The Return of Lost

Posted on April 18, 2008

Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof talked about the return of Lost next week in a conference call with reporters. Here's the scoop:

Something big is up for Claire. "I think there is a very compelling event involving Claire's character that will take place between now and the season finale." (Rumors include everything from a kiss to the kiss of death...)
The flash-forwards and flashbacks are a "mosaic," and when the "mosaic" is complete, the story of Lost is complete. Damon explains: "There is the story on the island, which we perceive to be the present, and then there's the story of the Oceanic 6, which is happening off the island in the future. But if we were to switch perspectives at any time and suddenly we were off the island, focusing on the Oceanic 6 trying to get back, that would be the present, and what was happening back on the island would be either a parallel present, possibly a future, possibly a past. Who knows? So when you hear that whoosh noise, the question becomes 'Where does it take you?' Hopefully, if we do our jobs right in the finale, in the eight months in between the finale and the season premiere next year, the audience will once again be asking, 'What the hell are they going to do in the season premiere?' And that means we're keeping people on their toes. And that's our intent."

We've been watching this show way too long, because that paragraph actually made sense to us. Oh, and we think Claire is doomed. Lost returns with the first of five new episodes on Thursday, April 24, 2008 in a new timeslot, Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET. Next week's episode is titled "The Shape of Things to Come." Part one of "There's No Place Like Home" will air on May 15th. The two-hour second part will air on May 29th at 9 p.m ET.