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I appreciate Charlie because out of all the characters on LOST, I consider him the most changed.  He underwent drug addiction and overcame that. He became a father figure to Claire's Aaron, and even won the girl's heart in the end. 

 He also learned to face mortality and resign to death, nobly for the sake of the LOSTIES.  In the end he showed us the meaning of true sacrifice.

Also, he knows what its like to cross over to the "other" side, being the line between life and death.

I believe that Charlie could actually be the key to the show?...Maybe not. I just love his character and hard pressed to let him go. After rewatching the season premiere again, I caught a few things in the Hurley-centric episode:

1. While in the mental institution the "attorney" for Oceanic Airlines visits and utters something unintelligible at first hearing it, but clear to Hurley enough that he is near running again....After I rewatched the episode, it sounds like he says "Are they still alive?"....I got goosebumps.

2. In the apparition of Charlie, he tells Hurley "THEY need you Hugo." Again, forcing questions about who are THEY (vs. the now revealed OTHERS).

3. Towards the end, while talking to Jack, Hurley insinuates that Jack is only making sure that Hurley doesn't tell...tell about what?...Hmm, interesting....

PLUS, in talking with fellow LOST fans, someone mentioned that one of the cast members interviewed mentioned another plane crashing....What that means, I don't know. Is it another plane with those we've seen in flash forwards? As always, LOST doesn't fail to keep us guessing....And I think I'm beginning to like this show once again....

Okay, I've been long awaiting the "second coming" of LOSt. THe RESuRReCtION of a show that once had great potential. A show that was unique but got misguided in its own mythology or lost in trying TOO hard to be the best.

I am always waiting...To see Michael come back. To see which next cast member will get a DUI (3 for the count now). To see Walt make things happen again. To hear the roar of The Monster. To see Aaron grow up. To see someone die. To see Sun give birth, and decide whether it is a child from above or something more sinister.

I am always waiting...To see flashbacks, especially of Charlie. To see how Hurley will pass time now that Libby (love) and Charlie (the buddy factor) have now abandoned him. Will Hurley regress back to his institutional ways?

I am always waiting to see that I was wrong. That there STILL is LIFE in LoSt. But I am also relieved to find that I WAS able to find relief and a LIFE without LOST to rescue me. It's OUR turn as fans, the hard core and the jaded, to band together and recreate television as it was meant to be.

In the midst of the writers' strike, I have become prepared. I know what it feels like to watch reruns. LOST taught me that. I know what it feels like not to be able to watch your show for 13 weeks straight! LOST taught me that! I know the joy of picking up a book and reading with a voracious appetttite, especially taught by Sawyer-LOST taught me that!

I still believe LOST can be redeemed...in the waiting, I hope my expectations don't fail me.

Okay, so one of the major characters that I grew to love in his evolution on the show is no longer. I'm happy to at least know a famous wizard did not share the same fate. All things balance out...But in all fairness, I have one bone to pick with the show that once gave a second life to Charlie.

WHy tell me WHY must I wait next year, yes 2008 for the next season!!! Won't the cast have lost their passion for the show? Have they, as we fans, grown impatient with the erratic way the show has been mishandled?...I have been frustrated with television for sooo long, that I was relieved to have been saved by the heroes on NBC (pun intended). Waiting for the miniseries of latter network, I ask ABC where did you go wrong? Is it Abrams divided time on several movie projects that keeps him creatively distracted? Please, don't neglect the baby that had great potential to grow up strong!

In my technological hiatus from watching tv, however, a good thing has come out of all this. READING!!! I just finished a book by Terry Pratchett. He is a great satirist in fantasy/comedy genre. His Discworld his fabulous, each book a story within a larger world much like ours. He is the Chaucer of our times. In researching his first work (which he sold at age 13), THe Colour of Magic, I read that what happens in the world is the result of the gods' gambling, much like in the hey dey of role-playing games where players roll dice and affect characters within the game world. IN the story, there is even mention of a narrow escape from a monster...There was a Commodore 64 game also created based on the book, text based and interactive not unlike the communique shared between Walt and Michael (who by the way, I'm excited to hear his character will be returning to the show!)

My theory is that what if this is all just a roll playing game between gods. The monster just one character among the slew of Others that we see? Flashbacks simply backstories written in a role playing game manual?...Hmm, the writer in me wishes this to be so in some perverted way. It seems like life moves at a random pace, so does this show. This at times can be exciting when unpredictable, but tiresome when unpredictability becomes so expected!

At the risk of no longer making sense (too late), I lay my dice on the LOST table and wait to see whose turn is up next!!!!!

*****NOTE: The number 8 was also a significant number which was considered magical and hardly utterred, afraid of what powers it would unleash.....Interesting parallel?.....hmmmmmm****************************************************************************************

Yes, we all knew it was to come. Those other times that Desmond said, like lightening, or drowning against rocks, or being struck by an arrow, they weren't dramatic enough.  The finale was the best way for Charlie to go. And I appreciate his signing of the cross in the end. It made me think he fully came full circle in redeeming himself. Best 5 moments in his life was also just as touching! What would your list consist of?... I will have to think this through and make my own list posted here soon Please share you own Best 5 Moments of Your Life if you wish. Would be interesting.

God bless you Charlie. Perhaps will see you again?

Is it me, or do the recent episodes sound a lot like conspiracy theories found on fans' message boards during season 1, when the show was picking up steam?... I mean, like Claire being related to Jack by sharing the same father! Or that Locke's father is actually The Sawyer that James took as his namesake until he found him, the con man he was intent to kill to avenge for the death of his father! Too weird. And I did post an earlier entry regarding the Island as Hell, more specificaly related to Sartre's No Exit, where Hell is other people!  And if you think about it in scholarly terms, children are not necessarily born into Hell or in hell. Could this explain the fertility problem on the island?...

So, here lies the quandry. What are the reasons for Walts psychological powers of genesis, that what he thinks becomes reality?

Or Locke regaining the use of his legs after spinal injury?

Crazy things going on, but I feel it's a cop out to just use other people's theories for ideas, unless these were from creators themselves to stir the pot up.

Okay, so raise your hands if you thought Niki and Paulo were annoying when they first appeared!  I guess their extreme "irrlevance" was all pretend,as we saw behind their "being stupid" facade. Who thought they'd be con artists, and murderers to boot!!  I think it was cool to see Dr.Artz again and Shannon (Oh, sorry...I've just come back from vacation and recently caught up with latest episodes. Please bear with me).  Anyway, I thought it was neat back tracking from the day they crased to the last few hours before being paralyzed by those nasty medusa spiders!!!!  People will probably scream and attribute their "rising from the dead" to the weirdness of the island. That is, unless Niki and Paulo die from being buried alive!

Power Lines-Paulo Lies-Paralyzed!!!1

Then the Tallahassee Man!!! Woo hoo. Think "inside the box" this time. LOST fans who watched this episode know what I mean! Hmm, it's a bit eerie the way John's mishap caused himself to be paralyzed as well. Why so eerie. Well, his father tried to kill him by pushing him out the window. Though John didn't die, doesn't that ring a bell in the minds of those keeping track with Sun's ex-lover who died landing on top of Jin's car.?...Probably no relation, but I had a flashback of my own is all.

Then Juliet and Kate cuffed together!!!! Jack in the middle of it all, though not physically present. The tension is there!!! I can't say much about the ending, since I had to work with only 7 minutes left to go on ABC.com.  I hope to be enlightened once I log on.

Please, if there is a fan base willing to keep this site alive, please send me your ideas and "transmissions". I'm beginning to feel like Tom Hanks on Castaway!!!!!! And Wilson has floated away from boredom!

There is a book I just finished reading by Viktor Frankl, "Man's Search for Meaning." It talks about how living our lives is inherent in living out a certain purpose that is meaningful. Dr. Frankl writes from a perspective from his own personal experience of being a prisoner in one of the Nazi's concentration camps. Such a setting could whittle one's will to live down to nothing and desperation. However, what is interesting, is how Dr. Frankl saw in some of his fellow inmates their hope (yes, relates to this week's LOST episode) in a life waiting for them once they are able to get out. Even with the realization that they might not survive, the thinking of a future gave them the will not to give up but to struggle to survive. MOst of them did.

How similar is this to LOST (Tricia Tanka Dies episode)? Lots. Hurley must make his own luck and believe in hope. In the end, instead of being a prisoner of the so called "Curse" he believes in creating a different reality. The above picture is a tenous foreshadowing. Hurley wants to test the fates with Charlie's life on the line! If he is to die, Hurley believes it is because of him, since so much death has surrounded him (the pier collapsing, his grandfather's heart attack, the anchorwoman's unexpected demise). Hurley bucks up and gets into his HOPE MOBILE and the two of them are like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, as they drive in circles just an inch away after making a close call into a bunch of big rocks. Sawyer (who looks great this episode-shout out to my gal fans) and Jin join them and it's a fraternity party going on, with lots of booze to share. Even Vincent comes and joins the ride!!!!

It's touching how a shared experience could bring a certain hope and color the way one should live following that experience. You can see a new found purpose in the faces of Jin, Charlie, and Sawyer as they return to camp. Jin reunites with Sun, and with much tutelage from Sawyer, gives in possibly that the best way to communicating with his wife is through English and understanding. Charlie seems much happier now...In a sense, I vicariously live through Charlie. He has been the most misunderstood. Like Charlie, I too am a musician. I don't have children of my own, but am a god parent to many, though feel such a distance from them caused by their parents. I also have my brooding moments, and his nihilistic attitude once Desmond reveals he will die reminds me how I was disturbed about death but not entirely resistant toward it. The ride on the "Dream Bus" or "Hope Mobile" recreated an image in my mind of how life works in surprising ways. And that ultimately we do make our lives what they are and what they mean. We take action in those choices, taking risks in not knowing the result, but if it is positive brings out more meaning into our lives. As for Sawyer, he briefly shared in this hope, as we see he is ready to share his beer. Of course, he looks for Kate...but she is nowhere to be found IN great deflation, he takes his supply of booze and sits by the shoreline as he always does, seeking companionship through nature (you knew he was sensitive ladies-smile). In this moment, I relate to Sawyer. Much in my isolation without anyone to call my own, I find companionship in nature, particularly the sky and shore. I'll share some of my Atlantic City shots with you one day.

And in closing, ROCK ON to the return of Rousseau!!! Yes!!! Hope is coming back to the show LOST

It was interesting to me that the recent episode of LOST had dealt with "being marked." WHy? Because it was Ash Wednesday and I got my forehead "marked" with ashes, indicating that I'm a believer in Christ as well as bring into focus the transience of our existence...

NOw, there was some lull to this episode as well, but what was interesting was

1) seeing Oceanic Flight attendant greet Jack while he was caged; does she work for Dharma? Are fans theories becoming incoporated?

2) the last scene where Jack is told the meaning of his tatoo:

Isabel: "He walks among us; but he is not one of us." That's what they say

Jack:  "Yeah. That's what they say, but that's not what they mean."

I like the ambiguity but still no shedding of light to who HE is, as what the tattoo is supposed to reveal.  It sounds so "Superman Returns" in a way. Ironic, how we pictured him as a hero in the first season....Isabel's interpretation brings to mind Jor-el's: You will look like them, but you are not one of them....However, it sounds ominus in Jack's case, as he gets the warning when getting the tattoo: THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES....

Hmm, not sure what else to write about. I'm more excited when it becomes Hurley and Charlie focused in the upcoming episode!!!!

Stay tuned, "bruther,"