It's hardly a secret that two...
It's hardly a secret that two of my favorite hours of the TV week are the
Lost-
Invasion combo on ABC on Wednesday nights (I watch the 11 pm/ET replay of
Project Runway to come down from the high so I can get a good night's sleep).
This week was no exception. Lost and the revitalized Invasion were both terrific, as usual, but what struck me was how both shows have suddenly evolved, in their episodes' final moments, into what look to be war allegories.
After the creepy jungle encounter with the Others (mostly represented by the sudden appearance of torches surrounding our heroes), Jack approaches Ana Lucia and asks, "How long do you think it would take to train an army?" We already know the gal has deadly aim. And imagine Mr. Eko as General Eko. 'Nuff said.
Then, as Invasion concluded another creepy hour of domestic conflict and aliens-vs.-us intrigue — loved that teenager Jesse, brought along for a "vacation" by his stepdad, Sheriff Tom, wanted to watch The Shining (also about a dangerously altered father figure) — we learn Tom's true motivation for taking the kids away: They were a cover for him launching (rather improbably) a bag full of weapons and uniforms that would later float ashore on an uncharted key full of hunky, shirtless hybrids. "The island of misfit toys," jokes one of the studly changelings, as we discover that they're in training for a battle ahead.
Back in Homestead, battered ranger Russell, who's already got his hands full keeping his family together, has no idea what's in store.
Neither, really, do we. But I'm betting it will be explosive.
