Quote Originally Posted by topspeed
I love that they are jumping forward now. It takes the show in completely new direction as we are all now left waiting to see what happens to so dramatically change these people. The questions is no longer "Will they ever be rescued?" Now, it's much deeper. Now, we have to wonder why only 6 made it off, what happened to the Others, why does Jack want to get back so badly, etc.

Watching the rerun of last season's finale as well as that Pop-Up episode (which was done quite well) really helped bring things into focus for the premiere. Compared to the enormous morass of crap being pandered as "entertainment" these days, LOST truly is an, erm...island. This is what good television should be and I finally have something to watch again!
Yeah, I gotta agree with you here.

This show became a lot less about "will they get off the island?" and more about "what the @#$% is happening on that island?" about 38 minutes into episode 1.

For now the immediate question is what is drawing them back to the island? And more importantly, can Kex get through all of season 3 before Thursday night to refresh his memory?