They changed their minds.

Whew! You better not be telling me lies P-C.

Laura, I think he's pulling your leg--most of the online sites have a new ep up next week, not this one.

Speaking of new eps, I saw this at lost-media.com:

ABC has approved a one-hour "Lost" special to air on April 27 in the series' regular Wednesday time slot.

Sources said the program, produced by the network's marketing and programming departments, will be an introductory guide to the series, offering more than just unused clips.

The "Lost" special will include tidbits of information about six of the main characters that have already been revealed since the series began airing in September. The characters will retell their stories "in a linear fashion" -- an idea by Lost" co-creator Damon Lindelof -- to show how their stories are interwoven, a source said.

The special will focus on the characters of Jack (Matthew Fox), Kate (Evangeline Lilly), Locke (Terry O'Quinn), Sawyer (Josh Holloway), Charlie (Dominic Monaghan) and Sayid (Naveen Andrews).

A similar special also is being prepared for ABC's other hit, "Desperate Housewives."

"There can be a reluctance on the part of the audience to invest in these kinds of shows," said ABC's Lance Taylor in a published report. "What we're trying to do is keep those tent doors open and invite as many people in as possible to enjoy the last part of the season."

ABC wants to do everything possible to ensure both series finish the season in the biggest way possible.

One segment of the "Lost" special will focus on the island on which the characters are stranded.

Those are not the droids--um the characters I want, necessarily, to know more about. Hurley, Jin and Sun, Walt, Michael, Rose, Scott, or Steve, whichever one is left now, and Ethan would be the characters I want to know more about. I'm a bit displeased that the network thinks these are the six most important characters.

I keep wishing that Jack had perished as the producers had intended so we wouldn't have to keep dealing with wodges of each show focused on Hero Doctah Jack and maybe some of the "secondary" characters could have become a bit more prominent.

Less Charlie, more Hurley!

The spoilers guy at TV Guide said that the woman who plays Rose has been in a play, which is why she hasn't been on the island lately. She will show up before the end of the season, though.

I'm a bit displeased that the network thinks these are the six most important characters.

I agree with you, but I think the network is trying to catch up the non-watching potential audience and those are the six characters that have gotten the most backstory or whose stories best interweave. And in that case I think they picked the right ones.

Dropping by to note that I captured the promo for next week's new episode, but I haven't had time to break it down yet. I'll see what I can do tonight.

The promo looked VERY interesting.

As though Locke had angered the Island Gods of Walkyness or something.

Whoops, I forgot that new episode next week means promo on this week's re-run. Jeff Mejia is my hero!