Harbour City Ramblings

Earlier today, in the office, “water-cooler talk” minus the water-cooler (with the addition of caffeine) began when Linda mentioned seeing a promo for (ABC’s) Lost Season 4 re-runs on the Sci-Fi Channel the other night.  She’s not yet had the privilege of watching this past season, and I refuse to divulge any delicious, delicious tidbits of info about the brilliant continuation of the series.  Spoiler-free, that’s how we do things.  On September 15th they begin with the first four episodes of Season 4.  It’s the perfect resource for those wanting to play catch-up before the second to last season starts in early 2009.  And now Linda and her daughter- whom she cannot watch it without, Anneke- can continue the journey themselves… No waiting until December for the DVD release.

There are still a few things I want to see prior to the series end… Before Lost (and this part truly pains me to have to come to terms with) completes this unprecedented and incomparable piece of art, spanning 6 seasons: (I’ll surely come up with more as it goes along and/or I continue to re-watch past episodes, but) the ‘T’s’ I wish to see crossed, along with the ‘i’s’ I hope to see dotted” list begins with…

Haven’t seen Season 4?  Don’t read any further!  Ye be warned.

…A final Sayid/Sawyer face-off; reminiscent of the “If the shoe fits…” stomp-down in the early days of the Pilot: Part 2.  Now that Sayid is even more bad-ass than previously thought (torturer?  Pfffft… That career ain’t got nothin’ on being one of Ben’s goons), watching him take-on a new and improved (simply hope and wishful thinking only here) conman Sawyer would be the equivalent to Godzilla vs. Dracula… or whichever other fantasy figure he’s actually famous for fighting.

And in order to be completely satisfied with her untimely death, I need full disclosure on the Rousseau story.  Flashback, definitely.  Absolutely an Alex tie-in (minus the Karl).  If only a flashforward were possible.  Oh, the places you could have gone Rousseau.

One random last Lost note.  You know what makes Dr. Jack Shephard a great leader- his ability to dish out motivation, instruct while instilling confidence in the redshirts.  Giving credit and paying compliments as they’re due.  They then respect and put their trust in him.  It started with the dirty work of having the Losties sort through the luggage, then fuselage, and then hatch duties came into play.  He’s always been best in the leader role, motivating others to do their duties to the best of their abilities.  That is awesome.

Lost makes you think, gets your gears going.  Lost teaches you life lessons.  These are a few reasons why I watch Lost.