S6E11 CLUNKER

I thought this Desmond-centric episode was a clunker.

I had the image of a piece of Swiss cheese as plot unfolded; partially because I always felt that the sideways world was mere "what if" filler, and maybe because it appears that TPTB are going to try to "force" a reunion of alternative universes for no apparent reason.

LOST is like an old rusted car sitting in a field. It may have some of its old character lines covered in rust, but you don't know if it will ever start again. You may kick the flat tires, and check to see if the engine still has all its parts, but the mechanics of machinery may have seized up. You may think the rusted clunker next to it may have some useful parts, but the cars are not compatible: one's a Ford and the other one's a Chevy.

Last week I toured around the internet looking for some old LOST sites, and found an increasing number of them have just stopped posting after 5 seasons. It may be that some people really believe that even though they invested a lot of time and resources into the show, it has dawned on them that they were riding along in a junker and decided to leave before it totally fell a part.

I also came across a poster who viewed LOST as a "Show About Nothing." And he or she created a cast logo from the old Steinfeld show, with Jack as Jerry, Locke as George, Kate as Elaine, and Sawyer as Kramer. And as this season slithers along, that theory is just as valid as any other one.

The show is trying to make the sideways universe as important as the lost island time line. In all the time traveling commentary, it was clear that in order to avoid paradoxes, the concept of parallel universes made the most sense in the sci-fi genre. But, LOST is trying to merge the consciousness of two separate universes in some weird cross-over way, which in itself creates a paradox which affects both realities. A person who is self-aware that he belongs in another time space will affect both his current and alternative time universe by trying to "set things right" = messy paradox.