Lost: The Final Season (Premieres Feb. 2)

As much as I questioned the previous episode, this one was on the complete opposite side of the spectrum (and to some extent put the other one into better perspective). It was amazing and I thought more than one time during it about how much I am going to miss this show. I don't think I've ever really, really missed a show before once it was over. Or at least put much thought into it. And, man, if they could do all that in the hour leading up to the finale, the finale should be something else.

 

If he killed Jacob, why couldn't he kill Locke? Maybe that's too obvious of a play. As mentioned earlier, it seems like such a betrayal to what progress he's made this season to completely revert and turn back into a heart-of-ice guy.

I'll second Fringe. Was always a big fan of X-Files and it's a suitable replacement.

 

It was definitely a very cool episode. You can sort of see how they are setting everything up, and the scene where Desmond asked for the trust of Sayid and Kate. Also, it seems like Hurley is aware of the situation now too.

 

I read a lot of people (I think some here) that said Across The Sea could've been put anywhere in the season and been just fine. And people wondered why so late and that it takes away from the impact of The Candidate, etc. I disagreed.

Well, without Across The Sea, that fireside chat would've had zero context and we'd be mostly confused.

I laughed out loud when Hurley slipped up. AltHurley is just like regular Hurley in that regard. Ana Lucia's quip, "What was that tubbo?" was also funny. Desmond had to do some quick damage control with "she's not ready."

 

This was a fantastic episode and very well-written and funny in huge contrast to "Across the Sea." My one quibble though is that we've spent years getting to know these characters and then they're just snuffed out, like Whidmore. It felt a bit sudden. Just can't wait to see the end and then start over again. We were watching a bit of the pilot again last night and I saw something on there I hadn't remembered. When Jack was explaining to Kate and Charlie about how they had to go get the transceiver from the plane and Kate was like, how do you know all this? Jack's reply: "I've taken a few FLYING lessons." Interesting. Both he and Locke have "taken a few flying lessons."

 

How about the full circle with Jack stitching up Kate's wound last night? She did the same for him soon after the crash.

Some of the lines and connections are purposely being drawn to those early episodes. Jacob's reference to where Jack landed in the jungle in reference to where the heart of the Island is located.

I'm really excited about the pilot re-airing on Saturday night.

 

I know, we had just watched that scene where she stitched him up. She asked, "Any color preference?" when she was talking about the thread. I thought they should have had him ask her that to bring it totally around.

 

I guess we are to assume that after his flashover with Libby, Hurley bought into Desmond's story. I'd like to have seen some of how that came about (if for no other reason than the comic potential of Hurley's enlightenment), and I'd also like to know how much Desmond knows and more precisely how he knows it.

 

The explanation I've drawn is that the exposure to the electromagnetism caused his mind to become loose in time, again, and he crossed over. Just like the explosion of the hatch caused his mind to float between 2004 and mid-90s, and also see the immediate future. And like the electromagnetism that caused him to go batty in the helicopter while they flew out of the Island's influence.

 

Don't they stitch in black or white thread?

 

Anyone else think that Jack isn't really headed off with Jacob, but actually MIB in Jacob form? I smell a trap.

 

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I'm not sure if this is a joke or not, but it's been cited a few times here that MIB is stuck in Locke form.