GCD: You guys were splintered last year because of the time shift. How did that affect the social atmosphere of the show?
Emerson: Well, the show gets more fragmented each season which means you see fewer and fewer of the rest of the cast members as time goes by. There are people on the show that I still haven't really had a scene with, like Daniel Dae Kim. I know him from New York and we're friendly and I see him socially on the island but I can't remember the last time I saw him on the set or in the makeup.

GCD: You have a great talent to charm and manipulate on screen. Ever use this ability in real life?
Emerson: If I have a plausibility gift, it is strictly reserved for the realm of acting. I am the worst liar on earth. Even in the simplest ways of just getting things done or, you know, trying to get into a nightclub, whatever, I have no luck at those things.

GCD: How many nightclubs are you trying to get into, Michael?
Emerson: Well, I'm not really trying to get into very many but if I needed to get into a night club, I would confront the one doorman who has never watched the show and he would immediately think I was some operator.