“LaFleur” rebooted the Season 5, kicking off a major new story arc for the show which finds our beloved castaways living among the Dharma Initiative in the 1970s. Reviews were largely very positive for the ep, though a few critics had trouble with the back-and-forth-through-time nature o...

They went and done it again. It’s a whole new ball game, kiddies. So saddle up, and let’s find out just exactly why Lost’s showrunners have been calling Season 5 “the year of Sawyer.” It was a wild hour full of everything Lost does best, with one incredible moment of dr...

Before I even begin to do my meager and half-hearted recap here, I’d just like for everyone to read Kottke’s post on timetravel which is really just an excuse to link to Lost: A Theory On Time Travel For the lazy, an excerpt: 1996-1996 (third iteration): several years elapse on the islan...

“The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham,” the 7th episode of Lost Season 5, generated the most mixed responses of any episode yet this year. Some are fiercely passionate about the show’s sudden return to more emotion-based storytelling, while others feel let down that John Locke̵...

He’s aliiiiive! But really, was there ever any doubt? The long-awaited flashback story of Jeremy Bentham, aka “John Locke off the island,” was remarkably straightforward, with very few real surprises. There were a few, though, and the best one came at the very end. Favorite line: &...

I’ll get this out of the way early: if you don’t want a casting spoiler, don’t click and if you don’t want a programming/scheduling spoiler, don’t click. Now, where were we? Dead then Reborn Locke? Sounds good! No big deal tonight, just a stream of consciousness. Tropes...

Lost, ABC, Airs Wednesdays 9/8c Episode: “316″ (Season 5, Episode 6) Synopsis: The way back to the island is revealed to members of the Oceanic 6, but there’s trouble ahead when not all of them wish to return. Review: Well, that wasn’t so difficult, now was it? On second thought,...

The first six episodes of this season could have been an entire season all by themselves. There’s been more revelations and crucial plot developments per minute of screen time than in all the past seasons combined. And in this six-episode season scenario, “316″ would serve as the p...

This week’s metareview of Lost 5.05 “This Place is Death” features a ton of new review/recap sources for your reading pleasure. There are no less than 19 reviews linked and excerpted. Enjoy! Entertainment Weekly ’s Doc Jensen: …let’s swipe one of Ms. Hawking’...

Lost, ABC, Airs Wednesdays 9/8c Episode: “This Place is Death” (Season 5, Episode 5) Synopsis: Locke (Terry O’Quinn) takes on the burden to stop the island’s increasingly violent shifts through time. Meanwhile, Ben (Michael Emerson) hits a roadblock in his attempt to reunite the ...