Lost Season One
For me, the season saved itself at the end; in the middle there, I was kind of close to jumping ship, to be honest. From the beginning, I just kept wondering, why are they there, and where are they? And answers to those questions were barely ever even hinted at. But towards the end, there were some more hints at WHY these people ended up on the island sort of slipped through–the deal with the numbers in Hurley’s backstory being the most obvious. Kate even explained her connection to one of the numbers. If I looked back at backstories, would the numbers all show up? I’m not going to do that, but I’ll just assume they do. I won’t accept them being some highly detailed red herring.
My view for awhile was that all the flashbacks are bonus. I think it took me some getting used to, or just realizing, that they’re actually the main part of the show. I liked most of them, for the most part. They were all original enough and creative enough and interesting enough. And they were kept nicely simple, just showing why everyone was in Sydney and going to Los Angeles.
In the end, I am going to choose to believe that the show is heavily planned out by the writers, that there’s some sort of master plan to the tale being told.
But somehow I think they’re just making it up as they go, and have no idea.
A final look at the Creepy List: Sawyer (for acting suspicious on the boat), Locke (he really see-sawed back and forth from the List), Kate (sorta), and Charlie (I just don’t trust him). Sayid, of course, heads the Bad-Ass list.
I’m told by a few friends who have seen the show that they enjoy reliving some shows they haven’t seen in awhile, so thanks for reading. I certainly don’t think I’m saying anything clever or deep or innovative, but I like writing my reactions to the show; surely that is the best thing about Lost–the way it induces a reaction!