This happens from time to time. Someone I know hasn’t seen a handful of episodes from season one of Lost and we head over to their house for a DVD marathon.
Strangely enough we ended up watching episodes that were rerun this past month. The Moth, House of the Rising Sun, and Confidence Man were the [...]

Confidence games are Sawyer’s trade. Whenever emotions run high people are bigger marks for con artists. And so it’s with great amusement that Sawyer recognizes his opportunity for revenge amidst otherwise peaceful circumstances.
You’d think that after a month of mayhem the castaways would realize that Sawyer only does things for himself, but then you realize [...]

After hearing Charlie sing at the piano in “Fire + Water” I realized that Drive Shaft must be a Christian Rock group.
How else would you explain Locke identifying Charlie as a member of the band, and what rockin’ band would appear in a diaper commercial?
Sure, it’s Europe, but still.

My pal Sharon pointed out a parallel I overlooked regarding Charlie and Locke in Fire + Water.
The only thing I got out of that episode was that Charlie and Locke share a similar situation. Charlie’s bro sold C’s beloved piano for his own gain — to get clean. Locke’s dad took L’s kidney. Then Liam [...]

“Save the baby Charlie.”

Lost’s episodes that favor character development over advancing the plot are precarious. It’s as though you’re telling a large part of the audience “Keep squirming and we’re going home. Now sit still and learn something.” Sometimes it pays in spades, as it did with Mr. Eko’s backstory in The 23rd Psalm; sometimes [...]