Anyway I just wanted to say that while I was waiting for the show to return and anticipating writing up theories and other goodies about the show I realized why I love the show and why I'm going to miss it. Lost isn't about actually knowing the answers to what is going on, it's about playing a game to try and guess what those answers and outcomes are going to be. I have a pretty good level of confidence now that the majority of the questions about the show will be answered this year and because of this, I can be patient in the dolling out of that information. Lost isn't about the destination, it's about the ride as long as there is a destination at the end of it all. Sure we found out what the smoke was after 5 years, (now we need to know who he is) but really did we even really care that much by now? Not me, it was cool to learn and see, and the payoff was pretty freakin cool actually, but in a way I already knew the answer. Personally I like to be engaged by my tv shows, I try to solve Lost, I imagine what I'd do on Amazing Race, I just like being apart of what I'm watching take place, hence my love of video games. So in some small way writing all my garbage up here is like me taking part in the experience that is Lost. And we might as well enjoy it for the time we have left because it's unlikely that we'll ever see a show like this again.
Ok now that I've said my peace let's get to it, as you can see below I kept a little blog going during the commercials as notes for today.
I'm going to do things a little different because there is no reason to recap the plot, we all watched the plot we know what happened. Instead I'm going to highlight on stuff I liked, stuff I didn't like, and then any theories that I might have.
First off we learn that the plane did not crash, Jack is enjoying his secret free drinks with an odd sensation that he's been here before, nice little deja vu. Then Desmond appears and sits next to him. Now the cool thing about Des being there and which was brought up in an interview with the producers (fyi, they say that the big questions from last night will be answered) is that life didn't just change for the people that blew up the Swan, nope the entire world changed, well as much as it can when a nuke goes off in the middle of the Pacific. So for Des instead of crashing into the island he probably kept on sailing. Or let's go even further, maybe Des doesn't even enter the boat race at all, because guess what, if a Neutron bomb went off on the island in 1977, Charles Widmore the one putting on the race would never have survived. And let's go one further, maybe in that case Penny isn't around, or she's raised by her mother instead of her dad, which means that she and Des never meet. Can you imagine that, the best episode of Lost "The Constant" never took place!
I loved watching the two different time lines taking place at the same time. For me it's like watching a "What if" of life play out. For example if I had never gone to Miami to watch the Orange Bowl through my conversation with Jen, which at the time we were only friends, then there is a very strong chance that we never would have gotten married. (Thank you Pete Carroll) So what would that life look like? That's what Lost is this season a big question of what if, but it's still the same characters or are they the same? With Hurley all lucky now and Des on the plane I guess we'll see. I'd imagine they were the same, otherwise the story loses it's value, but I trust in their writing at this point, after 5 years we might as well buy the snake water.
Another thing that was pure awesome was watching Smokey get very very involved, and the line to Ben, "Sorry you had to see me like that" or "You're the monster?... Hey let's not get into name calling." Great stuff, as always the Ben / Locke dynamic on the show is the best and Terry O'Quinn the guy that plays Locke does a great job, look at all of the different types of people he has had to play on the show, it's pretty impressive. I loved Smokey's take on Locke himself, he saw Locke as being a pathetic person, well he sees them all that way actually. it was striking that Locke didn't understand when he was being killed, interesting considering that the whole time he was the most sure of what was supposed to happen on the island. Oh he had a destiny alright, it was to die for Smokey. I guess Locked didn't understand what his real fate was, he thought it was for something great, in reality it was just to be a tool for someone else, kind of like the rest of his life. Smokey kicking Richards ass at the end was pretty fun to watch too, Richard was scared out of his mind.
I had a thought on the cut that was on Jack's neck when he was on the plane. If you remember way back in season 1, when Locke got to the site of the small plane crash with Boone, you might remember that his leg started acting up on him, which is the reason why Boone climbed up into the plane and ended up dieing. At the time I think we all thought that maybe what had caused him to walk was wearing off, but I have a new take on it. Last season he was shot in the leg by Ethan there at the plane site. What if there is some sort of echo between the two worlds where maybe things aren't exactly the same, but there is a sort of physical impression that carries over, just like deja vu? If that is the case then maybe when flying over the island there was a small physical effect on Jack. Granted the flight was 7 miles up for the island so it's kind of a stretch, but that's part of the fun.
Now let's get to something that I really really did not like, the temple and everything to do with it. You know I get where it fits into the plot and I understand why we needed to go there, but really did we need to see another batch of island people pointing guns at the castaways? Really? For those of you not keeping score, the people there were the others that Ben sent to the temple way back in season 3 I think, it's where they have been hanging out. Odd that they'd hang out where Smokey resides, but don't we all have crazy neighbors? And seriously did we need the crazy Korean guy? No we didn't, it added nothing and it was annoying to get another "big mystery" that whole section really pissed me off. And about Sayid dieing and then coming back to life, it's too early to figure out what that was all about, because really I don't care about the fountain. Tony suggested to me that Jacob might now be in Sayid's body, but I personally don't think so, seems too easy and too obvious, but at this point in the game who's to say.
Overall I give the episode an 8, I liked the concept of it, I really liked some parts of it, but the temple really ruined a lot of it for me. Anyway it was two hours of content so there are piles of stuff that I didn't get to, but if you look at my predictions, I think what I said is still in play for the other timeline. Kate is with Claire, and Jack and Locke at linked up too, we'll see.
Until next week
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