Comments on: Lost: Recon

By: David Hackett

David Hackett — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:49:31 +0000

Well, most of the Flash Sideways characters have better lives without Jacob’s manipulations (ironically most of them don’t realise this and are still miserable).

My theory is that at some point the “real” Losties will be made aware of this timeline and each of them will need to make a choice, the one that doesn’t choose the Sideways life will become the new guardian of the island.

By: Tad Stones

Tad Stones — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:09:14 +0000

I enjoy the Flash Sideways sequences as character pieces that seem to be distorted reflections of the characters on the Island. But what intrigues the hell out of me is the statement from the show runners that it is not an alternate reality and that both story tracks are important and will be woven together. I can’t see any way of doing it but I take them at their word. Waiting for the rabbit to come out of the hat…….

By: John Warren

John Warren — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:00:44 +0000

@Ed–re: Liz Lemon

I thought the exact same thing!!!!

I’m starting to wonder if the “flash sideways” is going anywhere, or if it’s just filler because they didn’t have enough plot for this season.

Surely it’s going somewhere. Right? Right?

By: ed

ed — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:16:43 +0000

So was that the LOST-verse version of Liz Lemon we saw introduced last night? ;)

And the apparent pull of the side-flash LA Basin for apparently everyone who’ve ever appeared on the Island continues… Just WHAT exactly are drawing all these people from different walks of life into meeting each other in their ’side’-lives somewhere around the 90210 zip code?? Why do they keep bumping into each other??

My theory: they’re all drawn to The Basin due to some mysterious force guiding their lives. Are they all dead? Is The Basin some kind of Purgatory for the sins they committed on that now-sunken Island? Just where are they exactly? Who are these mysterious ‘Cruse’ and ‘Lindehof’ that seem to move them all around like pieces on a backgammon board?

So many questions…

By: John

John — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:17:28 +0000

There seemed to be a lot of filler throughout the episode – I had the feeling that the forty minute show could have been condensed into twenty five minutes. Not a whole lot seemed to have been revealed but the Miles/Sawyer partnership was great. But the Sawyer/Widmore interaction was not (to me it seemed rushed and too convenient for the story, not very organic). Any ideas regarding the “Crazy Mother” question or more of Unlocke’s origins?

By: PD Shaw

PD Shaw — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:29:50 +0000

Correct my math if I’m wrong, but Sawyer has been in one submarine that didn’t crash, and he’s been in one plane that did crash. I can see him saying “I like them odds.”

By: Micah

Micah — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:03:32 +0000

Yeah, the cliff-hanger wasn’t as powerful as the music score playing underneath it.

By: Charles Skaggs

Charles Skaggs — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:06:54 +0000

“Coming to ABC this fall, Jim and Miles continue their adventures as Los Angeles police detectives in…CONMAN AND NECROPATH!”

By: maija

maija — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:08:23 +0000

Heh, I had the same thought as you, Beau. “Sawyer and Miles cop show?! YEAH!”

The very end was a little awkward. They tried to go out with a typical “OMG!” moment, but it wasn’t really, and the camera lingering on Kate and James’ faces made it increasingly lamer with each passing pointless second. It tripped up the momentum of an otherwise great episode.

UnLocke is a fantastic villain. I have a feeling that it’s going to come down to me picking a bad guy to root for: Ben vs. UnLocke vs. Widmore.

Also, the key to Lost seems to be the folksy wisdom of Charles Ingalls.

By: Nathan Aaron

Nathan Aaron — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:38:01 +0000

I would feel much better at attempting to pilot a sub than fly a plane. Then again, I guess the sub could sink in the ocean as far as a plane could fall… so I’d probably fail in both cases. LOL

By: David Hackett

David Hackett — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:34:02 +0000

Well as chief of security at Dharma, he had to have some sort of evacuation protocol. Whether that involves pioting the sub itself is questionable. Then again, as a failsafe I’m sure more than one of them would have to know how to work the thing in case the main pilot got picked off by a “hostile”.

By: Matt D

Matt D — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:16:57 +0000

I think it’s POSSIBLE that the Dharma training would have taught Sawyer how to pilot a sub since they had one and all. But yeah, that was sort of dubious.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:24:04 +0000

I was thinking the same thing about sawyer, but then i realized it’s probably easier to find someone to pilot the sub. it probably would be a hijacking. it’s not gonna work anyway so i’m not trying to over think it.

By: James

James — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:19:45 +0000

Sawyer can’t fly an airplane but he can pilot a sub?

By: Beau Smith

Beau Smith — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:07:02 +0000

After last night’s LOST episode, I’m rooting for a Sawyer/Miles cop show when the LOST is finally over. THis season has been great and they have outdone themselves.

Beau Smith
The Flying Fist Ranch