Spoilers for the "Lost" premiere just as soon as I finish nibbling on my fish biscuit...Nicely done, "Lost." First you open with a neat parallel to last year's beginning scene (the '60s wall of sound pop tune, interrupted by an explosion -- albeit in the oven, not of the hatch -- a previously-unknown person going through their daily routine, etc.), then you give us a fairly tense hour that does give away a few answers (The Others did work for the Dharma Initiative, they have some kind of suburban enclave in the middle of the island in addition to access to a lot of the Dharma stations) and you even manage to give me a Jack flashback that didn't bore the pants off me. (Yet another thing for Jack to feel guilty about: his obsession with his ex-wife ruined what was probably his father's last, best chance to stay sober.) I liked Elizabeth Mitchell, liked Sawyer's battle with the hamster feeder, liked Henry/Ben's explanation for Kate's seaside lunch (though yet again, Evangeline Lilly reminds me that she's the show's weak link, acting-wise) and didn't even mind that we didn't get to see Hurley, Locke, Jin, Sun, Mr. Eko and the rest of the gang.
As someone who long ago reconciled himself to the notion that "Lost" is going to be all journey, no destination, I had a fun ride tonight. What say the rest of you?
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