Category Archives: Behind the scenes / elsewhere

Promos, leaked sneak peek, and schedule for the LOST Season 5 Finale

Posted on May 8, 2009 | Leave a comment

Can you believe that Season 5 is almost over? I don’t want it to end!

The Finale should be great, though.

Wednesday evening will start off with yet another clip/recap show, this one called Lost: A Journey in Time. From the press release, it sounds as if it will pick up where the last one left off, after the Losties returned to the Island.

Right after the clip show, the 2-hour Season 5 Finale, The Incident parts 1 & 2, will begin.

The Incident was written by our old friends Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. The director is Jack Bender, who has directed many of the best LOST episodes, including, among many others, all of the previous Season Finales, The Constant, The Man from Tallahassee (probably my all-time favorite episode), and most recently, Some Like it Hoth.

Here’s the trailer for the finale:

And here are some promo pictures (Contains spoilers, including one character I wasn’t expecting to see!):

Here’s a sneak peek that was leaked from the set. It looks like it might be rehearsal footage or an early take (?) shot by a bystander (?) on the set (Contains spoilers!)

Schedule

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

8:00 – 9:00 pm Clip show Lost: A Journey in Time

9:00 – 11:00 pm Finale, Episodes 16 and 17, The Incident, parts 1 and 2

(Everything is an hour earlier in Central Time)

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Please don’t post any spoiler info in the comments (including anything spoiler-ish from the promo pictures and videos above) until after the Finale airs in the U.S.

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5×15 ‘Follow the Leader’ on tonight, May 6, 2009

Posted on May 6, 2009 | Leave a comment

In this week’s official audio podcast, Carlton and Damon tease us about who the “Leader” in the episode title might be.

Does the title refer to Jack? they ask. Or could it be Sawyer? Or perhaps John Locke? Carlton and Damon remind us that the last time we saw John Locke, the Smoke Monster, in the form of Ben’s dead daughter, told Ben that he had to listen to everything that John Locke said.

It’s hard to imagine Ben is very happy about that.

I’m going to be out this evening, and I’m not sure if I will be home in time to watch the episode live. If not, I will watch it on tape, and post about it as soon as I can.

Enjoy!

Schedule

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

9:00 pm – 10:02 pm Follow the Leader

(An hour earlier, Central time)

Next week is the Season Finale!

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LOST in Paris

Posted on May 5, 2009 | 2 comments

Producers/writers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse recently returned from Paris, where they were honored at the Jules Verne Festival, receiving an award for their work on LOST.

Evangeline Lilly and Michael Emerson were there too, their identity having been kept a secret until the day they appeared, in a nod to the mysteries of the show.

This first clip is a little dark and shaky, but I love the excitement of the crowd, who were clapping and cheering and screaming as if they were at a rock concert combined with an Olympics final event.

In the beginning of this next clip, the crowd went wild again, counting down with the Dharma clock, and screaming when Evangeline Lilly came out.

The interviewers and Evangeline Lilly talked in French, and while I only know a few words of the language, the message was clear when Evangeline asked the crowd if they preferred Jack (boos) or Sawyer (big cheers).

Then Michael Emerson came out. More screams! Speaking in English, he had many interesting things to say about his character Benjamin Linus. At the end, some of the other stars, back in Hawaii, appeared in film clips to say hello to the Festival attendees. Josh Holloway got the biggest screams. Sawyer love is apparently the same all over the world.

How exciting this all looks! And how lucky the people who were there in the audience.

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Posted in Awards, Ben (Michael Emerson), Damon and Carlton, Interviews, Kate (Evangeline Lilly), Paris 2009, Sawyer (Josh Holloway)

Uh, oh. I think Daniel is REALLY dead.

Posted on May 1, 2009 | 2 comments
Daniel Faraday, looking pretty dead, at the end of 5x14 The Variable

Daniel Faraday, looking pretty dead, at the end of 5x14 The Variable

I was holding out hope that he was still alive. After all, on LOST a character can get shot in the chest and be fine within a few days, like Little Ben and, earlier, John Locke.

But, alas, it looks as if it really is the end for Daniel Faraday. In an interview with TV Guide, Damon and Carlton talk about having an exit interview with Jeremy Davies, the actor who played Faraday:

Lindelof and Cuse say they were impressed by how gracefully Davies dealt with his dismissal. While disappointed to be losing a paycheck, the actor saw his departure as essential to their storytelling. Lindelof says, “When Carlton and I called Jeremy to explain what was going to be happening with Faraday, we’ve never had a more awesome exit interview with somebody on the show.”

However, there is a hint, in the TV Guide story, that Faraday may be coming back, in some capacity, after all.

Cuse adds “… It really ends one chapter and commences the start of the final chapter of the entire series. Once we explained that to Jeremy, while he was personally saddened that his full-time status on Lost was coming to an end, he put the story above his own personal self.” (Hmmm…notice Cuse’s wording: “full-time status”.)

I wonder if this means that he will come back as a ghost. Or perhaps he’ll have a part in someone else’s flashback.

Screencap from Lost-Media

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Amazing sneak peeks of 5×14 The Variable, which will air tonight April 29, 2009

Posted on April 29, 2009 | 2 comments
Jeremy Davies as Daniel Faraday

Jeremy Davies as Daniel Faraday

The Variable, LOST’s 100th episode, is going to focus on Daniel Faraday, showing his flashbacks for the first time.

In the April 23, 2009 official audio podcast, Damon and Carlton confirm (as I had guessed in an earlier post) that the title “The Variable” is a reference to “The Constant” from last season, and there is indeed a connection between the two episodes — in an interview, Damon calls the new episode a “companion piece” to the previous one.

We will also see Desmond tonight, and find out if he survived being shot by Ben.

In the podcast, Damon and Carlton say they think The Variable came out as one of the best episodes of the season, and they’re excited to see what we think of it.

Here are three great clips from the episode, courtesy of DarkUFO. Don’t watch if you want to remain completely unspoiled! Otherwise … enjoy!

Sawyer and Juliet:

Faraday, Jack, and Miles. Wow. This clip literally gave me chills! –>

Faraday and Dr. Chang:

This episode looks like it’s going to be AMAZING.

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Posted in 4x05 The Constant, 5x14 The Variable, Damon and Carlton, Desmond (Henry Ian Cusick), Destiny versus Free Will, Dr. Chang (Francois Chau), Faraday (Jeremy Davies), Jack (Matthew Fox), Miles (Ken Leung), Schedule, Suliet (Sawyer and Juliet)

Evangeline Lilly talks about Josh Holloway and Matthew Fox

Posted on April 28, 2009 | 6 comments
Sawyer, Kate, and Jack Season 1 promo picture

Sawyer, Kate, and Jack Season 1 promo picture

Those of you (and I know you are out there!) who HATE the Kate-Sawyer-Jack-(Juliet) love triangle/quadrangle might want to back out now, because in this video, Evangeline Lilly (Kate) talks about what it’s like to work with her co-stars Matthew Fox (Jack) and Josh Holloway (Sawyer).

Actually, this has some great clips — of Sawyer taking off his glasses when he firsts sees Kate in Dharma time, of a tender Sawyer-Kate kiss, of the Kate-Jack kiss after Kate leaves Aaron (though that latter scene is almost too dark to see, at least on my monitor), and of the interaction between Jack and Sawyer when Jack refuses to treat Little Ben.

Evangeline talks about how Matthew and Josh have different ways of working, how Matthew is more cerebral, and Josh more instinctive:

Promo picture (c) ABC, from Lost-Media.com

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Posted in Interviews, Jack (Matthew Fox), Jate (Jack and Kate), Kate (Evangeline Lilly), Sawyer (Josh Holloway), Skate (Sawyer and Kate)

Still no news on the lawsuit against Cusick

Posted on April 27, 2009 | Leave a comment

There were no updates today on the sexual harassment lawsuit a former member of the LOST production crew filed against Henry Ian Cusick on Friday.

Reporters have tried to contact Cusick’s manager, the Plaintiff’s attorney, ABC spokespersons, and employees of Grass Skirt Productions, but everyone involved seems to be staying quiet for now. I imagine there is some frantic activity going on behind the scenes, as they all try to figure out what to do next.

Check back here for updates.

Read the Complaint that was filed in court on Friday (PDF)

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