lost

As mentioned earlier, I was out past my bedtime at the Time 100 gala, then up further past my bedtime writing up American Idol. Then received my usual 6 a.m. wakeup call from the Tuned In Jrs., so… kinda running on fumes this morning where Lost Discussion Group is concerned. I refer you to the weekly preview post from Doc Jensen, who …

While everyone may be abuzz about Obama’s first 100 days today, they pale in significance next to the first 100 episodes of Lost. Number 100, airing tonight—and you may want to pad your recordings in case that press conference runs long—is reputedly Daniel Faraday-centric, presumably picking up from the point where he returned to the …

If I were more enterprising, I would have edited together a “clip post” of previous Lostwatch posts to fill time until ABC airs a proper episode of Lost next week. But I didn’t, and if I had, you probably would have felt all cheated and bitter and sad, like I did when I watched the 15 minutes or so of last night’s Lost clip show that I …

PSA: Tonight’s Lost is a ripoff “catch-up” episode, so don’t wait up for a Lostwatch. Because I am a sucker, I will probably eventually watch anyway, and if there are any worthwhile nuggets I’ll post, but mainly I plan to gather my strength for the show’s season-ending run with 62 more minutes of valuable sleep.

When you think about it, Lost is a pretty Jewish show, particularly given all the Passover resonances. There are, of course, all the Old Testament references. There is an exodus from a land of exile. There’s even a plague, though this one goes beyond affecting the firstborn to all Island babies and their mothers.

All of which is to …

Maybe it’s a lame choice for a Lost Discussion Group topic, but I don’t see how we move on from last week’s conclusion without asking whether Ben is dead or not. Having said that, there are plenty of subquestions to explore.

First—and I have to credit this question to time.com honcho Josh Tyrangiel—is it possible that Jack will have …