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February 15, 2008
I take back everything I said about Lost not being good anymore
If you're like me, and you used to love Lost but started losing interest somewhere in the middle of last season, around the time Hurley starting driving that van around, you better start watching again, because so far this season has been fantastic.
Last night's episode was the first one to focus on Sayid in what feels like forever, probably at least two years. He's one of three characters who rotates around as my favorite, and I couldn't have asked for a better episode for him.
In his flash-forwards, we got to see that life back in the regular world is as difficult and sad as it is for the others--though it was looking pretty good for a while, there. Playing golf, romancing the ladies, looking sexy, and lounging around naked in rumpled beds, while still getting to kill people here and there looked like an ideal Bond-like lifestyle for Sayid. And while that zinger in the last scene about who his boss is was the kind of shocker we should see coming a mile off by now, I thought the real surprise was seeing Sayid cry. He reminded me of a hotter, smarter, sadder version of Eric Bana from the best scenes in Munich.
It was the perfect episode for old fans who have been waiting for some more screen time for Sayid and for some more inexplicable but vaguely scientific theories about what the deal is with th island. I can't wait to see what they do with the space-time continuum disruption stuff suggested by the clock launched from the ship out there in the ocean, a few miles away and a half an hour behind (I think).
If you want to catch up, you can watch the other episodes of the season.
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Yeah, that right there is why I shouldn't have given up so easily last season. No more capriciousness--I'm back for the long haul.
Posted by: Amy at February 18, 2008 10:56 PM
Yep, Lost has been excellent this season. I missed season three when it was on, but watched it on DVD right before this latest season started airing. I think that season got a worse rap than it deserves, as I found many parts of it riveting.
And actually, there was a Sayid-focused episode in season 3, "Enter 77," a little less than a year ago. It was the one with the flashback to him being captured by the husband of a woman who said Sayid had tortured her.
Posted by: Rob Rogers at February 18, 2008 10:08 PM