Lost, Season 3, Episode 21, "Greatest Hits"
At the start of the latest Lost episode, Desmond was giving Charlie, those pained, slightly constipated looks he gives Charlie whenever he has a vision of the latter man's impending death. Desmond had bad news for Charlie, but possibly some good news for some of the castaways.
As Jack's plan for rescuing the castaways is revealed, Charlie's fate becomes more clear. The cable and the death by drowning have occurred in Desmond's visions before, so it was interesting to see both the cable and drowning incorporated into Desmond's latest vision.
The flashbacks did remind me why I originally liked the character. Charlie, at the start of the series was a lot more carefree, not unlike the character we saw in the flashbacks. All the angst made the character rather dull, and I think some more lighthearted flashbacks like Hurley's would have made things a lot more interesting.
The most arresting visual image this episode was Alex skinning a rabbit. Later, she talks to her boyfriend Karl, and he thinks he is getting fresh bunny for dinner. I'm not sure if Alex plans to betray Ben, but if this isn't foreshadowing I don't know what is.
Bunnies play a recurring role in Ben's narrative arch. He used a rabbit when he conned Sawyer, and we later see a younger Ben using a rabbit to make sure the sonic fence around the Dharma compound has been turned off.
There are spoilers circulating on the internet that say the season finale will make the audience wonder how the series can continue. My wife thinks that during the season finale they will make it look like the survivors of Flight 815 get rescued, and then introduce a plot twist (the airplane, helicopter, or magic carpet bursting into flames) in the season four opener. I think that's as good (and logical at this point) guess as any.
Update: Simon Crowe has a wrap up of last nights episode here and Andrew Dignan has a great post (as always) here. Rounding out my favorite trio of Lost critics is James Brush, who has posted on the subject of Lost and literature here.
As Jack's plan for rescuing the castaways is revealed, Charlie's fate becomes more clear. The cable and the death by drowning have occurred in Desmond's visions before, so it was interesting to see both the cable and drowning incorporated into Desmond's latest vision.
The flashbacks did remind me why I originally liked the character. Charlie, at the start of the series was a lot more carefree, not unlike the character we saw in the flashbacks. All the angst made the character rather dull, and I think some more lighthearted flashbacks like Hurley's would have made things a lot more interesting.
The most arresting visual image this episode was Alex skinning a rabbit. Later, she talks to her boyfriend Karl, and he thinks he is getting fresh bunny for dinner. I'm not sure if Alex plans to betray Ben, but if this isn't foreshadowing I don't know what is.
Bunnies play a recurring role in Ben's narrative arch. He used a rabbit when he conned Sawyer, and we later see a younger Ben using a rabbit to make sure the sonic fence around the Dharma compound has been turned off.
There are spoilers circulating on the internet that say the season finale will make the audience wonder how the series can continue. My wife thinks that during the season finale they will make it look like the survivors of Flight 815 get rescued, and then introduce a plot twist (the airplane, helicopter, or magic carpet bursting into flames) in the season four opener. I think that's as good (and logical at this point) guess as any.
Update: Simon Crowe has a wrap up of last nights episode here and Andrew Dignan has a great post (as always) here. Rounding out my favorite trio of Lost critics is James Brush, who has posted on the subject of Lost and literature here.
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