Blogcritics: Comments on Lost (ABC) Poses Questions That Need Answering

Comment by Eric Berlin

Wed, 25 May 2005 13:55:52 EDT

I do think that new characters will emerge that will give the story more room to breathe, more back stories will come into play, etc.

Comment by Charlie12

Wed, 25 May 2005 13:51:05 EDT

@Chris Exactly chris. I had the same thought. I think that the current characters will die off and new ones will come on.

Comment by Eric Berlin

Fri, 13 May 2005 01:43:43 EDT

Do you have a link to that Boone-citing link, Chris? I remember hearing a rumor (I think) that he may reappear again in backstory eps. Yeah -- you're probably right about the raft, I realize my theory was kind of Out There... and as evidenced by Alias, Abrams has a way of returning things to the status quo again and again. However, Lost is so far outside the norm that it forces you to keep a step ahead (read = all the purgatory theories and so on) to figure out what up.

Comment by Chris Beaumont

Thu, 12 May 2005 23:47:36 EDT

The emergence of other extras, could signal the end of a current character to be replaced by the newcomer. I have read that there will be a Boone appearance by the end of the season, and that he will be in eps in season 2. I wonder if he may be the baby? ANyway, I doubt the raft is going to get far, but that's me.

Comment by Eric Berlin

Thu, 12 May 2005 16:58:00 EDT

Just thought of something: it's interesting that the nominal leaders on the island -- Locke, Jack, Sayid -- are in no way involved with the building of the raft. I don't know if that's significant or not... but it's interesting. A strange possibility struck me as well: what if the people on the raft make it back to the mainland... but the island cannot be found again to rescue the others? This would allow for storylines to extend to the "real world" in the present, as opposed to just the back stories. Maybe the island would come calling again? In any event, I can barely wait to see next week's ep.

Comment by Alonzo Mosley (FBI)

Thu, 12 May 2005 16:51:48 EDT

Good guess on her original crime, Tom. I'm betting that's it, too. Is it just me or is it becoming a bad idea to get into a vehicle with Kate and talk about her being turned in to the cops. Men who do that meet with bad ends. Good thing there are no cars on the island. And as for next week's episode, there's no "hint" about it. The preview has the French "Babylon 5" Babe doing everything but yelling at them to "GRAB YOUR SH*T AND GO!". :)

Comment by Eric Berlin

Thu, 12 May 2005 12:11:40 EDT

Great point Tom, thanks! I assumed she was on the lam from the bank robbing... but it must have been from some other activity. Thus, the dyed hair... of course! Damn, we could be in for any number of Kate back-story eps! By the way -- it was interesting to see the emergence of a new character of sorts early on: the science teacher dude who warns everyone about the tides and winds and seasons and so forth. I'm thinking that future seasons will see more and more "extras" emerge and therefore open the way to new back story storylines, so to speak.

Comment by Tom Johnson

Thu, 12 May 2005 11:57:07 EDT

Also, it just occurred to me that at least the bank robbing we're aware of occurs after the incidents in last night's episode (she retrieves the little airplane from a safe-deposit box in her episode earlier this season, putting that event later than what we saw last night.)

Comment by Tom Johnson

Thu, 12 May 2005 11:55:09 EDT

Was it because she was sickened and frightened at the site of her bank robbing offspring, or is there something more sinister at play? My money's on Kate having killed her father. Family trouble is hinted at in the tape she listened to in the car with her friend/ex-boyfriend, and would perfectly explain her mother's reaction.