Wed, February 16, 2005
Well! I Never!—11:58 PM
Say what you will about Lost (and by "you" I mean "I"), but tonight's episode had some phenomenal moments. Maybe I respect the writing more when it focuses on smaller, character moments rather than the big overarching mysteries – so many of which I feel have been mishandled lately. No monsters, no hatch, no mysterious Jr. Dolittle this week.
The "surprise" toward the end wasn't too surprising, but I've harped on that before – if the show is going to train you to expect the unexpected, they need to work a lot harder at making the unexpected fall outside the realm of what you might expect the unexpected to be... otherwise, you're liable to expect it. But I think both fireside scenes were excellent. And the bar scene – some might say it's a little convenient, but I liked it a lot.
And this was probably the best opening flashback we've had so far. Wow. Compelling stuff. I'm still not religious about it, but – unlike God – I can see why people believe in it!
Brandon — Thu, 2/17/05 1:03am
Tonight was a nice stylistic contrast to last week's episode; I enjoyed both immensely. All the character work they've done both on the island and in the flashbacks is starting to pay off. I think we're in for a real treat over the remaining eight episodes. (Only eight episodes left?? Nooooooooooo! What will I do? What will I do?? Oh wait, that's right... baseball. Whew. See, I got it all planned out.)