Archive for Lost
The weekly, hour-long drama Lost TV Show began at a point that in any other case may have been an ending: a passenger jet, crashing on an uncharted Pacific Ocean.
At that stage, each survivor was given a choice to live together or die alone Among the survivors were, Dr. Jack Shephard, fugitive Kate Ryan, rock star Charlie Pace, the reclusive and mysterious John Locke, hot-tempered and self-serving James “Sawyer”, chauvinistic Korean husband Jin Kwon, his much-put-upon wife, resourceful former Iraqi Republican Guard Sayid, estranged siblings Shannon Rutherford and Boone Carlisle, dad Michael Dawson, and very pregnant Aussie Claire Littleton. The island is treacherous and it holds many secrets and the survivors quickly learn they must band together in order to have any hope of rescue. Jack, Kate, and Sawyer have been captured by the mysterious. Others forced to live in their campsite, they learn more of the island’s secrets and realize their enemies have an agenda all of their own. Meanwhile, Locke is brought back into communion with the island as it wraps him closer into its own insidious plot. Adding to the suspense, was the apparent presence of a person not on the passenger list, who seemed determined to bump off the hapless castaways one by one, and a mysterious, terrifying yet unseen monster-like creature. The show has announced it will run for three more seasons of 16 episodes and end in 2010. The show has become an international success and the fact that the viewer has no clue as to what is going on seems to have become its biggest appeal.
Lost is both completely original and appropriately familiar. It’s Cast Away plus the dialogue, Gilligan’s Island minus the laugh track, Survivor minus the reality and Lord of the Flies minus the killing. It’s 60 minutes of quality television that has critics swooning and fans begging for more.
