Lost Season 6 (last season!) - news and spoilers

[loujareth]

Originally Posted by Richie

I don't get comments like this as time and space have been big themes since the start from "where are we?" to the sixteen years the message had been playing (and as soon as The Black Rock was revealed many of us got twitchy with excitement at the thought of time shift shenanigans)! From the moment Desmond turned the key at end of Season 2 there was no doubt something squiffy was afoot!
Plus why do you "admire anyone who's stayed with this"? Is a richly cinematic tapestry of themes, characters and plot not a good enough a reason to watch? It's not like we've done it out of hardship!

Well put Richie. It's their loss.

[zantarous]

I thought the time travel stuff has been awesome and made the show far more interesting and the really the only logical way they could explain some of the stuff.

[camaj]

Originally Posted by zantarous

I thought the time travel stuff has been awesome and made the show far more interesting and the really the only logical way they could explain some of the stuff.

In some ways i was a bit disappointed that the show wasn't as straightforward as it seemed. i was looking forward to a swiss family robinson story. i imagined everYones lives were intertwined and all 48 survivors would hold a peice of the puzzle. MaYbe persons unknown will use that concept.

onl, managed the first 3 eps so far. spotted a hair in the gate near the end of episode 2, not something that showed up on dvd

[Richie]

Does anyone know of a list of episodes to rewatch prior to the final season that would provide a decent catch-up / re-cap / primer when there's not time to rewatch it all?

I've put this list together, what do you reckon?

Season One:
Pilot parts 1 & 2
Walkabout
White Rabbit
Raised by Another
All the best cowboys have daddy issues
Deus Ex Machina
Exodus part 2

Season Two:
Man of Science, Man of Faith
Orientation
Collision
The 23rd Psalm
The Long Con
?
Live Together, Die Alone parts 1 & 2


Season Three:
A Tale of Two Cities
Not in Portland
Flashes Before Your Eyes
The Brig
The Man Behind the Curtain
Through the Looking Glass parts 1 & 2

Season Four:
The beginning of the end
The Constant
The Other woman
The Shape of Things to Come
Cabin Fever
There's No Place Like Home Parts 1, 2 & 3

Season Five:
All Episodes

[robzinski]

Originally Posted by Richie

Does anyone know of a list of episodes to rewatch prior to the final season that would provide a decent catch-up / re-cap / primer when there's not time to rewatch it all?

I've put this list together, what do you reckon?

Season One:
Pilot parts 1 & 2
Walkabout
White Rabbit
Raised by Another
All the best cowboys have daddy issues
Numbers
Deus Ex Machina
Exodus part 2

Season Two:
Man of Science, Man of Faith
Orientation
Collision
The 23rd Psalm
The Hunting Party
The Long Con
One of Them
?
Live Together, Die Alone parts 1 & 2


Season Three:
A Tale of Two Cities
Not in Portland
Flashes Before Your Eyes
Catch-22
The Brig
The Man Behind the Curtain
Through the Looking Glass parts 1 & 2

Season Four:
The Beginning of the End
Confirmed Dead
The Constant
The Other Woman
Meet Kevin Johnson
The Shape of Things to Come
Cabin Fever
There's No Place Like Home Parts 1, 2 & 3

Season Five:
All Episodes

Couple of additions, and a couple to scrub out in my opinion.

Just goes to show how whilst it was nice to get a good background on all the characters, so many of the peripheral characters flashbacks were so utterly pointless.

[scoobyood]

Most useful Richie and Rob, thanks. I didn't watch any yesterday so I have to watch 10.8 episodes today

Rob "The other Woman" has a load of important stuff about Ben in it (not to mention being a great episode), he admits at one point that he deliberately sent Juliet's husband to his death, thus knew the future and who was on the plane etc... which is weird. I hope they explain that by the way.. Ben got de-powered towards the end of season 5, his previous un-wavering knowledge of the future was swept aside. We already know that he never saw Jacob and ghosts like John did, because he jealous, so he couldn't have been told all this information.

[Richie]

Cheers, Rob!
I'll deffo keep The Other Woman in there as I love that episode and Harper is a hot crazy bitch!

[Jaime]

Surprised at the love The Other Woman is getting. It's not a bad episode, but I'd definitely list it as the worst of season 4. Daniel and Charlotte being sinisterly secret about saving everyone is really nonsensical and Harper is built up as such a mysterious character for someone who serves no real purpose. Felt really clumsy compared to the rest of the season.

[ColinP]

Confirmed 5th Feb start on Sky 1:

http://www.skypressoffice.co.uk/SkyO...th=1&year=2010

[camaj]

I'm really behind on my target. Fell asleep at 8pm last night during White Rabbit!

I've noticed a few foreshadowing things, though they may have turned out to be a coincidence. I've already forgotten one but the first that stood out to me was the first time we saw Christian Shepard he was drinking, so I thought perhaps his alcholism was decided much earlier. That said he was possibly drinking when he died so it might have been more obvious that we realised.

Jack's tatoos were visable from the scene where he got sewed up by Kate.

Locke clearly knows something from the moment he "sees" the monster.

[sleepy67]

Originally Posted by camaj

Jack's tatoos were visable from the scene where he got sewed up by Kate.

Jacks tattoos are Mathew Foxs own tats. The show just went with what Mathew has and for some bizarre and frankly dumb reason based an episode around them.

[Richie]

That's only because for some reason it was considered odd by some for a doctor (no wait, a surgeon) to have tattoos!

[SithLordSi]

Originally Posted by camaj

I've noticed a few foreshadowing things, though they may have turned out to be a coincidence. I've already forgotten one but the first that stood out to me was the first time we saw Christian Shepard he was drinking, so I thought perhaps his alcholism was decided much earlier. That said he was possibly drinking when he died so it might have been more obvious that we realised.

I'm pretty sure his alcoholism was written into his character from day one. He drinks himself to death.

[barthez]

Will friday night be the regular slot or is this just for the first double bill?

[DuncanSWardle]

Originally Posted by SithLordSi

I'm pretty sure his alcoholism was written into his character from day one. He drinks himself to death.

certainly when boy hood jack walks in having been beaten up and his Dad tells him about the child who died on the oprating table he is drinking

[DuncanSWardle]

as of the end of season 5 how many days have they been on the island ?

I have just started from beginning, on ep 6 at moment, and now with benefit of hindsight, it really does move at some pace and the characters really seem to have changed

Its as if although the show happens in days and weeks the characters developed as per a standard TV show taking place over a year

[sleepy67]

That's not an easy question to answer the Oceanic 6 left the Island 101 days (31st Dec 2004) after the crash (22 September 2004) but then there was the 3 years the show skipped over then there was some time travelling.

Ajira Airways Flight 316 took off in Jan 2008 when it crashed Jack, Kate, Hurley, and Sayid travelled back to 1977 where they remained eventually getting Juliet to trigger the nuke. The rest of the passengers of that flight ended up in 2007.

Both groups experienced 5 days post second crash.

Based on Lostpedia entry here

[DuncanSWardle]

Originally Posted by sleepy67

That's not an easy question to answer the Oceanic 6 left the Island 101 days (31st Dec 2004) after the crash (22 September 2004) but then there was the 3 years the show skipped over then there was some time travelling.

Ajira Airways Flight 316 took off in Jan 2008 when it crashed Jack, Kate, Hurley, and Sayid travelled back to 1977 where they remained eventually getting Juliet to trigger the nuke. The rest of the passengers of that flight ended up in 2007.

Both groups experienced 5 days post second crash.

Based on Lostpedia entry here

Ah yeah, forgot about the 3 year thing

[Jaime]

Originally Posted by sleepy67

Ajira Airways Flight 316 took off in Jan 2008 when it crashed Jack, Kate, Hurley, and Sayid travelled back to 1977 where they remained eventually getting Juliet to trigger the nuke. The rest of the passengers of that flight ended up in 2007.

Honestly, I think Lostpedia is wrong about when the 316 crash took place. There's no evidence in the show whatsoever that those not sent to 1977 experienced any sort of time travel. Never once is it referenced that anything in the show took place in 2008, but they do reference 2007, even post 316 crash. If the Ajira flight had gone back in time by a few months, there's no way the passengers would have known it, thus wouldn't have referred to it as 2007 unless that had always been their present.

Lostpedia's a great resource, but I definitely think they're wrong on this one.

[statto]

I can see what you're saying, but there was definitely a jump from night to day, so that seems to indicate some kind of jump.

As far as the episode lists mentioned earlier, I agree with robzinski's additions, but I'd also leave the two in he's scrubbed, especially The Long Con.