Full disclosure: I finished season 4 back in September, and wrote some of this then, but never got around to finishing it. I’ve taken a 3 month + break from viewing Lost (and a 4 month + break from writing blogs!) but am getting back at it now. It helps that now the seasons are shorter, since the last 3 seasons of the series were only from January/February-May. Season 4 was especially short, since it was the year of the writer’s strike, so it was a lean 14 episodes. Some would argue that it was better that way, and they may be right-this season was fast paced, with every episode seeming to be essential and engaging. But lets dispense with the pleasantries, shall we?
Best episode: “The Constant
This a popular choice for best episode of the whole series, with its twists and turns through time. Not sure I can pick just one episode as my favorite of them all, but this definitely got my attention the first time around, and seeing it again reminded me how brilliantly confusing and perfect it is. Maybe they didn’t get around to answering all the questions this episode asks, but the possibilities it opened up were part of the fun.
Moment I forgot about: Harper’s weird
Not much to say about this, other than to say that Harper, the woman scorned by Juliet’s affair with her husband Goodwin, has an unnerving, icy stare, and a story line that seemed like it was maybe superfluous.
Most disturbing moment: There are a few. The first one that comes to mind is when Jack tries to kill Locke. The fact that he was willing to pull the trigger says a lot about where Jack is mentally. Matthew Abbadon visiting Hurley in “The Beginning of the End” is also quite creepy, when you realize that he isn’t who is pretending to be. When he asks “Are they still alive?”, it is a chill inducing moment. Finally, when Ben says to Juliet “You’re mine” shows just how deranged and obsessive he is. Of course, it is usually not a good idea to take the woman you have a crush on to the place where her husbands decomposing body is, for show and tell.
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