Sorry for the delay, it seems Dark's copy of this week's video wasn't embeddable, so The Mad kindly found me a copy on youtube. Have fun!

Big thanks to DarkUFO and Susan who uploaded and posted this mobisode!

Exactly what it says on the tin. Enjoy!

(I consider this spoiler free, seeing it isn't part of the television program, merely an extension)

     The answer is, everything. We, as fans of Lost, 24, Heroes, etc. are effectively in as much a position of power as those holding back on the money the writers deserve. Contrary to some people's beliefs, this is not out of our hands. I have no idea how many of you have been following Docarzt's recent posts at TTS, but he has proposed that we take an action - a strike on the strike, I suppose. While he went into great detail at TTS, I feel it'd be of more benefit for you to read what was written yourselves. Go www.thefanunion.com for the full story, and what can be done - if this doesn't end soon, we will only get 8 episodes of Lost in 2008, and no episodes of 24 at all. Heroes will end December. Do you really want to be stuck watching the Oprah Winfrey Show?

     Rhetorical question. Join in, and lets get this strike ended, and the writers the money they deserve.

  LOST producer Damon Lindelof spoke out today on what he thinks of ABC's plan to run the completed eight episodes, regardless of whether the strike has come to an end. (Unlike FOX, who put "24" on hold until the strike is over, choosing to wait rather than show a partial season). The plan would mean a possibly incomplete fourth season for the fans who have been waiting, patiently or otherwise, for the new season of the show.

Lindelof himself is not in support of the idea. He compares it to the six episode mini season which was run last year; it was not a very popular idea, and this format would probably produce the same dissatisfied results. "I can't look the fans in the eye and tell them we're executing the original plan anymore," Lindelof said. He also acknowledged that the rest of the season will have to be tweaked to accommodate the break. While he doesn't favor this solution, he realizes that he has no control over scheduling. "An eight-episode season is an incomplete season, and I am not going to try to spin it any other way."

Something to look forward to, at least, is the promise of a cliffhanger that will leave fans craving more when that eighth episode ends. It won't be resolved until the strike ends, perhaps giving fans something new speculate about if the strike hiatus goes on too long. There are no other details as to the nature of the cliffhanger, only that it will be on the same level as the Ana Lucia and Libby shootings of season 2.

Source: E! News

There's been a flurry of internet activity surrounding the future of LOST and other similar television shows recently, especially concerning the WGA strike. Not only is our favorite prime time drama in trouble, but other shows may be hitting it hard soon.

Most immediately affected will be the late night talk shows, such as "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", "Late Night with Conan O'Brien", "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" , and "Colbert Report". These shows depend on script writers for the material produced, and no script essentially means that the show cannot function. Other talk shows, such as "The Oprah Winfrey show," don't employ union script writers, and therefore will be unaffected. Yet others made provisions before the strike went underway, that will allow them to continue their current level of production.

NBC's "The Office" has shut down production, as of today. Several of the actors/writers joined in on the picket lines, and filming was forced to halt, leaving the attempt to fit in a final episode unfulfilled. No more episodes of the show are to be produced until the strike has ended. NBC has plans to show new episodes this Thursday, and on the fifteenth of this month. After that, however, the show is out of new material, and its future is uncertain.

As for LOST, fans have at least one thing to look forward to; eight out of the planned sixteen episodes for season four have been completed, hopefully in a presentable form. While no further tweaks can be made to the episodes, they will be ready to show in February, giving the fans at least something to look forward to. Lindelof and Cuse marched out to the picket lines, showing their support for the strike. Cuse had a teasing sign, dangling the answers to the show and suggesting that if fans wanted to see the mysteries resolved, the strike would have to be resolved first. For the fans that have waited patiently through a hiatus twice as long as that for a normal show, we can only hope that things will be resolved. Otherwise, we'll have only eight episodes to look forward to this season.

Speaking of the return in February, ABC is apparently unwilling to rearrange its current Wednesday lineup. Rumor has it that LOST will return Mondays at 8/7c, running it opposite other favorite shows such as "Prison Break."

For more information concerning updates for the strike, check out this WGA Strike Blog