A feature on "LOST" in the Richmond Times-Dispatch published on Sunday, May 23, 2010. From the "Flair" (Life and Leisure) section G. Part one of two.

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CULT ‘LOST’
THE
OF
SHOW’S FANS CAME, SAW AND SCRATCHED THEIR HEADS
BY MELISSA RUGGIERI lines of time travel and alternative uni- Hurley — locked in a spiritual and If you watch tonight
Times-Dispatch Staff Writer verses developed into a tangle of theo- physical brawl with the malevolent
ries about fate, karma and redemption. spirit inhabiting the body of John ABC cleared its schedule to give fans an
t began with Dr. Jack Shep- Love triangles blossomed, confirming Locke. evening (and early morning) of “Lost.”
I
hard’s eye popping open, the that emotions cannot be suppressed And since all we know of the ending 7-9 p.m.: “Lost: The Final Journey,” a ret-
pupil contracting into a skepti- merely because the involved parties are the vagaries being spouted by ex- rospective of the show’s six seasons
cal slit, trying to process the might bump into a polar bear or a mur- ecutive producers Carlton Cuse and
derous funnel of black smoke on the 9-11:30 p.m.: Series finale
confusion and mayhem sur- Damon Lindelof that it will be emo-
rounding it. lush island that they reluctantly called tional yet open to interpretation, let’s 12:05-1:05 a.m.: “Jimmy Kimmel Live:
Shephard’s first glimpse of his sur- home. take a step back and declare this: Re- Aloha to ‘Lost’ ”
roundings — fiery fuselage, dead and But for all of its mystifying and gardless of the level of satisfaction ex- ...
bleeding bodies scattered across a maddening detours into religion, phi- perienced in its final minutes, “Lost”
beach, and a sense of foreboding that losophy and plain old what-the-heck- has forever revolutionized TV. Speak up!
would turn out to be absolutely valid does-that-mean head-scratching, Have something to say about
— seized viewers’ attention but also “Lost,” at its core, scrutinizes a spe- ❖ ❖ ❖ your love of or frustration with “Lost“?
confounded them. cific concept: good vs. evil. Have a theory about how the show will
Six years later, the confusion and Sounds simple, doesn’t it? “Years ago, we had Shakespeare end? Visit Melissa Ruggieri’s Pop!
mayhem that propel “Lost” have only Adam and Eve and the serpent. to keep us occupied. Now ‘Lost’ can do Culture blog at TimesDispatch.com to
amplified, the questions stacked like Ulysses and Cyclops. Dorothy and that,” said David Lavery, a professor participate in our “Lost” polls.
a wobbly Jenga tower that just might the Wicked Witch of the West. Obi of English at Middle Tennessee State Keyword: pop culture blog.
topple by 11:30 tonight. Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader. University who co-wrote the book ...
For a show that began with the Not exactly a new notion. “Lost’s Buried Treasures: The Unoffi-
seemingly basic premise of cast- But hang on, not so fast. cial Guide to Everything Lost Fans show. It’s done things to alter the way
aways learning to survive on an is- Tonight’s final showdown, a mara- Need to Know” and last year taught a we tell stories on TV.”
land after being dumped out of the thon on ABC from 7 to 11:30, likely post-graduate course about the show. Indeed, that labyrinthine storytel-
?
sky in a plane crash, “Lost” devel- will climax with our remaining heroes “As a TV show, there’s never been ling — the flashbacks, the flash for-
oped into the most brain-twisting (at least we think they’re heroes) — anything that should turn on wards, the “sideways” lives of the
hour of TV. Jack, Sawyer, Kate, English professors
For six seasons, plot- Desmond and more than this See LOST, Page G4
Jack Shephard John Locke
(Matthew Fox): (Terry O’Quinn):
T H E F I N A L FA C E O F F
The former spinal A paraplegic
surgeon intent on healed by the island’s
fixing everything. The man of mysterious powers. The man of
science, who is humbly beginning faith convinced that fate and
to acknowledge that faith might karma led the castaways to
be important, too. Agreed to the island. Strangled to death
inherit island-watch duty. Has a by Ben Linus. His body is now
thing for Kate Austen. inhabited by the Man in Black.
PHOTOS BY MARIO PEREZ AND BOB D’AMICO/ABC
IN MY SHOES
he other day, my husband, career again. Monday mornings can be the was around the corner.
Out of work
— but not
T Jerry, got an official-looking
summons in the mail.
Richmond Sheriff C.T. Woody
It’s painful to watch.
Unemployment is a roller coaster
— and the whole family is along for
worst.
As I’m getting ready for work,
thinking about the week ahead, he’s
But the great recession isn’t let-
ting up, at least not here, where the
demise of Qimonda, Circuit City
Jr. had called him for jury the ride. Once-confident people be- staring into the unknown. Will he Stores Inc. and LandAmerica Fi-
out of love duty.
And Jerry was
come wary of every word they say,
what they wear and how they come
get the interview, the call back or
that chance for a site visit?
nancial Group Inc. threw thousands
of people out into the labor force.
excited. off. You never know what will come. Money isn’t the worst part of all
SHOES He wanted to be It’s like dating. You have to get And so you wait. this.
called. used to rejection. For us, it has been 721 days. The hardest thing has been
It was a chance, In the past year, Jerry has ap- Of course, we worry about watching this man — an engi-
EMILY C. he said, after nearly plied for more than 100 jobs, been money. But we’re lucky. When we neering graduate who served more
DOOLEY two years of unem- on 30-plus interviews and made it moved here in 2008 for my job, than 10 years in the Air Force and
... ployment, to make to the final round a half-dozen Jerry had a lot saved up. as a pilot supported the conflicts in
some money. times. He has been over-qualified, For a time, we lived as if a job Iraq and Afghanistan — feel as if
When a person is psyched for under-qualified, too specialized or would come up. he’s nothing.
jury duty, you know there is desper- not specialized enough. He has We got engaged, planned a wed- Joblessness can change a per-
ation there, desperation to fill the been rejected by websites, recruit- ding and married in September —
days, to make some cash, to have a ers and employers. all the time believing that next job See SHOES, Page G10