Staffel 4/Spoiler-Archiv

Carlton Cuse: I think basically the plan though is to do it in the spring of next year.

Damon Lindelof: Well actually January or February of next year, so the late Winter. In the beginning of the calendar year of 2008. No one was happy with the six episodes …and now that the show is on at 10 o’clock, I think everyone’s plan, barring any last minute changes from the network, is to air the show in a continuous run like 24 in the sort of spring television season.

• Rettung würde nicht unbedingt das Ende der Show bedeuten.
• Einige könnten von der Insel kommen, andere müssen vielleicht bleiben (z.B. schwangere Frauen).

• Was zu der Insel kommt, ist schlimmer als die Anderen.
• Weg von der Insel zu kommen, ist nicht das Ende.
• Es gibt ein ganzes Kapitel mit der Geschichte, die nicht auf der Insel geschieht.

• Lindelof und Cuse: "Die Entwicklung von Malcolm David Kelly (Walt) wird angesprochen.

• Die Anderen setzten ihr Ziel auf Walt weil sie an Kindern mit besonderen Fähigkeiten interessiert sind. Das wird in den nächsten Episoden erklärt.

• Damon und Carlton verneinten eine Danielle Rousseau Flashback Episode vor Staffel 4.

• Die Geschichte des zerstörten Forschungsschiffes wird irgendwann kommen.

• Es wird letztendlich einen Rousseau Flashback geben. In ihm wird es auch um Montand und seinen Arm gehen.

• Danielle Rousseau könnte in der Rückblende eines anderen Charakters vorkommen.

• Wir werden herausfinden was mit Marvin Candles Hand und Montands Arm geschehen ist. Vielleicht in Staffel 4 zusammen mit Rousseaurückblenden

• Rousseau wird irgendwann, in Staffel 4 oder 5 eine Rückblende haben, diese muss mit dem Rest der Geschichte jedoch noch abgeglichen werden.

• Der, der glaubt, dass Libby etwas mit Dharma zutun hatte, ist NICHT "auf dem Holzweg"!
• Libbys Abwesenheit war nicht beabsichtigt und sie wird wieder in Staffel 4 sein.

• CNI: "Hat Locke die Wahrheit über die Insel und ihren Zweck gelernt? - Emerson: "Nein."
• CNI: "Werden Ben und Locke um die Leitung der Anderen kämpfen?" - Emerson: "Ja."

• CNI: "Antwortet Ben wirklich Jacob?" - Emerson: *Pause* "Vielleicht."
• CNI: "Neben den gegeben Gründen, denken sie, dass Ben auf der Insel bleiben möchte, weil er denkt, er wird nicht in der Lage sein in eine normale Gesellschaft zu passen, so wie ein Betrüger der sich dem Leben wieder anpassen muss, oder...?" - Emerson: "Nein, es gibt einen schwerwiegenderen Grund."

• Ben wurde versehentlich von Danielles Falle gefangen und wir werden herausfinden wieso.
• Ben und der echte Henry Gale "hatten Texte".

• CNI: "Werden wir Bens Kindheitsliebe, Annie , sehen?" - Emerson: *Pause* "Ja."- CNI: "Als erwachsene Frau?" - Emerson: *Pause* "Ja."

• Die Vorausblenden von Staffel 4 sind im Wesentlich eine "Staffel-innerhalb-einer-Staffel". Die nähreren Angaben waren nicht geplant aber anscheinend wird es einen Mix aus Rückblenden und Vorausblenden geben, jedoch mit einer größeren Anzahl Vorausblenden.
• Die Vorausblenden erzählen eine geradelinige Geschichte, aber werden als nicht-geradliniges Format von dem Blickwinkel verschiedener Charaktere, präsentiert.

Set stills show Locke reunited with Sawyer, Sayid, Desmond, Juliet, Bernard and Hurley on a mission to the cockpit. Sawyer carries an automatic rifle, a FN FAL. Another pic shows Ben, bloodied and tied up. A third pic shows Jack and Kate. Jack is holding a walkie talkie, while Kate touches his face tenderly.

Later on Matthew Fox and Ken Leung were spotted filming on the coastal rock-set as well. Jack was also wearing the same outfit that the had on in the season 3 finale. Like Daniel, Leung wore a black vest, but this one was attached to a parachute. Nearby lay a helmet. Leung's character apparently just had landed on the Island by parachute and was pointing a gun at a startled Jack.

Shoots: 9/25 - 10/6/07

Mark Forrester
All ethnicities, 40s, nice looking, a cocky, not afraid to argue corporate player willing to risk his position for a promotion in a company buy-out.

Melissa Waters
All ethnicities, 40s, attractive, self-assured and formidable. Successful in a man's world and competing against a co-worker for a highly-valued promotion in a company buy-out.

Arthur Galzethron
All ethnicities, 60s, wise and fair but doesn't suffer fools gladly. President of a company during a corporate buy-out and must make a decision about an in-house promotion.

There are two locations being used -- the now familiar YWCA, and the basement of the Hawaii State Capitol. More significantly, at least one of these shoots is for a scene taking place in Los Angeles. There were armed L.A. police and Sheriff's uniforms about, as well as scruffy members of the media among the extras.

Ray 40s-50s, any ethnicity, psychiatrist, cold, professional type who can do what's necessary to get the job done... Very nice co-star that could turn into a possible recur as a guest star

Alfred. 40s-50s, Caucasian, British, cool and calm under pressure, knows his place in society and knows how to handle members of the upper classes... Co-star. impeccable british accent.

Bannerman. Mid 40s, any ethnicity, narcoleptic, can fall asleep at the drop of a hat, but has an important piece of information to tell. A very smart technician by trade... Guest star.

Billy. Mid to late 20s, Caucasian, British, a good buddy to have, willingly to listen but won't take too much gruff before he'll knock you in line... Nice co-star. impeccable british accent.

Foley. 40s - 50s, any ethnicity, British, physically fit, tough task master, unrelenting. A performance reminiscent of R. Lee Ermey in "Full Metal Jacket"...Nice co-star. impeccable british accent.

Larson. Late 20s - 30s, any ethnicity, smart, dangerous but capable of charm and humor. Tough military type. Follows orders and doesn't question them... Guest star, possible recur.

Keamy. Late 20s - 30s, any ethnicity, dangerous, physical - a great tactician, loyal friend and the last enemy you ever want. Military type. Follows orders and doesn't question them... Guest star, possible recur .

Chandley Price. Mid 30s to early 40s. Female. She is tough, no-nonsense and beautiful in an unadorned way. She is a therapist by profession and yet could benefit from some therapy herself. The qualities that make her a leader and effective at seeing into other people also cause her problems in her own life -- she can be overly controlling and obsessive. Her strength of personality is undeniable. Guest star / recurring

Huston: 50s, male, Caucasian, weathered face, salt and pepper hair, a man who immediately commands great authority but someone you don't want to cross. He has a job to do and he doesn't allow anything to get in his way - even the death of his employees...Guest star

Doctor: Male, early 30s, Korean. Professional and accomplished, a calming presence in times of crisis. Working his regular shift, he gets more than he bargained for. Must be able to speak Korean...Co-star

Shopkeeper: Male, Korean, any age. Pleasant, eager to please the customer and make a sale, cool under stress, able to deal with difficult customers and keep them happy. Must be able to speak Korean... Co-star

Regina: Late-20s to early 30s, any ethnicity. Tough, formidable, someone who could take an order and execute it flawlessly but who is now a shell of her former self; nervous and paranoid. Nice co-star .would prefer to have a stunt woman but not crucial.

After this filming, the crew had to rush off to report to the day’s second shoot: a scene with Sun … at a funeral.

Gus is an "inner-city, unruly character type. He's a sketchy business owner who preys on human weaknesses. Happy to exploit any opportunity he sees"

Noreen is "Very tough on the outside, nurturing on the inside. Confronted with something from her past, she defends herself well, despite the emotional toll."

• Fisher Stevens (Minkowski) said he would be returning to Hawaii to resume filming his role on Lost.

• Julie Carlson, the extras casting director, looked for people of all ages who had a Middle Eastern or Arabic appearance.

• Ishmael Bakir. Middle Eastern, 40s, should have a slight natural accent, a high-ranking businessman who carries himself with a sense of quiet menace. We get the impression that this distinguished man has the capacity for great violence. Guest star.

• Desk clerk. African (Tunisian), female, any age, French-speaking. Cold to some guests, but gracious to the wealthy. Must have a British or French accent. Co-star.

• Doorman. 50s, British, white, distinguished. Uniformed doorman works for a luxury building. Co-star.

• Bedouins. Two Arabic men, any age, must be able to speak Arabic. Stunts required - Must be able to ride a horse. Co-stars.

• Features a dusty, rubble-strewn Middle Eastern town. Military trucks and wrecked cars stood guard in front of roadside stands selling pottery and used luggage. A large archway seemed to serve as the centerpiece of the scene. Sayid and Ben make appearances.

• Sayid is one of the pallbearers at his former love, Nadia's, funeral

• one of the apartments on the third floor of the building in the back looks blackened and burned out
• there's a restaurant/bar area on one side
• the car in the center has a wooden structure around it marked with "top" and "bottom"
• the archway just behind it had scrapes on the side of it as if the car had ploughed through it and scraped the sides.
• there are posters of Saddam Hussein on the walls painted over with graffiti

• Taxis said Tikrit Taksi.

• Episode 4x09's title will be "The Shape of Things to Come."

• There was some filming action going on at The Barracks. Sawyer, Locke and Hurley were on set. They were filming a scene with Sawyer talking to a group of kids. They were also filming a scene where one of the barrack houses was on fire, and a lot of men dressed in military uniforms and warpaint with guns stormed the barracks.

• the Barracks are under attack
• Locke: "These people who are coming, you are scared of them, aren't you?"
• Ben: "I am."
• Hurley is in one of the houses, holding a crying Aaron and asks someone else (offscreen) "Is that Claire's house?"
• Sawyer: "Why slaughter people without even telling us what they want?"
• In the background it sounds like Alex is screaming, "Oh my god!"
• Ben: "Welcome to the war, John."
• Smoke monster roaring in the background
• Hurley: "We are all going to die."
• Smoke Monster appears earlier in a scene with Jack and Kate

• The production crew built a new barracks/house just so they could blow it up.

• "The Shape of Things to Come" - Locke's camp comes under attack, and Jack tries to discover the identity of a body that has washed ashore.

Promotional pictures:

• Hurley and Sawyer inside one of the Barracks' houses, playing a game of "Risk" (a world domination game by Parker Bros).
• Ben and Locke working together, barricading the room with furniture.
• Locke standing watch by the window, holding a gun.
• Locke talking to someone on the phone.
• Closeups of Claire and a soot-stained Ben.

• In this episode, Claire is in significant danger.

• The big war goes down in the first episode back (April 24)

• Guest starring are Ken Leung as Miles, Jeremy Davies as Daniel Faraday, Rebecca Mader as Charlotte, Sam Anderson as Bernard, Tania Raymonde as Alex, Alan Dale as Charles Widmore, Marc Vann as doctor, Kevin Durand as Keamy, Yetide Badaki as desk clerk, Kaveh Kardan as merchant, Faran Tahir as Ishmael Bakir and Sean Douglas Hoban as Doug.

• A raging gunfight will decimate Camp Locke
• Episode 9 is a flash-forward adventure for globe-trotting Ben, in which his war with British billionaire Charles Widmore over control of the Island will intensify
• Episode 9 also revisits a long-simmering subplot: Sayid's romance with Iraqi love Nadia.
• Scenes were shot in a rock quarry, involving horses, machine gun fire and Ben dressed in a woolly winter parka.
• Michael Emerson commented that recent shootings involved Ben in combat, riding horses, speaking foreign languages and playing piano.
• During EW's stay on the set, Garcia prepared for an encounter with Smokey, and Holloway was spritzed with fake sweat and a touch of blood in advance of a raging gunfight. Daniel Dae Kim fished that mystery corpse from the surf.

• Claire's house blows up. Someone running towards it, flies through the air.
• Sawyer: Get inside!
• Jack: Were you ever gonna take us of this island?
• Ben: You wanna live? I'm your best chance
• Keamy: I'm gonna kill your daughter
• Ben: Everythings gonna be ok
• Alex: Daddy...

• The body that is washed ashore is that of Doc Ray.

• There's an explosion that injures at least one survivor of Flight 815.
• The Freighter people start wreaking some major havoc on the Island's inhabitants.

• There will be a spectacular death in this episode
• We'll see the smoke monster make a long awaited come back

• The death that Ausiello is talking about is NOT Doc Ray.

• The invasion of the island commences. In the first 15 minutes 3 characters are killed (minor ones). Later in the episode some one is shot in the head execution style, but it’s not who you think if you’ve seen any promos. This character is a major one.

• All (or most) of the minor Losties who joined Team Locke (those with no speaking lines) are killed by the freighties.
• Sawyer kills a couple of freighties, saves Claire and Aaron, and escapes with them and Miles, thinking he might be able to use Miles as a hostage. They begin to head back to the beach.
• Miles makes it clear that the freighties don't care about him.
• Ben controls the Smoke Monster and uses it to kill all of the freighties who attack the Barracks (except Keamy) to Locke and Hurley's amazement.
• Keamy makes the Smoke Monster retreat with a device that apparently produces some kind of electromagnetic reaction.
• Ben escapes with Locke and Hurley, but Alex is shot dead by Keamy.
• Jack discovers that Charlotte has been speaking to the freighter this whole time with another phone and has told them where Ben is located.

• Ben spielt Piano, plötzlich stürzen Locke und Saywer rein. Locke fragt, was "Code 14J" bedeutet. Auf Bens Frage, woher er diesen Code habe sagt er, das Telefon hätte geklingelt und jemand hatte immerwieder "Code 14J" wiederholt. Ben geht zum Schrank, holt eine Flinte raus, lädt sie durch, gibt sie Saywer und sagt, dass sie sofort ins andere Haus müsssten, da sie von da aus eine bessere Sicht auf den Wald hätten und sich besser verteidigen können. Auf Lockes Frage wovon Ben redet sagt dieser: "Sie sind hier!"

• Jack is taking some antibiotics when Kate enters the his tent. Jack tells her that he has an stomach bug and the two talk. After a while of mild flirting, Kate asks why the freighter hasn't made it to the beach yet and Jack tells her that he has a gut feeling that they'll make it off the island but Kate points out that he said his gut was sick. The two laugh and then hear a distressed voice calling for help outside along with Vincent barking senseless. The voice belongs to Bernard and Kate, Jack and Juliet, who also heard Bernard, run towards him. The camera looks down to see a body of an almost-bald man with a lab coat washing up to shore. Bernard tells them that he heard the dog barking and went over to investigate. As Jack and others begin to lift the body, the Sneak Peak ends.

• Locke, Sawyer and Hurley holding Aaron all sit in Locke's house playing risk when all of a sudden the telephone rings. The three look extremely suspicious as Locke gets up to find out who is on the other line. Locke answers the phone and a woman's voice repeats over and over again "Code 14J". Locke is bewildered and Hurley asks who it is as the scene cuts to that of the ABC Sneak Peak 1.

• Hurley is still holding Aaron in Locke's house while Locke and Ben barracade the front door with a bookcase. Locke tells Hurley to get away from the window as Hurley asks how Sawyer is going to get back in and Ben informs him that he won't. Outside, Sawyer is armed with a gun and walks around the barracks and comes across Doug holding firewood. Sawyer asks if he has seen Claire leave her house at all but Doug doesn't answer the question and is confused. Suddenly, Doug is shot right in the middle of his chest and dies, blood spraying all over Sawyer. A blonde woman comes out of the house to look at Doug's body and Sawyer yells at her to get inside but is too late as she is also shot and killed. Another man comes out of the house to observe the two dead bodies and before Sawyer can even finish warning to get back inside, the man is also shot and killed. Sawyer runs through the Barracks screaming for Claire and narrowly dodges gunfire, using a picnic table as a barrier. Sawyer unsuccessfully shoots into the vegetation hoping to hit somebody. Sawyer continues to call for Claire and makes it just outside her house as he sees what looks like some sort of bazooka fire towards Claire's house. Sawyer gives one final scream and runs in vain to Claire's house as it explodes. Sawyer can not believe it and continues to scream Claire's name. Suspensful music is heard and the sneak peak ends.

• Ben leads the resis­tance against the freighter fiends working for cranky billionaire Charles Widmore, while in his flash­forward adventure, he does battle in the Tunisian desert and spies on a funeral in Iraq.

• Walt's Island visitations are alluded to in episode 10, but that's it for explaining the mysteries of Walt for the rest of season four.

• Dr. Erika Stevens. Female, African-American, late-30s or older. An intelligent, caring doctor who is not adverse to putting in long work hours to help her patients. Nice Co-star - 2 scenes.

• Dr. Stillman. Male, 50s, any ethnicity. A kind, but no-nonsense psychiatrist who reaches a wall with a patient and has to reach out for help. Co-star.

• Hale Kuhina was transformed into the Santa Rosa Mental Institute, once again. A sign with the institute's name was set up on the back lawn, within view of the Hawaii State Hospital building that previously appeared in a Hurley and Charlie scene. A clean-shaven Matthew Fox was on the set. Jack’s Ford Bronco (that so far only has been seen in flashforwards) was parked nearby. A man dressed as a doctor and a couple of burly orderlies were also sighted.

• A shooting took place inside HPU’s Frear Center on the second floor of 1132 Bishop Street. The scene was set inside St. Sebastian Neurology Clinic, bustling with doctors and nurses in scrubs and white smocks. Matthew Fox was there, of course. But so was John Terry. One scene took place at the hospital’s front desk, and another inside Dr. Jack Shephard’s office.

• This episode will be a flash-forward installment for Jack. "We're starting to close the loop on the end of last season. Jack in the future is a man marked by weakness, but the Jack of the present is strong. You're going to understand how he made that transition."

• When Jack's health is seriously compromised, Kate and Juliet must learn to work together in order to save him
• Something goes wrong as Sawyer, Claire, Aaron and Miles continue their trek away from Locke’s camp and back to the beach.
• Guest starring are Ken Leung as Miles, Jeremy Davies as Daniel Faraday, Rebecca Mader as Charlotte, Jeff Fahey as Frank Lapidus, Sam Anderson as Bernard, L. Scott Caldwell as Rose and Kevin Durand as Keamy.

• Jacket will be revisited in episode 10

• Jack collapses, unconscious, on the beach. Expect Juliet to take charge and perform emergency surgery.
• Sawyer, Miles and a banged-up Claire, holding baby Aaron, make a ghastly discovery in the jungle: one dead body and an extra dismembered arm. Surprisingly, the con man turns all Big Brother on the single mum.

• In the future, Hur­ley imparts a chilling message from Charlie to Jack.

• Jack's making another unsettling visit to Hurley in the psych ward.

• Anticipate more revelations about Juliet's increasingly affectionate relationship with Jack

• Charlie will appear in this episode.

• Doc Ray's body washing ashore on the Losties beach was connected to the "time implications" on the island.

• Sawyer, armed with a gun, is travelling through the jungle. Claire with Aaron, and Miles are with him. After Miles offers Claire a helping hand, Sawyer makes it clear to him that he is under a restraining order. Suddenly Lapidus appears, carrying a first aid kit. Sawyer doesn’t recognize him, but Miles does of course. Lapidus warns them to hide, because Keamy is and his men are coming on their way back to the helicopter. They hide, and soon enough Keamy and a couple of men appear. At least one of them is badly hurt by the Smoke Monster. In hiding, Aaron makes some noise and Keamy is alerted by it. Lapidus tries to distract him by telling they need to get to the helicopter before dark ….

• An opening shot of Jack’s eye. He has blurry vision. Juliet tries to wake him up and is concerned for him because he obviously isn’t well. She needs him because there’s a confrontation going on between Bernard and Rose on one hand and Daniel and Charlotte on the other. The latter say the freighter can’t be reached anymore and the former accuse them of lying about it. Jack interferes and acknowledges that the freighter people have been lying. He says that the other people of the boat will come for Daniel and Charlotte, and that the survivors will be ready for them. They just have to be patient and he will keep his promise to get them off the island. After that, he collapses.

• JULIET: Should his appendix rupture, he's gonna die.
• JACK: I want Kate.
• VOICE OVER: The leader falls, yet the war will not end.

• VOICE OVER: The island of Lost has many dangers. In the most powerful all-new Lost of the season, the island takes one survivor for it's own.

• JACK: If something happens to me..
• MILES: I didn't sign up for this!
• SUN: We can't trust them.
• JULIET: He's gonna die.
• JACK: Ooooahhhh!
• JULIET: Kate! Get outta here!
• JULIET: Knock him out!

• Charlotte has a big, crazy night scene with someone interesting.

• Five-year-old boy. Caucasian, green eyes, sweet, shy, tentative and smart. Has to take a test and becomes nervous about passing. Nice Co-star.
• Teenage boy. Plays as 16 or 17, Caucasian, green eyes. Angry, a little nerdy, defiant and rebellious. There's a lot more to this kid than meets the eye. Tries to fight back against older, stronger boys but is pushed into a locker. Nice Co-star.
• Teenage girl. Plays as 16, Caucasian, red hair (or willing to dye hair red). Emotional, prone to dramatic gestures, passionately in love and fights with her Mom about it. Nice Co-star.

• Episode 4.11 will be directed by Paul Edwards.

Casting calls:

• Mother. Caucasian, late 30s, with red hair and blue or green eyes, Frazzled, annoyed, trying to keep her daughter under control and tired of dealing with her when she seems to only make one bad decision after the other. Co-star.
• Gellert. Any ethnicity, 30s -40s. High school chemistry teacher, intelligent and understanding, he offers a bright student the chance of a lifetime but becomes resentful when the offer is refused. Co-star.
• Florence. Any ethnicity, late 30s. A foster mother who is worn out and overwhelmed. She is charmed by an unexpected visitor she anxiously hopes might help her situation, but she turns punitive when it doesn't go well. Co-star.
• Susie. Any ethnicity, 30s to 40s. A nurse working the late shift who unexpectedly has to help deliver a baby. Professional and compassionate, she tries to help the mother adjust to her new reality... Co-star.

• A scene being filmed at the drab, decrepit concrete Waimano Home complex takes place in a hospital maternity ward. Wardrobe seemed decidedly rooted in the 1950s, from the hospital staff to the dapperly dressed men and women scattered around the set. Nestor Carbonell (Richard Alpert) was spotted, looking especially stylish in a suit. But the center of attention was a distraught woman in her 20s, called Emily Locke.

• They filmed at Leilehua High School. There was a high school logo that said "Cowin Heights knights." A filmed scene involved some kid coming out of a locker... (Photos can be found at Ryan Ozawa's Flickr album)

• Workers returned to the old Waimano Home in Pearl City, where Locke’s birth (and an apparent visit by Richard Alpert) was filmed the day before. The set was apparently a different part of the facility… but both Terry O’Quinn (John Locke) and Lance Reddick (Matthew Abbadon) were seen in the neighborhood.
• That same day scenes were recorded high in the mountains. They were filming an on-island scene along Manoa Falls Trail, complete with mysterious DHARMA door in the grassy hillside. Josh Holloway (Sawyer), Emilie DeRavin (Claire), Daniel Dae Kim (Jin), Yunjin Kim (Sun), Rebecca Mader (Charlotte) and Jeremy Davies (Daniel) were all traipsing through the jungle.
• at Leilehua High School in Wahiawa, the young extras were dressed in 1960s fashions (brown gingham dresses and high socks), including several cheerleaders… Attention was focused on a young man with brown hair, a collared shirt, and a severe countenance. It was John Locke at sixteen, having an intense conversation with a teacher, a green “Cowin Heights Knights” school crest hanging over his shoulder. Let’s just say our “Man of Faith” has had issues with science for a long time.
• Witnesses reported several “gorgeous” 1950s or 1960s cars and a dramatic scene in which a little girl (perhaps five years of age) runs out of a house and gets struck in the street.

• Episode 4.11 will be titled "Cabin Fever".

• The last three episodes include only one flashback, which will be a mythically significant outing for ... someone.

• In episode 4.11 ("Cabin Fever"), Locke finds out where Jacob's cabin is; life on the freighter becomes dangerous.

• Guest starring are Jeff Fahey as Frank Lapidus, Lance Reddick as Matthew Abaddon, Marc Vann as doctor, Kevin Durand as Keamy, Anthony Azizi as Omar, Grant Bowler as Captain Gault, John Terry as Christian Shephard, Holland Roden as Emily, Rebbeca Tilney as Emily's Mother, Amanda Carlin as ER Nurse, Patrick Torres ER Doctor, Doug Hutchison as Horace Goodspeed, Nestor Carbonell as Richard Alpert, Matthew Pedersen as Psychotherapist, Mandy June Turpin as Florence, Sarah Duval as Melissa, Charles Henry Wyson as John Locke (5 years), Phil Abrams as Gellert and Caleb Steinmeyer as John Locke (16 years).

• Locke and Claire enter Jacob's cabin. Michael and Frank argue on the freighter.

• In a flashback scene that perhaps represents the narrative device's greatest leap in time so far on the series — we'll bear witness to a historic event that has significant repercussions on "present-day" events on the island.

• Horace Goodspeed appears and tells Locke that they've been waiting for him for a long time and that he (Horace) has been dead for 12 years.

• Locke shows Hurley the Mass Grave, telling him that Ben has killed off about 100 people of the DHARMA Initiative. For once Ben doesn't comment. He stands by silently and looking grim.

• Keamy and his team arrive on the Freighter. Desmond notices that their wounds are not caused by gunshots and wonders what has happened. Sayid is sure they won't let it happen again, the next time they go back. Captain Gault walks to them and Omar, who stands guard, that Keamy wants him in the armory. Omar says he isn't supposed to let them out of his sight, to which the captain replies that "he'll watch them". Omar leaves, while grabbing his phone. The captain then tells Desmond and Sayid to hide in a pantry under the gully. Sayid asks if Michael is dead, to which the captain answers no - and that is exactly the reason they have to hide. Doc Ray can be seen in the background. Sayid asks for the ship's "Zodiac raft", saying the only way to save their lives is to get their people off the island and on to the boat.

• A fallen leader..
• A child left motherless..
• Sawyer: Claaaire!
• A survivor in search of answers..
• It's only the beginning of the dangers to come.
• Gault: Torch the island!
• Keamy: C'mon c'mon c'mon!
• Sayid: The only way to save our lives is to get our people off that island.
• Michael: He's gonna kill everyone...everyone!

• Michael is lying on the floor of a room on the freighter with a bloody lip. Frank helps him up, asking why Michael hadn't told him he was a survivor of Flight 815, citing the fact that he was one of the few people who would have believed him. Michael tells Frank it was because his boss had staged the wreckage, which even Frank thinks is a conspiracy. He begs Frank not to bring Keamy back to the island, saying "He's going kill everyone...everyone".

• Locke asks Horace "who are you"; Horace informally answers and mentions that he is on a break from the "DI" - the DHARMA Initiative. Seeing the confused look on Locke's face, Horace laughs and asks if he is making any sense at all, to which Locke replies "No". Smiling, Horace turns his back to Locke, only to turn to him again, bleeding from his nose, and reply "That's probably because I've been dead for twelve years".

• Donna. Caucasian, 40s, blonde, pretty, Australian. Has had to deal with many set-backs in her life but is strong and has persevered. Now has to deliver painful and emotional news. Very nice co-star in finale ...must be authentically Australian or be able to do an impeccable Australian accent.
• Karen Decker. Any ethnicity, 30s to 40s, pretty, pleasant and sharp as a whip. She is a leader and quick-witted. Can manage difficult personalities with ease. Can hold sway three people in a room or a hundred in an audience. Very nice co-star in finale.
• Millbanks. 30s to 50s, Australian, rugged, smart, works outdoors with his hands. The kind of guy you'd want with you to get out of a tough situation. Co-star... must be authentically Australian or be able to do an impeccable Australian accent.]

• A major story line will begin for Claire. "Es werden Claire mysteriöse Dinge passieren in den nächsten paar Episoden - und auch in den nächsten paar Jahren."

• Scenes at a funeral involving Hurley, Kate and Sayid and Jack.
• An exterior scene involved Sayid and Kate standing outside the church as mourners filed in. A limo arrives, and Hurley exits along with a young woman (possibly Starla?). And the woman, not Kate, is the one carrying the baby (could be a stand-in). The group hugs and talks briefly at the top of the stairs before heading inside. Though it looked like a flash forward involving many of the "Oceanic Six", there was no flock of press.
• Jack shot scenes inside the church.
• Andrea Gabriel reappears as Nadia at the funeral - at Sayid's side.
• The funeral is Christian Shephard's.

• We will see the Orchid — all three levels of it — that might shed more light on the Island's time-warping properties.

• The Orchid will play a big role in the finale

• An elaborate funeral scene was shot. All of the Ocean Six were present and accounted for.

• The Orchid Dharma orientation film was set up for where we were going in our season finale.
• Our characters are in fact going to discover the Orchid and see a bit more of that film. There will be plenty to sort of fact check and debunk on that axis.
• We can say that we've been very interested in these physicists who have been building this particle accelerator in the Alps, and there's been a lot of debate and concern about what's going to happen when they start smashing these particles into each other.

• The face-off between the survivors and the freighter people begins
• Guest starring are L. Scott Caldwell as Rose, Nestor Carbonell as Richard Alpert, Jeremy Davies as Daniel Faraday, Ken Leung as Miles Straume, Rebecca Mader as Charlotte Lewis, Jeff Fahey as Frank Lapidus, Kevin Durand as Keamy, Anthony Azizi as Omar, Andrea Gabriel as Noor “Nadia” Abed Jaseem, Byron Chung as Mr. Paik, June Kyoko Lu as Mrs. Paik, Lillian Hurst as Carmen Reyes, Cheech Marin as David Reyes, Veronica Hamel as Margo Shephard, Michelle Forbes as Karen Decker, Susan Duerden as Carole Littleton and Noah Craft as Hendricks.

• Widmore’s freighter fiends, as one might guess, do not rescue the Oceanic Six. Desmond may come very close to becoming one of the Oceanic Seven. The finale will depict the arrival on the American mainland of the Oceanic Six, as well as the funeral of Christian Shephard. And we’ll learn more about why Jack is so hot to return to Dharma Island.

• "Diese Staffel endet mit den Oceanic 6, wie sie die Insel verlassen. Wie und was sie opfern müssen und was mit den zurückgebliebenen Leuten passiert."

• "Ihr werdet noch vor Ende diesen Jahres erfahren, wer in dem Sarg liegt".

• Ben probably knows why Widmore is looking for the island, but may not be telling the full truth. We will find out whether Ben is telling the full truth by the end of this season.

• The secret production code name for the finale twist is "The Frozen Donkey Wheel."
• "It's not the last scene in the show that has that code name, it's actually a scene that happens towards the end of the show, but reveals a very significant secret."

• "Michael becomes really pivotal to the end of the season. His return will have a lot of impact on the other characters."
• "You will be getting the detailed version of what exactly happened to Michael in between Ben sending him and Walt off the island and when we first meet him behind the wheel of that car."

• "Romance is always blooming on and off the island. I hereby promise you one of the most spectacular kisses you've ever seen on the show in this year's finale."

• Michael Emerson (Ben) and Yunjin Kim (Sun) have just flown into Heathrow for some London based filming along with director Jack Bender. Alan Dale (Charles Widmore) was spotted as well.

• The spectacular kiss will happen between a boy and a girl. But it doesn't happen on the island.

• The Freighter people are NOT the ones that do the rescuing
• The Season finale will leave you ballistic as far as cliffhangers go.

• Penelope will pop up.

• The finale will complicate the Jack-Kate-Sawyer love triangle by featuring 'a spectacular kiss' and elaborate on Jack's flash-forward ambition to journey back to the Island. "This year's finale will sum up exactly how difficult it may be to accomplish that."

• The true story of the Oceanic Six will be exposed.

• Jin, Sawyer and Locke are alive on the Island in the future.

• We'll see that period of excitement when the Oceanic 6 come back.
• The settlement comes into play in the finale.
• The audience has been waiting for what happened after the finale scene of Season 4. We are going to deliver on that in this season's finale. We're doing some pretty cool s***. It's just on a different bandwidth than last year.

• Locke and Jack represent the two philosophical poles of the show. "The conflict between those guys is really the central conflict on our show. And there's a big culmination of that taking place in the season finale."
• Look for a resolution in the Jack/Kate/Sawyer drama. Obviously, Sawyer is not one of the Oceanic Six; Jack and Kate are. What happens in the finale "is all on the axis of the love triangle".

• Greg Grunberg will reprise his role as Oceanic pilot Seth Norris in the two-hour season finale.
• That same episode will feature the introduction of another pilot, a "young Top Gun type" who, per the casting sheet, doesn't like it when his copilot brings a lucky charm aboard.

• the Funeral director (Nigel Gibbs) is back for the Season 4 Finale

• A huge crowd of extras reported to the old Barbers Point Naval Air Station in Kalaeloa, taking part in a scene involving the return of the Oceanic Six to the outside world.
• Their rescue is a huge media circus, with a throng of reporters and photographers on hand as they step off a military transport plane that brought them back to the United States. Via Honolulu.
• The filming focused on an elaborate Oceanic Airlines-coordinated press conference. Or, as my sources put it, “a big press con.” The world’s media was there for answers, as well as several familiar faces: Veronica Hamel (Margo Shephard), Cheech Marin (David Reyes) and Lillian Hurst (Carmen Reyes).
• Questions asked included: Ms. Austen, how old is Aaron? Ms. Kwon, what happened to your husband? Mr. Reyes, what of your fortune, and this hefty airline settlement?
• The press is skeptical of the official story.
• Hurley’s hackles are raised by a query that’s been raised by viewers and comedians alike since Season 1.
• Sayid toes the line, but isn’t happy about it.
• The Oceanic Six make surprising mention of some long, lost friends. Three of them, at least, whose deaths occurred in each of the first three seasons.

• Filming took place at Hurley’s mansion as last seen in “Tricia Tanaka is Dead.” A group of extras was spotted wearing party hats, loud shirts and plastic lei… it certainly looked as if Hurley has something to celebrate. Sayid, Nadia, Hurley and Aaron were spotted on set.

• There's a supersecret Sawyer scene in the finale.

• Ben centers in the “secret scenes” in the season finale.

• At the arid, rural west coast of O’ahu a a scene was shot on sea, featuring a large, octagonal life raft. Hurley, Sun, Jack, Kate, Sayid and Desmond swim toward the Zodiac raft through some debris. Hurley — clutching Aaron - helps pull Kate, Sun, and Sayid aboard. But Jack and Desmond take a little longer to reach them. And Desmond is holding someone who’s not moving.

• In the two-hour season finale we will find out just how the Oceanic Six escaped, the circumstances of why the others were left behind, and why they had to keep what happened to them a secret when they returned to the real world. Don't be surprised if the Grim Reaper strikes again, targeting one of our favorite castaways...

• The face-off between the survivors and the freighter people continues, and the Oceanic Six find themselves closer to rescue.

• Jin, Sawyer and Locke are alive on the Island in the future.
• Fans who were upset by the Jack and Kate proposal still have the spectacular kiss to look forward to.

• three filming locations are Kate's house in Kahala, Santa Rosa in Kaneohe, and Hoffs/Drawlar Funeral Parlor in Liliha.

• The numbers will be back in the season finale

• Guest starring are Jeremy Davies as Daniel Faraday, Ken Leung as Miles Straume, Rebecca Mader as Charlotte Lewis, Jeff Fahey as Frank Lapidus, L. Scott Caldwell as Rose, Malcolm David Kelley as Walt, Nestor Carbonell as Richard Alpert, John Terry as Christian Shephard, Sonya Walger as Penelope “Penny” Widmore, Alan Dale as Charles Widmore, Kevin Durand as Keamy, Francois Chau as Dr. Marvin Candle, Anthony Azizi as Omar, Alex Petrovitch as Henrik and Starletta DuPois as Michael’s mom.

• While filming at the Hoffs/Drawlar Funeral Parlor the only character spotted was Desmond! In suit and tie, hair pulled back...