anybody else looking forward to the Lost finale tonite?

[Pidgeon]

'77 Widmore kind of reminded me of Richard Wright.

[Trotskie]

I heard a neat theory earlier about how the two are gods of some sort, conducting an experiment/game to decide whether humanity is worth saving.

Fingers crossed for a Trading Places-esque conclusion to S6!

[Pidgeon]

I heard a neat theory earlier about how the two are gods of some sort, conducting an experiment/game to decide whether humanity is worth saving.

Fingers crossed for a Trading Places-esque conclusion to S6!

*Awkward polite laugh*

[Trotskie]

Thinking about it, if the corpse reveal+"dead is dead" truly means the end of actual-Locke, his arc has got to be one of the bleakest I can remember.  Death by Ben's wringing the last bit of usefulness out of him; as if suicide in the wake of utter rejection by all of his peers wasn't bad enough.  Eep.

[Pidgeon]

Like Richard said, he was never "special"

[orator]

Like Richard said, he was never "special"

 Special enough to be Deus Ex Machina'd after getting shot. Though I'd chock that up to bad writing.

[Pidgeon]

He survived the shot because he's been protected by the island his entire life, same as when he survived his falls (from the building and when he fell into the mass grave) and when his paralysis was cured.

The things that he thinks make him "special" have happened to other people too, though.

[Regular Joe]

Someone who watched this show, will you please give me a brief, spoiler-full synopsis of the whole thing from beginning to end, with explanations, so I can decide if I need to go all the way back to the middle of the 3rd season to pick up where I left off. Thanks, bro.

[Pidgeon]

The rest of season three can definitely be skipped, just know that the losties defeated the others, captured Ben, and sent for a rescue boat. 

[jamesp]

I was watching the X-Files recently and noticed that Chris Carter actually wrote a lot of episodes throughout the series' run. Does anybody know how involved JJ Abrams is with the show? It looks like he wrote and directed the pilot and wrote one or two other episodes, but that's it. Do many TV dramas not have the same show runner for the entire run?

[bakersfieldchimp]

I don't know, I think the second half of season three was the good half-- pretty much everything from the Desmond-centric episode forward was pretty solid. Even though the "rattlesnake in the mailbox" at the end of season three has probably already been spoiled for anyone who's mildly interested, it was still the biggest "holy shit" moment for me in the show's run so far.

I thought this season was pretty good, although the finale was a little lackluster. It'll definitely be interesting to see what they do next season, though.

[Trotskie]

will you please give me a brief, spoiler-full synopsis of the whole thing from beginning to end.Thanks, bro.

On the island there is a four-toed statue of Taweret an Egyptian deity of protection for those who are pregnant. Taweret represents things above the horizon line Goodness and Order etc:

Taweret/jungle vegetation/light/life/Jacob

Under the island is a black smoke monster representing Apep (Taweret's opposite). Also from Egyptian mythology Apep represents things below the horizon line.  Evil and chaos, etc:

Apep/the earth below/darkness/death/Esau

* * *

As we pick up this story in 2004, life on the island, typically a black/white balance, has been thrown out of kilter for some time. The Dharma Initiative's excursions downward via the Hatch/Swan have released energy from below. Jacob has been weakened. The protector statue is broken and pregnant women are unable to come to term. Esau is able to project via Smokey and can inhabit the dead. Jacob can affect life (Richard doesn't age, Jacob visits Jack, Kate et al and affects their lives). 

Esau plays his hand and ostensibly kills Jacob.

In between there are a bunch of soapy goings-on, a fair amount of krazy time travel, and some insanely dopey coincidences.  Most of which are pretty fun depending on your tolerance for such things.

[eastgrandforks]

I was watching the X-Files recently and noticed that Chris Carter actually wrote a lot of episodes throughout the series' run. Does anybody know how involved JJ Abrams is with the show? It looks like he wrote and directed the pilot and wrote one or two other episodes, but that's it. Do many TV dramas not have the same show runner for the entire run?

My understanding is that JJ was involved in the pilot and selling the show to the network. Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse are the showrunners, and are usually the guys pressed for answers & explanations.

[Wes]

I feel like I need to fill in a few key details that Trotskie left out:

-This one time, Sayid threw a guy into a dishwasher full of knives, impaling and killing him.
-Another time, this column of smoke got so pissed at some seven foot tall former warlord guy that it turned into a giant fist and beat him to death.
-The Lawnmower Man shows up.
-Jack grew a beard.

[Regular Joe]

will you please give me a brief, spoiler-full synopsis of the whole thing from beginning to end.Thanks, bro.

On the island there is a four-toed statue of Taweret an Egyptian deity of protection for those who are pregnant. Taweret represents things above the horizon line Goodness and Order etc:

Taweret/jungle vegetation/light/life/Jacob

Under the island is a black smoke monster representing Apep (Taweret's opposite). Also from Egyptian mythology Apep represents things below the horizon line.  Evil and chaos, etc:

Apep/the earth below/darkness/death/Esau

* * *

As we pick up this story in 2004, life on the island, typically a black/white balance, has been thrown out of kilter for some time. The Dharma Initiative's excursions downward via the Hatch/Swan have released energy from below. Jacob has been weakened. The protector statue is broken and pregnant women are unable to come to term. Esau is able to project via Smokey and can inhabit the dead. Jacob can affect life (Richard doesn't age, Jacob visits Jack, Kate et al and affects their lives). 

Esau plays his hand and ostensibly kills Jacob.

In between there are a bunch of soapy goings-on, a fair amount of krazy time travel, and some insanely dopey coincidences.  Most of which are pretty fun depending on your tolerance for such things.

I feel like I need to fill in a few key details that Trotskie left out:

-This one time, Sayid threw a guy into a dishwasher full of knives, impaling and killing him.
-Another time, this column of smoke got so pissed at some seven foot tall former warlord guy that it turned into a giant fist and beat him to death.
-The Lawnmower Man shows up.
-Jack grew a beard.

Hey, looks like I have a show to catch up on. Good job you guys, you sold me! I almost never even need to watch it now, your summation was so divine.