Lost Season 3 Discussion Thread

[Jessie]

Woah.

Watched on lunch.  Did we know about Jacob before this?

[Beefy]

Woah.

Watched on lunch.  Did we know about Jacob before this?

Yes, he's been referenced a few times.

[Jessie]

Hrm.  I just don't pay enough attention to detail in this show.

[Beefy]

Pseudo-spoilers on what to expect from the last two episodes of the season.  The biggest one, IMO, is next to last.

* We do not get a lot more information this season about Richard Alpert and the island's other natives.

* We do not get a lot more information this season on the Dharma Initiative or the Hanso Foundation.

* We do not learn a lot more this season about Jacob.

* We don't learn more about the four-toed statue.

* Christian Shepherd is not discovered alive.

* Libby does not appear.

* We will learn something huge about Kate.

* We get a major clue related to the "other" Oceanic 815 that boasted no survivors.

* We'll be meeting new characters, not all of them in flashbacks.

* Rousseau's original Frenchy broadcast from the pilot plays a role this week.

* There is much death in the finale.

* Yet another original cast member goes the way of Boone and Shannon.

* A long-absent regular returns. And that regular is not listed among ABC's cast list.

* We will see Terry O'Quinn at least one more time before the season ends.

* We see a new side of Hurley.

* Desmond does not sacrifice himself to save Charlie.

* There's a big reveal involving Naomi and Penelope.

* The huge huge huge HUGE season-ending reveal resides in Jack's very dark flashbacks, so watch them very carefully.

* Between now and 2008, fans may scratch holes in their heads wondering how this show is going to continue next season.

[Dry then Catch]

Finally caught up.


BEN'S DAD IS UNCLE RICO


oh yeah, nice job shooting him once and turning away.  After acknowledging he has healing powers.  Next thing Ben will dump Locke into a vat of adamantium

[Beefy]

I just want to get this out of the way in hopes that it actually happens tonight...


DIE, CHARLIE!!!

[Jessie]

I just want to get this out of the way in hopes that it actually happens tonight...


DIE, CHARLIE!!!

It's coming.  I just know it.

[Beefy]

I just want to get this out of the way in hopes that it actually happens tonight...


DIE, CHARLIE!!!

It's coming.  I just know it.

Yeah, I'm feeling it too. DOOM DOOM DOOM!

[Alice]

I just want to get this out of the way in hopes that it actually happens tonight...


DIE, CHARLIE!!!

It's coming.  I just know it.

Yeah, I'm feeling it too. DOOM DOOM DOOM!

[Gamplayerx]

I just want to get this out of the way in hopes that it actually happens tonight...


DIE, CHARLIE!!!

It's coming.  I just know it.

Yeah, I'm feeling it too. ZOOM  ZOOM ZOOM!

[Beefy]

Okay, I just read the spoilers for the last two episodes of the season.  I now know who dies, who lives, and what the huge twist is next week that ends the season.

And on that note... HOLY F*CKING SH*T

[Dry then Catch]

Okay, I just read the spoilers for the last two episodes of the season.  I now know who dies, who lives, and what the huge twist is next week that ends the season.

And on that note... HOLY F*CKING SH*T

why would you do that? 

[BigDun]

Okay, I just read the spoilers for the last two episodes of the season.  I now know who dies, who lives, and what the huge twist is next week that ends the season.

And on that note... HOLY F*CKING SH*T

why would you do that? 

I have often wondered that myself. I don't even read the Tivo blurb about the show's plot points.

[Beefy]

Okay, I just read the spoilers for the last two episodes of the season.  I now know who dies, who lives, and what the huge twist is next week that ends the season.

And on that note... HOLY F*CKING SH*T

why would you do that? 

Can't help it.  It's a defensive reaction to the possibility that it all might suck and piss me off.

[Beefy]

Okay, I just read the spoilers for the last two episodes of the season.  I now know who dies, who lives, and what the huge twist is next week that ends the season.

And on that note... HOLY F*CKING SH*T

why would you do that? 

Can't help it.  It's a defensive reaction to the possibility that it all might suck and piss me off.

I believe I've explained this before.  I call it the X-Files Effect.  It's when you get enthralled in a show that is very deliberately and methodically revealing it's mythology/mysteries to you, and you get more and more hooked and spend years of your life watching it, just to have the whole thing implode into a pathetic lump of crap that is so insulting that you wish you hadn't wasted all of those years watching in the first place.  So now I have this almost compulsion to find this crap out ahead of time to find out whether the writers and producers are going to screw over their audience (me) in a big way.

The thing is, I don't mind knowing who lives and dies, or when, or how.  None of that bothers me or really interferes with my enjoyment of the show.  But I will admit I wish I hadn't kept reading to find out about the big reveal.  Next week, many many people are all going to have this enormously gratifying OH SHIT moment that I will miss out on because I know what's coming.  And yes, for that I admit I am a moron.  I wish I could unsee that part.

Interestingly, I have no need to spoil Heroes for myself.  I think that's because I was such an avid comic reader growing up and the whole show feels like comfort food to me.  It's not doing anything particularly original, but it's doing it well and that's enough to keep me watching for now.

[eo000]

i think i'm the only one that likes charlie.

[Beefy]

i think i'm the only one that likes charlie.

HE MUST DIE

I wonder where Bernard and Rose have been hiding all season.

[Jessie]

i think i'm the only one that likes charlie.

HE MUST DIE

I wonder where Bernard and Rose have been hiding all season.

Charlie is just kinda meh to me. 

I was wondering the same thing about Bernard and Rose though.

[Gamplayerx]

i think i'm the only one that likes charlie.

I like the little hobbity fellow.

[Beefy]

"Is he my father?"

Well DUH

[Beefy]

Remember, it's on an hour earlier tonight.  2 hour episode.

[Beefy]

Well, I knew most of it and it was still one of the best episodes of the season.  And the end... well, I'll let you discuss it after you've all gotten to watch it.

[Jessie]

Reaaaaaaaallly good episode.

[BigDun]

Meh. I was expecting a LOT more closure.

[Beefy]

Meh. I was expecting a LOT more closure.

On Lost?!  They did let a rather significant piece of information out, changing the nature of how we view the struggle on the island.