Michael Emerson and Terry O’Quinn together at 2010 Paley Fest!

Michael Emerson: Final Lost to honour show

Lost star Michael Emerson says the final episode of the TV drama will “honour the history of the show”.

Viewers of the cult hit – in which he plays Benjamin Linus – have been waiting until the end of the final sixth season for creators Jeffrey Lieber, JJ Abrams and Damon Lindelof to finally reveal the mysteries of the survivors of a plane crash on a strange island.

Emerson said at the Paley Fest 2010 in Beverly Hills: “I think they will honour the history of the show, which probably contains its end.”

He went on: “The ending of the series is built into it somehow. So I expect you will be as satisfied as you would be at any really good episode of the show – but maybe not much more than that.”

While there are endless theories on the web about the ending, the actor gave up wondering what the secret of the show was a while ago.

He revealed: “I don’t really pay a lot of attention to it. I gave up theorising about the show about two or three years ago because I had such bad luck with it. I felt so pitiful at it.

“I know there are good theories out there. The writers themselves have said there are some circulating that are nearly perfect, but they’d never let on which ones. I think it’ll be a very complex ending. I wish I knew where it was heading.”

Source: (UKPA)

“Actually, what you saw was John Locke in Ben’s alternate universe.” -Michael Emerson

By Korbi Ghosh

Ben Linus’ “Lost” flash sideways is merely days away.

Well, a week and one day according to Mr. Michael Emerson, who was kind enough to talk with KTV at The Paley Festival this weekend.

But as Emerson points out in the clip below, we’ve already flashed sideways with Ben.

Remember a couple weeks back when B. Linus appeared in Locke’s big episode as a teacher?

Emerson does, but he’s got a different take on it: “Actually, what you saw was John Locke in Ben‘s alternate universe. That’s where the real weight of it is. That’s where the real juice is. So I just wanted to have that cleared up.”

Joking aside, we’ll actually be able to make that judgment for ourselves on Mar. 9 when we do flash over to that reality once again, seeing it through Ben’s eyes this time. “It’s wonderful,” Michael shares. “There’s more to come in that world and it’s a lot of fun and most interesting and very smartly written. It offers up such a beautiful juxtaposition or mirroring or foiling — to use a literary term — for the way those characters usually interact.”

By characters, he is of course referring to Ben and Locke, but will there be other “Losties” popping up in Linus’ alternate story? Relatives perhaps? Maybe his dearly-departed daughter Alex?

“You will see members of Ben’s family in his flash sideways, but none of those relationships are the same as you’re accustomed to them being,” Michael explains. “Familiar faces, but everything’s a little bit tweaked … all the same puzzle pieces exist in both realities. They’re just scrambled differently.”

Speaking of scrambled, we just had to get Emerson’s take on how different Ben will be in this other world: “Ben is like an everyday person. So, yes, he’s quiet, humble, frustrated, [a] much more domesticated kind of character … He has lots of the same personality characteristics. But they’re all in different quantities, the mix is all screwed up.”

Oh boy.

And I mean that.

Source: Zap2It

Videos of Paley Fest Featuring Michael Emerson

The following videos were taken from patrickkrebs‘ page on Youtube! Click on his name to view more videos of the Lost Cast and Crew at the 2010 Paley Fest. Michael is in many of these videos. I have posted the ones with close-ups or where he is talking.

Bocke lives! Michael Emerson and Terry O’Quinn at Paley Fest!