Lost: More on the Strike's Repercussions
Lost producer Cuse on the season likely being abbreviated.
by Eric Goldman

US, November 6, 2007 - EW.com spoke to Lost executive producer Carlton Cuse on Monday, as Cuse, joined by his fellow Lost producer Damon Lindelof, walked the picket line on the first day of the Writers Guild strike.

EW confirms that with the strike underway, Lost will be able to complete only eight episodes of their intended 16 episode fourth season. Barring a quick end to the writers strike, which seems unlikely, those eight episodes might end up being all fans get this television season.

Cuse tells EW that watching those episodes, which ABC is expected to run early next year, "Will feel like buying a Harry Potter book, reading half of it, and then having to put it down for many months."

Cuse says that the eighth episode ends with a cliffhanger and that "It will only be frustrating [for viewers] to have to step away from the show and not see the second half of the season. The first half of the season, like a good novel, sets all the events of the show in motion and the second half deals with the consequences. We're very proud of the first eight but it feels weird to have to stop literally mid-stream."