Lost Chooses Its Six Emmy Episodes
For the Emmys, the nominees for Outstanding Drama Series select six episodes to submit, and based on those submissions, voters will choose the winners.
TVGuide.com has confirmed the list of six episodes Lost is submitting, and I’m not sure I’m on board.
The episodes are:
La Fleur
The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham
The Variable
Follow the Leader
The Incident (Parts 1 and 2)
The finale was a logical choice because it also scored a Writing nomination, and The Variable was the best episode of the season.
But, to be totally hones,t The Life and Death kind of sucked because it was a series of rather tame vignettes. 316 was far superior, as were great episodes like Because You Left, Jughead, Namaste and Dead is Dead.
Overall, it may be a moot point. The fact that Lost was even able to score a Drama Series nomination for a season where it went unapologetically into sci-fi territory is enough of a shock. The nomination could be its reward, but I still have hope that Michael Emerson’s performance in “Dead is Dead” can win him an Emmy.
Lost is competing against Damages, Dexter, Breaking Bad, Big Love, Mad Men and House. Right now I’d probably put my money on House to get an honorary Emmy as a reward for general excellence.
They probably chose those episodes because they were the lease confusing for people who don’t watch the show.
Comment by Chris Temple — July 23, 2009 @ 12:54 pm
Of the 6, I’d go with either “The Incident” or “LaFleur,” two of my favorite season 5 episodes.
I thought “LaFleur” deftly executed the plot’s gearshift into 70’s/DHARMA time, was a great showcase of Josh Holloway, and showed how much Sawyer had grown during those 3 years. (It does bug me that they never explain what happened to Olivia from season 3, and how Amy is now Horace’s wife.)
Comment by Cory — July 23, 2009 @ 9:59 pm