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Our Adventures: Season premier of Lost Season 6

Well, now, that was some entertaining television! Consider this a scattered, initial-reaction sort of musing on the two hour opener, and something that I hope to do for every episode from here on out. After last season, when my obsessive researching of the IMDB Lost boards kept me a little too well informed, I won’t be risking the potential to spoil any of my viewing pleasure over there. So while these posts may not have the low down on the latest theories and analysis, I hope to just give my thoughts and pose some of my own questions. I really hope you guys join in on the ponderings with me. But without further ado, my thoughts on “LA X” parts 1 and 2.

First of all, this branching story-structure they’ve presented is keeping my enthralled, even though I wish each of the three story arcs got more equal attention. I get the feeling that we won’t know what’s going on with the alternate universe stuff at least until mid-season, if not longer. And how does Juliet know it worked? Is her mind in two different places, sort of like Desmond’s was in two different time-lines back in season 4? And what was that that she asked Sawyer about getting a cup of coffee sometime? Did she not recognize him at first, but then she did? Questions that Miles couldn’t answer…maybe Hurly can though?

But yeah, it was really cool to see the Losties both on the Island and in LAX. Jack seemed to know what was up, or at least it looked that way. Nobody else did, however. And wtf was up with Desmond on the plane!?! Was he really there? Rose and Bernard couldn’t vouch for him. And that whole “another lifetime” line takes on a pretty literal interpretation after an atomic explosion.

But to wrap up my thoughts of those two story arcs, I don’t believe its beneficial for the Losties to be back to their normal lives. The look on Locke’s face at the end of Part 1, where he defeatedly is lifted into his wheel chair sort of sums up what their lives on the mainland are. Although, Jack does offer him his card at the end of Part 2…so maybe things can be good there. Except for Kate, who’s on the run from the law, with Claire and unborn Aaron no less! And Charlie said he was “supposed” to die. Wonder what will come of it.

As for what’s happening on the Island, it was nice to finally see the others, Cindy and the kids included. Although, that Asian guy is a total mind-fuck. Does he live at the temple? Do Ben and Richard even know about him? Why aren’t the others united? And the whole Sayid coming back to life thing? Totally saw that coming. He’s obviously Jacob re-incarnated. There was even some Christ imagery when his arms were spread out in a cross-like shape. And I’m fairly certain that big wooden thing that Asian Man broke was the Egyptian symbol for eternal life. I get the feeling we’ll be seeing a big Sayid-Locke battle at some point this season. Where does that leave Lapidus though? Oh, and please, God…under no circumstances can Kate and Sawyer get back together! That would just spit in the face of the beautiful relationship he and Juliet had.

And then there’s the “Locke” and Ben stuff. It was great to see smokey kick some ass. Bram totally thought he was safe, then BAM! A little ash can’t beat Smokey. I sort of think “Locke” will be running the show for a while, with Ben as the new Richard. I mean, where else does Ben have to turn? “Locke” would seem to be his only ally, even if he is just using him. And I wonder what will become of Richard. I half-expected him to get his neck snapped then and there. Oh, wow, it just dawned on me that Sun and Jin are finally in the same time-line…hmm. But back to Ben and “Locke” (who I’m just going to start referring to as Esau at this point, even though that likely won’t turn out to be his real name). The one thing that makes me doubt Ben becoming the new Richard is the scene where Esau and Ben are talking about the real Locke’s thoughts as he died. Esau was very clearly in the shadows, while Ben’s face was brightly lit by the sun. Could Ben take a stand for good at some point? And where does Widmore play into all of this?

All and all, this was a great episode. It was nice to finally see Cindy, the kids, and the temple, even if all the new (old?) others there raise even more questions. Now we know what was in the guitar case, which sort of implies that Jacob planned to die, so he could inhabit Sayid’s body and go unnoticed by Esau. We know that the bomb worked…sort of. My biggest questions right now, are what the hell is up with under-water Island time? Even if the bomb went off, I don’t see how it would plunge the Island to the bottom of the sea yet somehow maintain Dharma-ville. I’m also really curious as to what’s going on with Desmond. And of course, we still don’t know anything about Widmore, Claire, Aaron, Walt, Charlie (both of them), Christian, Illana, and many more. And how does Eloise feel about all of this? What does she even know? Guess we’ll have to wait ’til next week for some more answers. And I promise I’ll keep it shorter next time.

Author: Cody

Tags: abc, lost, lost season 6, Our Adventures