Lost without Lost

What with Lost having reached the end of season 2 in the UK a matter of days before season 3 starts in the States, it’s a difficult time to be a Lost fan in the UK right now. On the one hand, it’s finally safe to catch up with a folder full of links I’ve bookmarked over the last several months as various US fans wrote about the season 2 finale. Unfortunately, next week brings the start of season 3 in the States, so I’ll have to avert my eyes from any Lost-related site for the next who knows how many months.

So, for one week only I get the chance to enjoy posts like the Lost-vivor: Preseason Recap:

Each Thursday, I’ll recap the previous night’s episode of Lost, awarding and deducting points from characters based on their actions during that episode. Let’s say that Locke throws a knife and kills a boar. That’s 8 points for Locke. Or Sawyer comes up with a clever new nickname for Hurley. Plus 3 for Sawyer. Jack goes on one of his crying jags? Minus 10. Get the picture?

I’ll tally up the Lost-vivor scores as the season progresses, and at the end, we’ll declare a Lost Season Three champion!

With the season premiere coming up next week, let’s take a few moments to recap what was going on the last time we saw our favorite Lost-vivors. Please note that the section ahead contains Season Two spoilers. Proceed at your own risk.

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Claire: Claire’s special talents include sitting around the beach, being pregnant, speaking with an Australian accent, getting kidnapped, screaming, having a baby, freaking out about her baby’s safety, and screaming some more. As noted above, she seems to have reconciled with Charlie (who also recently supplied Claire and baby Aaron with some vaccines of indeterminate origin). I also have a hunch that Claire will be revealed as Jack’s half-sister this season.

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Eko: Mr. Eko is the man. Ever since Man of Faith Locke turned into Self-Doubting, Navel-Gazing Locke, Eko has filled the gap nicely — speaking softly and carrying a big Jesus stick. When we last saw him at the end of Season Two, this drug-runner-turned-priest had abandonded work on building his island church to move to the Hatch and push the button. Eko was there with Locke and Desmond at the time of the discharge and was quite possibly killed. I suspect Eko will return for Season Three, however, and he currently stands as an early Lost-vivor favorite considering his physical abilities, his common sense, and the aforementioned Jesus stick. He can bring the pain with that thing, yo.

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Me, I’m rooting for Simon Adebisi Mr Eko.