Lost: The Package

Using the magic of the internets, let’s travel back through the mists of time to a place called September 2004. David Fury, then producer and writer on the show said this (emphasis mine):

“What we are trying to do is make sure everything has a very Scully explanation. This is not a show about the supernatural, despite the fact that we have a very huge creature that likes to eat people. Despite the surreal, bizarre aspects of the island, there will be an explanation for it. It may not come for a very long time, but certain information about the island will explain how things are possible. We’ll try to root it in real science or real pseudo-science. There will be no mystical reason or an island of monsters.”*

Oh, how life on Craphole Island has changed. Although, I suppose it should be noted that Fury’s IMDB listing shows that he wasn’t involved with Lost past the first season. So, anything he said about the show is void, I guess.

But, I don’t want it to be void. I want Lost to make sense, to have Scully explanations. However, as the end draws nigh, more and more I get the sense that this is going to wind up being a biblical drama, with Jacob and the Man in Black as the primaries.

Now, I have a theory on that. The Man in Black? God.

Bear with me and check it out. I may be a heathen pigdog, but I know how to find stuff in the bible:

• Smoke poured from his nostrils; fierce flames leaped from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him. (2 Samuel 22 and Psalms 18 – describing God as he came down from Heaven to aid David)
• The Temple was filled with smoke from God’s glory and power. (Revelation 15:8)
• Look! The LORD is coming from far away, burning with anger, surrounded by a thick, rising smoke. His lips are filled with fury; his words consume like fire. (Isaiah 30:27)
• I will cause wonders in the heavens and on the earth–blood and fire and pillars of smoke. (Joel 2:30)

So, that’s where I am with the Man in Black/ NotLocke: an Old Testament style, vengeful God. Don’t ask me what that means for Jacob just yet (although, last week the Man in Black did say Jacob was the Devil).

Anyway, thoughts on “The Package”:

• Hey, look! Stuff is happening!
• Oh, no. The stuff that’s happening is stupid. There had better be a story reason for Sun’s post-concussion English loss.
• NotLocke and Whidmore had a Bald Off on Hydra Island. The entire Bald Off consisted of them flaring their nostrils and looking down their noses at each other.
• It feels like Jin and Sun have been looking for each other for years. When was the last time they were actually together? Was is season three or season four?
• In the flash sideways, I was disappointed to see that Jin and Sun weren’t married. Then I was thrilled to see that they were planning to run away from Sun’s father together. I really like them as a couple and it was nice to see them happy together, even for just a few minutes.
• Sayid says he doesn’t feel anything. Not anger. Not anything. Now Naveen Andrews can phone it in.
• Annnnnd. . . . Whidmore is the good guy now. And he has a package for the island.
• Now Whidmore’s douchey behavior toward Desmond and Penny’s true love makes some sense!
• I will not make a comment about Desmond’s package, although the situation begs for it. That’s what it means to be an adult.
• Being an adult is stupid.

Lisa Fary is a graduate of the creative writing program at Florida State University and holds an advanced degree in Special Education. Her earliest influences are Princess Leia, Rainbow Bright, Astronaut Barbie, and her 6th grade teacher, Ms. Palmer. She’s angry that it’s 2010 and she still doesn’t have a hovercraft, but will accept a jetpack as consolation. That jetpack had better be pink with a rhinestone monogram.

*The quote was attributed to an interview on SciFi Wire, but SciFi Wire appears not to archive that far back anymore.

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