Lost - Season 6
Well we waited long enough and it arrived several weeks ago, but it can’t just be me feeling a little short-changed at the moment. Lost, season six, started with a bang, quite literally, just like season five had ended. We were promised answers, to the myriad of questions that avid viewers have built up over the years. We were also promised a gripping storyline, that would leave us begging for the next episode like we have done in the past. However, none of these things have come to pass…yet.
I feel like, right now, I am watching Lost for the sake of watching it. I have put a lot of my time into this show and so far, I am just a little bit disappointed. Nothing major has occurred yet and we are 10 episodes in! I could have had a better use of time by sitting in a self storage container for the last 6 seasons… Sure, we found out that the new John Locke is the smoke monster that has been rampaging its way through the island’s jungle for five seasons and sure, we also found out the real purpose of the island. Whilst there have been two or three questions answered, they haven’t been done in big enough ways and they haven’t involved the cast enough.
They are explaining things that have had many viewers racking their brains over for years so casually that it feels unimportant. Many of the cast have been largely disappointing as well. I don’t mean their acting skills, they are as good as ever, I mean what their characters have done. So far, we have had nothing from Jack. Remember how big he was for five whole seasons? Kate has also taken a back seat, as has Ben. This is all a little disappointing as well.
The flash-sideways seem utterly pointless to me, but we have been promised they will mean something in the end. The only thing I am happy about so far is Hugo (because he is hilarious) and Sawyer, because he was always better as the sour, sarcastic, “in-it-for-himself”character than when he was with Juliet. Here’s hoping for some improvement!