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Carlton Cuse has said the “Missing Pieces” Mobisodes are connected to the larger mythology of Lost. Each week, I’ll try to solve that puzzle.

“The Watch,” on its face, seems wholly unconnected to anything in the Lost mythology. Sure, we get some backstory on the relationship between Jack and his father (the always reliable Jack Terry), but what of the larger themes? Assuming you’re anything like me, when you watched the first Mobisode, only one thing entered your mind: Mr. Paik.

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First, thank you all for the recent notes concerning issues with the comments system.  I have, hopefully, fixed quite a few things.  Here is what I looked at:

1) Losing Post Info - this was the fault of the wysiwyg editor.  If you got an error and hit back space, you lost your comment.  That will no longer happen.

2) Too Many Comments - this error is often because the captcha was entered incorrectly.  It was occurring excessively because the codes were expiring too fast.  I gave them a longer life.

3) Remember me button - Never worked anyways so it is gone.

This should address most of the problems.  I’ll be installing a new comment system shortly that will interface with the forums section, keep your fingers crossed.

If there are further issues, please let me know.  Unfortunately, I was not aware of these issues so I was operating off the assumption that everything was cool.

Well, well. Look what showed up on YouTube!   Now, the question is, will they stick around?  Originally found at DarkUFO.

Damon wrote a piece for the New York post that turned into a scathing bit of catharsism directed at all this ending of Lost angst.  Where did it all start, anyways?   Was it the quick rush of bloggers, such as myself, to editorialize on Lindelof and Cuses’s reactions to the Sopranos ending, which brought a flurry of "Lost won’t pull a Sopranos" damage control? 

The one thing you have to love about Damon Lindelof is the way he wears his frustration on his sleeve. A lot of producers just seem to be doing the walking on water routine 24/7 until one of their actors grabs another one by throat, or someone makes fun of libertarians.  Even then, the network usually steps in to clap their hands over everybody’s mouths.  Lindelof is never afraid to fire snark at the shows inconstant fan base, or even the publics appetite for cookie cutter entertainment.

Rich Pundit pointed me to an article by Lindelof in the New York Post that provides even more insight to both Lindelof’s philosophy on how to properly end a grand mythology, seasoned with enough of his signature wit to light a fire in your belly.  Example:

"We Yanks, however, do not want froufrou endings. We want things definitively tied up.

And by ‘things’ I mean lots of people dead. And by ‘definitively tied up’ I mean in excruciating ways that ideally involve lots of gratuitous explosions.

We really like gratuitous explosions. And we like it when characters have pithy catchphrases as the embers rain down on them in slow motion. Like, ‘You should quit smoking, McCorkle.’

Over here at the TV show ‘Lost,’ we’ve announced our grand finale 48 short episodes from now. Shockingly, the pundits have already announced that they pre-hate it. The prevailing sentiment seems to be that our ending will be either too wacky to make sense or too anticlimactic to have justified the six seasons preceding it.

I am thrilled by this assessment as there is almost certainly nowhere to go but up."

The full article can be read here.

First, gotta love the use of the word ‘pithy,’ absolute evidence that Damon read "How to Draw Comics the Marvel way."  (Or maybe not.)

Regardless, even though we know that none of this article has any bearing on how Lindelof and company are planning to end Lost make no mistake about it, Lost’s PR crew is readying "Lost will not end with death and explosions" articles as I type.

What does this image mean to you?  Hmmm…. looks she’s entering 16, then 23…. why does that ring a bell?  Oh, I KNOW!  Because we’re a bunch of damn nerds, that’s why!   Yes, the numbers did make a partial appearance… Darlton, you better have an explanation for this.   For all this and more,  read on…

Lost star Naveen Andrews was forced to hold an exorcism when his co-stars became uncomfortable while filming scenes for the hit show on the site of a mass murder.

The stars film most of the scenes for the show on location in Hawaii, but cave scenes are shot at a large warehouse on the island where a brutal murder occurred.

Several members of the cast became uneasy filming scenes in the makeshift cave and insisted that an exorcism be held to remove any negative spirits.

Andrews, who plays Sayid Jarrah, explains, "Something heavy went down in the place where we shoot, which is an old abandoned kind of warehouse.

"It was a murder - a mass murder - I think about four or five people were killed.

"I didn’t personally notice it, maybe I’m not sensitive enough, but some people did and there was a ritual exorcism. It sounds really dramatic doesn’t it? I guess it was!"

We’re pleased to announce that TheTailSection LIVE CHAT has returned!   Simply click on "LOST chat" in the navbox and your on your way!

For the time being, we will leave the chat schedule open.  But wouldn’t it be great to chat live during tonights episode? 

Rules are pretty common sense,  play nice, love LOST, and be respectful.

Don’t bother asking Matthew Fox for any inside secrets about “Lost,” the television thriller on which he plays Dr. Jack Shephard. He doesn’t have them.

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SHE’S a right tough nut on the island, and it seems Lost star Evangeline Lilly has good reason. It was not her first plane drama.

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LOST star EVANGELINE LILLY hates the laid-back island lifestyle of Hawaii, where she films hot TV show LOST - because no one has a notion of urgency. The pretty Canadian admits island life really gets her down, especially when she’s in a hurry to get somewhere.

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