Exclusive: Lost Resurrects Libby!
Cynthia Watros by Bob D'Amico/ABC
OK, so technically, the ABC hit isn't bringing
Cynthia Watros' short-lived character back from the dead. But
Lost executive producer Carlton Cuse confirms to me exclusively that the actress will be playing Hurley's dearly departed sweetheart again this season for
multiple episodes, presumably in more flashbacks.
"She'll be in enough of the show for us to fill in the missing pieces of her story," says Cuse. "We could not be more pleased. Cynthia is a smart and engaging actor, and [executive producer] Damon [Lindelof] and I have some very cool parts of her story left to tell."
It's by pure chance that Emmy winner Watros was even available for the return engagement: Her fall pilot,
The Rich Inner Life of Penelope Cloud, wasn't picked up, which left a spot open on her dance card.
That's all I've got, folks - your turn. Are you as giddy about Watros' return as I am? And do you think her comeback proves
this theory true? Sound off below! (And yes, this is the big casting news on an USWL that I alluded to in this week's
Ask Ausiello.)
