Then we agree Juggy? ;)

The use of polarazing is interesting and is worth watching that characters flash back and standard episodes.

Well I know who you think it is, since I read your blog. I have to agree that all of the information points to your conclusion.

Well, my non-forum friends depend on me to peruse and bring back juicy bits of insight for the upcoming season. Though neither Doc Artz or Jensen articles revealed any plots lines. One did guide me to look at previous articles and that polarizing character is someone that has departed us. I will stick my neck out on this one and this is based on my own conclusions not by any fact. But it could be perceived as a spoiler………..so do not read the end of this comment if you do not want to know.

In the meantime only one spoiler has come across my plate that has come to pass as true and that was Locke in the coffin.

I grinned and accepted this as fact because somehow it fit. There are times I would like to ask the writers what were they thinking, but there is a method to the madness and in the end it will be delivered with a big red bow, or perhaps a smoke filled room ;)

Oh yes, and to that polarizing character coming to redeem oneself, I decided to hold that thought for now and see if you can connect the dots!

Oh and I would also like to have been on the short list of viewers for these two episodes!

Namnaste

Here is Jeff jensen's reveiw

No real spoilers given.
Yesterday. 9:30 a.m. I was moments away from spending the day at Disneyland, the happiest place on Earth, when a certain EW colleague, whose name rhymes with Shmichael Slausiello, tipped me off that the first two episodes of Lost’s fifth season were now available to lucky media dorks like me for reviewing. Suddenly, the House of Mouse (and really, any other locale that wasn’t my laptop DVD player) was not the happiest place on Earth, but the most hellishly inconvenient. ARRRRGHHH! A long day of standing in life-stealing, long-ass lines became even more criminal and assish as I counted the minutes before I could rip into the most awesome of delayed Christmas presents. (Although I must say, The Pirates of the Carrbbean -- a masterpiece of experiential narrative on any other day -- was almost compelling enough to distract me from my furious angst. ALMOST.)

Finally, at 10 p.m. last night, with exhausted family passed out, I sat down and broke the seven-month Lost fast with the first two helpings of season 5. Both went down well, one more so than the other. A few thoughts in advance of a more thorough discussion to come, once the episodes air and we're all on the same page.

Lost’s tradition of opening the year with a killer, capture-the-imagination sequence is honored and upheld, though the thing I loved most was how it was brazenly frank (and engagingly funny) about the heady high-concept conceit that will define the season. Almost everything that followed that opening passage was pretty cool, too. Remember the non-linear structure of Pulp Fiction, which toggled between a number of storylines whose chronological relationship to each other is practically a puzzle for the audience to solve? Well, the season premiere is kinda like that. The first two episodes will have the audience — and the show’s characters — trying to make sense of shifts in time. They demand active engagement, and I found it to be a lot of fun. Especially the first hour.

Lots of Sawyer in the first two eps. Lots of his naked chest, too. Lots of Hurley, and as for his chest, it is covered...with a very funny T-shirt. Sayid also has mucho screen time in both episodes, though he sleeps his way through one of them. Literally. And Daniel Faraday emerges as a huge player in season 5. The eps are dotted with cameos and extended cameos from peripheral but important figures crucial to the Lost mythology and much-loved by the Lost fan community. A polarizing character from Lost’s past returns, earns some redemption by participating with wit and humility, and delivers one of the best lines of either episode. Once again, all things Ben just rock. And if you're familiar with the rather disturbing crush that Doc Jensen happens to have on a certain rarely-seen Lost someone, then you can imagine how I swooned when I saw her re-appear at long last in the second episode.

In short, it was worth the wait, and certainly the perfect tonic for a day at Disneyland. I can't wait to see if you agree -- or disagree -- with me when Lost premieres on Jan. 21. In the meantime, tell me: What are you most looking forward to seeing in season 5? What are your burning questions? Let me know...because I'll be able to soon answer them for you, in the most unexpected of ways...

Same here Juggy. I just wish I could have been on that early screening list! :)

Thanks for the review. No spoilers given out but still got me pumped. Glad to see that the first two eps are first rate.