LOST and The Nine

Last night LOST was finally back on.  And, of course, I was back in front of the tube eagerly awaiting its premiere.  Throughout the weeks I had read all sorts of media reviews on the new season.  Some liked it.  Some thought it lacked the same feeling as the previous two seasons.  While others absolutely hated it.  But, one things for certain, they kept likening it to the 1970’s British TV show The Prisoner.  And, yes, it was a lot like the Prisoner in its scope.

What surprised me was the beginning.  I thought it was a flashback, though the woman whose flashback it might be I’d never seen before.  She was in an ordinary-looking suburban house, getting ready for some sort of get together, which we soon discovered was a book club.  During the meeting there seemed to be an earthquake and everybody ran outside.  That’s when I about fell out of my seat.  We were on the Island!  And what was in the air?  The airplane!  And it was breaking apart, too.

Then, the camera panned down and who was there?  Mr. Henry.  Or, should we say, Ben?  That’s what our mystery woman called him.  Though, obviously, he’s the one in charge as he started giving her and other people orders.  And then, the camera panned out to show the entire island.  There was the black smoke in the background. There was the Dark Territory just to the south.

When it returned there was Jack in a darkened room.  Heh.  I can’t ruined it anymore.  If you haven’t seen it, well, hopefully you’ll catch a repeat of it.  Oh, but I will say, the woman in the beginning becomes Jack’s interrogater and she knows everything about him.  She even has his father’s altopsy report.  Now that’s creepy.

After LOST a new show called The Nine came on.  It’s about nine people who survive a bank heist by two ruthless crooks.  It was interesting in a way.  There were plenty of beautiful women ;)  Anyway.  The bank manager’s daughter ends up talking to one of the robbers, apparently she’s somehow attached to him now.  I don’t know.  The only thing I can really say about The Nine is that it’s very cinematic in scope.  It felt like watching an action-drama movie.  However, the characters all seemed very detached–and some outright silly.  So, I guess we’ll see how the show progresses.  But, let’s face it, nothing can compare with LOST right now, and I think that’s why a lot of these new shows which are trying to copy it are failing.  Whereas shows like Eureka are doing fairly well, because they’re NOT trying to copy it.