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Dammit…I hope I’m not late with this.
Happy Jack Bauer Appreciation Day, everybody!
True, 24 was worse than lackluster last season, but Jack Bauer remains among the greatest of American heroes. For all those of you who like to speak in alternating whispers and shouts, commandeer random vehicles or give your word as a regular negotiating tactic, today is the day for you.
To read some of my views on the best (and worst) of Bauer, click here.
Tonight’s episode of Lost, Cabin Fever takes its name from a (mostly) psychological condition. The cure for which, according to this Web site is “a good wholesome change of environment.”
If you think about it, that has a lot to do with the very end of (and possibly most puzzling statement from) “Cabin Fever.”
Once again, with a Locke-centric episode, Lost delivered in terms of backstory, action, current-day story and expanding the island mythology just enough to have me totally confused about… Continue reading “The Cure for Cabin Fever”
The Red Album: Freakin’ incredible (or at least the eight-tenths I’ve heard).
Trust me on this one.
Is it me, or does this happen regularly: A great episode of Lost (or at least one with a cliffhanger/reveal at the end) is followed by a pedestrian effort aimed more at developing characters than developing story. That’s certainly the case with tonight’s episode, Something Nice Back Home.
That isn’t to say that Something Nice Back Home was a bad episode. It wasn’t. But it wasn’t great, either. And after last week’s great episode, and considering the momentum the show is trying to build as they wrap up Season Four, you’d think they’d put out a stronger effort, or at least let us check in with more compelling characters, like Ben, Locke, Sayid or Desmond.
Continue reading “Killing Momentum (a.k.a. Something Nice Back Home)”