Whatever Happened, Happened Sneak Peeks

Three Sneak Peeks for Whatever Happened, Happened:
The first one shows Juliet trying to save young Ben's life:

The second one is Jacking telling Sawyer he won't try to save young Ben:

And in the third one, Hurley and the group discuss Doc Brown's time travel theory:

Mmmmmm Lost

From Hawaii Magazine:

New Hawaii burger joint part of Daniel Dae Kim's post-Lost plans
I recently had breakfast with Lost actor Daniel Dae Kim—and well-known Hawaii restaurateur, DK Kodama—at their new Hawaii restaurant. The two are partners in The Counter, a build-your-own burger place in Kahala Mall (a sizeable neighborhood mall in East Honolulu that also houses a Whole Foods, and an Apple store, among other retailers).

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Ellie Is Eloise

Hope you can read this, (if you can't click on the photo for a larger view)I just found it on DarkUFO:
This confirms that the blond from Jughead is in fact Eloise Hawkins.
My hats off to Barry whose nailed this theory from early on. Read about it here.


Barry Says:
thank you, thank you...you can leave donations for my prowess at the door..lol. meanwhile it was not unnoticeable on the last episode that one of the others' thugs questioned richard when he was taking in the young, injured ben linus...in effect, "have you talked to ELLIE or charles about this?" of course richard doesn't answer to them lol, but apparently those two were pretty operative in the others' camp in days gone by...

Response:
It's always fun to reveal in victory when Lost theories pan out! And you good sir have earned the right to gloat. I hope we get to see a little more about the Others in the 70s and just how important Ellie and Widdie were to the Others. Plus we need to know how Ben 'stole everything he has' from ole Charles. I imagine that we may get some of that info in the next episode Dead is Dead being that it's a Ben episode and he's being judged for the sins of his past. Although that may just include the sins of the past three years and not all his sin.

What You May Have Missed

On the Island:

• The book Ben gives Sayid to read is A Separate Reality by Carlos Castaneda, a philosophical text that is based on facts about a man's study with a Shaman sorcerer to understand the mystical powers of being a leader.
• During the meeting, Radzinsky threatened to call Ann Arbor. That city is home to the University of Michigan, the same college that DHARMA founders Karen and Gerald DeGroot work at.
• The building that the flaming DHARMA van runs into is Building 15, one of the Numbers.

In Flashbacks:

• The building Sayid was in, in Moscow, was number 32, but we see it backwards, so it looks like 23, one of the Numbers.
• The name of this building is that's written backwards in Russian, it's "Oldham Pharmaceuticals." Oldham, the torturer, later drugs Sayid on the Island.
• Sayid ordered MacCutcheon at the bar, the same brand of fictional whiskey enjoyed by Charles Widmore.

Lost: What You Need To Know

Lost: What You Need To Know

Love Quadrangle Questions

From Watch with Kristen:
Here's what we can tell you about your favorite Lost lovers' chances of hooking up again this season:

* Juliet & Sawyer: Going strong. Season five is Lost's bizarroverse season, and Lost will devote a lot of screentime to the left-field pairing of Suliet through the end of the year.
* Juliet & Jack: Sorry Jacketeers, but at least in season five, these two are going nowhere fast.
* Sawyer & Kate: Over the next batch of eps, Sawyer and Kate get under each other's skin, but probably don't actually get into each other's pants. (That's OK, Skaters—there's always fanfic.)
* Jack & Kate: The series' original couple always has each other's backs. But do they make the beast with two backs again this season? Doubtful.
* Jin & Sun: Jun don't reunite until closer to the finale, but that wedding we told you about? Word on the street is that it's a flashback to the Kwon nuptials. Yay!

From Ausiello

From EW:
Question: Is Elizabeth Mitchell leaving Lost? It will break my heart if she does. --Cristiane
Ausiello: I address the murky Mitchell situation in this week's EW (on sale Friday), but this much I can tell you now: Juliet will definitely appear on Lost next season.

Question: Please give us a hint about the big death in the Lost finale. Bill
Ausiello: Just this one: That's not what people will be talking about the next morning. Trust me.

He's Our You Review

He's our you brings in the return of the Flashbacks, so let's start there. Say id kills the last of Ben's list in Moscow and Linus tells him he's free and can go back to his life. After Locke died, Ben visits Sayid in Santa Domeniga domenican republic, tells him Locke is dead, and he thinks it was murder, probably because he did it. This sets in motion the events from the end of last year when Sayid rescues Hurley from the mental institution. After the meeting at slip 23, Sayid meets a lady in a bar, unfortunately for him she's a bounty hunter. This is how Sayid ends up on flight 316. In 1977 Ben brings Sayid a sandwich and a separate reality. He tells Sayid to be patient and he'll help him escape. Sayid doesn't want to talk he makes it clear he doesn't want to live dharmaville so Sawyer tells him he's on his own. Hurley tells Kate about sawyer and Juliet living together, Kate didn't know. Awkward. Roger Workman Linus finds out Ben's been bringing Sayid sandwaches and beats him for it. Sawyer gives Sayid one more chance to join the Initiative before taking him to Oldham. Who's Oldham? "He's our you."(from Sawyer to Sayid) He doesn't take that opportunity and they drug him for the truth. And he gives it to them. From oceanic 815 to the purge and every thing in between but they don't believe him seeing how time travel sounds crazy and all. After a vote to kill Sayid, Sawyer tells him to punch him and run, but Sayid is now on a mission. A flaming dharma bus crashes into a house. Way to go jack. It's actually Ben creating a diversion. Always crafty Ben and Sayid make a run for it. And after having to knock out Jin, Sayid shoots young Ben Linus. Next week in Whatever Happened, Happened, Kate goes to extreme measures to save Ben's life when Jack refuses to help. Meanwhile, Kate begins to tell the truth about the lie in order to protect Aaron. So watch Whatever Happened, Happened next Wednesday, and that's what you need to know so you're not Lost when it comes to Lost.

Who's That Lady?

Check it out! I had no idea, but I just read that there was a blond woman in the Dharma shack that Christian was in at the end of last weeks episode, Namaste. Very interesting. Is it a mistake, I doubt it. Although the production team did make a mistake earlier this year with the date of Charlotte's birth. But this is a person in a shack not dates on paper. Who's the blond? Claire? It's doubtful, while she has been hanging with 'dead'beat daddy, producers say Claire wont be in season 5. (producers say a lot of things, like Geronimo Jackson is a real band.) Who is she, what's your take?

Jessica Says:
It's impossible to tell who it is! I think you're right though, I don't think it's Claire. It could just be some random 'other' I guess.

Response:
While above I said I doubted it was a mistake, now I'm not so sure. I'm thinking it could very easily been just a production assistant that got in the shot by mistake. It's hard to say.

Barry Says:
it's claire. all day.

Response:
As much as I'd like to believe that, I'm still hanging with my thoughts of it just being a mistake. As much as we don't want to admit it or think about it, Lost is human too.

He's Our You Sneak Peaks

In the first one, we find out why the episode is called He's Our You and it's not a good thing for Sayid:

In the second one, Sawyer gives Sayid a tough choice to make:

And the last one features an interesting conversation between young Ben and Sayid:


Jessica Says:
I love that third video! That kid they have playing young Ben is great! I don't understand why Sayid doesn't want to join Dharmatown. I think he's making a big mistake by not going along with sawyers plan.

Response:
It's a huge mistake and doesn't really make sense at all. He was always a part of the greater good during the first 108 days on the Island. Did Nadia's death and Ben Linus change Sayid that much?

What A Long Strange Trip It's Been

If you haven't heard the Dharma Lady single from Geronimo Jackson then you're in for a real treat. It's from 1977 and a fictitious band, but it's really not too bad for a Grateful Dead rip-off. (I don't mean that in a negative sense) From the band's logo to their groovy sound this band is obviously an homage to the Dead. (Huh, that's an interesting thought in and of itself) While I love 70s music and the throw back is great, it has a Almost Famous/Stillwater feeling to it, but my question is why? With Lost, fans always look for the deeper meaning, so I'm diving down the rabbit hole to try to figure this one out.

Let's start with the bands logo: It's obviously a Grateful Dead style image with a rabbit skull. So what does the rabbit represent, let's go to wiki to find out:

• Rabbits are often used as a symbol of fertility or rebirth, and have long been associated with spring and Easter as the Easter Bunny. The species' role as a prey animal also lends itself as a symbol of innocence, another Easter connotation. (This could be reference to the Islands power to make men more potent.)
  
• Additionally, rabbits are often used as symbols of playful sexuality, which also relates to the human perception of innocence, as well as its reputation as a prolific breeder. (This could be a reference to the free spirit of the 70s and the Dharma Initiative.)
  
• The rabbit often appears in folklore as the trickster archetype, as he uses his cunning to outwit his enemies. (This has Sawyer written all over it, he's the conman. Not to mention the rabbit that Ben put the fake pacemaker in and way back in season one Sawyer read Watership Down a book about rabbits.)
  
• On the Isle of Portland in Dorset, UK, the rabbit is said to be unlucky and speaking its name can cause upset with older residents. This is thought to date back to early times in the quarrying industry, where piles of extracted stone (not fit for sale) were built into tall rough walls (to save space) directly behind the working quarry face; the rabbit's natural tendency to burrow would weaken these "walls" and cause collapse, often resulting in injuries or even death. (I like that it's the Isle of Portland and the Island is not quite in Portland, but that aside the survivors have had nothing but bad luck.)

So any or all of these could be the reasoning behind the use of the rabbit or maybe it's just to get people like me to write things like this. Next up the name of the band Geronimo Jackson, I know how those producers and writers love them some anagrams, so I popped Geronimo Jackson in the anagram server. It came with a lot of useless results but there were a few that caught my eye.

• A Romances Joking
• Karmic Jean Goons
• Jack Reaming Soon
• Jack Agonies Norm
• Jack Insane Groom
  
• Jack Moaning Rose(not remotely relevant, but just an opportunity to say where's Rose?)
• Ignore Jacks Moan
• Conman Rigs A Joke
  

So this is my analysis of Geronimo Jackson, make of this what you will, but I'd love to hear your take on it.
You can get the Dharma Lady single at iTunes for free, I suggest you do.

Update:
I found some more info on the band, plus more anagrams, so I thought I'd share.
Things the producers have said about the band:

• Producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse seemed to suggest that the band was real. "They're a band not a lot of people have heard about. They just pressed one very obscure album in the mid to late '70s". (Official Lost Podcast/January 09, 2006)
• They later claim that the band made two albums and "did most of their recording in the early 70s." (Official Lost Podcast transcript/May 15, 2006)
• The producers again insisted that the band was a real but obscure group from the "Haight-Ashbury scene" in a March 2009 podcast, which also promoted an upcoming release of a Geronimo Jackson track on iTunes. (Official Lost Podcast/March 5, 2009)
• An Easter egg on disc four of the Season 2 DVD features a short video clip of supervising producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz elaborating on the band's back story. They claim it was the brainchild of Keith Strutter, a Kentuckian who ran away from home in the 1960s and wound up in San Francisco. The band's first gigs were at burlesque shows, working their way up to play clubs like the Avalon and the Filmore. They never headlined, but put out one album, Magna Carta, which has been out of print for some time. Kitsis claims that the band disappeared into obscurity in Woodstock, NY in 1971. It was put into Lost as a tribute to an under-appreciated band.

On ABC's website:
Keith Strutter formed the rock band Geronimo Jackson in the mid 60s in Detroit. Gathering a solid reputation for their sold-out string of performances in local burlesque clubs, the band packed up their gear and made way to the Excelsior District of San Francisco. From there they released their first album “Magna Carta,” receiving much acclaim and star status to locals in the industry. Reported to be making their long awaited follow-up album, the band retired to Woodstock in 1972, never to be seen or heard again.

Other facts about the band:

• The album title Magna Carta is an anagram of "anagram act".
• The band's name Geronimo Jackson is an anagram for "Jack, go sin no more", Magna Carta is also an anagram for "At crag aman". Crag means cliff, and Aman is the name of a location in J. R. R. Tolkien's books also known as the Undying Lands. Jack nearly fell off a cliff on the island chasing after his father in the first season episode, "White Rabbit".
• Charlie's middle name, Hieronymus, means "sacred name" in Ancient Greek, and is a variant of the name "Geronimo".
• Geronimo was a famous Apache leader and medicine man.
• A group named Magna Carta was founded in 1969.
• The Magna Carta (1215) is widely viewed as one of the most important legal documents in the history of democracy.
• There is a record label Magna Carta Records.
• There is a band from the 1970s called Geronimo Black, who produced one album. The third track of this album was entitled "Other Man".
• The surnames of the two directors of Disney's Alice in Wonderland are Geronimi and Jackson.

Make of this what you will and let me know your theories on Geronimo Jackson.

Press Releases Galore

Episode F098 – “Dead is Dead”

BEN ATTEMPTS TO SUMMON THE SMOKE MONSTER IN ORDER TO BE JUDGED FOR SINS OF THE PAST

To atone for sins of the past, Ben must attempt to summon the smoke monster in order to be judged.

Episode F099 – “Some Like It Hoth”

BEN IS TAKEN FROM THE INFIRMARY -- WHICH RAISES SUSPICIONS ABOUT A POSSIBLE SECURITY BREACH, AND MILES IS FORCED TO WORK WITH HURLEY TO DELIVERING AN IMPORTANT PACKAGE TO A TOP DHARMA OFFICIAL

Suspicions about a possible breach intensify after Ben is taken from the infirmary, and a reluctant Miles is forced to work with Hurley when he's asked to deliver an important package to a top Dharma official.

Episode F100 – “The Variable”

THE TIME OF RECKONING BEGINS AS DANIEL FARADAY COMES CLEAN REGARDING WHAT HE KNOWS ABOUT THE ISLAND

On the 100th episode milestone for the series, the time of reckoning has begun when Daniel Faraday comes clean regarding what he knows about the island.

Episode F101 – “Follow the Leader”

JACK AND KATE FAIL TO AGREE ON THE BEST DIRECTION TO TAKE TO SAVE THEIR FELLOW ISLAND SURVIVORS, AND SAWYER AND JULIET COME UNDER SCRUTINY FROM THE DHARMA INITIATIVE

Jack and Kate find themselves at odds over the direction to take to save their fellow island survivors, Locke further solidifies his stance as leader of "The Others," and Sawyer and Juliet come under scrutiny from the Dharma Initiative.

ABC

Flashback To Flashbacks

Is Lost turning into That '70s Show?

For now, at least, ABC's sci-fi fantasy ended its time travel in 1977 — and if you haven't watched this week's episode yet, stop reading right here.

The reunion in Wednesday's episode "sets the template for what the show's going to be in the next phase of storytelling," says executive producer Carlton Cuse. Kate, Jack and Hurley have rejoined Sawyer and Jin, disguised as new Dharma initiates; Sayid, deemed an island "hostile," is imprisoned. "We're kind of done with the rapid skipping through time for a while," Cuse says.

In the seven remaining episodes (including a two-hour, game-changing finale May 13), he says the show asks, "What do they do now, and what are the consequences of that?"


First up is Sayid (Naveen Andrews), in a bit of role reversal. Says producer Damon Lindelof, "He was the one who first captured Ben, and now he's behind bars as a Dharma prisoner," with a young Ben offering him a sandwich. Future episodes fill in histories of Daniel Faraday and Miles Straum.

The show "becomes a lot more character-centric," Lindelof says. "For those people who were more confused or scratching their heads" at the time-traveling, "it's sort of normalized."

A major focus is the new love triangle of Kate, Sawyer and Juliet. Juliet is living with Sawyer, mysteriously known as LaFleur, Dharma's tan-jumpsuited security chief, in the '70s. "Juliet's aware that Kate's return will cause problems," Cuse says. Yet Jack, who vied with Sawyer for Kate and was engaged to her off the island — still carries a torch.

The recalibration of Lost will temper the show's most confounding season yet, a relief to ABC executives.

"We long had this idea to do time-travel storytelling," Cuse says. "But we were afraid that once we started implementing it, we would become a more overtly genre show and that we would lose viewers." (They did: Lost is down 18% this season and faced a big test Wednesday in the season's first matchup against American Idol). "We kind of expected some people to be turned off."

But Lindelof, conceding viewers were frustrated, likens Lost to coursework: "College gets harder as you go on, and you're now taking Advanced Lost." For those who follow the drama for its rich character entanglements, "all that really matters is that (Sawyer) likes Juliet, Juliet likes him and now Kate is back. But the real hardcore fans want mythology."

Producers promise more answers in coming episodes: How was Sayid captured to return to the island? How did Hurley learn about the Ajera flight that brought him there? And how will Sun, Ben and pilot Frank Lapidus reunite with their castmates?

USA Today

Watch with Kristen Update

File this under shamelessly unconfirmed rumors too juicy not to share...

A couple of Lost characters are getting married.

According to a Hawaii-based source, Lost is currently seeking extras to play guests at a wedding on Monday. And if you're unaware, this is season-finale shooting time, give or take a few production days, so this wedding (if it happens) could very well be a key plot point, not just some throwaway background moment.

Lost weddings are few and far between—we've seen Jack and Sarah's (Julie Bowen) nuptials and the day Kate got hitched to Kevin Callis (Nathan Fillion)—so we know that every such scene has major import for the series, right?

Who could be getting married? Is it Dharma lovers Juliet and Jim? Could Jack and Kate be unbreaking their engagement? Vote in our Lost Wedding Poll below and then post your theories in the comments!

E!Online

Lost: What You Need To Know

Lost: What You Need To Know

What A Long Strange Trip It's Been

If you haven't heard the Dharma Lady single from Geronimo Jackson then you're in for a real treat. It's from 1977 and a fictitious band, but it's really not too bad for a Grateful Dead rip-off. (I don't mean that in a negative sense) From the band's logo to their groovy sound this band is obviously an homage to the Dead. (Huh, that's an interesting thought in and of itself) While I love 70s music and the throw back is great, it has a Almost Famous/Stillwater feeling to it, but my question is why? With Lost, fans always look for the deeper meaning, so I'm diving down the rabbit hole to try to figure this one out.

Let's start with the bands logo: It's obviously a Grateful Dead style image with a rabbit skull. So what does the rabbit represent, let's go to wiki to find out:

• Rabbits are often used as a symbol of fertility or rebirth, and have long been associated with spring and Easter as the Easter Bunny. The species' role as a prey animal also lends itself as a symbol of innocence, another Easter connotation. (This could be reference to the Islands power to make men more potent.)
  
• Additionally, rabbits are often used as symbols of playful sexuality, which also relates to the human perception of innocence, as well as its reputation as a prolific breeder. (This could be a reference to the free spirit of the 70s and the Dharma Initiative.)
  
• The rabbit often appears in folklore as the trickster archetype, as he uses his cunning to outwit his enemies. (This has Sawyer written all over it, he's the conman. Not to mention the rabbit that Ben put the fake pacemaker in and way back in season one Sawyer read Watership Down a book about rabbits.)
  
• On the Isle of Portland in Dorset, UK, the rabbit is said to be unlucky and speaking its name can cause upset with older residents. This is thought to date back to early times in the quarrying industry, where piles of extracted stone (not fit for sale) were built into tall rough walls (to save space) directly behind the working quarry face; the rabbit's natural tendency to burrow would weaken these "walls" and cause collapse, often resulting in injuries or even death. (I like that it's the Isle of Portland and the Island is not quite in Portland, but that aside the survivors have had nothing but bad luck.)

So any or all of these could be the reasoning behind the use of the rabbit or maybe it's just to get people like me to write things like this. Next up the name of the band Geronimo Jackson, I know how those producers and writers love them some anagrams, so I popped Geronimo Jackson in the anagram server. It came with a lot of useless results but there were a few that caught my eye.

• A Romances Joking
• Karmic Jean Goons
• Jack Reaming Soon
• Jack Agonies Norm
• Jack Insane Groom
  
• Jack Moaning Rose(not remotely relevant, but just an opportunity to say where's Rose?)
• Ignore Jacks Moan
• Conman Rigs A Joke
  

So this is my analysis of Geronimo Jackson, make of this what you will, but I'd love to hear your take on it.
You can get the Dharma Lady single at iTunes for free, I suggest you do.

What you May Have Missed

• While landing the plane on the Island, the recording of the Numbers plays over the radio. However, that message was replaced by Rousseau's, which was taken down by Jack, so how were they still playing?
• The runway Ajira 316 landed on was the same one the Others forced Kate and Sawyer to help build back in season 3. Perhaps in some weird time loop, Ben ordered the construction because he knew that he would be on the plane that would crash.
• Fans should have immediately recognized the name Radzinsky, as he was Kelvin Joe Inman's partner in the Swan Station until the 1990s, when he allegedly committed suicide. He was also responsible for drawing the blast door map, which now makes sense since he apparently helped plan the entire DHARMA Initiative construction. Or Kelvin was lying about Radzinsky.

• Radzinsky was shown working on a model for the geodesic dome in the computer room of the Swan Station.
• Amy's baby is named Ethan, we can assume he's Ethan Rom. In an interview Amy said her baby was someone special, so either Ethan is more special than we realize or Amy has a loose definition of special. Right now I believe the latter, but we never know. And I feel it was the most disappointing discovery to date. So to the producers: Prove me wrong!
  
• The man who took the group photo of the new DHARMA recruits was the same man who served as the director for the Arrow orientation video Pierre Chang filmed in the very first scene of this season.
• The song playing during the group photo (also the song playing in Jin's van at the end of "316") is a Geronimo Jackson song called "Dharma Lady." Obviously it's not by them since Geronimo Jackson is a fictional '70s band, but the song was recently recorded and earlier this week it was made available for download on iTunes. And by the way the song rocks!
• When Sayid is discovered, he's called a "14-J." This was the same designation John Locke heard on the phone in "The Shape of Things to Come" when Alex called him from the sonic fence and left a distress signal.
  

Namaste Review

Namaste starts with Sawyer, Jack, Kate, and Hurley having a warm reunion. But then Sawyer has to explain that they are in the 70s and that they are part of the Dharma Initiative. Sawyer and Juliet work up a lie to make Jack, Kate, and Hurley part of the new dharma Recruits. Jin goes to look for the plane and his wife. He goes to the arrow to see Radzinsky, he was in the hatch with Kelvin Inman and apparently he was designing the hatch in 1977. Sayid shows up at the arrow but is mistaken for a hostile. Lafleur shows up and Sayid goes along with him but it ends him up in jail.While in jail Sayid meets a young Ben Linus. Jack has concerns about what will happen next but Sawyer tells him how it's gonna be. That plane Jin was looking for was thirty years later and after a rough landing Ben takes off to head to the main island. Sun follows him. Frank follows Sun. Sun knocks Ben out after she gets the information she needs and her and Lapidus take the small boat to the other island. They end up in the ruins of Dhamaville and the only one home is Christian Shephard. Christian shows them a picture of the other survivors in 1977 as part of the new Dharma Recruits. And tells them... they've got quite the journey ahead of them. On next weeks episode He's Our You Things begin to unravel when one of the survivors goes rogue and takes matters into their own hands -- risking the lives of everyone on the island. And that's what you need to know so you're not Lost when it comes to Lost.

Four Namaste Sneak Peeks

Thanks to Dark UFO for the clips:

Young Ben Old Ben: The Sequel

A couple more Ben Linus interviews:

Flagler Magazine with old Ben:

For a fan of ABC’s “Lost,” it’s hard not to get a chill when the phone rings and it’s “Lost” baddie Benjamin Linus on the other end. But when the chill wears off after a few seconds you realize that not only is Michael Emerson not the murderous, manipulative character he plays on television, he’s actually very polite and quite likeable.
Q: How familiar were you with “Lost” before you were cast in it? I was fairly familiar with it. I mean the fanatic in our house was my wife (Carrie Preston). She never missed an episode. I’d sort of catch some while she watched and I was doing dishes or something. Q: And she wound up playing your character’s mother in your flashback episode. That was kooky. It’s great to have your spouse on the set with you, although we didn’t have any scenes together, and now she’s a bona fide member of the “Lost” family. And I’m thinking maybe that’s not the last time we see her. Something has to be revisited there in Ben’s childhood. Q: What lengths do producers go to prevent spoilers on a show like “Lost”? Sometimes they go to crazy lengths. The script in last season’s finale had a secret scene. There usually is at the end of the season. But they went a step better last year. When they filmed the secret scene, they filmed three different versions of a moment in it so that even the people that were on the set didn’t know how the season would end.
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Edmonton Sun with young Ben:

The young Ben initially didn't know anything about the adult Ben.

But that was a good thing.

"I'm not supposed to be like Ben yet," said 13-year-old Sterling Beaumon, who plays the young Benjamin Linus in Lost.

"Ben is not Ben yet."

Hmmm, good point.

Lost airs Wednesdays on A and ABC, and starting this week, Beaumon will appear in a string of episodes as the question of "how Ben became Ben" gets answered.

"That's one of the things we're going to find out," Beaumon said.

The adult Ben, of course, is one of the main villains on Lost. He is played in delightfully creepy fashion by Michael Emerson.

And even if the young Ben isn't necessarily supposed to be like the adult Ben yet, there's something about Beaumon's portrayal that brings Emerson's portrayal to mind. It isn't so over-the-top that it's cartoonish, but it's subtle and it's there.

"The first time I did it, everyone kept saying, 'Oh, he's so much like Ben,' " recalled Beaumon, who first played the young Ben in a single Lost episode in 2007. "But I really didn't know how to do Ben."

Chalk it up to astute casting, we suppose.

Beaumon already has a lengthy acting resume. His TV appearances have included spots on ER, Bones, House, Heroes, Cold Case and Scrubs. And later this year, Beaumon's voice will be among the voices propelling the animated feature film Astro Boy (alongside the voices of Nicolas Cage, Kristen Bell, Donald Sutherland, Eugene Levy, Matt Lucas and Freddie Highmore, among others).

A native of San Diego, Beaumon was a competitive figure skater when he was little more than a toddler. He's still obsessed with ice, but now hockey is his passion.

Continue reading at Edmonton Sun

Juliet Talks To TvGuide

An Interview with Juliet:

TVGuide.com: We're sneaking this Q&A in just before the producers lower a "cone of silence" onto the cast members, at least until you have filmed the season finale. Pretty crazy, huh? Elizabeth Mitchell: Yeah, pretty much! Once again, it's one of those highly secret, highly crazy, "You think it's one thing but it's another thing" kind of endings. There are still about six pages missing [from the finale script] that only the people involved in it have.

TVGuide.com: I'm worried now, that you don't have those six pages.
Mitchell: [Laughs] I didn't have the six pages last time, or the time before that. I was like, "Tell me, tell me! No, don't tell me."

TVGuide.com: It seems like these next nine episodes will be a lot to digest.
Mitchell: They will. "LaFleur" was one of those little "eyes of the storm." You've been storming, you've been storming, you get to the middle and you're like, "Oh, it's not so bad. It's kind of nice here! I'll wait around here and take a deep breath." And then you start right in. It should be pretty exciting.

TVGuide.com: What went through your mind as you learned of the Juliet-Sawyer love story? Mitchell: There's my initial feelings, my middle feelings, and then my feelings now. At first, Josh [Holloway] and I were like, "Nuh-uh! That's never going to work!"

TVGuide.com: But surely you had an inkling they'd go that way, after the storylines got split. Mitchell: I think I even said, "I don't think that sounds like a very good idea at all." But then as the season went along, I realized there were these little asides and glances... Both Josh and I were like, "We don't know about this." But luckily — and I mean this very, very sincerely — it became something I'm very happy with. Josh turned to me the other day and said, "Hey, that's pretty good huh?" I said, "Yeah, it kinda works!"

TVGuide.com: But even if you did see this hook-up coming, one could never have predicted the weight given to it via time-travel.
Mitchell: Josh and I were sitting in a canoe, doing a scene, and I said, "You know, they're not going to have us have mad, passionate love up against a tree. They're probably going to, like, have us already have been married for three years." He was like, "No, they're not going to do that. That's just ridiculous." So when he got the ["LaFleur"] script, he was like, "That's creepy!"

TVGuide.com: Do you feel cheated or honored to get clean-shaven Sawyer?
Mitchell: Oh, very honored - but I kinda get both, because we're always flashing [through time]. He's kind of ridiculously good-looking regardless of what he does, so I try not to concentrate on that too much.

TVGuide.com: Has it been in the back of Juliet's head that Kate could return to the island someday?
Mitchell: Yeah, I do think it's been there. But I also think that at some point in time, because three years is so long, she actually came to believe that maybe this might work. Maybe that came to her just in the last two months before [Kate, Jack et al] showed up, but for the first time in her life there was a grain of hope. So I think that it's very sad for her.

TVGuide.com: Does any insecurity register on Juliet when she first learns Kate is back? Mitchell: I think so. Juliet is torn in a lot of different directions. She's torn that Kate is there, I think she's torn over how Sawyer is going to respond to it.... It's very telling that he doesn't saying anything at first about Kate being there. Juliet's just busy reading him, but of course there must be massive worry about [Kate's return].

TVGuide.com: Juliet, in turn, must have her own reaction to seeing Jack again.
Mitchell: She does. She does have a reaction. It will be very interesting to see how people feel about their moments together.

TVGuide.com: What are Juliet's priorities now?
Mitchell: Juliet has a couple of priorities, one of which of course is being in love, and that's figuring quite heavily in the writers' minds. And there's always the thing of, "How do I get my life back? How do I keep my sister and her child safe?" They are in this eye of the storm, this little hiatus, and that's new for her. Good lord, she's working in the motor pool, so she's not even trying to save lives! For the first time in her life, she's quite peaceful and living. Now it's becoming a matter of survival again.

TVGuide.com: When I spoke to Reiko Aylesworth (Amy), she seemed to hint that the Purge is imminent, though it would seem to be a few years away. Is that anything the characters talk about?
Mitchell: We mention it a couple times, but isn't it still a little bit down the road? Ben was so much older. He's only 11 now, and when the Purge happened and he killed his father, he was like 17.

TVGuide.com: And 11-year-old Ben is lurking around somewhere...
Mitchell: Of course he's there. He has to be. So it will be very interesting to see how that goes.

TVGuide.com: Speaking Latin must have been one of the hardest things you've had to do for the show.
Mitchell: But you know what, I liked it. Part of me is kind of a brainiac so I thought it'd be cool if I spoke Latin anyway. There's that joy where you're talking to someone and all of a sudden you break off [into an unexpected language]. So yeah, it was difficult, but I thought it was pretty awesome!

TVGuide

Radzinsky In Seven Episodes

(Radzinsky played By Erik Lange)

An article from cincinnati.com:

After 13 years of bit parts on TV, Fairfield native Eric Lange has found the biggest role of his career on "Lost.

The 1991 Fairfield High School graduate and Miami University theater major begins a seven-episode story line tonight as "Radzinsky" (9 p.m., Channels 9, 22).

"What started as two episodes has grown quite a bit," says Lange, who has appeared in "Criminal Minds," "ER," "Burn Notice," "Entourage," "Cold Case," "Boston Legal" and "Ghost Whisperer."

"They've really given me a great character to play. It's a great, meaty part."

He can't say more because of the confidentiality agreement he signed with ABC to appear on the acclaimed five-year-old mystery about survivors of Oceanic Air flight 815 on a Pacific island.

ABC's cryptic description of today's episode says: "When some old friends drop in unannounced, Sawyer (Josh Holloway) is forced to further perpetuate his lie in order to protect them." The guest cast includes a co-pilot (Dan Gauthier) and a photographer (Sven Lindstrom).

Lange also appears in next week's show, described by ABC this way: "Things begin to unravel when one of the survivors goes rogue and takes matters into their own hands - risking the lives of everyone on the island."

He's not in the following two, then returns for the final five episodes this season. "Lost" concludes with a two-hour telecast May 13.

Cincinnati.com

So does anyone have any theories regarding why Radzinsky (a briefly mentioned character up to this point) is so important to the show and to the Dharma Initiative?

Here's what we (and by we I mean lostpedia) know of him so far:

Radzinsky was Kelvin Inman's partner inside the Swan, sometime before Desmond crashed on the Island. What little information is known about him was provided solely by Kelvin.

Radzinsky was the originator of the blast door map, which he worked on with the aid of his photographic memory. He discovered how to fake a lockdown incident, which made it possible to work on the map more deliberately. Radzinsky is also responsible for having edited the Swan Orientation film.

Kelvin explained to Desmond that, while he was asleep, Radzinsky committed suicide by putting a shotgun in his mouth and firing it, causing a blood stain on the ceiling. Because of the protocol, Kelvin had to bury him within 108 minutes. ("Live Together, Die Alone")

Whatever Happened, Happened Press Release

KATE MUST TAKE DRASTIC MEASURES TO SAVE BEN'S LIFE WHEN JACK REFUSES TO HELP, ON ABC'S "LOST"

"Whatever Happened, Happened" - Kate goes to extreme measures to save Ben's life when Jack refuses to help. Meanwhile, Kate begins to tell the truth about the lie in order to protect Aaron, on "Lost," WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 (9:00-10:02 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

"Lost" stars Naveen Andrews as Sayid, Henry Ian Cusick as Desmond, Jeremy Davies as Daniel Faraday, Michael Emerson as Ben, Matthew Fox as Jack, Jorge Garcia as Hurley, Josh Holloway as Sawyer, Daniel Dae Kim as Jin, Yunjin Kim as Sun, Ken Leung as Miles, Evangeline Lilly as Kate, Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet and Terry O'Quinn as Locke.

Guest starring are Nestor Carbonell as Richard Alpert, Kim Dickens as Cassidy, Doug Hutchison as Horace Goodspeed, Susan Duerden as Carol Littleton, Sterling Beaumon as young Ben, Patrick Fischler as Phil, Jon Gries as Roger Linus, William Blanchett as Aaron, Sebastian Siegel as Erik, Candace Scholz as Debra, Susan King as sweet young woman, Miko Franconi as grocery worker, Scott Moura as manager and Olivia Vickery as Clementine.

"Whatever Happened, Happened" was written by Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof and directed by Bobby Roth.

ABC

Final Episode Title

The season finale of Lost will be titled The Incident. So here's the big list:

• 5- 1 21 Jan - Because You Left

• 5- 2 21 Jan - The Lie

• 5- 3 28 Jan - Jughead

• 5- 4 4 Feb - The Little Prince

• 5- 5 11 Feb - This Place Is Death

• 5- 6 18 Feb - 316

• 5- 7 25 Feb - The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham

• 5- 8 4 Mar - LaFleur

• 5- 9 18 Mar - Namaste

• 5-10 25 Mar - He's Our You

• 5-11 1 Apr - Whatever Happened, Happened

• 5-12 8 Apr - Dead Is Dead

• 5-13 15 Apr - Some Like It Hoth

• 5-14 29 Apr - The Variable

• 5-15 6 May - Follow The Leader

• 5-16/17 13 May - The Incident

Namaste Sneak Peek

A couple of Sneak Peaks featuring couple Jin and Sun:

Old Ben, Young Ben

Interviews with Michael Emerson & Sterling Beaumont:

Five Questions with Michael Emerson:

1 Is it true that you thought this gig would last only a few episodes?

Yeah. And I’m glad I got it the way I got it. If someone had called me and said, "Listen, you’re about to become a regular on an iconic television program," I might have been nervous and possibly messed it up. In a way, I was a regular before I realized it. I was probably the last to tumble to it, although I should have known: They kept not letting me go home."

2 When did you first know that Ben was the ultimate schemer?

I remember about three or four episodes into my work when Sayid was torturing me and trying to get me to give the name of my master and I was whimpering and pleading and saying I couldn’t tell. The director came to me after a take and said, "Let’s go again and, this time, your master is the scariest man in the world." I said, "All right, I’ll do that. But what if I’m the head guy?" And the director blinked and said, "I can’t discuss that with you." And I thought, "Ah, I see what’s going on."

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Sometimes Being Lost Is Good:

Portraying the young version of an evil genius is all in a day's work for 13-year-old Sterling Beaumon. The Canyon Country resident has been acting, singing, dancing, and skating his way into stardom since scoring a Hollywood agent at 3 with a rousing rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner."

"I love being in front of people and getting noticed," Beaumon said.

Beaumon will get plenty of notice when his five-episode arc as the teen Ben Linus of the hit television series "Lost" airs March 18. Beaumon originally appeared as the young Linus in 2007. Depending how the show's notorious flashbacks play out, Linus is - or is not - directly responsible for ruining the lives of several characters cohabitating a mysterious island after a plane crash.

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He's Our You Press Release

The Press Release from ABC for He's Our You:

LOST - "He's Our You" - Things begin to unravel when one of the survivors goes rogue and takes matters into their own hands -- risking the lives of everyone on the island -- on "Lost," WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 (9:00-10:02 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/MARIO PEREZ)

ABC

The Official Lost Video Podcast

Rose & Bernard

So has anyone seen Rose & Bernard since the attack on the beach earlier this season? Are we to assume they died in the attack? And shouldn't it have been a bigger deal than that, these people had back stories. I care about what happens to them. Maybe I'm the only one, but Lost really left Rose and Bernard fans out to dry. If anyone knows the answers to these questions please let me know.

Young Ben Returns

Here's the latest from Watch with Kristin:

WHAT'S TO COME
Lost is moving again—going back even further into the past to explore a terrible incident that changed the course of the Island (and its people) forever. When Lost returns in two weeks, the charming and talented young actor Sterling Beaumon (the kid's 14 and he's recording an album) reprises his role as "young Ben" for what will be a four-episode character arc.

Sterling tells us exclusively that the story is "very major, and it's going to change Ben forever." Sterling, as per usual for Lost castmembers, is sworn to secrecy about exactly what happens but he says this very major thing "involves himself and yes, it is a trauma…Before the change Ben's a nice, good kid…and then one second will change his life forever."

According to Sterling, over the course of this arc, "Ben will [come to] know everything about every little bit about the Island. We're not going to learn more about the past with Dharma, we're going to learn more about the past of the Island." Say it with me people: Holler!

E!Online

Crazy Theory of the Week

It's plain, it's simple, here it is:
Horace and Amy's baby is Jacob.

Here's what little reasons I have for this theory:

• Horace built Jacob's cabin
• We know nothing about Jacob other than Christian Shephard speaks for him, the others take orders from him, not everyone can see him, and God loves you as he loved Jacob

I got nothing else but a gut feeling on this one.

Barry Says:
Sorry brother but i'm goin with NO on this theory. not sure i can tell you why, but i'm goin with NO.

Response:
Well Dr. No, whacha got? Because in the TV Guide interview with Reiko Aylesworth
she says this:
TVGuide.com: Might Amy be giving birth to someone... "special"?
Aylesworth: I will say yes, it's a special person. And you eventually find out who — but not in that first episode.
So who do you think it is, if it's not Jacob? Who could've been born in 77? Jack? Sawyer?

Barry Says:
i just have this sense that jacob has been around a LOT longer than that. don't we get the pretty certain intimation that he's bigger than life--almost spiritual? an humble birth to a coupla nondescript characters...well..i mighta just talked myself into your camp on this one. ;)

Response:
Glad to have you!

Lost: What You Need To Know

Lost: What You Need To Know

What you May Have Missed

LaFleur:

• Lost finally may have given us an answer to the most asked question: what happened to the four-toed statue? Miles noticed this giant statue, and based on its proximity to the water, this is almost certainly the same four-toed statue from the end of season 2.
• The giant statue appears to be Horus, an Egyptian god who represents power. It's probably no coincidence that his name is a homophone for Horace Goodspeed.
• Paul's necklace includes an ankh, an ancient Egyptian symbol that can also be seen in the hands of Horus, the four-toed statue.
  
• Make of this what you will, but in Egyptian myth, Horus' main rival was a god named Seth. In The Bible, Seth is the father of Enos. And Enos was the pseudonym used by Miles.
  
• Rosie, Phil's girlfriend in the DHARMA Initiative, wears a Geronimo Jackson shirt.
• In 1974, there was a truce between DHARMA and the Hostiles. We know that when Ben Linus first came to the Island, the Hostiles attacked the barracks. So when was the truce signed?
• Horace wonders if three years is enough time to get over someone. This seems strange given what we know. When Ben came to the Island some time in the early 1970s, Horace was still with Olivia, his wife and the teacher in DHARMA. So by 1977 when Horace is having a child with Amy, he could only have been separated from his own wife for no more than five or six years.
• Sawyer's tale about how he came to be on the Island features details from other Island stories. The notion of being caught in a storm after leaving Tahiti is exactly what happened to Rousseau's science team. Similarly, searching for the Black Rock was the same cover story used by the Christiane 1, Widmore's ship that discovered the fake Oceanic 815 wreckage. Of course, Sawyer had no way of knowing that.
• Daniel thought this little red-headed girl was Charlotte. Clearly he doesn't understand time. This scene took place in 1974, but according to her bio, Charlotte wasn't born until July 2, 1979. What makes it more strange is for Daniel to have told Charlotte not to come to the Island, he would still have to be there well into the 80s.
  

Namaste Promo

Lefluer Review

LeFleur started where this place is death left off, with the survivors making one last jump through time, but before they did they caught a glimpse of the back of the four toed statue. Fortunately for the survivors when Locke turned the donkey wheel they stopped moving through time, unfortunately they are stuck in 1974. Sawyer and Juliet kill two others after the others killed Paul and had Amy held hostage. It's good to see that the bag over the head trick is something the others have been practicing for years. Paul and Amy are part of the Dharma Initiative When they get to the Dharma barracks sawyer lie to the initiative telling them he's Jim Lefuer captain of a salvage ship looking for the black rock. Horace Goodspeed, who if you remember built Jacobs cabin and also leads the Dharma Initiative, tells Lafleur that him and his crew will leave in the morning on the submarine. Then Richard Alpert shows up angry because a truce had broken between the others or hostiles and the initiative. Sawyer goes out to smooth things over and lays a ton of bricks on Richard. Horace let Lefluer stay to look for his people and Sawyer convinced Juliet to stay for two weeks. Three year later...Lefluer is still on the island, Juliet and him live a nice life as part of the Dharma initiative. She's a mechanic, he's head of security, they're in love, and sawyer is completely over Kate. Well... maybe not. In next weeks episode Namaste, Sawyer is forced to perpetuate his lie when some old friends drop in unannounced. That's what you need to know so you're not lost when it comes to Lost.

TV Guide Interviews Reiko Aylesworth

TV Guide interviews the newest edition to the Lost cast:

This Wednesday on Lost (9 pm/ET, ABC), Sawyer, Juliet and the other time-trippers cross paths with, among other people, a woman named Amy — and boy, is she about to make a special delivery. 24 alumna Reiko Aylesworth gave us a tease-filled look at her multi-episode turn.

TVGuide.com: How has it been for you, basically a New York City gal, filming in Hawaii?
Reiko Aylesworth: It does feel like another country, but it's great. It's also weird because I got there and everybody looks like me and my family, which never happens. It's that whole mixed Asian thing! [Laughs]

TVGuide.com: So first things first: Who is Amy?
Aylesworth: Good question. I'm trying to think of how I can describe her without giving anything away... . You come upon Amy in the midst of the biggest crisis of her life. Actually, two of the most intense moments in her life are in this first episode.

TVGuide.com: When is Amy?
Aylesworth: I was told I'm not supposed to reveal that, even though it's the worst-kept secret. You could probably tell me.

TVGuide.com: Well, the photos would suggest the 1970s. And she seems quite clearly to be having a baby. True?
Aylesworth: Yes.

TVGuide.com: Do we know who the father is?
Aylesworth: Following that [first episode], you do find out who the father is.

TVGuide.com: Might Amy be giving birth to someone... "special"?
Aylesworth: I will say yes, it's a special person. And you eventually find out who — but not in that first episode.

TVGuide.com: Might the castaways not want Amy to give birth to this person?
Aylesworth: They don't know at this point who... well, what the stakes are. My character really draws them into a new world, I will say that. That's mainly what she is for, taking them to that point where they have to decide [about interfering with the past].

TVGuide.com: This week is a Sawyer-centric episode. How so?
Aylesworth: Most of my interaction is with Sawyer. Throughout the episode, all the characters at this point in time debate about whether to interfere with the past or not — and what the consequences might be.

TVGuide.com: Josh Holloway is shaven in these new episodes. Does Sawyer clean up upon seeing pretty Amy?
Aylesworth: Ha! Um, OK, that's a loaded question. No... It's something a little more unexpected. This episode's really exciting because it takes many unexpected turns. The end of this episode is really cool. [I say that] just having read it; I don't know how they filmed it.

TVGuide.com: Does the ending involve the hooded woman Sawyer uncovers in the promo?
Aylesworth: No, that's not at the end. There are so many reveals in this. This episode opens up many cans of worms. [The hooded woman] leads into the whole shift in the storyline. But then the end is very cool, too. It widens the scope of the show even more, which is hard to believe! It's game-changing.

TVGuide.com: Team Darlton told me that an "interesting" romance is on the horizon for two island characters. Could Amy be one of them?
Aylesworth: Hmm... Actually, there's a very interesting romance. I think I'm kind of a red herring when it comes to that, though. I do work mostly with Josh and Elizabeth [Mitchell, Juliet].

TVGuide.com: You were a fan of Lost before this. What's your theory on who's the bad guy here — Ben or Widmore?
Aylesworth: I'm leaning towards Widmore, but Ben... I just want to know why he did what he did with the massacre.

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Missed It By That Much, Chief

This is an article written by Scott Collins of the Los Angeles Times. It's not really news, not really a viable theory, but fun and funny none-the-less:

Is 'Lost' one big homage to 'Get Smart'?

04:42 PM PT, Mar 2 2009

The endless subplots and surprise revelations of the desert-island thriller "Lost" have driven viewers to embrace all sorts of theories about What It All Means. But maybe the answer lies close to home. At least if your home happens to contain DVDs of the 1960s spy sitcom "Get Smart."

"Lost" is in the middle of its fifth season, which some fans have described as one of its most challenging (or frustrating) ever. But it spoils nothing to report that much of the ABC series' mystery has depended on an unusual phenomenon in which electromagnetism causes the island to move, rendering it impossible to locate.

But was all of this actually prefigured in "Get Smart," Mel Brooks' classic parody starring Don Adams as the bumbling secret agent Maxwell Smart?

A friend of ours pointed out (half tongue-in-cheek, but still) that during the 12th episode of the fourth season, which originally aired on Dec. 21, 1968, Max and his new bride, Agent 99 (Barbara Feldon), are stranded on Schwartz's Island.

It just so happens that Schwartz's Island moves. And what do you know? In the center of the island sits ... a giant electromagnet. Freaky, isn't it?

So, is it all just coincidence, or do "Lost" producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof secretly worship at the shrine of Brooks and Adams?

"Yes, that is in the category of complete coincidence," Cuse e-mailed back when we ran the notion by him. "Never heard of that until now — among ALL the theories!"

Lindelof added: "But, for the record, we DO worship at the shrine of Mel Brooks and Don Adams!"

Some "Lost" mysteries are resolved more easily than others.

— Scott Collins

Episode Title Update

Episode 15 will be titled: Follow The Leader

Lafleur Sneak Peeks

Here are two sneak peeks for Lafleur:
In the first one Daniel explains that the time traveling has stopped and that they are stuck when ever they are.

In this one we see the scene leading up to the woman with the bag over her head. Who she is is still a mystery, but she's blond and was on the island in the 70s.

Kate Explains

So while I was on vacation apparently Evangeline Lilly left and returned to Lost. Actually it was only rumored that she was auditioning for a pilot next year, but Lost fans got quite upset. Worried that Kate wouldn't be on the final season of Lost, fans demanded answers. Here they are:

Lost fans were in an uproar when reports alleged that Evangeline Lilly was leaving the show and auditioning for pilots that could launch this fall.

Her reps were quick to put out that fire, saying the story was absolutely false.

So TVGuide.ca decided to ask the actress herself, and hopefully, fans will be pleased by the answer.

“Why on Earth would I want to leave the best female role on television, in my humble opinion?” says Lilly with a laugh. “I’m happy at the show. The rumour started because the world was bored and they need a little drama, so they make things up, and that’s it; it’s very simple.”

Phew, right? The preview for the next episode of Lost has alluded to the long-awaited reunion of Kate and Sawyer (Josh Holloway), and Lilly dished on how she hoped it would go down, and what did indeed happen.

“For Evangeline, it was great fun because it’s been a long time since I worked with Josh, and it was great to have that reunion,” she reveals. “I was also nervous that they would write something that would undermine Kate’s character.

“The notion that she might come back to the island and start things up with Sawyer again after three years of being involved with Jack, I was very nervous that that would happen and warrant having to justify that. Because I’m the one who has to make that believable, and if you don’t believe it, then it’s hard to make other people believe it. But they didn’t do that.”

Lilly adds, “It’s a very intense thing for both of them; I don’t think Kate realized he was even alive still. The last time she saw him, he had jumped out of a helicopter, was swimming in an ocean, to an island that, minutes later, disappeared.

“So for all intents and purposes, Kate thinks he’s dead. She really is holding out a little measure of hope that he’s alive, but the skeptic and the realist within her is saying he’s dead. So to see him again, more than being intense and romantic, it’s just intense and shocking.”

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That 70's Show

This is the latest news from Watch with Kristin:

Marshall in New Hampshire: On Lost, any scoop on Sawyer in the 1970s?

I'm hearing that he and Jin will be in that fabulously groovy decade for three whole years and that...wait for it...Jin might speak far better English now! Hooray for more Daniel Dae Kim screen time and multisyllabic words!

Isaiah in Little Rock, Ark.: On Lost, are we ever going to see Richard Alpert in a scene with Mrs. Hawking? I feel like those two are Island gods who must know each other.

When we recently spoke to Fionnula Flanagan, she told us that she hasn't had any scenes yet with Nestor Carbonell, but, "Perhaps I have in some previous existence, or in some previous materialization of Mrs. Hawking, but it hasn't come to light yet." You'll note that doesn't rule out encounters between young Ellie (if that is Mrs. Hawking in an earlier life) and Richard Alpert in the past.

So that lets us know that yes the survivors were on the Island for three years while the oceanic six were off Island. As for Hawking, it certainly seems like she's hinting that Ellie is Eloise.

Namaste Press Release

SAWYER IS FORCED TO FURTHER PERPETUATE HIS LIE IN ORDER TO PROTECT SOME OLD FRIENDS WHO DROP IN UNANNOUNCED, ON ABC'S "LOST"

"Namaste" - When some old friends drop in unannounced, Sawyer is forced to further perpetuate his lie in order to protect them, on "Lost," WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 (9:00-10:02 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

"Lost" stars Naveen Andrews as Sayid, Henry Ian Cusick as Desmond, Jeremy Davies as Daniel Faraday, Michael Emerson as Ben, Matthew Fox as Jack, Jorge Garcia as Hurley, Josh Holloway as Sawyer, Daniel Dae Kim as Jin, Yunjin Kim as Sun, Ken Leung as Miles, Evangeline Lilly as Kate, Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet and Terry O'Quinn as Locke.

Guest starring are John Terry as Christian Shephard, Jeff Fahey as Frank Lapidus, Francois Chau as Dr. Marvin Candle, Said Taghmaoui as Caesar, Zuleikha Robinson as Ilana, Reiko Aylesworth as Amy, Sterling Beaumon as young Ben, Patrick Fischler as Phil, Molly McGivern as Rosie, Eric Lange as Radzinsky, Dan Gauthier as co-pilot and Sven Lindstrom as photographer.

"Namaste" was written by Paul Zbyszewski & Brian K. Vaughan and directed by Jack Bender.


ABC

Saving The World, Brother

If you ever wondered what it would be like to save the world here's your chance! You can get an app for your iPhone that simulates hatch computer. If you let it count down to far the hieroglyphics will even appear and the metal objects in the room will start to fly around. Ok the last parts not true and for the most part this is a waste of space on your phone, but damn it, it's pretty cool. Check out their website or visit an app store near you.

Namaste Synopsis

This was released by ABC as a synopsis for Namaste:

Sawyer is forced to perpetuate his lie when some old friends drop in unannounced.

Lafleur Promo

What you May Have Missed

The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham:

• The Life magazine Caesar looked at featured a cover article with photos of the first Hydrogen Bomb test from 1954. This could be a reference to the H-bomb we saw on the Island in "Jughead" that was also from 1954.
• The Number 42 was on the license plate of the truck that picked up Locke in Tunisia.
• In Locke's passport for Jeremy Bentham, his birthday is February 15, one of the Numbers. The passport lists his date of birth about eight years before Locke's actual birthdate, 8 is another number.
• When Widmore gives Locke a phone and tells him to dial the extension 23, one of the Numbers, to reach him.
• The nurse Hurley asked for help in determining if the man in the wheelchair was real is a long time employee at the Santa Rosa Mental Health Institute. Susie, or Nurse Lazenby, has been seen working there in both "Dave" and "The Beginning of the End."
• Helen Norwood's date of death was 4/8, two more of the Numbers
• There have been a lot of religious overtones to Lost lately. Another one was that John Locke bought the extension cord to hang himself from Angel's Hardware.
  
• This episode really tried to draw parallels between John Locke and Jesus Christ. Not only were both resurrected, but they made a point to show that because of the cast on his leg, Locke wore sandals, much like Jesus wore back in the day. Not only that but when Ben visited him, John Locke had his hands extended outward in a parallel to Jesus outstretched on the cross.
• In case you didn't catch it when John Locke stared off at the big Island at the start of the episode, Ajira Airways crashed on the smaller second Island that the Others took Kate, Sawyer and Jack to at the start of season 3. How do we know for sure? When Caesar was reading a file on the DHARMA Initiative in the office, it had the Hydra symbol on it. The Hydra Station was DHARMA's zoological station with the cages and underground aquarium.