Review: “The Shape of Things to Come”

I was really excited for “The Shape of Things to Come,” the last LOST episode that showed last Thursday. I knew that Locke’s camp was going to be attacked, but I was unsure about who. The appearance of Keamy remedied that.

I was surpised that Alex was killed. I figured that she was going to be given a deeper back-story. We don’t know the process behind Ben kidnapping her, we don’t know how she met Karl, we don’t know, well, we don’t know a lot.

I was also expecting an answer to whether or not Danielle and Karl are alive. It would be pointless to end an episode without answering a question…unless you are making LOST. So it’s acceptable.

I’m glad that the writers decided to show a Ben flashforward. I was wondering how Sayid ended up working for Ben in the end. The fact that Nadia died after Sayid married her was interesting.

This also brings up the whole Shannon-Sayid-Nadia triangle. Shannon and Sayid had something going on in Season 2. And where was Nadia this entire time? In Kal-I-Four-Nye-A. Very interesting…

This is some trivia from the Lostpedia.com website. The hyperlinks do nothing so don’t click on them.

Desmond and Michael do not appear in this episode. Jin and Sun appear with no lines.

The three redshirts killed in the attack were portrayed by Sean Douglas Hoban (as Doug), Jim Mazzarella (as Jerome) and Dakota L. (as an unnamed castaway).

This is the first time Lost has returned from hiatus without a recap episode.

This was the first episode of Lost to feature footage filmed outside of the United States. The London scenes between Ben and Charles Widmore were filmed in London due to Alan Dale performing on stage in the West End during filming of the second block of Season 4.

Aaron’s cry after John reassures Sawyer that he will not hurt Hurley, is the same audio clip used in Jim Cramer’s Mad Money sound board.

Can’t watch the episode tonight because I’ll be at a track meet. Can’t watch it tomorrow ’cause I’m going to a Skillet-Decyfer Down concert. Might watch it Saturday and get to you soon after that.