Jack to the Future
A friend, after staying up all night finishing up season three of Lost, recently shared with me a Lost Theory of Everything that I found extremely convincing. I’ll try writing it up later (it’s complicated, as you might imagine), but basically: global warming. No, seriously.
In preparation for tonight’s (two-hour long!) season four opener, here are a couple of pieces worth reading while you’re sitting at work wondering what will become of Jack and Kate over the next 8 episodes this year.
There is such a thing as a TV wonk. At The American Spectator, Reason’s Brian Doherty notes that many of the show’s characters are named after political philsophers and suggests what this might might potentially mean. I am now predicting that by the time I’m, I dunno, old, you’ll be able to get a major in Lost studies at at least one accredited American university. (UPDATE: Via Jeremy Lott at AmSpec, I see that Tufts University already offers a course in the show.)
Really, I just. Can’t. Wait. The Vulture spoils the first two episodes for you. I haven’t read it, so please: At least post big warning signs if you’re even thinking about putting any spoilers in the comments. (Unless you know what that four-toed statue is about, ‘cause I actually lose sleep over that.)
Newbies only. Catch up on all three seasons of Lost in just eight minutes! It’s like that old awesome-abs video, but you only have to do it once.
I was relatively excited about the prospect of tonight’s two hour season premiere, then while watching the rerun of last season’s finale it struck me that, with the writer’s strike and all, ABC wouldn’t blow two precious new episodes on one evening. Sure enough, this morning my wife informed me that only the second hour is new and the first is another recap show. So lame.
— Chris Peterson · Jan 31, 09:10 PM · #
The Simpsons used to put together really good “best of” clip shows that were actually funny. The Troy McClure one was the most memorable…
— Mark · Feb 1, 12:23 AM · #
Maybe Lost’s writers were fans of “Calvin and Hobbes”?
— Steve Sailer · Feb 2, 03:03 AM · #