The TV Zone

After watching last night’s “Lost,” I couldn’t get this mystery out of my head.

No, not what the heck is Ben up to, but rather, where I had seen this guy before?

The man in question played Miles, one of the four “rescuers.” When he’s not parachuting onto the island. he apparently works as some kind of ghostbuster. Dude also has a serious chip on his shoulder.

Then it dawned on me: Miles, or Ken Leung, the actor who played him, appeared in a memorable "Sopranos” episode last year. He played one of Uncle Junior’s fellow “rest home” residents, a poker-playing guy with — hey! — a big-time chip on his shoulder.

If you recall, there was some flack kicked up when that episode ran because Leung’s character, Carter Chong, was an Asian-American with a serious rage issue. It aired on April 22, just six days after Seung-Hui Cho massacred 32 people at Virginia Tech, spurring some critics to lambaste HBO for bad taste. Alas, it was nothing more than bad timing.

Anyway, I’m glad I figured out that mystery. Now, I can get back to figuring out what the heck is going on with Ben.

(ABC photo of Ken Leung as Miles.)