LOST Spoilers - The ODI

Hey All,
As we all know that based on previous spoilers we have been using the working title of Bakir for LOST Season 4 Episode 9, but today via the Official ABC LOST Podcast for episode 4x08 we learned the title is actually "The Shape of things to Come."

Currently based on previous spoilers and set photos this episode is either a Sayid or Ben Centric episode.

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Hey Losties,
As we all know tonight's episode of LOST will focus on the return of Michael to the show, but what about 5 weeks from now when episode 9 airs on April 24th.

We have posted several set pics, reports and spoilers from what seems like a funeral that Sayid will be attending in Iraq.

Well an extra during that filming has posted a blog about her experience on the set, confirming Naveen Andrews (Sayid) was on set and that it was indeed a funeral for Nadia in Tikrit, Iraq.

Here are some of the details:

I jumped up the stairs into the hair trailer with my hijab in hand. I was led to the seat right next to NA. I sat down, still mortified by the little convo outside, and tried to completely pretend it hadn't happened, firing off tons of questions for the hair stylist. But NA was making some great political jokes, and had everyone giggling about historical figures trying to affect change. Obviously I was ineffectively ignoring him. I self consciously stifled a giggle. He looked up at me, and I don't know what got in to me, but I looked away!! Awkward......

.....Once on the set, it was a chore not trip over my abaya, or trip someone else with it! Incense was burning everywhere. Totaled cars were smoldering with more incense and more smoke. It was pretty stinky. The first scene was in Tikrit. Well, anyway, the taxis said Tikrit Taksi. It was a funeral procession for Sayid's wife. That is what I got from an extra that had filmed the day before. We were never exactly told that on the set. There were many takes of the scene. I doubt I made it in the scene. I was standing on the edge of the procession. The directors kept coming in for narrower and narrower shots of the procession. Still, I was chased down by many hair folks, constantly tucking back my hair that polked out with a comb, pulling my hijab forward, safety pinning the hijab to my abaya, all in between takes.

Read Full Blog Post Here: The Farmer Files

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Hey Losties,
Over the last week, we have posted several new set photos for LOST Season 4 Episode 9, which seems like it will be a Sayid (Naveen Andrews) Centric episode. Ben (Michael Emerson) has been spotted on set and the set definitely is set up to look like a war-torn Middle-East town, specifically in Iraq.

Well our good friend Ryan@TheTransmission uploaded SEVERAL more pictures over the weekend, where you can see the U.S. Military on set and some images of what look like Saddam Hussein.

Check out the images below and click to enlarge them...!!




See More Pics Here: Ryan's Flckr

Here is another update from the filming for LOST Episode 4x09 which seems now to definitely be a Sayid (Naveen Andrews) Centric episode.

According to this update, there are definitely items on the set to confirm the set is made up to look like Iraq. Early spoilers for this filming had it as a possible location in Tunisia, but with yesterday's major revelation and spoilers, this episode is most likely a Sayid Centric episode.

Here are the details:

The filming location at HCC is still intact, BTW. Apparently they were filming just Thursday and Friday, so no one was there. My Dad drove me over there this afternoon and we took a look around. It's really neat looking. Looks like war-torn Iraq for a Sayid flashback. There is no security and you can walk right on in (or at least no major security. We thought there was one guy sitting in a security car with his back to us in the lot where all the production trucks were, but he didn't get up the entire time we were there -not even with my dad loudly pointing out details).

-we noticed that 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 that looks like it probably had people sitting at it since there were a bunch of chairs inside
-the car in the center has a wooden structure around it marked with "top" and "bottom", so it probably was featured predominantly in the scene, and the archway just behind it had scrapes on the side of it as if the car had ploughed through it and scraped the sides.
-and there are posters of Saddam Hussein on the walls painted over with graffiti



Source: DarkUFO

Hey All,
The las few days has seen an influx of several set pictures from Lost Episode 4x09, from a set looking like it was set up in the Middle East. You could clearly see what looked like Arabic writing and the attire of the background extras also indicated it was somewhere in the Middle East. Of course more rumors came about with the appearance of Ben (Michael Emerson) on set and perhaps it was Tunisia.

However today's set of pics reveal MAJOR LOST Spoilers and it seems like a MAJOR plot point for this episode hes now been revealed with this set of new images.

According to our good friend DarkUFO and one of his sources, this is potentially another Sayid (Naveen Andrews) Centric Flashforward and the scene being filmed was Nadia's Funeral....!!

Andrews has yet to be spotted on set, but this is potentially the reason why Sayid eventually starts working for Ben.

Based on yesterday's pics, my feeling is, Ben is taking pictures of Nadia's funeral and will show then to Sayid in order to convince him to become a hitman for him.

Well here are the set pics, enjoy and namaste!!

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Here is a nice little scoop that I'd like to share with you all. One of my contacts in Hawaii, called "Hawaii Girl" has just been in contact with me and sent me the following information from yesterdays filming. We can confirm the following snippets.

- Sayid is indeed in Episode 4.09
- Sayid is one of the Pallbearers at his former love, Nadia's, funeral
- According to other sources Ben was also seen "close by" and ties in with recent spoilers and photos posted here from Ryan in with Michael Emerson was spotted.

We hope to get confirmation of the Title (which has been rumoured as Bakir, a character in the episode) and if is indeed a Sayid or Ben centric episode. I strongly suspect that it is a Sayid Centric episode but we'll have to wait and see on that.

Here are some photos from the filming. You can see the photo of Nadia being held by one of the extras on the set that was placed on the coffin.

(Click to Enlarge)


Source: DarkUFO

Yesterday we posted some more set pics of LOST Episode 4x09 and in one of the images you can clearly see Michael Emerson as Ben (supposedly it was his stand-in) on the set being filmed while taking a picture of something.

Now behind him off-camera it looks like Frank Lapidus (Jeff Fahey)!? Is this possible or is it well known LOST Director Jack Bender who is also known to wear similar attire as Lapidus' character. Is this a major LOST spoiler!? Or just a case of mistaken identity!?

Well here are some screencaps for you to decide?

NOTE: I know there is a better screencap of Bender looking like this some where and as soon as I have it I will post it.

Click here to see more screencaps from this filming of Episode 4x09

Thanks to Ryan@The Transmission for the original set photo.

**UPDATED** 7:45PM PST Please also see the following link that has a new screencap of the image below where you can clearly see Ben and possibly Frank Lapidus on set!!!

Episode 4x09 - Ben on Set in Tunisia

Look like our good friend Ryan@The Transmission was able to secure some more set pictures for today's filming of LOST and it was a continuation of the Tunisia set.

These pics confirm the previous LOST spoilers of a Tunisia Set and the episode is currently rumored as a Sayid Flashforward. However it might be possible that this could have something more to do with Charlotte...!?

Here are some pics:



View More Pics Here: Ryan's Flckr

Hey All,
Yesterday we posted some nice set pics of the production for LOST Season 4 Episode 9.

Today seems like we will get some filming on that set and the two characters expected on set are....Ben (Michael Emerson) and Sayid (Naveen Andrews)...!!

Is this a potential Ben FF?? or are we going to get another Sayid FF!?

Keep checking back for more updates.

Thanks once again to Ryan@The Transmission for the following updates:

1) Language on signs is Arabic not Sanskrit
2) Set is being used for actually at LEAST one scene for a Tunisian Hotel
3) Sayid and Ben are supposed to be on set over the next two days.

Hey All,
LOST Producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse had a little sit down interview with UGO and discussed the remainder of Season 4 of LOST.

Not too many new spoilers, but there are some minor ones and it is a great interview.

Thanks for stopping by and namaste.

UGO: What episodes have you guys written so far?

CARLTON CUSE: We're working on 11, 10, and 9 sort of all simultaneously; we've got those 3 out of 5 in the works.

UGO: When you were out on strike, did the process stop for you mentally, or were you sort of writing in the back of your mind ?

DAMON LINDELOF: We were sort of processing more about the episodes that we'd completed then we were looking forward. There is always a period about half way through the season - in this case that was episode 8 - where you kinda say what's working, what's not working, what could be working better, are we moving fast enough, is it too confusing, what storylines should we hold off on doing, what storylines do we want to move up. So we were sort of thinking about the episodes we'd completed versus thinking about what we were going to do when we came back because 'when' we would come back was such a huge question mark.

CARLTON: We didn't really talk about the show at all. Creatively it was a pretty complete break so when the strike ended and we started back I think we were really kind of refreshed. It's the longest stretch we've gone without talking about, discussing, or processing the show since it started. When we first came back it was sort of all about trying to remember ...okay this is where we are, this is where we were," and sort of replanting where all of the characters were in the landscape of the world of the show.

UGO: With the new schedule is the finale going to be a one hour episode or will it be two hours?

DAMON: We are writing it as a two hour but they want to air it as two different hours because on May 22nd, which is essentially the last day of the season, they have a two hour Grey's [Anatomy] finale which going to run from 8 to 10, and that is only going to leave an hour for us. It's going to be designed as all of our finales have been, but not unlike the Lost pilot, which was written a two hours and aired as two separate hours , that is what they are going to do.

UGO: Who does episode 9 belong to? Is that something you want to talk about just yet?

CARLTON: That's... something we don't want to spill the beans on just yet.

DAMON: You'll find out, I'm sure, in record time. Considering it's not even on the air until April 24th, that's a long time from now... six weeks away.

UGO: How did you feel about the change with the schedule? Setting 8 out as part of the second group of episodes, then pulling it back. During the strike, it was said that 8 was not a good place to leave things.

CARLTON: I don't think that's really true. I think what we thought was a bad thing was if we didn't get a chance to come back and complete the season. The concern was really that if they only aired 8 episodes and the strike went on for a long time and let's say there was another seven or eight months before we came back on the air, the season was going to feel very complete. The important thing is that the 5 hours of the show we have left to write are really going to allow us to end the season and sort of finish the season the way we wanted to. Some of the storylines are going to have to be pushed off into season five, some details about the freighter folk for instance, but we're going to get a chance to complete the season. Our concern was really just leaving the season open, not that we didn't like episode 8. I think we both feel like episode 8 is a pretty strong episode, and one that is kind of revelatory. Certain episodes are more revelatory about the mythology of the show, and it falls into that category.

DAMON: It's just a little outside of the box of a normal episode of Lost in that it is intensely character focused on one person as opposed to the whole ensemble and as Carlton says it is a little more focused on filling in blanks as opposed to answering new questions. So it might have been a nice episode to come back to as opposed to go off on. That being said, the last scene in the show we would certainly define as a cliff hanger and really nicely platforms what episode nine is going to be. All things being equal, we're happy we're going out on episode 8.

UGO: Are we ever going to see on island flash forwards?

CARLTON: I don't think we'll rule out anything...

DAMON: Who's to say you haven't already?

UGO: Aha. Well that raises an interesting question, because some fans think that some of the flashes prior to "Through the Looking Glass" may have been flashforwards.

CARLTON: The show is a giant mosaic, and where you stand is sort of the answer to that question. At various points in the journey you're going to be standing in various spots and you can define them as past, present, or future. We like fractured story telling, and the way we're going you'll be looking at various aspects of our characters' lives in the story we are telling. We want to explore that from various perspectives.

UGO: Assuming that Ben was telling the truth, and Charles Widmore was behind the freighter, are we going to be seeing more on Alan Dale on Lost?

DAMON: Well, assuming Ben is telling the truth one would hope we would be seeing more of Alan Dale on Lost, but that's always a big assumption to make. That's all we're really willing to say on the Widmore issue right now.

UGO: So the story for the Oceanic 6 is that they came from a group of 8 survivors. Are we going to find out the identity of the other 2 supposedly not so lucky survivors?

DAMON: Well, that is part of the fiction as concocted by the Oceanic 6. Many, many things that Jack said on the stand at Kate's trial were untrue, although he was under oath, like the Marshall dying in the crash for example. We want to be very clear on the idea that there were only ever the Oceanic 6. The identity of those other two people are not as important as people are making them out to be, it just makes it feel like a more believable fiction.

CARLTON: But what we can say now is that season 6 will be Jack's perjury trial, it'll be like [Steven] Bochco's "Murder One", that'll be the whole season.

DAMON: That's right, I like that idea.

UGO: Is the narrative structure going to change, yet again, from on island present with flash forwards to something else entirely?

CARLTON: Well this season is really about connecting the dots between what you saw in the finale last year, which was Jack and Kate's flash-forward, and the events on the island that were sort of catalyzed by the arrival of the helicopter. We're going to put some of those pieces together this season. We can't say much about what the format and structure of next season will be like because I think it would spoil the ending of this season. As this season gets closer to the end it is going to become more than apparent where the story wants to go next.

DAMON: Something that is really, really exciting for us as writers is - at the end of this season we will have written 85 hours of the show when all is said and done, the fact that we'll be going into the fifth season of the show and the audience is still going to be asking the question "how are stories going to be told next year?", that is part of the fun both for us as writers and the folks watching the show. With most television shows you kind of know where the season premier is going to start. Basically, Jack Bauer is going to be in hour one of whatever the next threat against humanity is. But in Lost you could start in the hatch with Desmond, you could start off the island with Hurley in a car chase...

CARLTON: You could start with a monkey in a smoking jacket.

DAMON: ...You could start with a monkey in a smoking jacket...

CARLTON: Oh no! Did we say that out loud?

DAMON: That's the season never to be aired, only for comic books.

UGO: Is the Orchid station showing up pretty soon?

CARLTON: The Orchid station is definitely coming back into play. We put that film out at comic con, but we did so because it definitely ties into where we are heading this season.

UGO: When was the decision to use time travel in the story made?

DAMON: It's been in the DNA of the show since the very beginning. Obviously, one thing the flash backs and the flash forwards provide you with is the idea of time travel. You're bouncing around in time and events from the past are seemingly influencing the present, but it's not a traditional time travel story until we started talking about what the hatch was there for, and what this electromagnetic energy that the hatch is trying to contain is and what would be the effect of that hatch going away, otherwise known as the purple sky event. And it was sort of those conversations which obviously happened way back in season one when Locke and Boone found the hatch that were the early precursors of time travel. I will say, though, that the first significant event in the show where we were thinking in the back of our minds that this is going to require a story telling element that isn't traditional narrative, is the discovery of Adam and Eve in the caves.

UGO: Here's an issue that arises with regards to that. Fans will speculate about different aspects of the show and will often reference statements that we're made, like "Oh it can't be about time travel because Damon and JJ said on the non-linear board at The Fuselage that there is no time travel in the show." How do you deal with it when, I don't want to say out and out lie, but if a fan or an interviewer asks a question that is going to really blow the story open; you obviously can't say "yeah, that's right."

CARLTON: Obviously, we're very careful about what we say. But, honestly, the assumption that you can figure it all out pre-supposes that you know enough about the world of the show to figure it all out. If I were to ask you towards the end of season one what your theory on what all the revelations of Lost are, you're going to give a wildly different answer then you would now part way through season 4. What we would say is there are still twists and turns and unexpected surprises to come, so its really hard to figure out where we're going because the audience doesn't possess enough information yet. Occasionally people do stumble upon bits and pieces of things that are true and I think that is great, but it has to remain that viewers individual satisfaction because we're not going to ruin it for everybody else by saying "Yes! That's exactly what is going to happen."

DAMON: The reality is, anything that Carlton and I say, or anyone involved with the show says, that is all part of the politicking that sort of surrounds the show. We like the idea of being answerable to the show, that is to say if we do something the fans don't like we can come forward and apologize for it and explain what the thought process was for executing that story line. Or, vice versa, if we do something people really like we get to sort of pull that forward and explain, for instance, that we weren't able to do the flash forward part of the story until they promised us an end to the show, and this is how we were able to end the show, and this is why we are doing three more seasons, and so on. The fans are owed those explanations. But, in a lot of ways it is like J.K. Rowling revealing that Dumbledore was gay. She's saying this, and it is part of her talking about the books, but all that matters at the end of the day is the books. So, watching the show Lost, you watch it and the data is there for you to form whatever theories you have, and you can't factor in anything that even the creators or actors are saying about the show outside of the show, because at the end of the day the show will be processed in six DVD box sets. It will be completely irrelevant as to whether we confirmed or denied or speculated. The one thing that Carlton and I are steadfast on saying over and over again, and that we're not lying about is that the show is not all a dream. It's happening in the real world, there are real stakes, you're not going to get to the end and cut to black and suddenly realize that this was all sort of a fantasy. That's the only thing that we sort of need to get out there in the world, because it does diffuse a lot of wacky theories.

Source: UGO

**UPDATED** 9:30PM PST - ADDED: Ryan's Set report which confirms more filming tomorrow and Friday. plus we have removed some of the images to improve the load time of the post, but you can still view all of his pics at the links below.

Looks like we should have some good info in the next two days and a possible confirmation on the episode will focus on.

Though “LOST” production started in earnest on Monday, March 10, work was largely limited to the Hawaii Film Studio on Diamond Head. Today, however, substantial construction work was coming together in urban Honolulu for a two-day location shoot beginning tomorrow. The crew has been building a dusty, rubble-strewn Middle Eastern town in the back corner of a school.

What town? Signage appears to be in sanskrit, and the campus-wide alert advising students and staff of the filming described it as an “Iraq/Afghanistan scene” — but this may be a guess.

There was a remarkable amount of carpentry and concrete, with new structures going up in front of an existing facade of low-rise apartments. 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.

Filming is scheduled for both tomorrow and Friday, and no doubt students will gather to watch between classes. The first star sightings will likely provide the best clue as to whose character’s story will be covered in Episode 4×09, “Bakir.”

Ryan@The Transmission

Hey All,
LOST Production is back and rolling!! Thanks to our good friend Ryan@The Transmission for the first set photos of Episode 4x09 (Bakir).

According to previous LOST spoilers, this episode features Middle Eastern characters and from the set pics you can clearly see that the set is being built to look like it is set some where in the Middle East.

Ryan is still on the set and promises more soon. So please check back for updates, but in the mean time here are the set pics.

Enjoy and namaste.

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Here is the full casting call for Episode 4x09 of LOST, which is titled Bakir.

Perhaps going back to Tunisia for more Charlotte or Dharma action??

LOST, Episode #409

Exec. Prods.: J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse, Jack Bender, Bryan Burk
Producer: Jean Higgins
Director: Jack Binder
Casting By: April Webster, C.S.A. and Veronica C. Rooney, C.S.A.
Casting Assistant: Farrah West
Location: Hawaii
Shoots: 3/9/08

[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, 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


Source: DarkUFO

Who opened the door of the sick bay for Sayid and Desmond? How'd the comm center get trashed? Episode eight will answer those Q's.

Oh, and P.S.: You heard about "the death" that's coming up, right? Well, fear not, 'cause from what I understand, this death does not mean it's the last we'll see of this person on the show—not by a long shot. Yay for time travel! Yay for Desmond! Yay for the love of this show!

Jenny in Adelaide, Australia: Lost! Gimme!

Huh? Whosey whatsy show? Oh, that one with the people on the weird island? I guess I can talk about it. Episode nine is gonna feature some richy-rich types who live in a doorman building—the show is now casting for a French-speaking African desk clerk and a "distinguished" doorman. Methinks we're going back to Tunisia...Holler! (Can't stop saying that since Rebecca Mader's hilarious delivery. Why can't I be from Cambridge?)

Source: E!Online

Thanks to SAM and DarkUFO, we have the title for the first episode (4x09) of the second part of Season 4 of LOST. The episode is titled Bakir and is a name of one of the characters in the episode.

Here are some more details:

Episode 4x09 features Bakir, a distinguished, 40ish, Middle Eastern man. While charming, there is an underlying menace. Also, a French speaking African woman.

Source: DarkUFO