Lost 4.01: "The Begining of the End"

Some of the subtitles were kind of funny, but for the most part they were really annoying. REALLY annoying. Skaters and Jaters? Fortunately, we never got onto those cute little nick-names…

Really quick question.

I’m working tomorrow night and can’t watch this broadcast live. How long will I have to wait before I can watch it on ABC.com?

Generally, ABC.com puts it up one day later - you’d be able to watch it Friday night on the web.

Could a mod fix the thread title before the episode airs?

So, “Lost” is back, and it’s opposite a new “Supernatural”. In the old days, before every cable company insisted on those stupid boxes, I could have watched one while taping the other. But no. . . .

What doesn’t fly with me is how Sawyer is suddenly so against her meeting Jack. Ok, so maybe things have changed etc, but to me, use of the word “He” (with distain) hinted a lot more.

To me, She’s free because in that dimension her stepdad is still alive. And still dominating…

I spotted the phone when it was there, as for that conversation, I don’t think it hints anything much.

To me its the multiple references to Jacks father in the present… Of course it could be a red herring, but why the hell bother?

I have a love/hate relationship with last night’s “enhanced” version. On the one hand, I have forgotten quite a bit about last season, so it was nice to get caught up. On the other hand, I was expecting a new episode so I wanted to throw something at the screen when I realized it was last season’s finale redux.

Either the last few episodes were hellish on Matthew Fox or he’s one hell of an actor. He looked wiped. Or maybe he was still trying to wean himself off cigarettes.

I’m surprised that Bernard ratted out the location of the other beach dwellers. I can see wanting to save Jin’s life, but telling the Others where Rose was? Totally out of his character.

Sayid taking down the bad guy and snapping his neck using only his legs…my husband said, “That Sayid is one bad ass.” That’s a high compliment, BTW.

I think Sawyer was in the pine box. If he returns to the US he’s a meth addict waiting to happen. He’s got mama issues, father issues, women issues, plus he’s killed two guys in the space of what? a week? including the dude from “Emergency” (Sawyer’s dad) which has got to be karmically suicidal. (He touches Randolph Mantooth and I’ll snap his neck with my legs.)

My husband swears that Kate was nursing Jack’s right hand but says he was swinging with his left hand.

I was surprised that the pop-ups didn’t mention that Jack’s dad had supposedly died right before the plane crash.

So if Penny wasn’t on the freighter, where was she and how come she was contacted before the place flooded? Is she with Dharma?

The dude playing Hurley really needs to lose weight. I’m not at my ideal weight, but I’m afraid for the actor’s life.

So Mikhail/Patch isn’t dead? I must admit, he’s one of my favorite characters.

Where have I seen the blonde in the hatch that was kicking the crap out of Charlie? The actress is very familiar but I can’t place her.

Was it just me or did the pine box appear to be too short to fit a full sized adult in it? The thing had to be less than 5 feet long.

The aerial shot made it look short but it seemed bigger when Jack was walking away from it. I still think it’s Ben in the coffin (which would explain why he’s neither friend nor family).

I want it to be Michael in the coffin – and no one else shows up because of the way he betrayed them all.
And we’d never have to hear “Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalt” again.

D’Oh! I missed the “enhanced” version of the finale! Are they going to re-air it?

You didn’t miss anything.

Probably not.
I watched the “Everything about Lost in 8:15”, which made watching the ‘enhanced’ finale pretty lame. (Charlie’s death is kind of stupid. Why not swim out the porthole that you can easily fit through, Mr. Hobbit?)

Didn’t know that Ben had killed his father and dumped dozens of corpses in an open grave. But I’m betting that was Ben in the coffin in the flash forward.

…unless you like reading totally obvious, unnecessary, and irritating ramblings across the bottom of your screen.

… or if you’re 14 years old and giggle at nicknames.

(But I did like the part about mother/daughter bonding. Did that get that from us?)

And the pop-up in the pharmacy. Jack’s trying to score some painkillers, using a prescription he says is written by his father. In the background, one of the other customers says something like, “This guy’s a hero! Lady, don’t you know what he did? You should give him anything he wants.”

The pop-up says something like “Most people think Jack’s being recognized for pulling the woman out of the burning car a few days earlier. But he’s really being recognized for something he did earlier.”

Is this thread going to suffice for tonight’s LOST (1/31) ?

Influenced by my unexpected enthusiasm for Cloverfield, I decided to give Lost another shot. The pop ups were corny to the extreme, but very helpful to someone who gave up after Season Two. One thing hasn’t changed: Evangeline Lilly is still cute as a button, even without freckles.

Hurely!? Ok, by the way Jack reacted, I would guess it might be another flash-forward.

Yup.

Oceanic 6? So we have three so far…any guesses to the other three?

What did that black “lawyer” say just before Hurley freaked? My wife and I missed it.

“Are they still alive?”