Lost 4.1 - "The Beginning Of The End"

First of all—thank god this show is back on television. Secondly—thank god there are still creative minds out there that realize that some television viewers are smarter than a 5th grader. In last night's season four premiere Lost proved its accolades, by giving viewers one hour of jam-packed drama: laughs, tears, fears, and all that good stuff. The implementation of a flash forward, in my opinion, is pure genius. With such a serialized show as Lost, it was easy for viewers to become frustrated and bored. Now, the entire game has changed. The flash-forwards are so seamlessly intertwined in this epic odyssey that we are no longer wondering: will they get off the island? We know want to know is: why? and how? and what!? And so much more.

I'm beginning to think this season (whatever we get to see of it) will rest heavily with the theme of ghosts. If season one was all about the survivors, and two was about the hatch, and three finding out about the others, this season we'll be visiting by all the ghosts of our favorite folk's past, and wonder how they fit into our magical island. Are they dead? Sure. But are they real? That we don't know. As with any sort of paranormal being, there's always a purpose. We're set to find out what that is.

My two major questions from last night:

Is Christian Shepard (Jack's father) Jacob? Is he what Jacob has taken form in? Has he done that with Mr. Eko's brother, Walt, etc? Screen shot:

 

Who's eye is this? My first thought was Locke, but some people are saying it was Charlie because there was a hoodie.

 

I loved having Charlie back, even if he is still dead. I know some people hate his character, but I think he's adorable. In case you didn't catch it, that was Charlie when Hurley was "hallucinating" while the police was questioning him. In fact, he had a message, "They Need You":

 

Man. I need to watch this episode again. Feel free to discuss in the comments.

Comments

[magickat]

I just recently got addicted to Lost. And that credit goes to the recap episode they did before the season premiere. I was instantly hooked. Now I have to go back and start at Season 1 to begin catching up for real.

I love the idea of flashing to the future. But the one character (sorry still learning names) kept saying he was part of the Oceanic Six. That isn't the flight number. Does that mean only six survive or only six get off the island?

[rachael]

from what I understand, there are only six that get off the island (if you want to be spoiled, you can google "Oceanic 6" to find out who). I gather that those are the only "known" survivors of Oceanic flight 815, and that they are lying about the island...for some reason, which i'm sure we'll find out what.

Yay for you discovering Lost! I highly highly suggest you go back and watch the first seasons on DVD. It'll blow your mind.

[magickat]

Turns out ABC is allowing yoiu to watch from the beginning of the series ONLINE! Yay!