Down The Hatch

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) are here to help you watch that again. In their recap of season two, episode three, “Orientation,” Josh and Mike break down the first official DHARMA Initiative video, explore the Swan Station, say goodbye (for now) to Henry Ian Cusick as Desmond David Hume, size up John Locke (Terry O’Quinn) and Katey Sagal’s Helen Norwood, attempt to ex...

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) came into this podcast with one big question, and now they are leaving with answers — as well as a great new friend of the podcast. Welcome to The DJ DOM Exposéd Party, in which Josh and Mike are joined by Down the Hatch listener Marc Douglas (@Marc_Douglas) to get to the bottom of one of the great unsolved LOST mysteries: who wrote “Drin...

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) spend a couple hours shouting about nothing in particular. What makes this different from any other episode of Down the Hatch, you ask? Well, this time, it’s a rare situation where Josh and Mike… don’t really like an episode of Lost! The episode in question: “Adrift,” originally meant to focus on Sawyer, ultimately centering on Michael, w...

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward), Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) and Shrek the ogre embark on a discussion of the LOST season two premiere. In “Man of Science, Man of Faith,” Jack (Matthew Fox) witnesses a miracle in the past and one in the present, as he comes face to face with someone from a long time ago: Desmond David Hume (Henry Ian Cusick). “Man of Science, Man of Faith” was written by Damon Lindelo...

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) do not know how to read, so they have enlisted some help as they go down the hatch and explore the many literary references in LOST season one. Special guest Jonathan Krause (@JonKrause) joins Down the Hatch for one last look back on season one before it’s full steam ahead into the second season of LOST. Jon leads Josh and Mike through a...

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) go down the hatch and close the book on season one of LOST, with a jam-packed feedback-filled retrospective. The special podcast shuts the door on the first season of the series, and sets the stage for the next wave of episodes: season two, and all the button-pushing it brings. In their sprawling recap of the three-part “Exodus,” Josh and...

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) are back with the longest podcast of the Down the Hatch series to date — and that’s saying something! In their sprawling recap of the three-part “Exodus,” Josh and Mike break down what both hosts believe is among the finest episodes in all of Lost, if not right at the very top. They enumerate the reasons why, from the moving Sawyer (Josh...

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) unleash the latest Down the Hatch time capsule in their ongoing Lost rewatch, this week covering the third and final Kate Austen (Evangeline Lilly) episode of season one: “Born to Run.” In “Born to Run,” Kate is desperate to get on the raft, launching imminently. Her clear desire to escape the island leads to a dramatic feud within the gr...

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) did not know Boone, but they are going to eulogize him anyway — and my, are they inappropriately dressed for a funeral! In “The Greater Good,” Jack (Matthew Fox) and John Locke (Terry O’Quinn) begin their famous rivalry with a blow-out fight at Boone’s funeral. In the middle of it all: Sayid (Naveen Andrews), who Shannon (Maggie Grace) en...

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) are here to fix you … up another serving of Down the Hatch, that is! In “Do No Harm,” Jack Shephard (Matthew Fox) scrubs in to save Boone Carlisle (Ian Somerhalder) from certain doom. Deeper in the jungle, Kate Austen (Evangeline Lilly) is tasked with helping Claire Littleton (Emilie de Ravin) through unexpected labor. Sayid (Naveen Andre...

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) have done everything you wanted them to do, so why have you done this, TO THEM? In their recap of “Deus Ex Machina,” Josh and Mike go on a vision quest through the jungle with John Locke (Terry O’Quinn), with bad ramifications for a certain wedding business owner. In the past, Locke meets his father, Anthony Cooper, one of the most loaths...

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) play the numbers. It goes oddly. In their recap of “Numbers,” Josh and Mike follow Hurley (Jorge Garcia) into the jungle on his quest to make sense of a legendary sequence: 4 8 15 16 23 42. They are spry enough to keep pace, though not spry enough to get out of a certain segment any sooner than 12 minutes. Trust us, you’ll know it when yo...

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) didn’t start the fire, but they’re hopping into the blaze anyway with their recap of the first (and, apparently, only) solo Jin Kwon flashback episode, “…In Translation.” In “…In Translation,” Daniel Dae Kim steps into the spotlight to reveal new sides of Jin, up to this point depicted as a ruthless outsider, here revealed as a deeply mis...

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) become boar experts and “Outlaws” in their latest episode of the LOST rewatch. In “Outlaws,” Sawyer (Josh Holloway) undertakes two missions of vengeance: one against a boar on the island who has been rampaging through his stuff, and one against a man in Sydney who is allegedly responsible for ruining his life. In the process, he crosses p...

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) welcome Rob Cesternino (@robcesternino) to the island for the first ever LOST: Down the Hatch song parody contest. That’s right — it’s time for THE LINDELOFF, in which various singers from across the world compete for their chance at earning a prestigious Wombat Station hat. With the help of the ghost of Casey Kasem broadcasting from the...

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) dig into “Homecoming,” and… really? This is Damon Lindelof’s least favorite LOST episode? In “Homecoming,” Charlie Pace (Dominic Monaghan) takes center stage in the past with a weird little ditty about puking into photocopiers or something, and okay, it’s not great, but! What about everything happening on the island? With Claire (Emilie D...

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) hate Susan and Brian so. Freaking. Much. And they’re going to tell you all about it in their recap of season one, episode 14, “Special.” But first, let’s get one thing off the chest: *deep inhale* WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALT! *deep exhale* Okay! So, in “Special,” Michael (Harold Perrineau) gets the flashback treatment, as does his son, Walt (Ma...

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) apply some strange sesame paste to their open wounds in order to properly trip on through “Hearts and Minds.” The first (and only!) flashback focused squarely on Ian Somerhalder’s Boone, “Hearts and Minds” focuses on the wedding empire prince’s journey down to Sydney in order to save his sister Shannon (Maggie Grace) from an abusive boyfr...

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) go swimming with their jeans on as they try to open up “Whatever the Case May Be,” the current title holder for worst episode in LOST history. Are the rumors true? Is “Whatever the Case May Be” really the worst episode in LOSThistory? Almost definitely not! Josh and Mike begin their deep dive into the episode with a look at the circumstan...

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) sprint off into the jungle in search of the dangerous man at the heart of “All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues.” Good thing they’re not wearing red shirts! In “All the Best Cowboys,” Jack Shepherd (Matthew Fox) takes it upon himself to track down Ethan Rom (William Mapother), the sinister Other who abducted Charlie (Dominic Monaghan) a...

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) take a trip to the psychic to talk through “Raised By Another,” the first Lost episode focused squarely on Claire Littleton (Emilie de Ravin). In “Raised By Another,” Claire suffers from strange night terrors, both dreamlike and all too real. She swears she’s being attacked, leading some to immediately rush to her aid, such as Charlie (Do...

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) are pleased to welcome you to the first ever Island Open, as they dive headlong into Lost season one, episode nine, “Solitary.” In “Solitary,” Sayid Jarrah (Naveen Andrews) explores the island amid his period of self-imposed exile, still ashamed over torturing Sawyer (Josh Holloway). He discovers a cable on the beach, which brings him on...

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) go Down The Hatch to read a book about bunnies. Just kidding, Josh has barely started “Watership Down.” Instead, he and Mike are here to talk about “Confidence Man,” an episode Bloom describes as his own personal “Walkabout.” Intriguing! Find out why he loves it so much in this week’s edition of the Lost rewatch. In “Confidence Man,” we f...

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) go Down The Hatch to talk about boars, bugs, drugs and bloody rock gods in their conversation about “The Moth,” the first ever Charlie Pace-centric episode of Lost.   In “The Moth,” Charlie Pace (Dominic Monaghan) wrestles with heroin withdrawal, and begs John Locke (Terry O’Quinn) for his drugs back. Instead, Locke offers Charlie a three...

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) handcuff themselves to one another as they travel back to the very first Sun-centric outing of LOST in season one’s “House of the Rising Sun.” In the latest Down the Hatch, Josh and Mike stop down to discuss two characters who have gone largely ignored up until this point: Sun and Jin Kwon, played by Yunjin Kim and Daniel Dae Kim, respect...