Season Premiere Redux
Leave it to ABC to take the concept of the dreaded repeat and reinvent it as "enhanced" television. Now, instead of enjoying a few quiet Thursday evenings with my family, I am compelled to watch these repeats- I mean "enhanced" episodes- and search for clues and new information. My name in Trish W. and I am a
Lost addict.
I did actually learn a few things tonight, though I don't know if any of this was truly new information. Below are a few tidbits that I noticed and some corrections from the first time around:
- The car that Hurley is racing in the opening scene is a 1974 Camaro- the same car that he was rebuilding with his father in season three's "Tricia Tanaka is Dead."
- Abbadon (as in Hurley's mysterious psych ward visitor) translates as "guardian of the abyss." Also, the picture on the chalkboard in that scene, which includes a boat, an island and a shark, is a clue.
- I didn't remember Sawyer's kindness to Hurley after he learns of Charlie's death. That really set the stage for their burgeoning friendship in these eight episodes.
- I had also missed Ben's sarcastic comment about Naomi's big pile of firewood. Priceless.
- Originally, I had identified the eye in the cabin as Mikhail. Now it seems more obvious that it was probably Locke since it is he who turns up to help Hurley a moment later.
- I was once again touched (and brought to tears) by Hurley's joyful, carefree cannonball followed by his heartbreaking scenes learning of Charlie's death and sharing the news with Claire.
Jorge Garcia completely rocked this episode.
- So, "H" is the eighth letter of the alphabet and "O" is the fifteenth? And here I was thinking that they were just playing basketball. Did anyone actually catch that the first time around?
Keep those "enhanced" comments coming as we work through these next four weeks together. April 24 will be here before we know it.
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