After last season’s shocking finale, I must say I had high expectations for this season. Luckily they were met.

SPOILERS FOR SEASON 4!!

The main story of this season was the appearance of the freighter and the reason they were on the island. Many new guests appeared, but the main new characters were Charlotte, Daniel and Miles. My favorite of these is Daniel, mainly for his appearance in Desmond’s time travel episode. That was a very well done episode.

A lot of things happened on the island in this season, it feels like they crammed a lot into each episode, unlike previous seasons where a lot of material felt like filler.

But the most interesting part of this season for me were the flash forwards about the Oceanic Six. That was a big curiosity for me, trying to figure out what happened to them, how they got there and what they were hiding. Seeing Sayd and Ben work together was a novelty, Jack and Kate together was a surprise, as well as Sun and Jin’s death. Just seeing these characters outside the island after the accident was just a novelty.

The best thing about this season, is that all those questions (or most) were answered by the end of the season. Which is why I liked this season so much. They haven’t given us all the answers, but we now know almost all about the freighter and the Oceanic Six.

The sci-fi elements in this series have taken a bigger role. First the excellent time travel episode, which was not only a great sci-fi story, but such an emotional story between Desmond and Penny. Their reconciliation in the finale was very emotional for me. Then the time difference between the Island and the freighter. Ben also somehow launched the black smoke monster against the military people. That still hasn’t been answered.

But the biggest one has to be the island moving. I was expecting it, they told us about it in advance, but I was still blown away when it happened. Watching the island disappear like that felt otherworldly. Even the moment leading up to it, when Ben walks in the tunnel and comes up in the ice, it just felt chilling. I love that this might explain the polar bears, and most importantly how the pirate ship was in the middle of the island.

There were also many deaths in this season. Jin is the saddest one, even though it was announced in an early episode (a heartbreaking one I must say). I didn’t care for too much for Michael’s return and ultimate sacrifice, but I don’t think we’ve seen the last of him yet. Even John is dead now, at least according to the finale.

I am now looking forward to next season. I am thinking that the present will be 3 years after the crash, continuing from the end of the finale. Jack and Ben will try to gather everyone and bring them back to the island. Does that include Desmond? I would hate for him and Penny to be separated again. Then there will be flashbacks to what happened on the island after it moved, leading up to John leaving the island.

I haven’t been so excited about Lost since season 1, early season 2. I can see the light at the end, even though there are still 2 years. But I think the scheduling of the episodes this year was pretty good. Even with the writer’s strike, they managed to air episodes consecutively, with only a 4 weeks break in the middle. Next season there won’t be any breaks. Kudos to the producers.

Season Rating: 4 Stars