Lost


I admit it. They got me. I actually pressed pause on my DVR and said to myself, "What the hell is going on here?" Then it hit me. A flashforward and a flashback at the same time. A Lost first. Oh those tricky writers and their gimmicks.

I'd was mad at the deception but at the same time overwhelmed with the thought of Jin's death. How could they kill him! Why? Is he really dead?

Side theory:



There were all sorts of clues during the flashback, but I wrote them off at the time. One was Jin's phone. I was thinking, "Wow, they have old school phones in Korea! I thought they were early adopters." Another hint was that the store owner selling the Pandas said it was the year of the Dragon (2000.) Probably the biggest tipoff was how awkward Jin was throughout. I actually chalked it up to a guest director at the time. It felt different. Almost comedic. It was not the Jin we know on the island.

The real time happenings were not that impressive this week with the freighter offering the "big" reveal of Michael (Kevin Johnson) and Regina jumping into the water with a massive chain to sink her to the bottom. We did get to meet the captain and were told a story about how Widmore was leading up an expedition to find Ben Linus and that the Oceanic crash was actually staged by someone (hinting at Ben.) The answers came way to easily for Lost, so I am not sure what to take from the facts produced. The secret note from Michael said not to trust the captain and that makes me ever more suspicious. If the "plane crash was staged" story is actually the truth I am somewhat disappointed. I was hoping on more of a supernatural explanation rather then a bankrolled one.

Juliet telling Jin that Sun cheated on her was the WTF moment of the entire episode. I initially wanted to smack Juliet (HOW COULD SHE!) but the truth was that Sun did cheat, and I guess it was best that she removed that burden from her everlasting soul and come clean with Jin. Still, later in the episode when Sun and Juliet talked, I disbelieved how diplomatically it went down.

Next week is the 8th episode, and was slated to be the last before the strike ended (allowing for the production of more episodes.) It is supposed to be a turning point in the season with a new focus. They initially were not going to show it concurrently (this week was supposed to be the last episode in this mini-block) but for some reason they changed their mind\ in the last couple weeks and have decided to show it to us now. Hopefully that means that the production of the new episodes is going well and we will have less of a gap then we originally thought.

Is the death they are hinting at next week Jin or someone else?


BTW: Easter Egg. Nikki.

I have to admit I was fooled with the flashback/flash forward, I didn't figure it out until Jin got to the hospital. Then it all made sense.

I had thought it was highly unlikely that both Sun and Jin would be part of the six.

And what a good little student Jin is, he went from saying little catch phrases and not understanding a word of English to speaking and understanding it fairly well in just a matter of days. Enough to have a meaningful conversation with Bernard and actually come to the realization that he was a very bad person in his life and couldn't really fault Sun for cheating on him.

And that was so low of Juliet. From the promos, I was wondering what she could possibly say to Sun to make her slap her and now I know. She so deserved that slap. Wow.

How sad is it that only Hurley would come to see Sun after the baby was born? I really want to know what happens to them all to cause this rift.

What did we learn from the captain? Widmore is funding the freighter but Ben is behind the elaborate set up of the found flight 815? That second part doesn't make sense to me. I get that he would want any searching stopped and sure I wouldn't put it past him that he could fill a plane with dead bodies to do it. It just doesn't ring true for me though. It could also be that Widmore has set up Ben so the freighter people will help take Ben in.

Widmore and/or the Hanso group are behind it, they want to give families 'closure' so the hunt for the island can be done in peace.

At this point I feel either I am really good at putting the pieces together and these reveals are not all that staggering as they had been in the past. Or the writers are indeed just giving us the easy answers. I'm still getting the enjoyment from the episodes and feel that we are actually going somewhere now with the plot.

Jin and his English skills were a bit baffling to me as well. I guess the writers sided on this being the 4th year of the show rather then the 4th month in Lost time with his linguistic transformation.

I am also getting some enjoyment out of the episodes, but I feel that I do not like the direction in which things are going overall. We are getting answers, the problem is they are just the wrong answers (in my opinion.)

As for the surprises, there have not been many this season. The producers should have kept the Michael thing in the bag (rather then letting the cat out 6 months ago.) That could have at least been an "ah-ha" moment when he came on the scene. I am not a Michael fan in the first place (and was glad he left) so this new development does not excite me in the least bit.

The preview for next week did nothing for me either. Hopefully it is better then it looks...

So Oceanic 6 are:
1)Jack
2)Kate
3)Hurley
4)Sayid
5)Sun
6)Aaron - Probably not really counted since baby

So we should still have one more to determine unless it is Micheal by default (Funeral last season??)

I'm dissapointed that Locke is developing more as a bad guy. I know he's been sketchy for a while but I've always been a big fan of his character and have been rooting for him to somehow turn out to be a good guy.

I'm thinking that you're right and those are the six (with Aaron) because the producers said by the seventh episode all six would be revealed.

Now you could argue that Ben was shown and he could possibly be the 6th. It is possible that he stole an identity from the manifest.

But I'd go with Aaron being the 6th.

After watching this video I don't think Michael is the one who bites it this week.....bummer! I was kind of hoping that they would kill him off right away (I like him as an actor but not as a Lost character.) Could it be the obvious? - Jin?

Really it could be anyone and doesn't necessarily have to be Jin or Claire. But it will probably be one of the two. But it could be say Desmond. (Just throwing a name out there) Or anyone who we know is not coming home with the six.

I'm starting to think that the dead person in the coffin is Ben. We have no idea how far in the future that flash forward was. Ben or Michael. That's my bet.

If Michael is in the coffin then Aeron was not counted as one of the 6. I'm thinking that is the case.

I don't think it is ben in the coffin. My reasoning is just a feeling I guess. I'm guessing that Ben's presence in the non-Lost Island world as sort of Incognito. I don't think he has an identity in regular civilazion so I can't see how there would be a funeral for him there.

Also, I'm going to make the assumption that Kate and Jack eventually make it back to the island. That would occur after this funeral. As central as Ben's character is to this show I can't see him being killed off before they return.

Just a feeling.