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From Today’s Ask Ausiello segment.

Question: What does the strike mean for Lost? Any idea how many episodes they finished pre-strike? Is it still scheduled to air some time in February? — Mike

Ausiello: Why do I suddenly feel as if I’m talking to myself, Mike? Why do I also suddenly feel like I’m not going to like what I have to say? At least I know the answer to that second part — it’s because I don’t like what I have to say. If the strike extends into the new year and beyond, there is a chance ABC may opt to delay the new season until the fall. Or worse yet, February 2009. Another scenario has the network simply airing the eight episodes already in the can this February as originally planned — something Team Darlton would not be in favor of. Says Lost cocreator Carlton Cuse, “Damon [Lindelof] and my concern about running the [eight] episodes we will have made is that it will feel a little like reading half a Harry Potter novel, then having to put it down. There is a mini-cliff-hanger at the end of Episode 8, but it’s like the end of an exciting book chapter; it’s not the end of the novel. Damon and I didn’t write [the ending of Episode 8] differently [with the looming strike in mind]. We wrote it to be the ending of Episode 8.” In any case, he concedes that the decision to hold or air the episodes isn’t ultimately theirs. “It’s really [ABC honcho Steve MacPherson's] call,” Cuse notes, adding, “No one was happy with the six-episode run last season.”

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Daniel Dae Kim is the latest Lost actor to be arrested for DUI, according to the Honolulu Advertiser.

Kim, who plays Jin-Soo Kwon on the ABC hit, was arrested around 3 a.m. Thursday morning for allegedly driving drunk in Hawaii, where the show is filmed.

Details of the arrest have not yet been released. However, the actor was booked at the Honolulu Police station and was released at 5:05 a.m. after posting bail. Kim was ushered to a silver SUV by two police officers as he left the station. He did not comment, according to the newspaper.

Lost’s Past Troubles

Other Lost stars busted while in Hawaii have included Cynthia Watros and Michelle Rodriguez, who were both arrested for DUI. Watros pleaded guilty to drunk driving last January and Rodriguez briefly went to jail in April after pleading guilty to the DUI charge against her.

Other difficulties have plagued the stars of Lost:

• Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje was arrested for a driving without a license, in 2006, though the charges were later dropped.

• Josh Holloway and his wife were robbed at gunpoint in their Honolulu home in 2005.

• Evangeline Lilly’s rented home in Kailua, Hawaii was destroyed by a fire last December.

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Spoiler? Looks like someone else parachutes onto the island!  I CAN’T WAIT!!

The new season of Lost is still over five months away, but shooting on the first episode is underway, and the show’s five new cast members are officially in place. Yes, we said five: Executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse tell EW.com that Jeff Fahey — a cult-pop fave most famous for The Lawnmower Man and most recently seen in Grindhouse — has been added to the show, joining previously announced newcomers Jeremy Davies (Saving Private Ryan), Lance Reddick (The Wire), Ken Leung (The Sopranos), and British actress Rebecca Mader (The Devil Wears Prada, Love Monkey).

The producers wouldn’t comment on the character that Fahey will be playing, but said he was the first and only choice for the role. ”The Lawnmower Man and [the 1995 TV series] The Marshall are personal faves,” says Cuse. ”And he has the most intense eyes of any guy out there, and I say that as a non-gay man.” Adds Lindelof: ”Fahey is one of those actors who feels like he fits into the Lost model: He’s enormously talented and will be vaguely recognizable to some people, but he’ll be able to land on our island without most people going, ‘Oh, I know who that guy is.’ And especially for the part we cast him for, he has exactly the right sensibilities.”

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Lots of information on the upcoming season of Lost from Comic-Con!

From my favorite LOST website, The TailSection:

Damon made an interesting comment around 5:17 that both he and Carlton knew the flashbacks would not last the entirety of the series and also knew about the flash forward concept for while, but couldn’t share the information with fans or else they would have ruined the shows season finale.

After making this comment Damon and Carlton introduce their bells that they will use to shut the other up if they feel he might be leaking too much information to the audience.

At 5:21 the Q. & A. began, the first question asked referred to the level of violence in the last few episodes of season 3 and why there was so much. The answer given was interesting to say the least; Damon noted that season 1 had about as much violence as this season had the key difference was that those handing out the violence in season 1 were the “good/pretty” guys. This past season the others or the “bad” guys handed out a lot of beatings and as a result we feel there is more violence when in fact it’s about the same as in the years prior.

Around 5:24 a question was asked regarding the control writers have on any episode of lost. Damon and Carlton said there are 8 writers on their staff (including themselves) and the writers have some freedom in what they write about. For instance, Eddie Kitsis came up with the Hurley’s van idea and Damon was able to tie that back into the Ben and his father scene.

At 5:30 they confirmed that both flash backs and flash forwards will be used next season; however we won’t know when these take place (1 year in the future, 5 years, etc). Damon also confirmed that Jack and Claire do indeed find out they are related by this next season… although he wasn’t allowed to “say” it, he nodded in agreement to it.

At 5:35 a question was asked regarding if Ben purposely or accidentally was caught in Danielle’s net… after hemming and hawing for awhile Carlton confirmed that it was by accident and that Ben was on route to something when he was caught. Where and for what and why he would not share, but said we will find out later in this season.

LOTS MORE AFTER THE JUMP! (more…)

Turncoat Michael is making a “Lost” comeback. Harold Perrineau, who plays the character last seen betraying his fellow crash survivors to save himself and his son, will return to the show next season.

ABC Entertainment President Stephen McPherson didn’t offer any details Wednesday of what’s in store for Michael. He also didn’t say whether Walt, the son played by Malcolm David Kelley, will be seen again.

The pair fled the mysterious island where the crash victims were struggling to survive against the dangerous “Others,” with desperate Michael turning over his friends in exchange for escape.

The network had planned to make the “Lost” announcement at Comic-Con International, the comic book and pop-culture show starting Thursday in San Diego. But McPherson, speaking to a meeting of the Television Critics Association, was pressed for the information.

McPherson initially balked at talking, instead joking about what the announcement might be.

“I’ve cast Don Imus on ‘Lost’,” McPherson quipped.

Earlier this year, ABC said will run for three more seasons, concluding in 2009-10. The series will return for its fourth season in January.

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