{"id":3245,"date":"2008-12-08T23:04:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-08T23:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/12\/one-season-ends-another-begins\/"},"modified":"2008-12-08T23:04:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-08T23:04:00","slug":"one-season-ends-another-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/12\/one-season-ends-another-begins.html","title":{"rendered":"One Season Ends, Another Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Next Monday the season finales of Chuck, Heroes and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles are scheduled. The latter looks particularly intriguing, since it seems from the commercial that a machine will ask whether he is one of God\u2019s children. Whatever answer may be given on the show, the fact that the question is being posed is itself worthwhile.<\/p>\n

As for the season soon to begin, the new season of LOST, the producers have offered yet another video clip<\/a>, as well as some unique words that feature in the scripts for the first three episodes of season 5:<\/p>\n

From #501<\/u>:
CL-CLICK. BEEPBEEPBEEPBEEP. KNOCKNKNOCKKNOCK! WHAPPP! VVVVVVWWHHHHHEEEEMMMMMM! PLLEPPT-PLEPTT-PLEPTT. BOOOOOOOOOM! BLAAM!!! THUUDDD. CRUUUUUUUUUNCH! PFFT! PFFT! PFFT! SMAAASSHHHH! SHCLICK!!!! CA-CLICK. FOOOMP. SKLIIIIIISH. PING. RAT-A-TAT. BAMBAMBAMBAMBAM!!!!<\/p>\n

From #502<\/u>:
BWOOBWOO! TAPTAPTAPTAPTAP. KNOCKKNOCKKNOCKKNOCK. BZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. SLAMMM! THWACK! KRE-KLACK. BEEEEP\u2026 SLAMS. SCRRIIIIIDDDDDDDFLIP!<\/p>\n

From #503<\/u>:
FLAPP-FLAPP-FLAPP. AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!! THRAAAAASH! KAAAAAAAA-THWOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!! CLICKETY-CLICKETY-CLACK. CRRRR-ACK!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Clearly it isn\u2019t a season to be missed! Don\u2019t you particularly want to know who or what is tapping in episode 2? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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