"Lost" & Found

After a very long break, Lost was back with a new episode last night... and as usual, we were left with more questions than answers.

First off though, the television gods are not being very nice at all!  Lost, Idol Finales Will Square Off... arrrrgh!?!   Both are currently scheduled to air expanded 2 hour finales on Wednesday, May 25th - I am hoping that are TiVos and cable boxes (which have a tendency just to shut themselves off every now and then!) are working fine while we are on vacation.

Later in the post there are some mild spoilers...  they have been widely reported (and are not very specific) in entertainment mags and website... but I will give a warning if you want to remain totally spoiler-free. 

The show's title last night was "Deus Ex Machina" -- everything means something on Lost, so I had to look it up.  Here you go:

In some ancient Greek drama, an apparently insoluble crisis was solved by the intervention of a god, often brought on stage by an elaborate piece of equipment. This "god from the machine" was literally a deus ex machina. The term deus ex machina is still used for cases where an author uses some improbable (and often clumsy) plot device to work his or her way out of a difficult situation. When the cavalry comes charging over the hill or when the impoverished hero is relieved by an unexpected inheritance, it's often called a deus ex machina.

Okay... go at it... it is just making my brain ache just thinking about all this could mean.

More of the numbers game... when Locke's mom asked him where the footballs were... he said "regulation aisle 8, nerf aisle 15".... once again a reference back to the doomed Oceanic Flight 815.  Also, remember the Hurley's lottery ticket also had this numeric reference (4-8-15-16-23 42).

When Boone made contact with someone on the newly found crashed plane... the person on the other end said "There were no survivors of Oceanic Flight 815"... now what does that mean? 

Ok, avert your eyes... STOP HERE IF YOU DON'T WANT SPOILERS...

After being tricked several times about the deaths of main characters... creator JJ Abrams is standing firm that one of them will not make it through the first season.  Now things were not looking very good for Boone last night (causing my other half to already show the signs of deep depression)... but my take (and I really have no clue!) is that Boone dying would be too obvious... this show thrives off the surprise twist... so I am thinking this just might be a bait-and-switch.

And not like the season finale needs to be hyped, but co-creator Damon Lindelof says the season-ending cliffhanger is "gonna rock peoples' world... we want people talking all summer long."

Comments

[jubileee]

Man, they are really hyping this season ender, aren't they? I'm hoping they aren't building us up too much, and then have a so-so ending. I'm afraid we'll see the ending and go "ehhh....".

[Scott-O-Rama]

My money is on Claire dying.

[Meesh]

I agree about the Boone being too obvious part. The Claire guess is good though...
I can't fricken believe how into this show I am.

[jen]

You know, I just heard a commercial for Lost and it almost sounds like the guy on the other end of the radio said "We're the survivors of Flight 815" ... is that a possibility?