Watching Lost

In a recent interview with New York Daily News, Michael Emerson confesses that there are times when even if he’s already read the script from the series, he finds himself baffled by the story still. “I may have a brain defect of some sort because I will just miss obvious things and have to have them explained to me by relatives and children”. So that, when pressed for more clues and what fans should anticipate when Lost returns this week, he didn’t have a lot to say.

But when asked about Ben, he does know and understand his character very well — “He’s always going to be some kind of global warrior. He doesn’t get to have the girl.” A theater actor, he believes the TV role of Ben is a really good one to pass up and if you’re a fan of this character, Michael Emerson says the upcoming episode is “going to knock you out”.

The complete interview is on this site.

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Henry Ian Cusick, who plays Desmond Hume on Lost, is having this feeling that Desmond will die on the series. He tells Washington Post of this hunch, in a recent interview with them. Although he says, he doesn’t mind if his character dies on the show: People who have died have gotten great story lines. Dying is not a bad thing because on “Lost,” even if you do die, you may well come back.

The actor also relays, he doesn’t know if Desmond will ever get to see Penny and sounding like fans who speculate on what happens to the characters on the series, he thinks Desmond remains in the island, with other survivors.

Outside of Lost, the actor reveals that they don’t own a television set when the whole family moved to Hawaii for Lost. When we lived in England, the kids would come home from school and sit down in front of the TV until dinnertime and it used to drive me bananas. When we got to Hawaii, I said, “That’s it. We’re not having a TV.” I thought, we live by the sea. There’s so much to do here, we don’t need a TV. The only thing I miss is the news and soccer, but I can get that online.

When asked what his plans are after Lost, and should his character be taken off the script, Henry Ian Cusick reveals that his kids need a more permanent place, since they have begun schooling but because of the nature of his work, his family have been more or less just going with the flow.

Via The Washington Post 1 | 2

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Remember this Lost Popularity Contest I posted about the other week? In the earlier weeks, Sawyer had emerged an early favorite. But as the “drafting” came to a final close, it became a popularity vote between Sayid and Desmond.

And Desmond won with over 60+% of the votes.

5904 has taken part in it and have spoken. Desmond is THE Constant.

Quite frankly, I can’t complain about the result. I have to admit, that as much as he has become a really significant character for this series, he has also emerged as one of my favorite characters (along with Ben and Juliet). Well, this is largely due to the fact that their episode this season has been one of Lost’s…uh…greatest hits. And then of course, since he is my new favorite, I had to get myself reacquainted with Desmond Hume.

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His name has appeared in the opening credits throughout the season, so it wasn’t hard to speculate Michael, played by Harold Perrineau, would be back on the show. This coming week is going to be an episodes centered around him and his alter-ego, Kevin Johnson. And according to reports, the episode will involve a series of flashbacks dating back to the time he shot Libby and Anna Lucia and released Ben from the custody of the Losties, in Season 2.

The press was recently able to talk to the actor and he revealed some more information about what has happened to his character in the last two seasons.

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This was the note secretly given to Desmond and Sayid by someone in the boat:

So, why can’t they? What’s the captain hiding? Or is he in fact hiding something? Who is he?

His name is Captain Gault. We know from the most recent episodes, that the Captain is pretty straightforward but when crossed, he’s a difficult person to deal with. We know that he is strictly following orders from Charles Widmore, the man who has hired them to work on the freighter.

Captain Gault is actually a character from the book Captain Gault, Being the Exceedingly Private Log of a Sea-Captain, which was published in 1917. Lostpedia describes this character as “morally ambiguous and mysterious”. Suffice to say, when he is hired to do something, whatever that is and whether it’s for the good or bad, he does his purpose with precision and won’t have anything get in its way.

What’s your theory on the captain?  Why can’t they trust someone as straightforward as him? Was he the one lying about the cover-up? Are we really convinced it is Widmore’s boat, as he says it is?

And did that note really come from Michael a.k.a Kevin Johnson?

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TV Guide Magazine has the latest on Lost, with the introduction of four new characters this season…

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Apparently, these were aired last night during the special screening of Season 3’s finale (which I haven’t had the chance to watch)…The song choice fitted their characters, huh?

Kate
Criminal, Fiona Apple

Sawyer
Bad to the Bone

There are a couple more on the official site.

By the way, ratings last night? Here are the numbers from Nielsen:

Starting out against an “Idol”-boosted installment of Fox’s “Moment of Truth,” a special replay of the third season finale of “Lost” built on its lead-in to draw an average audience of 8.5 million viewers and a 3.3 rating, 8 share among Adults 18-49 from 9:00-11:00 p.m. The show was enhanced with on-screen facts and back story. The night prior to its fourth season opener (Thursday – 1/31/08 at 9:00 p.m. ET), the “Lost” encore took second to “Moment of Truth” at 9:00 p.m. in Adults 18-49 (3.3/8) and then moved up to No. 1 during the 10 o’clock hour, beating NBC’s original “Law & Order” by 10% (3.4/9 vs. 3.1/8). In fact the repeat “Lost” ranked No. 1 from 10:00-11:00 p.m. across each of the key young adults, men and women demos: AD18-34 (2.6/8), M18-49 (2.9/8), W18-49 (3.9/10), M18-34 (2.1/6) and W18-34 (3.2/9).

A note about increasing DVR penetration and year to year rating comparisons: Year-to-year rating trends based on the Live + Same Day data stream may be somewhat distorted by the level of DVR penetration in the Nielsen sample, which has nearly doubled from 12% at the same point in 2006, up to 22% currently. More viewers are watching shows on their own timetables, which may not be reflected in the overnight next day numbers. Therefore, the only truly valid year-to-year comparison would be one based on the Live + 7 Day metric, once those stats are released by Nielsen.

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Thought you might wanna check it out:

New York Times: Tropical Teaser: ‘Lost’ Clues Decoded
Pop Candy: Brian K. Vaughan talks ‘Lost’
NY Mag: ‘Lost’ and ‘Y: The Last Man’ Writer Brian K. Vaughan on Comics, Time Travel, and the Dharma Shark
The Watcher: ‘Lost’s’ fab start to Season 4, and a chat with co-creator Damon Lindelof
EW: ”Lost”: Your Preseason Cheat Sheet
Watch with Kristin: Lost Week: Go Back in Time with the Losties!
Watch with Kristin: Lost Spoilers
Watch with Kristin: Go Back in Time with Losties 2
NY Mag: Let the Internet Spoil ‘Lost’ for You
Televisionary: The Sun Also Rises: Getting “Lost” With Yunjin Kim
BuzzSugar: How Well Do You Remember Lost Season 3? (I got 7 out of 10, phew!)
Buddy TV: Exclusive Interview: Josh Halloway
Yahoo: New Season of Lost is Found (minor spoilers)
LA Times: Lost: 48 Pending Questions
SFGate: Want to Get Lost? There’s still time as the season starts (Minor spoilers for episode 1 and 2 Season 4)

Lost Seasons 1-3 as told by way of 24, in about 8 minutes:

Of the men characters, my absolute favorite would have to be Benjamin Linus, or Ben (or Henry), so effectively played by Michael Emerson (who has been nominated for his role).

Ben starts off as Henry and claims he got stranded on the island when this hot air balloon he and his wife were riding deflated and crashed. But we now know the real story behind Henry, who is actually, Ben, the leader of The Others. But there are still some mysteries about him that are not yet answered, like his relationship with Jacob, who seems more powerful than anyone else. Some facts about Ben that we now know are as mind-boggling as the things we dont know. Like, the fact that he can see dead people; or that Jacob, while appearing more powerful, seem to be under Ben’s control (why else would Jacob seek Locke’s help?).

Like Juliet, I like the ambiguous sides to Ben’s character. I find myself sympathizing with him, yet fearing him at the same time. Is his character to be trusted? Is he actually one of the good guys? Is his scheming ways necessary to complete the mission? What, in fact, is the mission?

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Among all the castaways, Juliet would have to be my favorite character in the female set.

Juliet Burke is a doctor hired to work with The Others. First introduced to viewers in the episode, A Tale of Two Cities, Juliet seemed kind and gentle, and became the unlikely ally of Jack. Killing one of her companions and plotting to murder their leader, Ben, Juliet showed a cunning and dangerous side to her. After everything that has happened, Juliet’s status is still unknown. Is she really with Jack’s group or is she still in some secret alliance with The Others?

Before arriving at the island, Juliet was a fertility doctor at the Miami Central University Medical Research Laboratory. Her successful experiment on her sister, Rachel, who was unable to bear a child and is with cancer, proved her capacity in her chosen field.

Her main goal at this point is to go back home to her sister, which remains a broken promise from Ben. Juliet will do anything to be able to return home.

Juliet is played by Elizabeth Mitchell. She will be on The View on the 31st by the way, just in time for the season premiere. Here’s a recent interview with Elizabeth Mitchell and the TV Addict:

Why do you think fans embraced your character so openly and the character that Michael plays so openly, when other characters (ahem, Nikki and Paulo…) don’t fare as well?

I really do think it was a setup for the other characters. I think that what happened is that we really fell in love with our survivors. We didn’t want to see more survivors. We wanted to see someone come in who was posing a threat or being something different. I just think we didn’t want to see other people, who weren’t going to be the people that we love, unless they were with the people we love, and I think that’s why they were so smart when they did the Ben and the Juliet characters, that they kind of dropped them in as these great antagonists, we were really worried about Ben and Juliet. And there’s a little bit of, not a thrill, but a sense of unease that goes through us when we see these two people interacting with the people that we actually really love. I think it was a particularly good setup for me. I was very surprised with how it turned out. You wouldn’t think that these characters would be remotely likeable, but the way they’ve written them, they’ve written in that.

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