With the exclusion of Henry Ian Cusick from the final season's main cast, LOST fans have been murmuring about the possibility of not seeing Desmond again. The character infrequently appeared in the fifth season, and was left in a fairly happy ending, leading fans to wonder whether or not his happiness would stick.
Well, his happiness is still up in the air, but we at least know that Desmond will in fact be returning for at least one episode. Kristin dos Santos of E! Online, as part of her Twelve Days of LOST-mas celebration, shared with us that Desmond would indeed be returning early on in LOST's final season, though she did not say whether he would appear beyond that.
"We will see Desmond again," she confirmed, "fairly on in the season.His first appearance will be with one of the Losties and the scene/encounter is very surprising. You guys are going to love it! (Honestly)."
Whatever could she be talking about? We know that Eloise has said that the Island isn't done with Desmond, but who on Oceanic 815 (assuming that this encounter takes place in the reset timeline) could Desmond possibly have an interesting meeting with?
"This is one surprise you don't want to be spoiled for," Kristin warned, meaning that this will indeed be an interesting encounter. My only guess for this would be a Desmond experience akin to the one we saw back in season three's "Flashes Before Your Eyes," with a time-travelling Desmond, or at least a Desmond with a consciousness from the future (or alternate timeline).
We already know that the alternate reality will be very, very interesting, especially with changes like Keamy and Omar working for Sun's father, Mr. Paik. This rules out Desmond still being on the Island in the timeline, but anything else is fair game.
What do you think will go on with Desmond in the alternate timeline? What's going to be so shocking?(Use the comments section to let us know)
