LOST Spoilers - The ODI

Hey All,
So LOST producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse are back with this week's official ABC LOST podcast and they confirm a few things from the first 8 episodes of this season including reviewing Episode 4x08 Meet Kevin Johnson and then provide us with some spoilers and what to expect over the rest of Season 4.

Well here is the audio for the podcast followed by the transcript.

Thanks to DarkUFO

1) The shocking twist for the finale will not be the final scene, but close to the end of the episode.

2) They confirm that the Oceanic Six are Jack, Kate, Hurley, Sayid, Sun, and Aaron. Also, said that they are NOT trying to trick us, but wanted the secret of Jin's Tombstone and the Hybrid FB/FF.

3) They were happy to have M.C. Gainey back on the show and wanted to clarify that Tom (Mr. Friendly) is indeed gay after alluding to it in the Season 3 premiere when Tom says he is "not Kate's type".

4) Question about of Desmond/Minkowski having "side effects" and why Desmond did not feel effects when he left the island on they mention that it depends that if you are inside a specific "realm" of the island to be affected by it. Also they hint that this may indeed be the "Sickness" that Rousseau refers to.

5) What is up with Miles and the grenade? Is he dead? - Already answered from the episode, that he is ok.

6) Will we see more of the Swan Hatch and more what happened to Locke, Eko and Des after the implosion? The Swan Hatch implosion will probably not be revisited. We know what happened to Des, but not Locke and Eko However, we have not seen the last of the "purple sky" and will get one this season.

7) They explain the appearance of certain paranormal events and what they are:
Ben's mother = Apparition
Sawyer's Boar = Animal
Spider = Monster
Hurley bird = No Comment
Dave = Apparation/imagination
Yemi = Monster
Mikail' Cat Nadia=animal
Walt = Some have been apparition, some have been monster
Boone in Locke's Dream = Dream
Jack = Apparition and then they laugh.
Kate's Horse and Christian Shepard = Undead (Small Joke)

8) "Lapidus" name in Expose script that Hurley read is just a name that one of the LOST writers is fond of. No connection to Frank.

8) Is Aaron in danger since he is being "Raised by Another"? The psychic told Claire that she must raise the baby herself. They leave it up to the viewers if you believe if the psychic is real or not. However, Aaron is indeed in danger based on Kate's character.

9) What is the significance of the name Kevin Johnson? No significance and the Others chose the most innocuous and bland name they could so as not to raise suspicion and raise attention to Michael's alias.

10) Question about Charlotte and digging up the polar bear and about whether we will get a FB with the Black Rock or the four-toed statue?? No flashback, but we will learn much more about four-toed statue and Black Rock.

11) Secret code name for the finale twist "The Frozen Donkey Wheel" and they say that they are not joking and laughing at the same time.

Namaste.