Some here were confused and upset (JPod) at the season finale for one of my three favorite shows, ABC’s Lost. While the two-hour episode provided more questions than it did answers, the real concern is that there’s no hand at the tiller, and the creative team is as adrift as those guys on the makeshift raft. Well, here’s some good news.

ABC has confirmed the addition of Michelle Rodriguez to the cast for next season. If you were watching closely in the finale, you saw Dr.

Jack (Matthew Fox) have a tequila and tonic with her in the airport bar before takeoff. Much was made of her seat assignment — 47D, I think — putting her way in the back of the plane. So if she is a regular next year, and this report says she is full-time, that means that at least one person survived the crash from the tail section of the plane. I’m going to assume there’s more than one.

But more importantly, the writers were thinking ahead and plotted out the end of season one with season two in mind. And thank God there’s finally a babe on the island. (I’m just kidding, Dear Dearest Evangeline Lilly. Don’t be mad.)