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Our favorite castaways thus far have been on the island a few months, but for Lost fans, it's been more than 260 days since Jack's super-freaky flash-forward. As the Jan. 31 season premiere (finally) draws closer, TVGuide.com is offering daily profiles — "refreshers," if you will — of the key players in ABC's island-based odyssey. Kate, by the "Numbers": Raised in rural Iowa, Kate (Evangeline Lilly) learned that Wayne, the alcoholic and abusive man dating her mother, Diane, was actually her biological father. Hoping to ease her mother's pain, Kate rigged the house to blow up, with Wayne in it, so Diane could get the insurance money. Now a fugitive, it became a cat-and-mouse game across the country with determined U.S. Marshal Mars on her tail. T

Our favorite castaways thus far have been on the island a few months, but for Lost fans, it's been more than 260 days since Jack's super-freaky flash-forward. As the Jan. 31 season premiere (finally) draws closer, TVGuide.com is offering daily profiles — "refreshers," if you will — of the key players in ABC's island-based odyssey. Juliet, by the "Numbers": Before traveling to the island, Juliet Burke (played by Elizabeth Mitchell) lived with her sister Rachel, who was suffering from the effects of chemotherapy, and worked as a fertility doctor at a research lab in Miami. Juliet provided medicine to Rachel that, against all odds, was able to help her become pregnant. (Though she miscarried, Rachel later gave birth to a son named Julian.) Juliet's successful impregnat

Our favorite castaways thus far have been on the island a few months, but for Lost fans, it's been more than 260 days since Jack's super-freaky flash-forward. As the Jan. 31 season premiere (finally) draws closer, TVGuide.com is offering daily profiles — "refreshers," if you will — of the key players in ABC's island-based odyssey. Desmond, By the "Numbers": Desmond (played by Henry Ian Cusick) has resided in Halstead, Essex, England and in Scotland. He was a former set designer for the Royal Shakespeare Company, entered a monastery for a brief period, was dishonorably discharged from Royal Scots Regiment of the British Army, and became successful as a numbers puncher. Desmond is sensitive regarding the love of his life, Penelope, the daughter of a wealthy businessman. Respectful enough to ask her fa

Our favorite castaways thus far have been on the island a few months, but for Lost fans, it's been more than 260 days since Jack's super-freaky flash-forward. As the Jan. 31 season premiere (finally) draws closer, TVGuide.com is offering daily profiles — "refreshers," if you will — of the key players in ABC's island-based odyssey. Sun, by the "Numbers": The privileged daughter of a successful and wealthy businessman, Sun (played by Yunjin Kim) is a smart, restless housewife with a degree in art history. Sun's modern ideas and independent thinking conflict with her traditional Seoul, Korea, upbringing. Her soft facial features and big brown eyes add complexity and underscore her willful determination — a perfect cover for telling lies