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Forbes posted this cool article about the (literal) changing face of television, both on screen and behind the scenes. Mentions Lost and has quotes from The Nomad.

Missing your Dr. Jack? Needing a Foxy Fix? Well, you’re in luck — you can see him on Saturday Night Live this Saturday night (Dec. 2nd).

Looks like JJ is dusting off his television director’s chair, but not for an episode of Lost or one of his other Bad Robot shows. Nope, he’s going to be directing an episode of The Office, according to Daily Variety. If the rumor is true, the episode will be shot in January.

I’m trying to wrap my mind around this — I have no doubt that JJ can do it. He’s a frellin’ genius and his directorial instincts are fantastic. I’m just trying to imagine how he is going to manage to fit a car crash and a mysterious box into a half-hour sitcom

Knowing how much money is riding on the “Transformers” movie that they penned, and knowing how intense that fandom is, Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci harked back to their television days and put together a group of fellow writers and industry constituents to look over their screenplay, the last draft before shooting begins.

Seeing how diligent Bob & Alex are with regards to the Transformers’ story and fandom, the Trekkies should breathe a bit easier knowing that those guys will handle the 11th Star Trek movie with equal, if not more, diligence.

I’m TEASING. It looks like the fellas over at IGN have been a bit bored. They sat down to look at the “Top 50 Lost Loose Ends”. I have to admit — I didn’t even read through the list. I don’t need that kind of frustation this close to the holidays. But some of you may be a bit more mascochistic

I guess there was enough of an uproar over the pulling of Justice that FOX decided to air the remaining episodes in its 8 p.m. on Friday slots for the month of December, replacing the remaining Vanished episodes (which will now air online only).

Source: Cynthia’s Cynopsis

So get your SpyDaddy while you can.

ZOMG! I want want want WANT THIS!!!

On November 21st, we can all get our very own Rambaldi Box containing Seasons 1 through 5 of Alias. If you wonder whether or not it’s worth it, check out IGN’s review of the entire series and this collection.

The UK Metro site has a “60-second interview” with Jorge up. Season 3 starts tonight on Sky One.

We actually WILL be getting new Lost between now and February — but only in 30 second clips:

ABC will air Lost Moments, mini previews of the new full-length Lost episodes which will premiere next February. Starting today, the :30 Lost Moments vignettes will air randomly during the new drama Day Break. Each of the twelve segments will contain new footage of future episodes. After airing in Day Break, the Lost Moments will be available on ABC.com. All six episodes from season three will remain at ABC.com for free viewing until the second half begins in February.

Source — Cynthia’s Cynopsis (11/15/2006)

That bold line is what I had not heard until I read this. For those who would rather not invest in another TV show right now, it looks like we don’t HAVE to

I don’t know why it took Kristin so long to put up these questions and answers that were asked when Bryan Burk and Jorge Garcia were in New York a week ago. Anyway, here are the questions that were asked — click the link to get the answers

1. Will the Penny and Desmond storyline return?
2. What about those Portugese-speaking guys?
3. Will we see another Hurley flashback?
4. The Others — are they good or evil?
5. What about those numbers?

In the tradition of Lost, most of the answers are vague, but c’mon — it’s Burky and Jorge! So you know they are entertaining either way.

According to this tidbit from UPI, Lost fans should expect a great googly-moogly plot twist when the series returns in February. Something that The Nomad calls a “game changer.”

I’m skert.

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Listen to us pontificate about the “Fall Finale” of Lost, plus some news items related to Six Degrees and What about Brian, and Listener Questions!

According to The Hollywood Reporter, What About Brian has been picked up for full season, with an order for the back 9 scripts. FANTASTIC news!

Sad news for SpyDaddy fans though — the same article indicates that Victor Garber’s show Justice has been cancelled.

The Associated Press has put up their video recap of “I Do.”

There is some crazy chick with glasses who throws in her buck-fifty regarding the “Fall Finale” of Lost.

Oh wait…that’s me

Here are my notes on last night’s “Fall Finale” for Lost. Feel free to comment and add things I may have missed

• Kate’s husband Kevin is played by Nathan Fillion, who may not be recognizable to the general viewing public, but is HUGE in the cult fanbase. He played Mal on Firefly (and in the movie Serenity), and is fondly referred to as “Captain Tightpants” by the fanbase. His character “Kevin” on Lost is a police officer with the Miami Dade police department (patch on his sleeve and logo on police car). He also mentions Tampa.
• NUMBERS — Not many. The only one I picked up on was when Kate was talking to her mother-in-law and she said she had four boys.
• Jack “grew a pair” and has taken the control away from Ben — but is Ben really the “Him” that has been referred to by The Others as who they answer to? A comment is made by Danny that “Shephard wasn’t even on Jacob’s list” — WHO is Jacob? Could he be the real leader? Could he be the guy with the patch we saw last week? (whom I like to call Patchman)
• Alex (who we assume to be Rousseau’s daughter) tries to help Kate and Sawyer escape by using a slingshot and rocks (Danny in the walkie - “How the hell did she get over here?” — So she is usually on the main island?). She says, “I wanna talk to Ben” and that they “killed my boyfriend” (who would be Carl who used to be in Kate’s cage). Later, as Ben lies facedown on the table before his surgery, he asks Juliet if “Alex asked about me” and Julies says “No, we took her home last night. I don’t know where she is now.”
• Kate’s choice seems to be Sawyer — they get busy in the cell (and were watched by Ben) and they exchanged “I love yous” kind of. Jack is crushed twice by Kate’s choice — once when he realizes that Kate asks Jack to do the surgery to save Sawyer and the second time when he sees them post-coital in Ben’s viewing room. Ben is obviously upset that Kate doesn’t break Jack (and admits to Jack later that he thought Kate would chose him), but is even more surprised when Jack agrees to do the surgery anyway.
• Jack takes control — he doesn’t take the tumor out (yet), but he doesn’t discreetly kill Ben either (for Juliet). Jack has become the hero (again?). He gave up the girl and intends to sacrifice himself in order to give freedom to Kate (and Sawyer?).
• Locke is mid-eulogy when he notices the words “Lift Up Your Eyes and Look North” — which partly comes from the scripture next to it: “Lift up your eyes and look north, south, east and west” (God to Abram, Genesis 13:14). The northern part of the island is probably where you can see the other island.
• In the scene when Juliet comes to get Kate, Danny is arguing with Juliet and says something like “supposed to be 2 weeks!” and “it’s stupid!” What was supposed to be 2 weeks? How long they kept Kate/Sawyer/Jack? Or was that part of Ben’s original plan on how long it would take him to manipulate Jack into doing the surgery?
• When the intercom wakes Jack up (and finds the door open), the voice sounds like Alex.

So, what answers did we get? Not a lot really, but is that a bad thing? We know that the tumor IS Ben’s (there was speculation that it was part of the ruse) and that there is someone named “Jacob” who seems to have made a list that Jack was NOT on. Ben’s premonition-type comment — “Whatever happens, it’s going to change everything.” Jack agrees. Kate and Sawyer can be controlled by threatening the other, but Jack has his own power over The Others now. Also, we have true hope that Kate (at least), and possibly Sawyer, will make it off Bencatraz — and that Locke is going to head North and SEE Bencatraz.