Yesterday. 9:30 a.m. I was moments away from spending the day at Disneyland, the happiest place on Earth, when a certain EW colleague, whose name rhymes with Shmichael Slausiello, tipped me off that the first two episodes of Lost’s fifth season were now available to lucky media dorks like me for reviewing. Suddenly, the House of Mouse (and really, any other locale that wasn’t my laptop DVD player) was not the happiest place on Earth, but the most hellishly inconvenient. ARRRRGHHH! A long day of standing in life-stealing, long-ass lines became even more criminal and assish as I counted the minutes before I could rip into the most awesome of delayed Christmas presents. (Although I must say, The Pirates of the Carrbbean — a masterpiece of experiential narrative on any other day — was almost compelling enough to distract me from my furious angst. ALMOST.)
Finally, at 10 p.m. last night, with exhausted family passed out, I sat down and broke the seven-month Lost fast with the first two helpings of season 5. Both went down well, one more so than the other. A few thoughts in advance of a more thorough discussion to come, once the episodes air and we’re all on the same page.
Some Spoilers to follow
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To Lost, the most fascinating show on TV, we give all the Emmys, Golden Globes and miscellaneous guild trophies that you so rightfully deserve. These award-giving academies seem to have gotten distracted by new toys like In Treatment, and that’s their loss, but you deserve all the gilded glories they have to offer. (We do have an ulterior motive for this gift: We haven’t seen your pretty castmembers in formal wear for a while, and given the way they look in tuxes and gowns, that’s just a travesty!)
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# 4 - “Lost’s” Oceanic Six
Maybe it was just a marketing scheme like “Heroes” whole ‘Save The Cheerleader Save The World’ thing in season one but I fell hook, line and sinker for season four’s genius idea to allow six survivors off the island – Jack, Hurley, Kate, Sayid, Aaron (Claire’s son), and Sun. Now we need to find out why they have to go back and where exactly the island went and basically just what the hell is this show really about! January 21 cannot come soon enough!
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#5
Lost
We finally, finally, finally get to go back to the island. It’s a good thing, because we’ve never had so many unanswered questions. And it’ll be good to see the Losties reunite.
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By Kelly West And Katey Rich
2008-09-24 21:36:34
Ok, I’ll admit I have a tendency to get caught up in TV romances. If the chemistry is there and the acting and writing is good, there’s nothing like seeing two great characters get together. Even those dragged out on-again-off-agains can be fun to watch when done right. But let’s face it; not all TV relationships are great. In fact, Katey and I came up with a handful of ones that were downright terrible.
Some relationships are doomed for failure. Take Andy and Angela in The Office. I don’t think the writers ever intended for us to fall head over heels for these two. And given the way the last season ended (with Angela and Dwight getting busy in the almost-deserted office shortly after Angela accepted Andy’s marriage proposal), I’m guessing that it’s only a matter of time before things fall apart for Andangela (yeah, that’s the best I could come up with). Anyway, looking back at some of our favorite shows, we came up with our five least favorite romances. These are the ones that weren’t supposed to be humorous side-plots. The ones we thought the writers really wanted us to buy into and instead, made us cringe everytime they were on screen together. Without further introduction, here they are:
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