This one's going to be chock full of spoilers, so you've been warned.  Not only are we introduced to a whole new group of folks on the island, but a couple of new faces as well.  Where's all of this fit in?  God (and Carlton and Damon ) only knows!

On this weeks LOST we completely abandon the Oceanic Six and revisit our time traveling heroes on the island, as well as go along with Desmond on his quest to find Faraday's mum....

A few interesting twists along the way, and I wonder what's in store for the newest member....

Oof-Da!  Big Bonk Time (tm) at the end of this one, no doubt.  But other than that, there's really only a few points to discuss here...  read on for the results.

Continuing the story in this two-part event is "The Lie," which we all know (don't you?) refers to the story the Ocean Six fabricated in order to protect the island from Charles Widmore.

Most of the episode centers on Hurley, and his dealing with the guilt of leaving everyone behind, and the events that have occurred in his life since he's left.  Of course we also get a peek back to the island, where (as usual) strange events are occurring.

The wide world of Benjamin Linus and the Others... off the island also start to take a curious twist, with a real WTF moment at the end...

...well, read on for the recap.

The stories of Ben, Jack, Hurley, and Sayid off the island, three years into the future (with a touch of Kate and Sun) are more or less intertwined, but we'll summarize that story last.

DUDE! Well you probably knew I was going to say that, didn't you?  But yeah, how about the frenetic nature of this puppy?  Here, there, everywhere, everytime.  We were all over the place in this one, almost to the detriment of the episode, but not quite.  Here's the rundown on what we know that we didn't before, and what the new questions are....

Well, its been a long time since we've seen new LOST.  Too long! Anyway, the first two episodes of season five proved no less intriguing, mind-blowing, and head-scratching as previous premiere events.  We'll start with a rundown of the first, "Because You Left," which of course refers to the reason that all the strange and terrible things are occurring off the island... and off.

Be sure to check out the analysis post, and the recap and analysis posts regarding the second episode, "The Lie."

Ah, but how to do this...  Given the direction we're going, I can't think of a decent and understandable way to separate everything into compact sections with the separate stories, since there were so many of them, so I guess I'll have to run this down "as it happened."  I don't think I'll be going into as much detail as I have in previous recaps, either.

As always, there be spoilers here. That should be obvious!

Reminder, the big 3-part season four finale will be replayed tonight in one ginormous three hour span.  So get yourself caught up before next week!

And yeah, its been quiet here.  I can't count the number of articles I've wanted to read, and share, but didn't because I'm trying to remain as spoiler-free as possible.  Like a kid before Christmas! Can't peek! Mustn't peek!!

Sssh, don't tell me anything!  I want to be caught totally unawares!!