One Of Our Islands Is Missing
Posted on | May 30, 2008 at 8:13 am | 2 Comments
[Spoiler Warning]
Last night was the fourth season finale of Lost. I predict that some people will say this is where the show jumped the shark. (Although I was almost saying that at the end of last season, thinking the Flash Forwards would ruin the show; they didn’t.) But now we’re at the point where the show is unabashedly science fiction. The spatial and temporal displacement stuff is a dead giveaway. Okay, there have been strong hints of that all season, especially in that Daniel/Desmond “time travel” episode, but somehow that’s not the same thing as seeing Ben turn a giant wheel under the island and have the whole thing just disappear in front of witnesses with a wave of water rushing in to fill the void.
Generally, I liked it. There was a lot of suspense and a lot of revelations. I had already begun to suspect it was Locke in the coffin, so that didn’t surprise me much. But the whole thing around the freighter explosion kinda had me scratching my head. What about all those other people on the ship who supposedly went down with it (and with Jin)? At least some of those were 815 survivors brought there by Daniel. Everyone was running around with those life vests, but did they really know what was going on? Why didn’t more people try to get onto the helicopter? Just how many non-major cast 815 survivors are left on the island? They’ve been dropping like flies the last several episodes.
But there were a lot of intriguing things set up for next season (which seems like a long ways away). Is Sun really working against the rest of the survivors because she blames them for Jin’s death? We know she’s at least in good with Hurley from a previous Flash Forward. Will the Oceanic Six be able to find the island and make it back there? Will Locke come back to life, and what killed him anyway? What have the people on the island been up to? Will Jack ever shave off that godawful beard and will Kate stop crying and whining like a little girl? Tune in next year…
Latre.
Jogged Today: Yes (@ 50°F)
Songs That Came Up On The iPod While Jogging:
- “Naked In The City Again” (Hot Hot Heat)
- “Red Rose” (Alphaville)
- “The Loss Adjuster (Excerpt 2)” (Jarvis Cocker)
- “Freedom Rock” (Frank Black)
- “For Awhile” (The Feelies)
- “Don’t Stop Now” (Crowded House)
- “Heatwave” (Fay Ray)
Poignant Search Term Of The Day That Led To This Blog: “sticky stuff screen”.
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2 Responses to “One Of Our Islands Is Missing”
May 30th, 2008 @ 2:20 pm
I’m pretty close to being done with the show as it is. If they drag Locke’s carcass back to the island and he comes back to life I’m done. But why are they still listening to Ben anyway? “Well, 37 of the last 38 times we listened to him we were sorry but maybe we should give him another chance…”
May 31st, 2008 @ 5:40 am
I have never watched an episode but hear about it. I am playing a game where I read all the spoilers and discussions I stumble across and try to figure out the show. I can’t. It’s incomprehensible.
I prefer my dramas gritty and realistic. So just who is the Final Cylon?