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Finding
Lost
by Mike-oh
With Gilligan, the Skipper too,
the Millionaire, and his Wife, the Movie Star, the Professor and
Mary Ann...
Lost, Season Two. My
unstructured lifestyle doesn't find me in front of a television
set the same time every night, each day of the week. And I haven't
invested in Tivo yet. So following a regularly scheduled TV show
like 24 or Lost is futility for me. Not to be completely left out
of the loop, I rented the first season of 24 just to see if it was
as exciting as everyone said. I enjoyed watching it for the most
part but felt a little unfulfilled by the ending. And I haven't
bothered to pick up the second season, feeling like it would be
a waste of time.
When
Lost first came out, I wasn't even paying attention. By the end
of the first season I was familiar with the title and had a vague
idea of what the premise was but hadn't made any plans to rent the
DVDs. Not until I read Damon Lindelof's Ultimate Hulk versus Wolverine
and learned that he was one of the creative geniuses behind Lost
did I venture to the local Blockbusters to give the first season
a spin. And as anyone knows who has seen the series, I was instantly
hooked. I even told myself I was going to tune in on Wednesday nights
to catch season two. And I did -- once.
Somewhere
along the way, our neighbor Alex came over with his iPod and started
talking about all of the video content that you can download for
that thing. And he mentioned a few TV shows including Lost that
were available to download. The more I missed catching the show
on Wednesdays and the more that I felt the gnawing in the back of
my mind to find out what was happening to Hurley, Kate, Michael,
Sawyer, Charlie, Jack, and the rest, the more I thought about Alex's
iPod.
I
don't have an iPod (yet). But I do have iTunes on my PowerBook G4.
And one day a few weeks ago I become so intent on catching up with
Lost that I went to iTunes to look it up. I found the entire first
season available for download. And the second season was available
via something they called a season pass. The season pass was the
same price as the full season download. But with the season pass,
you can start downloading episodes before the season has ended.
And then as each episode is aired, you automatically download the
remaining episodes each time you launch iTunes.
I
was totally stoked by this idea of the season pass so I instantly
paid my 34 bucks and started downloading. What I didn't notice right
away was that this was the day after the season finale had aired
so... good news/bad news. The good news was that I was getting the
entire second season right then. The bad news was that I wasn't
going to get to experience the cool factor of automatically receiving
episodes the moment they came out. Suffice it say, I had the entire
second season and I was very satisfied that I would soon be taking
care of my need for more Lost. I would soon put the Lost demons
to rest and find some peace from an itch that I previously had been
powerless to scratch.
Of
course, everyone reading this article that has watched the second
season knows that my Lost fix was only good as long as the second
season lasted. Having now watched the finale of the second season,
I am once again itching for more Lost. This time with no way to
scratch that itch until season three begins in September. Downloading
season two has certainly been both a blessing and a curse. As we
watched each episode, we appreciated the absence of commercials,
observing that nearly every commercial break is punctuated by a
mini-cliffhanger. And at the end of each episode, we have the freedom
to debate whether we want to watch the next episode or wait until
the next day to watch more. (Once you've watched three or four episodes
in a row, you have to be careful or you might decide to just stay
up all night and keep going.)
These
cliffhangers are the stuff that make this such a fun show to watch.
We get giddy everytime an episode ends and the title "Lost"
comes on the screen to confirm that it's not just another commercial
break but truly the end... of that episode. Knowing the Lost creators'
penchant for cliffhangers, I knew that the season finale would be
torturous. Of course that didn't stop me from watching it. But now
I have to wait. And wait. And wait. Bad robot!
Here's
a quick recap of the second season. Maybe a little jaunt down memory
lane will help slake someof my thirst for Lost.
Man of Science, Man of Faith. We're inside the
hatch at last. And we're not alone. It's that freaky jogging guy
that Jack met on the steps of the stadium he punished himself in.
Adrift. A lot of this was a replay of the previous
episode. Kinda makes you wonder. We learn about Michael's petty
attempt to stop Walt's mother from going to Europe. And we are introduced
to the button.
Orientation. A short film in the hatch sheds a
little light on the puropse of the pbutton. But not much.
Everybody Hates Hugo. Hurley is put in charge of
the food stores found in the hatch, much to his chagrin. And Sawyer,
Jin and Michael are introduced to the other survivors.
...And Found. Michael, Sawyer and Jin are lead throught
the jungle by Ana Lucia, Mr. Echo, et. al. Sun loses and finds her
wedding ring.
Abandoned. We learn more about Libby's past and
begin to sympathize with her character just before she gets killed
by Ana Lucia.
The Other 48 Days. Seven episodes into the season
and we're finally getting the story on the other survivors.
Collision. Ana Lucia is a bad mamma jamma. Who
is definitely on the edge. Jack and Kate play golf until Sawyer
shows up on the back of the large and in charge Mr. Echo.
What Kate Did. See. Kate's not such a criminal.
Or if she is, it's not really her fault. She has criminal blood
flowing through her veins. There's nothing wrong with an entire
episode of Kate.
The 23rd Psalm. Michael has gotten a message from
Walt on the button's computer screen. It's making him a little nuts.
Mr. Echo's past ties him to the heroin plane that Boone died in.
The Hunting Party. Michael takes off with a rifle
to find Walt. Jack, John, and Sawyer chase after him and find themselves
in a face off with the Others.
Fire + Water. Charlie seems to be turning evil.
Mr. Echo is marking trees.
The Long Con. Sawyer pulls a fast one and ends
up with all of the guns, medical supplies, and the heroin. And frankly,
Jack and John deserved it.
One of Them. The crazy French lady has caught one
of the Others and Sayd totures him in the bunker.
Maternity Leave. Claire is freaking out because
she thinks her baby has the scary island disease and she flashes
back to her captivity by the Others.
The Whole Truth. With a title like that, you think you're
going to learn the truth about the Island or the Others. Instead
you learn that it's Jin's fault and not Sun's fault that she can't
have a baby. But the good news is... she's pregnant. Oh boy!
Lockdown. John Locke is a serious kook. And now
he's gone and gotten his legs trapped under a blast door. Blast!
Dave. Hurley has a girfriend. And an imaginary
friend. And it looks like all three of them spent time in the nut
hatch back in the day.
S.O.S. Bernard and Rose are reunited. Bernard is
a little nutty (so basically that's just about everyone now). Rose
was going to die but now she's not. What a terrific island.
Two for the Road. Ana Lucia and Jack's dad spent
some time together in Australia before the big plane crash. Then
Michael kills her and Hurley's girlfriend. What an ass**le!
"?" Mr. Echo leads John into the jungle
to find the question mark. Which happens to be under the heroin
plane, marking the spot of another hatch.
Three Minutes. Michael is acting real weird now.
He's assembling a very specific group to go after the Others.
Live Together, Die Alone, Pt. 1 & Live Together, Die Alone,
Pt. 2. John is convinced that the button pushing is a sham
and decides that they are going to let it count down to zero. Kate,
Hurley, Michael, Sawyer, and Jack find the Others and get caught.
John blows up the hatch by ignoring the countdown. And the season
ends. Aaaarrrrghhh!
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