Charlotte is Sawyer's Daughter. Possibly.

So there goes another series of Lost. A rejuvenated Lost, certainly, but perhaps a less satisfactory Lost. And this year's season finale was definitely the fourth best season finale of the four series so far. Series one, we had the promise that something hairy and Scottish would be down the hatch. Series two, the hatch blew up, Locke brilliantly said "I was wrong", and the Others took Jack, Kate and Sawyer to Alcatraz. And series three had Naomi stabbed, Charlie drown, Penny announcing it most certainly wasn't her boat, Rousseau and Alex meeting, Sayid breaking a man's neck with his thighs, rescue at hand and the first-ever flash forward. Can you guess which series finale I think is the best?

Anyway, at the conclusion of series four, we're exactly where we were at the end of series three - Jack wants to go back to the island and we don't know what's happened to those people still there. We needed another teaser other than the much-predicted revelation that Locke would be in that coffin. It didn't come. Not that I want to be spoiled, I'd just have liked some reassurance that the show is worth sticking with for another two years.

So here's what's going to be bothering me (in not entirely a bad way) over the next eight months...

- Jin, Daniel and everyone else out at sea: are they stuck in the middle of the ocean, or were they moved with the island? And where are Rose and Bernard. And Vincent?!?

- Why didn't Juliet want to leave the island? She's been harping on about her sister for ages. She and Sun are the best female characters (not that there's many to choose from) and I want to see her back to her feisty self asap.

- Charlotte born on the island? But pregnant women and island don't mix. My personal insane theory: Charlotte is Sawyer's daughter. Possibly. Don't know how or why, but it could work.

- I love Penny and Desmond so much, but do they have a long-term future in the show? Does Desi need to go back to the island as well as the Six? And where is Claire? Is she in the cabin, flying around time and space somewhere?

- Sun blames two people for Jin's "death" - one's her dad, and the other has to be Jack or possibly Ben. She's not going back to the island with her sprog without a fight, and now she's got into bed with Widmore, I'm looking forward to a roaring rampage of revenge.

- Just what is with the island? I still reckon Jacob is Jack, the cabin is some sort of time machine in which future Jack is trying to tell the islanders what to do. Or something.

Oh, I just don't know. The latest finale was great TV, but the conclusion didn't have the kick I was hoping for. Perhaps because Jack and Locke aren't the characters I like the most, or I was expecting an enormous twist. Instead things were pretty much as expected - the Oceanic Six escaped, the island moved and the freighter blew up. And despite a sense that we haven't really moved as far forward as hoped, I'm more obsessed with the show than ever. Typical.