 Lost : Missing Pieces is a series of thirteen video clips ranging in length from one to four minutes that aired during the hiatus between the 3rd and 4th seasons of the television show Lost , from which the series is spun off . They generally became available to Verizon Wireless users on Mondays from November 2007 to January 2008 and were uploaded onto the ABC 's website a week later for free streaming . The " mobisodes " , which have also been referred to as " webisodes " , were shot in Honolulu , Hawaii , and produced by the same crew with the same cast as the television series ; thus , all content is considered to be canonical . Lost : Missing Pieces were included as special features in the fourth season 's 2008 DVD releases . 
