Watch It! For January 21, 2009: Get “Lost”
Season 5 of “Lost” begins with an extravaganza, including a needed 7 p.m. recap and a two-hour premiere at 8 p.m. tonight on ABC, and it could not come a moment too soon. After the election supplied far more entertainment than any narrative series this fall, it seems the real TV season started this week, beginning Sunday with “Big Love” on HBO and tonight with a return to the island.
When we last visited “Lost,” the Oceanic Six were mostly miserable in their post-island existences as a result of lying about their experiences on the island and what happened to the other survivors of Oceanic 815. So now, with the help of Ben Linus (Michael Emerson), Jack (Matthew Fox) is trying to assemble the Six, most of whom aren’t speaking to him, and return to the island — which, by the way, has been moved.
Yes, the recap will definitely help. And for those with a taste for shrill novelty, there’s the Brooklyn-based (of course) duo Previously On Lost, who devote entire songs to summarizing individual episodes of the show.
“Lost” has its detractors, especially those who came in late to the party and have no patience for purposely labyrithine plotlines and red herrings, but for the rest of us, there’s no other option:
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