The ODI

Hey All,

Thanks for the emails and Tweets about a new podcast.

We are planning to have TWO new podcasts out over the next week, so keep your eyes and ears open.

The Episode 6x13 The Last Recruit podcast with Karen and Danny (Vozzek) has been recorded and is currently in the editing stages.

However we are planning a bonus podcast as well!

Tomorrow LOST Blogger Erika Olsen from LongLiveLocke.com will be joining us to talk about Season 6 and what we think will happen over the last 5 hours of the show.

Also if all goes well I will be chatting with DarkUFO later this week about his plans post LOST, what he thinks is happening on the show and I am sure we will chat up some spoilers!

So if you guys have any questions about our thoughts on Season 6 now is the time to get them sent in! Of course if you have questions for Erika or Dark please post those below as well!

Things
You Never Noticed About LOST

Hey All,

With the new episode just about an hour or so away for the east coast folk, here is our weekly recap podcast for the Desmond-Centric Happily Ever After.

For those of you that do not know, we did post two other podcasts this week, one with EW writer Jeff Jensen (aka Doc Jensen) and the other podcast was my interview with Actor Henry Ian Cusick who plays Desmond.

You can use these links to get those podcasts:

LOSTcast 61 - Theories with EW's Jeff Jensen | LOSTcast 63 - Interview with Henry Ian Cusick

Of course this week cover all of Desmond's flash sideways time traveling scenes, the revealing scene with Desmond and Charlie underwater, what exactly are Charles and Eloise might be up to and much more.

As always this was posted on iTunes, but below is an audio player and download link for those that can not access iTunes.

Hope you all enjoy!

- He signed for three episodes 4 years ago, like Michael Emerson did; now Cusick is still on the show and he is glad to be. He thought to be on the show so much that he finally made it happen.
- He will be in Hawaii, staying there for a long time, not because of the show but because that he has other works to do in there.
- He agrees on the idea that Desmond centric episodes are always rated high and writers like to write great episodes for Desmond.
- The scene from "The Constant"; Penny and Desmond on the phone: Separate shots were made and Desmond's phone scene was shot at the end of the day, Cusick mentions how quick it was made.
- Question "Does the fs Desmond think or know the things that on-island Desmond does/knows?" Answer: "Desmond was pushed into the fs with electromagnetic (thing) and he very much aware of what happens on the island and in fs and the thing is that fs is not right. He is on a mission now, not in the fs but on the island."
- Question "Does what Desmond thinks on the island affects fs Desmond?" Answer: "It's not a moment to moment realization, but he knows what happens on the island while he is in fs."
- Question "Is Desmond's mission in fs is to find all 815ers with the manifest (flight list) and remind them about the island life?" Answer: "Yeah it is. It (might not) be specifically to show them their island life, but he felt something and he has to show them something in fs to fix the wrongness of fs. He does what he thinks is right. You'll find that out."
- ODI asks about the underwater car scene in "HEA"; Cusick says it was scary for the first time. They did the underwater scenes in a tank.
- Question: Was it a satisfying moment for Cusick as it was for fans while watching as Desmond attacked on Charles in 6x11? Answer: It was a hard scene. Desmond had that rage for a long time and it was the expression of it.
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- Question: Will we see more of Desmond this season? Answer: Not as a single episode dedicated/central for Desmond, because there are other characters also and we will watch all of them (I think this means yes we will see him but not ONLY him)
- A mentioning to Desmond's vision about Claire taken by a helicopter from the island. Cusick says that was a line and in season 4 finale he thought Claire would be on the helicopter too, but this is for now just a line. He doesn't know if it is true or not or will happen or not.
- Desmond said he will read "Our Mutual Friend" before he dies. The question is will Desmond ever read the book? Cusick says Desmond should have read the book already, but he himself haven't yet.
- What would Cusick bring to the island if he were to be stucked on there? Matches (?), his wife, a sailboat. He takes sailboat back and says a musical instrument.
- As the end of the show is near, is Cusick satisfied with the end that his character gets? Answer: It doesn't relate to the question but every actor has its own script, like eleven or twelve actors have their own. They have a 10 act script, but not 11th (I think series finale is about 11 acts, scripts are generally divided to acts). So nobody knows what happens in the final act, which they will be filming soon. So far it's been great. But even with the 11th act, there's a missing final scene that nobody knows and they will need to figure everything out with that missing scene. They joke about all 6 seasons coming onto only one scene. :D

Hey All,

This past week's episode was amazing and as always Henry Ian Cusick did a great job portraying Desmond. Desmond episodes seem to stand above the other episodes and this week was no different.

The writers did a great job once again with Desmond time traveling/flashing through time and worlds and Charlie's return and underwater scene were fantastic. The fact that ALT Desmond finally has Widmore's approval but not Penny's love was an interesting twist but as always Desmond and Penny's love can not be stopped no matter how much Hawking and Widmore want to keep them apart.

There was so much in this episode including Faraday and Minkowski's cameos that were right on the dot with ALT musician Faraday telling a story of love at first sight causing him to remember that he was a nuclear bomb blowing scientist in the Island timeline and Minkowski the driver providing Desmond with what ever he desires.

The graders once again were fairly unanimous with their grades and the episode had a final average grade of an "A". Several gave the episode an A+, but there were too many As that lead to the average overall grade.

Quote of the Week via Erin at LOST Blog: "I COMPLETELY loved this, it was exactly what I always hope for in a LOST episode – some answers, some tying together, some more questions, sideways time and island time, long lost characters, some great sciency things, plus some faith. LOVE IT!"

Once again thanks to all that are participating and don't forget to check out their sites and recaps at the following links: