I didn't read much past the first two sentences on this CNN story called "Where Lost intends to go," but I didn't want to deny anyone else the pleasure/pain.

I'll stick a SPOILER ALERT here just in case.

And, I know Charlie (Dominic Monaghan, left) is long gone but I miss him.

And I know Claire (Emilie de Ravin, right) may be gone. And we don't know for sure because she was last seen with Christian looking suspiciously like she'd just smoked something illegal. But I figured we all needed a peek, just in case she washes up on the beach next week.

We're counting down the days until the Jan. 21 premiere of Lost (ABC, 8 p.m.) by taking a look at how season four ended for characters on and off the island.

TODAY: Claire Littleton (Emilie de Ravin)

When we last saw Claire ... girlfriend had left her son in a tree, was hanging out with her dead father (Christian Shephard) at Jacob's creepy cabin of all places, and delivering eerily calm messages to Locke ...