An actor from Lost has been cast in a new TV show. If you want to find out who, click the link. I think this might be a pretty good indicator that he/she will be killed off before the season's over.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060419/en_tv_eo/18835

If they say she's a guest star, then she's a guest star. Anything else is just speculation. I assume this is just something to do when she's not doing Lost. She does't have nearly as many scenes as most of the other cast members, so I assume she has a lot of downtime. I could be wrong, but I don't think I am. Plus the Libby-Hurley issue still needs to be resolved, and it won't this season.

I don't think the Libby-Hurley issue is necessarily going to get entirely resolved. Lost isn't big on providing complete explainations. The season's not over yet--there is still time for us to get more info on Libby, and for her to die in the finale. No one on this show is really safe. It's obviously pretty unlikely that the MAIN main characters (Hurley, Jack, Kate, Locke, Claire) will get killed off this season, but who knows. I just saw on Spoilerfix that 2 people are supposed to die this season! spoilerfix

And, that article said that she is supposed to just be a guest star, but that her actual role sounds like a major part. Shannon and Claire both did other big projects last year. Shannon's gone and Claire isn't. So it's not really an indicator, just a possible hint? Ugh, I just want a new episode!

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She'll probably just get 'taken' by the others for a while to explain her absence, until the pilot of the new show predictably fails. Tom Cavanaugh hasn't had much luck lately, and really, haven't shows about 'exes' been done to death? Or maybe she'll 'off' AL, and go on a self imposed exile like Sayid did after he tortured Sawyer.

Lost isn't big on complete explanations because the show isn't over yet. I'm saying that the season may not be over, but there are no Libby or Hurley flashback episodes for the rest of the season, which means any clear resolution to that will not be this season. Also, there may be two deaths, but I read elsewhere that those deaths are not confirmed to be regulars. It might be a situation like Arzt.

I think I know why she's leaving.....She's starting a sitcom with the guy from Ed (or something like that). Or maybe she knows she'll be gone for a while and thought this would be the perfect time to start her own show....

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Originally posted by Pen:
Lost isn't big on complete explanations because the show isn't over yet. I'm saying that the season may not be over, but there are no Libby or Hurley flashback episodes for the rest of the season, which means any clear resolution to that will not be this season. Also, there may be two deaths, but I read elsewhere that those deaths are not confirmed to be regulars. It might be a situation like Arzt.

It COULD be, but think of it this way - Hurley already knows that the numbers do bad things to people that he cares about. So far on the island, where the numbers are EVERYWHERE, nothing bad has really happened to him - aside from the initial crash - not compared to the shitty stuff that was going on before, anyway. We might not lose Hurley, but I think losing Libby would make his plot line much more interesting. I know it certainly worked that way (for me, anyway) for Sayid. He got a lot more interesting after Shannon got whacked.

Maybe that's cruel, but happy people bore me.

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Originally posted by Pen:
Lost isn't big on complete explanations because the show isn't over yet. I'm saying that the season may not be over, but there are no Libby or Hurley flashback episodes for the rest of the season, which means any clear resolution to that will not be this season. Also, there may be two deaths, but I read elsewhere that those deaths are not confirmed to be regulars. It might be a situation like Arzt.

It COULD be, but think of it this way - Hurley already knows that the numbers do bad things to people that he cares about. So far on the island, where the numbers are EVERYWHERE, nothing bad has really happened to him - aside from the initial crash - not compared to the shitty stuff that was going on before, anyway. We might not lose Hurley, but I think losing Libby would make his plot line much more interesting. I know it certainly worked that way (for me, anyway) for Sayid. He got a lot more interesting after Shannon got whacked.

Maybe that's cruel, but happy people bore me.

You're missing the point. We've been introduced to the mystery of who Libby is in Hurley's life and why she was in the institution and how the two are linked. Maybe they could still do that if Libby's dead, but it would have far less of an impact than if she were alive. Do you get what I'm saying? Libby can't be killed off yet simply because it doesn't fit the story that they're trying to develop. They just introduced the major link between Hurley and Libby and they're gonna throw that away? They'd have to be nuts.

And they are not going to resolve this issue this season. Trust me. Yes, there is going to be some Libby and Hurley interaction in the next new episode, but as a minor issue to the main plotline. "Two For The Road" is Ana-Lucia's episode and they'll have their hands full getting the scoop from Michael and getting the guns from Sawyer and Ana fighting with Henry. "?" is Eko's episode and his backstory and his journey with Locke to figure out what's going on with the map will no doubt take up a majority of the episode. "Three Minutes" is Michael's and that will be dealing with what happened to Michael and Jack's dilemma with the button while Locke is gone, if the current synopsis is to be believed. And "Live Together, Die Alone" is going to be Desmond's flashback episode, so you can bet they'll be too busy piecing all that together to be concerned with Libby and Hurley. We have to find out what happened to Walt, who the others are, where Desmond went and what his ties are, and I still believe they'll answer the question of why the plane crashed this season. At least I hope. But at any rate, you can see that the plate is pretty full. Where in all this will they have time to give the Libby-Hurley story the full attention it deserves? Nowhere.

Oh, Pen, I'm with you - BUT, you're going on the assumption that Libby will ultimately make Hurley happy. We don't yet know that to be true. She may have hidden motivations, or generally be a bad person. We know the Others certainly didn't take her. Having her gone might not be a BAD thing.

Hurley looks at the numbers as a curse - but what if they are a protection? The bad things that happened to other people - grandpa, mom, etc. etc. - were really sparing him for his own injury - Grandpa got a heart attack because he would have driven Hurley to the bank, and they would have died in a car accident. Mom broke her ankle and the house burned down because if they would have gone in the house, a robber would have been in there and they woul dhave both been shot. Whatever. There is OBVIOUSLY no proof of that at ALL, but the same scenario could have applied to Sam Toomey.

Also, in the spoiler thread for the final episode, it looks like Libby might be a part of the story after all - the Desmond connection and all. We may find out more about her motivations and intents, and so having her out of the picture MIGHT be more of a better thing for the lovable huggable big guy. This is the edit: I looked up on spoilerfix today to see if there were any new postings, and it did add a little tid-bit to what we already knew --
04/19 - Per the Hollywood Reporter, Cynthia Watros, aka Lost's Libby, has been tapped to join Tom Cavanagh on the CBS comedy pilot My Ex-Life, calling into question the fate of Hurley's little gal pal (although her Ex-Life role is said to be just a "guest-starring" one). Source: TV Guide Online (Note: Sources tell us that Libby will not return next season.)

My loyalty is MUCH more towards Hurley than Libby. But, like you say, she may not be going anywhere, we know the producers like the wild speculations and red herrings. Hence the "mysterious jungle beast". In her favor, Walt hasn't been here this whole season, and he's still very much part of the cast. Michael has been missing for half of the season, and he's obviously still a presence to be reckoned with. There's one guy I haven't missed. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALT! *Ugh*.

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Originally posted by LOST_rock_star108:
I think I know why she's leaving.....She's starting a sitcom with the guy from Ed (or something like that). Or maybe she knows she'll be gone for a while and thought this would be the perfect time to start her own show....

LOL, ya think? You obviously didn't click the link in the first post, which explained this.

I get what you're saying, Pen, and I think you are probably right. It doesn't seem likely that Libby will die this season. But I do think that she will have a long disappearance next season. The spoilers seem to support the possibility that she might be involved with the others and/or dharma, so maybe she will officially become an other? Whatever the case, the last few episodes sound like they are going to be awesome! I can't wait

I agree with SKM. My take on Libby is that she's not very important to the story, not critical to the long term plot, and will probably be used as a minor shocking hiccup of a moment the way Shannon was. Shannon didn't contribute anything to Lost other than a pretty face and providing a reason for Sayid to be so pissed off at the Others. Remember how the whole thing was kind of unbelieveable because it happened so fast? We're probably being set up to let down our guard and feel a little something special for the connection between Libby and Hurley, only to have her killed off quickly in some as yet to be determined way. Jack'sGirl's idea is comepletely possible as well, although we haven't been shown anything yet to indicate she is a major character. I think it'd be a total cop out by the writers to have her disappear indefinitely, keeping her on the back burner until they can determine if her new show works out or not.