Tuesday, April 22, 2008

What To Expect For The Rest of Season Four

When Lost resumes (Thursday, April 24 at 10 Eastern, 9 Central), you can expect the following (given that the only so-called "Spoilers" contained below come from promos that have been airing on ABC, there should be no actual spoiling going on here)...

  • There will be six more hours of Lost (two fewer than originally planned this season, but one more than the previously-announced post-strike total). The fifth and sixth will air as a two-hour block on May 29, two weeks after the fourth episode back.
  • The first episode back with be a Ben Flash-forward, which will be entitled "The Shape of Things to Come." I'm just speculating here, but I believe this will bridge the gap leading up to Sayid's flash forward from "The Economist."
  • In "The Shape of Things to Come," the smoke monster will make an appearance, and we will learn more about its nature.
  • We will learn the ultimate fate of Rousseau and Karl in the second episode back.
  • Alex will have been taken captive by Keamy and the mercenaries, who plan to use her as leverage against Ben.
  • New Otherton, where Team Locke has taken up residence, will be attacked by the mercenaries.
  • We will learn how the Oceanic Six make it off the island.
  • Finally, we will visit the three-level DHARMA station called "The Orchid," which Lost fans first encountered in footage shown at the San Diego Comic Con last Summer.
  • Ultimately, we will bridge the gap between the flash forwards we've seen this season and Jack's screaming "we have to baaaaaack" at the end of last season.
  • We've been promised a spectacular kiss before the season's end.
  • The finale will include another game-changing moment, which has been codenamed the "Frozen Donkey Wheel." This continues the tradition of big finale moments that began with season 1's "Bagel" (Walt's abduction), season 2's "Challah" (the hatch implosion), and season 3's "Snake in the Mailbox" (the flashback was actually a flash forward).
  • What we will not see this season are previously planned flashbacks for Farraday and Miles, but these stories will be told.

You excited yet? I know I am.

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