Exploration of Spoilers Part 1-The Regression of Sawyer

With less than a week till the highly anticipated season premire of the final season, I wanted to examine some spoilers I've come across. There has been several things discussed at Comic-Con, one which I came across about Sawyer's character. Lost Season 6's blog indicates that Josh Holloway's Sawyer will deal with the loss of Juliet in a bad way. That we will see him resort back to the Sawyer of Old (I'm thinking the "Tokoyo Rose" and "Freckles" nicknames will evolve to more bitter ones?)Also, Holloway hints at a rekinding between Kate and Sawyer, because it makes for better T.V. I would have to agree with this, because I have not been too crazy about Sawyer since he's been with Juliet. His attraction lie in his wise-cracking, tough exterior-thee audience can see there is a softie in there somewhere, but when he is fully exposed he loses his appeal very quickly. Well, in my humble opinion.

If Sawyer regresses back to the Sawyer of Season One, but takes with him the growth and development of Season Five, it will be interesting to see what we are left with at the very end. As discussed in my other blog, the theme of redemption runs heavy, and I thought last year we were actually going to see Sawyer go because he had made such a turn around. Alas, will the death of Juliet revert him back? Will he find his true redemption?
Rambles Prediction
I feel like it's going to play out like this: There are hints of Elizabeth Mitchell's Juliet returning if they can "fix it", so Sawyer will return to his wrinkled brow renegade ways but all the while on a mission to be Mr. Fix it. If you've read Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, you know that this will be his main objective and he won't spend much time reflecting on it, as he is to me the epitome of male. I feel a wrench being thrown in at the idea of him and Kate sparking things back up, but don't feel it will completely hinder him from trying to save Juliet. I also think he will keep that character growth but we won't see as much of it verbalized as in Season Five. Rather, it will be more internalized as he has been hurt by Juliet's departure and the fact that he finally opened up to someone that has now "left him". He will build those walls back up, but with a possibility of Juliet's return, there is the possibility of a full, well rounded, well developed Sawyer in the end. And that's my prediction. Stay tuned for next time and my predictions on John Locke

Connections Lost

With the beginning of the end just weeks around the corner, I started to think about how this show has drawn us in. Yes, there are attractive people running around on a beach. Yes, there are some fan favs that we watch for. The scenery is beautiful and the idea of being abandoned on an island is, arguably, a little bit of a secret fantasty to all. However, all of these elements combined don't add up to the magnetic force Lost has over some of us. What's missing?

I believe that the most important factor is the connections. ***SPOILERS*** It's like a game of 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon. Aaron is Claire's son, Claire is Jack's sister, Jack is Christian's son, Christian meets Sawyer in a bar in Sydney who then relays that story to Jack on the island though Sawyer was out looking for the real Sawyer to kill him, but alas that's Locke's dad - Just for one small example. An avid fan knows I could go on for days. I digress.

I believe that these degrees of separation, or connection, are what draws the audience to their TV set week after week, pining away for answers to how this piece fits in. Their is a sense of cognitive dissonance while watching; Are the characters growing closer together or farther apart? I think we watch, hoping that it's closer together. In the world of cell phones, facebook, webchats, internet dating, email, virtual exercise and kindles, the idea of "connection", real human connection, seems lost on some. I believe at this shows center, it is the most simplest of ideas. Themes thrown around about good vs bad, nature vs science, redemption, etc. are all very real themes in this show. However, I sense a strong theme of simplicity. The kind that comes with being stripped of all other concerns and worries and having the most basic need of survival. That survival mode forces them to look to eachother, "Live together die alone" and in essence, form bonds in the short time they are on the island stronger than some obtain in a lifetime.

This bond is rationalized to some degree with the common blood that some share, the links between characters we learn as the show goes along, but is it those commonalities that creates the relationships between the characters that seem so otherworldly to some of us? Would you get back on a plane after enduring such hardship to go back to rescue the others? Is it possible that we have forgotten how to have those relationships because we are too busy being plugged in, wired in, logged on to form these ties? What do you think?