Lost: Season Premier. Tonight

[TogaMario]

It's also pretty funny because Benry/Fenry also made a comment about Stephen King when he was being held in the hatch's gun room when they gave him reading material. "No Stephen King?"

 

[Richards]

Also, the kid in the other cage was probably put their by the others to help Sawyer escape, and get him caught / show him that they're gonna hurt whoever helps him escape.

Oh, I'm quite convinced the kid was a plant by the Others. I figured they did it so that Sawyer would "bond" with the kid as "he's obviously on my side, since he's trying to escape, too." Then, at a later time, they can use the kid as an inside plant to find out what Sawyer and the rest might be planning (or whatever).

Of course, that said, I was kind of surprised they didn't return him to his cage (perhaps with a better lock) after they "caught" him. But I'm sure we'll be seeing him in the role of "captured prisoner, just like Sawyer" again pretty soon.

Johnathan

 

[Richards]

That reminds me - that was a really sweet touch, having Sawyer toss his little fishy biscuit over to Kate, considering all of the effort and frustration he went through to get it. I'll bet he made a bunch of "Kate points" with that simple gesture.

Johnathan

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

Sawyer's joke about requesting the cell Kate was stuck in was also funny. Still, I wanted more resistance from the gang and for one of them to realize they are facing brainwashing.

 

[Psionicist]

Am I the only one who thought the episode was painfully bad? In season 1, the show was about a mysterious hole in the ground. Season 2 was about mysterious "others" in the forest. And now, we have a mysterious town on the island? Whats next, in the season 4 premier we will learn about the mysterioys loch ness monster living nearby, then at season 6 be introduced to another mysterious island? The formula is simply to introduce mysterious < noun >, add mysterious music when filming < noun > then repeat this for as many seasons as possible until the viewers don't care anymore and find another show.

Nah, I've had it with this serie.

 

[RangerWickett]

Except that they've stated they only intend to have 4 seasons. From my knowledge, Alias -- J.J. Abrams' other series -- was good until the network told him he couldn't end it. I trust him to know how to properly end a show.

 

[TwistedBishop]

Except that they've stated they only intend to have 4 seasons. From my knowledge, Alias -- J.J. Abrams' other series -- was good until the network told him he couldn't end it. I trust him to know how to properly end a show.

I wouldn't know about Alias, considering I watched the first season and didn't fall in love with it enough to keep watching. I do hope Abrams has a definite end in mind, that it's not too far off, and that ABC actually lets him do it (considering Lost's huge popularity, I fear this last condition will never happen).

The flashbacks have always been a very limited time formula. I truly don't want to see the characters become jokes as their histories become more and more ludicrous.

 

[David Howery]

*smacks forehead*

The shark tank! Okay, that's where the shark with the Darma logo came from.... I totally missed that when I was watching this episode.. duh...

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

If the Abrams and Lindaloff (sp?) are able to end the show after four or five seasons, I think we will start getting answers of some kind soon, either directly or indirectly. In this episode, A Tale of Two Cities, we got a number of answers, but they were all indirect ones;

• The Others are not hillbillies, but live in a well maintained community with contemporary technology.

• The Others are also in contact with the outside world – they are getting clothing, books and information about the Lostaways.

• Benry (Who I now think may be an incarnation of Randal Flagg) is the leader of the community. No one questions him. It seems he leads the group like Jim Jones led his own cult.

• They are setting the Lostaways they are holding up for some brainwashing where they will (try) to make them think the Others and Benry are cooler than sliced bread.

No one “told” the Lostaways this information, we (the viewers) just had to pay attention.

So I expect we will learn more about the jabberwocky (i.e. the guardian smoke monster), the Dharma Initiative, the Others and so forth and so on. We will just have to pay attention.

 

[Sir Brennen]

• Benry (Who I now think may be an incarnation of Randal Flagg) is the leader of the community. No one questions him. It seems he leads the group like Jim Jones led his own cult.

Though some seem to have doubts or other problems with Benry's rule... remember Julia's emotional moment in the first couple of minutes. Though her lack of reaction to being shut in to drown does show exactly how much control he has over the other Others.