LOST - season 6

[R-iZZy]

I'm amazed it took this long for someone to make a thread about this show. It's seriously the most epic show on television today! EPIC!

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And I guess we now understand that Charles Widmore actually is about carrying out Jacob's bidding, which is to keep the Man in Black on the island. So does this make Widmore a good guy?

[poiuytre]

They're really ramping up on the mythological aspect of the island and I'm loving it so far. As much as I love Lost as a character-centric show, the current direction has me on the edge of my seat. I might also add that while it took me 5 to 6 seasons, I'm finally hooked on Terry O'Quinn. His performances absolutely floored me these last two seasons.

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Very eager to see who the man in black is and why he is trapped there. It remains to be seen how clear-cut evil he is supposed to be. The only fear I still have is how they might end it. The chances for a reboot are pretty high with these flash-sideways(what do we call this?), but it would be an incredibly lame to finish.

My wife also pointed out a lot of these flash-sideways episodes involve characters looking in mirrors and being upset. It's probably nothing relevant to the story, but she is definitely right that the directors made a theme out of it.

[Vivi]

^^

I've always loved Locke, he's like a tragic anti-hero. And now...I don't know what he is, but he's certainly gripping.

Put Locke, Ben or Sawyer in an episode and I'm happy.

[Ninjinister]

This week's episode wasn't one of those "epic" ones, but it did answer a lot of questions I had about

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Sun and Jin's flash-sideways versions.

Also, it was great seeing Mikhail again, and the shot in the eye thing was a nice touch.

Interesting how (back on the island, in the standard timeline), now Sun cannot speak English, and Jin can... which is the opposite of how it was when the series began.

And finally.... DEZZIE'S BACK! HELL YES!

The bagpipes playing Amazing Grace in next week's teaser gives me the chills...

[Vivi]

^^

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Could Desmond's secret power be playing the bagpipes??

[Vivi]

Ep 11 - Des

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This episode was epic, I wish the rest of the season was this good, I liked it better than Richard's episode, even. It did my head in a little and tied up some things in interesting ways, that's for sure...some of the connections to others are seriously getting incestuous. And, the guest list was outstanding:
Charlie!
Daniel Faraday!
What's not to like?

I'm adding Des Hume to characters always worth watching. This episode felt like a movie as so much happened.

[Ninjinister]

A lot of people are calling "Happily Ever After" best of the season thus far, but I'd actually have to disagree. Yes, it was epic and kicked all sorts of ass, but I still liked Ab Aeterno more. I also felt it paled in comparison to Desmond's other amazing eps such as Flashes Before Your Eyes and The Constant. Nevertheless, this was still a very enjoyable episode and

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thank GOD they're finally getting to weave the flash-sideways timeline into something relevant.

[Duke]

Everyone keeps calling them flash-sideways but are they? Aren't they technically 3 years in the past from what's currently happening on the island?

[PAAATE]

Originally Posted by The Ninjinister

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thank GOD they're finally getting to weave the flash-sideways timeline into something relevant.

Agreed. I was beginning to get worried that the writers were gonna **** that up royally

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by Duke

Everyone keeps calling them flash-sideways but are they? Aren't they technically 3 years in the past from what's currently happening on the island?

Technically, yes, but that's the official term given to them nevertheless. Don't ask why; I questioned them myself.

[Ninjinister]

Last night's ep was decent. The Hurley stuff was standard fare for the character, other than the fact that now it looks like he's starting to play a bigger role, taking a leadership stance. Character development is always good.

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The Desmond and Locke scenes are what got me excited in this one, though. On the island, MIB obviously feared Desmond's placid demeanor and felt the need to go Anna Morgan on him and toss him down a well. Meanwhile, in the other timeline, Desmond nonchalantly hits the crippled schoolteacher Locke with his car. BRUTALLY. And yet, it felt epic as hell.

All that aside, I'm really liking the some of the next episode previews this year. First was the chilling bagpipe one for "Happily Ever After". Now, we have an equally unsettling and creepy one featuring a vocal clip of Gene Wilder shouting "The Rowing Song" from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.



If anyone remembers that scene from the movie, you definitely know wonderfully spooky and fitting it is.

[Vivi]

Agreed.

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The Desmond and Locke scenes are what made this episode for me, as it is progressing the main story. And he Sparta kicked Des down the well, and if that doesn't have evil written all over it, what does?
That said, I liked Hurley's sideflash, and loved that he finally got to remeet Libby.

Next week's episode looks good...and that music is DAMN creepy!

[Duke]

Most depressing episode ever.

[Vivi]

Finally have got around to seeing this episode. "The Candidate"

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omg. Jin and Sun Sayid

I don't know what the hell is going on in this show anymore. It seems to be convalescing into a big mess. I miss original Locke. Killing off main characters so haphazardly over a threat THAT IS STILL NOT FULLY EXPLAINED is not doing the show justice. Although, this episode was wayy better than the one before it.

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by Vivi

Finally have got around to seeing this episode. "The Candidate"

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omg. Jin and Sun Sayid

I don't know what the hell is going on in this show anymore. It seems to be convalescing into a big mess. I miss original Locke. Killing off main characters so haphazardly over a threat THAT IS STILL NOT FULLY EXPLAINED is not doing the show justice. Although, this episode was wayy better than the one before it.

You forgot...

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FRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANK!

[Peanut]

I really feel like the show has gone to complete hell, and they've proven, episode after episode for the past 2 seasons, that they really have no f*cking idea what they're doing.

That being said, I have tickets to go watch the finale at the huge movie theater by my place when the time comes. As much as I disliked last season, and absolutely loathe this season, I'm looking forward to it.

[Panda Khan]

This season hasn't been the best but I still find it enjoyable. The flash-sideways are the low point IMO...I have no idea where they are going with them, but I hope it won't be a big letdown. I felt the same way when they were jumping through time in Season 5 but after rewatching Season 5 and knowing the whole situation with Flocke, I found it really good.
Another gripe I have with the final season is all the mysteries revealed seem rushed and filler until the series finale....I mean, of course it's the final season but some of the biggest mysteries are given simple explanations that are kinda of anticlimactic...such as how the statue tumbled, what exactly the numbers are, Christian on the Island, the Island itself, The Adam and Eve corpses...just seems kinda...blah whatever...lets wrap it up quick.

[ZariusTwo]

People NEVER like the "bilbical revelation" because it's the one everyone turns their back on in science-fiction to a point...not that they don't COMPLETLY, it's just they don't like "God did it" as an explanation.

I don't think the Island being a cork for an ancient quasi-blibcal evil is anti-climatic at all, the religious themes of the series were prevailant with Locke and Eko at the beggining.

[Panda Khan]

I don't have a problem with the biblical explanations or the religion/philosophy intertwined into the story since that's what attracted me to the show in the first place.
The explanations just seem rushed, like someone who procrastinated until the last minute to write a 20 page essay that is due the next morning.
Like the numbers for instance, all this time the candidate numbers reappearing throughout the series...."Oh, well Jacob just had a thing for numbers." the end. Or a huge wave crashing the Black Rock into the statue...which basically killed two birds with one stone since it explained what happened to the statue and why the boat was landlocked.
I still love the show...I just hope it doesn't end up being someone's dream or something stupid like that...even though they have denied it....they also denied time travel, too.

[Ninjinister]

Christian's appearance is the only one that bugged me, really, because it contradicts the evidence that we've seen that the explanation we got is not what was going on.