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Daniel Dae Kim Talks Lost

Lost returns this Thursday night, and we can't wait. Kristin Dos Santos of E! is hanging out in Hawaii with the cast, trying to get scoop and spoilers. Here she talks to Daniel Dae Kim about the three possibilities that surround his character Jin. Specifically, is he really dead or not? And if so, when does he die? Daniel also talks about getting the dreaded "call" from Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof.

Posted on April 21, 2008
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Lost Returns in Late April

Lost will return to TV screens on April 24th and will wrap up the current season with five new episodes. The truncated season was necessitated by the writers' strike interruption. But things are back on track now.

Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, co-executive producers of ABC's Lost, told SCI FI Wire that the current season's final batch of new episodes will unspool a story arc based on a plan devised in anticipation of the writers' strike. "The last two weeks before the strike, we actually sat down and said, 'Here is what we want to tell for the rest of the season,'" Kitsis said in an interview. "We all sat down, and the entire staff came up with a battle plan in place."

When Lost returns in late April, it will wrap up the fourth season with five episodes, three fewer than planned before the strike took place. "We got to tell a little more story this season than we anticipated," Kitsis said. "It's really worked out well. We came back from the strike, and everyone is just really excited, and I have to say, creatively, every day has been a pleasure. Everything we're doing right now is exciting, and every script that is going out, you're jealous if you didn't write it."

As for the missing episodes? "I feel that the three missing episodes will be made up over the course of the next two seasons," Horowitz said. "Seasons four, five and six are meant to encompass 48 episodes." Kitsis added: "I have a feeling it will mean more, like, two-hour shows as opposed to more episodes, but those are decisions above our pay grade."

We've been very happy with this season so far, although some fans are really getting tired of the flash-forward scenes. But we aren't. Plus, Lindelof has promised that the mystery of the four-toed statue will eventually resolved, so that makes us happy. Lost returns on ABC on April 24th at its new timeslot. It's still on Thursday, but starts an hour later at 10 p.m. ET.

Posted on March 25, 2008
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Terry O'Quinn Wins Emmy for Portrayal of John Locke

Photo of Terry O'Quinn as John Lock of Lost

Photo of Terry O'Quinn as John Lock of Lost

Terry O'Quinn won an Emmy last night for his portrayal of John Locke on Lost.

The Emmy Awards slighted SF&F TV again in ceremonies broadcast live on Fox on Sept. 16, with Lost's Terry O'Quinn winning the only major prime-time award, for best supporting actor. O'Quinn won the Emmy for his portrayal of the conflicted John Locke on the ABC SF show.

"Sometimes when we're rolling around in the jungle in the mud, hitting each other and stabbing each other, I wonder what it would be like to bake up a sheet of cookies on Wisteria Lane and get one of their checks," O'Quinn said in accepting his award, referring to ABC's Desperate Housewives, according to a report by the Associated Press.

"Then I think about my castmates and crewmates, and I realize why I have the best job in the world," O'Quinn added. Lost returns in midseason.

O'Quinn's was up against his Lost co-star Michael Emerson, Grey's Anatomy's T.R. Knight, Masi Oka from Heroes and Michael Imperioli from The Sopranos. Other than O'Quinn's well-deserved win for Best Suporting Actor in a Drama, Lost was otherwise pretty much ignored at the Emmys.

Posted on September 17, 2007
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Jeff Fahey Joining Cast of Lost

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Actor Jeff Fahey has been cast in the new season of Lost.

[S]hooting on the first episode is underway, and the show's five new cast members are officially in place. Yes, we said five: Executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse tell EW.com that Jeff Fahey — a cult-pop fave most famous for The Lawnmower Man and most recently seen in Grindhouse — has been added to the show, joining previously announced newcomers Jeremy Davies (Saving Private Ryan), Lance Reddick (The Wire), Ken Leung (The Sopranos), and British actress Rebecca Mader (The Devil Wears Prada, Love Monkey).

The producers wouldn't comment on the character that Fahey will be playing, but said he was the first and only choice for the role. "The Lawnmower Man and [the 1995 TV series] The Marshall are personal faves," says Cuse. "And he has the most intense eyes of any guy out there, and I say that as a non-gay man." Adds Lindelof: "Fahey is one of those actors who feels like he fits into the Lost model: He's enormously talented and will be vaguely recognizable to some people, but he'll be able to land on our island without most people going, 'Oh, I know who that guy is.' And especially for the part we cast him for, he has exactly the right sensibilities."

He's the new Jacob, isn't he? He has to be! Not that we really know of course, but think about it....he has to be Jacob.

Posted on August 28, 2007
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Lost: The Orchid Orientation Video

Screencap of Lost Orchid Orientation Video

Screencap of Lost Orchid Orientation Video

Entertainment Weekly analyzes the mysterious (and hilarious, if you ask us) new video from the producers of Lost which purports to be a long-lost Dharma Initiative orientation video.

Q: Have you seen that new Dharma Initiative orientation video that everyone's talking about?

A: I did! And if you haven't, some background: at their Comic-Con fan summit, the producers claimed they had found and edited together strips of film found inside a Hanso Foundation warehouse in Iceland. The footage is comprised of outtakes from a botched attempt to produce an orientation film for a Dharma facility known as "Station Six, or The Orchid." You can now find the clip in the Lost section at abc.com.

Q: Is it true that in the Comic-Con version of the film, Dr. Marvin Candle - or "Dr. Edgar Halowax" as he calls himself this time around - dropped an F-bomb?

A: He did! It was pretty funny. In fact, the uncharacteristic expletive - combined with bits like Candle/Halowax complaining about having to wear makeup ("I'm a scientist!" he conspicuously insists/protests) and fastidiously smoothing the wrinkles his white lab coat - give this strange artifact the feel of being a parody of a Dharma orientation film.

Q: So what's your analysis?

A: For starters, it would be inaccurate to call this thing an official orientation film. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that this film was never finished because the Orchid project was abandoned due to the dangerous, unpredictable environment inside the station. (Could this station be the one that mysteriously "divested" from the Dharma Initiative, according to the Blast Door Map?)

Q: By "dangerous" and "unpredictable," we presume you're referring to the part in the Orchid film in which Dr. Halowax freaks out over the mysteriously replicating bunny?

A: Bingo. At one point, we see Dr. Halowax holding a white rabbit with the number 15 inked on its side - and then, suddenly, unexpectedly, another bunny with the number 15 inked on its side appears behind him. Halowax starts to panic. He clutches Number 15 (No. 1) tightly to his chest, desperate to make sure that the twin bunnies don't share the same space. Then he demands that the cameraman stop filming. The last thing we see is Halowax, now calm, stroking the rabbit and saying, "As you have no doubt surmised, Station 6, or 'the Orchid,' is not a botanical research unit."

The Orchid orientation video, with the mysterious replicating bunny can be seen below. So what's going on? Why is Dr. Candle pretending to be Dr. Halowax? Why can't the bunnies occupy the same space/time? Is one an anti-bunny that will cause a massive explosion if it touches the bunny? Is there time travel involved? What happened to The Orchid station, anyway? We can only hope that Dr. Candle is still alive on that island, somewhere and that he's sane enough to give some explanations of what in the world he was up to.

Posted on August 14, 2007
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