Only covers a few questions from the ep. Mild speculation for the rest of the season and an "If ____ happens, I'm done," question because that's what I'm seeing pop up all over my flist.
Naomi's revelation about Flight 815 really means:
They're all really dead! So it IS purgatory after all.
0(0.0%)
The Others planted a fake Flight 815 plane to be found
18(36.7%)
They're in an alternate universe
5(10.2%)
I have no idea
18(36.7%)
Is Sun doomed?
Yes, she'll die like all the Others women
2(3.9%)
No, she'll probably miscarry
3(5.9%)
No, stay tuned for another "miracle"
25(49.0%)
Hang on, why not just abort the baby? Oh right, because you can't do that on TV
9(17.6%)
So, Jin's really the father:
Hurrah!
15(30.0%)
Eh.
9(18.0%)
Ultimate good news/bad news for Sun, eh?
20(40.0%)
I'm seeing a lot of "if ____ happens, I'm done watching." What's yours?
If they kill Jack
0(0.0%)
If they kill Locke
0(0.0%)
If they kill Sawyer
7(13.2%)
If they kill Charlie
1(1.9%)
If they kill Sun
0(0.0%)
If Kate gets pregnant
2(3.8%)
If Sawyer kills Cooper
0(0.0%)
If Jack doesn't get a clue/really good explanation
0(0.0%)
If they *don't* kill Juliet
0(0.0%)
If they really are all dead already
1(1.9%)
If the Others are still around for S4
0(0.0%)
Something else
1(1.9%)
Oh, I already stopped watching. :-/
1(1.9%)
None. Nothing can make me stop watching.
7(13.2%)
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Though, now that I think about it, the only thing that might make me stop watching is if every writer quit and ABC hired the s5/s6 West Wing writers to write the rest of Lost. Then I would stop watching. Wanktards.
I'll always love the characters but the show is just so frustrating these days. Giving up on fandom and my Lost friends, that's something I don't want to do but I think a lot of people have moved on or fallen in love with other shows that aren't as frustrating and who can blame 'em?
That way it leaves the speculation of Purgatory but when they get the final answer, it's not.
I'm not sure that I would stop watching..only if it goes past the run and becomes one of those shows that should have ended seasons ago..and if both Jack and Sawyer get killed.
And Lost S3 is feeling like Buffy S6 or 7 or the later X-Files eps, you know? :-/
I think more people didn't select that option because the Jack we're seeing now isn't the Jack we've loved this whole time.
At this point, they're not going to have to work very hard to push me into the "not gonna watch anymore," camp. For me, this whole season has been about trying to turn the viewers against Jack. And why they'd want to do that, I have no idea. I didn't watch this ep because I can't stand seeing Clueless!Jack and I need to know there's a plan there. That's really my biggest criterion for continuing to watch. If they don't give us an explanation I don't see how I can keep being emotionally invested if they sell out their lead character like that. So, I guess it's "if they kill Jack off" for me after all. I kind of feel like they already have. :(
The deal breakers for me remain as thus: kill Sawyer, kill Jack, knock Kate up, I'm done, for good. That isn't to say some other things won't make me wander away, but if any of those things happen, I won't let the door hit me on the ass on the way out.
Incidentally, I have a vague interest in writing a fic where Sun miscarries, but the drawback is that it will probably end up being Sawyer and Charlie's fault and I really don't want to do that.
And I think you can write a Sun miscarries fic and not have it be Sawyer's fault... somehow! Your call! I wrote a fic where Kate is pregnant (and not at all happy about it), based mostly on the promos for last night's ep. I didn't really think they'd go there on the show but now it looks like they might? I just ... she's my one holdout in the baby sweepstakes, you know? It's tough. Women are not just about babies, dammit! But this show would have us believe otherwise. And of course it's one more way sex = death for women. How advanced of you, Darlton!
I have less and less faith they can explain away the direction for this season and what's going on with Jack in a reasonable way, that is if they even DO give us an explanation other than they needed to get that stupid romantic plotline in place.
I don't know that it's so much the romance they want. I remember reading articles at the beginning of the season (back when I did that) where they talked about never having had that plan for Jack and Juliet, but then they noticed the magical chemistry (*rolls eyes even though I do see it*) and thought, well, maybe. Now, it largely depends on what you want to believe, but I don't think they intend to do an out-and-out romance with Jack and Juliet, they just wanted to get him enough under her spell so that he'd act like a bonehead. I think what they really want is to, in the end, pull out the big storyline and they've had to do all this convoluted BS to get there. Which, if you think about it, should speak to the quality of what they're trying to get at. :/
I remember someone saying once that they didn't doubt that TPTB had plan, their plan just sucked. It's starting to look that way to me too. I think they know what they're doing, but what they're doing is stupid and it's shining through in the writing.
The only truly good thing left about this show is the acting. They have some fucking fantastic actors on this show, and they're wasting their talent with this crap. Except Josh who is, consistently, able to rise well above the material he is given, but I suppose that's more a credit to Josh than the writers.
Agreed, Josh is able to sell me on things like his reunion with Jack and Kate. That was all Josh, really, the look on his face when he saw Jack. That was really moving. I'm just sorry he's been saddled with all the lame comic relief stuff this season and being the big chump as far as Kate is concerned.
Damn, I need more generic Lost or generic icons in general. Yours is excellent!
I will never, ever be able to forget the way his voice caught when he said, "What is she doing here?" when Sawyer saw Juliet. Oh god, I wanted to cry. It was just so good. That, for me, was the episode of Josh. He pulled out everything for it, and it was some fantastic acting on his part. Everything from the look on his face before the hug with Jack to the whole damn hug with Kate. *sigh* God damn, I wish they'd give him better shit to do. He's too good for the BS they give him.
That doesn't mean that I wouldn't be pissed -better, distressed- if they do any of the above, but I will be there. I'd go crazy without knowing how it will be all tied together in the end.
As for the purgatory. It can't be. After all, they did a fake final episode with Sayid and Ben. I don't know if you've seen it, but Sayid was asking Ben what the island was, Ben answered (but his answer was covered by statics, on purpose of course), and then Sayid said "really? My money was on purgatory". They wouldn't have done that if it were really the purgatory!
I'm thinking the external world just assumed everyone was dead, or maybe the others did make a fake plane.
:)
And I don't think it's really purgatory either but it's a cheap twist to throw at the audience at this point.