Tonight on the TiFaux: Dead or Not, They’re Still Trapped on an Island

Posted by Maggie May 9th, 2007 at 02:15pm In Lost

Must… keep… whittling…

Lost is employing an odd strategy of late. It seems from the episodes that we’re meant to believe that everyone’s dead, but the creators have repeatedly insisted that they’re not. (Sort of like when BSG killed Kara, but we all in our heart-of-hearts knew there was no way that was the end.) I can’t decide if this is reassuring or self-defeating. Do they want us to suspect everyone’s dead, or do they want us to dismiss the theory entirely? As with all my questions about Lost, I expect this one will go unanswered.

We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming: Our three weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency. And an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope. Our four weapons… It’s Secret Files of the Inquisition on PBS.