Lost recap

The Smoke Monster doesn’t want lemonade. The Smoke Monster wants blood!

A whole bunch of characters achieved their capital-D Destiny on Lost last night – which mostly seemed to involve reverting to being the people they’d started out as. You can run from the Smoke Monster, but not yourself. Spoilers below! It’s really hard to judge “What They Died For” on its own, since it’s so…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 19

Last Night’s Lost Was Cheesy — And That’s A Good Thing

Let’s face it, if the big mythology episode of Lost hadn’t been cheesy as all get-out, you’d have been disappointed. It’s about time this show let its true over-the-top colors fly. But exactly whose fall from grace did we witness? And yes, there are maximum spoilers for “Across The Sea” in this recap. The creators…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 12

Is It Still Called A God Complex If You Really Are The Messiah?

Last night’s Lost was all about Jack’s God complex, both in the Island and “flash-sideways” realities. Why won’t people listen to Jack? He can save them all. Really, he can. Spoilers ahead… I have a feeling “The Candidate” is a major step on the road back to Jack being the main hero, who takes some…

Television Charlie Jane Anders May 5

Lost At Its Best: Tearful Reunions, Backstabbing And Defining Choices

Last night on Lost, everybody made his/her move. Sawyer, Jack, Sayid and Claire all made defining choices… we just won’t know for a while what exactly those choices were. And the two universes really started to sync up. Spoilers ahead. So in last night’s episode, on the Island, Sawyer finally followed through on his long-simmering…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Apr 21

We’ll Judge Lost By How It Treats Hurley And Desmond

Last night’s Lost really underscored that there are two compelling characters remaining on the show: Hurley and Desmond. We’re probably going to judge the show’s ending based on how it handles these two characters. Are you with me? Spoilers ahead… So in one way, it makes sense that Hurley and Desmond would be the show’s…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Apr 14

15 Things We Learned In Last Night’s Lost

So are you a bit more convinced now that Lost’s final season is going someplace amazing? The Desmond-centric “Happily Ever After” recharged our faith in the “flash-sideways.” Here are 15 cool things we learned last night. Spoilers ahead, brotha… Desmond’s “catastrophic electro-magnetic event” back in season three is still significant. Remember when Desmond activated the…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Apr 7

Nobody Gets To Raise Their Kids On Lost

Lost’s producers promised that season six would feel like season one all over again. Last night, I finally realized why that can never be true. We also discovered, yet again, that Lost hates love stories with happy endings. Spoilers ahead… So before Lost season six started, producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse talked up the…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Mar 31

Richard Alpert’s Still A Slave, Man

Tonight we learned the story of Richard Alpert, Lost’s most enigmatic character. And it turns out that Richard’s arrival on the island was something of a turning point for everyone concerned. But what did it mean? Spoilers ahead… When Richard Alpert, the bedraggled slave shackled on the Black Rock, washed up on the island, his…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Mar 24

Sawyer Is The King Of Pain

Sawyer tells lots of different stories to different people in last night’s Lost, but really the only thing he wants to share is delicious, wholesome pain. And we discover that mommy issues are the new daddy issues. Spoilers below. So, first the quick summary. In last night’s episode, Island Sawyer does some recon for Smokey…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Mar 17

Please Don’t Redeem Ben! We’re Begging You.

Lost’s Benjamin Linus has hit rock bottom, both morally and psychologically. So now is he going to have a miraculous transformation into the Island’s noblest character? Please, no. Just no. Spoilers for last night’s Lost ahead. Ben might well be our favorite Lost character these days — and last night’s episode helped remind us why.…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Mar 10

What’s So Bad About Being A Pawn Anyway?

Sayid used to be one of my favorite characters on Lost, but he took a few too many random turns — even before he shot a kid. Now it seems like even Sayid doesn’t like Sayid any more. Spoilers ahead… First of all, was I the only one desperately hoping that Sayid would stab Kate…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Mar 3

Hurley And Jack’s Somewhat Excellent Adventure

I kind of hope Jacob winds up being the big villain of Lost. He’s just so smug and manipulative, as evidenced by last night’s totally awesome episode. Spoilers ahead. Maybe it’s the fact that Jacob is portrayed by Lucifer from Supernatural, but I don’t trust the guy at all. He’s like a caricature of a…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Feb 24

Go Ahead And Tell Locke What He Can’t Do. He Doesn’t Mind.

Is it too soon to wonder if Lost’s latest gimmick is falling a bit flat? At the very least, last night’s episode was the second in a row that Sawyer stole, and that feels significant. Spoilers below. I’m not sure whether it counts as a spoiler that Lost is showcasing two different realities this season…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Feb 17

So Yeah… What Does Kate Care About?

Last night’s Lost was much better than we’d expected from a Kate-centric episode. Partly, this was because Kate did a teeny bit of growing as a person. And partly it was because Jack and Sawyer stole the show. Spoilers avast… So both Kates realized, last night, that they owed something to poor Claire Littleton. The…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Feb 10

So, Two Guys Are Sitting On a Desert Island . . .

One’s wearing a white shirt, the other black. Is it a smackdown between Good and Evil? Macs and PCs? Rosencrantz and Guildenstern? Nope, it’s the big Lost season five finale, with tons of spoilers ahead. Well, they certainly crammed a lot into last night’s double episode: The O6 getting touched by an angel, er, Jacob.…

io9 Lynn Peril May 14

Lost’s John Locke Has A New Social Contract

John Locke, Lost’s spiritual-questing outdoorsman, finally lived up to his name last night, offering his people a new social contract. But as with most contracts, you really gotta read the fine print. Spoilers below! The most fascinating scene in last night’s Lost was the one where Locke set Richard Alpert up on a date with…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 7

What Happened, Happened … Unless You Can Change the Past

Why did I read that huge Lost spoiler on io9 last week — and, more importantly, why did it turn out to be true? Spoilers and lamentation after the jump. More lethal spoilers, below. Listen, show, you and I have been through a lot together, but Daniel Faraday? You had to kill off one of…

io9 Lynn Peril Apr 30

Hurley Can See for Miles and Miles

The dynamic duo of Hurley and Miles teamed up again on last night’s Lost for some soul searching — literally and figuratively. Spoilers and a confession after the jump. First, the confession: I have never seen The Empire Strikes Back. No particular reason—I liked Star Wars and saw it a couple of times in the…

Television Lynn Peril Apr 16

It’s Judgment Day for Ben Linus

Mutton dressed as lamb in some bad wiggery, a monologue-ing villain, and one pissed-off teenager: Lost had it all this week. Get spoiled after the jump. I’m so happy that self-confident, cagey, jungle-master John Locke is back! Though I’m not sure that he’s “the same man he’s always been” as he tells Sun (who, from…

Television Lynn Peril Apr 9

Kate Does The Right Thing

News flash! Last night’s Lost was Kate-centric, and I didn’t hate it as much as I thought I would. Spoilers ahoy. The promise, or threat, depending on your outlook, of a Kate episode has been looming over our heads for several weeks, and last night it arrived. The surprise, for me, is that I didn’t…

io9 Lynn Peril Apr 2

Lost recap

The Smoke Monster doesn’t want lemonade. The Smoke Monster wants blood!

Last Night’s Lost Was Cheesy — And That’s A Good Thing

Is It Still Called A God Complex If You Really Are The Messiah?

Lost At Its Best: Tearful Reunions, Backstabbing And Defining Choices

We’ll Judge Lost By How It Treats Hurley And Desmond

15 Things We Learned In Last Night’s Lost

Nobody Gets To Raise Their Kids On Lost

Richard Alpert’s Still A Slave, Man

Sawyer Is The King Of Pain

Please Don’t Redeem Ben! We’re Begging You.

What’s So Bad About Being A Pawn Anyway?

Hurley And Jack’s Somewhat Excellent Adventure

Go Ahead And Tell Locke What He Can’t Do. He Doesn’t Mind.

So Yeah… What Does Kate Care About?

So, Two Guys Are Sitting On a Desert Island . . .

Lost’s John Locke Has A New Social Contract

What Happened, Happened … Unless You Can Change the Past

Hurley Can See for Miles and Miles

It’s Judgment Day for Ben Linus

Kate Does The Right Thing

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