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GOOD WILL 'LOST'
Just when The Insider was confident she couldn't get more stupid, ABC proved just how wrong she could be-with a promo, of all things.
For days The Insider's anticipation had increased exponentially with each airing of the "Lost" promo featuring the vintage mystery plane that crash-landed in the trees in the April 6 episode. Come April 13, ABC instead aired a long-scheduled repeat of the Jan. 19 episode, which, of course, was set long before the plane lost all essential altitude, lovely Boone's life was lost, Dr. Jack lost it and the heartwarming effect of Claire's labor was not lost on our good-news-challenged survivors.
Meanwhile, an announcer's voice said: "Every Wednesday takes you one step closer to the two-hour season finale."
OK, not untrue, but certainly misleading, nest pass?, as Southern-fried Sawyer might put it. But an unnecessary bummer, fer sure.
The Insider has recalibrated her anticipateo-meter now that she knows this week's episode also is a repeat, followed by a clip primer titled "Lost: The Journey" on April 27, and then, oh, happy daze, we get one NEW episode closer on May 4, 11 and 18 to the twohour season finale May 25.
P.S. The Insider chooses to interpret the loss of approximately...