What John's Watching

Episode info from TV Guide: American Idol:  "Top 11 Perform."  Fox The final round advances with the Top 11 singers rendering performances. Lost:  "Ab Aeterno."  ABC Richard Alpert has a difficult decision to make. Jacob: Mark Pellegrino. Man in Black: Titus Welliver. V:  "The Arrival."  ABC A recap of the first four episodes. Parenthood:  "Wassup."  NBC Adam and Kristina want to know who Haddie's dating. Elsewhere, Sarah tries ... Read More

Probably the thing that's been nagging at me most this season is the relationship between the characters in the sideways flash universe.  In the main timeline of the story, the Flight 815 survivors and other major characters were brought together through the intervention of Jacob at key points in their lives.  In the sideways flashes, no such intervention occurred (at ... Read More

Tonight's episode is apparently Sawyer-centric. In the preview clips, we get to see crazy Claire and her squirrel baby, a sideway-flash preview of Sawyer, and the Losties on the beach musing about what being a candidate means. Episode recap later tonight. TVFanatic has some additional detail about tonight's episode here. ... Read More

Last night's episode of Lost revealed quite a bit. Click for recaps of last week's episode, Sundown, and for ABC's official recap of this week's Dr. Linus. Some observations: Just as in 2007 on the island, Sideways Ben understands the psychology of a dictator who loses his power (RE Napoleon on Elba). Ilana knew who Miles was before meeting him.  "You're Miles ... Read More

Wow. Really trying to wrap my head around tonight's episode of Lost. Every episode seems to give some measure of forward movement on revealing the mysteries of the island, while at the same time adding more layers to that mystery. Tonight was no different, and I'm pretty boggled by what's going on. As previewed earlier, this ... Read More

Tonight's episode, Sundown, is Sayid-centric. Some analysis/predictions about tonight's episode at BuddyTV. Interesting line at BuddyTV about the mercenary, Keamy. Wonder what he's up to in the alternate timeline? The previews below don't give any clue, but there's an interesting exchange between Sayid and Dogen. ... Read More

TVGuide reports: Terry O’Quinn, who plays Locke/Smoke Monster, tells me he is shopping around a bible for a TNT-type show that would pair him back up with his real-life chum and on-screen foe, Michael Emerson (Ben) - as suburban hit men juggling family issues. Though Terry asked me not to spill show specifics, he has spoken with Lostcreator J.J. Abrams about the ... Read More

The great thing about Lost is that it is never predictable, and always keeps you guessing what's going on no matter how smart you think you are.  You might THINK you know what's going on, but you never really do, do you?  Recap of last week's episode, LA X, is here. In "What Kate Does," the flash-sideways device from the season ... Read More

Doc Jensen at EW.com breaks down Tuesday night's Lost premiere here.  Go read that and come back. A couple observations.  First, I'm wondering if the "sideways" reality is really just an alternate timeline that branched off from the established timeline at the point of The Event.  In the sideways world where the lostaways land as expected in LA, the island is ... Read More