Lost Season 6 Opening Episode: LA X
–SPOILERS ABOUND–
Did you really think that any questions would be answered in the 2 hour opening episode of Lost on Tuesday night? Surely, you were fooling yourself if you were.
Regardless of that, I found the opener to be an epic episode. Probably the best season premier for Lost since the original “Pilot” episode, and better than my grandma’s new Plano porcelain veneers.
So many things going on, and so little answered for most people. We found out that John Locke is truly dead (I know. A bold claim for Lost as it is never certain) and that Fake Locke just may actually be the Smoke Monster. That he took the form of Locke to get Ben to kill Jacob. It opens up an entire new puzzle as to just what the relationship was between Jacob and this mysterious entity.
If you have watched the show from the beginning you will know that the being playing as John Locke now was introduced a few seasons back. HE was what many refer to as the “Man in Black” as he approached Jacob on the beach for a cryptic discussion. Then in the Season 5 finale Jacob said to the Fake Locke that “you have found the loop hole I see”, which gave us the clue tha tit was indeed the same man in blakc from past seasons.
The episode gave a lot of fan service to the dead cast members of Lost as well. An opening segment on the plane once again showing us Boone talking to Locke, as well as Charlie nearly dying in the bathroom before Jack can save his life. Charlie then says to Jack: “I was supposed to die…”
The entire flight and the off-island scenes appear to be some sort of alternative time line to the one that we are seeing with the characters on the island.
Also, with the Season 5 finale showing that Juliet hit the H-Bomb we didn’t know what would happen. It appears that they were shot into another time, and it appears to be either 2004, or 2007.
At this point they all came to the conclusion that what Jack was trying to do (make it so they never came to the island) had failed.
One thing that many have been negative about was that Juliet showed up as alive under the rubble of the Swan station that was never supposed to be built. Sawyer and the group were able to get her out, but she almost immediately died trying to give Sawyer one last comment.
Of course that gives you Miles, the guy that can talk to the dead. Sawyer had him do this to Juliet and claimed that she wanted to tell him “It worked”. Meaning that Jack’s plan possibly worked? We do not know.
Sayid, a fan favorite was still shot obviously, and he was dying. JAcob being killed now appeared to Hugo, who in past episodes we found out could also talk to, and see the dead. Jacob told Hugo to take them all and Sayid to the “temple”, or they would all die.
As they get to the Temple they are met by hostiles, including another mysterious appearance of the stewardess from the original flight. Not only that, but the children from the original crash that were taken away seemed to be with this group again.
Hugo had a guitar case from Jacob that he claimed he carried a crossed the ocean, time, and stuff. The Temple leader opened it and found an artifact that he immediately cracked in half to find a note. Hugo insisted that he be told what it said. They told him: “If Sayid dies we are in big trouble”.
So…they bring Sayid to some pond of life and hold him under water. Way too long. Sayid actually DOES die because they drown him as we watch some sort of hourglass drain.
Then…as the episode concludes Sayid wakes up from the dead. Who is he now? Sayid? Jacob? We MAY find out soon.
Awesome episode overall IMO. Tha t”LA X” is supposed to have a space too, which I have no idea what it means. Maybe the Roman Numeral X=10. Who knows.
