Just a thought here, but if things don't work out for Friday Night Lights (you should be watching), Coach McGill could always take his tale of redemption and join up with the Lostaways... Or maybe not.
More on LOST after the jump...
In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, the producers of LOST, Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof suggested that they were going to listen to the complaints of their audience a bit more and in essence, even out the questions answered to asked ration a bit. In last night's episode, "Flashes Before Your Eyes", that goal was certainly accomplished as a great deal was learned about Desmond and his back-story (via the patented flashback) and what happened at the time of the explosion of the hatch at the end of season 2. While I've been on record as of late saying that people are overly-critical of the show, I have to admit, seeing an episode where a great deal is revealed was pretty good for a change.
Observations...
...The very first camera shot of Desmond's flashback was excellent. He's seen on his back with a red fluid streaked across him and the floor. It's meant to scare us into thinking blood, but quickly we see it's just red paint. Nice touch.
...It's clear from the start that Desmond is experiencing his time and place right from the start, but we aren't sure -- just like Des -- whether he has jumped forward or backward. Gradually, we find out along with him that it was a jump backward. Again, nice touch.
...In Mr. Widmore's office, there was a painting of a polar bear. Are we to surmise that Mr. Widmore is somehow connected to the island or was it just part of a hallucination on Desmond's part?
...Numerous references to the color red: The man crushed by scaffolding was wearing red shoes; the bottle of MacCutcheon (a made up brand by the way, and my research assistant can't find any reference to Anderson MacCutcheon) was red; Red was very prominent in Mr. Widmore's office; Claire was wearing red when Desmond saved her; the red paint.
...Who was Fionnula Flannagan from the jewelry shop? How did she know so much? Was she just a hallucination or a real person? She certainly poke of fate and destiny quite a bit, a consistent theme of the show since its beginning.
...At the end, Desmond tells Charlie that fate wants Charlie to die and that while Desmond is doing everything he can to prevent it, he knows it's futile. Show of hands, who would miss Charlie if he met his maker?
