The first Lost post of 2009.

Yes, yes, we finally have a new President and I am very happy about it. IDK, I've had all of the high and low moments I'm capable of having over this election already.

But what I can get excited about is something that happens in less than 24 hours:

LOST, SEASON 5.

As such, I bring you my first Lost post of the season. Longtime readers will know that there will be many as the season progresses. I would like to start it out with this quote, from the world's smartest man, aka my best friend Dane:

"Certainly talking to other Lost fans can be annoying, since most of them are so clueless and watch the show the way most people read Dan Brown novels. But I think what bugs me most is people who try to trivialize the show because they aren't into it. When people tell me "it's just a TV show" I regularly tell them "and 1984 was just a book" - or something along those lines. Yes, I realize it is *just* a TV show and the world does not begin or end with Lost... but Lost makes life worth living."

And now... I give you a giant dose of Lost picspam, along with some ponderings and favorite Lost quotations!

WARNING: DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED SEASONS 1 THROUGH 4.




What a bunch of good-looking folks we've got there.

ABBADON: I'm here, Mr Reyes, because we heard about your recent (pauses) episode. Your arrest. Your incarceration here. Frankly we feel terrible about it. So, on behalf of Oceanic, I'd like to extend you an invitation for a little upgrade. HURLEY: What kind of upgrade? ABBADON: To a facility where the paint isn't peeling off the walls. Where you'd have your own bathroom. You could see the ocean from there... HURLEY: I don't wanna see the ocean. ----- Wait, so... why was Abbadon trying to take Hurley away? Was someone else trying to get the Ocean 6 back to the island? WHO IS ABBADON WORKING FOR?

HURLEY: And why would I go anywhere with you? I haven't seen you in, like, forever. SAYID: Because circumstances have changed.

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Dear Sayid: Please kill more people with your feet this season.
Love, Sarah.

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Speaking of things I'd like to see, does Walt have to go back with the Oceanic 6? I mean, Ben said "everybody," right? I'd like to see things with Walt's character get resolved in a meaningful way - I think he brought a cool dimension to the show. Plus, someone has to babysit Aaron while Kate and Jack have make-up sex.

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KATE: "We have to go back"? "We have to go back"? JACK: Now hold on-- KATE: Who do you think you are?! You call me over and over again for two days straight, stoned on your pills! And then you show up here with an obituary for Jeremy Bentham. (Sighs) When he came to me and I heard what he had to say, I knew he was crazy. But you... you believed him. JACK: Yes. KATE: Him, of all people. JACK: Yes, Kate, I did, because he said that that was the only way that I could keep you safe--you and Aaron.(Kate slaps Jack.) KATE: Don't you say his name. I still have to explain to him why you are not there to read to him, so don't you say his name! JACK: I'm sorry. KATE: I've spent the last three years trying to forget all the horrible things that happened on the day that we left. How dare you ask me to go back?

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HOW DID LOCKE GET OFF THE ISLAND?
WHY DID HE LEAVE THE ISLAND?
HOW THE HELL DID HE DIE?!?
WTF WTF WTF WTF!

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Now there's a guy who has some of the answers I'm looking for.

LOCKE: I'm sorry Ben, but maybe I've missed the part where you explain what I'm supposed to do with the armed men inside. BEN: I'm gonna take care of 'em. LOCKE: And how the hell are you gonna do that? BEN: How many time I have to tell you, John? I always have a plan.

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JULIET: The other day, when you came back from the other side of the island, Jack kissed me. KATE: Oh... JULIET: It was nice. But it wasn't for me. But it was for him. I'm pretty sure he was trying to prove something. KATE: Prove what? JULIET: That he doesn't love some else. [Pause) KATE: Thank you, Juliet. Thank you for saving his life. (Kate goes out of the tent] JULIET: [To Jack] I know you're awake.

Okay, so. I love Juliet. And the #1 thing that I'm most excited about seeing this season is some hot Juliet/Sawyer angry sex. Seriously. It's obvious that it's gonna happen. This just became my new OTP, now that I've realized that Kate will never be good enough for Jack and Jack will never realize how badass Juliet really is. I mean, Kate always treated Sawyer with this disgusting, lovey-dovey, nearly sisterly attitude. Juliet's not gonna mess with that crap. Homegirl will throw down. Those hook-ups will be hot. I cannot wait.

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HURLEY: We're all gonna die. SAWYER: Calm down, Chicken Little. Sky ain't falling just yet. HURLEY: This is exactly what he wants. To fight amongst ourselves. You're making a big mistake, dude. LOCKE: It's his to make, Hugo. Let's get on with it. SAWYER: Right. [pauses] I'm attacking Siberia. [The camera zooms out revealing that they are playing Risk. Sawyer and Hurley roll the dice, and Sawyer wins.] Sorry. HURLEY: Can't believe you're just giving him Australia. Australia's the key to the whole game. SAWYER: Says you.

SAWYER: What the hell do you mean you saw Walt? In a dream? LOCKE: No dream, it was Walt. Only, taller. SAWYER: Taller? What like a giant?

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JIN!!! DID YOU JUMP OFF THE BOAT IN TIME TO LIVE AND MAKE IT BACK
TO THE ISLAND!?!? INQUIRING MINDS DEMAND TO KNOW.

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Okay, so I'd like to go ahead and clarify that I think the producers are trying to trick us into thinking that Sun thinks that Jack is the "other person" she blames for Jin's death. I just have too much faith in Sun's ability to be rational to think she's harboring some sort of death wish toward my Jack. I think she's got some sort of evil mastermind plan to bring down Widmore from the inside, and I think it's gonna blow our socks off.

SUN: Are you really going to pretend that you don't know who I am? WIDMORE: I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about, Ms. Kwon. SUN: Yes, you do know, Mr. Widmore... just like you know we've been lying all this time about where we were and what happened to us there. You and I have common interests. When you're ready to discuss them... (Sun hands Widmore her business card) call me. As you know, we're not the only ones who left the island. (Sun walks away)

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SAYID: Naomi, were you close to her? MILES: Nope. Met her on the boat. SAYID: You don't seem particularly affected by her death. MILES: Sure I'm affected. She was hot and I dug her accent. KATE: Nice.

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How was Charlotte born on the island? If they've gone back in time, does that mean that she'll meet her birth parents? What about little baby Charlotte? Will that cause a paradox, and will she start to disappear, Michael J. Fox style?

MILES: I'm surprised you wanna leave. CHARLOTTE: Sorry? MILES: It's just weird. You know, after all that time you spent trying to get back here. CHARLOTTE: What do you mean, get back here? MILES: ...What do I mean?

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Glad that you brought some redshirts back to the island, Dan.
We needed a FEW people to kill off and not mourn this season!

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For me, the most hilarious moment in the Season 4 finale was when Desmond ran away from the bomb before Jin. Oh, sure, Jin's got an unborn baby, but you have to get back to Pennay! Real nice, Desmond. Real nice.

DESMOND: Are you sure about this, brother? JACK: Are you sure? DESMOND: As long as I've got Penny... I'll be fine. JACK: Don't let him find you, Desmond. I'll see you in another life, brother. DESMOND: Aye. I guess you will.

Based solely on my information from the trailers, I don't understand anything about Desmond this season. Why does he leave Penny and the baby? Why not bring the baby along, so that Aaron has a playdate? People just never think of the children these days.

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Oh, my main man. There you are. I am so glad to have you back in my life once a week. I will continue to defend you against all of your naysayers, and I have to say - I am so glad that Ben's making you shave the beard in the first episode.

HURLEY: I was happy, too, Jack... for a while, anyway. Then I saw Charlie. He likes to sit with me on the bench out on the front lawn. It's pretty cool, actually. JACK: Okay. [Sighs] so what do the two of you talk about? HURLEY: Well, yesterday, he told me you were gonna be coming by. He wanted me to give you a message. JACK: A message? HURLEY: [opens the drawer] He made me write it down so I wouldn't mess it up. "You're not supposed to raise him, Jack" Does that make any sense? JACK: No, that...doesn't make any sense. HURLEY: Do you think he means Aaron? JACK: Take your meds, Hurley. Just take them.

I just hope I don't have to endure a long period of time during this season where everyone hates him. The man did everything he did FOR YOU PEOPLE, YOU UNGREATFUL WENCHES. He couldn't have known that bad things were going to explode all over the place!

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See you tomorrow.