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DO NOT WATCH IF YOU HAVE BEEN LIVING IN A CAVE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND HAVE NOT WATCHED A SINGLE EPISODE OF LOST YET ALTHOUGH YOU PLAN TO
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THE LOST CHEAT SHEET
SEASON 4, EPISODE 1
12 things that you need to remember about Lost in order to fully appreciate the premiere
Walt
Psychically enhanced son of Michael. At the end of the second season, he and his dad hopped on a boat and got away from the Island. But at the end of season 3, he reappeared on the Island, looking older and taller, beckoning a wounded Locke to climb out of the Dharma death pit. Kids say the darndest things. Especially creepy kids.
Christian Shephard
Jack's emotionally callused, alcoholic surgeon father; also sired Claire on the down-low while Down Under. Died during a bender in Sydney; Jack was bringing his body back on Oceanic 815. At one point, Jack thought he saw Christian walking around the Island, spying on him and being all creepy and stuff. Doc Boozy Jr. ultimately found Doc Boozy Sr.'s coffin, but the body was missing. (Cue dramatic music.) Whassup with Jack acting like his pops was alive in the season finale? Matthew Fox told my pal Dan Snierson that it was drugs messing with his head. You buying that?
Dave
Hurley's imaginary friend/loony-bin buddy, a tempting devil and the embodiment of his eating/control/fear-of-change/self-esteem issues. Last seen plummeting to his death on the Island. Was he real? Hallucination? Both? Freakin' questions. I hate them! I love them! Hold me?
Ghosts
A possible explanation for that aforementioned Christian Shephard sighting on the Island. Ditto Mr. Eko's brother. Ditto Ben's mommy. Personally, I don't believe in ghosts. But I would say that for anyone haunted by the past, ghosts are, like, totally real. Anyway, I have a hunch that ghosts, figurative or literal, will play a big part on Lost this season. We already got ourselves a bona fide haunted house:
Jacob's Shack
A small ramshackle cabin in the jungle, allegedly occupied by a bearded, croaky-voiced spirit named Jacob who until recently only made himself visible — and audible — to Ben. But late last season, Locke paid a weird visit to this haunted house and met its spectral tenant, fond of rocking chairs and prone to hucking junk during fits of frustration. Is Jacob bound by the conventions of time and space? How about his house?
Naomi
British adventurer; alleged castaway savior; suspicious freighter character. Arrived on the Island one dark night after parachuting from a helicopter that crashed in the ocean. She told the castaways that she was part of a rescue team hired by Penelope Widmore to find Desmond Hume. Mission accomplished! But is she telling the truth? The communiqué that Charlie picked up from Penny herself during his ill-fated Looking Glass swim suggests that Naomi is full of crap. That's Locke's theory, too — hence, why he threw a hunting knife into her back in the season finale. Fun Fact! Naomi was a big Driveshaft fan and can speak Portuguese!
Camaro
Car belonging to Hurley's father, passed down to the round mound of dude. Symbolic of daddy issues and struggles with hope and despair, idealism and cynicism, faith and faithlessness. It's an early '70s model, red with white down the middle, and blessed with a functional eight-track cassette player. Theme song: ''Shambala'' by Three Dog Night. I was never really a car guy growing up. But I think my son is going to be, and when he gets old enough to watch Lost with his old man, I bet he'll like Hurley's Camaro. By the way, my son's name is Ben. How weird is that?! (Answer: Not very.)
Parapsychology
If you recall the orientation film found in the Swan (see: season 2, episode 3), the Dharma Initiative was conducting experiments into ''parapsychology,'' or supernatural abilities that could include things like ESP, precognition, mental projection, and telekinesis. On a possibly related but probably tangential note, are you guys into ''The Secret''? You know: that Oprah-endorsed, power-of-positive-thinking/mind-over-matter self-help stuff that was something of a pop-culture sensation a year or so back? After watching Hurley will the Dharma bus back to life last season in the Tricia Tanaka episode, I kinda wonder if there could be a connection between ''The Secret'' and Lost. Might I have some additional thoughts on this matter in our TV Watch recap of the season premiere on Friday? I just might.
''Big Mike''
His mother knew him better as ''Mike Walton.'' LAPD partner of the late, not-so-great, dead-baby-haunted cop/vigilante/murderer/Christian Shephard booze buddy/Sawyer fornicator Ana Lucia Cortez. Rocks a mustache, as most cops do. Dude cops, I mean. Weird, huh? Is that a cop-code thing, these mustaches? Take my dad. He's a cop. And guess what? Tom Jensen has a mustache. I asked him about this, and after a long, baffled pause, he explained, ''Well, the reason I grew my mustache, was because I became a police officer when I was 23 and I looked like I was 15.'' He also suggested that since cops must adhere to strict guidelines about their appearance (short hair, no beards), they grow mustaches ''just because they can.'' Then Dad's trademark wit kicked in. ''I think we all want to look the same so that if anyone files a complaint against us, they won't know who to file it against.'' See! I knew there was a conspiracy! PS: My brother's name is Mike. He's kinda big, too. Coincidence? (Answer: Yes.)
SEASON 4, EPISODE 1
12 things that you need to remember about Lost in order to fully appreciate the premiere
Walt
Psychically enhanced son of Michael. At the end of the second season, he and his dad hopped on a boat and got away from the Island. But at the end of season 3, he reappeared on the Island, looking older and taller, beckoning a wounded Locke to climb out of the Dharma death pit. Kids say the darndest things. Especially creepy kids.
Christian Shephard
Jack's emotionally callused, alcoholic surgeon father; also sired Claire on the down-low while Down Under. Died during a bender in Sydney; Jack was bringing his body back on Oceanic 815. At one point, Jack thought he saw Christian walking around the Island, spying on him and being all creepy and stuff. Doc Boozy Jr. ultimately found Doc Boozy Sr.'s coffin, but the body was missing. (Cue dramatic music.) Whassup with Jack acting like his pops was alive in the season finale? Matthew Fox told my pal Dan Snierson that it was drugs messing with his head. You buying that?
Dave
Hurley's imaginary friend/loony-bin buddy, a tempting devil and the embodiment of his eating/control/fear-of-change/self-esteem issues. Last seen plummeting to his death on the Island. Was he real? Hallucination? Both? Freakin' questions. I hate them! I love them! Hold me?
Ghosts
A possible explanation for that aforementioned Christian Shephard sighting on the Island. Ditto Mr. Eko's brother. Ditto Ben's mommy. Personally, I don't believe in ghosts. But I would say that for anyone haunted by the past, ghosts are, like, totally real. Anyway, I have a hunch that ghosts, figurative or literal, will play a big part on Lost this season. We already got ourselves a bona fide haunted house:
Jacob's Shack
A small ramshackle cabin in the jungle, allegedly occupied by a bearded, croaky-voiced spirit named Jacob who until recently only made himself visible — and audible — to Ben. But late last season, Locke paid a weird visit to this haunted house and met its spectral tenant, fond of rocking chairs and prone to hucking junk during fits of frustration. Is Jacob bound by the conventions of time and space? How about his house?
Naomi
British adventurer; alleged castaway savior; suspicious freighter character. Arrived on the Island one dark night after parachuting from a helicopter that crashed in the ocean. She told the castaways that she was part of a rescue team hired by Penelope Widmore to find Desmond Hume. Mission accomplished! But is she telling the truth? The communiqué that Charlie picked up from Penny herself during his ill-fated Looking Glass swim suggests that Naomi is full of crap. That's Locke's theory, too — hence, why he threw a hunting knife into her back in the season finale. Fun Fact! Naomi was a big Driveshaft fan and can speak Portuguese!
Camaro
Car belonging to Hurley's father, passed down to the round mound of dude. Symbolic of daddy issues and struggles with hope and despair, idealism and cynicism, faith and faithlessness. It's an early '70s model, red with white down the middle, and blessed with a functional eight-track cassette player. Theme song: ''Shambala'' by Three Dog Night. I was never really a car guy growing up. But I think my son is going to be, and when he gets old enough to watch Lost with his old man, I bet he'll like Hurley's Camaro. By the way, my son's name is Ben. How weird is that?! (Answer: Not very.)
Parapsychology
If you recall the orientation film found in the Swan (see: season 2, episode 3), the Dharma Initiative was conducting experiments into ''parapsychology,'' or supernatural abilities that could include things like ESP, precognition, mental projection, and telekinesis. On a possibly related but probably tangential note, are you guys into ''The Secret''? You know: that Oprah-endorsed, power-of-positive-thinking/mind-over-matter self-help stuff that was something of a pop-culture sensation a year or so back? After watching Hurley will the Dharma bus back to life last season in the Tricia Tanaka episode, I kinda wonder if there could be a connection between ''The Secret'' and Lost. Might I have some additional thoughts on this matter in our TV Watch recap of the season premiere on Friday? I just might.
''Big Mike''
His mother knew him better as ''Mike Walton.'' LAPD partner of the late, not-so-great, dead-baby-haunted cop/vigilante/murderer/Christian Shephard booze buddy/Sawyer fornicator Ana Lucia Cortez. Rocks a mustache, as most cops do. Dude cops, I mean. Weird, huh? Is that a cop-code thing, these mustaches? Take my dad. He's a cop. And guess what? Tom Jensen has a mustache. I asked him about this, and after a long, baffled pause, he explained, ''Well, the reason I grew my mustache, was because I became a police officer when I was 23 and I looked like I was 15.'' He also suggested that since cops must adhere to strict guidelines about their appearance (short hair, no beards), they grow mustaches ''just because they can.'' Then Dad's trademark wit kicked in. ''I think we all want to look the same so that if anyone files a complaint against us, they won't know who to file it against.'' See! I knew there was a conspiracy! PS: My brother's name is Mike. He's kinda big, too. Coincidence? (Answer: Yes.)
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