Lost: Lockdown
As someone in the chat said: "Now that's some old
school Lost right there". That it was, that it was. I'm going to say
something and I fully expect to get both "You're absolutely right Ryan, I feel the same way!" and
"Ryan, you ignorant slut" replies-- the second season is far superior to the first. Personally, I'm a huge
sci-fi geek, but Lost has won over a crowd that is much larger than your
typical sci-fi show. It won an award for best drama last year, and
that's what they've been playing up this year. It's all about the drama, the personal connections, the hierarchy and
structure of the tribe, who depends on what and whom, and you know what? I'm loving every second of it. I want more. On
with the show!Lost picked up right where we left it last week, at the tail end of Henry's
super-ominous comment about setting up the trio of Sayid, Ana Lucia and Charlie in a trap. If he was an other that is. So is he? Well, it looks like we won't know for sure until next week, but
currently, "all signs point to yes". See we find out Henry Gale's true identity, and he is a balloon-ateer
(yea, just made that up) from Minnesota. He also happens to be a middle-aged black man and the current resident of the
grave that our Henry gave directions to. So who is pretending to be Henry? Is it just a generic "if you get
caught" story that all the others are instructed to use? We'll find out next week.Being a Locke-centric episode, we also got a couple of more glances at why he has such troubles letting people in. In his past, right as he had seemed to have been getting over the hell is father put him through, his dad put him through the ringer again and destroyed the life he had built with Helen. With really the only two people in his life leaving him at the exact same instance, it's understandable to see why it only take "Henry" sticking around to get on Locke's good graces. Locke also saw something that I'm sure will be dissected over and over again for months to come-- the map on the door. I have no ideas what it means. I'm staring at it right now, and can't come up with any sound theories, so I'd love to hear yours.
One of my favorite parts about tonight's episode was the return of Jack. For most of this season he's been so wishy washy and whiney, it's gotten old real quick. In his best moments, Jack always seemed to be a half a step ahead of Sawyer (who was normally a couple steps in front of everyone else) and we saw that return to form in this episode. I like when Jack had him beat in poker and he used not only Sawyer's vanity against him, but also the knowledge that if he lost, it would only go back to the status quo. He had nothing to lose, and managed to win it all. Go Joe Jack!
All in all, a great episode in my humble opinion, and I am looking forward to this home stretch of new episodes with a great deal of excitement. Let me know what you think.

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