Wrapping Up "LOST"

This show has been a staple at my house for the last 5 years. When the first season began, I was pretty skeptical and thought that a show about a mystical island with polar bears seemed pretty silly. But after a few late nights watching the DVD's with my house mates, and trying to figure out what in the world was going on, I was hooked. I was fascinated by the two main characters, Jack and Locke, and knew that these two men were going to help provide some of the best TV drama for years to come, or until all answers became clear within a series finale.

There were several moments when I thought this show had gone off the deep end. There were multiple times I thought this show reflected pure brilliance. And like any good show, I hated every cliffhanger provided. Every unanswered, obscure confusion. Every twist that didn't go the way you were thinking (or hoping) it would. I've ate up every minute and storyline.

Which now brings us to tomorrow night's Final Season Premiere. Producers and writers are promising answers to (hopefully) a lot of fans' questions and are saying that a end will come to the story, come May. I'm excited to see where this season takes the survivors and additions to the Oceanic 815 folk. But I have a few questions ...

1) Who's really dead now? Several characters are reported to being reinstalled into the cast, so that open up a huge line of questioning ...
2) Did the hydrogen bomb blast right history and send the story back in time to before the initial Oceanic plane crash?
3) Who are the new folk that say "were the ones who are gonna win", and what are they fighting for? If Ben says "We're the good guys." ... what does that makes these people?
4) Who was Jacob referring to when he said "They're coming."?
5) Who is Jacob's nemesis on the island?
6) Do dead people come back to life on the island, or are they just figments of the cast's imaginations?
7) Where is Desmond, and how does his story intertwine with the reboot?
8) Who's gonna die? I predict a final showdown between Jack and Locke.
9) Why is the island so important to Ben and Widmore?
10) What ever happened to Claire?