Until this season, my little LOSTies group has just waited for the DVDs to come out and had a marathon. But this season, we decided to actually follow it week-by-week. I was looking forward to being able to talk about it for once instead of having to avoid this thread... but maybe LOST is too old and nobody cares (or apparently is being taken over by thoughts about Glee? Go start a Glee thread! sheesh ;). However, Cap did mention it on the front page, so... By the way, I'm assuming being in this thread means you're caught up, so consider yourself warned about SERIOUS SPOILERS.So, I'm enjoying the new season. Even though it's opening up multiple cans of worms, not answering old questions, and seems to be focusing on action more than further character development, I still love it. For one, I like the puzzle-solving aspects of it. The "alternate reality" story is fascinating, and I think it might be where most of the character development we're looking for happens this season - who are these people, deep down? Are they really different at the core, if they had never gone through the crash and everything else?Sayid's "infection" has me really puzzled. At first I thought maybe Jacob had come back in Sayid, a la Smoke Monster/Locke, but I doubt that's the case. Someone last year in this thread (Red? I only skimmed past posts, for once) suggested that Jacob might have intended to die. That's my guess, as well. I don't think we've seen the last of him. Jacob knew about the loophole, and he's done his best to bring everyone to the island to complete a plan - make something happen - to "win?"I love watching it unfold... I just hate the week-long wait (that was the benefit of DVDs).I think the makers of the show will pull it off, and wrap it up really well. They've certainly had enough time to plan. As long as they don't bring in aliens at the end as an explanation... if they do that, I'm going to be really disappointed. ;)

For the record, and I'll post it there too, I agree 100% with Jake's comments on what is killing the forum.  I love you guys, but man, please don't troll.  Definition:  posting controversial, inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community.  D&T, if you don't like LOST, why on earth are you even opening this thread?? :)  We get it dude, you don't like it.Now, back to LOST.  I agree, it's a very intriguing season.  I found myself frustrated and nearly bored during the actual shows, but obsessively talking about them afterwards (more the first two than last week).  I can honestly say I have no idea what's going on...and I felt like I understood more before this season even started.  I can say for certain that I am back on the Jack bandwagon (way to go asking questions and challenging the "other" regime) and SO incredibly OVER Kate!  She might be the most selfish character I've ever seen. As far as theories go, well, I've been obsessing over that too.  I think that Ben and Widmore are "linked" to each other in a similar fashion as Jacob and Smoke Monster Man.  I think the river is related to this since Ben was healed in at as a child (and maybe we'll discover Widmore was too) and perhaps something similar is now occuring with Sayid (and Clare?).  It's not completely hammered out in my head, but it just seems that Ben and Widmore have similar "rules" and the frequently used comment that "all the good in him will be gone" in relation to the healing river makes me suspicious.  We'll see...Glad it's on tonight!! :)  

In an effort to redeem myself, I found this youtube video's while watching the abridged series...I think it has some LOST references in here and I thought that it would fit with this forum...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miGSWJUDhSc&feature=channel

Okay, I can't pretend anymore, I'm really not happy with LOST this season.  I've been trying, really I have, but it's getting ridiculous.  Thinking back on the past five seasons I don't even understand how this season is even related.  The growth of the characters that crashed in the plane, the "others" (the ones we ALREADY knew, not this stupid new bunch we don't care about), Ben and Whidmore, Desmond and Penny, Dharma (remember that?)...COME ON!!I just don't understand what they're doing.  I kind of think Jacob is a condescending jerk, so I hope he's not supposed to be this all knowing good spiritual force.  Smoke Locke is obnoxious, although probably the only fascinating person right now.  And why can't anyone talk like normal people and, oh I don't know, ASK SOME FREAKING FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS!Also, what's with character disappearances?  I mean seriously, Kate covered the whole island and then made it back to the temple and Richard still hasn't shown up anywhere?  Speaking of the temple, as my new blog hero pointed out, apparently the temple isn't so "hidden" anymore.  Everyone just comes and goes through the front door whenever they want.Sorry for my rant.  I just feel like everything I've cared about and loved over the last five seasons has not made an appearance in these first six episodes.  I still hope the writers can prove me wrong, but I'm not as convinced as I used to be.

Had to take a Tue night hiatus the last few weeks, so I caught up on three episodes between Sunday and Tuesday.All I can say is... What?!Widmore's arrival certainly complicates things and maybe challenges Smoke-Locke's hold, but I can't see anything else has been clarified in the meantime. The flashback episode for Richard was interesting, brought a little more background to Jacob and Smoke, but nothing's clarified.Can we trust Claire's new-found remorse? Or is she beyond the point of no return? And just how far apart are Smoke-Locke's group and Ben's group? They can't be that far away from each other...I'll keep watching, because I have to know how it ends, but I can't see I'm excited at this point for each new episode... sigh.

Well, LOST gave me goosebumps last night.  I should have known it would be a Desmond episode to renew my love for this show.  He and Daniel Farraday are just magic to me.  I find both their characters so compelling.  I almost dread the return next week of crazy Claire and nutso Sayid, and everything else the writers have destroyed for me, but for beautiful moment last night, I remembered why I love this show so much.Faith has been at least temporarily restored.  I see where they might be going and I like it.And if you want some light shed on where they might be going, you could watch this episode of Fringe.  Credit goes to Daniel for finding it, and I think he's really on to something.