Proletaria-tron: Well this episode was decent in my opinion. I didn’t mind the alternate timeline story at all. We got to see what I would expect from Linus. His life sucked, and he was still a scheming little bastard. And this time he didn’t betray Alex. We also found out that that Dharma Initiative still exists in this timeline but somehow the island doesn’t hold the same properties that it did in the normal timeline.

As far as the regular timeline went we got an answer! Richard Alpert was “touched” by Jacob and thats what caused him to stay young forever. Hes immortal, he can’t even kill himself and apparently Jack has some sort protection from the dying by being a “Candidate”. So it seem that Richard came over on the Black Rock and hasn’t aged a day since. So 2 answers really. I don’t really have much else to say about this episode. It was solid but not a hell of a lot happened. Some more political manipulation by the Smoke Monster to what I’m thinking is tricking someone to take his place so he can leave. Also I was less drunk for this one. Not sober but less drink. Arse-bot how’d you feel about it?

Arse-bot: I actually have mixed feelings about this episode… I found it interesting and slightly boring all at the same time and I think that’s because of what Proletaria touched on already: It was a solid episode, but not a lot happened – but a few very profound things did.

The alternate time-line was pretty interesting, but more than the story the little tidbit about Linus still having been to the island, only this time they didn’t stay. So there it is again, the island is still playing a role even in this time-line – even if for now it’s minimal. I have a feeling though that the fact that Linus has been to the island may come into play in this alternate time-line.

The regular time-line was fairly good as well this episode. This Jack and Hurley adventure is probably what has me most interested right now and it seems the more they find out, the closer to the edge Jack gets – it took a lot of balls to just sit there with a lit stick of dynamite tempting fate. As Proletaria pointed out, Alpert is immortal because he has been “touched” by Jacob and somehow Jack’s candidacy appears to be protecting him. My guess is this is why the bomb never went off and how our favorite castaways have escaped certain death continuously since LOST began.

Ben Linus’ main time-line story was definitely interesting. We find out that everything that has happened has had a profound effect on him despite is portrayal of a constantly detached demeanor. His plea to spare his life and how he has given Jacob everything with little in return was a highlight of this episode for me. And now, we have Jack, Hurley and Alpert reuniting with Sun, Ben and the others on the beach – with Widmore in a damn submarine right off the beach.

Sound off in the comments with your thoughts of this week’s episode of LOST!

Proletaria-tron: So a few things have changed for me from last episode to this one. First, only 3/4 of a bottle of wine consumed and second, I didn’t completely hate the Alternate timeline. This episode was a big focus on the fact that Sayyid murders the hell out of people. Even when Sayyid is trying to be a good guy and protect his family, yes I know he wanted to fuck his sister in law, he murders people. Maybe Dogen’s little Good/Evil test didn’t really work because Sayyid already was evil? And that drove him over the edge to let the Smoke Monster in and murder all the others that wouldn’t stand with him? I’m thinking yes.

Thats about all I got from this episode. Sayyid is dark, he has always been dark. A lot of times we thought he wasn’t but he always was. Even when hes dealing with Martin the Mercenary in the alternate timeline hes dark and kills people. Its always been his function and I still love him for it. He serves a purpose and in this episode it was to drive Smoke Monster into the temple and to start the revolution. Jacobites vs Smoke Monster Followers, the fight is coming. And can we please get some Desmond episodes in between now and then? In fact can we just get an Adventure Of Hurley And Desmond Spin-off? If we get that I dont give 2 shits what happens in the next 10 episodes.

And I almost forgot, Dogen Vs Sayyid was fucking awesome

Proletaria-tron: So this episode was pretty interesting actually. I love me some Hurley and if this season is missing anything its Hurley and Desmond. Those 2 characters have probably kept me watching more than anyone else. And this episode was just like Hurley said, him and Jack wandering through the jungle heading on a mission they don’t really understand. We also finally saw some more of Claire and what she’s become. Which is basically a new Rousseau, and at least as crazy as that French nutcase. Jin and Claire have a nice little time as Jin tries to figure out what the hell her deal is and we see that not only has she gone nuts but shes being influenced by the “Locke-Smoke-Monster” and that’s not going to be good for anyone.

So does any of this actually answer questions and advance the story? Kind of. We see whats happened to Claire in the past few years, and that may be giving us a clue as to whats going to happen to Sayyid. Jack and Hurley find a magic lighthouse that let Jacob spy on people somehow, which instantly gives me a lot of questions (like who is at 108 degrees) and before they can answer anyway Jack loses his shit and shatters mirrors. Thanks Jack, super mature of you.

So yeah I didn’t hate this episode but nothing jumped out at me. Oh and the alternate timeline? Meh. Jacks a shitty dad and his kid has issues. Like every male character on Lost, all the best cowboys have daddy issues. I will say 2 positives about the Alternate Story, Hurley finally gets the life he deserves and Jack still drives his super clean Bronco. I approve.

Arse-bot: Many of you may disagree with me out there, but I thought this was the best episode of LOST so far this season. As Proletaria mentioned, we got the opportunity to see “Old School” Hurley and Jack wandering through the mysterious island on a mission they know nothing about. We even got to see their old cave-home with the two mysterious dead bodies and Dr. Shephard’s busted up coffin – which we find out later that Jack has a tendency to smash things when frustrated. I really enjoyed the interaction between Hurley and Jack in this episode and it was nice to see the series get back to it’s roots. Just like with anything LOST thought, it created more questions than answers, I want to know what the purpose of that lighthouse was and who is at 108 degrees – will we ever find out? Or was it just a vehicle to give Jack a “nudge” in the right direction of coming to the realization of this very important thing he has to do.

The Claire/Jin story was good as well – but the weaker point in this episode. Jin is trapped in a situation alone – something he’s not used to. He’s the guy now in this predicament and we find him just as capable of lying and scheming to stay alive as much as Sawyer, Sayyid and Jack. Claire has obviously gone off the deep end with her creepy skull baby, still trying to find her son, and being BFF to “Locke”. I’m very interested to see where this story line goes in the coming weeks and if Jin and Sun are ever going to find their way back to each other – I have the feeling that if anyone gets a happy ending in LOST it’s going to be Jin and Sun.

This is where I am going to completely disagree with Proletaria-Tron. For the first time all season, I actually cared about the alternate time line. Sure, we have seen enough “mopey Jack” over the years to do us for a life time, but what I liked about this is he was emotional for a more legitimate and basic reason. He’s detached from his son, David – whom he gets to see once a month – and realizes there are parallels between his and his father’s relationship and his and David’s. I have not been the biggest fan of the alternate time line this season, and having one good instance of it hasn’t 100% won me over, but for the first time this season I actually cared about what was going on in both time lines. I’m sure we will eventually find out who David’s mother is, but again, no answers without more questions.

This whole episode just “worked” for me and as usual, can’t wait for next week!

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As usual, sound off in the comments on what you thought of this week’s LOST!

Proletaria-tron: Well things are finally shaping up. I’m finally starting to really get interested in what the fuck is going on in season 6. Now I’m just going to straight ignore the whole John Locke alternate life, because he’s still a sad, pathetic man and the one that I care about is dead. Yup remember that folks John Locke is DEAD. That’s not Locke, its “who the hell knows I’m the magic smoke monster”

So we have the ancient god who manipulated the hell out of everyone to murder Jacob walking around with depressed drunk Sawyer, yup I’m interested. This is good shit. Kinda. Because were still not sure whats going on in anyway. One question was half answered. Maybe two. The smoke monster was the dark to Jacobs light. And they are protecting the island…from something. Also, Jacob has been manipulating the lives of everyone who is on the island for a long ass time. What a dick.

I really don’t know what else to say about this one. I think the next episode will add on to it. This is a classic Lost build up episode. We’ve seen em before and usually they pay off. Arse-bot I wont lie…I was deep into a bottle of wine for this one, what’d you think?

Arse-Bot: I know you were deep in a bottle of wine by how many spelling errors I just had to correct on your thoughts. But I respect the hell out of that. Anyway, about LOST…

I thoroughly enjoyed this episode – and unlike my counterpart here, this was the first time I actually thought the alternate time-line story featuring Locke was interesting, though, I still don’t have as much of an attachment to it because as we have said before, these are not the characters we have been following relgiously for six seasons. Over-all though, it was interesting to see Locke’s life play out when he’s not getting all religious and mythical about things going on on a magical island.

As for the main time-line, I couldn’t have been more happy. We all knew that when it was promoted that we were finally going to get all sorts of answers in LOST that is wasn’t going to just happen all at once and it wasn’t going to just be a some dude sitting on screen with a laundry list of mysteries saying “Okay, here’s the answers to all the questions and mysteries we have set up over the last six years.” They are revealing things very little at a time and any fan of LOST probably prefers it this way. Now, while I agree with Proletariatron about “Not Locke” being the dark to Jacob’s light and how there has been some sort of balance struggle for possibly forever, there was one thing he forgot to mention: We finally got some insight to those pesky little numbers of 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, and 42. Each of those numbers were assigned to some of our castaways, for instance, Jack is 23, Locke was 4, etc. And we found out that they are all “candidates” to become the new Jacob, protecting the island from… something. Which also makes a little more sense of Richard’s warning to Sawyer that “Locke” is going to kill him and everyone he cares about – because why after finally killing Jacob would “Locke” want another one to take his place? Seems like he is going to some how exploit Sawyer and his “candidacy” to help him get off the island he has been trapped on for so long.

I think there were a lot of at least half-answers in this episode of LOST if you were paying attention (and not downing a $13 bottle of wine) and I am with Proletariatron, it really feels like LOST is ramping up finally and start giving up some answers!

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Proletaria-tron: Well…what to say about last nights episode? There was a whole hell of a lot of this episode dedicated to Kate. Kate just so happens to be my least favorite character. So much so I don’t even think shes hot anymore, and she used to be sexy. Sometime around the beginning of last season she just got really boring. Its nothing but pouting from her. Not only did we have to deal with her “Never Crashed” story but we had to deal with her “I still want Sawyers Southern Ass” story.

Sidenote: I hate the alternate timeline and think its a waste, I dont care about whats happening to them because they are not the people I’ve been watching for years, they are the people that never met and never crashed and never did anything.

I did like the “Sayid is some sort of Zombie” story line, because its the only thing that seems to actual be going somewhere. Sayid is infected and is going to go crazy. There is nothing about that not to like. He is going to fuck shit up. It seems like there is a whole lot of build up going on in the past 3 hours of show so I’m hoping stuff actual happens real soon. I’m slightly optimistic. Slightly.

Arse-bot: Shit! I forgot to watch it! Uhm… Kill-tacular-tron, what did YOU think?

Kill-Tacular-Tron: I enjoyed last night’s episode. It is moving a little slow, but it is the beginning of the season. After it gets some steam everyone will start complaining that too much is going on and there are too many questions. Lolz.

Kate is awful. If she would have died instead of Juliet I would be a happy man-bot. Although, unlike my counterpart, I am really enjoying the alternate time line. Showing how the characters would have intersected and how their lives are still intertwined is interesting to me. I like Kate and Clare living through a very similar experience while Clare gives birth. My money is on the two stories intersecting about two-thirds of the way through this season.

Sayid actually really frustrated me. Its cool that he’s back from the dead and ready to kick some ass, but he seemed like kind of a pussy while he was getting tortured. He kept screaming and yelling, “I don’t know anything!” If I recall, the last time he was getting tortured he didn’t scream like a girl or spill his guts.

Best part of this episode:

Super cool that they poked fun at his original role as an extra. I kinda wish it would have been Charlie. Oh, and did I mention the “cliff hanger” for this episode? Oh, that’s ’cause it wasn’t that memorable. We all knew Clare was chilling on the island somewhere. And we all figured she went bat shit crazy. This was more of a “retaining wall hanger”.

Spoilers Ahead! – Only read on if you have already watched the two hour premier of LOST!

Proletaria-tron: Its been a while since we’ve had something to be really excited about for Lost, sure we’ve had some tid bits of info here and there but nothing really got me all too excited. The premiere of the final season didn’t excite me either. A lot has happened since that last episode of season 5, for me at least. Through the glory of the internet, cable, and my new god Netflix I have been exposed to some really good TV; Mad Men and Dexter topping my list. I have kind of forgotten how much I loved Lost. How excited I was to watch every week, speculating about what was going on and being pissed about what just happened.

Tonight after the episode was over all I could think was ‘Meh, that was decent but fuck nothing really happened.’ Sure Juliette is dead but a damn bomb blew up next to her I kinda figured she’d be dead, plus this is Lost nobody stays dead. Case in point; Sayyid comes back to life right at the end. So I guess I’ll go back to the beginning or at least the first hour of last nights 2 hour premiere.

Nothing Happened. Juliette was pulled out of the rubble and died, Sawyer was pissed. The End. Oh all the stuff about the alternate reality where everyones on the plane and fine? Yeah I don’t fucking care because thats a different group of people, a group I never cared about, the ones I care about are still on the damn island.

Hour 2? A little happened. We learned that Locke really is dead and that the Smoke Monster is actually a who and can inhabit a zombie Locke, but not who he is. I forgot how annoying that is. Two steps forward, one step back. Hey we found some more Others, an angry Japanese guy and the Temple. That was pretty cool but man what a lackluster premiere. Of course I’m tuning in next week though, so I can be upset that I still don’t know what Locke is.  Arse-bot are you somehow less cynical than me?

Arse-bot: Actually Proletaria, I am less cynical than you this time around. I actually agree with you that it was kind of a lackluster premier, but I didn’t think it was bad. A lot has happened over 5 seasons and this was a good way to ease everyone back into LOST that has once again been off the air for almost a year.

As is par with LOST, I am confused as hell after two hours, but I’ll start with the first hour. Again, not a lot happened, but it seems that the creators are easing us back in. After all, our characters are all reeling from an atom bomb explosion (as far as we can tell from Juliette’s post-death message) and are trying to figure out what to do now. Their plan didn’t work, Sayid is dying, Juliette is dead, and Sawyer is toying with the idea of killing Jack for this mistake – it was supposed to fix everything. As far as this alternate reality we are being shown, I find it kind of depressing. I think we are going to experience a big twist (obviously) with this reality though because many characters are not acting like the people we have been seeing on the island, even in season 1. I 100% agree with Proletaria with that I don’t care as much about this alternate reality right now because it’s the Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Sayid and company back on the island that I have been watching for 5 seasons that I care about.

For the second hour we did get a few answers, but again, in typical LOST fashion, twice as many questions to go along with it. Who is “Locke”? Who is Jacob? Who are all these Asian dudes in the Temple our castaways have come to? I think LOST fans all over have suspected the existence of a Lazerous (sp?) Pit on the island, so it was nice to have that revealed. Again though, not a lot happened. I’m not concerned though, JJ Abrams hasn’t let me down as long as this show has been around and I’m sure the whole creative team is just ramping up for an incredible final season!

Lackluster or not, I am glad to have LOST back on the air – even knowing that this is going to be it for the series. Be sure to check back every week for mine and Proletaria-tron’s recap and reviews of each episode! Most importantly, feel free to sound off in the comments about your ideas, disagreements, theories, etc!

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