Can't for the life of me think what the twist was. I did, however, mention the mobisodes upthread when I commented on the Michael, Sun, Jin, love triangle being built on.
On Desmond being the most likeable character, I'm afraid that I'm just not feeling it. I get that he's supposed to be very appealing, and it would seem that his love story with Penny my well be the heart (in two senses: emotionally, and in terms of plot) of the show, but so far Desmond has inhabited the most overtly fictional spaces of Lost and that's worked to create some distance between me and the character.
For example, Desmond's time travelling shenanigans, whilst fun on a sci-fi level, have left me pretty cold emotionally, and that's despite the writers' whole-hearted attempts to root his experiences in the human sphere (I'm thinking particularly of his relationship with Charlie). For me the fantastical component just overwhelmed everything else.
I'm also not too taken by his relationship with Penny, which seems to be plumbing that most fictional of fictional concepts - a love that transcends time and space. It's a relationship which hasn't earned my involvement, that I'm almost entirely uninvested in, because, well, it isn't actually a relationship, rather it relies on us reading it as a GREAT LOVE, a love that has FATE on its side, and in a show where the soapy ins and outs of interpersonal dynamics are par for the course it doesn't wash with me, and sticks out like a sore thumb rather than a shining golden light (as I'm sure it's intended).
Now, none of that's to say that I won't get more invested in 'em over time, and I do like Desmond, and I am intersted in his relationship with Penny, and in the Widmore's involvement with the overall plot, but for the moment I prefer a bunch of other characters, warts and all. |
