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No, I don’t know what’s coming in Wednesday’s premiere of Lost<\/a><\/i>, but I
\nconfess that I’m distracted by how much I’m looking forward to it. And
\nSteven Johnson’s
\n
\nentry<\/a> yesterday along with ABC’s commercials roil my anticipation even more.\n<\/p>\n

\n The genius of Lost is that its mysteries are fractal: at every scale —
\n from the macro to the micro — the series delivers a consistent payload of
\n confusion. There are the biographical riddles: why was the beautiful Kate
\n accompanied by a federal marshal on the flight? There are geographic riddles
\n (“why have the rescue teams missed the island, and why does it appear to have
\n a history of attracting castaways?”) and historical ones (“why has that SOS
\n signal been playing for so many years?”)\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Since last season’s
\n
\nfinale<\/a>, I’ve been imagining what’s next: will the back-stories continue as
\nbefore? how long will the cliffhangers linger (esp. Walt’s fiasco)? new
\ncharacters? new\/resolved riddles?  No mystery about what I’ll be doing
\nWednesday at 8 p.m. EST.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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