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Miss at your own risk: Spelling Bee smackdown

Highlights for the week of May 25

See how the Oceanic Six escape.

Get off the island

Lost” wraps up one of its best seasons with the big reveal about how the Oceanic Six ended up being the only ones to escape the island. Make time Thursday for the two-hour finale; otherwise, you’ll just have to plug your ears on Friday when everybody else is talking about it.

N-E-R-D F-U-N

The E.W. Scripps Spelling Bee Championship makes it to prime time on ABC this Friday (preliminary rounds air earlier in the day on ESPN). The etymology-lovers competition made us feel dumb long before “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?” And yes, I had to look up how to spell “etymology.”