Thursday, March 5, 2009
Lost Redux: Love Isn't Brains, Children, It's Blood...
Hey, remember when we thought this show was about the Zoo of Death or Purgatory? Back then, when things were simple and carefree, all we had to cope with was tropical polar bears and jungle mechanosaurs. Hahaha.
These days, Lost is about everything from love and charismatic leadership to reanimation and electromagnetism, and it would be patently exhausting to follow if it weren't so rocketship fast and so fraught with thrills, chills, spills and just damn compelling feelings...
Are you ready to tackle this week's Sawyer-centric outing, "LeFleur," and get our exclusive dish on which favorite character from the past is getting a four-episode return engagement? Grab your girlfriend's brownies, gas up the blue Volkswagen, and get in here...
SAWYER = AWESOME
Ladies and gentleman, meet James "Sawyer" Ford, aka James "Jim" LeFleur, head badass in charge of Dharma security and de facto leader of the surviving Island Losties, Jin, Juliet, Miles and Daniel.
After four seasons of wrassling the rest of the Lost A-Team for power, Sawyer is finally in charge. (And it's about bleeding time, too.)
Furthermore, Sawyer has finally gotten in touch with his sensitive side, trying to save old bald friends who jump down wells, rescuing women and babies, inspiring anxious doctors, sympathizing the drunk and despondent, and last but not least, picking daisies to give to nice ladies. How far we have all come!
And all of the above Sawyer character developments are right and good, with one notable and very important exception: Cleanshaven Sawyer sucks. (Fix please!)
LaFleur 5X8
Craziness – crazy that we are already at the mid-point of Season 5! And even more crazy that I think the questions in my head far outnumber the answers we have left to (hopefully) get over the last season and a half of our favorite show. Enjoy this week’s episode, because I believe we are due for a one week hiatus after “LaFleur” – which in case you were wondering, is French for “Flower”.
ABC’s Official Show Description
Spoiler Alert
“Sawyer perpetuates a lie with some of the other island survivors in order to protect themselves from mistakes of the past.”
The episode preview would suggest that we are going to get the reunion of the Oceanic 6 (or 3) with those originally left behind. So, a few questions to ponder heading into tonight’s episode (and to stimulate some pre-show commentary):
- What is the current time period the Island is now in?
- Why did Ben really kill Locke, given Locke was a nanosecond from committing suicide? Lots of theories out there…
- Presented yet again with the never-ending love triangle that is Jack, Kate, Sawyer; who will Kate ultimately choose?
