Image Credit: Mario Perez/ABCIt’s time to unbutton our shirts just a little and get comfortable, because we’re about to unwrap “The Package,” a.k.a. last week’s episode of Lost, which featured [SPOILER ALERT!] a mature-audiences-only Sideways story for Jin and Sun, as well as an Island adventure that brought back Desmond and took away Sun’s English. After Yunjin Kim introduces this installment of Totally Lost with a bit of mystery, we get Lost in translation, discussing everything from surprise Sideways guests to Sun’s language barrier to why Widmore transported Desmond to the Island. We also offer teasers for tonight’s episode of Lost, “Happily Ever After,” and an analysis of a certain promo strategy. (Note: Turns out that the great Stephen Colbert already beat us to the punch, but what can we say? If we can’t be as timely, let’s at least be not as funny.) After you watch, tell us below: Where do you think the Sideways story is going? Which blast from the past would you most like to see in the Sideways world? What did you make of Sun’s aphasia? And how does Desmond fit into Widmore’s plan?

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Welcome to the Sideways world, in which Doc Jensen is a theology professor who watches no television and was once arrested for lecturing in the buff, while I am a 5-foot-7.5-inch EW.com writer who recaps Lost episodes in traditional 5-7-5 haiku format. (“LA X”: Flash sideways — What if?/No, wait… Real reality?/Ouchy! Pulled my brain) Without further backstory, why don’t we whip up a few poems that — no, no, wait! Please don’t leave. I was just kidding. Doc Jensen will be here very, very soon to deliver his Thoughts of Awesome on this week’s episode, titled “The Package.” In fact, if you listen closely, you can hear the frantic, inspired tapping of his titanium-reinforced keyboard. But until his analysis arrives, let’s get a quick conversation started about “The Package.”(WARNING: If you haven’t watched “The Package” yet, stop reading right now, or you’re going to get spoiled something fierce.) READ FULL STORY »

Image Credit: Mario Perez/ABCLast week’s episode of Lost, “Ab Aeterno,” didn’t give us eternal abs, but it offered us the next best thing: Some answers about the age-defying wonder that is Richard Alpert, as well as those dueling deities, Jacob and The Man In Black. Of course, big downloads of Lost mythology require all sorts of analysis, which brings us to this week’s installment of Totally Lost. Your hosts—who go by the flimsy aliases “Jeff Jensen” and “Dan Snierson”—discuss the significance of wine and corks while examining the increasingly intriguing conflict between Jacob and MIB. You also will enjoy a nice glass of Titus “Johnny Cash” Welliver along with a few teasers for tonight’s episode, “The Package.” In lieu of a thank-you note, share your latest theories and ruminations with us below. Did the Richard Alpert story meet expectations? Was the wine/cork analogy to your liking? Are you any closer to figuring out the end game? (Follow @ewdocjensen and @dansnierson.)