Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, & Elizabeth Mitchell weigh in on Jack’s plan to erase time by detonating a hydrogen bomb in the season finale of Lost, in this week’s Official Lost Video Podcast. Note that, as the headline says, this will be the last regular video podcast expected in 2009 (barring anything special) from ABC. With no further ado…

Even though there was no new episode of Lost this week, ABC has still produced a new edition of the Official Lost Video Podcast. The video claims to be in honor of the upcoming 100th episode of the show, next week’s “The Variable,” but actually has nothing whatsoever to do with that episode. Instead, it features the second half of an interview with actress Evangeline Lilly, who discusses the “Kate & Jack” vs. “Kate & Sawyer” debate.

Every Friday, I bring you the latest and greatest webcasts devoted to the most recent episode of Lost. Here’s this week’s batch.

First on our list is the always-amusing “Lost Untangled,” which recaps this week’s episode in just five minutes. (The impression of Locke still leaves much to be desired, but their Ben is hysterical.)

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It’s Friday. And that means it’s time to goof off at work while you wait for the clock to free you from your occupational bonds.

(C’mon. Am I wrong?)

So here for your boredom-soothing pleasure, are a whole flock of videos related to Lost, and to this week’s episode, “Namaste,” in particular. You’ll find the official ABC recap and podcast, new interviews with Matthew Fox and Evangeline Lilly, and a new edition of “Getting Lost” from TV Guide.

Let’s start with the always-amusing ABC recap, aka “Lost Untangled,” for this week’s ep. All other videos will be after the jump.

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Televisionary’s Jace Lacob got the chance to sit down for some on-screen interviews with various Lost personalities, on behalf of the U.K.’s Sky1 television network, and the videos from those chats are now online.

In the first, he talks to executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, asking some pointed questions about the futures of Libby, Walt, and what’s to come. (Prepare to be disappointed about at least two of those.) They also offer a definitive answer to the theory that the “Adam & Eve” skeletons are, in fact, the real Adam & Eve. (The answer: no, they’re not the real Adam & Eve. So much for that theory!)

The second video features snippets from Matthew Fox (Jack), Evangeline Lilly (Kate), and Michael Emerson (Ben). Lacob asks them how much their characters have changed from where they started, and what we can expect from them the rest of this season. Lilly talks about Kate’s mysterious decision to return to the island, and Emerson drops a big hint about who Ben answers to.

It’s a classic case of a sensationalized Internet rumor becoming “news” by virtue of being spread like wildfire throughout the blogosphere. The Net was ablaze today with word that Evangeline Lilly is leaving Lost. Don’t panic — she’s not! EW’s Michael Ausiello is just one of several reporters who’ve refuted this absurd notion by reminding everyone that Lilly is contracted through the end of the show’s final season, and that Lilly’s reps are saying that the rumor is ridiculous and entirely baseless.

So in case you saw this “news” reported elsewhere, and wondered why ApproachingLOST ignored it… Well, to be blunt: I’ve been a reporter long enough to know crap when I smell it. ApproachingLOST is serious about what we do, and selective about what we print in order to earn your trust and maintain a standard of credibility.

Stepping off my soapbox,

Your humble Lost blogger.

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Tonight brings us episode #6 of Lost Season 5, entitled “316” (that’s three-sixteen, not three-one-six). The episode is sure to bring us answers, as some of the Oceanic 6 finally come face-to-face with Eloise Hawking and her Church Basement of Wonders, and learn just how to get back to the island. Who will go? Who won’t? What is that basement all about? And where has the island moved to? These questions and many more should be answered in a particularly pivotal chapter in the Lost saga. Oh, and tonight’s episode is written by showrunners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, so you know some pretty huge stuff has got to go down.

As always, here are some pre-game goodies to get you in the proper mindset for tonight’s appointment viewing:

• A good place to start is Doc Jensen’s theory-of-the-week, which this week draws direct parallels between Lost and The Chronicles of Narnia. You’ll be surprised at how many similarities he finds between tonight’s ep and the Narnia volume Prince Caspian. From EW.com.
• It would be a really good idea to take a look at the early history of the Dharma Initiative. From Lostpedia.
• Watch the video below from the Associated Press featuring an interview with Evangeline Lilly, who drops some hints about her character’s future with little Aaron.

Lost’s Evangeline Lilly appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman last night, and here’s a video of her entire interview. They talk about what it’s like living in Hawaii (she’s allergic to everything there), a lingerie charity Lilly is contributing to (let the fanboy drooling begin), and she establishes the fact that Dave is not much of a Lost fan. It’s funny, but there’s nothing revelatory about the show itself (not even a clip).

Due to technical difficulties yesterday (my internet service was out all day, grrr), I’m condensing this planned series of 6 posts into just 5, so the last two will run today.

Part Four (see Parts One, Two, and Three) includes insights from Michael Emerson (Ben), and for all the “Jate” fans out there, both Evangeline Lilly (Kate) and Matthew Fox (Jack). There are 7 videos in all, so be sure to check them all out after the jump.

Matthew Fox: How long will it take for the Oceanic 6 to get back to the island?

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The many hard-working folks who bring us Lost every week have been busy feeding the hype machine lately. (Note that there are no Season 5 spoilers in any of these interviews.)

In the Actors column, Rebecca Mader (Charlotte) talked to the Toronto Sun about “finding her geeks” and appreciating Lost’s unique fanbase. Jorge Garcia (Hurley) tells AOL about shooting Season 5, his reaction to Hurley’s backstory connection to the cursed numbers, and what he thinks Season 6 will be about. And Evangeline Lilly (Kate), pictured above at a film opening in Paris, is highlighted in a local feature article in the Honolulu Advisor, about the young actor who plays 3-year-old Aaron on the show, and the sweet friendship he has with “Evie.”

From the Production side of things, the New York Times spotlights script coordinator Gregg Nations, who has compiled an exhaustive archive that the writers use internally to keep track of every last detail. His War & Peace-sized database, as he describes it, is said to contain timelines, charts, dossiers, maps, and more. (What wouldn’t any serious Lost fan give to get their hands on that!?) Co-producer Steven Williams tells CTV.ca that finishing the show next season will be gratifying but also “emotionally torturous” for the cast and crew. And Cleveland.com has an interview with native son and Lost writer/co-producer Brian K. Vaughan. Vaughan is known for his success as a comic book writer before joining the writing team at Lost, and he talks about the differences in writing for comics vs. TV, among other topics.