I'm Lost...

And that's a good thing...
If you watch the show you know what I am talking about. It's that feeling that every time you take one step forward on this show, you always seem to be taking two steps back. But this time, we know there is an end-point. We know that we have seen 2 of 48 episodes under the heading 'The Beginning of the End' (last weeks episode). We know that everything we are learning has a purpose and a reason, and isn't just there to fill space to fill a season with an unforeseen ending. This is new territory for television.
You see a lot of stories about writers and producers who are informed that there show will be not renewed -- sometimes they have a season, sometimes they have a few episodes - and they always say that 'this will let them go out their way'. That statement has never been truer than it is now with Lost -- and the viewer benefits the most. I can comfortably sit back, enjoy the ride, and watch this unbelievable break-through television show unfold in front of us.

Sorry, I am just giddy. This show is so damn good. It really is. Sometimes I just pause the show, rewind a bit, watch some scenes over again and yell to Lauren, "this show is so good!". She usually responds back, "Great. I don't Fu**ing care." Her loss, not mine.

So here is what I think we know going-forward:

-Flashbacks are still in-play. Now we'll get to guess each week whether what we are seeing is a flashback, flashforward - and how 'forward' it is compared to other flashforwards...

-We know Kate, Jack, and Hurley are part of the Oceanic 6. We need 3 more.

-We know that other survivors were left behind or something like that and its tormenting Jack

-We know that Hurley is still crazy

-We know that going with Locke will become a bad idea -- but eventually they will have to come back together as Hurley gets 'rescued' too and he was with Locke.

-We know that the 'rescue' team was organized by the dude from The Wire and Oz who also pretends to be an Oceanic lawyer later. He wants Ben Linus.

-We know that the plane was found -- and everyone thinks the passengers are dead. And we know there is some conspiracy behind it because someone actually found the whole plane and its not their plane....hmmm....

-We know that Dharma did some work with Polar Bears in the desert

-We know from bloggers that the man in the rocking chair in the cabin that Hurley saw was Jack's dad.
----I know that information like that is fodder for the internet, but I am not going to worry about the fantasy aspect of the show at this point. I am locked into the conspiracy, the rescue, and the Oceanic 6. If they want to resolve the supernatural parts at some point too, that's fine with me. For now I will just assume Hurley is crazy and the island has unexplained powers which is what drew Dharma to it in the first place. Oh yeah, and who the hell were/are the settlers that Ben became a part of? And where the hell is Richard? I know in real life he is with Jimmy Smits on 'Cain' -- but what about on the island -- solve that mystery please...

I am sure there are 100 other things we know that are worth talking about - please leave them in the comments section as I would love to read them.

Long story short...I love this show. If you are not watching - get the DVD's, get going. It is just so good.