Recap and Review of the Lost Season 6 Premiere: The Beginning of the End: WARNING, TOTAL SPOILERS AND A VERY "ALL OVER THE PLACE" RECAP!
LA X 1 & 2 Recap
I don’t even know how to begin analyzing the choice of episode title. LAX of course is the airport, but here we have a significant space in between LA and X. My thoughts: The LA signifies our “what if the plane never crashed storyline” and the X is our island storyline (X marks the spot). There are a lot of possible theories on it, but that’s just one of my thoughts, but I digress. Beginning right when Juliet triggers the bomb in the finale of Season 5, we immediately find our survivors back on Flight 815. At this point, I should be very clear in NOT calling this an “alternate reality”. As Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, creators of Lost have adamantly said, these are NOT alternate realities. On their recent podcast after the premiere, they state clearly that BOTH the Island storyline and the new Flight 815 storyline are both REAL timelines, and by the end of the show these timelines will be “reconciled”. In previous seasons, we’ve had flashbacks and flashforwards. The creators, or Darlton as they’ve been fondly dubbed, are calling this new narrative storytelling form as “Flashsideways”.
FLIGHT 815 SAFE STORYLINE: Anyways, back on 815, we see the flight take the course it would have had it not crashed on the island. In fact, the island does not even exist on this timeline, as we see flashes of it immerged underwater. Had the flight not crashed, we see quite a few significant changes and events for the characters. Rose and Bernard are united the entire flight (yay!) We RANDOMLY see Desmond making a gorgeous appearance. Now when Desmond sits next to Jack, we see that Jack has some sort of recognition of Desmond. But, supposing the island was nuked in 1977, would Desmond have been training for the Around the World race where he subsequently met Jack a few years back? So my first question is what was Desmond doing on that flight and how/why does Jack recognize him? And where the flip did he disappear to? Next, we get to see two previously deceased/personal favourite characters. Boone sits next to John, however he is sans Shannon. Por que?! We also see darling Charlie overdosed in the bathroom. Not to worry though, Jack and Sayid come to the rescue! I was very interested when, upon resuscitating Charlie, Charlie was quite upset about being saved and said something along the lines of “I was supposed to die.” Curious. Jin and Sun look quite miserable, Sawyer stays sexy, a non-exploded Dr. Arzt fawns over lottery winner Hurley, whom regards himself as the luckiest man in the world. That sure doesn’t sound like the Hugo I know! Upon landing at LA X more trouble ensues for our heroes. But let’s hop back over to the island for some crazy revelations over there.
THE ISLAND: On the island, we really have two separate storylines going on. We have the Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Sayid, Jin, Hurley crowd, and then we have the Ben, Sun, John, Richard, Others/Algera 316 crowd. Let’s start with the (arguably) less complicated one.
Four-Toed Statue Camp: We all know at the end of Season 5, Ben killed Jacob because “John”/Jacob’s old nemesis told him to. We also saw the Others and Algera 316 crowd discovering the dead body of John Locke. That sure puts a spin on events. After some intense smoke monster battles in the temple, we discover that…IMPOSTER JOHN LOCK IS THE SMOKE MONSTER!! Smokey John tells Ben that “Unlike John, he wants to go home”. A lot can be inferred by that. Where is his home? Who exactly is he? Lots of discoveries in store! From this storyline we can also discern that Richard and Smokey John have some bad blood between them. He says he is glad to see Richard “out of the chains”, precedes to pwn him, and then tells the onlookers that he is very disappointed in them. Bam! I also want to quickly talk about Ilana, the “leader” of the Algera 316 survivors. She’s been a mystery since she appeared last season. I think it is safe to say that she is somehow working/was working as a protector of sorts for Jacob, along with all those men who got pwned by Smokey John. I’m excited to see how that all plays out.
Our Heroes: I should start off by saying Rest in Peace Juliet; may your soul find solace on starting on ABC’s V. Our heroes are still on the island, although the bomb explosion does seem to have put them back on track in time back in the present. Hurley taps in to his 6th sense and talks to newly deceased Jacob, who tells him that he MUST bring Sayid to the temple in order to save his life. Meanwhile Sawyer buries Juliet, and he is super fucking pissed at Jack. Jack gets served multiple times in this premiere which was rather amusing. Miles uses his ability to talk to Juliet, who says “It worked!” The questions start piling up here now. What did she mean by it worked?! I have heard many theories that all revolve around a certain theme. The theory, more or less, is that when you die on the island, it gets you off the island and out of that timeline, continuing with the life you once had (going back to our new 815 storyline) It’s too early for me to ultimately make firm conjectures about exactly what she meant. Anyhow, the gang brings Sayid to the temple on dead Jacob’s orders, only to be CAPTURED and brought to a NEW and IMPROVED massive temple. Ladies and Gentlemen, meet the Other Others. Our crack new Others are headed by our old friend Cindy the Stewardess. We also meet Genghis Kahn and John Lennon, who seem to call the shots. These guys work directly for Jacob, and seriously fear Jacob’s nemesis, Mr. Smokey. They look in the guitar case, break the ankh, and read some note from Jacob saying if they don’t save Sayid, they’ll be in some serious shit. Thus, they proceed to the drowning…I MEAN, saving. We may remember that it was in this fountain that the Others brought a young Ben Linus to save his life after Sayid shot him. Things are different this time around, as the water looks a little funky. They proceed with the ceremony and end up drowning Sayid. How sad. After a little chit chat with Hurley, they’re put on the alert that Jacob is dead and Smokey John is on the move. They put up their defenses (largely involving the black ash). John Lennon Other wants to talk with Jack, but he’s antisocial. Doesn’t matter though; cause what’s going on behind them? Oh, could it be the formerly dead Sayid waking up to say what’s up?
BACK AT LAX: Flight 815 lands safe and sound in LA. Charlie immediately gets hurried off in handcuffs (that’s what happens when you snort heroin in airplane bathrooms, kids!). Kate does what she always does, RUNS AWAY. Kate pulls some hinky shit in the women’s bathroom, pwns the Air Marshall, and runs. Along the way, she meets none other than Sawyer in the elevator. I had to chuckle at this “chance meeting”. She then essentially hijacks a taxi containing none other than our favourite MIA mom, Claire! Meanwhile, airport baggage claim does what they do best and lose something. They inform Jack that they have indeed LOST his FATHER’S BODY (oh, and they lost John’s knife arsenal. Jack and John talk for awhile in an office in the airport. It’s very weird to see them talking so civilly. Jin is taken in by customs for being balls deep in mad cash in his luggage. Sun responds “No English!” when asked if she understands. We have to remember, that the explosion of the island has the ability to alter an incredible amount in the future. So, with this idea, it could very well be that Sun cannot speak English now, and also why Hurley thinks he is lucky, why Shannon is not on the flight, and why Desmond is. Anyways, the premiere ended having created a lot more questions rather than answering any, but we got the whole season ahead of us. All in all I thought this was a fantastic premiere. Now on to my questions and hopes for the near future:
My Thoughts: Just a few tid-bits to throw out there for your consideration.
I think we are all under the impression that the revived Sayid is most likely Jacob in his body, just as Ol’ Smokey is now John.
I’m wondering what in bloody hell has happened to Claire on the island for all this time.
What is the deal with Jin and all that money?
How did baggage claim lose dead body?
Can Sun and Jin PLEASE reunite soon now that they’re both finally in the same time period?
I feel like even though Flight 815 made it safely to LAX, these characters are going to have to come together again somehow and the island will play some part in their lives in that timeline, regardless. I tried keeping tabs of what characters met one another in the flashsideways timeline. Here’s what I got: Locke/Boone, Rose/Jack, Locke/Jack, Kate/Sawyer, Kate/Claire, Sawyer/Hurley, Arzt/Hurley, Jack/Sayid, Jack/Charlie, and Kate/Steve.
A Look Ahead At Next Week:
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 9pm/8c
Episode Title: What Kate Does
[Perhaps a throwback to Season 2’s episode titled What Kate Did]
“Darlton” has informed on their podcast that among other revelations, in this episode Tuesday episode we will find out what exactly happens to Sayid and what the consequences are of putting him in the murky water as opposed to what should have been clear water.
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