'Lost' and other Cultural Milestones

Lost might be the most creative, most complex, and most riveting TV show to ever grace the small screen. This fairly recent phenomenon and the fervor it generates from TV watchers, countless bloggers, and even experts in fields of, “pop culture, literature, philosophy, art and democracy” is unprecedented. In fact, the last episode of the season entitled, “Through the Looking Glass,” was the quintessential study of sci-fi homage and literary symbolism. If you want a deeper insight into the season finale you must read this blog from J. Wood, which fleshes out Biblical allegories, Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity, and why Juliet kissed Jack. Here’s the first paragraph:

“There is no easy entrance into "Through the Looking Glass" except through the past episodes. The author of the episode's namesake, Lewis Carroll, was a mathematician and logician whose own Through the Looking Glass is an exercise in mind-bending logic. All assumptions are turned inside-out, as if mirror-twins of their presumed originals, and the season three finale demonstrates how some of our own assumptions of the narrative are turned inside-out. Even time works wrong.

Maybe.”

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