Carlton Cuse, the show runner of Lost has stated that they hope to get 5 more episodes of the series produced before the end of the season. This means that Lost will lose 3 episodes from the original planned 4th season. Cuse has also made it clear that the season will end as originally plan, so the story will be slightly condensed.

Now, I have read some concern from bloggers that this will somehow be a bad thing for Lost, since it has such a complicated storyline. I couldn’t disagree more, and I’ll tell you why – I’ve watched Lost. The show, while wonderful and amazing in a lot of ways, has a tendency to ramble on like an old man on a park bench at the mall. I’m fairly confident that EVERY season of this show could have been told, without missing one important story element, in 13 episodes or less.

I actually think this is a good thing, and I’m looking forward to seeing what Lost has left in 2008.