So the writers of Lost are basically working through all the "W" words when it comes to the island.
- Season one: what is this place?
- Season two: why is this place?
- Season three: when is this place?
- Season four: where is this place?
I really love your lunches, and your cheese plate, and your bar menu, and your wine list and your delicious vodka tonics. (Especially those vodka tonics.) And when Jennifer pokes her head out of the kitchen it's like a mini celebrity sighting! ("OMG, she's on teevee!")
But the new waiter? The guy with The Hair? Not so much. He literally came by right after DJ and I had the cheese plate delivered to our bar table and "so, do you think you'll be ordering any more food tonight?" I mean, I get that you're compensated on tips, but please, don't make me feel like I'm on some kind of scripted upsell plan. ("Yes, and I'll supersize it.")
But seriously, I hate to even complain even in the slightest. Because other than the guy with the hair? You really are perfect.
You crash your friend's car because you're driving too fast in bad weather. Everyone's okay, but the car has to go into the shop. Who pays the deductible?
I was told there would be no math.
So so happy it's back. Some quick notes / ideas, just to get these out of my head.
- Oceanic 6: Jack, Kate, Hurley, obviously. Also Michael? Someone on Lostpedia had a theory this morning that one of the 6 could be someone who wasn't on the flight -- one of the others or maybe Desmond, and that they've nabbed the identity of one of the folks still on the island.
- Jack's father in the cabin? Seriously creepy.
- Re. Michael: Perrineau was in the credits as being a recurring character, so I think he's coming back soon. (I'd love it if this happened next week -- in Tim Goodman's (p)review of the season both ep1 and ep2 rated an "Oh. My. God." so I'm hopeful that Michael comes back next week.
- Hurley's hallucinations are just awesome. The hand pressed up against the glass in the police station FTW.
- I love that the Jack / Locke dichotomy is back -- they played it up big time in the season preview, and it was obviously a HUGE part of this episode. Man of science, man of faith.
- Just who, exactly, is on the boat?
Is this thing on? We're testing something neat.