LOST season 5... (contains spoilers)
Anyone who agrees that it feels great to see a thread like this NOT in the entertainment forum and mingling with the rest of Misc, well, high five.
Last time there was a topic about LOST I think it still existed and it was on season 2 (might I add that the board was more active...). And might I mention that I didn't partake in those discussions.
So I had just recently actually picked up LOST due to everyone on my floor being obsessed with it. Watched all of it up to date in three weeks (yeah, I know, I crammed studies as well), and have been following it since.
Truth is before that I didn't really hear much mention of LOST because according to various sources the first two seasons were good, 3 and 4 sucked and a lot lost interest, and now it just went back to being crazy-good and a lot of people have gotten back in to it. And that's true, so I figured it's about time it deserved a thread.
As much as I liked the character-centric episodes back in the first 2-3 seasons, I think it's pretty cool how they don't do that any more, as it's finally reached the climax of an ongoing story where everyone's story's been told and everyone has a role, and it's pretty much at the climax. Locke last week was a bit of an exception, but it didn't have flashbacks of Locke's past or anything, and plus this was actually crucial to the story rather than "hey, I think it's Locke's turn to get an episode so let's make one and somehow tie it in to move the story forward".
As for the whole Ben/Widmore conflict, which it seems to now bend on, call me crazy but as fucked up as he is, I still think Ben isn't the real villain. Also considering Locke came back to life, I think Ben KNEW that was gonna happen. Just like what happened with Christian. His motives are still unclear.
I actually kinda spoiled a twist for myself before I started by watching a recent episode (had nothing better to do) right before starting the series and having no clue what was going on, it was the one with the Jughead where we find out Widmore used to be one of those "others" soldiers. I remember during the "Put it down, Widmore" scene, everyone in the room was like "WIDMORE?!?!" Not that I had any idea why at the time, haha.
So last night's episode was pretty cool, I was a little confused by one thing though during the two "Three years later, three years earlier" plots going on. Did Sawyer jump forward in time to have that all happen, or is this really a flash-forward three years out of his life that he actually waited? After all he did look different in both plots.
Well, it seems Kate, Jack, and Hurley have been found... now we just need Sayid and Sun's whereabouts. And of course, the elusive Claire.
Though I heard that (Spoiler:) Claire won't be appearing this season at all, she'll be back in season 6.
Season 6 is also supposed to be the end...
It looks like Sayid is reunited with the crew next week... unless he isn't and is in a remote location with a story of his own. Can't wait to continue Locke's story...
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I honestly think that this season has been pure gold so far. I've loved every single episode (especially the one where Jin came back! <3). We've got this week's to watch hopefully tonight/tomorrow, so I guess I'll have opinions on that shortly. I'm glad it's a Sawyer episode though. I love Sawyer. 
Originally Posted by Andrew
hopefully they explain why some of them didn't go back in time. it also seems like young ben might already know about the oceanic 6? O_O it was nice to finally meet kelvin's pal radzinsky too. 