'Lost' character makes posthumous return

Doug Hutchinson is to return to Lost as Dharma Initiative worker Horace Goodspeed, despite the character's apparent death.

Horace first appeared in a third season flashback in which he died, before returning in last season's 'Cabin Fever' episode as part of Locke's hallucinations.

However, Hutchinson told Sci Fi Wire that the character will be back for a longer run. "I got a call from my agent about a month ago saying, 'Lost would like to have you do at least four episodes for this coming season, pending your availability'. I don't know what they have up their sleeve. I'm lost!" he said.

Hutchinson revealed that he had been shocked at his brief return last season, saying: "I said, 'Well, wait a minute. Are these more flashbacks?' They said, 'No. It's current.' I said, 'I'm dead!' And they said, 'Yeah, well it's Lost'."

He added: "I don't know what's going on. Nobody knows what's going on on that island, but I'm either a ghost or a memory, a figment of one's imagination or a piece of the island."