Lost: Mobisodes @ ABC.COM


ABC released the first of thirteen mini-episodes of Lost, entitled Lost: Missing Pieces, but probably better known in the Lost fan community as Mobisodes. Every Monday, a new Mobisode will appear on ABC.com, counting down to the season 4 premiere. The webisodes are short, just a couple of minutes, but they are totally original, written and directed by the real Lost staff. The first Mobisode, which was released today, is called “The Watch” and was written by show-runner Carlton Cuse. It takes place in the hours before Jack's marriage as Jack and his father share a tender moment on the beach.

The episode begins with Jack, rocking sunglasses, on the beach outside of a nice-looking resort, tossing rocks into the ocean. Jack's father walks out to join him. Jack is throwing rocks because it was either that or go inside and pick out flowers with Sarah and the wedding planner. Christian says that he has something for Jack. He takes an old watch out of his pocket. He says that his father, Jack's grandfather, gave him that watch on his wedding day and now he's giving it to Jack. Jack is confused, because he's never seen his father wear the watch. Christian has never worn it.

Christian explains that when his father gave him the watch on his wedding day, his father told him that he was making a mistake with the woman he was marrying. He didn't like her at all. Jack wonders if his father is trying to tell him something. Christian says that Jack is making the absolute best decision marrying Sarah. Christian asks one more thing: if Jack and Sarah have a child, he wants Jack to treat the kid better than he treated Jack.

It's a fun couple minutes of character work. We rarely get to see happy moments for the Shepherd clan; this was one of them. The Mobisodes are shot on digital film in a very low-tech manner, or at least this one was. We'll be back every Monday keeping you up-to-date on each new Mobisode.

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That's really cool, so Lost is starting again in February? are the episodes still going to be an hour long? I think i read somewhere that they are only going to make 3 more seasons, and the last two seasons are only going to be half hour episodes? Im dissapointed, personally i dont think Lost should ever end.. haha...

also, does anyone know of any website that has any spoilers for season 4? i want to know sooo bad but at the same time i will prob. hate myself for reading them! oh well im dying to know who was in that coffin in the last episode, among 5 million other questions.

Even if the strike continues, Lost will air in February and do an 8 episode run (minimum.) The bad news is that episode 8 happens to be a major cliffhanger which will leave as suffering until NEXT February if there are no more eps written soon.

They are not going to do half hour episodes but rather do 2 more seasons of episodes over three years. So there are at most 48 hours of Lost left!

As for spoilers, it is one show that I refuse to ruin! The spoilers always suck anyways.

Are these webisodes ESSENTIAL? How would you rate their awesome-ness?

I guess I should check em out before the premiere..

Unless you can't go a day without thinking about Lost, I'd recommend a pass. I am not sure if these were actually done for the web or remnants from the cutting room floor, but if you miss "pieces" you are not missing much.