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 Yesterday, we took a little look at the first season of “Lost.”  It got an astounding 9/10, but it’s admittedly a show with a concept that’s more than easy to spoil.  So does “Lost” ride its wave of momentum built up in season one, float around, or sink?  Let’s take a look at…

LOST- SEASON TWO

“I have to admit, the second season of “Lost” is pretty hard to review. Thing is, its pretty much the same animal as the first season. The only difference is that there’s more characters involved and the mystery just keeps growing. The basic conclusion I’ve come to is that anyone who enjoyed the places that the story was taken to in the first season will be pleased with this season.

Those who criticize this show as never solving the many mysteries that create the backbone of “Lost” are very simply wrong. This season answers more in the first episode than you’d expect would happen until episode twelve. Throughout the season, you’ll find out answers to questions such as this:

+ What is in the mysterious hatch? What does it have to do with the island, and what makes Locke think his fate is inside this hatch?

+ What ever happened to the tail section of the plane? Was Rose right to have faith that her husband (who was in the tail section) is alive, or are they all dead?

+ What happened to Claire when she was kidnapped? Was it the Others that let her go and, if so, why? Or did she escape on her own?

+ Is there more significance to Hurley’s ‘lotto numbers’ than everyone seems to believe?

Those who weren’t convinced by the first season of “Lost” won’t find many differences between this season and the first. There are still a lot of mysteries by the time this season finishes–if there weren’t, it wouldn’t be “Lost”–but the creative force behind this show gives us just enough to keep us satisfied. As far as I’m concerned, “Lost” is one of the best acted, best written, and best directed series on television. It’s visually astonishingly… and it also knows how to play your heartstrings. It may not have been the best show of the year–that goes to Veronica Mars, which “Lost” fans would very much enjoy–but it easily makes any television fan’s top five of the ‘05-’06 season.

9/10 “

VERDICT: “Lost” rides on.  You should already own this.

NEXT TIME: We finish up with the castaways with a review of “Lost- Season Three.”  Things get really weird, but is it good weird or… not so good weird?

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