Linus & Locke

Even before the will-they-or-won't-they get off the island finale, Lost's Ben Linus and John Locke Michael Emerson and Terry O'Quinn were talking about keeping their mojo going. Well, things are looking decent for their return to TV.

NBC has landed the rights to the project, coming from J.J. Abrams's production company and his co-horts who worked on Alias and the upcoming Mission Impossible 4. It's only a pilot commitment, but the show, which had been known as "Odd Jobs" and had the pair playing former black-ops agents or suburban hitmen, is a no-brainer to pick up - even by Hollywood's brainless standards.

Abrams already has Black Mr. And Mrs. Smith Undercovers on NBC, and shows in development at Fox (something about Alcatraz) and CBS (who cares - CBS is a shit channel), but you could do any premise with O'Quinn and Emerson and it would be worth watching. They were the two best parts of Lost (not counting Evangeline Lily and the rest of the female castaways in states of undress) - I'm in already.