[Editor's Note: For more on ABC's Lost, check out the CL Lost Podcast.]
Shortly after Lost last night, my brother (whom I must credit with bringing me into the Lost world) summed up his thoughts on the hour in a text: "boring, filler episode." And while I disagree with the boring part, "The Package" did fall into one of two categories forming this season: filler episodes that don't forward the plot too much, but instead move around the show's pieces in an attempt to set up upcoming plotlines. The other category, of course, being action-packed episodes like "Ab Aeterno" and "Dr. Linus." But despite the fact that "The Package" was a bit slow-moving, we got to see every major character in some sort of action, and we did get a few big reveals.
For example:
- Desmond is "the package" that was being kept on Widmore's submarine. (Yay! He's back!)
- Smokey can't just turn into smoke and leave the island, as many fans wondered.
- Kate isn't a candidate anymore.
- And, most importantly, Mikhail is an awesome character and they should never have killed him off the show. His Sideways stuff was great!
This article appears in Mar 31 – Apr 6, 2010.