The calendar ordering our non-magical mainland lives says that Lost was interrupted for four weeks, less time than other obsession-making shows struck down by the writers’ strike. But some time-bending force field or something means we’ve really been stranded for years! The show sets an electrifying tone for the remaining five episodes with a mysterious corpse, island warfare, and glimpses at Benjamin Linus’s future. And the season will end with a “spectacular kiss†in a closing scene so awesome it’s code-named “Frozen Donkey Wheelâ€!
Lost
ABC
Thursdays
10 p.m.