Lost 5/15

[Inky_Wretch]

I'm shocked there's not a thread for tonight's show. Is that a sign people are tiring of it?

Not really any answers tonight, but we did see the Oceanic 6 landing in Hawaii and re-entering society. And we saw how Jack finds out Aaron is his nephew.

 

[schiezainc]

I said it before and I'll say it again....

That six week break really killed the momentum this show had. I was hooked----hooked----for the beginning of this year and everything we saw in the first batch of episodes.

While I know I will love these recent episodes upon a second viewing, I can't help but feel that I've disconnected a bit from it. Maybe it's just because I was so in love with the first couple episodes and readily accepted Meet Kevin Johnson as the year's finale, i just don't know.

Also, I don't think there has been an episode thus far as mind-****ing blowing as The Constant in this latest batch so that's certainly not helping.

That being said, I thought this was a good episode. Loved the reunion stuff, especially the whole Kate being alone type thing. Also, it was nice to see Sawyer care about someone besides himself.

Looking forward to the finale, just wish it was next week not in two weeks.

 

[Piotr Rasputin]

Still hooked, still watching, still glad I stuck with it.

 

[schiezainc]

Still hooked, still watching, still glad I stuck with it.

Oh, no doubt. See, I'm one of the few people that enjoyed the sidetrack in Season 3. I love this show and know that I'll be sobbing like a little ***** if/when Penny and Desmond are someday reunited. I also know that the day there are no more new episodes of this show is going to be a depressing ass day for me.

 

[novelist_wannabe]

I looked at my watch 40 minutes in and thought, damn, this is going fast ...

It occurred to me that it's little wonder Jack keeps trying to go back. Everything he runs into post rescue seems to be a lie.

Oh, and did it strike anyone else that the orchid drawing Farraday had in his book looked a lot like the Oceanic logo?

 

[Appgrad05]

Novelist - I actually noticed that too, right off.

I am not sure what people are saying about the momentum talk. Every show went through this, and the good ones are getting through it. Lost has always had a dedicated audience, who are committed to the show. They come back when the show goes off for seven months, so I don't think seven weeks was a big deal.

The final two minutes or so of this episode is what I've always loved about lost. The soft, sad music playing while we shift to all the characters, really taking stock of where they are in their lives. Yeah, this show is about time travel. Yeah, this show is about bad people wanting to control everything. But it's also about a group of strangers, stranded on an island and trying to survive. My girlfriend just started watching this season, and I told her season one is going to blow her mind because there's none of what Ben brought us. It was about trying to survive, and a hatch on the island was the season-long mystery. And, to think, back then we were all astounded by it.

 

[beefncheddar]

It sets up the rest of the season quite nicely.

C'mon, somebody had to say it.

 

[schiezainc]

It sets up the rest of the season quite nicely.

C'mon, somebody had to say it.

Oh man, that rug really tied the room together......

 

[Sly]

I've actually liked all the episodes since they came back, but let's call last night's installment for what it was: An hour of setting things up for what will hopefully be a great 2-hour finale.

 

[ifilus]

Perhaps I missed this. Are we to assume that Jim dropped a dime on Ryan?

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Perhaps I missed this. Are we to assume that Jim dropped a dime on Ryan?

Crossthread?

 

[ifilus]

Perhaps I missed this. Are we to assume that Jim dropped a dime on Ryan?

Crossthread?

My bad.
Though I thought I saw Toby boarding the raft.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Enjoyed the show, because it basically bordered down to its main premise: Survival. There wasn't as much searching for this clue, or that clue. It is about man vs. man.

Looking forward to the season-ender. The first and third season-enders were great, the second was pretty good.

I'm wondering though, what's going to be Ben's plan? ...

 

[Appgrad05]

Enjoyed the show, because it basically bordered down to its main premise: Survival. There wasn't as much searching for this clue, or that clue. It is about man vs. man.

Looking forward to the season-ender. The first and third season-enders were great, the second was pretty good.

I'm wondering though, what's going to be Ben's plan? ...

Guessing it involves the Others, plus Sayid and Kate. They're stealthy, armed and move fast.

 

[qtlaw]

Ben always has a plan.

 

[93Devil]

One half assed theory.


They move the island 15 years into the future of into the past at the Orchid.

The members on the island who are 15 years into the future/past are sending the numbers back to the presnet to try and tell the present day characters about what is going to happen.

Ben was signaling himself with the mirror.

 

[HC]

Man, I loved this episode. I was on the edge of my seat wondering what happened next.

And can I just say that when Said was reunited with Nadya, especially given that we know how that's gonna end, I was weeping like a schoolgirl.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Ben always has a plan.

And it doesn't always work, like at the end of season 3, when the Others got blown up trying to attack the island.

But, I've got to admit, I'm starting to root for Ben a little bit, especially against the Whitmore group. It's almost like a wrestling babyface turn.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

One half assed theory.


They move the island 15 years into the future of into the past at the Orchid.

The members on the island who are 15 years into the future/past are sending the numbers back to the presnet to try and tell the present day characters about what is going to happen.

Ben was signaling himself with the mirror.

That's a popular theory to the "move the island" phrase.

They're going to move the whole thing into the past, give themselves more time to prepare for the final battle.

 

[STLIrish]

So, how do Sun and Aaron get reunited with Jack, Kate & co. in time to get off the island?
Because, while I really hope the ship doesn't blow up (b/c that means killing off Desmond), I don't see how it ends any other way for that crowd. Clearly they don't all make it back, b/c Jin's dead/missing and we've got anonymous Losties on the boat now.
Maybe she takes the next boat back with Faraday to get away from the bomb? Seems like a stretch. But I'm sure they've thought of something.