ABC/KRT“Lost” is back! The end of last season left all “Lost” fans hanging off the edges of their seats. After seeing into the survivors’ pasts for the last three seasons, the two-hour season three finale looked into Jack’s depressing future. Surprisingly, his future was off the island.
Naomi, the woman who parachuted onto the island and claims to have been sent by Desmond’s girlfriend Penny to rescue them, has a radio that can contact her ship if they can clear the airwaves. She provides hope for some of the survivors but presents despair for those who don’t want to be found.
Many begin to doubt her and the intentions of the people who are looking for the island, especially when Charlie, right before his death, warns Desmond that it wasn’t Penny’s boat after all. Still, most of the survivors are so desperate to leave the island and go back to their lives that they are willing to believe anything.
Why leave the island though? After seeing how their lives were before they crashed, none of them really have anything to go back to.
The season’s fourth premiere proved that Jack’s future wasn’t the only miserable one. Hurley was also placed back into a mental institution after seeing visions of Charlie. He speaks of people going after him although viewers are unsure of who those people are or what they want from him.
When they will actually leave the island is a mystery. The people from Naomi’s ship just landed on the island in a helicopter but it seems that they have other plans in mind before they rescue them.
There are still many questions that need to be answered about the island before they leave for good. Will they actually be leaving for good? Probably not. In both Jack and Hurley’s futures they talk about wanting and needing to go back to the island.
Unfortunately, the writer’s strike will affect the majority of the season. Only eight episodes have been written and filmed for the fourth season. There is expected to be three more seasons, 16 episodes each, but they will be on hold until the strike comes to an end.
New episodes of “Lost” are on Thursdays at 9 p.m. on ABC. Catch all “Lost” episodes at abc.com.
