ok guys, i contacted one of my source to get some lost infos for next episodes and i'm allowed to say it :
the spectacular kiss that damon told for finale season is NOT a simple kiss... THIS SCENE will change EVERYTHING on lost... you remember the last scene of finale season 3 ? who were on this scene ? if you remember that, you know who will share this kiss and yes the word SPECTACULAR is perfect to talk about this scene...
i don't know what do you think about it right now...i think after this scene, many shipper will lost faith in their couple...
Will there be any emerging romances on or off the Island? I feel the guys need some love! "Romance is always blooming on and off the island. And just for you, I hereby promise you one of the most spectacular kisses you've ever seen on the show in this year's finale."
Source: Lost Magazine
my opinion : sawyer and kate 'cause we'll see separation scene in this episode for many couples and i think could be a goodbye kiss. could be desmond and penny BUT...the problem is about their story, if there is reunion for them...what will be their story after that ? that's why i think could be sawyer and kate.
The Shape of Things to Come" - Locke's camp comes under attack, and Jack tries to discover the identity of a body that has washed ashore, on "Lost," THURSDAY, APRIL 24 (10:01-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
“LOST” returned to the Windward Community College campus in Kaneohe today to film another scene at the “Santa Rosa Mental Institute.” A sign was set up in back, fronting a sometimes soccer field, and Jack’s old pickup truck was parked nearby. Filming took place inside Hale Kuhina, the continuing education/employment training building, with Jorge Garcia and Matthew Fox. A man dressed as a doctor (Dr. Stillman, perhaps, given recent casting calls) and a couple of burly orderlies were also sighted milling about.
Hale Kuhina is within a stone’s throw of the Hawaii State Hospital building and shady tree that served as the Santa Rosa lawn where Hurley received a mysterious visit from Charlie.
I'm a Lost fan currently living on Maui, and yesterday, Wednesday, my girlfriend and I were visiting her uncle on Oahu. We were driving around, looking for past Lost filming locations, and happened upon where they were currently filming.
So I'm sure you already know this, and it isn't particularly helpful, but on Wednesday, from at least 10am till noon, there was filming at Dillingham Lodge. Or should I say, all the traffic was going in and out of the Dillingham estate through the entrance/exit with the "Lodge" sign overhead. We drove by it a couple of times, and once stopped to ask the big security dude what was going on. He said that they were filming Lost there, but that of course we couldn't go on the property.
And while certainly not any new news, we heard from a YMCA Camp Erdman staffer that last week they had filmed there. He told us an interesting story of how the production crew built a new barracks/house just so they could blow it up. He said the first explosion wasn't big enough, so they did it over again, finally getting the explosion they wanted. One part of the camp certainly had the ashes all over the ground to prove it!
Question: How about you answer questions about other shows besides Lost and Grey's Anatomy?— Holly Ausiello: You're going to make me choose between those two? OK, I pick Lost. In their weekly podcast, Team Darlton announced that the code name for this year's season-ending twist is "The Frozen Donkey Wheel." Interpret as you like. Oh, and here's the kicker: It's not even the last scene of the episode!
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Question: Jack is my constant. Will my constant get a centric episode this season? — Laura Ausiello: Yes.
Ryan in Hawaii (The Transmission) let me know that filming wrapped today on Police Beach. This means we will see the beachies, as well as camp Locke.
There are some rumors from a reputable source that GI Jack (aka Through the Looking Glass Jack) was in action. Is The Shape of Things To Come a multi-character flash forward? (Ryan's info does not corroborate this rumor.)
Locations used for The Shape of Things to Come: Papailoa (Police Beach AKA Camp Jack), Camp Erdman (Otherton, Camp Locke), Heeia Kea (The forested valley where Karl was shot), Honolulu Community College (Iraq), and Diamond Head for the Otherton interiors and anything secret they may have filmed. Altogether they filmed two solid days on the Iraq set, and another day for pick ups. Definitely enough footage to cover the flash segment, throwing the GI Jack rumor under the shadow of doubt. (Thanks Ryan, again!)
4.10 - Untitled
Dominic Monaghan suggested that 4.10 is a Kate Centric episode.
4.10 Is being shot tomorrow(ish) and there is a TON of interior shooting going on at Diamond Head Studio (thanks, Ryan, again.) I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that 4.10 is going to show us the interior of "The Orchid." But that's nothing more than a guess at this point.
BEYOND: There is a nasty nasty rumor floating around that there will NOT be a Sawyer centric episode this season. That just doesn't seem right.
A genuine fan favorite got shot in the heart last night on Lost. Why? Because heartbreak is this show's middle name. Read on for the dish from the dead...
(SPOILERS INSIDE, TUBERS! Don't click in if you haven't seen the end of last night's Lost!)
Blake Bashoff was kind enough to speak with me this morning about the death of Lost's Karl. He shared a little dish about a deleted shot from the final scene, his gut feeling about the fate of Rousseau, and who might be pulling the strings—or at least the trigger.
Are you really dead? I think I'm pretty much shot dead.
How did this come about? The timing just sort of worked out. I booked this Broadway show, Spring Awakening, that was going to take me away for at least six months. We called Carlton and Damon and gave them the heads-up. They know the show that I'm doing, they're big fans of it, and they said that's an amazing opportunity, so they went back to the writers' room and brainstormed. And I think that this was actually an idea that they threw out there early on—that Karl would eventually bite the dust, and this was the right time.
Now, for the fans who want to see more of you, tell us: What's this Broadway thing you're doing? Thanks for asking. It's Spring Awakening at the Eugene O'Neill in New York, Broadway and 49th. It's won eight Tonys, and it's the story of young love in 1890s Germany. I play Moritz, but the music is all modern rock 'n' roll. I always just did TV for years and then this came along, and it's wonderful.
The good news is you got the Han Solo line before you died: "I've got a bad feeling about this." I think that's a little gift from the producers. What did they tell you when they told you about the scene? I wish I knew more than what we all saw last night, but it's sort of all shrouded in secrecy. Watching the episode last night, I did notice that [something that we shot wasn't shown]. On the day we filmed it, the people who were shooting at us, there was actually a great shot of the snipers emerging through the jungle in these incredible, elaborate, jungle camouflage uniforms. And I don't know if you got a sense of that last night or not—I think you just saw movement in the trees. In terms of what they told me, they didn't tell me much except it's going to be exciting, and we'll hope to have you back in some capacity, and the good news is when you do come back, you serve a cool purpose like Mr. Friendly last night.
Obviously, there's going to be a scene that follows the scene we ended on last night. Do you think that Danielle is killed dead, and will we see any more of Karl's body, or are we just going to leave him there in the dirt? That's a good question. If you do see Karl's body, I don't think it will actually be me. But they've done it in the past where they have these great body doubles who can certainly play corpses masterfully. Rousseau? I don't know. She's pretty blown up, but...I have a sense you haven't seen the last of Rousseau. I have a backstory question. I don't know if you have any idea about the answers to this, but I think we learned at one point that Karl was an orphan, and in a sense Alex is, too. Ben obviously adopted Alex and made her his daughter and raised her, but Karl's this foundling who can go to hell as far as Ben is concerned. Do you know anything about why Alex was favored and Karl wasn't? I wish I did, because I still don't know much about Karl's backstory, especially with pregnant women on the Island. I sort have no idea where he was conceived and where he came from, but I assume he grew up on the Island since he didn't know what The Brady Bunch is. In the end, I think basically Karl and Alex and Ben comes down to Ben being an overprotective father and knowing what happens to pregnant women on the Island, and knowing that Karl and Alex were clearly in love and wanted to make a life for themselves and maybe even get off the Island. And he was just playing the father card and didn't want to run the risk of Alex getting pregnant at all. I guess that leads into the next question: Did Ben kill you? Was that Ben? Really good question. It's hard to tell, right? It's hard to tell based on the writing—they certainly hinted that it could be a possibility, because you know, Karl was astute and asked, "Why isn't everybody going? Why are you just sending us?" And the bullets sort of clearly missed Alex. However, it's my gut that Ben was genuinely trying to protect Alex and genuinely thought that Rousseau could, would, protect her, if need be. It's hard to tell with Ben, but I think that this is real.
And what was it like leaving the show and Tania Raymonde? I love the show. It's a great group—not to mention they're all incredibly good-looking—and, I mean, you get to shoot in paradise. And Tania? Tania's wonderful. I guess I'm more of the introverted type, and she's the life of the party. I love working with her.
Well, we can't wait until you can come back to Lost, because Karl and Alex are awesome, and I think there's a lot left to learn about them. Thank you very much.
If you need a Blake fix between now and the return of Karl, check out Spring Awakening in New York City. Source: Eonline
I have a set report today (sadly no pictures to confirm it) but there was some filming action going on @ YMCA's camp erdman (THE BARRACKS) today when i went to go to the area for a swim. I was able to see Sawyer, Locke and Hurley on set. They were filming a scene with Sawyer where he was talking to a group of kids? But here's the best part. They were filming a scene where one of the barrack houses were ON FIRE, and tons of men dressed in military uniforms and war paint and guns stormed the barracks. PRETTY AMAZING?! what are military soldiers doing on the island? Source: TheReporter@DarkUFO
Start from the beginning!! And explain how you came to be on this boat!!” “The same guy who sold all of us out so he could get off the island??” “What wouldn’t a man do for his son??” “I thought we were going on a rescue mission!!” “I’m sorry!!”
ABC says of tonight’s Michael-centric installment, “Meet Kevin Johnson”:
Sayid confronts Ben's spy on the freighter, and Ben urges daughter Alex to flee Locke's camp in order to survive an impending attack. Guest starring are Cynthia Watros as Libby, M.C. Gainey as Mr. Friendly/Tom, Mira Furlan as Danielle Rousseau, Tania Raymonde as Alex, Blake Bashoff as Karl, Marsha Thomason as Naomi Dorrit, Ken Leung as Miles Straume, Jeff Fahey as Frank Lapidus, Kevin Durand as Keamy, Anthony Azizi as Omar, Fisher Stevens as George Minkowski, Grant Bowler as Captain Gault, Jill Kuramoto as female anchor, Galyn Gorg as nurse, Starletta DuPois as mom, William P. Ogilivie as Gus, Francesco Simone as Arturo and James Locke as mechanic.
* We’re back to flashbacks this week. * At least one of the flashbacks is said to be set in New York, where Michael will have a confrontation with Ben’s pal Friendly Tom. * Another flashback, likely featuring the freighter, is said to be set in Port of Suva, Fiji. * A 9-year-old-size Walt is expected to turn up, if fleetingly. * In Othertown, someone will say, “No More Secrets!!” * On the freighter, someone will say, “I’m here to die!!” * And someone will die this week.
Source: AICN
************* 'Meet Kevin Johnson'' is the eighth episode of Lost's fourth season and the last episode that was filmed before the Writers Guild of America went on strike for three months. The good news is that the strike is over and the show is back at work; at present, cast and crew are shooting the ninth episode. The bad news is that we'll have to wait until April 24 to see it. (Curse you, post-production demands!) The slightly worse news is that when our mutual obsession comes back next month, it will air at 10 p.m., a brutal time slot for people like me, whose glittering mental carriage morphs back into a moldy pumpkin at exactly 10:01 p.m. So relish this, the last installment of the year to air at a sane hour. It promises to be a dynamite chapter in the unfolding Lost saga, according to executive producer Damon Lindelof:
''Yes, you'll find out a lot about Michael. But you'll ALSO learn why bearded Jack was unable to jump. AND where the Others are holed up. AND, according to those silly promos, apparently someone dies, too.''
The promise of additional intrigue about Grizzly Jack's flash-forward despair in an episode that would APPEAR to be about Michael? Curious. I want to see this thing NOW (which for me is Monday morning, not your present Thursday time-space coordinate, so you can understand my impatience). Source: EW
*********************** Tonight is the night! Michaelpalooza comes to an end with the return of one of the original 815'rs. But there are a lot of questions about how and why Michael has returned. I have some hints to keep yourselves busy:
Michael's reason for returning has to deal with something he wants to do personally, but cannot do away from the island.
Despite all of my hopes and dreams to the contrary, Michael is not a clone/duplicate/ twin. :( Michael is not being coerced to be there by Ben, but by the island itself.
An old face will reappear in a manner reminiscent of Charlie in the season 4 premiere, and (for me at least) raise some new questions about the incorporeals on the show. Yes, yes... somebody dies... but TWO are shot. Source: DocArzt
Meet Kevin Johnson. Well, now that we know who Kevin Johnson is, our good friend and Ana Lucia/Libby murderer Michael (Harold Perrineau), the question is no longer who, but how the hell. Michael left, by island time, a little over a month ago; not nearly enough time for him to have convincingly adopted the persona of Kevin Johnson and successfully infiltrate the ranks of Charles Widmore's freighter. So what are some of the things we can hope to learn this week?
What Happened to Michael and Walt?
If you're guessing time travel, congratulations Commander Obvious. Time travel may explain how Michael would have the additional time, or would it? Remember the Orchid video, how it produced two bunny number fifteens? Could there actually be two Michaels running around? I'm not saying that is it, but I'm not saying it's not either.
As for Walt. Yeah, you'll see him. But not taller ghost Walt, although it should be reasonably obvious why there is a taller ghost Walt for the quicker minded theorists out there.
The Orchid
At Comic-Con, Damon and Carlton released a video featuring the beloved Dr. Marvin Candle. This time he was blowing the lid off a top secret station called "The Orchid." We never really found out what it was about, but let me ask you this: what do bunnies and polar bears have in common?
Just give us the... Linus
This is the week that Ben will reveal the freighter folks intentions to take him and kill everybody on the island. Is it true? Expect freighties with machine guns and a shocking (?) death to answer the question in one regard: they definitely want Ben... badly.
What other goodness do we have for you? How about: Mr. Friendly in New York city, and a persistent rumor that he dies, again. Libby makes an interesting return. Michael tells Sayid and Desmond he has come to the island, quote: "... to die."
Anything on Lost? For starters, I'll be heading out to Hawaii next week to hit the set.
Also, I'm hearing that Evangeline Lily has another Kate-centric episode coming up (holler!) which I think may work out to be episode 10, and for you who are wondering about her highlighted-hair look from the opening of Dominic Monaghan's photo gallery exhibit (stand by for much more on that!) , it was a wig, yes, but she hadn't "pulled a Britney" and shaved her head, you silly ducklings. I saw her the night before while interviewing Dom, and it was just as brown and long and purty and real as ever. Lost dish, please! A little casting dish on the 11th episode: They're casting two teenagers (a boy and a girl) and a 5-year-old boy. And here's an interesting thing: The teenage girl needs to have red hair. Could it possibly be a flashback for Charlotte? Hmmm...
Source: kristin
Question: Who the heck are the Oceanic Six? If Aaron's not one of them, and Jin's grave marker is for his "supposed" death when the plane crashed, who else made it off the island with Jack, Kate, Hurley, Sayid and Jin?— Jen Ausiello: Who said Aaron is not one of the Oceanic Six? Certainly not me. Take another look at my asterisk quiz from Feb. 27 and consider all of the possible combinations. In the meantime, don't expect a definitive answer about the Six from Team Darlton. Carlton Cuse tells me they're "not going public with any further clarifications right now." And what of the ABC promo that promised viewers they'd know the identity of the Six by the end of last week's episode? "We don't determine how ABC promotes the show," says Cuse. "But Damon and I will say you have now seen all of the Oceanic Six in this season's episodes."
Question: Your latest Lost asterisk quiz doesn't make sense. You wrote this about last week's big Oceanic Six reveal: "But most of you seem to have it already figured out: *o* *a* *** **e **l* **** *i***." — Frederic Ausiello: "Too bad you are only half right." I was referring to the widely held assumption (at least among rabid Lost fans) that Jin made it off the island with Sun.
Lost scoop!: Lindelof satisfied the crowd's appetite for Lost scoop by revealing the real reason the four-toed statue has yet to be seen again. After the monument first appeared "we got a note back from the network that said, 'This is too weird,'" he explained. "I was like, 'Do you watch the show? This is too weird?' Essentially, they said, 'Could it be a six-toed statue?' I was like, 'Someone explain to me why a six-toed statue is less weird than a four-toed statue?' And they're still noodling on that."
Okay, ABC is playing the death card again. What does that say about us Lost fans, really? Are we a bunch of blood thirsty savages? Regardless of the psychology behind throwing character chum in the ratings water, it’s hard to not be participate in the practice of trying to figure out which character is going to be taking a dirt nap. We’ll go one better for you, if you don’t mind minor spoilers, and narrow the playing field a bit.
One of these three characters is dying tomorrow. See if you can figure out who:
CLAIRE It has been foretold. Supposedly a person working for craft services catered a party for star Emilie Ravine shortly after her death scene was filmed. In the scene, Claire and Aaron are getting on the helicopter and Daniel pushes Claire out to her death.
MILES No, it wasn’t the hand grenade, it was a play. Actor Ken Leung is apparently booked to perform in a play. Some people say that this was a classic case of double booking done to compensate for an anticipated lack of work during the strike. If that is true, Leung could have canceled this gig to honor his Lost contract—but THAT has not been confirmed.
KARL Stop me if this sounds familiar: Actor Blake Bashoff has actually been performing in a play titled “Spring Awakening.” Now, since LOST hasn’t been in production until recently, it could have, again, been a strike induced overlapping gig, and let’s face it… Karl isn’t a “major” character (don’t tell Alex I said that). Source: TV UGO
my guess i said miles 'cause i don't want karl to die, i like him plus could be horrible for alex too :( enought of sad couple lol and for claire's fate it's too early to reveal it ;)
FINDING A LOST FACE: Coty Prestige has signed Evangeline Lilly, the actress who plays Kate Austen on "Lost," to front its Cool Water Woman scent worldwide, except in the U.S. The first print ads and TV spot featuring the actress for the scent, launched in 1996, will break in July. Last year, Coty signed fellow "Lost" star Josh Holloway to be the face of the Cool Water men's scents. It's the first time the Canadian actress has fronted a fragrance. Cool Water Woman "definitely represents the juxtaposition between purity and sensuality, and there's that sort of fresh newness," said Lilly. "On top of it, there's strength that's underneath it all, that is where sensuality comes from — versus just pure sexiness."
LOST, Episode #410 Producer: Jean Higgins Director: Stephen Williams Location: Hawaii Shoots: 3/20 - 4/4
[DR. ERIKA STEVENS] Female, African-American, late-30s or older. An intelligent, caring doctor who is not adverse to putting in long work hours to help her patients. NICE CO-STAR - 2 scenes.
LOST, Episode #411 Producer: Jean Higgins Director: Paul Edwards Location: Hawaii Shoots: 4/2 - 4/15/08
[FIVE-YEAR-OLD BOY] Caucasian, green eyes, sweet, shy, tentative and smart. Has to take a test and becomes nervous about passing. NICE CO-STAR.
[TEENAGE BOY] Plays as 16 or 17, Caucasian, green eyes. Angry, a little nerdy, defiant and rebellious. There's a lot more to this kid than meets the eye. Tries to fight back against older, stronger boys but is pushed into a locker. NICE CO-STAR.
[TEENAGE GIRL] Plays as 16, Caucasian, red hair (or willing to dye hair red). Emotional, prone to dramatic gestures, passionately in love and fights with her Mom about it. NICE CO-STAR.
- Sayid is indeed in Episode 4.09 - Sayid is one of the Pallbearers at his former love, Nadia's, funeral - According to other sources Ben was also seen "close by" and ties in with recent spoilers and photos posted here from Ryan in with Michael Emerson was spotted.
the locke and the sawyer i love are back ! i can't wait to see more of their locke team reunion ! and the second it's not funny but i'm here to die make me laught anyway lol ^^"
sad episode and anyway i'm not sure if he's dead or not... i mean maybe he's on the island and they lied to say others people are dead so jin is in the part ot this lie... we can't be sure with darlton so for now yes he's dead but maybe not forever ! we need to wait darlton interview or next jun episode... anyway i wanted to post this video to watch the summary of this episode!
CARLTON CUSE: We're working on 11, 10, and 9 sort of all simultaneously; we've got those 3 out of 5 in the works.
UGO: When you were out on strike, did the process stop for you mentally, or were you sort of writing in the back of your mind ?
DAMON LINDELOF: We were sort of processing more about the episodes that we'd completed then we were looking forward. There is always a period about half way through the season - in this case that was episode 8 - where you kinda say what's working, what's not working, what could be working better, are we moving fast enough, is it too confusing, what storylines should we hold off on doing, what storylines do we want to move up. So we were sort of thinking about the episodes we'd completed versus thinking about what we were going to do when we came back because 'when' we would come back was such a huge question mark.
CARLTON: We didn't really talk about the show at all. Creatively it was a pretty complete break so when the strike ended and we started back I think we were really kind of refreshed. It's the longest stretch we've gone without talking about, discussing, or processing the show since it started. When we first came back it was sort of all about trying to remember ...okay this is where we are, this is where we were," and sort of replanting where all of the characters were in the landscape of the world of the show.
UGO: With the new schedule is the finale going to be a one hour episode or will it be two hours?
DAMON: We are writing it as a two hour but they want to air it as two different hours because on May 22nd, which is essentially the last day of the season, they have a two hour Grey's [Anatomy] finale which going to run from 8 to 10, and that is only going to leave an hour for us. It's going to be designed as all of our finales have been, but not unlike the Lost pilot, which was written a two hours and aired as two separate hours , that is what they are going to do.
UGO: Who does episode 9 belong to? Is that something you want to talk about just yet?
CARLTON: That's... something we don't want to spill the beans on just yet.
DAMON: You'll find out, I'm sure, in record time. Considering it's not even on the air until April 24th, that's a long time from now... six weeks away.
UGO: How did you feel about the change with the schedule? Setting 8 out as part of the second group of episodes, then pulling it back. During the strike, it was said that 8 was not a good place to leave things.
CARLTON: I don't think that's really true. I think what we thought was a bad thing was if we didn't get a chance to come back and complete the season. The concern was really that if they only aired 8 episodes and the strike went on for a long time and let's say there was another seven or eight months before we came back on the air, the season was going to feel very complete. The important thing is that the 5 hours of the show we have left to write are really going to allow us to end the season and sort of finish the season the way we wanted to. Some of the storylines are going to have to be pushed off into season five, some details about the freighter folk for instance, but we're going to get a chance to complete the season. Our concern was really just leaving the season open, not that we didn't like episode 8. I think we both feel like episode 8 is a pretty strong episode, and one that is kind of revelatory. Certain episodes are more revelatory about the mythology of the show, and it falls into that category.
DAMON: It's just a little outside of the box of a normal episode of Lost in that it is intensely character focused on one person as opposed to the whole ensemble and as Carlton says it is a little more focused on filling in blanks as opposed to answering new questions. So it might have been a nice episode to come back to as opposed to go off on. That being said, the last scene in the show we would certainly define as a cliff hanger and really nicely platforms what episode nine is going to be. All things being equal, we're happy we're going out on episode 8.
UGO: Are we ever going to see on island flash forwards?
CARLTON: I don't think we'll rule out anything...
DAMON: Who's to say you haven't already?
UGO: Aha. Well that raises an interesting question, because some fans think that some of the flashes prior to "Through the Looking Glass" may have been flashforwards.
CARLTON: The show is a giant mosaic, and where you stand is sort of the answer to that question. At various points in the journey you're going to be standing in various spots and you can define them as past, present, or future. We like fractured story telling, and the way we're going you'll be looking at various aspects of our characters' lives in the story we are telling. We want to explore that from various perspectives.
UGO: Assuming that Ben was telling the truth, and Charles Widmore was behind the freighter, are we going to be seeing more on Alan Dale on Lost?
DAMON: Well, assuming Ben is telling the truth one would hope we would be seeing more of Alan Dale on Lost, but that's always a big assumption to make. That's all we're really willing to say on the Widmore issue right now.
UGO: So the story for the Oceanic 6 is that they came from a group of 8 survivors. Are we going to find out the identity of the other 2 supposedly not so lucky survivors?
DAMON: Well, that is part of the fiction as concocted by the Oceanic 6. Many, many things that Jack said on the stand at Kate's trial were untrue, although he was under oath, like the Marshall dying in the crash for example. We want to be very clear on the idea that there were only ever the Oceanic 6. The identity of those other two people are not as important as people are making them out to be, it just makes it feel like a more believable fiction.
CARLTON: But what we can say now is that season 6 will be Jack's perjury trial, it'll be like [Steven] Bochco's "Murder One", that'll be the whole season.
DAMON: That's right, I like that idea.
UGO: Is the narrative structure going to change, yet again, from on island present with flash forwards to something else entirely?
CARLTON: Well this season is really about connecting the dots between what you saw in the finale last year, which was Jack and Kate's flash-forward, and the events on the island that were sort of catalyzed by the arrival of the helicopter. We're going to put some of those pieces together this season. We can't say much about what the format and structure of next season will be like because I think it would spoil the ending of this season. As this season gets closer to the end it is going to become more than apparent where the story wants to go next.
DAMON: Something that is really, really exciting for us as writers is - at the end of this season we will have written 85 hours of the show when all is said and done, the fact that we'll be going into the fifth season of the show and the audience is still going to be asking the question "how are stories going to be told next year?", that is part of the fun both for us as writers and the folks watching the show. With most television shows you kind of know where the season premier is going to start. Basically, Jack Bauer is going to be in hour one of whatever the next threat against humanity is. But in Lost you could start in the hatch with Desmond, you could start off the island with Hurley in a car chase...
CARLTON: You could start with a monkey in a smoking jacket.
DAMON: ...You could start with a monkey in a smoking jacket...
CARLTON: Oh no! Did we say that out loud?
DAMON: That's the season never to be aired, only for comic books.
UGO: Is the Orchid station showing up pretty soon?
CARLTON: The Orchid station is definitely coming back into play. We put that film out at comic con, but we did so because it definitely ties into where we are heading this season.
UGO: When was the decision to use time travel in the story made?
DAMON: It's been in the DNA of the show since the very beginning. Obviously, one thing the flash backs and the flash forwards provide you with is the idea of time travel. You're bouncing around in time and events from the past are seemingly influencing the present, but it's not a traditional time travel story until we started talking about what the hatch was there for, and what this electromagnetic energy that the hatch is trying to contain is and what would be the effect of that hatch going away, otherwise known as the purple sky event. And it was sort of those conversations which obviously happened way back in season one when Locke and Boone found the hatch that were the early precursors of time travel. I will say, though, that the first significant event in the show where we were thinking in the back of our minds that this is going to require a story telling element that isn't traditional narrative, is the discovery of Adam and Eve in the caves.
UGO: Here's an issue that arises with regards to that. Fans will speculate about different aspects of the show and will often reference statements that we're made, like "Oh it can't be about time travel because Damon and JJ said on the non-linear board at The Fuselage that there is no time travel in the show." How do you deal with it when, I don't want to say out and out lie, but if a fan or an interviewer asks a question that is going to really blow the story open; you obviously can't say "yeah, that's right."
CARLTON: Obviously, we're very careful about what we say. But, honestly, the assumption that you can figure it all out pre-supposes that you know enough about the world of the show to figure it all out. If I were to ask you towards the end of season one what your theory on what all the revelations of Lost are, you're going to give a wildly different answer then you would now part way through season 4. What we would say is there are still twists and turns and unexpected surprises to come, so its really hard to figure out where we're going because the audience doesn't possess enough information yet. Occasionally people do stumble upon bits and pieces of things that are true and I think that is great, but it has to remain that viewers individual satisfaction because we're not going to ruin it for everybody else by saying "Yes! That's exactly what is going to happen."
DAMON: The reality is, anything that Carlton and I say, or anyone involved with the show says, that is all part of the politicking that sort of surrounds the show. We like the idea of being answerable to the show, that is to say if we do something the fans don't like we can come forward and apologize for it and explain what the thought process was for executing that story line. Or, vice versa, if we do something people really like we get to sort of pull that forward and explain, for instance, that we weren't able to do the flash forward part of the story until they promised us an end to the show, and this is how we were able to end the show, and this is why we are doing three more seasons, and so on. The fans are owed those explanations. But, in a lot of ways it is like J.K. Rowling revealing that Dumbledore was gay. She's saying this, and it is part of her talking about the books, but all that matters at the end of the day is the books. So, watching the show Lost, you watch it and the data is there for you to form whatever theories you have, and you can't factor in anything that even the creators or actors are saying about the show outside of the show, because at the end of the day the show will be processed in six DVD box sets. It will be completely irrelevant as to whether we confirmed or denied or speculated. The one thing that Carlton and I are steadfast on saying over and over again, and that we're not lying about is that the show is not all a dream. It's happening in the real world, there are real stakes, you're not going to get to the end and cut to black and suddenly realize that this was all sort of a fantasy. That's the only thing that we sort of need to get out there in the world, because it does diffuse a lot of wacky theories.
It was a genuine, tender moment that all but made up for the somewhat silly "Stop the nerve gas!" antics that preceded it. Lost's Juliet, haunted by Ben's obsession, shared a rain-soaked lip-lock with Jack. Luckily for "Jacket" fans, more of the same seems to be on the horizon. Elizabeth Mitchell shares with us what's ahead, names the episode she deems "perfect" and talks about returning to work after the strike. (Lost airs Thursdays at 9 pm/ET on ABC.)
TVGuide.com: What was with that bait-and-switch you did for the TV Guide cover shoot? I saw you and Naveen [Andrews] and thought, "Oh, Sayid is going to pop up in Juliet's flashback or flash-forward" and... no such thing. Elizabeth Mitchell: You know, it was more wishful thinking, wasn't it? I called it "a little fantasy episode."
TVGuide.com: It was a hot photo shoot, though. Mitchell: It really was! Naveen and I have known each other for a long time, so we're comfortable together and we were able to play. It was very film noir-ish, and we both enjoyed that tremendously.
TVGuide.com: Let me pull out this quote you gave me a year and a half ago: "I don't know what kind of past Juliet and Ben have, but it definitely is complicated and intricate." Mitchell: Yeah! [Laughs] I guess so!
TVGuide.com: And you were probably just pulling that out of your bum! Mitchell: Well, I knew it was something really, really bad. But I didn't anticipate standing over the body of my dead lover with a stake sticking out of his heart, and having Ben claim responsibility. That wasn't in my imagination. I thought it was an interesting twist.
TVGuide.com: Can we talk about the ill-advised decision to engage in an extramarital affair on a small, isolated island? I mean, people are going to talk. Mitchell: It's the same thing as, "You should never have an affair with anyone you work with," and of course that never happens. [Laughs]
TVGuide.com: I get this weird feeling that at the end of the day, it's going to come down to Juliet sacrificing herself to save Jack. Mitchell: Well, I think that Juliet loves Jack. I've always said that. If she did do that... It certainly seems very likely to me, something along those lines. She's also tied up with [pregnant] Sun, so who knows, but it's a possibility. She's very rabid about the people she cares about. My mom said that this morning: "You know what I like about Juliet? I like that she likes the people she cares about so much." I said, "Well, that is lovely. It is good."
TVGuide.com: Let's talk about Juliet's kiss with Jack. Are we going to get any more of that? Mitchell: I think we are, actually. I don't know when, but they're setting something up. I knew that was coming because there was all this stuff with Jack and Kate. That's the fun for them, creating these "triangles." And when they went back into the Jack and Kate connection, I thought, "It seems like they're going to pump up the stuff between Jack and Juliet," and that's what happened. [Pauses] I was very happy that Jack kissed her. I thought that was a particularly good scene for Matthew [Fox], in that he came across as a very strong and very leading man. I really enjoyed how he played that. His whole face changed when she said that she cared about him, and I thought that was fascinating. I've always liked them together, but I also liked Jack and Kate together, in the first season. But in watching Jack and Juliet, I hate to say the word, but there's such a maturity to them in the way they complement each other. So we'll see where that goes.
TVGuide.com: Are you able to still watch the show as a fan? Mitchell: Yeah, I am! It's kind of fun to watch it now. The making of the episode was such a struggle because there was so much emotion, that to sit back and watch it as a fan was much nicer. I didn't realize what a build there would be to the kiss. I didn't realize how we are so sucked into our romantic archetypes that when Jack steps forward and takes care of Juliet, something in me went, "Ohhh!" My sweet husband was in Washington, and he said he stood up and started clapping: "He did it! He did it!" [Laughs] He was really excited.
TVGuide.com: Lost really gives you two different kinds of episodes: the "real" episodes, like last night, and ones like the week before, which are a whole different kind of entertainment. Mitchell: I have to say, that Desmond episode was as perfect an episode as you can get. I freakin' loved it. I don't think he had a bad moment as an actor, the writing was A-plus.... It was fantastic in every way. And the speed! It was like a roller-coaster. I felt like ours was more of a "Sit back and take a deep breath" episode.
TVGuide.com: Are you able to shed any light on what Juliet's therapist meant when she said, "Of course [Ben likes you]. You look just like her." There are theories that it's a childhood crush, or perhaps his late mother (glimpsed in the May 2007 episode "The Man Behind the Curtain"). Mitchell: No, I'm not [able to shed light]. It could be a love-of-his-life kind of thing, or it could be his mother. You never know with Ben. It could be someone we haven't even met yet. Luckily, this season we're going to get to know a lot more about Ben.
TVGuide.com: We actually did a reader poll at the start of the season, asking which character people want to learn more about. Ben and Juliet placed Nos. 1 and 2. Mitchell: Oh, that's so nice. They created an amazing and complicated woman, and they made her very much a woman. I was very proud — proud is an odd word to use — but I was proud of the creation of her and the way they did it. It was very brave, I thought.
TVGuide.com: Is there a sort of "letdown" for a Lost actor after you get "your" episode for the season? Mitchell: [Laughs] I'm so flipping hard on myself that for me it's a relief! Other people's episodes are a heck of a lot easier to watch. This is like pulling nails. I suppose there is [a letdown], but at the same time I'm a story dork. I'm a book reader, a comic-book reader, so I'm always interested in what happens next. I actually just got the script for [Episode] 409, and I was sitting here reading it just completely entranced, and it had very little to do with me. That's the kind of show it is. I was already a fan, so to be on the "inside" of it is kind of crazy.
TVGuide.com: Are you excited to be back at work? Mitchell: Yeah.... Aren't you excited the strike's over?
TVGuide.com: Um, yeah! Mitchell: It's nice, isn't it? It's exciting that people are watching Lost and getting intrigued with it. That makes me happy.
TVGuide.com: The TV Guide cover story featured "Burning Questions from the Cast Members." Did you have any that didn't make the cut? Mitchell: I don't! Do you have any?
TVGuide.com: Well.... Mitchell: I'm always curious what people are curious about. Me, I'm just going to sit back and see what happens next!
THE TEASE! At exactly the 30-minute mark in tonight's episode, the strike-shortened fourth season of Lost will reach its halfway mark. At the 31-minute mark, we'll have seen more Lost this year than we will see for the rest of the year. And by the 60-minute mark, we'll have just six more episodes of Lost left until the show waddles into its cave for another nine-month nap. This kind of thinking makes me kinda sad. Didn't this season just start, like, yesterday? As Kool and the Gang taught us long ago, we should cherish the time we have. So I invite you to savor this, our sixth-to-last tease of the year, an enticing tidbit about ''Ji Yeon,'' tonight's Jin/Sun-angled installment of Lost, brought to you by executive producer Damon Lindelof:
''Yes, we know you have all figured out who Ben's man on the boat is. But once we've confirmed that for you, there's still TEN MINUTES OF SHOW LEFT.''
Damon is undoubtedly responding to the fact that for several weeks now, all of us (or enough of us to create the impression of an ''all'') have assumed that our old friend Michael — the raft-building, desperate dad who killed Ana Lucia and Libby in order to get his abducted son back — is Ben's spy on the freighter. It's not like we're a bunch of great detectives. As reader Lenny Picker points out, Lost has been running the risk of ruining this reveal since announcing Harold Perrineau's return last summer. In fact, he's been listed in the credits for several episodes now! ''Speculation that he's Ben's man on the boat would have been less if everyone didn't know that Michael would return this season,'' writes Picker. ''Had he not been listed in the credits, his eventual appearance would have the dramatic impact the Lost creators intended.'' Picker says that a key revelation in last week's episode was similarly spoiled for him: ''The inclusion of Alan Dale [the actor who plays Charles Widmore, Penelope's father and Desmond's nemesis] in the credits in the last episode made it obvious that he was going to be the person behind the freighter.''
I know many of you feel the same way as Lenny. I share your small disappointment, to the degree that I find myself hoping against hope that we're being set up for a shocker. Like, wouldn't it be awesome if the spy actually turned out to be Sayid's lost love, Nadia? Or Charlie's ex-junkie rocker brother, Liam? Or even — my crazy conjecture of the week — a returned-from-the-dead Libby, resurrected via the magic of course correction?
Still, I don't want to get your hopes up. All signs point to Michael. But spoiled surprise or no, there is some mystery surrounding his return to Lost, a riddle that can be summed up in one word: How? Think this through, my fellow Lost theorists: Michael's return to the Island defies storytelling logic. According to the well-researched timeline housed at lostpedia.org, Michael and Walt left the Island 67 days after the crash of Oceanic 815 — in other words, late November 2004. But the freighter has been offshore since mid-December. Surely it took longer than just a couple weeks for Ben to get Michael in position.
So: How? How can Michael really be on that boat?
TIME TRAVEL: BACK TO THE FUTURE Theory: The coordinates Ben gave Michael and Walt led them not only to a place, but also to a time — in the near past. Weird Science explanation: The Island is located within a time-space anomaly that extends out into the ocean. Different points along the boundary of the anomaly lead to different places and/or different times. For example, after the chopper flew through the perimeter, Lapidus, Sayid, and Desmond landed on the freighter a full day after they left the Island, even though they had spent just 20 minutes in the air. Prediction: Ben intentionally sent Michael (and Walt) to a certain date in the past (I'm betting...four years ago) for the purpose of putting Michael in a position to serve as his freighter spy. To avoid the possibility of history-altering paradox — like, say, Michael seeking out his past self, or trying to prevent the crash of Oceanic 815 — Ben controlled him by holding Walt as leverage. Does this theory make sense? Absolutely. This take on time travel best explains the narrow gap between Michael's departure and his return. It would also explain how Walt grew into a strapping teenager. Estimated Chance of Accuracy: My money's on this one. 91%
BORN AGAIN: A POCKET UNIVERSE THEORY OF LOST Theory: Michael and Walt left the Island...and were magically transformed into new people — people who may have never been passengers aboard Oceanic 815. Weird Science explanation: The Island could exist in its own pocket universe. In order for this place to exist within our world but remain separate from it, special accommodations are made. For example, when the Island swallowed up Oceanic 815, the outside world had to account for the disappearance of the passengers. Hence the wreckage at the bottom of the ocean, which may be the result of a cosmic conspiracy, not a human one. By this logic — if you can call it logic — the cosmos would have to come up with a continuity-smoothing solution for the reintroduction of Michael and Walt into a world in which they are technically dead. The answer: creating whole new identities for them. In this scenario, should Michael 2.0 and Walt 2.0 return to the fully contained pocket universe of the Island, they may or may not know the castaways (at least, not from personal experience), but the castaways would certainly remember them. Prediction: Michael's seeming anti-climactic return becomes supercharged with intrigue when he looks at Sayid and says, ''I'm sorry... Do I know you?'' Does this theory make sense? I could see this ''pocket universe'' business working. Yes, the producers have disavowed alternate-reality theory, but this is a form of alternate-reality theory that neutralizes the problems of paradox, the negation of life-and-death stakes, and the mutability of the flash-forward future. But it does rob Michael of a powerful motivation for returning to the Island: redeeming his murderous past by saving his friends. Estimated Chance of Accuracy: Too convoluted — AND I LOVE IT. But whatever explanation Lost comes up with for Michael's return, earning his redemption MUST be an issue. 43%
With the first part of Season 4's episodes rapidly dwindling, expect major revelations from the upcoming "Yi Jeon" and "Meet Kevin Johnson." For a spoilerish look at "Yi Jeon" read on.
"Yi Jeon" is a Sun/Jin Joint flashback that plays out in the days following the Tempest fiasco. With it becoming increasingly obvious that there is no rescue, Sun and Jin decide to evacuate to camp Locke, against Juliet's better judgment.
Remember last season's episode D.O.C.? The good news was that Sun's baby was fathered by Jin, the not so good news was that mothers who are impregnated on the island wind up dying on the island. So will Juliet be able to convince the duo to hold off on moving to Lockeville? Unlikely, but there make be hope for them yet...in the future.
Remember Desmond and Sayid. Yeah, they sort of left them out this week right? Don't worry because next week the two are not only going to meet the Captain of the freighter, they are going to have a chance encounter with a very familiar face at the end of the episode, and you'll not only find yourself asking why, but how this person is on the freighter. The answers are coming in "Meet Kevin Johnson."
Camp Locke is going to have a bit of excitement, we're finally going to find out what happened to Miles after his hand grenade breakfast. Trust me, he's okay, but he might have some choice words for somebody.
Back to the question of the final two members of the Oceanic 6. Doesn't the fact that it is two really speak volumes about who those two are? It's Rose and Bernard, naturally. Okay so it isn't, but who it is must be painfully obvious so its hardly worth mentioning.
The last thing you should know about this episode is that it features a major character death. Yes, I was kind of casual about mentioning that, and there is a reason for it. A reason that will have you hailing the genius of the Lost crew. Hang in there, you can make it.
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Question: I need to know who is on that boat on Lost! — Kelly
Ausiello: Well, Kelly, there’s Sayid and Desmonds (1996 and 2004 editions) and the corpse of Fisher Stevens and some guy named Keamey… and I know that’s not who you mean, but the identity of Ben’s boat buddy is one scoop that Team Darlton is not letting slip, at least not until tomorrow night. In the meantime, try this Lost head-scratcher on for size: I have it on good authority that an upcoming, post-strike episode features both a pair of Arabic-speaking, horseback-riding Bedouins and a luxury doorman of British extraction. Without knowing whether it’s a flashback or flash-forward, whose episode could that be? I had an extra bowl of crazy this morning, so I’m going with a consciousness-imploding guess: Charles Widmore, who is: A) a shadowy figure who has been coming into focus in recent weeks, B) a rich British dude and C) perhaps interested in those polar bear skeletons Charlotte found in the deserts of Tunisia, no? Any more sane guesses?
Question: Any Lost news? — Franci Ausiello: You know that series-regular death I alluded to a few weeks back? Well, tomorrow night's the night! But riddle me this, Lost fans: When is a death not a death, but a brand-new mystery all its own? Meanwhile, I was going to close this week's column by revealing the identity of the remaining members of Lost's super-cool clique, the Oceanic Six, but most of you seem to have it already figured out: *o* *a* *** **e **l* **** *i***.
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TVGuide's Scoopmeister, Michael Ausiello, is upsetting the applecart in Lost spoiler land. For months fans have gone on the assumption that the Oceanic 6 is Jack, Kate, Hurley, Sayid, Jin, and Sun. Well check this out:
"I was going to close this week's column by revealing the identity of the remaining members of Lost's super-cool clique, the Oceanic Six, but most of you seem to have it already figured out: *o* *a* *** **e **l* **** *i***."
Need to know what that asterix clue says? How about "You may get one only half right"? Well that may not be what it says word for word, however I can tell you the sentiment is very, very, real. The presumed identity of the Oceanic 6 is wrong. The truth will be revealed tomorrow.
And on the foiler front. When is a death not a death but a mystery? Again, spoiler hounds have assumed the identity of the person that 'dies' in episode 7, is the disinformation of the oceanic 6 roster AND the death going to spell the end for the supposedly 'informed' fans in the blogosphere's credibility? Sound off.
i'm not great to do vid, and it's my first with vegas and 'cause dailymotion rejected it...i created a new account on youtube... i hope you'll like it it's about sawyer&kate relationship but also kate and claire&aaron relationship too
thank The ODI for the transcript 1) Scripts 9 and 10 are done and 11 is almost done. 2) Two Hour Finale will air in two episodes over two weeks 3) Iron Man Trailer was cool
4) The Other Woman - What is the use of the Tempest? D&C: Joke about Arrow, but Tempest is very important hatch, their way of telling some of the island history. To show how the Dharma Initative gassed. Dharma was not necessarily.
5) Is Widmore really be the man behind the freighter? D&C: Yes and this is a BIG reveal and Ben knows why Widmore is trying to get to the island we should know by the end of the season and Ben is lying.
6) Will we see Harper again? D&C: Yes we did not kill her and she is still on the island.
7) Who is Ben's Man on the Boat? D&C: Find out this week in Ji Yeon (Episode 4x07)
8) Canon of LOST? Mobisodes, Find815, TLE, Via Domus and Orchid!? D&C: Good question, Mothership is main canon and it is tricky to keep our eye on everything. Mobisodes are, so is Orchid video which will come into play. Certain elements in other items such as Hanso perhaps in Bad Twin. At the end of the day main thing to follow is the show.
9)Lost and Gilligan Island D&C: Answer several joke type questions. Lol, Skipper borrowed Minnow from Libby and is a member of Dharma. :)
11) Mobisodes CS appears in Mobisode 13, CS appears in Episode 4x01 in Jacob's cabin, will we see more of CS in the future of LOST. D&C: Yes, we will him several more times and good question to ponder of CS in the lives of Jack and the other Losties.
12) Will we see Smokey? D&C: Yes we will this season. Try to show us smokey at least once a season.
13) Locke favorite character in Season 1, but actions are getting tougher to defend. Will his actions be redeemed? D&C: Locke is on a journey and in journeys there are periods of doubting and frustrations. It is cool to see a character struggle, but by the end of even this season Locke will have some better moments. Man of faith might doubt and have struggles, but will emerge as even a bigger
14) Via Domus Ending, was it a dream or Des like time travel? It wasn't all a dream, some moments had little dreams. The game is outside canon so it does not really matter and then they laugh.
15) Podcast host, Chris, really have a job? Yes, he works at ABC, Disney channel and marketing.
16) Will be back after episode 8 Meet Kevin Johnson, who is Kevin Johnson? We will meet him.
LOS ANGELES -- The end is nearing, and for the cast of ABC's Lost, that means planning for life off the island.
Dominic Monaghan (Charlie) and Evangeline Lilly (Kate) ended their real-life three-year relationship when his character drowned in last season's finale. Some of the cast have put their Oahu homes on the market. And all are wondering if their characters will make it to the show's spring 2010 series finale.
Just days before returning to Hawaii to begin work on this season's final five episodes, Yunjin Kim (Sun) kicks back during an interview at the Olympic Spa in Koreatown. She and on-screen husband Daniel Dae Kim (Jin) take center stage in Thursday's episode (9 p.m. ET/PT).
Lost's season kicked off with the announcement that the series would end after three shorter-than-normal 16-episode seasons. Then came the writers guild strike, which shortened this season (the fourth) to just 13 episodes.
"Most of us felt good about having an end date, and I know the producers really needed it to figure how to get there," says Kim, 34. "Now they're really moving along with the story line. Each episode actually answers one or two questions, which I really like."
Thursday's show will reveal the last remaining member, or members, of The Oceanic 6, a group of plane-crash survivors who made it off the island. So far, viewers know Jack (Matthew Fox), Kate (Lilly), Hurley (Jorge Garcia), Sayid (Naveen Andrews) and perhaps baby Aaron (Claire's son) are among them. So that leaves ... ?
"Will it be Sun or Jin or another character?" Kim asks coyly.
Like many viewers, Kim remembers being shocked when writers revealed that Kate ends up raising Aaron. After reading that script, she immediately phoned Emilie de Ravin (Claire), who called her back laughing. "She thought it was so funny. I said, 'You're not worried about Claire dying?' And she said, 'No. I'll be fine.'"
More will also be revealed about Sun's mysterious pregnancy. Unlike Claire, who was pregnant when Flight 815 crashed, Sun became pregnant on the island, which has meant death for every other expectant mom on the island.
Kim suspects this mystery may have to do with the island itself "not wanting new life. I'm just dying to find out what this island is all about."
For now, Kim's life means staying put in the oceanview Oahu condo she purchased in Season 2. She recalls telling Lost executive producer Carlton Cuse, "If you kill me off (early), you're going to buy my house, OK?"
Kim recalls that Cuse said, "You've got a deal."
"He sort of gave me an idea that I was going to be around for some time," she says.
"Some time" could be over soon, though, and when it is, Kim, who is single, plans to buy a home in Los Angeles rather than return to her native Korea where, before Lost, she enjoyed a successful film career. Her most recent film was Seven Days, shot over her summer 2006 hiatus, and it performed so well in Korea that Hollywood producers are considering an English-language remake. She also recently shot the short film Two Sisters, directed by friend Margaret Cho, for film-festival consideration.
Kim would prefer to have Sun's time come early and have a memorable death, rather than hold on for the sake of job security.
She recalls Monaghan's death scene: "We were all shocked that Dominic was going to go, but the way they ended Charlie Pace's story line was beautifully done and very emotional. I cried when I read the script. So I would rather have a great story line and end earlier."
