‘Lost’: How to get your midsummer fix

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‘Lost’s’ fifth season finale was just over a month ago and the sixth season doesn’t begin for six long months. But just because ABC isn’t airing original episodes until 2010 doesn’t mean we have to go entirely ‘Lost’-less. There are a few options this summer to help fill the gaping void in all our lives.

--The second episode of Bravo’s ‘Top Chef Masters,’ airing Wednesday, features Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse and the writing staff as the guest diners. The chefs will prepare the fresh protein (including what appears to be a boar’s head) only from a list of Dharma-approved canned and preserved ingredients. Here’s hoping they find a use for that oh-so good Dharma peanut butter.

--Evangeline Lilly will appear in Kathryn Bigelow’s much-buzzed about Iraq war drama ‘The Hurt Locker,’ which opens in limited release June 26. The film follows the exploits of a U.S. Army bomb squad in Iraq.

--Dominic Monaghan stars in the grave robber horror comedy ‘I Sell the Dead,’ which will see a limited release in theaters in August.

--The first and second seasons of ‘Lost’ are being released on the Blu-ray format today. This means that all the hints and clues that were previously too blurry to detect will be crystal clear for anyone with a Blu-ray player and a hi-def TV. Even though it’s available online, I still took great pleasure in studying that mural down in the Swan station for some time.

--And, finally, ‘Lost’ will indeed be having a panel presentation at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con International, July 23-26. No word yet on who will be appearing on the panel, but past years have given us stuff like this video sneak peek for Season Five.
--Patrick Kevin Day