Previously, on 'Lost'...

Today's must-read: Isaac Spaceman over at Throwing Things offers up a hilarious recap of everything that's happened on the previous four seasons of "Lost." If you prefer your recaps both shorter and infinitely less entertaining, after the jump is the sidebar (previously print-only) to yesterday's stories that recaps where (and when) everybody of note is at the start of the new season:

The new season of "Lost" opens up with two parallel narratives: what happened on the island right after Ben moved it at the end of 2004, and what's happening in the real world in 2007. Here's where/when the major characters are as the season begins:

Locke: In 2007, dead in a coffin in an LA funeral home; in 2004, on the island as leader of The Others

Jack & Ben: In 2007, standing over Locke's coffin, plotting a return to the island

Kate: In 2007, raising Aaron by herself; no interest in going back

Hurley & Sayid: In 2007, on the run from the mental hospital and a group of men who are following Hurley

Sun: In 2007, confronting Charles Widmore in London

Desmond & Penny: In 2007, in hiding together

Sawyer & Juliet: In 2004, on the island's beach, having just watched the freighter blow up

Daniel Faraday: In 2004, on their way back from the exploded freighter

Charlotte & Miles: In 2004, on the island, waiting for Daniel to come back

Jin: Apparently blown up on the freighter (Daniel Dae Kim is still a regular castmember and Cuse and Lindelof say he'll keep appearing, but it may be entirely in flashback/time-travel form)

Claire: Hanging in Jacob's cabin with Jack's father, and likely not appearing until next season, per Cuse and Lindelof