Lost

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  • Eight years after it finished, why is Lost being reappraised?
  • When good TV goes bad: how Lost got lost - and then found its way again
  • Lost - 10 years on: all the mysteries explained

    • The series went on to attract US audiences of just under 24 million viewers and, before long, Lost had become an unprecedented hit, winning Emmys and keeping fans enthralled with a litany of tantalising plot twists and mysteries. Over time, however, some viewers tired of the expanding web of mythology and the lack of concrete answers. Despite fans' frustrations, Lost formed a cult fan base to rival that of The X-Files and, if you had the patience, it became one of the most gripping high-concept US TV shows of the past decade.

    Eight years after it finished, why is Lost being reappraised?

    Ten years on, here are some of the key mysteries introduced over Lost's six seasons and how, at least as far as I can work out, they were resolved. The Smoke Monster is heard in the show's very first episode but isn't seen until season two. Often described as the island's "security system", the Monster is a mass of black smoke whose appearance is always anticipated by a hallucinatory vision of a dead person from a character's past perhaps due to the monster's ability to scan the memories of those it encounters.

    Both John Locke and Nigerian drug-lord turned priest Mr Eko come face-to-face with the monster on two separate occasions, the second time not going so well for either of them especially poor Eko. The Monster is, in fact, a character referred to as The Man in Black; first seen alongside his brother Jacob more than a hundred years previously, his character represents evil incarnate. During an altercation, Jacob throws his brother into a light located at the heart of the island which spits him back out as the mass of black smoke he becomes.

    Imprisoned on the island — and unable to kill Jacob — the Monster can only take the form of the dead.

    When good TV goes bad: how Lost got lost - and then found its way again

    Flashforward to the final season and The Man in Black takes the form of the deceased John Locke Terry O'Quinn , successfully manipulating others under his guise to perform actions that, unbeknownst to them, have cataclysmic consequences. His main aim is to leave the island, but to do so involves destroying and killing everybody on it — something he is intent on doing.

    Locke isn't the only survivor who has been miraculously healed by arriving on the island though: The island's rapid injury-healing is often referred to and the Russian eye-patched character Mikhail Andrew Divoff is the best example of this.

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    The nature of Locke's recovery is attributed to the perception that he is "special" — something which Locke takes pleasure in using against the Others' leader Ben Linus Michael Emerson when he falls sick with a spinal tumour in season three. No technical explanation is given about the island's healing powers, but Jin's infertility is conveniently explained away by fertiity doctor Juliet: The Others are a large group of inhabitants who have been on the island for an unknown number of years, potentially hundreds.

    They are incredibly hostile to the survivors upon their arrival, infiltrating their camps and abducting children Waaaaalt! The survivors initially believe them to live under-privileged lives in the wilderness but the opening of season three reveals them to reside in a village with houses, running water and book clubs — some higher-ranking members even leaving the island as they please. Several parents of younger characters comprised an older generation of Others Charles Widmore, Eloise Hawking, etc , but it was Ben Linus Michael Emerson who led the group — under the unseen higher authority of Jacob — until his banishment in season four.

    There is really no explanation as to when or why the Others came to be on the island, but the perception is that — to them — the island is their sacred haven. Their group live in the Barracks former home to the Dharma Initiative while another group resides in a hidden ancient temple.

    They are ultimately given the task of protecting the island from outside forces, and, as of the final season, a group of them remain on the island under the leadership of Hurley and Ben and ultimately, if you've seen epilogue The New Man in Charge , Walt. Before too long, however, both Sayid and Sawyer Josh Holloway hear these whispers for themselves, usually pre-empting a visit from the Others or other island phenomena Shannon sees Walt shortly after hearing them.

    Towards the end of the series, it is revealed that the whispers are in fact spoken by the spirits of the island's deceased individuals who had not yet moved on. This is revealed to Hurley via a vision of Michael Harold Perrineau , a character who sacrifices himself in the fourth season. Michael is being punished for murdering fellow survivors Ana-Lucia and Libby. The oft-referred to sickness is mentioned by Rousseau on countless ocassions, claiming it consumed her expedition — including her husband — upon their arrival on the island.

    Other people who appear to suffer a form of sickness throughout the series include many passengers on Charles Widmore's freighter including Zoe Bell's Regina and survivors Claire and Sayid Naveen Andrews who is resurrected by the island when he dies from a gunshot wound in season six. The cause of the sickness could be two things, one being the Man In Black in smoke monster form infecting the mental states of his victims. Lost will never die. Finally, the believers have been vindicated. Drama Fantasy TV Television features. Order by newest oldest recommendations.

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    Threads collapsed expanded unthreaded. Black Mirror TV Series Westworld TV Series True Detective TV Series Edit Cast Series cast summary: Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes episodes, Josh Holloway James 'Sawyer' Ford episodes, Yunjin Kim Sun-Hwa Kwon episodes, Evangeline Lilly Kate Austen episodes, Terry O'Quinn Sayid Jarrah episodes, Matthew Fox Jack Shephard episodes, Daniel Dae Kim Jin-Soo Kwon episodes, Emilie de Ravin Claire Littleton 97 episodes, Michael Emerson Desmond Hume 74 episodes, Dominic Monaghan Charlie Pace 74 episodes, Harold Perrineau Michael Dawson 64 episodes, Elizabeth Mitchell Edit Storyline The past, present, and future lives of surviving Oceanic Flight passengers are dramatically intertwined as a fight for survival ensues in a quest for answers after crashlanding on a mysterious island.

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    Edit Details Official Sites: Edit Did You Know? The original wonders and their counterparts on "Lost" are: Goofs The two Korean characters are married and share the family name "Kwon", and the identical family name becomes an important plot point in the final season. But when Koreans marry the wife never takes her husband's family name.

    Lost - 10 years on: all the mysteries explained

    In fact in Korea it is not permissible even to marry someone with the same family name except in rare circumstances. Crazy Credits The strange opening credits were designed by J.

    Abrams on his laptop in black and white as an homage to The Twilight Zone. Connections Referenced in The Cinema Snob: Frequently Asked Questions Q: What are the numbers? What is the missed clue in the Pilot? Did the Smoke Monster attack the plane? Is Richard wearing eyeliner?

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