My favorite season is the third. The powers that be tried an experiment of running six episodes in the fall and then the remaining sixteen uninterrupted in the spring as a way of avoiding the frequent repeats that had plagued the first two. I thought the fall miniseries in which Jack was forced to perform surgery on Ben while Kate and Sawyer built the runway that would eventually be used by Ajira 316 was largely a diverting mess, the rest of the season well redeemed itself.The highlight of the season is the journey of three characters: Locke, Juliet, and Desmond. Locke and Juliet go in polar opposite directions as he shifts from the Lostaways to the Others as her bond with Jack allows her to break free of Ben’s control. Desmond becomes a pivotal character as not only does his new abilities time shifting abilities thanks to his exposure to electromagnetism emerge, but so does the most mature romance on the show between penny and him.
I have already listed the season finale as my absolute favorite episode with the death of Charlie and the introduction of theflashforwards, but there are many highlights. Juliet’s back story in “Not in Portland,“ Desmond’s first time travel adventure in “Flashes Before Your Eyes,“ and the story of Locke’s paralyzing injury in “The Man from Tallahassee” among them. I am one of the few fans who does not despise the very existence of Nikki and Paulo, too.
The third season was masterful overall.
