In ABC’s hit drama Lost, connections count. And the season finale this week introduced viewers to the most connected character of all: Jacob.

The entertainment industry is banding together to combat cancer. The Stand up to Cancer campaign launched this week, with a celebrity filled event at the Paley Center in Beverly Hills.

ABC’s hit show Lost is now on hiatus after an eight-episode run that was an oasis of scripted television after the writers’ strike.

Connections can be good, but they can also become conflicts of interest.

Former U.S. Sen. George J. Mitchell released his report Thursday on the illegal use of steroids and other performances enhancing substances by Major League Baseball players.

Mitchell, 74, is widely respected, the sort of statesman who’s called in to fix problems others can’t solve. But he also has past and current links to baseball, including his role as director of the Boston Red Sox.

There are many ways to meet one’s fate on The Island. ABC’s Losties have perished because of a man-killing smoke monster, gunshot wounds, deadly illnesses and drowning. Add another character-killer to the list: DUI.

In Hawaii, where the series is filmed, several Lost stars have been caught driving under the influence and it seems the punishment for the offense goes beyond the courthouse punishment. All actors who have been arrested in Hawaii during filming have had their characters killed off on the show.

All is not what it seems on the island.

The survivors of the crash of Ocean Flight 815 have untold connections that viewers of the hit ABC show Lost glimpse in strobe-like flashbacks.

The astute viewer (addict would be more appropriate) knows more than the characters. Jack and Claire, for example, have no idea that they’re step-siblings. Nor has Jack learned that Shannon’s father was in a car accident with Sarah, Jack’s future wife. Jack, the physician on duty, chose to save Sarah but not Shannon’s father.