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Doody · 05-23-2007, 07:03 PM

Here ya go Snoozie! And tell your son!

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One mystery solved: 'Lost' to end in 2010

By Gary Levin, USA TODAY

The end is in sight for ABC's acclaimed island mystery Lost, but fans will have to wait until 2010 for all the answers.

In a highly unusual move, the network announces plans today to end the show after three more shortened seasons of 16 episodes each. The episodes will air consecutively, repeat-free, from February to May.

ABC's bold step marks a response to the show's producers, who have been eager to set a finish line to better plot out their convoluted mystery of plane-crash survivors and to placate fans who are frustrated that the show seemed to be vamping its way to a conclusion.

"Among fans there was an unease that they were making an investment in a show that's complicated without any sense of where that's going to lead them," co-creator Damon Lindelof said in an exclusive interview. "From the very beginning, fans and even critics have been saying, 'Are you making it up as you go along?' " which was "a legitimate question."

Now, with a still far-away ending in sight, Lindelof says he and executive producer Carlton Cuse have "specific designs for ending the next two seasons" and promises that with the answer-filled season finale May 23, viewers "will begin to get an idea of what that design will be, and it will not be at all what they expect."

The finale completed filming in Hawaii on Saturday, a day after Lindelof and Cuse signed new contracts that will keep them working on Lost exclusively for the duration. With 48 more episodes due, the show will have completed 60% of its planned six-season run.

"It's practically unprecedented in network TV to announce the end of a show this far out," Cuse says.

ABC Entertainment president Steve McPherson says the unusual long-term commitment is "a unique situation" he would be unlikely to repeat for other series. "It's one of the best shows that's ever been on," he says. "It's got brilliant storytelling, incredible character work, and takes chances beyond anything that's on the air now."

With Desperate Housewives, Lost re-energized ABC in fall 2004 and became a top 10 series. But after two time-slot switches, interruptions for low-rated repeats and a mystery that tried the patience of some fans, Lost has lost some steam. Ratings are down about 14% this season, though Lost still ranks highly among young adults and is the most heavily recorded show on DVRs.

McPherson concedes that splitting the current third season in two "was not the best for the show" and says the network also is discussing a return to an earlier time slot to draw more family viewership.

Shorter seasons will allow plots to be more tightly constructed and "will make it a real event," Lindelof says. "We won't have to do episodes where people are standing on the beach looking at the water and wondering what's going to happen next."

Will Lost risk losing fans' interest with an eight-month lag? "People wait longer than eight months for the next books and films in the Harry Potter story and they don't seem to lose interest," Cuse says. "We have faith that our audience, knowing exactly how much of the story we have left, is going to be with us for the rest of the ride."

But, Lindelof says, "the last five minutes of (this month's) finale are going to seal our fate."

snoozie · 05-23-2007, 09:07 PM

Thanks Doody. I was kinda looking forward to knowing everything tonight but then I could truly say I know it all and nobody likes a know it all.

...Sue

Doody · 05-24-2007, 09:57 AM

I can't believe they killed off Charlie.

And the drama following Jack blew my mind at the end!!! I thought we were following him through the past but it would now appear they got off the island but not in an oh so pleasant way???? Vewy intewesting!

snoozie · 05-25-2007, 01:01 AM

Hi Doody, I am going to miss Charlie too. Remember the ring he left in the babies bed? I wonder if it will be found?

DO you remember when ...oh heck what's his name...Dexter? ??? Anyway he told Charlie the only way they would get off the island is for Charlie to die. He had prevented his death several times and thought this is what had to happen. Still sad to lose Charlie, especially since it is not over.

Pretty wild about Jack though, It gave it away that they do get off the island so what happens next season?

You know what, I am entirely too wrapped up in these shows. Me thinks I need to get a life

...Sue

Doody · 05-25-2007, 09:32 AM

Oh my gosh, there are SO many Lost fan sites out there, and they all have opinions on what has happened and will happen and they are all very interesting. I don't think Lost can go on without the island being involved. People would be bored with it for sure.

I think just a few of them got off the island. And Jack wants to go back because he was the one who made the mistake of making that phone call that Ben told him not to make. Maybe Dexter got out of the Looking Glass, made it back to the island, and warned them all not to take the helicopter when it go there, I don't know! So some stayed and some left.

Maybe everyone who stayed behind has now joined "The Others" in a battle against whoever is on that ship they called.

It just sucks we have to WAIT so long!

I had 3 favorite parts of the last show. Hurley, of course, in the van. That wild woman who smacked Ben across the face (the one who finally reunited with her daughter), and Jack smackin the padoodle out of Ben. Almost relieved me, LOLOL!

There are more, but this page lists sites.

snoozie · 05-25-2007, 11:14 AM

I love Hurley!! That was awesome when he came flying in there like that.

It was good to see the girl reunited with her mom, that was sweet. Remember she said she was not leaving the island so I wonder how many others (not others in that sense lol) stayed behind too.

When will the new season start? I hope it is not next Jan because that is just too long.

I stayed away from Lost sights because I wanted to watch the final episode without any spoilers that you sometimes see on those but now I will go check some out.

What will we do with our Wed nights now?????...Sue

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