LOST---The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Part XIV

So I am going to go a little easier on Mr. J.J. Abrams this week because of that wonderful Star Trek movie he made. As for his television show, I do not know, and I fear I may only know by the end of the show next season. Anyway…

The Good:
1. John Locke wanting to kill Jacob, along with Jack deciding to go along with Farraday’s plan. It is about time the Losties started taking action again.

2. Hurley, Hurley, Hurley, you are wonderful yet again.

3. Miles finally got to see what really happened with his father and found out that Dr. Chang is, indeed, a good man.

4. It was really cool to finally find out how Richard was able to tell Locke that stuff.

The Bad:
1. Kate just never goes away, does she? Sawyer and Juliet had that wonderful moment, and then Kate came in and suffocated it. Is she ever going to get a chance to start looking for Clair?

2. My girlfriend pointed this one out, and after some thought I find that I agree with her: this show makes one easily hate the word “destiny”. To me, destiny is something that is purely mythological. It is something that one can feel, though it cannot be explained. This show deals heavily with “destiny”, and that adds to its intrigue. What annoys me about this show is that it is trying to define “destiny” the way Websters dictionary would. It breaks down what “destiny” is scientifically, factually. The reason this is so successful with fans is because most people do not like the word “destiny” due to the fact that it is open to interpretation. Since we live in an age where people demand answers and do not like to leave things open to interpretation and chance, having a show that explains a difficult concept like “destiny” is very helpful. What worries me is that, at the end of the show, the majority audience will decide that the LOST definition of “destiny” is the universal definition.


The Ugly:
1. I do not think that the season finale cliffhanger will be interesting this year. The writers have not set up an explosive enough situation.

2. One of my predictions is slowly coming true. Kate’s dissent and resistance to Jack’s idea shows that she believes that their lives have been better since crashing on the island. She is starting to believe that maybe stopping that plane from crashing is a bad idea.


Much thanks to my girlfriend for DVRing this episode so that I could see it. Next weeks review will probably be late like this one. This week’s episode was good, but not thrilling, and it has not set up anything too interesting for the season finale. However, that can easily be changed.

One more to go, dear friends.

Ciao.

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