Bonus Disc

In new (but distressed) footage shot for the DVD, the fellow we know as both Dr. Marvin Candle and Mark Wickmund introduces the bonus disc, noting that is it divided into three phases.

Phase 1: Observation

1A. Fire + Water: Anatomy of an Episode (31:45) Looks at the “baptism-crazy Charlie episode,” taking viewers from its conception in the writers’ room in Burbank to the location scouting, production design, constuming, and shooting in Hawaii, then back to Burbank for post-production. See Honolulu double for Britain and Dominic Monaghan give accent tips to the kid who plays pre-teen Charlie.

1B. Lost: On Location

1B1: Adrift (3:17) explains, among other things, that the Dharma tattoo on the shark was really meant as more of an “Easter egg” viewers really wouldn’t be able to see, but which wound up much more brightly lit than producers intended.

1B2: Everybody Hates Hugo (3:45) Backstage at the first Hurley-flashback episode of the season. Learn that Harold Perrineau, Josh Holloway and Daniel Dae Kim became pals while stuck in the Tailies’ ditch-prison.

1B3: Abandoned (4:37) As the last Shannon-flashback episode is shot, Naveen Andrews reveals it was his idea for Sayid to hook up wth the beautiful blonde American.

1B4: Collision (3:18) The first Anna-Lucia-flashback episode demonstrates that Michelle Rodriguez is a lot more smiley off camera than on.

1B5: The 23red Psalm (4:22) As the first Eko-flashback scene is filmed, learn that Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje was not told of Eko’s crime-lord past when he signed on. Also surprising? Akinnuoye-Agbaje came up the name “Eko.” The original name for the character was “Amekka.” I think.

1B6: The Whole Truth (5:15) Yoon-jin Kim speculates that the father of Sun Kwon’s fetus could be “anyone or anything.”

1B7: Dave (5:43) We get to see what Jorge Garcia’s stunt double looks like as the scene with Hurley beating down Sawyer is filmed.

1B8: S.O.S. (4:47) We learn during the Rose and Bernard Story that L. Scott Caldwell, who plays Rose and recently lost her new husband to cancer, was its inspiration.

1B9: Two For The Road (4:31) Learn that, because cars with steering wheels on the right can be hard to find in Hawaii, large and elaborate “mirror signage” was created so that the negative for some exterior scenes could be flipped to simulate Australian motor vehicles.

1B10: Live Together, Die Alone (5:08) The last moments on set for Cynthia Watros and Harold Perrineau are documented.

1C. The World According to Sawyer (4:31) A compilation of the vast number of insulting pop-culture references made by con man James Ford. Learn that Josh Holloway now calls Evangeline Lilly “Freckles” off-camera too.

Phase 2: Conditioning

2A: The Lost Flashbacks

2A1 Abandoned

2A1a The Wake (1:29) Shannon learns at her father’s wake that her stepmom is throwing her out of the house.

2A1b The New Au Pair (1:08) Shannon starts a job looking after the kids of a horny-looking married Frenchman.

2A2 Lockdown

2A2a Locke’s Father (:49) Locke explains to the clergyman overseeing his father’s funeral service that he really didn’t know his father.

(An interesting omission from these deleted flashbacks is the Jolene Blalock footage shot for 2.2. Are producers saving it for a future Sawyer-centric episode?)

2B: Deleted Scenes

2B1 Seeing Walt (1:18) Sun asks Shannon what Walt was trying to tell her.

2B2 A Little You Time (1:34) Charlie tries to wake Locke, offers to care for Claire’s baby and complains about being left out of the loop with regard to what’s going on with Swan Station.

2B3 Sawyer’s Visitor (1:15) Inside the Tailies’ ditch-prison, Sawyer has a short conversation with (I think) an unseen Libby, who wants to know if he was really on 815.

2B4 Dinner Time (1:20) A dialogue-free scene in which Sawyer suspiciously accepts food from his Tailie captors.

2B5 Special Delivery (:36) The Tailies are disappointed by the contents of a crate that’s washed ashore.

2B6 Ana Lucia’s Prisoner (1:20) Libby explains to Sayid that Shannon’s death was an accident.

2B7 Libby & Claire (1:09) Claire learns she’s got something that belongs to Libby.

2B8 Connected (1:14) Michael asks Locke if he thinks Swan Station’s computer is connected to computers in other stations

2B9 I Need To Know (1:12) Claire asks Sayid if he knew there were drugs inside the Virgin Mary statues.

2B10 The Doctor’s Solution (1:26) Ana tells Eko that Jack wants to go after The Others.

2B11 What’s Your Story? (2:38) Hurley and Libby discuss their lives. She claims to have been married many times. He reveals how much he won in the lottery.

2B12 Weakness (:36) Sayid argues against trading “Henry” for Walt.

2B13 Are You All Right? (2:03) Sun learns Rose lost a daughter.

2B14 I Miss … (:44) Hurley and Libby discuss home and we learn of Hurley’s pet.

2C: Lost Bloopers (4:06) Includes a “Brokeback Mountain” parody featuring Sayid and Locke!

2D: Channel 4 U.K. Promo (1:06) An amazing promo, directed by photographer David LaChapelle, featuring the entire season-one cast dancing around the crashed and flaming 815 in special wardrobe and makeup. Wow!!

2E: Sneak Peeks Ads for “Apocalypto,” (1:45), “Pirates of the Caribbean 2” (2:08), “The Heart of the Game” (2:13), “Scrubs 4.x” (1:27), “Desperate Housewives 2.x” (:57), “Golden Girls 6.x” (1:10), “Home Improvement 5.x” (1:28), “Alias 5.x” (1:13) “Grey’s Anatomny 2.x” (1:47) and “Lost” 3.x (:32)

Phase 3: Conclusions

3A: Lost Connections (Intro: 1:56) An unusual interactive maze that uses very short flashback clips from the first two seasons to illustrate all the regulars’ unlikely connections prior to boarding Oceanic Flight 815.

3B: Mysteries, Theories and Conspiracies (10:17) Creators (including J.J. Abrams in a rare appearance), cast members and fans discuss what they think is happening out there on Dharma Island. “People put more time into their theories on the show than we do into plotting the show,” admits showrunner Carlton Cuse. “The second half of the third season will be about opening up the show in a whole new way that I don’t think anybody sees coming,” says showrunner Damon Lindelof.

3C: Secrets From The Hatch (15:47) Cuse says the creators were surprised that fans reacted so negatively to their long-held plan of ending the season without exploring what lay beneath the hatch. Abrams says the original plan was to get into the hatch much earlier. Lindelof remembers Abrams mentioning the hatch in their very first “Lost” meeting together, but Abrams did not know what lay beneath. “We’ll figure that out later,” he replied. An early idea, apparently, was to have something like Disney’s Tomorrowland down there, a vision of the future from the 1970s. An early view via cell-phone of the under-construction Swan Station reportedly frightened Abrams because he thought it looked like “Star Trek.”

Herc’s Popular Pricing Pantry

First, a reminder here that, as part of its “Fall TV Sale," Amazon last week gutted the pricing of new “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and new “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” to as low as $42 to $45 per season. A year ago the same sets were going for north of $100.

Find the hugely encheapened “Star Trek” and other sci-fi here.
Find the hugely encheapened “Arrested Development” and other comedies here.
Find the hugely encheapened “24” and other dramas here.

The march of the supercheap series sets continues. Some series-set math from last week:

Alias
$223.73 All Five Seasons Purchased Separately
$139.99 The Complete Series

Homicide: Life on the Street
$505.94 All Seven Seasons Purchased Separately
$209.99 The Complete Series

M*A*S*H
$335.67 All Eleven Seasons Purchased Separately
$139.99 The Complete Series

The West Wing
$296.91 All Seven Seasons Purchased Separately
$209.99 The Complete Series

The Adventures of Superman
$123.63 All Six Seasons Purchased Separately
$111.99 The Complete Series

Add to these now:
Andromeda
$269.37 All Five Seasons Purchased Separately
$127.49 The Complete Series

TV-on-DVD Calendar

Last Week
The Andy Griffith Show 7.x

Arrested Development 3.x

Nip/Tuck 3.x

South Park 8.x

The Tick Vs. 1.x

This Week

Supernatural 1.x

Next Week
The Adventures of Chico & Guapo 1.x
America's Funniest Home Videos: Battle of the Best
America's Funniest Home Videos: Looks At Kids And Animals
America's Funniest Home Videos: Love & Marriage
America's Funniest Home Videos: Nincompoops and Boneheads
America's Funniest Home Videos: Sports Spectacular
The Batman 2.x
Black. White. 1.x
Diagnosis Murder 1.x
The Dick Cavett Show: Hollywood Greats
Grey's Anatomy 2.x
Kids in the Hall: Best Of
Las Vegas 3.x (Uncensored)
Moonlighting 4.x
The Office 2.x
Reading Rainbow: Birds of a Feather
Reading Rainbow: Desert Life
Reading Rainbow: Favorites
Reading Rainbow: How's That Made?
Reading Rainbow: Let's Go
Roseanne 5.x
Smallville 5.x
Smallville 1.x-5.x
SpongeBob SquarePants 4.x Vol. 1
Stella 1.x
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4.x
Teen Titans 2.x
Wildboyz 3.x/4.x Uncensored

September 19
Avatar The Last Airbender Book One Vol. 5
Avatar The Last Airbender: The Complete Book One

September 26
Benny Hill Set 5
Bliss 2.x
The Book of Daniel: The Complete Series
Brotherhood 1.x
Danger Mouse 7.x-10.x
Daniel Boone 1.x
Daniel Boone 2.x
Dark Shadows Vol. 26
Dick Tracy: The Complete Animated Series
Ellen 4.x
The Kids in the Hall: Best Of Vol. 1
Mama's Family 1.x
The Munsters: Two Movie Fright Fest
One Tree Hill 3.x
Power Rangers Mystic Force: Dark Wish
Riptide 1.x
Thriller 1.x
Transformers Armada 1.x Vol. 2
Voltron: Defender of the Universe Vol. 1
Whose Line Is It Anyway? 1.x Vol. 1
Who's Line Is It Anywasy 1.x Vol. 1 UNCENSORED

October 3
The Abbott & Costello Show 2.x

October 10
The Andy Milonakis Show 2.x
The A-Team 5.x
Ed, Edd & Eddy 1.x
Everybody Hates Chris 1.x
Harvey Birdman: Attorney-At-Law Vol. 2
Harvey Birdman Attorney-At-Law Vol. 1/Vol. 2
I'm Alan Partridge 1.x
Magnum, P.I. 5.x <--- NEW!!
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