Tonight is a big night, and I'm sure you have other things on your mind, but it won't hurt to take a couple of moments to think ahead to the spring TV season, specifically to the final season of one of the most talked about TV shows ever: "Lost."
A new and intriguing poster for the final season was released this week, and (I don't know if this is spoilerish or not), it seems to include some old familiar faces from seasons past. Now, I can't make out all of the faces, but I swear I see Boone in there, and Shannon. Take a look:
Blog Dark UFO claims to have a contact at ABC who has revealed the names of every character shown. Click here if you're done staring at the poster trying to figure it out for yourself.
Also, ABC is starting to promo the upcoming season with teaser trailers like this one, and, although the trailer literally shows no new footage (and won't, at least not until the first new episode actually airs), I have to admit it's working. I'm getting excited.
As any "Lost" fan knows first-hand, with this show you have to take the bad with the good. This season the bad comes in the form of the 2010 Winter Olympics. "Lost" is scheduled to begin airing episodes in January, but will have to take a hiatus shortly after so as to not compete with the Olympics. Episodes will resume in March.
If you'll recall, one of the biggest gripes of "Lost" fans during seasons two and three was the way ABC tooled around with the scheduling of the show, switching times and days, airing a new episode and then multiple reruns. The decision to air the final three seasons uninterrupted was made, though it hasn't really worked out that way. Season four's stretch was interrupted by the writer's strike, and now season six has the Olympics to blame.
Glass half full point of view: It's the final season, and we want it to be drawn out as long as possible, right? Right?
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YEAH!