Lost, Season 3, Episode 22, "Through The Looking Glass"
The very first episode of season three was called "A Tale of Two Cities". It was nice to see that the writers brought the highbrow literary name dropping around full circle with an allusion to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan which also pays homage to that literary classic written by Charles Dickens.
I found myself hoping that Charlie would manage to escape the doom that Desmond predicted for him. The manner of his death though was absolutely brilliant. Charlie's final moments were not unlike those of Spock or Sydney Carton. It was sad, but from a dramatic point of view I found it very satisfactory. The end of Desmond's relationship with Charlie had a bittersweet quality. There was really nothing that Desmond could do, and the information that Charlie gave Desmond could be useful if Desmond can get it to the survivors in a timely fashion.
For now it looks like Desmond's visions are accurate, but they tend to play out in ways that even he can't full understand. It's beginning to look like he is taking on the attributes of Casandra. While Desmond is able to foresee the future there is nothing that he can do to forestall it.
If the Looking Glass Station was the dramatic lynch pin around which the episode was structured than the exodus from the beach to the radio tower was...a little disappointing in hindsight. It looks like the survivors have the upper hand for now, but it remains to be seen how long that will last as it looks like Ben might not have lied about the ship that has been waiting offshore.
There was one final mystery that not a lot of bloggers are writing about, but it is one that I increasingly find relevant. What is the Canadian connection? Is it just a gag or will there be future episodes of lost set in Canada? Ethan when he was introduced in season one claimed to be from Canada. When Mikhail surfaces and see the two women he says:
Is this some shorthand for an obscure boring place that won't offer any suspicion when offered as part of a cover story? Or is there some sort of darker conspiracy at work?
As always I found myself grinding my teeth during Jack's flashbacks. I find his flashbacks to be some of the most boring and redundant on the show. That's no easy feat given how many candidates there are for that particular prize.
Toward the end of the special two hour long episode I began to despair that there would be no dramatic payoff, and than in the last scene, the writers pulled what I suspected but dared not hope as I watched the flashback unfold. The audience was watching a flash forward and not a flashback. At the end of the episode I was one very happy Lost fan.
I found myself hoping that Charlie would manage to escape the doom that Desmond predicted for him. The manner of his death though was absolutely brilliant. Charlie's final moments were not unlike those of Spock or Sydney Carton. It was sad, but from a dramatic point of view I found it very satisfactory. The end of Desmond's relationship with Charlie had a bittersweet quality. There was really nothing that Desmond could do, and the information that Charlie gave Desmond could be useful if Desmond can get it to the survivors in a timely fashion.
For now it looks like Desmond's visions are accurate, but they tend to play out in ways that even he can't full understand. It's beginning to look like he is taking on the attributes of Casandra. While Desmond is able to foresee the future there is nothing that he can do to forestall it.
If the Looking Glass Station was the dramatic lynch pin around which the episode was structured than the exodus from the beach to the radio tower was...a little disappointing in hindsight. It looks like the survivors have the upper hand for now, but it remains to be seen how long that will last as it looks like Ben might not have lied about the ship that has been waiting offshore.
There was one final mystery that not a lot of bloggers are writing about, but it is one that I increasingly find relevant. What is the Canadian connection? Is it just a gag or will there be future episodes of lost set in Canada? Ethan when he was introduced in season one claimed to be from Canada. When Mikhail surfaces and see the two women he says:
"I thought you two were on assignment in Canada."
Is this some shorthand for an obscure boring place that won't offer any suspicion when offered as part of a cover story? Or is there some sort of darker conspiracy at work?
As always I found myself grinding my teeth during Jack's flashbacks. I find his flashbacks to be some of the most boring and redundant on the show. That's no easy feat given how many candidates there are for that particular prize.
Toward the end of the special two hour long episode I began to despair that there would be no dramatic payoff, and than in the last scene, the writers pulled what I suspected but dared not hope as I watched the flashback unfold. The audience was watching a flash forward and not a flashback. At the end of the episode I was one very happy Lost fan.
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