November Sweeps Killed Shannon

November sweeps are a period of time that TV people put on their best shows and episodes to show advertisers that they can bring in customers.

Yesterday on Lost we saw what writers due to boost ratings. Sawyer is mortally wounded and slipping fast but in the last couple of seconds when the back-of-the-plane people get close to our favorite survivors and we have a problem.
One of the back-ones just disappears and then in a panic Shannon is shot and falls into Sayid's arms.
Is she dead? We won't truthfully know until weeks from now because next week it will be starting from the beginning with the plight of the back ones and their stolen children.
The other cool scene in the show is when Shannon and her step-mother went to the hospital we see Jack walking behind the doctor and then moving him aside to walk on by.

Below is an email sent by ABC before the last episode.

Dear Frequent Flyer —

Greeting from the Writer's Room of Lost!

As we careen wildly toward the midpoint of season two, the Writer's Room
is working feverishly to continue to provide you with the kind of "Lost" thrills
and spills to which you, the viewer, have grown accustomed. Sometimes, that
includes changing things up a little bit...

...now, season two is
already rife with change - new series regulars in the form of the tail section
survivors (or "tailies" as we like to call them - as opposed to the "fusies" of
the fuselage section), new mysteries (the Dharma initiative, the elusive Alvar
Hanso, the mysterious Desmond), and new challenges - but some of our more daring
experiments will come your way not just in the stories, but also in the way we
choose to tell them.

During the November sweeps, you will not only be
seeing the death of a major character (and we're not telling who it is here!),
the tragedy will lead into one of the most unusual and compelling hours we have
yet to produce. We won't spoil too much, but let's just say that the intense
inside story of the tailies and their trials on the island will be told in a way
that will surprise you - and those of you who have gotten used to "Lost's"
method of telling stories in the present with flashbacks to the past are going
to be thrown for what we hope is a fantastic thrill-ride of a loop on this one.

Beyond the November sweeps, "Lost" is going to continue to find new and
exciting ways of telling stories on the island. One of the more thrilling
developments going on around here is that director Darren Aronofsky - the daring
visionary behind such films as "Pi" and "Requiem for a Dream" - as well as the
upcoming Hugh Jackman/Rachel Weisz sci-fi drama "The Fountain" - has just signed
up to direct an episode of "Lost..." and you can bet that the blend of the
mystery and drama of "Lost" with the visually innovative style of this maverick
filmmaker is going to make for some truly awesome television.

Wanna know
more? Here are the confirmed titles and writers of some our upcoming episodes...

"Abandoned"
Written by Elizabeth Sarnoff

"The Other 48 Days"
Written By Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse

"Collision"
Written
by Javier Grillo-Marxuach and Leonard Dick

And there's a lot more where
those came from - as always, stay tuned, and thanks for getting Lost with
us!

Note next week's episode will be extended and I checked my TiVo and it is, as of today, still showing a run time of 1 hour so I'll phyically have to extend the recording, I've opted to also record Invasion just to make sure any overlapping is not lost, no pun intended.