 In June , Lindelof and Cuse were interviewed by The Hollywood Reporter and they revealed the ultimate plan for the mobisodes . The mobisodes would air during the hiatus between the third and fourth seasons and would give viewers interesting information that would probably not be found in the show ; the average mobisode would only be one and a half minutes long . In the third season , the writers tried to integrate two previously unseen crash survivors named Nikki Fernandez ( Kiele Sanchez ) and Paulo ( Rodrigo Santoro ) into the story , but the pair was negatively received for their abrupt appearance and the writers killed them off after seven appearances . Lindelof and Cuse learned from their mistake and decided that the mobisodes would focus on the regular Lost cast . The writers were paid $ 800 per mobisode , whereas the actors received $ 425 per mobisode . Actors were contracted to receive more money if the mobisode were reused in another medium . 
