Thoughts on Lost ep 1

The first episode was, as we expected, very dense. My thoughts on episode 1:

1) The parallel story structure was interesting. To me, it could be one of two things: first, it could be an alternate universe story where events are going on simultaneously, one world with the crash, the other as if it never happened. Two, and my prediction, is that we are actually looking at two different time periods. While the setting off of the bomb didn't manage to reboot like they figured it would, things did get reset eventually and they are simply telling the stories at the same time for matters of convenience. It's confusing, yes, but such is Lost. I think it would be cool if they continued this narrative structure through the whole season.

2) About that story structure: I happened to find the scenes on the plane much more interesting than those on the island. After all, we've had 5 whole seasons of island goofiness, right?

* Desmond showed up on the plane, sitting next to Jack, but then disappeared and nobody seemed to have noticed. What significance could this have? He obviously wasn't on the plane when it first crashed (they met him on the island) so he is either there as some sort of spiritual presence or as a Jack vision (both?).

* There was a very small scene in the plane bathroom where Jack appeared to have a small cut on his neck, like shaving size. It seems insignificant, but if it was, I doubt they would have put it in.

* Part of what I'm thinking happens with this story line is that the cast members run into each other in some form on the outside. In a sense, it is already happening:

a) Jack, the spinal surgeon, meets Locke, the guy with the screwed up spine, in baggage claim and gave him his card. Does Jack "fix" Locke by the end of the show?

b) Kate runs into: Sawyer on the elevator (does anybody else think that Sawyer kinda knew Kate was the fugitive the security guards were looking for?) and Claire in the cab as she was running away.

c) An interesting interaction: Hugo, the lucky lottery winner, runs into Sawyer, the con-man. Does Sawyer try to con Hugo?

d) There is also, of course, Jack saving Charlie, sitting next to Desmond for a moment and talking with Rose during the flight.

3) As for the island story, I really have no idea. I get that it is supposed to be some general good vs. evil thing, but they introduced a whole host of new characters and ideas here that might take a good while to flesh out. The most interesting line came from Juliet who said, as Miles interpreted after her "death", that "it worked", assuming the bomb. To me, this lends support to the whole idea that time DOES get reset, just not right away.

But the bottom line is this: it's Lost and who the hell knows?