Locke is hot, agreed.
River ,'Objects In Space'
Spoilers 3: First Mutant Enemy, Now the World
[NAFDA] Spoilers for any and all currently running TV shows. All hardcore spoilage, all the time. No white font.
EWWWW!!!!!
I think they make a cute couple.
They need to do a lot more work on Shannon before I'm convinced she deserves food and water, much less hot Eye-raqi loving.
</Bronze posting>
Oh, if only that tag gave a clean close.
Okay, so the next few Lost episodes go like this:
Homecoming (Charlie), Outlaws (Sawyer, I think), ...In Translation (Jin), Numbers (Hurley)
Then we have a 4-5 week break
Then Deus Ex Machina (Locke), Do No Harm (Jack again), Sides (Sayid)
Then Deus Ex Machina
An Ed episode! Far Out!
I just don't understand why American tv has to take these breaks between episodes. Why oh why can they not just air a show at the same time, every week? Would it kill them? Because it's killing me.
Was how Locke ended up in the wheelchair ever mentioned, or might his next episode be about that?
I think they need time to film the episodes. "Lost" only had a 13 ep order, then the ratings came in and they nearly doubled the eps. So they have to have production time for the rest of the episodes.
I guess they could do a "Farscape" and have 13 eps...4 month hiatus, then the final 11. :-)
Then Deus Ex Machina
An Ed episode! Far Out!
But... but... I don't wanna be stuck on an island....
I just don't understand why American tv has to take these breaks between episodes. Why oh why can they not just air a show at the same time, every week? Would it kill them? Because it's killing me.
It's the way they measure ratings. There are three big months for ratings, called "Sweeps" months, when they measure the ratings for local stations. The networks try to schedule original programing for those three months (November, February, and May) to help out their local affiliates. (That's also when the local stations do all their stunt programming, like news exposes on "The Dangers That Lurk Beneath Your Couch Cushions", and stuff like that.) So, out of 22 original episodes (for most shows) for the year, the networks burn up 12 for Sweeps, and another 4 in October when the new season starts. That leaves a grand total of 6 new episodes for December, January, March, and April.
And they do usually air the show every week at the same time, at least for established shows. It's just that you get reruns.