Lost without Lost

I remember it vividly. It was a Wednesday night in the fall of my junior year of college, and I turned on my TV just in time to hear the words "stay tuned for the series premiere of Lost. Next." by that guy with the really low and menacing voice. Then we get the close up of Jack's eye, the zoom out to see him lying on the jungle floor, the screaming off in the distance, the running through the jungle, the burning fusilage on the beach.. and the rest is history. So now, less than three months from the premiere of season 4, it looks like we'll have to wait even longer for the premiere. There are eight episodes ready to go, but the 8th episode is a cliffhanger so the producers don't want to air the episodes if the writer's strike stretches on into February (which it probably will). There is some good news, though, if you're into that mini-webisode stuff.