***If you did not watch Lost last night, and you intend to, DO NOT READ THIS until you have!***Okay, I've got to get this out there because I feel like I didn't get a satisfactory Lost debriefing last night, and since I'm going out of town today I may not have a good debriefing with anyone. But after last night I really need to talk it out a little. This is not what I usually do on my blog, but I really do want thoughts on last night's episode from other Lost-watchers.
The first thing out of my mouth when Lost cut to a commercial after Jin and Sun's hands drifted apart in the water was, "I don't know how I feel about that!" It was a few moments before one of my fellow viewers pressed to know what I meant, but I didn't feel like I explained myself well. Others seemed to think it was a beautiful moment (it was), and that Lost had done well to finally raise the stakes again and let a major character (or two or four) die (agreed). But there was something that didn't sit right with me when it happened, and I'm really curious to know what other people thought, whether or not they are in agreement.
Disclaimer 1: I was not in the most focused of Lost-watching moods last night. I was already feeling kind of stressed that evening, and then I ended up splitting my viewing between two locations, and felt distracted at both of them for different reasons. So maybe I just wasn't in the moment.
But.
When Boon died I felt shocked. When Libby died I immediately sought out my sister in the next room so I could say, "Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh Ican'tbelievethatjusthappened!" even though I couldn't tell her what had just happened because she had only just started season one at that point. When Charlie thought he was going to die, I cried. When he died for real the next episode, I cried again. When I re-watched the episode, I still cried.
Last night when Jin and Sun died, I kind of felt...nothing.
I mean, not entirely nothing. It was a very powerful moment between the two of them, and a beautiful moment, and I really did feel that. What I didn't feel was the death. Something about it didn't feel real, didn't feel final (though it very clearly is, at least on island-world), didn't feel shocking.
I've been puzzling over this. Maybe I need to watch the episode again. I felt a little justified when I saw that Daniel over on the Lost Diary also admitted to feeling a bothersome lack of emotion. He attributed it to the fact that Jin and Sun still exist in sideways world, which decreases the emotional impact. He might have a point, but I'm not sure that's it for me. Last night I said I felt like it happened too abruptly, that Jin and Sun had only just gotten together, and that they had been held apart for so long that it felt a little too much like an emotional setup on the part of the writers. But after sleeping on it (and for the record, I have only been thinking about this off and on, not constantly) I'm not sure if that's it either.
What did other people think about last night's episode?
4 comments:
I completely agree. It was actually more emotional (slightly) of a loss when Lapidas bit it than with Sun and Jin.
The only thing that I could think and say as it was happening was "Never let go, Jin. Never let go." It was altogether too much of a Titanic moment for me.
I also didn't expect it to actually end with their deaths. I kept saying, "Jin is pretty resilient. He hasn't died during the many opportunities that he's had to die. He'll make it through this one."
The tension wasn't very high for some reason. You'd think it would have been. Jin and Sun have been trying to find each other for so long (2 seasons more or less, right?) and they finally did last episode, and it was kind of a let down. No Desmond and Penny kind of moment. Just a quick kiss over the electric barrier and then to the cages.
Their separation was such a driving motivation for so long, and then once they reunited, that was it. Never let go, Jin.
It really did feel like an emotional cheat.
And now we'll never know which of them was the candidate. That feels like a cheat too.
There you go. My two cents. You're not alone. It wasn't as emotional as it could have been.
Yeah, it was really odd, that's for sure. But I think it feels weird because of the alternate reality going on. Part of me wonders if the side story is going to win out and they'll still be alive in the end. I really did feel sad last night though. They've been through a lot. But the death didn't feel as final as the deaths of Charlie or Boone or someone else because like Daniel said (I haven't read the Lost diary yet, I'm just going based on what you said), they're still alive in the other reality.
And I agree with Brady - I kept thinking/saying, "Not Lapidis!" I was really really sad about him. And Sayid....:(
I agree that it didn't feel quite right, but I can't explain why. Sorry I can't provide more insight.
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