TV-Reviewed

Lost’s season five is starting tonight, just in time. I have finished re-watching the fourth season on Blu-Ray and I really enjoyed the season finale. I know that the first episode of this three-part was technically separate, but I’m combining all three parts into one review because it’s just easier.

Daniel (Jeremy Davies) did quite a bit of work, moving people back to the freighter. I was a little surprised that he would be the one doing it all, but in retrospect, it makes sense. He’s probably most familiar with the navigation equipment and was able to keep their little boat on the correct heading.

The Oceanic Six

Ben (Michael Emerson), Sawyer (Josh Holloway), and Hurley (Jorge Garcia) all ended up being beaten to The Orchid by Keamy (Kevin Durand) and his fellow mercenaries. It wasn’t very surprising. I would have been disappointed if Ben had gotten there first, quite frankly. I liked that Ben got Richard Alpert (Nestor Carbonell) and the rest of his friends involved. It proved absolutely crucial for Ben’s survival. Without them, Ben would have been on the chopper and off the island.

The discovery of the bomb aboard the freighter was a nice touch. It added a fair amount of drama to an already pretty dramatic three hours of television. And the explosion — well, that was wild, although I have to admit that the explosion looked pretty lame. I was disappointed by the special effects used there. Still, it did the job, suggesting that no one on the ship lived, but there’s still a chance that Jin (Daniel Dae Kim) made it, but we’ll have to see.

Martin Keamy proved to be quite the soldier. He was one tough hombre. His Kevlar took several bullets, but it couldn’t protect him from Ben’s knife to the neck. I remember originally watching this when it aired and I was shocked when Ben went nuts. I was completely shocked at what he did, not just to Keamy, but also to those aboard the freighter.

I don’t believe it was made clear whose idea it was to lie to the public, but it turned out to be John Locke’s (Terry O’Quinn) idea. He wanted to protect the island more so than those on it. It gets spun a little by Jack to convince the rest of the Oceanic Six to go along with him, but it works. This proves to be very important of course, but I’m really wondering what Sun (Yunjin Kim) is up to. She was shock offering assistance to Charles Widmore (Alan Dale). I was quite surprised by that little scene.

Naveen Andrews as Sayid Jarrah

Charlotte’s (Rebecca Mader) decision to stay on the island was quite interesting. Was she born on the island? There were some hints of that possibility. I really liked seeing her and Daniel work together. I felt bad for Daniel that she decided to stay behind.

This beings me to what happens to Daniel and those others aboard the little boat. What happened to them? They weren’t on the island. They also weren’t on the freighter. They were in between. Will they get moved along with the island or will they be stranded in the middle of nowhere? It seems awfully harsh to leave them all alone out there.

“Time-traveling bunnies” was a hysterical comment by Ben. It’s one of my more memorable quotes from this season. I mean, how could you forget that?!

This season answered a lot of my questions, but I still have so many more questions I’d like to have answered. And I’m not about to begin to list them. I suspect I’ll have a few of them answered tonight with Lost’s return. Stay tuned to ABC for the fifth season of Lost. I’m certain it’s going to be worth watching.

Rating: 9.6