Once Lost, Now Found
If I’m being totally honest, I’ll say that I will watch ANYTHING that JJ Abrams puts his name behind. It could be a TV show about a sensitive garbage man who gets sucked into the world of mobsters and has to save the planet starring Greg Grunberg and I’d still watch it.
JJ Abrams is the man.
Even Felicity was a decent show. ALIAS was one of my all-time favorites and made Jennifer Garner a star (for a while…she has returned to obscurity now). Mission Impossible: III was the best of the franchise. But let’s be honest. LOST is what made him famous.
Rightfully so. The first season of Lost was genius. It was just strange enough to keep people completely rapt, but the characters were so strong that they were drawn in to the island completely.
Season Two carried on the tradition pretty well, but as the season went on, it faded. That loss of sheen has been more prevalent during this 3rd season, particularly since none of the writers seem to want to answer any questions. The early rumors were that JJ originally pitched Lost as an 8-season arc. If the ratings don’t improve over this season, I imagine they’ll have to figure out a way to wrap it up sooner than that.
That being said, last night’s episode of Lost was probably the best of Season 3. The reason? The writers finally abandoned the Jake/Kate/Sawyer forced love triangle (see Ross/Rachel/Joey) and got back to the basics…answering some questions and focusing on the most interesting characters, namely Sayid.
Naveen Andrews portrayal of the former Iraqi Republican Guard Interrogator (read: torturer) has always been terrifically spot-on. In this episode, we get more of his backstory when he and Locke and Kate (and that crazy French lady) discover another Dharma station called The Flame that is manned by the mysterious man in the eye patch.
Without giving too much away, I’ll say this: if they can manage a couple more solid episodes like this one before the end of the season, I’ll watch Season 4. If not…well…you might find yourself permanently deleted from my DVR schedule. I watch too much TV as it is.
3 Responses to “Once Lost, Now Found”
jake
- 12:53 pm on 03/13/2007
LOST has definitely picked it up since last Fall. I am once again hooked on it. By the Fall finale, I had completely lost interest in the show anymore. It had gotten very slow and boring. Almost like there were too many characters. It’s funny, because they are trying to introduce two new characters. The scruffy guy (who will eventually get into it with Sawyer more than likely) and the cute brunette. They have been on a few episodes now but still nobody knows their names or cares. I agree with you, bro. Sayid is in my top 3 favorite character on that show. Sawyer being #1 and Kate (strictly because she is hot) being #2. Jack is just a given that everybody loves him, so he doesn’t even need a favorite number. Ecko was my favorite until the writers decided to be dumb and write him off the show.
Crafty
- 9:35 pm on 03/16/2007
Decent show, but I agree the storyline slowed down a bit too much for my taste. It’ll be interesting to see what Abrams does with the DOA Star Trek movie franchise.
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