Quote Originally Posted by Flying Mullet View Post
My wife and I just finished watching season 2 on dvd last weekend, and just as Miriel said, I felt like I was watching the next episode in the current season rather than starting a new season. But on that point, the producers have said that this is actually season 2.5 and will only be 6 episodes long, and that season 3 will be 17 episodes long and will start somtime after 2.5 (presumably after the new year) and each week will be a new episode (i.e. no reruns).
Okay, thanks! That definitely explains it. I was watching Lost with my boyfriend, who never watched it before, and he said it didn't feel like a season premiere either, which is true. But since it's 2.5, makes sense.