Lost - S05E01 and S05E02

Lost is back, and full on Science Fiction. No more allusions or hiding, the story is now all about time travelling, as perhaps the entire series always has been.

On the island the characters, or perhaps the island, are skipping through time in an uncontrolled manner. Fortunately physicist Daniel is there to explain it all. Well, to everyone except Locke, who was looking decidely shaken. I loved the interaction between Sawyer and Daniel. I was chuckling at Sawyer's attempt to find a shirt.

In fact there was still a decent amount of humour in the two episodes, Hurley particularily made me laugh. Laughter and peril. Strangely Hurley seems the most together out of everyone who escpaed the island  to me, although that's not saying much seeing as Jack, Kate, Said and Sun have all completely lost it. (Cymbal crash.) And Desmond is special to allow an extra level of artistic licence.

There were plenty of scenes I loved in these two episode: the start of episode one which was an homage to season two and Desmond in the hatch, Hurley seeing dead people, Said in ninja assassin mode, Ben apparently being involved in some Dan Brown-esque world saving cult. 

Interesting how the writers have set up a golden rule nothing can be changed, which not only silences all the discussions about paradoxes, but also sets up what could be the essence of the entire plot. Is Ben trying to prevent changes to ensure the stability of the universe? Maybe. And maybe Jim from neighbours is just afte rthe island for corporate gain and ignoring the plight of actually saving the universe.

Lost is slowly transmogrifying from all-out bonkersness to a self-consistent time travelling Science Fiction masterpiece. I know I'm going to enjoy this season.