Tuesday, March 02, 2010  Lost, "Sundown": A history of violence
A review of tonight's "Lost" coming up just as soon as I have an
unfortunate incident involving a boomerang... "You think you
know me, but you don't. I am a good man." -Sayid Dude, you tried
to kill Baby Hitler. You might want to reconsider that
statement.  "Lost" is all about eternal struggles - good vs.
evil, science vs. faith, free will vs. destiny - and
fundamentally about man vs. his own nature. John Locke wants to
be a big man but can't overcome his own smallness. Jack Shephard
tries to fix everything and usually winds up destroying it.  And
Sayid Jarrah wants to be a good man free to enjoy the love of
his good woman, but instead he's always the man brought in when
people need killing.  Where the last two weeks brought us
alternate versions of Locke and Jack who managed to break their
emotional cycles - a Locke at peace with his disability and
unremarkable life, a Jack reaching out to his son in a way
Christian never reached out to him - w