I'll be posting my reactions to the LOST premiere episode, "LA X," during every commercial break.8:00 pm: The Quick Recap: Starting off with the MIB and Jacob talking about progress, Ben killing Jacob, Flocke kicking Jacob into the fire.
Then over to Faraday explaining The Reset. The crew runs to The Swan, Jack drops the bomb, Juliet falls down the shaft, and hits the bomb with a rock.
Flash to white. Recap over.
Now we're looking out the window of a plane...and there's Jack! He looks younger. Did it work?
Cindy the stewardess asks about Jack's drink...this is all from the pilot!
Here comes the turbulence, and Rose explaining turbulence to Jack. Plane shaking more and more...and...nothing happens.
This is different.
Rose tells Jack he can let go. They didn't crash! Bernard comes back from the bathroom, everything's okay. Weird.
Jack gets up and goes to the bathroom. He looks confused, and there's something weird on his neck. And...Desmond's on the plane! Holy crap! "Thanks brotha" got a weird look from Jack.
Jack has deja vu...
And camera goes down through the clouds and water...the island's underwater?! LOL at the Dharma Shark!
And there's the foot!
Amanda asked "Did the Hydrogen bomb sink the island?" Hmm...
8:09 pm: Recap back to Jack dropping the bomb, Juliet falling down the shaft, and hitting the bomb.
Flash to white again.
Close up on eye...and it's Kate. She's in a tree. The sound is muffled...I feel like I need to pop my ears. Wow. Cool effect.
She's stumbling around the jungle, and runs into Miles. They find a Dharma door, and the imploded Swan Station.
Looks like they're back in the present. Or Future. Or something.
They find Jack knocked out.
Ian Somerholder's name just popped up...Boone's back?!
Sawyer punches Jack into the hole and is pissed.
Are there two timelines?
A different flashback noise, and Jack's on the plane. Then he runs into Kate. Still looks deja vu-y.
Sawyer bumps into Kate and the federal marshal.
Hurley does a Mr. Cluck's impression for Doc Artz. Whoa.
Hurley tells Sawyer he's the luckiest guy alive. Weird.
Back on the island...
Hurley and Jin are back by the Dharma van. Jin gets Jack to help him with Sayid.
Kate picks through the Swan wreckage, and hears something. Is it Juliet?!
Back to Sayid. He's sounding rather pessimistic about his current state.
And something's in the jungle...Hurley's trying to use a gun, and it's not working.
And out of the jungle pops...Jacob?!
8:22 pm: Sun and Jin on the plane, Looks like Jin is back to being a jerk.
Locke is reading the emergency guide, and Boone is pessimistic about a possible crash. They talk about Australia. Is Shannon not on the plane?
Locke actually went his Walkabout then! Awesome!
Back to the island, Flocke cuts a piece of cloth out of Jacob's rug. Ben's staring at the fire, but Jacob's not there.
Flocke sends Ben to get Richard.
Near the foot, Richard is talking to Ilana and her crew. Lapidus and Sun are suspicious. Lapidus fills Sun in on "the good guys."
Ilana tells Richard that Jacob invited them there.
Ben tells Richard that John wants to talk to him. Richard shows Ben dead Locke. Weird music.
8:30 pm This is taking too much work. I'll just post a quick reaction to each segment.
Jacob tells Hurley to take Sayid to the Temple. They try to get Juliet out, Sawyer threatens to kill Jack if Juliet dies, and (back on the plane) Jack and Sayid find Charlie passed out in the bathroom. Looks like things on the plane have a slightly different chain of events.
8:40 pm Jack digs a bag of heroin out of Charlie's mouth. Sayid is helping.
Sawyer digs into the Swan wreckage and finds Juliet alive. Their love story is surprisingly resilient, by LOST standards.
Hurley convinces Jack to let him take Sayid to the Temple. Hurley finally grew some balls.
Ilana's crew (sans Ilana) goes in see Jacob, and they try to kill Flocke, who disappears and turns into Smokey (offscreen). The head dude protects himself for a bit with a circle of ash, but Smokey still gets him. And Flocke admits to being Smokey. Whoa. He's terrifying in both forms.
8:53 pm Juliet dies. One of the sadder moments in this show. Sawyer's blaming Jack. That should create some massive tension.
Back on the plane, Charlie gets arrested. A sentimental shot around the plane of all the characters as they land at LAX. Charlie is escorted off the plane by cops. And, Locke is carried off the plane in a wheelchair. So not everything's different.
9:04 pm Part 2. Hurley, Jack, and Kate take Sayid to The Temple while Sawyer and Miles bury Juliet. Sad stuff.
Back in LA, Jack finds out the coffin wasn't on the plane. They lost it. Where's Christian?
Back on the island, they bring Sayid down into the hole under the Temple. They all get caught by The Others and brought to the real Temple. It's a giant pyramid. I guess all we've seen is the wall of it...this should be interesting.
9:15 pm In LA, Kate knocks out the marshal and escapes! Kate's kinda scary. She and Sawyer run into each other. Sawyer covers for her and helps her duck some TSA guys.
Back on the island, Miles talks to dead Juliet, who said "It worked." Does she know about the alternate timeline?
At the Temple, some Chinese dude and a hippie try to kill Hurley and the others. Hurley tells them Jacob sent them, and gives them a giant Ankh in the guitar case. A list with all their names on it is inside. The hippie dude says that if Sayid dies, they're in trouble. Are these the real Others? Why is Cindy, the stewardess from 815 one of the heads?
9:28 pm In LA, Jin gets busted with a buttload of cash. Sun isn't married to Jin (the TSA lady called her Ms. Paik), and doesn't speak English. How did that happen?
Back in the Temple, a pool is red, and that's bad. Apparently.
The Others put Sayid in the pool, and the Chinese dude turns a hourglass. They hold Sayid under the red water, and he starts to thrash around. The hourglass is done, and Sayid isn't moving. He's dead?! What the heck? What did The Others do?
9:40 pm We're back in LA. Cops are looking for Kate. She's trying to get a taxi, and the marshal spots her. She gets in a taxi with Claire! She's back! Woo!
Back in the Temple, the Others capture Sawyer and Miles. Hurley tells Chinese dude and hippie that Jacob's dead. They freak out and start lighting fireworks and pouring ash everywhere. Are they preparing for Smokey?
Under the foot statue, Ben confronts Flocke/Smokey. Flocke makes fun of Real Locke. Interesting shots of him in shadow and sunlight. Interesting.
Flocke/Smokey tells Ben he wants to "go home." Followed by a really scary look.
9:51 pm In the Temple, everyone's bummed. Sawyer's still pissed at Jack.
In LA, Jack and Locke start talking in the lost luggage room. Locke starts talking about some existential stuff. Jack talks to Locke about his spinal injury.
And we're back on the Island. Richard sees the fireworks. Flocke/Smokey knows Richard and tells him "it's good to see you out of those chains." He then beats him up and takes him. What the heck is with Richard?!
Back in the Temple, Hippie man threatens Jack.
And Sayid's awake.
Fade to LOST.
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