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“We both know I can’t do that.” -- Ben Linus
The fourth season of “Lost”
proved one of the two best seasons of what I deem one of the greatest series ever forged.
Seven reasons to love season four:
1) It finally scaled back on the flashbacks, a development fans had been clamoring for since season one. Flashforwards, first introduced in the spectacular third-season finale, came to dominate and almost always proved more interesting than season four’s residual flashback episodes.
2) This was the first season produced subsequent to the famous decision to set a 2010 end date for the series. As a consequence, there are suddenly a lot fewer stories about stuff like Jack’s tattoo.
3) It was the first full season for funnybook writer Brian K. Vaughn (“Y: The Last Man”) and the second for Drew Goddard (“Buffy The Vampire Slayer,” “Angel,” “Cloverfield”). The duo, who teamed to script the stellar season-four episodes “Confirmed Dead” and “The Shape of Things To Come,” have done wonders shoring up the faltering series’ scripting.
4) The Orchid, Dharma’s Station 6, turned out to be the coolest thing ever.
5) The freighter’s doctor was in two places at the same time.
6) New characters like suspicious scientist Daniel Faraday and sarcastic psychic Miles Straume injected all sorts of welcome new energy, a terrific trade-off for the increasingly irksome Charlie Pace, who -- once he got off the horse -- turned out to be the dullest rock star on the planet.
7) Ben Linus, a character we didn’t meet until late in season two, in season four decisively eclipsed Locke and Jack as the series’ most compelling character.
COMMENTARIES:
* 4.1 “The Beginning of the End.” Actors Evangeline Lilly and Jorge Garcia.
* 4.5 “The Constant.” Showrunners Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof and editor Mark Goldman.
* 4.7 “Ji Yeon.” Actors Daniel Dae Kim & Junjin Kim, and director Stephen Semel.
* 4.13-4.14 “There’s No Place Like Home (Part 2).” Cuse & Lindelof. (Their first finale commentary.) Learn that Charlotte’s backstory was one of those delayed from season four to season five due to the writers’ strike.
DELETED SCENES:
* “Thinking Ahead” (:45) Sawyer asks Juliet what name she’s going to use when they all get rescued.
* “Lucky Guess” (1:46) Miles encounters The Others’ sci-fi fence.
* “‘I Know Chicken’” (1:12) Hurley learns Kate and Sawyer boned.
* “Unpopular Decision” (:43) Ben learns of Kate’s banishment.
* “Desert Stash” (1:02) An intriguing one. Ben, apparently soon after teleporting, retrieves well-hidden cash and passports from behind a rock. A man lies nearby.
* “Claire’s Vision” (:47) Another intriguing one. Claire, post-explosion, sees her father and asks Hurley, “Are we dead?”
* “Trust” (:54) Kate discusses Jack’s condition with Juliet.
* “Church Arrival” (:50) Sayid, with Nadia, reunites with Hurley and Kate.
* “Lost Journal” (:26) Daniel asks Miles if he’s seen his journal.
LOST: MISSING PIECES (MOBISODES):
* “King of the Castle” (2:03) Written by Brian K. Vaughn. As a wheelchair-bound Ben and Jack play chess in Othertown, Ben says Jack may one day decide he wants to return to the island.
* “Jack, Meet Ethan. Ethan? Jack.” (2:34) Written by Damon Lindelof. The Others’ spy brings Jack a suitcase full of prescription meds.
* “The Adventures of Hurley & Frogurt” (1:55) Written by Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz. A fellow castaway asks if Hurley has designs on Libby.
* “Room 23” (1:18) Written by Elizabeth Sarnoff. Ben and Juliet discuss Walt’s strange powers.
* “Buried Secrets” (3:21) Written by Christina M. Kim. Michael catches Sun with a California driver’s license.
* “Operation Sleeper” (3:02) Written by Brian K. Vaughn. Juliet reveals to Jack that she’s still working for Ben and why.
* “The Watch” (2:34) Written by Carlton Cuse. On the eve of Jack’s wedding, Christian gives Jack his own father’s timepiece – as well as a piece of advice.
* “Jin Has A Temper Tantrum On The Golf Course” (2:10) Written by Drew Goddard. As Hurley and Michael look on, their Korean friend indulges a Happy Gilmore moment.
* “The Envelope” (1:58) Written by J.J. Abrams & Damon Lindelof. Juliet tells another she smells trouble in Other City.
* “The Deal” (2:56) Written by Elizabeth Sarnoff. Juliet gives Michael his marching orders.
* “Tropical Depression” (2:54) Written by Carlton Cuse. Dr. Arzt spills his guts to Michael.
* “Arzt & Crafts” (2:25) Written by Damon Lindelof. Dr. Arzt pitches beach-dwelling to Hurley, Michael and the Kwans.
* “So It Begins” (2:05) Written by Drew Goddard. Minutes after the crash of 815, Christian Shepherd tells Walt’s pet to find Jack.
OTHER EXTRAS:
* “SeasonPlay” (Blu-ray only) When engaged, this feature miraculously allows viewers to find exactly where they stopped watching, even if they remove the disc and don’t bother with it again for 19 years. Most wonderfully, it remembers that you’ve already watched the FBI warning and does not force you to give it another gander.
* “Lost in 8:15” (8:12) A hilariously monotonous female narrator recaps the first three seasons of the show, with emphasis on the end of season three.
* “The Right To Bear Arms” (11:15) Learn that script coordinator Gregg Nations in Los Angeles is charged with keeping track of where all the many firearms are at any given moment. Learn that the military rifle Sawyer carries is really heavy.
* “The Freighter Folk” (12:40) A look at Daniel Faraday, Miles Straum, Charlotte Lewis, Frank Lapidus, Naomi Dorrit and Martin Keamy. Learn that these characters were inspired by “Jurassic Park.” L. Scott Caldwell asks why Faraday wore that necktie to the island. Learn that Charlotte Staples Lewis was named for Clive Staples Lewis, who wrote the “Narnia” books. Learn that Lapidus was an afterthought, a character created when writers realized they needed a pilot to get the team to the island. Showrunner Carlton Cuse calls the other (doomed) freighter people “freighter fodder.”
* “The Island Backlot” (17:52) Writers and cast discuss how Hawaii doubles for so many other lands. Hint: some incredible computer effects are a big help. (Some of the before-effects and after-effects comparisons are jaw-dropping.) Learn that J.J. Abrams considered shooting the series in Los Angeles or New Zealand. Learn crew members like to surf at lunch. Learn that 12 tons of ice were deployed on Honolulu streets to simulate Berlin in winter. Learn that bark is often wrapped around palm trees. Learn that soldiers’ blog sites helped the production recreate Iraq.
* “The Oceanic Six: A Conspiracy Of Lies” (21:16) A nicely assembled mockumentary suggests (rather convincingly) that Jack, Kate, Hurley, Sayid and Sun may be giant liars, and undoubtedly sets up some of the key conflicts in season five. An aviation expert points out that wide-body jets have never successfully landed on water prior to the Oceanic crash. A nutrition expert suggests the survivors’ lack of weight loss after 108 days is suspicious. The Australian airport official who locked Kate in an airport jail the night before the 815’s crash claims there was no way Kate was six months pregnant at the time. A physician remarks that Aaron was much too big to be only five weeks old. Greg Grunberg and his mustache cameo.
* “Offshore Shoot” (7:50) Learn that the real freighter’s name is The Kahana. Learn that producers were going to shoot in its real engine room until they realized how hot it was down there. See the many puke buckets set out for the crew.
* “Soundtrack of Survival: Composing For Character, Conflict & The Crash” (26:21) Tim Simonek conducts the Honolulu Pops (who all wear matching Hawaiian shirts) performing Michael Giaccchino’s extraordinary score in the open-air Waikiki Shell. Learn that “Lost” is one of the few shows left that employs non-synthesized music. Terry O’Quinn reads a bottle full of letters “written” my the island’s characters. Learn that Giaccchino had to reorchestrate to accommodate the Pops, which is a larger orchestra than the one he usually works with.
* “Giacchino in the Script” (3:23) Learn that Giacchino is frequently referenced by name in the cues for music written into the scripts. (Blu-ray edition only.)
* “The Others Theme” (5:48) See the Honolulu pops play the whole thing. (Blu-ray edition only.)
* “Messages In A Bottle” (6:56) Terry O’Quinn reads letters written in the voices of what I’ll call “background survivors.” (Blu-ray edition only.)
* “Lost on Location: The Beginning of the End” (4:20) See crew members build the hill of papayas that opened season four and learn why it had to be built twice.
* “Lost on Location: Confirmed Dead” (4:34) Learn that Charlotte’s upside-down introduction was shot in front of a bluescreen, even though Rebecca Mader did agree to hang from a real tree.
* “Lost on Location: The Constant” (5:25) Learn that a professor from the University of Hawaii came down to write the formulas on Daniel’s chalkboard.
* “Lost on Location: The Constant” (5:22) Learn that Elizabeth Mitchell and Rebecca Mader’s stunt doubles are both really cute.
* “Lost on Location: Meet Kevin Johnson” (4:14) See how happy Cynthia Watros, Marsha Thomason, Fisher Stevens and M.C. Gainey are to play their dead characters.
* “Lost on Location: The Shape Of Things To Come” (7:43) Learn that Josh Halloway is not a fan of blood squibs.
* “Lost on Location: Cabin Fever” (4:51) See the mechanics behind Keamy’s slashing of the ship doctor’s throat.
* “Lost on Location: There’s No Place Like Home Part 2” (5:23) Learn photos of the Oceanic Six were appended to a map of Dharma Island to help choreograph their locations during the events of the season finale.
* “Course of the Future: The Definitive Flash Forwards” (52:49) My favorite extra on the set. When viewers arrange certain flash-forward scenes in chronological order, they’re rewarded with more flash-forward scenes in chronological order, starting with the Oceanic Six paddling to the island fishing village and ending with the guy in the coffin. Learn that Ben had his confrontation with Widmore just before Hurley crashed the papayas. And that Kate had her trial subsequent to those events. The Blu-ray edition includes text script excerpts and a short introduction by showrunners Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof, pretending to speak to us from the future.
* “Lost Bloopers” (3:22) The actors are caught doing things they weren’t supposed to.
* The disc menus are typically evocative. They depict:
Disc One: Jack in his filthy apartment.
Disc Two: The exterior of Jacob’s cabin.
Disc Three: The deck of the freighter.
Disc Four: Daniel and Charlotte on the beach.
Disc Five: The basement of The Orchid.
Alan Moore, Patton Oswalt and a lot of other people think “The Wire” is the finest American TV series ever forged, and you can pick the whole thing up today at $135, which works out to a mere $27 per season. Individual seasons sell for about $39 a pop, so you’re saving a whopping $60.
The song about keeping the devil down in the hole was written by Tom Waits.
People seem to like “Deadwood” as well. At $105, it’s $35 per season. Seasons can be bought separately for $39.50, so you’re saving $13.50. A buck’s a buck!
I have no idea if these series sets carry any extras beyond those on the individual season sets, but I do know the individual sets for both series are thick with extras.
Herc’s Popular Pricing Pantry
Do Bees Be? The first three seasons are less than $12.50 each!! (50% Off!!) This series is hilarious and that is a ridiculous price.
Each of the “Futurama” volumes are momentarily less than $21!! (47% Off!!) That’s essentially a season’s worth of episodes for less than the cost of “Bender’s Big Score.”
“Supernatural” 1.x-2.x two weeks ago: $37.99.
Today: $17.49!! (71% Off!!)
The superb “From The Earth To The Moon,” which typically goes for $51.99, is down to $19.99!! (67% Off)
The first three seasons of “Saturday Night Live” were 48.99 each. Now they’re all $27.99!! (60% Off!!)
A season of “The West Wing” was $41.99. Now seasons two, three and five are $17.99!! (70% Off!!)
A season of “Gilmore Girls” was $26.49. Now the first six are $14.99!! (75% Off!!)
A season of “The Venture Bros.” was $24.99. Now they’re both $12.99!! (57% Off!!)
The first five volumes of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection were each $44.99. Now they’re $25.99!! (60% Off!!)
Two weeks ago a season of “Six Feet Under” was $51.99. Now they’re all $19.99!!
“Carnivale” is momentarily $19.99/Season (60% Off!!).
Want a season of “Without A Trace” (SRP: $59.98) For $11.99?? Check Out That Boxed Set Blowout!!
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Law & Order 6.x
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Saturday Night Live 4.x
This Week
Adventures of Sonic Vol. 2
Deadwood: The Complete Series
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Happy Days 4.x
Happy Days 4-Season Pack
Lost 4.x
Lost 4.x (Blu-ray)
McLeod's Daughters 7.x
Rawhide 3.x Vol. 2
Rawhide: 3-Season Pack
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Swingtown 1.x
TV Party: Color Show
TV Party: The Sublimely Intolerable Show
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Next Week
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Vol. 6
The A-Team 1.x (Slimset)
Crime 360 1.x
Gangland 2.x
Generation Kill: The Complete Series
Ice Road Truckers 2.x
Jurassic Fight Club 1.x
Mr. Bean: The Ultimate Collection
The Mummy: The Animated Series Vol. 1
The Mummy: The Animated Series Vol. 2
The Mummy: The Animated Series Vol. 3
Petticoat Junction 1.x
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Complete Series
Power Rangers Jungle Fury: Into The Jungle
Power Rangers Jungle Fury: Way Of The Master
Transformers: Energon Ultimate Collection
Will Shakespeare: The Complete Miniseries
December 30
Greek 2.x
Kyle XY 2.x
Nip/Tuck 5.x
Secret Life of an American Teenager 1.x
10 Items Or Less 1.x/2.x
January 6
Battlestar Galactica 4.1-4.10
Dexter 1.x (Blu-ray)
Doctor Who: Four To Doomsday
Doctor Who: War Machines
Duckman 3.x/4.x
Duckman: 4-Season Pack
Eon Kid 1.x Vol. 2
The FBI Files 1.x
Frisky Dingo 2.x
Ghost Hunters: Best Of (Blu-ray)
Laredo 2.x Vol. 2
Mannix 2.x
Secret Diary of a Call Girl 1.x
Transformers 2.x
Tripping The Rift 3.x
The Tudors 2.x
The Waltons 8.x
January 13
Alvin and The Chipmonks: The Chipettes
Alvin And The Chipmunks: A Chipmunk Valentine
Benny Hill: Best Of
Ben 10: Alien Force 1.x Vol. 2
Captains and the Kings
Dallas 10.x
The Henry James Collection
House of Payne Vol. 3
Little Britain USA 1.x
The Lost Gods
Lovejoy 4.x
Make 'Em Laugh: The Complete Miniseries
Man Vs. Wild 2.x
Matlock 2.x
Nature Tech
Reba 5.x
Saxondale 1.x/2.x
Skins Vol. 1
Stargate: The Ark of Truth (Blu-ray)
SuperSwank 1.x
10 Items Or Less 1.x/2.x
Tess of D'Urbervilles: The Complete Miniseries (2008)
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if you havent seen it, what are you waiting for? I cant wait to visit Bodymore' one more time!
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I still love Apollo checking out Starbuck's rack and you can find Six Feet Under for $16.99 a piece at Costco or BJ's Wholesale Clubs.
I was a little miffed to scroll down and see Venture Brothers there thinking it was Season 3 coming out soon, but instead was Season 1. -
I wanted to second Is420's post. The wire is like getting kicked in the heart. TV shouldn't be able to make you feel that way. But the wire does.
To me, season 4 is the finest season of the finest show. Damn those kids!! -
As in grumpy old pervert Alan Moore? The one that writes comic books?
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I've jumped into Blu ray. Now since that's happened I'm sure the price of the players will drop to $50 tomorrow. You can thank me later.
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At WalMart. Why would anyone want to pay Amazon $40 for them?
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Best in TV fuckin' history.
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What the FUCK?! Charlie was a lot of things but never "dull." I fucking can't stand uninformed douchebag casual viwers of Lost.
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That's what I want.
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And maybe the finest filmed narrative in the history of film or television. No contest.
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Sure it was good. But Deadwood was better. "Those that disagree, suck cock by choice!"
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Holy shit that is fucking AWESOME... and not just because it gives me hope for a Pushing Daisies and/or Wonderfalls movie. February can't get here fast enough!
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Deadwood will be forever tainted for me knowing that there is no ending. It just pisses me off so much that I can barely watch the show.
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...because the Blu-ray sets are on the way? Hmmm...
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You suck for axing Carnivale and Deadwood. You suck a lot. kthxbye.
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By far THE BEST episode of the series. It not only ties up the lose ends of a character, but acts as a stand alone episode. Anyone can approach that episode and watch it independatly with out having to see the rest of the series and throroughly enjoy it. Excellent Writing Hands Down.
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Word. Time Magazine just rated The Constant the best episode of television of any show in 2008. Suck it Heroes. Although last night's Heroes was probably the best episode that show has produced thus far so I'll shut up.
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but the other one is a bit too masculine for me.
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I can't hate on Heroes, Last night was awesome. Hiro makes that show.
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Don't worry. I have enough hate of Heroes in my heart for the both of us.
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oops. that was supposed to be your name in the subject.
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SOrry, thems the facts. DEADWOOD is a monumental milestone in TV history and the best drama HBO has ever had, fuck the Sopranos. DEADWOOD! In my top 3 should be yours too.
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Im the smartest mutha fuckin mongoloids you'd ever meet son. Proper.
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Finally!
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Anyone know if this is worth a rental? Anyone? Bueller?
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BWAHAHAHA!!!!
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Yes. The Shield is BETTER then the Wire.
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both are excellent though
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Dec 09, 2008 6:30:40 PM CST
Dont's suppose there's a Shield season 7 release date yet?
by drewlicious
I don't have cable and I seriously want to netflix this. I've been dodging spoils for a while now.
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Grrrrrrr. I guess I'll settle for finally owning every episode of Lost. Amazon's sale was pretty great. Seasons 1-3 for less than $60! Now I just have to buy season 4 and I can get all caught up.
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Cocksuckahs!!!!!!!!!
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I will wait until Deadwood hits Blu-Ray to finally purchase all 36 episodes. If I'm gonna spend $100+ on so few episodes it had better look as good as fuckin' possible.
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Good ol' TV Westerns are the best. Now if only they'd give us the complete series of The Rifleman and Bonanza, well then I'd be happy. At least for a little while.
Hopefully we'll see that happen with the larger capacity Blu-Ray discs taking over the DVD market. -
How much does AICN rake in on these links? I can appreciate having them since this site gets truckloads of traffic, but I think I'd like it better if these DVDs were recommendations and not just ways to get 4 to 10% kickback from Amazon. (Unless Herc's a humungous fan of The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog...then forget that last part.)
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anyone know where milly went she was hot.
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Lost gets a gigantic write up, and then the next two headlining releases get "some famous people like the show" and "I guess Deadwood is pretty popular too"?
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Actually, no. It's not. I know it's AICN talkback and all but some things are just objective truth.
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Then I am sorry for your condition.
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Should get it on the 15th. WOOT!
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she's done almost nothing since.
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Not really, I just wanted attention.
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i guess they get no money from me here, there's a few dvds and box sets i found because of this column but i've never clicked the link, i would just open a new browser window and go to amazon's site from there. oopsies. :P
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It's worth the rental if all you want to do is see Billie Piper naked and pretending to have sex. If you're renting it for a plot, you may want to pass.
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Anyone know if they got clearance for all the music? I made DVDs from when it was on and I'm gonna wipe them if the original music is on the set.
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Brian Keith, Daniel Hugh Kelly, and a car - they drove it UNDER a truck for fuck's sake!Guess no Daisies TB this week...
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She will be appearing in the Dead Like Me direct to dvd movie finally coming out in February http://tinyurl.com/5ckxhy
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It's so great I was yelling that as I typed. Season 3 has been very good. I like how some points are very similar to the second Dexter book. This shit needs a talkback for its season finale.
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Damn.
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IMDB has one titled The Norwegians showing an air date of December 17There are 3 more episodes listed with titles but not air date. We may get 1 more or 1 more now and 3 more next year. ABC will probably burn them off in March or June.
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but I freaked when they didn't show the teaser at the end of this week's episode. ABC has given up, I suppose.
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