Lost -- "I Do" -- Fall Finale! -- 11.08.2006
 

"I Do"

Jack makes a decision regarding Ben's offer; Kate feels helpless when it looks like Pickett is going to make good on his threat to kill Sawyer; Locke discovers a hidden message that may help unlock the island's secrets.

Looks to be fuckin' amazing. Let's hope this episode can match ABC's latest for its other wonder show, Desperate Housewives' "Bang".

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Now we just need Pee Wee to do Surfin' Bird.

Ooooooohhhh... I can't wait for tonight.

When is the next episode after tonight?

February 7, 2007. Or maybe earlier if Day Break gets cancelled.

I believe it's Feb 7, 2007
Supposed ep title:

I don't think that there is any chance of getting new episodes before that, regardless of how Day Break does. If it did get pulled early, we'd get Lost reruns or some other filler.

Whose backstory will be covered tonight?

This "Fall Finale" shit is annoying. I really hope it doesn't catch on.

I am looking forward to Day Break though.

My guess would be a totally unnecessary LOST recap for at least one week.

This is the episode that includes , right?

Yes

Looks like there is some crazy stuff in store for the second half of the season according to spoilerfix.com. It will make these next 3 months a long and painful wait.

Tonite better be good, with 3 months to wait ...

That image needs to be updated, Rogue.

One eccentricity I have is naming my various pieces of exercise equipment after philosophers. For example, I have my Nietzsche Elliptical, my Socrates Stationary Bicycle, and my Descartes Treadmill. When I watch television, I like to pick one piece of equipment and work on that exclusively. So, tonight for this episode I'll be using my Kant Weights.

That was a very long way to go for that joke...

it's all in the setup.

Now you're just trying too hard.

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Perfect!

Now that is just too damn funny.

Holy shit! It's smokey!

I'm looking forward to tonight, and I know that it will end in a cliffhanger so that we tune in when it comes back on, but I really hope this episode "wows" me.

Not sure if I'm in the minority, but so far this season hasn't really excited me like the last 2 held me.

C'mon Lost - kick our asses with greatness so that we will be dying for February to come around.

Yeah! Take a page from the BSG playbook and end like their mid-season cliffhanger in Season 2.

And why the hell are they pulling the show for 3 months??!!? Production costs?

Just their way of stretching it out for the full season. Most procedural shows can show repeats with no problem, Serials can't pull it off - it's either this or 4 weeks on, 1 week off.

I was bored through much of last season, this season has been, imo, a huge improvement.

To prevent the "stop and go" seasons that they've had in the past, and show all the shows in a row. It's exactly what fans have been asking for over the last two years.

So production costs then?

No, it's just standard practice since a season is usually 24 - 26 episodes and lasts from Fall thru Spring.

All shows that start in the fall do it, it's just less noticeable when there isn't continuity. Lost's ratings plunged after it started the 2 - 4 week breaks (the show started with 22m viewers at the beginning of the year, after a few of the holding patterns, it was down to 14m).

So, basically production costs. Thanks.

Nope, not at all. No Problem!

Gives em time to write their scripts and shoot the remaining episodes too.

Are they still planning on doing 22 eps this season?

No.

A TV season has about 36-40 weeks (Sept-May)

But TV shows have about 22 episodes



To make 22 episodes last 40 weeks, either you have a lot of reruns or take ahiatus like this

Right. But why do you think they don't have 36-40 episodes as opposed to only 22? Sure, time (to write, etc.) may be the biggest reason, but cost is right up there. So, yeah... production cost is one of the reasons.

That's an entirely different question.

I don't know of any scripted prime time network show that has more than 22-24 episodes. I think there may be a soap on that new startup network that goes 5 times a week. So it's not like Lost is different in this regard.

That's cool. We'll leave it at that.

Yeah, production cost is probably the most likely reason. Many years ago, prime-time shows used to have more episodes per season. For example, Star Trek (TOS) had 29 episodes during its first season, the original Outer Limits had 32 episodes in its first season, and years early than either of those, Perry Mason had an astonishing 39 (!) episodes in its first season. But eventually 22 or 24 episodes became the norm for most network TV series. Production cost is the main reason for this, part of which I would attribute the demand by audiences for better production values in shows. Because a show that has "feature quality" production values doesn't come cheaply or quickly.