Re, the Lost spoilers above:

It is rumored that this episode will also explain why Ethan is after Claire and her baby; thus, it is believed that Charlie's flashbacks will take us back to the abduction.

The rumours are incorrect. (And I *really* hate not being able to say more.)

But she'll still have the sister, right? I mean, they can't nuke it all...

How confusing. I guess it's a good thing JJ Abrams and sense-making weren't something I got used to. Pretty! Boom! Angst! Pretteh!

Oh, they're not going back in time, just reshuffling everyone so they end up working for Sloane as part of a sooper-seekrit black-ops unit for the CIA. Only a real one this time.

The sister will probably be playing a fairly big role this year, since she's dead set on getting revenge for Irina's death.

So basically -- it's what Vaughn said -- they're not gonna talk about it, but it's still in continuity.

Yeah. It's not a literal reset, just a "JJ, we need new viewers" kind of thing, like they did in the middle of S1.

This, re Lost ep 13:

This appears to be a Boone/Shannon-centric episode, told from Shannon's POV

Is also incorrect. (It's Boone's POV. Shannon's will come later.)

Jessica,

cool. thanks for the corrections. It's okay that you can't say more. What little tidbits I can get are fine with me.

I have a feeling that that slash between Boone's and Shannon's names isn't so much to indicate they share a point of view in the episode...

I've been skimming some. Do we know yet what Shannon and Boone's secret is?

Well, all arrows point toward them having a romantic/sexual relationship.

Whether this means they are brother or sister is not known.

Their big secret? Their real last name is "Brady".

And Boone used to be a pop star named "Johnny Bravo".