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The Incident, Parts 1 & 2 - 05/13
Good vs. evil, black vs. white.
It became obvious tonight that everything that's happened so far has been engineered by
the 2 men you see in the screen cap above. One mother of a chess game between Jacob and his foe.
Seems they've both been around for a while, and Jacob has been repeatedly trying to prove
his foe (let's call him The Dark Man, for now) wrong, through various "social experiments" that have played out through the
years.
The Dark Man seems to feel that all mankind, given time, and enough rope, will
behave badly. Jacob, on the other hand, seems to hold out hope that sooner or later, mankind will get it right.
The Dark Man, on seeing the Black Rock offshore, says: "Still trying to prove me wrong,
aren't you. They come, they fight, they destroy, they corrupt. It always ends the same."
Jacob answers: "It only ends once. Everything that happens before that is just progress."
The Dark Man answers: "Do you have any idea how badly I want to kill you?" and
when Jacob answers: "Yes", he says: "One of these days, sooner or later, I'm going to find a loophole, my friend.".
And so the table is set, and as we now know, the loophole is Ben.
The two old foes meet again at the end of the episode, and The Dark Man, posing as Locke,
manipulates him into killing Jacob. How fitting that the great manipulator
Ben has the tables turned on him and becomes the instrument of The Dark Man's vengance. Devine comedy at it's best.
Before Jacob dies, he says: "They're coming", and in the next scene we see Juliet detonate
the plutonium core by striking it with a rock.
Did Jacob enter all their lives, and bring them all to the island, to change the outcome
of this encounter? It sure looks that way.
If not to change the outcome, then at least to vanquish his foe before he can
take power. Perhaps without Jacob to keep him in check, The Dark Man will spell the end for all of mankind. If he's ultimatly
proven right that man has no redeeming qualities, then maybe the experiment that is mankind will be canceled, so to speak.
I've said from the beginning that this whole story is just a battle of cosmic
forces, good vs. evil in the grand tradition of Srephen King's "The Stand", and I'd say that tonights episode pretty much
proves it out. There was even a giant tip of the hat to "The Stand" in the detonation of the thermonuclear device. Holy Trash
Can Man!
That's all I have time for right now, but take a moment and read my "Boiled Down Theory"
below. I originally posted it at the conclusion of season 3, and it's a distallation of the post "My Take So Far", which can
also be found below (way down in the season 3 section).
The Cavalry Arrives!
So much went on in this episode that's it's hard to pick a favorite scene, but if I had
to, it would probably be when Hurley, Jin and Miles came tooling up the access road to the Swan in a Dharma bus and started
blasting away at Radzinsky and crew.
This isn't the first time we've seen Hurley come to the rescue in one of those VW minibuses,
and it always cracks me up to see him whipping them around like they were off road vehicles. I actually had
one in high school (a 1964 VW Cargo Van with a dayglo green paint job, I swear! Oh the stories I could tell you...), and they
were not off road vehicles!
But aside from that fact, this scene was when it all jelled for the Losties, when they finally
got the old band back together, so to speak. We had been seeing them change their minds and join Jack on his Unabomber quest
one by one to this point, and the arrival of the bus was the final piece. After a lot of indecision and infighting since they
were all reunited, they are finally pulling together and on mission, and just as Hurley
and company came to the aid of Jack and company, now it would seem our reunited group is going to come to the aid of
thier future fellow Losties, and possibly Jacob.
Lots more thoughts and screencaps to come. Stay tuned.
The Boiled Down Theory:
I still firmly believe that when boiled down
to it's essence, the show is no more than a classic Stephen King type of battle between good and evil.
I think Ben wants to think that God doesn't see the island, but recent occurrences
are proving him wrong.
I'm sure that whatever Dharma and the Others are involved in has global consequences,
but in the end why they were on the island and what they were doing will be relatively
unimportant. A mere plot vehicle to bring us to the realization that the universe does course correct. That some higher power
is always watching over things, ready to influence events and make things right.
The real story is of how fate and/or some higher power brought
the Losties here to vanquish evil and redeem themselves in the process.
Now don't get me wrong, I still need to know the entire back story.
I just think that regardless of what the back story turns out to be, in the end the series will be about doing the right
thing.
Lost: A
Journey in Time - Retrospective
The Incident, Parts 1 & 2 - Season 5 Finale
The Lost season 5 finale is finally here. Sit down and strap yourself in, I
have a feeling it will be a good one.
First up is a Lost retrospective from 8 to 9pm EST, "A Journey in
Time", followed by the 2 hour finale "The Incident, Parts 1 & 2".
The producers have said that the finale will bring an end to all the time hopping,
but how? Will "The Incident" zap them back to their real when? We'll see soon enough. With next year being the final season,
I think we can expect big things.
The more I rewatch last week's ending, the more convinced I am that Ben is playing Locke,
and Locke, as always, is playing right into his hands. Ben seems to feign incredulity when Locke tells him he's going to kill
Jacob.
If there's one thing we know, it's that Ben is a sneaky little prick. In the preview they've
shown us, Ben is seen gazing fondly at a huge knife. Hmmm... I wonder who he's daydreaming about?
Whether Ben can dupe Locke again, depends on whether Locke is actually Locke. I have my
doubts. Maybe Jacob has inhabited Locke's body, and is putting The Others to the test. If that's the case, God help Ben
when he gets around to whatever it is he's scheming.
The preview also appears to show Kate, Sawyer and Juliet back on the island. Does Kate tweak
Sawyer's consience by telling him about the bomb? That's a good bet.
Well, as I said before, we'll see soon enough.
See you when it's over.
Follow The Leader - 05/06
"I'm going to kill him..."
Quite the ending to quite the episode. Is Locke really planning on off-ing Jacob? And if
so, why? Has the island had enough of Jacob's (and consequently Ben and Richard's) meddling?
The new leader of the Others seems to be on a mission, and "other" than Ben and Richard,
it appears that the rest of his new followers are ok with pretty much anything that he wants to do. This should
be interesting!
This episode really set the table for the big 2 hour season finale coming next week
(Sob!), and there's a ton of stuff to go over. For now, all I have time for is a little selfish "I told you so" on the
existence of the tunnels.
Way back in season 3, I posted here that there had to be tunnels connecting the various sites that The Others were occupying. It was the only explanation I could
think of to explain their almost magical appearances in remote places.
I wasn't completely right. I had guessed that they were designed by Dharma for infrastructure
purposes, but it appears that the tunnels are very ancient, and probably built around the time of the statue, as evidenced
by the architecture and the hieroglyphics adorning the walls. But regardless of who built them, it seemed obvious that they
existed and were quite extensive. Eloise mentioned that the bomb was under the Dharma barracks, indicating that they are indeed
extensive.
Brief pause for "I kinda knew it" happy dance...
Next on Lost:
Lost: A Journey in Time
- Retrospective
The
Incident, Parts 1 & 2 - Season 5 Finale
The Variable - 04/29
How can the writers answer so many questions, and yet still give us new
ones to ponder, cause that's what we got last night, a huge info dump that solves quite a few old puzzles, while opening up
all kinds of new questions.
We find out Daniel's lineage and that his mother is an other, what "The Incident" is and
how Daniel proposes to stop it, the reveal list goes on and on, and we're left at the end with the gigantic question: who's
right, Daniel or Eloise?
If it's Daniel, then there are variables in life. If it's Eloise, then life's course is
predetermined.
Here's my question in all of this: why is it so important to both Eloise and Widmore
for history to take it's current course? Why would she want to make sure that her only son goes back in time, just so she
could kill him, and why would Charles want events that led to his exile from the island to repeat themselves?
Ok, so we learned a lot about Daniel and his family, which of course leads to more
questions. We also learned, or at least we think we did, what "The Incident" was, and consequently,
why the button needed to be pushed every 108 minutes. Which also leads to more questions.
Foremost is; if Desmond and his predecessors were pushing the button to save the world,
why then didn't the world end when the Losties failed to push it? Yeah, the pulse
of energy was phenomenal, and Desmond sure had an interesting reaction to direct exposure, but what was the real consequence?
Other then the island becoming "visible", not much seems to have changed. Although there's
been all knds of crazy time jumping going on, it appears that the direct cause for this is the manipulation of the Donkey
Wheel, not the Swan pulse.
So, does the saving the world part refer to keeping the island safe and out of sight, or
is it that we haven't seen the full extent of the damage that the release of the pulse caused. Perhaps the island,
and the planet for that matter, is now being constantly bombarded by some weird Gamma-Ray that will eventually destroy
it. It's possible that the island is the planet's timepiece, or even it's navagational gyroscope, and without it, things would
fall apart.
Maybe that's why Daniel is so bent on changing history, to prevent the primary (The
Incident) and secondary (Swan implosion) events that will bring about cataclysmic results for mankind. It could also explain
why Eloise is so set on sacrificing her son, again, by sending him back. If the stakes were really this high,
it would make sense for her to keep trying until she gets it right, so to speak.
Phew...
We also found out that Desmond pulled through after being shot by Ben, and that's a pretty
good thing. I really like old Des, and I think he's going to play a large part in the wrap up of the story, I just hope it
isn't posthumously. As Doc Jensen noted this week, there was something ominous in the "I promised you I'd never leave
you again" pledge he made to Penny. We'll see.
Next up is "Follow The Leader", and the ABC
teaser says that Locke will solidify his role as leader of The Others. Will he find them in the Temple? I've been dying to
know what they've been up to. Hopefully we'll also get some insight into the 316'ers, and how Chang and the Dharma-ites
deal with "The Incident".
The Story of the Oceanic 6 - 04/22
Well, it wasn't exactly a new episode, but The Story of the Oceanic
6 was a nicely done recap of on and off island happenings so far this season, and it served as a nice refresher.
Something to get those old mental juices flowing.
I know I kind of needed it. This season has been one long and interesting ride so far,
and I'm suffering from severe brain pan overload. It was good to see it all layed out so nicely.
All that being said, I couldn't help wishing it really was a new episode, and I
can't wait for the story to pick back up where we left off last week.
We're entering Season 5's home stretch, just 4 more episodes to go, and I'm getting
that anxious mix of emotions that starts to set in about now: hungering for the info dump that will be coming, yet stressed
to think it's almost over. It's a lot like the feeling I get when I'm nearing the end of a good book.
Oh well. For now, I'm going to go over The Story of the Oceanic 6 with a fine
tooth comb, and see what I can turn up.
Next Up, Lost's 100th Episode: The Variable
Some Like it Hoth - 04/15
That douche is my Dad...
So, it's official. Dr. Chang is Miles' father, and I'm betting that he sent Miles and his
mother away to save them. He sure looked like the quintessential doting dad when Miles saw him reading to his baby self.
It's even possible that the information that causes him to send them away comes from Daniel,
or the Oceanic 6 collectively. Remember that video we saw of him "sending a message into the future", the one
where the cameraman sounded familiar, and seemed to know an awful lot about who would be receiving it?
Ok, enough conjecture for now, let's get down to the meat of this episode.
The real big story in this episode was the reveal that Ilana's secret phrase "What lies
in the shadow of the statue", is the mantra of a new anti-Widmore faction. For now, let's just call them the Shadow Warriors.
Miles has a run in with them, and the man calling the shots for the Shadows, Bram, tells him
that if he doesn't know the answer to this enigmatic riddle, then he isn't ready to go to the island. He also tells him that
if he sides with Widmore, he'll be playing for the wrong team. When asked by Miles whose team Bram and his friends are on,
the answer is "the one that's going to win".
So, is this the war that's coming, and if so, who are these guys?
Not only did we confirm that there are at least 2 off-island factions, it was also revealed
that there are at least 2 on-island factions amongst the Dharma-ites, and it's more than just the scientific community vs.
the worker bees. When old douche dad Dr. Chang is threatening Hurley, he references "weighing turds for their ridiculous
experiments", and Horace speaks of an "inner circle".
To me, this means that there are scientists, and then there are scientists. One
group is carrying out the Dharma Initiative's idealistic "building a better world" experiments, and another led by Chang,
is building the Swan and the Orchid, and experimenting with not very idealistic results in mind, with the
former probably being an oblivious cover for the latter.
That means that we now have at least 4 seperate factions, Widmore and his organization,
Bram, Ilana and the Shadow Warriors, plus the two Dharmas.
We could have as many as 6 factions, if we count The Others and The Losties,
but I think we may find that some of these groups are either knowingly or unknowingly aligned, or non entities altogether.
The altuistic subgroup of the Dharma Initiative probably has no idea that there's
anything else on the Initiative's agenda than what they've signed up for. They're the non-players in this drama.
The Chang faction may be aligned with Widmore, or possibly even The Others, as some of their
"inner circle" activities are occuring in "Hostile" zones.
The Shadow Warriors may be the off-island version of The Others, although if they were,
you would think they would have known who Ben was.
Which brings us to The Losties. They're the team that everyone seems to want to win over.
Why? Could they be "the hand of fate", like the heroes of "The Stand" were? Sent by a higher power to do some serious course
correction?
I just don't know, although as far back as season 2, Damon and Carlton have been referencing
"The Stand" as having a heavy influence on their story.
Even though they often reference all kinds of stories, parables, books and legends, "The
Stand" is the only one that they've definitively said has influenced them, and I've been convinced for a long time that the
basic framework of the story is also the basic framework for Lost. Good vs. evil at it's very core, with unwitting heroes
stepping up to "do the right thing" and save mankind.
The characters of the two stories don't need to line up exactly, although a lot of them
do, it's the overall theme that matters.
Ok, on that note, I'm going to bed. Still lots to cover, we've barely scratched the surface
of tonight's little gem, but it will have to wait.
The Empire Strikes Back
Hurley's little project, rewriting The Empire Strikes Back, served a couple of purposes.
First, it asks the question: Can you rewrite history?, and serves as a reminder that even if the Losties were to change events,
it doesn't necessarily mean that history would be changed.
Hurley could do a masterful job on his "new" script, and yet Lucas might read it, use
most of it, but end up undoing most of Hurley's changes to shape the story to his own vision, adding back what Hurley
had written out. An example of life's little course corrections, if you will.
Hey, what's so bad about Ewoks, anyways..?
Likewise, the Losties really don't know exactly what they are capable of doing, or undoing,
when it comes to events in their past and future.
If Ben lives, for instance, it's probably a good bet that they can change nothing. It may
even be that they are meant to be facilitators of events as they know them. They could ultimately be responsible for bringing
about the very situations they wanted to change.
Bummer.
I also think the writers used the Star Wars references for a couple of other reasons.
One was to acknowledge what every regular viewer asks; Why don't these yahoos talk to each other? I thought Hurley's
reference to the whole Luke/Vader thing, "If they had just talked, maybe Luke would still have his hand.", was a perfect allegory
to the Lost story.
If all the characters, Losties, Others, Dharma-ites, past, present and future, ever just
came clean with each other, the ramifications of their actions would be understood by some, and maybe it would be enough
to change the balance of things.
Is that the island's purpose?
Anyway, I also think the title of this episode, "Some Like it Hoth", was meant as a
head fake.
Back when we got our first glimpse of the Statue, people immediately made an Egyptian
connection, and just as quickly siezed on the title of this future episode as proof. Could the writers be that sharp?
Yeah, I can see it.
Next Up: The Story of the Oceanic 6
This season's "catch 'em up" recap episode
Dead is Dead - 04/08
Whoa...
Was that a great episode, or what? Guess we know where Smokie lives. Check this
little blurb about Anubis out. Is your heart as light as a feather?
So much stuff, so little time. For now, let's hit the highlights.
First, it looks like Ben really didn't do such a bad thing when he stole Alex.
He was actually sent to kill both her and her mother by Charles. It also looks like he didn't kill Penny, although he sure
gave it the old Ben try.
Is he good or is he evil? Man, that's a tough one.
For some reason, Smokie seems to be willing to give him another chance. And speaking of
Smokie, it would appear that it can take the form of whoever or whatever it can scan from your mind when it's "judging" you.
Does this mean that everyone that we've seen reappear on the island after their death is
a manifestation of Smokie? Christian? Claire? Maybe even Locke? This opens up all kinds of new possibilities.
And how about Charles, was he being banished because he wanted Ben to kill Danielle and
Alex, or because Ben got a promotion and wanted him gone? And did Ben earn his promotion because he stood up to him, or because
he was being tested and did the right thing? Richard had a very interesting look on his face when Ben stood up to him.
A couple more thoughts for now, and then I'm gonna sleep on this puppy. Did you notice that when
Ben, Locke and Sun reached the Temple wall, Ben said "This is where they brought me to save me."
It would appear that he remembered the incident. Did he always have the memory, or was it
freshly implanted in his mind afer our 70's Losties facilitated the event? Kind of like when Desmond woke up and
suddenly remembered Faraday telling him to go see his mother, Ms. Hawking.
Last but not least was Smokie/Alex's admonition to him to stop thinking about killing
Locke, and that he better follow him and do his bidding, or else.
Can he do it? Has Ben been scared straight... or does he even fib to demons?
What lies in the shadow of the statue???
OK, so what does lie in the shadow of the statue, and what's going on with
Ilana and her followers? I'd bet cash money that she and her cohorts are in the employ of one Mr. Charles Widmore.
I had wondered why Charles, with all his money, power and island knowledge, couldn't get
back to the island himself. He knew about Ms. Hawking because he gave Desmond her location, so it just didn't make sense to
me that he wasn't "sitting on her", just watching and waiting for his chance to tag along with any rescue party. It looks
now like that was exactly what he was doing.
The code phrase Ilana used could have only come from someone with knowledge of the island,
and the guns, and whatever else is in the cargo container they were working on, would indicate that someone
was prepared for trouble, or to cause it.
So, are we about to see "Mercenary Part II, Keamy in a Dress"? It appears that
way. Here's the question though, where are their adversaries, The Others? Ben, John and Sun will be easy enough to find, but
where are the rest of The Others?
We haven't seen hide nor hair of them in the present timeline, and if they were hiding
out in the Temple, I think the arrival of Ben and company, and the waking of Smokie, would have brought them out. Hmmm...
is there somewhere else they call home? I'm still a little baffled by the state of the
barracks in this timeline. We know that Keamy and his men really tore the
place up, but that doesn't explain the boards on some of the windows, unless someone has moved back in.
It's possible that they've been on the move, and the barracks is just one of their hideouts.
That would explain the quick fixes, but you would think that if they went to the trouble of boarding up the holes, they would
have cleaned up inside a little.
I think the state of the camp indicates that something in the island's history has changed,
and if that's the case, maybe they're not even on the island any more. They could even be somewhere near the Hydra, watching
and waiting as events unfold.
One thing's for sure, Richard is no dummy, and I think the state of the camp and the Other's current location is very important to what happens next.
Next Up: Some Like it Hoth
Miles and Hurley get better acquainted...
Whatever happened, Happened - 04/01
And so it begins for Ben.
Wowzers... that was a good one. A nice tight little episode with lots of info and
reveals, plus a smattering of comedy relief, starring Miles and Hurley as Abbot and Costello, performing Who's On First with an island twist.
Ok, so let's get down to it.
The biggest reveal of the night for me was when Kate and Sawyer hand the dying Ben over
to Richard, who takes him where? The Temple.
I knew that there were only two directions the writers could go with this. Either Jack and
Juliet were gonna save him, or Richard was. And if it was Richard, it made sense that he would take him to the center of the
Others power.
Ben is to crucial to the story to die. As Hurley pointed out, whle staring at his hand in
anticipation of disappearing, if Ben died, he wouldn't have been able to lure (or coerce) them back to the island, so
they wouldn't be there. At this point, Miles tells him not to worry, because "Whatever happened, happened". Info
I'm sure he got from the noticably missing Daniel Faraday.
Well, we actually got a little of both scenarios. Juliet did the best she could to save
him, but in the end had to send him off to Richard. Jack being a surgeon, probably could have done more, but he
wouldn't budge. He tells Juliet later that he came back for a purpose, but he still wasn't sure what it is yet.
Seems like he's pretty sure what it isn't, and that's saving Ben.
So, Kate takes off with him in search of Richard, who Juliet is certain can help. Makes
you wonder just how much she knows about the Others and their ways...
When she and Sawyer finally make contact and hand the boy over, Richard's comments are a
little more than spooky. He says "He'll never be the same, he'll lose his innocence, and he'll always be one of us", then
he proceeds to take him into the temple.
You have to think that the original Others are some kind of cult, and Richard, because
he makes a point of saying he answers to no one, is the priest, or shaman (where have we heard that recently?). Not the ultimate
diety of the cult, that's perhaps Jacob's role, but a pretty high mucky-muck, at the very least.
Anyways, that's it for now. When we reconvene, we've still got lots to cover. We found out
that Kate gave Aaron to his grandmother, Carole Littleton, Claire's mom, and the episode closes with post 316 Ben staring
incredulously at Locke when he wakes from his oar induced snoozle.
Guess that means Richard's Island Walk In Clinic is pretty good...
Next up: Dead is Dead
Ben and Smokie, together again.
He's Our You - 03/25
Ben gets his comeuppance...
Novikov thought that paradoxes caused by time travel were impossible. Here's
his theory in a nutshell, courtesy of Wikipedia:
"According to this hypothesis, the only possible timelines are those which are
entirely self-consistent, so that anything a time traveler does in the past must have been part of history all along, and
the time traveler can never do anything to prevent the trip back in time from being made since this would represent an inconsistency.
In laymen's terms, this is often called destiny, and it is sometimes unpopular because it contradicts the "common sense" notion
that people choose their own fates."
I really like the reference to destiny, and the inability of people to choose
their own fate. Sounds like something straight out of Ms. Hawkins' mouth, doesn't it?
The thing is, we see Ben get shot. We can even see the hole in his sweatshirt before he
drops to the ground. He was plugged dead center. How could he not be dead?
Ah, because we're on the island, and if there's one thing we know for sure, it's
that there are many levels of dead on the island.
We've seen Locke shot and dumped into a pit of bodies, only to rise again. What's to say
that the island won't let Ben die yet? Remember Michael? He wasn't allowed to die until the island was done with him, even
though he tried his damndest.
Maybe the all knowing and all seeing Richard will swoop in and bear young Ben off to the
temple, for a mega-dose of island mojo, or maybe he'll just be brought back to the Dharma infirmary, where the surgical dream
team of Jack and Juliet will perform miracles.
Whatever the case, I'm sure we haven't seen our favorite sociopath draw his last breath.
Speaking of whacked out people, how about Oldham, the teepee dwelling chemist. Sawyer says
" He's our you" to Sayid, and so is born the title of this episode. He didn't remind me of Sayid, though, but I see the connection.
Do you think his brothers Darryl and Darryl were in
the tent also?
Interesting that Ben brought Sayid a copy of Carlos Castenada's "A Seperate Reality". It's the
story of how Don Juan, a Yaqui sorceror, enlightens Casteneda with peyote and mushrooms during an apprenticeship he spent
with the medicine man, and then shortly thereafter Sayid is given a chemical in a cube of sugar, the vehicle of choice
amongst the Owsley set for administering LSD, by a guy who lives like an Indian.
Episode title, book, and visual clues all add up to this meaning something to the story.
Or, the writers are just having fun with us, as is sometimes the case. Hmmm...
Anyway, we did learn a couple of things for certain tonight. First, Sawyer and Juliet
are in no hurry to ditch their Dharma duds and get back to the task of island, and possibly world, salvation. There's
no doubt about it now, after we saw Sawyer go so far as to agree with the Dharma-ites to off Sayid just so he wouldn't blow
his cover.
The other definite is that the Dharma Initiative are in the dark about the real mysteries
of the island. No one believed Sayid when he spit out the truth, and little Ben had no idea that he was about to get shot. Richard
also showed a similar naivetee when Sawyer hit him with his "I'm from the future" rap a couple of episodes ago. Interesting.
Ok enough for now.
Next Up: Whatever Happened, Happened
Namaste - 03/18
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| Yup, it's Bug Eyes. |
Another great start to another great episode. Seeing
that landing strip come into view, my first thought was "Ben knew this was going to happen.", or at least something like
this was going to happen. The dude is spooky.
When the scene changes back to the Sawyer/Jack and Co. reunion and the caption said
"30 years earlier", it cleared up my questions about the "when" for the flight 316 crash, but immedieatly got me wondering
why not all of the Oceanic 6 ended up in 1977.
Perhaps their role was to save lives (Frank) and prevent Ben from returning. Once Sun bops
him, she and Frank are visited by Christian, who tells them that they still have a long way to travel. Is he going to
lead them back to 1977 now that they've fulfiled their roles?
So many new questions, and so many cool reveals. Amy's baby is named Ethan, did you see
Juliet's reaction to that one? I thought she was gonna drop the little booger. Sayid's first meal is brought by a young (but
every bit as creepy) Ben, oh the possibilities there... and how about the fact that Sun and Frank find New Otherton deserted
in 2007. It would appear that the Others never come back to it after their '04 evacuation. Hmmm, were they time
hopping also, or have they forgone their flirtation with civilization?
You're not the boss of me!!!
My oldest son was fond of saying this when he was a little tyke and old Dad was laying down
the law, and it's all I could think of as Sawyer gave Jack the bums rush out the door. Both
men behaved poorly during their brief encounter.
Sawyer had always taken a back seat to Jack, and had really warmed to the task of leader
once he had gone. Although he was originally on board with Locke when he left to bring them back, he had become
very comfortable with his new life.
I think seeing Jack and company return disturbed him deeply. His lash out at Jack was due
more to his fear of losing the most stable time period of his life, then it was about being in charge. Jack's comments just
gave him a reason to blow his stack and postpone dealing with this game changing development.
Jack, on the other hand, had been driven by outside forces to return to the island, and
then literally dropped from the sky into the past. He had finally begun to accept the fact that his destiny was to go
back and save the rest of the Losties, and the island, but when he gets there, he's totally bewildered by the scenario.
When he finally gets a chance to talk to Sawyer alone, Sawyers seeming indifference rankles him.
You have to admit, the normal reaction for both men should have been to share their stories.
To compare notes, so to speak, and formulate a plan. Who knows when they may get another chance to talk, and a lot has transpired
in the three years since they had parted.
Will they be able to get over themselves and get down to buisness? In the end, yes, but
not without a little more drama. Sawyer won't let go of his new life until he's forced to, and Jack won't hunker down in his
new position as "Workman" and wait for him to get off the pot for very long. Another larger showdown between them is imminent,
and will probably be the catalyst to get things back on track.
"In this corner..."
While the Jack and Sawyer tension promises more drama, I see a couple of other knock
down, drag outs on the horizon. The most interesting is the Sayid and Ben relationship. In the preview of tomorrow night's
episode, we see Sayid pull a gun, and just before firing, he says "Now I know why I'm here".
Who's he trying to plug, bunny lovin' little Ben, or someone else? Depends on who he
blames for the death of his true love, Nadia. If it's Widmore, and he's still on the island with the Others, Sayid may
run into him, when and if he escapes from the barracks.
If he thinks that Ben actually had her killed, and then blamed it on Widmore, then he'll
be gunning for him. We know Ben was wooed over to the "Other side" way back when. If he thinks Sayid is an Other, he may try
to help him escape, and if he does, he better watch his back.
Whoever Sayid blames, I'm sure he will be convinced that killing that person will prevent
the death of Nadia in the future.
The question of whether Widmore is still on the island or not is interesting for
another reason, also. We still don't know how or when Widmore leaves, all we know is that in the future he can't get
back. He's a man of many resources, and he knew the whereabouts of Ms. Hawking, so why can't he get back?
According to Ben, if you move the island, or spin the Frozen Donkey Wheel of Chance, so
to speak, you can't come back. If he is still there, perhaps his exit will cause
another time jump that brings everyone back into the present.
Ok, enough conjecture. We'll find out more tomorrow night in "He's Our You",
but before I go, I wan't you to think about one last thing:
Who would win in a chick fight, Kate or Juliet?
Cause it's comin'....
LaFleur - 03/04
Holy Colossus of Rhodes, did you see that baby?
Well, we finally got a glimpse of the owner of the four toed foot. Wowzers...
guess the island has been around for a while, and obviousley it's been revered through
the ages.
Our glimpse was fleeting, though. Just a couple of beats, and then the final
(?) flash came as Locke socked the old donkey wheel home, and as the "record" found it's groove again, our heroes found
themselves in the 70's.
So, what the heck was that? As some are speculating, it definitely had an Egyptian
look to it, and it does appear to be holding an ankh (possibly in each hand), the symbol we saw Amy take from Paul. The ankh is the Egyptian hieroglyph for eternal life, and was usually carried by the loop.
While the episode was great, and seeing the statue was a treat, the burning question
of the night for me was the timing of everything.
I can understand it if the Losties flashed out of the plane and appeared on the island
before the plane crashed. They might have enough time to be found by Jin before the Dharma camp became aware of the crash,
because there's no way flight 316 buzzed the island and crash landed near the Hydra without being seen.
Is the crash about to happen and interrupt the reunion? And if so, why have we seen the
316 survivors in the Hydra, and not seen any Dharma-ites?
Have they abandoned it as part of their truce with the "indigenous people"? Even if they
had, we saw last week that they monitor the animal cages from the security center by video camera. Remember Jerry's comment
about watching the polar bears?
Well, I'm sure we'll find out more this week, as it looks like Dharma finds some of the
Oceanic 6 in the previews.
I also look forward to Sawyer's storyline, going forward. Is he about to flush his relationship
with Juliet? I hope not. He seems to have really found himself, but we know from past experience that all of our heroes have
to fulfill their individual destinies, and I think Kate still has a large part in his.
Next up: Namaste
The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham - 02/25
John lives!
Yup, he's back, and he didn't commit hari-kari as we thought. Nope, our old buddy Ben helped
him on his way to martyrdom.
Man, he is one bad dude.
John seems important to everyone in this episode, although for very different
reasons. The island wants and needs John to bring back the Losties that have left. The Losties on the island need him
for the same reason, sort of. The Losties off the island need him to facilitate their return, and both Ben and Charles
Widmore only want to use John to regain their place on the island.
I'd say that it's a lock that we have at least 3 different factions
at work here, all pushing and pulling at our castaways. First, there's Jacob/The Island, then you have Ben, and finally Widmore.
I also think that it's a lock that Locke (sorry, couldn't resist) needs to only listen to Jacob/The Island. Think he's got
that down yet?
We also found out that there's a new group of crash victims on the island. The
survivors of flight 316. It also would appear that the island's "when" is shortly after the reign (and purge) of
the Dharma Initiative. Their equipment seems fresh, but deserted. If I'm right on this, it would also explain how we saw Jin
wearing Dharma duds and driving around in a Dharma bus last week.
So, why did Ben first save, and then kill, Locke?
It's my guess that Ben knew that Locke had information from Jacob/Christian on how to get
everyone back to the island, and he needed that info, but not John. Not a live John, at least.
On one level Ben wanted him dead, so that his body would act as a proxy for Christian's
to aid in the Oceanic 6's return, but I'm convinced that he didn't know about Ms. Hawking, or if he did, he didn't know how
important she was to their quest. He saved John so that he could wring every last bit of information out of him, and once
he had, he brought things to their preordained conclusion on his own.
I'm convinced that Ben is no longer a part of Jacob's plan to save the island, and Ben knows
it. He knows that Jacob is feeding Locke information, and he's not only desperate to get that information, he's also desperate
to knock John off once he does, so that he can regain his rightful position as Grand Poobah of the Others, and savior of the
island.
This is the second time he's gotten info from Locke and then tried to take him out. The
first time was when he shot John and dumped him into the mass grave last season. He demanded to know what Jacob had told him
as John lay dying. He knew then that he was "out of the loop", and he was both desperate and jealous. Last week was a more
devious replay of the same scene, and poor old John fell for it again.
Widmore, on the other hand, wanted to help John because he sees Locke's ascendency as his
best shot at returning. If John's in, Ben's out, and I'm sure he feels that John is a much less formidable foe than Ben. Perhaps
even an ally, if John felt indebted to him.
I'm convinced that the island is through with both Charles and Ben, and their only
role now is that of the spurned and obsessed suitor. Their little taste of ruling over the Magic Kingdom fuels their
desire to return, makes them both formidible forces for the Losties to reckon with.
I also think that in time, the island will be done with John, also. The island would appear
to be the ultimate oportunist when it comes to "leaders", using whoever fits it's needs at a given time, and then moving on.
Next up: LaFleur
316 - 02/18/09
They're baaack!
Whoa... that was good. Now we're into some real story tellin'.
This episode was a massive information dump, but true to form they left us with plenty of
new questions.
We saw a new "off island" station, The Lantern, and Ms. Hawking told us that it's where
the search for the mythical island began, at least this time. They also gave us lots more references to both faith and religion.
Doubting Thomas, leaps of faith, we even saw Ben praying. There's no denying that there are larger forces at play here. How
else can you explain everyone taking that flight, with Frank Lapidus as the pilot, no less.
The best line of the night, hands down, was from Frank. As he surveys the cabin full
of Losties, he says to Jack: "We're not going to Guam, are we?" Perfect. He just goes with the flow.
I'm a little worried about Ben's last minute errand, though. As soon as I heard him say
he needed to "keep a promise to an old friend", I thought of his feud with Widmore. I hope Penny and Desmond weren't
at the marina...
And how about Aaron, what did Kate do with him? Who could she possibly trust to leave him
with? I have a sneaking suspicion that Ben going in his spot wasn't part of the plan.
Lots to cover, but for now I'll leave you with one last thought. Does Jin's arrival in the
Dharma bus mean that the Losties are still "flashing through time", or could it be that when Locke put the donkey wheel back
on its axis, they made one last flash and ended up back in the Dharma days permanently, or at least until the next time
someone spins the Wheel Of Fortune.
I noticed that a few people on the Lost General Board have been postulating that when
we heard the numbers being read over the Frenchman's radio last week, it sounded like Hurley's voice.
This could be true if they are now stuck in pre Danielle time...
With Friends like Ben, who needs enemies?
So, I'm thinking that Ben probably set Sayid up to get him on flight 316. Sayid
appears to be in custody, so more than likely Ben dropped a dime on him to the authorities, either about some crime he committed
on Ben's part (murder?), or for immigration violations.
I wouldn't doubt that back when Sayid was working for him, Ben set him up
with a passport from Guam, knowing that he might need a card to play later that would force him onto a flight taking
a certain route over the Pacific. Ben leaves nothing to chance.
Speaking of Ben, I also think that it's more likely that his bloody appearance after
his "errand" was from an encounter with a few Widmore security people, as opposed to a fight to the death with Penny
and/or Desmond. I'm sure that once Desmond showed himself to Widmore, and basically laid out his travel plans, he
was constantly being followed. Like Ben, Charles likes to cover his bets.
While I'm throwing things out here, I have a gut feeling about the whereabouts of Aaron,
also. I don't think she would have entrusted him to her mother, as she's terminally ill, and I don't think she gave him to
Claire's mother, even though recent events might indicate it, as that would be both irrevocable, and a cover story
blower.
I think she may have had Sun ship him off to be with her daughter. Sun certainly has the
means to do it, and she and Kate had been together prior to the marina meeting. Sun's comment to her daughter (on the cell
call she received while she was stalking Ben) that she had a new friend for her named Aaron would certainly lend credence
to the idea that they had discussed Kate and/or Aaron getting out of town with her...
Anyways, enough for now.
Next up: "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham".
This Place Is Death - 02/11/09
Yikes! In previous seasons, we were given a trickle of information, but now
we're getting fire hosed, and I love it.
We learned a lot this week. Charlotte grew up on the island, and
had met Daniel there as a child. The Jacob/Christian thing knows Mrs. Hawking, and she's his approved travel agent.
He also doesn't seem too happy that Ben moved the island the first time. Locke kept his word to Jin and never showed Sun
the wedding ring, although Ben didn't miss the chance.
We also got to see Danielle and her crew's back story, plus we got a glimpse of Smokey
and the Temple (Check out the caps of the glyphs on it's walls!). Robert appears to be
possesed since his trip down the monster hole, and as Danielle holds him at gunpoint, he tells her that the monster
is a security system for the Temple. When she lets down her guard he tries to kill her, but the old unloaded gun trick saves
her hide, and she drills him on the spot. Guess she's been telling the truth all this time...
Dominus Vobiscum
And to that you say "Huh?"... although the correct response would be: Et cum
spiritu tuo.
What the heck am I talking about, and better yet, why am I spouting this strange, but
melodious, language?
Well, it's Latin, and it's drilled deeply into my brain. Why? Because I was raised a Catholic
in the 50's and 60's. Dominus Vobiscum/Et cum spiritu tuo is a call and response from the Catholic Mass, now more
commonly known as The Lord be with you/And with your spirit.
I'm bringing up Latin because I'm starting to see a not too surprising pattern on Lost.
We found out recently that the Others speak... Latin. We hear the young Widmore and his bud speaking Latin, and Juliet
identifies the language, and confirms that it's "the official language of Otherton". Strange, but by itself, not very
earthshattering info. Kind of like a "secret club handsake". But add to this the recent, and past, information we've gotten
about Ms. Hawking, and it starts to look like a pattern.
We first meet Ms. Hawking in the jewelry store with Desmond, where we saw that she
was wearing an Ourboros pin, a symbol of the cycle of life, or the circular nature of life. She then proceeds to predict the
death of a pedestrian, which happens, to emphasize that you can't change fate.
The next time we see her is in a picture on the desk of Brother Campbell, the leader of
the Scottish monastery that takes Desmond in, and who offers him the advice that he wasn't meant to stay there, that
he had much more to accomplish in life. Sounds a lot like the advice he got from Ms. Hawking, doesn't it? Brother Campbell
then asks Desmond to perform one last service to the order, which results in his first encounter with Penny
Widmore.
In our most recent glimpse of her, we see her in another religous setting, a church
in L.A., where she appears to run the joint. If you check out the screen caps I put up from the previews of next week, you'll
see some interesting imagery around her that indicates that the church is Christian. The camera even focuses on a shot of St.
Thomas (Doubting Thomas) feeling the healed wounds of the Savior.
After the last two episodes, there is no doubt that Ms. Hawking is closely affiliated
with both Ben and Jacob/Christian. She seems to be their only link to the rest of the world. Interesting that their "link"
is also closely affiliated with men and women of the cloth.
Speaking of the Jacob/Christian Sheppard entity, it's also very intersting that before the
construction of the Orchid station, entrance to the chamber of the Frozen Donkey Wheel was through a well. Religous texts
have mentioned Jacob's Well throughout the ages, and the site is important to this day to a multitude of religions.
Just before Jacob discovers the well, he has a vision from God of a ladder ascending into
heaven, where angels continually climb up and down. The interpretation of the vision differs by religion, as the life of Jacob
is documented in the Hebrew, Christian and Muslim faiths. Amongst other things, it's theorized that it represented
reincarnation.
Another line of thought has it representing the rise and fall of different nations, Babylonia,
Persia, Greece and Rome/Edom, before the coming of the Messiah. The angel representing the Romans climbing the highest, but
God promising Jacob that they to, would fall.
So what's going on here, and does any of this mean anything to the overall story of Lost?
Hard to say. The twists and turns of this story blow most of my theories up on a regular basis, but it's also hard not to
make a connection between the island's Jacob and the historical Jacob.
Could the Others be an amalgamation of faiths, all dedicated to protecting this place from
evil? We've seen a lot of weird icons on the island. Hieroglyphics, four toed statues, robed Others who speak Latin, Dharma-ites
who espouse Hinduism, temples, man, what a stew.
We could even be seeing a battle between faiths for control of a site important
to all.
I'm sure that by next week my thoughts will be scrambled, and then rearranged, by
the story arc, but the religious apect of this tale is what's nagging at me now. The recurring themes of redemption and
sacrifce, coupled with all the different religious references, are hard to miss, or dismiss.
Next up: "316"
The Little Prince - 02/04/09
Jin lives... I think.
Another tasty episode. Back to splitting time between the on-island and off-island Losties,
but they kept it relatively simple so that it wasn't overly confusing. Ben continued his
round up of the Oceanic 6, while Locke and company continued to richochet through time on the island.
The biggest reveal of the night was saved for the end, when a young (and pregnant)
Danielle Rousseau and her crew, freshly shipwrecked and paddling along in a life raft, come across Jin's unconscious body
floating on a piece of freighter debris.
This could only mean that Jin survived the freighter explosion and was inside the sphere
of influence of the island when it began "skipping", like Daniel and the zodiac. The biggest
indicator that he's still alive is that Rousseau's arrival on the island predates Jin's by about 16 years, so there's no way
we're seeing a past event in his life. Also, it appears that the on-island time jumping Losties are in that same "when",
as in their last jump they find themselves in the grips of a storm, and Charlotte spots fresh ship wreckage where
they land their kayak for refuge.
I had a feeling that he would turn up. I was positive I saw his body thrown off the back
of the ship by the blast last season.
I see the light!
This was a more introspective episode than usual, and I really liked it. We got to find
out the reasoning behind some of the characters decisions, and we actually got to hear them sharing both information, and
their feelings. It really helped to bring things into better focus, plus it throttled
back the frenetic pace set by the first two episodes. I don't know about you, but my head was about to pop from TMI,
so that's a good thing, as Martha would say.
One of the better moments was when Locke and Co. found themselves in the "shortly after
the crash of 815" when. Locke figured it out first, understanding what the light was that they saw shooting up out of the
jungle. It was from the spotlight that Desmond had shined on him the night he had banged
on the hatch in frustration after Boone's death, and he knew enough to give the area a wide berth.
Sawyer asks him later why he didn't march over and stop his other self, knowing now what
will come of it, and Locke responds that he needed to have that experience in his past to prep himself for what's to come.
I'm sure the thought that he might freak his other self (other self... are you thinking what I'm thinking..?) out
probably crossed his mind also.
Sawyer was the next to discover that they were back in the time period of the crash, when
he got a peek at Kate helping Sun give birth. It got him first thinking about, and then eventually sharing, his
emotions. Which was way overdue.
I guess you could say that they both "saw the light", on multiple levels, and it will have
a lasting impact on their characters. The writers really set up a great metaphor here. Very well done.
Next up: "This Place Is Death"
Jughead - 01/28/09
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Whoa! That was a great episode.
Charles Widmore was an Other, which explains a lot (except why he's no longer on the island).
It's also pretty much a lock that Mrs. Hawking is Daniel Faraday's mother, as Widmore tells Desmond that she's in L.A., which
is where Ben is, who met with Mrs. Hawking last week.
Widmore was with Richard Alpert, who according to Juliet is very old. Juliet, being
an Other herself, is in a position to know. Richard seems to be in charge of the 1950's version of the Others, but he talks
about having a chain of command, and when Locke shows up and mentions Jacob, he gets Richard's undivided attention. This means
that Jacob couldn't be a figment of Ben's imagination, because Ben isn't even a twinkle in his fathers eye at this point
in history.
A lot of questions answered here, but a large new question looms: Why does Richard seem
surprised by Locke's claim that he's from the future? Is time travel not yet a part of the story? Hmmm...
I believe another big puzzle piece was revealed when we found out why the episode is titled
"Jughead". Jughead was originally an old slang term for a mule, and in 1954 was the code name for the Mark 16 nuclear
bomb, which was supposed to be detonated in '54 off of Bikini Atol as the Yankee portion of Operation Castle. It got replaced by a solid fuel model before the test, as the Jughead was prone to "leaking".
In the episode, Daniel tells "Ellie", the Other who was guarding him (we'll get back to
her, soon), that they must encase the bomb in cement. Where have we seen something encased in cement? The Swan. Why
was Desmond pushing the button in the Swan? Because he was told he was "saving the world". Could the cement bunker under the
Swan be the final resting place of Jughead? Wouldn't surprise me.
While I'm throwing out suppositions here, lets get back to "Ellie the Other". Not only does
she resemble both Charlotte and the comatose girl from Daniel's experiments, Mrs. Hawking, who I'm guessing is Daniel's
mother, is listed as Eloise Hawking on Lostpedia. File this under things that make you go hmmm, for now.
One last thing for tonight. Locke, who's desperately trying to find out from Richard how
to get off of the island, is shown looking at a beam of bluish light shooting straight up from the island in next week's preview.
The beam struck me as familiar, and shortly after the episode it hit me. Way back when, on one of the original Lost
experience websites, when you clicked on the right combination of spots on the screen, you were treated to a beam
of light shooting up from the island. At the time there was a great deal of speculation that it was part of some asteroid
killer device that Dharma was working on. Now though, I'm leaning towards it being some sort of transport beam that predates
Dharma.
Ok, enough. See you soon.
P.S. Unfortunately, there won't be any screen caps tonight. I'm on travel,
and my elaborate plan to access my media center remotely seems to have been foiled by a wicked storm in the Northeast. When
I'm able to wake my system remotely, I'll know more, but for now all I have is the actual picture of the Yankee detonation
above. Technology is an amazing, but fickle thing... In the meantime, I'm enjoying 80 degree weather, and not out
shoveling, so it's not such a bad thing.
P.P.S. In a stange kind of Gump-ian connection, one of my
uncles was aboard an observation ship off of Bikini for the Castle operation. Between he and my Father, I've learned some
wierd and wild things that I'm going to have to write about some day.
Because You Left/The Lie - 01/21/09
Well, our long wait is over and it's good to catch up with our old friends again, but don't
blink, or you'll miss them!
Man, people were popping in and out of this episode like there was no tomorrow. Wait, maybe
there is no tomorrow.., or maybe there's two tomorrows.., or two yesterdays... I'm so confused.
Anyways, my confusion notwithstanding, I thought the season 5 premier was pretty
darn good. Action, adventure, a little comedy and a whole bunch of clues.
I had a hunch we'd be seeing a lot more of Dr. Candle/Wickmund/Holliwax/Chang this season.
We met the good Doctors whole family (who wants to bet that the baby is Miles?) in the opening, and he quickly established
the fact that the Dharma Initiative was (is, will?) planning on attempting to manipulate time, and that the "Frozen Donkey
Wheel" predates their arrival. Chang obviousley knew there was something there, because the job foreman
states that they were drilling on his coordinates, but the sonar image seemed to give him his first look at the
chamber and the wheel. And who should come walking up before the opening scene fades to black? Daniel Faraday. Yes Virginia,
there is time travel.
Yikes, soooo much happened from there. We caught up with everyone, and I mean everyone,
in the next two hours. Even Mrs. Hawking, who appears to be Ben's personal travel agent (and boss?). I think we'll find
that she will be a key player in this season's storyline also.
Here's a thought; Could she be Daniel's mother? Daniel tells Desmond, in between time
shifts, that he should go to Oxford and contact his mother. He also tells him that he is special, and if you remember,
Mrs. Hawking was very intent on Desmond getting down to his button-pushing duties on the island. Hmmm...
Okay, too much to go over, too little time. Check out the first few caps we've
got up while old berry chews, and sleeps, on all this new info.
Sorry squire, the record's
stuck, the record's stuck, the record's stuck...
During the opening scene the camera focuses
on Chang's record player as he starts it up (Willie Nelson, Shotgun Willie, 1973), then comes back to it as it begins to skip. Later in the episode, Daniel explained their newest dilemma to Sawyer by saying
that time on the island had become like a record that kept skipping. A simple, yet concise description.
We saw "mind flipping" last season, and
it's side effects. This season we're seeing mind and body flipping, but unlike the mind flipping, where Desmond flipped
into his "back home" mind and left his body behind, the Losties are hopping and bopping back and forth in island time only,
at least for now. They disappear and then reappear in the same spot, so to speak. But why? When Ben turns the wheel, he ends
up in Tunisia.
Perhaps different levels of exposure to the islands
power source can cause different reactions. The Others were using the power source to their own ends in a controlled manner
prior to the melt downs (of both the Hatch and the Orchid). It may explain how they seemed to appear out of nowhere at times,
and how they seemed to know the future. Ben gets full juice when he turns the wheel, and he gets flung through both time and
space. The Losties get a healthy zap from the release, and they skip back and forth through island time unchecked, and from
the looks of Charlotte, this is not a good thing.
Regardless of why they are flipping on-island
only, let's look at what this could mean. Did you ever notice that sometimes our heroes seem a little out of character, especially
when they show up somewhere unexpected? Like Locke, when he appears out of the jungle with no warning and lectures Jack (or
whomever) on having faith in the island. And speaking of Jack, how about our first glimpse of him in the season 1 opener.
He's in the jungle, relatively far from the crash site, but he jumps up and runs to the beach, even though he shouldn't
know where he is, or where the beach is...hmmm.
Could it be that from time to time throughout the
series we have been seeing "Losties of the future", who have flipped into the 815 crash time period? I'll have to rewatch
some of the episodes armed with this new knowledge and see if there's any "tell" in anyones actions.
Next up: Jughead
I have to say that he was always one of my favorites, although Betty and Veronica
weren't to shabby either...
Lost is back!
Sit down in your favorite chair and strap yourself
in, because this Wednesday night (01/21) ABC kicks off season 5 of Lost with not 1, not 2, but 3 new episodes of our favorite
show. Here’s the lineup:
8pm EST - “Lost: Destiny Calls” (An all new recap episode)
9pm EST
- “Because You Left” (Season 5/Episode 1)
10pm EST
- “The Lie” (Season 5/Episode 2)
Just to whet your appetite,
check out the latest Doc Jensen column. Doc’s already seen both episode 1 and 2, and although he doesn’t give too much away, he does confirm my suspicion
that season 5 will focus on time travel. He also recommends some previous episodes for rewatching, as they just might help
you fit some pieces together in the coming months.
If you don’t have time to rewatch them all, you can check out our reviews
of past season’s episodes and screen caps below. And as always, we’ll be posting new reviews and screen caps following
each new episode.
So, we’ll reconvene
back here after the premier, and as our friend Dr. Candle/Wickmund/Holliwax/Chang (Phew, this guy’s got some serious
identity issues!) likes to say:
“Thank you, namasté, and good luck.”
Ajira website update
Season Four
Meet Jeremy Bentham - 05/29/08
(There's No Place Like Home, Part 2 - Season Finale)
Click here to read Meet Jeremy Bentham
There's No Place Like Home... 05/15/08
Click here to read There's No Place Like Home
Cabin Fever - 05/08/08
Click here to read Cabin Fever
Something Nice Back Home - 05/01/08
Click here to read Something Nice Back Home
The Shape of Things to Come - 04/24/08
Click here to read The Shape Of Things To Come
Lost Redux
Click here to read Lost Redux
Doc Jensen visits the Lost set in Oahu.
Lets all go to the lobby,
to get ourselves a treat.
Meet Kevin Johnson - 03/20/08
Click here to read Meet Kevin Johnson
Ji Yeon - 03/13/08
Click here to read Ji Yeon
The Other Woman - 03/06/08
Click here to read The Other Woman
The Constant - 02/28/08
Click here to read The Constant
Eggtown - 02/21/08
Click here to read Eggtown
The Economist - 02/14/08
Click here to read The Economist
Confirmed Dead - 02/07/08
Click here to read Confirmed Dead
The Beginning Of The End - 01/31/08
Click here to read The Beginning Of The End
Check out Jeff Jensen's interview:
Lost returns to ABC on Thursday, January 31st at 9pm.
Lost is now scheduled to return a week earlier than expected and will move to
Thursdays at 9pm.
Check out the new season 4 trailer on the Official Lost Site. It seems to impart quite a bit of info and there are some very interesting
stills embedded in the clip (Is that Jack's dad?), but if we know anything for sure about the Lost creative team it's that
they are masters of misdirection and slight of hand when it comes to preview clips.
Be sure to check out the Missing Pieces Videos also. They're previously unreleased shorts designed to fill in some of the backstory to what we've already seen.
There's one involving Walt's time spent in Room 23 that throws quite a bit of light on his stay with "The Others" and his
special abilities.
And if all that isn't enough to whet your appetite and get you tingling in anticipation
for the new season, you can pick up the newly released Season 3 DVD set. It's a 7 disc set chock full of extras and previously unreleased material.
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