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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."
Source: AOL News
This is a show that ABSOLUTELY needed to have a defined finish. I wonder how many of the actors on the show will ask to be killed off before then though. May have to re-write a couple scripts. lol
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To be honest, 2010 is a little too extreme only 'cause most people will probably ask to be killed off the show like Danny mentioned and also the storyline might be very stail. It'll probably end up being like Gilibens Island where after 4-5 seasons it became a huge let down. But since it's my favorite show on T.V. i'm hoping stays strong through the seasons.
I remember reading an article when the show first came out saying that the best thing about the show is that with so many characters and stars, if any of them got into trouble, or held out for more money, or if there were any other unforeseen problems, they could just write them off the show and then move on.
Which is what happened to Ana Lucia and Mr. Eko. It's also what happened to Walt and Michael. They realized that the child actor who played Walt would grow every year, and it would look ridiculous that they're only supposed to have been on the island for a few weeks and the kid looks 4 years older or whatever. So, they had Michael and Walt "leave" the island, to avoid this problem.
I wonder if they will ever explain what happened to them...
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I remember reading an article when the show first came out saying that the best thing about the show is that with so many characters and stars, if any of them got into trouble, or held out for more money, or if there were any other unforeseen problems, they could just write them off the show and then move on.
Which is what happened to Ana Lucia and Mr. Eko. It's also what happened to Walt and Michael. They realized that the child actor who played Walt would grow every year, and it would look ridiculous that they're only supposed to have been on the island for a few weeks and the kid looks 4 years older or whatever. So, they had Michael and Walt "leave" the island, to avoid this problem.
I wonder if they will ever explain what happened to them...
When they interviewed the guy who played Michael right after he left he said that they "would be back".
I have yet to see this occur so i'm wondering what the heck happened?
Either:
1. The writers lied to him
2. He'll come back before the end
Who knows?
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Well, if Walt does come back, maybe it will be played by a different kid? Hey, it's been done before.
And regarding the Jack dying thing....I did read an article that said during the season finale there is going to be a few BIG deaths. Maybe Charlie, perhaps? His character is pretty stale, and I've gotten bored of him. Plus, the whole Charlie/Desmond stuff makes it an easy-to-believe death. It's also been a long time since we had a Charlie-centric episode.
After all the hype when this series first started I watched the first few episodes and knew it just wasn`t for me. My daughter still watches it every week, but I don`t. I just have to suffer it in the background whilst I`m doing something else.
Big, big let down as far as I`m concerned. Endless flashbacks spoil the whole thing for me. To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 20 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
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