Flashback, flashforward, flash-two-places-at-once?
Last night’s episode of Lost brought the intensity of the story to a whole new dimension. Literally. We’ve seen Desmond’s flashes of the future before and learned that time on the island was weird, but this episode really delved into the subject.
Not only was Desmond transported back in time, the quality of the writing was a blast from the past seasons with intensity normally only seen on the season finales. I mentioned in an earlier blog post that Lost has really redeemed itself after the pathetic third season, and I now I think it really has potential to be better than ever before.
The fourth season of Lost, however, is addictive and intense in a different kind of way than the first two seasons. The show used to have so many undertones and subplots of religion and philosophy, but it seems that the writers are abandoning much of that to go deeper into the sci-fi aspects of the island than before. Daniel the physicist seems to be a character that’s going to help us understand more about the island, and so far I really like him. By “like him” I mean “trust him.” Don’t get me started on Charlotte and Miles. They creep me out.
I’m glad that the new science-heavy Lost isn’t losing the humanness that made the earlier seasons so good. The flashbacks were such a great way to get to know characters, and the connections between the characters that were shown were always fun—especially because the characters themselves didn’t know the connections exist (ex. Clare and Jack are half-siblings, but don’t know it). Anyway, bringing Penny back as Desmond’s “constant” was a great way to keep the personal, emotional touch.
I’m so glad that Penny was back, even though we probably won’t see her again for a while. Her storyline drives me crazy because it has the most holes in it. Why was the communications room on the ship sabotaged and who did it? Why aren’t the people on the ship allowed to take Penny’s calls? And HOW DID SHE FIND OUT ABOUT THE ISLAND IN THE FIRST PLACE?
I can’t wait for next week’s episode.
Lost in this show
I have been watching Lost since the beginning of this season, but before that I had never seen it. At first, when I started watching it, I was really confused and had no clue what was going on. Then I saw Lost in 8:15, that summarizes the first three seasons into 8 minutes and 15 seconds. After seeing this I recognized how great a show Lost is. Although I have only seen about 5 episodes now, I can surely say that this past episode on Thursday, February 28th was the best of all time.
This episode was about Desmond being stuck between time and jumping back and forth between 1996 and present day. Each time he goes into the past and then back, the time shortens. His brain will short-circuit unless he makes a constant connection with someone from both times.
I don’t know why I thought it was so good, but it was. I absolutely loved it and would suggest everyone join the Lost bandwagon.
I will probably talk about Lost next week also. Check in soon,
~Anthony D.
Found: One great show, no new answers
If you’re one of those people who recorded the season premiere of Lost last night to do homework and hasn’t watched it yet…go read someone else’s blog.
For those of you who did watch (or who just don’t care), I think you’ll agree that Lost is returning to its former glory.
I have to admit that although the third season finale’s flash-forward brought thrill, excitement, and an agonizing desire for answers that’s been bugging me for months, it also made me nervous. Lost’s third season was weak. Although not every episode was as bad as the Nikki-Paulo fiasco, I was really doubting whether the show could survive. Would jumping into the future to show us that Jack and Kate (and we can now add Hurley and three unknowns) got off the island take the intrigue out of future episodes?
Absolutely not. If anything, answering one question about the future has only intensified the mystery. As much as I love the flashbacks, I really hope that we see more about the future as the season develops.
The only thing that really bothered me about this episode was that Jack tried to shoot Locke. Actually, it seemed like Jack and Locke had a bit of an identity swap.
Five minutes before the end of Lost’s fourth season premiere I was yelling “GO WITH LOCKE, YOU STUPID, STUBBORN, FAITHLESS, EGOMANIAC MURDERER” at Jack, but several minutes later I was silent.
Hurley thinks that he should have gone with Jack? Wait. What? This is such a role reversal. I’m used to Locke being the one to maker the freaky-faith-based decisions that end up being right. Also, he’s not afraid to shoot, while Jack is much more about the “saving.” It was so uncharacteristic of Jack to try and kill Locke that I assumed no good could come of his decision to meet the mysterious boat crew. Actually, depending on how you view the choice’s consequences on his future, it could be “good” or “bad….”
This brings up the question of whether Locke is “good” or “bad.” First of all, I hate to use the terms “good” and “bad” because right and wrong are so ambiguous on the show. Putting this aside, there’s never been any question in my mind that Locke is a good guy. Sure he can be a little eccentric, but faith can make you kind of crazy, right? It just seems weird that Hurley, looking back on his experience, decides that he was wrong to follow Locke.
I’ve always thought that Locke’s supernatural connection to the island would help protect the group, and when he was so sure that the boat could only bring danger, I assumed that he had received cautionary advice from Jacob. Is Locke purposely leading his group towards danger under the direction of Jacob? I guess we just have to wait to find out the consequences of the Jack-Locke schism.
Also, what’s up with Penelope? Is she just someone who’s going to pop up during season finales to annoy us and raise more questions? Lost leaves A LOT of things hanging, but it’s been two years since we saw the men working for Penny in the listening station, and I’d really like to know what’s going on over there.
Lost, you drive me crazy. And I love it.
LOST RETURNS!!!!
Last night on ABC, LOST returned with its fourth season. All I can say is….AMAZING. Without giving much away, season 4 opens with the oncoming arrival of what appears to be a rescue team, coming to save the survivors of Oceanic flight 815, after 91 days stuck on an island, invisible to the rest of the world.
Sadly, however, this season may be very short lived, due to the current writers’ strike. Depending on how much longer it continues, season 4 may very well be a mere 8 episodes. Co-executive producer Damon Lindelof told viewers that the 8th episode has a cliff-hanger, although it will not be on the same level as a season finale.
This season plays with time. LOST has always been known to use flashbacks to describe characters motives and emotions, but as seen last night (as well as the season 3 finale), flashforwards exist, providing the ultimate fates of our dearly beloved survivors. Now with three continuing story-lines, the show has become even more complicated and undecipherable.
Regardless, I will continue to watch LOST religiously until it ends or gets taken off the air (note: pun).
