If you're anal enough, or confused enough, to read the official Lost recaps posted at ABC.com, you might have noticed that in its description of the opening sequence of the finale "The Incident," it casually identifies the four-toed statue that's been perplexing fans of the show for years. And I'm pretty sure Jacob and other-guy-on-the-beach didn't mention it.

But apparently, it is officially the visage of the Egyptian god Taweret, who came to be associated with evil perpetrated during the day; it was her husband Apep at night.

She's also tied to pregnancy and childhood, with many Egyptian women wearing amulets bearing her likeness or name to ward off evil spirits. The devil, maybe? Later, she came to be associated with Set and was said to have thrown off her evil ways and held him back on a chain.

So tonight's episode of Lost is the last one finished before the writers strike. We'll now have a mini break and the show will return with five new episodes on April 24.

Let's take this time to talk about one of the past mysteries on the show that has never been explained (yet, anyway): the four-toed statue that some of the islanders found in the season two finale. What the hell was that all about? What did it mean? How come no one has pointed a gun at Ben and asked him, "oh yeah, what the heck is that statue with the toes?" In some ways it's more mysterious and funky than the black smoke and Jacob.

Now Lost producer Damon Lindelof explains why we haven't seen the statue on the show since then.