I Am Jack's Complete Lack Of Surprise
by
Dan Carlson
on Thu 06 Apr 2006 12:56 AM PDT
I got home from work after 9 p.m., but decided to catch the last 40 minutes of "Lost" anyway, since the show has long since regressed past the point where you need to actually watch every minute of an episode to get the full effect of the story. And within 30 seconds, I sadly called the Dave-centered revelation, since I've seen
Fight Club and
A Beautiful Mind and the "Normal Again" episode, not to mention that it was pretty much the most natural twist you could want.
The first season of "Lost" was extremely well-plotted. A friend of mine recently nailed it when she said that throughout the first season's arc, each individual episode was driven by a journey: Somebody was always going across the island to get a radio or a briefcase or dynamite from a pirate ship or whatever. But this season, everyone just seems to be sitting around, not doing much.
Plus, it's beyond disappointing that there are only four episodes left and it looks as of now that the Henry Gale thing will be bigger than it should have been. Henry should be the doorway to the finale, not the destination.
P.S. It would have been funnier if Hurley had recognized Libby because she was a porn star. At least that would have been different from the truth, which turned out to be pretty predictable. And she's definitely chasing him for the money.
"Do you know what I do when I feel I'm about to lose it a little? I buy a lamp."
"Well, lady, you must have one well-lit apartment, because you turned a corner somewhere."
