Posted by docarzt on Monday, March 2nd, 2009 at 4:23 pm - filed under Lost News - (21) Comments
Want TV News? Visit TVOvermind.comYou probably have already heard that LOST is taking a day off on March 11th, when they will re-air “laFleur” which premieres this week. Looks like ABC has scheduled one more break before the end of the season. On April 22nd, ABC will be airing a clip show and no new episode. This opens an interesting possibility: since the clip show usually precedes finales, is LOST going to have a four part finale?
On the reaction side of things, personally I think a couple of weeks is nothing compared to the hiatus that follows the end of LOST season 5. I can hack it. It might actually be refreshing in a weird, masochistic sort of way. Your thoughts?
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I agree. Missing a week twice during the season just means 2 weeks less to wait in between the seasons. Even if it is just a drop in the bucket of hiatus, I’ll take it.
the universe is on my side for this one. it knows that i am moving and would miss the finale unless they took a week off!!!!
It might be nice to decelerate.
I hope that the breaks are necessary for finishing the product and not positioning for Sweeps. I understand they have to make a dollar. It would be nice, though, if knowing about these two weeks in advance of the season they could have written a couple extended episodes – a couple this year have literally flown be, seeming almost stunted in exposition.
I agree with you, but the timing tells all – it’s for sweeps.
Then again, maybe it’s because J. Wood at Powell’s Books is behind in his examinations and they don’t know where to go without his references!
The one week off may help build anticipation a bit. Kind of like the Super Bowl frenzy. Anyway, it makes good sense if the breaks come at a logical time in the story. Seeing as Damon said Act1 was 1-7 and Act2 was 8-13, this almost fits. So yes, Act3 is then 14-17, four hours worth. The original reports had off week #1 following “Life and Death” but they changed it to follow “LaFleur” probably so we don’t forget about that storyline for too long after back to back stand alone episodes.
That’s what I was thinking–it’s a natural break in the way they have written this year.
But I am OK with them milking sweeps. Lost is one of the most expensively produced shows on television. Let the network make a buck on it if that means Lost gets to keep its lavish budget!
Annoying, considering they pushed and pushed and advertised an “uninterrupted” season 5. Why bother advertising a full season then fall back on the promise?
A one week break is not bad… much better than a hiatus for sure. Hope they leave us with a good cliffhanger to keep our brain cells sharp
actually works out for me since I have an exam in that week, so no temptation now
Well, in all sincerity, these breaks will give my mind a rest. You would think that one week between episodes would do that, but clearly it hasn’t lol.
Are we ever going to get to experience that elusive Uninterrupted LOST season?
I believe that is called “the DVD”.
Seriously though, this is so much better than the way they used to air it that it’s difficult to coomplain.
i understand the reasoning behind sweeps, but i don’t know what i’m gonna do w/o my lost fix! i agree w/ allison re: the whole publicity behind the uninterrupted season…don’t mention it if you aren’t gonna do it. ARGH!
Oh well….one less nosebleed. LOL
They should put in some extra candy there, like giving us some extra sneak peaks or something.
How about a Stars competition between Losties and the Others!!!
A week off will allow me to watch all of the episodes of the season again… as opposed to just watching the most recent one 3 or 4 times. I can handle it.
You mean I’m going to have to find something else to do on that night? Oh, darn. Maybe I’ll do something crazy like read a book or work on one of my models. Or go really wild and clean up the house.
A four-part finale would rock, though.
The only thing that I don’t understand is why they would repeat the episode that just aired the week earlier. What’s the point in doing that? What they should do is fill the void with a behind-the-scenes special. I really enjoyed that ‘16 Hours in the Life of Lost’ special, or whatever it was actually called, I can’t exactly remember, that featured on the Season 3 DVD extras. Like some insight into what goes on in the LOST writers room (however they should only show the team discussing episodes that have already screened [keep the spolierphobes happy]). At the very least they could just run another recap show, which I know you said would happen in April, but I would rather that happen for this first break than just a verbatim replay of the previous episode.
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