2.5 Hours!

No, don't worry - that's not a countdown to the finale. But ABC (?) announced this week that they are adding even more to the finale on May 23 - a half-hour more. So as it stands right now, you will be watching two-and-a-half hours of LOST goodness for the last time.

I really wish they were doing a live, Cheers-style cast Q&A afterwards, but we all know how that turned out for the actors who played our favorite Bostonian barflies. (Hint: alcohol was involved. Lots of alcohol. Allegedly. On live national television. Which was totally appropriate for a show about a bar if you ask me, but some people - NBC - got a little upset at said actors' behavior.) I guess Jimmy Kimmel, which will now immediately follow the finale at 11:30, is going to have cast members on, but I've also heard reports to the contrary, so who knows at this point.

Some of the actors - Michael Emerson for sure, as well as at least one more that hasn't been named yet -will be at the LOST Podcast with Jay & Jack finale party at the Orpheum Theater in L.A., so they will be in the L.A. area (which is where Kimmel films) at least, so it's possible they'd make an appearance. My guess at the other actor who will attend the Jay & Jack event would be Jorge Garcia; Jorge and Michael in particular have been very giving to the fans over the years by appearing on various podcasts, giving interviews to fan websites, etc.,  - they seem to have as much fun with the show as we do, with Jorge even having his own LOST podcast this season co-hosted with his girlfriend, Beth - so I could see them being involved. I don't think any of you listen to the podcasts out there, but I think it's amazing what Jay and Jack have accomplished in their five years of podcasting about LOST: a father and son team from North Carolina that simply started talking about the show on the internet have built a little fan empire, have befriended actors and producers of the show, are having a finale party at a major theater in L.A. with said actors and 2,000 fans, and have a now-annual 30-hour podcasting marathon which raised over $20,000 for Autism Speaks just this past March. It's incredible how much of a presence they have had. Ahhh, if only I had gotten the blog started earlier... ; ) 

Enjoy this week's new episode!

~ Matt