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I’m a total nerd for writers.  I’m someone who pays attention to who writes my favorite television episodes, and I then get all geeky and excited when their names pops up again later in the season.  There was a time when I could have told you who wrote each episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, though I’m probably a bit rusty on that these days.

This is my long-winded way of saying that I’ll always look forward to any Lost episode written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz.  They wrote three of my all time favorite episodes last season:  "Tricia Tanaka is Dead," "Exposé," and "Greatest Hits."  For crafting those three hours of fantastic television, they’ll forever be on my radar.

The dynamic writing duo recently spoke to Sci Fi Wire about what it’s been like to finish up season 4 now that the strike has ended.  Here’s what they had to say:

"The last two weeks before the strike, we actually sat down and said, ‘Here is what we want to tell for the rest of the season,’" Kitsis said. "We all sat down, and the entire staff came up with a battle plan in place."

Now that the strike has wrapped up, Kitsis added, "We got to tell a little more story this season than we anticipated.  It’s really worked out well.  We came back from the strike, and everyone is just really excited, and I have to say, creatively, every day has been a pleasure.  Everything we’re doing right now is exciting, and every script that is going out, you’re jealous if you didn’t write it."

Regarding the three missing episodes from season 4 that will be added in at a later date, Kitsis said, "I have a feeling it will mean more, like, two-hour shows as opposed to more episodes, but those are decisions above our pay grade."

Head on over to Sci Fi Wire to read the entire interview, and talk about your own favorite Lost writers below.

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