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Lost kills off major characters

As Lost heads towards its huge finale this month, last night it killed off three major characters. Warning, details follow.

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As it heads towards its huge finale this month, Lost is finally laying on the big moves.

Last night, it killed off three major characters: Sun, Jin and Sayiid.

It was an emotional final scene for the two Korean lovers, who perished in the submarine while trying to escape the island. Having finally been reunited, Jin refused to leave the trapped Sun as water flooded the sub.

Shortly before, Sayiid had sacrificed his life by grabbing a bomb and running away from the others on the sub. In doing so, he allowed Jack, Hurley, Sawyer and a wounded Kate to escape and swim for their lives, back to the island.

Of course, characters have been bumped off before by Lost and re-appeared in flashbacks, flashforwards and even, in the case of Sayiid, been miraculously revived. But there was a finality to the scenes last night and with the end in sight a twist would be a long shot.

On Twitter last night fans were sad about their demise:

“OMG what a heartbreaking #LOST episode! 🙁 NOOOOO Sun, Sayid AND Jin!! too much, that was to much…”
“Teary-eyed over Jin and Sun’s good-bye. #Lost #fb”
“OMG What did you think about Lost?! I’m shocked! Sun and Jin sure got the short end of the stick, didn’t they?”
“Still cant believe Jin and Sun are dead #Lost”
“Still reeling this morning from #LOST last night… why’d it have to be Jin and Sun?! :(”

The episode which aired on 7TWO and Seven last night was hot off the satellite from the US. Just three more episodes remain including the two-hour finale which yesterday got a boost two a movie-length 2.5hr finale.

Seven has hinted it has big plans for the last-ever episode which airs in the US on Sunday May 23rd.

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  1. I guess my point is David – you’ve never ruined or spoiled a show for me yet, and as such, was very surprised when the headline did this for me the other day.

    I’m not trying to tell anyone how to do things, just merely saying it’s disappointing, as you can indeed imagine. Frankly – I have _no idea_ when Lost airs in Australia.

    I can, and do, see your point of view on Logies versus Lost – why is one differentiated from another? Well, it’s not. And nor should it be. So on that note, I’m out.

    Mikey

  2. David, you make total sense. Let’s face it, if you’re reading this site you are probably reading other blogs, you are more likely to get spoiled in their comment sections then by a sufficiently vague headline that is posted after the show had actually aired! Some highly respected non-tv based news aganecies went even further than David in the states! Frankly, as I’ve seen other Lost news sites post before, if you watch the show delayed dont follow or come to television based websites! These days dont even go to news websites. Thats without even considering that all that could have been ruined for you was that characters died, you didnt have that inclination yourself as the show came closer to its end?

  3. David, with all due respect – as a courtesy to all – fans who have torrented, watched on Seven, have PVRd, and who have still yet to watch, the headline was, and still remains, a *massive* spoiler.

    For 35 minutes I was waiting to see who had been killed off.

    If you think this is OK (it’s your site, I know) to spoil what was a major turn of events for viewers of what will perhaps be the [lead-up to] finale of a decade, then it’s disappointing that you feel you are on such a low-par with the “thousands of reactions” as Twitter users who I do not follow, and subsequently didn’t spoil it.

    Of 300+ twitter follows, not one ruined it for me. No news site. Heck, no other ‘entertainment’ or TV blog did.

    With less than 10 words for headlines, surely _not_ spoiling it for fans, despite this being the leading Australian TV blog, would be the least you could do…

    I can think of 1000 better, less spoiling headlines which would have the same “grab ur attention” effect.

    Again – peace.

    1. Mikey with equal due respect….

      I am running a blog on television news in an ever-changing electronic landscape. The fact the site has built a reputation for breaking news in the television industry has been commended to me time and time again by the industry. Major news events including Big Brother evictions, Idol winners, MasterChef wins, Next Top Model finales etc have been published the moment they occur, just as they have on newspaper websites, and in many instances well ahead. Your approach would have seen me publish “Gold Logie Won!” instead of “Ray Meagher snatches Gold.” And what photo should I put with that -a close up of a Logie or Ray holding the Gold as I published seconds after it occurred?

      Indeed, I find it interesting nobody has yet told me exactly when it would be supposedly safe to log a headline about Jin, Sun and Sayid? 24 hours later, 48 hours later ….never? Sorry it’s major news and such a policy would create exactly the same headaches for every other news story of its kind. ‘Somebody won MasterChef.’ ‘Warning Another Person was Eliminated on My Kitchen Rules.’ ‘Careful a Big Show in America just Added A Twist.’ “How About that Finale On That Show Last Night?’

      The worst thing I could do would be to move the goalposts, continually confusing readers. Instead I have a very simple, very clear policy: if it has aired in Australia it is not a spoiler. Such content is being openly spoken about on Twitter, on Facebook, on messageboards, on radio, on newspaper websites -why should TVT have to hold off for every catch-up viewer when it purports to be a site that logs television news? Please. Lost finale will be detailed once it has aired here, not before. No Eurovision results will be logged until after it has aired. Danni Minogue on Twitter and the Sydney Morning Herald published Logie wins before they aired. TV Tonight did not.

      Frankly it’s also disappointing I am being criticised for a post that did not include any names or photos of the three on the front of the site and even had the courtesy of a warning alert. I am also being criticised by those who do not make themselves familiar with such information which has been on my About page for 3 years. And despite my responding to the issue below, you have chosen to bring it up again and advise me of how I should be operating my own blog. Respectfully, I disagree.

      I don’t know how many of your 299 other Twitter followers are running entertainment sites or were so moved to comment on a thrilling episode. I did. The next day. I am a blogger. I blogged. I don’t run the site for RSS or Twitter, they are add-on feeds for those who choose to opt in. Television and the internet are not a perfect fit Mikey. We must adapt. You cannot have a site that on the one hand reports prompt television news and on the other holds off for catch-up viewers. A concealed Lost headline and a published Logie winner are incompatible. Frankly Jerome and Lewis summed it up below and I appreciated the understanding.

  4. I watched the episode toady, sadly, knowing that at least 3 cast members died – David – it was an inappropriate headline, any Lost fan will agree….

    Next time lets have a headline such as “Lost: Major plot turn: *spoilers*.

    I @mentioned @tvtonightau (surely @TVTonight is a better alias) on my twitter for this very reason…. I know you are a massive fan of Lost – lets keep it all under wraps until (at least) it’s shown in Australia – and even then, the headline was a spoiler….

    With 3 episodes to go (4 left to view at the time of your spoiler), it’s a shame TVT ruined the suspense…

    Anyways, we move on, and look forward to the remaining 3 eps….

    Peace.

    1. Mikey maybe you missed the point it had aired in Australia. All of this is outlined below, and has been a policy for over 3 years here. Now you know Aired= Not a Spoiler on this site we are both clear moving forward.

      That alias was unavailable on Twitter, the same platform that had thousands of reactions to the episode before mine.

  5. I can’t argue with the fact that posting information about a show after something has aired is not really a spoiler anymore… so I suppose to make things easier for myself I just shouldn’t come back to the site until after I have watched an episode to risk not getting spoiled if I don’t catch the original viewing… as was the case this week for me.

    I suppose everyone has different levels of spoilering. To me, just reading that characters had died before I ended up seeing the episode was enough. But, again, the point that once and episode has been aired the info is no longer spoilery, is fair.

  8. Visiting a relative in Hospital last night meant that I couldn’t watch Lost last night and had to watch it timeshifted today. I just finished watching it now so it no longer matters but I went on here to check for new stories like I always do in the mornings and to be confronted with ‘Three major Lost characters died’ was a punch in the guts for me. My own stupidity for not realising this site reports things as soon as they air on Aussie TV. Your policy David is the right one. I cannot wait for the finale. I hope Seven give it a great send off. 7:30 recap, 8:30 final episode would be sweet. So many people underestimate what a fantastic show Lost truly is.

  9. @Jerome I reckon he will use his magic 80’s beard and hair to whip up some plane love and get it all moving….if not maybe just a couple of charismatic one lines that we have come to know and love. My friends were all sooking over Jin and Sun holding hands in death blah blah blah and I was screaming “What about Lapidus?!”

  10. Rick. imo if you are going to timeshift and don’t want to be spoiled it is your own resposibility to go into a media blackout. no internet, no tv, no newspapers if it is an overnight thing, definately not going to TV websites. i used to do it all the time when waiting for the oscars to be broadcast.

    David should be within his rights to headline “dead: sun, jin, sayid” because that is what the article is about. you can’t expect a tv website not to talk about tv news because one person isn’t up to date.

  11. David and Lewis:

    I have absolutely no problem with any sort of article about any show being published the moment the closing credits roll. That’s an important part of “new media”.

    My problem is only in a headline that says “Lost kills off major characters”. If I’d seen the show, I’d know this plot point and so it would be just as good as “Lost plot takes a major leap as the show nears it’s end”.

    If I’m “timeshifting” then learning that there’s a major leap gets me interested in watching, without spoiling the plot for anyone.

    1. Rick unfortunately headlines like “Lost had a great episode” or “Somebody won the Biggest Loser” or “MasterChef eliminated yet another person” don’t cut it here either. Again as I can’t run a site for every individual Timeshifter the rule of thumb applies that Aired = No Spoiler. I’ve spelled it out until I am blue in the face and even had a warning on the front of this story, without naming or publishing a photo of those that expired. Now you know moving forward this is how the site works.

  13. @Lewis: Yes, precisely – “Lost” is and has always been about character development and storytelling. Not about “answering questions” or “learning” things. So many people I know abandoned the show mid-way through season 2 because it wasn’t “answering anything”. I said then, and I say now, that they completely missed the point of the show.

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