Now this would’ve been ok if we had done it on a Saturday night so that there would be no nagging in the head come morning that tells your senses to get up and get ready for work. Unfortunately, against our better judgment and the overpowering draw of Lost, we did a three-episode marathon to finally finish Season 1 which featured Locke, Jack, Kate and Hurley successful in blasting open the blasted hatch.And did the three-marathon run whet our appetite? Definitely not as it still did not reveal what the friggin’ hatch really was and what it contained aside from the idea that the hatch leads to a long way down.
The power of Lost lies in the story-telling. It continues to tease the mind, provides clues and answers that only lead to more clues and answers. It has similarities in style with another J.J. Abrams TV series – Alias (starring Jennifer Garner) – but also deviates from it mainly because of the difference in scenarios and situation. Alias was a spy thriller. Lost is an adventure series.
In Lost, as the series progresses, more questions are asked as more answers are revealed. The mind is continuously teased into working out the who’s, what’s, where’s, when’s, why’s and how’s … only to find out that you guessed wrong and that it was somebody else who did something you expected someone else to do and vice-versa. The degree of twists and turns is not yet as complicated as that of Alias in the first season but the mystery of the island will get more convoluted in the second season.I know, we’re late in appreciating this series. But better late than never and with a season 2 disc on hand, who knows how many more late nights we’ll spend watching Lost unfold.
We’re still debating whether we proceed with season 2 tonight or take a break from the island and its mysteries and tackle Prison Break. Bahala na, folks!
