Four Weeks Without ‘Lost’—or a Lifetime in TV Limbo?
The calendar ordering our non-magical mainland lives says that Lost was interrupted for four weeks, less time than other obsession-making shows struck down by the writers' strike. But some time-bending force field or something means we've really been stranded for years! The show sets an electrifying tone for the remaining five episodes with a mysterious corpse, island warfare, and glimpses at Benjamin Linus’s future. And the season will end with a “spectacular kiss” in a closing scene so awesome it’s code-named “Frozen Donkey Wheel”!

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