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A Double-Feature, A THEWIDESCREEN Review Of Season 3 of Lost. 
Episodes “Flashes Before Your Eyes” and “Tricia Tanaka Is Dead.”





“Flashes Before Your Eyes”

This episode single-handedly redeems season 3. Season 3 of Lost was always remembered by me as the worst season of Lost. Worst than Mr. Ecko in Season 2 and the others. But damn, this episode, “Flashes Before Your Eyes” blows it out of the water. It’s no surprise as it is written by co-creator Damon Lindelof. Who’s busy launching HBO’s new Watchmen adaptation. It also features Drew Goddard as a writer. Drew Goddard is responsible for Cabin in the Woods and The Martian but also of other great Lost episodes.

“Flashes Before Your Eyes”, is a time travel episode. We see what happened to Desmond after he turned the key in the hatch. He went back in time and relieved the events leading up to him being shipwrecked on the island. He appears miracously in London, proceeds to go to work like nothing has changed and even manages to get engaged to Penny. 
Again. 

Until Mile’s mom tells Desmond he can’t stay here. He has to go back to the island otherwise we will all die. So he goes ahead and recreates his disaster and finds himself back on the island. Really trippy episode. The start of the whole time-travel angle to Lost. We also learn Charlie will die in the later finale of season 3 “Trough The Looking Glass.” 


Grade: 16 X 9 Widescreen 



“Tricia Tanaka Is Dead.”
This is a Hurley story and while it doesn’t advance his plot or Hurley’s mythology any further, it’s still a great episode and a stand-out of season 3. One worth watching with Takis and coca-cola. 


In this episode we see Hurley spend his lottery money on a new Chicken Restaurant. Mr. Clucks, only to see it destroyed by a meteor seconds later, taking asian reporter with it, Tricia Tanaka who dies.


The rest of the episode is about Hurley having daddy issues with Cheech. Cheech has done some good serious acting and the rapport with Jorge Garcia is great, but we don’t need another daddy isues plot. 

Back on the island, seeing them fix the VW van and drive it on the island in present time was fun, the look of fun on Hurley’s face is a plus. Fun episode but didn’t go further. 

Grade: 4 X 3 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtYB9Y0vkOo




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