"Lost" The Beginning of the End (2008)

User Rating:

8.8/10   

Director:

Jack Bender

Writers:

Jeffrey Lieber (creator) and
J.J. Abrams (creator) ...

TV Series:

"Lost" (2004)

Original Air Date:

31 January 2008 (Season 4, Episode 1)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

Plot:

Charlie's dying message casts doubt on the intentions of the people that Jack believes to be their rescuers. A power struggle ensues between Jack, who wants to leave the island, and Locke, who thinks that they're supposed to stay.

Plot Keywords:

Flash Forward | Helicopter | Boat | Warning | Painting

Cast

Naveen Andrews	...	Sayid Jarrah
Henry Ian Cusick	...	Desmond Hume
Jeremy Davies	...	Daniel Faraday
Emilie de Ravin	...	Claire Littleton
Michael Emerson	...	Benjamin Linus
Matthew Fox	...	Jack Shephard
Jorge Garcia	...	Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes
Josh Holloway	...	James 'Sawyer' Ford
Daniel Dae Kim	...	Jin Kwon
Yunjin Kim	...	Sun Kwon
Ken Leung	...	Miles Straume (credit only)
Evangeline Lilly	...	Kate Austen
Rebecca Mader	...	Charlotte Lewis (credit only)
Elizabeth Mitchell	...	Juliet Burke
Dominic Monaghan	...	Charlie Pace

Runtime:

43 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Venezuela:PG-13 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company:

ABC Studios

Trivia:

The Oceanic "lawyer" that visits Hurley in the institution is played by Lance Reddick. His character's name is Matthew Abaddon, and is later shown to have visited other Oceanic survivors such as Locke. Lance Reddick also plays Agent Phillip Broyles on J.J. Abrams' FOX endeavor, "Fringe" (2008).

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When the detective tells Hurley that he can put him in the nut house, Hurley respond by hugging him. Over the detective's right shoulder, during the over the shoulder shot of Hurley, you can clearly see the left hand of the camera operator, and most of the lens.

Quotes:

James 'Sawyer' Ford: Look, we gotta call the Doc.
Sayid Jarrah: Did you listen to Desmond? Charlie wrote on his hand...
James 'Sawyer' Ford: Look, I'm sorry he's dead. But I don't even know what the hell "not Penny's boat" means.
Sayid Jarrah: Calling Jack accomplishes nothing.
Juliet Burke: It would accomplish warning him.

Movie Connections:

References First Blood (1982)

The Oceanic Six

In the future, Hurley is scared and questioning his own sanity. After a police chase to his Mustang, the paranoid Hurley, who is a celebrity and called one of the Oceanic Six, is arrested and sent to an asylum, where he has a vision of Charlie and is visited by Jack. Meanwhile in the island, when Desmond informs that Charlie had advised that it was not Penny's boat and the rescue team has actually other intentions but rescuing the survivors, the group splits between the leaderships of Jack and Locke.

Eight months and eight days after the last episode, in a complete lack of respect of the producers with the fans and viewers of this series, the fourth season begins without any answer to the many questions in the previous seasons, and raises more questions showing the future of Hurley and Jack. I am really afraid that the writers are lost and expecting that the fans forget the countless questions left open along these three years. In my opinion, it would be better off resolving the mysteries instead of raising more. With regard to "The Beginning of the End", it is intriguing as usual, but I honestly would rather see the answers. My vote is six.

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