“The Beginning of the End”
January 31st, 2008
It’s the event we’ve been waiting for since last May, when Lost ended its third season with a rattlesnake in the mailbox in the form of a new flash forward format. It was the episode that convinced many that Lost was back on track, and was a return to the buzz which met the show’s series premiere. But it raised a question for everyone: could the 48 episodes which will follow manage to live up to its potential?
“The Beginning of the End” can be taken literally, the first episode of the show’s final forty-eight. More importantly, it is the moment where the fate of our castaways is changed forever. With a glimpse to the future for one of the Oceanic Six, one wrought with psychological and personal trauma, Lost returns with an episode of what it does best: intriguing character studies and a plot that keeps you moving.
And if it all ends in just seven weeks, this beginning will be all the more sweet.
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