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As the creeptastic Ben Linus on Lost, Michael Emerson has been the puppet master on the island. He spends his days murdering people, causing others to murder different people, playing mind games and just generally making life more difficult for the survivors of Oceanic flight 815 and everyone else whom he encounters.

Ever since he was going by the name, "Henry Gale," Ben has been a fan favorite on the series. Recently, I was able to grab a few minutes of his time to chat about this week's season finale of Lost and the evolution of Benjamin Linus. He even gives me some parenting advice!

The interview follows after the jump, and as we do discuss this week's finale, I should probably give you a spoiler warning right now. However, since it's Lost, he's not able to give too much away. FACT: The smoke monster is real, and is deployed against any actor who dares to speak too freely about the show-- so I got what I could.

Gee, you would think that there would be a finite amount of people on the island where Oceanic Flight 815 crash landed. Well, apparently not, as a new cast member will be added to the ever growing list of actors and actresses on ABC's Lost.

The newest to join is actress Elizabeth Mitchell. She will play a character named Juliet on the hit series. There's very little else known about the character (I'm surprised we were told her name); however, according to an article at Zap2it she may be a new love interest for Jack, played by Matthew Fox. Whether or not she'll be part of the crash survivors from the other side of the island still hasn't been revealed.

Mitchell, whose had previously worked on The Lyon's Den and ER, is the second cast member to be added to Lost in a week. ABC previously announced that Brazilian actor Rodrigo Santoro would become a regular next season as well.

If you're like me (and, why shouldn't you be?), and have never seen an episode of Lost, this is probably your first reaction when you watch a random episode:

'What the hell?"(Or something stronger)

Well toss your worries aside, Lost novices. In three simple steps, courtesy of Jake at Blogspot, you too can watch an episode and know everything that is going on, and then discuss it intelligently with strangers you encounter on the street.

Step one is to know your characters. Jake tells readers to watch the 'Previously on . . .'  scenes at the beginning of each episode. He then goes on to describe each character on the show and how to identify them. Step two is to know the basic plot up to this point. Jake writes up a deft summary of what has happened since the passengers of Oceanic flight 815 crash-landed on a tropical island that isn't all that it seems. In Step three, take your newfound knowledge and spout it to everyone so it seems like you have been an avid fan of the series since its premiere.

There, simple as simple can be. Next week on Blogspot: Jake tells you how to become a nuclear physicist in three easy steps.