Just finished Season 2.
SPOILERS, obvi.
1. Killing Everyone. Seriously. It feels like it's becoming a way to a) crudely shock the audience and b) keep the monstrous cast budget down.
2. Charlie. First of all, Mr. Eko/Charlie is totally Locke/Boone v. 2.0, only without Boone's beautiful eyes. This does not bode well for Charlie. What also doesn't bode well for Charlie? Is that they seem to be confused about who he is. He's a good guy or a bad guy depending on what the episode necessitates. I found his almost creepy fatherly instincts cute, but after what he did to Sun, how can you really root for him and Claire? Yeah, yeah, he threw out his heroin and started buildin a church, but his moments of goodness are always contrasted with relapses into vindictiveness.
3. Jack's Dad. I kind of love him and the fact that he is in practically every character's flashback. He's such a boozy old man with such drunken angst!
4. Ana-Lucia. Moment she had sex with Sawyer to get his gun? Loved her. Still iffy on her emotional past, but her uneasy relationship with leadership on the Island was actually compelling.
5. Sayid. IS A BAMF. Seriously. He can always tell if someone's lying. HE DUG UP A GRAVE TO PROVE HIS POINT. I love him. Almost a ridiculous amount.
6. The Hatch/Button. I like that the spiritual/sci-fi aspect of it is being toned down by a touch of realism with the energy reboots or whatever it is to explain the plane crash. Also, I like the idea of having to find all the hatches to complete the Dharma puzzle. It feels like a video game. I mean, I doubt when all is said and done the "Dharma mystery" will have a satisfying conclusion (it already feels hokey), but it's okay for now.
7. Michael/Walt. Did the show not realize the kid was going to grow up a lot faster than the time passing on the island or something? I mean, how can you spend so much time developing a kid who can summon birds or appear wherever and then just send him away? I also hated how they completely vilified Michael's character with the killing. It was unnecessary and felt out-of-character. His super-crazy killing spree didn't feel earned. Also, WHERE'S THE WALT/VICTOR REUNION?!
8. Mr. Eko/Locke. All of a sudden the show went from "lalala MAGIC ISLAND lalala" sort of philosophy into "SPIRITUALITY OOOH OHHH". I don't know how I feel about this, but I've started to like Mr. Eko's utter awesomeness more than Locke's emotional meandering, so Eko might win me over to his side of parables, but we'll see.
9. The Others. Don't really get what the point of a spirit-gumed beard is. Seriously sounds like too much effort to scare a bunch of rag-tag plane survivors. Love the twist that Henry is the leader of them. Also really enjoying the conflicted loyalties of Rousseau's daughter and I hope a reunion between mother and daughter is on the horizon.
10. Desmond. He has an accent, a star-crossed love (whose father is Alan Dale + accent!), and a tortured backstory. He's totes cute. He's coming back next season, right? Like they'd actually kill someone in a non-senseless way.
11. Libby. SHE WAS CRAZY. SHE OWNED A BOAT. SHE HAD TONS OF HAIR CUT/DYE ISSUES. Why didn't we get a flashback episode for her? Also, how wasteful was it for her to encourage Hurley to destroy all that food? Also, hypnosis. Would not go to her if I needed therapy.
12. Jack/Kate. Is it just me, or do they make each other blander? They're the LOST version of Finn/Rachel: interesting when you take them apart, but together just a vacuum of boring, forced "chemistry".
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