Thu, November 17, 2005
Taily Ho!—12:05 AM
Interesting episode of Lost tonight. It turns out I will be watching next week. I'm not sure how I feel about that.
(For those who care, spoilers from here on out.) The show ended last week with Ana Lucia shooting Shannon in the chest – or so seemed. Brandon, onebee's Patron Saint of Semi-Obsessive Message Board Skimming, brought up the fact that technically Ana Lucia and Shannon never share the frame, so it could be two shootings: Ana Lucia shot someone else, and someone else shot Shannon. I decided I had to draw a line: I accept that to be suspenseful, the show must jerk me around, but crafting a scene so clearly to imply one shooting when really there are two? Too much.
Turns out it's one shooting. (Or else Lost is really committing to this switcheroo with fake scenes from next week's episode.) The chilling news here is the mind control the Lost writers have over their cultish base of unexpected-expecting fans. They can throw anything on the screen: if it's good, it's brilliant; if it doesn't fit together, there must be more going on that we're not meant to know just yet. (And if it's just an innocuous prop or editing choice, it's a clue! to some mind-blowing rabbit hole which will turn the entire show – nay, our very concept of reality! – on its ear!)
Still, tonight was a fun alternative view of island life, especially since it began with the plane crash, which we never saw from the original perspective. When your plane crash show starts to lose momentum by following too many blind alleys and recounting too many redundant flashbacks, you can always spice things up by going back to basics – more plane crash footage!
Also: Josh Randall. Kickass.
Brandon — Fri, 11/18/05 11:40am
Also: Josh Randall. Kickass.
Indeed. Even though, based on what we had already seen, I knew he was a goner, I kept hoping against hope that there was some way he could stay on as a cast member. Oh well. Two former Ed cast members down, nine more to go!
My prediction for the next one is Jana Marie Hupp (Nancy), in a flashback appearance. Though according to IMDB, neither she nor Lesley Boone (Molly) have worked since Ed got shanghaied. C'mon entertainment industry - what is wrong with you people?!?