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LOST 6×09 ABC Promo ‘Ab Aeterno’ ( U.S.)

Finally, in ‘Ab Aeterno’ (figuratively translated as ’since a very long time ago’  ) we’ll get the Richard-centric episode that has been promised for this, the finale season. What we know of Richard (Nestor Carbonell) is that it appears he does not age and he has lived at least at least 200 years-plus. He stated in last week’s LOST 6.08, that Jacob gave him what Richard believed to be a gift but now he felt it was a curse and furthermore now that Jacob was dead and there would be no “answers” forthcoming as Jacob had promised, that he wished to die.The catch? He could not kill himself; someone else had to do so for him.

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LOST  6×09 Promo Ab Aeterno

EDIT/ It appears that this week the Canadian ( CTV) promo is exactly as the U.S. promo so once I get a better copy of the U.S.’s I’ll take down the CTV one. Neither it seems contain any new footage. Bah.

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Lost: 6×08 Recon Promotional Photos

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‘There’s nothing I wouldn’t do…’

Mar 16, 2010 (Tonight)

FlashForward -  Episode Synopsis: A recap of the first 10 episodes of the series about a global blackout that occurred for two minutes and 17 seconds, during which most—but not all—people saw six months into the future. The review details the intricate plotlines, including FBI agent Mark Benford’s apparent involvement in partner Demetri Noh’s impending death; Bryce Varley’s Japan trip to find the woman from his vision; Lloyd Simcoe and Simon’s confession that their experiment caused the blackout; and Lloyd’s kidnapping.

Guest Cast
Barbara Williams: Sen. Joyce Clemente Ryan Wynott: Dylan Yuko Takeuchi: Keiko

FlashForward – Revelation Zero, Part 1 – Clip 1

FlashForward – Revelation Zero, Part 1 – Clip 3

DESCRIPTION: Clip from the Revelation Zero, Part One episode of ABC’s FlashForward.

Air date: March 18, 2010.

FlashForward (ABC)

Where We Left Off: Mark and Demetri went to Hong Kong to find “Eartha Kitt.” Lloyd claimed responsibility for the blackout, and as a result he was kidnapped. Zoey realized her flash-forward is a funeral, not a wedding.

What’s Next: As we careen toward April 29, 2010, the date to which everyone in the world flash-forwarded, we’ve gotten this interesting news: There’s going to be another blackout, people! TVGuide

FlashForward – ‘Revelation Zero’, Part 1 – Clip 2

Season 1, Episode 11

Episode Synopsis: In order to return to the FBI, a suspended Mark must meet with a Bureau-appointed therapist. That doesn’t stop him from investigating Lloyd’s abduction, of course. In other events, a reluctant Demetri teams with CIA agent Vogel; Simon attempts to hack into Lloyd’s computer; Janis tries to learn some of Simon’s family secrets; Nicole seeks to restore her faith and understand her flash-forward.

Original Air Date: Thursday, March 18 at 8/7c.

Guest Cast – Michael Ealy: Marshall Vogel

Annabeth Gish

The X Files‘ Annabeth Gish is returning to the world of global conspiracy theories with an upcoming appearance on FlashForward, TVGuide.com has confirmed.

ABC is keeping details of Gish’s role top secret for now, but her episode will air in either late April or early May. The casting news was first reported by Zap2it.

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The actress joins the ABC drama’s diverse mix of upcoming guest stars, a list that includes rapper and music producer Timbaland, Battlestar Galactica’s James Callis and a return appearance from Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane.

Gish most recently appeared on the Showtime series Brotherhood.
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LOST - Kate (Evangeline Lilly) and Jack ( Matthew Fox)

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I just came from the boards (see link below) where I found this.  It’s amazing how people latch onto and fixate upon what they want to have happen and ignore things like #6 (below) where even the reporter of the spoiler/foiler is skeptical that a guy cast as one of Widmore’s goons could have such extensive information.

The person who spoiled this said the following happens in Episode #14 (I’ve revised some wording–the substance is the same):

1) His identity and his information gathering standpoint was that of an actor cast as one of Widmore’s goons.
2) He and a few other guys had a shoot-out on the island with some of the LOSTies and that his character is responsible for wounding Kate (he called her Evie) in the arm.
3) The LOSTies will board a submarine.
4) Flocke gives Jack a backpack that Jack takes on the sub with him.
5) Unknown to Jack, the backpack has a bomb in it.
6) The bomb explodes and only 5 of the Losties survive. He said he thinks the five who survive are Jack, Sayid, Hurley, Kate and Claire but is not sure. (I cannot imagine how he would know this…seems like he left out some info.).

Source: J@DarkUFO

Currently “Jack” is getting burned on the boards for being “stupid enough to take the backpack” from Flocke–but there is no context here. They are also reaming “Kate”  for surviving– basing their hate of Kate on the stupid things she’s done throughout the series. But hell, Jack has done way more stupid things and been responsible for the death of more people than Kate. Even so, I happen to like them both. Jack gets a bit off-the-wall at times but Matt Fox does a great job with what he is given. For her part, Evangeline Lilly’s experience as an actress prior to LOST was playing the part of a corpse. She was cast in LOST for her girl-next-door looks and I’m guessing her real-life athleticism which has been used frequently on LOST. She’s become a decent actor–not to put down Josh Holloway, who had about the same amount of  acting experience prior to LOST as she, but to Eve Lilly’s credit she does not over-emote. She played the part they gave her. Frankly of the main characters, she never was given that much to play. Of the original LOSTies, neither was Sun or Claire. A “name actress” was finally brought on, Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet and even her role was often squandered until with no build-up, she and Sawyer became hot and heavy. Both actors expressed surprise and skepticism when they were first written as shacking up in Dharmaville.

On LOST, throughout it’s six-year run the girls have only been as important as the the guys they are with. Not “great ‘ writing, IMO. A primary reason I like Kate is lacking a decent storyline, anytime Eve Lilly was given action scenes (running, jumping, climbing) she knocked them out of the park. Hey, you make the best of what you’ve got.

It’s my opinion that depending on the writers, the actors can turn in satisfying performances or they can “be stupid.” And I vehemently disagree that all LOST writers throughout the series have beengreat or even good. That goes for directors as well.

Since it seems I’ve gone off on a rant I’ll throw one more complaint in:  Forum people PLEASE stop looking for micro-clues in the titles of the last three episodes.

It’s been revealed that episode 14’s title is SPOILER……..

“What They Died For”.

Then episode 15 will feature none of the primary cast, will be set in 23 AD and will feature children prominently.

I’m supposing that #14 will leave the audience with the belief that certain things seemed to have happened only to find out two episodes later the actual events that occurred.

Also since the showrunners have promised a mind-blowing ending it will be something off-the wall, nearly unpredictable, and people will be debating ad nauseum for months to come.

I guess I’m as guilty as anyone as I search for, purloin and then write about spoilers but I happen to like thinking I know what’s going to happen next. I look at it this way. Most of the time big LOST fans watch each episode (at least) twice. They know exactly what is going to happen the second time. Does it diminish their enjoyment of the second viewing? I say no. When I know (or think I know) what is about to come I hone in on aspects of a scene or sequence of scenes, trying to absorb as much information as possible. Since spoilers have already clued me in to some information, I’m freed up on the first viewing to see the show through what I believe is a sharper lens. It’s as simple as that.

I’m not obsessed with LOST.  I don’t care what the title of the last two episodes (the finale) will be because I know the showrunners are not going to give the audience much at all in the way of something solid to ruminate about. These guys revel in toying with and teasing the audience but if I don’t bite I don’t get toyed with.

It’s all coming to an end very soon. I’ve watched LOST in real time from episode 1 and  it’s been a good (through uneven) ride. Much like I was trying to guess at how Battlestar Galactica was going to end after it’s  four-year run, I do care how LOST ends. But I’m sitting back enjoying the ride, not stressing the little things that might turn out to be BIG. So what if they do? Whatever Happens, Happens.

Humorous recap of the ABC sci-fi drama, “V,” done by the same voice actress who did the Battlestar Galactica uber-fast recaps.
The hype machine is in high gear for the return of “V” on March 30 with the episode “March 30th return, “Welcome to the War.”"

Man, as much as I dig Elizabeth Mitchell and Morena Baccarin I’m not sure I can get behind their show, “V.” I’m starting to feel that this could have worked really well as the mini-series which it is a reimagining/remake of. I’ll tune in (again) but unfortunately this interview and specifically the awfulness of what the interviewee hyped, in essence saying they were NOT going to make us wait for answers (like LOST did–so there!) and that there wasn’t enough conflict between the good guys in the first four shows  (so now they’ll bicker more) and wait ’till we see the accelerated reptile-human pregnancies(!)– just does not get put my engine into overdrive.

LA Times excerpt:

What’s coming up in these next eight episodes?

The [resistance] will be getting a new team member. Anna isn’t playing by the rules, [and] Erica is going to cross a pretty big moral line in order to recruit the member onto the team, who will prove to be an important, valuable member.

One of the things that’s going to be really fun is Val’s pregnancy. … Without saying what exactly is inside her, there’s an accelerated gestation period. … We’re going to see signs and hints of what this baby really is, and then, ultimately, the baby will be born. I think the pregnancy story is a really fun story and weird and twisted but also very grounded and emotional. … And there will be multiple pregnancies. … Val will not be the only one who’s pregnant.

You’re going to see Anna’s true colors, her true faith so to speak, sort of as a nod to the original series. You’ll see rodent desire. We definitely do a nod to that, and then I think we top it. We trump it by one, all in the same episode.

You’ll find out a lot of interesting things about the Vs. We’re going to introduce what a V soldier is. … All the Vs that you’ve seen are essentially worker Vs. So, we’re going to introduce what a V soldier is and the threat of them. We will meet John May [Michael Trucco].  I’m hoping that you will be shocked and surprised about the relationship between John May and Ryan and the Fifth Column. We came up with a pretty interesting spin on that.

Be sure to read the whole article as there is much more info within and it is written by the excellent televisionary

“V” stars Elizabeth Mitchell as Erica Evans, Morris Chestnut as Ryan Nichols, Joel Gretsch as Father Jack, Lourdes Benedicto as Valerie, Logan Huffman as Tyler Evans, Laura Vandervoort as Lisa, with Morena Baccarin as Anna and Scott Wolf as Chad Decker.