The first season is my second favorite season so far. This season alone is one of the best examples of realistic nature in a television program. Each episode probably has some of "Lost's" greatest moments. This season is pretty much the basis for the entire series alone. Each character will be explored in extreme depth through the use of flashbacks (one episode following the journey of one character). Although the first two episodes (and the last one) don't focus on one character alone, they are still some of the best episodes "Lost" will ever produce.
Before you watch this show, sit back and relax. You are about to be taken on one of the most amazing and unique experiences of your life. By stretching your brain and your imagination, "Lost" is one show you will never forget. This episode really is brilliant in the way that it is different than most television shows' pilots and many other "Lost" episodes to come. This episode doesn't start you on the usual direction the show's episodes take you in. If you plan on watching on DVD, it's kind of obvious that you shouldn't skip this one.
The episode opens with Jack Sheperd awakening in the jungle to find that he is one of forty eight victims all involved in the plane crash of Oceanic Flight 815. Jack almost automatically takes the role of the "hero" by doing CPR on Rose and protecting the eight month pregnant Claire. After the surviving passengers cope with being stranded on an island, they wait for rescue. The quietness of the camp is then disturbed by roaring and crashing trees out in the jungle, startling the survivors of the crash.
Jack, Kate, and Charlie set out to send a distress call using the plane's transceiver. While they make there way into the jungle and find the front piece of the plane perched against trees, they head inside it. They find the pilot, almost unconscious and ask questions about the crash finding out that they were more than 1,000 miles off course. The pilot is then snatched from the top window and Charlie, Kate, and Jack all run for their lives. The noise stops, and the three find each other. Minutes later to they see the mangled, bloodied, body of the pilot suspended in the tree tops.
There really is so much to like about this episode. The first shot is magically done. The silence in the jungle and the dilating of Jack's pupil. It's very well done. Of course, the whole "aftermath" of the plane crash is great. From the man being sucked into the engine, to the wing almost falling onto Claire. With Boone running around looking for pens well added humor silently slips into a dramatic and hard to watch scene. It all seemed to open like a movie. This made "Lost" stand out right from the beginning as the first episode focused more on action and story rather then characters. The whole scene between Kate and Jack is great. The acting and terror in Kate's face as is wonderfully done (with subtle hints as to her origins). After the first season, this is definitely an episode worth looking back at. All the little hints to the character's different backgrounds is brilliantly and nonchalantly done.
The one thing I had a problem with was how fast the survivors began to cope with what had happened. I'd be crying, personally. And they all seemed to make it out with minimal cuts and scrapes.
My favorite part of the episode: The connection between Jack's story about counting away fear and Kate's actual counting away of fear. Her acting is brilliant and it sends shivers down my spine every time I see it.
Before you watch this show, sit back and relax. You are about to be taken on one of the most amazing and unique experiences of your life. By stretching your brain and your imagination, "Lost" is one show you will never forget. This episode really is brilliant in the way that it is different than most television shows' pilots and many other "Lost" episodes to come. This episode doesn't start you on the usual direction the show's episodes take you in. If you plan on watching on DVD, it's kind of obvious that you shouldn't skip this one.
The episode opens with Jack Sheperd awakening in the jungle to find that he is one of forty eight victims all involved in the plane crash of Oceanic Flight 815. Jack almost automatically takes the role of the "hero" by doing CPR on Rose and protecting the eight month pregnant Claire. After the surviving passengers cope with being stranded on an island, they wait for rescue. The quietness of the camp is then disturbed by roaring and crashing trees out in the jungle, startling the survivors of the crash.
Jack, Kate, and Charlie set out to send a distress call using the plane's transceiver. While they make there way into the jungle and find the front piece of the plane perched against trees, they head inside it. They find the pilot, almost unconscious and ask questions about the crash finding out that they were more than 1,000 miles off course. The pilot is then snatched from the top window and Charlie, Kate, and Jack all run for their lives. The noise stops, and the three find each other. Minutes later to they see the mangled, bloodied, body of the pilot suspended in the tree tops.
There really is so much to like about this episode. The first shot is magically done. The silence in the jungle and the dilating of Jack's pupil. It's very well done. Of course, the whole "aftermath" of the plane crash is great. From the man being sucked into the engine, to the wing almost falling onto Claire. With Boone running around looking for pens well added humor silently slips into a dramatic and hard to watch scene. It all seemed to open like a movie. This made "Lost" stand out right from the beginning as the first episode focused more on action and story rather then characters. The whole scene between Kate and Jack is great. The acting and terror in Kate's face as is wonderfully done (with subtle hints as to her origins). After the first season, this is definitely an episode worth looking back at. All the little hints to the character's different backgrounds is brilliantly and nonchalantly done.
The one thing I had a problem with was how fast the survivors began to cope with what had happened. I'd be crying, personally. And they all seemed to make it out with minimal cuts and scrapes.
My favorite part of the episode: The connection between Jack's story about counting away fear and Kate's actual counting away of fear. Her acting is brilliant and it sends shivers down my spine every time I see it.