Is Episode 8 still being held until after the hiatus or has this changed?

Good question, I'm pretty sure it's airing after the hiatus. Thats what they said on the Jay and Jack podcast on Monday. Which starts tonight right, AFter Jiyeon, it's never enough huh?

I remembering hearing or reading that episode 8 will air on April 24th after the break but some TV sites either aren't updated or the information has changed..............

Ok, thanks. I read something this morning that was kinda ambiguous on the matter. That plus LOSTpedia seems to be listing the air date as next week.

Ok so I've spent most of my day so far looking lol...

found this:

http://www.ugo.com/tv/lost/?cur=darlton


UGO: How did you feel about the change with the schedule? Setting 8 out as part of the second group of episodes, then pulling it back. During the strike, it was said that 8 was not a good place to leave things.
CARLTON: I don't think that's really true. I think what we thought was a bad thing was if we didn't get a chance to come back and complete the season. The concern was really that if they only aired 8 episodes and the strike went on for a long time and let's say there was another seven or eight months before we came back on the air, the season was going to feel very complete. The important thing is that the 5 hours of the show we have left to write are really going to allow us to end the season and sort of finish the season the way we wanted to. Some of the storylines are going to have to be pushed off into season five, some details about the freighter folk for instance, but we're going to get a chance to complete the season. Our concern was really just leaving the season open, not that we didn't like episode 8. I think we both feel like episode 8 is a pretty strong episode, and one that is kind of revelatory. Certain episodes are more revelatory about the mythology of the show, and it falls into that category.
DAMON: It's just a little outside of the box of a normal episode of Lost in that it is intensely character focused on one person as opposed to the whole ensemble and as Carlton says it is a little more focused on filling in blanks as opposed to answering new questions. So it might have been a nice episode to come back to as opposed to go off on. That being said, the last scene in the show we would certainly define as a cliff hanger and really nicely platforms what episode nine is going to be. All things being equal, we're happy we're going out on episode 8.


so I guess NEXT week is the last before the break

Sweet...I heard its a mind-blowing episode too. isnt that one (#8) co-written by Brian K. Vaughan? I believe it is...

Sweet...I heard its a mind-blowing episode too. isnt that one (#8) co-written by Brian K. Vaughan? I believe it is...

It seems fitting that we go out with one of the #'s but I know I'm not looking forward to any break in the program!! We are in need of some answers to all the questions and perhaps we will really get a few.

I can confirm that episode 4.08 is indeed airing next week. It has already shown up in my Tivo's todo list :)

I'm so pleased I was wrong.

Yeah, this is the best news I've heard all month!