Lost: The Islanders Face Their Doom!Something bad, bad, bad is about to happen, some event that left our favorite people looking deeply screwed-up in that big, empty airplane.
Lost: Locke, This Is Your LifeAs soon as we understood this episode was a Locke backstory, we felt preemptively distressed. After all, the man’s history is all retro humiliations and “Don’t tell me what to do.”
Lost: Guess Who’s Dead!We’ll admit this was a decent episode, if only because it made us care about the whole Jack/Kate thing, and not just what their hair looks like.
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Lost: Die Hard on an IslandWhoa! Seems like the ‘Lost’ writers’ room got awfully itchy during the strike, and when they got back all they wanted to do was blow some stuff up.
Lost: Tough Job for a Recapper on Maternity LeaveThey really turned the screws last night, throwing Sun into flash-forward labor and leaving us in tears over a tragic twist we were completely unspoiled for!
the take
Spoilers: In Defense of the American WatercoolerIn the era of DVDs, Netflix, BitTorrent, and iTunes, how soon is too soon — and how late is too late — to discuss the plot of a TV show or a movie?
ByDan Kois
the take
Spoilers: In Defense of the American WatercoolerIn the era of DVDs, Netflix, BitTorrent, and iTunes, how soon is too soon — and how late is too late — to discuss the plot of a TV show or a movie?
Lost: Wherefore Art Thou, Juliet?Even on the island of lying liars, Juliet stands out, with her unique combination of sad doe eyes and icy Kabuki gaze.
Lost: What’s the Deal With These New Guys?This episode would have rocked our world even if it didn’t feature the comedic stylings of Jeremy Davies, a.k.a. the Twitchiest Actor on Earth.
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Lost: We’re Pretty Sure We Have It All Figured OutAwwww, the very first episode of the season, and it centers around Hurley, the survivor with the biggest heart and the biggest (and most improbable) gut!
Emily Nussbaum on ‘Lost’: We Are John LockeTonight’s premiere may feel a bit like being stuck at the peak of a really fantastic roller coaster, except that it’s a ride you can barely remember getting on and that looks suspiciously like it’s made of off-brand particle board.
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We Decode the ‘Lost’ Online Game for YouA quick rundown of the tantalizing clues the game offers … plus a few cheats to get you straight to the good stuff, so you don’t get, um, lost.
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‘Lost’ Goes Back to the Future (Again)We have it on good authority that the latest season of television’s greatest-ever mystery show will be “damned entertaining.”
Michael Emerson of ‘Lost’ on Why Ben Linus Never BlinksThe thoughtful New York stage vet talks at impressive length about those titillating flash-forwards, Ben’s paternal instincts, and whether the spookiest villain on TV becomes a hero this season.
