Lost Rewatch Update

And on this eve of... All Hallow's Eve... let me take another minute to remind you to come on over for a particularly rip-roaring week of Lost Rewatching!!

3.13 The Man from Tallahassee
Locke is introduced to the concept of The Box:
Ben: What would you do if I told you there was a Box on this island that contained something you longed for more than anything?
Locke: Does it have the KFC Family combo in it? With the little brownies? Damn, what I would give for those 11 herbs and spices...
Ben: Wha...? Uh... no, John, it doesn't, it...
Locke: A new shiny bicycle? I've never had a new bicycle.
Ben: No. John... you're missing the point. By "Box" I'm being...
Locke: Oh my GOD it's the Complete DVD set of Sex and the City, isn't it? I never DID find out if Carrie ended up with Big...
Ben: JOHN! Listen to me! I'm being all metaphorical and creepy here, and when I say Box I'm referring to...
Locke: WAIT! I've got it. It's an actual box, isn't it? Did you know how many uses the common everyday box has? You can draw on it... you can make little houses out of it...
Ben: JACOB?! Are you getting all this? THIS is who you've Chosen?! Are you INSANE?!
Locke:... you can pack books in it -- not too many, or it'll be impossible to carry -- you could put your new Sex and the City DVD box set in it...
Ben: I give up. Richard? Shoot him.

3.14 Exposé
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Funniest Lost episode EVER. Watch and find out why I'm suddenly more in love with a Medusa spider than with Desmond and Sawyer combined. And read all the way through the post to watch the video at the end. It's classic.

3.15 Left Behind
Kate wastes her time trying to get her cold, fishlike mother to love her, and she meets Cassidy along the way. Together they meet Brad Pitt and eventually drive their convertible off a cliff, holding hands while... wait. I think my TV switched channels partway through... OK, back to the episode, Kate and Juliet are handcuffed together and they find a convertible on the island with Brad Pitt in the back, drive it off a... dammit!

3.16 One of Us
Jack and Co. return to the beach camp, bringing an unwelcome Juliet with them. When she rushes off into the woods to get some medical supplies to save Claire's life, Sawyer and Sayid slink after her, confronting her about her past, and she throws it back in their face, glaring at them. Sawyer is completely turned on, picks a flower and gives it to her, changes his name to LaFleur, and all is forgiven. Or maybe I'm getting ahead of myself...

Next week: Pilots fall from the sky, Sun has an Island Ultrasound, Cooper and Sawyer re-enact the Jabba the Hutt death scene (sadly, without Sawyer suiting up), and we find out Ben likes to play with little wooden dolls.

Lost Rewatch!

I haven't posted one of these recently, but it's time to remind you to come on over and check out the Lost rewatch. We're in season 3, which means only one thing: Nikki and Paulo hatred.

This week's eps:

3.09 Stranger in a Strange Land
Jack loses major points when he cavorts with Bai Ling (leading even Jaters to say, "You know what? Kate WOULD be better off with Sawyer, even if he's had VD"), Juliet gets a marijuana plant carved into her lower back, and Cindy "watches." Viewers at home sit staring at their TVs in stunned silence, finally blurting out, "What the HELL was that?!"

3.10 Tricia Tanaka Is Dead
Hurley has a nervous breakdown when his mother tells him about her "needs," Sawyer helps Jin get hooked on phonics, and the whole gang Shambalas. In a deleted scene, I beat Nikki and Paulo to death with a tire iron.

3.11 Enter 77
As Sayid remembers a time when the torturer became the tortured, Locke loses his freakin' mind. We're introduced to Mikhail, a lover of Russian gymnastics.

3.12 Par Avion
Desmond tries to stop Claire from catching a bird so Charlie will be forced... to... live out the flash where he'll die? Wait, what? Then Claire catches a bird and attaches a scene from Shakespeare to its foot. Fans decide to let this oddness go and just spend their time debating the following topic: Who's hotter: Goth Claire or Blonde Claire?

Next week: The episode we've all (read: I've) been waiting for: the most razzle dazzlin' death scene EVER!!

Lost Rewatch Update

The rewatch is still going strong. If you're just joining us, or want to jump in near the beginning of season 2, come on over. We're already starting to see little hints of what's to come in seasons 5 and even 6:

2.05 "...And Found"
Sun freaks when she loses her wedding ring, and Jack awkwardly tries to convince her that it doesn't really signify that anything bad will happen:
Jack: "Don't worry, Sun, I lost MY wedding ring once, and it signified nothing. I got a fake ring, my wife stopped trusting me, I became a paranoid freak, and she left me."
Sun: "Please stop trying to cheer me up, Jack."

2.06 "Abandoned"
Shannon falls apart in the jungle and tells Sayid that she believes he's just going to leave her like everyone else did. He decides to eschew what his gut is telling him to say -- "Probably... but I can assure you that I will make it worth your while, while it lasts. Now, stop this foolishness and go back to my Love Tent that I have built for us." -- and tells her that he'll always be there. For the next 20 seconds of her life. (Thanks to Joan for that quote... I just had to use it!)

2.07 "The Other 48 Days"
People are kidnapped, people die, Ana Lucia goes nuts, paranoia rules the day, we see Jacob's list... and I realize THAT'S where I left my glass eye! Seriously, I have the WORST time keeping track of that thing...

2.08 "Collision"
Jack, whose memory is a freakin' steel trap, proves that not only can he remember some sweaty Scottish guy he met five years ago running through a stadium, but a woman he met in an airport bar and chatted up for three seconds before catching a plane. It's probably because nothing monumental has happened to him since then.

Lost Rewatch: Week 6

Hello everyone! Just a heads up that in our rewatch next week, we'll be covering the following episodes, hopefully to go live on Wednesday and Thursday nights (I'm away on vacation, so this will take some juggling on my part).

1.21 The Greater Good
1.22 Born to Run
1.23 Exodus, Part 1
1.24/5 Exodus, Part 2

And if you haven't checked out the posts on this week's episodes, come on over!

1.17 ...In Translation
We realize Jin isn't the bad guy after all, just someone who loved his wife so much he allowed himself to turn into a monster for her. Now with the discovery of his wife's secret, he moves to the other side of the island to "boat."

1.18 Numbers
Hurley's first flashback reveals he's a multimillionaire. Meanwhile, on the island, he and Charlie do their best impression of Shrek and Donkey having to cross the rickety bridge to Princess Fiona's castle.

1.19 Deus Ex Machina
Theresa falls up and down the stairs, Boone is seriously hurt in a crash, and John Locke gives Boone a hint on how to spell "trebuchet."

1.20 Do No Harm
Jack actually becomes a bit of a superhero in this episode, doing his valiant best to save Boone, but when he remembers the time he couldn't write his own vows, he realizes he doesn't have the strength to go on. Meanwhile Claire not only finds the strength to push out a baby, but the island miraculously heals her of her baby weight INSTANTLY.

Lost Rewatch: Week 5

Hey all: Just a quick note that over on the Lost Rewatch blog, we'll be watching eps 17-20 this week. The schedule is as follows:

Wednesday, 8pm:
1.17 ... In Translation
1.18 Numbers

Thursday, 8pm:
1.19 Deus Ex Machina
1.20 Do No Harm

Also, check out last week's episodes if you haven't already:
1.13 Hearts and Minds
Boone and Shannon get it on while battling a smoke monster (not necessarily at the same time).

1.14 Special
For a recap of just how EVIL Michael's ex-wife really is, look no further than this one. And it's worth it for cute baby Walt.

1.15 Homecoming
Charlie demos a photocopier in a way I would give anything to see in my own office.

1.16 Outlaws
Sawyer and a wild boar have a showdown. Locke happens upon Kate and Sawyer's camp and does his best Debbie Downer impression.

Lost Rewatch Schedule

I hope y'all are dropping by the Lost rewatch we're having over here on the Lost Rewatch blog. It's been a blast so far, and I'm LOVING going back to season 1 and finding hints of what was to come, or storylines that weren't working and were dropped.

If you'd like to join us but don't know where to jump in, here is this week's schedule:

Going live Wednesday night at 8:
Hearts and Minds
Special

Thursday night at 8:
Homecoming
Outlaws

See you there!

T Minus 2 Minutes...

Hey all: the Lost Rewatch begins today! I have the first two posts (on "Pilot, Part 1" and "Pilot, Part 2") set to go live in just a couple of minutes. I've kept the posts short (well... short for ME) so you guys will be able to have lots of stuff to say. I'm so psyched for this! I've missed our Lost discussions far too much.

Head on over to the rewatch, and let the games begin!

The Lost Rewatch Schedule

I've posted our Lost rewatch schedule on the other page. (And I made it all purty for you guys.) It's a doozy, but I know we can do it!!

You can check it out here.

The Rewatch Blog!

So, it seems many of you are content with the way this blog works and looks, and a website wouldn't change things for you. Frankly, I enjoy the blog, I was simply responding to some comments from people saying they were finding 300+ comments a LOT to slog through (thankfully, 300+ comments is the vast exception, and certainly not the rule around here). Besides, a website could get costly and annoying and is more conducive to ads. I prefer our clean little place here. I mean, has anyone tried loading up Lostpedia recently? Cripes... the time it takes for that World of Warcraft ad to finish playing through has me jumping to another site in the meantime. SLOW.

So what I did instead for our rewatch is I just took out another blog name. lostrewatch was already taken (drat) so I took out Lost-rewatch. I chose a template that is identical to this one, and that way it'll simply look like another page off this site. It'll be an easier place for us to navigate if I limit it to our rewatch recaps only, and then we do our other discussions over here. I hope that works for everyone! :)

I'll always post here when something is posted over there, so you won't miss anything if you're mainly following this one.

By the way, this is me procrastinating when I should be writing. The shoes are already ordered by size and colour, my spice rack is in alphabetical order, I've cleaned two washrooms and both kids' bedrooms. I'm in pain here. Hey, CC, you don't want to write a second episode guide on top of that Gossip Girl one, do you?

OK, back to work. For reals.