The sixth season was supposed to be 17 hours total, but they increased that by one hour. Boy oh boy! Well… we'll take what we can get right? Come next May we'll all be out of a blog. So there will be 16 episodes— a two-hour premiere and a two-hour finale.
So how exactly are we supposed to fill the time between seasons? You could always read Doc Jensen's overly thought-out theories at Entertainment Weekly, but that's only a few hours a week.
Fortunately, there are a few outlets...just need to know where to find them.
Hot on the heels of Ace of Cakes' episode where they made a cake for Lost's 100th episode, Bravo's Top Chef Masters did a Lost-themed challenge on Wednesday night's episode.
The four chefs had to create that would be appropriate to be served on The Island, using meats that would be found on a tropical island (fish, seafood, boar) and canned and preserved ingredients off a Dharma-approved list. The guest judges were Team Darlton and the entire writing staff of Lost. Niiice.
I won't spoil the results, but unlike the regular Top Chef, these are really good, award-winning chefs competing for charity. Bravo replays their episode all the time, so just search for it on your DVR. I think it was called "The Lost Supper" (heh heh).
The other option, though not as entertaining, is this collection of Lost-themed videos that are on YouTube right now. They answer the age-old question, "What if Lost were a 1990s sitcom?"
One warning: The Friends one is not very good at all. The rest of them are pretty well-done, particularly if you were obsessed with ABC's Friday night lineup back then. Look for lots of footage of Charlie and Hurley, particularly the golf course episode.
Supposedly, the mystery about Charlie's appearance in that ABC promo is solved, and it's a lot less intriguing than we thought.
Michael Ausiello posted a item Friday night that said he talked with the people at ABC and the reason why Charlie is in the ABC promo is...
...he's joining the cast of another ABC show.
Ausiello says he's been sworn to secrecy on which show it is, but it's an hour-long drama and the network wants it be a huge surprise when it's revealed.
Which is all well and good, except . . . what on earth did they think was going to happen by putting him in a network promotional video at least two months before any of these new series are going to air? If they wanted it to be a secret, then they shouldn't have had him in the video, but that's just me.
My default theory, until I'm proven wrong, is that he's still coming back to Lost, and this is all just a smokescreen (get it?) to keep the fans going during the next six months.
Natalee found the video of the ABC 2009/2010 season with Charlie!! (NOTE: Don't miss his line, it's totally essential!!)
While trying to find the ABC promo with Charlie, I was saddened to discover that ABC has a new show called, "V", starring none other than Elizabeth Mitchell (Juliet)… You know what that means, she's not a regular in season 6. I'm bummed out to the max! Hopefully her new show will be awesome!
Soooo...ABC's new promo campaign features a bunch of the stars from their shows living in the same house, hence the presence of Jack and Hurley. I've included said video below.
HOWEVER, TV Squad has a post this morning saying there's a new version of the clip that has Charlie playing foosball. Someone asks him, "Aren't you dead?" And his response is...
"I was."
And no, I can't find that video anywhere. But enjoy watching Ty Pennington get his megaphone smashed, along with a mildly suggestive statement from The Nanny.
This just in… Claire Littleton (actress Emilie De Ravin) will be returning (as a regular) for the sixth season of Lost! OMG!!! I'm stoked!!!
I don't want to jump the gun or anything, but this fits in nicely with the idea that season 6 will be an alternate season 1 (plus series wrap-up). I'm on pins and needles to hear the magic words "Charlie is back". Yes please.
Here's the full story from EW.com
PS This also makes me think Lost will hold it's status as one of the most ground-breaking shows in the history of tv. Never before has a popular television show killed off main characters with the intent of having them sit-out a season or two. It just makes sense…
The Onion reported on a great new sitcom, starring none other than: Smokey! Good for a down-time laugh. (Found by Jessica).
Where There's Smoke!
Ok, I've been doing a little research on Egyptian mythology so I thought I'd share. This might be long, sorry. After trying and trying on my own to figure out who the statue represented, I finally discovered that ABC confirmed that the statue is Taweret. She's a bit complicated, but four things stick out.
First, she was a protector of pregnancy. Her statue is now destroyed and successful pregnancies among non-815ers don't occur. Hmm.
Second, she was the wife of the evil Apep. Apep was the god of darkness and chaos, and was sometimes a very large snake (or maybe just a long snake-like trail of smoke?) with a head of flint (a black rock). He would roar from the underworld and cause rumbling. It was said that he was trapped in the underworld after Ra took over the island, er, Egypt. Trapped unless Ben lets him out I guess.
Third, Taweret was also friendly with Sobek, a god who repaired evil that was done. Sobek became Sobek-Ra (merged with Ra). Ra and Apep were enemies. Apep was always trying to kill Ra. He must have always been searching for that loophole.
Fourth, she was ALSO friendly with Set. Set was Ra's right hand guy. He protected Ra, and fought Apep. He also fought Horus (Goodspeed?), and sometimes went by the name Richard Alpert. When the Egypt was divided in two, Horus and Set fought. (Island divided, sides led by Richard and Horace). I read somewhere also that Set led a whole group of others that also defended Ra, but I couldn't find the source again.
Ok, so my theory is Jacob = Sobek-Ra, Esau = Smokey/Apep, Richard = Set. When I googled these gods' names with "lost" I discovered I am definitely not alone, which was kind of a bummer, because it seemed like it was old news, but good, because it means I'm not way out in left field. So, I think Jacob visiting the 815ers had something to do with repairing evil that was done.
I also wanted to know what the Greek on the tapestry was. The translation of the top row is, "May heaven grant you in all things your heart's desire." Odysseus said it to Nausicaa in the Odyssey. There's a middle line that says, "May the gods grant you happiness." The bottom line hasn't been fully revealed but probably says, "Only the dead have seen the end of war." Also in the Odyssey. I haven't been down that rabbit trail yet, but obviously, Odysseus visited an island or two and saw some strange things. I still need to take another look at that tapestry and see if I can google enough to figure out what the pictures represent.
One more thought. What's this mix of Greek and Egyptian? I'm sticking with my original theory, Atlantis. It has ties to Greece and Egypt. I know that's been a theory out there for a long time, but I haven't heard of Darlton denying it.
Good call Dirk, on the red herring thing, awesome! My guess about its meaning is that the whole Ben / Widmore thing isn't the real feud, they are small potatoes. Just a guess.
It just occurred to me that it wasn't future Locke that told past Locke (via Richard) that he had to die! It was Jacob's enemy as Locke! So I'm def thinking (big fat duh) as soon as Christian's body landed on Lost island, Jacob's enemy took Christian's form and hid his body (just like he did with Locke). So quite obviously, this entire time, it has been Jacob's enemy parading around as ghosty Christian Shepard, until he found a new body…Locke's!
I just blew my own mind.
So now it's time to go back and watch the entire series, knowing that every time we see Christian (after real Christian's passing) he is really Jacob's enemy, bent on twisting events to lead to Jacob's demise!!!!!!
*UPDATED*
Furthermore, Jacob's enemy has clearly been playing Richard (or Richard is secretly working for him) because it was Richard who gave Locke the information on Sawyer, which lead to his father's death and Locke's ascent to leader. This chain of events lead to Locke's direct access to Jacob and ultimately Jacob's death.
Also, from Lostpedia:
Richard Alpert gave Locke a compass, instructing him to give it back to him the next time Locke saw him. ("Because You Left") When Locke time traveled to 1954, he gave the compass to Richard in order to prove he was from the future. ("Jughead") In 2007, the individual posing as Locke told Richard to give the compass to Locke, creating a time loop.
The finale is blowing up our blog a bit with some seriously great comments. I just want to remind you all that you're definitely invited to make actual posts. Quite honestly, some of your comments are too good for just comments!
Let me know if you're interested in posting and I'll send you an invite to be a contributor.
I think the finale discussion could keep us afloat and caring about this show for 8 whole months!
Okay so here's my theory...
Marty accidentaly meets his mom and dad and almost causes them to not meet, go to the Enchantment Under the Sea dance, kiss, get married, and make babies. However, he helps his dad get the courage to stand up to Biff and ask his mom to the dance. Just as Marty's hand starts to disapear during a solo on stage, they kiss and everything starts to come back again. 
In the case of Chang's hand. Is it possible that him loosing his hand could serve another purpose other than one that we already knew? Maybe in some way, the hand means more than we even understood previously, in the future (read again for clarity)? Like Marty's parents kissing? Is it possible that everything could be different and still the same? What would be the same and what would be different?I just wanted to say, on the record, I believe the man who essentially killed Jacob, is Alvar Hanso. That is all.
I freaking loved that the episode ended in white!!! So, what better time to switch our blog to off-season white?!
Where do I begin? Great finale.
Did It Work?
Yes, let's see our options:
A) No it didn't work. The bomb went off and everything stayed the same, meaning Jules, Jack, Sawyer, Kate and company are a powdered mixture floating in the ocean. Season 6 will be all about Rose and Bernard's last 3 years living in a shack in the jungle.
B) Yes, of course it worked. Otherwise, the main characters are dead and that's ridiculous.
C) No, it didn't work. The white flash we saw was a reaction of the massive energy being released, sending our peops on another time traveling journey.
Small and Significant
Miles came out of left as tonight's voice of reason. Reminding our castaways that they could be playing right into time's brutal hands. Perhaps they were unfolding everything that already happened anyway. Everything that always transpired. I think he might've been right, based on the fact that his father, PF Chang, appears to have lost his hand, due to the occurrences they were causing. As we know, Chang had a missing hand in the videos we've seen, proving that things are on track as they've always been. Thought?
Love is the Bomb
Or is it? Did anyone think that the quad o' love's reasons for blowing up the island were less than noble? Jack wanted to potentially blow up the island and kill a bunch of people all for a chance to erase his shoddy past with Kate? Tabula rasa?! Jules wants to do the same, all so she can "not lose" Sawyer. Hey, guys, I thought you were heroic. Could the writers have sewn in a little bit more about wanting to start over because their friends died and weren't supposed to? Ugh. All so they could make googly eyes at each other. They're getting all Eternal Sunshine on us!
Un-Locked
So, Locke is not Locke. Huh? Since when could you change yourself into someone else? What in the eff is going on there. I'm not tracking with that one. So the guy on the beach (credited on imdb as Man #2, actor's name is Titus Welliver) pulled some tricks, found some loop hole to some law existing preventing him from killing Jacob and got Ben to off him? Woah. I need to think on that one.
JACOB REVEALED
Freaking finally. So Jacob only made it through one episode. Pretty trippy that he visited both Kate and Sawyer in their youth and Sayid, Sun, Jin, Locke and Hurley later in life. All just amazing. Blowing my mind again and again. I love that he gave them gifts, and that Kates was a NKOTB lunch box. I love this show. Shocking and yet not. We all knew Jacob had to be able to do some amazing things. I guess the incredible thing was to simply find out that he does indeed exist. So many metaphors can be drawn. Ah.
I'm so tired. In honor of a 2 part episode, I'll post part 2 of my recap tomorrow. It will be more organized.
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