Sunday 24 February 2008

Lost Series 4 Episode 3 - The Economist

Another solid episode from the guys over at Lost. Sayid is the target of the ‘flasfowards’ as we learn he works for Ben, who has given him a ‘list’ of people to kill. He starts up a relationship with a lovely lady, in order to get near her boss. Unfortunately she twigs, shoots him but he manages to recover and kills her. That’s not how you treat a lady, Sayid! While he’s getting stitched up, we learn that his boss is Ben. I’m not sure if these ‘flash forwards’ will be the final outcome of the characters, I hope not, it’s getting confusing!

Meanwhile back on the island, Sayid gets his place on Frank’s plane after he ‘swapped’ Miles for Charlotte, who has been held by the ever-weird Locke. But he isn’t the only weirdo, new arrival Dan, is battling him for the ‘Hurley madness trophy’, with his increasingly bizarre behaviour.

Desmond is the other person who gets a place on the plane. He asks Frank about whether or not he has any knowledge of his beloved Penny. He doesn’t, so the plot thickens, as the now-rotting corpse of Naomi once said that she (Penny) had sent them. When she was alive, obviously!

No real criticisms to report (shame!), although I get the feeling that Lost is like a soap. It doesn’t seem that there is a set plan for the storylines. More questions are being asked but we have no answers, yet!

8/10

Next Week: Desmond nicks the boat and turns into the bloke off ‘Cape Fear’ – scary!

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