Lost's Charlie Appears to Be Alive in New ABC Promo

[question everything]

Charlie Pace is alive and kicking... a foosball around, in a new ABC promo that raises big questions about the Lost character's mortality.

In the latest installment of the network's "ABC House" campaign, Charlie (played by Dominic Monaghan) is teamed with Courteney Cox Arquette's Cougar Town cougar, Jules, in a table soccer match against Grey's Anatomy's McDreamy and Ed O'Neill's Modern Family patriarch.

Following a dispute over a goal — Jules is accused of "spinning" — Derek warns Charlie, "You are so dead." Charlie then turns to Jules to say, "Actually, I was."

Um, was?

Since tragically yet heroically drowning at the Looking Glass Station in Lost's Season 3 finale, Charlie has surfaced exactly once. In the Season 4 opener, what one might assume was the late rocker's ghost visited Hurley at the Santa Rosa clinic — despite Charlie repeatedly telling Hurley, "I am here."

Is Charlie indeed alive? Should such a deduction be made from the ABC promo?

A spokesperson for Lost declined to comment on the network promo. Sources close to the show, however, tell TVGuide.com that Monaghan's involvement in the commercial does not necessarily mean he is returning to Lost.

Not that another encore is out of the question. As part of Monaghan's May 2007 post-mortem Q&A, Lost executive producer Damon Lindelof teased, "You'll still be feeling Charlie's presence very much, although is dead."

Exec producer Carlson Cuse in turn noted, "If you look at the show, a lot of characters work more when they're dead than they did when they were alive."

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Lost-Charlie-Alive-1006674.aspx

[nuxvomica]

1. What's the big deal? L O S T has flashbacks anyway.

And they also have dead people walking around. Death doesn't necessarily put an actor out of work on that show.

[lost-in-nj]

2. I read this to

but they say he is going to join the cast of another hour long show bit won't say which one....


guess we'll have to wait till the fall



LOST

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. Could be Anti-Jacob playing tricks on us again. nt

[bikebloke]

4. As long as they don't bring back Shannon.

They took too long to kill that character off.

Maybe they could bring back what's her name for Hurley.