Just watched the season finale of 24.



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Man, the acting in the finale is incredible. All of them - particularly the actors playing Sawyer, Ben, Juliet, and Kate (yes, I said Kate) really brought it.

Elizabeth Mitchell absolutely made that last scene work. And Josh Holloway was incredible in his grief.

I also thought the expressions on all of their faces when Jack dropped the nuke down the hole were priceless. Just waiting to die.

Sorry for the multiple Lost posts. But - man! - what a great finale!

I haven't watched it yet (I hope to remedy that in the next few minutes).

Talk amongst yourselves.


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Just watched the episode. No liveblog tonight, but some thoughts and spoilers below the fold.



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I wasn't able to watch the show in anything like real time, so I didn't live-blog the episode.

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Watching Fox's hit series 24 is a guilty pleasure compulsion of mine. I admit it.

The show has become so ridiculous it is almost a parody of itself. But it remains strangely compelling.

Did anyone watch tonight's episode? What a complete, unexplainable, did-they-just-make-that-up? twist. I admit I was surprised. And not pleasantly.

Based on all that's happened on this "day", it doesn't make any sense. At all. Can anyone explain it to me?

I'm beginning to see where I think things are going with the show Lost. I have a theory. Many of you already see this coming too, I'm sure. I'm interested in your thoughts.

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I'm live-blogging tonight (a bit delayed).





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Nestor Carbonell has been all over TV. (Cane, Suddenly Susan, The Dark Knight) He's probably best known around these here parts as "Richard Alpert", immortal, semi-leader of the others, a yoda-like character.

But not to me. I first met him as "Batmanuel" on "The Tick", a brilliant, but ill-fated TV show.



Just like Don Knotts in any other role was still Barney Fife in another role, whenever I see Nestor/Richard/Guyliner, I only see "Batmanuel"



Go here for an abridged 5 minute Tick episode to see how brilliant it was.

Here's the 50 second clip I really wanted you to see, but I can't find it in English, but you know, it may actually be funnier in French.

God Bless You, Batmanuel. You can run around on other shows, but nothing can make us forget the coolness that is Batmanuel.

I was not able to watch this as it aired, so no live-blog this week, but I did just finish watching the episode.

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I won't be able to watch the show when it airs, so I won't be live-blogging it. But please use this thread to discuss the episode.

The episode title is one of the most intriguing I've seen from Lost.

Also - if any of the Thinklings want to jump on this post and live-blog the show, or even write your thoughts on the episode after viewing it, please feel free.



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Live-blogging the show tonight, after a tortuously long two week hiatus.

By the way, here's what Namaste means:

"Namaste", Namaskar or Namaskaram (Sanskrit: नमस्ते [nʌmʌsˈteː] from external sandhi between namaḥ and te) is a common spoken greeting or salutation in the Indian subcontinent. Taken literally, it means "I bow to you". The word is derived from Sanskrit (namas): to bow, obeisance, reverential salutation, and (te): "to you". Namaskar is considered a slightly more formal version than namaste but both express deep respect. It is commonly used in India and Nepal by Hindus, Jains and Buddhists, and many continue to use this outside the Indian subcontinent.

We're about to watch this week's episode, and I think I'll live-blog it tonight.

It's been a really good season so far, don't you think?


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I'm watching the show right now, a bit delayed. Not really live-blogging this, just some observations.




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I wonder how these two new characters (NewAnnaLucia and Caesar) are going to pan out? He lies to her about the double-barrel shotgun he has. Shades of Nikki and Paulo.

Locke just told Ilana (NewAnnaLucia) that he died. She looks at him like he grew a third eye and walks away. Which I can understand.

Tunisia is the "exit". Hence the polar bear the now deceased C.S. Lewis found there. I'm writing this part after having watched the whole show and now re-watching it with eldest daughter and daughter-who-just-got-her-braces-off-today (yay!) - Locke is lying in the Tunisian desert with a bone sticking out of his leg and he's in for a lot more punishment in this episode.

Widmore and Abaddon . . . are the good guys. R-i-i-i-g-h-t . . . (although, now that I've watched the show, I like Widmore more than Ben).

And flight 316 did crash on the island. So we have a bunch of new Lostaways to replace the ones that have been shot, speared, stabbed, killed by flaming arrows, etc.

"So, you didn't make it, eh?" - HUGO ROCKS!

"Everyone on the island is gonna die if I don't go back. And the answer is no." Kate is absolutely evil. And here she's lecturing Locke about what love is, and in general patronizing the crud out of him. What an awful person she is.

I'm kind of digging the Abaddon character. And right when I wrote that, he got blown away. Man! I'll bet it was Ben, since he was looking all evil in the earlier scene with WAAAAAAAAALLLLLTTTT!

Were in the hospital after Locke's horrible car accident, and here's Jack, evidently at the start of his glassy-eyed drug stupor days and the start of his glorious AwfulBeard. And those crazy Jack eyes too. Jack's right on the edge . . . at the passing on of Christian's "hi", Jack loses it.

Suicide note: I first thought that Locke was going to kill himself for a purpose, to get them to come back. But now I just think he did it because Jack depressed him so much (as did that heartless tart, Kate).

He's all set up to do it, and here comes Ben. Ben is "keeping everyone safe". Except for Abaddon, who he probably blew away.

Ben confirms the Abaddon whack. But I'm sure he had a good reason. Widmore and Ben are the yin and yang of this show. I'm still not sure if one's black and one's white, or if they are both just evil. There's "a war coming" in any event.

Is it just me, or is anyone else wondering if John even knows how to get back to the island? That's not been explained. I mean, what if they had all said "sure". What would they have done then?

But I digress. John feels like a failure, but he is saved by Ben's compassion and almost touching encouragement. Ben's good! Ben's good!

John just spilled the beans about Eloise Hawking. And . . . well I guess Ben is not so good after all.

Ben looks kind of remorseful. And he says he'll miss John (after getting the murder scene all ship-shape). I'm still on the fence as to whether he's evil or not (just kidding!)

Back to the island. Caesar is rifling through documents, etc, in a hatch, I guess, on the island.

Caesar's asking lots of questions. I'm sure having this formerly dead guy walking around who wasn't on the manifest is a bit much for them. Evidently a number of people were hurt in the crash, but hopefully no one was killed. This seems to have been a nicer plane crash than 815.

Frank took off in a canoe with some women or something. Good ol' Frank!

And there's Ben. He was hurt in the crash. Good.

On the previews they talk about "the moment you've been waiting for." Please tell me it's not the reveal of the current state of the Sawyer/Kate/Jack triangle.

It sounds crazy, but it just might work. Maybe we can sell the current administration on this sort of financial wizardry.

I heard my local sports talk guys say today that only 15 percent of the population isn't on some sort of cable or satellite TV plan, so all of the digital switch brouhaha is to be blamed on a minority of people.

I fall into the 15 percent, so I guess I'm to blame. Too bad I was an idiot and let a couple of my government coupons expire before cashing them in on free digital converters. I did get one in on time, so the main TV in our living room is a sleek, svelte piece of digital equipment. (Actually, it's a 27-inch off-brand that would have looked impressive in anyone's living room 15 years ago, but looks downright homely by today's standards.)

The cool thing is with digital I get like three times as many stations as I did with analog. I feel like I upgraded to some sort of basic cable service -- it's awesome! The picture is crystal clear (for not being HD), and the reception is perfect.

I do feel sorry for the small population of elderly people who are getting snow on their screens today. I'm no technology slouch, and it took me a few minutes to figure out how to hook the thing up so it would work in conjunction with my VCR. It wasn't quite as simple as screwing in a light bulb.

I better cruise. Digital Lost is on in 30 minutes ...

The show's not on yet (and I'll be watching it later tonight, not in real-time) but I just noticed the title is "316".

Wonder if that's a Biblical reference or something? With this show you never know.



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"316", as in a flight number, but also as in John [Locke] 3:16.

Ben giving Jack a sermonette on Thomas and Jesus.

John wearing the shoes of "Christian Shepherd".

"I wish you had believed"

"Leap of faith"

Christian Shepherd telling John last week that he was the "sacrifice".

I don't know how comfortable I am with John Locke being a Christ figure, but that certainly seems to be where they are going with this. How do you feel about that?

You can see Jack changing . . . starting to become a "man of faith" (although faith in what I'm not sure). At the church I almost though he and Ben were going to start praying. He's seeing the connections. He had that conversation with Kate about how they all got together. She dismissed him, but he had a point. How did they all get back together? Then, to have Frank Lepidus, of all people, piloting the plane . . .

A lot of questions were answered this week, about how Dharma found the island, how to get back to it, etc. Of course, a lot more were asked (and the characters won't answer them).

Among them . . .

Where's Aaron?

How did Hurley get to the airport?

Same with Sayid and his lovely federal marshall (new character?)

Did the plane crash?

What made Kate want to go back?

Where are Sun, Sayid and Ben?

Who beat Ben up?

Is Ben good? (I vote yes)

What the heck is Jin doing working for the Dharma Initiative?

My theory on the plane: It didn't crash, but the original Losties were "flashed" off of it somehow. I could be wrong though.

What a show!

P.S. I cracked up when Hurley told that guy to put on a seat belt, and then put on his sleep mask (I don't know what you call those things) and leaned back for a nap right as the plane started to go haywire.

They had Hurley looking rather Jesus-like in this show too, with his longer than normal hair and beard. I wonder if that was Charlie's guitar somehow?

How would the cavalcade of "Lost" characters handle the economy?

Sawyer - Seduce it. Then cause a depression by taking all the money.

Sayid - Torture it.

Hurley - Eat it.

Locke - Track it for days and then hold a press conference about it under the delusion he has it under control, only to become one of its victims.

Rose - Henpeck it.

Rousseau - Shoot it.

Michael - Blow it up.

Ben - Lure it into a trap. Then give it a sanctimonious lecture.

Jin - Serve it poisonous blowfish.

Richard Alpert - Outlive it.

Jack - Fool it into thinking it has the upper hand with months of apparently pointless yammering, self-pity, and bursts of violence only to finally conquer it with surprising and apocalyptic levels of awesomeness.

Huckleberry Hound is one of my all-time favorite cartoon characters. Macy and I just watched a few I found on YouTube. Here's our favorite:



Hilarious.