"Lost" again.

The fall TV season has officially started, at least for me. "Lost" is back. It's the only show I watched consistently last season and will probably be the only such show this season.

Still haven't caught "Lost"? Want to catch up? Let me direct you here.
You've got plenty of time before next week's episode to watch last season's 24 episodes. Block out the time. It is soo worth it.

SPOILERS AHEAD! You've been warned.

Last night's season premiere was heady. It threw so much at us.

It told us that, indeed, something is down the hatch. But not how? what? why? and while we know who, the why still exists. More questions, no answers. But it's becoming more apparent that "something" is at work and has been for a long time.

Kinda feels like a Dean Koontz novel.

We do get a sense of when this all began, from Jack's hairdo and Sarah's fiance's "Miami Vice" look. We know the transmission had been cycling for 16 years, so it feels about right.

Pet Peeve alert - Wardrobe could have done a better job of making Jack's sneakers, more of the time and less contemporary. Yes, I know, only I would catch that.

Talking out loud.
Sometimes, we can see our destiny, know our fate. We do our darndest to point it in the direction we'd like to go. But are they interwined? I'm a strong believer that there is no such thing as a coincidence. In the mysterious ether of circumstance, anything is possible.

"Lost" continues to make a great narrative with the flashbacks, explaining the experiences that shape our island castaways. We see what they're doing now, but we know why because of then.

Thanks to JustJared (via Towleroad), here's a few snippets that'll clue you in to some of the strange happenings of "Lost"s season premiere. Wicked cool.

And has anyone wondered why "Quaratine" is on the inside of the hatch?!?