LOST Yet?

Despite numerous allegories and metaphors presented throughout the series, it seems clear that LOST makes no attempt to parallel closely Bible stories, other those of religious faiths, or any of the myriad literary works alluded to within the episodes. The references are entertaining, of course, and they encourage obsessive pondering and banter amongst addicted fans.

To me, what makes the show worth watching is the originality and complexity, which is enhanced by all the name dropping and theme suggesting.

What really grabs me about this show is that it is simultaneously intrguing and a bit frustrating to find myself fixated on a particular scene or fact.

For example:

WHY WAS THAT STATUE'S FOOT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN?

WHEN JULIETTE HIT THE BOMB, DID IT IN FACT EXPLODE, OR WAS THERE MERELY ANOTHER TIME WARP FLASH?

IF THE BOMB EXPLODED, DID THE EXPLOSION CREATE A SPIN OFF OF SEPARATE REALITIES?


IN THE REALITY IN WHICH THE BOMB EXPLODED... AT THAT TIME...

WAS THE FOOT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN INTENDED TO SHOW THAT THE ENTIRE ISLAND EXPLODED WITH THE NUKE AND THE STATUE WAS SUNK? (IT WAS PRESENTED AS THE SAME REALITY IN WHICH THE LOSTIES' PLANE DIDN'T CRASH, AS THE SCENE PANNED FROM THE VIEW OUT THE PLANE WINDOW INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN WHERE THE FOOT WAS.)

SO EVERYONE DIED?

WHY WAS IT OKAY WITH THE LOSTIES TO DETONATE THE NUKE AND BLOW UP THE ISLAND? EVEN IF THEY COULD TRASCEND TIME FOR THEMSELVES, BACK TO THE TIME BEFORE THEY CRASHED, WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO GOT TO THE ISLAND VIA OTHER MEANS BEFORE THE CRASH, E.G., ALL THE DHARMA INITIATIVE PEOPLE, THE OTHERS (AKA THE HOSTILES), JULIETTE HERSELF? WOULDN'T THEY ALL JUST DIE?

IN THE REALITY IN WHICH THE PLANE NEVER CRASHED, FACTS FROM before THE CRASH TOOK PLACE WERE CHANGED... WHY?

WHY WAS DESMOND ON BOARD?

WHY WAS CHRISTIAN'S BODY LOST? WHERE IS IT?

WHERE WAS SHANNON? (BOONE SAID HE COULDN'T GET HER TO LEAVE THE ABUSIVE BOYFRIEND.)

DID ANYONE ELSE THINK OF ROSE ON THAT PLANE? IF SHE DIDN'T END UP ON THE ISLAND, SHE'D STILL HAVE CANCER. OR DOES SHE?

IN THE REALITY IN WHICH THEY TRANSPORTED TO THE TIME AFTER THE HATCH EXPLOSION...

DID JULIETTE DIE FROM FALLING DOWN THE WELL, OR FROM HAVING ALL THAT HATCH DEBRIS SMASHED ON TOP OF HER? I GUESS THE FALL.

WHY DID JACOB WANT TO SAVE SAYID?

WHY DIDN'T HE WANT TO SAVE JULIETTE? (WHEN JACOB CAME TO HURLY, JULIETTE WAS STILL ALIVE.)

SO... IN THIS REALITY... WHERE THE LOSTIES WARPED TO THE POST-HATCH EXPLOSION TIME PERIOD, THEY ARE NOW IN THE SAME TIME (PRESENT TIME) AS THE LOSTIES WHO DIDN'T WARP TO THE 70s AFTER THE SECOND CRASH...

THE CLUE WAS... WHEN WHEN JACK, SAWYER, HURLY, JULIETTE AND JIN TOOK SAYID TO THE TEMPLE TO BE HEALED, THE TEMPLE WORSHIPPERS WERE CONCERNED WHEN THEY LEARNED JACOB WAS DEAD... AND THEY SHOT OFF THE FIREWORKS AS A WARNING... THE MAN WHO PRESENTED HIMSELF AS LOCKE (THE SMOKE MONSTER, THE MAN WHO SAT ON THE BEACH WITH JACOB AS THE BLACK ROCK SAILED IN, THE ONE WHO MANIPULATED BEN INTO KILLING JACOB) LOOKED UP AND SAW THE FIREWORKS.

WHY DOES HE WANT TO GO HOME? WHERE'S HOME? THE TEMPLE?

DID HE KILL OR JUST KNOCK OUT RICHARD? WHY?

HAS RICHARD EVER MET JACOB?

WHY HADN'T BEN MET JACOB?

ARE THE PEOPLE AT THE TEMPLE DIFFERENT FROM THE HOSTILES/OTHERS? THEY SEEM TO HAVE THEIR OWN ASIAN, ENGLISH-HATING LEADER, WHICH SEEMS DISTINCT FROM FROM THE GROUP LED BY BEN.

YET... THE TEMPLE PEOPLE CARE ABOUT JACOB, OBVIOUSLY. WHY WAS JACOB LIVING UNDER THE STATUE AND NOT WITH THEM?

HOW DOES CHRISTIAN FIT IN? HE WAS IN JACOB'S CABIN AND MANY ASSUMED HE WAS JACOB OR CONNECTED TO JACOB. BUT, WAS THAT INSTEAD THE ANTAGONIST (SMOKE MONSTER) PRESENTING HIMSELF AS CHRISTIAN, THE SAME WAY HE LATER PRESENTED HIMSELF AS LOCKE?

IF THE ANTAGONIST (JACOB'S ENEMY) IS THE SMOKE MONSTER, HOW DID BEN UNLEASH THE SMOKE MONSTER TO DO HIS BIDDING AGAINST WIDMORE'S CREW WHO CAME TO KILL HIM? WHY WOULD HE HELP BEN?

OH... JIN AND SUN CAN BE REUNITED NOW.

Okay, that's all the questions I'll pose for this week. Insights welcome via the blog comments section.

The plot thickens. The story moves on. The twists continue. Millions are lost in LOST. I've heard and seen all kinds of theories. I think the writers have the viewers right where they want them, entranced and speculating.

Until next week...