If you’re like me, and through the magic of Tivo haven’t quite gotten to the new episode of Lost that aired Thursday night, this may be useful for you. Even if you already watched it, there might be a couple things this reminds you of that you’d forgotten. That’s right, this is a recap of the entire series from episode 1.1 to episode 4.8, all in 4 minutes 24 seconds. Just amazing.
Last month, I posted the first of two parts of my journey in search of the set of Lost on the island of O’ahu. After much suspense and procrastination, I have at last deemed it time to finish off the job. Today, I will share what is undoubtedly the “creamy filling” of this little Oreo. So pour yourself a nice glass of milk and get ready. It’s time to get Lost.
As many of you are aware, one of the greatest shows on television has decided to push its fourth season’s start date to the very end of January 2008. For those of us entranced by Lost’s delightfully complex storylines and enigmatic mysteries, that’s a helluva long time to wait. In the meanwhile, we’re supposed to get by on little snippets of video that create more questions then answers. Fear not, disillusioned fans. I have for you all a story about our long-delayed show that’s filled with adventure, excitement, mystery and a couple of radical surfer dudes.
Our story begins some 3000 miles off the coast of California, on a little island known as O’ahu. When my fiancé and I booked our trip to the island paradise of O’ahu, we joked about running into Matthew Fox or Terry O’quinn whilst sipping Mai Tai’s on Wakiki Beach. Of course, that didn’t happen. But it got us thinking. What if we could find one of the locations they film the show? We knew that they filmed it on the island and the island isn’t that big. So on our second day there, we decided that after an early morning trip to the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor and a hike up Diamond Head, we’d head out on a trek to “get Lost”. And that we definitely did, but not nearly in the way we originally intended.
So you want answers, huh?
Spoilers On!
After this absolutely amazing episode, I’d say that the writing staff is all but smacking the audience right in the face with all the answers that they can handle. Honestly, there hasn’t been this huge of a download of information in one episode since the original viewing of the Dharma film. And tonight’s events were much more effective, as they played out against high drama, extreme tension, and some remarkable acting.
Spoilers on, of course.
Tonight’s episode: “John, don’t touch!” or “What does this button do?”
The promos for ABC’s Lost indicated that three large mysteries would be revealed in tonight’s episode. Obviously, this installment recounted a) where Jack got his tattoos and what they mean, and b) confirmation as to the fact that the “Alcatraz” island is just a lab satellite and that The Others do indeed live on the main island. A good argument could be made that c) we got to see where Cindy is.
HOWEVER, I’m utterly convinced that a bigger answer was unveiled, but not the how.
Remember the end of the first season, wherein we saw the flashback where Sawyer met Jack’s dad in the bar in Australia? Jack’s dad, in describing his son, said that he was “a good man, maybe even a great man”.
Tonight, guest star Bai Ling said that Jack was “a great man”.
At the end of last season, Ben said that he wasn’t the leader of The Others. However, he did say that their leader was “a great man.”
You know those Clockwork Orange films that Carl was watching mention the leader’s name? You know the leader’s name from various conversations? That name is Jacob.
Jack? Jacob? Great man? Jack means “God is forgiving.” Jacob means “Supplanter.” Is Jack the leader? Based on Desmond’s time traveling and the implication that maybe they’ve ALWAYS been time traveling, has Jack ALWAYS been the leader? Those two skeletons from the cave? Exactly WHO are they? Maybe Jack found himself a lot sooner than we thought.
No sir. “Lost” hasn’t lost it.