Excited and interested in this theory, and I suppose I won't even be mildly disappointed if this is all a much better way of handling that kind of story than the film "eXistenZ".

Also, I should probably read "The Third Policeman" before this show ends. I've been meaning to do that but keep getting sidetracked by other books.

That movie wanted so badly to be good. It gave it a good shot, but never quite overcame its cheapness/cheesiness.

We had the benefit of seeing Steph's tweeted hint ("Nice gown"). I wouldn't have spotted him (and didn't on the first pass) if I weren't looking, and having forgotten exactly what Steph tweeted ("dress"? "gown"? "robe"?) I wasn't looking. But then Charlie said that line about his "dressing gown" and it clicked, "Ooooh, gown!" and I went back and scrutinized the background of every hospital scene. No problem finding him them. :snap:

Happy to help! :) I remembered that Brad had said he was a patient in one of his scenes, so I just kept an eye on the background actors in those hospital scenes. It also helped to have the DVR that I could go back and double check.

:rolleyes: Grody!

I'm sorry, but when a plane crashes on a mysterious island involving a smoke monster, a button that saves the world every 108 minutes, and time travel escapades, the predominant story is not about Love.

I agree. That's nearly as bad as it all being a dream.

Love is a pretty all encompassing topic, and I actually like that idea. How is love "grody?" Would it be better if it were all about death and hate?

My hope is that his statement is very general, and that he's saying the show is really about the relationships between people, and the love that exists within those relationships. Regardless of what the Island is, regardless of the story, you're supposed to care about and relate to the people. And I do think, in general, Lost has done a very good job of that. It gets muddied when they try to introduce too many characters in a season, especially towards the end, because that's time taken away form the people you're invested in. Deadwood suffered a lot in its 3rd season because it focused way too much on story lines that involved new characters no one cared about.

That the article focused so much on romantic love was concerning and is, yeah, grody. :) And apparently Jacob didn't want any gay people on his island. So, again, I call him a dick. Heh.

That's cause Jacob's deep in the everlasting closet. I should know. He's my husband in a future life that takes place in what you would call the 1700's. ;)


Actually, they haven't added a bunch of new characters this season, and that was wise. Two or three of note, and one of those is dead already.

Oddly, even though most of them have even been given their own episode, I think the effect of this season has been to push the original Losties way into the background. They don't seem to be involved with the plot, and despite cameos in other episodes - seem to have a decidedly passive role in the direction the story seems to be going --- other than to simply "be" candidates-in-waiting.


I note that the yowza episodes have been about Ben Linus, and Richard, and now Desmond. Sayid's and Jack's weren't bad ... but Sawyer's was meh, and Kate's reportedly SO bad that I haven't even bothered watching it. Jin and Sun's was kinda kool. Has Hurley had his yet?

But the "plot" of the season seems all about everyone BUT the originals. I'm kinda forgetting about them, and I wonder if that's gonna be troublesome for a big finale?


Whatever. The season is finally getting good ... and maybe, like others before it, the plodding start will come to make sense in the overall scheme.



Too bad this is the last season. I've a feeling Dr. Brad might have played a bigger role in the next.



(Oh, and EH1812, those pointless new characters in Deadwood's 3rd season were supposed to play big roles in the 4th that never happened. I think it's wise to add new characters in all but the final season. Unlike Lost, most series don't know when that's going to be.)

Yep. White boxer briefs underneath. P.S. Merry the Hobbit is really, really skinny in person. I noticed the same thing about the "Friends" cast when I saw them in person eons ago...