and we'll see Fake Locke, Ben and the Ajira passengers eventually be joined by the time-traveling characters last seen at the Jughead detonation site. So while we'll probably get a glimpse of the 'what if Jughead erased history?' version of events, they won't be real for the characters-in other words, the timeline we've been watching since 2004 will not have been significantly affected. Further, since Jacob interacted with (and physically touched) so many of the 815ers in the past, I think he infused in them some sort of power that will help them win the war for control of the Island that Fake Locke is waging. Speaking of Fake Locke, I would be absolutely shocked if Real Locke does not end up alive and well again before the final credits roll. I think that Jack will be the one to ultimately save the day and "fix" everything, even though he might have to sacrifice himself in the process. If I could only make one prediction, though, it is that everything I've written in this paragraph will turn out to be completely wrong, because the writers always find a way to surprise us -- and that's why there will never be another show like LOST."

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