Comments on: Lost – Season 4, Episode 8 – “Meet Kevin Johnson”

By: Rosie Powell

Rosie Powell — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:22:01 +0000

“Ben and Michael are perhaps the two most despicably deceitful people Sayid has yet to meet, so why on earth would he trust them and their motives? “

Ben and Michael are perhaps two of the most despicably deceitful people that Sayid has yet to meet? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

You are aware of Sayid’s acquaintance of Sawyer, Kate, Locke, Mikhail, Eko, Charlie and a few others. Right?

By: Ste

Ste — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:29:29 +0000

I thought michael unable to kill himself was fascinating and we knwo the island has a weird effect on people after they leave see how jack and hurley are desperate to go back and think they are being called back.

Roussea is not bens wife in my opinion they clearly just stole alex off her. I think it is more likely that the people that shot carl and roussea are not from the otheres but from the boat so far we have only seen crude unsilenced weapons from the others these where silenced shots much morelikely to be from the boat and we dnt know wot the helicopters mission was when they left the boat i think they were sent to the island to find a way to get to ben – alex would be a good way, if they had wanted to kill her she would have been dead.

What is the temple i wana know?

I also think Roussea will survive just got a feeling she has more of a part to play yet.

I think it is obviouse libby was real in the hurley and desmond flash backs but a figment of micheals guilt in his.

By: Media Maven

Media Maven — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:28:22 +0000

That could certainly be the case, James. Perhaps that’s why babies conceived on the island must die? As a sort of sacrifice to the island for allowing the parents to be alive? Who knows?!

Thanks for the comment!

By: James

James — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:54:43 +0000

I kind of agree/disagree with the island magic-off island issue. We’ll have to wait and see like a lot of other things on Lost, and this issue has potential to devolve like you said.

My theory is, everyone on the plane was destined to die in the crash. In the first few episodes, Sayid remarks on how improbable it was that they survived with only superficial injuries. If the island stepped in to save them from predestination, perhaps it now owns their destinies.

By: Media Maven

Media Maven — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:50:11 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Ivar. I completely understand what you’re saying– at this point, I’m going to put my faith in Cuse, Lindelof and Abrams to deliver on all the important unanswered questions. This series is going to be their legacy, a historical landmark in the scope of television history, and there’s no way they’re going to let it end without everyone feeling totally satisfied.

At least that’s what I believe.

By: Ivar

Ivar — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:13:49 +0000

I totally agree with you about the very unstatisfing use of the unexplainable magic of the island, now appearing off the Island in the real world.
One of the attracting aspects of Lost was that a lot seemed to be mystic, but in fact, not much was. Until now. And it may be that the greater narritive of the story reveals us enough information to continue, it leaves so many little questions unanswered that it’s starting to annoy me. What’s the Jacob thing? The black smoke, or the whispering which couldn’t come from the others? I’m affraid the answers will never come, because it’s sufficient enough now to assume that the Island is a f*cking wizzardbox of magic that controlls whatever it wants, even in Manhattan.

Furthermore, we’re approaching a new narritive which leaves less space for our people. Lock, or worse, Sowyer, there time is up. Or at least, for a timebeing, because it’s playtime for Whitmore, Sayid, the Boat and Ben. And what will come? what can we expect? Whitmore vs Lock and Co. on the island, with the oceanic six on the look-out?

I find lost as good as you, but it has definitly lost some of his magic to me.

PS 1. Yin isn’t dead, I quess. Like I understood last week’s episode, Yin is still alive, and his grave is fake. Why? we’ll see.

PS 2. Tom, Richard, Ben, you cannot compare them to the oceanic six, because we’ve never seen someone of those others traveling in the future. I quess things will be different then for everybody. Or am I mistaking?

By: Steph

Steph — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:48:24 +0000

Interesting question as to why the Oceanic Six can’t get back to the island but Tom, Richard, and Ben can travel whenever they want!

By: Media Maven

Media Maven — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:40:02 +0000

Yo Blackout– I agree that Lost doesn’t answer every question, and for everyone that it does answer, it leaves maybe 5 little ones unanswered. But in terms of major narrative secrets we need for the story to move forward (what’s in the hatch?, whose freighter is it?) etc., we always get those answers in a timely manner.

And the only way freighter people could’ve shot Carl and Rosseau is if they a) had a way to get more of Widmore’s people on the island (which they do, as the helicopter was missing), but more importantly b) those people would’ve had to take their orders from Michael, who would’ve taken them from Ben, as Widmore’s people are there to capture Ben, not take orders from him. I think we can all agree this second scenario did not take place.

Thanks for the comment!

By: blackout

blackout — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:43:40 +0000

Since Ben warned Alex about the freighter people couldn’t it have been those people that shot Carl and Rosseau? Although, i am actually placing my bet on The Others as you mentioned.

and to be honest i do not think Lost answers many of the questions sufficiently .

By: Media Maven

Media Maven — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:09:36 +0000

Excellent point, Rich. I had totally neglected that — there’s so much to keep track of! One thing– I don’t know that the Temple is a real place– it looked like Carl/Rosseau/Dani thought they should be at the right spot, but there was no temple there. Only a cascade of bullets!

Thanks for the comment!