Thread: *LOST* Season Six

Can't wait !!! New season begins Feb 2

Lost: The Cast and Final Season of LOST
The LOST cast talks about the final season. Season 6 Episode: 1
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TV Is the Answer: Lost
How is following this show like being in an abusive relationship? Vloggers Beth & Val explain why the fifth season makes them both excited and nervous.
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I have seasons 1-5 on disc ... I am getting "LOST" all over again. My DH says he 'hates' the show .. but he sits there and watches it anyway !

They damn sure better not have been sleeping!

We caught bits and pieces the other night as a refresher. I am with justme. I hope they don't have it all as a dream or something stupid!!!

Lose yourself in new `Lost' season, or get lost
By Frazier Moore, Ap Television Writer
Fri Jan 29, 9:17 am ET

NEW YORK – You got a sense of how "Lost" ranks in the scheme of things when President Barack Obama saw it coming — and blinked.

Sure, this wasn't exactly a showdown between the leader of the free world (with his State of the Union address) and a TV series about people on an island.

But Obama could have scheduled his annual address for, say, this coming Tuesday night if he'd wanted to — the same night "Lost" was already scheduled by ABC to start its final season — which would have left millions of "Lost" fans wondering where the island went this time.

Despite fans fretting that such a bit of presidential one-upmanship might actually happen, Obama saw fit to do his State of the Union address a week before.

And, like it was always intended, "Lost" will do its thing Tuesday at 8 p.m. EST. Then "Lost" fans can take satisfaction, however fanciful, that, instead of someone moving the island, Obama moved his speech.

Make no mistake, this is a big deal to "Lost" fans: the beginning of the end of an epic mystery-thriller-what-have-you after six thrilling, mystical seasons.

Just 18 episodes remain, after which the series, and a certain brand of national obsession, will be over. The vast "Lost" lore — or most of it, or a teeny-weeny smidgen, at least — will finally make sense.

Or not.

You remember how last season ended. Jack (Matthew Fox) deployed a nuclear warhead that, if things went as he hoped, would rewrite history by destroying a huge pocket of electromagnetic energy that may have been responsible for pulling Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 out of the sky on the series' premiere and setting the whole darn show in motion.

In short, if this scheme worked, Flight 815 would have made it to Los Angeles as scheduled, while the show would have instantly been zeroed out. Then, like an M.C. Escher drawing, "Lost" would have disappeared into itself, or so it seems, and for the rest of the coming season, ABC would have to air something else. (Jimmy Kimmel in prime time?)

Another of the weird things you may recall from the finale: Locke (Terry O'Quinn) had an unprecedented audience with the never-before-seen uber-boss of the island, Jacob. But at the same time the meeting took place, a corpse that looked remarkably like Locke was lying on the beach in pasty-faced repose.

Can anyone on "Lost" coexist both living and dead? Was the other, walking-talking "Locke" some sort of impressionist just doing a really good imitation of O'Quinn? And does he ever play Vegas?

Questions like that have been piling up and preying on "Lost" fans ever since.

Fair warning! Now that a new season is here with a final infusion of fodder, speculation among "Lost" faithful could be rising to an unprecedented pitch — and pushing the patience of "Lost" nonobservers to the breaking point.

Consider a video spoof on The Onion's Web site, which cautions that the "final season of 'Lost' promises to make fans more annoying than ever."

"Do you think the show can REALLY surpass how incredibly aggravating the fans were LAST season?" the Onion News Network anchor asks his entertainment reporter. "Is that even possible?"

"No one knows for sure," she replies chirpily, "but the show's producers are confident."

So are officials around the country. According to The Onion, cities including Chicago and Seattle are convinced "that fans will be so much worse than previous years, they've already announced they'll be providing shelter Tuesday nights for anyone unlucky enough to be living with a 'Lost' fan."

No doubt about it: "Lost" really gets its believers revved up.

In this week's Newsweek magazine, columnist Joshua Alston writes that "more than anything else — and more than any other acclaimed show ever on television — 'Lost' is a show about faith."

But wait, there's more: "'Lost' has gone beyond being just a show about faith to being a meta-commentary on faith."

Alston concludes that "Lost," above all, is "a show about the big questions that lie at the heart of the human experience."

Or is it just possibly a show about the big questions lying at the heart of the show?

Whatever, "Lost" fans will be turning up the volume as they debate those questions, desperate to tease out the answers (and meta-answers) while wishing on some level they might never be burdened with what passes for truth.

Especially from a civilian.

In a hilarious scene on the NBC comedy "30 Rock" last fall, bubble-headed blond Jenna Maroney barged in on three of her colleagues watching "Battlestar Galactica" on a laptop at the office.

"So this all started when their plane crashed?" asked Jenna, trying to fit in.

"That's 'Lost,'" Toofer told her dismissively.

"Oh, right," she replied, unfazed. "You know, I met ('Lost' creator) J.J. Abrams once, and I don't know what this means, but he said the island is just Hurley's dream."

To that, all three reacted with scorn.

Dude! "Lost" is too important for pretenders to take part. For this final season, the "Lost" flock have license to be more obsessed and aggravating than ever, and they mean to exercise it. Anybody else is welcome to seek refuge.

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I am pissed they are putting this up against NCIS!!

I am pissed they are putting this up against NCIS!!

Ditto !



Fans search on Waikiki Beach for answers to 'Lost'
By Jaymes Song, Associated Press Writer Mon Feb 1, 12:54 pm ET

HONOLULU – What is that black smoke monster?

Will Jack's plan to rewrite history work?

Will Sun be reunited with Jin?

Will the real Locke please stand up?

What happens to the island?

What does it all mean?

How will it end?

Thousands of fans traveled from around the world to the home of "Lost" in a quest to get some answers to the questions that have piled up in the first five seasons. And they finally got what they were searching for — sort of.

A crowd of about 12,000 — some wearing bikinis — on Waikiki Beach were treated this weekend to a special screening of the season premiere, which airs Tuesday night on ABC (8 p.m. EST) and kicks off the sixth and final season of the castaway drama.

Stars and directors of "Lost" made an island-style, red-carpet appearance and bid "aloha" to the fans and each other.

Actor Josh Holloway soaked it all in amid a chorus of screaming, photo-snapping women packed 10 deep behind metal gates. "It's like being in high school. It's like being a senior — getting near the last days of school," said Holloway, who stars as hunky, bad-boy Sawyer.

In 16 episodes, the emotional journey will be ending for the characters and actors, most of whom were unknown before "Lost." "I was a struggling actor in the U.K. I came to Hawaii and now I'm on a hit show, so it's changed my life totally," said Henry Ian Cusick, who plays Desmond.

Nestor Carbonell, who plays Richard, the ageless Other, called it "an incredible ride," that he's not so certain he wants to end.

Jorge Garcia, who portrays the tormented Hurley, said he's pretty sure he'll shed a few tears when it's all over. "Right now, it's just a lot of appreciation and savoring the moment," he said. "I think when that last script gets dropped off at my house, that's when the sadness starts."

Evangeline Lilly, who stars as sexy jailbird Kate, said it'll be an "end of an era" for her personally. She was 24 when she joined the show and will be 31 when the show wraps this summer. "This show has carried me through some significant years and I'm going to miss it," she said. "I'm also excited. I'm excited for the freedom and opportunity it'll bring. But it'll be bittersweet."

ABC Entertainment President Stephen McPherson said the loyal and passionate fan base of "Lost" is a testament to the creative writing and compelling characters. "It's captured people the way no other show has captured them," McPherson said. Viewers are passionate about other ABC series including "Grey's Anatomy" and "Desperate Housewives," he said, but "Lost" has a different "sense about it," with fans drawn in by its exploration of personal reinvention and discovery.

Even as head honcho, he said, he doesn't know how it'll end. The actors are also left guessing. "I'm in a state of confusion," said Michael Emerson, who plays creepy Ben Linus. "Some big chunks are falling into place every week, but still I don't know where it's going. I thought midway through (filming) the final season, I would be able to begin to see the end. It's not the case."

Co-creator and executive producer Damon Lindelof is one of the few people who knows how it'll end and what questions will be resolved. "Our rule of thumb is if the characters who crashed on Oceanic 815 care about it, or if the answer is relevant to them, we're going to answer it," he said. "But if it's a mystery that the fans care about that has no bearing on the lives of our character, we're not going to answer it.

"This is a character-based show. We care more about emotions, motivations and ultimate destinies of the people. We don't care about who built the statue."

Last season ended with Jack (Matthew Fox) deploying a nuclear warhead that, if things went as he hoped, would rewrite history by destroying a huge pocket of electromagnetic energy that may have been responsible for crashing Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 into a mysterious South Pacific island. If Jack's plan works, the plane could make it to Los Angeles as scheduled. If it doesn't they'll still be on the rock.

"For Jack, ultimately it's going to be about a sense of redemption, a catharsis and sort of finally letting go and fulfilling what his destiny is," Fox said. "He's finally gotten to the point where he's ready to do that."

Daniel Dae Kim said Jin's journey will be trying to find his wife, Sun. "The audience has been kind of looking for that for a while and I'll be surprised if that didn't happen," Kim said.

There will be several characters returning during Season 6, including Claire, Michael and Libby. But what does it all mean and how are all the stories tied together?

"I have no clue. But I like it that way," Garcia said.

Lilly believes the show is about "redemption and about the tug-of-war between faith and science."

"I think it's probably ultimately trying to say, that tug-of-war is two ends of the same rope. That's my interpretation," she said.

The show first aired on Sept. 22, 2004, with the unforgettable airplane crash on a mysterious island that got stranger by the episode.

When the curtains are finally lowered and filming ends in April, the actors say they'll miss working with such a large and diverse cast that has grown to become very close. They'll also miss Hawaii, which has provided the stunning tropical backdrops. "Lost" is the most successful TV series to be shot in the islands since "Magnum P.I." (1980-88).

"I'll miss being on a beautiful beach at sunrise or working at Makapuu or Kualoa or Makua Valley, just places with such staggering beauty that you think, 'No one should get paid to work here,'" said Emerson, who won an Emmy last year for best supporting actor.

Some of the actors plan to stay in Hawaii. Others will move back to Los Angeles, take time off or concentrate on film. Fox, who is building a home in Oregon and will spend some time with family, said he's done with television after two series that lasted six seasons a piece.

Garcia said he's unsure what's in store for him.

"I'm going to have to go back to civilization and see what my next adventure is," he said.

Just like Hurley would do.

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Dragging it? Oh please... I hate hate hate that this show is ending!

More questions as `Lost' begins its last season
By Frazier Moore, Ap Television Writer
2 hrs 52 mins ago

NEW YORK – Hopeful, breathless, even fretful over what may lie ahead or be forever unexplained, "Lost" fans have welcomed back the ABC mystical thriller for its sixth season — the beginning of its long-coming, too-close-for-comfort finale.

The end is coming May 23, according to "Lost" co-creators Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof, who made it official Tuesday during guest appearances on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"

The first two of the final 18 hours had aired earlier in the evening as its season premiere.

Did this double-dip opener address the pair of island mysteries gnawing at viewers since last May?

What was the upshot of the kookie nuclear explosion Jack (Matthew Fox) masterminded to rewrite history and render the series' whole story line moot? And what's the scoop with the dead John Locke (Terry O'Quinn) coexisting with his very-much-alive John Locke look-alike?

(Warning: possible pesky spoilers ahead.)

Well, Jack is seen back on Oceanic Airlines Flight 815, and despite several moments of troubling turbulence, soon enough all seems well.

"Looks like we made it," Jack says to a fellow passenger as the flight smooths out.

Was this a replay of the original flight, just before the plane was pulled apart by electromagnetic energy and crashed in the series premiere?

Maybe Jack's grand plan to prevent that crash didn't work.

Or maybe it did.

Then the action shifts to the island and the construction site of the Swan station, where the nuclear bomb had been detonated at last season's end to cap the deep pocket of electromagnetic forces. Jack, Kate (Evangeline Lily) and Sawyer (Josh Holloway) are bloodied and shaken up by the eruption.

And Juliet (Elizabeth Mitchell), who set off the nuke after plunging to the bottom of the shaft with the bomb, is found by Sawyer alive. Alive long enough for their tearful farewell, anyway.

Elsewhere, the island's uber-boss, Jacob (Mark Pellegrino), who was apparently stabbed and burned to death in last season's finale, seems in fine fettle long enough to declare, "I died an hour ago."

As for the live version of Locke: Seems as though this is the human alter ego for the mysterious Smoke Monster, which has plagued the islanders in the past.

"I'm sorry you had to see me like that," he tells Ben (Michael Emerson), who is shocked by the sight of the carnage inflicted on Jacob's thuggish security guards.

"What are you?" asks Ben when the monster reverts to Locke's human form.

"I'm not a what, Ben. I'm a who," says ersatz Locke.

"You're the monster," Ben insists.

"Let's not resort to name-calling," the Locke character says.

Then this creature that looks like Locke delivers a tribute to the real and real-dead Locke: "He was weak and pathetic and irreparably broken. But despite all that, there was something admirable about him: He was the only one of them who didn't want to leave. The only one who realized how pitiful the life he left behind actually was."

Halfway through the program, the passengers of Oceanic 815 — including Locke, Jack and other prominent characters — are seen deplaning after the jet has safely landed in Los Angeles. Oddly, they mostly appear less than happy to be there, unhappy with themselves. Even pitiful in their lives.

During this, which is perhaps some sort of alternate narrative device, on which "Lost" thrives, Jack and Locke are thrown together at the airport for a brief conversation. Jack, a spinal surgeon, asks why Locke is in a wheelchair.

"Surgery isn't going to do anything to help me," says Locke, little suspecting that, once on the island, his paralysis would miraculously be cured. "My condition is irreversible."

"Nothing is irreversible," says Jack with a doctor's confidence.

Jack could have been talking about the stirring, often murky, sometimes overreaching "Lost" premiere, on which even Sayid (Naveen Andrews) comes to life after apparently dying from a gunshot wound.

Nothing is irreversible. Except, apparently, the end of "Lost" just weeks from now.


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