LOST (Season 4 premiere)

[Double Down]

So, 2-hour premiere Thursday. (You can watch last year's season 3 finale, "Through the Looking Glass" tonight, Wednesday.)

Sepinwall says he's seen the first two, and they're really, really good. Won't say anything else.

http://sepinwall.blogspot.com/2008/01/craphole-island-roolz.html

Diane Wertz of Newsday says the first two are superb. And she admits that she gave up in the middle of last season.

Looks like we'll see flash forwards become part of the regular storytelling now.

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/ny-ettell5555593jan30,0,2205345.column

Also, for you Wire fans, looks like Lance Reddick (Cedric Daniels) will be a character this season.

Your thoughts on what to expect? Did you give up in the middle of last season? Are you confident the show has its mojo back?

 

[Piotr Rasputin]

Never thought it lost its mojo. Until the final episode airs, I'll assume the writers have some kin of a plan. And when they deviate from it - as they did when they listened to "fans" and offed Nikki and Paolo last season - they'll just come up with new and interesting ideas.

I remember last year, the one with the Volkswagen Bus with the dead body and the beer in it was roundly lambasted here. "It doesn't advance the PLOT!!!!!!!!" was the cry. And we eventually found out that dude in the van was Ben's daddy, and gee, that whole thing kind of fit in the history as well as the season's finale.

Last year, some fans got bitter because there was too much with the "Others" at the beginning of the season: "The show needs to get back to what made it GREAT!!!!!!!!!!" Yes, God forbid we finally start getting some fleshing out of a group of new characters that have been talked about since the very early episodes.

The show is great; and that finale last year was a massive love letter to those of us who stuck with it. So yeah, I'm damn excited, and I think mojo will be higher than ever now that we'll get flash-forwards as well as flashbacks.

It's not Heroes, whose creators spent more time reading their own press than they did planning out quality plotlines for the new season.

 

[ArnoldBabar]

I'm so excited for this that I'm already sitting in a puddle of my own urine.

 

[Piotr Rasputin]

I'm so excited for this that I'm already sitting in a puddle of my own urine.

Good stuff, Babar.

Funnier than anything Mitch Hedberg ever said.

 

[ArnoldBabar]

I'm so excited for this that I'm already sitting in a puddle of my own urine.

Good stuff, Babar.

Funnier than anything Mitch Hedberg ever said.

Why must you tarnish such a wonderful thread with your ignorance about comedy?

 

[Barsuk]

What Piotr said. (About Lost, not Hedberg. I'm indifferent toward him.)

 

[STLIrish]

Can't wait.

 

[Kid Bro Sweets]

I'm super geeked about the new season of Lost.

As a side item, I love Matthew Fox as Jack. Can he do anything else? His acting range mirrors that of Carrot Top.

 

[93Devil]

http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/index?pn=photos#t=54633

I have forgotten so much.

I am so happy it is back, but I am also depressed knowing there is going to be a huge gap after these shows.

This writers strike is really starting to suck.

 

[bagelchick]

I will watch, but I have forgotten everything about what happened last season. I think there's a recap on tonight.....hopefully. When I see the previews for this year, none of what happened last year is ringing a bell.

Much too long between seasons......

 

[StormSurge]

I'm excited as well.

EW's cheat sheet:

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20174762,00.html?iid=top25-20080130-''Lost''%3A+Preseason+cheat+sheet

 

[93Devil]

http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/index?pn=connection

Lord, I need to catch up.

 

[ArnoldBabar]

I'm excited as well.

EW's cheat sheet:

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20174762,00.html?iid=top25-20080130-''Lost''%3A+Preseason+cheat+sheet

Damn, that story takes a hard-core turn on the third page.

I need to find the finale from last year before tomorrow. Too many gaps in my memory, even though I watched it twice after it aired.

 

[spup1122]

It starts tonight. It's a 2 hr. 2 night premiere. Just so you all don't miss it.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

It starts tonight. It's a 2 hr. 2 night premiere. Just so you all don't miss it.

No, tonight's show is a recap show.

Thursday is the premiere and it is two hours.

 

[Barsuk]

Here's my understanding:

Tonight is a repeat of last year's two-hour season finale. Thursday night is the two-hour "premier event," which is an hour of programming called "Lost: Past, Present and Future" and a one-hour episode. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that's the deal.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Here's my understanding:

Tonight is a repeat of last year's two-hour season finale. Thursday night is the two-hour "premier event," which is an hour of programming called "Lost: Past, Present and Future" and a one-hour episode. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that's the deal.

From looking at the ABC site, it called tonight's episode an "enhanced recap."

Thursday night is all new.

 

[Webster]

The "enhanced recap" means that they add a 30 second scene at some point and pass it off as new.

 

[ArnoldBabar]

My guide says tonight is the Season 3 finale but "includes on-screen facts and back stories to allow viewers to catch up on the action."

 

[spup1122]

I stand corrected.