Downtown

Seeing as how we are now just days away from the season 5 premier of LOST, I thought this would be a good time to gather all of my info and collect it all in one place, or at least attempt to.

First up we have some comments from TPTB that they made on Freep.com:

How would executive producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof describe the opening scenes of the season premiere of LOST?

Another new DHARMA symbol

"Compelling", says Cuse.

"Groovy", says Lindelof.

Sounds intriguing, but then again, that's what makes LOST special. "What we don't want to do in season five is basically stand around sort of shifting from one foot to another waiting for the last season of the show," says Cuse. "Like it or not, we decided to take some chances this year and be bold in our storytelling and we're willing to accept the consequences of that."

As the story picks up again, Jack and Ben are trying to reunite the Oceanic 6 and return them to the island, with Locke's body in tow, in a quest to save the remaining castaways. But it's going to be tricky convincing everyone to cooperate. Since Ben moved the island at the end of last season, they'll have to figure out where - and when - it went. Expect a lot of interesting things to happen sooner rather than later. But LOST is a character-driven journey, too, so there's plenty of focus on the romantic quadrangle of Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Juliet. Speaking of sardonic hunk Sawyer, will he get the screen time he deserves? "We really feel it's the year of Sawyer," says Lindelof. "He's really stepping up in a major way."

I, for one, love hearing that!

Sawyer and Juliette meet some new friends

I have several episode titles I will try to list the info that I have accordingly, keep in mind most of this information is spotty:

5/1 “Because You Left” - The first part of the season premiere is multi-centric as the remaining island survivors start to feel the effects of the aftermath of moving the island. The episode seems to pick up right where we left off last season: Ben and Jack at the funeral home, Sayid and Hurley on their way to the safe house, and the left behinds trying to figure out what happened and what to do next.

5/2 “The Lie” - Rumored to be Hurley-centric. Hurley and Sayid are on the run from the cops after stumbling into trouble at the safe house; the island survivors come under attack by unknown forces; and an old friend offers some shocking advice to Kate in order to ensure that "the lie" remain a secret. Quite possible the “old friend” mentioned is none other than the ghost of Ana Lucia as she is credited with a guest starring role for this episode. Cheech Marin is also credited therefore leading to the thought of it being a Hurley episode. Neil Frogurt is also listed as a character in the episode and inside sources say he is killed in the season premier.

5/3 “Jughead” - Desmond looks for a woman who might be the key to helping Faraday stop the islands unpredictable movements through time while Locke finds out who has been attacking the survivors. Scenery crews were spotted "building" Simon’s Butcher Shop and later taking it down leading to the belief that the episode somehow involves Charlie’s father. This episode is rumored to not be anyone centric as it will be told fairly linear and will feature Ben chasing after Penny and Desmond. Penny is pregnant and Ben is trying to kill her until he notices she is pregnant and changes his mind. But does he change his mind too late? Penny and Desmond have a baby. On an interesting side note; here is the Wikipedia entry when you type in “Jughead” in the search box:

“It is often incorrectly stated that the Mk-17 was the first US hydrogen bomb stockpiled. This is not correct. Five examples of the EC14 "Alarm Clock" prepared for possible use starting in February 1954. There were also 5 examples of the EC16 "Jughead" cryogenic bomb, a direct development of the "Mike" device produced, starting in January 1954, before the EC17/24 bombs. The EC14s with drogue chutes became Mk-14 bombs and were the first in the hydrogen bomb in the stockpile starting in October 1954. The EC16s were never in the stockpile and were the first EC weapons eliminated. There was only 1 B-36 converted under Project Bar Room to carry the Jughead.”

Production Call Sheet from episode 5/4 "The Little Prince" contains some spoilers

5/4 “The Little Prince” - Possible Desmond-centric as it is rumored to be about a marooned sailor. What other marooned sailor do you know? Daniel Dae Kim is listed as a main cast member for the first time in season 5.

5/5 “This Place Is Death” - Not much is known about this episode although there is a rumored meeting between Ben, Jack, Sun, and Desmond. Ben, Sun, and Jack were in the Cantor Rainer carpet cleaners van I posted pics of a few weeks ago. Ben is seen pulling something out of his “man purse” and handing it to Sun. Whatever it is, the item appears to be very small and could be Jin’s wedding ring. Possiblly Ben gives it to Sun as proof that her husband is alive. Weather he is or not is still up in the air but reports point to him being alive, somehow. Desmond is seen wearing a wedding ring and Sun is carrying a gun.

5/6 “The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham” - Gotta be a Locke episode, wouldn’t you say? Scenes being filmed between Hurley and Locke were witnessed at Santa Rosa hospital. Locke is back in the wheelchair and a cast was clearly visable on his right leg. Abbadon may have been sitting in a car in the parking lot while the two talked. Later, Locke and Abbadon (who seem to be working together) are spotted in a cemetery (the same cemetery they filmed Anthony Coopers’ fake funeral) visiting a grave and as they get back into their car gunshots are heard and it appeared that Abbadon was hit. Who is gunning for Abbadon? Ben? Sayid? Locke is also seen speaking to Walt on the street, I posted a pic of this meeting before. Locke is also in a car accident but it is reported that this is not how he ends up back in a wheelchair nor is it how he dies.

5/7 “316” - This episode is rumored to see the return of Ms. Hawkings (the woman from the antique store when Desmond was time jumping after the hatch imploded back in season 3.) It is also rumored that Jack’s grandfather is shown in this episode, for whatever reason is still unknown. Some reports say that Daniel Dae Kim filmed scenes with the actress playing a young Rousseau. Are we finally getting the Danielle back story and is Jin really alive? Abbadon was spotted filming scenes with Widmore in the hospital. Where the episode gets it’s title may be from the fact that the O6 were seen filming scenes at LAX airport and 316 may be their flight number.

Set photo not sure which episode but possibly episode 5 "This Place Is Death"

5/8 “LeFleur” - Since we have seen photos of Sawyer wearing a DHARMA jumpsuit with a name similar to the name in the title of the episode this is rumored to be a Sawyer-centric episode. Horace Goodspeed makes a return this episode and we meet Radzinky as well. Do we finally get to see how Radzinsky became a spot on the ceiling in the Swan station? The submarine was also spotted back on the island.

5/9 “Namaste” - A while ago I posted pics of several of our Losties in DHARMA jumpsuits. This could be the episode they were filming. Otherwise, not much is known about this episode other than those photos which may or may not be from this episode.

5/10 - “He’s Our You” - Rumored to be Sayid-centric. Ben and Sayid were spotted filming scenes in what is supposed to be a Russian town. Several young Arabic speaking parts were cast. Possibly seeing Sayid as a child.

5/11 - “Whatever Happened Happened” - Rumored to be Kate-centric. A very young Ben (the same actor who played him before is back for another episode but would that contradict this being a Kate episode?) It is rumored that one main character shoots another main character in this episode. Whoever is shot is wounded pretty seriously. No word on who these characters are.

That’s all I have on the episodes but here is some more info I have about the new season.

This may be the bomb from the "Jughead" episode or it's the drill mentioned to be in the first episode "Because You Left"

Here is some info from Us Weekly Magazine, dated January 19, 2009:

Lowdown

Bad things occurred after Jack, Kate, and the other Oceanic Six fled the island. Now Jack's on a mission to bring them back. "It's not a season-long quest, but there are complications," co exec producer Damon Lindelof tells Us. So what did happen to the castaways-including Sawyer-when the island disappeared in the finale? A time warp. And it's perilous. "They're the opposite of safe," says Lindelof.

Sex on the beach

"It's not all bleakness," co exec producer Carlton Cuse tells Us. "We have romance!" Yes, the quadrangle of Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Juliet continues. "Kate and Jack are picking up their pieces, but she still pines for Sawyer," says Lindelof, adding, "but Sawyer can only wait for so long."

Here's something for you LOST song buffs, I have reports from the Tailsection website that one of the new songs from this coming season is “Shotgun Willie” by Willie Nelson. No word on when or where the song is played or who listens to it. Much like all uses of music, the song is very effective and quite eerie. There is also some very significant symbolism when it’s played that viewers will only fully appreciate on multiple viewings. Here’s some lyrics:

Shotgun Willie sits around in his underwear

Bitin' a bullet, pullin' out all of his hair

Shotgun Willie has got all of his family there

You can't make a record if you ain't got nothin' to say

You can't make a record if you ain't got nothin' to say

You can't play music if you don't know nothin' to play

Well, John T. (Fours) was workin' with the Klu Klux Klan

The six foot five John T was a hell of a man

Made a lot of money sellin' sheets on the family plan

Sorry this picture is so small but it is of Sun and Ben while filming episode 5 "This Place Is Death"

As most of you know, Charlotte is seen with a nosebleed in promos and in some angles it even seems like she is passed out. Ausiello from EW was asked about a major character death and he said that he does not know of any, but that a "female cast-member isn't long for this world." He confirms that this character recently signed on to do a Hollywood movie and that means it probably does not look to good for this character. Of course he is talking about Charlotte, but I have no idea if he is saying she might die.

Kristin from E! Online has some snippets of her own posted about the new season including that Ajira Airways (a new airlines a la Oceanic) has launched a new website and has a special feature for passengers wanting to book a flight. For only $87, Destination: Destiny allows the airline to choose "an unknown fateful destination of your destiny." Remind you of that runway the Others were building? Could the Island be one of the landing sites?

Kristin goes on to report that Ben Linus is many things, but he is not a drug-addiction enabler, and with Ben's "help" Jack seems to be getting off the junk. Oh, and Ben seems to imply that if Jack goes back to the island he'll never be able to return to the real world.

You know how Sawyer is always getting smacked in the face? Well, Sawyer finally gets to do a little bitch-slapping of his own in the premiere, and it's pretty hilarious. (Another inside source tells me that it is Daniel that Sawyer gets slap happy with!)

Locke in a car accident in "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham"

An unnamed source over at Dark UFO gives us this snippet:

At the end of episode 2 (The Lie) Hurley is confronted by Ben in the kitchen. Ben tries to persuade Hugo to come with him back to the island. Hugo thinks about it for a while and then remembers that Sayid told him he should not trust Benjamin (Sayid and Ben do not seem to be on very good terms as the season begins) so he throws a sandwich at Ben and runs out to a police car that is watching the house. Hurley surrenders to the police and confesses that he has killed someone. Ben later meets with Ms. Hawkings who is scribbling crazy stuff on a chalk board (as I have posted a pic of previously).

And yet another unaccredited source has this to say over at Dark UFO:

In the first episode we get to see an x-ray image of the frozen donkey wheel that was discovered when DHARMA workmen were drilling in caves near its power source. The workman who drilled too near to the power source started to have a bloody nose and his drill was totally melted. We also get to see Daniel Faraday as one of the workmen on the site who bumps into Marvin Candle as Candle is explaining that they need the power source to manipulate time.

Well, that’s enough for now, I leave you with this:

TPTB take a moment to contemplate what they have created