Still lost,still fun

Who’s in it?One of the show’s strong points has been its spot-on casting. That continues into the fourth season. Most of the original cast — Matthew Fox,Naveen Andrews,Evangeline Lilly and Terry O’Quinn — continues to be in focus. The new entrants,especially Jeremy Davies as the socially awkward physicist Daniel Faraday and Ken Leung as Miles Straume the arrogant medium,just segue into the show like they’d always been part of it. Some old cast members play a return date —Harold Perrineau who played the traitor Michael Dawson,returns to repent for his betrayal by trying to rescue the other survivors.

What’s hot?The viewer finds out a large part of what makes the island so strange — it can move back on forth on the space/time axis. Also,the flash-forwards now becomes a regular feature and reveal that even when six of the characters — Jack Shepard,Kate Austen,Frank Lapidus,Hugo Reyes,Sun Kwon and Sayyid Jarrah— escape the island,it’s not the end for them The island,as Linus points out,is not done with them. The action is still fast-paced and the script is tight. The show doesn’t waste time and even as one mystery is solved,a new one takes its place. So while we find out how the Dharma initiative got wiped out of the island,we’re faced with a new problem – why do the rescued ‘Oceanic Six’ have to go back to the island?

What’s not?Some puzzles are left untouched in this season such as what happened to Michael’s son Walt and his mysterious powers. Also,with so many problems piling on thickly,it gets a little difficult to keep track of all the characters and so some,like new mom Claire Littleton,get short shrift.

Should you be watching it?Definitely,but if you haven’t been following the series,we suggest you get hold of the first three seasons and catch up with those first.

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