Warning: Lost Season Premiere Spoilers Ahead!
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First off, I just have to say...
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WOW!!!
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The LOST season premiere was last night. Two hours of pure fabulous craziness! After watching just the first ten minutes, I could completely understand why no previews or teasers have been given of this season. There was so much going on. The most measly sliver would have given away too much. Oh Wow! It was just phenomenal. I am really looking forward to the rest of this season. Hmm... I wonder how many episodes there are scheduled. I sure hope I don't go into labor during any of the final episodes. Watching LOST requires a person's full attention, and if I'm having severe contractions I will probably end up missing some pertinent Lost information. Thank goodness the episodes are available online. :)
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1) The final few minutes of last season's finale when Juliet, with her dying breath, hit the bomb and "died", was heart-wrenching for me. As mentioned before, Juliet is one of my favorite characters. I know she is on "V" now and so would only be available for a few episodes, but COME ON!! When I heard her voice, crying out from under the rubble, I thought she might live. And then having her die another tragic death....It was just cruel! If I wasn't so addicted to the show, I might boycott just because they killed off Juliet twice. Aargh!
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2) I love that Sawyer was loyal to Juliet throughout the episode. Many people, me included, thought he would run back to Kate's arms the second he got the chance. I thought, mostly, he would seek comfort from Kate. But he didn't! His heart was broken about Juliet, which kind of broke my heart for him. When Sawyer heard Juliet crying out, he went nuts trying to dig her out, just like a true love would. I was so proud of him! Good job being a loyal companion!
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Did anyone else notice Miles freaked out face after he listened for Juliet's last words? For those who don't remember, Juliet's final words to Sawyer were cut off by her dying. Miles tuned in to discover that her final words would have been, "It worked." Miles freaked out twice here. First time, because he could actually hear Juliet. He seemed very surprised by this. Am I not remembering something? Did Miles lose his abilities at some point last season? I don't remember this happening, but the man looked so surprised that he could actually hear Juliet that I'm left wondering what that was about. Did Juliet say anything else? Are other spirits whispering to Miles? What is going on?!?!
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The second freak out occurred after hearing Juliet's words. Miles' face just seemed off for the rest of the episode. It was so weird. There is something there. I just don't know what yet.
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3) SHUT UP KATE! Man! She was getting on my nerves. First, she tries to get Sawyer to take a break from his frantic search for Juliet. Lay off Kate! The man just lost his love, of course he's frantic. Then later she butts in to tell Jack to quit trying to save Sayid (another of my favorite characters). Excuse me Kate, but Jack only gave Sayid one round of CPR. It wouldn't hurt for him to continue for a few more minutes. I mean really! I know she was supposed to be the voice of reason here, but it seriously got on my nerves that it occurred when Jack and Sawyer were trying to save someone.
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4) The Lost Temple was gorgeous. The structure was reminiscent of the temple ruins found in South America. It was surrounded by a small pond/river thing with stepping stones leading to the entrance. Gorgeous!
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5.) The Black Smoke Monster (BSM) is freaking EVIL! Seeing him played by John Locke is twisted. Terry O'Quinn is doing a great job playing this character. We have known all along that the BSM is a deliverer of his own brand of justice, but seeing it in action in Jacob's home was crazy. Then having John stroll out and apologize to Ben for having to see him like that...Oooh! I got chills down my spine.
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6) Ben chose the BSM even after seeing the destruction he wrought. What is that about? I know Ben has done bad stuff in the past, but wow. His decision to follow the BSM's instructions shocked me. I can't wait to see where that relationship heads.
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7) I loved the flashes back and forth from the Island to the Airplane. If Desmond hadn't been on the plane I would have thought that the Lost writers couldn't make up their mind which way they wanted to end the show, so decided (Choose-your-own-adventure-style) to play it out both ways. I also loved the flash of the Island sunk under the ocean. That was CRAZY! And so Great to see! What an amazing visual!
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It will be great to see how the different story lines play out. The writers really do an amazing job with this story.
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I have to include a side-note. I was listening to an NPR interview of two executives on the show. They talked about how sometimes they will be sitting in the writing room, planning out their stories, when they are overcome with the pure ridiculousness of this show and amazement that anyone is even watching it. Hahaha! They credited the actors for taking the ridiculous stories and playing them with a sincere honesty as the reason why people love the show so much. :)
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8) Again, I don't know if I'm remembering incorrectly, but I thought that Rose and Bernard were not seated together on the plane. It seemed like their seats had been broken up, one up front and one in back. Although I like this version with him having been in the bathroom during the "severe turbulence". I liked seeing Rose and Bernard sitting together, leaning in close and talking. They are such a lovely couple. Their relationship was a definite highlight amidst all the Lost chaos. And BSM was wrong when he said that only John Locke didn't want to leave the Island. Remember the whole Incurable Disease thing that was miraculously cured on the Island? Rose and Bernard wanted to stay too.
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9) What is the black ash that protects people from the BSM? And where can I get some?
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10) And the big question...What did the BSM mean when he stated "I want to go home"? Where is home? Why did he have to leave? Some people have theorized that Jacob and BSM are angels of some type. Is BSM a fallen angel? I don't know that the Lost writers would go in that direction, but they do have a Temple, so it is possible that this will all have a religious twist. Although with all the evidence thus far, and with the BSM losing what looked like a talon when shot, I would vote that the religion would be of an Egyptian sort. It will be so, so interesting to see how that plays out.
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11) And before I end, I have to ask why was Richard in chains the last time the BSM saw him? And why did he knock Richard about then haul him off? There was some major animosity there. That is another storyline that will be interesting to watch.
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On a quilter's note, I did manage to pin-baste half of Cake's quilt while watching the premiere last night. I would have got it all done, but I ran out of curved safety pins. :(
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And this morning when I checked my e-mail, I found this note from my Mom sent at 11:25 pm:
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"hi. the tv show lost was over at 10 pm. you do not have a new blog post up. are you okay?"
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Hahaha!! Yes, Mom! I am okay.
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I went to bed as soon as Lost was over. I needed to get some sleep and digest everything I had just seen. Also, I have several meetings for the Foster kids today, so I wanted to make sure I was well-rested. :)
5 comments:
Nice summary. i do think that the "talon" was just the bullet from being shot- it just bounced off him. And Rose and Bernard were supposedly sitting together on the plane in season one, he just never made it back up to where she was when the turbulence hit. My theory with Miles is that since the h-bomb was suppose to reset everything, he wouldnt have been on the island with the dharma folks cuz there would be no dharma folks, so his powers would never have been cuz they were caused from being exposed to the mysterious powers on the island in the first place. So he was surprised cuz he kinda knew he wasnt suppose to be able to have that ability anymore. Which is also why he would have been shocked after hearing juliets message, cuz if it worked then why can he still hear her? But who really knows.
I also think Ben hasnt chosen to be with evil Locke. I think he is just doing as he says so he doesnt get ripped into nothingness.
I was kinda bugged cuz in some of the interviews the writers said that by the end of the premier we would have many of the zillion questions answered, but I was left with even more questions than answers. I mean- what the flip is going on with the alternate reality? Its driving me crazy to think of how any of them can exist in 2 states of being. And is Claire pregnant? and what about the Claire on the island? And where was Michael and Walt? And Shannon? And Ana Lucia and Libby? And Mr Echo? Since they all dies on the island it doesnt make sense that Charlie, Frogurt/Neil and Artz would still show up in some way and not the rest of them. And what about Jacks dad? Where the fetch did he go? And was John lying to Boone about the walkabout on the plane, cuz in season one he wasnt allowed to go, but did they let him for some reason? if not, then why would he lie about it? And why was Cindy so weird with the others? Seriously- so many more questions than answers!!! But still it was a pretty cool premiere!!!
The whole time traveling thing has really messed up my brain cuz obviously my miles theory is wrong. The h bomb sent them back to the future when they were suppose to be, but obviously didn't erase the past nor the dharma people. So much for me trying to figure anything out. :)
And. Duh to myself, walt didn't die, but why wasn't he nor michael on the plane? Oh this show is so dang confusing.
1&2) I think when Juliet was dying, the "veil was lifted" and she could see both timelines, so when she said that strange line about getting coffee and going dutch, it indicates that she and Sawyer are going to meet in the "real world" timeline. Her last important message to Sawyer is "it worked". She knows. (and in this new, altered timeline, do we yet have any evidence that Sawyer is a conman? The implication of his conversation with Hurley is that maybe he will try to con him out of his winnings, but maybe we'll find out that in this world he's not a grifter).
5) One of the podcasts I listen to came up with what I think is the cleverest name for the BSM/Man in Black, etc.: "Man in Locke". Love it! I also loved the portrayal. O'Quinn was great, too, in the part where he describes Locke's final thoughts to Ben; very chilling.
6) Ben is a little boy who responds to the biggest bully. I think he's still processing everything that happened. I'm curious to see how he evolves (or not). He always claimed to be working on behalf of the island; will he put his money where his mouth is? And once he fully processes things and understands how Man in Locke manipulated him into killing Jacob, maybe he will regret it and switch sides. I ADORE Michael Emerson's portrayal.
7) I love that they are playing out both stories, so we get to see the characters with the benefit of their island experience (Sawyer evolved into husband and leader, etc.) and without it. And I'm so intrigued to see how many changes will become apparent in the island-less world (ie Desmond on the plane, never having been to the island. I assume we'll see Ben and others in the real world who otherwise would have been on island), and how events will eventually conspire to lead them all together and probably bring both timelines together. (Wow that was a long and confusing sentence.)
11) if Richard was, as widely guessed, on The Black Rock, then maybe he was a servant or a slave on the ship. And I think that at least some of the Temple Others (notably the Asian men) also originated as pirates on The Black Rock. The real fear he showed when Man in Locke strode out of the Giant Foot was chilling; he's usually so collected.
*)WHERE IS CHRISTIAN SHEPHARD???? (This maybe ties in to my question death and bodies on the island: Man in Locke seems to be able to show himself in the guise of dead people, and there have been multiple examples over the years of the Others having very specific expectations regarding bodies (they wanted the bodies Sawyer killed back, we see them burning Colleen's body and setting it to sea, etc.) so maybe they know that their nemesis can inhabit the dead and make mischief. My question is whether or not Christian was one of those, or perhaps something different; maybe Jacob can literally resurrect (was Locke actually dead when Jacob touched him after being thrown out of the window? Lazarus-like, did Sayid have to be dead-beyond-question so that his resurrection would be a true miracle?). I like the notion that (much like Christ versus Satan), Jacob can perhaps do the real thing, while Man in Locke can only produce a fake.
Okay, enough babble now...
Unfortunately, I'm too dumb to follow Lost. I tried to watch one episode partway through season 2 or 3 and got so frustrated, I gave up for good.
However, I can totally sympathize with running out of curved safety pins. The same thing happened to me last week. I started to call my hubby to see if he would pick some up on his way home from work, but decided I better just pack up the kiddos and make the trip myself to ensure I got exactly what I needed.
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