Lost Spoilers - The Shape of Things to Come

This is the Lost Spoilers blog for the next episode of Lost on ABC - Lost Season 4, episode 9. The big Lost spoilers for the episode is to change your calendar, as ABC has moved Lost to 10:00 p.m. (Eastern), 9:00 p.m. (Central) starting on Thursday, April 24. Episode 9 of Season 4 starts a 5 episode compressed mini season - compressing the remaining 8 episodes into 5 due to the Hollywood strike. But the not-so- Lost Spoilers are that this means the final 5 will move FAST.

A Lost spoilers rumor is that indeed we find the Lostaways rescue or a portion of it in Season 4, but it is not the freighter people who are the rescuers. We'll see.

Here is a Lost spoilers preview from ABC. An ominous tone is set with with Hurley saying "We're all gonna die" and creepy Ben saying, "Welcome to the war".



Here is the usual ABC Lost Spoilers leak for the episode, and as usual this may contain misdirection in addition to spoilers hints:

LOCKE’S CAMP COMES UNDER ATTACK, AND JACK ATTEMPTS TO IDENTIFY A BODY THAT WASHES ASHORE, ON ABC’S “LOST”

Who could that be? Think undersea explosion or dead freighter food.

“Lost” Moves to its New 10:00 p.m., ET Time-slot, Thursday, April 24

A lot more people time-shifting with tape, TIVO and ABC.com streaming.

“The Shape of Things to Come” –

Title Lost Spoilers not.

Locke's camp comes under attack, and Jack tries to discover the identity of a body that has washed ashore, on “Lost,” THURSDAY, APRIL 24 (10:01-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

Is it the Others or the freighter people?

“Lost” stars Naveen Andrews as Sayid, Henry Ian Cusick as Desmond, Emilie de Ravin as Claire, Michael Emerson as Ben, Matthew Fox as Jack, Jorge Garcia as Hurley, Josh Holloway as Sawyer, Daniel Dae Kim as Jin, Yunjin Kim as Sun, Evangeline Lilly as Kate, Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet, Terry O’Quinn as Locke and Harold Perrineau as Michael.

Michael is still alive.

Lost Spoilers Episode Clues: Season 3, Episode 9, Strangers in a Strange Land

(Sawyer cowboy's up)

This is the Contender’s Lost Spoilers blog for Lost season 3, episode 9, “Strangers in a Strange Land”. For this episode, I’m summarizing what we learned, some clues and some spoilers theories on the future.

Episode 9 was all about relationships coming together or falling apart. Season 3, Episode 10 will be back to the beach, following up on Desmond's stunning revelation. In this Lost episode:

• Jack and Juliet are together - sailing like Titanic, bonded through adversity in the goal of keeping Ben faithful to his promise to grant their freedom.


• Karl and Alex are apart longing for one another like Romeo & Juliet, star-crossed lovers gazing at the the galaxy to the end.


• Sawyer and Kate are on the rocks.

The Tailies: Finally we found the surviving Tailies, Cindy the stewardess, and Emma and Zach, the kidnapped children from “The Other 48 Days”. So they are there watching… watching what? On the surface they were there to watch the trial of Juliet for killing Pickett. Delving deeper, the Lost spoilers are they are claiming to be watching, as opposed to participating in the evil deeds of the evil Others. Stockholm syndrome at play.

Others Cult Spoilers: Yet again the Others look like a cult. The symbology at the trial, the bizarre "sheriff" Isabel with the Toronto accent, and Ben's decree of “marking” Juliet with a brand recalling the discredited Salem witch trials.

Ben’s infection Lost spoilers – it happened, as everyone reading our blogs here knew. With the operating room conditions unsanitary it was immense spoilers insight (not) to know that Ben would have a serious back infection.

The marking Lost spoilers clues: Ben is bed ridden, riddled with infection. To save his own life, he knows that he must save is ex-girlfriend Juliet. Ever - vindictive, Ben commutes her death sentence, but brands her as a witch instead. Anybody now doubt Ben's true feelings about Juliet? After that, you can be sure the feeling is mutual.

The meaning of Jack’s tattoos spoilers: “He walks among us but he is not one of us". If that really is what they mean in Chinese characters, it means Jack is a leader, since one who leads does not walk with the masses, but is apart. … Jack says, that is what they say, but not what they mean. The real meaning spoilers are in the eternal bond with Achara, his sexy Thai girlfriend, and the ordeal of near death on Phuket, Thailand beach he paid to seal the bond in eternity.

Jack’s character was being tested in this episode and he passed. Achara can see who people really are, and her tattoo work is "not decoration ... it is definition". So she defines Jack as a leader.

Uh, Achara, you have not been watching Lost Seasons 2 and 3. Lol. Jack is portrayed as impetuous and mis-leading the Losties. But then again, he has taken the “lead” and she was not assessing his talent. So, she marks him as a leader. The real Lost Lost spoilers are buried deep: one purpose of the Island is for its captives to realize their potential and Jack is growing pretty fast into his. In a nice juxtaposition, Juliet is marked after Jack, and they now are bound together.

Best quote: Tom (Mr.) Friendly saying: "What kind of people do you think we are?” Jack could have replied, some kind of weird brainwashing cult. Instead he trots out the evidence – kidnapping a pregnant woman, hang Charlie, kidnapping children.

Karl Reveals: The Others work on "projects" on the small island, but live on the big Lost island.

Kate-Sawyer: Skate fight, of course. As the thousands of readers of this Lost Spoilers blog already knew with 100% accuracy weeks ago, Kate and Sawyer were destined to move apart and now they did. No neat linear relationship with white picket fence … uh unless they decide to go into Room 23 and join the Others.

Sawyer does dispose of some excess baggage, namely Karl. He tells Karl to cowboy up and go back to Alex.

Now to the big Lost spoilers question: Are the Others really evil? We have been led to believe they are kidnappers and brainwashers. Evil. But what if there really are another group of Others, who did those bad deeds, and who are controlling Ben’s group of Others? That would make Ben’s group “the good guys” as Ben has claimed all along.

Lost Spoilers: One Last Stranger Spoiler / Lost Ratings News

I came across this interesting last Lost Spoilers tidbit on TVGuide.com:

Question: Got anything on tonight's Lost?— Don
Ausiello: (Spoiler alert) Kate and Sawyer are going to get rid of some, ahem, excess baggage on their way back "home."

They are implying Karl doesn't make it back with Kate & Sawyer, and may die. I hope he lives, because I like the character, and Alex loves him. Maybe he goes berserk on Kate and Sawyer about "Jacob" and it was self-preservation. We'll see soon enough.

On the Lost ratings controversy, I posted my views in the LostExposed.com Lost ratings thread. Briefly, the broohaha over the low Valentine's Day ratings last week is based on an interpretation of ratings data by an AP reporter, likely incorrect. As with a lot of feeding frenzies, they tend to die out when countervailing data comes in. That will happen on Thursday when Neilson releases its preliminary ratings report. I will discuss those numbers and what they mean for Lost when they come out. Rest assured, Lost will return for Season 4 and 5 - unless the producers decide to do movies instead of TV.

Update: The preliminary numbers are in and ABC Lost went from a rating share of 12 on Feb. 14 to a 13 share on Feb. 21. This is a j0ump of 8-9%, even more impressive from the fact it came on one of the weaker episodes of Lost. Will we see 5000 articles reporting the ratings bump? Let's see. Probably not because it will not validate the media frenzy. If ABC moves Lost back to 8 pm expect even a bigger jump.

Lost Spoilers: Season 3, Episode 9, "Stranger in a Strange Land"

These are the Lost spoilers for “Stranger in a Strange Land”, Lost Season 3, Episode 9. Already we have seen a raft of spoilers for Stranger in a Strange Land. Follow the link for all of them, and scroll down for the earlier posts.

Below is a summary of the Lost TV spoilers for the episode, and some new items too.

Kate and Sawyer finally make it back to land, and Kate wants to go back for Jack. Here is a spoilers promo clip of Kate and Sawyer debating whether to turn around to get Jack. Karl wakes up and it looks like the brainwashing was working on him.




Jack gets moved to a new jail, back to Othersville. Here is a spoilers promo clip of Jack and Mr. Friendly, who keeps getting friendlier:




Jack is now in an above-ground jail. Juliet comes to him to examine Ben again. It turns out that Ben's wound is highly infected. Can't imagine that with the unsanitary operating room conditions ... not. Surprise surprise. Juliet is in a lot of trouble for killing Pickett. The reason? "It's complicated" she says. Here is a spoilers - y promo clip of Jack and Kate:



We’ll learn somethings about the fates of the children the Others kidnapped in their quest for fertility study. As the previews have showed, endlessly, we also finally find the sweet Oceanic Flight 815 stewardess, “just observing” again. Jack pops a vein at that point, so the answer to “observing what?” does not come immediately.

We may also finally get a glimpse of to the new Flame hatch, or will need to wait for Enter 77 when it is fully explored by Kate and Sayid.

The flashback is on Jack, as we see him in Bai Ling’s loving embrace in Bangkok, Thailand. This will be a steamy flashback to say the least. A lot more spoilers on Jack getting his tattoos in Thailand here.

Here is the new promo ABC Lost TV trailer for the episode, interestingly showing the cover of Entertainment Weekly mag:




Here is the “official” episode Lost spoilers press release from ABC, which of course we normally take with a grain of salt for the foilers that sometimes appear in these releases:

JULIET'S FUTURE WITH "THE OTHERS" RESTS IN JACK'S HANDS,AND KATE, SAWYER AND KARL CONTINUE THEIR JOURNEY
AWAY FROM "ALCATRAZ," ON ABC'S "LOST"

"Stranger in a Strange Land" - A power play ensues between Jack and "The Others" as Juliet's future hangs in the balance. Meanwhile, Kate, Sawyer and Karl continue on their journey away from "Alcatraz," on "Lost," WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

Raft of Lost Spoilers Rowing In

The next episode of Lost is "Flashes Before Your Eyes" - Season 3, Episode 8. To kick off the Lost spoilers for this episode, it is a Valentine's Day special, so expect romance to be in the air.
Now for the easy Kate and Sawyer Lost spoiler, the last we saw of Kate and Sawyer and unconscious Karl, they were rowing back to the big Lost Island, as shown in the picture at the left. Expect Kate to have remourse over leaving Jack and contemplate turning around to try to go back and get him - even though Jack insisted she not do that.

Back in the cult spoilers, time for Jack to get back to Othersville - the Others' cult camp, for some old fashioned reeducation. Juliet too. So, they will have something in common, to serve as a basis for a blossoming relationship.

I'll have more on the Lost Flashes Before Your Eyes episode in my spoilers post for the episode early next week.

Here are a few Lost Spoilers courtesy of the typically vague hints in TV Guide.

Ok, next few weeks there will be flashbacks for Desmond (Flashes Before Your Eyes) and some of the old familiar beach Losties, Claire, Hurley, and Sayid, and Jack too. Probably the biggest Lost spoiler is finally we will learn a bit more about how Locke became wheelchair bound. He slipped on a banana peel ... seriously not funny ... I don't know right now. But Terry O'Quinn has personally guaranteed "It's pretty stunning".

Some of the kidnapped childern, not Walt, are seen in Season 3, Episode 9, Stranger In A Strange Land - along with the Oceanic Flight 815 stewardess Cindy.

In Season 3, Episode 9 we will get some more info on the connection of the Others to the Dharma Initiative. It was pretty clear from Episode 7 (Not In Portland) that Juliet was recruited by the evil Others, and Dharma. So we are slated to learn a bit more, and vidit a new hatch, the Flame hatch.

Jack Arm Art Lost Spoilers

Ok arm art = tattoos. Yet again the Contender's Lost Spoilers has reported with 100% accuracy the future of Lost. The spoilers of course are tattoos on hero Jack's arm. If you believe the comments, a lot of people are getting annoyed that Jack still is the focus of so much of the show. But hey, he carried Lost for a while didn't he? I don't remember.

Anyway enough reminiscing with Jack and let's look at the new spoiler, that really isn't new if you have been keeping up with the spoilers Lost here.

Yes, tattoos on Jack's arms are going to be a focus. Lost Moment 13, the final and good luck not spoiler is upon us and what do you know? The nasty new Other is taunting Jack with the meaning of his tattoos. She implies Jack does not know the meaning. And their meaning is ... sorry no Chinese language spoilers available here... Do you know? Click here to see what one person says.



That is Lost Moment 13. Lost Moment 12 was Kate and Sawyer rowing back to the big Lost island. And for the hundred millionth time, Kate says stop Sawyer, we must turn around and get Jack (my other love). Do they get back to the big Lost island? Yes. Otherwise, Sawyer can't drink a beer and kick back with Jin with skelly and a VW bus.

Spoilers: Lost Survivor Guide, Kate and Claire

Deep in the recesses behind the scenes, and heard by our vast network of Lost Spoilers Blog informants, there has been considerable unease inside ABC and the Lost team about the public perception of this season 3. When the recognition started sinking in starting around the end of October, serious thought was given to avoiding the mistakes of other now defunct television series, and also to reinvigorate the Lost audience. You will never hear anyone make a big point of the deliberations, just the tantalizing hints of the outcome. And the fact of the matter is that the first six episodes of Lost this season were nothing short of brilliantly written and filmed.

We already have discussed a lot of the spoilers rolling out about the changes after Episode 9 of Season 3. There have been so many spoilers you have to wonder if this is just the second half. Before we know it Not In Portland will be here and the slew of spoilers will only continue week after week as the season progresses.

One spoiler is the recently announced episode called "Lost Survivor Guide". A nice play on the word "survivor", after all the Lostaways are stranded on an island to survive by their own moxie and wit to outplay, outwit and outlast the evil Others and the smoke monster. This Lost Survivor Guide will not only be to introduce Part II of season 3, but also to set the tone for bringing some new Lost fans on board. The ad campaign in the can will capitalize on this. For existing viewers, ABC is touting that the recap reiterate some hints, clues and secrets that everyone missed. Hmmmm is that the Kate is an Other secret? We think not.

The "guest stars" for Not In Portland have been announced as Robin Weigert as Rachel, M.C. Gainey as Mr. Friendly/Tom, William Mapother as Ethan, Blake Bashoff as Karl, Tania Raymonde as Alex, Michael Bowen as Pickett, Ariston Green as Jason, Teddy Wells as Ivan, Nestor Carbonell as Richard Alpert, Steve Labrash as morgue employee, Kimberly Estrada as Sherry, Rob McElhenney as Aldo and Zeljko Ivanek as Edmund.

Oh, I nearly forgot....Not. Why are there photos of Remington Steele, Moonlighting at the start of this post? Notice they are both couples but at the opposite ends of the romantic spectrum.

On the left there is Remington Steele featuring not quite lovebirds Laura Holt (Stephanie Zimbalist) and Remington Steele (Pierce Brosnan). That's Laura with the wide open eyes in the picture. Can't take her eyes of Pierce, and he for her. So what happened? Nothing - not until after the ratings tanked and the decision to cancel had been made. Romantic tension never let up.

Now, on the right there is Moonlighting, featuring the lovebirds Madeline "Maddie" Hayes (Cybill Shepherd) and David Addison (Bruce Willis). So what happened? ... Well, nothing until season 4. In the picture you see they are back-to-back, but touching. Looking different ways, but still close to one another. Then what happened, well they became a couple and ratings tanked.

Conventional wisdom actually being hinted at by the producers of Lost is that Moonlighting tanked after Maddie and David became a couple. But what about Remington Steele? It tanked even though Remington and Laura were apart. There are also are alternative explanations for the demise of Moonlighting's ratings, like, lagging scripts and exiling Maddie to the end of a phone line when Cybill Shepherd became pregnant.

So HEY Lost producers: don't take the wrong lessons from the past!

And HEY Lost Spoilers blogger, why is this a Lost spoiler anyway?

Oh...Yeah ... they don't want to repeat the past mistakes of Moonlighting and all.

This means: Charlie and Claire - although dancing with couple-dom throughout the first two seasons - WILL become a couple sort of and maybe not. First it looked like Claire was accepting Charlie, then came heroine, uh heroin between them. Yet now, have no doubt at all, about the Charlie's back spoiler. Count on the relationship to blossom then become and remain tense, Charlie never quite knowing where he stands ... sort of and maybe not.

Also have no doubt about this spoiler - Kate and Sawyer will not remain a happy pair, white picket fence, doggie and all. Their relationship will be sort of and maybe not as well. It will not be a tidy one and count on circumstances and their own natures to drive them apart, while the affection pulls in the other direction. Also don't forget all of Kate's longing for Jack. Moonlighting Lost will not be, nor will it Steele.

Lost Spoilers, Season 3, Episode 9

ABC now has confirmed the Episode 9 Lost spoilers posted here first over three weeks ago. This came in the latest Lost Moment ad.

The Lost Moment shows a sexy "lady" with Jack in bed. That's it, really. Here is the Lost Moment on YouTube if you want to watch it.

The real Lost spoilers are found if you read between the lines, and our Tattoo spoiler post. In Episode 9, Jack goes to Thailand, meets girl (played by Bai Ling), and gets his first tattoos. The girl in the ad seducing Jack is played by actress Bai Ling. The scene takes place in a the Jack flashback in Bangkok, Thailand. Notice the tattoo on the girl's back. Jack will join her style statement soon.

In an interview in E-Online, Bai Ling says her character is very important in Jack's life and his tattoos have something to do with her character. Take those statements with some skepticism since she also claimed to be a recurring character, a claim we could not confirm.

Jack Flashback - Tatoo U.

Rumour has it that Chinese actress Bai Ling plays Jack's ex-girlfriend / lover in a passionate flashback of this episode. Rumor has it that SHE is the one responsible for at least some of his tatoos. Now it will really be good if they explain how his tatoos change from season to season. Rooomour has it that she has signed on for a three episode run, so look for her to appear more than once this season.