May 7, 2008
We can't have a flash forward every week. At this point, we've had six flash forwards in season 4 of Lost, one for each of the adult Oceanic 6 (Hurley, Kate, Sayid, Sun and Sayid) and one for our man Ben. Any subsequent flash forward this season would have to either involve a non-Oceanic 6 member who secretly made it back to the mainland, involve someone not in the main cast, or happen on the island. Tomorrow night's Lost episode will key on Locke, and it looks like he will be featured in the episode's flash forward/back. As we know, the Lost team keeps plot details a well-kept secret, so we don't have much to go on – but, that doesn't mean we can't guess.
May 7, 2008
The final six episodes of Lost season 4 have begun, and fans are in store for a wild ride..
Season 4 started off strong as ever, but started to suffer fatigue by the eighth episode. Imagine if we were left waiting a year to find out what happens after Rousseau and Karl get shot with arrows. Since filming on these final episodes began March 10, several spoilers have been unearthed about them.
WARNING: LOST SPOILERS AHEAD!!!
May 6, 2008
By the end of Lost's fourth season, a main character will die. No one has confirmed this, but it just has to be true. All hell is going to break loose on the island as the season finale approaches, and it wouldn't make sense if the body count at the end of it all was zero. Who, then? That's a difficult questions. Lost is a merchant of shock and awe, specializing in surprise twists and surprise deaths. With the advent of the flash forwards, we know a handful of our favorite Lost characters are safe – Hurley, Ben, Jack, Kate, Sayid and Sun. In a story on E! Online yesterday, there was a spoiler regarding a character who doesn't make it off the island by the finale, but remains alive on the island. Read on to find out who.
SPOILER WARNING!!!
May 5, 2008
Jimmy Kimmel may be the highest-profile, most vocal fan of Lost around. If you've ever watched him on Jimmy Kimmel Live talking about the series, you know he's not just shilling for a product of his own network – he is a true fan, been one since the beginning. The story goes, after filming the YouTube sensation “I'm Effing Ben Affleck” Kimmel and Affleck, who had never met before that day, went back to Kimmel's house to watch that night's Lost. His recent two part TV Guide interview with Lost show-runners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse (which you can find here and here) might be the best, most in-depth interview ever done with the pair. Last Friday, Lindelof and Cuse returned to Jimmy Kimmel Live to discuss once more.
May 2, 2008
Looking for Easter Eggs on Lost is not an easy task. It’s come to the point where I analyze every little detail to death, grasping to find some reason for a certain choice. In “Something Nice Back Home,” the difficulty came in the sheer volume of people introduced in the flash forward. There’s Dr. Eric Stevens, one of Jack’s co-workers, and two of his patients, Mrs. Berenberg and Ryan Laker.
Who are these people? I have no idea, but this is nothing new. We still don’t know who Mrs. Gardner and her drug dealing grandson are. Is this just Lost’s way of tossing in countless red herrings? Or is it something more?
May 2, 2008
Dear Lost,
Oh, Lost, you old sailor, you. You've done it again. At 10 minutes into “Something Nice Back Home,” I was shocked and baffled, at twenty minutes in I was baffled and shocked and by the end of it, I had the same feeling I usually do at the end of your more mystifying episodes: exhaustion. Post-episode, I sipped on a Tecate (Cinco de Mayo nears) wondering what the hell had just happened. Wondering if I like the direction the series may be going. Wondering if I've loved you for so long that I've convinced myself to love every episode, regardless of the quality or my relative level of comprehension. A lot of stuff went down last night, Lost, and I expect some things to be explained by the end of the finale.
May 1, 2008
Last week on Lost, Ben went on a globetrotting adventure that culminated in a riveting confrontation with his nemesis, Charles Widmore. He let Charles know that he plans to kill Penny to get revenge for Alex's demise. We also learned that Ben has the ability to unleash the smoke monster from a secret chamber inside his house, though it's unclear how much control he has over it. On the beach, Jack came down with a case of stomach pain after figuring out that the freighter folk aren't on a rescue mission.
Tonight, Jack's illness gets much worse, and the crew led by Sawyer runs into some trouble in the jungle. I'll be updating with live thoughts throughout tonight's exciting episode.
April 30, 2008
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Last week's episode of Lost was absolutely amazing, and I only hope that tomorrow night's "Something Nice Back Home" can keep the momentum going. It's a Jack-centric episode, and I must admit that I get a little bit nervous whenever it's time for the good doctor to take center stage. Sometimes we end up with something amazing like "Through the Looking Glass," and other times we end up with "Stranger in a Strange Land." Jack (Matthew Fox) is a great character, but the writers occasionally struggle to craft an intriguing story around him.
To get ready for tomorrow night's episode, we have some promo pics and an exciting clip from "Something Nice Back Home."