**Minor spoiler inside--read at your own risk!**
Just because someone dies on a television show, it doesn't mean they are lost forever. For example, soap operas use the old "evil twin brother" trick to bring actors back, Heroes can check back in with the dead thanks to Hiro Nakamura's time-traveling power, and Lost can revisit the deceased through its trademark flashbacks.
And that's just what Lost will do in this upcoming season, which begins in February. According to TVGuide.com, actress Cynthia Watros will reprise her role as Libby, one of the second group of survivors of the plane crash of Oceanic 815. Libby first appeared in the show in season two, and was a romantic interest for Hugo "Hurley" Reyes (Jorge Garcia).
Watros, a former Emmy-Award winner for her work on Guiding Light, will reportedly appear in multiple episodes in order to complete her storyline with Hurley.
Flashing back won't be new for Watros--Libby previously appeared in a pair of characters' flashbacks on Lost. She gave Desmond Hume her late husband's boat for his round-the-world race, and was also a patient at the same mental hospital that Hurley was in.
This isn't the first time that main characters that died on the island have guest-starred in flashbacks. Boone Carlyle (Ian Somerhalder) and Shannon Rutherford (Maggie Grace) have also been given new life through Lost flashbacks.
Comments (29)
Excellent news, and only a season later than originally promised :)
I'm glad they're bringing her back...cuz Hurley definitely deserves a cute girl... I just wish it could happen in the present time on the island
I wondered if they were ever going to talk about Libby being in the mental house with Hurley. But then she died.
Nice!
Cool concept.
awesome....all i want now is for charlie not to have actually died and ill be a very happy guy
That mental hospital story was really strange. Hope we get to see how that's gonna work...
lol i'm glad cuz we'll hopefully get 2 find out the rest of her story!! :D:D
Libby have a lot to tell.
love her character
yeah!i was expecting that,Libby is a great character and i anticipate to learn more about her!
Sweet. Just add it to the ever-growing list of reasons why Lost Season 4 is going to rock.
yay!!! i loved libby :D
I think the death of Libby isnt so pointless after all. Whenever partnerships come into focus, we have the danger of pregnancy and we already wasted that on e on miss Korea. So either they die pointlessly or become pregnant and then die....
Good news that the Libby storyline will return. I look forward to the new season of Lost - still my favorite show.
i still wont watch it
What about Charlie? Will we be needing "flashbacks" to keep him alive. He's an annoying (but improving) character, but I think many people will miss him, including me.
Great idea as we never really found out why she was in the mental home with Hurley, it'll tie up a few loose ends.
my parents stopped watching the show, after they killed libby off pointlessly.
I'm glad that we're finally going to find out more about Libby because they brought in her character and then killed her off before we even knew anything about her.
Can Lost maybe 'wrap it up' because its been all over the place.
Yay! More Libby! Season 4 keeps getting better and better. I can't wait until February!
cool more libby.
Well, they've been planning on doing this for some time, and I'm glad they're getting to it this season. Libby died before her story could be told.
yehey~ she was the best talie IMO
welcome back Libby :D
Sweet, I thought she kind of died to suddenly, plus poor Hurley was devastated.
yeah i wanna know more about her
good for her, finally we will know more about her character on lost.