Hooray! It's LOST season again!

Tonight is the season premiere of Lost. I have been waiting far too long for this night. Hubby is taking the kids to church so I can have the TV to myself.

In all honesty, I adore the christian analogies in this show (intended or not). I find it somewhat prophetic, if I can say that. This show seems to open my mind to new ways to look at my faith and new ways to understand the why's and how's of people's behavior when they are spiritually "Lost".

I wonder where the writers get their inspiration, and I wonder if it's possible that God has a voice in it, even when He's not openly included. Well, I take that back - kind of. Remember the episode where Rose prays with Charlie? And Sayid praying in a Mosque? I guess there are traces of faith, woven with nearly invisible thread, but there nonetheless. (And I'm not trying to be universalist, just making a point. Chances are not good that everyone stranded in such a situation would be christian.)

The producers COULD eliminate all vestiges of faith from the show, but they don't. On the flip-side, I think if such a situation existed in reality, 80% of the people would spend 80% of their time praying, whether Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, Christian, or agnostic or whatever.

But considering this is prime-time TV? I'm impressed.

I found this transcript of the dialogue between Charlie (Dom Monaghan) and Rose (L. Scott Caldwell) at Lost-TV . It's from episode 1-12 entitled "Whatever the Case May Be". If you aren't a regular viewer of Lost, this dialogue may not mean that much to you, but I think you can get the point.

(Note: I'm not necessarily endorsing any other content that may be on the Lost-TV.com. website. Just giving credit where credit is due.)

[Shot of Charlie and Rose moving stuff on the beach.]
Charlie: Why are you smiling?
Rose: Am I?
Charlie: You look happy.
Rose: Well, I guess I must be then.
Charlie: There's no reason to be happy, things are awful.
Rose: They're not that awful.
Charlie: We're stranded on an island. No one's coming for us.
Rose: You don't know that.
Charlie: Well, what I do know is there's something in that jungle that eats people, just because we haven't heard from it in a couple of weeks doesn't mean it won't get hungry again. And I know there's a person, or people, that are trying to hurt us...
Rose: Charlie. Nobody blames you.
Charlie: What?
Rose: For what happened to Claire. It's not your fault. You did everything that you could do. And you came very close to dying yourself.
Charlie: Maybe I should have died.
Rose: You know what I think, Charlie? You need to ask for help.
Charlie: Who's going to help me?

[Later on…Rose sitting by a tree, Charlie comes up.]
Charlie: You're husband was in the tail section of the plane.
Rose: Yes, he was. But he'll be back.
Charlie: You think he's still alive?
Rose: I know he is.
Charlie: How?
Rose: I just do. It's a fine line between denial and faith. It's much better on my side. [Charlie starts crying.]
Charlie: Help me.
Rose: Baby, I'm not the one that can help you…Heavenly Father, we thank you. We thank you for bringing us together tonight, and we ask that you heal…