2008-5
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Lost In Myth: Ep 4.11 “Cabin Fever”

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LockemeetChristianYou can always be sure that the Locke-centric episodes will focus more on mythology than action and this episode didn’t disappoint. Between Locke’s creepy dream of Horace Goodspeed, his exploration of Jacob’s cabin, his conversation with Christian Shephard and an eerily entranced Claire, and the flashback scenes hinting at his strange childhood with appearances by an unchanged Richard Alpert, there were more than enough mysteries to keep fans occupied. More »

2008-5
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Lost In Myth: Ep 4.10 “Something Nice Back Home”

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JackAndKateNiceBackHomeThis episode had a really good mix of suspense and mystery, closer to Seasons 1 & 2 Lost. Early on in the episode, we get a flash-forward of Jack. He sees a story in the newspaper that says that the “Yankees Bludgeon the Red Sox in Series Sweep.” At first, I thought that this was some kind of alternate reality or changed future. But then I realized that it was probably just referring to a regular season series and not the 2004 world series where the Red Socks wound up beating the Yanks. These flash-forwards are supposedly taking place in 2007 so that would make more sense. More »

2008-4
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Lost In Myth: Ep 4.9 “The Shape of Things to Come”

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ben-in-tunisa-2This is the first episode written after the writer’s strike, and to me, it felt like it. The story was rushed, the dialogue seemed out of place for the characters (i.e., Sawyer telling Ben that he’d kill him if he harmed on hair on Hurley’s head—since when does Sawyer care that much about anyone but himself?), and the action was kind of unbelievable at times (Sayid turning his head all the way around to notice Ben photographing him from atop a building behind him). In spite of this, or perhaps because of it, I also found this episode pretty funny. More »

2008-3
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Lost In Myth: Ep 4.8 “Meet Kevin Johnson”

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4x08_MeetKevinThe first thing that stuck me as interesting in this episode was Michael, a.k.a., Kevin Johnson, responding to Sayid’s question about what he was doing there by saying that he was there to die. After watching the full episode, we may assume that he was referring to his repeated attempts at suicide, but if The Myth of Lost simulation theory is correct, Michael may be talking about something else—his desire to die and get out of the simulation already. More »

2008-3
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Lost In Myth: Ep 4.7 “Ji Yeon”

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800px-Jin_buys_a_pandaIf nothing else, this episode certainly proved that the writers are still at the top of their game, using creative use of flashbacks and flash-forwards to offer an intriguing twist. I also think it gave a lot of weight to The Myth of Lost simulation theory, and some of the sub-theories related to it. More »

2008-3
8

Diary of a Layman #9 (Winter 2008): Past, Present, and Future Selves

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past-present-futureOne of the recurring themes of Lost, involves a character named Desmond who is able to jump his consciousness around to the past and future of his life. Last season, Desmond’s mind traveled back in time with his memories in tact. This enabled him to predict everything that would happen as he remembered it. Last week, the consciousness from Desmond’s past jumped into his present, and had no idea what was going on. If you think this is confusing, I’m only scratching the surface of this episode.

Like the writers of Lost, I’ve always been fascinated with the idea of being able to communicate with the past and future versions of ourselves. More »

2008-3
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Lost In Myth: Ep 4.6 “The Other Woman”

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julietdinnerThe episode begins within the flashback of “Other” woman Juliet where she meets fellow Other, Harper Stanhope. We learn that Harper is a psychologist to the Others and married to Goodwin, who Juliet later has an affair with, making her the other woman from Harper’s perspective. Of course, the other woman may also be Harper herself from Juliet’s perspective. Either way, the fact that Harper is a psychologist definitely fits in with The Myth of Lost simulation theory because of one of its major points: that many of the Others are providing therapy to the Losties. If this were true, just as in our world, therapists see their own therapists regularly. So, having a resident shrink on the island is a big boost to the simulation theory. More »

2008-2
28

Lost In Myth: Ep 4.5 “The Constant”

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800px-4x05_Des_PanickAs with most Desmond-centric storylines, this was a great episode. Before I begin commenting, I’d like to point out that in a recent interview by Doc Jensen for EW.com, (“Lost: Mind-Blowing Scoop From Its Producers,” 2/22/08) Damon Lindelof mentioned that he and the other Lost producers are “pro time-space continuum bending” but “anti-paradox.” In other words, as far as I understand it, they believe you can move through time, but you can’t change anything. Anything you do would already have happened. More »

2008-2
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Lost In Myth: Ep 4.4 “Eggtown”

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800px-4x04_Kate_entersI loved this episode, not so much because it was a particularly good episode, which, mythologically speaking, it wasn’t, but because of it’s cool pop culture references. First it had Hurley watching the 1980 cult classic, Xanadu, which was so random, it was hilarious. Secondly, it had Kate using an old cartoon trick to fool Hurley into telling her where Locke was hiding Miles. Upon figuring out that he’d been tricked, Hurley says, “You just totally Scooby-Doo’d me, didn’t you?” More »

2008-2
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Lost In Myth: Ep 4.3 “The Economist”

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800px-4x03_ADangerousCoupleI’ve come to the conclusion that while still very entertaining and intriguing, Lost has become a completely different show. Once falling in the realm of myth or sci-fi/fantasy, now, I’d say it’s more some suspense/action adventure drama. There really isn’t a lot of mythology on the show anymore, and that is exactly the scenario I had feared which inspired me to write The Myth of Lost. At only three episodes into the new season, Lost definitely has time to redeem itself, but I really wish it would start answering the questions about the mythology before giving us new, relatively unrelated plot mysteries. Still, the more questions Lost leaves unanswered, the more satisfying a book with a theory that answers them is likely to be, so I guess I won’t look a gift horse in the mouth. More »