"LOST" Thread - Part 2

[Brent]

Jack's night tonight before he disappears for 2-3 epissodes . .

So the boring hatch plot ends tonight? Thank God.

BTW: It appears Lost will be moving... AGAIN sometime before the end of the season. Either to 8pm or 9pm, I expect another series low tonight so they have to do something, but moving it around is not good.

It is also confirmed that next season it will air repeat free January-May like 24, so an EIGHT MONTH hiatus.

[O Town]

It is also confirmed that next season it will air repeat free January-May like 24, so an EIGHT MONTH hiatus.

YAAAAAAAAAAY!

[Miss Mary]

Brent - but that means we won't be given a short Fall "season", 6 or so episodes, to tide us over until January, correct?

We will have to go w/o Lost from May until January.......guess I'll live! Won't be easy seeing all the Fall shows start up and we won't have our beloved Lost.

Mary

[southerngale]

We've been doing that with "24" the last few years. It stinks at first because you can't wait for the season to start. BUT....once it starts, I love it! A new episode every single week, never a skipped week or rerun. I think you'll like it. It's certainly working for 24!

[Brent]

Brent - but that means we won't be given a short Fall "season", 6 or so episodes, to tide us over until January, correct?

We will have to go w/o Lost from May until January.......guess I'll live! Won't be easy seeing all the Fall shows start up and we won't have our beloved Lost.

Mary

That is true. No episodes at all in the Fall. The plan this year did not work. A lot of people saw the ones in October/November as pointless and filler, and I think that's part of the reason for the ratings freefall since it came back(that and the already discussed late timeslot). Plus this will not make the filming schedule so tight. They were really struggling last year with that.

[lurkey]

We've been doing that with "24" the last few years. It stinks at first because you can't wait for the season to start. BUT....once it starts, I love it! A new episode every single week, never a skipped week or rerun. I think you'll like it. It's certainly working for 24!

Also, the reason for 24's success with their scheduling is the cliffhanger aspect of each episode. You really want to watch the next episode to see why Logan was on the other end of that call. That same aspect is present in Heroes, also, even though they do have re-runs. I want to see what happens to HRG and his family after they are taken hostage.

Lost, I think needs to work on that.

[Tstormwatcher]

Will next season be the last for LOST? I don't see how they can keep this story going without real answers week after week, year after year.

[Brent]

Will next season be the last for LOST? I don't see how they can keep this story going without real answers week after week, year after year.

That was the plan. Not sure now, but I think it probably will be unless somehow the repeat free stuff will bring the ratings back up(unlikely since it'll be the 4th season).

[lurkey]

Will next season be the last for LOST? I don't see how they can keep this story going without real answers week after week, year after year.

That was the plan. Not sure now, but I think it probably will be unless somehow the repeat free stuff will bring the ratings back up(unlikely since it'll be the 4th season).

The plan is for at least for 5 seasons. The producers have said the overall story arc will be told over 5 seasons. The producers have said they will quit after the 5th season. ABC, who knows. . .

[lurkey]

Two 'Lost' crew members die of apparent heart attacks

Two crew members of the ABC series "Lost" died of apparent heart attacks last week, according to the studio.

One crew member died after collapsing on the set and the other died while driving home from work. The series is filmed in Hawai'i.

The studio confirmed the two deaths but declined to discuss details.

"We are saddened by this tragic loss of life and our thoughts are with their families," said an ABC spokeswoman, who declined to be named.

[Brent]

WOW, the reviews are harsh tonight on other boards. I haven't seen a positive response to the episode yet. Now I haven't watched the show(I fell asleep, lol), but these are devoted fans. This is sweeps and no answers? No breathtaking huge episodes? The producers seem to be the show's worst enemy.

Someone who's username includes Lost in it!

Lost 1/10: I don't get it. What are the writers thinking? I want to like this show so badly because the first season was brilliant and they really got us hooked into the characters. But now I haven't seen most of the core cast in NINE episodes? NINE episodes that I cannot comprehend. This plot makes absolutely no sense to me and is moving nowhere. ABC's promo department is terrible. There were no answers to anything except the tatoo that no one cared about. The flashback was bad, the entire plot of the episode was bad. I got absolutely nothing out of this episode, which is bad for a serialized show. At least last week was interesting to watch; this was just boring. Something better happen and soon because the ratings are falling and the quality has taken an extreme nose dive.

I mean, does anyone understand what is going on on the show? I'm watching it and feel like an idiot because I am literally lost.

[Miss Mary]

Last night's episode was good because we saw Sawyer and Kate again. I was cracking up at Sawyer's jokes, nicknames and zingers, just one after another. Kate was getting mighty irritated at Sawyer though, since he was trying to run the show. And I love how he zeroed in on her guilt. Was that guilt for leaving Jack or sleeping with Sawyer? Or both?

The scene with Jack in the cage and all the "others" or "kidnapped and forced to be others" milling about, reminded me of that Twilight Zone episode with Rodney McDowell:

http://www.tv.com/the-twilight-zone/peo ... mmary.html

Jack on display - I did not like that one bit. Cindy - she should be outraged they've kept him prisoner. But my daughter reminded me Cindy worked for Oceanic Airlines. An important detail to mention.

Karl is creepy. I'm glad he's not going to be back at camp. Around Claire's baby especially! Kate should be relieved he's gone - not worried!

Sawyer's line - you have backyards? LOL!

And another shocker - Ethan was a doctor!

Question - what the sheriff (where have I seen this actress before, daytime soaps maybe?) said Jack's tatoo means is not the meaning he was told, correct? Hoping that made sense....

I'm done. I still love this show but I am beyond sick of learning more about the others. I know they want us to care about Juliet and then Ben. But I can't!

Mary

[Miss Mary]

TV Guide's Lost critique:

http://community.tvguide.com/thread.jsp ... 5#comments

Lost
by Sabrina Rojas Weiss

February 20, 2007: Not One of Us

It's funny to compare the pages of notes I took for the last two episodes and the one sheet for this one. Not so many mind-boggling mysteries brought up or resolved, but I suppose it's nice to take a breather. And we got one answer: How Jack got his tattoo in Phuket. Though that story wasn't exactly neatly wrapped up either, was it?

My husband wants me to point out the Jaws reference I didn't catch in the first scene: Sawyer was singing the same song the guys sing on the boat before they're attacked. Cute. Wow, the honeymoon was over fast for Sawyer and Kate. Back to their same old bickering, like their night in the cage never happened. Well, not for Sawyer. I think he really wished they could cuddle a little longer and that's why he encouraged Carl to go after Alex. Not just 'cause the lovesick, partially brainwashed teen was a liability. And Kate's still got some kind of fantasy about being the hero. I seem to recall all her other heroic efforts ending in someone else saving her, so that's not such a good idea. I really did feel sorry for Sawyer when he accused her of sleeping with him just 'cause he was on death row and she didn't deny it. All she said was she didn't feel guilty about it. All you "Skate" fans amuse me. Someone actually said she wasn't going to read this blog anymore because I think she's in love with Jack. I'm not saying she's not also in love with Sawyer. But Jack's more unattainable and therefore more attractive. Plus, she and Sawyer have such an adorable brother-sister banter going on, they don't need romance to screw that up. Whatever, enough about that never-ending story.

Many confusing things about this Phuket flashback, but not confusing in the usual Lost way. First, Bai Ling is Chinese, and the characters in Jack's tattoo are Chinese, so was her character supposed to be Thai or what? Also, wasn't the good doc scared of STD's, if he thought she was a prostitute. Come to think of it, anything he'd catch from her as a prostitute, he'd also catch from a dirty tattoo needle. Sorry, I'm being too literal. But mostly, I don't understand why Jack was so desperate to get her to tattoo him after she already told him who he was. Of course, none of us know why it would have such dire consequences. Personally, I think those guys beat him up on the beach for being such an American cliché, getting a tattoo he didn't understand while trying to find himself on an exotic island.

Back to that other exotic island, where Jack was finally making some sense. He knows Juliet's got some screwy motives and still can't be trusted, but she is basically his only chance at an ally. How convenient that Ben got an infection, just in time to keep Jack useful. I can't wait until we get to know this new "Sheriff" Isabel more. What a tease, letting us see Cindy and some of the Oceanic 815 kids for such a brief instant. But I love how Jack seems to be the only one who's been watching this show with us: He brought up the kidnappings and Charlie's hanging with Tom, then broke into maniacal laughter when the little girl asked about Ana Lucia. He's got quite a point. We get lulled into thinking the Others aren't so bad, just misunderstood people with a strict code of law, star-shaped branding tools and no Brady Bunch.

[Canelaw99]

I must say, as a die-hard Lostie since the first episode, I was highly disappointed in last night's episode. I really could care less about Jack's tattoo, and in my opinion, a whole episode devoted to that one flashback was worthless. I'm hoping that the previews for next week come true, as it appears we may get to see some of our folks again, but then we were promised answers to 3 questions in last night's too....

[wx247]

Last night's episode was awful. What three questions were answered??? Although I think that last night's episode gave me more reason to believe Jack is an other. The meaning of the tattoo... quite appropriate. I think Juliette is a good person and Jack is an other. They are caging him for bad behavior... much like Karl. He was an Other who abandoned the group and supported the "enemy". Just random thoughts...

The Cindy sighting would have been a shock had they not shown it in previews. Overall, yawn.

[Miss Mary]

Oh Garrett - you cannot let this go, huh? Well, I do respect your opinion. Truly I do. But I just don't share it.

Jack has had one goal since the plane crash - to keep all of the plane survivors (later tailies too) safe. Period. That is why I love his character! Now I must ask you, if he was an other - God forbid, I think I'd stop watching! - why would he care this much about Flight 815 survivors?

Best part of last night's episode were all of Sawyer's jokes/one liners. It was a Jack-centric episode and IMHO, Sawyer stole it!

And I thought the Jack flashbacks about his tatoo were boring. Definitely unlike the Jack we know now - wouldn't he have been concerned about STD's and then dirty needles?

Mary

[Derek Ortt]

I have to be honest, I liked last night's ep

I cannot stand the losties and am intrigued about the society of the others and want to learn exactly what their purpose is. Seems like they are far more civilized than are the losties

[Miss Mary]

Traitor! (just kidding)......Derek, are you an other? he he

[Canelaw99]

LOL Miss Mary...

I am interested in seeing what happens if our people get to the Others' neighborhood/home/whatever, especially because it seems that it's on the same island they've been on all this time. Wonder if the two groups could ever meld. I mean, the Others just seem to be against anyone who isn't one of them, but they all had to be outside the group at one point....I don't know...random thoughts there I guess...

Garrett - I must admit, after reading your theories in here, I totally thought the same thing when Isabel said what Jack's tat means! I don't see how he could be an Other, but it was a little suspicious at that point, so thanks so much for putting those thoughts in my head! LOL

[lurkey]

a bump.....


Hurley flashback tonight . .