I really enjoyed the end. I think it resolved stuff pretty well. Sure, it didn’t give answers to many of the, uh, many questions people have, but ultimately that isn’t what Lost was about.
It was, of course, about the characters. Those characters that we’ve come to know and love over the last 6 years (ok, and perhaps hate… ) I think it was a pretty good resolution for all of them.

Jack died, and the show ended on a scene very similar to the very first one. But, everyone died… after however long. They didn’t die as a result of the plane crash or the bomb, but of individual reasons, some of which we witnessed; and once they did, they met up in the sideways world, with the realization of their lives. That’s my take at least. Though I’m not sure whether the sideways world actually happened of if it was part of the ‘afterwords’ bit.
As for why Ben didn’t want to go into the church? He was aware, but not ready? Perhaps he’s gonna spend some more time with Alex.
I think ultimately Ben ended up being a good guy. Hurley was grateful for his help as number 2, and he didn’t go on as big a killing spree as the last episode suggested he might.

Something about the fight between Locke and Jack reminded me of the fight between Anakin and Obi-Wan in episode 3. It was a pretty epic fight & Kate getting to finish the job was rather appropriate somehow. It also explained the mark on Jack’s neck; I thought that would come up since it came up in last weeks episode again.

There were lots of bits in this episode that made me laugh. Hurley, as usual, was behind a couple, but the conversation between Mocke & Jack was pretty funny.

“That’s kinda true dude, he’s worse than Yoda” – Hurley

“What was that?” – Sayid… “That was Charlie” – Hurley

“I don’t believe in a lotta things but I do believe in duck tape” – Miles

So, Richard is no longer immortal, Lapedus is alive, Hurley’s the newest Jacob and ol’ Smokey is gone. Not forgetting Ben who seemed rather pleased with being asked for help with the island.

Well, I’ll leave it at that for now. Here’s hoping something lives up to Lost someday. Until then, there’s Fringe, which is pretty damn good if you ask me. Oh, and you should watch this video and perhaps this one too. Just incase you haven’t yet realised what it’s gonna be like without Lost.

I kid… kinda

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…it really seemed to advance the story quite a bit.

First off, this episode was entitled “The Last Recruit” — having watched it, I’m not exactly clear on who that’s about…. Jack joining team Mocke, perhaps Desmond getting Claire on board in the alternate world? I don’t know.

Anyway, Sun an Jin finally met up, that was rather nicely done. She’s fine and the baby too, in the alternate world. They are of course taken to the same hospital everyone has been to this season — including Locke. When Sun’s being wheeled into the hospital she starts freaking out when she sees Locke next to her… I assume she had some realization of the island timeline and was afraid of him since he’s the smoke monster…?

Of course, it had to be Jack who gets called in to do the surgery on Locke; upon seeing his face Jack says “I think I know this guy”. It’s probable that he’s just remembering him from the airport, but I suppose there’s a chance he’s remembering Locke from the island.

Both of the zombies, Sayid & Claire (okay, I’ll admit, Claire isn’t really a zombie but, I digress) seemed to show some inkling of a personality in this episode — Sayid clearly didn’t kill Desmond like Mocke asked him to and Claire had a brief moment of relative sanity with her bro, Jack. Perhaps Sayid does indeed have feelings still.

So, according to Claire once Mocke has spoken to you you’re on his side; hmmmm. That would make, erm, everyone on his side. Surely it can’t be that way.

There were some surprising character contrasts — Jack having complete faith in the island; to the extent that when he left it, he felt as though part of himself was missing… causing him to jump off the boat and swim back. Also, Kate saying we have to go back to the island! Admittedly, I’m guessing she’s just saying that because of Jack, but still.

Mocke speaking of how pathetic Locke was felt rather cruel, though it was quite funny that he was saying it to Jack who, it seems, is on the island for that reason alone — he has faith.

I assume Desmond knew that Jack’s lawyer was looking for Claire and that’s why he took her there? If so, I’m wondering how he knew that!? Either way, it was all very coincidental.

Oh yeah, there isn’t an episode on next week, in 2 weeks time there’s “The Candidate”.

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“Sayid ain’t invited, he’s gone over to the dark side”
“Yeah, but you can always bring people back from the dark side… I mean Anakin”

So, Jack has a kid and surprise surprise, their relationship isn’t that great. He seems not to remember his appendectomy occurring (which happened when he was 7 or 8, in the side-flashes, and not-so-long ago in the standard timeline); which is rather strange since he also was looking at that weird cut on his neck in the first episode and didn’t seem to know anything about it.

Here’s something a little odd: Jack’s mum (or mom, if you must) says that David (Jack’s son) was upset at the funeral….. Whose funeral though?? They don’t have Christian’s body yet, surely they wouldn’t have gone ahead with the funeral? I suppose there’s a chance it was a mistake, but, I suppose we’ll find out eventually. If we don’t, I’ll just assume they were talking about Christian.

Meanwhile, Claire has  definitely lost it. She’s replaced her baby with a creepy skull,  she’s now friends with Mocke/Smokey/… and is convinced (having been told by Mocke) that the temple-folk stole her baby. Also, when Jin tells her the truth that Aaron was taken off the island by Kate, she doesn’t believe him and says if that’s true she’d have to kill Kate… Infections these days, eh?

Shouty Jack, the Shoutiest Doctor in the West™

Mocke and Claire are off to the temple, it would seem and Jacob made sure Hurley and Jack weren’t there; instead, they’re at his weird lighthouse which contains a mirror that, when pointed to certain degrees seemingly shows images of people’s lives. Also, each degree is mapped to a ‘candidate’. Very strange indeed. Having seen his childhood home, Jack gets angry and smashes the magical mirrors and buggers off outside to stare at the ocean. Apparently though, that was Jacob’s plan all along — to make Jack realize how important he is.

What Dogen said in Japanese, in response to Hurley saying he can do whatever he wants was apparently “You’re lucky that I have to protect you. Otherwise I’d have cut your head off.”
Nice, huh? I wonder if he has to protect Hurley because he already knows he’s a candidate or if it’s just because he was on one of Jacob’s lists?

Well, next week’s episode is called “Sundown” and if it follows the same pattern, (same character-centric episodes as season 1), it’ll be a Sun / Jin centric episode.

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“He turns up whenever he wants. He’s like Obi-Wan Kenobi”

I definitely could have taken screenshots of better things in this episode, but the fun you can have looking through Jack scenes in slow-mo is almost never ending

I was left rather speechless after seeing this episode. It’s awesome…. but it’s difficult to say exactly why. Nice mythology-style episode.

So, Jacob has a list of the Losties who are apparent ‘candidates’ and each of them has a number next to them
Locke was 4, now crossed out, Hurley was 8, Sawyer was 15, Sayid was 16, Jack was 23 and Kwon (Jin or Sun, I guess) are 42.

There were some people we recognize crossed out on there: Claire, Faraday, “Goodspeed” – Ethan, perhaps? & Charlie, to name a few.
Interestingly, there seems to be no mention of Kate on the mysterious rock — Perhaps it’s because she didn’t do what Jacob advised her to do as a child? i.e. Be good and stop stealing.

It seems rather logical to assume that Jacob isn’t wasn’t there to protect the island, but rather to prevent Smokey / Mocke / … from leaving the island. I wonder when he was a man, and what happened in order for him to become ‘trapped’?

Presently, it seems as though Sawyer is on his side, which currently seems to be the Dark side…

Ben was awesome in both dimensions, especially his speech at the funeral

I wonder who that kid is… and whose message he’s giving. Also, why couldn’t Richard see him and Sawyer could? If you notice, when he appears first, he has blood all over both arms, whereas later, he doesn’t. Who knows what that means!

Mocke throwing the white stone out to sea and responding with “inside joke” when Sawyer asks what that was all about… ’twas quite funny. It’s clearly about the metaphor of light vs dark, as the original Locke pointed out by holding up two stones in the first season.

I wonder how any of the candidates are supposed to know what to do once Jacob’s dead? Perhaps Richard is supposed to tell them, but hasn’t had the chance yet? I’m hoping we’ll discover more about this.

In the alternate dimension Locke wasn’t having the best of times, but to be honest, it was really enjoyable to watch. Quite funny at times too.

There’s lots more to write about this episode, but I can’t think straight right now so this is it. Until next week, with the episode “Lighthouse”

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“DON’T TELL ME WHAT I CAN’T DO!”

Well… that was pretty uneventful. Turns out Kate doesn’t do a great deal

So, Sayid’s been claimed by, erm, “darkness” & island-Claire too. Well, that’s that dude’s theory anyway. It seems as though the infection is somehow associated with the Temple; assuming this is the same thing…. Doesn’t really make sense though there are certainly more pressing questions that will hopefully be answered.

It’s rather weird that people seem bound to do similar things in the alternate dimension-thing… Claire has to raise her baby, Ethan is the one injecting her with drugs, Claire somehow knowing what to call her son…

Claire was stupidly trusting of Kate considering she just had a gun held at her and the taxi driver [who valiantly ran off ]. I suppose it’s related to the fact that they still seem connected somehow.

Sawyer was understandably down in this episode and it had him resenting ‘Sayid’ or who/whatever that is…. Unsure about what exactly Kate was crying about on the dock though. There’s multiple possibilities.

Attempting to poison ‘Sayid’ — why not just come out and kill him? They can’t possibly pass off giving him the tablet and claiming it was a mistake he died. Seems pretty stupid. Either way they’d lose whatever small amount of trust the Losties have for these randomers, who are yet to explain themselves in the slightest.

I wonder why it’s so important that Sawyer returns to the temple..?

Something strange about this episode: the date on Claire’s ultrasound was 10-22-2004; The Oceanic 815 we’re most familiar with crashed on 09-22-2004…. Hmm. I wonder how that happened?

Here’s hoping next week’s “The Substitute” is a little more action-packed… or WTF-packed….. [Can I hope for answer-packed?]

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“You’re not a zombie, right?”

So, Juliet said “It worked” — did it? Barring Juliet herself [:(], they’re all alive on the island. Yet they’re also all alive on the alternate-Oceanic 815; as are some people who died on-island i.e. Boone & Charlie…. Hmm

Like last season’s premiere, it’s certainly an episode that needs others to explain what’s happening.

There were quite a few differences on the alternate/plane side of things; Hurley being lucky for one, that’s the exact opposite of the Hurley we know. It seems as though Jack knows something’s a little wrong, just based on how he looked closely at himself in the mirror. Dunno what that’s about at this point, but none of them seem to have conscious knowledge of their alternate life.

One of the strangest things about the alternative-dimension (whatever it is…) was that the island is deep underwater….. (But there’s still a Dharma shark swimming around). Very odd indeed.

Ruh Roh, Hurley's wearing red :S

Hurley was quite awesome in the beginning part of the episode. Providing a laugh too with his inability to use the gun.

Is that Sayid or is it Jacob in his body?? Either way, ending the episode with him saying “What happened?” must’ve had a lot of people thinking ‘Good question’.

So…. They’ve got a lot of explaining to do with just the stuff they introduced in this episode. Let alone the stuff from other seasons. Next weeks episode is called “What Kate Does”

Hmph. Well, I’m eagerly awaiting next weeks episode; and I’ll certainly be thinking some more about this episode… Hopefully next weeks episode will clarify the situation a little. Until then, then.

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Spoilers follow! [if you haven't seen it]

Wow.

Mind Fuck!

This is one of those episodes which clearly needs more episodes to allow us to fully understand what’s going on…

What’s Ben’s real agenda?

Why won’t we Jack & Ben find out what happened to those left on the island if they are going back?

It looks as though Desmond will have a big part; woo!

Who is that baby from the very beginning? – the kid of Dr. Marvin Candle — someone we know?

So….. If Ben doesn’t get Hurley back to the island, it seems as though something verrry bad will happen to everyone — at least according to the old woman from Desmond flashbacks who seems to be involved with Ben and time.

Looks like Charlotte is gonna need to sort out a constant; or the island needs to stop moving them or itself in time!

Locke turning up and saving Sawyer & Juliet was awesome; very enjoyable.

So Locke has to get off the island, convince people to come back with him, die and then be taken back to the island in order to save everyone else! Will he come back to life when he gets back to the island!?

This brings me onto Christian Shephard (Jack’s Dad) — is he actually alive and not just a vision? [like Ana Lucia, who I totally never expected to see ever again!] Could he have come alive when in the past and moved forward in time?

Faraday. At the beginning with Dr. Candle! He actually moved through time, surely! Oh yeah, and did he know that it was gonna be Desmond in the hatch or not? I think he looked in his journal before so perhaps he did. Though, unless he changed the past, he knows a lot about what he has to do!

Very confusing. Lots and lots of questions! But a VERY good start to a new season.

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Afterthought: As expected, Claire is nowhere to be seen

Some Lots of Spoilers follow!….Locke was the one in the coffin!!!!!

The boat exploded!

Jin did, most likely die!

The island disappeared!!

Desmond & Penny!

Hurley & Mr. Eko! Playing chess.

Awesome beginning to that part, I thought… just a straight transition from the ‘previously’ into new content.

I really didn’t see Locke leaving the island, but obviously whatever happens after the 6 leave is really bad. I think I’m gonna need to rewatch this episode; especially with the knowledge that Jeremy Bentham is Locke.

What will happen to those that remained on the island e.g. Sawyer, Juliet…. (are there any others?).

Presumably, Ben moved the island physically as it did disappear right out from under the chopper. Though this episode added to the confusion regarding time-fuckery.

How did Miles (ghostbuster dude ) know that Charlotte was born on the island? Why did he choose to stay on the island. Charlotte I can kinda understand but not Miles.

Nice sacrifice by Sawyer; what he whispered to Kate was obviously him asking Kate to do the thing that annoyed Jack in the not-so-distant future.

I don’t really understand why Ben can’t come back to the island seeing as he’s the one who moved it. I kinda get as to why he had to leave though; he had to turn the frozen donkey wheel to move the island and that resulted in him teleporting into the desert and into the future!

The call Kate received in her ‘dream’ was pretty interesting. I fully expected it to be saying something and it was. Backwards. When played forward it says “The island needs you. You have to go back before it’s too late” [hear it here].

I wonder who Claire was telling Kate not to take back to the island; Locke, or perhaps more likely Aaron?

Who should Desmond prevent from finding him? I’m sure I’m not alone in hoping that Jack does get to see Desmond ‘in another life, brotha’

Anywho, I’m sure in the time until the next episode (it’s in bloody 2009!) I’ll have posted something about Lost again even if it’s just some more questions that have formed in my head or as is more likely, me whining about how long it is until the next episode.

On that matter then, these will resume at an un-announced date in 2009. Farewell.

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Oh and was it just me hoping that they didn’t blue-ball us with finding out who was in the coffin? I would have been annoyed if we got as close and didn’t find out; I’m glad we did.

Edit: Ben says “we’re gonna have to bring him too”… Does that mean Ben is going back as well?

Oh yer and Hoffs / Drawler (the name of the funeral parlor) is an anagram of Flash Forward; wasn’t it nice of the Lost writers / producers to tell us that last year?

Reserving judgement about this episode until I’ve seen the last two hours….

Spoilers follow as usual

I didn’t think this episode had the finale feeling yet, though I suppose there are two hours left.

The way that Jack found out Claire was his sister was done really well and I thought the scene was pretty well acted (especially considering it was Jack, whose normal acting ‘style’ is shouty).

Where has all that TNT C4 come from!? 4 of the Oceanic 6 are currently on the island and Sun + Aaron might go back to the island with the next batch considering what they just saw….. Does everyone else blow up!? Desmond! Michael! Scott / Steve! (just joking there )

Perhaps that is too predictable for Lost? That’s my thinking, but the Michael thing was incredibly predictable.

Who did Ben signal with the mirror?

I loved Locke’s question: Doesn’t moving the island move the people on it too?

Time-wise it seems very close to the time when the Oceanic 6 get off the island and when Ben teleports [or whatever he does] off the island.

Very interesting stuff going on….. two weeks time for the conclusion then! Exciting; very much so but after that it’s a very very long wait and lot’s of the other TV shows are finishing too *sigh*

Oh well, I guess I could always go outside…. or play halo

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Spoilers follow if you haven’t seen it….

So, Jacob wants to move the island…!?!?!?

Without realising it was true, I kinda got the feeling that this was a pre-finale episode since it had the feeling that it was setting up for something big to happen and there was a small segment of their finale music.

So, this coming week it’s the first part of the three hour finale followed by nothing and then the 2 hour season conclusion the week afterwards. I don’t know whether to be happy or sad about that *shrug*

The Christian Shephard thing got a lot more interesting this episode – not that it wasn’t more prevalent in the previous episode; I just couldn’t be bothered to write about that episode.

What was with Claire just sitting there in Jacobs’ cabin with Christian – it was really creepy. Is she dead? It doesn’t seem like here to leave her baby. This is clearly setting up the story that will result in Aaron getting off the island with Kate.

The fact that Richard showed up twice during the early parts of Locke’s life is very interesting — how did they know Locke was a person of interest? Because he survived at such a young age and then an 8 story fall?

He’s always the same age! WHAT THE HELL!?

I genuinly expected to see Abaddon (the ‘orderly’ with Locke who has some weird connections) in Jacob’s cabin when he said about how when they run into each other again; Locke’ll owe him one.

It’s weird that it now appears as though Locke was selected from the beginning (of his life) and that they knew his plane was going to crash on the island.

Very confusing stuff. But also awesome stuff.

I thought Sayid going back to the island would be when the Oceanic 6 were going to get back to the boat; but at the moment, they’re not all in the same place!

Also, I wonder what will happen to Desmond — understandably, he doesn’t want to go back to the island…. but what happens to him? Does he get back to the real world or does he [reluctantly] go back to the island? He wouldn’t be counted as an Oceanic member & therefore wouldn’t get much publicity — perhaps he too is off the island with the 6?

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Awesome gif file — DON’T TELL ME WHAT I CAN’T DO!

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I am, as usual, referring to Lost. [whilst sitting here procrastinating]                                  

The premiere of season 4 was great and I posted about it, episode 2 was OK….. nothing special (though better than 4) and 3 brought back the awesomeness again….. but 4 – I didn’t like it. It felt like a filler episode.

Some spoilers follow for those that haven’t seen episode 4

Yes, there was some more questions posed (AS BLOODY USUAL! but if you want answers, go watch something else). OK, so it appears that Kate now has Claire’s baby…. slightly unexpected[and I shall not claim to have seen it coming because I didn't], but not really an amazing twist in the story, nothing like Sayid now working for Ben I-MO.

But, other than that I thought the rest of the episode was completely pointless. Why did Kate have to ask Ghostbuster dude whether he knew who she was in that manner? They just spent a bloody while walking across the island together during which time it would have been much more sensible for her to ask!

But, of course it was just a way to get the two together so he could ask Ben(ry ) for 3.2 million dollars. Which, was slightly strange and the fact that Ben commented on it was appreciated. However, he didn’t seem outraged by that request so it seems that he is able to comply. Which adds to the question of who is Ben really??

So, are we to expect a good episode next week? If the pattern continues, yes. I really hope it is. Hopefully we get to find out what happened to Desmond and Sayid…. And maybe, just maybe we’ll find out who Ben’s spy is on the boat – - as the writers seem to think its important by making lots of people ask Ben who it is on screen. [I personally don't see what difference it makes to them - he could just reply its Steve...] So, clearly the spy is important Michael perhaps? Since he has been credited for this season which in itself was quite a spoiler

Anywho, really ought to be doing some work…

But, I won’t end up doing any.

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Incidentally, I could just go look up that guy’s name, but I’d rather call him Ghostbuster dude, y’all know who I’m talking about.