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A new season! Comic book day has been a treat all summer with 52, but this is what makes my Hump Day.
A new season opens with a big reveal, one I'm sure everyone guessed, but never fully imagined. The opener focuses on the Big Three (Jack, Kate, Sawyer) and their initial imprisonment with The Others.
We get some background on Jack's divorce. He can be a bit obsessive, can't he... and self destructive.
Watching the credits, there's a couple of obvious omissions, and one not so surprising addition to the cast in the form of Henry Gale (not his real name) as an ongoing character.
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So, I guess Walt didn't have anything to do with the polar bear's appearance way back when?
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quote:Originally posted by CJ Taylor: Well, the two actors missing in the credits had a send off last season.
Oh. Oh yeah
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It was awesome!
I think it did a great job of establishing the notion that this season is about the Others, in the same way that last season's opener established that it was going to be about the Hatch, and giving just enough of a glimpse of them to whet our appetites.
The most interesting bit was "Let it go" coming through the supposedly dead speaker. I'd guess that's connected to the whispers in some way, which may have nothing to do with the Others at all, assuming that Juliet didn't actually know anything about the voice.
I'm curious about Rousseau's inability to find the Others as well, given that they apparently have a little suburb right in the middle of the island.
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The opening scene where "Henry" (?) gives the orders to Ethan and whatshisface to go infiltrate the castaways--SO creepy to get that kind of flashback. Watching the clip show last week reminded me how much more we know about the day the plane crashed now than we did first season.
With all the messing about with our heroes' heads, suddenly we're veering much more closely to "Magus" territory. I'm not sure how much patience I'll have for prison drama. And haven't these people figured out yet that EVERYONE and EVERYTHING seems to have been put into place to f*** with them? If I were Sawyer or Jack et al, I'd have to start considering putting bullets into people just to upset their "game." They've got to realize at some point that they're rats in a maze. I would really like them to turn the tables on the Others by the end of this season. It would be immensely satisfying.
I hope we get to see what's going on with everyone else next week--I know Jack, Sawyer, and Kate are now the Lost Holy Trinity, but the other characters are more likable.
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That was creepy with Henry 'Ben' whatever. It was nice to see Ethan and Goodwin and that no character in Lost is ever truly dead.
So is Mr Smiley - Kate's handler- supposed to be gay now. He did tell Kate 'Your not my type.' That's a gay line right there.
It seems 'Othersville' is a 'The Prisoner' type place.
We do get alot of answers of the stations, and where the bear and the shark came from. And we are right about the 3 facations on the island.
The Losties, the others and Dharama.
Can't wait for next week!
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quote:Originally posted by rtvu2: So is Mr Smiley - Kate's handler- supposed to be gay now. He did tell Kate 'Your not my type.' That's a gay line right there.
You know... it might explain the whole "Deliverance costumes" thing as well.
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quote:Originally posted by LARDLAD: But rtvu2 is right...Henry/Ben/whoever is mega-creepy! It's those eyes! Brrr!
The actor played a serial killer on "The Practice" a few years back (same network oddly enough.) I just keep flashing back to his breakfast with Jack and Locke last season.
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Man, Sawyer is just the perennial whipping-dog isn't he? The writers seem to like heaping the indignities upon him (though it does make for funny moments).
And what the heck happened to Kate?? She was definitely rattled - perhaps even traumatized by the time she got to her cage.
And y'know, as much as Jack blames himself for his dad falling off the wagon, his ex could've spared everyone a lot of grief if she'd just *told Jack the guy's name!!*
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quote:Originally posted by DrakeB3004: And y'know, as much as Jack blames himself for his dad falling off the wagon, his ex could've spared everyone a lot of grief if she'd just *told Jack the guy's name!!*
Yes, but that misses the point that it wasn't Jack's business. He strikes me (I just started watching the series) as someone who needs to be in control, and it bugs him to the point of violence when he's not. Perhaps this is why his marriage failed to begin with.
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