I spend my Saturday nights theorizing about 'Lost'.

I am SUCH a fucking loser.

Okay, so what if the whole damn show was actually about Desmond? Just a giant one-character story arc to tell his entire tale. Where he's from, what he's gone through, what his relationship with Penny was like and why her father was so intent on ending it, why he was court-martialed and imprisoned by the Scottish government, and what he's going to have to do to get back into the good graces of Penny and her family. It's not entirely implausible, if you think about it.

Both seasons 1 and 2 have ended with a subconcious level of importance surrounding Desmond and his plight. At the end of Season 1, the hatch was finally opened, and its history (and inhabitants, both past and present) became accessible to the newest inhabitants of the island. Here we have the very beginnings of Desmond's story arc. He's already heard them out there, and becomes aware of their presence in a sort of religious experience. John Locke re-discovers his faith when Desmond makes it known that he is there and listening. Not quite sure what to make of Locke's discovery of God coming from a deep, scary hole in the ground, but that's another wasted Saturday night entirely. In turn, Desmond finds a reason to hope again because he thinks he's been relieved, freed from his maddening fate. It is here where our true protagonist in introduced. Jack? Sure, he's a major player, but what if it's really not all about him at all? Playing near the front of a scene all the time does not make one the star of the show.

With the conclusion of Season 2, we find that Desmond is in possession of something that very few people on the island can boast of - a reason to be saved. Penny. He's got a reason to go back, something to long for and truly be miserable and unfulfilled without. What would Kate do if she were rescued tomorrow, and thrust back out onto the lam for the rest of her life? Or John Locke. What's he got to miss back in the mainland? A crappy job? A wife that left him years ago? A father that has gone missing? Again? Desmond is unique in the fact that he is wanted back in civilization, if only by a single individual. He is being looked for, sought after, and had the value of his existence put above the expense and determination it's going to take to locate him.

It's just speculation, of course, but to have a character that initially seemed second-tier at best turn out to be the focus of the entire story would be really interesting to watch. Desmond deserves something Dickensian like that.

Finally! Geez!

Lost returns from its three-fucking-month break tonight, and of course, I'll be in school when it actually starts. Dammit. Already got the TiVo and HD stuff all set up, so it's alright. Might even be kinda cool to be late for it, anyway. Nothing beats fast-forwarding through commercials. Commercials suck.



For those interested, I'll be continuing my recaps for my most favoritest show ever ever ever over on www.popculturejunkies.com. I've been getting a lot of great feedback from those recaps, so I'm happy to jump back into the fray. If you wanna read any of my old recaps, (I started them at the beginning of Season 3) they're located here.

All of the recaps on PCJ are going to be consolidated into an all-new, all-recap site very soon, so I'll keep you posted on that, as well. Anyway, enjoy the show tonight. Don't be late. :)

Puppies in a Bowl!

It's... it's a cookbook!

No, actually it's a show on Animal Planet that airs every year during and after the Super Bowl. Sick of watching millionaires beat the hell out of each other? Then check this shit out.



If you so much as scoffed, I hate you.