Jensen's Gems

EW's Incredible Doc Jensen's Jughead Review:

Many thanks to my colleague Adam B. Vary for taking on the Lost recap this week while I tend to other matters pertaining to our mutual obsession that will soon come to your attention. Adam mentioned I might have more to say about "Jughead" next week, but my utter enthusiasm for last night's episode prevents me from waiting that long. So some quick observations/theories.

"Jughead" rocked. Let me be clear and plain about this before cluttering your mind with my usual nonsense: I loved the episode. The pleasure it gave was visceral; it was a fun episode to feel your way through, from Desmond and his son beholding the London skyline at night to the in-passing revelation that Des and Pen had named their boy after the man who sacrificed his life so their relationship may live, Charlie. Killed me. The storytelling was strong and assured, and the story itself flowed in a surprising, unforced way. And has there been a funnier episode of Lost in recent memory? Not in a jokey way, but in an organic, character-derived sense—the kind of chuckles you get from clearly drawn characters and knowing them well. Faraday asking Miles if by chance the dead guys mentioned what year it was. Locke’s reaction to the Widmore reveal. Juliet and Alpert’s droll line readings. (Must be an Other thing, like Latin.) Sawyer to Faraday: “You told her?!” If you put a gun to my head and made me give you right here, right now, my top 10 list of all time fave Lost eps, I’m sure “Jughead” would be on it. Take the gun away, and I think it would still be there.

My “Arrow” Theory. Adam mentioned this in his recap. Have you noticed the recurring arrow symbolism this season? Episode 1: Pierre Chang produces the orientation film for a Dharma station called “The Arrow.” Episode 2: The Left Behinders are attacked by flaming arrows. And now, Episode 3: Arrows everywhere, in the text (see: the Others’ archery brigade) and the subtext. A leaking or missing hydrogen bomb is known as a “Broken Arrow” event in military parlance. In physics, the “Arrow of Time” is the name of a body of theories pertaining to the nature of time; the term “broken arrow” is used to characterize an idea like time loops. Google “broken arrow” and you’ll get any number of movies, TV shows and songs about Native Americans… and wouldn’t you know, “Jughead” was a peek into the past of the Island’s indigenous peeps, the Others. But the coolest arrow connection comes via the Other cutie with the shot gun, British accent, and terse line readings: Ellie. Short for Eleanor, which is French for “the Other.” (Or so wikipedia tells me; I don’t speak it. Me stupid American.) On a whim, I combined “Ellie” and “Eleanor” and “Arrow,” and came back with an awesome connection: Ellie Arroway, the heroine of Carl Sagan’s novel Contact, which was adapted into the Jodie Foster film of the same name. I’m going to leave it to you to explore the significance, but Sagan’s story certainly resonates with Lost themes, and perhaps functions as a clue to wormhole theory.

The Others Don’t Like Geeks. So the Island’s “natives” tangled with military scientists testing hydrogen bombs during the 1950s. Then, 20 years later, they warred with the scientific enclave known as The Dharma Initiative. No theory here. Just an observation.

Is He A Lover Or A Liar? Daniel Faraday told Charlotte that he [hearts] her last night. But we also learned that Danny-boy gave an old girlfriend the time travel STD and left her to waste away while he skipped off to America. Faraday probably carries about 9 tons of guilt in that backpack of his, so it made me wonder: when he told Charlotte that he dug her red headed, nose-bleeding cheese, was he genuinely serious—or was he just trying to save from the time travel sickness by playing the part of her constant? If I’m correct that Doc Faraday doesn’t really love Charlotte, but he’s just trying to save her, then he reminds me of another romantically-challenged, messiah-complex MD prone to becoming emotionally enmeshed with his patients. All to say...

Daniel Faraday = Jack Shepherd. Both doctors. Both called upon to be castaway leaders/heroes. Both wear backpacks and grow bad beards. I wonder how much we should make of that? I really liked Adam’s theory that Daniel is a new variable in the Island's past, effectively altering the destinies of the people that will live there or be born there. If the Island was always destined to go skipping through time, but the Oceanic 6 were never supposed to leave, then I wonder: was Jack originally supposed to be doing all the things that Faraday is currently doing on Lost? That could be the reason why the Island brought Faraday here: to serve as Jack’s understudy in the grand drama of its history. But now that Jack has pulled a Jeremy Piven-in-Speed The Plow and flaked out on the production, the role has fallen permanently to Faraday—and he’s playing the part differently enough to render significant consequences.

“Jughead” = U2’s How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb. My soundtrack choice for the episode. “Vertigo” = Charlotte. “City of Blinding Lights” = Desmond and Charlie beholding London. (Yes, yes, the song’s about NYC, but go with me.) “All Because of You” and “Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own”: all about “constant” thematics. “Miracle Drug”: the greatest Lost theme, the reconciliation of science and faith, head and heart.

More next week. Namaste!

Lindelof and Cuse: TV Guide Interview

This is from TV Guide you can watch the video here.

Feel like you're sufficiently getting Lost? Here to help you each week is TVGuide.com's new "Getting Lost" video series. This latest installment finds executive producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof addressing three hot topics coming out of the Jan. 28 "Jughead" episode (spoiler-ish alert):

• In light of the shocking "introduction" made at the end of "Jughead," might the time-tripping castaways run into other (albeit younger) familiar faces?
• Exactly who is gun-toting tough-gal Ellie? Going against the popular consensus (which I find just a bit too pat/obvious), I run my own theory by Team Darlton.
• And speaking of mystery women, who is this comatose Theresa? And how big a role will she play in future episodes?

Also, be sure to read Mickey O'Connor's Lost recaps every Thursday morning. And if you crave scoop on Lost or any other TV show, email senior editors Mickey, Tim Molloy and I at mega_scoop@tvguide.com.

The Official Lost Podcast

Crazy Theory of the Week

This weeks Crazy Theory also involves Daniel Farraday. My theory is that he not only knew Richard before their meeting at the Others Tent City. I'm going all the way on the limb to say that he may be ageless like Richard and he may have four toes. The logic behind this theory is:

1. Eloise Hawking is his mother(so I believe) and she obviously has a deep connection to the Island.
2. The Other woman in the jungle told Daniel, "You just couldn't stay away could you?"
3. The exchange Richard and Daniel have where they ask each other "What's your name?" seemed a little deeper than a man asking a prisoner his name.

Barry says:
and don't you think 'ellie' is probably eloise? seems pretty obvious, especially with ellie's tight-lipped style of speaking...just like eloise in her old age...and she knows daniel at her young age...yada yada...

Response to Barry:
I love that! So do you think when he said you look just like her, that he was referring to his mom and not the woman he experimented on?

Barry says:
i'm not sure on that 'you look just like her' business. i mean, it was definitely presented in context to seem that daniel was referring to teresa...and it would seem kinda strange for him to say his mother looked like herself. if he were thinking about his mother, wouldn't he have said something more like, 'wow, you look just like yourself when you are young'? lol...

Responce to Barry:
He may not have known that 'Ellie' is his mother and even though the context was presented as if he were talking about Teresa that may not be the case. Throughout the journey that is Lost, many time I've believed one thing because of context only to find out that I was mistaken. Still even if he was referring to Teresa, he obviously didn't know 'Ellie' was Elouis because why would he tell his mom how much she looks like his girlfriend.
On a similar note have you heard the theory that Widmore is his father? It's being thrown around, but I don't like it yet. He did fund his research and Ellie and Charles were on the Island at the same time, but still the connection is not there for me. What do you think?

What You May Have Missed

Off The Island:

1. When Desmond was running around looking for a doctor, a sign saying "Mahubay" let us know he was on a province in the Philippines.
2. The room at the Physics Department at Oxford Desmond visited had the Numbers 42 and 8 on it.
3. Jughead" may have referred to the H-bomb, but in Archie comics, Jughead's real name was Forsythe Pendleton Jones III, and "Jones" was also the name on the uniform of Charles Widmore.
4. Desmond named his son Charlie, after the man who gave his life to get a message from Penny.

On The Island:

1. John Locke was very interested in the 30 Caliber M1 Garand Rifle they were attacked with. That's probably because it was standard military issue for the U.S. During the 1930s, '40s and '50s, thus letting him know before the rest of us when they were.

Lost: What You Need To Know

Here is the newest episode of Lost: What You Need To Know

Spoilers for The Little Prince

This came from Lost Spoilers:

One of my production sources has allowed me to reveal the following

1) 2 New People will accompany the O6 back to the Island
2) We will see another crash
3) We will see Ms. Hawking inside the Lamppost Station
4) Sawyers has to to lie. The lie hinges on everyone's safety, especially his own
5) Someone we've seen will be shown to be Ethan's Mother.

Source: ParadoxMan@DarkUFO

The Little Prince Promo

My Jughead Review

Jughead started with Desmond becoming a father, he named his son Charlie. Desmond's on a mission to find Daniels Mother I think it's this Lady. Desmond goes to Oxford, then goes to meet Teressa. Appartently Daniel did some experiments on her and now she's not doing well. But we find out Daniels reseach has been funded for ten years by Charles Widmore. Desmond confronts Charles who tells him to go back where he was hiding and keep Penny safe. Speaking of Charles widmore, He was on the Island in the 50s. We find out that in Others 101, you learn Latin. Charles escapes the capture of John Locke, but Locke follows him back to Otherville. Juilet says Richard is old Like we didn't know. Meanwhile Daniel, miles and a sick Charlote get taken prisoner. This Other acts like she's know Daniel at first.Then Daniel and Richard have an interesting exchange that makes it seem like they know each other. Daniel goes off to try to deactivate the JugHead. Things get sticky and he tells the other that they are from the future. John meets Charles Widmore, by the way did I mention he was on the island. Then John and Richard have an interesting conversation in which we find out why Richard visited a young John Locke so many times. Like always when John is about to get his answer the Island does the time warp again and Charlote gets worse.

Watch with Kristen

This is from Watch With Kristen a tv blog on E!Online.
Most of this is the usual from Lindelof and Cuse but this stuck out:
Mrs. Hawking is related to someone we already know. D.L.: Hell no, we won't tell you! C.C.: True. D.L.: Carlton!
One more thing to add to my crazy theory of the week.

Lost returns tonight, and to get you ready, we've brought spoilers straight from the source!

Yes, Lost executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse kindly agreed to a round of False; True; Hell No, We Won't Tell You, and they addressed all your burning Q's about season five, including, of course, what's in store for Sawyer.

(Sawyer, in case you've never heard of him, is gratuitously pictured shirtless in the image on the left. We take advantage where we can.)

With whom will James Ford be experiencing some "romantic tension"? And what about that secret Sawyer whispered in Kate's ear in last year's finale?

We know the truth, and we're spilling...

If you've never played this game with us before, the rules are these: We suggest a potential spoiler, and the show runners answer "False," "True" or "Hell no, we won't tell you."

We'll find out what Sawyer told Kate in the first half of the season.
Carlton Cuse: True.

There's some kind of romantic tension between Sawyer and Juliet.
Damon Lindelof: True.

Mrs. Hawking is related to someone we already know.
D.L.: Hell no, we won't tell you!
C.C.: True.
D.L.: Carlton!

Christian took Claire into the cabin to protect her from the impact of the time-jumping Island.
C.C.: Wow. I think that's a hell no.
D.L.: That's a hell no.

OK. Ben really cannot go back to Island.
D.L.: Um, false.

Someone in the Oceanic Six will die.
D.L.: Hell no, we cannot tell.

OK, Locke can escape death somehow.
D.L.: He looks pretty dead to me.

This is from Watch With Kristen, a television blog on E!Online.

Lost returns tonight, and to get you ready, we've brought spoilers straight from the source!

Yes, Lost executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse kindly agreed to a round of False; True; Hell No, We Won't Tell You, and they addressed all your burning Q's about season five, including, of course, what's in store for Sawyer.

(Sawyer, in case you've never heard of him, is gratuitously pictured shirtless in the image on the left. We take advantage where we can.)

With whom will James Ford be experiencing some "romantic tension"? And what about that secret Sawyer whispered in Kate's ear in last year's finale?

We know the truth, and we're spilling...

If you've never played this game with us before, the rules are these: We suggest a potential spoiler, and the show runners answer "False," "True" or "Hell no, we won't tell you."

We'll find out what Sawyer told Kate in the first half of the season.
Carlton Cuse: True.

There's some kind of romantic tension between Sawyer and Juliet.
Damon Lindelof: True.

Mrs. Hawking is related to someone we already know.
D.L.: Hell no, we won't tell you!
C.C.: True.
D.L.: Carlton!

Christian took Claire into the cabin to protect her from the impact of the time-jumping Island.
C.C.: Wow. I think that's a hell no.
D.L.: That's a hell no.

OK. Ben really cannot go back to Island.
D.L.: Um, false.

Someone in the Oceanic Six will die.
D.L.: Hell no, we cannot tell.

OK, Locke can escape death somehow.
D.L.: He looks pretty dead to me.

Troughtwig's Thoughts

This is a Lost segment from The Monitor. Al has some good theories, especially the one about Marvin Candle is Mile's father. I like that theory, I'm not sure I buy into it just yet, but I like it. Anyway check it out here. And thanks to Hank for the heads up.

Totally Lost

The Great Doc Jensen released the season premiere of Totally Lost. Check it out here. I hope you enjoy, I know I did.

Lost In Kansas City

This is an article from TV Barn Blog out of Kansas City:

How "Lost" creators cured their writers' block

You can learn things about a TV show just by watching it with other people. At the television critics' winter get-together earlier this month, 200 of us watched the third episode of the new season of "Lost" -- the one airing tonight on ABC -- on the biggest high-definition screen west of Kauffman Stadium (or so it seemed). At regular intervals the whole room would erupt in laughter -- it was the sound of 200 "Lost" fans being served up another unexpected, what-in-the-hell twist ... and loving it.

Whatever mojo television's most ingenious thriller may have lost in its third and fourth seasons, it's come back with compound interest in season five. Last week's two-hour season opener easily eclipsed the fourth judge on "Idol" as the most anticipated non-political TV event of the new year. ABC has been eagerly serving up sneak peeks to critics for not just the usual reasons -- to gain a return on what is easily the riskiest investment in the entire network lineup -- but for a less obvious one. The show is brilliant again, and word needs to get out.

After the screening, out came the two men at the eye of "Lost's" creative hurricane, executive producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof. After swearing the room to secrecy, they spoke with considerable candor about the storylines in store this season and next. They seemed delighted to be answering fansite-worthy questions about characters and storylines, so much so that you might never suspect that they've served themselves pink slips already. These are the final two seasons of "Lost," and paradoxically, it's this knowledge -- that the best job they've ever had is coming to a halt in 2010 -- that has made the producers so happy.

Negotiating the end date to the show "completely liberated us," Lindelof said. "We didn't know whether the mythology we had had to last two seasons or nine seasons, and that was utterly paralyzing."

Cuse agreed.

"Now that we know exactly how many episodes we have left has really allowed us to plan and to do this stuff with the confidence that we know exactly how much of a journey is left, and that's been enormously liberating and really the key to the whole show for us as storytellers," he said.

It's also allowed Cuse and Lindelof to slim down the sprawling cast of guest characters, jettisoning them in various creatively violent ways, while returning focus to the core people who arrested viewers' attention in the show's first season.

That's going to be a huge boon for fans of Sawyer (Josh Holloway), the one regular who did not make it off Lost Island in season four, and who therefore saw his role diminished as the action shifted to the outside world and the struggles of the Oceanic 6 to return to normal lives in civilization.

"This year, we've tried to sort of make up for lost time, as it were," Lindelof said. "And Josh has just been doing amazing work."

But the really big shift from previous seasons is the new emphasis on time travel.

"As season five unfolds, you will realize that time travel has been in the DNA of the show for quite some time, but we think the audience is now kind of prepared to go on that journey with us," Lindelof said.

We may be, but Sawyer sure isn't. If you thought he was unhappy to be caught in an endless rewind/fast-forward loop in last week's episodes, wait until you see him this week. (By the way, last week's second hour will re-air at 7 p.m. Wednesday, leading into "Lost's" regular timeslot of 8 p.m. CT on KMBC-9.) Also watch for Richard Alpert (Nestor Carbonell), probably the best addition to the show since Ben (Michael Emerson), to pop in and out of the castaways' lives like an ageless sphinx, an H.G. Wells character with perpetual jet-black hair and goth eyelines.

The funniest moment of our Q-and-A came when someone asked about Carbonell's eye makeup, and Lindelof responded, "When we first saw dailies of Nestor, we were like, 'Someone's gotta talk to him about the eyeliner situation,' (but) he does not wear any mascara, no eyeliner, nothing. He is completely 100 percent sans eye makeup. God's honest truth."

The second funniest moment came when someone asked the creators if they didn't think they were risking the show all over again with a whole new batch of storylines, including some that were "fraught with peril."

"You say 'fraught with peril' like it's a bad thing," Lindelof replied. "We sit around and go, 'Is it fraught with peril?' 'Yes.' 'Let's do it!'"

'Lost'

A repeat of last week's second hour of "Lost" will air at 7 p.m., followed by a new episode at 8 on KMBC-9. The G4 cable channel is reairing the entire series at 10 a.m. and midnight daily.

What's In A Name?

This will be a reoccurring post on Wednesday's to give some definition to the title of each weeks episode. So we start with Jughead:

• Jughead Jones was a cartoon character in Archy Comics
• In Canada they refer to the Kool-Aid Man as Jug Head
• JUGHEAD is an acronym for Jonzy's Universal Gopher Hierarchy Excavation and Display. Which is a search engine program
• Jughead is a band that was a progressive pop side project of Ty Tabor
• Jughead was a 19th century slang term for a mule
• Jughead was a song on Prince's album, Diamonds and Pearls, and is widely considered Prince's worst song.
• Jughead is also the nickname of a Mark 17 Nuclear Bomb

So which definition do you think most accurately describes tonight's episode?

Really!?!

This article is from MSNBC
It doesn't really have anything to do with Lost, but I found it interesting.

‘Lost’ star resents his sex symbol status

Playing the part of habitually shirtless Sawyer on “Lost” made Josh Holloway a sex symbol, but the actor and former model finds that hot-bod status more of a burden than a boon.

In an interview with Company magazine, Holloway revealed the downside of looking too good for his own good.

“The whole sex-symbol thing is really strange,” he explained. “I wouldn't wish it on anybody. I appreciate the opportunity to work, the cash it gives you, and other things it provides are wonderful. But the celebrity thing... I don't like attention. Like anybody, it's impossible not to feel self-conscious if someone's looking at you all the time, everywhere you go.”

The problem goes beyond Holloway’s personal discomfort with the trappings of fame, as the star admits unwanted attention from well-meaning fans even affects his marriage.

"If someone approaches me and asked for a picture and I say no, then I'll feel like an ass,” he said. “But if I say OK, I'll often end up doing another picture and another. Then my wife gets upset and we have a fight and that's not good either."

I have this to say to Mr. Holloway:
Really!?! Really!?! I'm sure there are a lot of people in the unemployment lines that would LOVE to have your job. It must be real terrible to be on a hit TV show and to have a job. Remind me again, what were you in before Lost? Oh that's right an Aerosmith video and a JCPenny's catalog.
Sawyer may be one of my favorite Lost characters, but come on Josh, it can't be that bad.

Response to comment:
Ok so I may have been a bit harsh on Sawyer and the JCPenny's comment was below the belt. My point was simply that fame is a part of his job. We all have parts of our job we don't like, but when thousands of people are losing there jobs daily it's a little insensitive to complain about any part of your job. Those of us who are fortunate enough to have jobs should simply be glad we aren't dealing with the hardship of unemployment. So while I was a bit rude about it, I just wanted to make the point that he should be thankful and grateful instead of complaining to a national news source about his fans.

Bernard Chats With iF Magazine

This is an article and interview with Bernard from iFmagazine. Not alot of Lost stuff here, but hey how often do we see an interview with Bernard.

Fans of LOST may be familiar with Sam Anderson as one-half of the island’s true love story between – Bernard Nadler and Rose Henderson (L. Scott Caldwell).

While Rose is sick and given only a short time to live – the island has allowed the couple (who were separated by the plane splitting into on different sides of the island) to finally get back together and SURPRISE – to discover – she is disease-free when on the island.

While this is one of LOST’s happier stories, Anderson gets a chance to go to the dark side with “The Snow Job,” this week’s episode of TNT’s new hit series LEVERAGE airing tonight at 10:00 p.m.

In the episode, Anderson plays a ruthless owner of a construction company who is unlawfully foreclosing on innocent families. Playing the baddie isn’t anything new to Anderson, who, coincidentally enough once worked with LEVERAGE’s co-star Christian Kane on Joss Whedon’s BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER spin-off ANGEL. Anderson was his boss Holland Manners at the evil law firm Wolfram and Hart – now the table’s are turned on LEVERAGE and the Anderson gives iF the exclusive scoop on his latest role.

iF MAGAZINE: Can you talk a little bit about your character on LEVERAGE?

SAM ANDERSON: I play a ruthless contractor and with my two sons, we go into disaster areas and offer to fix people’s homes, rebuild them, don’t do the work and when the people don’t pay us, we put a lean on their houses and take them. So the Leverage team is contacted by a young family that has just been through this with us and decide that they are going to jump in full force, because we’ve got over 400 homes we’ve managed to take from people. They decide it’s going to be on such a big scale they’re going to try to get all of the houses back. They play a great game of divide and conquer, with me and my two sons. Of course, we’re going to get what’s coming to us.

iF: In many ways, the show is almost wish fulfillment for all the Americans wronged by big and small corporate thieves everywhere.

ANDERSON: In this particular climate, which I hope changed as of last Tuesday, we read all the time of how much corruption there is everywhere. Pick a business. Talk health. Talk real estate. Talk investments. It’s a good thing for LEVERAGE, because they have a million things to draw on and it’s a bad thing for us because we all have to live with this.

iF: Did you have any nods to ANGEL since you were working with Chris Kane again?

ANDERSON: Chris suggested in one scene he was just going to look at me and wink and the ANGEL fans would laugh their heads off, because he was my protégé on that show.

iF: Did you do the wink?

ANDERSON: Yes. I’ve seen the cut, but I can’t remember if they kept it in. I’m not sure it is. I think we did a little trimming at the end, when I’m getting my comeuppance, but Chris and I know it’s there.

iF: LEVERAGE seems to teeter on the line of comedy and drama – how over-the-top were you allowed to play your role?

ANDERSON: I think the boys and I walk the line in terms of that humor. They’re kind of broad characters, but they’re really broad people and we still try to ground it in reality. I’ve certainly met people who are similar, and I certainly didn’t want to spend a lot of time with them. It’s very fun, but at the same time, it’s about what’s going on with the issue. So you love to see these people fall. You want them to fall and I have a great joy in watching how they do it. In a different way, it’s a similar way to how I felt about watching MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – the original series. Are they going to see through the disguise? It’s great.

iF: Bernard and Rose hadn’t been around on LOST awhile, until last week’s episode – did the producers ever give you a reason for their long absence?

ANDERSON: Last season they went in a different direction, so Rose and I weren’t there for a lot. We were in both parts of the premiere last week. I know the show really responds to the fans. When we’re not there, they seem to miss us, which is great.

iF: Are you always worried you’re going to pick up a script and it says, “Bernard dies.”

ANDERSON: You always read a script just peaking at each page, but no, there’s no flaming arrow in my back, though I haven’t been back [to shoot something] since last week’s episode

iF: Do you get recognized by LOST fans?

ANDERSON: It’s been phenomenal. The response to [L. Scott and I] has been phenomenal. When people come up and want to talk, which is a lot, it’s pretty genuine and very emotional. For an actor, that’s very heartening. You can tell they’re responding to the work in an emotional way and not just “guess who I saw.”

iF: Where would you like to see Bernard and Rose end up by the series conclusion?

ANDERSON: It’s hard knowing where the island is going to end up and knowing it would be hard for them to leave. When Rose is there, she’s cancer free. When she’s back in the rest of the world, she’s probably not. I see them on the island in the middle of a little grass shack, watching the sunset, perfectly content.

iF: Holland Manners on ANGEL was such a delicious role to play – did you ever think the show would have gone on to have such a devoted and rapid following?

ANDERSON: I didn’t think it at the time, I don’t think anyone was thinking about that. We were just doing the best work you could do. The writing was so spectacular. When I first got the role, here's a guy who runs a major corporation and lines up his employees on a carpet, has two shaved head psychics to show him who in the group might be lying or cheating or doing something against the company and he calmly has a guard shoot them in the head. And he is sort of upset, but he’s upset there’s a stain on his carpet. You gotta love playing that. When I came home from work, I used to say to my wife, “how fun is this, where else do you hear an A.D. say ‘flaming vampires to the stage.’” It was just a hoot.

iF: Who is more ruthless – Holland or your character on LEVERAGE?

ANDERSON: I would say, they both may be ruthless. Holland is incredibly smart and always a step ahead of everyone and easy in his manipulation -- until he died. My character in “The Snow Job” is much more of a big, old good guy who has lot of energy. He loves deals and loves listening to money stories. He might not be the sharpest tack in the shed, but he’s shrewd. He’s certainly not honest, but much less lethal.

iF: Since ANGEL was one of Chris Kane’s first big gigs, did he ask you for advice when you were on that show together?

ANDERSON: He asked me something one day, I mostly said, “the thing about actors, we always sometimes get way too focused on ourselves and there’s a whole big world out there you can draw on, and you never know you.” I always wish I listened more in my science classes in school, because I’ve played so many doctors and I’ve had to bone up. For ER, I feel like I practically went to medical school.

iF: You do a lot of series television, how did working on LEVERAGE compare to other shows?

ANDERSON: The thing I love about that place, you go into work and a lot of shows it can be very stressful, but you walk on to the LEVERAGE set and everyone is saying “hi, how are you doing?” They want to talk to you and are happy you’re a part of it. As a result, it’s one of the happier work places I’ve seen. It makes you relax enough to give your best. I admire that work ethic a lot -- it’s genuine and not put on.

IGN Review of Jughead

Lost is a show about time travel and I couldn't be more pleased. I've always been a bit of a geek when it comes to time travel. Doctor Who has been a favorite of mine since I was a kid and recent shows like Journeyman have only heightened my excitement for this often used but rarely mastered sci-fi mechanic. Recently we've seen Heroes completely fail when it comes to using time travel so I was happy to see the writers of Lost use Faraday to establish very specific rules in "Because You Left" – Irish lasses will sleep soundly tonight. Now that it appears our time-hopping island dwellers will be thrown about in the fourth dimension for the next few weeks, it's going to be interesting to see if the writers of Lost can properly infuse this new development into the series.

If you thought that after the first couple of episodes the constant barrage of major developments was going to slow down – you would be wrong. We learn quite a bit both off the island and on the island this week about Charles Widmore, Daniel Faraday and Desmond Hume. The veil is lifted on what could be the motivation for both Faraday and Widmore while we also learn why Desmond might want to take a step back and not pursue Faraday's request for help.

Almost every scene in this episode contained some sort of surprise, development or unexpected twist that had my mouth gaping. If you loved "Before You Left" but found yourself slightly disappointed by "The Lie," this episode will renew your excitement. It still amazes me that this show can throw so much "shock-value" at its audience and still keep much of its core mystery intact week after week. I'd be astonished if the rest of the fifth season can maintain this pace but I suspect that it just might.

Along with all the hair-raising twists, "Jughead" does reveal one frightening new bombshell that could spell doom for the survivors who have been left behind. Obviously I'm not going to reveal what it is, but it's another layer of danger that the survivors will have to contend with.

One thing that surprised me is that only two of the characters who appear in this episode were actually in the show's first season. This alone is a testament to the wonderful array of new characters that have been introduced to the show. Jeremy Davies as Faraday continues to amaze me with his performance. His offbeat, nuanced style is wonderfully entertaining to watch. Also, for those who love Desmond and Penny, there are a few moments here that will leave you very pleased.

Time travel opens up a plethora of opportunities that weren't previously available. While "Before You Left" cemented the rules and the nature of time travel in the Lost universe, "Jughead" is the first to capitalize on the concept and have a little fun. There is one encounter that completely caught me by surprise and it wouldn't have been possible without time travel. So, how long until the island sends its inhabitants back to the Jurassic Period? Sawyer riding a dinosaur would be the greatest moment in television history. For some reason, I suspect we'll learn that traveling that far back isn't possible.

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Whaaaa?

This is from Lost Spoilers:

Episode 5.9 - Namaste - Filming Details Thanks to one of my others sources on the set, Peytoncrimsucks, who has allowed me to reveal the following details. I'll be posting these set spoilers behind Are You Sure buttons as they are pretty spoilerly. I have a whole heap of spoilers coming in from a variety of sources both on set, post production and others that hopefully they will allow me to share with you over the upcoming days/weeks. We're in for a wild ride people!

Under the Are You Sure:

Jin & Sawyer see the first half of the Oceanic 6
The reaction is emotional to the return
Jack talks to Marvin Candel
Juliet and Sawyer are living together

If this is true it means:

1. That it'll take roughly nine episodes for the Oceanic 6 to reunite with the survivors who like Kirk Cameran were Left Behind.
2. Jin is still alive! (I know a lot of people who'll be happy about this, including myself)
3. The Sawyer, Kate, Jack love triangle becomes a Love Square with Juliet.
4. And I'm not real sure what to make of Jack talking to Marvin Candel, but you know it'll be good.
   

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