What is "off"?
DUN DUN DUN.
'Safe'
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What is "off"?
DUN DUN DUN.
DUN DUN DUN.
I just totally went to an Eastenders place. I don't think anybody will understand me.
I understand you! My brain is now zooming out over a map of London as I type.
So, I caught up with Lost earlier. Did Entertainment Weekly really say the episode gave answers? I can't think of a single thing it answered, but I can reel off more questions it raised.
Not really defending the show, just typing out loud:
Well, we know that at least one of the Others isn't there willingly. That's something we know.
We know Ethan has been a goon for a long time.
We know that someone on the island has watched "A Clockwork Orange."
that's all I got.
We know that Juliet is there unwillingly. And that whoever is running the Island had pretty freaky real-world powers to be able to set up a bus-hit to eliminate the stated reason she couldn't agree to join them.
(And why not just kidnap her if she's so important to your program? Why get her consent, even if you have to move heaven and earth, and lie to her to get it?)
Do we know that the bus-hit was planned?
Point of interest - the conversation between Ben and Juliet at the end wasn't heard. I'd speculate the deal between Ben and Juliet is not as it seems, and Juliet is just playing Jack still.
There's no direct link between the bus hit shown.
Do we know that the bus-hit was planned?
No. Just Walt-style freaky and remarkably convenient for Juliet's would-be employers. And... funny.
Remarkably convenient for the writers, too.
I really have to stop watching Lost, as I've become one of those people who watch something to criticize it. Seriously, though - 7 episodes into the new season. The large ensemble cast has really been 95% about 3 of them. The story was, after spending the last two seasons tracking the cast aways, dressing up and studying them, The Others took them and... uhm.. Put them in confined spaces. And then they escaped. We pretty much had no real explanations about anything, but I'm sure once/if the writers stop smoking crack and doing LSD (at the same time) they might think of a reason why Kate and Sawyer were taken. Other than "THEY ARE HAWT!!!1!".
See? I need to stop watching. But, for some reason, I just can't bring myself to look away. I actually thought it was a really promising series at first, with a great dynamic between Locke and Jack, some lovely light/dark parallels and all that joy.
The problems with Lost I see aren't that difficult. You could make a ten point action plan, and improve the series immeasurably. But nobody on the production or network side seems to agree, and as a result the ratings are sliding.