Okay for those of you who don't know, I think LOST is pretty much the best show ever created. To me, season one was one of the most brilliant and creative offerings of sound, color, camera work and writing that TV has ever seen. Oh yeah, and the acting was pretty good too. I think Carlton Cuse, JJ Abrams and Damon Lindeloff were like Paul McCartney and John Lenon. Their writing and creativity the first season was only trumped by each other.
Season two, however, was a let down. I felt like the character development weakened and the plot dragged much of the time. At no point did I feel like they adorned themselves with leather jackets and fastened on skis, but I never felt it had the same punch as the first season.
This season has been different-for the most part that is. I think they have brought us some of the best stuff since Pilot Part 1 and Pilot Part 2. Without a doubt, since LOST has returned from it's winter break, it has catapulted the plot, cleverly connected characters, and given the viewer more of what we came to love in season one.
As the layers of the LOST onion continue to peel back, it is becoming more apparent that I can no longer like John Locke. I want to like him. After all, he was the man of season one. He brought a sense of intrigue, bravery and wisdom that only MacGuyver can appreciate. However, after last nights episode, "The Man From Tallahassee", it is clear to me that Locke is a stubborn, foolish, idiotic ape. He is incapable of any type of independent, original thought. Since his character is named after one of the most well-known philosophers of all time, one can't help but see the irony.
Think about it. John blindly believes everything that his mother, father, Ben or anyone else tells him. He believes he has to keep pushing that button. That is until he is 'told' by another video in another hatch that he does not have to push the button. He not only believed his father's lies the first time, he also believed him the second time. He believed the hitch hiker he picked up and joined his cult. That's right, John can't think for himself.
It is this lack of being able to think that causes him to react without thinking. He didn't think when he caused the hatch to blow up. He didn't think when he caused Boone to die. He didn't think when he blew up the communication station. And he sure didn't think when he blew up the submarine.
Even still, for me LOST is found again. No, Locke isn't perfect or rational, but that's what makes him who he is. That's what creates the plot tension between he and Jack. That's what makes him so....easy to con.
Hey, speaking of cons, anyone else think that Locke's dad is the same guy that Sawyer took his namesake from?
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