Last night, Carlton Cuse revealed via Twitter that William Atherton will be stopping by Lost for the final season.
Of course, as always, there’s no exact word on what role he’ll be playing, but since he’s William freaking Atherton, I have to imagine it’s going to be a kick-ass villain. If you’re like me, you remember Atherton as Walter Peck, the villainous EPA agent in the original Ghostbusters film. He has a distinct voice and attitude that could rival Jeffrey Jones in the creepy department.
Who do you think he’ll play? A good guy? A bad guy? A relative? A random red shirt who gets killed off quickly?
As expected, Damon and Carlton didn’t exactly reveal a whole lot about the final season during today’s Comic-Con panel. But there were some juicy moments.
-They’ve already written the final scene, but it’s under lock and key
-Elizabeth Mitchell WILL be back next season
-They hinted that the bomb most likely worked, and that the final season will be very similar to the first season
-Josh Holloway, Jorge Garcia, Michael Emerson and Nest Caronell all showed up, as did a special mystery guest…
-DOMINIC MONAGHAN showed up. at the last minute to say hello. Was this just because he’s already there as a new cast member on ABC’s Flash Forward, or because he’ll be returning to the show.
-Lending support to the idea that he is coming back, they showed a retrospective of all the characters who have died on the show. Perhaps it was also a montage of people who will be coming back for the final season.
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.
A Bolivian television station and a Dutch radio station thought they had exclusive footage from within the ill-fated Air France Flight 447, which crashed on the Atlantic Ocean - but not before, at least some speculate, it broke up in mid-air - early this month. The Dutch said the photos, given to them by a tipster, were “reliable”. The Bolivians took the photos and made an entire segment on a news program thinking they got a world exclusive.
Too bad they don’t watch Lost.
After all that speculation over the past weeks…
Rumor has it that Elizabeth Mitchell will return on Lost next season but only for an unspecified handful of guest appearences. Obviously she’s hoping that V will really take off, and the series was formally announced at the upfronts yesterday with more details and character photos. Most importantly, though, the first footage of the series has been released and Elizabeth Mitchell figures prominently. You can watch two video clips of Mitchell on V here and here. What are your first impressions?
ABC formally released their upfronts for the 2009 fall lineup today, announcing what series they’ll be making, renewing and canceling, where everything fits into the scheduling grid and why you should be excited. For those who haven’t been paying attention most of it isn’t a surprise. There were already a lot of leaks. But for those who haven’t checked out the Lost network’s new battleplan read the EW article, BuddyTV article and Zap2It article here.
I meant to post this article about the methods Lost’s producers use to keep the plot twists a secret and somehow it slipped through the cracks. If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s worth a glance. Nothing shocking but there are a few fun details about foilers - fake spoilers - leaked by the producers.
ABC release their upfronts, picking up ten new series for the fall (a lot by today’s standards.) There are six dramas and four sitcoms. Reuters ascribes the move to ABC being desperate to find Lost’s replacement for when it goes off the air, and reiterates that they’re betting heavily on Flash Forward. V could harness the more SF contingent of Lost’s fans. Several of the others sound like tame procedural dramas, but it’s hard to know much without a lot more information than the network has released so far.
The Lost finale not surprisingly did very well, though the numbers remain a little disappointing across the board. It got a 4.3/12, the same rating as last season’s finale. (Idol won the night with an 8.4/21.)
Lost routinely gets a lot of good commentary pieces in the mainstream press, but today more so than most. A handful of quick reviews…
Patrick Kevin Day at The LA Times admits he was fooled by the not-so-explosive fake ending and surprised when the bomb eventually went off. More so than some, he’s satisfied that the story of Jacob and Esau meshes with the first four seasons. “What I think this season finale did more than anything, was to finally give us a stable frame with which to watch the entire series. So much we’ve seen before makes perfect sense. Remember the dream where we saw Locke with the black eye and the white eye? His talk with Walt about there always being two sides. The mysterious behavior of Christian Shepherd, the resurrected Locke and the smoke monster. Poor Ben, he was fooled the whole time into thinking he was working on the side of the angels. Poor, pitiful Ben. No matter what else happens next season, I think we’ll finally see Ben redeem himself in sacrifice. His tortured confrontation with Jacob revealed that his manipulations have only been a ruse to cover up his sense of lonliness and wanting to belong. I predict Season 6 will give us Good Ben (though don’t expect it right away).”
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