Previously on Lost...

Before i get to the ridiculous highway robbery that was the Johan Santana Trade (no one offered the Twins anything better than that? Really???) I need to put in a word about the only tv show I've ever watched religiously: Lost.

I know its a show that really divides people, most viewers either cant get enough of it or think the ridiculous plot twists are retarded and that investing anytime at all in the show is worthless because you're inevitably going to have more questions coming out of season than you did going in at the beginning. I fall firmly in the former of these two categories: at times (especially during Season 2 and the first half of last season) it does move way too slowly and the writers get a little too cute but the intricate interweaving story lines and various plot twists are what make the show great and separate it from all the other standard crap on TV. Plus to me a show like 24 was always just as ridiculous as Lost, just in a different way. Whereas 24 always has the same things happening to the same character (Jack Bauer is the fucking man and saves the country from one ridiculous situatiuon after another), Lost throws in way more variety, better character development, and more complex and interesting storylines. And since Elisha Cuthbert left the show, way more hot girls.

Anyway after seeing the extended trailer for the new season I was already beyond excited for it to get started, and then I read SF Chronicle TV critic Tim Goodman's enthusiastic review of the new season. For those of you who don't know Goodman he is definitely one of the best, if not the best, tv critic currently writing, and I don't just say that because I'm ridiculously prejudiced towards all things coming from the Bay Area (my love of a number of East Bay rappers is not an argument in my favor here, but that's another post). Anyway the article is linked too above, but I just have to throw in a couple excerpts to get the juices flowing:

"At first, ABC said it wasn't going to send out screeners of the Season 4 premiere of "Lost." Too many spoilers, the network said. Can't trust the critics.
Then, over the weekend, ABC sent an e-mail to critics saying, yes, they could watch the first two episodes online. A DVD appeared on Monday.
Three words for Thursday's first episode: Oh. My. God.
ABC kindly sent the second episode as well. Three more words: Oh. My. God."

To that I can only respond with three words: Oh. My. God.
The world could end on Thursday night between 8-10 PM eastern time and i probably won't realize it.

I'll be back with a post on the Johan trade later today.