"I don't understand."
Welcome back to Lost, everyone! A nine-month wait that totally paid off - now I know what it's like to have kids! (No? It's not the same? I guess I'll have to take your word for it...) I have some very brief thoughts at this point, only because I was all about sitting back and relaxing to watch the show, rather than trying to concentrate on figuring everything out. And yet I jotted down a few things, of course... I'll post something more in-depth after I watch again (and, uh, when I don't have report card grades due in the morning), but for now, some first reactions:
John Locke's last words made me tear up. Seriously. Yes, Monster, for him to be thinking "I don't understand" as he's being choked to death really is the saddest thing I've ever heard. (Interesting that the Monster knew that - I'm assuming because he took Locke's form, he is privy to his memories.) I am calling the mystery man - who has been going by the names Anti-Locke, Unlocke, Man In Black, Esau, and others all summer as fans have discussed just who he is - the Monster from now on. There's no doubt that's who he is after tonight's goings-ons in the foot, and it's just so fitting after everything he's said and done, especially after his cruel take on John Locke. (Boy, is Terry O'Quinn going to have a blast playing him this season.) And we now know that Locke is truly dead.
But he isn't! He's alive in 2004 Los Angeles, with everyone else! Yaaay! Yeah, I don't get it either. My (very obvious) take is that alternate timelines are this season's flashbacks. It appears that our Losties are still on the island. And they also landed in LA. I haven't given this a whole lot of thought yet, so stay tuned.
Um, does anyone else know how it's possible that Desmond was sitting next to Jack on Oceanic 815? Does this mean that the hatch wasn't built in this timeline, which means Desmond never got sucked in to the Island and got stuck there puching the button, which means he never went to the island, and ended up on this flight for some reason? It was obviously an Oceanic flight, but did we ever hear or see anyone call it Flight 815 specifically? Did Desmond flash onto and then off the plane, since he seemed to have disappeared before they landed? They made a point to show that no one saw him get up. I'd also like to see what other clues people pick up on. For example, Rose was reading some sort of outdoor wilderness magazine; was she reading that in the Pilot? Did they throw little things into those scenes to show us that things are not exactly as they were? They clearly showed that Jack had an abrasion on his neck that he didn't recognize... He also had some pretty strong deja vu going on. I noticed that there were several lines of dialogue that echoed things that characters have said in the past. I will listen for those when I watch again.
Classic Jack and Locke scene at the airport. Very touching. And since Jack gave Locke his card (can you imagine if they had Jack fix Locke's back?!), we have the first concrete connection between our LA Losties that will allow them to meet again.
The actual Temple - finally! They seem to be confirming a long-held rumor that the Island contained a fountain of youth of sorts. But now Jacob is dead, and the water is dirty...
Where do you think Christian's body is?
Back to the Monster: "I want to go home." Are we talking evil incarnate here? Is he trying to get back to h-e-double hockey sticks? Or is it something more subtle? (I'm siding with subtlety, but I'd be interested in either possibility.) I need to give this more thought, too. But that look he gives when he says it - wow!
There's 815 other things to talk about - eh, you know, Sayid's ressurection, for example, or Juliet's (second) death (fo' realz this time) - but let me end this quickie with the beginning of "LA X:" that crazy journey down to the bottom of the ocean, where we saw...the Island? Whaaaaat?!
As I posted elsewhere this evening, I don't think I've loved this show more than I do right now. What a start to this final journey!
Until next time, Good Luck and Namaste!
~ Matt
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