Wednesday TV Wrap-Up

Lost: Not as strong of an episode as the last few have been, but I'll let that slide since it seemed that this was meant to be a set-up episode rather than one that's filled with monumental events. Neither Demond's flashback nor his flashfuture were terribly interesting. But like I said, the reveal of this mysterious woman who's landed on the island and knows Desmond is establishing something potentially interesting for the next few episodes. Most notable about this episode were the fun interactions between Desmond, Charlie, Hurley and Jin. It's always nice to see some levity on a show that is pretty intense most of the time. The small stuff with Jack/Juliette/Kate/Sawyer was interesting as well and also meant to set-up a bigger blow-off. Sawyer's really come into his own this season, I feel, and I hate to see him be treated as just a booty call for Kate because she can't have Jack. Then again, as far as booty calls go, Kate's not too shabby. And one last thing...he may not have made an appearance, but it was at least nice to hear Sawyer mention Bernard in reference to his Phil Collins tape he swiped. I was beginning to think he and Rose had falled into the hatch crater and everyone forgot about them.

Edit: While I put my thoughts for Lost up last night, I decided to post this link to the guy who recaps Lost episodes for Entertainment Weekly. You won't find a more in-depth analysis of each week's episode anywhere else. Some really cool stuff, especially if you're into the whole mythology of the show. Enjoy!

Mythbusters: This certainly wasn't my favorite episode of the show, but it was a very typical episode for them. You had Jaime and Adam tackling an off-the-wall myth that initially sounds too crazy to be true until they start testing it and make you think it just might work. In this case it was the idea that flying birds could actually make a truck lighter. I was impressed with their efforts on this one and despite their worries that fans will protest, I think they fully busted this one. Then you had the build team working on a myth that you know was put on the show simply so they could cause destruction to a large object. This time it was a speed boat that they were trying to bifurcate. Of course, they couldn't get it to split, so they just destroyed the thing. Given the pain they seemingly went through to get this one done, they deserved to have a little smashin' fun. On a side note, I'm curious as to when Mythtern Jess is going to get promoted to the build team. She had a much larger presence than normal in the episode and actually got to be included in the animation to illustrate the boat myth. I'd love to see her become a permenant member of the crew, but I'm not sure it'll happen. Having another smart, yet sexy female on the show certainly couldn't hurt, that's for sure.